Lilyflower991028: Hey guys! This is my first ever fanfic, so you better enjoy. Kay~? Good!
Amu: Hey lily. Who are you talking to?
Lilyflower991028: To the audience, duh!
Ikuto: Shut up and get on with the story. I wanna see how this plays out.
Lilyflower991028: Fine, stray neko. Just warning you, if you ever speak to me like that again, this fanfic isn't going to turn out well. For YOU.
Ikuto: Okay okay, I understand.
FLASHBACK
Amu POV(point of view)
I looked up dazily and realized I had fallen asleep. A countless number of people and vehicles passed me. How long had I been asleep? I hoped no one had noticed me uncomfortably squeezed into a narrow alleyway. I looked up at a black cat, its deep eyes boreing into me. I sighed and noticed how beautiful the night sky looked today. I turned to Ikuto and poked his face lightly.
"Wake up, I'm hungry," I said, still poking at his face. He only grunted and shifted a bit. I smiled gently. 'He looks so peaceful and child-like when he sleeps...' I thought to myself. This moment was nice and all, but my stomach was growling and I was worried I was going to faint before we got to eat any food.
"Amu..." I looked over at Ikuto. He was talking in his sleep. "Amu...what's wrong? Even though you're smiling...you look so sad..." I chuckled to myself as he said this. He was only this nice in his dreams.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Hey Amu?" Ikuto asked, walking into my bedroom. I looked up and questioned him 'what's up' silently. I don't know why, but he paused before speaking up again. "Dinner's ready." I nodded in reply.
"What's for dinner?" I asked, trying to break the silence. Well, not like I really minded it because it wasn't awkward or anything.
"Just pasta with some chicken. You coming or not?" He asked, a smirk playing on his lips. I smirked back. 'This is the real Ikuto,' I thought. He walked out of the room and I followed.
TIME LEAP! ^_^
My phone started to ring. I checked the caller ID saw that Rima was calling. Probably about the party. I clicked the 'pick up' and put the phone to my ear.
"Hey, what's up Rima?" I asked.
"Hey there! I was just checking if you were still going to Kobi's party!" She sounded cheery as usual.
"Of course. You really think I'd back out of a party that big?"
"I thought that would be the reason you wouldn't go," she snickered. I laughed as well.
"Don't worry, I'm still going. What about Nagihiko? He has to be going if you are...right?" I couldn't see her, but I knew her face was red.
"Yeah, he's going. Anyways, Kobi said he was pretty happy when he found out that the idol of the school, Amu, was going to his party!" I laughed.
"I'm not an idol,"
"Yeah you are! Do you know how many people have asked you out? Heck, once a week a new guy comes along and confessess his 'undying love' for you. How cheesy can people get? But still, you refused all of them! Now it's just a competition of love to see who wins your heart first! But anyways, why DID you reject them all? Got a boyfriend from a different school or something?"
"Naw, nothing like that." For some reason, Ikuto popped into my head at that moment. 'Why am I even thinking about him?!' I thought silently. "I don't really know why I refused them."
"Seriously? You even rejected Tadase! Tadase fricking Hotori! You had a little crush on him, right? I thought you would be super happy. So why'd you reject him? Someone else on your minds right now?" She said playfully.
"No, not really. I'm just not ready for a relationship!" I said matter-of-factly. Rima laughed mischevioulsy.
"Amu...could it be that...you like Ikuto?!" I slammed the end call button. 'Why did she have to bring him up?!' I thought, my face slightly pink. 'I don't have feelings for Ikuto, so why doesn't she just cut it out?' I typed her number into the phone and waited for her to pick up. When she did, she was laughing like crazy. And I couldn't help but laugh with her.
I was a fairly normal child. Ami was my little sister, who lives with me now. I had normal parents and a normal life. Until I realised my life wasn't so great after all.
