"Alright , you're hired as our new singer. You can start work now , right?" Owner-san said as he flashed me a grin.

My eyes widened in shock "R-really?"

He nodded , a deep chuckle rising up his throat , probably because of my reaction.

But I didn't care. I was so damn glad I could jump around the bar for a full day. Happiness instantly pulsed throughout my body .

Out of impulse , I jumped up , raising a fist "Yes!"

Owner-san raised an eyebrow , obviously amused by my actions. My eyes went even wider as I realised what I had done. Giving a nervous chuckle , I rubbed the back of my neck playfully.

He chuckled once again and shook his head , muttering something about youngsters nowadays which made me even more embarrassed.

"Come over here , I'll introduce you the the other members" he said walking away .

"A-ah! Of course!" I said as I ran forward , following him. The corners of my mouth twitched up into a deep grin unconsciously. I FINALLY GOT A JOB!

I quickly pulled out my phone and began typing a message to Utau at full speed.

"Amu?" Owner-san called , snapping me out of my thoughts . I quickly stuffed my phone in my pocket.

"Ah , yes?" I blinked , flushing slightly as I realised I had floated off to Lala-land again. I was instantly met by the curious eyes of 7 guys standing right in front of me. To say that they were normal..was an understatement. Simply put it , they were dressed like.. Gang members? And they had tattoos around their arms.

Fearfully , I took a step back "Geh!"

They blinked and burst into chuckles.

"Are we that scary?" they questioned , obviously amused by my actions.

I looked away slightly , embarrassed as I hesitated "J-just a bit.."

That sent them into another tornado of laughter.

I raised my eyebrows . What the hell were they laughing about?

"E-excuse me?" I questioned as I chose my words carefully. Wouldn't want to anger them . I might end up dead and not be able to see Ikuto's return.

As though sensing my attempt to not irritate them , their laughters became laughter.

A vein popped out of my head as I felt an urge to glare deep into their heads. How could they be so rude? Tattoo or no tattoo , I didn't care anymore! I was standing right here! Not invinsible!

"Excuse me!" I snapped , annoyed .

They raised an eyebrow at me , still "Yes?"

I glared at them "Can you stop your annoying chuckles right this minute? I am standing right here now. Do your eyes have problems? Have you no idea what the meaning of the word 'rude' means? If so , I would gladly hammer in the knowledge in your annoying heads right now"

Their eyes widened in surprise before one of the guys chuckled again "So you're Hinamori Amu , huh? The once fearful punk known to the whole town a few years back?"

"Got a problem with that?" I snapped , a cold tone to my voice.

I wasn't about to play nice girl to these people. So what if they were tattoed? If they dared to try something on me , I was going to beat the shit out them. The self defense lesson I took wasn't for nothing. It was to kill people that annoyed me.

To my surprised , they actually came forward and gave me a grin "Nope , welcoming aboard , Hinamori Amu"

My head jerked up in surprise "What?"

They chuckled.

One of them raised his thumb and pointed it to himself "I'm Ryuu , I play the guitar and drums"

I watched in surprise as they all began introducing themselves , each of them knowing at least how to play two instruments or more.

My heart stopped as the last man introduced himself to me.

"I'm Kira , I play piano and violin" he said with a grin.

My heart skipped a beat. Violin? My thoughts immediately flew to Ikuto.

Ikuto..when was he going to be back.. I waited for so many years already.. I really miss him..

"Oii?" a voice pulled me back to earth "Amu-chan~?"

My head snapped up as I glared at whoever pulled me away from Ikuto "What?"

He raised both hands up in a surrendering way "Just wanted to know if you were alive"

I glared at him deeply.

Owner-san laughed "Anyway , Amu , these people will be your slaves for as long as you're gonna work here"

"No thank you" I replied immediately. I didn't want to know what kind of slaves. I just didn't want to see them.

