I seem to have kind of rushed this chapter, and sorry if this story is becoming kind of bad…
Anyway, thanks for reading.
Ikuto was sitting in a chair, his foot rested in a little stool. He faced the giant window of the building he was in. He hands were behind his head, and he yawned constantly.
He was currently in Easter Corporation Japan's building. Masanori, along with few of his henchmen were also there. They were supposed to meet up with Amu and Takumi to discuss their business plans.
"This is so bothersome…" Ikuto said, yawning.
"Have a little patience. This is a very important business deal." Masanori said sternly.
"Whatever."
As Ikuto looked outside the window, he saw a car pull up. Two people came out. He noticed immediately a woman with pink hair stepped out. This caught his eye, a woman with pink hair?
He got over it within a few seconds, and closed his eyes, putting his back toward the door of the office they were in. It was quite a spacey office, very large with chairs and everything. Ikuto was wearing his usual suit, except no tie as usual.
Ikuto wanted some action, or something exciting in Japan, not a business deal.
"Yo, boss." Ikuto said.
"What is it?" Masanori replied, waiting patiently for Amu and Takumi.
"How long is this going to take?" Ikuto said, yawning.
"It could take a few hours."
Ikuto sighed. He closed his eyes, thinking about things. He was told his name was Takeshi, but something didn't seem right about it. He ignored his constant thinking, and decided to look outside the window. It was a very gloomy, cloudy day.
"Hey you." Ikuto said, pointing at a thug.
"Yes sir?" He replied.
"Go fetch me some water."
"Right away!"
As the thug opened the door to get Ikuto's water, he bumped into Amu who fell on the ground.
"Ouch!" Amu exclaimed, rubbing her head.
"A-are you ok madam?" The thug asked, nervously.
"I'm fine."
Amu got up, dusted off her skirt and walked in. She couldn't see Ikuto's face because he had his back towards her, and the rest of the people in the room. He was also sitting in a chair with his legs rested on a stool. He simply didn't care.
However, Ikuto glanced his eye over to when the henchman bumped into Amu. He saw how beautiful Amu was. She was in a classy/business/hot look. She was wearing shorts, relatively high. She was also wearing a sort of white blouse underneath a black vest. It was extremely classy, yet elegant. Her pink hair made it even better.
Ikuto ignored everything that happened, and just simply yelled at the henchman.
"Hurry up." He exclaimed, in a bored tone.
"Y-y-yes sir!"
"I'm very sorry about that, Miss Hinamori." Masanori said, gesturing her to sit down.
Although on the outside, Masanori was an extremely tough gangster, he still tried to act nice when it came to important business deals. After all, in business things must go successfully.
After a few moments, the henchman came back in with water and coffee. He gave some coffee to Amu and Takumi, and water to Ikuto and Masanori.
Amu made a thankful gesture, and she looked at everyone in the room. She saw everyone standing, their hands behind their backs behind Masanori, all except one person. She saw a man, his hands behind his head, sitting on a chair with his legs rested up. He didn't even turn around once since Amu and Takumi came in. She gave a little pouty face, being annoying with this man.
As he daydreamed, he heard Masanori, Amu, and Takumi talk about their promotion and business deals.
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"I want this specific room painted in vibrant colors, to attract guests."
"Of course!" Takumi exclaimed.
"Sure thing, not a problem." Amu responded.
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"I'll make a blueprint of everything the specific things should go."
"Oh you don't need to do that!" Masanori exclaimed.
"Don't worry, it'll be a necessity, plus, Amu would be happy to do it!"
"W-what?!" Amu exclaimed. Everyone laughed.
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Ikuto yawned.
Amu made an annoyed face buy his laziness.
"Anyway, this will go here, and there over there." Amu said.
"Ah, what a wonderful idea." Masanori responded.
"Perfect!" Takumi exclaimed.
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After a few hours of talking and negotiating, Masanori and Amu and Takumi shook hands. Ikuto was still in the same position he was a few hours ago. He never turned around. He was closing his eyes, thinking about things. Things that only he could ever think about.
"Takeshi!" Masanori said.
