A/N: Thanks to Hime Cullen Tsukiyomi and Lily ann () for reviewing! If you have any advice or ideas you have, send them to me! Thanks!

Ikuto POV's

I wandered the alleyways with Yoru floating beside me. I had just finished another meeting with Gozen, and as usual, he was ordering me to find the embryo for our master. Tch. And I haven't even met him yet. Oh well, now that the boring stuff is over with, what should I do now? Visit Utau? No, Easter will use her as a tool against me to do whatever they want. Amu's house? What for..hm…I need an excuse. While I was contemplating, I noticed the Kiddy King Tadase walking home. Looks like dinner came to me tonight. I chuckled to myself and chara changed with Yoru who looked forward to teasing Kiseki as well.

"Yo, Kiddy King." Tadase jumped, and looked in my direction. I flinched mentally. He looked ghastly ill. His eyes were dead, as if he could expect nothing more to come out of life.

"Hello. Tsukiyomi-san. Good-bye." He turned to leave. Irritated, I turned him to face me again and asked what was going on. "Nothing," he replied.

"Bullshit. I want an explanation. Did something happen to Amu?" I questioned.

"Nothing," he repeated. Walking away, he called, "And even if something did happen, what would you do about it?"

Normal POV

The next day at school, the guardians had yet another meeting, but with a surprise visitor.

"Inchou!" cried Yaya.

"Koniichiwa," greeted Nagihiko. Rima said nothing.

"Musashi-san! How have you been?" asked the shugo charas.

"Has Amu still not contacted you?" asked Kairi right off the bat. If it was possible, the mood dropped even more.

"No."

"I asked my sister to see if she knew anything, since Amu and Utau do talk sometimes, but she never heard anything. Neither did Utau. But I do have some ideas. Since she's going on her own, and obviously wants to stay hidden, she'd probably stay in a city like Osaka or Kobe."

Rima stood up suddenly causing her chair to fall down. Tears streamed down her face and she yelled, "I said no! We should leave her alone! She would be happier! Let's look for her later! Maybe she'll come back by then!" Rima ran out of the Royal Garden and Nagihiko chased after her. Yaya left as well, but Kairi and Tadase stayed behind to discuss anyways.

Ikuto's POV

So Amu left. I had eavesdropped on the guardian meeting, and had heard everything. Including the part of the samurai-boy's deductions. Why would Amu leave? I waited for all the guardians to leave to snoop around.

When they finally did, I jumped in through the window and found a letter on the table, as if waiting for me. I quickly read it in the moonlight. I felt sorely tempted to crumple it, but I left it on the table again and jumped out of the Royal Garden, as they called it. As I walked in the streets, I began to wonder why Amu would leave and not tell the reason why, even to her parents. Perhaps I should go look for her I mused. But who knows where she is. Yoru trailed behind thinking, Where is Miki?

Six Years Later…

"Congratulations to our new graduates of Seiyo High!"

Hats were thrown in the air as people were congratulated and crying since high school was now over. However, as soon as the ceremony had ended, Tadase, Rima,Yaya, Kukai, Nagihiko, and Kairi went inside the Royal Garden. (A/N: This is probably a bad time to mention this, but for this fanfic, they're all the same age, except Kukai, Utau and Ikuto. This is now the graduation for the rest). This would probably be the last time, before they set on their trip to find Amu. They had suffered for six years, quietly. People around them had noticed, and kept their distance. The group was revered still, but no one had actually become their friend. Hinamori Amu was a touchy subject to bring up and no one wanted to face the wrath of the Guardians at the beginning. Starting as soon as they could, the group saved up their money. When high school was over, they would find Amu by going all over Japan first. They had enough money for that at least. Their shugo charas had still remained with them, since they had not changed much, except their continuous agony over Amu's good-bye.

Over the years, all of them had matured. Their looks were as beautiful as ever, but everyone had grown up mentally as well. Amu's desertion had left a huge hole in their hearts, and the continuous rate of X-eggs brought back memories.

"Ready everyone?" asked Tadase.

"Hai."

"Then let's…"

"WAIT!"

"Eru! Iru! Utau and…Tsukiyomi-san?!" gasped the past-Guardians.

"We want to go with you," stated Utau plainly. "I have enough money to last us several trips around the world."

"But what about your career?" asked Kukai?

"It can wait. I already explained to Sanjou-san. She agreed since all we're doing for the next month or so is advertising for a huge concert coming up."

"Why are you coming, you thieving cat?" asked Tadase with a glare.

"Still with the nicknames, Kiddy King?" smirked Ikuto. "Anyways. Easter believes it's closer to finding the embryo with the technology. I have struck a bargain with Gozen for a month. Let's just call this a…well-earned vacation."

"No! We don't need your help! Amu…" started Rima.

"Mashiro-san. We DO need his help. A bigger group will increase the chances of finding the Joker. Also, the funding will be handy, since we never know what might happen," concluded Kairi.

"Fine," said Rima. She looked up at Ikuto glaring. "If anything happens because of you, and we cannot find Amu, I will make you regret your decision." Ikuto shrugged nonchalantly.

"Well it's settled then. Inchou, we're going to Osaka first, right?" asked Nagihiko.

"Yes. It's a well-populated city, easy to hide in. Amu might be attracted to that city."

And with that, they left for the airport with their baggage to find Amu after six years.

A/N: That ending was corny, but I'm running low on time. I have no idea what to do for pairings. Give me some ideas please! Review!