New story :O for those of you who read 'My Story', it's being silently discontinued. I'm not going to put up a new chapter or some big announcement about it, since it's going to be a waste of time and effort to type up a whole word document saying 'I quit''

I don't own Shugo Chara!, but this time I do own part of the storyline. I found this story somewhere else to use, but it was just a very basic plot line, so I made up everything between it myself.

AGES. Ikuto is currently 11 and Amu is 9.

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Have you ever been betrayed? Do you know how it feels like?

*****

Ikuto and Amu sat next to each other on the roof of the apartment building Ikuto's family owned, watching the sunset. They did this everyday since the day Amu could remember. They watched the sun slowly set, and the night's blackness slowly consuming the bright orange sky. Ikuto lay down on the roof and stared at the stars. Amu lay down next to him and did the same thing, though she didn't really understand why. Ikuto was her role model, she did everything he did in hopes of being as good as him. The two of them just lay there, silent, enjoying the night sky.

"Ikuto..."

Amu said after a long silence. Ikuto turned his head to look at her.

"What will you do when I'm gone...?"
She asked him. Her parents were constantly telling her to be careful because she might get lost, and she was wondering what Ikuto would do if one day she really did get lost. Ikuto propped himself up on one elbow and thought for a moment.

"I think... that I would go and look for you. No matter how long it takes, I'll look for you and I will find you."

He said confidently. Amu smiled and sat up.

"Promise?"
She asked him. He nodded.

"Promise."

He said.

"Amu-chan! Ikuto-san! Come back down now!"
They heard their mom's call them. Ikuto and Amu got up and ran back to their parents.

*****

While Amu's mom was walking Amu back to their apartment room, she noticed that Amu was happy today. Strangely, a little more happy than usual, though, she decided not to ask any questions.

I knew that Ikuto-san would be a good influence for Amu-chan...

~One Week Later~

Amu was helping her mom in the kitchen when all of a sudden they heard a knock on the door. Amu's mom opened it and saw Ikuto standing there.

"Hinamori-san, can Amu-chan come out and play hide and seek with us?"
He asked politely. Amu's mom gave her approval and Amu followed Ikuto out to the lobby on the ground floor of the apartment complex. When they arrived, Amu saw Tadase, Yaya, Nagihiko, Rima, Kairi, Kukai, and Ikuto's little sister, Utau, already waiting for them.

"OK, so everyone's here. These are the rules. You can hide anywhere, but you have to stay in this apartment building."
Utau said. Everyone nodded.

"I'll seek first"
Ikuto volunteered. He faced the wall and began to count to 50. Everyone else ran off to find their hiding spots. Amu ran up the many flights of stairs until she reached the third of the four floors of the building. Then, instead of continuing up to the fourth floor, she ran down the hallway and into an empty room at the end of the hallway. No one ever used this empty room, so Ikuto and Amu used it to hold all their playthings. In one corner of the room was a big wooden chest. Amu opened the chest, and dumped all the contents inside it onto the ground. Then, she crawled in and quietly closed the lid on top of her.

*****

"48...49...50!"

Ikuto finished counting and turned around. He smiled and ran around the apartment building, trying to look for everyone. 10 minutes later, he had found Tadase, Yaya, Nagihiko, Rima, and Kukai.

They have such predictable hiding places... he thought to himself. Now to find Utau and Amu...

Ikuto felt himself blush slightly as he thought of Amu. He walked up a couple flights of stairs and continued looking. All of a sudden, he heard a piercing beeping. It was the fire alarm. Ikuto turned around and saw two firefighters run up to him. One of them grabbed him and carried him back down and outside the building.

"Wait!" he screamed. "I still have to find Amu and Utau!"

"We found a whole bunch of kids around the building," the firefighter said calmly. "They're all waiting outside. I bet that Amu and Utau are with them."

Soon, Ikuto and the firefighter managed to get out of the building. He saw his parents, Utau, and everyone except Amu run up to him and hug him. After being released from the hug, Ikuto scanned the crowd of people, looking for a flash of pink. Since Amu was probably the only person in the world with pink hair, any pink that stands out in the sea of brown and black haired-people should be Amu. However, there was none.

Where could she be...?

******

Amu was woken up from her nap by the smell of smoke.

Is something on fire...?

She tried to push on the lid of the chest to get out and see, but the chest wouldn't open. Then, Amu remembered that she had forgotten to keep the chest unlocked before shutting herself in it. She was trapped. The smoky smell was making her dizzy and she felt herself losing consciousness.

It's ok... Ikuto will come find me. He promised. He said that he would find me if I was ever gone. He said that he would do whatever it takes. I believe in you Ikuto, but if you're going to find me, do it quickly...

*****

"What are you talking about!? LET ME GO BACK IN!"

"Kid, I'm sorry. But it's too dangerous for you to go in."

"DAD. TELL THEM TO LET ME BACK IN THERE."
Ikuto begged his dad. Ikuto was struggling the grasp of 2 firemen, both whom were trying to hold Ikuto back from going into the burning building.

"Why should I? It's not like I want my son to be burned to death."

"But I have to go back and find-"

"You don't need to find anything. Even though our apartment building, our source of money, burned down, we still have a lot of money in the bank. We can buy you back everything you want."

Ikuto's dad said calmly. Ikuto felt tears forming behind his eyes.

"Money can't buy back my best friend can it!?"
He demanded, but his dad wasn't listening anymore.

"AMU-CHAN."
He screamed out in one last desperate attempt to see her come out. But he had no such luck. He was stuck with everyone else who escaped being burned by the flames, watching his home and his best friend slowly become engulfed in flames.

****

Ikuto... I waited... but it's too late now....

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review? This is the first story that I didn't really have much of anything to base it off of, so this is probably my worst story ever T_T Oh well, review please... and uh... tell me if there's anything I can improve in...since this story sucks ass.