"Hmm?" Ikuto said, yawning.
"Please say your goodbyes to these people."
"Later." Ikuto said, staying in his same exact position, he lifted his hand up waving it.
Amu just made a little "hmph" sound, and walked away.
"Well, thanks for the coffee. I'll call you later Mr. Masanori to make our final conclusions." Takumi said, walking out.
"Very well."
Amu left, not even getting to see the man she truly loved. He was very close, but yet so distant. Something inside her told her something, but she couldn't make it out.
"Takeshi." Masanori said.
"Yes?" Ikuto said, getting up.
"I need you do to me a favor."
"What is it?" Ikuto replied, yawning.
"You need to protect that woman, Amu Hinamori."
"What for?"
"As you know, there are many rival gangs in Japan, trying to destroy Easter."
Ikuto nodded, although his eyes showed that he wasn't very interested in this conversation. Why did he have to protect some random girl? She didn't mean anything to him.
"Once they find out about our business deal, they might try and hurt those who are collaborating with us."
"I get it." Ikuto said, scratching his head.
"Good."
The next day, Ikuto was sitting in a car, funded by Easter. Although he could've brought some henchmen with him, he decided not to. It would be more fun to do it alone, so he thought.
His car was parked, hidden, outside of Amu's apartment. He waited there, he was awfully bored. While he was waiting, he stared at his bracelet, something about it was very familiar. Suddenly, a glint of pink caught his eye.
Amu was walking out of her apartment, dressed in a short skirt, and white t-shirt with a heart on it. She was also wearing a X-clip in her hair. He noticed she looked kind of sad, as if something was wrong with her.
She got into her car, and drove. Ikuto followed. After around ten minutes of driving, he noticed she stopped by a cemetery. She stepped out of her car, pulling out her umbrella as it was raining outside. It was very weird that it was sunny a few moments ago, then, it had started to rain. Luckily, Amu always carried an umbrella in her car.
Ikuto was parked a few yards away, staring at her walking up to a tombstone. He saw her say something, then she took off her bracelet. He was curious who that tombstone belonged to.
"Ikuto…" Amu said.
"Please forgive me but…"
"I've moved on. I'm happily with Tadase now so please, stay in my memories."
Amu removed her bracelet and placed it on the top of Ikuto's tombstone. She had a very sad expression on her face, very somber.
"I'll always love you…" She said, walking away back into her car.
She drove off.
"Probably some old friend of hers." Ikuto said to himself in a bored tone.
He couldn't help but look at his bracelet; it somehow helped him feel comfortable. It somehow felt as it was an important memory that he lost.
"Hmm, Amu Hinamori?"
He smirked, and then drove off.
Amu walked in her favorite café.
She was meeting up with Tadase, it was like a date.
"Hey Amu." Tadase said to Amu, as she was sitting down.
"Hey Tadase…" She said.
Tadase immediately noticed she was wearing a golden bracelet instead of the silver one. The golden bracelet was the one he gave her. He smiled at this.
She noticed him looking at her bracelet. She sort of frowned, but tried to smile. Leaving Ikuto behind was the hardest thing she had ever done.
Tadase slid his hand over Amu's. He gave a light, warm smile.
She looked up at him, she tried to smile back.
"Amu, the past is the past. Ikuto will never come back."
"Y-yeah…" She said, a glint of sadness coming over her eyes.
"Don't worry Amu, I'll always be here."
She looked at him; she finally smiled a real smile. It was true, Ikuto was gone and now Tadase was the one who Amu truly loved. She glanced down at her bracelet, the gold one Tadase gave her. Somehow, it didn't seem to have the same "sparkle" as the one Ikuto gave her.
"Amu, I heard you're working with Easter."
"Yeah." She said, sipping some of her coffee.
"That's really wonderful."
"I guess."
"I have lots of work to do now, more stress and stuff." She said, scratching her head.
"Well, try your best Amu."
Amu giggled a little. She was glad she was back with Tadase, she forgot how much he meant to her. She grabbed his hand.
"I'll start a new beginning Tadase, just with you." She said, letting go of his hand.
He just smiled back.
