Realme: SORRY PEEPS, I forgot to tell you how old everyone(well the main characters) ages! Sorry bout that... Hope you enjoy this chappy.
Ages
Tsukiyomi Ikuto: 16
Hinamori Amu: 15
Hourai Ami: 15 1/2
Tsukiyomi Utau: 15
Souma Kukai: 16
Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara! just this plot.
The broken Butterflies
Chapter two: So close, yet, so far
Ikuto never felt like he belonged, especailly right after his beatings, like what was currently happening. His foster Dad was hitting him in the stomach and shoulders. But he didn't touch his face, no, he didn't want anyone to think there was a problem at home. When Ikuto's Dad was about to leave Ikuto grabed him by the ankle. He looked at Ikuto and Ikuto looked at him." why?" Ikuto asked," because you," Ikuto's foster Dad said while pointing a finger at him," are a rare creature, and you make good money." then he yanked his leg away from Ikuto and left the room. Ikuto stared after him, his gaze blank," damn you Kei!" he whispered to himself and hitting the floor, but winced when he hit it. He then slowly rolled onto his back and breathed deeply, while trying to think of what to do.
After laying on his back for some time, Ikuto got up and changed his clothes to cleaner ones. After he changed he went into the living room, Kei wasn't there," probably at a bar..." Ikuto said to himself while looking around. He then walked over to the door, opened it, then left the house.
Ikuto wandered around the city of Tokyo for a bit, then after a while he walked straight towards a little shop. It was a nice little shop that had been around for a while, Ikuto looked up at the sign that read 'Little Butterfly' in beautiful cursiv with a butterfly coming off of the 'y' in butterfly. Its a little accessory shop for both boys and girls. Ikuto looked at the sign a moment longer then walked inside.
" Hey Ikuto!" a voice called. Ikuto look up to see his friend at the counter. Ikuto walked over tothe counter," hey Kukai." Ikuto said, Kukai grinned a goofy grin." Your late Ikuto! That means you have to do whatever deed the boss says, and not me!" He said with the same goofy grin. Ikuto sighed." fine..." He said and then went to the back of the store and grabed his work shirt and put it on quickly, so Kukai couldn't see the bruises on his body. Then he walked over to Kukai and leaned against the counter," hey, Kukai." Kukai looked over at Ikuto and hummed in response." Have you been given to a new family yet?" Ikuto asked, Kukai was in the Foster Care System also, Kukai looked at Ikuto then sighed." no, not yet. They haven't found a family willing to take in a 16 year old teen boy yet." he sighed again," ya know, sighing takes away one minute from your life." Ikuto stated with a smirk. Kukai sighed again," there again! Now your gonna die one minute earliar then you would've originally." Ikuto smirked again. Kukai laughed softly," whatever you say Ikuto." he said shaking his head. Ikuto grinned then set to work.
Ikuto sighed as he was standing behind the counter from being at work for almost three hours, then came a yell." Hey! One of you go get something for me to eat! I have something I need to take care of!" Kukai, who was restocking the shelves with little trinkets and such, he glanced at Ikuto and smirked, Ikuto sighed and got out from behind the counter and Kukai took his place, then Ikuto grabbed a jacket and started to leave the shop, but on the way out he bumped into someone," sorry.." he muttered quickly," no problem!" the girl said cheerfully. Ikuto looked at her slightly, he didn't see her face because she had just turned around and walked into the little shop, but he did see her long pink hair that was partially held up by some bows, letting the rest of it fall down to her waist."she must be one of those people who have no idea about the real world." Ikuto thought bitterly and started to leave, but before he had even taken a step from the shop, he heard a muffled." Kukai?" Ikuto turned slightly," Hinamori?" Ikuto heard Kukai ask." Oh Kukai! I've missed you so much!" Ikuto looked back into the store and saw the girl with pink hair hug Kukai, and Kukai hugged her back with a large grin and hardy laugh. That's when Ikuto decided that he had seen enough and left to go get his boss some food.
