Chapter two: A new world, unknown.

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Chapter two: A new world, unknown.

Recap: "But I get to decapitate you."

I inwardly face palmed at her seriousness, but curiosity had its hold on me, and I wanted to know if Amu was who we were looking for. I just nodded sternly and her smirk grew into a grin that rose ear to ear.

Amu's POV:

My hands raced to covered my mouth to prevent a scream from escaping my lips, eyes growing wide.

I stared at him for a bit, in utter shock and disbelief. There he laid, on my wood floor, making a bloody mess… literally.

I didn't know what to do, my thought process was in a daze and thinking too quickly for me to even register a single word. Taking a deep, shaky breath my teeth tore into my lip as I gathered my thoughts. My stomach did a summersault and light headedness threatened to overcome my senses as the metallic smell of blood filled my nostrils.

I moved my eyes to look at him, examining his condition. I had to do Something!

I couldn't just leave him there, bleeding out on my floor.. But why was he here in the first place, shouldn't he have gone to the hospital?... I furrowed my brows in concern.

I barely even knew the guy and here he is, at my house in my bedroom at night.

Slowly my hands lowered from my mouth and I walked over instinctively yet hesitant, my body moving on its own. I shuffled over there as if I was weightless, like if I made one noise the floor would break and fall apart.

There was even blood in his blue hair.

My eyes grew wider as I grew closer. He shifted a little as he groaned in pain then relaxed his body as much as he could.

I knelt down next to him and turned him onto his back as quickly and gently as I my body would muster. Touching him felt like I was on fire. Once I flipped him over I looked at my hands.

They felt so warm from that touch. I felt so strange.. Like before when I saw him at the gazebo. As if I was becoming a light again.. 'Why does this happen every time I'm around him?' Voicing my curiosity in a whisper out loud.

I tentatively observed his resting body, not finding any wounds… But there was blood everywhere. 'W-was it someone else's blood?! N-no, it couldn't be..' I thought, a small look of horror on my face. My body shivered, gladly interrupting my thoughts as the temperature of my skin became gradually colder.

I looked to my sliding glass window that opened to my balcony as a gust of wind blew in. The moon seemed closer than normal to a breathtaking extent. I grabbed Ikuto's head in my hands, getting used to the heat.

Holding Ikuto felt weird, but satisfying, and when the wind would blow inside he didn't even flinch, like the elements didn't affect him.

I rested my eyes on him worriedly. Only because I was holding him I didn't shiver, he was a human fire after all. His eyes were closed. He looked… peaceful this way.. Even though his condition said other wise. I couldn't help but roll my eyes, he didn't seem the type to be careless and get himself into trouble like this.

Putting his head on my lap, 'Ouch! Shit!' I mentally bit my lip, hard. Nose crinkling I scrunched my face in agony. My legs felt even hotter than when I touched him with my hands! I exhaled the breath I was unconsciously holding, slowly starting to relax the pained look on my face as I got used to the heat. It was like jumping into a hot tub, you slowly got used to the surprising difference.

I reached over and grabbed a hanky and gingerly stroked his hair, than his eyes. Next I grazed his nose and mouth, wiping off the blood. I was a bit afraid to touch his face without getting the sensation of a smoldering burn.

Studying him for a while I took in his features. His skin was tan, smooth, and soft. His lips looked slightly pink, but not as much as mine, and his lashes were long, sweeping over his cheeks softly. Every girl would be jealous of those eyelashes.

I blushed from how gorgeous he really is, seeing him this close, it was like he didn't have a single flaw.

Darting my eyes over to his stomach to check if he was even breathing I continued to bite my lip as I placed my pointer and fore finger together against his neck to asses his pulse . It went up weakly, then down. His heartbeat was much slower than a normal persons. A wash of relief shivered through me. 'Thank heavens he's still breathing.'

Doki, doki, doki.

It's a good thing I had that health class.

I stared at his chest moving up and down only to notice that his clothes were different… 'that means he must have gone home, right?' I questioned myself.

Fire crept onto my cheeks when I noticed how tight his shirt was. His abs were so chiseled, like a Greek god statue. My lips parted, like I was parched, and my fingers wanted to touch his sculpted abs so badly. To feel his smooth skin, over his profound, hard muscles.

