The next morning Sakura woke up to Amu crying over her rejection. Sakura yawned, sitting up in Amu's bed. Amu blinked snapping out of it.
"You're finally awake. Get dressed, we have breakfast in a few minutes, and then we have to leave for school." Amu told her.
"Onee-chan. I had the weirddest dream. I dreamt that I gave birth to three eggs, and one of them hatched into a butterfly. And then I transformed with it, and became a butterfly myself." Sakura yawned.
"That wasn't a dream!" Chou smiled, floating in front of Sakura's face. Sakura stared at the chara before blushing, she placed a hand over the bandaid on her left cheek, her blush deepening when she realized that yesterday's events were true.
"Nadeshiko-san...wiped my cut...with her hankercheif..." Sakura blushed. She laid back down, pulling the covers over her head. "I'm not coming out! There's no way I'm facing her!" Sakura shouted. Amu groaned and stood up, pulling on the covers.
"Some on! Get up! We have to go to school!" Amu told her, struggling to get the blanket off. Ran and Chou assisted her, pulling on the blanket.
"Just leave me! I can't face her after yesterday! What if she saw me as a butterfly! That would be embarresing." Sakura shouted. Amu sighed, and let go of the blanket.
"Come on, don't you want to return her hankerchief? My mom washed it, and its blood free." Amu smiled. Sakura peeked out from under the covers sighing again.
"Alright." Sakura muttered, gently sitting up.
Sakura and Amu stood infront of the door to ther class.
"I really don't want to go to class." They both sighed. Amu opened the door and both of them walked in. Everyone stopped talking, staring at them.
"They've been talking." Amu muttered to her sister. Sakura nodded in agreement. Amu pulled her chair out and sat down. Sakura sat down in front of Amu, in her seat.
"Hinamori-san! You were so great yesterday!" One of their classmates cheered.
"Hinamori-chan! The way you stood up for your sister! That was amazing!" Another squealed.
"Knowing that you like the prince, makes me feel closer to you."
"I would protect my sister from anything! Just like you! I feel like we're friends!" The girls of the class crowded around the two desks, talking to them. Sakura and Amu smiled at the girls. the door to the class opened, and Nadeshiko walked inside, heading for the pink haired twins.
"Excuse me." she smiled. the girls darted away from the two desks, leaving the twins alone. "You're Hinamori Amu, right?" Nadeshiko asked. Amu nodded. The queen smiled, and turned towards the younger twin. Sakura gulped and stood up blushing. "And your Haruno Sakura-chan." She stated. Sakura nodded nervously. Nadeshiko took out to envelopes, handing them to the girls. "The Guardians invite you to tea after school." Nadeshiko smiled. She took their wrists, pulling them close. "Also, I have a message from Hotori-kun. 'I'll tell you about the eggs' he says." Nadeshiko smiled, letting go of them. "We'll see you after school." nadeshiko said walking out of the room.
"Wait!" Sakura called, before the girl left. Nadeshiko raised an eyebrow and looked at her. Sakura rushed over to her, and took a cloth out of her pocket. She bowed holding it out.
"Oh my." Nadeshiko smiled.
"H-Here! Thank you for letting me use it yesterday!" Sakura shouted, her face turning bright red. Nadeshiko smiled, and took Sakura's hand, folding them over the hankercheif.
"You can keep it if you want. I have another one." She smiled. Sakura tiilted her head up looking at Nadeshiko.
"R-Really?" Sakura whispered. Nadeshiko smiled, and pat the top of Sakura's hair.
"See you after school, Sakura-chan." She smiled, walking out of the class. Once she closed the door, the class broke out. The boys surrounded Sakura, asking her about what happened With Nadeshiko.
"My cheek got cut after I ran after Amu. Nadeshiko used her hankercheif to clean it, and she handed it to me, leaving with Hotori." Sakura muttered, looking at the pink cloth.
"Eh! Was she gentle?"
"What about kind?"
"what exaclty happened?" The boys asked crowding around her. Sakura's arms raised to her head, and she screamed, dropping to the floor, and into a ball.
"Sakura-chan!" amu shotued, pushing through the crowd. "What did you do?" She shouted a tthe boys, crouching down next to her sister.
"M-Make them stop...stop...please...don't touch me...leave me alone..." Sakura whimpered, tears falling from her face. Amu stood up, glaring at the boys.
"Don't you ever crowd around her like that again!" she shouted. She helped Sakura stand up.
"C'mon...let's get you to the nurse for a break." Amu muttered, leading her out of the classroom.
