Disclaimer: All of the Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi characters belong to Cartoon Network. Any characters you've never heard of belong to me.

Author's Note: Just so you know,this fic uses the animated versions of Ami and Yumi,not the actual people. I repeat,THE ANIMATED VERSIONS.

CHAPTER ONE:

It was a typical day in the Kindergarten class. Two boys were fighting over a wooden toy car,a trio of kids were stacking blocks,and a timid little purple-haired girl was sitting in a beanbag chair leafing through a picture book. She put the book down when she heard footsteps. The three boys known only as The Demon Boys were heading over to the bookshelf.

This little girl despised The Demon Boys. No,wait,make that FEARED The Demon Boys. And for a good reason. These kids were the worst bullies in the whole class. No one in the class except the teacher knew their real names. The oldest one was the leader,and he wore green. The second oldest wore red. The youngest member of the gang wore blue. They picked on just about everybody in the class,but they picked on this purple-haired girl the most. When they approached,she knew EXACTLY what they were going to say.

''Hey guys!'' Theleader shouted. ''The F-R-E-A-K is hidin' behind the beanbag chair! Hahahahaha she's a freak AND a wimp!''

''I'M NOT A FREAK!'' She yelled,coming out from behind the chair. She tried to hit the boy but she missed and hit the bookshelf.

''OOOOOOOOUUUCCCH!'' She screamed,so loud that some of the windows broke.

The Demon Boys laughed at her and walked off. The girl sat down in the chair and cried. A few minutes later, someone hugged her. She looked and saw that it was the new girl. She was a little bit older than the purple-haired girl and had redddish-hair and wore a white shirt with blue jeans.

''Don't listen to them.'' She told the ''freak.'' ''There's nothing bad about you. What's your name,anyway?''

''My name's Yumi.''

''I'm Seicha."

''Will you beat up The Demon Boys for me?''

''No,the teacher wouldn't want that. But I'll protect you from them.''

And that's just what Seicha did. After school was out for the summer,Yumi and Seicha continued to see each other. Yumi followed Seicha everywhere. She mimicked everything that Seicha did. Seicha got kind of annoyed by this after a while,but she and Yumi were still best friends.

One afternoon late in Autumn,Yumi and Seicha sat underneath a tree. Yumi was now 11 going on 12. They had been sitting under the tree for a while when Yumi pointed something out to Seicha.

''There's no more leaves on the trees.''

''I know.'' Seicha told her. ''Winter's just around the corner.''

''Yeah.''

''When Spring comes I'm moving.''

''Where are you moving to?''

''I'm not exactly sure where,but I DO know it's going to be far from here. I'm sorry,Yumi,but I don't think we'll get to see each other anymore.''

''Then...I'm coming with you.''

''No. Your parents won't let you,and neither will mine.''

Yumi hugged Seicha and cried.

Winter came and went,and Spring arrived. One morning,Yumi went over to Seicha's house and noticed there was a moving truck parked in front of it. Today was THE DAY.

''Seicha pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssssssseeeeeeeeee let me come with you!'' She said,crying. ''Who's going to protect me?''

''I'm sorry,but you'll just have to be brave and toughen it out,like I do.'' She hugged Yumi. ''Okay,I've got to leave now.'' She got into the car. She and her family drove off. Seicha stuck her hand out the window and waved at Yumi. Yumi waved back tearfully. After the car and the moving van were out of sight,Yumi walked back to her house,heartbroken.