Bip: Ok, my computer's fixed now o.o

Tsukasa: That's great news right?

Bip: No… They had to delete windows and now… let's just say its all in Chinese since that's the version they had T-T And I can't understand a thing it says…

Tsukasa: But at least it works!

Bip: Its super virus-prone -__- and I wanted to download some of the latest manga, but now I'm afraid to…

Tsukasa: Sorry to hear that.

Bip: Its ok, lets just get on with the story…

Tsukasa: Alright. Bip doesn't own Shugo Chara!

"Talking"

Thinking

"YELLING"

"Person saying something special or person thinking back to what another person said. You'll have to figure it out yourself :O"

Chapter 14: The Truth Part 2

-Amu's POV-

Well…It did seem like Ikuto knew Tadase…And Tadase was pretty shocked when he first saw Ikuto in cat form, but he said he lost his memory of it…

"Well, that's Ikuto when he was still alive." Chihana said as we landed. "The cat I mean. Oh, and they can't see, hear, or feel our presence in any way."

"That's good." I said as I came out from hiding behind a tree.

"Keep in mind that you can't help them when their in trouble either."

"Huh? Trouble…?"

"There's a reason Ikuto died, you know."

Well, if that's the case, I'll change the past. There must be a way if I can come back in time…

Tadase was petting Ikuto. They were sitting on the front porch when the door opened and a man stepped out. "Daddy!" Tadase cried out.

"WHAT?!" I yelled out. "That's his dad when he was younger! They look nothing alike!" I had seen Tadase's parents once at a PTA meeting. Tadase's father defiantly didn't look that muscular, nor did he look like he was part of a biker gang…

"I know." Chihana said. "It's hard to believe they're father and son."

"Huh?" I was too surprised to notice. (After all, Tadase's mom and dad looked like a normal couple…) (A/N: They showed Tadase's parents in the manga already, but how they look escapes me right now… -__-;; How they look in the manga is how Amu saw them at the PTA meeting…) I looked at the two again. It's true. "Um…I guess Tadase takes after is mom…?"

"Well, I guess that would explain why he looks so girly…" Chihana muttered.

"Thank you so much for Ikuto, Daddy!" Tadase said to his dad as he picked him up to let him ride on his shoulders.

"No problem. I couldn't leave him all abandoned on the streets anyways." His dad sighed. "I can't believe someone would leave a kitten as small as him in a cardboard box…"

"…Wait…" I said. "A biker gang member saved a kitten. Something's wrong here…It sounds like a shojo manga…"

"Well, maybe he's not a gang member." Chihana said with a smirk. "Just watch. Pretend it's a movie."

"Can I…" Tadase's voice trialed off. "Can I show him to mother?"

His dad frowned slightly. "Sure… Go up and get changed, ok?"

"Ok!" Tadase's dad put him down and he ran into the house. I could hear him run up the stairs, tripping once in the process.

Tadase's dad sighed. "I couldn't tell him that was a gift from his mother for his birthday and not from me…

? Are his parents divorced? It didn't seem that way to me…

As Tadase came out of the house with Ikuto walking next to him, the scene started to shift. The two of them were in the car and they were moving fast. But, although Chihana and I weren't moving at all, we moved along with them. It was like we were moving along with the scene without moving an inch.

I glanced at Chihana. "I told you." She said. "This is like a movie. If the scene moves, we'll move along with it."

"O-Ok…" I muttered. The car finally came to a stop. I gasped at what I saw. "But…But that's a…!"

The car had stopped in front of a cemetery. I looked at Chihana. "That doesn't make sense! I saw his parents before! He had a mom."

Chihana glared at me. "I told you to just watch."

The three of them walked along the rows of graves and stopped in front of one where a woman was sitting. She looked like she was lost in her own time.

"Auntie!" Tadase cried out as he ran over to the woman and hugged her.

"Oh, hello, Tadase…" The woman said as she picked Tadase up.

