Yah so this is chapter six I hope things become a bit more clear in what direction this story is going in because right now I am not so sure about a few chapters ahead. Don't worry though it will all work out when I sit in front of the screen and start typing.

Is this Hell?

Rima sighed as she thought about Amu. She had to break the news to her father and now he was in full panic mode. Her mother placed the fourth and third highest Knights to guard her. She didn't much like them due to the fact that they insisted that at least one of them should remain in the same room with her at all times even in the bathroom. Rima missed Amu a lot because of their friendship, but also because Amu aloud her privacy. These guards never seemed to give her enough room to breath. Nagihiko is also devastated that Ikuto is gone and argued with his mom about the trade off until the Queen said that would be betraying his Kingdom. Rima wondered how Amu was and if Ikuto was keeping her entertained. Her last thought before she drifted into sleep was along the lines of "I wonder what they are doing right now." If only Rima knew that they were dodging a big brown bear. If only she knew what would happen afterwards.

Amu's Point of View

In the end the bear killed the horse, but luckily Ikuto and I survived. Besides that horse liked to poop a lot so it's probably just karma. The boy with black hair and light blue eyes had killed the bear slicing his sword through the neck of the bear causing the head to fly off and land on the ground a few feet away. I stared in horror at all of the blood it caused a stream of all of my memories with blood in it to come into my thoughts. I usually blocked it of to keep myself from going insane. Lets just say I really don't like killing people and I won't unless I have to. Tears strolled down my face and I closed my eyes trying to rid myself of the thoughts. Just as I was about to scream in pain I stopped because I felt someone behind me rub their cheek against mine. I would have hugged Ikuto if I could, but both of our hands were still tied up to the dead horse. A big strong muscle guy was ordered to untie the rope from the horse and to put us in the back of the wagon that was gated with metal. Before he shut the metal door he tied both of our feet so it would be even harder to escape. I closed my eyes and somehow I managed to lock the thoughts back in the corner of my brain. "Do you happen to have a plan as of how to get out of this situation," I asked Ikuto when I knew my voice would be calm. He lifted his head up and stared into my calm face and unconsciously I started to blush. He smirked and then I noticed the warmth in my cheeks. "Jeeze stop embarrassing me," I muttered quickly.

"Sorry it's just that you look so cute when you worry," Ikuto smirked. I blushed again and then leaned my head against the wooden wall. I was glad that we were given the opportunity to rest.

I opened my eyes when I felt a sudden jolt from the wagon then I could hear men shouting out orders. I nudged Ikuto awake seems like he was more tired than I was and then waited as he rubbed his eyes. "What's going on," he asked with a yawn.

"Seems like we have stopped so I'm guessing we might be in front of the castle gates," I noted as the wagon started to move a few inches slowly.

"Amu there is something mysterious about you. You seem to be calm in the face of danger normal people would freak out or something," Ikuto contemplated.

"To tell you the truth when I get like this it is when I'm the most scared," I whispered quietly, but he seemed to have heard my answer.

"Don't worry Amu we will get out of this together somehow, I promise I will do everything within my powers," Ikuto said with such sincerity tears started to fall silently against my cheeks.

"Thanks Ikuto," I answered with the same intense sincerity he had given me. Ikuto smiled back at me and then leaned his head toward the metal bars looking out at the town we passed. I joined him at looking at the town filled with happy eager kids and tired, but happy mothers. I sniffed the air and it smelled of bread bakeries and the sent of fresh fruit and vegetables lingered in the air as well. Soon we passed by the commoners and came into the rich and royal part of the Kingdom. I watched the faces of the rich and noticed how none of them seemed as happy or carefree as the middle class. Most of them wore frowns or a smile that registered as fake trying to hide their sad eyes. The wagon came to a slow halt and out came several muscular men. Ikuto and I were both dragged and thrown into a cell containing two other people.

"You two will be meeting the Prince and the King tomorrow so don't go off thinking you are getting it easy," one of the guys laughed and left. I looked out of the cell to find that there were in fact guards guarding the prison. Total shocker huh? I turned around to find two twin boys with light brown hair that could almost be called a dark tan they had splendid dark amber colored eyes.

"Hey what are you guys in here for," I asked them.

"Well let's just say are parents are from the Indigo Tail Kingdom and we were captured for the simple purpose of revenge," the one on the right of me answered.

"So what are you two in here for," the twin on the left of me closer to Ikuto asked.

"Hmm I guess you could say we were traded in place of the safety of a Princess and a Prince," Ikuto sighed shrugging his shoulders.

"Who are you two? How can you two be more valuable than that to this King," twin on the left rebutted.

"Well Ikuto is the number one tracker there is today so I can understand why they took him, but me is a whole other question," I interrupted.

"Hmm maybe they took you because you are Rima's favorite and number one maid they figure that you know a lot of her secrets and other useful information to them," Ikuto thought out loud.

"Oh by the way this is Ikuto and I'm Amu. May I ask for your names," I asked curiously.

