Hey everyone! Sorry I've been silent for a while, but hopefully I can start updating my other stories more often! Anyways, this is a new story I just came up with suddenly. I hope you all enjoy!

Chapter 1:

On October 3rd of this year, my sister Utau committed suicide in our own house.

I don't know why she had to fall for that idiot Kukai, and personally I think it's all his fault. However, I know my assumption is wrong. Kukai was the one who saved her, but he was also the one who caused her death.

I wasn't home when it happened; I was with Amu. Course, I had no idea what was coming. I was just being my own self, doing what I usually do, which just happened to be teasing Amu and watching her blush. I had no idea what was going to happen that day.

Neither did Utau, actually.

Utau wasn't the first to hear the news that day, either. Kukai's parents were. I'm surprised the whole family didn't commit suicide, but I suppose that's because they had each other.

Utau had no one.

I blame myself for this. Mom and Dad didn't even know she was dating anyone. Utau, being the quiet one who keeps everything to herself, didn't tell them. She didn't even tell me until a while after the relationship started. However, I figured it out ahead of time anyway because I actually pay a lot of attention to her.

I know I've never really showed my concern for my sister, but I really do love her(in a brother-sister way, of course). She was clingy and annoying when she had a brother complex, but suddenly she stopped being all lovey-dovey around me. I was happy she stopped, but I knew something was up. Something must have caused her to stop. Soon after that, I found that it wasn't something, but someone.

I guess I'm a protective brother in some eyes, but I just think I'm playing my part as a sibling. I followed her on a weekend one day, and she had a disguise on so no one would notice the famous singer. She turned the corner and met up with some guy maybe a year or two younger than her (Utau being 20 and him probably 18). He had a boyish face and brown hair that was combed in various directions. He had long legs, and was wearing a soccer uniform on. His skin was stained with dirt, so I imagined that he just finished soccer practice or something. Once he saw Utau, he smiled and waved, and Utau ran up to him. They chatted for a moment, then turned and walked a few steps to the roman shop and entered. I couldn't follow them in, so I just waited outside around the corner. I waited for about 15 minutes until they walked out, and they were holding hands.

I remember feeling surprised that Utau opened up to a guy like that when she told me she only liked older guys. I was happy she found someone and would finally leave me alone, so I never told her that I found out about Kukai.

Utau, of course, told me after a while cause she hated sneaking around when I was near. I acted as if I never knew and I told her I was happy she found someone.

I used my free time away from Utau to do my own ignorant things, without bothering to ask Utau how she was or how her dates with Kukai were going. Instead, I teased Amu, skipped my college classes, and teased Amu some more.

A few months after I found out about Utau and Kukai dating, Utau started feeling very sad. Once I noticed her depressed behavior, I imagined that Kukai hurt her, so I confronted him. Utau had never introduced us, so he didn't know who I was at first.

I showed up at his high school while he was at soccer practice and when they were on break, I went up to him.

"Can I help you?" he said.

"I'm Utau's brother," I replied, trying to intimidate him, but instead of looking the least bit scared, he just nodded and shook my hand.

"I'm guessing she told you, then," he said with a sad look on his face. By this point, I thought they might have gotten into a fight and broken up, but I couldn't be more wrong.

"Actually, she hasn't, but I'd like to know why she's been sulking in our house for the last couple of days." I glared at him, and he just sat down on the bench.

"Well, that's probably because I just recently told her that I'm joining the army."

After he said that, I was speechless. I recall feeling like I wanted to punch him at that moment. How could he do something like that to my sister?

Kukai continued talking, "I'm horrible in all my subjects, and soccer is going to get me nowhere. I wanted to be a professional, but I'm not nearly as good as I have to be for that. I talked to my teachers about how I had no clue what I wanted to do for a living, and they said that they were concerned cause I'm a senior and I should have some sort of idea. The next day some people from the army came to our school and tried to recruit members. I know it sounds stupid, but I thought that their appearance might be a sign, so I decided to sign up."

I really wanted to punch him, but I didn't. Instead, I said some harsh words and other things that I wanted to scare him with, but I can't remember what I said now.

Kukai left Japan after he graduated from highschool, and Utau was devastated. She thought that there would be no way to communicate with him overseas, but one day she received a letter.

After that day she received a letter, she became livelier. She was happier, and began singing again (because she stopped singing for a while due to her sadness). She was always asking if there was anything in the mail for her, and was so excited when there was.

I was glad that Utau began feeling happy again, so I stopped worrying. I went back to my regular routine and teased Amu, skipped my college classes, and teased Amu some more.

I got so distracted, I completely forgot about worrying about my sister.

Amu began looking excited to see me, which was a huge improvement in our relationship (wink wink). She used to get annoyed when I visited, but she started to look happy when I came around. I continued to tease her, and she continued to blush. She got me wrapped around her finger when we weren't even going out!

Of course, half of my mind's thoughts were filled with my pinkette, and the other half college and my family.

On Amu's 18th birthday, I kissed her for the first time. I was surprised when she kissed back and didn't push me away, and it only caused me to think about her even more. I asked her to be my girlfriend, but she was too embarrassed to say yes even though we were practically going out anyway.

I was so blinded by my feelings for Amu that I didn't paid attention to anything else. I was being an idiot.

On October 3rd, Amu and I were on a date (as I called it, but Amu refused to accept to call it that) and I turned my phone off so I wouldn't be distracted from my pinkette.

Driving home that night, I realized I had six missed calls and five voicemails. I didn't listen to them in the car, but when I got home I didn't need to.

I pulled into my driveway, surprised and nervous to find an ambulance outside our door. I rushed inside and as soon as I saw Mom and Dad crying, I couldn't help but cry too, even though I had no idea what was going on.

Once I saw Utau's limp body in the back of the ambulance with a ton of tubes around her and rope marks around her neck, I knew she was dead.

~Chapter End~

Hello again, everyone! I had another story idea and didn't want it to go to waste. This story won't be as long as my others because it's hard to update while school is going on, but I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Don't forget to review! :D Thank you, everyone!

~AmuletFortune98