He laughed even harder "Too bad , you haven't got a choice. They play the instruments . Simply put , if you don't want them , you'll have to sing without music"

"I play the piano , guitar and violin" I stated as-a-matter-of-fact-ly "I don't need them"

He chuckled "But two instruments or more sounds better than one , don't you agree?"

I paused at this. He was right...

"Fine. But don't blame me if I really treat them as 'slaves'" I muttered.

The 7 guy's jaw fell apart.

"Sure , do whatever you like" he grinned "Anyway , discuss what you wanna sing and start in fifteen minutes"

I gave the guys a skeptical look "Whatever"

He chuckled and shook his head again , walking away.

"So..." the guy who I think was called Luke began "Whaddya wanna sing?"

I sighed and reached into my pocket and took out my iphone. I opened a page and showed them "Can you handle this? I just need two guitar players and back up singers. I can handle the piano by myself"

Luke and Ryuu grinned "Then I guess we're on it. We can handle both"

"But.. this is pretty amazing , you wrote it?" Kira raised his eyebrows , staring in my phone.

I smirked "Pretty much"

Luke grinned and pointed to the stage at the corner side of the bar filled with all kinds of instruments and a few microphones "Then lets plan real quick and get up there"

Right then , her phone vibrated. She moved her hand back down and stared at the new message , a grin instantly tugged on her mouth as she opened it.

Amu

Where is it? I'll go visit!

Utau

Utau's jaw fell open. At a bar? God knows how scarring those places could be? What if Amu met with some rapers?

"Utau?" Souko called from the kitchen as she walked into the living room "What happened?"

She sounded worried for her daughter , which made Utau slightly happy.

But still , worried.

"Amu found a job at a bar!" she exclaimed , concerned.

Souko's eyes widened as she cried out dramatically "A bar?"

Utau nodded her head at high speed , "That's right! That stupid girl!"

"Oh no!" Souko whined "Those places are not nice! There will be rapers , flashers , molesters , creepers..."

Utau winced over and over again as her mother shot painful words out of her mouth "M-mom! Enough! I don't need to know those weird names!"

Souko blinked and gave a nervous laugh "Ahaha..sorry..Utau..."

Utau sighed "Its alright , what now... Amu is in danger!"

"Alright!" Souko stood up , raising a fist as a scene of the universe appeared behind her "Find out where this horrible bar is and we'll go save her right now!"

Utau nodded seriously and began typing a message to Amu.

A relieved sighed came to her as a reply came immediately.

Utau

Sure! Its the one next to the newly opened clothing store we went last week!

XX

"I got the place!" Utau announced.

"Alright! LETS DEPART NOW!" Souko announced as she pulled her daughter.

However , once the door opened , they were both frozen in their tracks.

"Yo" Ikuto and Aruto smirked in front of their door.

"A-a-a-a-a-aruto?" Souko's eyes bulged out of its socket while Utau gave an emotionless look "Oh , wow , look , its dad and Ikuto"

Both Utau and Ikuto covered their ears , preparing for the worst.

"ARUTO!" their mother screeched and jumped on Aruto , giving him the world's tightest hug.

Aruto simply smirked "I'm back"

"By the way , Utau" Ikuto began.

"Yeah?" Utau muttered , as she looked away in disgust from her parents who were already beginning a full blown make-out session.

"Wheres Amu?" he said with a smug smirk.

Utau's eyes went wide in shock. HOW COULD SHE HAVE FORGOTTEN?

"OH SHIT!" she screamed and grabbed her parents along with Ikuto , speeding down the streets . Souko remained hugging Aruto , a happy expression on her face , not noticing that she was being dragged while Aruto and Ikuto had a blank look.

Utau simply ignored all the weird looks she got as she sped at the speed of 1000km/s down the road.

"ITS SHOULD BE OVER HERE!" Utau shouted as she burst open the door , scanning everywhere around the bar.

Souko's eyes widened dramatically again as took a few steps back , finally remembering "Oh no , I FORGOT ABOUT AMU!"

