Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara; all rights go to its rightful owners. This is pure fan-fiction.

Ahhhhh I know, I haven't uploaded in foreverrrrr. I'm sorry, at first I didn't upload because I had a bunch of final tests. Then I got kinda lazy once summer started. Sorry! I hope the people who read my story from the beginning will still continue to follow up. I'll try my best to update this as soon as I can, even though my summer is pretty busy. Please enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 5: The Sudden Meeting & New Star Encounter

Ikuto's POV

After I finished signing all the papers from Director Yoshi I looked around for Amu. She wasn't in the studio anymore so I guessed that she was outside.

"Hey Ikuto!" I heard Nadeshiko call.

"Ya?"

"Amu left her shoes here. And I think she accidentally took our boots. Can you tell her to come back?" Nadeshiko said, holding up Amu's shoes.

"Sure. Amu's pretty forgetful." I said as I took the shoes from Nadeshiko and headed out of the double door.

I was walking towards the stairs when I saw a blonde and a pink head. Wait, pink head? That's Amu! And that blonde is….Tadase Hotori? That little king was holding Amu and she was blushing. What the h*** is going on?

"Amu" I said as I walked closer to them.

"I-Ikuto" Amu said as she turned and saw me. She was still red and now looked completely surprised. She quickly moved away from Tadase who now looked at me too.

"Ah, Ikuto Tsukiyomi." the little king said.

"D-Do you know him, Tadase-kun?" Amu said. Tadase-kun?

Tadase nodded. "I wanted to talk to you Ikuto-san."

"Don't call me by my first name you little king." I said with a bit of malice.

"Ikuto-san, please. I really need to talk to you."

"We have nothing to talk about. Go play around with little girls like you were doing."

"Ikuto. Before…..what you saw…" Amu said hesitantly. She was really blushing. It was getting irritating.

"You're already with your little prince. No need to say anymore." I said as I started heading closer to them, towards the stairs.

"Oh, and you took the wrong shoes." I said as I tossed her shoes at her, walking pass the two, down the stairs.

"W-wait! Ikuto!" Amu called. Hmf, she can have fun with her little king, that's who she wanted to be with anyway. I'm so out of here.

Amu's POV

Ikuto threw my shoes at me as I caught them. I tried to call out to him but he was already down the stairs and heading towards the exit. I was about to run after him but then he was gone.

"Ikuto…" I said quietly.

"Hinamori-san? Are you okay?" Tadase said a little worried.

"Um…ya. I'm fine." I said as I tried my best to smile.

"Hinamori-san…do you know Ikuto Tsukiyomi?"

"Ya. He's actually the friend I told you about earlier. Do you know him?"

"Yes. For a while, actually. But we're not really on good terms right now. I came to talk to him but it looks like I failed again." Tadase said.

It seems like Ikuto and Tadase-kun know each other pretty well, and it seems like they don't really like each other so much. Well, Ikuto doesn't. Why does Ikuto refuse to talk to Tadase-kun even though he tries so much to talk to him? Ikuto…Tadase-kun…

"Ah, I'm sorry! I didn't ask you if it was okay for me to call you Tadase-kun." I said.

He looked a little surprised and then he smiled. "It's okay Hinamori-san. You can call me Tadase-kun. Is it okay that I call you Hinamori-san?"

"Y-yes." I answered. I kinda wish he would call me Amu…but it would be a little embarrassing. Hinamori-san is fine for now.

"Okay…Hinamori-san. I hope we can be friends." He said with another smile. Ohhh….I love the way he says my name! Hinamori-san is fine! Oh wait I almost forgot!

"Umm…I'm sorry Tadase-kun, but I think I need to go back to the studio to return these boots."

"Oh, I'll go with you. I need to talk to Director Yoshi anyway."

"O-Okay." I said nervously as we headed back into the studio together.

When we entered the studio Tadase went to find Director Yoshi as I looked for Nadeshiko to return the boots I now held in my hands.

"Ah, Amu-chan!" Nadeshiko said as she walked up to me.

"Nadeshiko! I'm so sorry I took the boots by accident." I said, bowing my head.

"Oh no, it's fine really. Thank you for returning them. I'm glad I was able to tell Ikuto to return your shoes."

Ah, Ikuto. I almost forgot. I felt a strange pain again. I wonder where he went. Did he go back to my house? No, he probably wouldn't. He looked pretty mad at me, but why? Was it because he saw me with Tadase? Does he really hate Tadase that much? Does he hate me now? Ikuto….where did you go?