"Mine is Akiyo and my brother is Fuyuki," the boy on the right answered with a grin.

"Wow the meaning of your names match each others," Ikuto smirked teasingly. (Fuyuki means snowy winter. Akiyo means white world.)

"Is he always like that," Fuyuki asked with sarcasm.

"Not always, but a lot of the time he is like that," I answered with a sweat drop forming by my head.

"Sorry to bother you two, but could you help get these ropes off of us both," Ikuto asked with pleading eyes. I knew he was adding the pleading eyes for fun, but it was a bit over done even by my standards.

Ikuto's Point of View

I was shaken awake by a guard and was dragged with Amu into a huge room were a boy around Amu's age stood with a tall skinny man. The boy had green hair that was parted evenly he was dressed rather much like a samurai. The older guy had orange long hair that was a bit messy and he wore glasses. "Welcome to the Kingdome of Landslide you two," the orange haired King said in a surprisingly kind voice. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Amu shiver she must be cold or maybe this guy creeps her out.

"Nikaidou, Sanjo wanted to talk with you about the new taxes on the middle class," the green hair and eyed boy said.

"Okay tell her we can discuss it after I finish my chat with these two," Nikaidou responded. The boy nodded his head and then left the room leaving us with the King.

"So King what would you need a maid for? I happen to think you already have some of your own already," Amu answered with a hand on my hip. The King laughed as if what she said was hysterical.

"I don't really understand why you would want me either. You have trackers here yourself don't you," I asked.

"Seems like the two Kingdoms agreed not to tell you and keep it a secret from you both," the King smiled harshly. I cursed aloud and Amu seemed to become stiff.

"Rima told me…that she and I wouldn't hold any secrets from each other," Amu stated. I didn't have that with Nagihiko, but surely he would have at least told me about things that affected me. I decided that nodding my head in agreement was the best option so I did.

"Well I am sure that both of them knew about it, but don't worry I am sure they were forced not to tell you," this Nikaidou guy smiled playfully in an evil way of course.

"Would you just get on with telling us about whatever it is we don't know," I urged on.

"Hmm I am quite busy today so it will have to wait till tomorrow," the King said pulling out his schedule book.

"Anyway how about the two of you spend some time with your families we placed both of them in the same cell. Anyway guards put them in cell 4362 with their families," the King ordered and once again we were dragged away. What about my family I thought all of them had died in that fire that tore through half of the Kingdom. Our ally the Boding Rain Kingdom was lucky enough to have extra supplies to hand out to the survivors and people in need. All at once I felt hope, fear, rage, and joy bloom in my heart. If they were truly alive this changed everything. I looked over at Amu who was a few feet behind me and saw that she was crying, but anger still held her eyes.

"Here you are," said my guard as he unlocked the cell and threw me in. Amu followed soon after landing on top of me. Both of the guards laughed at us in the awkward position we were in because of them and then left. I felt warmth hit my cheeks and I knew Amu was blushing as well.

"I-Ikuto is that you," a girls soft voice called out. I knew that voice it was in both my dreams and nightmares.

"Utau is that you," I questioned my sanity and all too soon a long blonde hair girl ran over to me and threw Amu aside causing a loud thud to be heard.

"Mom! Dad! It really is Ikuto," Utau shouted with joy as she gave me a long tight hug.

"Amu is that you are you alright," a woman's soft yet firm voice asked with tears streaming down her face. Amu was rubbing her head and then stopped to look up. She sat there frozen for three seconds before she jumped into her mother's arms and started sobbing like a child. It was strange to see her cry like that for once she looked like a little girl it seemed as if she somehow had passed her childhood before she even had one.

"Oh my little sparrow I have been so worried about you," her father said with tears in his eyes. He was patting Amu on the head to comfort her and Amu's sobs became louder. From that moment it seemed as if the weight of a Kingdom was lifted off her shoulders and once again she was a kid no a daughter. Utau let go of me finally as my mom and dad got closer.

"Mom. Dad. I thought the three of you died in that fire," I said holding back tears that were begging to be let out.

"No honey your father protected Utau and I. He managed to lift the debris that fell on us off and then we helped him get his foot unstuck from the wooden floor," my mom said with silent tears falling down her face as she hugged me.

"Wow my son you have grown up so big it really has been ten years since we last saw each other," my father said with a happy yet sad smile.

"It's been ten years since we last saw Amu also," Amu's father said in shock.

"Honey how is Ami," Amu's mother asked with huge concern.

"She is fine mom don't worry she wasn't put into the fighting program they have I made sure of it. I had Yaya's mom and dad be her parents, but she doesn't know that she is related to us," Amu said reassuringly at first and then ended off a little sad.

"Honey that's great, but what about you," my father asked knowing the results weren't as good for me.

"C-Can we talk about that later since I'm not really aloud to say it especially here it could cause trouble," Amu mumbled barely audible for her parents, but soon she realized that I had scooted over and had gotten close enough to hear. She glared at me and then turned her back toward me. "Anyway I ended up becoming Princess Rima's number one maid," I said loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Ikuto how have you been what system took you," Utau asked worrying that I was placed in one of the worse systems.

