Fyen: Hello. *yawn* Here's the 10th chappie... -Ya know, I'm kinda too lazy to talk now...
Amu: Wow...
Fyen: Wait, what are you doing here?! You're supposed to get ready in the story! Go back! *throws Amu out*
Ami: Aweshumness!!! The 10th chappie of "Remember" is up!!! YAYZ!!! XD
Fyen: Whoa, Ami-chan, I didn't know you can read writings like this...
Ami: I can't, I was just here to chat with you, Fye-chan. ^_^
Fyen: o.O
Ami: WARNING! Fye-chan has a put a cliffy at the end of this chappie!
Fyen: AMI! You ruined it!
Ami: Read or Ami will kidnap the pwince and hold him hostage.
Fyen: *Sweatdrops*
Tadase's POV
"Heart rod!" Amu-chan yelled as the rods appeared in her hands and she flew straight at the x-chara, trying to pursue it, throwing the rods at it. But... it dodged. "What's your problem?!" she yelled at it, getting more frustrated but all it did in reply was shout back at her with an annoything voice and blasted more powerful negative energy at Amu. She dodged each one of them and the last one just barely. "Normally, it shouldn't be this hard to purify an x-chara...," I heard her grunt as she flew higher in the air, trying to trap it and talk to it.
I just watched Amu and that x-chara battle it out, shouting out warnings now and then but that didn't satisfy me. It just doesn't. 'This feeling..., what is it?' a question suddenly asked me. I tried to ignore it and noticed that the x-chara was really gaining on Amu now. "Amu-chan, hang in there!" I yelled out. 'I can't take this.... I want to help...I want to help her!'
That's when the x-chara threw its little tiny fists towards Amu, summoning huge amounts of negative energy in missle-forms at her... and she was hit. She fell and slid to the ground with shriek. "Amu-chan!" I stood there, just staring at Amu wounded, horrified and turned to the x-chara just in time to see it starting to bring up another brutal attack. 'No... Amu can't take this!'
'Holy Crown,' a voice mysteriously said in my head. 'What?! Where'd that suddenly come from? What's 'Holy Crown?!' but I had no time to wonder about this. I saw Amu try to make an effort to stand up again, lifting up her body just halfway but she just ended up dropping herself back on the ground, grunting in pain.
Another blast of power has already formed and was heading straight for Amu, now. 'Crap! What should I do?!'
Amu's POV
No matter what, this x-chara won't listen to me, 'Wish Rikka-chan was here to talk to it....' The x-chara robbed me of all my energy and now I'm too weak to even protect myself. I watched, mortified as another blast was shooting straight at me while I lay completely helpless on the ground and I shut my eyes tight, awaiting the pain to engulf me.
I heard someone grunt as I heard another sound, as if something had been hit with a blast. I quickly opened my eyes again and gasped, even more horrified. "Tadase-kun!" I yelled in astonishment as I found him standing before me, trying to shield off the attack with just his arms held up in front of him.
He took a small glance at me behind him, saying almost too happily despite the pain he was facing, "I want... to... protect you... Amu-chan." I just stared at him shaking my head slowly but I knew he was trying his best like the Tadase he was. Yet, I was still too weak to get up and help. 'Why him? Why now?' I thought desperately. 'He's still healing slowly and now this is happening....'
Tadase's POV
'This blast of negative energy... Why am I feeling so many things though? Even though I'm hit, I can barely even talk... What are all of these different kind of emotions I'm feeling? So painful..., doubtful,.... I felt this before!' As I was still getting hit by the blast, many familiar, different images flashed through my mind as if in sequence, again.
'Am I... remembering something? More memories...' I closed my eyes and found more scenes of my past, 'A small guy with a cloak and a crown, my family, this blue-headed teenager.... And... Amu? Ugh! No more, I can't take it!' Finally, the blasts stopped coming. I collapsed on my knees heavily, panting hard.
Amu-chan crawled to my side, "Tadase-kun! Are you okay? You shouldn't have done that!"