I resisted, Although my body ached in disagreement.

He was wearing a dark navy blue shirt with deep grey skinny jeans and black and white shoes. What caught my eye more than his sexy abs was surprisingly this strange symbol that was on his black chocker.

It seemed familiar. Like it was from a distant dream I had.

Leaning in my hand reached out about to grab it, but something told me not too. I looked back at his face.

I smiled a small smile, he kind of reminded me of a kitten… a sleeping kitten.

I don't know why, but he was cute like this. The heat rose to my face a little more.

He let out a low rumbling growl again and it spooked me, I jumped slightly in a hasty recoil.

"A-are you o-okay? Where are you hurt?" He slowly opened his eyes, staring up at me with those dark blue pearls. My eyes returned to his, trying to read them.

I found myself being captivated by them, like I was glued to them, under his spell. His eyes were emotionless, but there was a hint of something.. I just couldn't put my finger on it.

He blinked once, but kept his eyes gazing at me intensely. There was a light in his eyes, I surmised.

My blush got deeper from each passing second that we stared at one another. Finally he broke the stare and closed his eyes again, than scrunched his nose like he was in pain.

"A-amu…" His fingers twitched in pain, "please…"He uttered breathily, pleading as his hand slowly went up then down to his side once more.

"P-please what? I-is there anyway I can help? Who did this to you?" A strain in my voice it was delivered as a whisper, like we were discussing a top secret mission or a classified quest.

I don't know why but I felt like I had to be quiet. Even in pain his voice sounded as silkily husky as ever. He looked up at me again, this time with a look of utter desperation.

It was so sad it was piercing my heart with a slight sting. 'Why wouldn't he answer me?' I wondered. My brows furrowed in concern, my eyes engrossed on his.

Pouting on the inside, I huffed out my cheeks for a moment of being unsatisfied in his refraining actions.

I looked over him, from his blood covered body to his face, back and forth, until then, suddenly, he slowly put his hand on my arm.

My eyes widened a bit, wondering what he was doing as my heart jumped out of my chest. The touch didn't burn as much as before, that puzzled me.

I blushed as he slowly pulled himself up.

Gasping my concern took over wondering if it hurt him to do so. "Are you sure you should be straining yourself like this?" I questioned his actions as I froze helplessly under his touch. He had such a distant look on his face that the tender look in his eyes almost went a miss.

Almost.

He kept creeping upward.

Locking my eyes onto him I admired in slight awe that he could even move. I blushed deeper when our eyes met, his face centimeters from mine. My mind was to dazzled to even think of something to say, my body not wanting to move.

He stayed like that for a while, his soft, warm breath on my face. My lips quivered, I bit the bottom one after licking it. My lips wanted so badly to close the gap.

'W-what is this feeling..?' He interrupted my embarrassing thoughts as he moved continue moving upward, his face remaining stern yet wincing with each inch he gathered.

He stopped for a second, vacillating in his movement, than lightly kissed my forehead.

A flash of white eroded from his soft touch as I quickly inhaled a breathe out of shock.

"I-ikuto?!" I shouted dumbfounded amongst this chaotic intrusion of embracing light.

Feeling blinded for a second in an utmost daze my mind registered that the whole room was seemingly a blank canvas. I put my hand over my eyes in an attempt to shield from it as my eyes squinted roughly, my temples throbbing.

There was only white nor was Ikuto present. Sadly I couldn't even tell if I was in a body, It felt like I was that light I was trying to be rid of when I would even touch Ikuto.

I heard a small 'hello?' in the distance of this white world. It echoed before slowly fading away into the endless nothingness. Looking around frantically I whipped my head around trying to find the source of this voice, but it was no where to be found.

It sounded like a little girl... 'Where's Ikuto?' I asked the voice, desperate for an answer. 'Where am I?' I pondered out loud. Waiting for a response for what seemed like forever there came no response to rescue me from this sense of dread.

'It's kind of rude not to answer,' I thought, frustrated. I bit my lip, my vision becoming blurred my unshed tears forming from fear.

Although scared the endless white had a very calming feeling to it. I was in a peaceful state of being no matter the intimidation of this new experience as I clutched my hands together close to my heart, staying strong and firm.

