It was raining outside.

Amu was now 18 years old, she attended college at Tokyo University, and was currently going out with her childhood crush, Tadase Hotori. She had peach colored-like skin, slender legs; she basically had the perfect body. Her pink hair going down to the midway point on her back. Many people could mistake her as a model.

Amu sighed.

"What's wrong Amu?" asked Tadase.

"Nothing really, I just hate rainy days." Amu responded, with a slight bored expression.

They were currently at a cafe, enjoying lunch on a Friday afternoon. Amu just finished her classes, and Tadase decided to eat lunch with her.

"I wonder what he's doing right now..." Amu accidently said out loud.

"Who? Kukai? Nagehiko?" Tadase asked.

"No one!" Amu said desperately trying to lie.

Her face turned a dark shade of red; she was playing with her bracelet. The only person on her mind, especially on rainy days was Ikuto. The blue-haired, sapphire-eyed, sarcastic personality that she fell in love with. Although she loved him, she could never forgive him. He left her five years ago, and in those five years she endured pain, suffering, sadness, and a broken heart.

-Flashback-

Amu was lying down on her bed, waiting for a certain cat to come along. She was thinking of what to say to him, trying to make up a conversation because deep down, she really wanted to get to know him. She noticed it was raining outside, worrying about Ikuto getting wet, she knew he hated water.

"Yo.", Ikuto said smoothly.

"W-what the?!" Amu screamed.

"What? Surprised to see me?"

"Y-y-yeah! I didn't even k-know you were b-behind me!" Amu screamed once again.

"Amu..." Ikuto said, with a tint of sadness in his voice.

"Yeah?"

He instantly grabbed her, pulling her into his chest. He hung on to her, with quite a squeeze.

"W-What are you doing?" Amu said blushing with seven different shades of red.

Ikuto took something out of his pocket. It was a silver bracelet, with a heart on it. There were no other colors, or any other designs, just silver. It shined in the moonlight, it was absolutely beautiful. He slid it on Amu's petite wrist, and pulled her away.

Amu didn't know what to say. She was absolutely stunned by the magnitude of beauty the bracelet had, so simplistic yet so complex. Not only was she surprised, but she was happy. She could only stare at it, keeping her eyes on it, deep down she felt something different. Something warm, putting happiness in all parts of her body. It was love, not only love but true love.

Before she knew it, Ikuto had put his face right in front of hers; he then leaned slowly in and kissed her. It was passionate, but not that deep or light. It was what you could call a "perfect kiss". Amu unconsciously kissed back, their tongues intertwining, holding each others hands, eyes closed, and a moment of ecstasy. He then moved backwards, leaving her lips.

He left through the balcony, Amu blushing dark red, at a loss for words.

Every single day after that incident, Amu waited for Ikuto. Getting home early, finishing her homework as quickly as possible, and waiting for him. He was all that mattered to her. But as days became weeks, and weeks into months, she realized he wasn't coming back. After a couple of months, he completely vanished, his sister Utau shocked as she didn't know anything about his disappearance either. Amu realized that he was gone, and all she had was his bracelet to remember him by. If she could have one wish, it would be to see Ikuto again, just to see him.

-End of Flashback-

Amu was walking under an umbrella with Tadase, who was walking her back to her apartment. She was looking down at the ground, blushing as she held hands with him.

"So, Amu want to do something tommorow?" Tadase asked calmly.

"Sure, how about a date? Maybe we could just go hand out!" Amu said excited.

As she said this, she felt guilt. Although she was with Tadase, sometimes she wondered what it would be like with Ikuto. She put her hands on her wrist, trying to play with the bracelet Ikuto had given her.

Her eyes suddenly got bigger, as she put her hands on her wrist, she could feel nothing. Amu who let go of Tadase's hand started to look on the ground. First to her left, then right, then behind her. She couldn't lose the bracelet, the only memento she had of him. If she ever lost it, she could never forgive herself.

Desperately looking around, she started to cry. Tadase looked at her with a worried expression.

"Where could it be?!", Amu sobbed.

"Where could what be, Amu?!" Tadase asked.

"My bracelet! The bracelet I had on my wrist, the silver one!"

"I'll just buy you one, Amu, one that looks just like it. Don't worry."