I felt super tired now though... probably like Amu-chan's state. "Yeah...," I said meekly, about to fall asleep any minute. "I'm--"
"MUUUUURI!!!" the x-chara shrieked, interrupting me involuntarily.
I quickly turned to Amu before I felt too weak to even talk and told her, "This x-chara... wants to be a stronger person... but I think... it feels... too weak. Do what you do..., Amu-chan."
Amu's POV
I nodded, indicating that I understood and immediately got up on my feet, as if completely energized by Tadase protecting me like that. I was thankful for that, thankful for a friend like Tadase-kun. A true friend. 'How about true love?' Whoa, I so didn't expect to hear that in my head... but I shook it off and went after the x-egg.
"Stop this! Just because you think you're weak and can't do anything, doesn't mean you should take out your anger on people like this! If you want to be stronger,... just keep trying and... keep believing!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. The x-chara seemed to have paused to consider this for a moment and I saw my chance.
I lifted my arm out, pointing straight at the x-character, performing my usual purifying routine.
"Muuuuriiii...," it softly echoed as it went back into an egg, now purified and flew off. I looked back to smile at Tadase-kun who was still on the ground and immediately turned pale. Tadase wasn't looking too good, in fact, I've never seen him looking this weak before. I quickly switched transformations with Su into Amulet Clover and cleaned the place up before going back to my normal self then to see Tadase.
"Tadase-kun! Diajoubu?" I asked for about the second time but I knew what he was going to say anyways, knowing Tadase.
"I'm fine..., don't worry about me," he replied weakly, trying to stand up but ended up leaning against me while I helped him up.
"No, you're not fine!" I argued with him, pulling one of his arms over my head to make it easier for me to support him. "I'll help you get home." Tadase didn't say anything back, I supposed he was too tired to argue back. I quickly called the others to let them know that they didn't have to find us and could just leave without us before heading towards Tadase's house.
When we finally reached the front of Tadase's house, thankfully, the front gate was unlocked. 'Shoot, I can't let Tadase's grandmother see him like this, it'll worry her to death,' I suddenly realized. I quickly carried Tadase inside his house to his room carefully with him being half asleep and making sure his grandma was nowhere where she could see us.
I gently settled him down on his bed and he forced his eyes opened to look at me, saying, "Amu-chan..., I...," but before he could finish what he was saying, he immediately blacked-out.
"Tadase? Tadase-kun?!" I said gently shaking his face while panicking. Usually, it's not a good thing if people black-out, you know.
"Amu-chan, calm down! No one can die from getting hit by x-energy!" Miki assured me.
"That's right, Amu-chan. Just let him rest and he'll be fine," Dia added.
I looked back at Tadase who was laying on his bed looking rather pale and showing barely any sign that he was breathing. "Fine, I'll believe you guys... but I'm going to stay here until he wakes up again."
My charas remained silent and just sat on Tadase's bed with worried faces. I gently grabbed Tadase's hand. 'Please be alright.... I want to thank you for protecting me, Tadase.' It suddenly occured to me that this was the first time I've ever seen Tadase asleep. I gently placed my hand on one of his cheeks absentmindedly and stared at him admiringly.
The flashback of when I last saw Tadase, the day before he left to somewhere further away came back to my mind and I recalled a precious memory as I glanced at my bracelet on the hand that was on Tadase's face, gently caressing it. It was when Tadase first kissed me... on my cheek.
It seemed like it wasn't such a big deal but I've always wondered why Tadase still didn't remember about... well, the more specific memories... about me? 'Tadase, I want you to remember you loved me... that you gave me this bracelet, again. I really do...,'
I slowly leaned closer to Tadase's forehead and closed my eyes. 'I'll return your kiss... and retrieve your memories of me.'
Ami: SEE?! I told you! Now people are gonna be mad at you, Fyen-chi!
Fyen: Psh! I already knew that! That's why I have a secret hideout. *runs away*
Ami: Okay, since Fye-chan ran away, she doesn't want any reviews or people to read her story anymore.
Fyen: *from her hideout* THAT'S NOT TRUE! D: