Chapter 4: First Day of School

"It seems Edward Walker is... pissed." Kairi stated after listening to Ikuto's story.

The Guardians sat in the clubhouse. Once Ikuto had been released from the hospital I'd ordered an emergency Guardian meeting.

"...could you explain your train of thought Sanjo-kun?" Tadase asked distractedly. He was looking through applications for the new Ten of Hearts. It hadn't been two weeks since Emily left! What made me even angrier though was that Tadase didn't even really care that my little sister had been kidnapped by an evil organization!

"Well Edward Walker obviously returned to Europe and convinced the rest of Hollow's Eve's leaders to put an attack on us.

"But we let Lulu go!" Yaya exclaimed.

"And we didn't even get to kill that Phineas guy!" Keiko whined, "All he got was jail."

"You think that matter's to them? They're worse then Easter!" Ikuto muttered,

"It's hard to be worse than Easter... they hired such idiots." Kukai joked, trying to ease the tension.

Rima hit him lightly on the back of the head, "You know what he meant."

"Back to business! We'll have to do a lot of research to find out where Ami is," Kairi put his hand on my shoulder, "I do hope she's okay, wherever she is." he said to me.

Suddenly the door the clubhouse opened with a loud bang. Utau –who already knew about the whole mess- ran in angrily. She stormed in, glaring at Kukai.

"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU! WE WERE GOING TO GO LOOK AT SUITS FOR YOU!" she hollered. Then she grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and angrily ran out the door. She stopped and turned back to us.

"Sorry for interrupting!" she said, smiling sweetly.

Everyone in the room stared until Kiseki broke the silence,

"SHE'S A BUNCH OF CRAZY FLAKES!"

"A woman in love." my five Charas sighed simultaneously.

"I better go follow them." Daichi murmured, and flew off to follow his owner.

Ami's POV

-flashback-

"You are going to Stanwood Academy in the UK. You will continue schooling there." The faceless employee had told me on our drive to the airport.

"One problem," What an idiot, "I can't speak English." The man had then smirked so evilly at me.

"Don't worry. One of the top Hollow's Eve scientists will err... teach you what you need to know."

-end flashback-

I held my forehead in one hand. Ever since the surgery I'd felt hotter than usual. I'd been absolutely disgusted when I found out that that scientist was going to put something IN MY HEAD. I couldn't feel where they'd cut into my skull anymore, but I knew it was there. They'd put a computer chip made from the remnants of a Chara into my brain. That Chara had been the dream of a child to speak many languages. True I was now fluent in English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese, but at what cost?

There was a knocking at the door of my new dorm room. I didn't want to answer. Instead I sat on my lumpy mattress, staring at the off-white wallpaper with pale pink stripes. The school faced south. My room faced north. My bed was to the east if you looked at a topographical map. The large dark wardrobe was also on the east. On the west, in front of me, there was a desk. Next to the desk there was a near empty bookshelf. Facing south there was a single window. The ceiling slanted down, and the window was deep in the wall so there was a place where you could sit in front of it.

"Open up Ami! You shouldn't be tardy on your first day!" the man spoke English. I tried to not listen. I didn't want to understand! But I'd learned my lesson with talking back. They'd shot me with the same kind of gun they'd shot Ikuto-san with and it burned. It burned so much I thought I was going to die.

I got up and unlocked the door. In a dry voice I said, "I haven't had breakfast yet."

"We gave you breakfast, so that's not my problem if you didn't eat." he grumbled. Then he gave me a fake smile, "The headmaster told you you'd look cute in the uniform! And he was right was he not?" I frowned. The uniform was a little weird for me. I was used to my Seiyo Academy uniform.

The Stanwood uniform was a plaid drop-waist dress that reached above my knees over a peter pan collar blouse with puffy sleeves. Also I had to wear brown shoes that really weren't that comfortable. The whole thing made me look a little boxy.

Now it wasn't like I had seven of these in my closet. A female teacher, with a small nose, bored half-closed eyes, and a sharp voice, had taken my shopping for weekend wear and essentials. She'd been kind of rude, but I chose to ignore that.

With all that I'd bought from that I had a plaid beret to go with a dress, a criss-cross tie, and pink knee high socks.

"This bland thing only looks good because of what I added." I commented contemptuously. The uniform without my accessories wasn't exactly horrible, but it wasn't the greatest. It was too blue for me, with only a touch of pink on the actual dress. The had didn't really allow for pig tails so I had to leave my slightly curly hair down.

As I followed the nameless employee I touched my necklace. Onee-chan had given it to me and I wouldn't take it off for the world. I loved how the crystal sparkled.

I waited outside the classroom. It wasn't like Seiyo at all. First of all, the doors said, "116A" what was this place a hotel? Why didn't they have signs like "4th grade star class"? There was a gasp.

"A new student from Japan! No way!" exclaimed what I could tell was a young boy.

"What kind of Chara does she have?" squealed a girl. I sighed. That's right, Stanwood Academy was a school for only people with Charas.

"You can ask Ami that yourself, Ami! Come in now! Your classmates are excited to meet you!" I walked in the door, debating if I should use Onee-chan's cool & spicy character, or be the sweet and adorable me.

Calmly, I ignored the penetrating stare of the pudgy teacher who seemed to be in her thirties. I smiled brightly, wishing that I could speak Japanese at them, and greeted,

"Hello, my name is Ami Hinamori! Nice to meet you!"

"Hello Ami." the class greeted in unison. It was kind of creepy.

"Ami! Why don't you tell your classmates about yourself?" Suggested my new teacher from behind her desk.

"Okay!" I acted as happy as possible, focusing on my heart egg I had hidden in my hat, "I love sports and finger painting and cookies and singing! But most of all I love playing with my friends!" I widened my smile. There weren't any gasps or cheers as there would have been in my old school.

"Okay now take a seat." the teacher pointed to a desk in the back. I sighed and stepped forward. As I passed I heard some students whispering to each other.

"She's kinda cute!" one boy said to the kid next to him.

"Yeah, but she's so weird!" the kid replied.

"Heheh. Yeah she's a freak." one girl sneered.

"G-guys! C'mon! Don't be so mean!" exclaimed a dark brown haired girl.

Looked over at the girl. She didn't seem like such a bad person. Smiling brightly, I almost wished that I had chosen the cool & spicy character.

"It's okay! Everyone's entitled to their own opinion." as I moved away and took a seat at my desk I heard that first girl mutter,

"What a goodie-two-shoe!"

I sighed, taking out my new school supplies, knowing it was going to be a long day.

Author: Yep, a school for only people with Charas

Tadase: Yeah great whatever.

Author: What's up with you, Grumpy-puss

Tadase: *sigh * the poll on your profile!

Author: Oh right :D

Tadase: no one wants me to end up with Amu. Most of them want me to end up with... with NO ONE!!!

Author: You're such a whiner!

Yoru: He is! Ok thanks for reading! Please review

Tadase: THIS AUTHOR DOESN'T OWN SHUGO CHARA! SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO DECIDE WHO AMU ENDS UP WITH—

Ikuto: *hogs ties Tadase * That's enough out of you for one author's note!