Chapter 1

"Even I didn't know that."

As if it Were Fate

A Fan-Fiction By: Lolibear

Hello~ Ani here bringing you the first chapter of my new fan-fiction, As if it Were Fate! I hope you like it. Please review if you do! Also, if you are wondering about my other story, Reasons it will be updated by… Ummm…. Sunday? I will try by then, I've been busy with school and what not so yeah, *I refer to it as the Red thread of Fate, but it is also known as: Red string of fate, red thread of destiny, and red sting of destiny.*

It is said, by an ancient Chinese belief, that from the moment you are born you are tied to the person you are meant to be with, tied together by a red thread, the red thread of fate. The thread can be twisted, pulled, and stretched, but it can never be broken. It is possible to fall for the wrong person and eventually the relationship will fail but, if you are meant to be with that person then things will always work out. Always.

Amu sat up in her bed and Yawned. Another school year had came and passed. She would be starting school again in a few months and Amu always had free time on her hands, especially this summer. Yaya had moved away last summer and Kukai was always busy with his sports. That was perfectly fine though, Amu never expected to hang out with him anyways.

The people she were really looking forward to, sadly would be gone all break, as well. Nadeshiko suddenly had family business to attend to in France, while Tadase finally got to go on the trip of his dreams. He was going a tour of Europe this summer with his grandma, visiting all sorts of castles throughout the countries. Amu understood this though; he has always had an uncanny obsession with Kings and castles ever since he was little.

Amu stretched. She could fully feel the heat of summer in her room. What would she do with her day? She already finished her summer homework and cleaned the house spotless. She got out of bed and rubbed her eyes.

"Time to wake up Hinamori." She said to herself. She opened her bedroom door and walked downstairs to go get herself some breakfast. On the kitchen table was a plate. Judging by the letter that was next to it, "Do your best today, Amu-chan" Her mother was in a good mood today which was very unusual lately.

A few years ago Mama and Papa had been fighting. It turns out that Papa was having an affair with a co-worker. When Mama found out she filed for a divorce. Papa got the house… and Ami while Mama got some money and Amu. Since then Mama started drinking. Besides her drinking she had also become very violent towards Amu and she has the bruises to prove it.

She looked at the plate of food. It was some chopped up fruit; Amu took the plastic wrap off of it and started eating. "What to do today? What to do today?" She had gotten a habit of talking to herself out loud. "I could….." Amu really didn't have any ideas, "I could go walk around outside I guess." When she finished eating she washed her plate and got dressed. She simply wore a black skirt and a pink tank top and headed out the door without any type of plans in mind.

Amu walked around town looking in random stores and at clothes that she couldn't buy. She couldn't buy them because of Mama's new budget. She decided to get away from the sadness of no new clothes and headed to the park. She stopped at a bench in the park and just sat.

'I wonder what Papa and Ami are doing right now… probably something fun,' she thought.

'I wish I would have been lucky enough to stay with Papa, but then Ami would be stuck with her… and that's not a good thing. I would never want her to be in my shoes, to deal with that person…' Amu sighed and zoned out for a bit. After a while she heard some girl yelling.

"Who the Fuck do you think you are? ... I don't care get away from me! "Amu heard the talking of a man too but she couldn't make out what he was saying. "You creep I don't know you, leave me alone!" Amu got up and walked over to see what was going on.

She saw a blue haired girl; her hair was about shoulder length, choppy, and with bangs. She also had a sea green colour to her eyes. She was wearing a strapless blue and white sundress. The girl was very skinny and curvy at the same time, which only a few lucky girls were that way in Japan. The man was thin also, but very tall and toned. He had chin length black hair and wore sunglasses.

"Come on baby, I'll show you what a good time is really like." He grabbed her wrist and tried pulling the girl along. Amu knew she had to do something to stop the man before he hurt her so, she picked up a decent sized rock that was on the ground next to her.

"Hey!" She called and the girl and guy looked at her. "Hey, Mind your own business kid and get outta here." He demanded. "Fuck you!" Amu yelled and threw the rock at the people. It hit the black haired man straight in the forehead, and broke his skin. He let go of the girl who immediately ran to Amu's side.

"You fucking bitch!" He said and held his forehead to try to stop the bleeding. "You are lucky this time you whore!" He yelled and ran off. The blue haired girl sighed and sunk to the ground. "Thank you" she whispered, "You saved me!"

Amu was taken back. "Oh, no problem. I would have wanted the same thing done for me." She said modestly. The girl smiled. "Again, I really appreciate it… Um… What is your name?"

"Hinamori Amu." Amu said quietly and looked at the girl and sat down with her. "Thanks, Amu-chan." The girl smiled. "My name is Watanabe Kora. Please call me Kora-chan."

