Hahaha, time to torture Ikuto...-evilself leaves- I like the end XD. Any who enjoy this chapter.

I disown everything but the storyline

It hurt to wake up; he seriously thought he was dying. Yeah, waking up should just go somewhere else. At least he knew he could still feel things, even if it hurt like heck. He couldn't hear much, just mutters, a lot of mutters, they were far off. He couldn't see, sight was blurry, and there was something blinding him, and it hurt a whole lot more then anything else that hurt him. Pain was flooding and pulsing everywhere, he didn't know it if it was a good thing to feel his own heart beat.

He tried to move, curl up, crawl way, roll over, anything. Nothing worked, it hurt too much, and he couldn't move a limp. So many thoughts connect to the pain ran through his head, he could figure out where he was. Someone screamed, and he froze, they sounded close, like right next to him, but he could see anyone with his blurred sight. He figured it out eventually, he was the one had screamed, it was him and just him, and it hurt.

"Looks like he's conscious again." Some said, they were close to him too, but it wasn't him. "Someone informed the Director!"

Reality started pounding its way through the pain. He was in the hands of his step father, that's why he hurt so much. All those test and possible cures that made him laugh, they were all lies. He didn't remembered what happened, he remembered to a point, the shock from behind, then this. He could hear people running around; he could hear machines around too as his hearing sharpened to its usual level.

"So you wake up again, finally." His step father said, sounding concerned. "I was worried about you."

"B.S." He snapped, before more pain slammed into his body.

"Ikuto I want to help you, don't be so cold." His step father snapped, Ikuto was biting back a scream. "However it seems that whatever was in that violin bonded with you, and I can't do anything from there. That is of course without killing you."

"IKUTO!" Someone yelled, he knew the voice, female, he couldn't place it though. Again the pain was clouding his mind, however the voice stuck and echoed, and he froze again. Amu, she was still there.

"You know, I could freakin' care less about what you can do!" Ikuto snapped. "Maybe my father did it to hide something from you!"

"What would that be?"

"Like I would know!"

Pain slammed in to the table it seemed, whatever they were doing it hurt a lot. He didn't know if he was moving or anything, or if he would even block this time from his brain, just make it all black.

"STOP IT!" Amu yelled again, he wanted to know where she was.

"Will someone shut her up!" His step father snapped.

"Hinamori-san!" Damn, Tadase was still here too.

"Enough!" He yelled, he wanted to quiet, even if it meant more pain for him, he just wanted to hear nothing, it hurt more then anything.

The world did go quiet, or he blacked out again, he didn't know he didn't care.

"Hey!" They froze at the commanding female voice. They didn't know who it was, but it made them stop. "What are you doing here!? You don't look like you work here."

Each slowly turned to the blonde idol behind them, still afraid she would give them away, she was maybe a few years older then them. Her hands were on her hips and she purple eyes were staring them down, like burning a whole through them. They gulped and exchanged glances, how would they explain why there were here. Because 'some miniature human cat thing told us too', sounded like something that would work.

"Uh…" Kukai started, trying to think of something, and asking for an autograph would probably result in guards.

"Utau-chan!" Yoru cried happily as he came out of hiding, the Guardians froze. Yoru had filled them in on just about everything they needed to know, this was just something they would have liked to know.

"Yoru?" Utau asked, blinking at the creature. "Where's Ikuto-neko?"

"Somewhere in this building, your step father sent people to go pick him up at work." Yoru informed. "I got help." He laughed nervously, as Utau looked over at the help she had yelled at.

"They all know?"

"No-nya."

"They why did you get them?" Utau asked growing annoyed.

"Our friends got dragged in as well." Nadeshiko said with a soft smile. Utau blinked slightly, tilting her head to the side slightly. "Tadase-kun and Amu-chan."

"Tadase-kun!" She shouted. "Fine then, this way."

Amu watched him go limp for the fourth time, she was shaking and Tadase had discovered he could do little to comfort her. Course it wasn't much easier for him, really. He may not have known what Ikuto was hiding from the world, and Amu may have, but he was watching to people suffer and he couldn't do anything about it really. Amu was losing her voice, and he was losing his sanity it seemed. Nothing made any sense any more.

They both had lost track of time, it could have been late at night or half way through the next day, they didn't know. Tadase wasn't even sure if he could trust the way he was counting time. Ikuto would pass out for about three hours, he figured that, be conscious for about thirty minutes, before falling back into the blackness. So he was guess they had been there for fourteen or so hours, and neither seemed to have slept a wink.

