"Please come in, we've been waiting for you," Tadase said.
Hinata and Amu both walked into the Royal Garden, shutting the door behind them softly. They looked around, amazed with the beautiful sight around them. Hinata then turned towards the guardians.
'All the guardians seem to have a chara,' Hinata thought.
The two of them sat in the emty chairs, when Tadase ushered them too. Hinata scoffed and rolled her eyes at him, she still held a major hatred towards the boy, for rejecting Amu in front of the entire school. Amu elbowed Hinata in the ribs, making Hinata yelp in pain.
"Don't be so rude," Amu whispered angrily.
"I wasn't being rude!" Hinata denied.
"Yes you were! You just rolled your eyes at him!" Amu snapped.
Someone coughed to get their attention, and it worked surprisingly. It was very hard to get Hinata and Amu's attention when they were bickering with one another. But they rarely bickered like little children. Nadeshiko ushered Hinata and Amu towards the tasty looking snacks on the table.
"Why don't you eat? We have maka tea and scones today," she said, smiling in amusement.
"Yay! I love Nadeshiko's scones!"
"Now we shall introduce ourselves," he said."I am the King's chair guardian, Hotori Tadase. We'll both be fifth years students this spring, and this is my guardian, Kiseki."
"I'm the Queen's chair guardian, Fujisaki Nadesshiko," Nadeshiko said, introducing herself."I'll be a fifth year student in the spring too, and this is Temari."
"I'm tha Ace's chair Yuiki Yaya!" the childish girl exclaimed."I'm already a fourth year and I love cute things! And this is Pepe-chan! Nice to meet ya!"
"I'm the Jack's chair, Souma Kukai!I'm in the soccer's club!" he declared, jabbing his thumb to his chara."This is Daichi."
Hinata and Amu stared at all of the charas. Taro and Miki stared at all of the charas blankly, and Ran was waving at them excitedly. Hinata looked at Taro and noticed he was talking to Miki. She smiled. She knew that Taro enjoyed peaceful and quiet places/people. Miki was quiet, so she knew Taro would get along with her.
"Uhmm, I'm-" Amu was interruted.
"It's okay Hinamori-san," Nadeshiko said," we all know you two are."
"She's so shy it's adorable!" Yaya squealed.
"And after all of those scary stories about her," Kukai laughed.
"And how do you guys know all of this?" Amu demanded.
"We have control over all of the students' personal information because we're the guardians," Nadeshiko answered.
"That's a violation of privacy," Hinata sighed, but she really didn't care.
"And those are your guardian charas: Ran, Miki, and Taro."
"You know," Kukai began,"I never saw a girl who has a male chara."
Hinata shrugged her shoulder, but she smiled at him sweetly. Kukai looked away, blushing slightly. Hinata tilted her head, confused as to why he turned away, but shrugged it off again.
"What are guardian charas?" Amu aked.
Tadase smiled and handed Amu a book titled "Eggs of the Heart". Hinata yawned and rested her head on the table. She had known this before-hand, because she had asked Taro to explain things to her. Taro was a good chara, very nice and relaxing to hang out with.
".....with guardian eggs can become members and guardians. So Hinamori-san, Hyuuga-san, would you like to join the guardians?" Tadase asked.
"No way," Amu and Hinata stated, Hinata's tone stated that she was clearly bored.
"But why?!" Yaya demanded.
"That royal guardian cape you wear is horrible," Amu reasoned.
"I don't want to be by Hotori-san,"Hinata stated.
"...Is that all?"
"It's very important important! It goes against my fashion sense!" Amu explained.
"I might get infected by Hotori-san's "I'm-a-Jerk-hepotitus," Hinata also explained.
Hinata yelped again when Amu elbowed her in the ribs. Couldn't Amu see she was only trying to protect her feelings, so she wouldn't get rejected by Tadase again? Tadase stared at her sadly. Hinata glared at him, making him flinch. Kukai burst into laughing fits, pointing his finger at Hinata and Amu.
"You pass!" he exclaimed.
"I said I wouldn't join," Hinata and Amu said.
