A/N: AND WE'RE BACK! 8'D! KUTAU LIVES ON! –fangirl squeals- *Q*! Yeah I admit I'm a lil' late e.o I APOLOGIZE! Anyway this chapter's going to be longer than usual .-. so Yeah. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Aria does NOT own Shugo Chara in any way.

Xxx

Utau sighed, a frown stitched onto her features as she was currently standing in front of the building she so dreadfully wished she wouldn't have to return to. She loathed going into her father's work place, she didn't know why but the whole building gave her the creeps, it was like it had some kind of negative force around it. Truth be told Utau had actually worked here before, when she was nine she had been a model but soon stopped when she hit thirteen, the only reason she ever worked was because her step-father had forced her too, but every now and then she would have to fill in for sick models and such.

It wasn't that Utau hated modelling, oh no. Utau loved it, however she hated working for him. At one point Utau AND Ikuto had to do modelling together when she was twelve and he was fourteen but Ikuto had been exceptionally rebellious, he would always try to weasel himself out. Utau on the other hand didn't seem to care; she had long lost hope in her older brother, the fucking traitor always abandoned her when things seemed to become tough.

Utau shook her head. Now wasn't the time to get lost in the past. Utau looked down towards her shoulder; where Il was sitting starring towards the building with a worried look.

"Utau, this place gives me the creeps..."

Utau could not help but agree, sighing Utau nodded. "Yeah I know, my step-father's the director of this place." Utau shrugged before stepping into the building, the receptionist looked up and gave Utau a nod in acknowledgment as Utau nodded back and walked into the elevator. She hadn't been in the building in months, Utau tried her very best to avoid coming here at any costs. As the elevator doors opened to the destination she needed to be in Utau stepped out, walking through hallways.

It wasn't long before Utau came towards a halt. Taking a deep breath Utau knocked onto the door.

"Come in."

Utau sighed before entering; closing the door once she was inside. Utau made her way towards the seats in front of her father's desk.

"Utau, your music teacher had called me the other day."

Utau stayed emotionless as she merely nodded, she couldn't allow herself to show emotion towards this man.

The man behind the desk smiled a sinister smile as she looked up towards his daughter.

"Well Utau, what would you say if I had a proposition for you?"

Utau could only stare.

"Proposition?"

The man nodded. "Ah Yes, you see Utau I've learned that you're a very talented person, perhaps more useful than your disobedient brother." He spoke venom at the mention of Ikuto.

Utau stared. More useful? He was using Ikuto? For what? Millions of questions began to run around Utau's mind.

"Utau."

Utau blinked and looked towards her step-father.

"What do you know about Shugo Chara's?"

Xxx

Utau sat down; she was currently in her aunt Sanjo-san's office. Which was located a floor below of her step-fathers, the conversation not too long ago with her father still lingering in her mind. He knew He knew what Shugo Chara's where. He knew what the guardian's true purpose in the school was, something Utau wasn't sure about, and that had irked her since she was the one going to the same school as them.

Utau sighed and rubbed her temples. She had been forced into Easter's record label. In other words Utau's dream had come true. So why didn't it feel so?

Was it because she was now forced to collect these...'x egg's' Utau groaned. The whole purpose of this was to find something called the embryo. Utau stared towards a wall, her eyes hardening. The embryo was something that could make dreams come true. Well that was what Sanjo-san had told her before she left. Was it true? If it was then maybe she could finally be free.

Utau sighed as she looked towards Il. So far Il had been fast asleep in Utau's handbag, Utau's eyes floated from Il's egg to the unknown one. The egg still had not hatched and this was causing Utau to worry. What if it wasn't going to hatch?

Shaking her head Utau immediately pulled out her phone, scrolling down on her contacts. Utau's eyes seemed to light up when she found the contact she was looking for. But should she call him? Utau's mind wondered but she soon brought back to reality when someone entered the room. Utau quickly shoved her IPhone into her bag and looked up towards her manager.