Soon I realized my feet, even though I couldn't see that I had any, weren't really on any solid ground. The sensation felt like I was floating around uncontrollably. It lasted like this for a while.. It was like another realm. A new world, unknown.

Suddenly I felt like I had a body again so I gasped for air, like it was my first breath of life. Or life a fish out of water, if you can picture me blubbering desperately for the intake of oxygen. Rubbing my eyes sloppily I blinked a few times, trying to see, and saw myself in my bed. Under the covers like nothing had happened.

'Was I just dead?' My thoughts jumping to conclusions.. 'nah, silly thought'.. I laughed at my stupidity then stopped when realization hit me like bricks.

'Wait? Where's Ikuto?!' I shot up and looked around quickly to find the spot where Ikuto had been. My brows furrowed. In disappointment or concern I don't know.

He's gone.

'Where is he?…. He was here a second ago, wasn't he? Is he okay?!' Getting out of my bed my feet pattered against the floor as I walked to the spot where he laid. There was no blood! Turning my head like in a horror movie I looked over to the clock.

It was only 12:30!

I gasped loudly as I sheltered my mouth with my palms.

Doki, Doki, Doki, Doki.

My heart beating quickly with surprise and adrenaline must be the feeling of realizing that I, Amu Hinamori, had just unknowingly and seemingly unwillingly time traveled. I shook my head with vigor, brushing off this unsettling feeling.

A gust of wind caused goose bumps to rise on my skin as I looked at the balcony window. It was slightly open, and another small breeze rolled in.

I shivered once more, then went over to close it. 'I could have sworn he was here…' I mumbled to myself, still bewildered.

Sadness washed over me… was it all a dream? I looked outside at the moon. It was so big a beautiful. 'Hm.. Déjà vu.'

Resting my lips into a smile I let my imagination linger to the warmth I felt when his head was on my lap, blushing a deep red. 'No Amu! It was all a dream..'

I shrugged and went back into my bed, unaware of the bloody hanky floating away outside like an autumn leaf dancing with the wind..

The next day

Amu's POV:

I awoke to the sunlight in my balcony window.

Sitting up groggily and hair sticking out I stretched my arms and yawned. Slowly moving my head, I took my balcony into view of my honey eyes. 'I guess it was all a dream.'

I heard birds chirping and sure enough two little ones fluttered by. They were dancing with each other outside my window, then swooped down out of my vision. It was all very serene and quiet… too quiet.

Smirking to myself the feeling of rare alone time filled my body with content and joy.

Smug, I looked at my clock with a dorky smile gracing my lips. Huge mistake in smiling! I almost screamed once I realized what time it was. 8:20 A.M. "Shit!" I only have 10 minutes!"

My legs threw themselves off of my bed and over to my closet. Pulling out my uniform and quickly doing my make up, I finally put my hair in two low pigtails, both flowing over one shoulder each completing my look for the day.

Hectic hands reached for my bag then I continued to bolt to the downstairs. "Mom! Why didn't yo-!" I was about finish my sentence for not waking me, when I saw no one was there to receive my rant.

I looked around perplexed to see if I could find mom but no one was there. Not even my little sister, Ami. Searching for answers to this slight irritation my eye caught a folded piece of paper on the table. I tilted my head slightly to the right, my inquisitive nature getting the best of me as I ventured over to the paper and unfolded it to read.

Dear Amu,

Ami and I decided to go to Ami's singing camp without you.

We tried waking you but you were in too deep of a sleep.

That and you are SO CUTE WHEN YOUR ASLEEP!

Sorry, next time! We will be gone for a week.

Love, Mom and Ami 3

P.S. There is money on the counter for food and etc. No crazy

Parties while we are gone! Love you! 3

Sighing inwardly I looked down to my right and seeing the money like she had said a faint smile arose. Wow mom, thanks.

A hearty laugh boasted out at her thinking I would have a crazy party. She probably just wrote that to make me laugh, since she knows me better than that.. Although a few years ago I guess it would have been like that.

I reminisced sadly thinking of my past, my old friends and the fun times until I moved away because mom got a promotion.

Anyway, like that would happen now though. I chuckled once more as I rolled my eyes then went to the cabinet to get a cup and filled it with water.

