Hey guys. So... I've decided to rewrite this. It's really bugging me how amateurish this is and I hate it. The plotline got completely lost and I'm just not feeling it anymore... so I'm hoping to salvage this idea and make it better for you guys. Please bare with me here. Anyway, here's the new and improved first chapter of the newly dubbed Dare You To Move. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter One

Welcome to Existence

Amu sighed to herself as she walked down the streets of Tokyo, slowly making her way to Easter's main building, her charas floating beside her, all with an X over their charms. They had all changed in appearance and attitude. Suu now had chocolate brown hair and deep purple eyes. Her dress now matched her new eye color and the apron, gloves, shoes, and hairpiece she wore are now colored black. Dia's appearance is the same as it was when she was with Utau. Miki's looks didn't change much. Her hair is black and the spade she wears on her hat is black, and her hat and bag are a darker shade of blue. Ran now has crimson red hair, a black dress, black pom poms and shoes, and her scarf is a crimson red. Amu's hair now reaches to her mid back and the tips were black from the last time she had dyed her hair. Her golden eyes which once held a soft, child-like light to them are now dull and unfeeling. The teen continued her slow walk to the building, wishing she had never made that deal, but at the same time, thankful she had.

XxFlashbackxX

Amu shifted uncomfortably, shifting the weight from her left leg to her right. You can't blame the girl for being uncomfortable though, anyone would be standing in front of Kazuomi, the head of Easter. The enemy. "I'm surprised you came Hinamori Amu." he said, elbows resting on his desk, hands clasped together and covering his mouth. The 13 year old girl straightened her stance, putting up her 'tough girl' façade.

"Well what did you expect? You threatened me after all." she growled at the man. He merely chuckled and moved his hands away to pull out a drawer of his desk. After a few moments of him rummaging around, he pulled out a sheet of paper and a pen and slid it across the desk to Amu.

"Well, Hinamori-san, what do you say?" he asked. Amu glared at the paper in front of her. She knew what it was. She didn't want to sign it, but if she didn't... My family... and... Ikuto... she thought. She snatched the pen off the table and signed the contract, skimming through it. After the paper was signed, Kazuomi took the paper and filed it away, then turned to look at Amu. "Welcome to Easter." he said smugly. Amu turned on her heel and left, her worried charas following behind her.

The contract Amu signed freed Ikuto from Easter and protected her family as long as she obeyed anything and everything the company told her to do. Once Ikuto was free of his binds, he gathered the few things he had and left without a word. The lack of a goodbye saddened the pinkette and she went into a small fit of depression. Both she and her charas suffered from this, and from Easter now ruling their lives. Ran, Miki, Suu, and Dia gained their X's and Amu gained a new chara. It is a grey egg with little white crosses on it. This pattern though is somewhat difficult to see past the black film and white X that covers it. Now that Amu works for Easter, she's lost contact with most of the Guardians. She only keeps in touch with Rima, Nagi, and Utau. They're the only ones that know what has happened to her.

When Amu was told that she had to fill Utau's old place as singer to pull out X eggs to try and find the Embryo, she dyed her hair black. She figured that she might as well change her looks now that she is becoming a new person. She retained her punk/gothic lolita style and added a bit of make-up when told. She hates what has happened to her, but there is nothing she can do.

XxEnd FlashbackxX

Amu ground her teeth and clenched her hands into fists and walked into the building, getting hit by a blast of cool air, which was somewhat of a relief from the heat outside. The 18 year old made her way to the elevator and took it to the 4th floor of the building and made her way to her office. Once she was inside, she closed the door and walked over to her desk, sitting down in the leather rolling swivel chair behind it. She set her bag down on top of the desk and pulled out the little grey egg. Miki and Dia flew over to it and Dia put a hand on the egg. "She will be born soon." she said quietly. Amu nodded and set the egg down on the desk, propping it so it wouldn't fall or roll off. Dia stayed by the egg while Miki flew off to a different part of the room to draw. Suu sat down on top of the lamp on Amu's desk and Ran was sitting on the window sill behind Amu, staring out into the sky. The room was silent as Amu wrote her music.

XxTokyo AirportxX

Ikuto waited by the conveyor belt that would bring him his luggage boredly. He was tired. He needed to find a hotel and go to sleep. Once he was done with his cat nap, he'd go and see everyone he left behind. It will probably be best to see Utau first before she kills me.. he mused to himself, chuckling softly. And then I'll go and see Amu... With that thought, his mind wandered to how she was doing, how much she'd grown in the 5 years he'd been gone. He was curious. He hoped she wasn't mad at him, she could be quite scary when she was angry, especially when that rage was directed towards him. His bags came around and he picked up them up. Once one duffel bag was secure around his body and the other in his hand, he walked out of the airport and into the busy streets of Tokyo. Ikuto has missed Tokyo. He enjoyed traveling around the world, he can't deny that, but this was his home. He had missed it.

