Reunited

Amu's stomach was twisted in knots as she fiddled with her new necklace in front of the Seiyo Academy High School. She turned to Dia. "Do you see them yet?"

Dia, who had remained out of her egg for the past two years, had a small hand above her orange eyes as she scanned the area for Amu's friends. "Not yet, Amu-chan. Has Rima-chan texted you back yet?"

Amu bit her lip and scowled as she pulled out her pink cell phone. She hadn't felt it vibrate, but she just wanted to check. No messages. Amu sighed. "Nothing." She snapped the phone shut and tapped her foot impatiently. "Where could they-?"

Amu's inquiry was interrupted when large, pale hands clutched her thin shoulders as a deep, yet slightly girly voice whispered, "Amu-chan!"

"AAAAH!" Amu screamed as she flailed and ran from the purple-haired boy, who was now laughing. "Nagihiko! Don't do that!" Amu laughed as she yelled it at her friend, Nagihiko Fujisaki.

Nagihiko tilted his head with a smile, causing his dark, waist-length hair to sweep into a short, blonde girl's face. She raised her tiny hands to brush it away and smiled at Amu. "Good morning, Amu."

Amu's eyes sparkled as she saw her two best friends smiling together. She laughed and ran to them, enclosing them in a large embrace. She closed her misty eyes as they brought their own arms up around her. Amu laughed. Such a small thing was making her so emotional. But, knowing she would still have a couple more years with her friends without a care in the world was enough to take her mind off her looming graduation. She pulled an arm's length back and smiled at her friends. "Where's Kukai and Yaya and Tadase-kun?" she asked, remembering their other friends.

Rima pushed her tall boyfriend aside and said, "Just behind you."

Amu quickly spun around. And just in time. The first thing she saw were the big, brown eyes of her sixteen-year-old friend before they collided. "AAA-mu-chi!" Yaya Yuiki sang as they tumbled to the ground. This was Yaya's idea of a hug.

Amu didn't mind, though. She laughed and hugged her baby-like friend back. "Good morning, Yaya! Where's Pepe and Hoshi?" Amu asked.

Hoshi was Yaya's second Chara, who had appeared three years ago when the girl discovered she also wanted to become a professional dancer as well as a baby forever. Hoshi was almost identical to her bearer and sister Chara, Pepe, but she wore her light brown hair in a tight bun and a pink ballerina tutu.

Yaya stood and dusted off her black and pink uniform before spinning on her heel and calling, "Pepe-chan! Hoshi-chan"

Almost immediately after, the tiny, baby chara and petite ballerina girl floated up to Yaya. "Good morning-desu!" Pepe piped through the pacifier that was always in her little mouth.

"Good to see you again," Hoshi nodded to Amu with a smile that lit up her golden eyes.

Amu giggled and greeted the pink-clad charas as she brushed off her uniform. "Are you-?"

"Such insolence!"

Amu was again interrupted by a deep voice that didn't quite fit such a tiny person. To be exact; it was Tadase's violet-haired chara, Kiseki. "How dare you greet a commoner before your king!"

Amu shook her head with a smile. And he was supposed to rule the world? The golden-eyed girl laughed and greeted the little king with a sarcastic apology.

Kiseki didn't really grasp sarcasm though. He humphed! and said, "Apology accepted, commoner."

Amu suppressed a giggle and looked past Kiseki to see her blonde boyfriend attempting to stifle his own laughter. Amu tried to hide her utter bliss at seeing the young prince as she strode over to him. "Good morning, T-Tadase-kun," she stuttered and blushed as she greeted him.

Tadase tilted his head to the side, closed his reddish-violet eyes, and smiled; his little Tadase-smile that Amu adored. "Good morning, Amu-chan."

Amu smiled and drew the seventeen-year-old into a long-awaited hug that seemed to last for days. But when Tadase gently pulled away, Amu realized it had only lasted a few seconds, and that wasn't nearly long enough. Amu smiled at the blonde before being knocked to the ground for the second time that morning.

"Hinamori!" Kukai shouted, laughing.

Amu laughed, too. "Kukai!" she said, remembering the long, torturing hours they'd spent in 'special training.' Well, it seemed long to Amu. "I can't believe you're graduating this year!" she exclaimed before she could stop herself.

Kukai laughed as he stood and held a tan hand down to Amu, who took it gratefully and stood. "Me either! Seems like just yesterday I was a sixth-grader!"

Amu smiled at him as his Chara, Daichi, floated up beside him. "Yo!" he grinned, bouncing a tiny soccer ball off his knee.

Amu laughed as she felt the warmth of their little family. They were all together again; the King, the first Queen, the second Queen, the Ace, the first Jack, the third Jack…

Amu's face drooped a little as she realized they actually weren't all there. One person was missing: Kairi Sanjo: The second Jack.