Amu's eyes were fixed on Ikuto was strapped down to a medical table. Whatever they were doing to him, it seemed to hurt him a lot. He always seemed to come out of this haze; Amu had been watching him closely. She was happy that he was peaceful now; he had yelled enough before stillness and calmness washed over him, now it looked like he was sleeping.

"Hinamori-san?" Tadase asked, she didn't turn, afraid she would miss something, however she nodded to signal she was heard. "Are you ok?"

"To be honest, I'm fine now, happy….and dreading." Amu admitted.

"Why?"

"Cause he's resting, I mean look at him; you wouldn't think he was in pain or anything. Also cause eventually he'll wake up and everything will start over again."

"I know."

"I can't do anything!" She snapped, looking down at her feet and shaking. "I can only sit here and watch, maybe get him to do something he doesn't want to. Tadase-kun, I don't want that."

"I've noticed." Tadase said, he was such little comfort. "But you are right about the peaceful thing. Whatever their doing to him, he's not feeling it." He was trying so hard to bring comfort to her.

"Yeah…"

"Hinamori-san?"

"Hm?"

"You know it's only a matter of time before someone comes looking for us. I'm sure they'll find Ikuto and help him."

For the first time in like fourteen hours she turned to him. Her eyes were sparkling with hope at the words, he had a point. However the flickering hope in her eyes, didn't stop him from noticing the fact that she was worried and had been crying. She gave a small weak smile, something that could encourage them to go one until they were found.

"Maybe someone's noticed." She said hopeful.

"I'm sure our parents have." Tadase smiled back. "They've probably called around."

Silence fell on them; it was nice, seeing as how Ikuto was out cold and not in pain or hurting himself as he tried to do something. Most of the workers had left, there were only a few still lounging around incase Ikuto woke up and did something. Like he really could, he would stir a little, fight the holds, scream in pain, have an argument with his step father then go limp again. It's not like it would magically go a way, or he was faking it.

"Ah, Hinamori-san?" Tadase asked after a while of silence, he couldn't take it really.

"Yeah?" She turned to him again, obviously getting that Ikuto was fine and peaceful.

"What is Ikuto's secret?" Amu bit her lip and looked away.

"It's hard to explain…he's better at it…but then again he doesn't really have to do a whole lot."

"Just try to explain it." Amu took a deep breath.

"I don't know how he got like that, just the fact that his father's violin was the cause of it. He wasn't born…normal."

"He looks normal."

"You haven't seen his ears have you?"

"I never saw him much and when I did he was always wearing a hat, and his hair would hide them."

"There's a reason."

"I know, what exactly is the reason."

"Uh…they're kinda cat ears." She gave a weak smile, almost like 'Please believe me' or 'I'm not that crazy'.

"Right…" Tadase said thinking maybe she should see some after this. However he didn't push it any further then that, just kinda left it there and the silence returned.

After what seemed to be forever the doors opened, and they raced out. Yoru and Utau were leading the way, and the rest of the Guardians were following behind the two. It didn't take them long to find Tadase and Amu, both were rather wide eyes and shaken, however they seemed to miss Ikuto completely.

"Oi, King!" Kukai shouted and both Tadase and Amu jumped, slightly from there they were.

"Souma-san!" Tadase said happily, Amu wordlessly showed the same excitement.

"Where are the keys?" Rima asked smoothly, a silence feel on them, before a jingling was heard and Yoru was hovering above them with it. "Oh."

Nadeshiko didn't waste any time unlocking the two from their box. Amu darted out, with a quick thanks. Yoru followed close behind her, then the rest of the group figured it was best to follow her. It didn't take them long to realize she was running to Ikuto who was in the middle of the room. Utau raced to catch up, everyone else did too. It was weird to see their music teacher strapped down to a hospital bed in the middle of some room in the basement of a huge cooperation. Amu tore through the straps, along with Utau's help, just as Ikuto started to stir.

"What the hell was that?!" Ikuto snapped bitterly, bring his hand to his forehead.

"Ikuto?" Amu asked, his eyes looked over at her; there wasn't too much pain in them. "You're ok, right?"

"You could say that." He said with a small wince, before sitting up on the bed and looking around. His ears popped up curiously, moving about like a radar, obviously picking up the small sounds.

"Amu-chan?" Yaya asked, breaking the strange uneasy silence that came over the Guardians. Ikuto snapped his head to the new voice, finding ten eyes staring up at his ears. Awkwardness found a home spot with between them.

Please RXR