(A/N): OMG I'M SO SORRY!!! Yes I am late…very late! T^T ok so here's my awesome excuse for why I'm so late: on the Friday that I was going to upload the newest chapter my friends kidnapped me and took me to a super-awesome-roller-coaster filled- theme park for the entire Easter weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday) and I had no access to the internet X,D I had a crazy good time, though. And I really needed that. I was getting super stressed out about papers and exams and just blah…Anywho, when I came back to the real world I had two research papers waiting on me, so I had to work on those and they didn't leave me any time to revise ch4 until Thursday. So that's the story XD lol. To make up for my lateness I decided to include this BONUS CHAPTER!!! 8D woo! I was originally going to trash it, because it doesn't have much to do with the story line ( I mean, it does, but not enough to put it in), but I really liked this chapter (it was originally going to be the beginning of ch 4 but I took it out). So, basically this is Ikuto's nightmare that he has after he passes out in the previous chapter. Hope you all enjoy! ^^



Ikuto's POV:

There he was again. That dark, slender figure sitting on his throne surrounded by darkness. His whole body was nothing but a black silhouette. His eyes were wide, gaping, and white with no pupils or irises. Spread across his face was a horrifying grin that literally stretched from one ear to the other, or at least it would if he had any ears. His shape was similar to that of an "X" chara if that chara were the size of a slender man, and didn't have the "X" on its head. He stretched out his black slender hand towards me as he always did, and stared at me with amusement in his large white eyes.

"Oh Ikuto, why must we always go through this? It only ever makes you more miserable the more you refuse." He grinned a bit wider, "Because you know that I will never quit until you are mine." His voice was surprisingly loud and booming. It seemed to echo across the dark space we were in. He sounded like a bass voice in a choir, while at the same time sounding like a deadly hissing snake. That demon's voice was disgusting as always. It made me feel sick.

"It seems as though even if I'm unconscious I still don't get any peace." I was determined to look anywhere but into those white eyes. I said that statement to no one in particular. It was just a fact.

"Eh?" He grinned wider. "Peace is what you want, is it?" He chuckled darkly, amused. One of his white eyes was raised as if he were raising an invisible eyebrow. He rested his arms on his knees, and his face in his hands. "That is impossible."

He suddenly leaped from his throne and stood face to face with me, our noses nearly touching. I almost fell over in surprise. What the hell?!

"But, that only applies to you, Ikuto. If you join with me I can make sure that at least your little pink-haired princess gets the peace she deserves." He leered at me through those opaque eyes. "That is what you truly want, is it not?"

"What is?" Defiantly and despite myself I glared in to those gaping eyes that I had been trying to avoid.

He grinned as wide as I had ever seen him.

"Her peace." He broke in to a sudden fit of loud laughter clutching at his sides, and pointing at me with his slender fingers. "Oh, Ikuto! You're such a good man!" he sneered, " You don't want anyone to suffer, so you try to carry all the burden, right? Well, consider this the last one that you will ever have to carry!"

My heart suddenly throbbed. I could feel it beating faster and faster. It felt like I was going to have a heart attack. All those memories…everyone that I've hurt…My mother, Utau, Tadase…Amu…came rushing at me. I felt small trickles of water rushing down my cheeks.

I clutched at my heart, and it throbbed even harder. I cried out in pain, and fell to my knees. I could feel his cold claws digging into my shoulders. I stared up in to those empty pallid holes he called eyes, and began screaming. I was scared, I was in pain, I was confused, I screamed louder. "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"

The dark demon was no longer carrying that evil grin. He stared with all seriousness back at me when he replied.

"I want your freedom, Ikuto." He placed his dark cold hands on the side of my face, catching all my falling tears, and whispered in my ear, "Give me that, and you will never have to suffer again. I can make it all go away…"


(A/N): Just in case that was a little confusing let me explain :D The dark man that is talking to Ikuto is supposed to be the tainted character from the black egg that comes from his corrupted violin. He is trying to convince Ikuto to completely lose himself to the evil within him, and let the other character take over. He wants Ikuto to "chara-nari" in to Death Rebel. The reason why I decided to not continue with this is because the time frame I gave for my story (23-26 of Doki) you never see Death Rebel. Its not until Amu screams for Ikuto to get out that he finally sort of lets the dark character take over, more or less. I really wanted to focus on the romance of Amuto in my story, so that's why I decided to take this out ^^ if you're still confused then just pretend this bonus chapter never happened ;D lol

Oh! And does anybody instantly think of Adam Lambert's song "Whadya Want from Me?" when Ikuto is screaming?...i do! XD

Til next time~

STAY TUNED FOR THE REAL CHAPTER 4!!! XD