Hello again and here is chapter two. Thanks for all the reviews! One of the clever reviewists pointed out that I forgot Dia! How could I do that? So I fixed it :D Remember all stuff in itallics is either dream or Amu's thoughts! Thanks for reading and please review! *I don't not own Shugo Chara.*

*This is a revised version of the original*

"I told you I would come back." His hands caressed her face, his fingers as light as a feather's touch. She sighed, closing her eyes.

"Amu-chan," said a far away voice.

"Not now, Ran," she thought. Amu felt his sweet breath on her cheek and knew his lips weren't far behind.

"Amu-chan, you need to wake up, desu." Wake up? She was awake, and in heaven. She smiled and soon Amu felt the soft brush of his lips on her cheek…

"AMU!"

"Whaaa!" Amu sat straight up in bed, brain alert for any sign of danger. "What? What's going on?" She looked to her right and saw her three charas collapsed in hopeless laughter on the floor. "What's so funny?" she demanded. Only, since she had just woken up, it came out more as "Whasso funne?" Her charas looked at her for a second in silence and then burst out into fresh peals of laughter. Amu watched them for a minute and then realized she wouldn't be able to talk to them until the giggling fit subsided. She sighed and climbed out of bed, the specifics of her dream coming back to her.

Ikuto…

She'd had that dream before, six years ago, the night after Ikuto left. It made her ache for Ikuto then too. It was strange having that dream now, when it really didn't matter anymore. He was gone, and there was nothing she could do about that.

She glanced at her desk and saw that her mom had laid out her graduation dress. It was a simple all white sundress with a halter top and a flowy skirt that spun upward when she twirled around. A midnight blue sash tied around her waist and there was a choker to match. The choker was made of midnight blue ribbon and had a small black egg pendant dangling from it. It was a simple choker that her friend, Lulu de Morcerf, had made for her. She and her evil necklaces of doom used to cause some major havoc during the battle with Easter. Now, she was living in France with her parents, turning her jewelry-making hobby into a rather successful side-business. In any case, a few weeks after Ikuto had left, there was a small package in the mail addressed to Amu from France. Curious, she opened it up and there was the choker, nestled in a bed of lace. There was also a note from Lulu at the bottom of the box. It read:

Dear Amu,

I heard what happened with Ikuto. I made this for you so that maybe you might feel a little better. Keep in touch!

~Lulu de Morcerf

She was surprised at first. Usually Lulu wasn't one for expressing any type of affection but Amu was so touched by the gift that she didn't question it. Amu had written Lulu back immediately, of course, and they had kept in touch ever since.

"Amu-chan, what are you thinking about?" Miki asked, startling Amu out of her reverie. It looked like her charas had finally controlled their giggling.

"Oh, nothing," Amu replied. She smiled at her charas. "I just zoned out for a bit."

"Well hurry up and get dressed, Amu-chan," Ran said excitedly.

"Why? We don't' have to be at the school for another two hours yet."

"We want to go to the park, desu," said Su cheerily.

"Yeah!" Miki agreed. "I've wanted to sketch the new garden they put in."

"And I want to go play in the fountain," said Ran.

Amu looked perplexedly at her charas. "What about you, Su?" Amu asked curiously.

"It's such a lovely day outside," Su said sweetly. "I think a nice walk in the park will do us all some good."

Amu considered and then looked up at the hopeful faces of her charas. "Well, I guess I've been out voted," said Amu. She smiled as her charas cheered and busied themselves with getting ready. Going to the park wasn't such a bad idea anyway. Maybe, it'll cheer me up! Amu thought to herself.

Amu hurried and got into her dress, her charas helping her by zipping up the dress and tying the sash around her waist. Miki worked wonders on her hair, styling it into an elegant but simple up-do. Amu tied the choker around her neck and turned to look in the mirror. She looked a little different from her usual "cool and spicy" style: more innocent and less punk. Amu liked it though. There was just enough of her own style in the outfit to satisfy her but it was different enough for it to be worthy of graduation. Leave it to Miki to design the perfect dress.

Turning from her reflection, she grabbed her purse and headed out of her bedroom, hurrying down the stairs. She was almost all the way down when she heard a little voice behind her. "Amu-chan! Wait for me! Where are we going?"

Amu turned to see Dia flying down the stairs. Dia stopped in front of Amu's face to catch her breath. "Sorry I didn't come back to the room last night. Ami kidnapped me and then I fell asleep on her nightstand."

"Oh, it's ok, Dia," Amu replied. Amu felt a little guilty that she hadn't come and rescued Dia from the wrath of Ami. Truthfully, she had forgotten that Ami had even taken Dia last night.