Making some toast real quick I ate it then cleaned up after myself saying good bye to no one and ran out the door.

It was such a nice day I decided not to take my car and walk, who cares if I'm late?

Besides, I think I just might stop to smell the flowers. This idea made me smile with a light happiness that made my heart warm. I love nature.

A block away from the school as I was thinking of flowers something caught my eye. It flash of black sped by, putting lightening to shame with its haste.

I stood there. My body tensed up. I chuckled nervously, 'Wow, a muddled bat must have hit me in the face because I am sure my face looks bewildered.' Looking around cautiously I ran my hand through one of my pigtails. 'uh.. Okay?' I felt watched.

I shrugged and decided to ignore it and continued to walk to school. Upon entering the class with a sweat drop over head the teacher gave me a disapproving look before pointing to my desk.

"So glad you could make it , now take your seat. And next time don't be late." The last part was ended in more of an aggravated grunt.

My ears caught the whispers start up from the class, 'She's so brave.' ' I bet she knew Nikaidou-Sensei was a tough teacher and chose to came in late anyway!' 'Oh yea? Well I heard her mom is a famous publisher!'

Everyone continued to chatter as I nodded my head once to the teacher in a slightly apologetic way and made my way to my seat, thinking, 'Actually, my mom 'the famous publisher' is attending a children's singing camp at the moment,' My lips twitched suppressing a laugh, and just before sitting down I shared a glance with Ikuto.

His eyes bore intensely into mine making every second count as if it was slow motion in the matrix, then smirked at me like he knew something I didn't.

Creating a sense of nonchalant I broke the staring contest and sat down in my seat. I blushed a tiny bit, not enough for anyone to notice as I resigned to dreamily peering out the window.

'Why did he smirk at me? Was he there last night? I am so confused.' I sighed as I resumed my façade, distracted by outside of the window, making it look like I don't have a care in the world.

My outside was composed and a bored look adorned my face, while the inside was exploding into an waterfall of emotions. Mostly confusion.

I was interested as to why he smirked at me, worried about if that was a dream last night or not, and happy I guess that it probably was a dream considering he seemed fine just now.

Well, fine enough to smirk at me. But I would say I mostly concerned for my own sanity! I just met the guy yesterday from chance and I already had that crazy, and oddly enough, very detailed dream.

It really felt like he was there. Like I actually held him, and heard his husky voice call my name.

Like he was only centimeters from my face, just eying intently.. I didn't want to believe it, but this feeling inside me did. It was a deep nagging feeling, the one of intuition knocking on the door. I bit my lip thinking of it, and could feel the heat of a blush creeping its way to my cheeks.

Patting my cheeks with my hands haughtily I put my ipod my ear buds snugly in my ears and decided to listen to music to escape my own thoughts. All I Need by Within Temptation started to play from no particular part of my play list. Closing my eyes the music created a whirlwind of emotions and turmoil within my heart.

I'm dying to catch my breath
Oh why don't I ever learn
I've lost all my trust though I've surely tried to
Turn it around

This song always reminded me of my old boyfriend, Tadase. He was such a sweet and charming boy, you wouldn't think he could be such a horrible person in a snap.

I played with my thumbs sadly, trying to fight back tears tasting some blood as warm liquid came out of my bottom lip caused from my teeth sinking in uncontrollably.

My left hand started shaking profusely so quickly I rested my other hand on it to stop it from wavering. My lip quivered, a single tear left my eye, slowly rolling down.

It was a good thing I wore water proof mascara now. I angrily looked through my ipod for a different song, a song that didn't remind me of Tadase, and changed it to Tsuki No Curse.

Taking a deep breathe, my eyes resumed to dazing in and out to the outside school yard. 'I hope no one saw that… Ugh, how embarrassing Amu! Get a hold of yourself!' I yelled at myself in my head.

My eyes shifted with the movement of those two birds, still dancing with one another. Their graceful dance is seemingly easy, they glide with such ease and harmony.

They made me smile a bit. 'Still at it?' I thought with a giggle.

They swooped down and up, circling each other. The wind blew the cherry blossoms, but the small birds weren't affected by the gust of intruding air, and resumed dancing.