"I came to show mother Ikuto." Tadase said with a grin. "When will she come back from the place beyond this stone?"

"Um… Soon?" The woman said with a forced smile. "Hopefully soon." She glanced at Ikuto. "Ikuto's a nice name… Why don't we leave for, its late and aren't you hungry?"

"…" Tadase thought for a moment. "Yes, can we go eat something?"

"Sure." The woman said as she put him down. "Wait for us at the gate, ok?"

Tadase nodded and ran past the graves with Ikuto following him.

After the first day past, Chihana was starting to look pissed. "Ok, this is taking too long, I was hoping I time travel would fast forward on its own, but I guess not…" She continued to grumble. "Let's go in to the future a few years from now."

"Er…ok?" I said, although it didn't seem like a few years from now would make any difference…

The world started spinning forward, now. It was sunrise, then sunset and I could see people walking by speedily. Finally, the world stopped speeding and it was nighttime. "Look through the window." Chihana ordered me. I did as she told me. From the window, I could see into the living room. Tadase's father was busy working on something. He was twitching and grumbling.

The door opened and Tadase walked in. He was about 5 or 6 now. (He was around 3 before) "Daddy, Ikuto isn't eating his food…"

"Just make him eat it then, otherwise he'll starve to death. We already took him to the vet and he said to make sure he eats something everyday. Something about him being depressed." Tadase's dad said impatiently.

"But –"

"No but's, just leave me alone, you don't have to deal with bills!" He yelled at Tadase as he threw something at him. Tadase winced as it hit him and he quickly exited the room.

"What? Why did he throw a calculator at him! He's just a kid?!" I asked Chihana.

Chihana smirked. "That guy doesn't just look buff, he is strong. And he tends to throw things when he's angry. You should see him when he wants to fight someone." Chihana said with a grin as if she was enjoying the thought of blood. "Tadase just became a punching bag around this time."

"What?! But that's his own son!"

"Heh." Chihana smirked again. "He doesn't just look like he's part of a biker gang. He is in a gang."

"So you're saying, he'll hurt someone, no matter who they are…?"

"Yup." Chihana said. "Take a look into the other rooms." And before I could protest, she grabbed my arm and flew up to the second floor. She looked into one of the rooms. "Well, that calculator was pretty big…"

I peeked into the room. It was Tadase's room. He was holding a tissue to his forehead and it looked like there was blood on it. "Ah, Ikuto…" Tadase said as he saw Ikuto come out from under his bed. "Did you eat, yet?"

Ikuto meowed.

"Please eat, Daddy will get mad again…I mean I'm really big so when he throws things at me, I only get a few cuts, but if he throws something at you, Ikuto, you could get badly hurt…and I don't want that to happen…" Tadase said as he stroked Ikuto.

I watched the two of them. At least in a way, they had a happy life and I'm sure that his father was just really mad at the moment. Nothing could go wrong…Chihana was lying when she said Ikuto died…right?

Next to me, Chihana yawned. "This is sooo boring…" Time began to fast forward again. When we stopped, it was morning as Tadase walked out of his house. He had a schoolbag on, it must've been time for school.

"Tadase!" A voice shouted. I was in shock for moment as I saw a miniature Souma Kukai.

"Um…" I asked Chihana.

"Hey, this is the past, don't be surprised to see other people you know." Chihana said with a smirk.

"Er…ok?" This girl was starting to get on my nerves…

"Hello Kukai…" Tadase said as he jumped down the porch to talk to his friend.

"Huh?" Kukai said as he saw Tadase's hand. "You hurt your hand again?"

"Oh this?" Tadase held up his hand which was bandaged. "Yeah, I was stupid and I touched the pot when it was still cooking."

"Um…pot handles don't conduct heat…"

"No, I didn't use the handle, I touched its metal surface." Tadase said with a grin as Kukai stared at him in shock.

"Man, I worry about your future, last week you said you hurt your head because you got a new trampoline and you used it in your room and it your head on the ceiling…"

"Um…I guess I was just careless?" Tadase said with a grin.

