Ninjakat: I'm back with chapter 7! Oh by the way, I need more reviews... I'm going to start losing interest in this story if I don't get more reviews... *Starts crying* (Future self: No, you don't have to if you're too lazy, like me sometimes )
Ikuto: Wow... you're really desperate aren't you?
Ninjakat: Shut. up. And hey! you guys came back!
Everyone: Well you are writing this story
Rima: But we still hate you, so you better make this chapter a good one.
Nagihiko: Ninjakat does not own Shugo Chara!
(Ikuto's POV)
I can't believe this... Last night... I saw Kukai kiss Amu... Once I saw them kiss I took off. I guess this is it for me. I laid down on my bed some more, wasting away the day, when I heard my door open. "What is it Utau?" No answer. I turned my head and saw a man at my doorway. He looked just like me... Oh wait, Duh, It's my dad.
"You don't seem surprised to see me," He said, raising an eye brow, "Thinking of someone?"
I sighed, "I'm not that surprised to see you, and no, I'm not thinking of anyone..." My dad started cracking up, "Liar!" I sighed again, after he finally finished he said, "Tell me what happened son." It was a demand, not an opinion. After I finished telling him what happened he let out a big, "Aahh.." then he said, "If I were you, I would have stayed 'till the end."
"Why?" I asked, "Because," he started, "She probably would have rejected him." I thought about this for a moment, "Dad, I confessed to her a couple years ago, and she thought I was kidding..."
"Well silly, that's because you always tease her!"
"Well she's so easy to tease!"
My dad rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Go see her today." Then my dad left to go talk to Utau, I think. I sighed and went to Seiyo High, it was about time for them to get out anyways. I looked around and saw no Amu, but then someone hugged me from behind. I hoped it was Amu, but I was wrong. "Ikuto! You came to see me!" It was that annoying girl from the park, what was her name again? Whatever, it doesn't matter. I pushed her off of me and said, "Have you seen a girl named Hinamori Amu anywhere?"
She looked hurt, then really mad. "Why does she get everything?" Then she stomped off, 'What the hell is her problem?...' I saw the ex-guardians in a little circle, I walked up to them and they all looked up. Kukai came running to me saying, "Have you seen Amu?" I shook my head, "I came over to ask the same question."
"Maybe Amu-chi is sick?" Asked Yaya, Kukai shook his head, "She was perfectly healthy when I walked her home." Then I just remembered that they kissed, Tadase spoke up, "We should go check up on her." We all nodded and started walking.
**As we are walking**
Kukai looked at the ground the whole way, Nagihiko put a hand on his shoulder and asked, "What's wrong?" Kukai shook his head, "It's all my fault...All...my fault..." Maybe Amu did reject him... "Why is it your fault?" Asked Rima.
"I kissed her last night... and I shouldn't have." Everyone gasped except for me and Kukai noticed, but didn't say anything. We arrived at Amu's house and Tadase knocked on the door, Ami answered. She was crying again, her eyes were red and puffy, and her hair's a mess. "Ami... why are you crying?" Asked Yaya. Between sniffs, Ami said, "N-No v-visitors… allowed a-at this ti-time" Then she closed the door and locked it.
"What the hell is going on?" Shouted Rima. They decided to leave, but I stayed. I climbed up to Amu's balcony, I couldn't see inside because of the curtains. I knocked on the glass door. No answer. I knocked again. No answer. I knocked one more time, and Amu opened the curtain a bit, slowly. It was dark inside but the sun was still out, she only showed half her face. "What do you want?" She quietly asked, I just stared at the half of her face, it was wet from all the crying she's done, and her eyes were just like her sister's...but worse. I couldn't take it anymore. "Amu. Open. Now." She shook her head, "No visitor's" And then she closed the curtain. I was in shock; I stood there until the sun went down.
And I decided to stay for a bit more.
(Amu's POV)
I laid on my bed and started crying, 'Things will never be the same again..' I got my photo albums from under my bed and started flipping through the pages. Most of them were pictures my dad took. I saw a picture of me and my dad hugging on my 14th birthday, I smiled, but then I started whimpering. Then I closed the photo album and threw it at my wall. My mom then came in the room. "What the hell, Amu?" She walked over to me and slapped me across the face. I gasped and slowly touched the spot she hit me, and then she sat on my bed crying. "I-i'm sorry Amu...it's all my fault..." I rubbed my mom's back, and I didn't have enough water in my body yet to cry with her. "Mom," I said, "It's not your fault.." She sat up and wiped her nose, "You're right Amu.." I smiled, but then she turned to me, and she looked angry, "It's your fault!" I looked at her, speechless. "W-why is it my fault?"
