Me: Yo I'm back!
Ikuto: So you finally came up with something.
Me: Yep! I did. I'm suprised that my writer's block didn't last that long.
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Chapter 12. Not so Happy Birthday

Ikuto's POV
"Hey,hey Onii-chan! Guess what?" a nine year old blond girl said.

"What, Utau?" a twelve year old boy with blue hair asked.

"It's your birthday today so mom,dad,and I are going to take you somewhere." Utau said. "But it's a suprise!"

She grabbed twelve year old Ikuto's hand and dragged him to the car where his parents were waiting for him. They put a blindfold on Ikuto and pushed him into the car.

"You know, I feel like I'm kidnapping my own son." a man resembling Ikuto said with a chuckle.

A woman resembling Utau smiled and kissed him. They pulled apart after a while.

"Hey Souko, not in front of the kids." the man said.

"Sorry, Aruto-kun!" Souko apoligized.

Utau looked at them with a smile. 'That's gonna be me and Onii-chan someday.' she thought.

"Are we going to get going or not?" Ikuto asked sounding slightly impatiant.

"Okay, let's go." Aruto said as he and Souko got into the car.

When the car stopped moving Utau shouted. "We're here!"

Ikuto carefully got out the car.

"Can I take off the blindfold now?" he asked.

"Yes, you may take it off." Souko said.

Ikuto yanked off the blindfold and looked around. They were at the amusement park.

"Come on!" Utau commanded. She grabbed Ikuto's arm and ran.

"Whoa Utau, slow down" Ikuto said.

They went on a lot of rides and they had a lot of fun. Ikuto won a cat plushie and a Domo plushie, which he gave to Utau. When they got home, Ikuto and Utau fell asleep in the car. Their parents smiled and carried the up to bed.

I smiled a little bit. How long had it been since that day? Five years? That's a long time.

I sighed. 'I'm never gonna get those happy days back' I thought and continued looking out the window.

I felt something poke my head. I turned my head and saw a paper airplane on the floor. I picked it up and unfolded it.

'Go to the Royal Garden after school. Utau and I are gonna be waiting.
-Kukai'

I looked up at Kukai, who just smiled and winked at me.

Sniff, sniff. I smell a suprise party.

...And I was right.

When I got to the Royal Garden, there were balloons and streamers hanging all over the place. Kukai,Utau, and Rima were there along with two other boys. One had blond hair and reddish-pink eyes and the other had dark green hair, grayish-green eyes, and wore glasses. Those two were in my class. The blond was Tadase Hotori and the other was Kairi Sanjou.

"Hello, Tsukiyomi-kun. Kukai told me it was birthday today so Kairi and I decided to come and help out." Tadase said.

Utau ran up to me and gave me a hug.

"Happy birthday, Ikuto!" she said.

"Thanks, but why are you guys doing this?" I asked.

"Well, we hadn't done anything fun since that happened and plus we wanted to cheer you up." Utau replied.

"Hey, stop standing around and let's get this party started!" Kukai shouted.

"Yeah!" Tadase,Kairi,Rima, and Utau cheered.

'I'll just try to act like I'm enjoying this.' I thought and joined the others.

The party went on and I tried to smile as much as I can. We had cake and everyone was chasing each other around to smear cake frosting onto each other's faces. We all went home after the party. I heard screaming from an alley. I saw two guys harrassing a girl.

"S-stop please." the girl begged.

"Come on, it'll be fun" one of the guys said and grabbed the girl's wrist.

I hid my violin behind a trash can and walked up to the group.

"Hey, she said to leave her alone." I said. "Didn't you hear her, punks?"

"What was that?" one of the guys demanded while grabbing my collar and lifting me a few inches off the ground.

He turned to his buddy. "Forget the girl. Let's beat the shit out of this son of a bitch."

Punk number 2 let go of the girl and she ran away looking scared. Punk number 1 punched me in the stomach and threw me on the ground. Punk number 2 kicked me in the same place.

They continued to beat me like a punching bag until one of them yelled "What the hell? That pipe is floating!"

I looked up, ignoring the pain. That guy was right. There was an old, rusty metal pipe that was floating like it had a mind of it's own. It hit one of the guys hard on the head and knocked him out cold. The other got scared and ran away.

The pipe fell on the ground, making a clattering sound. I held on a wall and pulled myself up. I grabbed my violin and staggered all the way home. I felt a shooting pain in my stomach and ran to the bathroom. I kneeled over the toilet and puked. I cleaned up and went to my room. I changed and sat on my bed. I saw something sitting on top of my bookshelf. It was the cat plushie I got on my twelfth birthday. I picked it up and looked at it. It was a little beat up but still in good condition. I hugged it and carried it to bed. I felt something hard and bumpy under my pillow. I put my hand under my pillow and pulled something out. It was an amulet shaped like a feather.

'How did this get here?' I wondered.

I shrugged, put the pendant on the nightstand, and turned off the lights. I fell asleep while hugging my stuffed cat.

Me: I'm done with the chapter. Yay!
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