EDITED CHAPTER 1(as of June 3, 2013)
An-chan: Hey guys! I'm back from the long line of assignments from school!
Miki: haizzzz... you don't even have time to update your other story and your making another one?
An-chan: well this idea just came to mind and I want to know how other people think, ok?
I don't own anything but the plot! This is an amuto.
A/n: well I hope you like this story and review! Now story time!
) Meet My Guardian Angel (
You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I've never thought I'd live to see it break...
The dark sky and the black clouds stared angrily at me. I frowned as I gazed at the heavens. It seemed like it was going to rain soon. That didn't help the fact that I was running late to my date with Tadase. I didn't even bring an umbrella!
Rainy days never went well with me, every time it rained, it always signaled a bad coming to my day.
I sighed as I started walking faster along the side walk.
Time flies so fast. I and Tadase have been dating for about 3 years since he told me that he loves me, and since then I've felt like the luckiest girl in the world! We knew each other since forever, and I can't remember the exact instant I started falling for him. I forgot most of my memories as a kid but that doesn't really matter. I just know that we started becoming closer during middle school and I developed a crush on him then.
He had always been the sweet guy that made me blush with his sincere and gentle ways. The very thought of him made me smile.
I had just taken a bath when he suddenly called and told me that he had something very important to tell me today. As we talked, he suggested that we have a date at an expensive restaurant somewhere near the plaza.
I took quite a long time picking out my clothes because I called my best friend Rima and asked her what Tadase might want to tell me so urgently. I could still recall the conversation we had.
"Amu? What's up?" She said boringly.
"Rima! Tadase and I have a date today and I don't know what to wear!"
"Oh..since when did you start asking me for fashion tips? Where are you headed to anyway? And what time are you supposed to be there?"
"At an expensive restaurant as far as I know...and the time? About 8 o'clock." I quickly explained.
"WHAT? That's like in thirty minutes? Why didn't you call me earlier?" Rima shouted over the phone.
"Well...he just called me right now and told me that there's an urgent matter he wants to tell me face to face."
"Pick your best dress Amu; I think he's going to propose to you."
Remembering my conversation with her got me more kicked up in hurrying to the restaurant! I began to feel the excitement pumping through my veins, I loved Tadase and I'd been waiting for forever for him to ask me!
This is the day!
I wondered how he would propose to me...kneel down on one knee, hold my hand, smile his perfect smile, say that he loves me...
I could practically see my dreams come true!
I saw the restaurant across the street and started running across it. I was halfway across when I saw something that made me stop in my tracks. Something that had shattered my whole fantasy.
I squinted my eyes in confusion.
Was that really what I think I'm seeing?
Tadase-kun was still quite a few meters away from the restaurant at the corner, but I could still see a glimpse of him walking toward it from the other side of the street, with another girl holding his hand! Disbelief started to consume me.
No... I thought as I shook my head.
I must be misunderstanding this! She could be his cousin or something...but I've then again I've never seen her before... I couldn't see her identity clearly but the girl was definitely beautiful, with long curly red locks framing her face, she wore a mini skirt that was so short, I would never wear it. She was also wearing what looked like an expensive shirt that hugged her figure perfectly. They were walking hand in hand, smiling at each other, and to me, it seemed that he was even happier with her than he had ever been with me...sure he smiled and laughed and said he loved me but I had never seen him smile so wide like that before! I felt tears spring to my eyes and I built my resolve to continue walking and demand him to explain who she is.
Yes, the girl was a beauty, but I just couldn't believe that Tadase-kun would cheat on me with that kind of girl...it just...just wasn't possible! Or am I wrong? I refused to think of anything else and decided.
I had just started moving when I heard someone shout from the back.
"Watch out woman!"
Only then had I realized that a car was running towards me at full speed, and I was frozen with fear and shock and I couldn't do anything about it. My body refused to listen to my mind.
The next few moments happened so fast.
Next thing I knew I was dying.
Everything felt numb around me, my vision was blurry but I still felt the blood as red as the dress I wore pooling around my head, the tears that I've been holding escaped and fell to the pavement. There were a lot of people crowding around me, but Tadase wasn't there as far as I know. Heck he probably doesn't even know I'm dying!
I'm dying.
I don't know if I was supposed to be mad or something, but instead I pitied myself, 'Is this how I'm going to die?'I thought, without getting to know if Tadase was really cheating on me, without being able to live my life to the fullest, without saying goodbye to everyone I loved? I felt my consciousness slowly escaping my grasp and the darkness surrounding me.
