Maps

Quick notification: I do not own Shugo Chara or any of its characters. I was listening to Maps by Maroon 5 when I thought of this story. I don't own Maroon 5 or their song Maps. They are AWESOME. I only own my oc's that was mentioned in this story, this chapter in particular. (If another character you know has that same name I don't own them I only own the one in here. Chances are I probably don't know the other character that you're talking about.)

Chapter 1: Coming home

XNarator POVX

An exhausted Ikuto lie on his hotel bed, hands behind his head, legs crossed, and eyes closed. His mind occupied by that certain pink haired, hazel eyed, creature that his thoughts never seemed to escape from; Hinamori Amu. His love for her made no effort of decreasing, in fact he loved her more with each passing day of the last 7 years. He tried to concentrate on something else, but failed miserably; because everything reminded him of her.

"UGH…" he groaned loudly, obviously frustrated and unfathomably bored. Then his phone started to ring, he flipped it open and read the caller ID. It said 'Mitsuni', he pushed the 'Talk' button and pressed the phone to his ear.

"Yo," Ikuto said casually.

"Dude! Where are you?!" Mitsuni sounded angry and a little distressed, Ikuto cocked an eyebrow.

"What's your problem, man?" Ikuto asked curiously.

"What are you!? An idiot!? Performance! Your solo! Duh!" he paused in the heat of his rant.

"How could you forget!?

"Oh!" Ikuto mentally slapped himself. "Yeah I'll be right there!" With that Ikuto hung up the phone. He quickly slipped his shoes on, threw on his jacket, and grabbed his violin case while running out the door. 'Man, I need serious help…' he thought as he raced down the hallway.

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Ikuto's solo was coming up. The melody was smooth and peppy. The music was slowly doing a large crescendo into a grand climax that was full of feeling. He knew his solo was approaching when the melody faded and the other instruments quieted to a murmur. Ikuto stood, closed his eyes, and concentrated on playing. As soon as he began all the memories of Amu flooded his mind: her smiling, her first chara transformation, her face when he stole her second and third chara eggs.

Ikuto abruptly stopped playing and looked down. The rest of the instrumentalists stared at him and so did the crowd. Ikuto sighed then smiled sincerely and promptly walked off the stage

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XIkuto's POVX

The piece we were playing brought back so many memories of Amu that I just couldn't restrain myself. I stopped playing and sighed. 'I guess I'm going home'. When I got backstage I put my violin in Its case and slung it over my shoulder. I was starting towards the exit when someone grabbed my arm preventing me from leaving. I turned around to see Mitsuni gawking at me.

"What are you doing, man?" He questioned looking at me quizzically. I smiled before replying.

"There's something-someone-that I need more than this, sorry." I brushed off his hand continuing to the exit. While I sauntered off I could just make out his expression change from questioning to understanding. Out of my peripheral I saw him smirk.

"I hope she's worth it." He smiled at me.

"She's one in a million, Of course she's worth it." I responded over my shoulder as I tucked my hands in my pocket.

Back at the hotel I packed my belongings and got a plane ticket. I was back to my home town by night fall.

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Well, that's the first chapter of 'Maps' for you. Stay tuned for the next chapter.