"Amu-chan? Amu-chan, is something wrong?" Nadeshiko said a little worried as she looked at me. I noticed I was looking down and quickly moved my head up.

"Um, no! I'm fine. Just a little tired is all." I answered quickly.

Nadeshiko looked at me a little doubtful, and then she smiled. "You should take a rest when you get home then. Tell Ikuto he did a really great job today, kay? I'm really glad he has such a nice girlfriend."

What? She's still saying that? "No, I'm not-"

"I know. I know you're not really his girlfriend yet but I hope you will be. You seem different from the girls Ikuto usually hangs out with. I really think he can be happy with you. You seem special to him too, I mean he even gave you his dumpty key." Nadeshiko said pointing to my neck.

"Huh?" I looked down at the pendant. "Doesn't he give stuff like this to anyone?"

"No, he doesn't. He usually never gives gifts like that to anybody. That key is really important to him and since he gave it to you, you must be important to him too. Remember that, kay?" She said smiling.

Nadeshiko…did she know I was worried about Ikuto? Nadeshiko really is nice. I said I would trust Ikuto a little, so I'm going to trust him now too. Does he trust me? I still have his key…and he said he would never leave me as long as I have it. So he won't leave me….right?

Ikuto's POV

Once I left the studio building I pulled out my sunglasses and put them on. I also wore my hat so people wouldn't be able to recognize me. I forgot to ask Director Yoshi to give me my pay check in cash so I was left with no money. I didn't really know where to go; I didn't want to go back to Amu's house. So I decided to walk to my condo, it wasn't that far from the studio building.

As I was walking I came across what looked like an outside photo shoot. There was a limo and trailers surrounding the whole place. There was also a big crowd of people. Probably fans of whomever the model is. I have to say, I was a bit envious. I usually don't attract that big of a crowd, I'm not saying I'm not that popular, it's just that my crowds don't usually take up the entire area.

I didn't really feel like staying in this crowded place. I started to get hungry, darn it. Amu's mom didn't really give me enough to eat. Then I saw it! On the ground! Someone dropped twenty bucks! Yes! I looked around but no one in the crowd seemed to be looking for whatever they dropped so I picked it up.

"Looks like something's actually going my way today after all." I said to myself as I examined the bill.

[Author's note: I'm too lazy to convert American money to Japanese money, so please let it pass.]

I spotted a ramen place a block down so I decided to go there to get some lunch. I went inside and was happy to know it wasn't crowded. I took a seat next to a girl in a corner as I waited for someone to take my order.

"What will it be?" The chef said to the girl next to me.

"Salt. Noodles extra firm. Extra back fat. Topping: seasoned egg." The girl said with a straight face. What? What kind of order is that? Some sort of code?

"Sure thing Miss. What about you Sir?" The chef said nodding towards me.

"Umm, I'll just have what she's having." I said. I don't really go to ramen shops that much so I didn't want to take the chance of ordering something weird. The girl seems to know what she wants.

Once the chef was gone I decided to take off my sunglasses. I don't think anyone would recognize me in this place. I looked at the girl next to me, who just ordered the secret code meal, and noticed that she looked kind of familiar. She was slim and wearing a white coat even though it was spring and getting a little warm. She had long blonde pigtails. Wait, blonde pigtails?

"Poofy Wings? What're you doing here?" I said as she turned her head to face me. She was wearing purple sunglasses.

"Poofy Wings? Who're you calling Poofy?" The girl said as she took off her sunglasses.

I looked at her face; she definitely looked like Poofy Wings. She looked like the way when I first met her, without wings.

"Come on. Seriously what are you doing here?" I asked again.

"I'm sorry; I don't know who you are. My name is not Poofy Wings, its Utau Hoshina."

Utau Hoshina? You mean this girl is the real Utau Hoshina? What the heck is she doing here? Is she from the shoot I saw earlier?

"Oh, my bad, sorry. You look a lot like a girl I know." I said as I turned away from her to face the kitchen again.

She gave me a weird look for a while until our food came and she went to eating. I looked down at my bowl and started eating too. The food was actually pretty good. I have to remember this order next time. I looked at Utau and she was already finished eating!

"You're done already?" I said looking at her empty bowl.

"Hit me up with more noodles extra firm." She said to the chef in front.

