A/N: Hope you all had a great Thanks Giving. I did and I had a long over night sleep till just before lunch time. And what makes it better is that I don't have school today so yay for me! Thank you i-is-monstarr-RAWR, and kamikorosuXP for the awesome reviews.

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Chapter 29: A Broken Heart.

It was silent inside the elevator. We didn't speak. I guess there was nothing to say-

"The boss…"

Guess Amu wanted to talk…

"Ikuto, what kind of person is the boss? A man? A woman?"

Ikuto looks over to her with a small frown.

"I think it's a man."

"You think?"

Tadase asks, getting us to look over to him.

"I thought you'd met the boss in person."

"I did, but there was a bamboo blind between us. I only know his voice. The boss never shows his face to anyone."

Ikuto answers, hands in his pockets. Tadase frowns at this as I look down at my shoes.

"So no one thought to question him? They just obeyed…"

"The boss power is that strong."

Kiseki added, while I thought about it. If the guy is that strong could he take a life without anyone questioning that? I hope not. I didn't notice Amu was frowning deeply now in thought.

"Amu, don't worry!"

"We're with you the whole way!"

Her Characters said, getting Amu to look over at them.

"You guys-!"

We then heard a ding and look over to see the elevator door opening, showing us a huge room. On the other side of the room was a bamboo blind, just like Ikuto said and a chair behind it. It's kind of hard to see past the bamboo blind though…

"It's here. The boss's chambers."

Ikuto said and Tadase made the first move to run over to the bamboo blind and move it out of the way. But when we look over to the chair, no one was sitting there but there was something else in his place.

"He's not here?"

"What is this, a recorder?"

Miki ask while Su flew over to the mic of the recorder and started speaking in it.

"Aaaahh, testing, 1, 2, 3…"

But it made Su's voice sound different!

"Whoa!"

"It's a voice changer."

"So he changed his voice to speak to us using this."

"He went that far to hide his identity?"

"Yeah. He's more setting then mysterious."

Ikuto said as Tadase looks around in place.

"This looks like the last room. Where did the executive go?"

Just then Rika, Kiki, Ran, and Kiseki found something in the room.

"Look! There's a hallway behind the curtain."

"A hidden hallway!"

"It must lead to the boss."

I heard Luluu whispers as we watch the others walk over to the hidden hallway.

"Will we won't find out just by standing here."

I said, now walking into the hidden hallway, found a door on the other side and open it. When we enter the room the walls had rolls of stack up glass boxes of rocks, diamonds, and much, much more inside.

"What's this? Rocks? There are so many of them."

Amu said as we look at the other side of the room to find Kazuomi and a big red chair with it's back facing us.

"You've arrived, eh? But it is too late. The Embryo is in our boss's hands!"

Kazuomi said, while I notice two small hands holding the Embryo from the red chair.

"So this is the Embryo…"

That voice… Why does it sound so young?

"That voice…"

Amu whisper, while the boss turns his chair over to look at us and we gasps.

"It's a child's voice…"

A kid? Is this some kind of a joke! Amu stare at the child in surprised as Ikuto looks over to Kazuomi in question.

"Executive director, what's this about?"

He asks but the old man only hmph back at him. The young child looks back at the Embryo in thought, before speaking to us.

"My name is Hikaru. I am the CEO of Easter, the one you call boss."

"The hell!"

"What! No way!"

I and Tadase shouted out in surprised.

"A small boy like that…"

Tadase started.

"Is the boss!"

Ikuto finished, surprised as well as Amu and our Characters are. Hikaru then glares at the Embryo.

"Hmph. So this is the Embryo? It's lamer then I expected."

He said and we gasp, seeing the Embryo losing its sparkle all of a sudden. Hikaru see this and gasps a small gasps as well.

"Oh. It stopped shining. How boring."

I wanted to beat the hell of that kid! He just tosses the Embryo away from him! Amu made the move to try to get the Embryo when all of a sudden cages fell from the top of the room and caught us in it!

"No!"

"Eek!"

"Hey!"

"What!"

We all shouted out in surprised as Kazuomi smirks darkly at us.

"Hmph, idiots. I won't let you get near him."

He said, taking a remote out from his pocket.

