XxSADDxX: Hello everybody, long time no see. If you saw my profile then you heard about my little accident. I broke my laptop last Sunday and it devastated me. I was ready to really get into my story writing and all but hey, things happen. So until I get a new one I'm forced to use the house computer which is slow for one thing and like five people use it daily. Now I have to share time which means no more getting on the computer to write new 2-minute ideas down. Luckily I copied all of mine important stud on my trust USB before it broke. But I'm still brooding over the fact that I actually broke it and only one day away from the new school year! But school is actually turning out to be fun. Here are the pros: I'm going with two friends from middle school. It's the school I really wanted. All the teachers are really nice. There are malls and shopping centers around my school so that means on breaks it time to grab friends and cruise. I also don't get a lot of homework usually so score! I played badminton for the first time and I rocked at it. I have Honors Classes so that's cool; I didn't think I was that smart. (Then again I've been MG since the 3rd grade. There's this test you have to take for it and I guess it gets harder as you grow up but since I was young it had these random shapes in it from what I remember. To this day I don't know I passed.) It's also a vocational school so I can take classes that'll prepare me better for a job for when I graduate. But don't worry I plan to go to college as well. I want to study culinary arts. But I want to be a writer too. But with every pro there are some cons: I have to take two buses to school and get up at like 5:30. The second bus is always crowded with kids that go to my same school. On the first day of school I had a really bad day. On the second day I burned my left arm and on the third I took the wrong bus pass to school so when it was time to go home I couldn't I had to wait for my dear mother to come and get me. Plus, I don't get breakfast or lunch so I come home starving and really tired. There are like six floors and the school's E shaped. The school is on the other side of the city. I have to change into a gym uniform at school and we have it for like two hours! And I couldn't find the bathroom until Friday even though school started Tuesday. Also my friends from middle school are in NONE of my classes. They even go to three classes with each other but not me. (T.T) But enough about me, now it's time for my new story to shine. I don't own Shugo Chara at all.

"Hinamori-san, I know what Lulu-san said to you made you angry and offended you but doing this will only make you exactly like her."

"Yeah, I agree with Manami, it's a bad idea." Hinamori Amu ignored her friends, focusing her attention to the gym room. She stood peering in through a window about to pull the rope leading to the prank she had concocted.

"Wakana, Manami, this is my chance to get back at Lulu and Yamabuki for saying those things. And like Frederick B. Wilcox says, "Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.""

"But when he said it he meant to take risks to do greater things, not get detention." Amu wasn't hearing her friends and they knew it well. When this gifted girl had something on her mind she wouldn't give up on it. Amu gripped the rope tighter as the last teacher stepped into the Gymnasium.

"I have made up my mind." With her resolve made she clutched the ropes with two hands and pulled down forcefully.

The atmosphere in the gymnasium was hostile. Well, any teacher would upset if he or she was tricked into the gym only to become drenched in glue and splattered with feathers. Amu stood in front of all the teachers quiet, with her head hung down trying to stifle her laugh. Nikaidou stepped up to her slowly. His facial expression strained with eyebrows furrowed and arms tightly crossed.

"Himamori, what did you think you were doing playing a prank? I thought you were one of my better students but I guess not." Tsukasa, the guidance counselor stepped in quickly as well. He, just like the rest of the staff stood covered in glue and feathers.

"Yuu-san, please calm down. I'm sure Amu had a reason for all this. Do you?" She shook her head and kept it down.

"I knew it. You just earned yourself 4 months detention Himamori. And you have to clean the Gym."

"I can't afford to lose that much time!" Nikaidou showed a haughty smile.

"Would you prefer suspension for a while then? Take your pick."

Out in the hall Lulu and Saaya were overhearing every word and laughing to themselves. The two of them had planned to get her in trouble from the start. Ever since she came to this school they were shoved out of the lime light and there were less fan club members every day.

"She got what she deserved trying to become more popular than the Jewels of Seiyo." They high fived and scurried back to class before the last bell.

"Yuu, have a little mercy. Why don't you and the rest of the faculty clean yourselves up while I finish up with Amu?"

Nikaidou was unwilling to let her off but he didn't like the feeling of glue in the vitals of his body. He and the other teachers cleared out leaving Amu alone with the Principal. Tsukasa grabbed a mop from the closet and handed it to Amu.

"Stay after school and clean this up. Tomorrow morning come to my office for your punishment details." The Principal left Amu as she stood there fueled with rage.

"Dumb lying skunks! They promised not to tell!" She dunked the mop in the water filled bucket and started to clean up the surrounding area, angrily.

