Aiden: wazzup! I took 4everhere's advice and I'm going to make this an all Amuto chappie!
Amu: Yay! *blushes* I mean okay…
Ikuto: *smirks* are you really that happy?
Amu: sh-shut up t-Tskuyomi!
Aiden: ha! She stuttered!
Amu: Aiden! You're supposed to defend me!
Aiden: sorry babe, but you gotta admit you like Ikuto.
Amu: I do not!
Aiden: c'mon even I can't deny that he is extremely hot.
Ikuto: *smirks* thank you Aiden.
Aiden: I doesn't mean he isn't an idiot, but what he lacks in the head is made up for in the face.
Ikuto: hey!
Amu: *chuckles* okay *sighs, and then mumbles something*
Aiden & Ikuto: what was that?
Amu: *sighs* Ikuto is *mumbles*
Aiden: oh, come on! It's not that hard!
Amu: fine! IKUTO IS SEXY! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?
Aiden & Ikuto: *smirks* very.
Amu: whatever. Aiden doesn't own Shugo Chara. *stomps off*
Ikuto's point of view (again XP)
I turned over to my right side, still trying to get back to sleep. I don't know why but I just couldn't sleep. After Amu hugged me we said goodnight and I went back to my bed, and now I just can't sleep. I could still feel her arms around my body, and her face pressed against my chest. Grrr! I turned back over to my left side and looked at the clock 5:24 was plastered to the screen in bright red numbers. I moaned and turned onto my back. I'm not going to get any sleep tonight. I closed my eyes and sighed.
"Beep, beep, beep, beep." I pushed to snooze button and stood up. The room was colder than I thought it would be. Maybe the heater's broken in here. I sighed and stood up. Ow! My head! I grabbed my forehead trying to make the pain go away. After about a minute I realized the pain wasn't going away, so I walked over to my closet. I pulled on my pants and shirt for school, I also grabbed my black sweater; it was freezing. I walked over to my bathroom and brushed my hair and splashed warm water on my face. I walked back out to my room and grabbed my bag. I opened the door and walked downstairs.
"Good morning Tskuyomi-san" one of the maids said bowing deeply. I nodded and regretted it after having to hold my fore head again. I sighed and silently cursed at the light that was causing me more pain, as it shone brightly at me; basking in my torture. I sighed and headed to the dining room where Kukai, Rima, and Nagi were eating; Utau was in the corner on the phone with someone. I walked over to the table and sat down putting my head on top of my folded arms.
"You okay?" Kukai asked taking another bite of his cereal. I lifted my head and looked at him evilly.
"Peachy." I said sarcastically, while glaring at him. He looked down sheepishly and continued to eat his breakfast. I face planted my arms again and coughed a little.
"Okay mom, thanks. Yeah, I'll tell them. Alright bye." Utau said hanging up the phone. She sighed and sat between me and Kukai.
"What's up?" I asked tiling m head to the left so my right eye was just high enough to see Utau. I coughed again and yawned, tilting my head up a little further.
"Mom called and told me that she and dad are stuck out of town at auntie's cottage because it started raining over there. They aren't going to be back until tomorrow evening." Utau explained taking a bite from her cereal. I nodded slightly, not wanting the pain in my head to grow. "Oh yeah, and three of the maids have the day off and the butlers are going to be running errands, so there will only be one maid today." She added after a few more bites. I sighed and buried my face even deeper into my arms. Just great, how am I supposed to train today? Ow, with this headache I can't even think about training. I coughed some more and reached out for my cereal. I started to eat, and then I noticed something.
"Where's Amu?" I asked looking around. She couldn't have left. I mean Mika and Rene ARE on the couch.
"The girl with pink hair? She's been out in the dojo since dawn." The maid said walking into the dining room.
"Since what time?" Rima asked chocking on her cereal a little.
"I was surprised too, I woke up and started to clean when she walked up to me and asked me if there was a dojo here. I told her were it was, but instead of going there she helped me with my chores until dawn; she a really nice girl." The maid explained smiling, as she finished cleaning the table.
"Did she at least eat something?" Utau asked. The maid nodded.
"She had a piece of toast and an apple; she also gave her friends an apple." The maid said pointing to Mika and Rene.
"Is that all she ate? She should have eaten more." Nagi said a bit worried. To be honest I was worried too.
"Well I tried to offer her something more but she refused, and then went to the dojo." The maid said making her way into the kitchen with the dirty dishes. We all got up and walked out to the dojo. Kukai opened the door and we all stepped inside. Whoa!
