Bip: zzzz
Bip: zzzz… -its early in the morning, I sleep ok?-
Utau: -Takes random horn and blows it in Bip's ear-
Bip: KYAAA! OMG! What time is it? Who died?
Utau: No one. Its time for you to write…type. It's your deadline.
Bip: I don't have a deadline. And where's Amu? She's supposed to be here not you. You're for next chappie.
Utau: She had some business to attend to.
Bip: Ok. Story's written on the hotel paper on my desk. I'm going back to sleep. Zzz…
"Talking"
Thinking
"YELLING"
"Person saying something special or person thinking back to what another person said. You'll have to figure it out yourself :O"
Chapter 2: Boy Named Ikuto?
-Amu's POV-
As soon as my parents came home from whatever they were doing, there was a lot of begging involved.
-Flashback-
"We're back, Amu-chan!" my mom and dad yelled, walking in through the door. Yeah…I had no idea where they went, there were shopping bags, some groceries, some clothes, and some electronics.
"Nee-chan, Nee-chan! Look I got pweety fowers!" Ami said, running up to me. The flower's she gave me was blue…kinda like Ikuto's blue. Oh yeah. I have to ask mom and dad if I could keep him. At least till he's better.
"So… Where'd you go?" I asked. "I figured you went to a mall…but you lost me the moment Ami ran up here with flowers. Did you go to a park afterwards or something?"
"Oh, we didn't go to anywhere like that." My mom answered.
"First we went to a Flea Market!" my dad continued. (A/N: Was it Flea Market or Free Market…I haven't touched maple for a long time and yet it messes me up -.-) "Then we went to Macy's" There's a Macy's around here? "Then a store of my choosing, electronics store." …Why can't they make it easier for all of us and just say mall and park? "And then we went to a Wild Life Nation Park in Hokkaido!" There's a what in Hokkaido??
"How was your day, Amu-chan?" my mom asked. "First day of school in Japan must be exciting!"
"Uh…well…I found an injured stray cat. I was…uh…wondering if we could keep him…"
"A stray cat?" both my parents asked at once.
"Mommy! Daddy! Nee-chan!" Ami ran up to them holding Ikuto. "I found a kidty!" Ikuto did not look happy being held the way he was…
"It's not Kidty, Ami-chan, the word is kitty." Mom told Ami in a teaching voice.
"Sorry, Amu-chan, there is no way –"
"Please, dad!" I pleaded. So not in my character…
"No, Amu—"
"Please! Please! Please! Just look at him he's so helpless."
He sighed. "Stray cats aren't helpless, they—" He took one glanced at the Ikuto struggling to get away from Ami's grip and his eyes became bubbly with emotions.
"Your dad's right. We can't keep a cat if we keep moving to places." She said
"Mom, please!"
"Pwease, mommy!"
"Back me up, dad."
"Please, mom." We've got dad on our side. Dad's eyes were all bubbly with emotions, still.
"O-Okay…fine. But, Amu-chan, you have to be the one to feed him and clean his litter."
"Sure." I said, trying to sound like my usual self again. I guess I have to potty train it.
-End of Flashback-
As you can see, we got to keep him. I didn't actually mean to sound like I wanted to keep him forever. Just till his paw was fine and he recovered from his fever (he still seems a bit weak). I can tell he wants to leave and be free. He's been trying to get outside ever since my parents agreed to keep him. It makes me wonder if he knows human speech.
He also gets mad often. Whenever Ami tries to pet him, he looks as if he's ready to claw her fingers off her hands. Luckily, he appears to have a lot of self control. When he's about as mad enough to kill someone, he runs off and hides in a nearby closet. Strange thing is, he knows how to lock doors. Our theory is someone taught him because whenever he hides in a closet, the door is 'unopenable'. For example, the first time he did it, I was just home form school and I needed to get to my closet and it wouldn't open. After a while of tugging, the door opened naturally as Ikuto walked out. Confused? Yeah, so were we.
As I was getting ready for school 2 days later, my mom walked into my room which surprised me so much, I actually screamed and hid under my bed.
"Sorry for scaring you, Amu-chan…It's just that…Ikuto escaped."
"He ESCAPED?!"
"Yeah, I wasn't watching him when I went out to take out the garbage this morning. I saw him streak by me."
I sighed. He wasn't completely healed yet. "I'll go look for him after school."
"I'm sorry, Amu-chan. I know you really loved him."
EXCUSE ME? LOVED?? I met this cat two days ago. TWO!