Ikuto raised his eyebrows "Did something happen to Amu?"

"OVER THERE!" Utau screeched pointing at the stage in the corner of the bar.

She frozed as she noted that her friend was sitted in front of a piano and there was two guys sitted on a bar chair next to her with mikes positioned in front of them.

"Wait.." she muttered "D-don't tell me..."

""Hey , everyone!" Amu's voice rang throughout the bar as she spoke in the microphone.

"I'm the singer here. If I manage to break any of your eardrums today , you'll probably be seeing me for a while more" she joked.

Everyone laughed . Some of them shouted "You'll be okay!"

She chuckled "I guess we should start"

She took a deep breath and began playing on the piano.

The two men next two her began singing background for her.

King of Anything by Sara Bareilles (Background music are not bold)(LINK In Profile)

O~oh

Uh oh

O~oh

Uh oh

O~oh

Uh oh

O~oh

Uh oh

Keep drinkin' coffee

Stare me down across the table

While I look outside

Utau smiled as Amu's voice rang throughout the place strong and clear. I think I understand now...

"Oh my.." Souko muttered.

So many things I'd say if only I were able

But I just keep quiet

And count the cars that pass by

You've got opinions, man

We're all entitled to 'em

But I never asked

So let me thank you for time

And try to not waste any more of mine

Get out of here fast

I hate to break it you babe

But I'm not drowning

There's no one here to save

She smiled as she sang the next part moving her head up and down lightly.

Who cares if you disagree

You are not me

Who made you king of anything

So you dare tell me who to be

Who died

And made you king of anything

Oohh

You sound so innocent

All full of good intent

You swear you know best

But you expect me to

Jump up on board with you

And ride off into your delusional sunset

I'm not the one who's lost

With no direction, oh

But you'll never see

You're so busy makin' maps

With my name on them in all caps

You've got the talkin' down, just not the listening

And who cares if you disagree

You are not me

Who made you king of anything

She grinned as everyone began clapping along.

So you dare tell me who to be

Who died

And made you king of anything

Amu closed her eyes as she sang the next part.

All my life

I've tried

Tried

To make everybody happy while I

Just hurt

Hurt

And hide

Hide

Waitin' for someone to tell me it's my turn to decide

O~oh

O~oh

Uh oh

O~oh

Uh oh

O~oh

Oh oh!

Who cares if you disagree

You are not me

Who made you king of anything

So you dare tell me who to be

Who died

And made you king of anything

Ohh~

Who cares if you disagree

You are not me

Who made you king of anything

So you dare tell me who to be

Who died

And made you king of anything

Let me hold your crown, babe

Oh ooo

Ahh

Utau grinned as the whole placed exploded in claps and cheers. She even heard people whistling. This was Amu. The best singer on earth that she knew. She actually couldn't believe that her friend hadn't made it big yet.

Amu stood up , grinning from ear to ear. She looked so happy as though she could fly.

She bend down and bowed "Thank you!"

"Amu.." Utau heard Ikuto .

She smirked , looking up at him "She's good isn't she? If you ask me , I'd say that she's even better than me"

It was the truth too . The whole world knew.

He didn't say anything. Just stared at Amu. Like a lovesick idiot. One that was pervertic.

Utau shrugged at her brother and ran forward to hug Amu.

"Amu! That was great!" she cheered, grinning from ear to ear.

"Utau!" she smiled as she released her.

"I know , right? I can't believe I made it!" Amu grinned , excited.

"Oh yeah!" Utau grinned remembering about Ikuto , forgetting about rapers , molesters , flashers and creepers "I brought someone here to show you!"

She raised her eyebrow "Who?"

Lets hope that she'll like this... Utau prayed. She didn't want to be murdered by her pink-haired friend.

Utau grabbed her hand "Come here"

Amu turned and gave a look to two guys who were playing the guitar just now "I'll be right back"

They nodded at her with a grin.