The sky was a pale blue and cloudless as Amu walked up the hill to school. She walked by herself amidst her fellow school mates who took the same winding hill as she did. Everyone as usual was fawning over her with the usual "Cool & Spicy" chants or admiring her with stares. She on the other hand didn't think she way cool or spicy at all. That's just the way she came off when she was nervous.Walking in big crowds or talking to people made her feel inferior and she hid it well with her stoic attitude. In actuality she was just as nerdy as Seiichiro Suzuki. And as much as Amu wanted to show her true self she was afraid someone would pick on her like before. So she decided to keep the façade up and act like the "Cool & Spicy" smart unapproachable high school student. But as a result of this superficial front she received some unwanted competition. Lulu de Morcerf Yamamoto, the most prominent girl in school who had famous parents and had the beauty of an American blonde and Yamabuki Saaya, her comrade and one in the same with Lulu wanted to put an end to Amu's Cool & Spicy reign.They were formally known as the Jewels of Seiyo. Amu walked into class and saw the Jewels at her desk like they were waiting for here. Amu sighed and moved to her seat not wanting to discuss the two of them.

"Can I help you?" Amu said in an irritated voice. Lulu slammed her hand on Amu's desk, she did not flinch like Lulu intended.

"Everyone keeps spreading rumors about you. That you're richer than presidents but pretend to be middle class. Your mother designs houses and your father is a wildlife expert. And that you are "Cool & Spicy". Is all that really true?

"You tell me. You seem to believe it and you've done your homework quite well." Amu answered sarcastically. But in her mind she was shouting no, questioning how these insane rumors even came to pass. They don't even sound logical. How could I fake being rich?

"Fine then, if you're so awesome you wouldn't mind taking up a dare. Or are you chicken?" The entire sophomore class heard this part; all eyes were now on the girls. Amu was fed up to the sky with this school. But she couldn't back out of this dare. No one would let her and her pride wouldn't allow it either.

"It's fine by me as long as you keep it a secret."

"No problem, you complete the dare and we won't tell on you."

Amu grabbed the mop and started to clean the glue and feathers from the floor. The process was sticky and long but in the end she got it done in a couple of hours. She headed back her classroom and gathered her things and made her way home. On the way to the gate Amu saw Tsukasa-san waiting at the gate.

"How was cleaning Amu-san?" She walked up to him and regular pace and let out a loud sigh. He quickly understood.

"What you did was unreasonable and wrong but I can get you out of detention," her face lit up instantly, "if you fill your punishment days with tutoring a returning student. And you have to appear publicly as a Guardian now." Amu's smiling face quickly diminished.

"But Tsukasa-san, I don't want to join the Guardians. They're weirdos." The Guardians were an élite group of exceptionally smart and popular students in school. They were the student council of the school and organized most events and rulings about the students. There was a king, queen, jack, and five aces. They held meetings in the Royal Garden that normal students weren't allowed in a ruled in a respective manner. But they had strong personalities and are really loud.

"That's your new punishment Amu-san. I'll tell Nikaidou. Remember to see me tomorrow." Tsukasa walked back into the school leaving the new tutor and Guardian to herself.

"I can't be a tutor," Amu thought. She looked at the sun as it set and realized it was late and hurried home down the hill.

"Ikuto, listen to what you father is saying!"

"Mother, I'm not going back to Seiyo. Why can't I be home schooled again?" Aruto paced the kitchen furiously in their hotel room. Ikuto had been pulled out of his first worldwide tour because of behavior and still won't heed any of his father's words out of anger. Souko sat at the kitchen counter silent. She couldn't find the words to calm the atmosphere between her son and her husband. All she could do was sit still until it got out of hand.

"You will go back to Seiyo and finish high school and then we will decide the fate of your music career."

"But-"

"If I hear another one you'll have to recover from more than time away from the industry." Aruto walked out of the kitchen quickly and into the other room. Ikuto pulled at his midnight blue hair in frustration.

"Ikuto, it'll be alright. Your father is taking every necessary step to make sure success into your life."

"Can't you talk to him? I don't want to go back to our sleepy hometown and graduate high school. I can do it right here in Tokyo. I can't leave now." Souko sighed. She was surely being shoved a boulder and a cement wall. She wanted the best for Ikuto and really wanted his career to take off but with the recent acts of rebellion she was leaning towards her husband's side.

"I'm home Mom." Souko put on a good face and nudged Ikuto to do the same.

"Welcome back Utau." Utau set her things down on the counter and grabbed bottled water from the fridge. She then sat next to Souko and drank.

