Rae: Hello minna! It's Rae here with a new story! Or newish, I actually wrote it in October but haven't posted until now!

Amu: What kind of story is it?

Rae: Glad you asked Amu-chan! Well if you haven't guessed by the title it is when Ikuto returns! Keep in mind I started this in October when I didn't know Dia well and I didn't know about the recent manga chapters. So yeah sorry if Dia's a bit OOC.

Ikuto: So it's just when I come back?

Rae: Nope! Your only half the story. Infact about halfway through I switch from Amuto to Miru. And every other chapter (except for 2) switches from Amu and Miki's POV's to Ikuto and Yoru's. It's easy to tell because there is a line seperating. Beware of the line that means scene change though. It is thrid person either way but it is seen from Amu and Miki to Ikuto and Yoru. It gets less confusing once you read it. In this chapter it is about the 2nd to last line you see.

Yoru: Are we ever going to get into this chapter~nya?

Rae: Yep! Miki please do the honors.

Miki: Rae-chan doesn't own Shugo Chara or any of it's characters. Enjoy!

Ikuto's Return

Chapter 1: Set Up

"Move it a little over to the left, no the other left!" Yaya said impatiently. Today was the day before graduation and she was a little less than happy. So she decided to take it out on everyone else.

"This is a banner not a slide, so fix it!" she pouted.

"Dang, Yaya, I'd hate to see what you'd do if they dropped the thing," Kukai said, coming into the building. He laughed as Yaya came running over to him.

"Kukai! First you had to leave and now Amu-chi and everyone else are too. You're all leaving Yaya alone!" she said as she hugged him and began to cry.

"Heh heh," he laughed a bit nervously as she was squeezing him tightly.

"Speaking of them, where did Hinamori go?" He asked, trying to change the subject.

"Skipping work, I don't think so!" she exclaimed, now back into her grumpy mood. She began to yell at the workers again and Kukai was a bit worried.

"I can't believe were graduating tomorrow," Ran said, her voice sounding a bit dreamy.

"I know it seems so fast, it feels like we just entered sixth grade and all of sudden we're leaving," Miki said her voice sounding similar.

"I'll miss Nikaidou-sensei~desu." Suu said sounding kind of sad.

"You guys do know I'm the one who's graduating tomorrow, right?" Amu said a bit bluntly. They just giggled in response.

"But your all right, everything has gone by quite fast," she began, "and everything has seemed to fall into place too." She thought back to a few weeks ago, when a major X-egg outbreak occurred. It was quite the battle, everyones eggs had turned into X-eggs, except for some reason hers. They had all hatched in to X-characters and she had to purify them. She smiled at the thought that she had once again transformed in Amulet Fortune and had found some weird new attack. Finally the real embryo appeared and suddenly she was immersed into some sort of strange world. The embryo turned out to be everyones heart eggs put together, all of their true selves. She could see all their memories and even saw the ones of the Guardians. But the embryo wasn't what everyone thought it was, and it was a very long story. She also thought about how all of her friends lives had been falling into place. Kukai had started to date Utau, Rima had finally settled her difference with Nagi, or at least so she thought, and everyone was happy. Except for Yaya of course who depressed that the rest of the Guardians were leaving. Then suddenly Ikuto came to mind.

Why am I thinking of him? She thought to herself. But in truth she had been thinking about him a lot lately, but was too stubborn to admit it.

"Amu-chan? CAN YOU HEAR ME AMU-CHAN!" Ran exclaimed waving her pom-poms around. Amu had apparently been spacing out and Ran was trying to get her attention.

"Hmm... oh yeah," she said, coming back to reality.

"Amu-chi!!!" she heard off in the distance. It was Yaya, and she sounded pretty mad.

"Oh great, she found me..." Amu sighed to herself.

"Don't skip work Amu-chi! I am working for your graduation and you need to help too!" Yaya then began to ramble about how she should get to have fun too with Kukai smirking in the distance thinking about how he had to work during his graduation as well.

