~Love That Spans Time Itself~


Arigato everyone. Here is the next chapter. ^.^ A new character appears... ;)

If you're curious. Amu is 15 and Ikuto is 17.

Enjoy~


-Chapter 2-

Summery: When Amu is somehow transported to the medieval times, Ikuto follows her. But to him, what fun would it be if they just went back home? Without memory of the present, Amu turns into a poor ruffian and Ikuto becomes a knight in shining armor. After that, she meets a not-so-new group of friends-her Charas-but since they don't exist in this time, she must keep it a secret.


Amu looked around at the countryside as they approached a walled city. "Tsukasa-san," she said to the kind farmer who had agreed to take her the nearest settlement. "...What is this land called?"

He glanced behind himself at her. "You don't know?" he said in confusion.

Amu shook her head. "...I just woke up on the river bank back there," she said, pointing. "I don't remember anything except my name."

He frowned. "That's...interesting. You must have some sort of amnesia. Well, this land is called Shugo."

Amu nodded, accepting the response. "Okay...and where are we headed?"

"The city is called Easter," he said, and chuckled. "It's a pretty bizarre, but that's its name."

Amu frowned at the name; it sounded awfully familiar to her. "I guess I'll stay there," she said absentmindedly as they approached the gate, and rode beneath the archway into the city.

"Well, good luck to you," Tsukasa said, as she hopped off the back of the wagon and onto the cobblestones.

"Arigato Tsukasa-san," she replied, and he flicked his horses with a whip, causing them to start moving again; he looked back and her, and tipped his hat. She watched him leave, and his straw colored head disappeared in the crowd. Amu had no idea what she was going to do; what was one with no memory to do in a large town such as Easter?

She walked down the street, looking at all the food stalls and tall, yet small, shops that littered the streets. Her stomach started growling, and she rubbed it with a grimace. How would she get food? She knew that she would have to have money to buy food...but where would she get it? Amu stopped in front of a small portable stall that was selling meat buns.

No...she shouldn't steal; her conscience wouldn't let her. Sighing, she turned away from the loud shop owner who was calling out prices before heading in the opposite direction.

"Stop! Thief!" someone shouted, and Amu glanced over her shoulder to see someone running out from underneath the food stall.

"Wha-?" she started, but the figure slammed into her, sending a couple meat buns flying.

"Agh!" the thief yelped, and Amu picked one of the dropped items unconsciously.

"Thieves!" the shop owner yelled, running at both of them. Amu looked at the food in her hand, and quickly dropped it.

"C'mon!" the original thief said, and grabbed her hand. "We've gotta get out of here! They'll throw you in prison!"

"Hold on-!" Amu started, extremely confused. "I'm not-"

"AFTER THEM!" the shop owner exclaimed. Some soldiers heard the commotion, and began chasing them too.

Amu shut up, and followed the thief, not wanting to get caught and thrown into jail. Who knew what would happen to her then; she would never figure out who she was, and what happened to her if she were to rot in a dungeon. The thief dragged Amu through several twists and turns, which made even her get dizzy. She had no clue where they were now, and she was pretty sure they'd lost the guards long ago.

Panting heavily, the thief let go of Amu. "We should be safe for now," they said, and shoved off the hood to the cloak they'd been wearing.

Two red pigtails popped out and Amu looked at the face of a younger girl than herself. "You're a pretty fast runner!" the girl said. "But you seem pretty new to this town...did you just sneak in here?"

"Sneak in?" Amu said in bewilderment.

"Yeah. You can't enter this city without papers...and yadda, yadda, yadda," the girl replied, waving her hand back and forth.

Amu frowned; when she'd entered with Tsukasa-san, no one had stopped either of them. "Umm..." she started, but the girl shot out her hand and held it in front of Amu's face.

"The name's Yaya," she said. "I'm part of the Easter Underground! We're the ones all those stuffy rich people have forgotten about."

"I'm Amu," the pink haired girl replied with an air of superiority, and shook the hand carefully.

Where did that come from? Amu wondered. Was-had she always like that?

Yaya grinned. "Oooh, you've got a cool and spicy attitude, Amu-chan!" she said. "Interesting for a ruffian like myself."

Amu raised an eyebrow. "Ruffian."

"Hai!" Yaya said happily, and reached into her filthy cloak, pulling out a meat bun. "Here, you can have this. I'm bringing more to Rikka and the others...but you're welcome to this."

Amu took it. "Thanks..." she said, and took a bite; it tasted like sawdust.

Yaya clapped her greasy against her leggings, and put her hands on her hips. "I don't usually invite new ruffians to the Easter Underground...but..." she trailed off. "You seem really lost in this city, and I think if you become one of us, we could help one another out!"

Amu looked at her for a moment. "I guess I could.." she replied in the same voice as before, and sighed inwardly.

Where was this odd attitude coming from?

Yaya scratched her dirty head and looked around. "Okay! Well, let's head home!"


:)

Now Amu is part of the Easter Underground...who else will she meet whom she "knows?" ;) Only time will tell.

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