"It's Ok to cry, Amu-chan." My mom said, sitting next to me on the bed. "Ami cried too when I told her."
"Mom…Mom. I found this cat 2 days ago. I didn't even have a pet and owner relationship with him, since he runs away from me every single time. And Ami is a little girl. She's probably crying cause she just lost her new favorite toy."
After a whole lot of convincing that I'm fine and can go to school with no problems, I was finally free. Did she really think I'll be depressed over a cat I just met?! I suddenly understand why Ikuto wants to escape.
I really couldn't wait till lunch; I might get a chance to search for Ikuto. But, the class before lunch dragged on for at least 15 extra minutes after the bell rang. By the time I got to the lunch room, every seat was taken. Except one. One she really doesn't want to sit in. It was the table which contained one of the groups of popular kids. Apparently, they are the student council. And apparently, they are all free. The only thing that will bring them is a lot more fans.
I sighed and walked over to their table. I did my best to smile. I was really hungry and not in the mood to smile. "Can I take the seat here?"
"No." Kairi said.
"You can't sit here." Kukai added.
"I'm sorry Hinamori-san." Tadase said looking straight at me. "You really can't sit here. It's for safety reasons." He said grinning at me.
"S-Safety reasons?" I couldn't help blushing. His smile really did make him cute, just like everyone said. I refuse to give in. I turned away, my blushing stopped. "What do you mean?"
"He means you should look behind you." Nagehiko said. I glanced behind me. There was a huge crowd of boys and girls with vicious eyes glaring straight at…me?
"H-Hello…How's it going?" I said to the crowd. I quickly turned back to the student council members. "Why are they staring at me like that?!"
"They're jealous." Tadase said. "To let a pretty girl like you get hurt just because people are jealous is a bad thing." He smiled again and I blushed again.
"Uh…" I said, I went blank for a second. "W-Well, can I take the chair, then."
"Sure."
The bell rang and I bolted out of the classroom, running into someone.
"Kyaa!" the other person said as the both of us fell down. "Hinamori-san?" the person, a girl said. I looked up; it was the red hair girl, Ran.
"Sorry, Ran-san." I said, the both of us getting up.
She glanced at me for a second. "Hinamori-san, could it be you fell in love with Hotori-kun today?"
"WHAT?" I screamed. I almost expected to blush, but thankfully I didn't. Either way, I didn't love him. I thought he was cute, but that's all. "Of course not. Is someone spreading a rumor?"
"N-No…" Ran said, "I just thought that for a second. Well, see you around, Hinamori-san"
Wow, that was just plain strange. I wonder if she likes him?
I ran down the streets, trying to look for blue. There had been no sign of him. As I turned the corner, I crashed into someone. The first thing I noticed when I looked up was blue. It was a boy with blue hair and eyes. Have I seen him before?
"Amu?" the boy whispered
"H-Huh? How do you know my name?"
"I don't know your name." he said. "All I said was 'eh' unless that's your name."
I was certain he said Amu. But, I could've been mistaken. "Listen, have you seen a blue cat with bandages around his paw."
"Yeah." He said, drinking from a water bottle. I noticed his hand was covered in bandages.
"Where did you see him, he's my cat!"
He leaned down to stare straight at my face. "Really? He looked like a stray to me."
"W-Well, I found him yesterday." I said, blushing. "And I decided to keep him."
The boy frowned and his eyes narrowed as if he was trying to control his anger. "And what gives you the right to take away his freedom? He probably likes being a stray."
"I wasn't planning on keeping him forever! He was sick and hurt, that's why I took him in."
The boy looked surprised. "Really?" He finished drinking water and threw to a nearby garbage can. It was full up so the bottle just bounced off.
"Pick that up." I said.
"Why should I."
"It's littering."
"And?" He obviously didn't care.
"Someone could trip on it." Ok. That was a little farfetched
"Gyaa!" bang "ouch."
I glanced to near the garbage can, a boy did trip on it…He was a boy that looked a lot like the one I was talking with right now. Except his hair was a darker blue.
"Ah! Yoru! Are you Ok?!" a blonde girl ran up to him, helping him up.
"Yeah, Utau."
"Utau?" I asked. "You're Hoshina Utau-san?!"
"Yeah. What's it to you?"
"I'm a big fan!!" I searched my schoolbag for pen and paper. "Can I get an autograph? Ah…"
Yoru stepped in front of me. But, he wasn't looking at me. He was glaring at the boy I bumped into. "I don't like the way you're looking at Utau." Utau glanced up surprised then she just sighed. "If you like her, I'll have to approve first."
