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She immediately calls them, and with a peppy voice tells them that Yaya misses them and wants to meet up. She purposefully didn't invite Kukai. Her disgusting mind still refuses to accept that they will no longer see each other. Forget the pain and look elsewhere is starting to be her philosophy.
On the day of the meet-up, Yaya is the first one there, as usual. With her hair tied in her usual twin pigtails, a frilly pink dress, and a large purple bag, Yaya looked every part like the innocent, cute girl that she pretends she is. Before she went to the cafe, she tried to call Pepe out of the egg. Surprisingly to her, Pepe's egg remained still and there was no sign of Pepe. She suddenly remembered Nagi's situation with Temari. That was when she realized that Pepe, the protective layer of herself, has refused to come out. She panicked like any other guardian, Amu, Nagi, but forced herself to calm down and be on time for the lunch she planned, which brings her to the scene now. Yaya is chatting merrily with Shion, all the while laughing and acting excitedly. Shion is probably Kukai's first love, she thinks. This connection Shion had with Kukai is something Yaya always wanted to have with him. For some time she feared that he would abandon her for Shion, but luckily that didn't happen because of the huge age gap. Sadly, that was what happened to Utau and Kukai. They didn't have as large an age gap and Kukai seems to like older women. Yaya accepts that, but she doesn't like it. She can't do anything, because her childish facade is already set.
A voice interrupts her from her thought, "Yaya! You're always the first one here hmm."
"Amu-chi!" Yaya laughs happily. Hinamori Amu, currently a first year middle school student, whose pink hair and cool attitude make her extremely popular despite just only entering High School. Her four Shugo Charas, Ran, Miki, Suu, and Dia pop out of her red and black bag and each greets Yaya with a high five. "Rima-tan too! I missed you sooooooo much, hehe!" Yaya says to the girl behind Amu. Mashiro Rima, likewise a first year in middle school, whose beautiful face and wavy long makes her popular with boys like her elementary school days.
"Waiting here this early... You're an idiot," Rima mumbles and sits down opposite of Yaya, her orange dress fluttering when she walks.
"Maaa-maaa..(1) Rima-chan. It's better being early than late," A boy with long purple hair placates Rima as he plopped himself next to her. The respond he got is a glare from the former Queen's chair. Fujisaki Nagihiko, also a first year middle school student, is extremely popular with his beautiful face and hair with both genders. His biggest problem in school is being confessed to by boys. Firstly it's awkward, secondly he doesn't swing that way! His Shugo Charas, Temari and Rhythm float above his head, while giggling over a joke Rima's Shugo Chara, Ksu Ksu made. Yaya greets him with an energetic shout of his name and a bear hug from across the table. Next up are Kairi and Tadase. Sanjou Kairi and Hotori Tadase walk in at the same time. Kairi, unsurprisingly grew taller, despite being one year younger than Yaya. Kairi is still in his 5th year of elementary school, in spite of his mature looks and composure. He is quite feared for his genius and adult like reprimanding. He was admired, but people kept a distance from him. On the other hand, Tadase is the ideal prince in many girls' dreams. He entered student council and became treasurer despite being a first year. He, of course, received a locker full of confession letters every week, but still is extremely nice to girls. Musashi and Kiseki float behind them with a huge distance between them and immediately go to the other Shugo Charas when they reached the table. Yes, they aren't fond of each other...
"Oh my GOSH! Yaya missed you guys! You haven't been around the elementary school for a while," Yaya pouts after she greeted each of her friends with a hug. They chat happily as Shion gets their orders.
"Where's Kukai?" Tadase suddenly asks. This question catches everyone's attention. They realize that the jock of their group isn't here. Yaya laughs at the confused looks her friends shoot her and tells them that he is busy. Shion, in the background frowns. She is pretty sure that Kukai said that today is one of the easy days. He doesn't have practice or dates with Utau. He should be free, but why did Yaya say that he's busy? Her boss interrupts her thought, telling her to bring food over. She shrugs her doubts off and begins serving customers.
"Oh right! Rikka-chin and Hikaru are doing sooo well! Yaya is so jealous! Rikka-chin already has a charanari with Hotaru. Yaya will definitely be happy to leave Guardians in their hands," Yaya blabbers about her school life. Her hidden agenda is to assure her friends, who don't know that she is leaving, that Guardians is going to be fine without her. Amu's coolness, Rima's stubbornness, Tadase's indecisiveness, Kairi's matureness, and Nagihiko's calmness all make Yaya glade to have them. While the others talk, Yaya's mind wonders to the Charas. She remembers Pepe and how she might be on the verge of disappearing. I wish I can stop being so depressed, she thinks, maybe then she will come back.
"Amu-chan! I can sense a batsu tama!" Ran interrupts the former Guardians' conversation.
