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A Blinded Heart
Chapter 10: You Hate Me Don't You?
Flashback:
"Ikuto... I'm sorry." I whispered,and he looked over to me before smirking. "It's alright. I can try to understand." He said and he suddenly waltzed casually into my apartment, and I blinked. I quickly walked in after him, and I watched as he walked past me and closed the door, and I heard the soft 'click' as he locked the door. "Uh oh, that can't be a good sign." I muttered, and I glanced back at him, and he pulled me into his chest. "Oi... Ikuto." "Don't talk Amu." He muttered, and I blinked once. I slowly brought my arms up around his waist, and gently hugged him back. I felt him lean down then, and he looked directly into my eyes. His smoldered, even in the dim light, and I just stared, my cheeks turning red. "I have an idea."He whispered as he slowly leaned his head down to mine, his lips getting closer and closer...
End Of Flashback
(Amu's POV)
I could feel Ikuto's breath on my lips as he drew nearer and nearer, and my face turned as bright as a tomato. I wanted to suddenly burst out and yell, but his words made me bite my tongue. 'Don't talk Amu.' It kept running through my mind, making it spin and seem like it was going to burst. As soon as he got his head close enough for me to just have to move a centimeter to run into his lips, I heard that annoying sound that indicated that someone was at my door. "What. The. HELL?!" I shouted, pulling away from Ikuto's appalled look, and I stomped to the door and jerked it open, only to see Kukai, Yaya, Rima, Tadase, and an apologetic looking Nagehiko. He wore an expression that said, 'I tried to stop them'. I smiled gently at him and then looked at the others somewhat bitterly. (No Kairi... he kinda bores me.) They all smirked at me, and then glanced at Ikuto, Tadase looked at him a bit angrily though. I shot a small glare in Tadase's direction, and he immediately smiled politely and apologetically at me.
"What are you doing here guys?" I asked politely, but I could feel Ikuto's somewhat annoyed grimace from behind me. I didn't dare to turn around to see his face, I just sighed tiredly. "Well, we saw Nagehiko leaving, and he said that you remember him. So we want to try and get you to remember all of us." Rima said as she smiled a little, her special smile that she rarely used. I felt myself smile as I thought of this, I really truly remembered her! "Um, and how did you expect to do this?" I asked carefully, and they just glanced at each other. "Well... we hadn't really gotten that far yet." Yaya admitted somewhat sheepishly, and I sighed. I then noticed a large plastic bag in her hand. I tilted my head to the side slightly. "Eh? What's that?" I asked hesitantly, and she looked down at the bag in her hand as if just remembering it. "Oh! Games! We came to play with you Amu-chi!" She shouted happily, and Kukai grinned widely.
"Uh... can you... give me a second?" I shut the door slowly, but they nodded. I turned to look at Ikuto, and I smiled. "Wanna play with us Ikuto?" I asked him hopefully, I didn't want him to leave. He sighed deeply and pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly. "Sure thing. If it makes you happy, then sure." He said as he smirked, and I smiled widely. I opened the door and moved aside as they all shuffled into the apartment.
One Hour Into Playing
"How did I get talked into this?" I asked with a sigh, we were currently playing Twister, and I was currently in a very inappropriate position, on top of Ikuto. "I don't know Amu, I rather like this position." He teased form beneath me, and I narrowed my eyes. "Don't make me spit on you." I warned him, and he chuckled. Nagehiko stuck one of his legs underneath Ikuto, and he sighed frustratingly. "Whose idea was this?" He asked, and he all glared at Yaya. "Well, it was better than Kukai's idea of spin the bottle or seven minutes in heaven!" She objected and we all nodded, except for Ikuto of course. She just smirked at me, and form the position all of us were in, only I could see him. I rolled my eyes and stuck my tongue out at him. Yaya spun the spinner, and by now I had lost track of whose turn it was, but apparently it was mine.
"Amu-chi, left hand red." (lol, Yay I remember how to play!) I groaned and slowly inched my left hand over to a red, which result with my chest being directly above Ikuto's face. "If you do anything you are dead." I growled at him, and he just chuckled. I glanced over at Yaya, and her face was turning red from trying to hold in her laughter at all of us. I scowled at her, but I suddenly saw the oh-so familiar flashes, making my eyes widen, my teeth clench, the works. "Oh!" I gasped, and I lost my balance and we all landed in a big pile, and we all began to laugh, even Ikuto. "Yaya!" Since I could get up, I beckoned her over with my finger. She crawled over to me and lowered her head so I could see her. I reached up and pinched her cheek, and I smiled. "I've always wanted to do that since I first saw you in that hideous cape." I said with a wink, and her eyes lit up like a child's on Christmas morning.
