Morg: Heyo! Long time no see! Thanks for all the reviews guys!
Ikuto: Just shut up and make sure that their waiting was worth it.
Amu: So grouchy all the time now, aren't you?
Ikuto: I'm pretty sure you could cure me pretty quickly Amu.
Amu: Nope! Sorry.
Ikuto: *mutters under breath*
Morg: Is this because I haven't written any dirty scenes for you two in a while?
Ikuto: Possibly.
Morg: Too bad it's not happening in this chapter! You'll just have to wait it out!
Amu: It doesn't matter. You don't own us.
~Loving Every Amu~
Just before heading upstairs to sleep, I watched Dia make her way down into the basement. I figured she was writing her bit on the board. I'd check it out later when she wasn't there silently watching me like she always is. I'll have to find out why she can't speak. Thank God I was doing this out of boredom and because they actually are interesting. If not, I'd have killed myself long ago.
Yoru had gone back to, I guess you could say, sleep a while ago. I was too calm for him to stay out for long. I fell asleep on the couch before Dia ever came back out of the basement. You can't blame me! I have a catlike personality mixed in with my perverted one. Of course after a burst of energy like I just used I was going to need a little catnap.
I didn't really dream of anything, but I was certain after I woke up that I was still dreaming. Five girls were bent over me on the couch. One looked pissed. One looked excited. One looked unconcerned. One looked slightly anxious. The other one looked smug. I just blinked up at them. They were the five 'sisters' but the weirdest part wasn't being able to see them all at the same time. I'm pretty sure the fact that I could clearly see through them all as if they were ghosts was the weird part.
"What the hell? Why are you all bent over me? Let me up!"
Amu scoffed as she turned away. "Why aren't you shocked by this? I don't get you. Get out."
"Don't be so mean desu!"
"We can't exactly just let him leave now Amu-chan! Besides it'll be fun to have someone else to play with!"
Miki looked between her sisters before looking back at me. "What do you think Dia?"
Dia looked from Miki to Amu then at me. I swear she almost smiled. "He stays."
Amu stomped off to her room without another word. It was actually amusing for me to watch her do this considering her body wasn't solid. She didn't make any noise during her tantrum. What an idiot. She was by far the best one to tease. "So you can talk?"
Dia stared at me without changing her expression. Miki took a small step forwards to sort of, I don't know, steal my attention from Dia to herself. "She can only talk when with all of us. Don't ask why that happened. We don't get it either."
"I'm going to go make breakfast for Ikuto-san desu!"
The blonde chick bustled off to the kitchen. I wondered how she was going to manage to make anything considering she wasn't solid. I mentally shrugged it off before returning my attention to the other three girls still before me. "So what's going on here? Is this part of the curse?"
Ran looked like she was a rocket about to blast off. That girl had entirely too much energy, but at the same time I really wanted to run around with her. "We managed to find someone to help us out! He managed to change the curse a little since he couldn't break it! Instead of being like this every day, we get to take turns being the dominating personality except on the weekends since we don't really have a reason to be separated."
Yep, this girl had way too much energy. "Is that so? How come no one else has figured this out yet?"
Miki sighed before plopping down on a nearby chair. "People are stupid."
Dia laughed. It sounded like a small bell was tinkling. I had no idea that such a regal person sounded so timid and sweet. She didn't say anything as she sat on the arm rest of Miki's chair. Somehow those two seemed to be able to converse without words or even looking at each other. These personalities were getting more and more fucked up the better I got to know them.
Ran didn't seem fazed at all by their silent conversation. I was beginning to think that she could also understand what they were doing. That was until she had an outburst. "Stop you two! That isn't fair to the rest of us! I'm going to go play basketball!"
I didn't mean for it to happen. My eyebrow just rose up higher than the other one all on its own. Then the words just tumbled out without any warning for me or the girls. "How can you play sports and cook if you aren't even solid?"
I composed my face so the horror didn't show. All three girls looked at me until Dia's eyes flickered. At that moment I knew someone was behind me despite their body not making any noise to alert me to their approach. I ruled out Su considering she wouldn't do something like that. So it had to be Amu. Without warning I leaped off the couch. I managed to do some kind of twisting back flip and I landed firmly on my feet behind the ghost-like pinkette.