Am I the only one at fault for my death? Is this how it's going to end?
Those were the last things I thought before I succumbed to sleep.
) Meet My Guardian Angel (
The light was so blinding that it forced me to open my eyes.
I groaned, as I shuffled my aching body on the bed.
So soft.
I was pretty sleepy, all I wanted to do was close my eyes and go back to sleep. I thought it was all a very bad dream until I noticed the bed was white.
My bed was not white.
I shot up to a sitting position as if I got a heart attack.
Now I was really awake, with eyes as big as saucers. Oh my god...I must really seriously be dreaming now...
Where in the world am I?
I looked around the big white marble room, with blue curtains on the windows and white furniture everywhere, the bed I was lying in was made of some kind of cold fluffy cottony thingy with extra comfortable feather pillows. (A/N: can you imagine it? XD)
I shakily stood up and marvelled the room. Walking around and feeling the floor underneath didn't make it more realistic. I even touched the furniture just to make sure everything was real.
"You've got to be kidding me..."
"I'm not Miss Hinamori Amu."
The angelic voice belonged to a beautiful girl with golden orange hair that was tied to ponytails and she seemed to sparkle inside the white marbled room I was staying in. She was wearing a comfortable-looking yellow robe-like dress.
"Who are you? Where am I? Am I dead? Am I alive? What am I?" Questions started spewing out of my mouth.
"Slow down Miss Hinamori, I will answer all your questions in a while, alright?"
Her voice was strong and commanding somehow and I obeyed her words. I managed to calm down and choked out another question.
"But the blood and everything...was it true? How come I'm here?"
"Miss Hinamori, I will explain everything. As for who I am, I'm Dia."
The name seemed to be familiar to me and I tried to remember where I had heard it.
"And you're in Heaven."
Those words alone killed me...again.
"Oh my god."
"But, I will repeat BUT, you are utmost certainly NOT dead...yet, clear?"
I sighed a sigh of relief. "Then I'm still alive..."
"No... You are utmost certainly NOT alive either." she said.
"What do you mean?" My voice quivered.
"I'm sorry to say this Miss Hinamori, but you have been temporarily accepted into Heaven, and that is because you are half-dead in the world down there."
Then the car crash, the blood, everything...it really happened? Then what in the world am I? I wanted to get out of here, I wanted to see for myelf, how everything happened so quickly, I was just supposed to be going on a date, having the time of my life but instead someone's telling me I'm half-dead?!
I wanted to cry, I wanted to kick Tadase-kun's butt or something. I wanted to yell at him and show him what he did to me! I wanted to find that girl and force her to tell me who she is! I wanted to run to my parents arms and tell them I'm right here...that I'm not dying somewhere on Earth...
I feel awful.
"Miss Hinamori? Are you still here? As for what you are, well you've done enough good to be a temporary angel."
"What?"I gasped out.
"The Council of Elders are discussing about your matter right now actually. And in truth, it is certainly not your time to die yet."
"Am I the only one like this?" I could hardly take all the information in. It was just so shocking, and her additional words did little to soothe me. I wanted to beg her to send me back.
"No, there are actually quite a lot with the same case as you. Though you are a much more special case since I see you are not willing to give up on your life just yet."
"Why?"
Dia shrugged. "Usually people with the same case as you have two choices, to pass on and permanently live in Heaven or go back to earth by succeeding a mission. Most choose to stay here in Heaven, since it can be considered a paradise for souls."
What? Why would someone give up his or her life just to be here when he or she could still do so much more? Somehow that didn't make any sense to me.
"Really? But why complete a mission? What's a mission anyway?" Dia remained unsmiling as our conversation continued. What was wrong with her?
"DIA AND MISS HINAMORI AMU, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE GRAND COUNCIL ROOM." A loud voice came from nowhere.
"It seems like our call has come, follow me Miss Hinamori."
I struggled as I followed Dia through the numerous halls that Heaven has and it really amazed me with how big it was.
Wow.
Everything was either the color of white, beige, or blue. There were exquisite furniture and beautiful paintings on the walls too. Some were so magnificent, I was tempted to stop walking and stare. Fortunately, I shrugged off the urge and continued. I was sure that if I had not followed Dia, I would've been lost ages ago. I speculated how angels and spirits went around here so fast, so I proceeded to watch Dia's back as she continued to glide through the corridors without a sound. It almost looked like she was flying. Interesting. As we went, I noticed that we passed through about a thousand doors with different Japanese names on them. So I figured this is how they sort out spirits...
We finally stopped in front of a golden elevator and while we were waiting for the elevator to come down, I wondered how many floors does this place have?