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Amu was walking around Tokyo. She was looking for a spicific store, called "The Butterfly'. She loved that store it was where she got a lot of her earrings and necklaces, shoes and things like that. After a while Amu finally found the store, she walked up to the store and opened the door, only to have it pushed into her and bumped into by someone." sorry..." Amu heard the guy say hastily, she looked up and saw that he was looking away slightly and he seemed in a hurry. Surprisingly, Amu didn't feel any anger from being pushed and bumped into, she smiled and said cheerfully." No problem!" and turned around and walked into the store. When Amu got in she exhaled then looked around her, her eyes skimming the shop to see if there was anything that would stand out to her. And there was. As Amu looked around, she saw someone at the counter and she couldn't believe her eyes, so just to make sure she wasn't crazy she asked," Kukai?" The guy at the counter looked up, he looked slightly surprised," Hinamori?" Amu nodded her head, then, he smiled his big goofy grin that stretched from ear to ear. And so did Amu and she ran up to him and hugged him." Oh Kukai! I've missed you so much!" Amu said with little bits of water at the edges of her eyes, she heard Kukai laugh his wonderful, hardy laugh," I've missed you too, Hinamori!" They pulled away from each other and they both smiled." I told you, you can call me Amu." Amu said. Kukai laughed again." Okay Amu!" he exclaimed and he patted her on the back a few times. Then he looked at what she was wearing." hey. That's our brand!" he exclaimed. Amu nodded," yup! I've been here a few times before. I really like this store. Did you just start working here?" she asked. Kukai shook his head," I've been working here for almost a year now." Amu's eyes nearly shoot out of her head." b-but that's when I started to come here!" she almost yelled. Kukai laughed and scratched the back of his head," funny huh? About how we just missed each other." Amu laughed too." yeah, I wonder why we met now of all times? Maybe it's fate?" Kukai shrugged his shoulders," Dunno, maybe." Amu smiled, and then Kukai grinned.
Amu had started browsing around while talking to Kukai. She told him that she had gotten adopted by a good family and they let her keep her last name, and little tid bits about her life since then. Kukai also told Amu about his life since they had last met, though his wasn't as eventful as Amu's, Amu still enjoyed listening though. Amu did actually buy somethings. She bought a choker that was a light shade of pink that went to a deeper pink with black laces all around on the top and bottom, and it had a little red ruby on it. She also bought a small chain, a bow with a similar pattern to her choker and a pair of black converse.
After Amu paided for it all Kukai handed her a little figurine." what's this?" Amu asked," well... If you look at it, you'll know." Kukai stated, Amu playfully glared at him then looked at the figurine. It was a girl with butterfly wings, but, the wings were broken and ripped and she was on her knees, her hands at her face wiping away tears, her clothes were all tattered as wall. Amu stared at the crying girl, then she handed it back to Kukai," why are you giving this to me?" Kukai pushed it back into Amu's hand." because, that's you." Amu looked at the little figurine again, it had pink hair and one of her eyes were slightly open, it's eye was a honey gold.
Amu looked at the little figure, she couldn't really look away her eyes were glued to the little figure, it looked almost exactly like her," how...?"
was all she could say. Kukai's expression softened, he took hold of her shoulders, Amu flinched slightly but it didn't bother him, then he spoke." I don't know." Amu looked at him," it came in a few weeks ago, and when I looked at it, it reminded me of you. And your life." Kukai said, Amu looked back at the figure," so," she said while slowing looking back at him," you think I'm a broken butterfly?" she asked. Kukai beamed," you may be broken, but your wings are slowly healing and your going to be able to fly soon!" Kukai exclaimed, then his eyes softened," don't cry Amu." he said while using his thumb to rub her tears away. Amu had no idea she had been crying, she jerked out of Kukai's grip, wiped her face of tears then smiled." Thanks for caring Kukai... I better head home now. Maybe I'll see you when I come back." Kukai did a thumbs up," 'Kay
Hinamori!" Amu smiled a genuin smile, then left quickly so Kukai couldn't see her tears.