Their faces were priceless. All four girls looked impressed while only three of them looked shocked. I knew that my ears and tail were now visible. There was no way in hell I'd be able to pull off something that spectacular without Yoru's help. I began wondering whether or not Dia told them anything about me.
Dia smiled a real smile. I was totally taken off guard by that. Su chose that moment to enter the room. She was holding a tray in her see through hands. It had some sushi and other little snacks on it. My cat instincts took over completely. Within seconds I was standing next to her with my tail wrapped around one of her legs while purring. My 'normal' self was freaking out, but Yoru was too much in control.
Su laughed lightly and offered some of the fresh fish to me. "Thanks nya!"
What. The. Hell! This was the first time that I had no control over what I said. That was definitely Yoru's voice and definitely Yoru's words. There was nothing that I could do about it either. I knew in that moment that he was going to stay in control until he was satisfied. I might as well sit back and watch him interact with the freak show known as the 'sisters'.
Miki couldn't suppress her curiosity. Being a cat, I knew that. She got up off her chair and made her way over to where I was munching on my new treats. She smiled as she touched my ears. "Tell me your name?"
I looked up at her. My inner mind responded with 'Ikuto stupid' but my mouth didn't say that. "Yoru nya!"
"It makes more sense now as to why Dia trusted you. You're actually pretty cute in this cat form compared to your perverted self."
I started raging and screaming in my head but Yoru just smiled sheepishly. "I never do this to Ikuto nya! I just couldn't help myself this time nya. It's too exciting to watch from the sidelines nya. I wanted to meet you guys too nya."
Blushing! Yoru was making me blush! At the same time so were the ghosties. Even the tough bitch Amu had pink on her cheeks. Yoru was buttering them up! Way to go dude! We were going to be accepted for sure. At that moment I decided to try something I had never tried before.
Yoru? Would you like to stay out and play with the girls for a little while? I'm okay with that.
Our tail twitched a few times and our ears flickered as we both thought over what I had just said.
Okay nya, but just for a little while nya!
"Ran nya, Ikuto says it's okay if I stay out to play for a little while. Can we play nya?"
Ran looked almost a taken back. She burst out into a smiled before grabbing our hands and pulling us out of the house. To our surprise, Amu and Miki followed. Su said something about cleaning up the kitchen and Dia didn't say anything.
"What do you want to play Yoru-san?"
Our tail swished as he thought it over. I let him make the decision on his own. This was the perfect opportunity to get to know him better. Despite what you might think, I love the little guy. He is the only reason I have never been alone even with my dad leaving and my mother going crazy and marrying some asshole. Yoru never left me. I doubt that I created him myself considering I'd have to be pretty fucked up to make a second personality like him. I wasn't imagining my ears and tail. They were very much real as the girls had discovered although no one else had ever seen them, including my stalkerish little sister.
Apparently that Amu girl got a little too impatient with Yoru. She didn't wait very long before making the decision for him. "We're playing badminton. Grab a racket. Ran and I against Yoru and Miki."
"Okay nya!"
Miki just nodded and did as she was told. Luckily for our team, Yoru was extremely athletic. Miki didn't seem the type to actively participate in sports activities. Considering she basically stood still and held her racket while Yoru pounced all over the place in order to get the birdie every time, I'm very glad he is the one playing and not me. I would've yelled at her already, but Yoru just laughed and giggled as he ran around. The little guy was so cute and no one knew it better than I did.
I used this opportunity to scope out our surroundings. We were currently playing the backyard. The really tall privacy fence made sense now. Of course none of the girls could go out in public while being see through like this. Their fence allowed them to at least be able to play in the sun. I'll give it to them. They are pretty smart, which means that I'm even smarter considering I figured out their secret after one week. I can't take all the credit since it was probably due to Yoru's instincts.
Either way the game progressed nicely. Yoru rarely gave a point away while Ran and Amu were an amazing team they couldn't stop him. I wasn't too surprised considering how active Ran seemed to be, but Amu didn't come off as the type of girl to be good at sports. I'd have to tease her about this later. In the end Yoru and I plus Miki ended up winning. We all headed inside so Yoru and I could get a drink. None of the girls seemed to need to eat or drink anything while in the state they were in.
"So does this mean that you are all only a fifth here?"
Miki almost dropped the water pitcher she was carrying. "Does this mean that Yoru's no longer present?"
