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Kat: YEY TIME FUR ANOTHER STORYYYY!

Ikuto: What the hell does that mean? This is your first story.

Amu: No it's not. This is just the first story she's posted. She's to scared to post her other ones.

Kat: SHUDDAP! You don't know what it's like!

Amu: Ya, and you don't own us.

Ikuto: OOOOH!

Kat: I SAID SHUT UP!

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Chapter 1

It's a quiet neighborhood. One where all the houses look the same. One where there's not many cars. One where everyone's friendly. There's also a neighborhood park. It's a nice neighborhood. A quiet one.

Ikuto hated it. He found it absolutely revolting. It's a boring neighborhood, that's what it is. 'We're moving' they said. 'It'll be nice' they said.

"Liars." He stomped his way up the new stairs, lugging unpacked boxes up to his new room.

"Oh stop being so whiney!" His sister scolded with a sharp nudge to the side. "Don't be such a sour sport."

"OW!" He called after her.

"Stop exaggerating, loser."

"I'm not a loser." He huffed as she slammed her door. "And that really did hurt."

Ikuto shuffled through before slamming his own door. He dropped the heavy box on the floor, not caring if he broke anything. He looked around his new room.

White walls. Empty. Couple windows. Balcony with glass door. Closet. Wood floor. Simple. Boring. Like the neighborhood.

Ikuto heaved a sigh and went downstairs to their new living room, just in time to see the movers putting down the couch in front of their TV.

"Perfect." He walked right over and sat down. "Much better."

"Ikuto, honey, your bed is going to be brought in in an hour." His mother, Souko, called to him as she herself carried a box upstairs.

Ikuto supplied a grunt as a reply and turned on the TV, pleased to see it was already connected to the power.

"Hey. Wait- SHIT!" A loud bang sounded and Ikuto didn't bother to turn around to see what had been Dropped.

"Look what you did!"

"You're the one who dropped it!"

"Whatever. Good thing the floor's not scratched. Man this is one heavy chair."

One of the movers turned to see the back of Ikuto's head.

"Hey kid, come give us a hand with this."

Ikuto ignored them.

"Hey, kid, I'm talking to ya. Get over here and help."

Silence.

"Hey, get that wax outta your ears kid. You deaf or what?"

"…"

"HEY, get your lazy ass up and-"

"Watch your mouth."

"... What the hell did you just-"

"I said, watch your mouth."

"You don't talk to me like that you little-"

"I'm sorry?" Ikuto glanced over his shoulder to glare at the man, who was reduced to being speechless. "As I recall, my family is paying you to work, not me. So I will not be helping you at all, I have no gain. Even so, I don't want to work. That's why you're here. So, why don't YOU get YOUR lazy ass up and lift the goddamn chair. After all, it is your job, not mine. Not like you have anything better to do in life anyway."

Ikuto continued to glare at the man who seemed to be at a loss for words. "I- I-"

"Just lift the damn chair." Ikuto sighed as he turned back around to continue flipping through the channels. They were different from his last home.

"Only two-stories." Ikuto mumbled angrily. "What a downgrade."

Elsewhere, a girl with pink hair was dancing along to the newest hit single while simultaneously brushing her hair and putting on shorts.

"Amu! Come downstairs, your friends are here!"

Amu turned in surprise, only to hear the loud banging of someone's heavy steps heading towards her.

In a fury, she quickly turned off her music, pulled up her shorts, and frantically threw away her hairbrush. She quickly sat on her bed right as her door opened.

"Hey Rima."

"I heard the music, your heads a mess, that shirt doesn't match, and we're late. Let's go."

Amu sighed as the short blonde turned on her heel and made her way back downstairs.

"Where are you two going?" Amu's mother asked Rima curiously.

"The mall. Thank you for letting us go, Midori-san."

"Of course Rima." Midori smiled.

"Okay, let's go." Amu said as she jumped downstairs.

"Bye kids, have fun!"

"Bye momma!"

"Goodbye Midori-san."

Amu and Rima walked side by side down the street. Despite being around the same age, Amu was significantly taller than Rima. At first glance, these girls were very different.

Amu had medium length, rose pink hair, while Rima sported long blond hair, reaching down to her waist. Amu was about a head taller than Rima, which is a fact that Rima would rather do without. The blonde was also relatively flat chested while Amu had fully matured breast. Both girls went to Seiyo High together and were physically opposites. But despite that, they had the same interests, talked about the same things and laughed at the same things. They were the best of friends.

"So who's meeting us?" The pinkette questioned her shorter companion.

"Unfortunately Nagi's going to be there, and-"

"Yea, unfortunately."

"Shut up, I'm not done." Amu received a sharp jab to the side.

"As I was saying, Kukai is coming as well. So is Yaya and Kairi and Tadase. So basically everyone."

"Okay, well, you could have just said 'everyone'."

"Okay, well, you could have just not asked."

Amu smirked at Rima's feisty attitude.

"Poor Nagi."

Amu then received yet another elbow in her side, this time much harder.

"Ow!"

"Here we are."

Rima made a sharp turn into the mall entrance with Amu scrambling to keep up. After going up to the second floor, they made their way to the 'mall plaza', which was basically a fancy name for an area with a fountain and a bunch of benches in the mall. This mall was somewhat of an outside mall. With outdoor walkways that sometimes glided over koi ponds.

"They should be here…"

"Rima! Amu!" A purple haired boy called to them from across the plaza.

"Hey Nagi!"

"Ohayou gozaimasu, Amu-chan. Hello Rima-chan."

"Shut it, cross dresser."

Nagi responded with a delicate smile. "Everyone else is waiting over there."