"And the scariest thing is that you tell me this with a grin on your face! I mean, isn't it painful?!"

"Pain doesn't last if you don't think about it. If we talk any longer, we'll be late for school."

"What?!" Kukai pulled out his cell phone to check the time. "Oh man, you're right! We have to hurry!" Kukai yelled as he grabbed Tadase and dashed away.

"…Kukai doesn't change no matter his age…" I said as I sweat dropped. "But, wow, I never thought Tadase was such an airhead…"

"He's not." Chihana said. "He's a good liar. And because of that, someone else is suffering. You can go look inside, if you want."

I glanced at the house warily. I peeked in the window again. Ikuto was sleeping on the armchair in the living room. Wow, he looks so cute… I thought with a smile. Just like now… Then I realized something. He looks just like he does now… Like he hasn't aged at all…

I was about to ask Chihana about that when Tadase's dad waked in. He quickly picked Ikuto up by the tail threw him on the ground and took the seat.

"H-Hey!" I shouted at him. I was ready to climb through the window and help Ikuto, but Chihana quickly grabbed my arm and stopped me from doing so. I turned back to glare at her. "What? He hurt Ikuto! Even… Even if he isn't human right now, he shouldn't be treated that way!" Ikuto was on the ground, wincing from the pain of landing on his head.

Chihana returned my glare with a more ferocious glare. "I warned you before. You can't help them when they're in trouble."

"But –"

Chihana shook her head. "It's the rule of how things work." She said as she pulled me off the window.

I stayed to watch by the window, wincing each time he abused Ikuto. I can't help him… Why did I have to move around so much? If I had stayed in Japan since I was a kid… Maybe I could've done something to help Ikuto… I thought as tears started coming out of my eyes. "If only… I wasn't stupid to say I wanted to move around from place to place each year…" I mumbled.

Chihana folded her arms. "You really think so?" She said raising an eyebrow. "If you had not said that, would you have met Tadase? No. You wouldn't have known him when he was little."

I looked up at her. "That's not true! The possibility of it exists! I had a chance of meeting Ikuto back then!"

Chihana sighed. "And you think you could've stopped this? If you stayed in Japan, what makes you think you would've even lived in this town?" She glared at me again. "Fate doesn't work that way. The way Ikuto entered your life was the only way for the two of you to meet."

"But that's…" My voiced trailed off as I realized she was right. No matter what, I couldn't do anything to help Ikuto…

Chihana smirked. "Ikuto's death is just a few weeks away."

My eyes widened in surprise. "N-No way! You're lying! Ikuto's not a ghost!"

Chihana sighed and looked at me with pitying eyes. "Come on, Amu. You should be smarter then this. Think about it. There's no way a normal cat can live that long." She said as the scenery sped up again.

It was night time now as I saw the door to Tadase's house open and the three of them walked out, with Tadase holding Ikuto in his hands. It didn't seem like Tadase was hurt anywhere this time, although Ikuto looked a little bruised up.

"Hmm… Daddy, it's weird, but it seems like Ikuto's getting a lot of strange cuts, recently." Tadase said as he stroked Ikuto who was trying to stay away from Tadase's dad.

His dad glanced at Ikuto. "Maybe he was playing in the garden and got himself tangled in the rose bush. I haven't cut of the thorns in a while…"

Liar! I thought of punching him in the face. But, it wouldn't work since in this 'place' we were similar to ghosts.

Tadase glanced at Ikuto and seemed skeptical of his father's story, but he ended up ignoring that and continued to follow his father down the street.

I wonder where they're going…?

Finally, they stopped at a quiet street.

Tadase glanced around. "Huh? Daddy, why are we here? Weren't we going to a restaurant to eat?"

His father stopped walking. "Hey, Tadase… Do you remember when your Daddy's friends stopped by to visit me?"

Tadase glanced at him, thinking carefully before he said anything. "…Yes… They were yelling about something."