"Amu-chi!" Yaya shouted happily, and then she tackled me as best she could, making us all fall off to the side a bit. I began to laugh even harder, despite the headache I was getting. We all managed to get up and un-tangle ourselves, but it took a little while. After we all got up, Nagehiko, who was chara-changed with Temari, ripped the Twister mat in half. I stared at him incredulously, and I couldn't help the small giggles that escaped my lips. "Now what will we do?" I asked, and we all shrugged. "How about we take a vote?" Kukai asked enthusiastically, and we all agreed that it seemed fair. "Okay! Since it was my idea, I get to choose one of the games! Spin the bottle!" He shouted happily, and we all rolled his eyes, but Ikuto had a strange smirk on his face. "Okay, now a girl should pick." Nagehiko said, trying to be fair I guess. I motioned for Rima and Yaya to come over, and we all began to whisper to each other. Suddenly, at Rima's suggestion, I began to burst out laughing. "W-We ch-ch-choose Truth or dare!" I mumbled in-between my laughs and gasps for air.
"Alright! All of those for Spin the Bottle raise their hand!" Kukai shouted enthusiastically, and he, Tadase(who looked as though he did it reluctantly) and Ikuto held up their hands. Yaya looked like she wanted to as well, but she didn't. "Aw come on man!" Kukai whined to Nagehiko, who stood firm, he shook his head with a tight grin. "No way." He said, and I just smiled even wider. "Okay, now who wanted to play Truth or dare?!" Yaya shouted, even louder than Kukai had. She, Rima, Nagehiko and I all raised our hands, and then I stuck my tongue out victoriously at Kukai. "Truth or dare it is." I said in a pleasant tone, and I heard Kukai begin to grumble.
Two hours into playing
I felt my jaw drop as I shoved a piece of taffy in my mouth, Nagehiko had left at one point and brought back some home-made snack. "It's Ikuto's turn, who will ask?" Rima asked us, and I looked around before raising my hand slightly. "I'll do it." I said with a sigh, and I glanced over at Ikuto's smirking face. I thought for a moment, and then I bit my lip to keep from smirking myself. "Hm, Ikuto?" I asked in a pleasant tone, and he tilted his head, I took that as him saying 'what'. "Truth or dare?" I said to him, and he smirked even wider. "Truth." He said, and I mentally cursed, I had a perfect dare too. I wracked my brain for a good question, and I sighed tiredly when I couldn't think of anything. "Um, okay... is it true that you... have an idea to get my memory back?" I looked over at him, and everyone had gone silent, but he was still smirking at me. "Of course. It may not work, but i have an idea." He said, and I smiled back at him.
"Okay, new game. And since Ikuto answered just a good question, he gets to pick." I said, and Kukai pouted at me. "Who made you the boss?" "It's my house." I said with a small grin in Kukai's direction, and he rolled his eyes at me. "Seven minutes in heaven." Ikuto said, and Kukai's face lit up. I groaned and then glared at Ikuto, but Kukai was laughing with him. "Hm, I pick Amu-chan and Ikuto first!" Nagehiko declared, and Kukai, Yaya, Rima, and even Tadase, nodded with him. I stood up along with Ikuto, and we were shoved into my empty closet except for a few coats, it wasn't very spacious, so I was nearly bumping into Ikuto's chest. "Shall we pick up where we left off?" He whispered, and my face turned bright red. I could hear the door lock, and I sighed. Ikuto bent his head down so that I could look up and hit my forehead against his.
"It's a part of my plan." He whispered, and my eyes widened and a small grin lit up my lips. "Okay. I trust you." I said, and about two seconds after that, he leaned down and pressed his lips to mine. It was like an electric jolt had went through my body, it didn't hurt, it felt good. I welcomed it into my system happily. But this time I saw the flashes, all of them. Of Kukai and Tadase, and of Ikuto, and of everything else. They just came flooding into my head, and I gasped, but it sounded somewhat like a whistle. I immediately wrapped my arms around Ikuto's neck, just as he pulled away slightly, and slammed his lips back into mine. His eyes were wide, and when I pulled away for air, he blinked. "Amu?" He asked carefully, breathlessly, and I smiled brightly. "Ikuto." I whispered, and I could feel the tears sting my eyes, and I immediately wiped them away.