"What's so bad about it?" Tadase asked, giving them the puppy eyes.
Hinata wasn't affected by it at all. One: She was only affected by little kids like Ami. Two:She had developed a hatred for him ever since he rejected Ami. Three: Well actually, she didn't have a three. But hey, those were two good reasons, you know?
"I'm sorry!" Amu apologized.
She grabbed Hinata's arms and sprinted away, dragging Hinata.
"......"
"She ran away," Kukai said.
"What should we do?" Yaya asked.
"Of course, we won't withdraw them from the guardians," Nadeshiko calmly replied.
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"H-hyuuga-sempai, p-please accept my le-"
"Gotcha!" Nadeshiko exclaimed.
Nadeshiko wrapped her arms around Hinata tightly, while smiling. Hinata threw her a curious look. She was wondering why Nadeshiko wrapped her arms around her. And why did it seems as if Nadeshiko was plotting something evil?
"Shall we walk to class together," Nadeshiko suggested, giggling.
"Nande?" Hinata suspiciously asked.
"Because I want to be better friends with Hinata-chan," Nadeshiko replied.
"Ah! It's Fujisaki-chan and Hyuuga-kun!"
"Wah! They look so good together!"
"Maybe Hinata-kun broke up with Amu-chan for Fujisaki-chan!"
Hinata sweatdropped when they started to gossip again. She let out a loud frustrated sigh, making Nadeshiko smile wider. They're might be another pathetic rumor starting today.
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"Ahh, I'm sad class is over," one of the girls said, depressed.
"Just when were becoming closer to Amu-chan," the other sighed.
"I hope we're in the same class again, Amu-chan."
"Me too," Amu agreed, smiling brightly.
Hinata stared at them in sadness. She didn't want to admit this, but she was envious of Amu. It's been a year, yet she still hadn't made a friend. Amu did though, ever since she confessed to Tadase.
'Tadase,' was the thought that ran through her mind.
Maybe she reacted too much. Tadase did reject Amu in front of everybody. But after that, Amu made friends. And he wasn't really a bad person once she thought about it. She remembered when he offered his handkerchief to Amu, when she was injured. She suddenly felt guilt consume her. She treated Tadase like he was an asshole, even when he was just trying to be nice. She stood up, sighing.
"Let's go, Taro," Hinata commanded.
'Hai, Hinata-sama," Taro said blankly.
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"Excuse me," Hinata politely called out.
Everyone turned around to Hinata, hearing her sweet and gentle voice. A small girl walked up to her, blushing furiously. She stood in front of Hinata's towering figure. Hinata noticed the resemblence between the little girl and Ami. Except, this girl seem to be more shy and her height was obviously a problem.
"C-can I help you?" she asked.
"Hai, arigatou," Hinata replied."I'm looking for Hotori Tadase-san."
The girl nodded and called out for Tadase, which Tadase was surprised about. Tadase walked over to Hinata and stared at her curiously.
"I need to talk to you in private, Hotori-san," she said."At the Royal Garden."
He nodded and exited the classroom, walking towards the Royal Garden. Hinata smiled at the little girl and leaned down towards her, kissing th girl's fore-head.
"Arigatou," she said, before she left.
There was a minute of silence, before the class started squealing.
"KYAAAA!!"
"I'm so jealous of you Kumiko-chan!"
"I know! She's like an Ouji, except more daring!"
"And she's also a girl!"
"But nobody cares for her gender that much!"
Kumiko stood there, shocked. She touched her fore-head, while blushing furiously.
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"Do you need anything, Hyuuga-san?" Tadase asked.
"Yeah," Hinata sighed.
"Well, what is it?"
"I'm sorry about how I acted," Hinata apologized softly."I was acting immature and like a huge jerk. Even when you were acting nice to Amu-chan."
Tadase's eyes widened in surprise a little bit, before he broke out into a smile and chuckled.
"Is that all?" he asked.
"Well, yeah," Hinata mumbled, blushing in embarassement.
"Apology accepted, Hyuuga-san," Tadase accepted.
