Title: Takeback
Rating: T for safety, eventual fluffy goodness and possibly some mild language.
Summary: She had been wounded beyond all repair, she had lost the one closest to her. Now she was going to get her revenge by taking the person closest to that person's heart. Utadase (Utau/Tadase)

Prologue: The Glass Shatters


Open your shiny eyes in the silent night
The wondrous night swooped down
filled with the sound of footsteps
from a stealthy, desirous black cat's paws.

It was late. It was night. She was lying there, helplessly alone, completely consumed by her thoughts. It couldn't happen. It'd never happen. Grasping for any shard of hope, any sort of sign that it had been a dream. Just a passing nightmare. Her fingers wandered over to her bedside table, fumbling with the buttons on her CD player. Before she could realize what was happening, music filled the room. Every shadow, every corner instantly came to life. She sighed, the familiar lyrics more haunting than ever. And all she could do was lay there – stand there – helplessly.

It was done discreetly. It was done in a way that she couldn't have ever found out. But she did. She saw her face change from shock, to confusion, then to pure delight. She saw the one girl she hated with every ounce of her being experience the one thing she had been longing for her entire existence. And all she could do was watch.

…Let's go out.

Wha…what?

I already said it. Let's go out. Soon.

Uh…uh…

If she was in her place, she would have answered in a heartbeat. She already knew how she would respond; she had practiced it thousands of times in her head, thousands of times in her dreams. Her hand would raise slowly up to her mouth, politely covering her gasp. She'd stare in shock for a moment, then happily respond yes, and smile. She would smile. He would smile. Life would be right, once again.

But no. That girl…she stuttered. She nervously fiddled with her fingers, her pajamas, anything. She didn't smile. Instead, she gave him a half-hearted look of confused ecstasy. It wasn't true love. It would fade along with the notes of her song. True love didn't include hesitations.

The LED clock on her CD player now read 2:12 AM. It was late, too late. There was work to be done tomorrow. She needed to rest. It was going to be a big day.

You can't see, you can't catch
The labyrinth butterfly
These targeted, feathered wings will take a long leap
Unseen, out of your concealed chest.

The song ended, leaving the room just as silent and hollow as it was before it started. She stared towards the ceiling once again, trying to forget. There must be something she could do – anything – to inflict some of the pain back at her. To make her feel the years of hurt she was feeling now.

And then…it hit her. The idea bubbled up from the depths of her mind, slowly convulsing, evolving, taking root in her thoughts.

Hinamori Amu took the one person closest to her.

Now Hoshina Utau will take the person closest to her as well.


A/N: This plot bunny kinda just wandered into my head…and I decided to play along, lol. Tell me what you think! I know it's hard to tell so far…but yea. Thanks for reading!