"So...scary..." Sakura whispered, clinging to her sister.
Sakura exited the nurse's office, finally calm down.
"Art class is about to start soon, I should go there." Sakura muttered to herself.
"Ah! Sakura-chan!" Chou shouted, pointing out the window. Sakura walkeed over to it, looking out. She saw a blue egg bouncing across the yard. It a split moment, the egg hatched, a boyish chara coming out. He looked like a newspaper boy, but had an artistic air.
"That egg, it was a blue spade..." Sakura muttered. It clicked in her head and she gasped. "Amu's chugo chara!"
"She's running away!" Chou exclaimed.
"We have to catch her." Sakura told her. She ran through the hallways, looking out the windows, and watching the chara.
"She's heading towards the art room." Chou shouted.
"That's where Amu is! Chou! Tell her to look outside." Sakura commanded. The butterfly nodded and flew towards the room. Sakura looked aorund, seeing that nobody was there. She opened the window, and jumped out of it. She landed on the ground, two floors below.
"Thank you, dad. I really apperciate those martial arts lessons now!" Sakura thought as she ran after the chara. Amu was soon next to her.
"Sakura-chan!" Amu asked, surprised.
"I saw your chara, and told Chou to tell you." Sakura told her.
"But, I never met with Chou, I saw her myself after the chara change!" Amu explained.
"Right. We have to catch her." Sakura nodded. the two chased after the spade girl, trying to catch her. After a while Amu and Sakura came to a stop, trying to catch their breath.
"Why are you running away? You're Amu's shugo chara too!" Ran shouted. the girl, turned around, facing them.
"I'm Miki. Amu's would be self." She stated. 'But Amu is unclear and confused. If she doesn't believe in me soon, I'll disappear." Miki said.
"What? that can't be true." amu breahted.
"It is." Ran confessed. "If you don't believe in us, we'll disappear." Ran told her. "That was your real strength put to use on the horizontal bar. That was the strength of your would be self. So please, believe in us." Ran begged. Amu sighed, looking at the ground.
"I don't really get shugo charas, and they're annoying. But, I guess, I can believe in you, just a bit." Amu told them. Sakura smiled, hugging her sister.
"Really?" Ran asked.
"Just a little bit!" Amu shouted. Sakura let go of Amu and watched them argue. She took out her own blue egg, staring at it.
"I wonder...when my blue egg will hatch." Sakura muttered.
"Now!" A voice shouted. The egg popped open revealing a girl with short black hair that reached her shoudlers. Her blue bangs were swept over her left eye. She had sparkling blue eyes. She was wearing a blue, long sleeved shirt. A white scarf was wrapped around her neck. She had a pair of white mini shorts on her legs, and light blue boots that reached just below the shorts. Blue bird wings were on her back. There were a few white feathers on the wings, forming a white spade. "I'm Jay! Sakura's desire to break free, and come out of her shell!" She cheered.
"I'm Chou, Sakura's desire for elegance and love. And you could also say that I'm her desire to protect nature, but that might be a hobby of my own." Chou told her.
"Nice to meet cha!" Jay smiled, shaking her hand.
"Let's go. I've been 'in the restroom' for a long time. I don't want people to be getting ideas." Amu said. "C'mon, Miki." she said, walking away. Miki smiled and nodded in agreement.
Amu and Sakura stared up at the Royal garden.
"This place looks so grand." Sakura muttered.
"Its so beautiful!" Chou cried.
"Chou. We're here to return the lock and shield, nothing more. Its just tea." Amu told her. "But I'm so nervous." Amu said.
"Don't be! We can get through this!" Sakura told her. "If we could get throguh that incident at the building cite yesterday, a simple tea party will be nothing!"
"Alright. Let's go." Amu sighed, openning the door. "Um, excuse us." She called. Chou flew into the garden sniffing all the flowers.
"So pretty." She whispered happily. She flew through the archway, like she was leading the way. "This place is so Elegant and beautiful!" She squealed, floating above a fountain.
"Welcome, Hinamori-san, Haruno-san, to our Royal Garden." Tadese greeted. The twins stared at the Guardians, and the charas floating next to them. The two girls were lead up to the platform and to a white table. Sakura and Amu sat down, as Nadeshiko poured them tea.
"Today's tea is black tea, and the scones are freshly baked." She smiled.
"Yaya loves Nadeshiko's treats!" the girl shouted, grabbing one of the scones.