"I remember, I remember everything." I gasped, and his eyes widened even further if that was possible. "Where's my mom at? Is she safe?" I asked him, my voice barely above a whisper, and Ikuto looked away. "She's..." I gasped, and I immediately understood. I put my hand to my mouth and sucked some air in, trying to keep quiet. "She's dead?" I whispered incredulously, and he nodded. "I tried to stop him, but I couldn't. I'm so sorry." I wiped the tears, and I smiled gently at him, and wrapped my arms around his waist. "It's okay, well it's not, but you know what I mean." I said quietly, and felt as his arms wrapped around my shoulders. I looked at the door, and saw some shadows, and I smirked. "Hey Ikuto, wanna pick the lock on the door and do something funny?" I whispered, barely audible for anyone but him. He smirked and nodded, and made his way to the door, where he took out something from his pocket and he silently made the door un-lock, and then he opened it, making everyone land with a loud thud.
"Kukai... Tadase-kun..." I smiled, and they looked up at me sheepishly. "How's soccer coming Kukai? Or are you in basketball now?" I asked, placing a finger on my chin as I thought, but I was tackled onto the ground. "Do you remember us too Hinamori?!" Kukai shouted, and I began laughing. "Yes, I do."I said quietly as I patted Kukai's back, and smiled widely at Tadase, and he wore a smile as well. "Well this is just great Amu-chi!" Yaya shouted, and she tackled Kukai so she could be apart of the dog-pile. I laughed and I eventually convinced them to get off of me, and I stood as well. "Do you remember Ikuto?" Nagehiko asked, and I nodded immediately, and he smiled sweetly at me. "So, what will we do about Gozen? Amu's back... we need a plan." Rima said, and I nodded, and turned to Ikuto. "Well?" I asked him, and he shrugged. "Gozen has run off. He does that every decade or so." He said the last part a bit sarcastically, and I sighed. "And?" I urged, and he smirked.
"And I have an 'inside source' as to where I can get information on where he went. But it's a bit risky, we could all go, except for Nagehiko." He said, and then continued before we objected. "If you walked into this place with guy clothes, people would beat you up." He finished, and Nagehiko rolled his eyes. "What is this a bar?" I asked, thinking of the weird ways we would have to act if we got in at all. "Yep." Ikuto said nonchalantly, and I felt my eyes widen. "Well, what do I have to do? Dress in drag?" Nagehiko asked bitterly, and Ikuto looked a bit thoughtful, and then he smirked. "Well... that might just work." He said with a wide smirk, and I felt myself smile. "I wanna dress up Nagi!" Yaya shouted, and I laughed. "Leave Nagehiko to us girls. You buy clothes that would make us fit in." I said to the guys, and they nodded and started towards the door. We all grabbed onto Nagehiko's wrists and tugged him off towards my over-sized bathroom.
One Hour Later
I looked down at myself in pure horror, I was currently wearing a tube-top that was very tight against my chest, a extra extra short skirt with some ripped fishnet stockings on. I had on some shoes with a spiky heel at least five inches long. I had a collar-like necklace around my neck, and my hair was up in a messy and spiky fashion, we somehow got my bangs to cover my right eye, and my make-up was outrageous. I had on thick black eyeliner, my lashes heavy with mascara, my lips had on only shiny gloss. I felt so embarrassed by this, and so my cheeks were flushed pink. I glanced at Rima, she looked so irritated by the way she looked. Her normally curly hair was straightened, hanging even lower than usual, her make-up was the same as mine, and she had on some very tight and very short shorts on, exposing her short legs well. She had on a see-through loose shirt, and a tube-top on underneath. Her shoes were clunky, black things, making her as tall as me when I didn't have shoes on.
Yaya had the most innocent outfit, a slinky black dress that was short on her, or anyone for that matter. Her hair was down, and we curled it, pulling her short bangs back from her face. Her shoes were slim, with a very thin heel that looked like it would break off at any moment, and of course her make-up was the same. We all walked out of the bathroom, and I head Ikuto and Kukai whistle at us. I glared, but my cheeks turned bright red. "Mou, shut up Kukai!" Yaya shouted as she crossed her arms and pouted, and I sighed. "Nagehiko! Come on! We need to go!" I shouted, and I heard him groan. The guys all had on loose or tight shirts (Ikuto's was tight, Kya!!! fan girl moment!) and some tight pants. Nothing special compared to what we were wearing. I heard the door, and out stepped our creation. "I feel, so ridiculous." Nagehiko muttered, and he slowly walked out, trying to be careful of his heels. Nagehiko's long and silky hair was up in a pony tail, his long and perfect bangs covering his right eye as well. His make-up was a tad bit lighter than ours, we didn't want to torture him too much.