When the elevator doors opened, Dia and I went in.
"Grand Council Room please."
Then the whole elevator shook and I jumped in surprise ."Don't worry, its like that."She said before it suddenly stopped shaking.
"We're here." Dia announced.
We entered a humongous room that had white granite floors, ocean blue curtains and high ceilings. There were doves everywhere. There were also about 10 angels sitting in thrones round the room, they seemed to be seriously discussing something important, which I guessed would be about me.
"Umm..." I said.
Suddenly all of their eyes were on me. Then one of the angels spoke.
"Ah Miss Hinamori, It is our pleasure to have you here. Welcome to Heaven." He smiled and spread his arms wide.
As if I didn't know that.
The man looked surprisingly like someone I didn't want to see right now. Just thinking about that guy made me clench my fists. This is not him Amu...Calm down...I took a deep breath and replied.
"Umm...ok? So how do I get back to earth?" I didn't want to be beaten in the bush.
The angel chuckled. "Now now, no need to rush Miss Hinamori. It seems you've picked the choice to go to a mission. Did you not like Heaven's services? Oh well...Did you explain everything to her, like the disadvantages of taking a mission, Dia?" His eyes turned to her companion.
"Not yet Tsukasa-sama."
"I'll explain then. Miss Hinamori, the disadvantage of that is if you don't succeed in your mission within the time limit given, you will automatically pass on, and if you disobey the rules of that mission, you will no longer have the advantages of being an angel. You will become a spirit instead. And if the mission has something to do with saving someone from early death, you will bear the guilt."
"Oh." The guilt would be quite hard to bear. I wouldn't feel good if I dragged someone to death with me. But I've made my choice, I have to return to Earth, I'm not ready to die just yet! I just need to know the truth, and tell everyone that I love them, if I manage to do that then maybe I'd be fine to let go.
"So? Would you still like to go on a mission?" He asked.
"Yes. I'm sure."
"Alright then. Kagame, prepare her mission, will you?"
"You've got my word." said a beautiful lady with cream colored hair that was braided and stopped just above the ground.
"Come now Miss Hinamori. You too Dia."
So we followed the angel called Kagame toward some kind of records or maintenance room.
The place wasn't that messy, there were some papers and folders scattered her and there, but the other angels moved to and fro to put them back in place. As we passed by, most of the angels greeted Kagame, I guess she must be a really high ranking angel. The way she held herself somehow gave her a strong aura. She doesn't seem so bad...
She pulled out a pile of folders and said, "Well, I've decided to give you the most urgent matter that needs an angel to complete, which is evaluating the people who are suitable for a life scholarship. Now let's see..."
"Then what am I supposed to do? How do I evaluate? And what the hell is a life scholarship?" I was curious.
"To put in simple words, it's a life extension. People are born with their life spans already set for them, though in some rare cases, their life spans can be extended. The people who are suitable for this are the ones who haven't fulfilled their purpose in this world, or are simply gifted. To be able to extend their life spans, we need angels who have never met this certain person so as to evaluate him or her, which needs staying with this person and understanding him."
"Oh...so how do I know if I succeed?"
"You have to find that out yourself. There are certain ways, that I know, we're just not allowed to tell you, its complicated. But if you succeed he will be given a life extension, though you wouldn't be able to know how long this life extension is. The amount of extension given is totally a random choosing of god, as to be fair."
Well, I didn't know Heaven had those kind of stuff. "But then wouldn't all babies or kids that are about to die deserve an extension?"
She sighed. "Miss Hinamori, as I've said not all people's lives can be extended, only those with the ability to. But the kids that die too young are always given a choice, to pass on and grow as an angel or be reborn. Now enough with the questions, I'll assign you with this person. "
She continued to scour the folders. She was seemingly annoyed that she couldn't find what she was looking for. Suddenly she said "Ahah!" and then handed me a blue folder. I looked at it peculiarly and all she did was beckon me to open it. I looked at Dia and she nodded.
I opened the folder and the first thing I saw was the name.
Tsukiyomi Ikuto
A/n: So? What do you think? Read and review please! You can also tell me what you thinks going to happen next! Ill also explain their ages in the next chappie
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A/n: Well finally, I'm finished with this first chapter. After 2 years since I posted this chap, I was seriously not contented with this first chapter. Actually even now, I'm not that contented but I hope it got a teensy bit better.
Anyway, throughout this week I'll be replacing the first 13 chapters with the edited ones! Maybe 2 chapters per day if I can XD and then try to update the newest chapter.
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