"Could he be…?" I asked Utau.
"The overprotective brother? Yes." Utau answered.
"Nope." The boy said. "She's not my type anyways."
"Eh?" Utau's eyes perked up with anger. "Well, I bet you're nobody's type!"
"Hn. What ever. Hey, pink hair girl, Amu, was it? You planning to find your cat?"
"Ah! Yes!"
"Follow me, but don't get two close, I don't like people walking close to me." He began to walk away.
"O-Ok!" I followed him, keeping a distance. He turned the corner then the next corner, then the next. If he turns this corner, we're right back where we started! He turned the corner. Is he making a fool out of me?! "Hey, what's your name?" I asked him. "You know mine so it's only fair that you tell me yours!"
He didn't answer, but after a moment I thought I heard him whisper "Ikuto."
When I turned the corner, he was gone and sitting on a wall was Ikuto, the cat.
As soon as I got home, Ikuto ran up the stairs and settled down on my pillow, instantly asleep. He must have a long day. I thought, smiling. I jumped on my bed and watched him. My smile grew wider. He's really cute when he's asleep.
I left him to sleep on my pillow and went downstairs to prepare his dinner. As I poured the cat food into the cat bowl, I wonder just how much he would like to eat. I continued to daydream as I poured. When my dream bubble finally popped, I noticed I had already poured a mountain of cat food in his cat bowl. I'm curious on how I actually poured a mountain. (It's literally coned shaped with one pellet at the very top x) Well, I hope he can eat it all!
Nararator's POV-
Later that night, when the family was watching T.V or something of the sort, Ikuto woke up. He walked downstairs following a tasty smell. He closed his eyes and followed the smell. He was still following it when he hit something hard. Opening his eyes he sees a mountain of cat food. He walked behind it and found a note that said: Please eat all of it, Ikuto!
"M-MEROW!" Ikuto cried angrily. Who in their right mind can eat all this?! Ikuto took a nibble at the cat food. I'm not hungry already.
The door opened and Amu walked in.
"Ah! Ikuto, you can't eat all of it?" Amu asked. "Well, I didn't really expect you to…"
Oh, yeah? Then why did you leave that note? Ikuto thought.
"Ok, you don't have to eat all of it, just eat it continuously. If you can't finish today, finish it tomorrow."
Ikuto nodded and Amu stared at him. "Can you really understand what I say? You act so human like sometimes." Ikuto nodded again.
"Hey, Ikuto." Amu said as she took out another cat bowl from the cupboards. "I met an interesting guy today." Amu went to the fridge and took out a carton of milk. "He had blue hair, kinda like your blue fur."
Amu set the bowl of milk in front of Ikuto as Ikuto turned away from her, as if avoiding what she was saying.
"But, he dissaperaed really quickly. As soon as I found you."
Ikuto started to drink the milk, not making eye contact.
"I really want to see him again. I want to thank him."
Ikuto looked up quickly with a surprised look and then ran away.
Amu sighed. Both that boy and this cat are really interesting. I just wish I could get to know them better. Both Ikuto's.
Bip: -sobbing- I really feel bad for Tadase…and Kairi, too.
Utau: Wow…who expected you to be super emotional…Anyways, change me to a cat!
Bip: Wha…?
Utau: Ikuto is a cat! I want to be a cat, too.
Bip: …um…if you're a cat then you won't get any scenes with Ikuto…
Utau: Ok! Leave me at a human.
Bip: -thinking- At least that got her off my back-
Utau: Btw…in a Shugo Chara fanfic, you sure include a lot of other mangas… -suspiciously- Just what is your favorite manga?
Bip: That's easy! It's…uh…Well, currently it's Sugar Sugar Rune!
Utau: What! It's supposed to be all time Shugo Chara!
Bip: Oh well. I got a new favorite. So what. Review or I'll whup your butt.
Utau: I'm supposed to say that!
Preview for next time: -Plays music that is played at the end of Shugo Chara episodes (when they are doing the preview)-
Amu: It's raining outside, Ikuto why won't you come home? Waiting for Ikuto sure is tiring…Eh? What's this Ikuto doing in my house?! And…why is my heart beating so fast? Hey, Ikuto-neko, do you understand? Explain to me why!
Bip: Ok, there are three subjects for the next Chapter!
1.
2. Amu finds out Ikuto can turn human.
3.
See if you can guess it :D!