SOOOOO SOOOOOOORRRRYYYYY! I know it's been ….. a…. while since I last update and I beg for forgiveness! It's been hecktic Like the genius I am I took summer classes this year…. NEVER. DOING. THAT. AGAIN!
Well in this you get to know a little more about Amu's story and In the next chapter (which will hopefully be soon) You learn a little more about Ikuto I'm thinking of doing three new chapters next cuz they all go together but we shall see ;)
Disclimer: I do not own Shugo Chara or the movie or song mentioned in this chapter.
"Tutor…." Ikuto said flatly, "I thought we already agreed to that."
"I mean at night when you turn it'll be a feasible excuse for you to say you are my tutor and that way we don't have to sneak around so much!" Amu hopped off the bed and peeked out the door, "The coast is clear come on!" She grabbed Ikuto's collar of his jacket and dragged him out into the hall. She let go of her collar and peaked down the stairway.
"Hurry!" She grabbed his hand tightly. Ikuto's heart skipped a beat but then corrected itself as she pulled him down the hall to a door that he hadn't noticed before tucked in the corner of the house. Amu realized his hand and took a deep breath as she turned the knob on the door and slid it open. The room was dark and only the moonlight of the waxing crescent gleamed a faint dull light which made a silhouette of a very large object in the room. Amu reached over and turned a knob on the wall and light filled the room the large silhouette was covered in a white dust covered cloth and around it Ikuto noted several different instrument cases in various places on top a desk and around and on top of some shelves. Amu made her way through and opened the window to let a balmy spring breeze fill the room which made several sheets on the desk flutter around until Amu placed a paper weight on them picking one particular piece up and looking at it with affection.
Ikuto noticed a tear sneak its way down her cheek before she wiped it away. Her golden eyes now gazing at him, "Have you seen 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'"
Ikuto smirked, "Seen it? I was the cat in that movie."
Amu's eyes grew wide and she leaned forward toward him, "R-r-r-r-really?"
"Nope" He laughed and winked.
"Oh…" Amu froze in the position in shock which made Ikuto laugh more. Amu sighed and pushed Ikuto off the bench he was sitting on and drug it to the large object in the middle of the room. Ikuto sat up and watched her, he then realized what it was under that big cloth. Amu grabbed bunches of the large white cloth and with one full yank pulled it off to revel a large baby grand piano. He watched as she opened the belly of the baby grand and slid on the bench slipping the paper she had in her hand on the sheet stand. Ikuto slid next to her as she lifted the key cover and lightly tapped on each note skillfully making a full scale.
"I'm surprised it's in tune after all this time." Amu sigh and played a few echoing notes that sounded like the beginning of a melody Ikuto had heard before. Ikuto glanced at the sheet Amu placed on the stand and lifted his eyebrows at the title of the song.
"Moon River?" He followed her expression as she played the song. She nodded and smiled, "It was my mom's favorite song. When I was Five she took me to the dollar theater and we watched 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' she then told me it was at this old theater that they met and the movie was also 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. After that the next time they met was at one of her concerts when she was still just a debuting pianist and her parents were very strict about her lessons and concerts that she hardly had a normal life. My dad followed her to all over her concerts getting a job as a deck attendant on the ship she and her parents were sailing just to be close to her…"
"What a stalker." Ikuto said monotonously.
"He was not!" Amu yelled her face flushed and as red as a strawberry. Ikuto smirked, "Kidding."
She frowned, "It's not funny!"
"I'm sorry." He smiled trying to appease her. She stopped playing and folded her arms across her chest and stormed across the room. Ikuto sighed and tapped the notes again playing Moon River as it was played in the movie romantic and whimsical.
"That's not how she played it." Amu mumbled from her corner. Ikuto stopped and slipped over to the side and patted the cushion, "Care to show me how she did?"
Amu looked over her shoulder at him seeing his smiled was genuine she nodded and sat down next to him cracker her knuckles and began playing a large dramatic version of the melody that would be no easy feat for one pair of hands yet Amu was doing it flawlessly and it seemed easy for her. at the end of it she swept across it gently and ended it as simply as the melody was written, "The last day of the tour my dad confronted my grandpa and grandma and asked if he could marry my mom. They of course asked him what he was going to do for the rest of his life work as a ship mate. He then produced his doctorate degree and made them go into shock."
"Doctorate degree?" Ikuto stood up as tawny as a cat would curiosity and confusion burning in his eyes, "I thought he was a veterinarian?"
