So, despite having limited time, I am deciding to write a new story! I just recently got this idea, and I loved this idea, so I'm publishing it over my 7393938893+ ideas. It is a dystopian story, which is my favorite kind of story to read and write. Some ideas are loosely based off the Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins and the television show that was on a while ago V. Anyway, I do not own Shugo Chara, and I hope you enjoy the first chapter, since the last was a prologue.
Sleep was something valuable that most humans struggled to have ever since the Controllers came. I had fallen into a rare deep sleep, only to be awoken by my little sister. She was wailing loudly, crying hysterically.
"Ami-Chan, what's wrong?" I whispered to my little sister, hugging her closely. The Controllers gave my family a small home to live in, so my sister and I had to share a small bed together.
"I had a nightmare." Ami whispered, shivering in my arms. The eleven-year-old girl held onto me tightly, gripping the sleeve of my shirt roughly.
"It's okay Ami-Chan; it was just a dream." I soothed. "Try not to think about it."
"They were going to separate us Onee-Chan. They were going to force you to work, and I would be alone." Ami whimpered. I stroked Ami's back gently.
"You know that's just a dream Ami; I'm eighteen so I have two more years until they force me to work." Ami nodded slowly.
"But it's only two years! I don't want Onee-Chan to leave me. I want Onee-Chan to be with me forever." I smiled weakly at my sister.
"Ami-Chan, I'll always be with you even when I do have to work. Don't ever doubt that even for a second." Ami's embrace loosened on my waist.
"Mommy and Daddy are never around though! I can barely remember what they look like…" I looked at the ground, saddened by that thought. My parents were forced to take jobs by the Controllers; my mother being a mechanic on the Controllers' ships and my father being a doctor, despite neither of them having any previous knowledge on their jobs. Since they both work on the Controller Ships, we rarely get to see them.
"We'll see them soon." I promised, although I actually had no idea. "Well Ami-Chan, I should take you to the Nursery so you could play with the other kids!"
"Onee-Chan, I'm eleven-years-old; I'm not a baby anymore. Why can't I go with you to wherever you go?" I sighed.
"It's dangerous Ami-Chan; I can't afford to put you there."
"How can you guarantee your own safety?" Ami wondered.
"I won't be hurt, but I just don't want you to be involved." I squeezed Ami's shoulder. "Well, you should get dressed. It's Jaimee's birthday today right?" Ami nodded slowly. I picked out a dress for Ami.
"Wow, where did you find that dress?!" Ami exclaimed.
"My friend Rima had managed to keep it from before the invasion. When she was thirteen, she was about your size." Ami giggled slightly. She took off her clothes, revealing only her undergarments. She slipped the dress over her undergarments, and admired herself in the mirror. The dress was light pink and went below her ankles. I placed a pink headband on Ami's head, and combed her light brown hair back into one long braid. "Wow Ami-Chan, you look like a little princess!"
"I do!" Ami twirled around, making me smile. I threw on a white tee-shirt and a pair of jeans, and tied my shoulder-length pink hair into a ponytail. My hair had grown since the invasion.
"Come on Ami-Chan; let's brush our teeth." I led Ami to the bathroom, and handed her a toothbrush. I turned on the water, which came out slowly. The Controllers didn't take great care of us, and gave us a low water supply. I put a little bit of toothpaste on my toothbrush, and brushed my teeth. After we both finished brushing, I turned off the water, and led Ami out of the house.
"Good-bye Onee-Chan!" Ami called to me, turning around to go to the nursery.
"Wait Ami-Chan!" Ami looked at me. "Maybe you're getting older, but that doesn't mean you're allowed to leave me without giving me a kiss." Ami sighed, and placed a gentle kiss on my cheek. I patted my sister's head, and watched her leave to the nursery. Sighing, I turned around, and headed off to where I met every day.
I walked on the property that I used to call my school. Now, Seiyo Academy was used as a science laboratory that we frequently stole from. I walked past the broken building that I used to meet inside everyday with my friends; the Royal Garden. It used to be the prettiest place to be in. Now, it was broken, with glass thrown all around and everything destroyed. It saddened me to see the place that I enjoyed most and had so many memories in to be destroyed. I walked over to an area where seven computers lie. I walked to the fifth one, and typed in the password, guardian_lullaby. No one even knew why that was the password. It was something Yaya had come up with at the top of her head.
