This idea suddenly hit me and I was like, okay let's do this. I really think this will be a fun story, and at first I was thinking of using this idea in my other story While You Were Away but I decided against it because an idea and plot line like this could have so much potential if given the chance, so I really hope you all enjoy it.


Rock-A-Bye Baby

Chapter One

Wish


Amu Hinamori laughed as she sat at the table with her mother and father and her younger sister, Ami. Today Amu celebrated her sixteenth birthday, and as a gift, the pinkette's parents gave her a necklace, one that belonged to her great grandmother, who died before Amu had even been procreated. It surprisingly had some sentimental value to Amu, so she put it on, taking the Humpty Lock off just this once to admire the necklace with a rose pendent.

"How was school today Amu-Chan?" Midori questioned her eldest daughter, glancing curiously at her.

Amu swallowed the rice she'd been eating with a smile plastered on her face. It was rare in the Hinamori household to get a full smile out of the pinkette these past few months and it was refreshing to see it. For some reason Midori couldn't understand why Amu couldn't be herself in their home, why she'd put up her cool-and- spicy façade. Maybe Amu knew.

"It was great actually. The guardian's had a small gathering for me with a few friends, which was great!" Amu laughed with a light blush. "No one actually has ever done that for me, not for as long as I've been alive."

Midori frowned; sure she knew Amu had a bad past. One that Amu couldn't remember herself. "Amu, there's something me and your father need to tell you." Midori couldn't stop herself from saying it, this secret had been a burden to her all these years, and if they waited to tell Amu when she was older, well that wouldn't go to well.

"Huh? What is it mama?" Amu asked, catching the worry glance Midori shot at Tsumugu.

"Ami, can you please go to your room? We need to talk to your sister privately." Midori gently cooed to the young Ami, who gave her mother a questioning look but complied and hopped off the table seat and bounced to Amu's room where she knew the cute chara's would be hiding.

"Mama, Papa, what's wrong?" Amu asked, setting her chop sticks down as worry washed over her. Had she done something wrong and gotten into trouble?

Midori reached out to grasp Amu's hand gently, "Amu, you understand that me and your father love you very much right?"

"Of course." Amu nodded. "I don't see how any of this is vital though mama."

Madori weakly smiled at Amu, "When you were about two years old, a social worker contacted me and your father, telling us they had this two year old toddler who had been rescued from an abandonment case. Please understand Amu that we tried so hard to bear a child but I was rendered unable, and even though we are not your parents by blood, we raised you as our own."

Amu stared at Madori in surprise, not comprehending her words. Was this some type of joke because it wasn't funny at all. They wouldn't lie about something like this, no her parents, adoptive parents apparently, wouldn't lie about something so serious. Questions were developing in Amu's head, questions that could hurt her but she just needed to know.

"Why don't I remember this?" Amu softly asks.

"When we went to meet you Amu, you had a serious head injury. It was so severe that they said we'd be lucky if you could talk at all or even comprehend words. Your birth parents didn't give a damn about you, leaving you all alone to fend for yourself." Tsumugu answered bitterly, actually sounding like an adult for the first time in forever.

"But being able to talk or not Amu, the moment we saw you in that hospital bed, looking so broken and pale, I knew no matter what I would be your mother and you would be ours. It was in that moment I knew that we'd protect you from the world. The world your birth parents couldn't protect you from and left you in alone." Midori fiercely said. "You're in this family no matter what."

Amu gently pulled her hand away from Midori, tears in her eyes. She hadn't been wanted from the people who created her and brought her into this world, and it wasn't fair. It wasn't fair that these people who left her alone didn't think twice about her.

"Do they know who my parents are?" Amu whispered gently, her voice breaking.

Midori hesitated, glancing at her husband- who gave her a simple nod.

"No, no they don't sweetie but we know that you have an older brother, and- and a twin sister that they kept." Midori broke the new gently.

With those words, Amu's heart broke completely. Her birth parents left only her behind. Why? What was wrong with her? Everything is wrong with you. Amu pushed her chair back, stood up abruptly and ran out the front door. She couldn't sit there anymore, not when she was so emotionally hurt right now. She just couldn't bare the pain.