"Kora-chan? That's a nice name." Amu said. Kora smiled even bigger. "Hey, Amu-chan, let's hang out and go somewhere. I owe you big time now." Kora said happily. Amu was hesitant. "Well…. I don't kn-" Kora interrupted her. "It will be fun, I promise!" The blue haired girl begged and Amu gave in.

It had been a two months and school was going to start in one week. Kora and Amu had become really close to each other and would always hang out. They would tell each other secrets; Amu told Kora all about her parent and Kora told Amu all about the guys she had dated. Making a new friend also gave Amu time out of the house and away from Mama.

Amu was with Kora at her house looking at magazines. School was going to start him a week and she was looking at all the latest fashions. Kora was listening to the music that played in the room and was staring at that ceiling.

"Amu-chan, you've never had a boyfriend have you?" Kora asked out of the blue. "No… Why?"

"I think you should get one. I mean you're pretty enough and this Tadase person that you keep telling me about seems like he doesn't like you all that much. So, I should help you find one!" Kora got excited. Normally she would go off to a random world and not even hear herself talk. "I'll help you… Tonight! You will get one tonight okay? There is a party at this person's house and you will go with me! WE can both meet cute guys there."

It was already 5 p.m. and Amu had to get home soon. "Kora-chan I have to be home soon…" Amu tried to get out of it… but she knew Kora would never let her.

"You could tell your mom…. Well, Mama, that you are spending the night here. We can go and come home later~" Kora got up and ran to her closet and pulled clothes out. She threw a pair of skinny jeans and a cute tube-top at Amu. "Wear these tonight and let's get going. My mom will take us, it's a ways away, but it will be worth it!"

"Kora…." Amu said hesitantly, sighed, and did as her friend told.

Kora's mom drove away and Amu was outside of a large white house with Kora. "This is an 18+ party so if anyone asks tell them that you are nineteen. Got it?"

"Do you really think I could pass as a nineteen year old, Kora?" Amu questioned.

"Of course!"

Amu nodded and they walked in. Guys immediately started to stare at Kora and some at Amu. Kora grabbed Amu's hand and lead her through the crowd of people. Kora stopped at two guys who were sitting on a couch. Amu distinctly heard sighs and 'aaawwww!'s coming from the guys around them.

Kora looked down at the guys, "Is there room for two more?" Kora Asked and she pulled Amu down onto the couch with her; they were sitting in between the two guys, who were obviously older. On Kora's side there was a muscular man, He had thick arms and legs but it seemed to fit him. He had short brown hair and black eyes to match. He was a looker and Kora felt a strong attraction to him.

On Amu's Side there was a tall, skinny, but nicely toned man. You could clearly see muscles through his shirt. He had dark blue hair that was longer in the front then in the back. He looked awkward, like he didn't want to be there. He had the most beautiful midnight eyes that Amu had ever seen.

The brown haired male smiled at them both and put his arm around Kora, "He-llo Ladies. What brings you here? By the way my name is Hideki nice to meet you…?"

"Kora, and this is my friend Amu." Kora said in her flirtatious voice. Hideki smiled. "Well, that is my friend Ikuto over there." The dark blue hair man just turned his head and nodded to the young girls.

"So… Kora… How old are you and your friend here?"

"Nineteen. I'm older by a month" She lied.

"Nineteen? That's a good age Kora-chi, would you like to go dance for a bit? Maybe have something to drink with me?" Hideki asked.

"Why not?" Kora smiled. "I'll be back in a bit Amu-chan!" Kora and Hideki got up and disappeared into the crowd of moving bodies. Amu scooted over on the couch to give the man more room.

Amu sighed. "Something wrong?" The man asked. Amu looked at him. If anything, He was her personal definition of 'hot'.

"I didn't really wanna come here tonight. I'm not into this whole, 'let's go to a party, meet guys, and get laid' thing like she is. This is actually the first 'party' that I have ever been too."

"I know what you mean." Ikuto said. "Hideki is the same way; I swear he is with a different girl every night. He loves these things and after bothering me for the past year about these I finally came. My first too." Ikuto sighed. "My girlfriend won't be too happy either but, I couldn't care less what she thinks anymore."

"Things aren't working with her?" Amu asked.

"You could say that. I've wanted to break it off with her for a while now but, I don't know how to do it. She's actually expecting me to ask her to marry me soon. Kinda sad." He said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. He pulled a cigarette out and lit it with a purple lighter and took a hit.

He offered one to Amu. "No thanks, I don't smoke."

Ikuto chuckled at her. "You're a lucky one then. I started six years ago when I was your age, twenty-five now and I can't seem to stop at all." Amu smiled, "Well that's sucks." She said.

