The New Beginnings for you and for me

Chapter 1: The gate has finally opened…

(Amu's POV)

The solar ray beamed down to my window; reflecting to my mirror and then to me. I slowly took a peek, and I saw a clear blue sky and heard birds singing. This could only mean one thing. It was morning. Uargh…I don't want to wake up, it was so early... I can't be late today, today was my first day of school! I groaned and slowly opened my tired eyelids. There were only two things on my mind; school and that masochistic cat boy.

I don't know why I was still worried about him, even though he is my enemy. I don't know why I wanted to see him badly. I don't know why I wanted to know if he was alright. There were still a lot of question that I still couldn't find the answer to it. It was like a mystery within itself; I tried to find the right puzzle pieces from my mind, but as a result, I couldn't find it. Why do I care about him so much? Why couldn't I find one answer to that simple question? Never mind, I don't want to go insane over him early in morning.

A lot of things happened; Ikuto was no longer under the spell of his father's violin, Dia's egg hatched, but she wouldn't reveal her name for some reasons, and a small incident between Tadase-kun and I happened. Actually, bad incident should be better to be described although.

(Flashback)

Setting: A week ago

It was a beautiful day; the sun was bright; the breeze blew my hair as I flew in the middle of the clear sky. I sped up the pace and head to the park as fast as the speed of a sound.

I was in such a hurry, so I character changed with Ran from all the way to my home to the park. "Amu-chan! We are going to be late!" Ran informed. "I know! I know! We have to hurry!" I groaned as I answered her question. I landed on my feet and I realize where I was. Finally I was here; our meeting place, the park where I had my first date. Even though in reality, we were just buying the supplies for school. How I wanted it to be my first, real date! I knew that I was completely hallucinated.

I finally found him under the cherry blossomed tree near the water fountain. Tadase-kun looked charming as always. He was wearing a white shirt with a small king sign on it and he wore a dark blue jean that had a pocket on each side.

"Amu-chan! How are you and long times no see, what are you going to tell me since you called me to meet at the park?" He still had the innocence in his eyes, made me uneasy. "Well?" I fidgeted my hair and made a hard face. I let out a nervous chuckle and I looked away. We sat down on the nearby bench and he was waiting anxiously; trying to determine what I was going to say and I knew that it was too hard for me to say him straight forward, but this was the only way.

"Tadase-kun…is it okay if I wanted our relationship to be just friends?" This was the only way how I could put it softly.

He flinched and his eyes widened and were ready to expose the tears he hasn't revealed. This was definitely not the best way to put it…sigh. All guilt came to me, wanting to say that I was joking or maybe tell him that I made a mistake that it was April fool's day. But I couldn't joke in this situation because I had already confessed the truth to him. He shook his head repeatedly, covering his ears with two of his hands. His ruby eyes were no longer flawless, it were dusted by my painful words. I dropped my head, trying to avoid him, but his face captured me before I had the chance.

"…You mean that you want to breakup with me?" His tears have finally streamed down to his flawless cheeks. He held both of my hands letting his tears drop on my hand. My heart shattered in to thousands of pieces being swallowed by the darkness. It was the first time that I actually mangled Tadase-kun's heart. I couldn't take it anymore that I had to see him fall miserably. I just couldn't. Nothing was right or wrong. Just the truth…

I tried to avoid him and looked downward. "Amu-chan! Please look at me…" He begged me and I took a slight look at him. He was like a small puppy that had just been beaten up by others. I felt completely buried by his miserable face.

"Am I not good enough for you Amu-chan? Am I worthless to you? Do you have interest in other boy than me? Or is it…" "Tadase-kun, please don't over react. I am just not sure that if you are the right guy because you confessed to me that you like Amulet Heart and not me. I thought that you rejected me long time ago and now you confessed to me that you like me as my real self; the plain old me. I need some time to know my true feelings for you. I didn't know what to say when you suddenly confessed me so I accept it, but now, I'm clueless about my feelings right now. I just need some time. That's it. I hate to see you drifting down like this, but I have to say truth. I am sorry, but when the day comes that I know my feelings, I will tell you. Whether the answer is not what you think, you will still be my precious person that remains forever in my heart. So don't cry Tadase-kun. I will always be there for you whether as your girlfriend or just as a friend."

He forced a smile, but he went loose. He hugged me. I was blushing like insanely crazy and no other boy hugged me like this boy, and he was the first one to do it. There was a significant difference between how Ikuto hugged me and how Tadase-kun did. Ikuto hug me like it was nothing, but as for Tadase-kun, he held me like a true lover.

He tightened me really hard and made my heart thumped like crazy. When he loosened his hug, he wasn't crying anymore, he was just plain. "So how about we start off? Hi my name is Hinamori Amu." "Hi my name is Hotori Tadase. Nice to meet you Amu-chan." I didn't know why he didn't call me Hinamori-san like he used to. Still, I kept my opinion to myself and relieved. Maybe I heard it wrong, but he whispered to himself this. "I will not lose to you, Tsukiyomi Ikuto. Not this time..."

But I ignored him. Just then, I think I saw someone behind the beautiful cherry-blossomed tree. I didn't know who it was, but the only evidence of that mysterious person was that, that person had a stunning sapphire hair. It couldn't be possible that Ikuto eavesdropped my conversation between Tadase-kun……right?