"Well, I got some things to do. I'll see you later, Amu." He said, paying for the bill and walking out.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
Amu picked up her cell-phone.
"Hello?"
"Oh Miss Amu. It's Masanori. I was wondering if I could further talk to you about some of our business plans." He said.
"Oh, sure! How about we talk now, I'm in the nearby café."
"Excellent. I'll see you there in a little." He said hanging up.
Amu put down her cell-phone. She couldn't help but think about Ikuto still. Was it really the right decision to leave his bracelet there? She didn't want to let him go, but he was dead. There was no point in trying to keep a ghost close to you.
She stared off into space, she was thinking about all the times she had with Ikuto. Although their real relationship didn't last for a very long time, she couldn't help but smile at her memories.
"Miss Amu?" Masanori said, taking a seat across from her.
"Oh! Hello there!" Amu responded, waking up from her "daydream".
They both ordered another cup of coffee, and discussed their business plan. Ikuto waited in the car because to him, discussing business plans is extremely boring. He stood in the driver's seat yawning.
He could see Amu's pink hair from the rearview mirror, he smirked at her hair. He had to admit, she was absolutely gorgeous. The perfect body, hair, and smarts.
"So Miss Amu, I wanted to ask you to color a certain building, it's soon to be an art gallery to promote our company."
Amu sipped some of her coffee.
"Where is this building located?"
"In the middle of town, I'll give you the directions later. It's quite large, so you'll have to get a crew to help you."
"When must it be complete?"
"Within two weeks."
Amu sighed.
"Sure, I'll paint it. I'll get some people to help me." She said, taking a breath.
"Alright then." Masanori said sternly.
Both Amu and Masanori got up, getting ready to leave. They both walked beside each other to the front door. Ikuto saw Masanori come out, so he exited the car, and opened the back seat door, gesturing Masanori to get in. He turned his back towards Amu and Masanori as they were walking out the door, he stared up at the sky.
"Alright, please drive safely home Miss Amu." Masanori said, shaking her hand.
"You too."
Amu bowed, showing some decency and respect for Masanori, he gave a slight bow gesture and moved into the back seat of the car. Ikuto closed the door, and walked over to the driver's seat.
Amu was looking in her purse for her cell-phone while Ikuto was walking around the car to the driver's seat. She found it, and then looked up to wave "goodbye" to Masanori.
Ikuto was about to open the driver's seat door until suddenly he saw Amu stare at him. He looked into her eyes, and she looked into his.
"I-Ikuto…" Amu said to herself, her eyes in a state of shock.
Of course, Ikuto forgot all memories of Amu, so he just looked back with a cocky, smirk-like smile. His head was faced down a little, as he was about to get into the car.
Amu couldn't say anything. She dropped her purse and cell-phone at the sight of Ikuto. Was that really Ikuto?
Ikuto gave a slight bow with his head, and then entered the car. He drove off, looking back at her for a moment to see her face was in shock. He could tell she was speechless, but he didn't know why.
As the car drove off, Amu suddenly regained consciousness.
"Ikuto!" She yelled, but the car was driving away.
She collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the ground. What she saw was a man who looked exactly like Ikuto. However, she told herself it was just her imagination. It was her mind trying to deny Ikuto's death.
"It was… probably just my imagination. It might've just been another guy with blue hair…" she quietly though to herself.
After a few moments, she was completely convinced he was not Ikuto, but just a man who resembled him. Plus, if Ikuto saw her his reaction would be different, he wouldn't just leave without saying anything. He looked as if he didn't know her.
Amu quietly sighed, walking to her car.
She had to face the fact he was gone. She couldn't deny it anymore, she's become so infatuated with him that she is starting to see men like him.
As she sat in her car, she had chosen to make a decision, this one was for real.
She chose to forget about Ikuto. She chose to erase all happy memories with him forever. He was gone, she was with Tadase, and she was happy. Forgetting about him was the best thing in her position. She glanced at her bracelet, the golden one Tadase gave her, and she smiled.
"Yo." Ikuto said, driving.
"What is it?" Masanori said, sitting in the backseat of the car.
