A/N: I would've updated this earlier (like on the weekend) but I was on a short vacation.

So thanks to those who reviewed, favourite and alerted :)

And to those who reviewed, since I didn't have time to reply then, I will reply here (-.-):

To Cg2. nenetwin: Ehe... I thought it was kinda cliché (I've seen a lot of stories where someone's a cat :S) Well, it was either cat or squirrel, and I think cat works better :)

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To HarunaNiwa073 & DemonWitchCat: Really? Thanks! :D

3: A History Lesson

Upon hearing his name, Kukai looked from the ground he was previously facing. As he looked up, he realized who had yelled his name. "Uh... hi Ikuto," he said nervously.

Stepping out of Tsukasa's house, Ikuto retorted, "Yeah, hi." His voice sounded harsh and stern, like a mother who was about to ground her child. "What the hell are you doing here!? And don't try getting out of it, either."

Ikuto had a scowl on his face as he waited expectantly. Then, Amu—who remained inside the house when Tsukasa opened the door—walked in and asked, "What's going on out there?"

She stood at Tsukasa's side as Ikuto and Kukai turned to face her. Amu spotted Kukai and said, "Oh, it's you."

Her face looked somewhat uninterested, and Kukai looked confused and was about to say something to Amu until he saw Ikuto giving him a look. One that meant he obviously expected him to explain himself first. He took a deep breath before turning to Ikuto.

"Well," he began. "After you left to see who sent the text, I kinda wanted to see if it was Saaya, and if it was, I wanted to see you tell her off. So I followed you. After that I heard the whole thing with the cat, and when the portal thing opened, I jumped into to follow you. I got passed the woods and stuff, but when you came here I had to hide so you wouldn't see me. When I tried to find a secret way in, I tripped and hit my head on this rock which is when you guys found me."

Finally, exhausted from the explanation, he exhaled deeply. "Wow. And you said Saaya was the stalker," Ikuto teased.

They both burst into laughter before a thought came to Kukai. "So who sent the message anyway?"

Ikuto turned to Amu, who shook her head. "I wasn't the one who sent the message," she said, but it did make my job easier."

"Then who did?"

Suddenly Ikuto felt his phone vibrate with a short tone following. New message, it read. He raised an eyebrow, "I didn't know my phone could get messages in different worlds."

Nonetheless, he flipped it open. A message appeared from the same sender as earlier.

To: Ikuto
From: Unknown Sender

Ikutooooooo! Where are you? I'm waiting at the park!

- Saaya

Everyone was at a loss of words. All except Kukai, of course. "HA! I knew it was her!"

At that, Ikuto had to laugh. In the midst of their hysterical laughter, Ikuto took a short glance at the screen, noticing the time indicated at the bottom of the message. Kukai noticed where Ikuto's gaze led and followed it only to see that the message was sent... 3 minutes after the first message.

And Kukai was the first to say anything, as usual. "Daaaaaaaaamn! That girl is..."

"Persistent?" guessed Ikuto.

"Sure..." Kukai murmured, in full knowledge of the fact that persistent wasn't the word he was going for.

Before any further conversation between the teenaged boys, Tsukasa spoke up, "Well, know that we know who sent you the message, let's all get inside, shall we?"

Very quietly, but loud enough for the rest to hear, Amu said, "I was only supposed to get Ikuto, not him, but oh well."

"Oh yeah," Ikuto commented upon hearing Amu's remark. "Why did you need me, of all people?"

Then Tsukasa stepped in. "I'm sure we can explain everything if everyone could just come inside."

Everyone agreed as they followed him back into the house. Kukai and Ikuto sat on a realistically star-patterned sofa that Tsukasa brought in, while Amu sat on a separate green floral printed armchair that was already in the room earlier. "Alright then, now that everyone's comfortable, I shall explain. Let's start with the situation regarding Amu's comment," Tsukasa proclaimed.

He began as everyone nodded in conformity. "Ikuto, you were brought here because of a special ability you possess. Of course, now that I look at the situation, your friend has it as well. Though your presence is required more."

"What special ability?" Ikuto questioned.

Tsukasa responded, "Well, it's fairly hard to explain, but I'll try. Every person has something about themselves that they want to change or improve. From that desire, an egg is born. Each egg contains a character—your would-be self. Since everyone has something they'd like to be, everyone has a character, known as a Shugo Chara. Unfortunately, not everyone has unlocked it, most likely because they rejected it."