As he walked he noticed a poster on a building. Normally, he would've walked by such a thing without so much as a glance, but this one stopped him. It had Amu on it. He stared at the poster, taking in the sight of her. She certainly had grown... but she didn't look happy. He noticed a little symbol in the corner of the poster. "Easter?" he mumbled. He looked back up at the picture of Amu. Why would she be in Easter? What had happened when he left? He wanted answers. He would have to take his nap later, he needed to find out what was going on.

XxEaster CoxX

Amu sat in a cushioned chair, a towel around her shoulders. The woman standing behind her was snipping away at her pink and black locks, cutting off the black tips and shortening her hair to her shoulders. "Would you like it to be dyed again Hinamori-san?" the woman asked, snipping off the last little bit of hair and completing the cut.

"Yes I would. Thank you Anna." Amu answered, giving a small smile to Anna. The woman smiled and gave a little nod and proceeded to dye the star's hair. After the process was complete, Amu stood up, thanked Anna once again, and then left the hair salon and made her way back up to her office. When she opened the door, she noticed all of her charas were gathered around the egg. "What is it?" she asked, closing the door and rushing over.

"The egg is even warmer... she will be born today... or at least, I think she should be." Dia said, stroking the egg softly. Amu reached for the egg, her charas immediately moving away, and she picked it up and held it. It was warm. Very warm. Amu stroked the egg with her thumb, a small frown working its way onto her face. Her new chara would be born with an X... she felt bad for the chara inside. Amu sighed and set the egg down.

"I'm going to get lunch." she said, then she left the room, her charas watching her with a sad look on their faces. Amu slipped on her sunglasses as she stepped out of the elevator and made her way to the front doors. As she approached them, someone walked in and the two bumped into each other. Amu looked up, ready to snap at the person and then continue on her way out, but the familiar midnight blue hair and matching eyes stopped her.

"Sorry." Ikuto said, not recognizing Amu due to the sunglasses and newly dyed hair, and started to walk past her.

"I-Ikuto?" Amu asked before she realized what she was doing. She was going to let him go... but the words just tumbled out of her mouth. Ikuto paused. He recognized that voice... somewhat. It was a bit different from the last time he had talked to her. Ikuto turned around to confirm his suspicions but she was gone, the front door slowly swinging closed.

"Amu?" he asked himself. It sounded like her... If that was her... Ikuto went to the door and walked out and looked around. He didn't see her... but she also wouldn't be easy to spot since her hair isn't pink anymore... Ikuto mused to himself. With that in mind, he set off to try and find the former pinkette, whom of which had a lot of questions to answer.

XxAmuxX

Amu slowed down from her sprint into a soft jog, to a walk, and finally to a complete stop, doubled over with her hands on her knees. She was panting, a few strands of hair sticking to her slightly sweaty forehead. I wasn't expecting to see him... I thought he was gone for good. she thought to herself. She hated how her heart had fluttered and almost skipped a beat when she saw him. She was supposed to have gotten over him. She was supposed to have let go of her feelings, so she could do her job without guilt or regrets. "Damn it..." she muttered, her breathing starting to even out. She stood up straight and took a look at her surroundings. She was near the park. That park. The one Ikuto had showed her a long time ago. She touched the walls that surrounded the park gently, slowly walking towards the entrance. She remembered fighting to keep this park open. Why, she wasn't sure. She just felt the need to keep the park around. She needed it. It was her safe haven. Memories. Good memories. Times were different when she last came here. Ever since she had stopped the reconstruction, she never had the time to visit. Here she was though, at the entrance to her park. "My park... I like the sound of that." she mused to herself, a small smile on her face.

Amu walked into the park, her smile growing as she looked at all the rides and game booths. It was in perfect condition. Not a thing had changed since she last visited. The former pinkette walked through the park, looking for a certain switch to turn on all the rides. As she looked, she walked by the teacups. She stopped. Amu turned to the teacups and placed her hands atop the little fence that surrounded the ride. Amu moved around the fence, making her way to the entrance of the ride. Thoughts of finding the switch and turning the ride on left her mind as nostalgia took over. Her hands lightly brushed each teacup, and she made her way to a pink one. She giggled a bit at the memory of Ikuto barely able to fit in the small pink cup. Amu slide it, finding it a bit difficult, but she didn't have much trouble, not like the trouble Ikuto had with it. After sitting there for a few moments, Amu's stomach growled. That's when she remembered that she was supposed to be eating lunch. With that new thought in mind, Amu left the amusement park, a bit reluctantly, and left to go back into the city to go find some food.

