I'm sorry for not updating for so long. I didn't have any inspiration, and was just too lazy.
I don't own Shugo Chara!, nor any of its characters, nor the song I used for this chapter title.
For those who forgot what happened in the last chapter (I know I would), here's a recap:
"Amu-chan," A voice called out to her.
"Amu-chan," The voice said again.
Amu opened her eyes to see her yellow chara floating in front of her. "Daiya? You hatched?" She said, surprised.
"You wished for it, right?" Daiya said. "But, are you sure that you want this? Wishes don't get granted for nothing, you'll have to give something in return. Are you willing to do that, without even knowing what it is?"
"Y-yes! Of course! I'm so glad you're back, Daiya! I missed you so much!"
"Amu-chan," Daiya said in a worried tone, "Amu-chan, you have to be careful with what you wish for…"
Amu opened her eyes again, but when she looked around she didn't see Daiya anymore.
"A dream?"
Chapter 2: Everytime we touch
The good and the bad times, we've been through them all
You make me rise when I fall
"…an! Amu-chan! Wake up!" Amu opened her eyes at the sound of her mother's voice. She looked at her alarm clock and was suddenly wide awake.
"No way! It didn't ring! And it's already this late? I'm going to be late for school!" she started panicking, waking up Ran, Miki and Suu.
"What's wrong, Amu-chan?" Ran asked her, still half-asleep.
"I'm going to be late for school! And what if…", she suddenly stopped in her tracks, "…what if Tadase-kun will be disappointed in me?"
"Well, if you don't want that to happen, you'll have to get dressed quickly." Miki said.
"Yeah! Good luck, Amu-chan, go! Go!" Ran cheered her on.
Amu managed to put her clothes on quickly and left her room with her shugo chara, leaving Daiya's egg behind.
The egg opened a little, and Daiya peered through the little opening.
"It looks like it has begun…" she whispered in a somewhat melancholic voice, and closed her eyes again.
~*~
I'm off!", Amu said as she hurried off to school, "Ran! Chara change, okay?"
"Okay, Amu-chan!", She waved her pompoms in the air, "Hop, step, jump!" The cross hairpin in Amu's hair turned into a heart shape as she suddenly started dashing in the direction of the school, hoping she would still make it in time.
~*~
Amu sighed as she packed her schoolbag. She had been on time, thanks to Ran. But it had still been a long day.
When she was done packing her schoolbag she started walking towards the Royal Garden. But before she could enter, she saw a black egg floating in the direction of the park.
"An X-egg!", Ran yelped in surprise, "Amu-chan, we should go after it!"
"Okay!" She dropped her bag, the contents she had just carefully packed falling out, and started running.
When she arrived at the park, she immediately started searching for the egg, but after ten minutes she still hadn't found it yet. She was about to give up when she heard it. She turned around and saw that the X-egg was floating there. It looked somewhat surprised.
"Ran! Come on!", Amu made some strange movements with her hands in front of the Humpty Lock and cried out: "My own heart, unlock!"
She was suddenly surrounded by a pink light, and when it disappeared she was no longer in her school uniform, but she was wearing a pink cheerleader outfit.
"Chara-nari! Amulet Heart!"
But as soon as she finished her transformation, the X-egg also hatched. And what was inside of it was unlike any other X-chara she had seen before, because instead of a red X this one had a golden X on its head.
"What's that, desu?" Suu said.
"Heart Rod!", Amu said as the said item appeared in her hand, "Spiral Heart!" She twirled the rod around and then threw it at the dark chara. But the chara simply deflected it, without any trouble.
"It's stronger than a normal X-chara…" Miki said.
"What should we do, Amu-chan?" Ran 'said'.
"Maybe you should try purifying it, desu…" Suu suggested.
"Well, I suppose it's worth a try…", Amu said, "Negative Heart", She made a heart shape with her hands and pointed it at the X-chara, "Lock o-"
But before she could even think of finishing her attack, the X-chara decided it was its turn to attack now and sent a blast of dark-colored energy at Amu, launching her into the air.
Amu closed her eyes and prepared herself for the impact of the fall, but it never came. She opened her eyes and saw that Ikuto had caught her.
"Nice outfit, Amu." He smirked.
"I-Ikuto!", Amu's face turned red, "L-let me down! Pervert!" She said as she tried to get down.
