Ugh! I am so mad because I just typed this whole chapter and I was just about to save it and my power went out! So I had to type it all over again! AH! Lol anways, I do NOT own Shugo Chara! Please enjoy! :)

Chapter 7

My Past

Life wasn't easy. Life wasn't easy when you had a bad life, then and now. A life where you are the bad guy. A life where you are helping the bad guy. It sucks when you are the reason that man took his last breath, that you are the reason he is now dead.

Ikuto sighed. It had to be him and Utau. They had to kill them. Why them? Well, it was all because of him! The man he so called his father. He wasn't his real father though! His real dad walked out on him, his mother and Utau when they were six. Then this piece of shit came along...

Flashback

"Ikuto, Utau, I have some good news!"

The two six year olds looked up at their mother curiously. What was going on? About that time I man walked in. He was very tall, had a serious look on his face, and had brown hair and eyes. Then he smiled. "Hello, my name is Kazoumi, but you can call me dad" he said with a smile.

Ikuto stood his ground, a frown on his face while Utau hid behind him. He didn't like this man. Not one bit. There was something about him Ikuto didn't like. He seemed like, a fake.

Their mother smiled. "Me and Kazoumi are getting married!" their mother exclaimed.

Utau smile slightly at Kazoumi while Ikuto kept his frown. As soon as they got married everything changed. Kazoumi always yelled at Ikuto and Utau while he always hit their mother behind their back. One night at midnight, Ikuto finally caught him doing it again. That was it! He has had enough!

"You don't hit her!" Ikuto snapped, slamming open the door. "You don't hit my mom! You don't have the right t-"

Ikuto stopped when he felt a slight pain in his left cheek from where Kazoumi just slapped him. That was when Ikuto saw it. He was right about him all along. He was a fake. He didn't care for them! If he did he wouldn't be hitting his mother. That was when everything changed. Ever since Kazoumi hit Ikuto that night, he thought it would be okay to hit both Ikuto and Utau when they didn't listen to him. But, it got worse and worse and soon those slaps on the cheeks turned into getting beaten.

Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. It was a few years later and everything they thought was bad was nothing compared to now.

Kazoumi met a few guys one night. They made a bet with him. If Kazoumi would kill these ten guys that the other men stole from, they would give Kazoumi ten thousand dollars. Ten thousand dollars just to kill these ten guys that were looking for them because these guys STOLE from them. So, as stupid as Kazoumi was, he accepted the apportunity.

But, do you think Kazoumi was actually going to kill them? Oh no! He made Ikuto and Utau do it.

Ikuto and Utau were both sixteen when Kazoumi told them what the guys told him and how he said yes. Ikuto sighed while Utau latched into his arm. Ikuto wanted to leave so bad but, he couldn't. He couldn't leave his mother and Utau behind to suffer. So Ikuto made the wrong choice and said yes. It was either killing these ten guys or getting kicked out into the streets, having no home.

So, Ikuto went out, looking for these guys but, he couldn't find them. So he went home, knowing what his punishment would be for not finding any of them.

The next morning Ikuto woke up. He winced in pain and lifted up his shirt, finding the huge, purple bruise on his side. The punishment from last night. Ikuto stood up out of bed. That was it! He had enough! So, he quitely snuck out of the house and started running down the streets.

He arrived at a bridge and gulped. He had enough of getting beaten by Kazoumi, he wasn't a caged bird! He wasn't going to do his dirty work! So he did all he could do... Suicide was the only answer, right?

Ikuto walked over to the edge of the bridge and looked down with a sigh.

"Utau, mother, I'm sorry..."

"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

Ikuto snapped his eyes open and look over to where the voice was coming from. What he saw amazed him.

"Pink hair?" Ikuto said to hisself. Their, looking at him, with wide eyes, was Amu. Ikuto shook his head.

"I don't know you so, go away!" Ikuto said, glaring at the pinkett who was still in a state of shock.

"What are you doing?! Are you going to jump!?" she asked curiously. Ikuto rolled his eyes. Who the hell was this girl and why was she still here?! With a loud sigh, he stepped away from the edge of the bridge and looked over at her.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Me?! Oh! My name is Amu Hinamori! What's yours?" she asked, a smile appearing on her face. Ikuto looked the girl up and down before he answered with a simple, "Ikuto."

"Well Ikuto, what were you doing at the edge of the bridge? You looked like you were about to jump" Amu replied, looking curiously over at Ikuto. What was he supposed to say to her?! He sure as hell wasn't going to tell her that he was about to kill hisself.

"I was just looking, that's all" Ikuto exclaimed. Amu blinked a few times before she nodded with a smile.

"Well good! I thought you were about to jump! My momma always tells me that our life isn't a film so, we shouldn't end it" Amu replied. Ikuto looked at her. Who was this girl? She was so happy...

"Iv'e also learned that life is really hard! Your going to face tough challenges along the way but, those challenges are what builds us into who we are today! So, we shouldn't just give up like that!" Amu added with a grin.

Ikuto looked at her and smiled. She was right. Our life wasn't a movie so, we shouldn't end it...

"Thanks" Ikuto said.

Amu smiled back. "Well, I'm off to school! Nice meeting you Ikuto!"

And with that, she walked away. Ikuto smiled, whoever this girls was, she just saved him...

End of Flashback

Ikuto layed on his bed looking up at the ceiling. He didn't want to do what he did yesturday but, he had to. About that time his bedroom door opened and Kazoumi walked in, a smirk on his face. Ikuto sat up and looked at him. "What do you want?"

"I just want to say I'm proud of you Ikuto. You finally found one of those guys the other day. What you did was the right thing Ikuto" Kazoumi said with a smile. "We finally killed one, nine more to go" Kazoumi said. With that, he walked out the room, shutting the door behind him.

Ikuto sighed. He almost forgot. Yesturday he finally found one of the guys. So, he did what Kazoumi told him to do and shot him. It wasn't the right thing to do, he knew that but, he hated keeping this a secret from Amu.

Ikuto smiled to hisself thinking about the day they first met. At the bridge. Her big mouth stopped him from doing something bad.

"Amu" Ikuto said to hisself, sitting up from his bed.

"You saved me that day. Your my hero..."

...

Amu sat at the kitchen table, stirring her soup slowly. Nadeshiko, Kukai, and Yaya left about three hours ago and her mom, dad, and Ami just got home.

"Sissy!"

Amu looked over at her little sister Ami who had a bright smile on her face. Amu knew what she wanted. So, with a smile, she gave her bowl of soup to Ami who smiled happily at her. "Thank you sissy!" Ami squelled before sitting down at the table, eating the soup.

Amu nodded and stood up from the table, looking over at her who was washing dishes.

"I'll be in my room mom" Amu said as her mom nodded.

"Okay sweetie!"

Amu walked upstaires and went into her bedroom. With a loud sigh, she layed down on her bed, looking up at the ceiling. She frowned when Ikuto poped into her head. Ever since what happen yesturday, she's been thinking about him non stop.

What he told her, that didn't seem like him. Ikuto would never yell at her like that! Never! Amu sat up from her bed, a determined look in her eyes. She was going to find out what was wrong with Ikuto. She don't care if she was going to find out the easy way or hard way. She didn't care! She just wanted to know what happen the other day.

"Ikuto" Amu said quitely to herself, looking over towards her window.

"I don't know when I'll see you again. But, I hope it's soon. I'm not going to give up on you" Amu said with a small smile.

"Because, I love you."

Okay that was it! I hoped you liked it! Now please review! I havn't been getting that many reviews lately and it makes me sad :'( lol Thanks for reading! More reviews=more chapters!