"I believe it is time for introductions." Tadese started. "King's chair, Hotori Tadese. I'm in the fifth grade, just like you." He said. His king chara floated next to him, flipping his cape. "And this is my shugo chara, Kiseki."
"Queen's chair, Fujisaki Nadeshiko. I'm in the fifth grade as well. This girl is Temari." She introduced. The kimono wearing chara floated up to her owner, winking at them.
"So elegant!" Chou sighed dreamliy, her eyes sparkling.
"Ace's Chair, Yuiki Yaya! I'm in the fourth grade and love cute things!" She introduced. "And this is Pepe-tan! Pleased to meet you!"
"Jack's chair, Souma Kukai. Sixth grade. I'm captain of the soccer club. And this dude is Daichi." He introduced, pointing at his sporty chara. Amu and Sakura stood up nervously.
"We're-"
"We know who you two are." Nadeshiko smiled. "You're Hinamori Amu-san, and Haruno Sakura-chan." She smiled.
"Amu's real bashful. So cute! And Sakura's a shy girl. Too cute!" Yaya cheered.
"They say that Amu's scared of scary stories, and Sakura's scared of being touched by boys, or being enclosed by people." Kukai smiled.
"How'd you know all that?" Amu asked.
"I didn't think my actions were that obvious. I just thought people would think that I'm claustrophobic." Sakura muttered to herself.
"Its a Guardians job to know all that goes on in a students personal lives." Nadeshiko smiled. Kukai and Yaya nodded in agreement.
"That's why we know that you two have different fathers, but are twins. And your mama couldn't handle two kids, so Amu's papa suggested that he take her!" Yaya stated.
"And a while after you were seperated, Sakura was kidnapped and held for ransom. During that time, she was beaten and raped. After your parents got you back, you've been scared of men, and have never left your house." Kukai stated.
"How did you know what happened? Mama made sure no one knew." Sakura gasped.
"Like we said, its our job to know what goes on in the student's personal lives!" Nadeshiko smiled.
"More like an evasion of privacy!" Amu and Sakura shotued, glaring at them.
Nadeshiko giggled. "And those are Amu's shugo charas, Ran and Miki." She said, pointing to them. Ran blushed, taking her hands off the sugar cube tower she was making. Miki smiled up at her, nodding. Nadeshiko pointed to Chou, who was laying on a white daisy, her wings covering her like blankets. "That's Chou, and that's Jay." Nadeshiko smiled, pointing at the girl who was chatting with Temari and Pepe, as well as Daichi. Jay looked at them once her name was mentioned. She smlied, giving them a thumbs up, before Temari pulled her back to the conversation. "Both of which are Sakura-chan's shugo charas." Nadeshiko smiled.
"What exactly are shugo charas?" Amu asked.
"Here." Tadese smiled, handing them a book.
"The heart's egg?" Sakura muttered, reading the title over Amu's shoulder. Amu opened the book, turning to the first page.
"'Inside every heart, is an egg'." She read, turning the page.
"'It is the heart's egg, unseen by the eye'" Sakura continued. Amu turned the page again, and they both gasped.
"The page is missing." Amu muttered.
"This picture book was written by the Guardian's founding king. The heart egg, doesn't it seem familiar?" Tadese asked. Both girls gasped, thinking of their eggs.
"Yep! Everyone holds their own heart egg." Yaya told them. She held her hands together and started waving them like a snake. "And sometimes the egg is able to wiggle out, letting your other self appear." Yaya said, opening her hands. Pepe jumped out, looking at them.
"That's basically what a shugo chara is." Kukai told her.
"Our, other selves?" Amu and Sakura muttered, looking at each other.
"All the Guardians have shugo charas, and we recruit new members each generation. That's why, we want to ask the both of you to join." Tadese told her. Amu blushed, and so did Sakura. The younger pinkette glanced at Nadeshiko, smiling slightly.
"The heart egg rests peacfully inside each person's heart. But sometime it will react, and darken, burdened by all the worries you have." Tadese told them. "And then, it turns into an X egg."
"An X egg?" Amu asked.
"That's where your chara nais will come in handy!" Kukai smiled.
"none of our members can chara nai, so that would be a big help." Nadeshiko smiled.
"Yaya wants to see the character transform! Yaya wants to see!" The little girl complained, running back ad forth, pouting.
"Wait a minute. those transformations were just accidents." Sakura told them. Amu nodded taking a step back.
"We have no clue how to do it on our own." Amu told them. She jumped and looked behind herself, seeing Tadese. Sakura looked at him as well.