It made me wonder if I would ever find something like that. A dance with someone so strong, not even the elements could tear us apart. I started to sing/mumble the last part of the song out loud subconsciously.

"I wanted to take you far away.

How far can I go,

Until I reach a place where I can believe in love."

It made me some what hopeful. Suddenly my thoughts were ruined as I heard the door to the classroom open, and in came a petite girl with long golden locks of hair.

She wore our uniform. 'A new, new student, eh?' I speculated to myself.

She had a very bored look on her adorable doll-like face as she stood next to Nikaidou-Sensei. "Class, this is our newest student, Rima Masahiro. Rima, please introduce yourself."

She then bowed, saying, "I'm Rima Masahiro," in a bored, monotonous voice. Nikaidou-Sensei and the rest of the class sweat dropped at how uninterested she voiced herself.

'She's so small and cute.' 'I wonder where she's from' already kids chattered again, I swear this class was a bunch of damn howler monkeys.

Nikaidou-Sensei coughed to get everyone to shut up and told Rima to sit next to my desk. 'There goes being almost alone.' I thought.

She slowly started walking back and sat next to me, putting her chin in her palm, and stared at the front of the class, zoning out already.

I smiled at that a little, that was basically the first thing I did. I wonder if we could be friends.

Glancing over at her she returned the nicety over at me, eyes dull. I mouthed a hi. She blinked once, then turned her head back to the front of the class without saying anything.

'Okay than… maybe not.' She looked kind of sad in a way. I blinked then looked back over to window, but my bird friends were gone.

Frowning a bit because of that my mouth formed into a cheeky disdain.

Happily the bell rang and everyone hurriedly left to go to lunch. 'I'm glad it's a half day today.' I reminded myself excitedly as I slowly sat up, gathering my things.

My feet muffled out of the doorway with my bag over one shoulder. Venturing out into the sunlight and fresh air, I went over to the cherry tree I found the day before. Plopping down, I crossed my ankles over one another under the sturdy tree and put my hands behind my head, getting comfy. I sighed a happy sigh, breathing in the fresh air.

I closed my eyes and enjoyed the peace.

"Yo, Amu."

My eyes darted open practically popping out of my head, startled by the sudden husky voice that invaded my peace.

Didn't I tell him to STOP emphasizing my name?

I looked up and sure enough, there stood Ikuto, blocking my sun. I put my hand over my eyes to see him better, frowning in disapproval of his positioning.

"Oi, your blocking my sun, Ikuto." Let's see how he likes it! I smiled in triumph.

He chuckled a little and smirked. 'Not the reaction I was hoping for.' I rolled my honey eyes at him, a gruff look of obvious disappointed on my face.

"Emphasizing my name, Amu? Do you like me already?" He stated coolly, like it was the most casual statement ever made.

A scarlet red rose to my cheeks in reply and I shot up in defense.

"N-no! Who would?!" I replied haughtily, flailing my arms in the air then sticking my tongue at him while putting my hands on my hips.

He continued to smirk and found apparent amusement at my reaction. I glared daggers at him and frowning stubbornly I told him he'd better stop saying my name like that.

He chuckled one last time, before turning a complete 360 becoming serious and looking deeply into my eyes.

I blushed deeper as the gazing prolonged. His stare was surprisingly warm, much more serious than the playful look in his eyes just a second ago.

I tried to peer into his eyes, they seemed almost sad, yet they had an air of mystery in them. He than smirked again, that playful look reappearing. Waving to me as he started to walk off he reported,

"Ja ne, Amu. Oh and I hope you brought an umbrella."

I looked at his retreating figure like an idiot. "Bring an umbrella? That's an odd thing to say. Besides, today is gorgeous!"

Just as I said that last part I felt a drop of rain on my forehead. "What the-?"

My face dropped as I lifted my head up and saw dark clouds. My eyes grew wide in disbelief and I grabbed my bag and started to run. 'How the hell did he know it was going to rain?! I better get the hell out of here before it starts pouring.'

I ran as fast as my legs would carry me, zooming past block after block until finally reaching my porch.

It started to pour down, hard. I rummaged through my bag, finally getting my keys. It didn't matter, I was already soaked to the bone.

Opening the door I proceeded to kick off my shoes slamming the door shut and made my way to the kitchen.

