Morg: Heyo!
Ikuto: I don't know if I want this to end.
Amu: Why is that?
Morg: I know how you feel.
Ikuto: Because it probably won't be the ending I want.
Amu: Whatever.
Morg: Well, I don't own you two. So you could always end it how you want…
Ikuto: ;3
Amu: NO!
~Guardian of Light~
Blinking slowly, Amu realized that she was no longer in the heavens with the Creator. She was lying on charred earth. Sitting up, the pinkette looked around her. Ikuto lay only a few inches from her side. There was no one else in sight. "Ikuto?"
Stirring at the sound of Amu's voice, Ikuto picked up his head to look around them. There was nothing to see. This was clearly where the battle had taken place but there was no one there. "What happened?"
"The Creator sent us back. I feel weak."
Chuckling, Ikuto sat up before pulling Amu closer to his side. "You feel human."
Humming, Amu rested against the other as she studied the area around them. "I don't understand. The Creator was going to make everyone human. Where did they go?"
Ikuto could only shrug as he looked around. The fact that everyone was missing didn't make sense to him either. "I don't know. We can't keep sitting here, though. We're human now. We have to get up and find some shelter and food."
Amu followed the dark haired man as he stood. Being human was scary, though she was rather okay with it since it meant that she could be with Ikuto. "But where do we go?"
The question was a good one. One that Ikuto didn't have an answer for. Luckily, he didn't need one.
"Amu?"
Turning her head, Amu noticed a short blonde girl standing just below some trees at the edge of the battle field. "Yes? Who are you?"
The girl took half a step forward before a boy with long dark hair caught her arm. He seemed to materialize out of the darkness to stand beside her. "Is that really you?"
Confused, Amu exchanged looks with Ikuto before turning to the two humans beneath the trees. "It is. Who are you?"
The blonde pulled her arm out of the boy's grip before rushing forward. She threw her arms around Amu's neck as she pulled the taller girl into a hug. "It's me! I'm Rima! You're back! You're back!"
Amu let the words sink in for a moment before she smiled and hugged Rima back. "Rima! You're as pretty as a human!"
Blushing as she pulled back from the girl she'd been hugging, Rima didn't flinch as an arm circled around her waist to pull her back against a hard chest.
Chuckling, the male holding Rima close to him nodded. "I keep telling her that, too."
Ikuto didn't need to think about it to realize who the male was. "Nagihiko. What are you two doing here?"
Nodding towards his old master, Nagi hugged the girl before him tighter. "It was rather confusing when we started waking up. Some of us had a hard time moving as humans. The ones that had it the worst were the creatures that used to move about on four legs. Switching to two took some getting used to."
Rima scoffed at that. "Try going from being the biggest out of everyone to being the shortest."
Amu couldn't help but giggle at that.
Nodding, Ikuto slipped his hand into Amu's as he kept his eyes on couple before him. "Where are the others now?"
Biting her lip, Rima dipped her head before bringing it back up to meet Amu's eyes. "When you disappeared in the middle of the battle, time froze. We don't know for how long, but we did all start waking up as human. We've been living this way for months now. You've been gone for almost a year."
Letting that information sink in, Amu turned to look at Ikuto in surprise. Their time with the Creator hadn't felt like it'd taken that much time. Things must work differently there. "Has everyone been all right? No one has gotten hurt, right?"
Leave it to Amu to still be concerned about everyone even if she wasn't the Guardian anymore. Ikuto moved so that he could wrap his arm around her shoulders to pull the girl close enough that he could place a kiss against her temple. "I'm sure that everyone has been fine."
Nodding, Nagi couldn't help his smile as he gestured back to the trees that they'd come out of. "Actually, we're doing better than fine. Some have left to go live elsewhere in the world. There's nothing really tying us to this place any longer. Some of us have stayed and built houses. You can come back with us if you'd like."
Amu didn't have to think long about the offer. They needed somewhere to go. Nagihiko was offering them that. "That would be wonderful. We won't impose forever, but we've only just returned."
Rima looked as though she was about to ask a question. Ikuto cut her off before she could. "We're human, too. It was part of the deal that we made with the Creator. That's where we were. No more powers for anyone. We're all equal now."
Bowing her head, Rima nodded once before turning back the way she'd come. "Then let's go get you settled. We'll figure out where to go from there."
Ikuto only had to exchange a smile with Amu before they followed. Living as humans was definitely going to be interesting.
~The End~
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Morg: There you go.
Ikuto: That's it?
Amu: Well… Okay.
Morg: Yes, that's it. That's the ending I've been planning since the beginning.
Ikuto: I suppose it is your plot.
Amu: It's actually sweet.
Morg: They get to live happily ever after together. Of course it's sweet.
Ikuto: Then good job, I guess.
Amu: Get over the fact that there wasn't smut.
Morg: Not every story needs sex to be good.
Ikuto: Whatever.
~Creatures List~
Amu: Guardian of Light
Ikuto: Angel of Darkness
Nagihiko: Dark Elf
Rima: Dragon
Yaya: Fairy
Kairi: Werewolf
Kukai: Centaur
Utau: Vampire
Ran: Unicorn
Daichi: Pegasus
Miki: White Tiger
Yoru: Panther
Dia: Sphinx
Musashi: Griffin
Eru: Cherub
Iru: Demon
Rhythm: Wizard
Kusu: Witch
Kiseki: Satyr
Pepe: Nymph
Tadase Knight of Light
Lulu: Dame of Darkness
Tsukasa: Human
Su: Phoenix
The Creatures are paired in the couples that I ship them. I picked their type based on each other. I hope this helps keep everyone straight!