Haha! Guess what, I still don't have a real plot! XD *sobs* OTL Well, at least its starting to come together now. I forgot to do the disclaimer last chapter, but you should know by now I don't own Shugo Chara!
Second Travel: Colors of the Sky
-Amu's POV-
What can I say? I was scared. The only things that repeated in my head were: harsh jail sentence over and over again.
"Look, I realize you must be nice and comfy up there, but I'm not!" The boy said in an annoyed tone. "I'm flat on my stomach with a heavy girl on top of me. I'd appreciate it if you'd get off me."
I didn't say anything and just got off. If I said anything, I figured that I'd only make it worse on the charges. Ikuto stood up and brushed some dust and dirt off of himself. "Where the hell did you come from anyways? Its like you appeared from nowhere." He said and looked as if he was waiting for an answer.
I backed away slightly and didn't answer.
"What am I? A rock? Answer me!" He demanded. "I know you're not mute! I think I should get my questions answered if I was made a cushion for someone's landing!"
"I..."
"What was that? Speak up!"
"I'm SORRY!" I yelled before running away. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to go to jail.
My friends stared at me with wide eyes, all unsure of what to do or say. Clearly, they had all been careful in their travels and only I was dumb and clumsy enough to screw up like this.
"Er...Don't cry, Amu-chan..." Nagihiko started.
"I'm not going to cry." I retorted. I'm 16 now! I won't be a child and bawl my eyes out over this. "I just...I just don't know what to do!"
"Well, uh, I don't think they'll be harsh..." Kukai said with a shrug. "I mean, you didn't mean to do it... And its not like one little bump will change anything. I mean we're allowed to go get food at a restaurant without problems."
"He's Utau's ancestor."
"...You do have a point there."
"I think our best bet would be to go back and tell everyone what happened." Nadeshiko suggested. "Any objections?" Everyone shook their heads. "Then let's hurry."
I sat quietly, answering only when questions were asked in a white room with no windows. At least 5 different people have asked me about the situation with the same questions only worded differently.
"So you know of this boy before hand. How?"
"H-He was my friend's ancestor. S-She showed me a picture of him earlier today."
"I see..." The woman scribbled something onto her paper before standing up and walking out the door. A few moments later, she returned. "You're free to go. Don't worry, it seemed that you truly meant no harm. We'll sort this out." She said with a smile.
"But, um...Would I still be allowed to time travel?" I was worried that my license would be revoked.
"Yes, don't worry. As long as you stay out of trouble, it'll be fine."
Walking into the waiting room, my friends were sitting there with anxious faces.
"Amu! Are you alright? You're not going to be sent to jail are you?" Tadase asked quickly.
I gave them a small smile and shook my head, too relieved for words. For a moment they just stared at me before Kukai broke into laughter. "Awesome! This calls for celebration, you know!"
It started out as nervous, unsure laughs at first, but soon we were all laughing and giggling like loons. "Ah, what were we laughing about again?" I managed to ask between fits of giggles.
"I don't know, but I can't stop!" Rima said breathlessly.
"So what are we standing here for? Let's go get something to eat!" Nagihiko said as he walked over to the door, trying to hold his laughter in, but there was still a visible smirk on his face.
The next time we decided to time travel, was a week later. "Let's go to a different time." Nadeshiko had suggested. To avoid bumping into Ikuto again. We had all agreed that we'd visit different, more significant times instead.
It was a lot of fun, but I didn't want to break the promise to Utau. I needed to find out what had happened to Ikuto.
-Narrator's POV-
"You're late." The girl growled angrily at him. Short blonde hair and blue eyes, she was just a female version of another certain blonde.
"Shut up, Tadami. I was just a couple of minutes late."
"Just a couple of minutes? The movie started already! But those bastards made me wait out here for you!" Tadami spat angrily. She was, without any doubt, Tadase's ancestor.
"What? They trying to get us together again?"
"They probably are. But it'd be a thousand years before I'd ever want to go out with you, stupid, thieving feline!"
"Whatever, Princess!" Ikuto said with a roll of eyes. "If you don't want them trying to get us together because we're fifth wheels, why don't you try to get a boyfriend. Oh, that's right. It's impossible with that attitude." He said with sarcasm.
"Do you want me to kick you where it hurts? Cause I'm not afraid to do so and unlike some other fangirls, I don't worship your balls."
"Oooh! I'm scared! Girl's shouldn't use such foul language." Ikuto said, glancing about.
"Shut up or I'll show you foul language!" She snapped. "...Who are you looking for?"
"Um...No one in particular." Ikuto said with a shrug. "Now can we please go inside to watch the movie?"
"...Alright." Tadami said as she gave the place one last curious glance and stepped into the theater.
Later that day, Ikuto had returned home to see his younger sister running around chasing her dog in a game of tag. "Utari! Go back inside! Its late. Get Betty in too." He said, trying to get his sister in.
