Okay here's the second chapter. Honestly, I'm a few chapters in advance since this story is flowing quite smoothly but I'll try to upload them at least once a week. I don't think it's been a week since I posted the last chapter though...Oh well! Better for you!

You might notice I decided to change the format of how I post stories. Thought it looked better this way, I'm too lazy to fix the first chapter though... T_T *sigh*

Disclaimer: Shugo Chara doesn't...belong...to...me... *goes to cry in a corner*

CHAPTER 2

The sun was nowhere in sight, clouds overshadowed the sky; a storm was brewing in the sky, lightning flashing every now and then

"Hey Older Sister! Come play with me!" Ami's sweet voice sung in the clearing.

"Ami?!" Amu called out.

"Um..Yes of course who else?" Her big smile warmed the Princess's heart.

"I knew it was just a nightmare." My arms cradled the little girl in a warm hug. Tears started forming in my eyes. "My sweet sweet Ami."

Suddenly, the sky turned dark; rain drizzled before going in a full storm. Thunder crashed in the skies, I clutched onto Ami before hearing her whimper.

"Older sister, why does it hurt so much?" Her soft voice was creaking, tears were streaming down her big cheeks. The ground was getting soaked, I looked down to see a pool of blood surrounding the two of us. Amu gasped and widened her eyes, it was happening all over again!

"No, no no no no, not again." Amu pleaded, "Ami? Sweetie?"

"Big sister? Why am I dying?"

"No! you're not dying, you're just a little hurt but we can pull through." Silence. "Ami? Sweetie?" Amu rubbed her cheeks expecting her to lean into it.

Suddenly her eyes darkened, as if she was angry. Was Ami angry?

"I hate you big sister! You were the one who was supposed to die! Why did I have to die?!" She cried and cried and I believed her. If only Amu had died in her stead then everything would have been alright, Ami would still be alive….She was so young, so full of life.

"I know Ami, I'm so sorry." Amu cried as well, wishing she would be the one dead instead of sweet little Ami. "I'm so so so very sorry."

Suddenly, her body went limp. The rain seemed to cause her to drip away from me, her body seemed to break into droplets of water.

"Wait! I'm not done yet! I want to be with her!" Amu screamed. Silence, nothing was there. No one, no Yaya, No Kairi and no Ami. Oh sweet little Ami.

"Ami!" Amu shrieked and jumped up from her nightmare. The Princess was gasping for air, her pink hair matted to her forehead thanks to the sweat. Fresh tears formed at the edge of her eyes, her hands clutched onto the sheets for dear life…..What life? She didn't even want it.

Amu's eyes scanned her surroundings, this wasn't her room….How did she get there?

'Where am I?'

Without warning, her head throbbed. Her hands flung onto her head, clutching onto her hair and possibly ripping a few strands off. Something hit the side of her face, she looked at her wrist to see Ami's keychain. Another wave of headache hit her, this time with much more sadness.

"Ami…" Her voice whimpered softly before hearing a soft click. Two people entered the room, Mr. Tsukasa and a stranger.

"Amu, you have awoken at last." Amu nodded slightly, eyeing the young man standing next to him. "I suggest you not move too much, your bandages might fall off."

Amu's hand reached up towards her head, she touched the bandages before feeling a wave of guilt. She wasn't the one that needed the bandage. Ami needed it a lot more than she did….Ami….

"This is Ikuto….Tsukiyomi Ikuto." Mr. Tsukasa motioned towards the blue haired young man who in turn nodded slightly with a slight…..was that a smirk?

The sheets fell off her chest revealing her own heirloom. The thing disgusted her, if only they hadn't gone to see these damn things. It made sense however, using the heirloom to kill Amu. Her eyes started watering again.

"Seriously? Could you stop it?" Amu gasped before looking at the young man standing by the door, alone; Mr. Tsukasa must have left without her noticing it.

"You're moping around is sad. I'm sure this…Ami would not want you to look like this."

Amu narrowed her eyes at him, what did he know about loss? How dare he? Subconsciously, she growled before gasping. Had she just growled at him? Like an animal? By gods!

"Don't worry 'bout it, you should start getting used to that." Amu frowned, getting used to what? Growling? Suddenly his expression looked disgusted, what could have caused that to happen. She hadn't even said anything.

Before she could ask him what he meant or question his expression, the door flew…No, slammed open. Whoever it was, Amu could clearly tell he, or in this case...she, had no manners.

