So I got some pretty positive reviews, and hopefully those reviews will keep coming. I see that some reviewers want an AmuXOC pairing- well that will happen at some point but the thing is, I don't know which OC that is. Hehe.
Anyway, here's the next chapter!
CHAPTER HAS BEEN REVISED
While You Were Away
Chapter Two
Present Time
"You've reached Hinamori Amu. I guess you know what to do." Amu's prerecorded voice echoed from Utau's phone speaker, the beep signaling to leave a voice message.
Instead, Utau hung up- just like she did every other time she called, only to get the same outcome of Amu's prerecorded voice. Utau sat there looking over old text messages where they both told each other what was currently happening. The last text came seven months ago.
Sorry Utau can't talk now. Something's come up.
Amu never came back to tell Utau what had happened or were she went. After that text message- Amu dropped everyone. Tadase, Yaya, Kukai, Nadeshiko, Yukari, Rima, even Ikuto. Only a few weeks after the tour began, Ikuto came to accompany them all wanting to surprise Amu- but she hadn't come. Even then, he'd decided to support his younger sister for once.
"She's still not answering?" Ikuto questioned, walking into Utau's hotel room.
"Not answering anything. No calls, emails- nothing." Utau sighed. "What's gotten into her Ikuto? Amu has never been like this before."
Once they'd called Seiyo, asking to speak to Amu- but she'd declined their phone call.
"Who knows?" Ikuto shrugs. "We'll find out soon enough. She can ignore us now, but in person- she can't."
Utau glanced up at her blue haired brother, knowing he was right but in all reality- she just really wanted to know what Amu was up too.
Amu Hinamori sighed as she looked at her old cell phone, where she had over a hundred missed calls and emails from her friends. She would scroll down and press play- listening to each recording herself, playing with the thought of calling them back. But you can't Amu.
"Amu-chan, please call us back. Where have you gone?" Tadase sounded worried, and that made Amu feel guilty. It was cruel of her to treat them like this, to shut them out with no explanation. Amu carried on the play the most recent voice mail, three days ago. From Utau.
"Amu." Utau sighed. "What did we do wrong that you shut us out like this. Talk to us. Talk to me."
Amu shut that phone off, running a hand through her pink hair that grew out to reach the middle of her back. They hadn't done anything wrong, and she wanted to call, wanted to tell them that but she couldn't. Too much has happened over the time the guardians and Utau had been gone. Amu didn't want to involve them in her issues.
"Amu-chan."
Amu looked over at the basket where her chara eggs were harbored. She had to get a new one seven months ago because she now had seven chara eggs. Amu had been surprised too, completely flipping out and panicking when she woke up to three new chara eggs.
Su, Miki, and Ran had been glad about it, but Dia. Dia warned Amu that she had a strong radiance, but now had more amounts of power with and without her charas that came with side effects. When she told Shin, Emily, Sora, Kaitlynn, and Ryou- they'd been surprised but supported Amu and her occasional. Dia had been corrected about the side effects. The main one was that Amu had a difficult time controlling her powers now.
"Yes Kilala?" Amu watched the ebony haired chara come out of her laced black egg. Kilala was the first one to hatch out of the new three, and the darkest one out of the seven charas- representing Amu's sadistic and mischievous side- even had the damn cat ears and tail. She represented Amu's desire to take charge and be reckless.
"There's a solution to this issue." Kilala floated over, looking at Amu's old cell phone. Without consent, Kilala focused, crushing the phone into pieces.
"Kilala!" Amu hissed angrily.
Kilala was the only chara Amu actually fought with. They butted heads often. You'd think Kilala would turn x-egg, but Sora said that Kilala was already too evil for that. It made Amu laugh.
"Yes Amu-chan?" Kilala asked innocently, batting her eyelashes. Amu huffed, glaring at the troublesome chara she'd come to love within sometime.
"You can't just do that!" Amu scolded.
Kilala rolled her eyes. "I saved you from the dark feeling in your heart."
"Amu-sama, don't be so upset that Kilala wanted to suppressed the tainted feeling." Kiku came from the teal egg decorated with vintage designs, giving her bear a concerned look.
Kiku was the second chara born but hardly ever came from her egg. She had teal hair, curled elegantly with a microphone like Dia's. She was born from the feelings deep within Amu to be more ladylike and to sing her own songs.
"You need to be more careful of your emotions, Amu-sama. Especially the darker ones." Kiku smiled gently before going back into her egg- along with Kilala. That's what those three did most time. Stayed out shortly before going back inside their eggs.
"It's okay Amu-chan.~desu." Su smiled brightly. "We are always here for you no matter what-m we support you with any decision you make!"
"Su is right." Dia floats in front of Amu. "We are all her for you, no matter what happens."
"Yes Amu-chan!" Ran cheered, moving her pink pompoms.
The doorbell down stairs rings and Amu sighs.
"Amu, you parents aren't here. You have to get it." Miki says, looking up from her sketching. The blue chara had been working on a picture, consisting Amu and all the charas. They all were happy- without a worry.
"That's right!" Amu says, getting up and yelling. "I'm coming!"
Madori and Tsumugu had moved to America with Ami when they were offered a job opportunity and better education for Ami. Of course they'd wanted their eldest daughter to come join them, but Amu insisted she say to finish school and take over her grandmother, who was now doing much better. She could walk again around her home. A nurse always stayed there, but still Amu visited and helped around the house.
Her parents had hesitated to agree, after all- they were moving to a different state.