"If you never got raped, this would have never happened!"
"But it's not my fault!" I yelled back, then she slapped me again and stomped out of my room saying, "I'm going to the bar! don't expect me to be home anytime soon!" 'This can't be happening...I guess it is all my fault... what's the point of living now?' I slowly walked in to my bathroom and closed the door behind me, I opened one of the cabinets and pulled out a shaver. I threw it on the floor and it broke in pieces, and I took the razor and held it to my wrist. 'This is how people do it right?' I slowly slid it across my skin, and winced in pain, 'But it hurts...'I tried again, but this time, I did it harder and faster.
I dropped the Razor and I on the ground, my wrist was bleeding uncontrollably. My mom was probably at the bar now like she said, and Ami was asleep, so I cried out in pain. "Why?! Why me?!" The bathroom door slammed open, it was Ikuto, and he stared at the scene in front of him in shock. We didn't say anything for a while, and then he slowly walked towards me. He took a dark towel and put it on my cut, "Ikuto..."
"Why Amu..." He asked quietly. My wrist stopped bleeding and he picked me up and took me to my bed. When he set me down, he asked the question again. "My dad died.." I heard him gasp, 'How did he get in? Oh yeah... I left the door unlocked.." He hugged me and I started crying. He started petting my head and I pushed him away, "You better leave Ikuto." He scoffed, "After what you just did? I don't think so!"
"What if my mom comes back?"
"I'm pretty sure she'd be gone for a while."
"But what if she comes back?"
"Then I'll explain everything." I closed my eyes as he pulled me into a hug again, and all those horrible thoughts disappeared.
(Ikuto's POV)
I can't believe this... I even heard everything her mom said... It's not Amu's fault, it's nobody's fault... She finally fell asleep with a small smile on her face, I put her under the covers and kissed her forehead then gently cleaned her wound. 'It's alright Amu...everything will be alright...' I decided to come back early tomorrow to check on her, so I left.
There were a bunch of cop cars at my house, so I ran in, worried about Utau and my dad. "There he is!" Called one of the cops, they ran towards me and grabbed me. I saw a news van come around the corner as I got handcuffed, "What the hell? What's going on here?" I yelled, Utau and my dad came out, they were about to run towards me when the cops stopped them. The news reporter woman came out of the van and started talking to the camera, and then the camera pointed to me. I struggled to break free, but these men were EXTREMELY Muscular. They shoved me in the police van, and there I saw Kukai, Nagihiko, and Tadase, they all looked as shocked as I was.
"Does anyone know what's going on?" Asked Tadase, we all shook our heads except for Kukai, so we all looked at him. "I left the cloth back in the alley..." He said. 'Oh yeah, I forgot about that' But then I remembered Amu, I looked down, and the van started moving. "What's wrong Ikuto?" Asked Nagihiko, "Amu's father died," They all gasped, "And she's become suicidal.."
"Oh my God..." Said Kukai, "That's not all," They looked up at me, "Her mom is now beating her because she says it's all her fault." They all sat there in their own thoughts. We arrived at the police station, and we went in to be interrogated, we went in one by one. I was last. "Please sit," Said the detective, I nodded and took a seat across the table from him.
"So, your friends tell me that you guys assaulted those men, because they raped your friend?" I nodded.
"You know, there are better ways to deal with guys like them." I nodded again. The detective sighed and said, "You and your friends will have to deal with the judge tomorrow." I nodded and left. The cops took me and the others to an empty jail cell. It was small, and had only 3 beds and a toilet. "Oh shit." Said Tadase, crying. Once we were locked in, I turned to the others. "This. Is. Bad. Amu... she's in trouble. I don't want her mom beating her, and I don't want her to hurt herself again." They all nodded. Kukai said, "We better win that case tomorrow, but as for now, we can't do anything about it. Let's sleep." We all nodded, Tadase, Kukai, and Nagihiko took the beds and I took the floor. 'I really hope we win...'
(Amu's POV)
I woke up to my mom's voice, "Amu! Get your lazy ass out of bed! Now!" I hurried out of bed and went downstairs, nearly tripping in the process. I arrived at the kitchen where I saw Ami sitting at the table, and my mom standing with her arms crossed, staring at me. "Make Ami breakfast, now! I need to go to work." Then she pushed passed me and walked out the door. Ami looked at me sadly, "Mom's lost it... and dad's funeral's next week..."
