Chiru: Sorry, for not updating for so long. I guess a lot of people thought this was discontinued.

Skittles: Hahaha. If I hadn't bug him to type it up, then it wouldn't be here.

Chiru: Yeah... Your bugging got me confused, and I think I typed some of your crap into here.

Skittles: Now, Chiru. Let's not get pissed again.

Chiru: We'll see... Please enjoy. :D

Skittles: -gulps- ...

Kisaki started to walk back and forth in front of the nurse's office. Amu couldn't stop trembling and crying after hearing that sound. "Please be okay…"

Ikuto and Kukai watched the transfer pace back and forth. Her steps were hurried, but dignified. They wondered if she came from a high status family.

"So, is your friend going to be okay?" asked Kukai. His eyes met with sharp cold eyes, that seem sad at the same time.

"Do you think she's going to be okay after yelling like that?!" Kisaki yelled at him. "She was crying and trembling on the way here. What do you expect?!"

Kukai pulled back. He could feel that he touched a major nerve. "Sorry… I'm just worried that's all."

Kisaki bit her tongue. Did he say that he was worried?… "Sorry, for yelling at you…" Her voice barely made it to Kukai. "I need to be left alone, that's all."

"Ah. Tsukiyomi-dono. Souma-dono. What are you doing here?" A elderly woman walked up to them.

"Mitsuru-dono!" Kisaki was shocked to see this lady here.

Ikuto and Kukai looked at her with curiosity. How did she know the headmaster's first name even though it was well hidden?

Mitsuru eyed the young girl in front of her. Her lips formed a small smile. "Are you the new transfer, Shimizu Hinako?"

Kukai went into shock. He never seen the headmaster open her eyes. That was because there was no need, since her other senses were rather high for an elder.

The headmaster's full name was Shiroto Mitsuru. Her eyes were always closed, until now. She was always seen walking with a cane. Let's just say that Shiroto-dono was not at a retiring age, but many were after her headmaster position.

"Hai… Shiroto-dono…" Kisaki bit her lip. She shouldn't have said the headmaster's name so casually.

"It's alright. You've known me ever since you were small, so it's alright calling me by my first name. Just be careful." Mitsuru looked at the nervous girl. She had really grown since the last time she had seen her.

"Shiroto-dono, you know her?" asked Kukai. He notice that there was a hidden relationship between these two.

"Hai. I'm a close friend of her parents. You can say that I was her nanny, but I was always moving back and forth, so I couldn't stay with her enough to get to know her." Mitsuru answered with a complete lie, except being friends with Kisaki's parents and being her nanny.

"Oh…" That was how Kukai could answer.

"Shiroto-dono, what did you ask us before we were interrupted by the transfer student?" Ikuto finally took a step in the conversation.

"You're right. What did I wanted to ask?" Mitsuru pondered a bit. "Ah, yes. I asked why are you two doing here?"

"Shiroto-dono, if you don't mind me calling you that, they were just accompanying me." Kisaki looked directly at the headmaster.

"Oh, really now?" Mitsuru looked at Ikuto, then at Kukai. "How come?"

"Ah! That was because-" Before Kukai could explain, Kisaki interrupted him.

"Shiroto-dono, I hope you would stop asking questions that has nothing to do with you, despite you being the headmaster of the school which I'm attending. I do not mean to be rude to you, but please leave your mind of our business, unless it is required for your knowledge." Kisaki explained.

Ikuto was impressed. Her words held no ill feeling, but was soft and understanding. No one dared talk back to Shiroto-dono like that. Even though, she was an elder, everyone in the school had high respect for her, even the delinquents of the school. He wondered how Shiroto-dono would respond to her.

Mitsuru smiled. "Wow, aren't you a protective person? Fine, I won't pester you with all my little useless questions. But please do make those two boys go to class, if they have no need to be here." Mitsuru muttered loud enough for the boys to hear.

Kisaki let a small giggle out. "Hai." On her face, was a warm smile, but it was soon gone after Mitsuru left her to go somewhere else.

Ikuto was rather surprised to see such a smile on her face. That made him wonder. If her expression was usually cold, but if she could smile like that, then would that mean she would have a shugo chara?…

Kisaki notice Ikuto looking at her. "What are you looking at, Tsukiyomi-dono?"

Before Ikuto could respond, they heard a clatter in the nurse's office.

Kisaki immediately rushed in. "Amu, are you okay?" She rushed to her cousin's side, who fell off the bed.

"Yeah… I'm okay. I just needed to throw up, since that memory kind of made me lose my appetite." Amu slowly got up. "But I guess it's gone now, since I no longer feel the need to."

"So what are your name? I'm guessing it is Amu, right?" Kukai asked. He was asking from the door.

"Why do you need to know?" questioned Kisaki.

"I need to tell it to the headmaster. She only knows that you are here, but she doesn't know that the other transfer had arrive." Kukai explained.

Kisaki knew that she was trapped. How was she going to get out of this one?