And as Amu ran out the door, she bumped into someone again. She looked up a little and saw that it was the some boy from before, but this time she just ran, she didn't bother to apologize to the boy. And as she ran away she heard a small 'hey' come from the boy. But she didn't stop, she just kept going. When she got home she greeted her mom cheerfully then went to her room to put her new things away. But amung her things she found the little figurine, she looked at it then set it down on her endtable by her bed. After that, she went downstairs, had dinner, then went back to her room, brushed her teeth, changed then went to bed.
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Ikuto was walking back to the shop, he had gotten his boss some ramen (love ramen X3, who else?) he continued his way towards the shop, and right when he opened the door, the same pink headed girl came rushing out. He saw part of her face and saw that she was crying, then she looked up at him for a second then ran off." hey!" Ikuto called after her, but she just kept running. Ikuto looked at her retreating figure, shrugged, then went inside the store.
When Ikuto was in, he walked to the back of the shop, with a side glance at Kukai who looked really depressed, Ikuto walked into the small office in the back of the building," here, ." Ikuto said as he set the box of ramen on the desk. looked up slightly then back down at what he was doing," thanks, Ikuto." Ikuto nodded, then left the office where almost half of the things in the store were made, then he walked up to Kukai and leaned on the counter.
After staring at Kukai for a couple of minutes with no response, Ikuto decided to speak up," who was that, Kukai?" Kukai flinched and put his hands up like he was a ninja, then he calmed down once he saw Ikuto," Ikuto you scared me, don't do that!" Ikuto sighed then looked at Kukai again," yeah whatever Kukai. Now tell me." Kukai tilted his head to the right a bit," tell you what?" " who was that?" Kukai looked a bit confused." who was who?" " who was that pink haired girl?!" Ikuto almost yelled, he was getting annoyed by Kukai.
" ohhhhh." Kukai said then he slightly leaned on the counter too, Ikuto looked at Kukai, but he didn't continue, he sighed again then asked," is she your girlfriend?" " WHAT? No way is she my girlfriend!" Kukai yelled," Be quite in there!" came 's voice," sorry !" both Ikuto and Kukai said, then they faced each other again," then who is she?" Kukai grinned," an old friend of mine. We knew each other a while back." Ikuto raised a eyebrow," how?" he asked, Kukai's grin slowly faded as and his bangs covered his eyes," foster care." he stated, Ikuto was surprised, she didn't look like someone who had been scarred from a life of foster care." Really?" he asked, Kukai looked up and Ikuto saw sadness in his eyes, then he smiled a sad smile," yeah, we were paired together a few times. It was around the time when my Mom seemed like she really did care about getting me back, that's when we meet, she was already in the family that I was sent to, so that's how we met!" Kukai's sadness seemed to disappear and he became his old cheerful self, though it seemed a bit looked at his friends smile suspiciously, but knew that he wouldn't be able to make him spill, so he smiled weakly then set to work again.
When Ikuto returned home Kei wasn't there," Probably still at the bar." he stated looking around the room he was in. He sighed a sigh of relief," at least I won't get beaten for a while longer..." he said aloud while making his way towards the kitchen. He made himself some food which was ramen and then brushed his teeth and went to bed. And that night, Ikuto had a dream. He met a brught and cheery girl with beautiful pink hair that was partially pulled into a side pony-tail, letting the rest of the hair fall down to her waist. And the one thing he remembered the most from his dream was the first thing she said to him," Trust, don't hide."
Realme: Well... How was that? Do you like it? Hate it? Don't know, want me to write lots more, stop now cause ya'll think I suck? Well if ya thought the last one... I don't really care. I'm gonna finish this story even if it kills me. Hope I didn't suck to much at this. Bye bye Peeps XD! Till next time!