It was later at night and Amu was in her yellow flannel pajamas out on her balcony with her Charas, Ran and Suu were dancing around on the railing, and Miki was drawing. Drawing what you may ask, well a better question would be who.

It's weird really, how much I've been thinking about him lately, but I can't help but miss him a bit. What am I saying, I like Tadase-kun, right? Amu thought to herself. Trying to distract herself from these thoughts see started listening to what the charas were saying.

"Hey Miki, what are you drawing?" Ran asked inquisitively.

"N-Nothing!" Miki said, a slight blush coloring her face. Ran and Suu exchanged confused glances and Amu just smiled a bit in the background. She had caught Miki drawing "nothing" quite a few times and that nothing turned out to be none other than Yoru. Though Miki seemed to be quite fond of well, everyone she had taking a particular liking to Yoru and was a bit embarrassed about it. Though she was usually quite open about these things she was always blushed whenever anyone mentioned the little cats name. Too bad now he was somewhere on the other side of the planet along with Ikuto.

Miki watched Amu-chan while drawing, knowing she was thinking about the human whom her favorite guy belonged too. It was easy to see, but she was a bit to hard-headed to admit it. Ran, Suu, and Dia never seemed to notice, or anyone else for that matter. Especially not Tadase.

Dia was in her egg right now, as she was when she didn't have to be, while Ran and Suu were just talking. Miki however was doing what she was best at, drawing.

"Hey Miki, what are you drawing?" Ran asked inquisitively as she floated over to her blue friend.

"N-Nothing!" Miki stammered. She just exchanged confused glances with Suu and floated away. Miki breathed a sigh of relief that they didn't look at her drawing pad. That was close, I need to make up a better alibi next time, she thought to herself.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Amu-chan smiling a bit. Amu-chan was the only one who knew she had more than just a crush on Yoru. Everyone figured she would go for Kiseki, just as it seemed Amu-chan was going for Tadase, but there were too things that kept her from that. The first being she plain liked Yoru better (blue commoner wasn't her idea of a nice pet name) and the second was she knew a secret that was oblivious to Ran. Kiseki liked Ran, a lot. She had confirmed it once "accidentally" overhearing it while Kiseki was talking to Tadase.

She sighed continently as she look down at her drawing. It happened to be one of the best in a long time. She was pulled out of her train of thought as she saw Amu-chan and the others going inside. She followed them hurriedly into the house stuffing her notebook in her messenger bag so Ran couldn't sneak a peak at it when she wasn't looking. She then settled down into her egg and closed her eyes, trying to drift into sleep. She hoped she dream of the day when Yoru comes back as she day-dreamed about it a lot.

Later at night Miki was stirred by the sound of Amu-chan getting up. She cracked her eggs up only about a centimeter to see what she was doing. The clock read 3:30 am and she saw Amu-chan getting up and walking around. Every now and again since Ikuto left she would do this. Not to often, but often enough to make Miki worry. Ran, Suu, and Dia were all deep in sleep and Miki decided just to let her think. Sometimes she would take her notebook out and join her but tonight she was to tired to go out and help her. She smiled a half-sad smile and closed her egg, drifting back into sleep.

Rae: I have edited the first chapter and many monthes later am finally putting it up! W00t! Sorry if not everything fits perfectley like the whole embryo thing and the many monthes later. I was only like on episode 1 of party and no where near in the manga. (I'm all caught up now XD) I know graduation is happening in manga and mere weeks in the anime but use your imagination and pretend that it was many monthes later and there was a whole arc of fillers leading to the embryo. It would kind of make since, especially the arc of fillers. Seems like what there going for anyways.

Ikuto: I have one thing to add though.

Rae: What?

Ikuto: You fail.

Rae: What?!?

Ikuto: I wasn't even in this chapter! You do realize the title is Ikuto returns right?!?

Rae: -.- Yes I do. You aren't in this one and you won't be in the next one but you will be the entire focus of chapter 3! Well, aside from Yoru but your the main!

Ikuto: Whatever... I just think I should be in here more.

Miki: -sigh- Read and Review please.