Tadase stepped out of the bus and looked around at the bright zoo, colorful lights and pictures of happy animals surrounded him. He felt weird since last night and was not comfortable in the bright, happy atmosphere. Yaya and Kukai were already jumping around near the entrance while Amu and Rima both were trying to look uninterested. Tadase smiled a little. Even though that happened last night, he decided to come anyway. He looked down to his bag were a pearly black egg lay, it was not hatched yet. Tadase moved onto the entrance, feeling guilty. Hinamori-san told the guardians about her egg, and Tease didn't. But at first she kept it quite… He shook his head….. That was the path of a weakling.. he was not a weakling…. As kisaki always told him….. he wasn't…. or was he?

"Come ON!!!!"

Tadase looked up and noticed that everyone was already past the entrance. He rushed forward. I'll give myself time to think first. Right now I'm still in shock. I need a day to chill off. He thought, and smiled.

The zoo was full of animals. Elephants, monkeys, birds, lions, zebras, and everything else you can dream of. Yaya insisted that they visit all the animals in the zoo by noon and then go back to their favorites, so Tadase didn't have much time to think about his problems. By noon, everyone even Kukai were collapsed on a table next to a restaurant, panting heavily and thinking they'll never move ever again.

"Yaya wants food!"

"I want food too!!!" Kukai complained.

Tadase was the first to sit up"… I'll get you all something. What do you want?"

"Ice Cream!"

"Hot dogs!"

"Crepes!"

"Anything just feed me!"

Tadase laughed and went over to buy everyone their desired food. It wasn't cheap, or light. He was balancing a tray of heavy food when he heard them talking…..

"So were where you last night Amu-chii! I tried to call you like a million times!"

Amu's startled voice replied. "I was.. I was… out! o///o"

"Oh with who!?" Rima asked.

"N-no one! Just ran miki and su!"

"Oh really!" Kukai's eyes narrowed and he smirked at the baffled girl, she blushed even deeper.

"I know where she was."

Everyone looked up from interrogating Amu. "What'd you say Tadase?"

Tadase looked token aback. "Oh? Huh? I-I was just kidding…." He finished, looking down at the ground. He quickly moved to the table and placed down the tray with a loud bang. Everyone was still looking at him when he sat down and started passing out the food.

Kukai laughed nervously "Yaya you shouldn't eat ice cream for lunch!"

"Well you shouldn't eat hot dogs!"

"Well you shouldn't… WAIT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!!!" o.O

"I know it doesn't" :3

The tension broken, the group started to eat. Tadase eating quietly, while the ones around him talked and laughed, only Amu was looking at him, this made Tadase feel uncomfortable. He stood up.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

"Oh alright! Don't be long!" Kukai chimed in after him.

Tadase splashed water on his face and looked up at the mirror, his hair dripping. He didn't know what drove him to say that… it just came out…. Was it his egg? He un-zippered his bag and took out the egg. It shined like polished marble, with the inviting atmosphere of a black hole. He sighed and placed it back in his bag.

When Tadase turned the corner near at the far side of the bathroom building, he stopped. It was Amu. She was there waiting for him. When she saw him she walked forward. A determined expression on her face.

"You didn't talk to me this whole day."

"I didn't see a reason…" Tadase said, looking Amu in the eye.

She drew back. "Look tadase, I'm not trying to fight with you… I'm just worried, you've been acting weird the whole day…"

"Oh I'm sorry." Tadase said it in a harsher tone that he meant to…. What was wrong with him?

"Well you should be! And what's with that comment about mine being out last night! It's none of your business!"

Anger took him.

"Well for some strange reason you sounded very secretive about what happened last night!"

"Yeah and how would that concern you!?"

"Well it might in a number of reasons!"

"Yeah? Like what?!"

"I'll name some once you admit it!"

"Admit what!?"

"ADMITE THAT YOU WERE OUT WITH IKUTO LAST NIGHT!" Tadase panted to a stop. The once laud shouting battle became quite with those last worlds. "It was Ikuto."

Amu's eyes grew wide.