"That girl, Amu Hinamori, have she and I met before?"
Masanori knew if he told him about their relationship, it could interfere with the business deal. In business, emotions shouldn't be allowed, especially love.
"No." He replied coldly.
Ikuto didn't say anything, he just kept on driving. He glanced at his bracelet on his wrist. He smirked a little.
For some reason, deep inside Ikuto something told him he knew Amu. Something told him in his life, he and Amu were somewhat acquaintances, perhaps more than that.
Suddenly, gunshots could be heard. In the rearview mirror, there were about four cars that were following Ikuto and Masanori. People in those cars were shooting at them with guns.
"Damn it!" Ikuto said, knowing who they were.
They were a gang, not just any gang but the most dominant in Japan next to Masanori's. They were called Justice. The thing they wanted most was the kill Masanori for some events he committed in the past, that somehow affected them.
Ikuto was now going as fast as he could with the car, avoiding traffic.
Bump!
Suddenly, one of the cars hit Ikuto, trying to ram him into the railings of the street. Ikuto took out a gun from his jacket, and fired. He hit the driver right in the chest, causing the car to go off course and crashing into several other cars.
As the chase was continuing, Ikuto kept on driving to the coastal area of Japan. Gun shots were being fired at Ikuto and Masanori.
The chase lasted for a very long time; all drivers were skilled at driving in Japan. They knew every single street, corner, and shortcut. Sooner or later, Ikuto's car was running out of gas. Masanori was firing at the cars with his gun, yet keeping a calm face. He was very experienced in this situation; he had faced it many times.
"Shit!" Ikuto yelled.
The car had run out of gas, and he was near the beach. Not many people could be seen.
"Sir, stay in the car!" Ikuto yelled, getting out of the car.
The cars following them stopped, and everyone came out. There were about twenty guys in suits, similar to Ikuto's.
"You punk, you're going to die along with that old man." Said a thug that came out of the car.
Ikuto smirked, and put his fists up. Ikuto was in fact extremely skilled at fighting due to his training in the gang. It had become a street fight.
Ikuto ran towards the group of thugs, and jumped, kicking a guy right in the chest. He punched the next several guys. He had defeated about four of them, who were lying on the ground with her hands over their faces.
"That all you got?" Ikuto said, taking off his jacket.
"Cocky little brat!" One said, charging at him with a bat.
The bat hit Ikuto, and sent him walking back a few steps, trying to recover from the blow. The man swung the bat again, but missed. Ikuto took this chance and kicked the guy, then punched him, breaking his nose.
As the fight proceeded, Ikuto knocked out the last guy with a severe punch to the guy's stomach, making him cough up saliva. He had won.
Ikuto only suffered a few cuts and bruises, but other than that he was alright. He couldn't really stand up straight, but he was conscious.
He walked back towards the car, to see Masanori sitting there with a bored expression on his face. He really was calm during this whole ordeal, as if he knew Ikuto would win.
Suddenly, one of the men on the ground slowly rose, without Ikuto knowing. He retrieved the bat that was on the ground, and hit Ikuto's head with all his might.
Ikuto gasped for air, his head had been hit pretty hard. He could feel the pain rushing towards his body, it made his legs tremble. As Ikuto was hit, Masanori took out a gun from his jacket, and fired, hitting the man behind Ikuto, killing him.
Ikuto fell to the ground, becoming unconscious. He looked at his bracelet, and something extraordinary happened. He suddenly saw images in his head, and those images started to become memories. He remembered everything about Amu, everything. All his memories of her came back.
"Amu…" Ikuto whispered, lying on the ground.
Everything turned black, and Ikuto had momentarily died.
As Amu was getting out of her car to walk back to her apartment, she noticed the sun disappeared. Clouds started to surround the sky, and rain started to fall.
She slowly walked back to her apartment drenched in water, a sad expression on her face.
There you have it, another storyline rushed chapter. Sorry if this story is starting fall down. I'm just trying to add some "action" in it, trying to make it more exciting.
Also, sorry this chapter was updated a little slower than the others, I had this giant math project and stuff.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and as always Reviews would be much appreciated.