"Guys! Get the Embryo!"

Amu calls out to our Characters and they went and took the now crack Embryo away from Kazuomi and Hikaru.

"Why? I thought you wanted the Embryo."

Amu asks, talking to Hikaru who just got off his of seat and looks over to her.

"Pyroxene and jewels. This room is filled with rocks that are high in value. The collection would've been competed with the Embryo."

Hikaru answers, now glaring at the Embryo.

"But it was just a rock with no value. I lost interest. I don't need it."

He said as we started wondering why he wanted all these rocks.

"Jewels? Collection?"

"No… Just for that… You were putting X on all those people's hearts to find it?"

Tadase and Amu asks, while I and Ikuto frown deeply. Hikaru on the other hand stop glaring at the Embryo and look away from everyone.

"I don't need things that have no value."

Hikaru simply answers and then looks over to Kazuomi with a blank look.

"Hoshina, you've proven to be incompetent. I don't need you anymore."

Kazuomi was eye widen and frowns deeply.

"No… It wasn't supposed to be like this!"

Kazuomi shouted out in fear. Mean while I was watching the two when my Characters poke me, getting me to look at them in question and notice they were pointing up. I slowly look up and gasp in fear, seeing a black Egg above us! I then look over to Amu in a panic and reach out my arm and poke her.

"What?"

Amu asks, looking over to me and I point up and she too, gasps as well.

"A black… Egg?"

Amu said out loud, getting the others to look up to see it.

"That's… The Egg that was controlling Ikuto!"

Tadase shouted, getting Ikuto to open his violin case to see that his violin wasn't dark looking anymore.

"So that's the Egg that came from the violin."

"Huh? That wasn't your Egg?"

Amu asks only to have Kazuomi answer her instead.

"It is something developed by Easter using a special Egg. But it's useless now too."

"I want that one."

Hikaru said, getting Kazuomi to look over to him in surprised.

"What!"

"Get that in place of the Embryo."

"What the heck? What is he asking for now!"

Amu snaps while I made fists with the bars of the cage. Kazuomi growls under his breath but did what he was told.

"Yes sir…"

He replied and takes his hand out to graph it when the black Egg attack him with a blast of black energy, pushing him away. The black Egg did the same thing to us as well, making us scream in pain.

"Whoa!"

"Shoot, this would cause…!"

Tadase stops, hearing the sound of glass being broken with the rocks and we all look around us to see it and it was falling everywhere!

"No!"

Hikaru shouted out in horror, looking around the falling glass and rocks.

"Hikaru!"

Kazuomi shouted, running right over to the child and covering him with his own body so he wouldn't get hurt. After the glass was done falling with the rocks Kazuomi look over to Hikaru in worry.

"Hikaru, are you okay?"

Only to get push away from him…

"Let go of me!"

Hikaru shouted, running over to the now broken rocks.

"My rocks… They're all broken!"

Hikaru shouted out in fear, picking the pieces of rocks in his hand.

"Why does he care so much about them?"

I heard Ran ask, getting Diamond to think of an answer.

"To that little boy… What could the rocks mean?"

Diamond question, while I watch the boy in pity.

"Hey!"

Amu call out to him, making the boy stops for a second and look over to Amu with a glare.

"I know that man sucks, but he worked for you. Even now, he protected you!"

Amu shouted, seeing Kazuomi looking at her with pain in his eyes. Hikaru look down at the floor, making fists.

"I wanted the Embryo. I don't need incompetent people who can't produce results!"

Hikaru said, not facing us. Just then we look up to see the black Egg getting stronger.

"The energy is increasing!"

"We can't do anything as long as we're caged."

Tadase and Kiseki said in worry as Ikuto and Yoru stare at the black Egg in thought.

"Ikuto… That Egg…."

"I see… That's…"

I heard Ikuto whisper something and he pull of out his violin and start to play a soft melody, making the black Egg calm down.

"The black Egg… Calmed down."

Amu whispers, while I look back over to Hikaru, seeing him look up at the black Egg as well.

"That Egg stopped too. It became a valueless piece of rock. I don't need the Embryo or the black Egg."

"You're wrong."

Amu started, getting everyone but Ikuto who was still playing to look over to her.