His body was still slim like it was when he was Nadeshiko, so we had put him in a tight fitting top, but it covered about half of his arms. He had on some extremely tight pants, and a very short skirt was over that. The pants had no pockets whatsoever, they were almost like leggings. He had on clunky black shoes similar to Rima's, but the heels were thinner. Ah, but don't forget that we had given him a chest, yes the perverted boys of our group had bought some fake breasts. From where? I had no idea, but Nagehiko had a chest now, so he looked exactly like a woman. Kukai, in a more teasing way now, whistled at Nagehiko. "Looking good Nagehiko." He said in a mocking tone, and I narrowed my eyes at him. "That is Nadeshiko to you." I said, and he just laughed. "Right right, I'm so sorry. Let's go."
Later At The Bar, Shady Side Of Town
I stared up in horror at the large blinking sign that said 'The Bleached Crow'. (that is from one of my actual stories, so I own the name!) I watched at men and women who were dressed similar to us walked in and out. I gulped and glanced at Rima, she wore an un-readable expression, and I did as she did. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath through my nose, and then I opened my eyes and looked up to Ikuto with determination. "Let's go." I whispered, and he glanced down at me, and he nodded. He turned to us then, and he began to whisper. "Rima, Nagehiko and Amu, you will go in and try to blend in, go sit at the bar and complain about a guy or something. Yaya and Kukai, you guys will need to be dancing in the crowd. Tadase and I will head for the back, since we are al walking in together, we need to look inconspicuous." He whispered, and we all nodded. We turned and walked towards the door, and Ikuto handed the very large bouncer a peice of paper, which he looked at and nodded at us.
As we walked in, Ikuto turned and whispered to Kukai, "Just do what I do." then he turned and smirked at me, and he placed his hand on the small of my back, uncomfortably close to the bottom of my spine. "We need to dance once, so Yaya and Kukai understand, ready?" He asked, and I looked at the dancy these people were doing, and I suppressed a gag. "Um, as ready as I'll ever be." I said as I kept my eyes on the people, trying to memorize how they were dancing before making a fool of myself. Ikuto grabbed my hand and pulled us out to the crowd, and I watched as Nagehiko and Rima made their way over to the bar, and Tadase just waited in the corner. Kukai and Yaya were watching us, trying to blend in at the same time. Ikuto and I began dancing the same, strange, and distasteful dance as the rest, and I guess we were good, since people soon stopped to crowd around us and watch. As the song ended, he dipped me down low, his leg in-between both of mine and he reached down to whisper in my ear.
"Now, so that it looks like we are breaking up, when we are standing straight, smack me. As hard as you can, and then go to Rima and Nagehiko, understand?" Ikuto asked, and I nodded slightly, and he slowly let us come up straight. I pouted, my brows furrowing into a 'V' and then I smacked him, making his face turn. He smirked, and I turned and walked towards the bar with quite an attitude. I heard some whistles at my performance, but I kept walking, and I soon sat down in-between Rima and Nagehiko. "What an act, I'm so proud." Rima whispered into my ear, and I shrugged as I placed my cheek onto my palm. Nagehiko was currently trying to make a flirting drunk back away from him. "No thanks, I just broke up with someone." He said in his womanly voice, and the man just smiled widely. "All the more reason why you should let me buy you a drink cutie." He slurred, and I did gag that time. "Listen fatso, my friend said no, can you leave her alone?" I asked him in my 'cool'n'spicy' tone, and he immediately backed off, his eyes slightly wide.
"Thanks." Nagehiko whispered, still keeping his Nadeshiko voice going. I smiled at him and we sighed, and then I glanced at Rima, she simply ignored all of the normal and un-normal looking men that bothered her. I turned my head to see Kukai and Yaya dancing, and it made me smile. I then let my eyes wander until I saw Ikuto, but no Tadase. Ikuto currently had an irritated look on his face as many women clung to him. I frowned and turned away, focusing on the rotting, yet very nice, wood-bar in front of me. "You look like you could use a drink." I heard a masculine voice say, and I looked up to see a man with bleached blond, almost white, hair and yellow eyes like mine.(I also own him! heehee) He set something down in front of me, it was a some murky brown liquid in a glass, a very tall glass. "Amu-chan, we're going to the bathroom." Rima whispered, and I nodded as she and Nagehiko walked off, Nagehiko looking very uncomfortable. I brought my eyes back to the man, and he smirked in a very Ikuto-like manner.
