Chapter 9 finally up.

I Do not own Shugo Chara.

From all the tiring events from earlier, Amu wanted to head home instead of treading timidly to the fated meeting with the Guardians

But, that plan had been ruined from what had happened earlier.

After Amu had successfully gotten the Mikio problem under control, he headed back to class, nervous that his excuse to use the bathroom wasn't that smart, considering how long he had been gone. I hope they don't misunderstand anything Amu thought glumly. When he got back he noticed he had been gone for the whole previous period since another teacher was in the place of the idiot teacher before. Class had not yet started.

He sat back down in his seat and stared oddly out the window, glad that the attention on him had dispersed. He didn't know that all would be ruined seconds later.

The first thing he had heard were sounds of awe coming from students in the classroom, then a figure stood in front of his desk. Amu turned to see Nagihiko, who was holding an envelope towards Amu.

"W-What?" Amu stammered surprised and irritated at Nagihiko's appearance. "The invitation. Remember to come to the Royal Garden afterwards." He answered with a warm smile, before putting the invitation on Amu's desk and walking off. The room was silent until he exited out of the classroom, then came the massive chattering, the questions, the teacher trying to quiet everyone down and the spotlight was on Amu once again.

But, likewise, he was curious of what their 'real introductions' would be. So instead of drifting vigorously home, Amu found himself walking restlessly through the familiar route leading to his destination, accompanied by his two red and blue companions trailing behind.

Amu showed no sign of care on his face but inside, he was flowing with excitement.

It doesn't look like their that angry about last time..

"Excited, Amu?" Mikio asked, but it seemed as it was more of a statement then a question.

"N-No way" he retorted. Ren flew closer to Amu and examined his face. "You say that Amu, but it doesn't look that way to me." He mentioned plainly.

Amu stopped at the front entrance of the Royal Garden and gripped the door handle before opening the door. "No its n-"He refrained from speaking when he saw all the guardians once again assembled. It felt bizarre being back in this place and Amu felt his excitement dissolve away in the place of uneasiness.

"Amu's finally here!" Yuta squealed in his baby-like tone. "Er...Hi..." Amu responded, walking over to the table where they all sat at anxiously." Welcome back Amu-kun" Tamoko stated. "Took you long enough." Keiko mentioned, with her nonchalant grin. Amu started to respond but before he could, he noticed 'things' in mid-air beside each guardian, 'things' much like the ones that had given him such a hassle. Nagihiko smirked at Amu's surprised expression. "Please sit Amu."

Amu sat impatiently in his chair with Ren staring curiously at the other chara's and Mikio doing something Amu thought probably was artistic, with his simple pencil and pad. "How come you all have chara's!?" Amu basically screamed. Tamoko shook her head. "We'll explain later" It was time for 'introductions'. The queen started first. "This is Katsuko, my guardian chara." Beside her floated a being with a very self indulgent expression. Katsuko wore an aqua blue dress with a ruby red cloak. A small dark blue diamond was attached very orderly on the material. A very familiar crown sat on top her bright golden hair. It was a miniature queen. "Hmph..." Katsuko mumbled bitterly.

"Seems like a spoiled brat." Ren whispered as Amu nodded in agreement. "What? How dare you disrespect me! Who do you think you are?!" Katsuko announced, her face turning red with anger. "Hey we all need a turn, 'queen'." Keiko muttered. Katsuko had to be comforted by Tamoko before calming down. The rest of the introductions went by at a convenient rate.

Keiko's chara name was 'Dai'. She wore a yellow shirt with green shooting star on the front and white shorts along with white sneakers. A yellow star clip hang in her medium length green hair. 'A girl version of Ren.' Amu thought instantly. "Sup!" Dai said proudly.

Next was Yuta's chara 'Paco', who dressed in sky blue footed pajama's with a small blue bib around his neck along with a matching blue hat, in the shape of a bear on top of his short brown hair. A pacifier was stuck tightly in his mouth. At the moment, his and Yuta's attention seemed to be on the chocolate chip cookies bought by Nagihiko.

Lastly was Nagihiko's chara 'Rhyme'. He wore a black jacket and a blue hat. A small, what seemed to be an mp3 player, was clipped on to his jeans. His face resemblance to Nagihiko was amazing. Rhyme waved with prosperity towards Amu.

"This is Ren and Mikio" Amu said quickly, pointing at his two chara's. "Hey!" Ren cheered optimistically. Mikio looked up from his pad and nodded gently, before becoming entranced with

his drawing again. Nagihiko eyed Tamoko. "2 Guardian chara's now"

"Can you explain…you know…about what these two are" Amu pointed at Ren and Mikio again. "And yours too…" he added.

"This..." Tamoko pointed out, handing a book titled 'Egg of heart" to Amu. "Read it?" Amu questioned. Nagihiko chuckled and Tamoko nodded.

"Every kid has eggs in their heart that stay with them as a child but disappears when they grow up." Amu read aloud, turning the page, only to find it ripped . Tamoko's face was now thoughtful.

"Do you get the resemblance between the eggs? That was made by the first guardian, also the founder."

. "The only people who can join the guardians have to have a guardian chara…which is why we still want you to join Amu."

Amu nodded gently. It made sense.

"Ya see, everyone has an egg, one that's born and one that isn't. The one that isn't will eventually be born into another personality!" Yuta explained his attention finally away from the cookies. Paco nodded harmoniously with Yuta.

Amu stared blankly. They still want me to join.

He had to think about this. Everything. Amu glanced at Ren and Mikio as he thought up a reasonable lie. "Uh, I hav'ta go somewhere and…do something important" He said in a way that sounded like he was reading a script for a play before getting up from his chair. Nagihiko grinned "Go where?"

Amu glared at the table thinking of an answer. Keiko laughed. "Go somewhere? And do something important? " She repeated, obviously spotting the lie. "That's even worse then the cape thing!"

Yuta's eyes sparkled as he stared at Amu. "Amu, the cape would make you look extra manly!"

With talk about the cape, Amu didn't want to stay any longer, not even to make a lie about why he wanted to leave. "No capes!" he announced loudly. Tamoko smiled daintily "You don't have to wear it all the time"

Amu struggled to think of something to say and when he realized that he wouldn't be able to oppose the princess again, he turned and ran. "L-Later!" He screamed. His two chara's shook their head with faint smiled on their faces and raced after Amu.

Katsuko frowned. "What a difficult peasant..."

Keiko roared with laughter. Dai only smirked. The cool and icy Amu was not all what he seemed to be.

"Amu's going to be fun!" Yuta beamed, hi-fiving Paco and Keiko. Nagihiko snickered and turned to Tamoko. Rhyme stared notably at Nagihiko. "Don't worry, I'll get him to change his mind. Amu's practically already a guardian." He noted. Nagihiko's plans never failed.

Sorry about the wait. Check on my profile at anytime to see the progress on the stories and updates..

And a heads-up that I didn't have much time to check over my work. So if there are any typos' I'll change them later..