The ground disappeared underneath me, and I involuntarily squealed, as I began my descent. Although I came here every day, I found myself always shocked to feel myself falling each day. I landed deep inside, and saw the ground I fell in from close up. I walked over to a door, and knocked on the door five times. The door opened, revealing a familiar brunette with some red hair. He had a huge grin on his face, and hugged me.
"What took you so long Amu? Geez, we all beat you by like a half an hour!" Kukai exclaimed. Kukai had not changed much since five years ago. Physically, Kukai only grew slightly taller, but the rest of his features had not changed very much. He had a small mustache that he always complained about and frantically tried to shave. Kukai's personality was still basically the same; upbeat, optimistic, and insanely obsessed with sports.
"Sorry, I was dropping Ami at the Nursery." I muttered, sighing.
"How's Ami-Chi?~ Yaya misses her!" Yaya was exactly the same, with a few physical differences, but personality wise, she was exactly the same. Even though she was now seventeen, she never dropped the habit of using the third person or obsessing over candy. Although taking care of Ami has matured me, taking care of Tsubasa appeared to not make any obvious difference in Yaya's personality. The only major difference was that instead of wearing her hair pigtails, Yaya now wore her hair in two buns.
"Ami's good. It's just so weird seeing her grow up." I admitted.
"Yaya's brother really has grown up as well." Kairi, surprisingly, has changed a lot. Although he tends to still be clever and speaks eloquently, he is now more motherly almost, and looks after everyone, especially Yaya and her brother, despite being the youngest. He no longer wears his glasses and only wears contacts. That was a weird change for me to experience. It was hard to recognize. Yaya smiled at Kairi, clinging to him. They were sort of dating, but no one really knew for sure, since Yaya acted like a baby.
"Aw how cute." The shortest guardian murmured. Directly after the Controllers arrived, Rima's father died. Rima's mother had been terrible to her, and blamed her. It took Rima a long time to open up though. For those few months, Rima had turned slightly gothic, wearing all black and dying her hair red. You would have to be blind to not notice something was wrong with her. However, Nagihiko and I were able to get her to open up, and we helped her remember the girl she was. Since we didn't trust Rima to live with her mother, even though she was working often, Rima rotated between Nagihiko's house, and mine. However, when Nagihiko's mother and Baaya fled to another country without telling Nagihiko immediately, Rima and Nagihiko moved into a place the Controllers assigned for them. Since it was way too small for the two of them, they snuck out and lived here, in the Underground.
Rima had cut her blonde hair when she turned gothic, so now, it was down to her shoulders. She usually wore it in braided pigtails. If you looked at her now, you would never know she was gothic once. Rima had not grown anymore, and retained her height of 4'9", which we all mocked her for. She still looked like a little doll. She seemed so innocent, yet she could be mean to us jokingly. Rima had softened from when she was thirteen.
After Rima's comment, both Yaya and Kairi turned red. I chuckled slightly. They were really cute together.
"You guys really should just say you're dating." Nagihiko teased. Like Kukai and Yaya, Nagihiko had not changed too much. He was still extremely nonchalant. However, he could be very protective, especially when it came to Rima. The two of them still argue sometimes, but it is always joking. They were a couple, and they were adorable and inseparable. Since we always met in the Underground and they lived there, we always saw them there. Nagihiko was extremely brilliant, and often worked with Kairi. He still had long purple hair, but he couldn't pass as a girl anymore because of his deepened voice.
"We should get started on the guardian meeting." The last member that was here today persisted. We still referred to ourselves as the guardians, but it has an entirely different meaning now.
"Okay, Sir Tadase!" Kukai saluted. Tadase just sighed.
Tadase was the one who changed the most. His blonde hair always covered one of his eyes. He always wore sloppy clothing. His jeans were usually falling off and were ripped. His shirts were always black. Nagihiko and I, just like with Rima, had tried to figure out what was wrong with him, but he had lashed out on us, and so we had to give up.
Tadase had a very tough personality, and it didn't take long for him to get steamed. We often saw him have blood on his face, making us wonder if he got into fights. No one's feelings seemed to affect him.
"The other day, I observed the Controllers flying one of their ships. They have not moved their ships ever since they arrived here. I was quite curious as to why they were moving, but I could not create a logical hypothesis." Kairi explained.