"Utau, you remember Kairi right?"

Utau stared towards her. Was her aunt always this...evil? Something about her had changed; she looked more sinister at the moment. Was everyone going to go against her?

Snapping back to reality Utau nodded.

Sanjo-san smirked, "Good, I have enrolled him into your school and he is now imposing as one of the guardians, you know gaining their trust blah, blah."

Utau stared towards Sanjo-san alarmed, however she did a good job on covering it, making it look like she didn't care. But gaining their trust? Wasn't that...cruel?

"Anyway sources tell me you have also gotten yourself close towards one of the guardians."

Oh no.

Sanjo smirked. "It's a good thing you did too Utau, it just made our lives so much easier."

Oh please God no.

"The closer you are towards him the more we will be able to learn about them. Your brother Ikuto is actually working his butt off to keep you safe."

Utau froze causing Sanjo to snicker. "You might of not known it Utau but Ikuto has actually been using every ounce of his power to keep you out of harm's way. To keep you away from us.

Was this true? Was Ikuto actually doing this for her? Was that why he was never at home? But her father had said that he ran away...and he was also spending his time at Hinamori Amu's wasn't he?

Utau's head was spinning; she was so damn confused right now. Sanjo-san had successfully confused the living shit out of her.

"Anyway Utau, I am well aware of where Ikuto had been hiding." Sanjo-san smirked. Why was she turning against her? Sanjo-san was the only other person Utau turned to for help!

Utau stared towards Sanjo-san with wide eyes. Her brain was malfunctioning at the moment and Utau was inwardly panicking.

"Anyway if you want your brother to stay safe Utau I suggest you be a good little girl and listen to us."

A puppet. Utau was Easter's fucking puppet at the moment and there was nothing she could do about it.

Defeated Utau nodded. Shoulders slumped. There absolutely nothing she could do, the only way to save Ikuto was to get Sanjo to keep her mouth shut. But siding with Easter also meant betraying...him.

Sanjo-san chuckled "Perfect. We'll start recording tomorrow. Same place, at 6:00pm sharp. Don't disappoint me Utau."

Xxx

Utau sighed; her eyes had once again lost the will to be happy. Her stunning violet pools were lifeless as she sat down on her regular swing. The only reasons he ever came to this park was simple. It was abandoned. No the park was not creepy, No the park was not broken down, No there were not drug users around. It was mainly because of the soccer field. At the end of the pitch where trees and bushes. There was also a fence around it. It was simple to get towards the park. You merely had to climb over the fence and you where there.

Utau stared ahead of herself. Her feet aimlessly swinging the swing, but there was hardly any force in the pushes she gave. The park she was currently in was the one she had used to play in long ago. With Ikuto and Tadase. Tadase had most likely long forgotten because of how young he was at the time. Utau smiled softly. Memories flooding back.

Utau sighed as she felt a soft buzz in her coat pocket. Raising an eyebrow Utau pulled her phone at to be greeted with a text from Kukai.

Subconsciously Utau began to smile as she typed her code in and unlocked her phone to read the message.

To: Hoshina Utau

From: Souma Kukai

Subject: ajdkadjasd

Studying at my place?

Utau rolled her eyes at the text. Honestly, what kind of subject was 'ajdkadjasd' shaking her head Utau found herself replying.

To: Souma Kukai

From: Hoshina Utau

Subject: RE: ajdkadjasd

Yeah, Yeah. I'll be there in 10 minutes.

Utau sighed as she got up and began to walk out of the park, as she climbed up the fence she felt another vibration in her pocket.

To: Hoshina Utau

From: Souma Kukai

Subject: RE: RE: ajdkadjasd

Hurry or it's 10 laps around the park! Oh and You really shouldn't climb fences, you'll end up falling.

Utau stared at the text in astonishment how the fuck did he know she was climbing fences?!

To: Souma Kukai

From: Hoshina Utau

Subject: RE: RE: ajdkadjasd

Stalker.