'how the hell did he know it was going to rain?' I scrunched up my face in confusion as I inquired the same question as earlier with a huff. 'Damn psychic cat boy…' I opened the fridge with a "Click."

There was nothing. And I mean nothing, not even milk!

A growl rang in my throat in exasperation and my expression soured. "UGG! COULD THIS GET ANY WORSE!"

I bolted upstairs and got my car keys from my desk and threw on an outfit pre-ready from my closet.

I wore a light creamy colored sweater that clung to my curves with a white tank top underneath. I than put on a red, black, and white plaid skirt with grey knitted thigh high socks and some brown flats that had a bow on the side of each shoe.

I put on my favorite black chocker and I obtained my purple umbrella and went to my bathroom to take out my hair, re-brush it, then put it back in to low pigtails this time with white ribbons. Looking satisfied with the reflection in the mirror I pranced back downstairs and out the door, locking it.

I'm glad I have this umbrella at the very least for water protection I thought gratefully.

Driving carefully to the grocery store I grabbed everything I needed. I went to the check out stand, only saying I wanted paper not plastic than paid and ran to my car, quickly putting the bags in the back seat and pushed the kart to the kart racks. Fast walking back I got into my car and put my key in the ignition while turning it to start, my foot on the gas. Nothing happened.

I groaned, "You have GOT to be kidding me!" I did It again, "Come on, baby, don't fail me now!" I cooed to the car, petting the dashboard. Nothing happened.

I grunted in anger and threw my head back on the seat.

A sigh of defeat came out of my mouth as I got out of the car, and popped the hood. Trumping along to my trunk I got out the jump start wires and went back to my open hood and waved down the first car I saw.

It came to a halt. The car was black and the windows were tinted black as well. 'expensive car' I thought, sweat dropping.

I went to the driver side and bent over to meet eye level with the mystery person inside.

A sweet, sincere smile adorned my face.

"Um, thank you for stopping, I'm having some car troubles. Would you mind giving me a jump?"

I said holding up the jumper chords with a sheepish smile.

The driver rolled down the window to reveal… Ikuto!? What the hell! He gave me a smirk and said, "Why of course, young lady."

I blushed and frowned a bit but smiled, the right end of my lip twitching upward. "T-thank you." I gritted out, then made a cheeky face in irritation at this situation. Or at Ikuto. Probably at Ikuto.

He got out of the car and opened his hood, revealing a huge engine. The saying, 'my horse is bigger than your horse,' popped up in my head.

He grabbed the chords and put them in the appropriate place then handed me the other side. "Here you go, Amu-chan." He purred seductively in my ear from behind. Feeling a shudder go up my spine I grabbed them turning a flaming red, saying whatever, and attached them to my car.

He had an amused look on his face.

I sweat dropped, "W-what?" I demanded heatedly, aggravation was setting in.

"Oh, nothing, nothing." He said with a devilish smirk, his hand running through his dark blue hair.

'I am getting real tired of that damn smirk of his.' I proceeded to think, my temper rising to a boil.

He got in his car and went through the process of jump starting my car.

I got behind the wheel and smiled in relief when it turned on. Getting out of the car Ikuto already had the chords in his left hand leaning against his car. His right hand was stored away in his black pants pocket as a part of his belt showed above his hip area, his V neck shirt tucked in on one side of the belt to show emphasize of his toned chest; collar bones carelessly peeking out from the small V in his shirt.

'He did look sexy like tha- Wait, what the hell am I thinking? REMAIN FOCUSED!' I sighed out loud and grabbed the chords while muttering a 'thanks.' glancing at him with my lips pursed.

Putting the cords in my trunk I turned around I gasped instantaneously. Ikuto was there with his arms on either side of me, trapping me. I squealed from surprise at his advancement and sheer speed he conducted. He stared at me so intensely, his eyes read of lust and of something much more deep, more personal.

I blushed deeply and resembled that of a tomato. I tried to gather my voice to yell at him, but a stutter came out,

"W-what a-are you d-doing?" well more of a whisper I admit.

He then parted his lips, slowly leaning in. His eyes still intently fuming into mine. Midnight blues clashes for dominance with amber gold and honey.

My lips slowly parted, ready for his touch…

End Chapter 2!