"Hey guys!"

"Ohayou gozaimasu, Amu-chan." A princely boy with beautiful blond hair and gorgeous magenta eyes greeted.

"Ohayou gozaimasu, Tadase-kun." Amu smiled back.

"AMU-CHIIIIII!" A peppy girl with pigtails jumped Amu unexpectedly with a violent hug.

"Hi Yaya!" Amu giggled along with the girl.

"Hello Amu-chan." A professional looking green-haired boy greeting calmly.

"Hello Kairi-kun."

"Yo Hinamori! Are we all just gonna stand around or what? LET'S EAT!" A teen brunette boy shouted, much louder than necessary.

"Okay Kukai, let's go."

"Well hello to you all too." Rima grumbled.

"Ah, ohayou gozaimasu, Rima-chan." Tadase said with an embarrassed blush. "Gomen nasai."

"Whatever." Rima huffed.

Nagi smiled.

"Where to?" The purple headed dancer piped.

"I SAY BELLY BURGER!" Kukai yelled excitedly.

"YA!" Yaya agreed, just as loudly.

"Alright alright." Amu sighed.

"YAAAAAY!"

"Are you freaks just going to stand there or are we going to move?"

"Don't be such a meanie, Rima-chan!" Yaya blew a raspberry.

"That's rude Yaya."

"Sorry Kairi-kun!"

"Shall we?"

"We shall."

The large and noisy group of friends made their way through the mall towards the Belly Burger.

"So school starts monday."

"Ugh, don't remind me."

"Oh, I'll have a double with no tomatoes and extra fries please. Rima?"

"Large coke and mini cheese."

"Yaya hates high school! Double fudge sundae please!"

"Just a coke, please."

"I KNOW RIGHT! Two double terri's with cheese!"

"Well, at least we get to spend every day eating lunch together."

"Yea, we can sit together."

"Oh great."

"Don't be like that Rima-chan."

"Whatever."

"Yay! Food's here!"

"One sec guys, I gotta go to the bathroom."

"Okay Amu-chi! Come back soon!"

The pinkette sighed as she left the noisy booth that contained her friends. As much as she loved them, they could be a hand full. Their joyful shouts faded as she walked her way to the bathroom. Despite it being a Saturday, the mall was relatively empty.

After taking care of business, Amu hummed on her way back to her lunch spot. Her cheerful voice was cut off by yelling.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE, GIVE THAT BACK!"

"HA HA!"

Amu turned just in time to see a man round the corner with a purse in hand, heading straight towards her.

"HEY BITCH, GET OUT THE WAY!"

Thinking quickly, she lunged at his legs, tripping him.

"DAMNIT!"

Despite the pain in her back from the impact of the man's legs, Amu reacted quickly, She immediately grabbed the purse from his grasp and backed a safe distance away.

"Hey, thanks!"

A girl with long blond pigtails jogged up behind Amu, panting. Amu smiled, and handed her her purse.

"No problem."

"Wrong move."

The blonde flinched as the man pulled out a pocket knife. Amu remained unphased. She may not look it, but she was quite good at defending herself. Cheer practice gave her agility, and those martial art classes her parents made her take were finally going to come in handy.

The man yelled as he swung the blade at them. Amu dodged. The blonde girl screamed as she jumped back, causing her to trip.

"Got you!"

He charged towards the shocked girl, as she lay there helpless. Just as he swung his knife, Amu jumped between them, shielding the girl. She winced as the blade cut through the skin on her arm. Before the man could make another move, Amu did a down-round to his legs. She then back-fisted his temple, knocking him out.

"You- you saved me."

Amu looked back at the girl clutching her purse. For the first time she noticed her violet eyes. They were quite beautiful. Even when they looked terrified.

Suddenly, Amu was glomped by the crying girl. While the situation was stressful, Amu wouldn't have thought it was cry worthy. She must have been really scared.

"It's okay, everything's fine." Amu did her best to comfort the girl, though she was not skilled at it.

"No, it's not. You got hurt!"

"It's not bad. Just a cut." Which was true. It was a large cut, not very deep. Despite that it was bleeding a lot.

"I'm fine, trust me."

"Utau."

"What?"

"My name. It's Hoshina Utau."

"Amu. Do you live here Utau?"

"Yes. I just moved in today."

"Ah, you're the new people. I live two houses away."

"Really?"

Amu laughed at the girls enthusiasm. "Yep. Hopefully we can hang out."

"That'd be great."

"Okay. Why don't you go home. I can call you a cab."

"I can walk." Utau sniffed. "It's not far."

"Okay. You sure you'll be okay?"

"Will you come with me?"

Amu smiled saddly. "I'm sorry. But I have people waiting for me."

"Oh…"

"But if you're going to Seiyo High on Monday, I'll be waiting at the gates."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Utau released Amu from her grasp and wiped her last tears away. "Okay Amu-chan. I will see you Monday."

"Goodbye Utau."

The new friends bid each other goodbye, completely ignoring the unconscious body below them.

Amu went back to the bathroom, to clean herself up, while Utau, feeling like the happiest girl on the planet, made her way back home. As far as she was concerned, today started rough, but got immensely better. She made a new friend. One that saved her life! Of course she would be happy. As far as Amu was concerned, this was going to be hard to explain.

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Kat: … Wellllllll~?

Amu: …

Ikuto: …

Amu: I love it.

Ikuto: I hate it.

Kat: Thanks Amu! Why Ikuto?

Ikuto: What, am I some bratty kid in the background? It needs more me!

Amu: Just looking at you once is enough for a lifetime.

Kat: Agreed.

Ikuto: Hey!

Kat: Review!

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