"It's not like that!" Amu yelled loudly.

Tadase just looked at her with a confused look. He was worried about her, and could see the desperation of finding the bracelet. He noticed Amu was getting soaked in the rain. Of course, she didn't care how wet she got, all she cared about was finding that bracelet.

"Amu, just stop! You're getting all wet, you could catch a cold!"

Amu blatantly ignored him, still trying to find the bracelet on the wet sidewalks. She ran back and forth looking down, she couldn't find it; but she didn't give up.

"Amu…" Tadase thought, "How important could that bracelet be to her? I mean, it's just a bracelet, nothing really special…"

Amu was crying, that bracelet was more important to her than anything. With disappointment and tears, she walked back to her apartment with Tadase.

"Look, don't worry Amu, I'll just get you another one just like it." Tadase said cheerfully.

Amu's face was expressionless. Her thoughts full of anger, guilt, and especially sadness. She just nodded and closed the door. She sat on the couch, legs tucked into her chest. Looking down on the ground, whispering to herself, "I'm sorry Ikuto."

Hours later, the doorbell rang. She opened the door to her apartment, to see a small gift box in front of her doorstep. Taking it, she closed the door behind her and sat down on the couch once again. Amu opened the small box, and what she found shocked her. It was Ikuto's bracelet he gave her, in a small plastic bag. There was a note inside the bag also, she took it out and read it.

It just simply said, "I believe this is yours, try not to lose it again."

Who could've done this? Was It Tadase? No, that's not his handwriting, nor would he look for something like a bracelet , even though it meant the world to her. Nonetheless, she slept through the night with a smile, the return of her bracelet was like the feeling of a five year old opening a gift from Santa, absolutely happy.

The next day, Amu patiently waited for Tadase at the nearby park. About seven minutes later, she saw Tadase arrive. Amu was in a plaid skirt, it was white with three pink stripes on the side. A red tank-top with white sandals, and an X-clip in her strawberry-pink hair.

Immediately Tadase noticed that she was wearing her bracelet she lost the other day.

"Oh, you found that bracelet?" Tadase asked curiously.

"Someone sent it to me, I guess they found it but I don't know who."

"Well, want some ice-cream? There's an ice-cream vendor I saw on the way here."

"Sure! I'll take chocolate."

"Alright. I'll be right back." Tadase said while walking away.

Sitting alone in the bench, Amu remembered the time Ikuto and her shared a chocolate ice-cream. She couldn't help but giggle at the memory, without noticing she realized she was playing with her bracelet. She had a deep blush across her face. She noticed something strange, but familiar.

Through the peripheral of her eye, she swore she saw a blue blob of some sort walk right past her. She looked up, and turned to her right, she saw nothing. Before she knew it, Tadase had come back with one vanilla ice-cream for him, and the chocolate one for her.

"Hey Tadase." Amu asked nervously.

"Hmm?" Tadase said licking his ice-cream.

"You r-remember," She paused.

"Remember what?"

She started her question once again.

"You remember Ikuto?" She said playing with her bracelet.

"Of course I do." He said with an annoyance in his voice.

"What do you think happened to him? I mean he disappeared.."

"I don't really care what happened to that miserable cat."

Amu looked down, she had a frown on her face.

As they finished eating their ice-cream, they began to walk through the park. About halfway from the road they were walking on, Amu looked back and noticed there was a figure near the ice-cream vendor. He was slim, but you could tell he was incredibly strong. He had blue hair, and was wearing a black hoodie with blue jeans. He bought a chocolate-flavored ice-cream, and walked away.

Was she seeing things? There was only one person she knew who had blue hair, Ikuto. But then again, all this stress at college could be getting to her, her mind was just playing tricks on her. As much as she disbelieved it was Ikuto, she really did want it to be Ikuto.

"Hey Tadase, I got to go.."

"What for?" Tadase asked sadly.

"I, uh, got some things for college I got to study for. Sorry."

With that she ran off as quickly as she could. She hoped that going shopping in the streets of Tokyo could help clam her nerve, and help her forget about Ikuto. She was with Tadase after all, the one she thought she was in love with, any girl would be happy with a boy like Tadase. However, she didn't feel quite satisfied, and wondered what it would be like with Ikuto.