Amu was holding a huge sword that had diamonds on the black handle, and gold writing on the blade; it looked like Greek. Amu ran up to the dummy and with one move, she kicked it onto the ground and cut its head off.
"Ha! Too easy, god I what I would give to actually cut someone's head off." Amu growled spinning the sword in her right hand, then sheathing it. She breathed deeply and pulled out her ninja stars then started at the moving targets. Twenty second and every one of them was wreaked. Damn she was good! Amu pulled her stars out of the dummies and put them back into their hiding places among her clothes. She walked over to me and the others. "Morning guys!" she said while still fixing her clothes to hide her weapons.
"Please tell me you aren't going to school like THAT!" Utau said pointing to Amu's outfit. Amu was wearing her mini skirt from yesterday and the white shirt, which she had tied up to cover the hole in the cloth and the red stain, but still high enough to see her clover tattoo; so wearing that to school was definitely out of the question. Amu sighed and looked down at her outfit. I noticed she was still wearing the bandages, though these ones were clean.
"I guess I'm going to skip today then." Amu said playing with the hem of her tattered skirt.
"What, why?" Kukai asked. Amu sighed and shook her head at his stupidity.
"Because my friend," she said walking up to him and putting her hand on his shoulder. "My stuff got blown up, and I don't want goo-goo eye boys trying my patience today." She finished patting his cheek twice and walking over to where her bag was. She pulled out some chains with a few charms on it; I couldn't really see since her back was to me. "At least this wasn't destroyed." She mumbled holding the chains to her chest. I wanted to ask but I was interrupted by a stabbing feeling in my head. I doubled over holding my forehead.
"Ikuto!" I heard Utau call. I felt her hands on my back and chest. I started coughing like crazy; I couldn't breathe.
"Tskuyomi!" Amu yelled. I saw her drop whatever it was she was holding and run over to me. "Are you okay?" she exclaimed frantically. I inwardly smirked. She cares, huh? I coughed even harder and held my chest where it was hurting. Everyone surrounded me which wasn't really helping. "Everyone needs to move back." Amu said seriously. Everyone backed away and watched Amu kneel down and put her hand on my back and chest. "Move your hand" she said in the same tone. I moved my hand and Amu put her right palm in between my lungs, and her left index and middle finger on my back in the same position. She applied some pressure to my back and a blunt push on my chest. I instantly stopped coughing and began to pant. "Whoa, whoa! Calm down! Take deep breaths." Amu said still seriously but somewhat relived. I took deep breaths until my breathing was normal.
"What did you do?" Rima asked.
"Kisoku" Amu said bluntly.
"What's that?" Kukai asked.
"Isn't it a breathing exercise for Japanese wrestlers?" Nagi asked, while Amu nodded her head and helped me up.
"It's works kind of like acupuncture, but not exactly." Amu said.
"That cool." Utau said enthused.
"Hmmm, how are you feeling?" Amu asked me.
"What?"
"How do you feel? Like, are you cold, hot, warm, tired?" Amu explained.
"Cold, tired, and I have a really bad headache." I said grabbing my head. She looked at me, and then walked over and picked up her stuff. We all followed her back to the house where we saw the maid leaving. She turned around and gave us an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry guys but I have to go, my sister is having a child and she wants me to be there. Oh, and don't worry I called Tskuyomi-san and I can have the day off. Again, I am very sorry." She said bowing. She headed off to her car. Wonderful! I rolled my eyes and began to cough again. Amu sighed and helped me inside. She sat me on the couch where Mika jumped in my lap and looked at me with worried eyes. I ruffled his fur and coughed some more.
"You guys need to get to school I'll stay here with Tskuyomi to make sure he doesn't die." Amu said to the others a bit sarcastically. They all nodded and headed towards the door.
"Bye Ikuto get better man!" Kukai exclaimed shutting the door behind him. Amu sighed and shook her head. Mika and Rene ran over to the windowsill closest to the garden. Amu chuckled a little and opened the window, letting them both outside. She chuckled a little and shut the window. She turned to face me with her hands on her hips. She sighed and walked over to me.
"Come on you need to go back to bed." She said holding out her hand, I took it and she helped me up to my feet. I almost fell back on the couch, but she caught me before I could. "Whoa! Careful!" she said with a light chuckle helping me stand up straight again. I wrapped my left arm around her shoulders, and she put her left hand on mine and her right hand around my back. She helped me slowly up the stairs and into my room.
