Okay, so thanks to some people (CLAUDINE) I'm uploading the next chapter now xD But you'll have to wait for the next one (HA HA!)
So this chapter is just a flashback…a 6 page long flash back. But still a flashback! And no, you don't get to see what happens to Ikuto yet ;D Aika's apparently a smart-ass when she's 10 though XD
I do not own Shugo Chara! All I own is Arisa and the 'plot' of the story.
x-Chapter 15-x
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A. R. I. S. A.: 6 Pages of Flashing Back
Purple. Chocolate. Stars.
-Flashback-
A loud beep was heard from the P.A. system above her.
Suzuki Aika, age ten was standing feebly in the center of a well constructed training stimulation room in the sub-basement of the Easter headquarters in Tokyo. Her two charas, Haruhi and Tsuki hovered close to her by her side.
She looked around the room with wide eyes. After her father had admitted to his debt with Easter, they decided that if he gave his daughter (who coincidentally had charas) and have her work for them, he'd be able to pay off the debt and his family would be free.
Some plan that was.
Her knees trembled beneath her as her ears were filled with loud beeps and scary voices and her vision could see nothing except for the cement, white walls surrounding her.
Suddenly a booming voice above her said, "Suzuki-san, prepare yourself."
The lights in the room dimmed and two metal doors at the sides opened. From the door, came two swarms of X-eggs angrily screeching, "USELESS! USELESS!"
Her usually cheerful blue eyes widened and were filled with fear. She shrank back, and whipped her head in both directions, panicking.
"Aika-sama!" Haruhi called.
Aika turned to her with wide eyes. She wasn't able to think straight and it was getting hard to breath.
"Aika-sama, we need to transform!" Haruhi called again.
Her other chara; Tsuki, who was normally as mellow as a cucumber was thoroughly terrified at the current situation. He had long retreated into his egg since Haruhi's transformation was the one being tested.
Easter had labelled him 'unnecessary' since his power wasn't very…powerful.
Not knowing what to do, she shank down as the presence of the X-eggs. She knelt down on her knees and forced her hands over her ears in a vile attempt to muffle the cries and screeches of the X-eggs.
They whizzed in all directions around her head, screeching angrily all the pent of feelings of their owners. Arisa cringed and curled up tighter. The noise surrounding only got louder and suddenly she couldn't take it any longer.
She slowly stood up, keeping eye contact with the cement floor beneath her.
Her eyes connected with her sun-themed chara's golden orbs. Aika's aqua eyes looked nervously at her chara, who gave her a reassuring look. Aika then looked up at the glass window where several men in white lab coats and holding clipboards.
She glared at one man, who was sitting in a leather seat smoking a cigar. He smirked when they eyes met. She glared harder then she looked back at Haruhi.
"Atashi no kokoro…unlock," she muttered reluctantly. A second before the transformation began, she fidgeted with the pendant around her neck.
"Finally," grumbled the man in the leather seat.
An ensemble of fiery colours surrounded Aika for a minute or so. When she appeared, she stood in her transformation costume and the pendant around her neck glowing a faint shade of red.
She summoned the sword and charged at the X-eggs. Though in her mind, she was panicking mess, her actions were stimulated by Haruhi's character, making her more confident and energetic.
She slashed relentlessly at the X-eggs surrounding her, further angering them.
The man above smirked deviously and tapped the residue off his cigar onto the floor. Taking another puff of smoke, he sighed, "Remove the seal."
One of the people-in-lab-coats pressed a button the control panel in front of him and the pendant began to let off a soft hum.
Below, Aika was having quite a good time; purifying eggs and knowing she's saving someone's dream. The purified eggs escaped through a crack in the wall, but the remaining X-eggs continued to attack.
A thin layer of sweat formed on her forehead and she wiped it off hastily, scowling. 'I'll really need a shower after this,' she thought.
During the process, as she dashed from one sector to another, she felt her worries disappear and Haruhi laughed in her mind and she couldn't help but laugh as well.
She was having such a good time that she could barely notice the soft humming of the pendant growing louder with the passing minute.
Finally, Aika had finished purifying every last X-egg she was put against. She flipped a stand of hair out of her face and smiled contently.
As the last purified egg escaped the room, she waved cheerily at it, "Ja ne tamago-chan!~"
With all the X-eggs gone, the entire containment was silent, and that was when she noticed the pendant. She turned around quickly, nearly loosing her balance.
She stared up at him; Gozen, the man holding her father's life.
He waved carelessly at her, and she grabbed the pendant and tried getting off her, but it was no use. The metal was welded at the end.
She would never be able to take it off.
Before she could demand what was happening, her mind suddenly became foggy and a loud electronic screech was heard in her ears.
She fell to her knees, shaking. She was scared; terrified; afraid. She just wanted to leave, to never have accepted the offer, but now, it was obviously too late.
When she stood back up, she could hear Haruhi's voice in her mind, fading away, as if she was being erased.
Aika's blue eyes opened and appeared to be glazed over. Something in her ticked and then…she lost control of herself.
Metal doors opened, more X-eggs rushed in and Aika was back slashing at them, but instead of purifying them like she had intened, when she slashed at a few X-eggs grouped together, their shells shattered and fell to the floor in a jumbled mess of glowing black and purple pieces and white; turning grey; turning black X's.
She wasn't thinking. She couldn't even feel what was going on around her.
Seconds passed, then minutes, finally after about an hour, the remains of the X-eggs carpeted the ground, ominously glowing purple.
She felt light headed. She felt Haruhi leave her mind, then with that; she passed out.
