Slightly longer, but not really ... About 400 words longer than chapter 1. :P

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Ikuto sighed as he walked into his apartment building. Utau was gone, but Ikuto hardly paid any attention as he walked on to the elevator and pressed the button for floor 13.

The elevator binged and Ikuto walked out on to the roof of his building. He didn't understand why the builders called the roof 'Floor 13' and not just the 'Roof'. However, he didn't stay on that topic for long. The wind blew and the envelope ruffled.

Ikuto walked to the edge of the building and opened the small white envelope. There were two things. One was a letter and the other was a necklace. It was familiar to Ikuto and when he remembered it on Amu he frowned. The diamonds seemed dull; they weren't shining brightly like when they were on her.

He slipped the necklace into his pocket and then moved on the letter. It was a blank sheet of paper. Ikuto turned it around many times in his hands, but nothing appeared. He was about to let the letter go when something started to glow from under his thin white shirt. He pulled at the chain and brought out the feather that fell from the sky. He touched the feather to the paper and then there was a burst of light.

The light consumed Ikuto. He was standing outside of a six-pointed star carved into the ground around him.

A girl that looked like Amu appeared over the black point of the star. She stared at Ikuto for a while and then her mouthed moved, but Ikuto heard nothing. It was like she was talking to someone that really wasn't there.

"You get one wish." The girl spoke with a tired and sad voice.

"I want to see Amu." Ikuto answered immediately. The girl's features became sadder and then she nodded.

"So, be it." She whispered. Steel-feathered wings burst from her back and her eyes turned black. Her hair grew in some places and then shortened in others. It took Ikuto a while, but eventually he knew exactly who she was.

"You're her . . ." Ikuto breathed.

"Negative Spirit." The girl finished and then turned away as she vanished. The scene started to fade. Ikuto was too stunned to do anything.

Suddenly the scene zapped back and Ikuto was still surrounded by the white space with the star at his feet.

"Don't loss those items." Voices whispered harshly and then the scene vanished. Ikuto fell to his knees.

He took many breaths trying to calm his emotions and breath. To Ikuto the only thing he could concentrate on was the fact that Amu was coming back. However, his conscious was trying to tell him there was a mistake the girl looked too sad. She was part of Amu and Amu wanted to see Ikuto, too. Didn't she?

Ikuto shoved paper into his pocket and then put the two necklaces around his neck. They hung low enough that no one would be able to see what they were because something was telling him that people could be out to get the items. Especially with the powers back.

The full moon shone brightly in the sky. It seemed to be radiating more brightly than usual. Ikuto stared at it for a while more and then made his way back to the elevator. Before he stepped into the elevator he glanced back at the moon that suddenly wasn't there. Ikuto shook his head, but the moon never appeared.

He stepped into the elevator and he was freaked out. He was trying to determine which was faked and which was real, but nothing came to answer his question. He tried to think of something else as he walked out of the elevator and down the hall towards his room.

There was a flash of pink going around the corner and Ikuto immediately chased after it. He wheeled around the corner to find a blond girl with pink streaks. She was giggling to her self. Ikuto sighed and then the girl turned toward him. Amu's face appeared, but then vanished. In that same instance the young girl's giggles became evil cackles, but became normal with her face.

Ikuto shook his head vigorously.

"Mister, you okay?" The young girl asked with childish concern.

Ikuto smiled sadly and shook his head at the young girl. It felt weird, but it always seemed easier, for Ikuto, to find comfort from someone he didn't know because then he knew it was genuine and not faked. The girl seemed to mature as she walked over to Ikuto and hugged him. Ikuto let out a sob, but then realized what was happening.

He pushed the girl away gently and whispered a good-bye. He briskly walked to his room, opened the door and then slammed it shut. Utau was on the couch staring at the door waiting for him. When he came in she jumped up and walked over.

"Do you want me to read you?" Utau stated as her eyes turned white. It meant she was preparing to use her powers as an oracle.

"No." Ikuto said as he tried to prevent himself from crying. He wasn't really sure why he was suddenly crying now, but he felt his feels from three years ago come rushing back. Ikuto continued to say, "I'd like to be alone right now."