"Uh… what? Yaya doesn't understand Kairish!" Yaya whined. Kairi rolled his eyes at Yaya, sighing.
"Basically, he said nothing useful." Tadase grunted. We all exchanged nervous glances, worried about Tadase.
"I wonder why they were moving the ships. We should probably take note on them, since they probably have something planned," Nagihiko pointed out.
"We don't really have any new information I suppose…" I muttered, sighing. I turned to Kukai. "Hey Kukai, how are the Tsukiyomi siblings?" Tadase snarled.
"Utau hasn't been working that much, since she is only twenty, and you know Utau; very stubborn. I told her to be careful, and not disobey, and she's listening right now. Ikuto has been busy at work." Kukai grinned suddenly. "There's something I have to tell you guys."
"What's up?" Rima wondered.
"Utau and I… we're engaged." Kukai had a huge smile on his face. "I asked her last night to marry me, and she accepted!"
"I'm so happy for you Kukai!" I exclaimed. It wasn't uncommon for nineteen-year-olds now to get married, since no one knew how long they would have left.
"That's great!" Nagihiko smiled.
"Thanks guys!" Kukai smiled. "We want to get married soon, but we need to have other preparations. Utau told me that Ikuto will have to be there. I'm not even going to bother trying to get all of my brothers and my parents…"
"If all we're going to discuss is your romance, then I'm leaving, because I don't give a crap." Tadase sighed. "I'm only here so we can possibly stop the Controllers, which is pretty unlikely anyway."
"Can you just stop Tadase-Kun?!" He didn't look up at me. "Stop being so freaking selfish! I miss the old Tadase." Tadase rolled his eyes.
"Well, too bad, Hinamori. This is me. Deal with it." Tadase left at that moment, leaving us all to just sigh.
"Geez, what the hell is wrong with him?!" Kukai wondered. "Seriously?"
"He really has changed so much… I just wonder what's up with him…" Nagihiko sighed.
"It's getting late, so I should be getting home. When my sister comes home, she'll want to see me." Kairi stood up.
"Wait for Yaya!~" Yaya called, following Kairi out of the Underground. "See you guys tomorrow!" They left.
"Hey, can you two leave? Nagi and I are preparing an intense game of chess." Rima said a smile on her face. Nagihiko smirked evilly.
"An intense game of chess?!" Kukai wondered, dumbfounded. "That game is so boring!"
"Well, Nagi and I made a bet on who will win a game of chess, so I have to win now." Rima pointed out.
"Oh geez, you guys sound like Utau and I in our young days…" Kukai muttered, sweat dropping. "Whatever, I hope you guys have fun! Let's go Amu." I nodded.
"Have fun with chess." I called.
"Thanks Amu-Chan, but I don't think Rima will be so happy with the end results." Nagihiko winked.
"Aren't you cocky? Well, believe it or not Nagi, I'm going to win."
"Sure you will."
"I will!" The two of them narrowed their eyes at each other.
"On that note…" Kukai dragged my arm, and led me out of the Underground. "I'm glad you discovered the Underground Amu! The two of them need a place like that. How did you do it again?" I smiled slowly, remembering when I found the Underground.
"I was just reminiscing on everything, when I came across the hole that I first transformed with Ran in to escape." I sighed, a wave of melancholy passing through me as I thought of my charas that had disappeared. "Stupidly, I had fallen, and I had no idea how to get out. I had stomped my foot in aggravation, and found myself falling, until I discovered this." Kukai laughed, even though he heard the story again.
"That's awesome!" Kukai exclaimed, grinning. I smiled too. We walked together, until we got to Kukai's home. "See you later Amu!" He ruffled my hair, and left. I waved slowly, and made my way to the Nursery.
"Hello, I am here to pick up Ami Hinamori." I told the woman. She nodded, and brought Ami to me. Ami had a huge grin on her face. When we left the Nursery, Ami started blabbering to me.
"When Jaimee was blowing out the candles, it was a fake candle! It was so funny! And then, we played hide and go seek! I had the best spot, in the cabinets! No one found me!"
"That's cool." I told my little sister, patting her head. However, I found myself not listening entirely to her. I thought about Tadase. What was wrong with him? Why was he this way? I remembered the old Tadase, and I sighed in remorse. I missed him. As I walked inside my home, I didn't notice the Controller watching my sister and me.
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