Hinata nodded and walked out the Royal Garden, leaving Tadase alone. She gasped when she bumped into something hard. She toppled over the person, landing in a straddling position. She snapped her eyes open, when she realized it was closed. To her surprise, it was Souma Kukai. She felt herself blush bright red, to be in this embarassing position with him.
"Gomenesai, Souma-san!" she panicked."I-I-I s-swear it was an accident!"
Kukai chuckled when she kept on apologizing over and over again. Honestly, she was just too cute for someone to handle. He grinned, placing a hand over her mouth. While doing so, he realized her skin and lips were very soft.
"Oi, Hinata-chan, it's okay!" he laughed, removing his hand (which made him kind of sad)."It was an accident, no need to apoplogize!"
"Hinata-chan?" Hinata muttered, confused.
Since when did he call her by her first name, as if he's know her for a long time? Kukai, with his sharp sense of hearing, heard her. He grinned and leaned in, both of their fore-head touching. His green eyes clashed with her pupiless white eyes.
"I see you as my friend, which is why I call you by your first name," he explained."So why don't you call me by my first name?"
"H-hai," Hinata agreed," Kukai-kun."
He felt his breath hitch a little bit. Sure he heard tons of girls call him by his first name, but when she said it, it sounded so different. It was like listening to a soft melody that you never get tired of. Hinata grinned at him sweetly and took her hands, putting each on the side of his face.
"We're going to be best friends," she giggled.
"Un," Kukai agreed, finally snapping out of his daze."Now you should probably get off of me, or we'll be found in this embarassing position (,not that I actually care)."
Hinata blushed bright red, which Kukai thought was pretty cute, and stood up. She got off of him immediatly, which was why Kukai regretted telling her earlier. He already missed the warmth she gave him. Hinata held a hand out to him, which Kukai accepted, and pulled him off the ground. They started to walk down the pathway, just talking to each other as if they were friends for years. Hinata found herself actually laughing and feeling happy for the first time in school. Since she never had that much friends in school.
"Ne, Hinata-chan, why do you wear the boys' uniform, instead of the girls'?" Kukai asked.
"Hmmm...I guess it's because I think the boys' uniform are comfortable," she carelessly replied."Besides, if I wear a skirt and it's a windy day, people might might see my....," she blushed at this,".....well you know."
"No, I don't know," Kukai said, teasing her.
"...People might see my underwear," Hinata murmured.
"What? I didn't hear you," Kukai teased, again.
"People might see my underwear!" Hinata shouted.
She then blushed again in embarassment when everyone, that was near by, heard her. Everyone that did hear, was blushing (probably imagining seeing Hinata's panties). Kukai burst out laughing in amusement, wiping a tear from the corner her eyes. Hinata pouted, after Kukai wasn't laughing anymore.
"It's not funny, Kukai-kun," Hinata said, turning away from him.
"Aww~, come on Hinata-chan! I was just kidding, please forgive me!" he pleaded.
Hinata stared at his puppy eyes, and found herself wanting to forgive him. But how come? Tadase did the puppy eyes on her, and she didn't fall for it. She reluctantly sighed and nodded. Kukai smiled and wrapped his arms around her.
"Arigatou Hinata-chan!"
Hinata said nothing but blush (again). Taro and Daichi exchanged secret glances. What all of them didn't know, was that someone was watching them.
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"Now, let's get started! Fruit tarts are on the menu. First, you whip the butter," Nadeshiko explained.
Hinata sweatdropped, she had no idea why she was here. Oh wait, yes she did. Amu txted Hinata to come help her, with Nadeshiko, bake something for Tadase because she's going over his house tomorrow. Hinata sighed and went to the bathroom to change. She took off her school uniform and slid on a pair of black basketball shorts, and a white tank top. She untied her hair from the braid, and re-tied it into a pony-tail. She tied the small red apron, around her. She strolled out of the bathroom, to see Amu and Nadeshiko measuring the dough. She laughed and walked over, helping them. Hinata stirred the dough that held some egg yoke inside of it, carefully. She saw Nadeshiko checking her out and looked up.
"Do you need anything, Nadeshiko-chan?" she asked.