I stared at her for a moment before I realized that despite the fact that my ears and tail were still present, I was back in control of our body. "He's a little tired so he's taking a break. It takes a lot of energy for him to lead. What about my question?"
Miki placed the water down in front of me along with a cup before sitting in another chair at the table. "I guess you could say that. We all put our energy into the personality whose turn it is on their day so they can be solid and go to school and stuff. On the weekends we'd rather be together plus it's a lot less stressful if we do it this way."
I nodded while pouring myself some of the cold liquid. Su bustled over to me to make sure that I was okay before setting down a plate with small sandwiches on it. "We don't have to eat when we're like this so I think its fun that you are here desu! I get to cook on the weekends now!"
I stared at her for a moment before smirking. "Does this mean you want me to come back?"
Her face turned a light shade of pink before she abruptly turned around and went to take care of something else. Miki stared after her while Amu and Ran looked almost bored by our interaction. "So have you figured us out yet?"
I stared at her for a moment before I figured out that she meant the personalities. "Of course. Did you think it would take me longer than a week to figure you out? Amu's a bitch, Ran's energetic, you're calm and cool, Su's like a mother and Dia's just plain weird."
Amu's face was a beautiful color of dark red as she stood up from her seat. "Yeah and I've got you all figured out as well. You're an asshole and a pervert! Stupid Neko!"
Miki and Ran had to turn away to hide their smiles from the fired up pinkette. "See what I mean? Even when I'm just teasing her, she lashes out. Amu, don't try to pull that shit with me. I know that you aren't actually that bitchie or such a badass as you want everyone to think. In fact I think you just lash out when you're nervous about something. Tell me; are you nervous when you're around me? Is that why you treat me so horribly when I simply say thinks to make your cheeks turn that delightful red color that makes you so cute?"
As I expected her face turned even darker. I just wanted to squeeze her. Actually I wanted to lick her. Something about her made me think of strawberries and I love strawberries. I had to clasp my hands in order to not jump over the table and carry out send urge. I was certain, however, that she'd taste delicious. Stay in control stupid! I can wait a little longer to taste her. It was only a matter of time.
I waited for her answer. To my surprise it came out in stutters. "I-I don't-t k-know-w wh-what-t your-r t-talking about-t."
I smirked right at her before turning back to Miki. "The only one I'm having trouble with is Dia. She seems to know a lot more than she lets on and I think she might actually be sacrificing herself a little in order to give you guys more freedom. In fact I'm almost positive that the reason you can touch stuff when you're like this is because she puts more of herself into you to make that possible."
The four of them stared at me. I felt proud for a moment until I started to get the feeling that they'd never thought of it that way before. Su joined us at the table. The five of us sat in an uncomfortable silence until it was broken by Dia herself entering the room. She looked slightly tired but that was all. Though she didn't use words, we all knew what she was asking. 'What are you guys doing?'
We exchanged looks before Miki signaled for her to take a seat. "We need to talk."
Dia did as she was asked with a sigh. Her face gave away nothing as to what she was feeling. It was at that moment that I knew her personality. "So Amu's the nervous one that puts up a front while really caring about people. Ran's energetic and out going to the point that she can make friends easily. Miki's artistic and understanding of other people while keeping her cool in most situations. Su loves to take care of people because she cares about people. Dia you're the one I had trouble with at first but I get you now. You are so perceptive that you can pick up on what other people want. You are the side of Amu that sacrifices herself so that others can be happy. Since that is basically all you are you take it to the extreme. You can't speak because you give more of your energy to these guys than they realize. I'm not telling you to stop because then you wouldn't be you anymore, but you have to also think about what they want."
Each and every one of them sat with their shoulders slumped while staring at the table. Their bangs covered their faces so that I couldn't see them. They were thinking over what I had said. Was it really that hard for them to figure out? Then it hit me. They actually thought of each other as separate rather than as the same person.
One thing I knew for certain, this was going to be a hell of a lot tougher than I was originally planning.
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Morg: I tried to explain some more things in this chapter.
Ikuto: Well at least you tried.
Amu: You really are an asshole!
Ikuto: Not to everyone. Just stupid people.
Morg: This stupid person is thinking that you should be cut off from sex for a while. You do realize this is an M story.
Ikuto: Who said I thought you were stupid? I freaking love you!
Amu: Whatever Ikuto. Review guys!