FLASHBACK
I heard a scream of pain. 'Mother?!' I thougth, panic coursing throught me. Even in my room, I could still hear the shouts.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" By the sounds of it, it was my father. I thought, it couldn't be him. I ran to my parent's room and swung the door open. My mother and father did not notice me. My mother was on the floor, her cheek bruised. I was about to run to her, when my father hit her again. By the intense and absolutely disgusting smell in the room, my father was filthy drunk. Ami was asleep in her room and I prayed to God that she didn't hear this.
"I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR FUCKING HUSBAND! AND NOW YOU GO AND FUCKING CHEAT ON ME?! YOU FUCKING WHORE!" My father shouted, infuriated. If mother was cheating on him, I could understand why he would be angry, but he shouldn't have gone this far... My father-no, the horrible man-started kicking my mother. She was crying her eyes out, and my father was cursing at her to shut up. I wanted to run to my mother, hold her, tell her it would be ok, just like she would when I was scared. But I didn't. I watched, terrified and frozen. Until my dipshit of a father pulled out a knife. A very sharp one, at that. He started stabbing her, her blood oozing everywhere. Before they could notice me, I ran back to my room, hoping my father wouldn't see me or hear me.
"Fucking bitch," I heard him say. There was a scrapung sound, and I imagined him carrying her limp body down the stairs and into the dirt, where the evidence would be destroyed. Once I was certain he was outside, I panicked and ran out to Ami's room as fast as I could. I took her out of her cot and ran into the bathroom. Looking up at the small window, I didn't even know if I was breathing or not. I was just focusing on my one instinct at that moment: run. Run as far away as you can. And if you get caught, that man will kill you. I silently opened the window and scramble out, clutching onto Ami and wishing she was older than me. So she could comfort me. As soon as I got out, I started running like crazy. Ami was still asleep, thank god for that.
"We're going to be okay...we're going to be okay..." I chanted, moving a strand of hair off of Ami's face. I wasn' t sure if I was comforting her or myself.
END OF FLASHBACK
After that, I tried to get my relatives to let me live with them, or friends, for that matter. But all were intent on calling back home to see what had happened, so I said I was joking and just had a little petty fight. The nodded and I ran away, a small Ami resting in my arms. I tried to go to an orphanage, but after looking at a map of the town someone had dropped, their weren't any even remotely close. So I started living on the streets. That lasted for a bit. Then I met Ikuto. He was a stray cat, living on the streets just like me. We survived together. Then one day he got hit by a car-luckily a ambulence got their pretty quick-but I had to run away in case they tried to call my dipshit of a father or an orphanage. After that, Ikuto disappeared from my life.
And now here we are, ten years later looking at a 21 year old girl. I had a house now-some negotiator guy gave Ami and I enough money to get ourselves together, and he even gave me a job so that we could have a stable amount of money. The catch was the house didn't belong to me. And my job payed well, but wasn't that good. Our landlord hired me to be a 'maid', but luckily he doesn't call me that. I just do the chores around the house and cook him meals. He doesn't actually pay for my share of food, though. I have to pay the rent, and get food for myself. Of course if that weren't the case, he wouldn't of hired me, and he wouldn't have to pay me.
To my surprise, the landlord's name was Ikuto. I thought he was the Ikuto I had lost, but realised he looked different, and so was his last name. He had lighter blue hair than that Ikuto and his face seemed different too. And the landlord's last name was Tsukiyomi. That Ikuto's name was Ikuto Yamamoto. But just like that Ikuto, the landlord was also 3 years older than me. They seemed the same but were different. That much I knew.
Lilyflower991028: well that wasn't so bad, was it?
Amu: I thought it was a bit depressing...
Ikuto: you still haven't realised it, Amu...
Amu: what?
Ikuto: nothing. Anyways REVIEW FOR MORE! ^_^
Amu: yeah, I'm kinda looking forward to seeing what happens next!
Lilyflower991028: cool! Anywayd R&R for more. I'm just winging it right now, so I haven't really got a plan for what's going to happen next. Let's hope it's good! ^_^