"How did the talk go?" Souko shook her head and walked out of the kitchen. Utau stared at Ikuto for a while unable to find any words.

"Maybe it won't be so bad to go back home We bought this nice house and it's got room for all of us. And I'm okay with moving back."

"You wouldn't understand. I can't just leave before I become truly famous. All that effort is wasted. And If I go back I get my dumb spot back as the Guardians' Ace of Spades."

"So, what's so wrong with that? I'm their Ace of Diamonds."

"I'm just not into that kiddy king stuff anymore."

"Too bad, because you've got to endure it until you graduate. Oh and you also get a tutor too." Ikuto grew aggravated.

"What do I need a tutor for?"

"Well, Tsukasa-san called and he thinks it'll help with your anger problem and school work. It's almost December now and you're a little behind." Ikuto sighed outwardly. In one week he was about to finally make his entrance into the music world with his band mates and now he's sitting in a hotel room packing for the flight back home. Sure he and his band mates ran into countless problems and disagreements but he still wanted to be a part of the band. It was better than nothing. Not to mention half the time his father was telling him that his band members were just no good. That as a fellow violinist he should just make a name for himself with the violin and give up the rock star act. But "Easily Persuaded" didn't happen to be Ikuto's middle name. Aruto had enough power to make him go school. Anything else wouldn't register into Ikuto's rebellious brain.

"Fine, I'll go along for now." Ikuto went to his room and slammed the door leaving his sister alone. Utau finished gulping down her bottled water and threw it away. She then plopped on the couch and dialed on her phone.

"Hello who is this?"

"Kukai, they told Ikuto." Utau twiddle the phone cord with her finger and smiled.

"Oh really Utau, how did he take it?"

"Not really well." She slumped on the couch and kicked her feet up.

"Oh, that sucks for him though. But the gang can't wait to see him."

"Yeah, that's the only part he can't seem to get. So what are you doing this weekend?"

"Well Nagihiko and I planned to shoot some hoops. Why ask?"

"Can I count myself in?" There was a long pause on the phone.

"Of course, I don't mind. The more the merrier." Utau did her best to stifle a happy scream but the urge was certainly there. They said their goodbyes and both hung up the phone.

"I hope this tutor is a real good one," she thought.

Amu opened the door to her two-story home. She already wasn't in the best mood after getting in trouble but now that she clearly saw the family car parked in the drive-way she gave up all attempts to lie. She closed it and kicked off her shoes at the entrance. The sound of running little feet and giggles grew closer as her little sister ran to the door.

"Mama! Papa! Amu is home!" Ami had to announce it to the world that I was home, Amu cursed in her mind. She dropped her book bag at the door and walked into the living room. There sat Tsumugu and Midori with their arms crossed.

"I'm home," Amu said with a half-smile. She knew what she was in for. Midori was the first one to break the silence.

"Welcome back Amu. Sit down dear." Amu did as she was told and sat across from the couple. By now Ami had gone upstairs and it was safe enough to talk.

"I got a call from your teacher Nikaidou. He explained to me that you were acting out, is that so?" Acting out is kind of an understatement, she thought but nodded anyway.

"Care to explain?" Amu shook her head. She didn't have a good enough reason to prove the prank besides explaining that she is being bullied by two Barbie's who think the world revolves around them. Tsumugu stood up.

"That's it! Lately you've been off the wall. Coming home late and constantly being distant. The last thing I need is for you to get arrested. It's time I draw the line. You're forbidden to go out without telling me and you'll have an eight o'clock curfew. And when you do get home I want you up in your room, understand?" Amu speechless from the assertiveness coming from her father she could only reply yes. Tsumugu dismissed himself from the table heading to work to finish his split shift.

"Can I ask why you've changed? Is it because you have no friends in school?" Amu ignored the questioned and scoffed silently. Midori walked over to her daughter who still had her head down and touched her shoulder trying to comfort her. Amu dismissed herself and walked into her room. She fell face first into her bed and clutched one of her pillows to her chest. She thought about her Mother's words. She didn't even know why she had changed so much upon coming into Seiyo. Before she was a strong-willed girl trying her best to make every day count. And now she's wasting away in high school tiredly.

"Is it really because I have no friends? " Amu latched to the pillow tighter. It was indeed true that the popular Hinamori Amu was without friends. Manami and Wakana were just girls that supported Amu's Cool and Spicy act. In class she sat in the back next to the window. At lunch she sat alone outside on the grass or on the roof of the school. But no one really took the time to figure out the real Amu. The Amu who was a total nerd, who loved music with all her heart, a total bookworm who enjoyed playing video games and a shy girl who was a good martial arts fighter. That was the Amu she wanted everyone to know about. But she was afraid of the outcome, another part of the real Amu. It wasn't a definite that she would fit in so safely again. She didn't want to admit it but she was indeed lonely. But staying here was never set in stone.