Tsukasa paused and Ikuto and Kukai were listening attentively. Then he continued. "This world that you are in is full of people that have unlocked their Shugo Chara."

"So you're saying that I have a Shugo Chara?" asked Ikuto.

Nodding, Tsukasa added, "Indeed. In this world, regardless of age, everyone has the ability to utilise the powers of their Shugo Chara, be it through a character change or character transformation. You will learn more of it in time. You, Ikuto, and possibly you as well," he gestured to Kukai before continuing, "may have this ability."

"Okay," Ikuto began, "but it doesn't exactly explain why you specifically needed me."

Tsukasa chuckled and said, "It will be clear to you once I finish." Ikuto nodded and allowed him to continue. "Well, everyone used to live together in one world, both those who had and hadn't unlocked their Charas. Unfortunately those who didn't either grew jealous of them or thought they were crazy. The ones that grew jealous coveted their Charas, but were unable to earn them as their desires weren't sincere. All this caused many riots between the two... groups."

Ikuto was listening intently, waiting for him to continue. Even Kukai Amu looked fascinated, but Amu in more of the sense that she were listening to her favourite being retold. Tsukasa continued once again, "There was one man that decided that the riots should come to an end. The man's name was Elaien. He was a powerful, but very poor man with two Charas. He was a very courageous man to do what he did. Elaien decided that to put a stop to the evil, he would have to use his own power."

"He believed he needed to divide the ones with and without Charas into separate worlds, away from each other. Elaien was able to do this, seeing as if he combined power with his Charas, he could do quite a lot. But in doing this, he would have to sacrifice his and his Charas life. He created the two worlds but only had enough power left to erase the memories of those without Charas. They forgot everything that happened before that. Even anything they ever created. From then on, everyone continued life in their own worlds, one world starting anew and the other living with the knowledge of Elaien's bravery."

Tsukasa ended his story there, leaving Ikuto sitting there, intrigued by the story but puzzled as to what the point of telling it was. "Um... that was a really interesting story, but what does it have to do with me?"

"Ah," Tsukasa said. "Before Elaien died, he and his wife had three children, a son and two daughters. All of them inherited Elaien's powers, which continued to be passed down through each generation or his descendants."

"Still don't get it," Ikuto said flatly.

A chuckle escaped Tsukasa's lips. Amu decided to answer this time. "Don't you get it? You're one of Elaien's descendants!" Her face, although appearing impassive showed a series of unreadable expressions.

The words that came out of Amu's mouth left Ikuto dumbfounded. Him, a descendant of an incredibly powerful man that created the mortal and chara world? He couldn't believe it. "What?" was the first thing that came out of his mouth. "How can that be? Even if I am like you guys, how could I be descended from this guy? You said that his descendants inherited his power, and I don't have any."

"That is where you are wrong," Tsukasa responded. "You indeed have inherited his power, you just haven't unlocked it, nor have you learned to control it."

"And how will I do that?" This whole situation had Ikuto utterly perplexed.

Tsukasa paused thoughtfully for a moment. "You will train under the instruction of a mentor."

"Like who? You?" Ikuto inquired.

"No. Amu shall be your mentor." Tsukasa replied, smiling brightly as if his idea were absolutely brilliant. Ikuto registered what he had just said. Amu had the same expression on her face from earlier, what he said didn't appear to affect her in any way. It did, however, affect Ikuto. Amu had seemed to be an impatient, uncaring, lazy girl since he met her, and now she was going to be his mentor? He couldn't believe it.

Ikuto was about to protest, but decided against it. If he was to learn how to control his so-called powers, he needed to suck it up and let Amu teach him whatever he needed to know. Tsukasa smiled, as if he knew exactly what Ikuto was thinking. Suddenly, it occurred to Ikuto that they were leaving something out.

"If I'm really descended from this guy . . . does that mean that one of my parents was too?" His voice sounded cautious, if not a bit shaky, as if he wasn't sure whether he wanted to know.

Tsukasa's smile unexpectedly became quite solemn as he replied, "Yes. That is true."