Utau's head snapped up as she began to hear laughter. Turning her head over to the soccer field she immediately sweatdropped. People where playing soccer. Now of all times and some people where staring most likely wondering what the fudge is she doing sitting on the fence.

Inwardly groaning Utau jumped down and coughed, she then straightened the creases from her skirt and walked away like nothing had happened. As Utau walked past the 'sweaty people' Utau instantly noticed Kukai grinning towards her, all in his sweaty glory.

Utau narrowed her eyes towards him as he made his way towards her. "Stalker, what was the point in texting me when you could of just told me."

"Well it just seemed funnier that you sat down on the fence and began to text. Personally I'm surprised it didn't hurt-"

Utau smacked the back of his head and rolled her eyes. "Whatever, so we going to study or just stand here like dead ducks?"

Kukai rolled his eyes but grinned anyway. "Yeah, Yeah. Just hold on, we just finished our game and I've got to tell my friend's I'm heading home."

Sighing Utau nodded and motioned him to go. "Yeah fine, I'll be getting food at that convenience store near you house."

Kukai laughed "Make sure to get-"

"Yes I know, Rocky road ice cream, and that giant pack of Doritos."

Kukai blinked "You forgot the-"

"Coke?" Utau held up a bag which indeed contained a giant bottle of coke."

Kukai stared "Why the fudge do you have that?"

Utau rolled her eyes "I was actually bringing it home that is until you texted me. Might as well use it."

Kukai grinned "Great! Just make sure my brother's don't see it!"

Utau rolled her eyes and saluted "Aye, aye captain."

Kukai laughed and ruffled her bangs before leaving, much to Utau's dismay.

Sighing Utau made her way out of the field to buy the junk food.

xxx

Utau sighed heavily as she stared at the papers in front of her, glaring towards the books piled up on one side. It had been around three to four months since Kukai had barged into Utau's life, and honestly. She didn't really mind it; as much as she hated to admit it she actually enjoyed the idiot's presence.

"Hey Kid, what did you get for question thirty five?" Utau asked, turning her hear around slightly to be able to see the goof ball she was trying to communicate with.

"Ehh, I skipped it."

Utau rolled her eyes and went back towards the question. Eyebrows knitting together in confusion, subconsciously she began to tap the pen against her math book; Utau was slightly ticked off over the fact that she couldn't remember how to solve the damned equation. She had already learned about it long ago. Sighing Utau shook her head and pushed the books away from herself, huffing in annoyance as she did so.

Utau sighed as she turned around to face Kukai. "What question are you on?"

Kukai blinked "Oh, uh. Forty." Utau's mouth dropped.

"How the fuck did you get ahead of me!" Utau exclaimed, clearly outraged by the fact that he was beginning to surpass her in math. Oh God if he was getting smarter than her then what did that make her? Was she getting low grades in math? No, that couldn't be possible! She was getting straight A's for everything.

"Well if somebody paid attention in class and stopped playing hooky then maybe you would have been able to understand." Kukai spoke grinning; amused by Utau's reaction.

"Yeah but I always study! And I refuse to believe that you of all people have gotten ahead of me!" Utau spoke, frowning slightly causing Kukai to laugh slightly then lean over to ruffle her bangs. Utau huffed and rolled her eyes before fixing her hair and glaring daggers towards Kukai who just held his hands up in defence.

Utau sighed as she took the packaging of a lollipop and plopped it into her mouth.

"Hey Idol,"

Utau gave a soft 'hmm' as her mouth was occupied

"You're coming to the soccer match right?"

Utau blinked. "Eh? What soccer match?"

Kukai rolled his eyes, "You forgot again? I swear one of these days I'm going to have to do something to get your memory working right."

Utau rolled her eyes and lightly punched his arm "Shut up,"

Kukai grinned and shook his head. "Well for one thing it's this Tuesday, you better not forget Idol."

Utau rolled her eyes once again. "Yeah, Yeah I'll be there."

