Shadow: -opens door and walks in- Hello…? Minna?

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Shadow: -sighs- Don't tell me they disappeared…-.-; I finally find a way to get off my other story and the characters here are gone as well… People, I'm sorry I haven't updated Broken Wings in a while. I sorta ran out of ideas and got lazy? Err….-sweatdrops- So I'll try to make this chapter atleast 10 pages.


"What are you going to do now, Haruko?" Hiro cackled. Tsuki whimpered and tried to get out of his clutches. I growled.

"Hiro! Let her go."

"And what if I don't?" he mocked. I stayed silent. He smirked. "You can't stop me. It's hopeless. Now…I command you to grant my wish." He looked at Tsuki, who just kept struggling to escape. He growled and tightened his grip on her. "Look here you idiotic little egg! Grant my wish or else!"

Tsuki winced. I ran toward Hiro. "Tsuki!"

"Stay back!" Hiro raised his scythe. "Hell's Flames!"

I cried in pain as I was hit. "Haruko!" Everyone yelled. I fell to the ground, noticing a shadow looming over me. I looked up and saw that it was Hiro.

"This is the end…Haruko…" he glowered. The blade of his scythe neared my neck. Everyone stared at us with wide eyes. Ikuto snapped out of it and tsked.

"Amu!" he yelled. The pink haired girl blinked as Ikuto grabbed the lock.

"Iku-" As the key neared the lock, a bright light shined brightly and blinded all of us. All of a sudden, Ikuto, Tadase, Hiro, Amu, and I were all trapped in some glass orbs.

"Wahh! Where are we?" Amu yelled.

"This is the energy coming from the lock and key…" Ikuto was the only one who was acting calm. His eyes widened when he saw something. "That's-!!"

We looked at where Ikuto was staring at and saw an image of a familiar little blue haired boy, alone in darkness with his head down. "Ikuto…?!"

The background changed to show him and a crying little blonde girl. "Why isn't mommy going to sleep with us?"

"The doctors said her health is getting worse."

"No! I wanna see her!! Dad left too! What's going to happen now?!" she yelled.

"Utau. Don't cry." Ikuto said. "Or else others will pity us."

"Is it….is it bad to be pitied…?"

The scene changed again to show Utau and Ikuto walking along a path with voices speaking out. "Oh…how pitiful…" "They're so young.." "I pity them…"

Ikuto turned away and clutched his ears, not wanting to hear anymore. "No…stop saying that… we're not pitiful…!" he cried.

A new voice came. "You're not pitiful at all." Ikuto's eyes opened and he looked back. It showed Tsukasa talking to the smaller Ikuto. "Look at it this way: Everyone, at sometime in their lives, has to leave their parents and be independent. It could happen early in life, or later."

"Really Tsukasa…" an annoyed voice spoke. Tadase's mom walked to them. "Don't you think it's a little weird to hang out with such small children?"

"Even though I'm taking care of them…I can't feel happy about it. They're not innocent or charming at all. That's what you're thinking, huh sis?" Tadase's mother stuttered in denial, but gave up and walked away. Ikuto looked at Tsukasa in amazement. Tsukasa smiled.

"You're thinking, "How did he know that?", right?" Ikuto jumped a little. "I know because…I'm not a grown up." Ikuto stood up and walked away. "Eh? Are you going somewhere? Okay, be careful."

The young kitty stopped walking when he was near the entrance to the small forest. His eyes glimmered with bewilderment as a strangely designed egg appeared in his hands. "What is…this?"

"Ikuto!" the sudden voice made him almost drop the egg. He put it in his pocket before turning around, only to be face to face with Tsukasa again. "Neh, Ikuto. Your father's violin…I got it from your mother at the hospital. I'm sure your dad wanted you to have this."

Ikuto looked solemnly at the black case in his hands. "I don't care…dad hurt mommy and Utau."

"Hmm… do you know what happiness is? Do you know unhappiness? Was your father happy to leave you?" Ikuto looked down. "Don't you want to know…about your father?"