"Iie, nothing at all," Nadeshiko replied."It's just that you're very good at doing this. Have you ever done it before?"
"Un, multiple times. Our Imouto has a huge sweet tooth, so I would always bake something sweet for her to eat," Hinata giggled.
"Honestly Hinata-chan," Amu sighed," you spoil Ami-chan too much."
"I do?"
"Yeah."
Hinata let out a laugh. She never knew she spoiled Ami too much. But she didn't care. Ami was her favorite (and only) Imouto in the whole world.
"Who's Ami?" Miki asked, while sketching.
"Ami-san is Hinata-sama's and Amu-san's Imouto," Taro quietly replied.
He leaned over he, trying to look at her sketch. Miki moved away.
"I'm not done yet."
He nodded and sat next to her. Ran and Temari shared secret glances.
"They so like each other," Temari whispered.
"I know, tell me about it! Taro-kun only talks to Miki-chan more than anyone," Ran exclaimed quietly."I think it's because she's almost as quiet as him."
Temari nodded in agreement. Amu pulled out the fruit tart, smiling in acomplishment.
"It's done!" she squealed.
"Beautifully done," Nadeshiko declared."Now while this cools, we will make the cream. Hinata-chan, why don't you start on it now?"
"Where are you going?" Hinata asked.
"I'm going to get the fruit," Nadeshiko answered, winking.
She left the room, with Temari following. She then came back and grabbed Amu and her charas, before leaving again.
"Fujisaki-san is a nice person, right Hinata-sama?" Taro asked, tilting his head.
Hinata nodded in agreement, smiling.
"It seems like I've made a friend," Hinata stated.
Hinata stared at the bowl in front of her. She started to make the cream slowly, smiling as Taro would hand her stuff once in a while. She felt a presence by the window and turned around sharply. She gasped once she realized it was Tsukiyomi Ikuto....holding her two eggs.
"You're that hentai that tried to molest me!" she exclaimed.
"I'm not a hentai," he said, as a vein popped onto his head.
"Anyway, Tsukiyomi, don't come near me," Hinata warned."And how did you get up here anyway, this is the third floor?"
"Cause I'm a cat," he replied, walking towards her.
"Ah, I said don't get too close to me, Tsukiyomi," she snapped.
She felt this dangerous spark light up in her.
"So why don't you do something about it?!" another chara's voice said, and it was not Taro.
She suddenly felt herself glare at him. She dashed towards Ikuto and tackled him, catching her eggs before it hit the floor. The one with the skull hatched open and another tiny chara came out, and it was also a boy, like Taro. Except it was dressed in all black, had black pair of wings, and devil horns. She sweatdropped.
'I really didn't wish for a personality like that, did I?' she thought.
"Yo, Hinata-sama," th chara greeted."I'm your guardian chara, Kaito. By the way, why are you straddling him?"
Hinata and Ikuto both looked at the position they were in, and blushed. She was about to push herself off of him, but he kept her in place (like last time).
"Let go of me, Tsukiyomi, you fucking asshole!" she demanded.
Ikuto smirked in amusement. It seems as if he figured out why Kaito was born from her. Just by seeing her one time, he could already tell that she was too nice and always put others before herself. She was too kind and would most likely never talk back to anyone. So seeing Kaito, he was probably born from Hinata, to give her a rebelling, carefree personality.
"Iie," he replied.
"Oh, I get it," Kaito snickered."You guys are lovers."
"Iie, you got it wrong Kaito-san," Taro informed."Both of them are enemies. Tsukiyomi is trying to steal Hinata-sama's eggs."
Kaito stared at Taro. Now you would've expected the angel and devil to argue and bicker like children, but surprisingly, they got along. Taro and Kaito exchanged glances. Kaito snickered and punched Yoru, Ikuto's chara, and Taro took the egg from Hinata to protect it. Hinata gave a small relieved sigh. She suddenly stiffened when she felt Ikuto lick the side of her cheek.
"You got cream on your face," he explained.
He was about to lean in again until she spoke.
"Chotto! Before you do anything (perverted) again, at least answer my question!"