"Ikuto!" The woman made sure to drag out the vowels in his name.

Amu's eyes raised to look at the stranger that waltzed in, she gasped. By gods! This woman was gorgeous from head to toe. She had long curly blonde hair which extended just above her waist, it was held up in two high ponytails. She was dressed in tight black clothing, her chest was exposed due to the 2nd unbuttoned button; the pants she wore were also tight, fitting her perfect curves. Her legs were pretty long and not to mention she wore stiletto high heels that were at least 4 inches. The woman's nails were painted a dark purple, her toenails were filed in a square shape while the nails on her hand were filed in a pointy shape. Strange….Most people usually stick to one shape.

It took a moment for Amu to realize that one, she had been staring and two, the young woman was glaring at her as she clung to Ikuto. Her expression had 'mine' written all over it, Amu scoffed slightly before looking away. Please, she could have him for all she cared. Romance was never a priority in her life.

"Utau." Mr. Tsukiyomi sounded a little frustrated, "what are you doing here?"

"Visiting the man I loved in the whole world of course." Wait, so the two were already in a relationship? Then why suddenly make a deathly 'mine' declaration?

"That's gross, you're my sister. Incest isn't really my thing." Okay, that was definitely not what Amu was expecting.

"Come on, who isn't?"

"The correct question is who IS." Mr. Tsukiyomi untangled himself from her and finally turned his attention back to Amu who was gawking at Utau. Was she always so open about her…feelings?

"Anyway, Amu-"

Amu managed to cut him off in time, "Do not call me that, we are not friends. I refer to you as Mr. Tsukiyomi, I expect the same respect from you."

A long silence stretched in the room until Ikuto burst out laughing. He even exaggerated by throwing himself on the ground and to make matters worse, he started rolling around, his left hand was clutching onto his stomach like it hurt. The Princess felt her face getting hot, how dare her mock her?

Once he managed to catch a breath, he wiped a stray tear from the corner of his eye as he opened his mouth to say something.

"I like you, I think we'll be great friends." Utau interrupted while flashing a bright smile towards Amu. Her left hand was extended Amu for a handshake.

Now the Princess was confused, this Utau fellow had been flashing her death glares and now she wanted to be friends? By reflex, Amu reached out and shook hands with her. With a flick of her hair, Utau left the room. Moments later, Ikuto burst out laughing again.

Bewildered, Amu started making her way towards the door. This young man was now beyond insulting. A hand grabbed onto her own to stop her from leaving, Amu turned around to glare at the young man.

"W- Wait." Mr. Tsukiyomi gasped, mind you, he still wasn't done laughing. "You seriously have no idea what just happened did you?" Amu frowned.

Ideas flashed through her mind, what happened with what? With Utau? With Mr. Tsukasa? With everything that happened yesterday? Amu suddenly felt like screaming at him, how would she be able to know all those things?

"Think about it for a moment."

Amu lifted an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "I'm listening."

"She gave you, 'he's mine' death glares." Amu nodded.

"Then you claim to not even be friends with me." Amu nodded again.

"Then she decides that you two could be friends." Amu frowned again, this wasn't getting anywhere.

Mr. Tsukiyomi noticed this and chuckled again. Oh yes, this girl was certainly interesting.

"I don-"

"Of course you don't understand. I'll just make it short; she found out that you're not competition so she assumes that being friends with you will take your mind off of me."

Amu's eyes widened before she let out a long dragging "oh"

"So THAT'S why she agreed to shake hands and be friends." Amu smiled slightly as if the whole world made sense now.

Mr. Tsukiyomi stared at her for a long time in utter silence and shock. The young woman before him literally looked so relieved at the thought of understanding instead of the fact that Utau had just insulted her by not even considering her as competition. Ikuto opened his mouth to say something then closed it. Oh what the heck! What she didn't know wouldn't hurt her.

Amu brushed a stray hair off of her shoulder and noticed Ami's heirloom again. Suddenly, the heirloom felt like shackles; the heirloom seemed to serve as a constant reminder of the guilt but more importantly, Ami's death. As if a light bulb shined, Amu decided it was about time she headed home. This matter needed to be settled at once.

"I thank you and Mr. Tsukasa for your hospitality." Amu bowed in respect. "I wish you all well." Her right hand reached for the knob on the door.