If it was even possible, Utau thought his grin had stretched tenfold. "Great! All my friends will be there too-"

Utau blinked, she had totally forgotten about the part that Kukai had friends. She honestly felt like face palming at the moment, the guardians were probably going to be there. And Saaya would most likely be there with her damn copy cat crew! And then if Hinamori Amu was going then it was most likely that Ikuto would also be there...right?

Utau groaned and buried her face into her palms. "No, No, No!"

"Wait what?"

Utau looked up and blinked "Sorry, not you."

Kukai seemed to stare towards her like a mad person after that.

"Sorry, But are the...guardians also coming?" It pained her to say that word. Truthfully she had no idea why she loathed them so damn much; they had just managed to irritate her.

"Well...Yeah, They are my friends Utau."

Utau sighed. "It's not that I have a problem with them it's just, if that pink haired kid then Ikuto's most likely going to come-" Utau then paused and blinked "But then again he's been hiding from them." Utau muttered shaking her head.

Utau then blinked, noticing how Kukai was staring at her she shook her head and turned to face him. "Never mind, I'll be there."

Kukai nodded his grin back in full force. "Great! My childhood friend is also coming to visit! I can introduce you two-"

"No." Utau shook her head "Defiantly not. I do not socialize well with people and refuse to."

Kukai seemed to of deflated at that, "Wha- Utau you have to!"

"No."

"Utau please? For me?"

Utau groaned and turned to face him. Oh God why the fuck did he have to give her THAT look? "For the love of- Fine! I'll meet your fucking friend!"

Kukai's face visibly lit up causing Utau to roll her eyes. "I'm going to regret this."

She didn't know how right she was.

Xxx

Utau sighed as she sat down on the bleachers. She honestly had no fucking clue on what was going on, and the game was taking forever! Utau sighed, she was practically going deaf from the crowd, and the fucking school field was full! Utau's eyes skimmed through the field, she was so far thankful for two things, one that Kukai was easy to spot with his hair and two- that she atleast understood the game. Utau was sure that if she hadn't played it in PE that she wouldn't have understood a freaking thing.

However, Utau couldn't help but let out a smile when he scored a goal. Utau sucked her straw out of her drink, she had gone to subway before she had came, and boy was she glad she did, She was sure if she didn't then she would of starved.

Utau turned her head, she could have sworn she heard someone scream 'Bala-Balance!' but then again she could be hearing things. Shrugging Utau went back to paying attention towards the game.

"Hey Utau,"

Utau raised an eyebrow towards her Chara. "Yeah?" Utau was thankful for the earpieces in her ears, atleast she wouldn't seem like a mad person with them on.

"That soccer freak is actually pretty good."

Utau chuckled and nodded.

"Utau..."

Utau blinked towards the sudden tone in Il's voice.

"What's wrong Il?"

"Are you sure you should be here? What about easter?"

Utau froze. She had forgotten about the events of Easter. "I've already done what Sanjo-san had instructed. I came to that recording session, did all those photo shoots and everything."

Il sighed "Yeah I know but, Utau I don't think you should be doing this."

Utau frowned "Il you know very well I don't have a choice in the matter. This is the only way I'll be able to protect Ikuto, no matter how much of an ass he acted, he did it for my well being and didn't get a choice in the matter either."

"Are you sure you should be doing this for me Utau?"

Utau's eyes had widened, she immediately turned around.

"Ikuto..."

Utau's ears blasted with cheering, someone had scored, and most likely Kukai but Utau couldn't bring herself to care at the moment.

Xxx

Utau sighed as she leaned against the tree. "Ikuto I don't have time for this right now."

Ikuto raised an eyebrow, "Why? You've been busy a lot recently."

"Well you would too if your schedule suddenly got jammed up by people butting into your life!"

Ikuto sighed. "Utau what have you gotten yourself into?"

Utau narrowed her eyes. "The shit you probably started."