"Amu!" Midori yelled after Amu, getting up to fallow her, but Tsukasa caught her wrist.

"Midori, give her some time. She needs it."


Amu ran, not even thinking of where she was going, just letting her feet carry her. She just wanted to disappear for some reason, to hide and cry and just get all this confusion out if her head. She ran, not even feeling tired.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi was practicing his violin when his sensitive hearing picked it up, let low cries. Carefully placing the violin the once was his father back into its case, Ikuto looked over at Yoru, jerking his head for the small cat chara to character change. The familiar blue cat ears with its matching tail appeared, and Ikuto was off into the trees, chasing the low cries down. That's when he saw the flash of familiar pink hair, and for the first time in a while Ikuto saw the tears in her eyes. He wanted to go do down there and question her but he didn't. Ikuto remained still, listening as Amu whispered to herself.

"Why? Why me?" Amu ranted, making Ikuto confused on what she was talking about. "I know it's selfish, they've given me so much but I can't… I can't and I wish I could go back maybe to that age."

"Yo." Ikuto irrupted, jumping casually from the tree landing easily onto the ground.

"Ikuto." Amu whispered in surprise. "I wasn't aware you were back in town."

Ikuto smirked, "Maybe I wanted to leave you a surprise in your bed again, Amu-Koi." He was satisfied with the pink blush that flushed across Amu's pale cheeks.

"Baka Neko." Amu muttered under her breath, not in the mood for their usual bickering. She was surprised to see Ikuto, because the last time she'd saw him was a year ago when he took her and Tadase to the amusement park before saying that forsaken last goodbye. She thought that was the last time she'd see Ikuto.

"How are you and kiddy king?" Ikuto questioned, curious.

"Broke up." Amu says ruefully. "He broke up with me."

Ikuto eyes widen in momentary surprise. Tadase had been so passionate about Amu, what happened? "Is that why you're crying?"

"No." Amu honestly answered, eyes tearing up. "It has nothing to do with Tadase. It's all me." Amu looked up into Ikuto's blue eyes. "I just found out that I was adopted, and –what's wrong with me? Why do I feel so sad, I mean Midori and Tsumugu raised me." Amu's eyes widen. "I'm already calling them by their names!"

Ikuto set his violin down, wrapping Amu into an embrace that surprised her so much she stopped moving. "Amu, calm down before you hurt yourself. I'm sure there are reasons why things happened the reason they did-"

"They have other children." Amu whispered. "And they left me alone, all alone that I nearly died from a head injury at the age of two." Amu paused, letting the tears slid down her cheek. "I wish, that I was young again to the point that this doesn't affect me, that I don't remember this."

"Amu- you can't mean that," Ikuto said seriously, pushing Amu to arm's length. "It's better to remember than to forget, to move past all the hurt!"

Amu eyes narrowed as she jerked herself away from Ikuto, "God, and Ikuto! All I don't want to be Amu Hinimori anymore! Everything is falling apart! I lied to the woman who raised me today. I haven't spoken to Tadase and the guardian's or your sister for months! We all had a fall out a few months ago, some of us forming our own groups, I'm alone Ikuto! Today is the worst birthday ever! I just wish I could be reborn again!" Amu cried out, and that's when Ikuto understood. Amu had been alone, and when she called, he hadn't answered all the time, but when he did, she feed him lies. She'd been alone and she was tired of being alone.

A soft light erupted from Amu's jacket pocket and Ikuto's jean pocket. The Humpty Lock floated into the air, followed by the Dumpty Key, bother circulating around Amu in an orbit. The soft light grew brighter; to were Ikuto had to look away from Amu had the light engulfed her. It only lasted for a few seconds, but then the light died down. Ikuto wasn't prepared for what stood before him, because there stood a two year old pink haired with oversized clothing.

"Hi! I'm Amu!" Little Amu giggled, cheerfully, titling her head to the side curiously. "Can I call you Mr. Kitty Cat?"


Author's Note

Aye! So how was this? It was just a random story idea I've had in my head for a little while, and I hope you liked it!