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When she awoke, she was in an infirmary bed with bright white lights above in an otherwise dark room. Aika remained laying down, staring at the ceiling. She turned her head to the side, seeing her two eggs on the small table next to her, she sighed of relief.
She remained lying in the surprisingly comfortable bed, trying to recall the previous events.
Eventually, she plainly gave up and sat up, her hands getting to work to straighten her hair. Forcefully pulling the thin, medicine smelling sheets off her, and grabbed the eggs off the table.
The cold of the ceramic floor shocked her feet, but she continued her trek out of the building.
She walked carefully through the halls, making sure she didn't see any of the employees who had worked with her. She snuck through the corridors, humming the Mission Impossible theme in her head; she couldn't help it, and refrained from humming out loud.
Eventually, after following many exit signs and arrows, she exited through the back door of the Easter building. Her sneakers padded quietly on the puddle covered sidewalk. She sprinted away from the building, making sure to avoid any security cameras she spotted.
She ran until her breath came in heavy pants. She situated herself on a wooden bench in the middle of a busy shopping center.
Her charas took that moment to peek out of their eggs at their owner.
Her usually straight, well combed hair was messy and sticking out in places they never thought possible, she had bags under her eyes from the lack of sleep and she was slouched on the bench, uncannily resembling a hung over, commuter.
Before they could say anything; a tall, teenaged figure shadowed above her.
She cracked one of her azure eyes open to see the one and only Tsukyomi Ikuto looming above her with a cheeseburger in one hand and his violin case in the other.
"Aren't you that new kid at Easter?" He asked, taking a bite out of his cheeseburger.
Aika grumbled miserably and nodded. She was dead tired, all she wanted to do was go home and sleep, but she obviously couldn't. There were Easter goons all over her family's property.
"Hm… okay. Ja." He walked off with Yoru who trailed behind him, "Ikutoooo! Wait up nya!"
As he strode away, Yoru trailing helplessly behind him, he heard a soft, female voice, "Baka…"
He turned in interest, cocking at brow in her direction, "Hm?"
Using the dwindling amount of strength inside her, she stood up at shot at, "Baka; how can you just leave a girl practically unconscious on a bench! We're on the same side so you should at least help me out!!"
He stared boredly at her, "Do I really have to?"
She pouted and sat back down. Ikuto just stood there, a few away from her as silence consumed them both.
Breaking the silence, Aika asked, "You're being blackmailed into working for Easter too, right?"
An uneasy look crossed his features, lines forming around his mouth where a frown formed. In a vain attempt to hide it he scoffed and turned away, "In a sense," he replied coolly.
Aika twitched, "You know Ikuto…I've been thinking…" she paused, then stood up and stared up at him, "WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS ACTING SO COOL? IT'S IRRITATING!"
"…What?" Iktuo asked, momentarily weirded out by her random burst of hyperness.
"YOU HEARD ME! LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR…BLUE HAIR!" She demanded, pointing at his face in an accusing manner.
He sweat dropped and muttered, "You have blue hair too…"
Aika looked appalled. "Don't change the topic! And I've seen how you act around people; being mysterious and cool and stuff is SOOOO last year! Maybe you should take up sports or something! Get a hobby!"
"My hobby is violin," he replied simply.
"A DIFFERENT HOBBY! Why don't you try tennis? Though I've never really liked tennis, I kept getting hit by the ball…"
"…"
"Or swimming? What; are you scared of water or something??"
"Aren't you?"
"…NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT!!! You know what? I have a better idea!" She lunged forward and grabbed Ikuto's chara, Yoru.
"YOU SHOULD BE MORE LIKE YORU!"
"…Nya?" Yoru asked, confused.
Ikuto sighed with a mixture of annoyance, amusement, and an incoming headache.
"Look at him! The fangirls eat up his adorableness for breakfast, lunch and dinner! If you were more like him, you'd be so much cooler!"
Ikuto twitched. His chara; cooler than him? Impossible.
"And besides," she continued, "Yoru works the midnight blue so much better than you do. Right Yoru?"
Instinctively the little cat agree, "Yup, nya!"
Ikuto twitched. Why was HIS chara on HER side again??
He watched the two grinning madly at him. Aika was obviously doing her best to keep her enthusiasum at its highest peak.
There was an awkward pause, then Aika threw Yoru over her shoulder, "But anyway you should really find another hobby besides violin or else you'll grow up as a creepy pervert who stalks and molests girls younger than him!" (cough cough hint hint nudge nudge AMU)
One of Ikuto's ever-popular smirks tugged at his lips as he shot back, "Well I would think it's entertaining to tease you, but it's boring when they don't have enough energy to fight back."
Aika's face flushed slightly and she screamed, "YOU THINK I'M OUT OF ENERGY??"
Her sudden exclamation caused several bystanders to turn to look in their direction. After acquiring several odd looks, she prepared herself to run.
To prove her point, she jumped to her feet and began sprinting from one end of the long hall to another and bounding onto his back after he removed it and set it on the floor, watching the blue haired girl with much amusement.
When she was finished, she was panting on his back, and finally; passed out.
He carefully picked up his violin case and strode off, managing the addition of weight. He felt her shift slightly, her longhair beginning to tickle his cheek. He nudged her slightly and thought, she can't be as bad as she could be. Maybe a little on the crazy side, but that's where Utau came in.
Meanwhile, Aika dozed contently against the warmth of his shoulder muttering something about Cinnabuns and ducks.
In Ikuto's book; they had become friends.
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