Right, so apparently. I've been very bad and all my stories are subject to deletion. This is a re-written version of the story. Just so it can be so much better and non-rulebreaking now.

I don't own anything from Shugo Chara.

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Amu's POV

Ikuto leaned towards me, I tried to push him away, but he was too strong.

"Ran, Miki, Suu, Dia, help me!" I cried. I glanced towards where my Guardian Charas were. "Amu-chan!" Miki called before the four charas were forcibly pushed into their eggs.

I sunk to the floor, Ikuto was still standing over me.

"Ikuto...why?" I cried as Ikuto turned from me and grabbed the Guardian Chara eggs. Ikuto looked at me, then to the eggs in his hands. Crack. Ikuto cracked all four eggs at the same time.

Why? Why is Ikuto breaking my eggs? I thought.

"Amu-chaaan! Desu~" Suu called.

I jerked awake.

"Amu, you're going to be late for school if you don't get ready," Ran said.

Ran and Suu were floating nearby me, waking me up to get ready for school. Dia and Miki were still waking up, themselves.

"OK..." I mumbled. I had gotten tangled in my rose-pink comforter from thrashing about during my nightmare. After untangling myself, I got changed into my high-school uniform.

That's right, I'm 16 now, I should stop thinking about him. He's long gone. He's looking for his father. That's more important than me, right? But...Tsukiyomi Ikuto... why are you always the bad guy in my dreams? I don't want to believe you're the black cat of misfortune that Tadase-kun says you are. I still can't stop thinking about you... I can't forget those words, but did you really mean them? Ikuto... My mind wandered.

"AMU-CHAN!" Ran shouted, waking me from my thoughts. "I called you 3 times, what were you thinking about?"

"Nothing...Come on I have to get to school."

Yoru's POV

"Come on, Ikuto! Nya~"

"I know... It's just been so long. I'm glad I finally found my old man, but I never wanted to leave her...I never should have left her...I wonder what she is like now..."

"Come on! Nya~ You stayed in touch with her didn't you?"

"Not for the past 2 years. We talked for a while during the time you were hiding in your egg, but once you came back, I lost contact with her." Ikuto sighed.

I've never seen him this worried before... I wonder what's up... What did happen when I was gone? I was forced back into my egg after Amu won the battle with Easter. He wasn't even worried about meeting his father... yet he's worried about meeting Amu again... I wonder why.

"Yoru!" Ikuto called. Ikuto had gone ahead of me while I was thinking.

"Wait for me! Ikuto! Nya~" I quickly caught up to Ikuto.

Amu's POV

"Yaya-tan wants to go see flowers!" Yaya yelled in her childish voice. Even though Yaya was 15 she still acted like the baby she dreamed of being.

"OK, Yaya-chan, we'll go see flowers," Rima soothed. Like a baby, Yaya had a bad temper when she didn't get what she wanted.

I was in a daze the whole day. I was at the park with my friends, but even then, I kept thinking about Ikuto. Even being teased by Rima didn't distract me from my thoughts very much.

"Amu-chan?" Nagihiko asked.

"Amu-chan?" Tadase turned to me, "Is something wrong?"

"Eeh?" I awoke from my daze. "Oh, no, nothing's wrong," I said hastily. I didn't exactly want Tadase fussing over me while we were supposed to be enjoying ourselves as a group.

Where are you right now, Ikuto? Did you find your father? Are you back? It's been 4 years since I last saw you in person... I hope you're alright, but... What if you really are like my nightmares convey?

No, you can't be like my nightmares, right? You aren't like that.. right? You can't be... You're Ikuto... Ikuto...wouldn't be like that... I have had...so many nightmares I'm starting to think they are real..

"Amu-chan, do you want to get some ice cream?" Tadase touched me lightly on the shoulder.

Jerked from my thoughts, I replied, "Sure, Tadase-kun." I had to force a smile. I was really worried Ikuto wouldn't be Ikuto anymore if he ever came back.

Tadase's POV

"Wait, where did everyone go?" Amu asked.

"They said they wanted to go ahead without us, they wanted us to have some time together," I replied.

"Really?" Amu asked as I led her towards the ice cream shop.

"Yeah, they really are considerate."

Amu nodded. I could tell she was starting to drift off into her thoughts again.

I wonder what's wrong? She's been really quiet lately, not just today. Something really isn't right.

We bought ice cream, I had Vanilla, she had Strawberry.

"So, Amu, is something wrong? You seem really...distant lately..." I said.

"It's nothing..really," she assured me. I wouldn't buy it.

"No, something's wrong, and you're going to tell me," I demanded.

"Fine..." she mumbled. "lately I've been having nightmares. Nightmares about Ikuto. I miss him, but I'm scared he's changed. In every dream he breaks my Guardian Chara eggs. I keep thinking that he's somehow really become like that..."

It took a lot of my control not to get angry when she talked about Ikuto. I liked him, too, but he likes Amu. I like Amu. It's only a matter of time before she has to choose between one of us. I want her to choose me, but I want her to be happy, too...

"Tadase-kun?" Amu asked.

"Oh, Sorry, Amu-chan, I was just thinking a bit. I'm sorry you're having nightmares...Especially about Ikuto. I'm sure he hasn't changed," I tried to cheer Amu up.

"Yeah... probably," Amu replied, finishing her ice cream.

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By the way~

The timing of this story is sometime after the anime...But the ages might be off..

Here's everyone's ages:

Amu- 16 Years old

Ikuto- 20

Tadase, Nagihiko, Rima- 16

Utau, Kukai- 17

Yaya- 15