I know it's been a while since I've updated this story, almost a year- but I was really focused on my Vampire Knight and Shugo Chara crossover Crimson Hearts. I tried to make this chapter the best I could, and if you all don't like it then I'm sorry but I promise we have our cute and funny baby Amu.

I hope you enjoy!

Rock-A-Bye Baby

Chapter 5

The Twins

Life is full of little surprises. Some end tragically while others just happened to be complete luck. Then there were some encounters that people couldn't count as bad but they weren't quite good either. Somehow Ikuto didn't know what to think of Miku, the stunning image of Amu. Well if Amu had long pink hair and warm honey eyes like Miku's. The last thing Ikuto expected when he found Amu was seeing her in the arms of her twin. It literally froze Ikuto in his spot.

"Look Mr. Kitty Cat, she has pink hair just like me!" Amu exclaimed happily in the arms of a stranger, playing with a long strand of Miku's pink hair.

"Amu, what have we been telling you about strangers?" Ikuto scolded.

Amu grinned knowing the answer to this, "Not to talk to strangers."

Then she seemed to realize exactly where she was at, and looked up at Miku wearily. "Miss, I'm going to have to ask you to put me down now."

Miku laughed and put her sister down; watching as Amu ran towards Ikuto's awaiting arms. Amu hugged Ikuto tightly around the neck and nuzzled her face into the crook of his neck. "Am I in trouble Mr. Kitty Cat? Her pink hair distracted me!"

Amu's little whines sounded just like an actual child's that it amazed Miku.

"We are having a long talk later with Utau." Ikuto said sternly. In response Amu slumped down, putting her hand to her forehead and leaned back as if she was dying.

"I'm going to die." Amu whined, but was expertly ignored by Ikuto who now was staring at Miku.

"I mean no harm." Miku reassure, putting her hands up in surrender. "I only came to find my sister and I did."

"Then what? You take her away back to your screwed up family? Not if I have a say in it." Ikuto spat, his blue eyes narrowing on Miku, who sighed sadly and looked at the grass beneath her feet.

"You don't understand my personal life." Miku said weakly. "I'm not here to take her away; I need her to be back to normal."

"Why are you even concerned with Amu's wellbeing?" Ikuto asked, holding onto Amu just a little tighter. "You don't even know her personally."

Miku looked at Ikuto helplessly. "Is there somewhere else we can talk?"

Ikuto stared at Miku long and hard for a few long seconds. She looked like Amu, but she was nothing like Amu. The complete opposite, Ikuto noticed. She was timid, easily intimidated and somewhat quiet. It took another minute before Ikuto made up his choice.

"Follow me then." Ikuto said, turning back towards Utau's house.

"Ikuto did you find her yet!?" Kukai asked running up to the blue haired male, not yet seeing either pinkettes. "Everyone headed back to the house, ready to call the police or some- holy shit."

Kukai couldn't stop the last two words from spilling out of his mouth when seeing Miku standing right in front of him. Glancing at Ikuto, Kukai saw Amu still in his arms- so he rubbed his eyes thinking maybe his mind was playing tricks on him. Nope, there was defiantly another Amu standing right in front of him.

"How?" Was all Kukai could ask as he pointed to Miku.

Miku blushed and looked down again sheepishly, "I'm Amu's twin- Miku. Ikuto was about to lead me to a place where I could tell my story."

"How do you know my name?" Ikuto asked distrustfully.

Miku looked up at him, "I did my homework."

Kukai looked at Miku and frowned at that . For a second he had hope rise up in him thinking that Amu was finally back to normal. That maybe then they could all apologize for shutting her out and factioning out, but this girl, Miku, was no Amu.

"Come on." Kukai muttered. "Everyone is at the house."

When Ikuto and Kukai returned to Utau's house the first thing that the other teens acknowledge was how Ikuto held Amu protectively. For a moment they all relaxed, seeing Amu safe- but then they tensed up seeing a girl behind the two males, bowing her head to hide her eyes.

