u~At the Lake~/u
While Tadase was planning his search for Amu with the Guardians, Ikuto was having some...ifuni/. Ikuto had taken Amu back to the hotel and into his room. Amu, furious and dazed at the same time, wasn't very happy about that.
"Ikuto, it's not very nice to kidnap someone while they're on a idate/i!" Amu complained.
Ikuto replied, "You were on a date with the kiddy king!" But instead of laughing he then frowned. "I really wish you weren't on the date with Tadase...but with me instead."
Amu's jaw went slack with surprise at Ikuto's sudden confession. Then Amu did the obvious thing; ishe fainted/i.
Everyone had arrived at the hotel to aid Tadase and they were already discussing the matter.
"I can't believe Ikuto came and took Amu just like that! When I find him I'm gonna show him a piece of my mind!" Yaya exclaimed, pouting like a child.
"We still sense Amu's presence in the hotel." Ran, Miki, and Su piped in.
Finally, everyone decided it would be best to split up to find Amu. The pairs were: Nagihiko and Rima, Yaya and Tadase, and the group of guardian characters.
The search began quickly and not much later they had already scoured the whole bottom two floors, but found nothing.
Tadase wailed, "I'm such a failure; how am I supposed to protect Amu from danger if I can't even keep Ikuto away?"
bMeanwhile.../b
While Yoru was on the look-out for the Guardians, Ikuto was attempting to wake up Amu. Unsure of what to do, he placed her in his lap and stroke her hair, hoping she would wake up soon.
After minutes that had felt like forever had passed Amu jolted up, pulling herself out of Ikuto's arm in the process.
Ikuto sighed in relief. "Next time give me a warning when you plan on fainting. I thought I'd killed you with shock."
"Did you really mean it Ikuto...? I mean did you really wish that it was you on the date with me...?" Amu asked; her voice quiet.
Ikuto nodded, but the mood was killed when Yoru came into the room, screaming his head off.
"The kiddy king and his friends are coming!" Yoru screamed again, managing not to 'nya~'.
Amu, surprisingly, wasn't rejoiced with the news. A part of her iwanted/i to be with Ikuto now. She stood up quickly, motioning for him to stand up.
"Hurry, we have to get moving or else they'll find us!" Amu cried, somewhat desperately.
Ikuto was shocked, but then recovered quickly. He smiled and pulled Amu through the window with him.
They hit the ground and began to run, searching for somewhere to hide.