"What do you want for breakfast?" I asked, ignoring everything she just said. Ami sighed, "I don't really care..." I made her cereal, "Aren't you going to have breakfast?" I shook my head and went upstairs to get ready. I grabbed my phone and flipped it open, 18 missed calls, all from Utau. I called her back and she answered, "Amu?"
"Yeah, what's wrong Utau?"
"Have you not turned on the news?" Utau was crying,
"No bu-"
"Turn it on... and call me back when you see it." Then she hung up and I looked at my phone questionably. I sighed and went downstairs and turned on the news.
The detectives have found the attackers of the 2 men who were brutally assaulted in the alley next to the moonlight bar. The culprits are 3 teenage boys, and 1 man. They are going to be judged today-
I turned off the T.V. The guys they showed were my attackers, and their attackers, were my friends... I started crying, 'What will I do if they go to jail?' My sister saw me crying, but she didn't say anything. I went up to my room and called Utau.
"I can't believe this..." I said
"You're coming with me to the trial,"
"What? Why? I have school!"
"Amu, do you care about school more than your friends?"
"..."
"I'll pick you up in 10 minutes." Then she hung up.
Ami just left, and a black car came up on the driveway. I was wearing a red long sleeve shirt, a black long skirt, and black flats. I got into the car. Utau was wearing a black dress and black heels. Utau turned on the radio as we came to a red light. The court is about 10 minutes away from my house. "You can change the station if you want Amu," I nodded.
'Today the attackers will be judged i-' I switched the station,
'They brutally beat them up-' I switched it again,
'They will most likely be found guilt-' I switched it again, "Ugh!" I miss you by Avril Lavign started playing.
'I miss you, miss you so bad, I don't forget you, oh it's so sad-'
I turned off the radio and started crying. Utau pulled over and rubbed my back, "Amu, please don't cry... If you cry, then I'll cry, and then I won't be able to drive!" I started crying less and looked up to her, "Thanks Utau." The rest of the drive was in silence. We arrived at the court house and she parked the car and we got out. I then saw Tadase's van park next to ours and Rima, Yaya, and Tadase's grandma got out. Utau and I hugged them and went inside.
We sat in the front rows and waited patiently for the trial to start. Rima and Utau were sitting next to me, and they were both playing with their fingernails. I took both their hands and held them in mine. (A/N: Ninjakat: I apologize in advance, I have no idea how these trials or whatever you call them work XD) The trail started and Nagihiko, Tadase, Kukai, and Ikuto came through the doors, followed by my attackers. There were two stands, so one of my attackers was standing while the other was sitting on the chair behind him, the same went for my friends and Ikuto was the one standing. He turned around and saw me, and winked, guess what? I didn't blush.
I was in too much pain to blush, Ikuto turned around as Judge Judy (A/N: Ikuto: Judge Judy? Ninjakat: Hell yeah!) sat at her seat. "Takeo," She said as she put on her glasses, "What were you and your friend doing before you were assaulted?"
'This woman is scary..' Takeo said, "I was just heading to his house to hang with him, when these crazy people," He said while pointing at my friends, "Grabbed us, took us in the alley, and abused us!" Ikuto scoffed, "Yeah right!"
"It is not your turn to speak, blue haired person!" yelled Judge Judy, I saw Ikuto wince. Judge Judy calmed down and drank some of her water; she set it down and turned to Takeo again. "Did they say anything to you as you and your friend were being abused?"
"Nothing, I guess they did it just for fun."
The Judge looked at Takeo's friend, "And is what he's saying true?" He nodded.
"Well then," She turned to Ikuto, "Now what do you have to say for yourself?"
"Him and his friend are liars! The only reason why we did what we've done is because they raped our friend!" Judy nodded and said, "Is she here now?" Ikuto nodded.
"Ikuto please sit down, and will the girl who got raped by these men come up to the stand?" I hesitated; Rima whispered to me, "Go, it will be all right." I stood up and walked to the stand, all eyes were on me. "What is your name, dear?" Judge Judy asked softly, "H-hinamori Amu, your honor..." Judy nodded, "Go ahead and tell us everything that happened."
I felt tears forming in my eyes, but I fought them back. I cleared my throat before I started. "My friend was having a party, so I went; my friend Utau told me she had a surprise for me in the backyard. I went to the backyard and say Ikuto, and then I ran because it hurt to see him so suddenly. It started raining so I decided to go to the driest spot I could find, which was an alley. I sat by this dumpster when these two showed up drunk, I ran the opposite direction of them but got to a dead end.
