Author's Note: :D I saw Wicked! It was wicked! Haha Wicked humor... anyway, have any of you seen/heard of/read the book? Well at the part where Elphaba is talking to Glinda, and you can kind of tell she's planning to kill herself because she's giving Glinda that book and she's like "You can do what I couldn't" I was thinking, "Oh my god its Lelouch and Suzaku!" then at the end where it was all Elphaba + Scarecrow, I was like, "That's an interesting couple... Witch of the West + the Scarecrow." Then Ambra responded, "Scitch of the Crest?" XD that's their couple name now. Ok on with the chapter!

Chapter 13: Fakes

"Keiko-chan! Yaya-chan! Tadase-kun! Nagihiko-kun!" I greeted my friends happily in a cafe in the town near Stanwood Academy. As a high schooler I was allowed to go outside the school grounds on the weekends.

"Amu-chan/chi/Hinamori-chan!" They exclaimed together.

"Utau and Kukai decide not to come?" Ikuto questioned as he walked up behind me and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Utau has a concert tonight! So she and Kukai and the rest of the band are rehearsing!" Yaya explained just before eating a whole piece of some of the finest chocolate cake ever in one bite. Even though she was nearly sixteen she still hadn't lost her sweet tooth, and I'd been wrong: she wasn't the least bit fat.

Ikuto sighed, "I wish I still had my band..." I pouted sympathetically and brushed my hand along his soft blue hair. Ikuto's band had fallen apart after Phineas had gotten arrested, Haley's parents were trying to get her to move back to America, and Ikuto started spending more and more time with me.

"Where's Sanjo-kun and Mashiro-chan?" Tadase asked after an awkward silence.

"Some library." I shrugged and pulled up a chair.

"I'm going to get coffee, want anything?" Ikuto asked before he went inside the cafe.

"A chocolate croissant please!" I answered. He smirked as me with that mischievous sparkle in his eye.

"Are you sure? Too many sweets will make you fat, Amu!" I glared at him and allowed myself to overreact like he hoped I would.

"SHUT UP! JUST GO!" People around stared because I'd screamed at him in Japanese and that probably wasn't something that happened everyday of their lives.

Calmly sitting back down I looked around. It was a nice scenery of green leaved trees sparsely planted along the sidewalk. Except for the choking cigarette smoke the town was really nice. All the little shops with English scrolled over signs made the old style place feel even homier.

Then I noticed something, or rather someone. He had a small beard at the end of his chin and mahogany brown hair. Sunglasses sat in front of his ears and a light brown trench-coat blended in with the crowd. All in all he was a very shady character. That's when I noticed egg carton shapes.

With a loud crashing sound I jumped up and knocked my chair to the ground. I hopped the fence surrounding the cafe and sprinted after the now fleeing trench-coat man. Was he a spy? I didn't know. Was he even working for Hollow's Eve? Most likely.

"Faster Amu-chan!" Ran cried and forced me to Character Change. Now the trench-coat man had no chance of out running me.

I was about to chase him into a park when near by a kid collapsed. I skidded to a hault, Character Changing with Yuri. After that I raced towards the boy who had just fallen to the ground.

"Kid! Kid! Are you alright?" I asked, shaking his shoulders gently. The boy clutched his head and whimpered. "W-what's wrong? You have to tell me!" I said more desperately now.

That's when I realized there was a Chara Egg next to him, but it was unlike any I'd ever seen. It was white with little wings on it, the type of Heart Egg that should've still been inside someone's heart.

There was a loud cracking sound, and along with blazing light, a Chara appeared. I stared, amazed. The Chara was like no other I'd seen. It seemed to have an eggshell hat with the rest of the eggshell as pants. Yellow material that resembled yolk formed the shirt and connected to the eggshell.

Shaking off my surprise, I greeted, "H-hello. I'm Amu. What's your name?"

"Name? What's a name?"

"W-what's a name? A name is what everyone calls you to remember who you are." I answered, confused. Charas normally came with names, but this one didn't even understand what one was. It was clearly different from any Chara I'd ever met.

"Do I get a name?" the little Chara asked.

"S-sure... you can be—" suddenly everything went dark.

Ami's POV

I'd spent the morning being briefed on a very important problem Hollow's Eve was being faced with. An ex-employee had stolen important equipment from one of the labs and was now creating his own Chara Eggs. But these things were unstable, and could not be allowed to wander without supervision.