"Can we count on you two becoming Guardians?" Tadese asked, sparkling. Amu blushed, and started fidling with her fingers.
"N..."
"N?" her charas asked.
"No." Amu answered.
"No?" Her charas asked.
"But why not! you get to have a lot of benifits!" Yaya shouted, throwing her arms around.
"I don't want to...wear the Guardian cape...its not really my style." Amu blsuehd, fiddling with her fingers.
"Cape?" Kukai asked.
"Really?" Nadeshiko asked. Sakura stared at her sister, waiting for the explanation.
"It goes against my fashion rules! no way am I wearing it!" Amu exclaimed.
"Man! You're hilarious!" kukai laughed, pointing at her. "You pass!" He shotued.
"I said I'm not joining and I meant it!" Amu shouted at him.
"No matter what?" Tadese asked, pouting. He gave her his sarkly look, hoping to change her mind.
"I said no!" Amu shouted, rushing out of the garden.
"Amu-chan!" Ran and Miki shouted, flying after her.
"Um, I apologize for my sister's behavior." Sakura bowed.
"No problem!" Nadeshiko smiled. Sakura blushed slightly and nodded. "Sakura-chan, would you like to join us?" Nadeshiko asked, smiling brightly.
"I would love to!" She admited. "But, I told Amu that I would stick by her. I don't want to anything without Amu-chan. Sorry!" Sakura blushed, bowing. She ran out of the garden. Jay gasped, and grabbed Chou's hand, chasing after their bearer.
"Hey! Wait up!" She muttered. Chou opened her eyes slightly, yawning. Jay threw her against Sakura, landing the small girl on her shoulder. Jay flew onto Sakura's other shoulder, holding on tight.
Sakura slowed to a stop as she approached Amu. Amu was holding her lock out.
"Oh, you forgot to return it." Sakura muttered, taking out her shield as well." so did I." she sighed. they heard a thump and looked in front of them. They saw a small boy laying on the ground, in front of the horizontal bar.
"Okay." He muttered, trying to swing onto the bar. After a few attempts he tilted his head back, noticing the two pinkettes.
"Hinamori-sempai, Haruno-sempai." He muttered in awe. Amu flinched and sighed, standing up. She put the lock back around her neck and walked to the bars. Sakura followed her, doing the same with her sheild. They leaned against the bar, as he sat down, his back agaisnt the poles.
"i'm sorry. I must be n embarresment to you guys." he apologized.
"What are you talking about?" Amu asked.
"I have no right to be a fan of the Cool and Spicy Hinamori-sempai, or the Sweet and Sugary Haruno-sempai." he frowned. "I have zero atheltic abilities." He confessed. "the other kids say I should just accept being a wimp." Amu laughed nervously, while Sakura stared at the small boy. "At this rate, I don't think I'll ever reach my dreams." he muttered, as the wind picked up slightly.
"Dreams?" Sakura asked.
"What are they?" Amu questioned him.
"I want to be at the top of the acedemics. And after that, by being a charasimatic programmer, I want to own my own company, but..."
"But." The twins asked.
"but I decided to give up on that dream." he muttered. His eyes turned dark and he was surrounded by black energy. It swirled above him, forming a black shape. Amu and Sakura watched as the shape took form, a white X appearing on it.
"An X egg!" Sakura shouted.
"I'm worthless." the boy stated. "Even Hinamori-sempai, and Haruno-sempai think so." He muttered.
"No we don't!" amu shouted at him. Yes you do!" He screamed. The x egg apeared in front of his hands, and X energy flew towards them.
"He's gonna cause a whirlwind if we don't do something." Sakura shouted over the wind.
"Dreams are...useless...useless...useless...useless..." the boy stated, repeating the words over and over again. His voice got higher and seemed to echo slightly.
"Why are they useless? If you dont believe in your dreams, they'll disappear!" Amu shouted.
"Yeah! We depend on our dreams! They're what makes us who we are." Sakura agreed. The humpty lock and the dream sheild glowed pink. Amu and Sakura stood side by side, placing their hands over the necklaces.