"Let's go everyone!" Amu shouts as the group all rush to the door to follow Ran. Yaya lingered hastily and put down some cash as she smiles apologetically at Shion and follow the rest of the group. The Shugo Charas twist and turn until they reach a dead end. Five betsu tamas turn to the Egg holders and screech. "It's time to transform!" Amu exclaims, "My heart, UNLOCK! Charanari- Amulet Heart!"
"Charanari- Clown Drop!"
"Charanari-Beat Jumper!"
"Charanari-Platinum Royal!"
"Charanari-Samurai Soul!"
"I'll catch them!" Rima shouts, "Juggling Party!" Juggling clubs suddenly appear and surround the batsu tama. They panick and try to escape. "Nagihiko!"
"Roger that! Beat Dunk!" Nagihiko slams a ball to the batsu tama, making them fly to Kairi in confusion.
"Lightning Blade!" Kairi shouts as he uses his sword t cause a huge blow. The eggs are now scared and seemingly frozen. "Now's your chance, King!"
"White Decoration!" Tadase creates a huge white pudding that engulfs the bad eggs, "Amu-chan!"
"Negative heart, lock on! Open Heart!" Amu purifies the batsu tama who are still trapped in Tadase's attack. They soon become purified and fly back to their owners. "Phew... Now that's a job well done." Amu grins.
Kairi looks confused for a second and asks the only person not in his or her charanari, "Where were you, Ace? Why didn't you transform?" The others also look at Yaya with surprise.
"Haha... You know...Pepe-tan is home. She was sleeping so I, no Yaya didn't bring her," Yaya lies once again. Rima glances at her suspiciously, but shrugs it off when Yaya congratulates their win with a huge smile. The others get distracted by Yaya's antics, except Kairi. He looks at Yaya with a troubling expression on his face. What exactly happened to her. Kairi thinks that the Ace changed somewhat after Joker and the rest's graduation. From his experience with people, he thinks the Ace is somewhat in a bad mood after she was left behind in elementary school. The small suspicion grew at her mentioning Pepe sleeping. Yaya is never without Pepe. If Pepe is indeed not here, something may have happened. And why isn't Kukai here? Isn't the former Jack best friends with the Ace? Kairi sighs. It seems like he will never understand some people.
"That was such a troublesome day..." Rima sighs while Ksu Ksu giggles.
"Rima-chan, don't be such a downer. It's a welcome distraction from all the studying we do now," Nagihiko laughingly replies.
"Oh yeah, Yaya. Since we have been getting so much school work, we won't have time to visit you around this month. Sorry, funals are coming up and we need to study," Amu puts her hands together in front. Others also glance apologetically at Yaya.
Yaya gives her typical response by pouting, "Well you all have to pay Yaya, Rikka-chin, and Hikaru back with sweets and ice cream, okay?"
"Only you would want that!"Amu laughs. Yaya feels immense relief when she is told that Amu and the others won't hear the news of her transferring from Rikka. She doesn't think that she is ready to face them. Running away from Kukai means abandoning her friends, and that makes her feel guilty. But do her friends even care about her? Except from occasional visits, it was always Yaya who suggested meet-ups. They don't care much about me, Yaya thinks darkly. No, she shakes her head, she has to be positive! Remember, be the normal, cheery Yaya!
As soon as they reach the crossroad, Yaya says, "Yaya's had a wonderful day! Thanks guys! See you soon!" Yaya waves as the former guardians when the meet-up ends. Kairi seems to have something to tell her, but Yaya decides to run away before he catches her. He's too smart for his own good. The rest wave at Yaya and walk their separate ways. Kairi is left disappointed, but drops his thoughts as a new day of school is coming up.
One day later, Yaya says goodbye to Rikka and Hikaru. While she laughingly reassures them that she will come back, she herself doesn't know when that will be. On her way back home from school, she spots Seiyo Elementary's superintendent and Tadse's uncle, Amakawa Tsukasa. She freezes as she sees him, as it is strange for him to be outside of the school or planetarium. "Yuiki-san." He starts, "Don't be consumed by your selfish thoughts. Think of the people who love you and you will find salvation." Then as quickly as he appeared he disappears. After the initial shock at seeing him, Yaya is left with self-hatred. She never liked how all-knowing Tsukasa is. It's like he can read directly from her heart. Feeling so exposed scares her. Since she hides her true, disgusting mind in the deepest part of her heart, she is always confident that no one will see her fears. She guesses that Tsukasa is a no one. She ponders about what he said, if no one loves her, does it mean that she will never find salvation?
Two days later, Yaya says goodbye to her parents and Tsubasa. After contemplating for a long time, she puts Pepe's egg into her bag. As she boards her plane, memories of Kukai and her friends flood her head. For a second, she regrets going, but quickly steals her resolution. She decides to be strong for middle school. Hopefully, the US, a place of chances, will give her hope to rebuild her shattered mind and heart.


(1) Maa maa means well well in Japanese.