The Locket

By Aikou-Is-Kyouryoku

Beep, beep, beep!

Ah, it was another morning! Time to get up and be all you could be!

Amu groaned, slapping her alarm clock to get it to shut up.

Yeah, time to get up and be all you could be…again.

Amu'd much rather stay in bed all day than go out to school.

Mostly because she wanted more sleep. Not only that, but it was Friday.

She simply found no good reason for going to school on a Friday!

Though, like it or not she would have to get up, or her mother would have her head.

She sighed lightly and got herself up, carrying out her morning routine. This was basically getting dressed, doing her hair, eating, and then brushing her teeth.

Of course, Amu's hair was a complete mess, so this was where her charas came in to help her with it.

Stupid hair!

Anyway, minutes later, she grabbed her school bag and strapped that usual, plaid egg pouch to her waist. Then she walked out of the door with a goodbye to her family.

Amu and her charas had very small conversation, though it was soon interrupted by quite the high pitched voice.

Amu winced, though she whirled around when she realized it was her name being called.

"Amu! AAAAAAAA-mmmmuuuuuu!"

Amu blinked, cocking her head to the right. "Yoru?"

"Hold out your hands, nyah! I hate carrying stuff, nyah!" The little cat chara said.

Amu noticed immediately that Yoru was lugging around a black box, and upon further inspection, it had her name on it.

Wait…what?

Amu held out her hands, and the box was dropped. She stared down at it, and then she looked up at Yoru.

"Who's this from?"

"Who do you think, nyah?"

Amu looked down at the box again. This could only mean one thing!

This was from Ikuto.

Amu's charas waited in anticipation, and finally the pinkette went with opening the box.

She gasped lightly, looking down at the silver piece of jewelry.

Oh my goodness…it was pretty.

Amu found herself blushing. "W-Why is he giving me this?"

Yoru shrugged. "I dunno, nyah!"

And with that, Yoru decided to just float away.

Of course, Ikuto had long since figured out that Yoru had taken the locket, and he had quickly gotten up to go look for his chara.

But it was too late. Just as Yoru had flown a bit of a distance away, Ikuto finally made his appearance.

Yoru wound up bumping into his chest.

"IKUTO, NYAH!" Yoru sounded terrified; Ikuto looked none too happy.

Meanwhile; "Amu-chan! You have to wear it!" Amu didn't know what to think.

She shook her head. "I don't think I should."

"Why noooot!" Her charas whined.

"Because. He wants me to wear it so he can tease me later!"

"If this was all just to tease you, I think he would've gotten something way cheaper," Dia muttered, shaking her head. "You should wear it. It's the least you could do. This was probably from Ikuto's heart, as strange as it sounds."

Ironically, this locket was shaped like a heart.

Ha-ha. You gotta love irony.

Amu furrowed her eyebrows, though she sighed lightly, closing the box.

Clearly, this was a big deal.

Ikuto had spent money on Amu.

Only God knew why and what had possessed him to go and do that.

Was this a thoughtful gesture? An act of kindness?

Or was he just looking for an excuse to really turn on his "charm", becoming even more of a stupid, perverted cat whose only desire was to tease the hell out of Amu?

"The price tag is still in the box, desu." Suu noted.

Amu rolled her eyes. How cheesy.

Hrm…let's see here…45000 yen?

Amu'd have to accept the gift wouldn't she?

She stared at it for one more moment before deciding what to do.

Amu sighed, "Fine."

Her charas squealed and took the necklace, lacing it around her neck.

Amu looked down at the locket as it hung around her neck.

She found herself blushing again, though she did smile.

"Amu-chan likes it~" Ran shouted with a giggle.

Amu furrowed her eyebrow. "Nuh-uh!"

Meanwhile, Ikuto was simply watching from a far, tilting his head slightly.

Amu definitely seemed to take a good interest in that locket.

Well, that just lifted a nice weight from his shoulders.

A young, blond male rushed from his neighborhood and through the streets of Seiyo.

Oh goodness, he had slept in! He was going to be late!

He rounded corner after corner until he ran into something.

Or someone.

"Oof!" came a female's voice.

Tadase rubbed the back of his head, looking a bit dazed.

He looked over to see Amu a foot or two away from him.

"Oh, Amu-chan! I'm sorry."

Amu smiled, shaking her head.

"Other than ouch, it's all right."

Tadase chuckled, getting to his feet.

He offered a hand to help Amu up.

Amu blinked, blushing lightly, though she took his hand and he pulled her up.

As there hands parted, Tadase tilted his head slightly.

"Hmm, you've looked as though you just encountered a great surprise."

"You read me like a book, Tadase-kun."

Tadase chuckled, though his gaze zeroed in on the locket that now hung from her neck, and he smiled lightly before looking back up to Amu.

"That's a nice of jewelry there. Who gave it to you?"

Amu blinked, unsure on how to answer this question.

Well, it was all water under the bridge now right?

Ikuto and Tadase were kind of like brothers again like from way back then, right?

Was there any harm in telling Tadase? Surely there would be much harm if she didn't tell him now.

"I-Ikuto…I think. Yoru just delivered it."

Tadase looked utterly startled. "Ikuto, nii-san gave that to you? Since when did he have any money?" he muttered rather bluntly.

Amu stifled a laugh. "Tadase…."

Tadase blinked, looking up at Amu.

"Heh, heh. I suppose that was a bit rude of me. It's lovely, by the way. Make sure you express your gratitude next time you see him!" Tadase instructed with a nod.

Amu furrowed her eyebrows. Express her gratitude? That wasn't exactly easy to do. Especially expressing it to someone like Ikuto Tsukiyoumi.

Oh, Dear Lord in heaven.

"Hey Amu? Do you know what time it is?"

Amu looked down at her watch, and her eyes just about bugged out of her head.

"Frickin' late! Let's go!"

She then grabbed Tadase's wrist and made a mad dash for their school building.

Poor Tadase was being pulled along for the ride.

"Nehh! Amu! Slow down!"

Oh, Kukai. You have taught Amu so very well.

Ikuto sighed lightly, looking down at his chara.

"What did I specifically tell you not to do?"

"I dunno, nyah."

"You don't know."

"No, nyah."

"I told you to not to take the box and to not give it to Amu."

"I must've not been listening, nyah…"

Ikuto pinched the bridge of his nose.

He had a very huge feeling that this would not end well.

At all.

But then, that was just Ikuto being paranoid.

Worst case scenario kind of guy.

This could've turned out positively!

Yeah, and maybe pigs will fly out of his pants!

God, Ikuto. Get a grip.

The navy-haired teen took a deep breath in before slowly letting it out

Ikuto needed to calm himself down.

Getting all worked up wouldn't solve any of his problens.

He sighed then, grabbing his chara before walking off.

Ikuto would just have to make this work in his own favor, starting off with bugging Amu right after school.

Thank you all for waiting patiently on chapter two.

Hrm….got any comments or concerns pertaining to this chapter?

R&R. I could sure use it.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

I do not own Shugo Chara! or any of its characters. (That's a darn shame, too!)