XxEaster CoxX

With her stomach now full of delicious food, Amu was sitting at her desk and working on the song from earlier. She had been blocked for a while now. She had no real inspiration. Her music didn't have life in it. Amu scoffed a bit at her thoughts. Probably because I no longer have a life. Amu groaned and sat back in her chair, spinning around in circles, making herself dizzy in the process. When she felt a head rush starting to come on, the former pinkette stopped her spinning and sat still, waiting for the room to stop spinning. Once it was gone, Amu was once again bored. She leaned forward onto her desk, arms on her desk. She looked at the little grey egg on her desk and gave it a little poke. It was a bit colder than it had been that morning. Her egg did this often. It would be really warm, then it would cool down again. She wasn't sure what was going on with this chara. "Are you going to hatch or what?" she asked, as if the chara inside would answer. After a pause, Amu let out a huff and sat back in her chair and turned it so she could look out the window. She didn't know how long she had been staring out the window, but at some point, there was a knock on the door. "Come in..." she answered, still looking out the window. She listened as the door opened, and then closed with a soft click. There was a long pause of silence as Amu waited for her visitor to speak, thinking it was one of the workers at Easter, or her music manager. When nothing was said, Amu turned around, slightly irritated at the silence. "Well what do you want?" she snapped, but then she froze. Ikuto was there. Right in front of her desk. I didn't even hear him walk towards me! Bastard really is like a cat... she thought to herself, eyes still wide from the shock of him being right there. She shook off the shock and glared at the man. "Well what do you want?" she asked.

"Why are you working for Easter?" he asked casually, almost as if he didn't really care. His eyes, however, spoke differently. The dark blue irises revealed concern and worry. Amu simply 'tch'd at him and turned to look away from him.

"A lot changes in 5 years." she grumbled. Suddenly she turned to look at the man still at the front of her desk. "Wait a minute how'd you find me? How do you even know it's me?" she asked, slamming her hands on the desk and getting in the 22 year old's face. Ikuto gave her a smile, one that she hated and adored at the same time.

"Even though I don't have Yoru anymore I can still see charas... for now at least. And you never lost that attitude of yours." he replied somewhat smugly.

"You... What happened to Yoru?" she asked.

"I found my true self." Amu stood there in shock. He had found his true self. She was slightly jealous of him. She had yet to find her true self... and she's already 18. She should have found herself by now... but Easter was delaying her discovery. Eventually, she wouldn't have her charas anymore and she would be completely lost then. No way to find her true self.

"You're lucky..." Amu whispered, sitting down in her chair. There was a pause. Ikuto took the time to look Amu over. She had grown in both good and bad ways. She had gotten taller, just now 8 inches shorter than he was. She also looked tired. Really tired. Tired and stressed. Like how he and Utau were when they worked for Easter all those years ago. He also noted an almost completely faded bruise on her arm, one that looked like a hand. A large hand, one of a man. His hands balled up into fists, but he relaxed them before Amu could notice.

"You never answered my question, Amu." he said. Amu looked at Ikuto for a few seconds and rolled her eyes.

"I did."

"Not a very good answer."

"Well what do you care anyway? You left! Without a single word! Do you know how upset Utau was? Do you know how upset I wa-" Amu cut herself off and looked down, scolding herself in her mind for letting something like that slip. I'm not even supposed to be talking to him...

"Oh, you missed me then?" Ikuto asked with a little smug grin. Amu glared at him.

"Get out." Amu growled. Ikuto stood back, a bit of shock evident on his face. "I said get out! I'm over it now and I don't care what you do anymore. Get out of my office." she said. Ikuto's face went void of emotion and he turned around and walked to the door. Amu sat down in her chair, just as she was about to get back to brainstorming, Ikuto decided to have the last word.

"I'm going to find out what happened Amu. Until I do, I won't be leaving Japan." he said, then he walked out of her office, closing the door quietly behind him. Amu glared at the door he had just walked through.

"Arrogant prick." she grumbled. However, this time she actually picked up her pen and started writing, her writer's block seemingly gone for the moment.

So, what did you think? I think it's a MAJOR improvement. I may not update often (but I guess you guys are used to this) because of school and Tumblr. I'm going to try my best though. I'm trying to get back into this story for you guys. I REALLY wanna make this better than it was before. Especially since my writing has changed. Well, I hope you enjoyed. Please review and do my poll on FB and on my profile, here, on ff! Link is on my profile her on FF.