Though I didn't tell anyone at Hollow's Eve, I had a deeper insight on this. Something made me know that, one: the Embryo gives Charas their names, two: Charas are not formed without the Embryo's help, and three: if these were man-made Chara Eggs then they would have no names, no stability, and no understanding of the truth in this situation.

My mission was to observe the man's actions for a day. Unfortunately I also had to avoid my sister. I thought it was going to be easy, she was meeting with the Guardians. I knew she was going to rescue me! I thought, ignoring the part of me that kept saying, It's too late though. Avoiding my sister wasn't as easy as I'd thought. She noticed the man and began chasing after him. I had to chase after her before she learned too much.

That's when I saw her near an unconscious boy. Instantly I saw the unnatural Chara Egg. Suddenly it cracked open to reveal a Chara unlike any other. It was as unnatural as unnatural gets. The sight of that kind of monstrosity made my blood boil. Then I heard Onee-chan trying to give it a name!

That angered me more than anything. It was the Embryo's job to give Charas names! The Embryo hadn't even approved of that Chara's existence! How dare Amu try to name something that shouldn't even exist!

I brought out my X-laser and shot. Amu was Character Changed with her shield Chara, Yuri the Shell, so she only fell unconscious. The Chara she'd been talking to began freaking out. Walking over to it I smiled sweetly.

"Don't worry little one! I'll give you a name! You'll be called # 46, and now your owner will go to Stanwood Academy, and you'll be safe their!" I smiled evilly, but still the foolish Chara trusted me.

"Oh thank you kind person!" Then I radioed Hollow's Eve and agents came to pick up the boy and his new Chara. Then they noticed my sister.

"What happened?"

"She chased after the traitor, and saw the Egg Chara. She was about to give it a name so I shot her with my X-laser. Her friends will find her soon, prop her up against that tree and lets go." I was unable to lie at all.

"You heard her men!" the captain of the unit shouted. Honestly I was surprised we weren't attracting a lot of attention from passer-bys but oh well. The captain of the unit got into the van and then called,

"C'mon Dream Catcher, your job is done for today." I nodded and followed into the van that was much like the one that had been used to kidnap me that night of my birthday.

When I was back at the lab #123JK again had some questions for me. I sat down on the metal chair in the large white room, prepared to answer what ever she was about to ask. Well, I thought I was prepared...

Ikuto's POV

"Amu! Amu!" I called, trying to follow where she'd run off to. I ended up having to character change to track her. I knew I was close, but to my horror I sudddenly heard a gunshot. Dear god no I thought to myself, fearing it was Amu being shot at.

As I found her scent and pursued the trail I heard the screeched of tires against asphalt. Bursting from a crowd of people I flung myself into a crop of trees. There were another screech of tires and then I was out of the trees. A black van was fleeing from sight.

DAMN DAMN DAMN! My thoughts screamed as I frantically looked around myself. Then I spotted a pink head.

"Amu!" I shouted, running to my love's side. I sighed happily, she was just sleeping. But when I looked beside her I saw five Chara Eggs. An X-Laser? Brushing her beautiful pink hair from her fair I looked at her blissful sleeping face. Then I cradled her in my arms. As long as she's safe... I supposed while Yoru struggled to carry all five of Amu's Chara Eggs at once.

Without telling the Guardians, I carried Amu back to the school. I was going to take her back to my room, but then I met two people on my way. Rima and Kairi came out of a library. Rima held Kairi's hand while Kairi held enough books to last a lifetime in the other.

"Eh? What happened to Amu?" Rima inquired in her soft, high voice.

"It would seem she's been shot with an X-laser." Kairi commented, glancing up at Amu then back at his books.

"Well then, I'll have to make sure there's now permanent damage," Rima sighed. Looking up at me she said, "Drop her off at our dorm room, once I say 'hi' to everyone I'll go back to take care of her." then turning to Yoru she held out her hands, "I'll take those." Yoru let four of Amu's Chara Eggs drop into Rima's hand, but he clung to the blue one – hesitant to let it go.

"Don't worry, Amu-koi, this will all be over before you know it."

Author's Note: I've been lacking inspiration... like seriously. My inspiration level is like 0.002 or something like that. But thank you all you who do review. It really does make me want to write more. Anyway, I hoped you liked this chapter. I threw in a little Ikuto POV cuz he's so shmexy. Yeah... please review!