"Sure thing!" He called behind him.

"Should you really be eating that much? Aren't you a famous singer? Shouldn't you be watching your weight or something?" I said with a small smirk.

She looked at me and gave me a bit of a glare. "I eat what I want and that's all there is to it." She answered.

Never thought Utau Hoshina would be this type of girl. Hmf, what an interesting singer. Usually models only eat like an ounce of food. I guess Pigtails doesn't really care.

Once Pigtails finished her second bowl I finished my first. I left the twenty dollar bill on the table for them to keep the change. I was about to leave when I noticed a couple of guys walking up to Pigtails.

"Hey, aren't you Utau Hoshina, the famous singer?" One of the guys said. He looked pretty big. Actually all three of them did.

"What of it?" Utau said giving them a glare. She seemed to not like the way they were looking at her.

"We saw you in here and were wondering if you'd want to hang out with us." Another guy said.

"Sorry, but I'm very busy right now." She said as she started to walk past them.

"Come on, baby. Let's hang out. You can sing us some of your songs." The third guy said grabbing her wrist.

Utau seemed pretty mad now when the guy mentioned her music. "Let go of me. Now!" She said as she struggled to break free of his grasp.

She looked like she was in real trouble and for some reason, without thinking, I jumped in to save her.

"Hey, mind letting go of her." I said, not really a question, as I grabbed the guy's arm.

"Hey, stay out of this little man." One of the guys said. His comment really irritated me. I punched him right in the face as the other guy came to hit me back. I was able to elbow the other guy back, hard. The two of them stepped back a few feet after getting hit. I was about to get to the guy that was holding Pigtails when she kicked him and he let go. I gave him a punch in the gut before I grabbed Utau's hand and ran outside. I heard a commotion in the restaurant and did not want to stay for the after results.

After running a few blocks away I let go of Pigtail's hand and bent down to take a breath. I looked at her and noticed she was panting too.

"Th-That….was…..s-so….cr-crazy…..y-y-your insane….." She said panting.

"You're welcome…." I said between breaths.

Once we stopped breathing so hard we stood up and I saw Pigtails brushing herself off.

"Thank you." She said to me, and this time there was no glare. "Usually that never happens when I go out by myself. What's your name? I need to repay you." She said reaching into her coat pocket and bringing out a wallet.

"My name's Ikuto Tsukiyomi. And no, you don't have to pay me." I said as I held up my hand.

"Tsukiyomi? Oh! Aren't you a model? Ikuto Tsukiyomi the model?" Utau said with her eyes a little wide.

"Ya. How did you know?" I said a little surprised. Usually really famous people don't really know me.

"You work for Easter right? Me too. I see some of your pictures around the company building. I couldn't really recognize you since your hat covers your hair."

Utau Hoshina works for Easter? I didn't know that. Wow, all these years the famous Ms. Hoshina worked for Easter. Hmm….I never really saw her pictures around the building.

"Really? I didn't know that. Well anyway I think I better go now. I got enough action for today. You better head back to your photo shoot. Though I'm not sure you want to take a bunch of pictures after the whole event at the restaurant. Those guys are probably gone by now, I think the owner of the restaurant called the police."

"Oh, you saw the photo shoot? Ya I guess it's about time I head back. And nah, I think I'll be fine. My manager is gonna kill me though. Thanks again Ikuto Tsukiyomi. I'll look you up at Easter. Bye." She said, waving her hand as she started to walk back.

I watched her leave and then I looked at myself. She seems to be pretty busy. She's going back to work at her studio even after that event at the restaurant. I don't know about her but I feel exhausted. What the heck is wrong with me? I thought about Amu, was I really just going to go back to my condo after all that happened today? If Pigtails can go back to her photo shoot then I think I could face Pink Head again. I wasn't going to act like a little kid running off. I took a step forward and started walking back to Amu's house.

I wasn't that pleased with this chapter, not very Amuto right? Ugh, I take forever to upload and the chapter doesn't turn out that great. But don't worry, Utau comes back. ;] So this chapter isn't a total waste. Here's the preview, I'll try to upload ASAP.

"Do you go to school?"

"Yep. I'm now a senior in high school." Ikuto answered. Wait, a senior? He's that much older than me!

"You're a senior?" I said dumbfounded.

Just a heads up, I wrote this story in the spring. So right now it's still spring in it. I guess you know what's gonna happen next. :]