"Wait!" Utau said and covered her eyes with her hands. She was already imagining to look on Amu's face when she saw Ikuto. THIS WAS GOING TO BE FUN...was what she thought.

"W-wait , Utau , what are you doing?" she exclaimed , struggling to be free.

"Shh.." she hushed , grinning from excitement "Just walk forward"

Hesitantly , Amu took slow steps forward.

"Okay , stop here!" Utau announced as she paused in front of Ikuto .

Amu stopped suspiciously "What are planning?"

Ikuto raised his eyebrow as Amu walked in front of him , eyes covered . However , a smirk played on his lips , signaling that he understood what was happening.

"Okay" Utau said , moving Amu's hands away slowly "Don't open your eyes!"

"Yeah , yeah" she muttered, annoyed "Just hurry"

Utau chuckled "Now count to five..."

As she said this , she grabbed Souko and Aruto away while Souko whined about wanting to watch.

(Amu's POV)

I sighed "Five..four ..three..two..one"

"I'm opening my eyes! Utau!" I called out loud , wondering if she was still there. She had better not be tricking me.

As my eyes fluttered open , I caught a flash of blue before a man came into my full view.

My eyes went wide .

"Wha.." I could barely make any word out. HE'S BACK?

I've imagined it happening so many times.. But I can't believe its happening.

"Yo , Amu" he smirked at me.

"I..Ikuto.." I whispered.

I stood frozen as he walked forward slightly.

All of a sudden , he wrapped his arms around my and hugged me up.

My eyes went even wider as his scent enclosed around me.

"I'm back.." he whispered.

Tears rosed to my eyes "I-Ikuto.."

He pulled apart slightly , arms still around me as he smirked "Heh..so you've grown .. Are cup C?"

My eyes went wide . So that was what the hug was for? I WAS GONNA KICK HIS ASS

"PERVERT!" I screeched as I pushed him apart.

The whole bar went quiet as everyone turned to see me.

I flushed red in embarrassment "U-umm.."

Stupid pervert , making me do that in front of so much people! I was soo gonna get back at him.

Ikuto chuckled "You haven't changed"

I glared at him "The one who didn't change was you"

(Ikuto's POV)

I took in Amu's appearance quickly.

She was wearing a black sleeveless shirt with a white halter top over it. She also wore a pair of brown button shorts. Her hair was tied into a long ponytail , her bangs left out. I noted that her ponytail was slightly curved at the end.(In profile)

Her faced features had grown to be even more beautiful. She had matured alot since the last time. But...

"You're short" I commented.

She flushed instantly and glared me.

I chuckled "Still the same old Amu"

"Shut up" she muttered.

She looked up at me , nervous "Umm..Ikuto?"

"Hmm?" I raised my eyebrows. Was she going to say anything. Like a confession maybe?

I felt myself smirk at the thought of that.

"I-I..." she began.

"Yeah?" I asked further. What was it?

"I... … …" she muttered.

I leaned in "I can't hear you"

"I.. .. you!" she said , slightly louder.

"Huh?" I said , pretending to blink while hiding a smirk , oh , I was so enjoying this.

She clenched her fist tightly in a determined way and scream out "I LOVE YOU! DAMMIT!"

My eyes went wide .

I didn't really expect that.

I was joking.

My jaw fell.

Ikuto : This is farmiliar

Angel : Well , durr? I rewrote my previous stories , blissful love and love serenate.

Amu : Why?

Angel : Cause..no one reviewed so I thought of improvising?

Ikuto : Ha! I knew it

Angel : (Glare and raise scissors) IM GONNA CASTRATE YOU

Ikuto : (Eyes widen in fear)

Amu : Ahahah... A-anyway , why are we here?

Angel : (Shrugs) Cause I thought it would be fun?

Amu : Right..

Angel : Anyway..please review.. or give some..tips? Or..i'll rewrite it again...

P.S Amu's clothes & link for song she sang in profile.