Ikuto looked up. "..my…father…?"

Tsukasa smiled and held out a hand. "Come…let's go look for it…your father's true feelings…shall we?"

"Onii-tan! Wait!" A little Tadase tried running after Ikuto. The blue haired boy took one last look before facing forward. He started running as fast as he could, not wanting to hear the little boy's pleas any longer.

'Utau….Tadase…Gomenasai!'


"WHAT?!" Ikuto yelled as he glared at Tsukasa, who just rubbed his head in embarrassment. "How can we not have any more money?! What are we going to do about food and shelter!!? This has nothing to do with my dad at all!"

Tsukasa put his hand on his cheeks and giggled. "Ikuto, when you yell like that, you're just like your father…Anyway, we'll manage. At least we have this sky to look at."

Ikuto pouted. "But if we stay here any longer, we'll freeze to death…" He took out the violin. "I guess there's no choice then…" he mumbled and positioned his instrument before playing.

People started gathering around the fountain, admiring the child's special talent. The began tossing him candy and money. Once he was done, people clapped and some even patted Ikuto on the head.

"Ah! Good job Ikuto!" Tsukasa cheered. Ikuto held the case in his arm.

"Come on. Let's go…" he mumbled.

Ikuto and Tsukasa traveled to a lot of places. In one place, while Ikuto was playing, an old woman came up to him and showed him a tattered old photo. Ikuto's eyes widened when he recognized the man in the picture. "Father…?!"

"Aruto was once working at that old woman's shop." Tsukasa explained as they stopped to rest at a bench. "You know…that's Aruto's violin. The people in the shop probably made a lot of money because of his music. After their daughter got married, the shop closed, and she said if she could meet him again, she would tell him: "Thank you for making everyone happy." Ikuto…your father's violin didn't make anyone unhappy."

Tears ran down Ikuto's cheeks. Tsukasa put a hand on his shoulder. "You were always holding onto your pain and tears alone. It's okay for someone to sympathize you. Because…"

"You're free!" a little voice yelled out. Ikuto looked up. The strange egg that appeared in front of Ikuto hatched and a little human-like cat came out. "Yo Ikuto! My name is Yoru! I'm your guardian character!"

"…Yoru…?" Ikuto wondered. Yoru noticed something and looked to his right. Ikuto followed and noticed two men in black suits and sunglasses.

"We finally found you…Tsukiyomi Ikuto."(note: since ch.38 isn't translated yet(not published either, but I saw a preview) I'm going to make the rest up^^;)

"I don't like this guy…nya…" Yoru mumbled. Ikuto hid behind Tsukasa.

"Looks like we were found…" Tsukasa said, looking a little worried. "What are you people from Easter doing all the way here? Were you people wondering where we were? We just wanted to travel around…"

"Ikuto needs to come back to us. What were you thinking, Amakawa? Taking a child with you…his family is worried, thinking that he disappeared and will never come back…like his father." Ikuto tightened his grip.

"Now…that's what I was wondering…did Aruto really disappear? Ikuto was wondering the same thing. That's why I took him with me."

"He'll still have to come back. You see…his mom, Souko, has gotten better and agreed to marry Kazuomi."

"…mother…married another man…?" Ikuto was shocked, and also a bit angry that his own mom betrayed him and his father.

"Yes. So…Ikuto." One man held out his hand. "Come with us. You wouldn't want to upset your new father, would you? Ikuto?"

"Stop it!" Ikuto yelled and turned away. We looked at him as the memory was beginning to fade. "That man is not my father! Mother betrayed my real father!"

My eyes widened when I saw a side of Ikuto I never seen before. Tears started rolling down his cheeks as he curled up. Yoru floated next to him and patted his head. It looked like he was crying a little too. "Ikuto…daijoubu... Aruto is still out there. I know it…" Ikuto calmed down a little and he lied there, still curled up as we were all floating in a gold realm that contained the lock and key's energy. Slowly…his eyes softened and he and Yoru fell asleep.