The little blonde girl frowned in a pout. She looked a lot like Utau except for the fact that she had clear blue eyes instead of purple. It would take many years and generations before Utau's family started having people with purple eyes. "But its still light out!"
Ikuto sighed. "Its going to be dark soon. Now come on. Mom's probably done with dinner already." He said, gently pushing the elementary school girl into the house. "Did you even go in the house today? You're still in your school clothes!"
"...No." Utari admitted as they walked back in. Ikuto rolled his eyes, taking care of his siblings can be something of a pain at times. But he was the older brother so he must set a good example for them. ...Unless Tadami was around. He wouldn't mind saying that at times, its totally OK to beat up a girl. No, its still wrong, actually. He thought to himself, but he would never say so in front of Tadami or she will get away with anything.
Ikuto had climbed out of his window and crawled up onto the roof, something that his parents keep telling him not to do, yet keep doing. He was staring at the setting sun. He had lied earlier about it being dark soon to get his sister into the house.
The sky was a mix of yellow and orange...and pink. That pink reminded him of the strange encounter earlier in the day. ...She was an odd girl. He thought to himself. He had never seen her around. And in this small town, he thought he had knew everyone, especially someone with hair as vibrant as hers. All the kids his age went to one of two high schools. Maybe she was one of the other? He was sure he's never seen pink hair in the school either. The thought that she was a tourist occurred to him. This, however, was a small town, they didn't exactly have lots of tourists everyday. It was an unlikely possibility.
Where she was from wasn't even the most curious thing about her. She had fallen on top of him today. It wasn't like he was walking by some wall and she just randomly fell off of. She...just seemed to appear out of thin air. And...She knew him. Of course, many girls knew him, he was rather popular with girls. Most of them were from school. If they were from school, he would recogize them. But he didn't, which he found strange.
Still thinking about this, the first star came out from the midnight blue sky. Make a wish on the first star! He remembered being told that before when he was younger. By who, he did not know or remember. Let something interesting happen in this boring town.
He just finished thinking that when there was a call from one of the windows below. "Ikuto! Get off from the roof!" It was his mother, looking out from her own bedroom window with an annoyed, yet concerned look on her face. Ikuto sighed and nodded before jumping back into his room.
Life here wasn't bad, but just plain. He'd love to have someone appear in his life to spice it up. Immediately, his thoughts drifted back to the pink hair girl. He closed his eyes. Maybe, just maybe, he'd want to meet her again. Even if he was going to end up flat on his stomach.
-Amu's POV-
I sat on my bed, looking at a timeline, wondering which time period I should go to for this weekend. I can stay in the past for as long as I like, but when I return, it'll be the same second that I had left. Its not as if time stopped for me. If that was the case, time stops were way too frequent. Its like I traveled to the past, spent time there and then went right back to the very second I left. We cannot go into the future anyways, or else something will be very flawed in our timeline. Things to happen will be changed and that would be no good. We will never know who's from our own future, however. We cannot bring items back from the past either. Who knows, one spec of dust missing and maybe someone could end up not existing. (No, I never understood how that could happen either, but that was the example on the rulebook so I'll go with that.)
"Amu-chan~!" Ran whined as she floated around me. Miki was sketching something in the corner of my room. "Pick a place already! I'm boooored~!"
"I'm working on it, I'm working on it!" I said, trying to decide. I wanted to avoid picking a place where I might end up meeting Ikuto again. It'd be too dangerous. But there were a lot of places to choose from and I really didn't know which place I wanted to go to.
"You know, you can go to different places and come right back to go to another place." Miki suggested with a shrug. "...Or, we can generate a random time for you."
"Ah, fine, you do that!" I said as I flopped down on my bed, my head landing on my pillow. I stared at the ceiling as I listened to the whirring of machinery as Miki and Ran generated a random time.
"2002!" They announced. I agreed. I hadn't done the math at that time. The bright light appeared and thankfully, this time I landed on solid ground.
I glanced around, seeing trees, flowers, and children playing. "...Before my apartment was here, it was a park?" I said with a raised eyebrow as I walked around, keeping to myself. It seemed pretty peaceful. Most people did not pay attention to me. Only one group of boys tried to hit on me, but I ignored them. Not allowed to make contact and they sounded like jerks, trying to invite me along with them.
"Ah, wow, this is amazing...I've been here so long the sun is setting. I should get back..." I said to myself as I reached for my charas. It was then that I felt a tug on my jeans. "Eh?" I turned around to face a little boy with midnight blue hair. I nearly flipped out. I must have really bad luck or something.
Sorry, but I can't ever seem to end anything unless its a cliffy T_T;; (what is this, some sort of disease...?)
About Tadami, we've all thought that Tadase was a girl at least once in our lives, right? xD If that was the case... ;w; (Ok, yea, I just wanted to write about a fem!Tadase fighting like cats and dogs with Ikuto but in a non romantic way) In this fic, Tadase would be a direct descendent of her. Same with Utari and Utau. (I created Utari here because if Ikuto needed a sibling for Utau's whole family tree to exist ;w;'')
