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Chapter 2:

Tadase... Ikuto.... Don't leave me.... No... No... Don't go... Please....

Come...back...to me... Please.... Ikuto... Ikuto... Please...

My eyes snapped open and I bolted upright. I was drenched in cold sweat, my sheets tangled around me. The faint tingling of the dream was fresh in my mind, icy dread steeping through me. Warning me of something to come. I chuckled slightly. I must be going paranoid, thinking that my dreams were warning me. As if that could ever happen...right?

"Amu-chan?"

One of my charas, Miki, had cracked her egg open and was peering sleepily at me, her sleep-hazed eyes both worried and curious. "Is something wrong, Amu-chan?" she continued, growing increasingly worried by the second. I smiled at her, my eyes twinkling. She was so sweet sometimes. "I'm fine, Miki. You should go back to sleep, alright? I don't want you to be so sleepy that you can hardly keep your eyes open tomorrow, okay?" I said softly, smiling at her. Miki nodded, obviously tired. "Goodnight, Amu-chan," she said, "And, you know you can tell me anything, right?" I blinked. Was I that obvious? Miki seemed to read my mind, since she smiled comfortingly and said to me, "You're not that obvious, Amu-chan, I just know you really well." I smiled at her, a real smile. "Thank you, Miki," I whispered, patting her head, giggling slightly as she pouted. "Goodnight, Amu-chan!" She grinned. "Goodnight, Miki," I replied, watching as she tucked herself into her egg and drifted to sleep.

Smiling, I rested my head onto my own pillow, letting myself drift into my dreams once more. Poor me, I never imagined that starting from the very next day, my whole life would spiral into complete and utter disaster.

"WAAH! I'm late!!" I probably awakened the whole neighborhood with my screaming every single morning. But it wasn't my fault! It was the clock's fault! Blame it, not me! It was a normal morning though. Miki painting and watching in amusement, Su in her own little world, Ran cheering me on in my face, and me, trying (in vain) to get my shirt over my head and wear my socks at the same time. Life was good!

"Amu! There's a boy here to see you!" See, the usual stuff. My mother yelling excitedly that there was a boy here to see me and my father moaning about growing up too fast- Hold on- rewind, A BOY was here to see ME?!

"WHAT?!"

I was pretty sure I sounded like a rhino, stomping down those stairs so fast my charas were left in the dust.

I have no idea how I got into this situation but I can't say I regret it. Here I was walking to school with TADASE! Alone! Waah! I'm so embarrassed! There he was, beautiful as usual, but there was something off about that smile. Its seemed kind of forced, untrue. Not as charming and warm as it usually was. Even our lighthearted conversation wasn't as lighthearted as it was supposed to be. A strange, hollow kind of aura hung about around Tadase. I shrugged it off as paranoia. How could there be anything wrong with Tadase? I must be sick or something... maybe I caught a cold? Yeah, that must be it... But still, that aura was there, clear as daylight, reflected in his normally kind, caring reddish-brown eyes. Depression. Hopelessness. Then again, I could be just paranoid...right?

School passed by pretty uneventfully. Even so, both Rima and Kukai had that same look in their eyes that Tadase had. Now I was sure that something was going on. Rima would never look that way, not too me. I could see right through her, to the real Rima inside. Kukai seemed to avoid me too, dodging around me in the corridors and halls. They were hiding something from me, something I should have known but didn't. I was hurt. Why would they hide something from me? They were my dearest friends, I would trust them with my life. But yet they hid things from me. My steps slowed down and my eyes started to fill with tears. How could they? Angrily, I wiped the oncoming tears roughly away from my eyes, forcing myself to walk faster. Maybe another X-egg? Was Ikuto behind it? Ikuto... I had not heard from him in almost two weeks.... I hope he's alright... NO! I was not worried about Ikuto! No, not at all...Gaah! My thoughts were straying again! That's it! I've made up my mind! I would go to the usual garden and ask them to tell me what was going on! If they refused to answer me, I would make them! How dare they not tell me anything about the X-eggs or Ikuto?! "ALRIGHT! Guardians, here I come!" I cried, speeding myself up. I did not notice the two dark indigo-blue eyes following my every move or the long black car that trailed after me not far behind.

Here I was, at the Royal Garden. Miki and Su had flown off, probably with Keseki and the others. But not Ran. She sat on my shoulder, her legs dangling and her ponytail brushing my cheek in soft, timely motions as we walked into the Garden, towards the table set for us Guardians. Tadase, Rima and Kukai were already there, discussing something, their faces grim, sadness carved onto them. They did not seem to hear me come in. They kept of whispering, in hushed voices, grim and urgent. Curious, I walked slowly, silently towards them, catching snippets of their conversation.

"... No! That's not right! We can't keep it from Amu-chan! No!" Rima seemed to be in near tears, clutching onto Tadase's sleeve in a desperate, pleading attempt. Kukai looked angry, his fists clenched together. Tadase shook his head. " No. We cannot tell her. How will she react if she finds out tha-"

"How will I react if I find out what, Tadase-kun?" I cut him midway, my mouth twisted into a fake sweet smile, my voice low with barely concealed venom. "Amu-chan!" They all gasped, shocked. Huh. I guess they really had no idea I was there. "Well, Tadase-kun?" I asked, demanded, sweetly smiling all the way, stepping slowly up to him. Ran tugged at a lock of my pink hair in anticipation of the blow-up that was sure to come soon. "Amu-chan.." she whispered softly, so soft I could barely hear her. I said nothing. The Guardians looked at me sadly, regretfully. I hated it. I hated being looked at as if I was a creature they should all pity and feel sorry for. What were they sorry for anyway? Certainly not for keeping things from me. I know I was being spiteful, but it hurt. It hurt feeling as if you were not trusted enough when you trusted them so fully. It hurt feeling as if you were betrayed. It hurt a lot.

Rima stepped forward, unlatching herself from the death-grip she had on Tadase's sleeve. "Amu-chan, I'm sorry!" she cried, her eyes filling with tears. I snorted in hurtful laughter. "Yeah right. Sorry for what? For keeping things away from me? Your best friend, Rima, your best friend. How could you?" I said bitterly, my eyes the only thing showing the true hurt I felt. Rima looked as if she had been slapped in the face. It hurt me inside, to see her like that, and the small, kind part of me protested of her being treated so. But the part that was angry at her, angry at the Guardians was bigger. I could not afford to be so kind, so forgiving. Not if I wanted to find out what they were hiding.

"What are you hiding from me? What is it? Is it an X-egg? Easter? Or is it Ikuto?" I said the last bit softly, my hair covering my eyes, refusing to show them how I felt. "No! No, Amu-chan, it's nothing like tha-"

"Then what is it?! Why don't you trust me?! Why? Why...." I cried, tears rolling down my cheeks, my fists clenched and my shoulders shaking. "Why?..." I whispered. "Amu-chan..." It was Kukai. He had not said anything at all during this time. Him and Tadase. Rima was crying now, softly, but I could hear her gentle sobs. "And where's Yaya? Out doing something for your secret plans?" I said angrily, bitterly, hurtfully. The Guardians flinched. "Amu-chan... Yaya is not coming here today.... Not for a long, long time. Because... because...." It was Tadase now, his face sorrowful. "Well?" I prodded.

"Amu... Yaya's not coming here today because...because Yaya is missing...."

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