It was 7:00, she had already bought a few things. Some make-up, a white t-shirt with a heart on it, and some books she liked to read. One of them particularly named The Blue Cat by Otuki.

She went to her favorite café, and bought a small sandwich. As she ate quietly she read the books she bought. She found herself playing with her bracelet constantly, she wanted to stop but couldn't. Something deep in her heart was telling her something, yet she couldn't decipher it.

Soon after she ate, she was walking back to her apartment, she had an umbrella because it was raining pretty hard.

Ikuto who had just returned to Tokyo, after his long mission his step-father assigned him in America. He stayed here for one month, without anyone close to him knowing, he couldn't risk it because their safety and their lives were on the line. He lived close to Amu, her apartment complex was the only complex that had a room available, and although he was close to her he had to separate himself from her as much as he could. Of course, he was the one who found her bracelet on the sidewalk and returned it to her.

It was around 7:45 when Ikuto was walking home. He tried to take a shortcut through an alley, of course him being an alley cat it was his style. He noticed two big figures standing in his way, obviously they were from Easter.

"So, Ikuto, since you couldn't find the person we're looking for in the time we allowed you, it's time for some consequences" One of them said.

Ikuto knew he was stronger than both of them combined. He could take them out easily but instead, he couldn't. He found out the other day Amu was with Tadase, he was at the park and saw them holding hands. He was heartbroken, he had lost all motivation of coming to see her again. He had no motivation to fight these two, his face was emotionless.

"Not talking huh?"

One of them took hold of Ikuto from behind, while the other cracked his knuckles. He started to punch Ikuto in the stomach, then in the face. He repeated this, punch after punch, kick after kick. After about five minutes, it all stopped. Ikuto was badly bruised, he was bleeding, few of his ribs were also hurt, more like broken. He had also received a stab wound towards his stomach area, but it missed anything vital. Ikuto was on the ground, gasping for air, Amu was the only thing he could think of.

"I can't die here…" Ikuto said while gasping for air.

The two thugs left, leaving Ikuto alone, leaving him vulnerable for death. About three minutes later, Ikuto got up leaning against the wall of the alley. He was in extreme pain, but he was ok. Most of his bleeding had stopped, but he could still feel it. He slowly walked out of the alley, hoping to get into his apartment before anyone could see him.

"God, I'm so tired." Amu said while yawning, walking home.

It was 7:54 and Amu was heading toward her apartment. As she was walking down the street, she saw a figure, leaning against the wall of one of the buildings. He seemed to be headed toward his apartment complex, the same one as Amu's. He was limping, and was walking very slowly.

Amu quickly rushed over to notice that the man had blue hair, a black hoodie and blue jeans. Her eyes widened, lips slightly apart, tears started rushing down. She ran over to the man, a few steps behind him he turned around.

"Ikuto…" Amu said softly, yet with a surprised tone.

Ikuto's eyes got bigger, he was clutching to his stab wound, the other hand leaning against the wall, he was a little crouched, and he was drenched in water. The rain became even more merciless as the two saw each other.

"Get away from me!" Ikuto yelled.

Amu stood there shocked. Why was he pushing her away? Does he hate her?

Amu took another step forward.

"Ikuto! It's me Amu!"

"Stay away from me.." Ikuto said, glaring at Amu.

Amu's eyes were staring right at him. She was in complete shock, she was hurt. Tears started to fall from her face. Did the only man she ever truly loved hate her?

"Hmph, you never learn huh?" Ikuto said.

"W-what..?"

"I hate you."

Amu's heart had shattered into pieces. The three words she never wanted to hear from him. She was still in shock, rain hitting her face, blending in with the tears. The tears of joy now became tears of sadness.

Ikuto had to push Amu away. Easter has specifically told him to never meet with her again. If they ever caught him talking to her, they would try and kill Amu. Her life is more precious to him than anything, he couldn't see her get hurt. Protecting her was his duty, it was his wish, it was because he loved her.

Suddenly the pain started to kick in, it hurt even more than before. Ikuto moaned in pain, and he fell to the ground. His vision faded, everything turned black. The last thing he heard and saw was Amu, before he completely fainted.