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Chapter 8

Ikuto's POV

It was a beautiful Saturday morning which meant no school for Amu and I. Amu was up and already dressed, heading down to the dining room for some breakfast.

I followed her down and went over to my cat food, eating it slowly. It was definitely shit compared to human food.

"Amu, goodness!" Amu's mother walked into the kitchen in her pajamas, her husband following close behind her. "Your already dressed? On a weekend?"

Amu looked up from her breakfast to her parents. "Yeah, I am going to go and hang out with my friends at the park." She quickly finished her breakfast and then kissed her parents and little sister Ami goodbye before running out the door.

Ami accidentally got food on her face. Her parents squealed and got out the camera taking pictures of her.

I ran off, jumping out of the window and following after Amu.

Amu's POV

I ran up to my friends who were standing in a circle chatting next to a bench. "Hey guys!" I exclaimed.

"Amu-chi!" Yaya ran over and hugged me. I hugged her back laughing.

Tadase walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek causing me to blush. "Have you decided to join Amu?"

"Well... I want some more time to think, and my last egg has yet to hatch..."

Tadase smiled at me. "I understand, but to try and convince you, we have a present."

I looked at their smiling faces, confused. "A present? You didn't have to, really."

Tadase brought out a small box wrapped in red and white stripped paper, a white ribbon tied neatly around it.

I hesitantly took the box, and slowly unwrapped it. When I finally took off the paper I took the lid off of the brown box. Inside was a lock, it was beautiful, it shined brightly in the sun, causing a slight rainbow effect off of its crystal front. "Wow..." I took it out slowly, looking it over. "Thank you guys, it is beautiful." I tried opening it, but it refused to open. That was when I noticed the key hole.

"The key is here!" Tadase exclaimed reaching in his coat pocket and pulling out a heart shaped key with a crystal head that matched the locket's front. He tried to open the lock but it would not open. "Hmm... guess its not the right time..."

"Not the right time? Huh?" I was utterly confused. "I am really confused!"

Before they could explain a cat sped past and snatched the key away then ran off and up a tree.

"Ah! The humpty key! Quickly, after that cat!" Tadase ordered, soon we were chasing after the cat.

Ikuto's POV

I had been laying in a tree above Amu and her friends, watching her from above as she greeted them with hugs and Tadase gave her a kiss on the cheek. I let out a small hiss. Then he brought out a small box and handed her a shiny lock that caught my interest. I jumped over to another, lower branch to get a closer look.

"The key is here!" Tadase exclaimed reaching in his coat pocket and pulling out a heart shaped key with a crystal head the matched the locket's front. My eyes widened when I saw the key.

Flashback...

I was just a kitten, probably a month old at the time. I was playing with my sister in an alley, my parents watching us as they talked.

Then, my father called me over. "Son, come here."

I happily ran over to my father. "Yes dad?"

"I want to give you something, its something to remember me by." He walked over to a box and pulled out a heart shaped key with a shiny crystal head. My eyes grew large at the sight of the key.

I ran over to him and nuzzled his face with my small head. "Thanks dad! What is it?"

"It is a key that my master gave me before he died." He grabbed the chain with his mouth and placed it over my head. The weight of the key pulled me down face first. "Hahaha.. You'll grow in to it.

I smile at him. "Thank you dad, this is awesome!" I ran over to my sister showing off the key.

...

Never did I think that would be the last time I would ever see my father.. The next day he died from a heart disease.

My father once was a house cat, but when his master died, he had to live on the streets. He lived on the streets for years, barely making it every day.

Then one day, when running from an angry person for stealing some food, he spotted her. My mother.

She was a beautiful white house cat. She was sitting inside her house next to a large window, looking out. She was a very pampered cat, spoiled and loved almost to death. She hated it though, so everyday she would escape her crazy family and go to her favorite spot next to the front window to think.

Their eyes met, and they knew, they were meant for each other.

My father snuck her out of her home one night, and she never went back.

...

When my father died, my mother worked hard to help us learn to survive the streets.

One day, I had wandered into a dark alley looking for food, when dogs jumped out and tried to attack me.

I ran, but my dad's key fell from my neck, I couldn't get it back or else I would die.

When I knew I lost the dogs, I ran back to get my dad's keepsake, but a tall man with blond hair found it and picked it up, admiring its' beauty. Then he took it. That was the last I saw of it, until now...

End Flashback

I jumped out of the tree and ran up to Tadase, snatching the key from his hand and then booked it.

"Ah! The humpty key! Quickly, after that cat!" Tadase ordered.

They chased me for a while, but I hopped over a wall and lost them.

I dropped the key on the ground and took a second to catch my breath.

"Oh look, its a cat..."

I grab the key and look up to find a group of mutts walking out of the shadows, teeth bared and growling.

A pit bull attacks me and causes my face to bleed.

I back against the wall, hairs on end as I hiss at them. "Go away..." Then I remember, my whistle! I blow into it and soon find myself growing into my human self.

"What the hell?" A dog yells backing away.

I fully turn into my human self then reach over and grab a metal bar. "Leave, now." I threaten.

The dogs turn on their heels, their tails between their legs.

"Ikuto!" Yoru yells floating over to me. "Here!" He throws me my clothes and I quickly get dressed, and just in time.

Amu and the others run around the corner to find me bending over to pick up my key.

"Ikuto! That key, it belongs to Tadase! Please give it back!" Amu asks walking up to me.

Tadase walks up next to her. "What were you doing in this alley?"

"Your face! Your bleeding!" Amu exclaimed. She reached into her purse and pulled out a handkerchief, dabbing my face. "There, its a little better... oh wait, its bleeding again. I guess you will come home with me and I will get a first aid kit to clean it up."

I am pulled up to Amu's room, sneaking past her family. She sits me on her bed and then runs to the bathroom to retrive the first aid kit.

"Here!" She says smiling.

She reaches in and pulls out some stuff to clean it.

I hiss when she dabs my face with it.

"Sorry, should of warned you, but there, all done!" She says smiling proudly at her work.

I reach up and touch where the cut was once to find a band-aid on top. "Thank you, Amu."

Amu blushes slightly. "I-It was nothing, any normal person could do it."

I pull her close to me and place my forehead on hers.

"W-What are you doing?" She yells, pushing herself from me.

"You don't feel warm.. are you sure your not, sick?" I ask worriedly.

"I'm fine! Now go home! See you tomorow at school!" She says pushing me out of her balcony window.

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