Ikuto reached over and snatched her hand away. "Where do you think you're going?"

"There is hardly any reason for that question, I am going home of course."

"Home? You don't have a home." Ikuto scoffed before realizing his word choice wasn't exactly the best.

"Whether I do or not is none of your concern, where I do or don't go also does not concern you. Now release me."

"No."

"Excuse me?" Disbelief filled her voice.

Ikuto rolled his eyes, "N. O." He spelled them out, "No."

"Bu-"

The door clicked open, cutting her off mid word, Mr. Tsukasa walked in the room after hearing all the shouting.

"Princess Amu." He bowed respectfully, "I would like you to at least spend the night here. It is well into the night and you need rest. I shall personally escort you to your home in the early morning hours."

Amu resisted the urge to shake her head, she wanted to leave immediately. Her eyes wandered towards the window, it really was completely dark outside. Reluctantly, she nodded. "And not an hour less."

"You have my word." Mr. Tsukasa motioned for Mr. Tsukiyomi to follow him out the door. The room went silent, making Amu a little edgy.

The Princess quickly retreated to the bed she was laying in just a few moments ago; she closed her eyes but couldn't get Ami's face out of her head. Ami's soft little curls, her chubby cheeks, the way her eyes light up when Amu comes into the conversation, the way her tiny hands held onto hers when she was a baby…..Ami, Ami, Ami, everything was all about her. Now even Ms. Yaya was dead, the one who had taken care of her, the one who had never judged her for being an illigemate child…..She was gone too. Happiness was stripped away from her and Kairi, the two were supposed to get married for god's sake!

Finally deciding that sleep was not going to be on her schedule for tonight, Amu decided to take a stroll around the once beautiful mansion. Now the mansion looked bland, black and white; Amu made her way to the living room, by the time she reached the door, she decided it would be best to turn around. The blood that had soaked the room could not have been cleaned that quickly, even if night had already fallen. Amu's eyes betrayed her and managed to glance in the living room, she gasped loudly and definitely not ladylike.

The blood, the bodies….Where did they go? Everything remained the same, it wasn't until she arrived at the spot where Ami died that Amu realized she even moved. Everything was the same. The carpet that Ami tripped on, the couch that had bullets embedded in it….The objects were both the same and different from before.

"Yes well what else was I supposed to do?" Amu almost shrieked before hiding behind the couch. The young Princess mentally sighed, why was she hiding in the first place?

She moved to get away from the blasted couch before hearing, "You were supposed to tell her the truth! Now you gave her a false sense of hope!" Amu froze, were they talking about her?

"The Princess clearly stated that she wanted to go home. Who am I to refuse her that right?"

"She doesn't have a home! She'll get killed on the spot!" Amu wondered who was speaking to Mr. Tsukasa. She couldn't recognize the voice so it definitely wasn't Mr. Tsukiyomi's.

"Whatever chance there may be of that occurring, the Princess wants to go there. The poin-"

"No you listen here, the real point is the bitch is going to get killed! Is that what you fucking want?!" The stranger seemed quiet for a minute before silently adding "Ikuto probably wants to kill you right now."

A silence. "Tsukiyomi-san has made it clear that he was displeased." Mr. Tsukasa replied.

The unknown man sighed then scoffed. "Whatever the case may be, I don't want her staying her. The girl is medicine for bad luck; she was only here for what….an hour and she managed to get 3 corpses on the ground. She'll probably come crawling back after she realizes what the King has in store for her, until then, just don't let her stay here. We don't want any more cadavers."

Mr. Tsukasa remained silent for what seemed like an eternity, Amu resisted the urge to roll her eyes; Mr. Tsukasa certainly would not agree with him, he didn't seem like the sort of person to reject someone safety. Despite not knowing him for that long, Amu knew for a fact that Mr. Tsukasa was a gentle person at soul.

"Fine." Amu's eyes widened, had she just heard right?

"Good, you're not the one that had to get rid of 3 bodies in one night." Amu heard footsteps then a long stretching silence. She had to get out of here, right here and right now.

The Princess waited until there was complete silence before slowly standing up. She took a few steps away from the couch, suddenly the house seemed filthy. Rubbing a bit of sweat off of her forehead, Amu made her way towards the main entrance. The Princess opened the door slowly and stepped out while quietly closing the door behind her.