"We're going to the park!" Ran told Dia.

"Oh really?" Dia replied. "I love the park! Let's go!"

Dia flew off and joined the other three charas who were floating ahead of Amu. They looked back at her, making sure she was ready to go. Amu smiled at them. "Well, let's get going everyone." The four charas cheered and raced out the door with Amu not too far behind. As they ran to the park, Ran, Miki, and Su seemed to be telling Dia something but Amu was too far away to hear.

Ten minutes later, the group reached the park. They walked toward the center of the park, where the fountain that Ran wanted to play in was located. Amu looked around and saw little children and their parents playing on the various playgrounds and swing sets. She closed her eyes and breathed in the spring air. Su was right; it was such a gorgeous day outside. The sun was out and the temperature was warm. Even though she was still thinking about Ikuto, she couldn't stay depressed with such nice weather. She smiled and felt happy and free for the first time in ages.

"Amu-chan," Miki said, interrupting Amu's thoughts, "I'm going to go sketch that new garden they built on the South side of the park."

"Ok, Miki," Amu replied. "Have fun."

"I will," said Miki, smiling. She started to fly off but then she turned around. "Try not to get lost, Amu-chan," she said with a sheepish smile. Amu glared at Miki.

"I'm perfectly capable of finding my way to the middle of the park," said Amu, offended. How dare Miki imply that she still couldn't find her way around.

"Sure, Amu-chan," Miki said knowingly. She turned and flew off, her pencil and sketch pad already in her hands.

Amu watched Miki fly off and then turned to the three charas that were left. Ran was bouncing up and down, barely holding in her excitement. "Come on, Amu-chan," she said. "I want to go play in the big fountain." Amu smiled at Ran's enthusiasm as they headed down the path, with Ran cheering up a storm and Dia and Su watching her with amusement. After several wrong turns and some back-tracking, they finally made it to the center of the park. A fountain rose up in the center of a cobblestone courtyard with several potted plants sitting around it. There was a bench on one side which Amu started to walk toward. Ran had already flown ahead as soon as the fountain had come into view and was splashing around happily in the water.

"Amu-chan, can we get some ice cream, desu?" Amu stopped and turned around to look at Su.

"I don't really have a lot of money left, Su," Amu said gently. "I really don't want to spend the rest of it on ice cream."

"Please, Amu-chan?" Su asked pleadingly. "You get more allowance next week anyway, desu."

Amu realized that she wasn't going to win this one. Su was pouting and tears were starting to well up in her eyes. Sigh.

"Ok, ok," Amu said. Su's tears immediately dried up and a smile broke across her face. Amu shook her head and smiled, then walked over to the ice cream vendor on the far edge of the courtyard. She ordered one chocolate cone, paid the man, and brought the ice cream back to the bench where she had planned on sitting before.

"Thank you Amu-chan!" Su exclaimed as she flew over to the ice cream cone. Dia and Su started licking away at the chocolate ice cream happily. Not surprisingly, they had only eaten a little bit when they proclaimed that their stomachs were full. Amu sighed but let out a little chuckle.

"I'll finish for you guys."

"Thank you, Amu-chan," Su said. "I knew I wasn't going to be able to eat all that, even with Dia's help, but it looked so yummy, desu." Amu smiled at her chara and started licking away at the ice cream.

A feeling of déjà-vu slowly started to creep over her. The feeling grew and grew as she ate her ice cream and finally, she looked around a little bit. Suddenly, it hit her. This was the same bench that she had sat on with Tadase that day they had gone supplies shopping. She also remembered how Ikuto had teased her as she sat on that bench with an ice cream cone in each of her hands. Amu looked at the chocolate ice cream cone she was currently holding. "I also like chocolate." That's what he had said.

This is getting a bit too freaky, Amu thought. She suddenly realized that something wet and cold was dripping onto her hand. She looked down and saw that the ice cream had started melting while she had been thinking. She leaned down to lick where the ice cream was dripping but just as she was about to lick it, she saw midnight blue hair in her peripheral vision. A foreign tongue reached down towards her ice cream.

She jumped back with a yelp, dropping her ice cream in the fountain. She looked up to see a handsome young man with midnight blue hair and mischievous sapphire eyes looking at her with that tell tale smirk on his face. Her eyes widened in surprise and her heart kicked into overdrive as she realized who was standing in front of her.

"Ikuto…?" Amu whispered.

Ikuto smiled and said, "I told you I would come back."

Well that was fun! I'm really enjoying writing this so hopefull I'll have another chapter up by next week. PLEASE REVIEW!