(End of Flashback)

Other than that, it was so weird that I haven't seen any of Easter's sudden moves. Other things than that, it was pretty normal. I almost forgot, before the big battle between the Easter, the first king let me borrowed a picture book of "The Hear's egg" He said that it is my lucky item of the month, so I just took his advice. But there was a very strange thing happening to that book. The pages that were torn have transformed into a blank papers after the fearful battle. I totally freaked what was happening and discussed with the first king about it. He simply said this:

"Amu-chan. There is nothing wrong with this book. It seems that it have created a new story page to it. Don't worry too much about it for now. You better go home or else it will going to rain."

So I left. Ever since then, I never had spoken to him yet. He is a mysterious yet, a wonderful man. But there are a lot of things I don't know about him…

I still can't believe that all these events happened in few months. I just hope that nothing out of ordinary happens today. Today is my first day of middle school and I am so excited. I am depressed that I couldn't see Yaya, but I am happy that I can see Kukai around again. I should be getting dressed now, but wait, what is under me? It wiggled.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!" I immediately ran away from my bed, starring at what's in it. I thought that it was a cockroach so I gasped loud enough to grab the bird's attention from outside. All of my charas popped out from its eggs and blurted the questions.

"What's wrong Amu-chan? Is a cockroach inside your bed? Eeep!" Ran was the first to ask the question. "Don't overreact too much Amu-chan. Why don't you just peek inside the bed to see what it is first?" As usual, Miki kept her cool and said it…well, coolly. Suu was trembling crazy and didn't say anything. Strangely, Dia was still sleeping peacefully.

So I took Miki's advice and slowly looked inside. Again, I… "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!?" I screeched as loud as I could and collapsed. Finally, Dia woke up. "What is it? What is it? What is inside Amu-chan?" Three of my charas asked in unison. But, Dia was left alone, leaving her completley clueless what was happening.

"T-T-There is an egg under me!"

"What!?" They all screamed… Good thing I covered my ears although…

(Ikuto's POV)

Beep. Beep. Beep.

I reached my hand and stopped the clock alarm. It was 7:00AM. I was under the sheets and half sleeping. Geez, why does morning come so early? Maybe I should ditch school again. But there was only one small problem…

"Ikuto! Ikuto! Rise and shine, wake up! Wake up! Wake up! I won't let you ditch school this time!"

Yoru…just had to scream…again.

I sat up, and flicked him so hard that he flew, and then banged on the wall. "Hey what did you did that for? Come on, Ikuto. Today is your first day of school nya. You can't miss, especially for today nya." He was right. If I missed today's school, I will get in a bigger trouble with my teacher than other small trouble I always had with him.

I can't believe that I am finally free from the darkest hell since my father was going to work for Easter. But after he explained about his story about Kazuomi, Gozen completley changed the contract deal. My father will have to work as a great violinist for Easter Music. My father was known as one of the greatest violin known throughout Japan few years ago. With this reputation of his, the Easter can make a huge business out of my father than my sister, Utau. That stubborn buy finally gave up the search for Embryo so he wasn't interested anymore. I thought that he is the type of person that is cruel. But I guess that the only bad guy is Kazuomi.

My mom was so overjoyed when she met my father again. When she saw him outside, she glomped on my father and cried. It was just like Utau and…what am I thinking right now? I cursed under my breath.

She brightened up and return to her normal self. From now on, I didn't have to hide when she comes in my room. Utau made a success on her singing career, so she became one of the best singers in pop. My father finally became what he wanted- a violinist. As for me, I got a straight A's and B's, but one C for my final grade. I can't believe the fact that I was free from Easter. I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for her. Hinamori Amu.

Amu made this year the best. Before I met her, I already lost all hopes and faiths inside me. But she was the one who changed it. I am so sure that if I haven't met her, none of these would have happened. She was the only person that cared for me other than Utau. She was the only person that looks me up. She was the only person who helped me even though she was my enemy, yet; I was more than interested in her. All I could was to think about her, smiling. Then, I squeezed my nails to her pillow as I thought about her, wondering what she was doing now.

Well, I better get up or else, Yoru would scream into my ears… again.

Then, something wiggled. My skin turned pale and my sapphire eyes were wide opened. I first thought that Utau was trying to surprise me in a very bizarre way, but it wasn't her. If it was her, she would have jumped on me right now; trying to kiss me like last time... (I don't want to think about it right now…) So I just took a peek.

I immediately got out from my bed staring at it. Yoru giggled. "Ikuto, is Utau under that sheet?" Yoru took it as a joke, but I wasn't kidding. For the first time, I was serious. He crawled inside the bed's sheet and I covered my ears and braced for impact. "NYA!!! Ikuto! Why is there an egg in the sheet? Is it your egg? Why does it has a dog marks on the egg?

I stared blankly and tried to find the answer to it. Sadly, I had no idea what the heck was happening…

(Narrator's POV)

At the planetarium, the first king gazed up the ceiling and eased himself. "I see the star's getting close… The new beginning for the Humpty Lock and the Dumpty Key gate has finally opened. This year will surely be quite interesting…" He took a sip of his tea and closed his eyes, completely relaxed.

(Amu & Ikuto's POV)

So much for my first day of school…

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Thank you!

Please R&R.

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"The Next chapter is "The New students!" Please wait patiently." "What is it about?" the heroine asked impatiently, waiting for a reply. "It's just something quite unexpected. That is all." I smiled evilly and sinisterly. "Wait! Please don't tell me." "Good. You have made a right choice! I will see you later, Amu." I went outside the room and left her. As a result, it left Amu questioning, what did she meant by interesting…

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