"Amu!" Emily Toma smirked at the pink haired girl who opened the door. "You're going to be late. Again."
"For what?" Amu questioned cautiously.
Emily rolled her eyes. "The new single recording! Plus the details for your new music video!"
Amu blinked, sighing. This is what she did a lot lately, sighed and stayed home. Shin and Sora constantly visited, with Emily, Kaitlynn and Ryou. Ryou scolded her once that she need to get out more, but she honestly wasn't up to it.
"Come on." Emily grabbed Amu's hand, dragging Amu up stairs to get ready. "We can be late together because you like crap."
"You guys ready?" Inori asked from beside Amu, speaking into the speaker.
"Of course!" Kaitlynn yelled loudly from the back, causing everyone to cringe and give a "seriously" look. Kaitlynn smiled sheepishly mouthing "sorry".
"One, two, three." Shin counted, fingers stringing the guitar string, Emily fallowing on cue.
"Where are the people that accused me?
The ones who beat me down and bruised me
They hide just out of sight
Cant face me in the light
They'll return but I'll be stronger"
Amu smiled at Emily in the recording box, giving thumbs up for encouragement. Ryou was killing the drums, where Sora and Kaitlynn played extra sets of electric guitar.
"God I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
No one can stop me"
Emily was stretching her voice to new levels, and Amu watched in amazement at the new song.
"She sings from her hear Amu-chan. Just like Utau." Dia floated above Inori. "You can do the same if you'd just listen inside yourself."
Amu looked back at Dia, knowing she was right. Amu never sang her own songs, always the ones Inori wrote for her. She never had the courage to write what she felt and actually sing it. She didn't believe in herself. Which was the reason Kiku stayed in her eggs, Amu didn't believe in her desire to sing fully.
"Sometimes it's hard to just keep going
But faith is moving without knowing
Can I see the trust I can't see?
To reach my destiny
I want to take control but I know better"
Inori looked at Amu, placing a hand on the mature pinkett's shoulder, gaining her attention. Amu had been focused on Emily's lyrics.
"Dia is right you know." Inori softly says. "The reason Kiku, Akiko, and Kilala rarely come out os because you still don't fully believe in them in the way you believe in Su, Miki, Ran and Dia. You don't accept them as you desire- why's that?"
Amu didn't answer; instead she diverted her gaze to the tile floor trying to think about her answer carefully.
"Kilala has come out a few times, Kiku only twice and Akiko once. They'll disappear soon Amu, why are you so scared?"
"Forget your fears, it's just a crutch
That tries to hold you back
And turn your dreams to dust
All you need to do is just trust"
Amu finally looked at Inori in the eyes, a new found fierceness in the usual soft honey eyes. Amu had her answer, which made Dia smile.
"I'm scared that I'll hurt people again. Scared that I'll lose the very little control I have over my power." Amu glanced at Dia, who nodded to continue. "I'm scared of becoming someone I'm not!"
Dia floated in front of Amu. "It helps to say it out loud, to tell someone your bottled feelings."
"But Amu-can, you have no reason to be scared." Miki says, coming from her egg, smiling at the chara bearer.
"We are here for you too! ~desu" Su smiles.
"And we won't let you become someone you're not!" Ran cheered.
"And you know why Amu-chan?" A small voice said in her head. "We're your guardian characters- your would be selves, but all you need do is believe in us again."
Akiko.
"Yes Amu-sama, we were born because you believed in your dreams. Please believe again." Kiku…
Inori grinned at Amu. "Now you ready to write your own songs from inside?"
Amu nodded, listening to the voices of her guardian charas. Maybe she could believe again.
Just a little.
"So, no more music video?" Kaitlynn questioned.
Amu and Shin walked next to one other in front of Emily and Ryou who walked in front of Sora and Kaitlynn. It was a nice summer day, a warm breeze with people out and about. The sidewalks were crowded with people, but luckily, no one recognized the band. The chara's had decided to go to the park to play around, but Dia stayed behind.
"No music video." Amu answers holding her bag. "It's been put on hold for now. I'm going to try to write my own music."
Amu said it proudly, making Dia beam when she looked down inside Amu's bag to see the three chara eggs. The teal eggs with vintage designs wobbled.
"That's a huge step Amu!" Sora grinned moving forward to wrap his arm around Amu's shoulder. Shin shot him a look unnoticed by Amu.
"It is, isn't?" Amu wondered out loud. "First time for everything."
"Well maybe if it's done by next week you can open up some concert we are doing with us." Shin suggested.
"Who's?" Amu asks curiously.
"Doesn't matter!" Emily clapped. "You're going to finish this song and preform!"
Amu laughs. "Maybe."
"Wait- isn't Amu's birthday that day too?" Ryou asks purposely reminding everyone. Amu shot the ebony drummer a glare.
For some reason she didn't enjoy celebrating her birthday even though she was now turning fifteen. She didn't see the big deal it was just a day, but she really didn't want anyone to get her anything but she knew if she told them not to- they still would.
"Yes but please, really it's not that big of a deal." Amu laughed nervously. The Ayumu Chika band members seemed to overdue birthdays or basically anything with celebrating.
"It's a huge deal! "Kaitlynn excitedly yelled.
Amu sighed. It was going to be a long week with all the planning.
Okay so here's the next chapter! We kind of got to see Utau and Ikuto but it was to focus on the band and Amu. But the next chapter we will have more of the Guardians, Utau, and Ikuto. More will be revealed with the issues Amu is facing. Oh and how did you like the twist with the new charas?
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