"What is it?" I asked as I looked at the glass, trying to figure out what it could possibly be. "I know that it will make that cute face of yours turn into a smile." He teased, and I looked back up at him through my eyelashes. I slowly reached out and took the glass, and then I took a small sip. It wasn't bad tasting, but it wasn't particularly good either. I swallowed, and my throat burned. I made a small face, but I took a bigger drink, and then before I knew it, the contents of the cup were gone. I felt my face with my hand, and it was very warm. I placed my cheek in my hand as I looked back up at him, and I frowned. "I don't feel any better." I mumbled, and he just smiled, a bit gentler this time. He suddenly made up another cup full of liquid, but this time it was clear. I looked at the cup as he set it in front of me, and I noticed it was another large cup. But even so, I drank it, and before I knew it that was gone too.
After I had finished about two more cups of God knows what, I began to giggle. It had only taken me about five minutes, and soon Nagehiko and Rima were back. My head was fuzzy and my face was warm, and I had an idiotic grin on my lips. "Rima! Nadeshiko! Hi guys!" I shouted, and they just blinked, and Nagehiko plugged his nose. "Amu-chan are you drunk?" He asked me incredulously, and I just giggled a little bit. "No, I am not drunk. You're drunk Nadeshiko!" I said as I pushed on his shoulder slightly, and he just sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. Rima looked at me and shook her head slightly, and then she looked at Nagehiko. "We need to find Ikuto." She said, and my eyes widened. "No!" I whispered, and they looked at me. "If Ikuto sees me he'll get all mad!" I whined, and Nagehiko placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "No he won't Amu-chan, I'm positive." He said confidently, and I smiled. "Okay." "Now, wait here with Rima and I'll find him." He said, and he was off, walking through the crowd.
"Who in the name of hell gave you alcohol?" Rima asked, and then I turned and pointed to the blond haired man, and she glared at him. He just smirked and shrugged, turning away to go serve more drinks. Soon Nagehiko was back, with Ikuto, Tadase, Kukai, and Yaya half a step behind him. Ikuto just sighed as he saw me, but I smiled brightly, and walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his neck, and pressed my lips against his. He pulled away and chuckled, and he wrapped his arm around my waist and we headed for the door. "Mou, I-ku-to." I whined, and he just chuckled again. "I wanna kiss you som'ore!" I protested, and he just shook his head. "That is an offer I normally can't refuse, but your breath stinks Amu." He said with a smirk, and I pouted.
By now we had managed to get outside, and the cool night air made me get goosebumps. "You guys can go home now, mission accomplished. I think we should wait at least two days before we work on the 'get Gozen' plan. Amu's going to have one bad headache in the morning." I said, and Rima giggled slightly. "Okay, we can head to my house, there are plenty of rooms so we can get all of this stuff off." Nagehiko said with a sigh, using his normal voice again. "Hey, Nagehiko, where did Nadeshiko go?" I slurred, looking around blindly, and Nagehiko couldn't hold hit back, he started to laugh. "I'm sure she's at home Amu-chan. I'll find her for you." He said, and I smiled as I leaned against Ikuto. "'Kay." I said, and I looked up at Ikuto as we slowly made our way towards my apartment building.
At The Building
Ikuto hadn't spoken the whole walk, and his face was in an un-readable expression. He slowly unlocked my door and helped me in, where our charas greeted us. "Amu-chan! Eh... Amu-chan, your breath stinks." They all said, covering their noses and floating away. "Ikuto... you're mad at me aren't 'cha?" I asked him, and he just smiled ruefully at me and he made me sit down on my bed. "No Amu. I'm not mad." He said as he began to take off my shoes, and I pouted. "Yes you are. You're mad at me 'cause of what I did." I said as I rubbed my eye slightly, smearing some make-up around my eye. "No, I'm not mad at you Amu." He repeated, and then he began to take off the fishnets. He un-zipped the skirt at the side and pulled it off, leaving me in my underwear and the tube-top. He turned and grabbed the shorts I wore to bed, and slipped them on me.
He then took the things out of my hair, letting it fall down my back, and then he left the room, only to come back with a washcloth. He moved my bangs back and began to wipe off my face, and when it was finally clean, he sighed and reached down, and I held my arms up so he could pull the shirt off of me. "You hate me don't you?" I asked him, and he sighed and grabbed my tank top so he could cover my bare chest. I still had my hands up, so he just slipped it over my head, and then he kissed my forehead. "I could never hate you Amu." He said with a smile, and then he kissed my lips. "I love you Ikuto." I mumbled, and then I fell against his chest, my eyes closing at unconsciousness swept through me.
heatherful: .CRAP! That is the longest chapter I have made EVER! I hope you enjoy this to the fullest extent! I worked hard on it!
Nagehiko: She's very tired now, so I shall do this quickly; also no new story today, heheh... but soon hopefully! Anyways, R&R please! 5 or more!