Monday came around and the students of Seiyo were completely ecstatic. Amu walked into the school gates tired and quiet as usual. The first thing she noticed was an unusual crowd at the school doors. She continued to walk up the path and was interrupted by Wakana and Manami's screams. She walked over to them and greeted the two of them.

"What's with the big crowd?"

"Didn't you hear? The famous Ikuto Tsukiyomi from the band Easter's Death Rebels is coming back to Seiyo."

"No. I can't say that I have."

"Oh right, you only enrolled in Seiyo recently and by that time Ikuto-sama had already transferred out. You're really never heard of him?" Amu shook her head once more. The fact that there was a musical idol enrolled in Seiyo was all new to her. Lulu and Saaya walked up snickering and arms crossed.

"You call yourself "Cool & Spicy" and you don't even know the all-too-wonderful Ikuto Tsukiyomi. How pathetic of you." Amu could only roll her eyes.

"If I've never heard of this Ikuto guy then he must not be all that great." Amu was unaware of what she had just confessed. The entire school had their eyes on Amu now. Lulu and Saaya stood their shocked, unable to pick up their jaws from the ground. The silence was long and eerie and sure enough as cars and people passed by they saw an entire school go into a paralyzing state of shock.

"COOL & SPICY!" The entire student body yelled at the top of their adolescent lungs. Amu covered her ears and continued walking into the building seemingly unaffected by the sudden praise given to her. However, Lulu and Saaya were unprepared for the roar of praise and did not manage to cover their ears and were now sprawled out on the ground. After the uproar everyone filed into the school at the sounding of the bell unaware that their school idol had come in through the gates moment after. Utau reached up and patted him on the shoulder.

"Good luck, bro. Try not to kill anyone!" Utau ran off quickly and made her way into the school-leaving Ikuto by his lonesome. He walked slowly up the stairs and into the principal's office. Tsukasa-san sat there waiting for him with a smile on his face as usual.

"Morning, Ikuto-kun, it's been a while." Ikuto nodded and sat down in the chair horizontal from the desk. The room brought back memories, happy ones, sad ones and hilarious ones. Like the one where he and Kukai teamed up and pranked the freshman. It did result in a strict punishing and lecture but it was worth it. Their faces were priceless and totally unaware, that's what made it all the more enjoyable. But he felt he'd outgrown all that stuff and coming back was redundant.

"For starters you're in Nikaidou's senior class and just in time for the school year. You've also been assigned a tutor so you don't fall back and your spot in the Guardians is once again yours. Try to make a better impression on the students this year." Ikuto nodded and grabbed his class roster from Tsukasa's hands.

"Oh Ikuto, that tutor of yours will meet you in the library every Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting today." Ikuto nodded again and made it to first period before class had started. Ikuto wanted to walk in and quietly sit down in his seat and quickly get everything over with, but that wasn't reality. Instead when he walked in everyone screamed and surrounded him. Ikuto was surrounded by a vicious group of fan girls and admiring boys. The only way he would be able to make his way to normalcy again is if he put on a good face and greeted them. So after about 10 minutes of sheer fakeness he finally made his way to his seat.

"Welcome back Ikuto," Kukai shouted with the silliest smile on his face. Nagi walked over and greeted Ikuto as well and they took the time to catch up on things with one another.

"So, how's the music business treating you?" Nagihiko nudged Kukai to tell him to shut it. Kukai heeded his nudge and turned around in his chair.

"Now that you're back in Seiyo Ikuto you don't have to worry about music. All you need now is to relax and continuing being a teenager. Speaking of which, we have a Guardian's meeting tomorrow and we've finally picked a Joker. I hear she's a sophomore taking senior classes. She could even graduate with us." Ikuto wasn't paying attention and when Nagihiko finally caught on class had already gone underway. As the day went on he was unaware of the pink-haired sophomore in his class and her, unaware of the blue-headed problem.

It's all about to get 10 times harder for the colors pink and blue.

XxSADDxX: Here's the first chapter. Hate or love it but remember to leave a comment. I don't know when I'll be able to update again but it'll be within the month always. I know I complained and talked in the opening so I'm going to keep this short. Remember to review and always keep in mind that Grits are dangerous if not handled correctly (that's what burned me to the 3rd degree or so). See yaw!