Kuro here. Sorry I haven't been updating this. I've been extremely busy studying for my School Certificate these past few weeks and I want a good result. This chapter is a little rushed so there may be mistakes or misunderstandingness. Let me know if there is and I'll fix them up right away.

Disclaimer - I don't own Shugo Chara. I own the plotline.


"Huh? Who...? What...? Where on Earth am I?" Looking around me I see black filled with small white glowing lights.

"It's nice to finally meet you." A lady stood in front of me wearing a long white strapless dress rimed with gold trimming. She wore a golden tiara with a small sapphire in the middle, hair pink like mine with big blue eyes. There was a gentle smile on her features, like she was waiting for an eternity for something, finally being able to find it.

"Do I...know you?" She strangely resembled me, but the blue eyes just don't go with it.

"No. But I know you. I am the sleeping Goddess inside your soul, made from you." Her voice is really soft like she would never use threatening words or raise her voice. Kind of like what I would be if I could just get rid of that stupid name everyone calls me.

"From me? How?"

"I'm sorry. But that I'm not telling. You have to find that out with time. What do you see around you Amu-chan?" I looked around again, just seeing black with white dots. Very boring if you ask me.

"A whole load of black with dots." I'm not really in the mood for riddles. I've never been good at them. "I'm not really following you. Where is this going?"

"Look closer. What do you see?" I looked again for the third time.

All I could see was black. But as I looked the white dots glowed brighter and brighter like... "Stars...Lots of them...They're everywhere." As I looked, everything seemed to clear. "What's going on?" I'm in the night sky, floating around, feeling weightless.

"What you see here are the many dreams and memories that you've had ever since you were born, both good and bad, for one cannot live without the other." One of the stars started expanding engulfed everything. "Do you remember this one?"

"Amu-chan, time to get up. It's the first day of school. You don't want to keep Papa waiting do you?" I remember that day. Ran and I nearly made everyone late.

"Come on Amu-chan lets go." Ran and Amu ran out into the awaiting car, joining their Papa and Dia. Once seatbelts were on, Papa started the car and drove to Seiyo Private Academy.

"This is great! We finally start school with Dia. What's it like?" Ran bounced up and down in her seat, too eager to know about the school she had dreamed of going to ever since Dia had started.

"It's the best school anyone could go to. You don't have to worry about anything. The teachers are really nice and everyone is really friendly. For the next few months you'll have an older student to show you around the school and get to know the teachers."

Amu sat in worry. What if she didn't make any friends? She had always wanted friends, but she could never muster up the courage to talk to anyone. She was always shy and stuck with her twin all the time. "Stop worrying Amu-chan! We'll have lots of fun!"

The memory faded and I was back with my sleeping Goddess. "I never did like that memory. My first day of school was terrifying...Why are you showing me my memories anyway?"

"I want you to look deep into these memories and find the answer to your aching heart." My aching heart? Nothing's wrong with it. It's fine; never been better. "You can't hide anything from me. I can see straight through you. Everything you know is what I know. I know you've been going through a tough time lately and I want to help. The answer you seek as always been there. Just look harder." Another star expanded and I saw one of my worst memories; the day I was nearly kidnapped.

"Oi Hinamori! Up for some ice-cream?" Amu and Kukai walked into the usual ice-cream shop that they stopped by every now and then. Kukai got strawberry while Amu had chocolate. On the way out she managed to bump into someone.

"I'm sorry I wasn't looking where I was going." The mysterious person continued into the shop. Wait...was that Ikuto? He's who I bumped in to?

"To the park as usual for ice-cream?" asked Kukai looking towards the park just across the road.

Amu smiled. "To the park." The two sat under a tree in the middle of the park and had their ice-creams. Not a word was spoken between them. They sat in a comfortable silence, enjoying each other's company, along with their ice-creams.

Before they knew it, the park was set on fire with people in the park screaming and running around in circles. "HEY! LET ME GO!" Two thugs had come up from behind them and each grabbed a hold of them. "I SAID LET GO!" Amu put up quite a fight. She twisted this way and that to break through her attacker's grasp.

"Hinamori!" Kukai was being dragged off in the other direction.

"ENOUGH!" The memory faded into nothing and I was back with my sleeping Goddess again. "Enough...I don't want to remember that...never again...I don't want to hurt." I collapsed onto my knees and cried, letting that particular memory flood back into my mind. Such a painful memory. I don't think I'll ever forget it though. But what I want to know was why Ikuto was there?

