Straying Melody

a/n: italicized words are thoughts and I'm so sorry for uploading so late!! I hope you enjoy this chapter! ...SO ENJOY!

I looked at Ikuto and quickly said, "Stop messing around with this girl…She's too young for you!"

I stuck out my tongue and ran in the opposite direction of the voice yelling my name.

"Amu-chan, have you seen this girl…um she has black hair, blue eyes, and…"

SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! IT'S SO LOUD HERE!!

I covered my ears with my hands as I ran farther and farther away.

I finally reached a quiet place in the park, so I sat down against a tree.

Kisa looked at me with tears in her purple eyes.

"Kisa… Come on, smile!" I whispered, hurt that my chara was crying for me.

She smiled widely, a tear trickled down her face one last time today.

"Now it's your turn Tsuki-chan! SMILE!" she said, pulling my cheeks to make a smile.

I laughed at her sanguine attitude; she was everything that I wanted to be.

She was optimistic, playful, full of dreams, amicable, and could sing whenever and wherever she wanted to.

Of course, she is my chara…

I watched Kisa try to become friends with a squirrel. I watched her sing and dance. I watched her laugh.

Watching her play always brought smiles to my face, and distracted me from thinking about the reason why I was feeling bad.

Unfortunately, it also distracted me from noticing Kukai approaching.

"Dang! You run pretty fast…" he sighed as he sat next to me.

"Grrrr…Why did you follow me?" I stated irritated, "No, how did you find me?"

He laughed and then answered, "It was hard at first, but Dai-chi sensed a chara and led me here!"

I sighed, "So what do you want?"

"You never answered my question back at the infirmary! You just left, and ended our conversation, which wasn't finished!" Kukai exclaimed disappointment covered his face.

"What if I don't want to answer?" I stood up, hands at my hips.

"What are you gonna run again? I won't even ask you to sing for me…even though I'm curious. JUST TELL ME AND I'LL NEVER BOTHER YOU AGAIN…unless you want me to be your friend," Kukai stated.

"Friend… yea right…" I muttered under my breath before answering, "Fine, I can sing…"

"WHA? REALLY?? WILL YOU PLEASE SING FOR ME???" he exclaimed with a wide grin on his face and sparkles in his eyes.

"H-hey! You said you wouldn't ask for me to sing for you! Liar!" I shouted, stepping backwards.

"Yea yea yea… fine, I'll stop asking. Well see you later," he said with Dai-chi floating back to him.

Kisa returned to my side, smiling wider than Kukai.

Kukai started walking off when I asked Kisa, "Did you have fun? It's been a while since you've been able to play with another chara, huh?"

The orange haired boy turned around to look at me again, "You don't hang out with anyone, do you?"

"Of course, I have tons of friends!" I lied, sticking my tongue out at him.

He started laughing and walking backwards into the myriad of trees, yelling, "Ok then! Then let's hang out together with your friends and mine later! 'Kay?"

"W-whatever…" I mumbled.

Kisa looked at me with tears in her eyes, and said softly, "You don't have any friends though… after you left Easter…"

I smiled with all the strength that I could muster up inside of me and whispered, "I still have you, don't I?"

My "friends"…They're all pawns to Easter…They're all still searching for the make-believe, idiotic embryo…

FLASHBACK:

"Tsuki-chan! Tsukiko!!" My two best friends called for me, following the sound of my singing.

I was dancing in the park by myself, singing happily.

"TSUKI! Did you hear that teacher guy with the orange hair got fired?! HE was so close to finding the embryo too!" One of my friends sighed.

"I'm telling you that it's hopeless to search for it! I mean look at what happened to Utau-Oneechan and Iku—"

"What about me?" a sly voice whispered in my ear.

"N-NOTHING!" I stammered as my friends giggled.

"IKUTO~~~!" Utau called from the distance.

"Well, see ya Tsukiko!"

Utau appeared as soon as Ikuto disappeared, like night disappears when day arrives.

"Oh! There you two are! The Boss is looking for you! And damn… I just missed Ikuto didn't I???" Utau sighed as her eyes were constantly searching for Ikuto, her brother.

"Yep! You just missed him!" my friend laughed and my other friend continued, "Bye, Tsuki-chan!"

"See you later!"

Later, I was walking down the hallway that passed the Boss's office, when I accidentally over heard something that I, specifically, wasn't supposed to hear.

"Keep it up girls! Make sure you get Tsukiko to help search for the embryo, and if you do I'll give you everything that you've ever wanted. If she will sing with Utau…then the embryo will definitely be ours!"

The two girls left the room and saw me standing there in shock.

"You were just trying to get me to search for the embryo all along?! You guys were only pretending , huh?!?! I'll never join Easter's stupid search for the fantasy EMBRYO!" I screamed with tears in my eyes.

"W-wait! Tsuki-ch—"

"Shut up! Don't ever call me that ever again!"

I ran away that day, and wished that I could be someone else…someone happy, playful, and with true friends.

That was the day that Kisa was born, but it was also the beginning of my loneliness…

FLASHBACK END

"Of course, Tsuki-chan!" Kisa smiled, and I wiped away her tears.

You are my precious treasure, Kisa…My only friend.