"Ikuto…" I murmured.

"Neh! Neh! Oba-chan! I picked this flower for you!" A new voice yelled. We turned around to see a tiny Tadase running towards an old woman.

"Oba-chan…" he muttered as he continued to look at the memory. The elderly woman turned around as Tadase held out the little white daisy.

"Thank you." she said as she bent down and took the fragile flower. Tadase smiled.

"Neh…oba-chan. Do you want to hear onii-tan play his violin? He promised he would play for Utau and me after he comes back from lessons."

"I have a lot of work to do, so I can't." she said and walked away. Tadase looked down.

"Oh…"


"Onii-tan! Welcome back!" Tadase cheered as he and Utau ran to him. Utau pushed him before he was about to hug him. Tadase whimpered in pain as Utau clung onto her brother.

"Ikuto! Welcome back! Did you miss your imouto?" she cuddled next to him. Ikuto managed to get out of her clutches and kneeled down to pat Tadase on the head.

"Don't cry." He gave a small smiled. "I'll still play the violin for you. You can pick a song, if you want."

"Eh?!" Utau yelled. "But Ikuto! You said that I could choose."

"Well, I decided it should be Tadase's turn." Utau started whining. "Utau…apologize to Tadase." She pouted.

"Fine…" she mumbled. She bowed her head. "I'm sorry…" Ikuto stood up and patted her too.

"Good." Utau flashed a big smile and glomped him. "U-utau…! Get off!" Tadase blinked and giggled as he decided to join in on the fun and also hugged his onii-tan.


"-Kikoeru wa…koi no rizum-"

"STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!!" A voice screamed half way of Ikuto's playing and Utau's singing. Tadase and Utau flinched as Tadase's mom entered the room. "I thought I told you, no violin playing in this house! It's annoying! That violin is bad luck! You'll make us all suffer! You'll even disappear like your father!!"

Ikuto lowered his violin a little as he continued hearing Mizue's yelling.


"Oba-chan…is onii-tan's violin really cursed?" Tadase asked his grandma, who was arranging white lilies.

"That's just a superstition. A musical instrument cannot control people's lives. Mizue is just tired. That's why the rumor is bothering her."

"Rumor?" Tadase tilted his head.

"It was said that Tsukiyomi Aruto's violin brings bad luck. Some say that his music will make people get sick or die…and that curse made Aruto go away from his family. It's just a rumor, so don't let it bother you, okay?"

"Okay!" Tadase said confidently. He heard barking outside the window. He turned to see a golden dog wagging her tail. "Ah! Betty! Do you want to go for a walk?" She barked. "Stay right there!"

Just as Tadase was walking out the door, he noticed someone hesitantly walking away. He blinked. "Onii-tan? Where are you going?" Ikuto turned back a little, making Tadase notice the big violin case strapped on his back. "An adult's violin…?" Ikuto began walking away. "Wait! Onii-tan! Where are you going? Onii-ta-" Tadase fell when he tried running to him.

Ikuto turned to him, but then ran away. "Onii-tan!!"


(Years later, when Tadase was in fourth grade)

"I'm home." Tadase spoke as he entered the door. It was silent for some reason. Kiseki floated next to him.

"It doesn't seem that anyone's around…" he said. Suddenly, they heard a melody coming from the back. Tadase blinked.

"That piece of music…it can't be…" He ran out to the garden. "Onii-sa-!" Tadase stopped his sentence when he saw Ikuto lowering his bow and Betty lying on the ground, unconscious. "B-betty…" he checked her. "Sh-she's not breathing…"

Ikuto was just looking at them. Tadase looked at him. "W-why didn't you save her. You were watching the whole time.."

Suddenly, there was a loud shriek coming from Tadase's mom. "Help! Someone! Grandmother has…!"

Tadase turned. "Grandma?!"

Paramedics came and took Tadase's grandmother to an ambulance. Mizue turned to Ikuto, pointing her finger. "YOU BLACK CAT!! YOU BROUGHT BAD LUCK TO ALL OF US! GET OUT AND NEVER COME BACK!!!!"