"My own heart: UNLOCK!" they shouted, twisting their hands. Chou smiled and twirled, giving a short bow. Her egg closed around her and she floated into Sakura's body. Sakrua smiled as the butterfly wings sprouted from her back. They flapped a few times, pink sparkles coming from them. The sparkles formed into butterflies that flew to her body. A large red buterfly wrapped around her torso, forming a corset like top. Asecond butterfly wraped itself around her waist, its wings falling just short of meeting together. The sparkles, fell off, forming her wrapped around her arms and legs, red butterflies on them. the ribbons turned itn vines, and the butterflies turned into flowers. Sakura smiled and closed her eyes, turning around, as a ruby butterfly clip attached itself to the back of her hair, the antennas growing, and extending past her head to act like real antennas. the Dream Shield was attached to another glowing ribbon. It wrapped around her neck like a choker. The glow disappeared, showing that the ribbon was white, with red butterlfies on it.
"Chara nai: Ruby Butterfly!" Sakura shouted. She placed her right hand over her heart, and used the other one to pull her dress out, giving a curtsy.
"Chara nai: Amulet Heart!" Amu shouted.
"No way, we transformed again." Amu muttered.
"This is amazing." Sakura gasped, staring at her hands.
"Useless!" the egg shouted. It floated higher up and shot more energy out.
"Ruby Butterfly Shield!" Sakura shouted. She took the ruby butterfly out of her hair and held it infront of her. It grew, the rubies sparkling. Sakura slid in front of Amu, holding the shield in front of them. "Ruby Elegance!" Sakura shouted. The shield came to life, flapping its wings. It flew up, while a transparent shield stayed in front of them. the butterfly shrunk again and flew to the x egg, showering it with sparkles. the egg got distracted and watched the butterfly dance around.
"Sakura. Move! Its my turn!" Amu shouted. Sakura nodded, and jumped into the air, flying. Amu stood her ground, and placed her hands in front of her, forming a heart. "Negative Heart! Lock on!" She shouted, thrusting her hands out. "Open Heart!" She shouted, pink hearts flying towards the egg.
"Pure Dust!" Sakura shouted. The butterfly flew above the egg and flew around it, showering it with white sparkles. The egg turned white, purifying. It lfoated back inside of the young boy, as Amu and Sakura un did the transformations.
"What was that?" Amu shouted looking at her hands.
"An amazing power!" Sakura smiled, looking at her own.
"You two were pretty cool." Miki smiled.
"Really cool!" Jay agreed. Sakura glanced up at the hill, and saw the Guardians standing there. "Nadehsiko...saw me..." She muttered, staring at the queen.
"Yes, and I think she was impressed." Chou smiled.
"You really think so?" Sakura asked.
"You're definately a small fry! But you are NOT pathetic!" Amu shotued at the young boy. He looked at her before his eyes shone with a new brilliance. Sakura had to cover her ears as he shotued out his dream, saying that Amu's 'Spicy' power has revived him. She watched Amu push him away, a bit to hard, seeing as how he flew into the sky.
"Is he going to be alright?" Sakura asked, suddenly concerned.
"Oi! Hinamori! Haruno!" Kukai shouted. The two girls looked up at them.
"Don't tell me, you were watching." Amu shouted.
"Of course!" Kukai smiled.
"You're character transformations were so cool!" Yaya praised.
"You two are definatley..." Tadeswe trailed off as Amu shook her head.
"No! That was an accident!" She shotued, freaking out. "Excuse me!" She shouted running away.
"She's gone! She's gone!" Ran and Miki cheered, chasing after her.
"Excuse me." Sakura blushed bowing. She ran after her sister. "Amu! Wait up!" She shouted.
Sakrua stood on her balcony, feeding the birds like she always did.
"You guys are little pigs." She giggled. Jay grabbed a small handful of the seed and gave it to a mama bird that lived in the tree next to her house.
"Here you go." She smiled at the robin. The bird chirped and quickly pecked at the food, eatting it. She flew back to her nest, feeding her chicks. Chou smiled, and took a small red watering can, watering a small potted flower.
"Grow big, little one." She smiled.
"Two charas in two days." Sakura smiled. "Or rather, four in two days, counting Amu's."
"Yeah! We've got a huge family!" Jay smiled, feeding a few more birds.
"And it'll get even bigger once the other two children are born." Chou smiled. She flew inside, hovering over Sakura's green egg. Sakura and jay went inside, closing the door behind her.
"Yeah. I can't wait for her to come!" Jay smiled.
"Neither can I. I wonder what she'll be like." Sakura smiled, watching the egg. She picked up the egg, kissing it. "Come soon." She smiled, placing the egg back down. She stood up, yawning. "goodnight, everyone." She smiled. Chou and Jay bid her goodnight, and headed into their eggs. Sakura turned off the lights and turned away from the eggs, curling into a ball. All three of them never noticed that the egg twitched, moving slightly, before it settled back down.