"Is Amu okay?" Utau asked worriedly, moving to grabbed Amu into her arms.

Ikuto nodded, letting Utau have the small girl, "Yeah, she's fine."

Nagihiko eyed the girl behind Ikuto and Kukai, wondering who she was. As if sensing eyes on her, the girl lifted her head. Many audible gasps were heard as they stared at Miku in awe and confusion. The girl was identical to Amu, but her eyes were slightly different and her own pink hair was longer than Amu's- cascading down her back in soft waves.

"Hi." She said timidly. "My name is Miku Koyama."

"Oh my god." Utau whispered, being the first one to snap out of her surprise. "You look just like her."

Miku looked down, her shoulders slumping. "I've been getting that lately. I'm Amu's twin."

Rima forced herself to look away from Miku, seeing that she was just a reminder of Rima's harbored guilt. "We certainly can tell."

Suddenly a little pink haired chara came out and rested on top of Miku's head with a sly smile. Her sweater was green with bunny ears with a black skirt, matching leggings and small boots. Her pink hair was pulled back into a simple ponytail like Ran's.

"This is my chara Ichigo." Miku said with a smile, happy her chara was here to give her a boost in confidence.

"I sense my other half." Ichigo grinned as another chara came flying in at a fast rate.

"I couldn't get out of the door!" The chara cried, flying right to Amu- who giggled at the second pink hair chara.

"You're silly!" Amu said happily holding her palm out.

Sitting in the palm of her hand was a long pink haired chara. Her outfit was a purple sweater with bunny ears and a black skirt with matching leggings and small boots. The chara matched Ichigo. A twin chara. This stunned everyone into silence once again.

"Twin charas!?"

The nameless chara turned completely serious, facing everyone. "You seem surprised as such obvious news."

Miku sweat dropped, "You must be the serious twin chara."

"Hmph, my name is Kai." The newest chara stated with pride.

Everyone sweat dropped, but Amu only giggled affectionately. She already loved this chara as much as the others, which she now wanted to, go and play with. Perking up, Amu struggled in Utau's arms wanting release. Utau complied, gazing down at the young girl questioningly.

"Can I play with the charas?" Amu asked excitedly with wide honey orbs that begged to say yes and agree.

Utau bit her lip, trying to refuse but fell for it once again. "Okay, but you stay in my room okay? We need to talk to Miku here."

It had become a silent agreement that no one would address the elephant in the room, about Amu's new chara Kai- who was a twin chara. No one ever heard of twin chara's before, so it was quite strange, but still they would ask in the end. They all just needed to understand what was going on, especially Ikuto- who knew more than the others. Ikuto wanted to make sure Amu would stay safe, and if this girl- Miku, posed any threat.

"Okay!" Amu whole heartedly agreed, running into the next room with Kai- who yelled about how unlady like it was to run indoors. Ichigo had followed laughing, while the other charas all got the hidden message to keep little Amu preoccupied while the older chara bearers had their conversation.

It was silent for a long moment.

"Let me tell you my story then, because it will make more sense." Miku said, looking at each of them after taking a moment to gather her courage to speak up. "The last time I saw Amu was when we were three, the night our father beat her for getting into his business papers and disorganizing them all. It had been an accident, but our father wouldn't listen."

"Miku-chan, look!" Amu pointed at their father's office "Daddy left his door open! Maybe we can leave his gift on the desk!"

Miku nodded hesitantly. "I'm not sure if that's a good idea Amu-chan. What if daddy gets mad at us for going into his office?"

Amu grinned, "I'll tell him it was my idea if we get caught! I just want to give daddy this picture."

Amu smiled, holding the colored picture of a waterfall and pond that were surrounded by trees with moneys and other animals. It was colored perfectly, in the lines and everything. Amu already had her signature signed at the bottom.

Silently Amu tipped toed into the room and Miku kept watch. Amu had made it over to their father's desk and climbed onto his chair as she imagined it was a mountain. It took three minutes to get up. The chair was so tall and Amu was naturally short.