They sat and talked for another hour before Kora and Hideki came back, they were both sweating and smiling.

"Amu-ccchhhiii~" Kora whispered in her direction. "I'm gonna go to Hideki's house tonight, okay?" She smiled and turned away. Hideki just gave Ikuto thumbs up and they left. Ikuto let out another sigh.

"Well that's fucked." Amu said. "What?" Ikuto Asked.

"She was my ride home tonight…. I live thirty-some miles away from here" Amu sighed, "I may just need one of those cigarettes you got there." Ikuto laughed at her.

"Okay, Come on Amu, I'll give you a ride home." He pulled out another cigarette and lit it up. "There is no point in staying here if our friends have already left." He handed the cigarette to Amu. She took it and examined the foreign object. She put in to her lips and inhaled slightly. Smoke rushed its way into her lungs and she started coughing and handed it back to him. He shrugged, let out a little chuckle, and took a hit off of it. They walked to Ikuto's car, which was decent sized, and he opened the door for Amu and she got in.

They drove for a while talking about random things that popped into their heads. It was strange, Amu really seem to understand what he was talking about. She really got him and felt completely comfortable around him. The conversations between them were fluid and were nonstop.

"Yea, So Hideki is probably boning your friend right now, sorry about that." Ikuto said. Amu laughed. "Don't worry; I don't really care what she does. It's her life so it doesn't bother me at all."

"Would she care if she found out that you were getting screwed?" Ikuto asked in a joking matter. "Prolly because I haven't done anything like that before so she'll want to know every single detail about it." They both laughed.

"So we have a virgin in the car, huh?"

"Yup, and damn proud of it too." Amu smiled and Ikuto just laughed at her.

Before Amu knew it, they were already at her house.

"Thank you for the ride Ikuto."

"No problem Amu, Hey listen" He pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it.

"Here is my number. Call me sometime and we can hang out, okay?" Amu took the piece of paper.

"It's my cell number so feel free to text message me anytime as well."

"Okay." Amu smiled and got out of the car and watched the man drive off. Amu silently entered her home and walked up her stairs. If she ran into Mama she would say she just felt like coming home.

As soon as she got up stairs she opened her cell phone and sent a text massage to the new number saying, "Thanks again for the ride Ikuto, Let's hang out soon." She crawled into bed and went into her dreamland.

It was the first day of High school. During the summer she and Kora talked about going to the same high school. While Amu was staring at the scheduling board she was happy to see that they were in the same class. Same with Tadase, but he wouldn't be back from his trip until the second week of school. Amu was excited to see him soon though.

Amu looked through the crowd of students to find her friend. Kora came running up to her. The school uniform on her was really cute. The girls had pleaded black skirts with a white dress shirt and a black tie. To go over it all they could either choose to wear the school black blazer or the black school sweater. Amu chose the blazer while Kora choose the sweater.

"We're in the same class Kora." Amu said happily. "That's great!" Kora yelled and they ran to the class. It was a relatively small room, big enough for 20 students. Kora and Amu went to go sit in the back of the class room.

"So what happened with you and that Hideki character?" Amu asked as she sat down.

"He is amazing. I think I've fallen for him. He's so good at everything. I'm meeting up with him later so we can 'hang out' again." Kora smiled to herself. "But whatever happened with you and that other guy what was his name again?"

"Oh, Ikuto? I've talk to him through text messaging and we went out to eat once. He's really nice, he gave me a ride home after the party. We get along really well."

"That's good you gonna go for him then?" Kora asked.

"No way, He's twenty-five and he has a girlfriend. I just like him as a friend anyways" Amu said.

Kora shrugged, "Hideki is twenty-eight and I'm fine with him. Older man are better I tell you." She said and looked up as the bell rang. All the students in the class quickly went to their seats and the school board director, an older bald man, was at the front of the room.

"Okay class, today I'm glad to introduce you to your new teacher and welcome you to your first day of high school, your teacher is brand new, his first job, so be nice to him." The Director walked out of the room and the new teacher walked in…

Amu and Kora froze…it was Ikuto. He smiled and looked around the room.

"Welcome class, I'm you're new teacher Tsukiyomi-sensei. I'm going to take role now so when you hear your name, please say 'here'." He began calling names out, Kora and Amu were frozen in their seats. He Got to Amu's name.

"Hinamori A… Amu-chan." He looked up to see the pink headed girl he met a week ago in the back of the classroom. Amu's heart sank. She raised he hand a said, "Here."

Okay that'll be it for chapter one~ I hope you enjoyed and I look forward to seeing your reviews! Please tell me what you think okay? Till next time, Ani!

This chapter was updated: May 28, 2011