"I was one of the few that were lucky. I was recruited to the Tracking Boarding School Institute because they saw potential in me," I answered.

"Well how was the school and what jobs have you been given," my mother asked.

"Well lets see it started out really badly since I had no idea what I was supposed to do, but after two weeks of learning I had easily made the top of my class and beat a few records while I was at it. Did I make any friends? No they all made fun of me and then when I beat all of them they started to hate me. Well Nagihiko took me up as his personal tracker and I have only had two jobs so far. First job was to track this really expensive necklace he had bought Rima for her sixteenth birthday, which luckily I found it just in time. Second job was to kidnap Rima when I went to the party so he could go on a date, but I wasn't going to actually risk starting a war so being not dense like Nagihiko I asked Rima out for him instead," I answered with a shrug unsure if this was a good enough explanation.

"Oh so that's why you and Yaya looked so suspicious at the party," Amu said under her breath. At least that's what I think I heard her say. I guess I will have to ask her about it later. I stifled a yawn and then saw a few makeshift beds on the hard floor.

"Do you guys mind if I go try to get some rest it has been a long journey here," I mumbled as I stifled yet another yawn.

"Sure, but that reminds me why are the two of you here," my dad asked with worry. I was already tucking myself into bed and trying to find the comfiest spot. Just as I was about to answer him Amu did it for me.

"Well I guess you can say that Ikuto and I became substitutes in place of Princess Rima and Prince Nagihiko though we aren't sure of exactly why they would want to take us over a Princess and a Prince," Amu sighed nervously.

"Amu you also seem tired you should get some rest," her mother ordered her. She didn't deny it nor did she argue with her instead Amu just walked over to one of the closest beds to her that I was lucky enough that it was close to mine. As soon as she got as comfortable as one can get on a hard concrete rocky floor she drifted off into a deep sleep. I looked at her tear stained face wondering if I would learn more about Amu and if she would learn more about me. I closed my eyes, but right before I drifted off to sleep I heard both of our parents starting to talk about both our childhoods. I wanted to listen to Amu's, but my eyelids felt as if they were as heavy as lead and after that everything became blank.

I woke up to find my whole body aching even more than it did earlier from the trip here. It was really dark now so I was guessing it was nighttime. Everyone else was asleep still so I laid still and thought about the good old days when I still had my family and I was only seven years old.

Flashback

"Ikuto please play the violin for me! I want to sing to it," a six-year-old Utau begged. She was going to turn seven next month so we weren't that far apart in age.

"No I can't dad's finally going to teach me a new song to play," I answered back with annoyance clear in my voice.

"Please Ikuto you always hang out with dad more than with me lately," Utau wailed with tears starting to well up in her eyes.

"Utau how about you practice your singing with me first while Ikuto practices his violin with dad," my mother interrupted before I would make Utau cry. Utau was pouting, but nodded her head in agreement as dad came into the room.

"Ikuto you ready," he asked with a huge grin. I nodded my head excitedly and grabbed my violin case jumping off the couch.

"Come on Utau lets hear that wonderful voice of yours," my mother said as she led Utau into the kitchen. Dad was making me watch him play the song first and then instructed me how to hold certain keys I was struggling with. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something move in the bush just outside of the house. I ignored it trying to concentrate solely on the sound I was trying to produce. After practicing for half an hour my dad decided we should take a break. I walked into the kitchen to go and get a drink, but as soon as I opened the door I screamed with horror. There standing in front of me was a man holding a sword to my sister's neck. Her eyes were opened wide with fear and her mouth was opened wide, but she was too scared for any sound to come out. Mom was unconscious on the floor and soon dad came running into the room looking at the scene before him.

"Let go of my daughter," he shouted angrily though his eyes held something different and now that I have looked back on it I recognize it to be fear. The man didn't say anything at all and none of us could see his face since he was wearing a huge hood over his head. He threw my sister aside and then ran at me. I felt my eyes go wide with shock and out of the corner of my eyes I saw my dad try to get to me before this guy did. Sadly it was to late the guy had gotten a hold of me and then threw me out the window. Shards of glass had gotten stuck in my back as I fell face forward onto the ground. I struggled to get up and by the time I turned around the house was already completely on fire and the guy was gone. I tried to run into the house, but a neighbor stopped me. Tears ran down my face as a waited for any sign of my parents and sister. I barely noticed that all around me there was fires set to all the houses in my view. Soon I was dragged away from the house and forced onto a cart with other orphaned children. I never took my eyes off of the house where I had spent all of my life with my family. That day everything important to me vanished even my violin and from that day forward I never picked one up again.

So how did you all like my dramatic end to this chapter? Anyway I hope the beginning wasn't too boring because when I wrote it I felt it went to slow. Anyway I think it isn't too bad now that I have reread it. Please review and thanks for reading it means a lot, but still review!

P.S. Should Kukai and Tadase enter in the next chapter or should I wait till the one after that?