"Do you know where you got that strength from?" I looked at the Goddess with tears streaming down my face. I shook my head, my voice failing me as I cried more. "That strength came from something you treasure, something you just can't seem to live without...and someone is linked to that. That person was very close by when that happened. That is the person who tried to help you if you look closer again."

She showed me the memory again, but it wasn't from my point of view this time.

"Oi Tsukiyomi! Took you long enough to get here."

"Oh shut it! I'm not in the mood for your smart ass comments." Wait...that's Ikuto...and there I am on the other side in the park with Kukai.

"Not like you to apologise to someone, who in fact, bumped into you. What's with you lately...? Is it your so called stepfather? Don't worry about him..."

"I. Said. Shut it! I've got a massive headache from lastnight." Ikuto and he friend ordered their ice-creams. But before they got them, a bright red and orange glow came from the park on the other side.

"Dude...how the heck did that happen?" They started in awe as the fire slowly spread into the park.

'Oh now they've taken it too far...Easter...I know how you what her lock but this is just ridiculous.'

"Hey Tsukiyomi! We have to get going before we burn to ashes!" Both of them fled the shop but something caught Ikuto's eye. Through the fire Ikuto could see a girl being dragged away by a strange man. 'Amu!'

"You go on ahead Zero. I have to do something." Before his friend could reply, Ikuto jumped through the fire, dusting off some of the sparks that landed on his jacket.

"LET ME GO!" Ikuto watched as the man tried to assault the girl. Ikuto had had enough and lunged at the man, tearing him off Amu and started a full out brawl with him, one punch landing at the side if the attackers face.

I watched as the memory faded away. That was Ikuto's memory? How do I have it?

"Do you see now? Kukai wasn't your only saviour." Ikuto. He risked his life jumping into the fire and beating the man off me. I thought it was Kukai who got him off because once he was off we made a run for it.

"But how do I have that memory?"

"Have another think Amu-chan. What do you treasure that you can't seem to live without? That something is linked to another being."

Something in which I can't live without. Someone who's link to that. I don't understand. Why does she talk in riddles? If she really does know me, she knows I don't like riddles. Something I can't live without...what could that mean? I like all my possessions. Wait...possessions. The Humpty Lock. I've treasured that since I got it.

"The Humpty Lock?" I asked. She smiled and nodded so I know I'm on the right track. But someone who's linked to the Humpty Lock? Could that be the person with the key? "This someone...do they have its key?" Again she smiled and nodded. "But who is this person?"

"You will find out soon. He's closer than you think." Before I could ask her anything else, I was surrounded in black. "Don't forget you are loved not only by your family, but by someone who would do anything for you." That was the last I heard from her and found myself sitting under the cherry blossom tree with petals draped across my legs.

I looked around. As I expected, no one had come for me. Then again they could have but only Nagihiko and I know about this place...to my knowledge.

"Amu-chan." It was Nagihiko and Nadeshiko.

"Feeling OK?" Nadeshiko was the only one who seems to understand me, better than Ran does...which is weird. They both sat down beside me, Nadeshiko to my right and Nagihiko to my left.

"Something doesn't seem right. Fight with someone?" Nagihiko can read me like a book. I nodded, not really feeling like talking, especially when I just had that weird experience.

"You can tell us you know. It wasn't with Ran was it?" Nadeshiko, along with Nagihiko can think quickly when it comes to every situation that I'm faced with.

"No it wasn't Ran...someone else." They wouldn't know Ikuto yet.

"Was it Ikuto?" I'm...speechless. How did they...? What? Oh dear god I'm confused. "Don't worry about it. Kukai told us he had his eyes on you. You yelled at him to leave you along right?" Oh good. Nadeshiko doesn't know the full story. I can't say that about Nagihiko though. He has ways to finding out things out and it's scary when he does.

"If you guys don't mind...I'd like to be by myself. I want to collect my thoughts." They both nodded and left, saying one last goodbye and giving me luck. Luck...I've needed that recently.

I haven't been able to think by myself lately.

"Hey little girl, remember me?" Huh? What the? A pair of strong arms wrapped around me and a hand was placed over my mouth. Oh no it was him again.


A little rushed as I mentioned before and sorry again for the delay. The next might not take so long seeing that I've got half of it done already.