Her eyes drifted upwards towards the beautiful full moon in the sky, there were an infinite amount of starts tonight. Maybe luck truly was on her side tonight, to have witnessed such a wonderful sight couldn't have just been mere luck. Suddenly emerged in her thoughts, Amu's eyes stared at the ground as she walked towards the main gate. The words exchanged between Mr. Tsukasa and the stranger were replaying in her head, was she really a medicine for bad luck? Sure she had caused the death of Yaya, Kairi and Ami however….Maybe it was true. Droplets of tears stained the ground as she walked, a shadow on the ground caught her attention. The stranger was leaning on the side of the gate's wall, not stopping, the Princess made her way for the exit. She didn't want whoever it was to notice she was crying, she used her bangs to hide her eyes as she started opening the gates.

"Where do you think you're going?" Ikuto's voice rang throughout the garden. Amu responded with silence.

Finally getting the gate open, the Princess felt a hand on her shoulder; Amu quickly slapped his hand way with such force that Ikuto stumbled back a little, he managed to hit his head on the wall behind him. Ikuto growled slightly, "Hey what the hell's your probl-" The rest was forgotten once he stared at her face, tears were streaming but that's not what caught his attention. The eyes that she was staring at him with were truly frightening, her eyes were filled with such hate that she looked as if her hands were aching to choke him.

Amu truly hated him, not him in particular but everyone in this mansion. Mr. Tsukasa, that stranger, Utau and Ikuto. She hated them all! Deciding to take advantage of his frozen state, Amu ran off towards the woods….Towards the Hinamori Palace….The stranger was right about one thing, Amu truly had no home. She was a alone and for once in her life, she made peace with it.

AT TSUKASA'S MANSION

The stranger from earlier laid on the other side of the room, blood dripping down his nose and his lip was split. Quickly, he spit some of the blood in his mouth….Probably from a broken tooth.

"What the hell did I do?!" He screamed and was reacquainted with Ikuto's fist, knocking another tooth in the process.

"I don't know yet, but you did something. She was upset." Another meeting occurred between Ikuto's fist and the man's face.

"Then what the fuck are you beating me up for?! I never even met her!"

"There's no one else here other than me, Tsukasa and you. I'm sure it wasn't me or Tsukasa so that leaves you." The young man managed to dodge one of Ikuto's punches by rolling to the side. He quickly stood up and used the nearby couch as a shield.

"Like I said man! She never met me; she was probably upset about something else."

Ikuto growled and started advancing towards him, Amu's perfume wafted through his nostrils. "Were you in this living room a couple of hours ago?"

"Yeah? Talking to Tsukasa about not letting her stay." Ikuto growled again, this time with more menace. "Whoa, wait! Come on! She caused 3 bodies in an hour, I didn't want another body!"

Ikuto kicked the couch, causing the young man to stumbles backwards. Ikuto straddled him in a heartbeat and readied his fist for another punch.

"She heard you!" He hissed, his voice full of venom. "She was here, probably hiding…."

"She was probably angrier at the fact that buddy boy over there agreed to not letting her stay."

Ikuto's eyes widened at Tsukasa, the young man's face reacquainted with Ikuto's face one more time before he stood up.

"I swear Kukai, we may be best friends but if anything happens to her….I'll rip your heart out and feed it to the pigeons." And with that, Ikuto exited the mansion and made his way towards the Hinamori palace.

Kukai spit out another broken tooth and stared back at Tsukasa with a WTF look, he only managed to get a shrug in return; Tsukasa had a strange gleam in his eyes which caused Kukai's jaw to snap open.

"Holy shit! You knew?!" Tsukasa's silence was all he needed as an answer. "Why the fuck didn't you say anything?!"

Tsukasa merely shrugged once more before exiting the room with a knowing smile, leaving Kukai in the living room with another WTF look.

BACK TO THE HINAMORI PALACE

Amu reached home not too long after, she hadn't even made it past the front gate when tiny red lights aimed at several parts of her body. Rifle aims. The front door opened with a large slam, revealing the Queen and standing proudly beside him, the King.

"King Hinamori." Amu spat, her silver gold eyes narrowed in pure hatred.

A/N

Well I don't think I need to say that the characters in this story are extremely OOC. I know...Shun me. My dark and twisted sense of humor thought it would be nice if Kukai was vulgar and stuff. Makes him look hot...Hot...Hotzzzz *Drools*

Anyway! Let me know what you think in the reviews!