An Old Rivalry

Amu's POV

Rin of course attacked Ikuto first. He dodged her blade easily.

"Hey why are you two fighting?" I asked panicking. Those two better not hurt each other. I thought angrily. But of course they were completing ignoring me.

"Take that!" Rin yelled bringing the blade down onto Ikuto's claw.

"Too easy," He replied knocking her back. I sighed. I'm going to regret this later. I thought.

"Hop, Step, Jump!" Ran and I character changed. We flew up and landed right in between Rin and Ikuto.

"Amu?" Ikuto asked surprised. Oh so you guys did forget about me. I thought annoyed.

"One, why are you two fighting?" I asked. "Two, how do you know each other in the first place?" Rin lowered her sword clearly upset I interrupted.

"Well Amu," Ikuto smirked and pulled me closer. "A few-"

"Let go of her!" Rin yelled angrily pulling me away.

"You're always ruining my fun," He told her. "Oh well, bye Amu." Then Ikuto turned around and left.

"What just happened?" I asked.

"I don't know," Ran sighed.

"No clue," Miki muttered.

"I don't know either desu," Su shook her head. This is going to be a very interesting few days. I thought.

Later that night when I walked into my room Rin was waiting for me.

"Hey Amu," She nodded and looked up from her tea. " I'll tell you."

"How you know Ikuto?" I asked quickly sitting on my bed next to her. Then she glared at me.

"You better not like him!" Rin told me threateningly.

"I don't," I replied beginning to blush. She glared at me once more then sighed.

"Okay," She sighed. "We met about four years ago when I went to camp for my last summer in Japan."

Flashback Rin's POV

I couldn't wait to get started at camp. There's always a lot to do!

"Okay before we get started can we introduce ourselves?" The teacher asked. Everyone nodded. I was sitting at a table neat the front row, so I wouldn't have to wait long.

"Next," The teacher nodded to me. I leapt up excited.

"I'm Hinamori Rin," I said smiling. "I'm looking forward to a great summer." I heard a few boys snicker in the back, but my glare silenced them. Next was a girl about two years younger than me. She has purple eyes and blonde hair.

"I'm Tsukiyomi Utau!" She exclaimed excitedly. Then she pulled up the blue haired boy next to her. "This is my brother Ikuto!"

"I can introduce myself Utau," He told her coldly. You should be nicer to your sister. I thought angrily. I mean I'm even nice to my stepbrother. Haruhi was sitting on my shoulder also glaring at him.

"What a jerk," She whispered. I nodded. But then I noticed something interesting. Ikuto had a Guardian Chara!

End of Flashback Amu's POV

Rin nodded taking a sip of her tea.

"Well," I began. "Utau always has been too clingy and-" Rin's glare shut me up.

"You aren't taking his side are you?" She asked.

"No!" I answered quickly shaking my head.

Flashback Rin's POV

I was walking down the beach with Utau. We had become friends easily.

"Ikuto!" Utau suddenly called out. Sure enough her jerky brother was sitting on the beach a little way away. She immediately ran over to him and clung to his arm. I sighed and followed her.

"What?" He asked annoyed.

"Let's go swimming!" Utau answered.

"No," Ikuto told her coldly. His chara Yoru laughed. Utau looked really sad.

"Please," She begged.

"Forget it," Ikuto told her again. This got me mad.

"Why can't you be nicer to Utau-chan?" I asked furious. Utau jumped at my sudden outburst.

"Because she's annoying," He replied not even bothering to look over at me. But apparently he noticed how much I was glaring at him. He turned and looked over at me.

"If," I began thinking like crazy. "I beat you in a swimming contest will you be nicer to Utau-chan?" His eyes lit up mischievously.

"Sure," He replied smirking. "But if I win…I want your dessert at lunch for the rest of the summer." I stifled a gasp. My dessert?! I thought in surprise.

"Fine," I agreed angrily.

"Good," Ikuto said standing up. But then he looked at my swimsuit. "Rin-kun."

"Shut up!" I yelled angrily. Yes I was wearing boy's trunks and a girl's top. But I'm a tomboy. What do you expect?

"Okay, ready!" Utau called. Ikuto smirked at me.

"You're going to lose Rin-kun," He said smugly.

"Set," Utau continued.

"In. Your. Dreams." I replied through clenched teeth.

"Go!" I swam as fast as I could, ignoring the stupid blue haired boy. I reached the turn around point and began to swim back. No way! I thought angrily. He's ahead of me! Then I reached the finish line.

"Yay!" Utau exclaimed clinging onto her annoying, arrogant, stupid, jerky, brother. Then she ran over to me.

"You did well too Rin-chan," She told me. "But Ikuto's great at everything!" Then she looked up. Her brother was gone. "Where'd he go?"

End of Flashback Amu's POV

"Then of course he got my dessert for the rest of the summer," Rin sighed.

"There's no way you would've won anyway," Ran informed her. "Ikuto's a year older than you plus he's really strong and-" Rin's glare silenced her.

"Of course than I challenged him to everything I could think of," She continued. "Because I had to beat him."

"You're too competitive," I muttered under my breath.

"Then at the end of the summer I challenged him to a character change battle," Rin told me proudly. "First character change to fail loses." Then she looked embarrassed.

"We were blown away," Haruhi said quietly.

"That's why I'll beat him!" Rin yelled suddenly leaping up. "I won't lose to him ever again!" There was a fierce glint in her eyes.

"She scares me," Ran whimpered. All three of my charas were hiding behind me.

"I know," I sighed.