"I made it!" Amu declared happily, placing her picture down and mover to get off the chair, but her arm accidently slipped and wiped all the papers off the desk. Panicking, Amu quickly gathered the papers as neatly as she could and placed them back before rushing off towards Miku. "Let's go before daddy comes."

"Amu what did you do?" Miku asked, seeing the fear in Amu's honey orbs.

"Please, let's just go." Amu pleaded with her sister, grabbing her hand in her own and running down the hall back to their room.

"Everything was normal. That was until my father returned home later that night." Miku's voice held a slight edge.

"Do you fear your father?" Utau asked curiously, so far there had been nothing bad about the story- not until the paper mishap.

"You need to understand, our father is not a kind man." Miku admitted darkly. "He was never a father to us, nor will he ever be. He sees his children as pawns, especially Amu and Rin- our elder brother."

"Who the hell was in my office!?" Ayumu yelled from the door way of the living room. His business papers in his office. "Was it you Rin? Or was it your mother. Where the hell is your mother!? She's probably hiding."

"It was me." Amu admitted from her spot on the couch, looking at her father.

"Amu." Ayumu said in disbelief before his face flushed red. Quickly he closed the distance between him and Amu, grabbing her arm roughly. "How many times do I need to tell you brats not to enter my office!?"

Amu cried out, "I wanted to give you a birthday gift daddy!"

"I don't care about some shit of a gift you colored Amu! That's too childish- you know this Amu!" Ayumu yelled, back handing his daughter. "You are to be an intelligent young lady, you have no time to goof off with your sister! Do you understand that!?"

Amu cried, shaking her head, "I don't want to be smart daddy. I want to have fun and play with my sister!"

Ayumu fumed, grabbing Amu and whisking her out of the room. While yelling at her about responsibilities.

"You have to understand, out of the three if us- Amu was the perfect child. She was groomed to be the perfect proper wife, but that night everything had changed." Miku stated sadly. "My father had threatened to send her to a boarding school right when he pulled her from the room, but when my mother got home- she found Amu barely moving."

"Which is why your mother wanted Midori to take Amu." Ikuto said aloud, putting the pieces together in his head. The others gave him curious looks on to how he knew that.

"Yes." Miku nodded. "Our mother feared for our lives and our sanity. Amu was the daughter that my father favored. He wanted her to be the prefect bride, always ready to send her off to the most expensive bachelor. That is why he's restless in finding her now."

"Because he found a suitor." Utau whispered to herself but it was heard out loud.

Miku nodded in a dull agreement, "Yes. My father finally located a wealthy young business man, who would inherit his land with his wife, along with all his fortune. My father saw the opportunity to invest and now he wants to take it."

"Why Amu, not you?" Tadase asked.

Miku laughed bitterly, "She is the strong twin, physically. Mentally I'm the strong one, meaning that Amu is easier to control when it came to mind games, but she would refuse my father's offers."

"Refuse how?" Ikuto asked.

Miku chuckled, "Even now you must notice the rebellious persona of Amu. She was always like this, but our father liked that. He saw her as a great business women. Me, not so much."

"You're confusing me here." Kukai stated with a few chorus agreements.

"Amu would be smart enough to marry a man; she'd play the perfect wife and over take the estate. In simpler terms, Amu would over run her husband's company and take the fortune herself, that was how she was taught to play the game. Though our father would always control Amu." Miku explained as if it was obvious.

Ikuto furrowed his eyes brow, "Wouldn't Amu just say no?"

"Amu was always a daddy girl; she never went against his word. I believe that man could easily convince my sister into getting married and expanding our name while taking her husband's wealth." Miku sighed. "Amu would never truly go against our father's words, because she adores the man too much."

Nagihiko huffed, "There's just one thing that confuses me. After all this time, why has Amu never said anything?"

Miku gave him a sad smile, "She was three when the accident happened. I remember my father's frantic yells. His regrets, but that never lasted long. When he found out my mother had sent Amu away, father had been livid. He was so angry."