Amu nodded, "he is but he's also a certified human doctor. You see that day he met my mom at the theater he was still med student on his last year of school but he was starting to rethink what he wanted in life but when he mat her he knew she was "the one" and he knew he needed to have some financial standings if he wanted to marry her so he finished his schooling and then followed her with A ring from Tiffany's all around the world until he could find the right moment to propose."
Ikuto smirked, "He's smoother than he looks." Amu laughed and nodded, "After my mom finished her last song she got a note for a request to play "Moon River" from an anonymous requester. She smiled and agreed to play but she improved and played it dramatically like I did just now only better but was so shocked to see my dad walk onstage in a tux that her improve went out the window and she played the basic melody at the end and when she finished my dad knelt down next to her bench and opened the tiffany blue ring box and asked my mom to marry him. And of course she said yes" Amu laughed pointing to herself.
She then looped a chain from under her shirt and produced a gold ring with a clover shaped diamond that was pink green blue and yellow.
"I still keep it with me." Amu smiled and tapped on the keys lightly, "After my mom died my dad couldn't be a doctor anymore because he couldn't save his most precious person no matter how hard he tried and after just quit and shut himself up in the room for a long time. But eventually he came out and we restablized he got a job as a vet and then he met her…." Amu said bitterly and chord crashed down in a haphazard cacophony.
"Amu…" Ikuto began but then the door swung open before he could finish. There Tsumugu was standing in the door way looking like he just saw a ghost. Ikuto thought he saw him stood up and moved out of the way but Tsumugu didn't seem to notice him.
Tsumugu swallowed hard and walked toward Amu, "Amu…. Was that you….?"
Amu nodded briefly glancing back and forth at Ikuto and Tsumugu. Tsumugu collapsed on the ground and covered his face in his hands, "I thought it was ….."
Amu's gold orbs shook a little and she knelt down next to her dad and wrapped her arms around him.
Ikuto felt awkward staring at them like an idiot in such a personal moment that he thought he's better leave before he was noticed he started to walk away when Tsumugu lifted his head and glared at him leaving, "Hold on young man!"
Ikuto stopped and his eyes widened he thought Tsumugu hadn't seen him. Tsumugu Stood up and Amu nervously stepped back he walked over to Ikuto who was just a little taller than him but he stood up straight anyway, "What are your intentions with my daughter?"
Ikuto sweatdropped, "To teach." He smirked. Tsumugu looked confused a little "…" was over his head but then shock and horror crossed his face when something completely wrong clicked. "YOU AMU YOU AMU NOOOOOOOO AMU IS JUST A BABY!"
He dove at Ikuto which Ikuto dodged easily and he whistled as he strode next to Amu his hands in his pockets Amu's face was blank and sweat was running down her face in buckets.
"TOUCH MY AMU AND I'LL KILL YOU" Tsumugu snarled Ikuto put his hands out front, "Hold on Hold on Doc, I just came to tutor Amu in Violin." Ikuto said jerking a thumb at Amu. Tsumugu paused briefly, "Eh?"
Amu chuckled nervously, "he's…. uhh… Nadeshiko's cousin she recommended him for me he plays violin really well."
Tsumugu straitened up and scrutinized Ikuto, "Really? What's your name?"
"Fujisaki?" Ikuto replied monotonously turning to Amu.
"O-o-o-Oku-…. Roku Fujisaki!" Amu shouted awkwardly which made Ikuto and Tsumugu sweatdrop.
"uh… Yup That's me Roku Fuuuujisaki." Ikuto looked at her blankly….Roku?...
Tsumugu leaned toward him, "Well Fujisaki-kun how do I know you won't want to make attempts at my beautiful Little girl?"
Ikuto looked at Amu blankly then at Tsumugu and jerked a thumb at Amu, "Who would?"
Amu raged in the corner but somehow that convinced Tsumugu, "Oh well I guess then it's okay if you need anything I'll be downstairs."
Tsumugu walked off whistling closing the door behind him. Ikuto turned toward Amu who had burst into flames.
"IIIIII KUUUUU TOOOOOO!"
"Scaaaary." Ikuto chuckled Amu darted at him and it was like a chase of cat and mouse only the mouse was chasing the cat.
In the end they didn't get any practice done Tsumugu insisted on escorting Ikuto out the door and Ikuto played along. After Tsumugu shut the door and went to bed Ikuto snuck back into Amu's room and was again forced to sleep on the floor.
LOL I had fun writing this chapter I hoped you all liked the story of How Amu's mom and Dad met! :D I hope to see lots of reviews please and thank you