"Yes. They don't want me to be their leader anymore. Not unless I can convinced them that I'm strong and cruel enough to be their leader…"

My eyes widened and I gasped as I saw him pull a knife out. "N-NO!" I yelled as I tried to help them, but Chihana pulled me back.

"D-Daddy? What is it? Why are you…?" Even though Tadase didn't quite understand what might happen, he backed up. As his father walked closer to him, he walked farther away. Pretty soon, Tadase just dropped to his knees, too scared to walk anymore.

"He… He's not going to kill him is he?!" I asked Chihana, but she didn't respond. "Chihana!" Tadase's alive in the future so everything should be fine! I thought quickly, to calm myself, but no matter what, I don't want to see one of my friends get hurt and die…!

His father was about to stab him now and Tadase sat there, bracing himself, probably thinking that it'll be like all the other times, he'd get hurt, but the cut would heal.

"NO! DON'T!" I yelled as I got free of Chihana's grip. But before I got far, I saw something else happen. A streak of dark blue. It was Ikuto! Ikuto had jumped out of Tadase's arms and was making a deep scratch on Tadase's father's leg. I let a small sigh of relief as I saw him cry out in pain and turned his attention away from Tadase. But my relief was short lived.

His father didn't stop, instead, he turned to Ikuto. "What a hindrance!" He said as he picked him up. Ikuto squirmed and try to break free.

"NO! IKUTO!" I yelled as I tried to stop him from hurting Ikuto. Chihana moved in front of me and blocked me from going.

"I suggest you don't do this." Chihana said as she glared at me.

"IKUTO!" Tadase cried out as he saw the knife near the small blue cat.

"No!" I tackled Chihana hard as she fell and I ran over and tried to grab the knife and stop him.

"Stupid!" Chihana muttered. "You can't change the past!"

"Yes!" I cried as I grabbed the handle of the knife. But my happiness soon faded as I saw my hand go right through the knife and it continue its path.

Ikuto didn't move anymore and was laying on the ground now, where he was dropped. Tadase was crying where he sat and I kneeled in front of him. I was right here the whole time, Ikuto… But I…I didn't do anything! "Ikuto…" I said as I realized that everything was the truth. Even if I had planned to change the past, it didn't work out. The tears dropped out of my eyes and landed on the ground, but left no mark. Even my tears couldn't make a scratch on the past. I didn't exist in this world. I couldn't help Ikuto no matter how many times I repeat this scene and try to fix it.

Tadase saw Ikuto lifeless on the ground. "Ikuto…" He started crying a lot and he let out a loud scream as he saw his father turn his attention back to him.

"T-Tadase…!" I thought maybe I could help him, but I didn't exist. He's alive future, he should be fine!

I was right. Before his father took another step, a police's siren was heard and two police officers walked in to the ally, surprised at what they saw. They quickly pointed their guns at him. "A call reported they heard a scream! What were you trying to do to that child, sir?!" The police asked as he quickly held up his hands. One officer went to handcuff Tadase's father and the other went to see if Tadase was ok.

Everything was fine again in a matter of minutes. Tadase had fallen asleep in the police car and his father was handcuffed and ready for jail. Only Ikuto was dead. He lay on the cement forgotten since Tadase had fallen asleep and no one told the police officers.

Chihana had disappeared to somewhere and I stayed by Ikuto, the police had been long gone and Ikuto stayed there. I waited to see and hope that maybe he wasn't dead since I can't pet him and see if he was warm or cold.

"Ikuto…" I muttered.

Then, to my surprise, I saw Ikuto's eyes blink.

"I-Ikuto?!" I was shocked speechless as he got up and looked around. Before my eyes, he turned into his human version. "I-Ikuto??" He stared at me. "Ikuto? Ikuto! Can you see me?" I asked desperately.

"Ikuto, you're human now. You get another chance." A voice behind me said.

I quickly turned around and saw Eru. "…Huh? Eru? What are you doing here…?"