"Hmmmmm.....ask away."
"Why are you trying to steal my eggs? And what is an embr-"
"That's far enough!"Nadeshiko shouted."I see you've let yourself in, you thieving cat! Daijobu, Hinata-chan?"
"I'm stuck dammit! Do you think I'm okay?" Hinata retorted.
Nadeshiko and Amu gaped at Hinata for her foul language, until they saw Kaito. Now they knew why she was acting like that.
"Temari, chara change!" Nadeshiko exclaimed.
"Chin~, Ton~, Shan~!" Temari sang, waving her branch of flower for each word.
Instead of the nice and calm Nadeshiko, it was replaced with a very dangerous one. Her eyes held a dangerous glint in them, and she gripped a pudao in her hand.
"HYAAAAHH!!!!!!" she screamed, war-like."I'm going to strike you down, so be on your guard!"
Everyone's eyes widened when Nadeshiko charged at them.
"Holy fuck Tsukiyomi! Let me go!" Hinata yelled."We're going to die if you don't let me go, dammit!"
Ikuto pushed her to the side and leaped away, just as Nadeshiko's pudao came swiping down. Hinata ran towards Amu and grabbed her hands, pulling her to her chest tightly. She needed to protect Amu at all cost, that's what sister are for, right? They gasped when Ikuto accidently stepped onto the fruit tart, that they took so long to make.
"What do we do?" Amu asked, panicking.
"Suu is here, arigatou for waiting minna san!" a little chara exclaimed, popping out of Amu's last egg."Leave it to Suu! I will resolve it smoothly! Chips~, syrup~, whipped cream!"
The small bowl of whipped cream Hinata made, suddenly became large. And Amu was suddenly stirring it. It then became a large river of whipped cream, flooding the place. Hinata dived into the whipped cream river, and grabbed Amu. She wrapped her arms around her protectively, before anything can happen. She totally forgot about Nadeshiko.
'Are we going to become snacks?' Hinata thought.
"What is with this chara?!" Amu screamed.
They landed to the ground with a loud thud, once it was over. Both of them were covered with whip cream from head-to-toe. Hinata and Amu both looked up, to see a very beautiful teenager. She had long blond hair and beautiful purple colored eyes. She was wearing a black gothic dress, that accentuated her figure. She scowled and turned towards Ikuto.
"What are you playing at, Ikuto?" she demanded.
"Utau," he said."Pinky doesn't have the embryo, but I don't know about....the freak. Her third egg hasn't hatched yet. We have no more bussinesses, let's go."
Hinata's eyes watered up in hurt, and she attempted to glare at him. She hated being called freak, just because of her unique eyes. It was one of her weakest point, besides losing her family. She turned around, not wanting anyone to see her tears, even though everyone already saw it.
"T-taro, K-kaito, go home with A-amu-chan today," she suggested, her voice cracked at the end, and she knew it.
She sprinted out the door, leaving everyone behind. She ignored everyone's protest. But Kaito and Taro said nothing. They knew she needed her time alone, after all, they were her guardian charas.
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Kukai grunted as he tried to kick the ball at the dummy's head again. Soccer pratice was already over, but he stayed back anyway. He needed to get all of his anger out. His coach had kept on nagging him, about how he shouldn't let him down, because he was the pride of the school. Kukai growled, imagining that dummy's face as his coach. He stopped when he heard a sob come from behind a tree. Curious, he walked over and tried to follow the sound. His green eyes widened in surprise, when he saw Hinata, in a fetal position, crying.
"Hinata-chan," he called out softly.
Hinata looked up hic-cupping. Her eyes were puffy with a tinge of red in it. Her clothes were wrinkled and she had some leaves stuck to her hair. He sat down beside her, and pulled her into his lap. He quietly pulled her hair out from the pony-tail, and smoothened it out, taking all the leaves out of hair. He sighed and wrapped his arms around her, letting her cry. He waited patiently and didn't ask her anything. Fifteen minutes later, Hinata had stopped crying, and she had just relaxed into Kukai's comforting embrace.
"...Tsukiyomi Ikuto," she finally spoke.