"M-mother…please calm do-" Tadase's eyes widened when he noticed something tangling from Ikuto's hand. "My Dumpty Key! Onii-san…my dad gave that to me. Please give it back."

"Tadase! Get in the car! Don't let him get to you!" Mizue warned as she dragged Tadase away. Ikuto turned his back and began walking away.

"Onii-san!!!" Tadase called out.


"He left us again…" Tadase mumbled, a few tears rolling down his face. "And he still never explained why. He never told us why he left and hurt us all…" He closed his eyes.

"A-ah! Tadase-kun! Wake up!" Amu said.

"Everyone's falling asleep after their past is shown…so I guess it's no use…" I mumbled.

"Then…who's next?" Amu wondered. Hiro just stared at the new memory that was appearing.

"Amu! Can you take care of Ami?" Amu's mom asked as she handed the crying baby to her. "I really need a break. She's been crying all day."

"Okay." Amu sighed as she looked at her baby sister. Ami sniffled a bit, and smiled, giggling. "There we g-" Amu winced as Ami grabbed a lock of her hair and pulled it hard. "A-ami!!" Amu set her down on the floor and glared at her. "Don't do that! That's very bad!"

Ami's smile disappeared and she began to cry. "Amu! Why is Ami crying?" Her dad came into the room and grabbed the infant to comfort her. "There, there my little birdy! Everything's alright! Look! Daddy's funny face!" He stuck his tongue out and made funny sounds with his eyes wide open.

Ami giggled. Amu's mom came back. "Amu! Don't scold at Ami!"

"But she pulled my hair…"

"She's still an infant. She doesn't know any better." Amu's dad explained.

"Well, she's a dummy then." Amu crossed her arms.

"Amu!" her parents scolded. She flinched as Ami started to cry again. "You will learn to respect your little sister. Apologize to her and then go to your room."

"But-"

"Now. Amu." Her dad warned. She gave a small glared to Ami.

"Sorry…" she mumbled before walking up the stairs to her room. She closed the door and jumped on her bed.

'It's not fair! It's always Ami this, Ami that. They're not caring about me anymore... Ami's not even that special! Just because she's a baby and all…'

"It's just not fair…" she mumbled with a tear falling onto her pillow.


"That's right…Ami was the only subject to my parents…" Amu's hand slid down the glass. "They never paid attention to me…even now…" Her eyes drooped and she and her charas dozed off.

I looked at Hiro. "Looks like…we're the only ones left…"

He scoffed. "And you think it's related to what the next memory's going to be? You're such an idiot."

"Oh. And like you're not one yourself?" I mocked.

"If this orb thing wasn't surrounding me, you'd be blasted into bits by now."

"And you'd explode from the lock's energy." It was silent for a while. "…neh…Hiro…"

"What?!" He snapped. I glared.

"Well, I was going to ask you nicely, but now never mind. Why are you always a stuck up asswipe?

"Why are you an annoying little brat?"

"I'm an annoying little brat because you ruined my life back home!"

"Well, I'm a stuck up asswipe because-" Hiro stopped himself. I raised a brow.

"Because of…what?"

"It's nothing." He said immediately.

"But-"

"Look! Just shut up! It's none of your business!!" I looked down, but then my ears perked up when I recognized a voice.

"Hiro... What kind of grade is this?" I noticed that a new memory finally appeared. I blinked.

"Mom…?" Hiro's eyes widened as he swiftly looked at the image that was being displayed.

"No…why that…?" he murmured.

"Sorry mom…" the young Hiro looked down as he was being scolded for getting a C on a test. Our mom threw the paper on the table and crossed her arms.

"This is the 3rd C you've gotten on a test this week. You have to do better in classes."

"I know…"

"Oh really? What do you know?" she asked cockily.

"That I have to study to be the best in all of my classes."