"Another chance?" Ikuto said as he got up from his sitting position. They couldn't see me. This Eru was a part of the past, too.

"This time you're a human. You can change back to a cat but, you can be human, too." She said. She quickly jumped up onto a ladder that led her to the roof of one of the buildings. "Oh yeah, Ikuto, from now on if you have any questions, I'll be here. Come in your human form. If you don't like this place because of the memories…"

"No, it's fine. I'll get over it. It's just a matter of time." Ikuto said as he glanced around as if he was trying to discard each of the things that tied him to tonight away from his memories. "This second chance…does it let me live forever until I can find it?"

Eru looked at Ikuto with a look of pity. "No. When you're close to finding what you're looking for, I'll inform you. After that, you have a set date."

And with that she left. A slightly confused Ikuto sat back down on the pavement. "A human, huh? Why didn't I stay as a cat…?" He muttered.

So… He survived! I thought with a smile. They were lying after all.

"And that was the mistake Eru made." Chihana's voice came from behind me.

"Huh?!" I said as I turned around to face her. "Chihana where were you?! And what do you mean? Ikuto's still alive."

Chihana smirked. "Tch. That's what you think. I thought you were smart, Amu."

My eyebrow twitched when she said this. It was getting hard to not punch her.

"Ikuto died tonight. Eru, being soft and everything, decided to give Ikuto another chance as a human. At this point in time, Ikuto didn't even know he died." Chihana said.

"Afterwards, when Tadase woke up in the hospital, he couldn't remenber anything. He was adapted by his aunt and uncle. They never told him what happened to him before. All of his friends thought that his aunt and uncle was his parents since they've never visited his house before. Ikuto... He knew that if Tadase's father was still around, he might harm Tadase and the people around him, like you. So he found out that Utau was going to visit the prison where his father was since her father, the director of Easter is currently in jai for trying to steal money from Easter."

"Well, that concludes this story." Chihana said as she snapped her fingers. The world fast forwarded. "Eru broke one of the major rules of our society. She tried to change Ikuto's fate. As an angel, our job is to keep the people who are still living happy. Because Ikuto entered your life, you're happy. Now that he's going to leave, you'll be sad. And thus, Eru is punished for making this change."

"Its not her fault!" I yelled. "I'm… I'm fine with Ikuto being a ghost! I still love him either way!" I protested. Eru just wanted to help Ikuto…

Chihana smirked. "Ikuto's not going to stay. He's going to disappear and only come back when its his time to reincarnate. In other words, you may never see him again."

My eyes widened. "No…No way… You're lying!"

Chihana smirked. "Let me tell you, I got punished, too. If I hadn't done anything, Ikuto might've actually become human, if you had admitted that you liked Ikuto from the beginning. I prevented that. That's why my wings are black. When the higher ranked angels found out, they also found out what Eru did. Our black wings mean we can't be reincarnated. Not for at least a hundred years."

"So… you mean… because I didn't tell Ikuto I liked him…"

Time finally stopped moving. "That's right." Chihana said as we came back to the shrine.

A few feet away from me, Ikuto stood, his eyes wide.

"Ikuto…" I said weakly as I started crying. "I…I really like you…"

Bip: And that's what happened to Ikuto in the past! :O I just wish I could've made it more epic T-T

Tsukasa: Hmm… I agree, as a fellow author.

Bip: … T-T I don't want to be an author. I want to be a manga artist…

Tsukasa: That's fine! You're still a story teller. Remember to believe in your skills and your heart's egg will help you!

Bip: o.O oookay….

Tsukasa: Please review!

Q: How much longer will this story be?

A: Uh… two chapters more max o.o

Q: I'll just say without asking this time, since I always get the same answer. UPDATE.

A: I get it! Geez… I'm trying! I'm busy during summer…

Q: But it's summer… most people are most free at that time T-T

A: Not me. D: I'm in a beta battle and I have an art contest coming up D:

Q: Or, you've been procrastinating.

A: That too xD

Q: o.O;;

A: Bye bye xD