Being Together: First Wish

Ch. 3: Helpless

Since Suu's been turned against everyone. Ikuto has to find another way to catch the dark egg and then defeat it without harming Suu.

On Saturday morning, the sun shines brightly and Yaya is the first to get up.

Yaya, on the phone talking to Nagihiko: "Let's go to Amu-chi's house today."

Worried about how Amu is doing: "Sure, I want to see if she's getting any better. I'll get Rima to come with us.", says Nagihiko

After Yaya's call, Naghiko gets Rima on the phone. They talk for a while and Rima gets a bit annoyed.

Rima talks with a proud tone of voice on the phone: "I was going to her house today anyways. I'm her best friend; you didn't have to tell me."

Nagihiko tries to calm Rima down: "I'm just saying that all of us will be there to check up on Amu."

With a sudden change of attitude: "Oh, I see. Then let's meet her house. Bye." Rima hangs the phone up.

The former king of the Guardians is sitting down on the grass looking up at the moon which hasn't gone down yet in the morning.

Tsukasa Amakawa: "It's going to be a tough time for all of them today."

Back at Amu's house, Amu wakes up and finds her little sister Ami sleeping right next to her.

Amu, still a bit drowsy and her eyes are half way open: "Iku... (she sits up)...Ami-chan?"

After Amu removes the blanket, Ami feels a cold from a draft of wind.

Ami is talking in her sleep: "Mmm...I'm, I'm cold. I want hot buns."

Amu is confused: "Ami get up, its morning, what are you do..." A car door slams just outside of her house.

Amu rushes to the window to see who it is: "Is that Rima?"

She see's a black car but some people wearing black suits other than Rima get out of the car.

Amu gets worried: "Who are they?" Ami wakes up and sees her sister by the window. She gets up and runs to Amu's side.

Happy to see that Amu is better: "Onee-chan, what are you looking at?" says Ami.

Ran and Suu are now awake and both of them fly onto the platform outside of Amu's room.

Ran gets scared and points at the people looking back at them: "Amu, aren't they the people from Easter?"

Amu turns her head around facing the mini house: "Dia, are you awake?" Dia comes out of her egg shinning brightly and nods at Amu.

Without a second's waste: "Let's transform!" says Amu as she Chara transforms with Dia and flies outside towards the people with black suits.

Amu shouts at the people who are still beside the car: "What do you guys want?"

Without an answer, the guys in black suits take out rubber bullet pistols and starts to aim at Amu. Amu quickly uses her power Starlight Navigation to destroy the rubber bullet pistols. Suddenly, a soccer ball appears out of nowhere and hits Amu. She gets knocked down to the ground. Amu looks turns her head around and sees Kukai.

With scared look: "Ran, look! Isn't that Kukai? His eyes are red! He looks like he is being controlled, just like what happened to Suu.", trembles Miki.

One of the guys in black gets in back of Amu as she pushes herself up and covers her mouth and nose with a piece of towel. Amu tries to struggle out of his hold but the other guys quickly hold her against the ground.

With tears dripping down her face: "Ahh...mmii, ggeehtt I..Ikuto! Unnghh...", Amu shouts.

Her line of vision begins to blur and her hands which were in a fist like grip softens.

Ami jumps down the platform towards Amu while crying: "No, get away from Amu you bad guys, Amu-neechan!"

An egg suddenly comes out of her heart.

"Don't hurt my onii-chan!" shouts Ami. Without knowing what powers she possesses, Ami unconsciously unleashes a barrier around her sister and herself.

The men from Easter starts to pound on the barrier but it would not break. Kukai unconsciously kicks the soccer ball at the barrier with an extra power boost. She tries to enforce her barrier, but it cracks and breaks open. Ami blacks out from straining so hard.

Amu falls on top of Amu: "Aa...mu-nee..."

The man in black pulls Ami away from her sister and carries Amu off the ground into the car. They all get in and drive away. Kukai's eyes turn back to normal and his body falls to the ground.

Minutes later, Tadase, Rima, Nagihiko, and Yaya finally arrives at Amu's house only to find Kukai and Ami lying on the side walk beside her own house. Tadase runs over to Ami and kneels beside her.

Tadase lifts her head off the ground and holds her in his arms: "No! What happened here?"

Kukai's eyes open. He looks around and sees Nagihiko and Yaya standing around him.

Yaya shakes Kukai's head back and forth: "Are...are you ok? Kukai...can you hear me?"

Kukai seems drowsy as his eyelids open: "Wha...what am I doing on the ground? Ughh, I...I can't remember a single thing since I left school."

Yaya keeps shaking Kukai.

Kukai gets annoyed: "Umm, Yaya?"

Yaya shakes Kukai faster: "Yes?"

Kukai: "My head is going to fall off now, so stop shaking me."

"Okay!", says Yaya in a playful manner.

Nagihiko gives Kukai a hand to pull himself up and Yaya gives him her shoulder to lean on.

Running into Amu's house: "Amu…Amu-chan, you there?", Rima comes back out and cries, "AMU...is gone!"

Tadase tries to calm everyone down: "Looks like there has been a fight. Let's get them inside and wait till Ami wakes up."

In the afternoon, Ikuto is climbing the main building of Easter looking for Suu. He climbs to the third floor. He does not see anybody there and instead finds Utau sneaking around.

Ikuto quietly whispers with his hand covering a small part of his mouth: "Utau?"

"Ah! Ikuto-oniichan.", shouts Utau, excited to see Ikuto.

Ikuto pushes his finger against his lips: "Shhh! What are you doing? You can't be here. You don't work for Easter anymore."

Utau grabs onto her brother's arm: "I came to...to help Ikuto get Suu back. I may not like helping Amu, but I don't want Ikuto to get in trouble because of her."

Ikuto snifs the air: "Something's not right, (he pushes her away from him) Utau get out of here!"

Utau looks around: "What? I don't see anything."

A sound (BEEEP) echoes through the halls and black uniformed men with masks start circling around them.

Ikuto gets riled up: "Just get out of here, now! It's a trap! I'll keep them here while you get out."

Utau: "I'm not going without..."(a loud voice of laughter suddenly echoes through the speakers stuck on the ceiling)

The loud voice: "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Both of you won't be getting away."

Ikuto looks up at the speaker and immediately knows who it is. Right after he finishes talking, the siren begins beeping on the third floor.

Ikuto: "Argghh! It's Easter's boss. He knew that we were coming."

The windows and doors are immediately sealed tight. A gas like mist comes flowing through the halls and fills up the rooms completely.

Utau desperately tries to hold her breath: "I can't hold it any longer! (Cough)"

"Coward, why don't you show yourself!" shouted Ikuto, angry that he lost without a fight.

Utau's eyes close and her body falls forward. Ikuto catches her when she is just about to land. Ikuto feels hopeless and holds his sister tight in his arms. With a glare of death, he stares past the men standing around them and sees a strong, dark figure. The figure evilly smiles with red glaring eyes. Finally, Ikuto's eyes close. He falls asleep as he breathes in the sleeping gas. Ikuto and Utau are caught by Easter.

To be continued...