"Then prove it. From now on, I want you to focus on your schoolwork. You really have to stop playing your little games and work real hard so your little sister will look up to you and do well too. What if she's also going to slack off her homework? It's going to be all your fault."

Her words made Hiro cringe. Suddenly, there was crying in the other room. "Honey! Haruko spilled food all over the floor." Hiro's dad called out.

"Hold on. I'll be right there." Mom stood up and looked at Hiro once more. "Remember. Do well in school. You wouldn't want to be a failure and disappoint your family, would you?" And with that, she left.

Hiro looked at the test on the table, grabbed it, and angrily threw it in the trash can. "Stupid tests…stupid school…whoever made them is stupid…"

'It's going to be all your fault...You wouldn't want to be a failure and disappoint your family, would you?'

Hiro tightened his fist as Mom's words repeated in his head. He looked down. "I don't want to be a disappointment to them…but how am I going to prove to them?"

"With the help of me of course." A voice said. Hiro looked up and noticed that a white egg with white angel wings appeared before him. It cracked open to reveal a small chibi person who had spiky black hair with white streaks, a black jacket and pants, a white shirt inside, and white angel wings. "Nice to meet you Hiro. I'm Kazuhiko, your guardian character."

"Guardian character?" Hiro wondered as Kazuhiko floated around the room.

"Yup. Or, your would-be self, to put it simply. I'm here to help you with your schoolwork and stuff. I'll teach you so that you can become the best student in your class and not be a failure like your mom said you would be."

"Why should I be listening to you? You're not even as tall as my little sister!" Hiro crossed his arms. Kazuhiko sighed.

"Why must my owner be a stubborn brat?" he muttered. He took off his glasses and cleaned the lens with his sleeve. "Look at it this way: if you let me help you, you'll get better grades, if you won't, you'll just keep getting bad grades and scolded at by your mom over and over. Which will it be?"

Hiro pouted and looked down to think. Minutes passed, and he finally looked up. "Fine. I'll let you help me…"

"Good."


The next day, Hiro was in his room, glaring at his chara. "What do you mean? Can't you just tell me the answers?"

"No. I can't! You won't learn anything if I just tell you them. Come on, it's really easy. Just follow the rules. Now, what does Dad, Mom, Sister, and Brother stand for when dividing?"

"Err…divide, multiply, simplify-"

"Wrong!" Kazuhiko poked Hiro hard on the head. "It's Subtract."

Hiro rubbed his sore forehead and glared. "You're an annoying little pixie, you know that right?"

"I thought I told you last time, I'm not a pixie, I'm a guardian character." Hiro rolled his eyes and looked back at his math homework.

"Well…atleast division is making sense now…" he muttered as he wrote in the answer.

"That's because I'm helping you now." Kazuhiko floated down and dragged a blue folder in front of Hiro. "Now I'm going to help you with cause and effect."


"Good job Hiro!" Our dad praised once he saw Hiro's report card. Each subject was an A+ and the comments said that Hiro really improved well and that he was the top student in class.

Hiro smiled proudly as he was patted on the head. Kazuhiko sighed and rested on Hiro's shoulder. "It was all thanks to me… don't I deserve any admiration too?"

His owner chuckled and ran out of the room, happy. He ran passed his 7 year old sister, not noticing her crumple up a piece of yellow paper and throwing it in the trash can.

Hiro closed the door to his room and laid on his bed. He gave out a long sigh. "It's been so long since I could rest like this..."

"You've been studying too hard, that's why." Kazuhiko stated. Hiro nodded and closed his eyes.

"But atleast everyone's happy now, right? Mom and dad are proud of my improvement."

"You're forgetting one person." Hiro opened one eye.

"Who?"

"She's related to you, her name starts with an H like you, and her name rhymes with Baruko."

"Haruko? Isn't she happy too? Now she knows she should stick to studying like me to get good grades."

"That's what you think…" Kazuhiko mumbled.

"What do you mean?"