"My name is Himitsu. I think the headmaster only needs to know my last name, since I'm likely the only Himitsu in the school. And my name is not Amu, it's just a nickname. Since my hair was pink, like the amulet my parents carried around, they called me that." Amu explained.

"Oh… Okay… Ikuto, let's go. We don't want to trouble them no more." Kukai walked out with Ikuto following behind.

As Amu sighed, she looked up. Only to meet Ikuto's lingering eyes as he walked away. "That was close…"

"I'm sorry. I almost blew our secret." Kisaki hugged her cousin.

"It's okay… It was just the Lock's fault, that's all." Amu softly said.

Kisaki looked up, only to meet up with cold and sad eyes. "Amu…"

"Those two transfer girls are quite interesting." Kairi looked at their transcripts. "It looks like they came from near the sister city-state."

"But isn't that place deserted ever since its citizens were missing?" Yaya noted. "Wait, you must mean the country neighboring that."

"Hai. That's what he meant." Rima answered for Kairi. "Anyway, I need to discuss something with all of you."

Al the royals' ears perked up. This was new. Rima never really made an announcement.

"I do not tolerate Shizimu Hinako's attitude toward me. She acts as if she was a royal herself. Then there's her friend, Himitsu. She was rude enough not to tell our teacher her first name." Rima stated.

Utau looked at the ceiling. "Everyone has secrets. Even we have secrets that we're hiding from each other." Her statement made everyone quiet.

"Now, Utau-chan. You don't have to sound so harsh." Tadase sweated.

"Tadase, Utau has no ill intention. Her words are usually like that, ever since we've known her after the war." Kukai noted.

Utau stiffened. "I'm leaving." She picked up her bag and left the meeting.

Ikuto was about to enter the building, only to see his sister leave the building. "Utau?"

Utau looked up, only to looked down. Her steps picked up as she past him.

Ikuto entered the building. "What happened to Utau? She actually walked past me, without pouncing on me."

"Butthead, here, mentioned the war." Rima pointed at Kukai.

Ikuto ran his fingers through his hair. "Kukai…"

"What? It was not intentional. It just slipped!" Kukai panicked to explained.

"I think we should let her blow out her fuse. It's best that way. It's always been like that." Kairi suggested.

Everyone agreed, except for Ikuto. "I'm not answering, only because I'm not the one with brought up the subject."

Several days past after that incident. Utau managed to go back to her usual self. But there was an announcement in the news that shook her.

HEADLINES: THE HUMPTY LOCK HAS FINALLY RUNG

"On the 17th of April, the Humpty Lock had finally rung. You all know what this means. The heirs of Celestia have finally returned.

We also know that whoever has the Humpty Lock is the princess of our country. We all hope that she will reveal herself to the public. The faster she reveals herself, the sooner we can find the Dumpty Key that fit's the Humpty Lock.

But if she can't be found, the government has decided this. Anyone who finds the princess and reveals her to the public will have half of Celestia. Now, we all know that sounds harsh, but if she doesn't want half of her kingdom gone, then she has to reveal herself the soonest as possible.

Now, on to other news…"

Utau dropped the remote on the floor. Her eyes were widened. "Amulet is still alive? After the war, I thought… She's alive…" Utau soon cried because of happiness that her friend was still alive, but quickly broke down.

"But it was all my fault. If I hadn't taken you out, you wouldn't had to see your father die. Gomensai, Amulet…" For the whole night, Utau shrunk on the couch crying, until her brother found her asleep on the couch.

"Utau?" Ikuto noticed that she was asleep. As he put a blanket over her, he bend down to move her bangs out of her face. Even though he doesn't show a lot of affection for his little sister, it didn't mean, that he didn't care for his sister. He noticed something wet was on her face. It was tears.

"What made you cry?" Ikuto looked at the television, and noticed it was on the news telling about the Humpty Lock. "Utau, what do you know about the Humpty Lock?…"

"Mitsuru, did you make the announcement?" Takuma asked the elder.

"Hai, Takuma-sama. I do hope we're doing the right thing. Your niece was delivered the infirmary this afternoon. I'm deeply worried for her." Mitsuru stated.

"She'll be okay. She doesn't realize it yet, but we will soon reveal all the secrets of the past. Even if it means, betraying each other just to find the real traitor…." There were resentment in his voice.

"I will go along with everything you do. I hope your decision of making me leave my position is well-decided." Mitsuru noted.

Takuma chuckled. "I know that my decision is worth it. She is back for her children after, my wife, that is. I'm honored to have your services, Mitsuru." He gave her warm smile.

"It's my pleasure to serve you. Nothing will give me more happiness than making memories here with the children." Mitsuru smiled as she gazed at the fireplace in front of her. "The children are the ones I raised, after all."

Chiru: It turned out I didn't write about his crap.

Skittles: -relieved- Yeah.

Chiru: Just a head's up. We'll won't be updating after Friday of next week. That's when our winter break starts after all. But we will be working on the next several chapters though.

Skittles: There will be an estimated amount of four to five chapters to be done during our break. We don't want to be lazy now.

Chiru: Please review. If you have something to say, just say it, but nothing too bad.