"Aw, but I just saved you…", Ikuto pouted, "Don't I get a reward, Amu?"
Amu blushed even more as she struggled to get out of Ikuto's arms. When he finally let go, she turned her back to him and said: "I-I could have made it by myself! I don't need your help!" She then looked at the X-chara and continued: "And anyway, it's not like you defeated that X-chara." She then mumbled to herself: "And what's wrong with that chara? It's way too strong to be a normal one…"
"Then, how about I help you defeat it?" Ikuto asked her.
"… Okay. Then, you should distract it while I'll try to purify it again." Amu answered him. "Negative Heart:" She made a heart shape with her hands again while Ikuto jumped away to the other side of the X-chara, "Lock on!" Ikuto faked an attack on the X-chara, who deflected that attack just as easily as it had Amu's attacks. "Open Heart!" And this time the attack did hit. Amu sighed in relief as the purified egg flew away. She undid her chara-nari, but, as she was about to walk away, she saw that there were more of those X-chara surrounding them, about a dozen.
"There are more of them?!?" Amu yelled in surprise.
"Amu-chan! Let's fight them!" Ran said.
"Y-yes!" But as she got ready to do another chara-nari with Ran, three X-chara surrounded her shugo chara so that she couldn't. The others started to attack Amu and Ikuto.
"Kyaa!" Amu got hit by an attack and, unable to defend herself at all, was flung towards a tree.
"Amu-chan!" The trio of shugo chara tried to escape the X-chara's clutches, but failed. They could only watch as some of the X-chara teamed up and started attacking Amu together. They sent an attack at Amu, but Ikuto quickly jumped in front of her, the attack hitting him instead of her.
"Ikuto!" But Amu didn't have any time; the X-chara were getting ready to attack again. This time the attack launched her into the air and she landed rather painfully. "Ow…" She got up, but quickly lowered her head again to dodge an attack. How am I ever going to defeat it? she thought.
"Amu." A voice sounded inside Amu's head.
"Daiya?" She recognized the voice, and looked around to see if she could spot the yellow egg anywhere.
"Amu, don't worry. You'll be fine. They can't hurt you." The egg appeared in front of Amu, and opened.
"What do you mean by that?"
"By what?" Daiya giggled. "Anyway, do you really think this is the time to ask questions? Don't you think we have to defend ourselves?" She moved sideward quickly, the attack that was meant for her hitting Amu.
"Yeah!" She got up and closed her eyes, concentrating. When she opened her eyes again, she said in a serious tone: "My own heart, unlock!" A yellow light, coming from the Humpty Lock, surrounded her. As soon as the light faded, another attack surged in her direction.
"Tinkle Shield!" Stars appeared in front of her, defending her from the attack. She headed for Ikuto, and saw his chara-nari had already undone itself. "Ikuto!" But he didn't open his eyes. She didn't have time to contemplate this, seeing that the X-chara were all teaming up, also the ones that had previously been holding Ran, Miki and Suu captive.
"What is wrong with them? Why are they so strong?!" She tried to defend herself from an attack that was even stronger than the last one, but it managed to hit her. She quickly regained her concentration, and dodged a second one.
"How is this possible? I… I don't know what to do! And Ikuto isn't waking up…" She said, to no one in particular. It was clear to anyone that she was starting to panic. She took a deep breath and tried to focus. "I need to focus. But what can I do?" Her eyes started to water, but she blinked it away as she dodged yet another attack.
"There's nothing I can do by myself, not against so many X-chara…" She looked at Ikuto, who still wasn't moving. "But, I have to try!" She raised her voice. "I'm not the type to give up, certainly not! I have to try my best. Even if I'm alone, even if I'm a girl, I need to. For me, for everyone!" She closed her eyes and raised her arms. She opened them again and shouted: "Shooting Star Shower!" Stars started moving around, finding its origin out of thin air, and moved towards the group of dark chara. The crosses on their head broke and their purified eggs floated away.
Amu smiled, knowing she did good. Suddenly, her surroundings started spinning in front of her eyes. She could hear footsteps approaching her, but only saw blackness surrounding her as she fell to the ground, unconscious.
Thank you for reading, and please leave a review! I hope I can update sooner this time. But I don't really want to write what happens next... *cries*