"I think you should be smart enough to figure it out. If you don't even when you're like 14 or something, I'll claim you to be a total idiot." He yawned. "But now…I think I should take a nap…" he mumbled and went inside his egg.

Hiro grabbed it and shook it. "Hey! Wait. What do you mean by that? I'm not an idiot! Oi!"


(6 years later)

Hiro woke up to hear someone crying. Kazuhiko cracked open his shell and rubbed his eyes. "It's 9 in the morning on a Saturday. Who would be crying at this time?"

Hiro ignored his chara and walked out of his room. When he entered the living room, he noticed his mom crying while his dad was patting her back. "What's going on…?" he asked.

"Haruk-Haruko is gone…!" her mother bawled. His eyes widened.

"What…? Why would she leave?" Kazuhiko sighed.

"You're officially an idiot…" he muttered. Hiro glanced at him. "Have you ever noticed that your sister's been acting strangely? She's been quiet and distant from you guys because your parents have been praising and paying attention to you too much."

"So…it's all my fault…?" His parents looked at him.

"No…it couldn't be your fault. You're too good to be at fault." Hiro shook his head.

"No! It is! I've been getting your attention for so long that Haruko thinks we don't even care about her! It's all my fault. I should've never tried to be the best…I should have never…" Hiro's eyes went dull as Kazuhiko clutched his stomach in pain.

"Ack! Hiro! Forget what I said okay? It's not your fault right?" Kazuhiko nervously laughed as he tried to withstand the pain because of Hiro's denial of himself.

"It's my fault…"

"Hiro!" Kazuhiko yelled before a dark purple aura engulfed the chara.

"Hiro…it's not your fault…it just can't be." Hiro's dad said. Soon the darkness surrounding the chara disappeared, but now Kazuhiko looked different. He hand snowy white hair, a white jacket and pants, a black shirt inside, and black devil wings.

"He's right. It's not your fault." the new Kazuhiko asked with a small smirk forming on his lips. Hiro nodded.

"It is…she disappeared because of me…"

"Are you so sure about that? What if she wanted to disappear because of something else? Like say…for a magical egg?"

Hiro looked up. 'Magical egg?' he wondered.

"The Embryo, is what it's called. It lets you grant any wish. Haruko might have found out about it before you did and wants to get it so she can be better than you. Now…would you want a little 13 year old girl pass you?"

Hiro now had a determined look on his face. "No…" His parents looked at him confusingly. "Mom, dad. I think I might know where Haruko might have gone to. Please…let me go to Japan."


As the image faded away, Hiro and I stayed silent. Tears rolled down my face as I finally understood now. "S-so…that's what really happened…? Hiro…?"

He turned away, but I managed to catch a glimpse of something shiny fall off his face. "So what?" he muttered rubbing his eyes. "So what if I cared about you? So what if I turned evil because Kazuhiko did? So what if I went to Japan to get the Embryo before you do? So what if I saw you again? So… what?"

"Hiro…" I whispered.

"Damn!" He cursed, rubbing his eyes even more. "I think Kazuhiko'ss laziness caught on…to me…" he mumbled before closing his eyes. I was the only one left, everyone else around me asleep. I began to cry.

"I was wrong…I was wrong all along…" I whispered.

'So you finally figured everything out.' A voice said. A bright golden light shined in front of me and the Embryo appeared. It cracked open and a chara came out. I gasped.

"Tsuki!"


Shadow: -sighs- Everyone is still missing… T-T Oh well…I hope this will satisfy you readers. 13 whole pages people! 13. Ouch(sore fingers). Out of all the memories, I have to say, I don't really like Amu's…:/ But I couldn't do anything else. I think Peach-pit sensei should add a little bit more things to Amu's past so it could be easier…but oh well, the manga's still kick-ass awesome :) I'll try to maintain updating every two weeks or so…if I can… but what's ticking me off is…WHERE THE HELL IS EVERYBODY?!!

-silence still-

Shadow: -sweatdrop-…=.= Anyway, before I get myself killed here too, I'll see you next time! -grabs weapons and walks out the door-