Chapter 2
It had been a month since Ikuto had filed a missing person's report and he was at a loss. Ran, Miki, Su, and Dia hadn't left his side, so that gave him reassurance she was alive, but he worried and not only that, Yoru hadn't come back either… And then, his black egg still remained dormant as well. It'd never hatched and Ikuto wasn't sure why. The only solution Amu and the others could think of was that he hadn't found the dream that created the egg, even though the egg was created with x energy, it was still Ikuto's. Ikuto was still performing with his orchestra and found out something interesting about them as well. His conductor could see Amu's chara's! Not only that four other members of the orchestra had their own charas. Upon further discussion with his conductor, they suspected Amu was taken by the Shiba company. Though, no one could find a Himamori Amu. They continued to look though and the girls were always searching for Amu during the days, the same thing that Yoru did when Ikuto was missing.
It had been a stressful month for Amu. She had debut as Starlight, her purpose? Collecting x eggs. It was an Utau situation all over again. Only this time, Amu was there with no charas, not having her real name, and there was a little girl in the situation. Kimi. Kimi was the one who actually brought the x eggs out. Amu… had to make them appear. Kimi was ten, she had her own chara egg who hadn't hatched yet and she and Amu became close in the month they were together. Kimi was always Amu's shadow.
But of course. Where was our trusty feline? Right next to Amu's side. Everyone thought Yoru was Amu's chara. Everyone as in Kimi's mother, Julie. Julie had charas at one point, but neither Kimi nor Amu could get it out of her how her charas disappeared. Today, Amu had finished in the recording studio with Kimi, another duet. "Good. When this one hits the stage we should expect double the amount of x eggs to appear, so don't disappoint me you two," Julie said as she looked over her charts and the girls. "You may go." Amu's eye twitched. She had to figure out why Julie wanted to collect the x eggs and she reached up, gripping onto her shirt. She kept the humpty lock close to her, now on a longer chain to hide it under her clothes. She was never allowed outside, never allowed to leave, everything she needed was located in that building. Hell… she didn't even have her phone. She was only allowed phone calls to her parents so they didn't suspect anything! Kimi on the other hand, never minded not being able to leave so long as she was with Amu.
"Amu-nya," Yoru said, as Amu looked over at him. "How long are we going to do this, nya?" he asked. Amu let out a sigh. It killed her to make the x eggs.
"We need to figure out why they're after the eggs first," she said, looking to Ikuto's chara. "There's always a reason," Amu said as she rubbed the back of her neck, tired. "But I might be able to get us some help," she said, winking at Yoru as she headed to her room. She grabbed a CD and sheet music. It was a song she'd been finalizing over the past couple of weeks. "Julie?" she asked as she stepped into the recording studio again. Julie looked up.
"What do you want, Amu?" she asked. Amu wanted her eye to twitch but instead she gave a smile to her.
"I've been a fan of someone for a long time… He wrote this stand alone piece with no lyrics and I think the tune is different than what it's perceived to be," she said, holding the CD and the sheet music out to her manager. Julie took it, looking it over and raising her brow.
"It's good to finally see you on board, Amu. DK huh? I've heard good things about Easter. They produce some of the best in Japan. I'll give you one recording, one play through and we'll send it to Easter for their approval," Julie said with a sigh. It was a long shot that Julie would've even said yes to this. "Tomorrow," Julie said, looking at Amu who bowed deeply.
"Thank you!" she said, showing excitement. She turned as she ran out of the room, almost colliding with Kimi.
"Amu are you gunna go solo on me?" she asked, turning her head, giggling. Amu giggled with her before she ruffled Kimi's hair. "Amu how come you never cara change with Yoru?" she asked, looking up at her friend.
Amu wanted to laugh nervously but she shook her head. "Cause when it happens it's gunna be big, nya!" Yoru exclaimed. The truth was Amu had tried over and over again to chara transform with Yoru. The only one to ever chara transform with an opposite gender chara was Naginko. She figured that was because they were his charas. Yoru had been beside Amu this whole time and even during the night, Yoru was sleeping under Amu's chin, Amu gently cradling him with her hand. He and Kimi were definitely her sanity in this whole situation. All she had to do was record the song, hope someone contacted Ikuto about her wanting to use his song.