"I thought you never wanted to see my room." I teased, while smirking. She rolled her eyes and helped me over to my bed. I laid down and covered up. Amu put right hand to my forehead, and her left hand to her own forehead.
"Hmmm" she said grabbing my left hand. She put her right index finger and middle finger on my wrist, and looked at the watch on her own left wrist. She smirked a little and looked at me while shaking her head. "Congrats dumb-ass you went and got yourself a case of the flu" she said smacking me in the back of the head.
"Ow!" I said rubbing the back of my head. "So what? Are you a doctor now?" I asked, while still a little pissed that she was acting like she knew everything.
"No" she said looking down "but my mom was one" she said sadly. Guilt. That's all I felt. Guilt. I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Sorry" I said rubbing her shoulder a little. She looked up smiling, but the tears on her cheeks countered her false appearance.
"It's okay I'm over it" she said wiping her eyes. "No use bringing up unwanted memories." She said chuckling a little. I wouldn't have it. I made her sad and now she was trying to act like it didn't matter. I wouldn't have any of it. I shook my head and pulled her down into a hug.
"I'm sorry, I never wanted to make you cry." I said nuzzling her neck. I felt some more wetness on her cheeks.
"I-its okay you didn't know" she said, her voice was cracking all over the place. I tightened my grip around her body. I never wanted to let go of her.
"No, I should have thought before I spoke." I said tightening my grip even more. Then it happened; she broke. I could hear her crying out everything she gripped the back of my shirt, while burring her head in my chest. She cried, I never thought that someone as strong as Amu could break down from something as small as a memory of her mother. But I guess if my mom died I wouldn't even make it as far as Amu did. I would have probably lived my whole life feeling sorry for myself, but Amu isn't like that. Amu is sweet, and caring; at least when she's not acting like a total bitch, but if I was her I would lock myself up and throw away the key. Your amazing Amu. I ran my fingers through her soft bubblegum colored hair, while taking in the scent of strawberries. After a while my eyelids became heavy and sleep took over.
I was standing in the middle if someplace dark. I heard footsteps. I looked around but I couldn't see anything.
"Hello?" I asked. "I there someone here?"
"Yes child" a voice said.
"What am I here for?"
"Not what but who." The voice corrected.
"Who?"
"Yes who. Look at your hand. What do you hold?" the voiced asked. I looked at my hand, and in it was the thing I cherished the most.
"The dumpty key…" I said staring at the four leaf clover shaped crystals.
"Yes, but what good is a key if it doesn't fit a lock?"
"What?" I asked.
"WHAT DO YOU SEEK!" the voice screamed. I looked down at my hand, a key without a lock, without a purpose, a useless trinket.
"TELL ME BOY! WHAT DO YOU SEEK!" the voiced demanded.
"I SEEK THE LOCK!" I yelled back. I heard chuckling.
"No, not the lock. My child, you seek the holder."
"What?"
"Do you know what lock you seek?"
"The humpty lock." I replied.
"No! The lock of her heart! Help her. Open her up. Let her feel what's real."
"Who?" I asked looking around.
"What do you seek?" the voiced asked.
"The humpty lock."
"What do you seek?" it asked again. I thought a bit.
"The humpty lock's bearer." I said.
"Yes child, now what is it?"
"What?"
"Look at her! She needs you! She's lost and needs your guidance."
"Who!"
"Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. Hurry dumpty. Don't let humpty fall."
"Who is humpty!"
"She's right in front of you. Can't you see her?" I saw a flash of pink and honey brown.
"Amu?"
"Yes, open them! Open your eyes!"
My eyes shot open. I looked down but didn't see Amu. I lifted my head and I was relieved to see Amu sitting at the foot of the bed. Then I saw her holding something gold with crystals on it. No way! No fucking way!
"NO WAY IN HELL!" I exclaimed. Amu turned at me with a worried look, and then I saw it. The four leaf clover design. "NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL!" I exclaimed.
"What wrong?" Amu asked. I jumped of the bed and pulled a box out from under my bed. It was dark brown and had a gold clip-it on it to keep it closed. I opened the box. Inside was a layer of red velvet, and there it was. My key. I heard Amu gasp.
"The dumpty key!"
Aiden: ooh! Cliffy! Ha, Ha suckers!
Ikuto: how dare you! It was just getting interesting!
Aiden: so what it's my story, so I get to choose how to end my chapters.
Amu: you have the dumpty key!
Ikuto: you have the humpty lock!
Aiden: see how they resolve this in the next chapter! But only if I get at the very least five reviews!
Rima: please review!