Utau nodded as understandingly as possible and then left. Ikuto slumped into the black leather couch and ran his hand over the seams. He was thinking so hard he eventually fell asleep. It was dreamless, but there was a tension. It was in no way peaceful.

He woke up stiff and sore. The sun shone through the window. Ikuto cringed as the sun blinded him for a couple seconds. He stood and shut the window blinds before he moved sluggishly to his kitchen.

He wasn't in the mood to make a meal so he had some cereal, but it only took a spoon full to calm his growling stomach. When he tried to eat after the one spoon full it would only make him sick.

His cell phone blared from his bedroom.

Ikuto groaned and got up to get it. He pulled the phone to his ear and heard a shrill voice that made his skin crawl.

"Hey, babe." The voice sang with confidence, but it was a new confidence then what she usually had. Usually she only had confidence with her looks, but now it sounded like she was almost cocky. Her voice said, 'you aren't ever going away now'.

Ikuto felt like gagging as he remembered the powers were restored.

"Hey." He responded groggily.

"It sounds like you have a hang-over." The girl squealed. Ikuto pulled the phone away from his ear.

He mumbled an answer that really didn't make it to her ears.

"Don't ever go drinking without me!" The girl demanded with a whine.

"Why would I drink yesterday?" Ikuto asked and he didn't try to hid how pissed he was.

"Well . . ." She tried to think of a reason.

"Do you know what day yesterday was?" Ikuto asked.

" . . .Oh! Amu 'disappeared'." She sounded so pleased to have figured it out, but Ikuto was on the verge of hanging up on her and getting a new phone. He was thankful he didn't pass out his home number.

"Right, so why would I drink?" Ikuto asked again through clenched teeth.

"To drink away memories of that bitch." She said happily. Ikuto slammed the phone shut and threw it against the wall. It shattered into pieces and Ikuto groaned. He wasn't really going to get a new phone, but now he will.

Ikuto scrapped a hand through his unbrushed hair and walked out of his apartment. He let a rough sigh out and then walked out of the building when he was out of the elevator. He walked two blocks and entered the nearest phone company outlet.

"Ikuto." The man chimed happily.

"Kukai." Ikuto responded with a tired voice.

Kukai looked at him understandingly and then left Ikuto alone. Ikuto and Kukai never really got along, but Kukai knew when to shut up.

"What would you like, sir?" The cheery teenager asked. Ikuto was silently cursing her happiness.

"A new phone." He stated bluntly.

Kukai started laughing in the corner. The employee and Ikuto turned to him.

"You broke another phone." Kukai clenched his sides, "What did Saaya do this time?"

"She called Amu a bitch." Ikuto spoke over Kukai's laughs in a tone that made Kukai shut up and scurry away.

He turned back to the teenager and stared at her with a bored and unimpressed look.

"What model were you looking for?" She stammered.

"Iphone 4, preferably." Ikuto stated as he looked around the store.

"Okay," She said as she pulled a phone box from under the desk. She broke open the box and typed feverishly on the computer, "I'll just upload your number and-"

"No," Ikuto exclaimed, "I need a new number."

The girl looked at him and then nodded. When everything was finished Ikuto walked out of the store, but he didn't go to his apartment, he went to the park. He sat on the bench, like usually, and stared at the passing couples and people. Sometimes people would stop and talk, other times he would get dirty looks, but more than the other times people just ignored him.

When people ignored him he felt like the world and time was passing and leaving him behind.

What was different about this day was the girl with short pink hair walking by Ikuto. He stood up and chased after her. He grabbed her arm and spun her around. Her brown eyes shined back at him and he apologized. She gave him a weird look and then walked away.

Ikuto wandered back to the bench and sat down. This time a girl with her pink hair in a ponytail walked by, but Ikuto didn't want to make a fool out of himself again so he stayed on the bench. It was only until the girl turned her head and looked at Ikuto through the corner of her eye, but that wasn't what got Ikuto out of his seat. It was her jet black eyes.

She smirked and then ran away, but Ikuto wasn't far behind.

There you have it!

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