Ikuto rubbed his temples. "Utau please stop this, you don't need to be getting mixed up with them."

Utau stared "Why? Because you certainly have! And I don't get a fucking choice in the matter Ikuto! They've already started getting me to collect x eggs! I've probably crushed a shit load of dreams in the past two days!"

Ikuto stared "Two days?"

Utau groaned "They called me in on Saturday, Sunday I had to record and do photo shoots, I'm already working on my first music video but it's going to take time." Utau ran a hand through her blonde hair, clearly frustrated by the way things are becoming.

Ikuto sighed "Do you have any idea how hard it was trying to keep you away from Easter in the first place?"

Utau sighed "Yes I know, Sanjo-san already told me about what you did."

Ikuto merely nodded.

"Ikuto listen, I'm supposed to be at that soccer match supporting a friend so just...leave me alone ok?"

Ikuto rolled his eyes "Yeah, I forgot you were supposed to gain their trust."

Utau glared "You know very well I was his friend before all this Easter shit! God Ikuto I'm not doing this on purpose!"

Utau glared once more before walking back towards the soccer field, her glare softened as soon as she saw people getting up to leave.

Fuck was she too late?!

Utau began to look over the field for a certain messy haired kid.

Oh God did he notice she wasn't there for the ending? Utau's heart began to race as she looked around.

"Utau!"

Relief immediately flooded her system once she saw Kukai make his way towards her- wait scratch that. Who the fuck was that chick holding his hand!

Wait no, she didn't have time to wonder about that! "God Kukai you ass! I was looking for you!" Utau huffed, crossing her arms in annoyance.

Kukai rolled his eyes. "Well I'm not the one who ditched her friend's game for her brother."

Utau sighed. "Yeah I know, I didn't mean it. There was just a lot bullshit we had to sort out about Easter and-" Utau froze, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! She hadn't meant to say anything about Easter! Utau inwardly face palmed at her own idiotic actions.

Kukai stared at her "Easter? What about-" He immediately stopped in mid-sentence and turned his head towards the girl who was still- to Utau's annoyance holding his hand.

"Kukai? Who is this?" the girl asked

Utau noticed looked over towards the girl, well she wasn't that bad looking. She had soft chestnut brown hair pulled into a bun; her eyes where a light shade of brown. She had a cute pale summer dress on which stopped towards her knees, and white flip flops to match.

"Oh uh, Sion this is my friend Utau. Utau this is my childhood friend Sion,"

So you're who Kukai wanted me to meet so badly. Utau's mind seemed to accuse, however knowing that this was Kukai's friend she would atleast try...to be nice. Utau held out her hand for Sion to shake, Kukai owed her.

Sion stared towards Utau's hand for atleast two seconds before smiling and shaking it.

Utau turned her head back towards Kukai. "We still on for Ramen?"

Kukai's eyes seemed to widen in realization as he face palmed, "Shit, sorry Utau but not today, Since Sion's from out of town I kind of promised her we would hang out."

Utau blinked "Oh, sure. You're loss." Utau shrugged nonchalantly, a smirk making its way onto her features. "I was looking forward to beating your ass in that contest but I guess we'll have to re-schedule."

Kukai smirked "Please Hoshinka, we both know I would have easily beaten you."

Utau snorted "In your dreams Sounma. Anyway I've got to go, Nice meeting you Sion." Utau nodded towards her direction before running off.

As soon as Kukai and Sion were out of sight Utau frowned, after all who'd like to be stood up for someone else?

Sighing Utau shook her head, after all it would only be for a while, they were only childhood friends after all.

Utau raised an eyebrow when she felt her phone vibrate, half hoping the text was from Kukai, Utau unlocked her phone only to find the message was none other than from Sanjo-san telling her to head straight to Easter.

To: Hoshina Utau

From: Sanjo-san

Subject: Easter.

Utau, head over towards the studio. We need to work on your latest music video!

"Fuck" was all her mind allowed her to say.