"The Embryo is not a jewel. The Embryo is-!"

"A magical Egg that fulfills dreams. Everyone Egg of dreams."
Came Tsukasa, who was walking over to Hikaru from out of no where. He smiles at the boy.

"I came here today… to ask for the pages of the story book back. Do you remember?"

He asks, but then Hikaru look down at the floor with a frown.

"Do you remember now?"

Tsukasa asks, now in front of Hikaru who was still looking down at the floor.

"I met you in the past? I don't know anything about a useless book."

Tsukasa bends down on his knees and points at where Hikaru's heart is at, making him look up at the older man.

"But not now, when you're like this. Because your heart is empty."

He said but the child only looks away with fists. Tsukasa sighs at this in return.

"Then let's tell a story. The story of Hikaru."

He started, while we watch him stand up.

"Easter Corporation. An international corporation founded by the Hoshina family. Soko Hoshina is the only daughter of the previous CEO. Aruto, the man she chose as her husband… Loved music more then running a company. And then there was a man… Looking at Aruto, but not of jealousy or envy. That man… Was named Kazuomi Ichinomiya. Executive Director Hoshina, it was you."

Tsukasa said, having us all look over to Kazuomi.

"Exactly."

Kazuomi agreed, continuing the story himself.

"I worked for Easter since my father's generation and supported its expansion from behind the scenes. But what would happen if the company went to that man?"

He asks but we didn't answer so he went on.

"Everything would be ruined! Everyone knows the fable of 'The Ant and the Grasshopper.' The ants work all summer while the grasshopper just plays his fiddle. That man is a grasshopper. I couldn't bear to leave the company to him. I felt that my son, who was working for Easter just like me, would be a better successor then Aruto. Just as I was feeling that way… A sudden car accident took my son, his wife and my wife. I was in

despair but was left with one hope. Hikaru, my only grandson."

We were eye widen at that. His grandson!

"Soon after that, CEO Hoshina passed away. And Aruto Tsukiyomi went missing. Just when I found out on that day, I heard Hikaru crying so I walk over to him, pick him up, and told him this.

'Don't cry! Today you become the King. Throw away those unnecessary tears!'"

Kazuomi said as Hikaru looks away again. Poor kid…

"You educated Hikaru strictly in order to make him the successor. But you have enemies within the company."

Tsukasa remind, seeing Kazuomi making fists. Tsukasa continued this story with a serious look on his face.

"Ikuto would become an adult faster and therefore he would be chosen as the true successor. That's when you thought… 'I should make him into a puppet.' You asked Soko to marry you in return for protecting the children. Am I wrong?"

Tsukasa asks, getting Ikuto to have look of total shock on his face. I would've been in the same mount of shock too if I was part of his family. I watch as Kazuomi graph his grandson's shoulder, making the boy eye widen at this action.

"So what if I did! I had to raise Hikaru to be the boss and protect Easter. That is my duty!"

"Don't touch me!"

Hikaru snaps, pushing his own grandfather away with a glare.

"You are an incompetent fool who couldn't fulfill my wish. You have no right to serve me. You are a useless human being!"

"Boss…"

Kazuomi didn't know what to say now.

"Those two only have each other left as family. But why do they have such a cold relationship?"

Tadase asks as I look down in sadness.

"Hikaru was taught to be above others. Kazuomi treated him not as a grandson but as his boss. This is the result of that strained relationship."

Tsukasa answers only to frown when Kazuomi glares at him.

"Shut up! I'm fine with this. You all will never understand how I feel!"

Kazuomi shouted, while I started to think about the story. He couldn't even touch the only family he had left… His own grandson. And Hikaru never depend on his own grandfather…

"That's… So lonely."

Amu whispers but Hikaru heard it anyways and look over to her with a blank look on his face.

"Lonely? That… Is an unnecessary emotion."

Amu's grip on the bars tightens.

"What Tsukasa said is true. Your heart does not have an Egg."

Amu looks at him with a smile, losing her strong grip on the bars.

"Hikaru, you said snacks are a waste and have no value. But I remember. You look so happy when we ate the taiyaki together. It's 'nutrition for your heart'. It's not a waste. Actually there is nothing that doesn't have value. Everything is here in life because someone needed it. There is meaning in why you were born. You are needed by someone."