They got to me…. and raped me...and that's about it." I sighed as I finished, "You can go back to your seat," said Judy. She had Ikuto go back to the stand again and she turned her head towards Takeo, "Her story was very believable, don't you think?" Takeo looked down. "Ikuto, do you know what these two were doing before you beat them up?"
"Um-"
"Um is not an answer!" she yelled, and I chuckled quietly.
Ikuto jumped a bit as she said this, but regained his composure.
"They were in the bar dancing with women with vodka bottles in their hands."
Judy nodded and looked over at my attackers again, "Is this true?" Takeo laughed, "Hell no!" She looked at his friend who was sweating uncontrollably, "Well?" She asked. He shot out of his seats, "I'm sorry your honor! My friend is a liar! What this man says is true!" Then he covered his mouth and Judy smiled. "The punishment for you two is 3 years in jail, and as for you 4, you're free to go." Then she banged her gavel. (A/N: Ninjakat: I dont think Judge Judy decides if people go to jail, but let's pretend she does.)
The cops took my attackers away as my friends and I stood up and cheered. I ran towards the boys and we had a group hug, then we all walked outside. "Tadase, we gotta go," Said his grandma, he hugged me once more and waved to the rest of us, then left. "Amu," came a voice very close behind me, I turned around and my face was an inch away from Ikuto's. He was staring at me intently, "W-what is it?" I asked, he grabbed my injured arm and pulled up the sleeve. I jerked away and pulled my sleeve down, the reason I did that was because Utau, Rima, Yaya, Nagihiko, and Kukai were watching. Utau slowly walked up to me, "Amu... why?" I started tearing up, I ran away from them and the boys were on my heels. I got away when I crossed the road when it was okay for me to go, but it turned red on them as I reached the other side. "Shit!" I heard Kukai and Ikuto yell. I kept running till I was sure I lost them, I took out my phone to look at the time and found I had 20 missed calls and 13 new messages, which read:
Amu, please come back!
-Utau
Amu-chi..Why?
-Yaya
Amu, Yaya is going nuts because of this! You better come back!
-Utau
Amu.. how could you? Why didn't you tell me?
-Rima
Amu, what's going on? Rima called me and said you ran away! call back!
-Tadase
I called Tadase, you have a lot of explaining to do
-Rima
Amu, please, PLEASE come back! I'm BEGGING you!
-Nagihiko
Yaya and I are having a major break down, COME BACK! PLEASE! RESPOND!
-Utau
Come back Amu! Everyone else and I don't want anything bad to happen to you! please tell me where you are!
-Kukai
AMU! ANSWER THE PHONE! PLEASE!
-Nagihiko
I'm scarred Amu! please come back! And Yaya is going ballistic! She threw her shoe at me!
-Utau
Amu, don't do this to us! please...
-Kukai
Amu... come back, please...
-Ikuto
I starred at my last message for a while, and then Ikuto started calling me. I hesitated, and then pressed the button to decline a call. I wiped my tears and headed into the drug store, there I bought black hair dye. 'My hair is too bright and pink, I have to change it.' The time was 1 pm, Ami wouldn't be home till 3 and my mom wouldn't be home till 4. 'Good' Then I headed home.
I passed a store that sells alcohol, and called the first man who passed by. "Pssst!" I called, the man looked around then pointed at himself while mouthing the words, "me?" I nodded and he approached me. "How much is the vodka in there?" I asked, he looked stunned then mischievously smiled, "$50" he said, I nodded and pulled out my wallet. He held his hand up in a motion for me to stop, "For a pretty girl like you," He started, "I'll get it for you for free." We exchanged smiles, and then he went inside to get my drink. I walked over to the store next to it so no one will suspect anything.
The man came out and handed me a paper bag with the drink in it, "Enjoy," He said before going the opposite direction. I checked to make sure he got the right one, I smiled, 'Even better, he got me Everclear.'
Ninjakat: AAALLL DONE! MY LONGEST CHAPTER YET!
Amu: Everclear? What the hell is that?
Ninjakat: Oh, for those of you who don't know, it's the strongest alcohol drink in the world.
Amu: *Gasps then looks around* Where the hell are the others?
Ninjakat: Still looking for you
Amu: oh...
Ninjakat: R&R!
I'm sad, it was my birthday yesterday and I spent it alone :( Well me and my mom did go eat sushi and she bought me 2 new pairs of shoes, but still! She left afterwards! I'm supposedly going to be celebrating it tomorrow with my mom and some friends... like 2 friends because I'm a failure. So I'd really like it if I get a lot more reviews for my story :) thanks.