Kukai stiffened once she mentioned that name, but stayed quiet to let her continue.
"He...he called me a freak," she continued."Ever since I was young, I was always bullied because of my eyes. I never had any friends because of that, and I was always treated as an outcast labeled,"Freak". It's one of my weak spots, besides losing my family. I guess you can say, when Tsukiyomi called me a freak, it triggered one of my old memories that I wanted to forget."
There was a pregnant of silence. Kukai felt his blood boil, just thinking about what Ikuto said to Hinata, made him want to beat the damn neko to a pulp. He held Hinata tighter as Hinata let out a cold laugh.
"Maybe I am really a freak," she mumbled.
Kukai grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.
"You're not a freak," he said calmly."You're very unique, that's all. And I think your eyes are beautiful."
Hinata's eyes widened in shock, before she broke out in a smile. Her eyes watered up, in happiness. She wrapped her arms around him tightly.
"Arigatou Kukai-kun," she softly said.
"Heh, it's no problem."
He didn't know her that much, but he felt as if he wanted to protect her. He wanted to protect her with his life. He wanted her to always be happy and have that beautiful, kawai smile on her face. He wanted to make her happy. Because that's what friends wanted for their other friends. Right?
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"Are you sure you don't want to go?" Amu asked.
"Hai, I'm sure," Hinata replied."Now go have fun, and capture his heart."
Amu blushed bright red and threw a glare at Hinta's direction. Hinata chuckled and ushered Amu to go out the door, which Amu did so. Once she was gone, Ami came running to Hinata and tugged on her pants. Hinata picked Ami up and slid on a pair of black converse.
"Let's go get some takoyaki, Imouto," Hinata suggested.
"Hai, Hinata-onee-san!" Ami exclaimed.
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"Iie! I will not wear that skirt!" Hinata protested."I want to wear the boys' uniform, Amu-chan!"
"Just for today Hinata-chan!" Amu yelled."Because you have to make a good impression to the senseis, for our new school year!"
Hinata stopped and stared at Amu, her eyes watery.
"B-but Amu-chan, what if the guys' see my un-"
"Why don't you just wear some boyshorts like you always do," Amu sighed.
"You got nothing to lose Hinata-sama," Kaito snickered."Besides, you're a fucking, hot, girl. So why don't you "embrace your women-ness"?"
Taro nodded in agreement, but frowned at Kaito's choice of words. Hinata glared at the red plaided skirt. She growled and snatched it from Amu's hands.
"Fine! But you owe me!"
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"Wah! Is that Hyuuga-kun, in a skirt?!"
"She looks so pretty!"
"She has nice legs!"
"What a body!"
Hinata blushed at the attention and hid behind the snickering Amu. She had to wear the girls' uniform, and did I mention it was too short? Amu had even taken the liberty to tie Hinata's hair into a side pony-tail, and curl it. Hinata squeaked out in surprise, when she felt Nadeshiko hug her.
"Ohayou Amu-chan!" she greeted."Ohayou Hinata-chan! It's nice to see you wearing the girls' uniform, and dressing like a girl!"
Hinata pouted but said nothing, and Amu grinned. They both looked up at the board to see which class they were in. To their surprise, they were all in the same class. Nadeshiko pulled them into a group hug.
"We have the same class!" she exclaimed.
'Umm....am I supposed to be happy?'
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"And now, I will introduce this year's guardian members," the headmaster said."The King's Chair:Hotori Tadase. The Queen's Chair:Fujisaki Nadeshiko. The Jack's Chair:Souma Kukai. The Ace's Chair:Yuiki Yaya."
"None of the members are different."
"That's because no one graduated."
"All of the members from last year, are popular."
"Those four, are perfect for it."
"And this year, there is two more," the headmaster continued."The Joker:Hinamori Amu. The White Joker:Hyuuga Hinata."
"Nani?!" Hinata and Amu shouted.
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Akuma: Well, this is my second chappie. Hoped you like it. And by the way, I don't know who Hinata should end up with. Please review, and tell your other friends about this, if you think they'll like it. Thanks.