Amu said, frowning when Hikaru glares at her.

"Needed… How could anyone say that?"

He asks, only to stare in surprise at what Amu did next.

"Then… I'll teach you."

Amu said, taking her hand out to him from in between the bars.

"It's okay. Come on."

Amu said as I stare at the two in silent. Just then Hikaru ran over to Kazuomi, took the remote away from him and pushes another bottom, getting the cages to lift itself up and away from us. Amu walk over to the boy and bend down in front of him, taking her hand out for him again and Hikaru looks over to her and shows her a crystal rock in his small hand but his hand was red from holding it so tightly.

"Oh no. You squeezed it so hard, your hands are red. Why do you collect rocks?"

Amu asks, while I took the Embryo from the Characters and held it in my hands, looking at it in thought.

"They fill in the voids."

"Voids?"

"There is nothing that I wish for that I cannot get. But… Every time I get something, I still feel a void within myself. That's why I collected pretty rocks to fill the voids. But no matter how much I collect, the emptiness won't go away."

I listen in, thinking. He blocks his own feelings off… That's why he has these voids all the time.

"They still won't go away…?"

Amu repeats but then smiles wider.

"I see. Hikaru… You wanted to fill your heart. With pretty, sparkly things, just like these rocks. I realized this not long ago. We all have family and friends. Feeling is believing in them, and loving them… The most beautiful jewel in the world wouldn't be able to fill the void in your heart. Because… Those feelings are the pretty treasures. And these treasures cannot be bought by someone. You have to find them in yourself and feel them."

Amu said, taking his small hand in hers. Just then Hikaru frowns deeply before speaking up.

"I really remember. What happens next in the storybook. The Egg went on a journey. To find its owner. But the journey was long, hard, and lonely. 'Maybe I'll stay lost. But… If I give up… Someone's heart would stay empty.' The Egg wipes its tears and stands up. And then…"

He stops for a moment; taking his hand out from Amu's and looks down with fists.

"That is a lie. My Egg never came back. My heart was empty from when I was born so it was never there."

"That's not true!"

Ran started, getting everyone to look over to Amu's Characters in surprised.

"Us Guardian Characters are always on your side!"

"It's just that you don't realize it!"

"If you believe it, an Egg would come back many times."

They said as I smile when Amu's Characters told me to come over to the two.

"Hand him the Egg please."

Diamond said and I nod my head in return and gave Hikaru the Embryo. Hikaru starts looking around it, frowning at the cracks on it.

"It has been shining… And looking for you!"

"This is mine?"

Hikaru ask and right after that, the Embryo's cracks disappear and it started to shine again.

"Whoa!"

"Oh!"

"That's…"

The Embryo's light then changes it into a normal Guardian Egg and flew inside Hikaru's heart.

"Hikaru's heart's Egg!"

Ikuto said in surprised as the Egg is now inside the child's heart when out of no where he started to have tears rolling down his cheeks. Kazuomi became worry and started running over to ask what's wrong when he stops, seeing his only grandson cry for the first time in years.

"Hikaru… You were lonely. For a long time."

Amu said and that made Kazuomi realize what he had done all this time and looks down in shame.

"Was I… Wrong?"

Tsukasa answered that, walking over to Kazuomi.

"He wasn't allowed to cry. And he chased away his own heart. Without knowing how sad and lonely that would be. Without knowing unconditional love or happiness…"

Kazuomi made a fist, blaming himself for this mess.

"What… Can I do now?"

"It's simple."

Was all Tsukasa said and Kazuomi knew what he had to do. He walks over to Hikaru and held him in his arms.

"Hikaru. Hikaru… I'm so sorry. Please… Forgive… Your grandfather."

Kazuomi begged as the others started to smile warmly. I was already smiling warmly… Seeing Hikaru wrap his arms around his grandfather's neck.

"So in the end, that wasn't the Embryo?"

Kiseki asks, and Tadase shook his head.

"No."

"But… It's still a happy ending!"

Said Amu with her warm smile.

A/N: Not much to say about any facts of this chapter… Seeya guys till Monday!