"Who?" For some reason it took quite a bit of willpower just to say that word clearly. The response that Ikuto received from Tsukasa was one that caused his mind to fill with questions.

"Your father."

Ikuto was at a loss of words. His father was a descendant if Elaien? Why didn't he tell him? Did that fact have anything to do with his disappearance? His mind was swirling with thoughts that confused him so. Tsukasa noticed this and decided to explain.

"As I said, your father was a descendant of Elaien. He was just as powerful as you are, and even learned to control his powers with the help of a mentor and his chara. The two of you descended from his son and therefore are pure descendants of Elaien. He didn't tell you this because he wanted to tell you at the right time. Unfortunately he did not get the chance to do so . . ."

Still quite shocked at the fact presented to him, Ikuto asked a single question he'd been wondering since that day four years ago. "How did my dad die?"

Tsukasa looked unsure of whether or not to tell him, but said, "Four years ago, an evil power was attempting to steal from Elaien's shrine, where his soul was kept. You may think that is a bit odd, but when Elaien died, his soul remained in the form of a beautiful jewel that keeps the balance of the two worlds. A group of people stood up to the challenge of stopping that from happening, and Aruto was among them, in fact one of the first to volunteer."

"He died destroying the leader of the group trying to steal the Soul stone. He killed the leader and forced the rest to flee, but he was too badly injured battling that he died shortly afterwards . . ." Tsukasa trailed off.

"Oh. I see," Ikuto said, sorrow clouding his eyes. Tsukasa opened his mouth to comfort him but Ikuto's next words silenced him.

"It's fine. I'm proud that my dad did something like that and I hope I can be as brave as he was. Knowing what you just told me will make me more determined, it won't make me go into a depression."

He grinned, a true grin, proving his words as Tsukasa couldn't help but smile as well, bowing his head shortly afterwards.

Amu however, looked upset, though Ikuto couldn't imagine why. Why would she be upset over an issue involving his dad? It didn't have anything to do with her. Nonetheless, Amu quickly spoke up, "I'm going to be at the field by the Hakken house." She turned to Ikuto, "Meet me there for training. Tsukasa will show you the way."

Calmly, she left, the door slamming behind her. Ikuto slumped down slightly. "Ugh," he groaned. Tsukasa walked over to him with his usual smile in place and said, "I sense you hold some hostility towards Amu."

Ikuto looked down, not in a nod, but merely to avert his gaze. "Amu is not a bad person you know. She has been through a lot," Tsukasa tried to assure.

"Like what?" Ikuto questioned, turning to face him.

"That, my boy, is something that you should hear from her, not me. Some things are best if told from another person."

Ikuto listened attentively, a quiet "alright" escaping his lips. "Amu is very advanced in her work with Charas and no longer attends school, as she finds it much too dull. Especially since she's learned it already from me. I'm not saying she is an academic genius, though she is rather bright, just a master at working with her Charas and battling."

The more he said, the more disbelief Ikuto felt. He never thought that a girl like Amu would be anything like that. "Since she's so great at her . . . work, is that why she's so arrogant?"

Tsukasa seemed to think that he was joking. "Amu, arrogant? She may seem very offensive, irresponsible and act like she doesn't care about anything, but she is really none of those things, especially not arrogant."

Ikuto shot a look of doubt at him. "It is true. When you get a chance to get to know her better, you will see," Tsukasa said as Ikuto sighed. He quickly added, "Speaking of which, I think it's about time you begin training. I may accidentally say too much, and its best you hear from Amu."

Ikuto nodded and was about to ask where the Hakken house was before Tsukasa said, "You do not have to worry about getting to your destination. I will transport you to the Hakken House and from there you will venture east. The field she wishes to meet you at is at the other side of an old forest. People no longer visit it. Now come here."

The two walked over to a small round platform on the ground. It looked fairly minimalistic, but at the same time very high tech. Along the edges of the platform were tiny arrangements of lights and buttons. Tsukasa gestured for him to step on the platform, to which he agreed.

Before he knew it, Ikuto was being transported to the Hakken House.

A/N: Yeah, this chapter was kinda hard to write, 'cause I tried to get it to fit the whole Chara theme. So sorry if I didn't exactly do that well.

Don't ask about Elaien's name... I couldn't think of anything else..

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OH and tell me if I mixed up some names, 'cause I forgot to check.