Being Together: First Wish
Ch. 1: A New Beginning
Three years later after having Dia. Ikuto has left the scene and no one knows his whereabouts.
It is raining; Amu goes to school even though she doesn't feel well. At lunchtime her head starts hurting. The rain stops during lunchtime. She endures throughout the rest of the remaining classes. After school her friends ask her what's wrong and if she needs anything. Ran, Miki, and Suu are staying with the other shugo charas in a meeting.
Yaya runs around Amu: "Amu-chi, Yaya wants to come to your house to see Ami-chan."
Amu talks with a weak tone: "Oh, Ami-chan isn't home. My parents took her to her school's concert. She's going to play the piano first and then her favorite Utau song."
"Aww..." Yaya gets depressed.
Nagihiko, Tadase, and Rima come walking towards them.
"Is something wrong Amu-chan? You look sick.", says Nagihiko with a concerned look.
Amu tries to look like she's okay: "Oh, nothing. My head just feels a little dizzy. It should be okay tomorrow."
Rima feels jealous. Electric waves suddenly connect from her eyes to Nagihiko's, and then she turns toward Amu: "Amu, you should go home and rest."
Amu felt that she cannot go on with the pain without showing it: "Y...you're right. I should get home right now, See you guys later."
Tadase shouts out while everybody is separating to go home: "Bye! See you tomorrow Amu-chan!"
Watching everybody leave, Amu turns her head and starts walking down the road herself. On the way home, she passes under a tree Ikuto is resting in.
"Hmm?", Ikuto tilts his head to see who was walking past the tree.
Yoru was taking a nap on Ikuto's lap. He wakes up and notices Amu so he starts flying toward her.
Yoru floats above Amu and points down at her: "Nyaa? Ikuto, its Amu, Nya!"
Ikuto sees her but doesn't say anything and just watches her silently. Out of nowhere, the rain starts pouring again.
Amu is surprised: "What? It's raining already?" She begins running back to the tree she just passed to hide from the rain.
All of a sudden a mysterious, dark, black egg appears in back of Amu and flies toward her. Ikuto sees it and sits up.
Ikuto gets riled up and shouts at her: "Amu, watch out!"
Amu looks up the branch of the tree she was going towards and sees Ikuto.
Amu still feels sick: "Huh, Ikuto? What are you doing...?", says Amu in a meek voice.
The egg glows and shoots of a ray of dark light that hits Amu. The egg starts draining her energy at great speed.
In pain of having her energy sucked out: "Aahhh!", Amu yells.
Amu faints from losing all her strength. Ikuto character transforms with Yoru and leaps down to catch Amu before she falls. The egg flees at the sight of Ikuto.
[What was that egg; I've never seen it before. I don't see any symbols on it either], Ikuto thinks to himself. Then he looks at Amu as he raises her body while holding onto her back, "Amu...Amu can you hear me? Amu…!"
Amu doesn't wake up and isn't moving. Ikuto stares at the sky, and then decides to carry her to her house.
The rain is pouring now.
Ikuto arrives at Amu's house. He jumps down beside the door and changes back to normal. He knocks hard on the door but no one answers since her family is at the concert. Then he jumps up onto the second floor platform which is the outside of Amu's room. He goes through the open glass door that Amu has always left open. Dia's egg opens up and she comes out of her mini house. He lays Amu gently on the floor and blushes since her clothes are see through cause of the rain. He looks away. Ran, Miki, and Suu just came home and see Ikuto. It seemed weird because Ikuto was on top of her while laying her down.
Ran goes wild: "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Suu looks sad upon seeing Amu in her current condition: "I'll go downstairs to make something hot to drink, desu..."
Miki takes Yoru over to the mini house and makes him stay there since he's falling asleep.
Yoru yawns: "So...sleepy, nya."
Ikuto gets three bath towels from the bathroom and dries himself up. Miki gets some of Amu's father's clothes and gives it to Ikuto since his clothes are wet. He switches into them. Then he lifts Amu onto her own bed. Ran tells him that he has to remove her wet clothes before she gets any worse. He turns his head back towards the wall and takes her clothes off. Then he puts a towel around her body. He uses the other towel to completely dry her off.
Amu slightly tips her head to the other side while she sleeps: "Unhh."
Ran changes Amu into her sleeping dress. Ikuto tucks her into bed under a sheet of blankets. Ikuto holds her up, touches her head with his head to feel her temperature.
Ikuto: "Her forehead is burning, but her body is cold."
Miki is troubled: "Yah! What are we gonna do?
Ikuto whispers into her ear: "You have a fever, baka."
He nibbles on her ear for a second and looks at Ran.
Ran freaks out: "Wh...wha...what? Why are you looking at me?", says Ran as her face blushes and makes an angry expression.
Ikuto gets into Amu's bed under the sheet of blanket and embraces her.
Ran lies on top of Amu: "Whatever."
Amu, half awake, sees Ikuto in front of her but feels too weak to get all hyped up or shout at him. With a soft voice: "Unhh, unnh, I...Iku..to? (she raises her head a bit) w...wha?"
Ikuto stares into her eyes and shushes her with a finger on her mouth: "Don't make any weird sounds."
Amu puts her head back down and her face turns red.
Confused at why he is holding her with his hands around her: "D...did you do all this for me?", Amu asks.
Ikuto closes his eyes: "Shh, don't talk you idiot."
Suu comes in with hot chocolate and sees that they are already in bed.
Suu feels tired too: "(Yawn)...desu." She puts the drinks down and goes to sleep.
Dia turns of the light. He falls asleep holding her with his arms around her head and her head on his chest. Amu senses that Ikuto has already fallen asleep. Her heart beats at the sight of Ikuto sleeping with arms embracing her (ba-dump). She moves her body up and kisses Ikuto. Her lips stay touching his for long while and then she falls asleep.
To Be Continued…