"What the hell did you do!?" Miku heard her mother, Lilianna yell angrily. Miku never heard the tone on her mother before, so naturally Miku became curious and wandered over to the commotion.

"I didn't mean too. I-I got angry-"

"That gives you no fucking right to lay a hand on your daughter!" Lilianna exclaimed furiously at her husband, not even letting him finish his sentence. "What did she do- accidently color on these god awful walls? Or did she ask you to play with here because you fail to be an actual father!?"

Ayumu sighed frustrated, "She got into my papers Lilianna! The girl knows not to go through my belongings!"

Liliana pinched the bridge of her nose, "I can't stay here, not when you hurt one of our children. Enough is enough Ayumu. You care much more about your business and reputation than us- your family."

"Liliana, what are you saying?" Ayumu asked, even more frustrated with the woman in front of him.

"I'm taking the kids and staying with my mother. Goodnight Ayumu."

"Your mother didn't take Amu to the hospital?" Tadase asked disturbed.

"No." Miku shook her head. "My grandfather had been a skilled doctor; he checked Amu and said she fainted from the pain where she hit her head. Luckily she had no concussion when we actually took Amu to get an MRI."

"How did Amu end up with the Hinamori's?" Ikuto asked.

Miku's expression grimaced, "Midori came one night when father left over night to attend a meeting. Mother was scared for Amu, she knew that father had bad intentions with Amu, and wanted her to be taken care of. Midori agreed, and offered to take me and Rin- but father had gotten home early. Mother rushed Madori out, saying to take Amu and keep her safe."

"Do you hate Amu because of that?" Tadase inquires, earning a shake of a head.

"No." Miku admitted. "When I was younger I resented the idea of Amu coming back, because I for once was the center of attention. It was as I got older that I finally realized that Amu never really truly left. Our father had been keeping tabs on her, he knew who she was, were she lived and who she hung around with. There was no question about it, that he would track her down and force her home."

"That's when you decided to come here yourself." Ikuto quipped.

"I came when I realized how confused Amu was going to be. She was turned into a child, and now she needs to be turned back. If she isn't, and my father finds her- he will currpot the innocent mind she has now and the Amu you know will not exist." Miku took in a deep breath. "She will be used as a pawn."

"No she won't." Ikuto argued. "Your damn father isn't getting his hands on Amu, even if he calls the police he has no proof she's your twin. No one will believe a sixteen year old turned back into a three a three year old overnight."

Miku sighed and looked at Ikuto sternly, "They will if Rin claims her as his daughter. Rin is older, and they will believe that Amu is his daughter if he claims it."

Ikuto frowned, deep in thought. "Then we don't allow him to do that."

Kukai sighed. "How do you expect to hide her? You can't stop them-"

"I claim her as my daughter." Ikuto stated as if it was the most obvious thing. "I mean, I'm older than you all. I can be a teenaged father who messed up three years ago and the mother wanted nothing to do with the child because of her family."

Utau nodded, "And we dye Amu's hair blue. It could work."

Miku perked up, "It might work. Ikuto, if you can pull this off until Amu can return to normal it would work. Amu can defy our father, and have her voice! She can reject the proposal."

"One thing." Nagihiko interrupted. "How do we get Amu to keep quite about Ikuto not being her dad?"

"We tell her we are playing house." Utau said casually. "She'll believe it."

"Miki will have to change Kai's hair color as well." Tadase said, referring to the new twin chara of Amu's.

Kukai clasped Ikuto on the back, "Well, are you ready to become a father Ikuto?"

I know I have taken forever to actually update this story, but I'm back. I will try to update this story more frequently, since I really look forward to 'Daddy' Ikuto. Who is is with me on that?

I know this chapter wasn't the most exciting, but it was needed to explain the past of Miku and Amu- and to introduce Miku properly to the story!

Please please review!

Also check out my two other stories:

My Shugo Chara AU in an Apocalypse In The Flesh

My Vampire Knight and Shugo Chara crossover Crimson Hearts