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They looked at each other's faces with serious expressions. This was a serious issue. And maybe… Just maybe…

"Heh…" A voice said coming out from nowhere.

Amu looked at her surroundings, and then caught a glimpse of this shadow… It drew closer to them. Kukai had a bad feeling to who it was and what was going to happen…

"I'm really sorry 'bout those bruises Souma-kun. I only wanted some bait." It said… They suspected it was the boy that Kukai recognized awhile ago, and now they saw his face… Kamiyama Anjiro…

"Kamiyama… Why?!" Amu asked with a raised voice.

"It's a long story…" He said replying quickly. Ten or twenty X-eggs were behind him, just there… Floating, or maybe waiting for his commands…

"You can control X-eggs?" Kukai asked.

"Very clever… And yes I do… And not only that…" Anjiro snapped his finger once. "This too… I can do…"

Kukai's eyes widened. He clenched his chest and knelt on the floor. Daichi, suddenly fell to the ground, his whole body trembling with pain. All of it happened all because of a sudden snap…

Amu tried to comfort Kukai, so as Ran, Miki, and Suu to Daichi. Amu's ferocious anger grew.

She stood up slowly. "What did you do to them?!"

"It's just temporary… Well, temporary if I do let them go… I told you, I used them as BAIT." He smirked and jumped to Amu.

She stepped back, but he once again snapped his finger. She couldn't move an inch… She tried to stretch her hand but she couldn't. He had too much of a great power.

"Look Hinamori-san… I only need the humpty lock… And I can leave you two safe and in one piece…"

She strived to move, but she couldn't… instead, she replied…

"NEVER… NEVER IN MY WHOLE LIFE!!" She shouted at him.

"Then I'm sorry to say, that I will not let you two live… Not even your charas…" He opened his closely tightened fist and a black fire came out of it.

The charas trembled with fear while Amu and Kukai resisted the pain… Amu shut her eyes closed, scared of what to happen… She knew it was bad, and she knew she would get hurt… But she couldn't take it…

This sudden tall figure jumped out from the sky. He was human, but had a waggling tail and cat ears. Ikuto…

Ikuto character transformed and protected Amu from the sparkling fire. "Tch…" He dodged, tumbled and tried to hit some attacks to Anjiro, but the attacks went to nowhere… There was an invisible barrier surrounding Anjiro, and it was freaking all of them out.

"I-Ikuto… Why are you here?" Amu said weakly, and her whole body shivering.

"Are you blind? I'm protecting you guys… Especially you…"

"Glad you came here, Tsukiyomi-san" Anjiro said smiling devilishly.

"Oh shut up. I won't obey you this time… If you ever involve Amu I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!" He growled at him with glaring eyes.

"Well, let's see what you can do…" The X-eggs started hitting Ikuto and left him with some scratches. Ikuto kicked an X-egg and it bounced back to Anjiro and it hit his face.

"Bull's eye." Ikuto said smiling vigorously.

The effect from the spell worn off and they could move a little bit normally now.

"Get out of here. NOW!" Ikuto scowled at Amu.

"B-but…"

"I said NOW!"

Amu gave up nodding and helping Kukai to run off the place. Ran, Miki, and Suu carefully carried Daichi out of that violent scene.

Ikuto whispered to himself... Just this simple whisper that only he wanted to hear... "Even though I can't have you Amu... I WILL protect you... Heh... I'll kill you if you make her cry... Jack..."

"Please be safe…Ikuto…" She prayed in silence… They stopped and guessed that it was far enough to keep away from Anjiro. They slowly laid both of them on the nearby tree and saw them breathing deep and fast.

"This isn't going well…" Kukai said with a very weak voice.

All were both hit by that unusual spell, but they knew Kukai and Daichi's were worse. They couldn't do anything but stare with scared faces, or even try to cry with fear. Nobody could do anything, even with Ikuto stalling him, Anjiro would probably just chase after them. They were scared… Fearing of what to happen… It was just frightening…

"I don't want to do anymore…" She said trembling, and teardrops started falling to her gripped hands.

Kukai slowly caressed Amu's hair, cheering her up. "I thought you wouldn't cry anymore?" He asked trying to grin despite his pain.

She stared at him… She could see that he was really hurt… But she knew he was resisting all he was going through. Now she knew… She was the only one who could do something… She had enough strength, enough willpower, and just the same happiness she felt just seeing his face. She was determined now…

She rubbed her face and stood up as firm as she could. She stared up at the sunset sky… 'Give me your strength… please… Just give me strength…' She thought in her head and wished with pure hope…

"Can we do it guys?" She turned up to her charas, smiling…

Ran, Miki, and Suu looked at her, and suddenly nodded with determination. "Let's go Amu-chan!" Ran cheered.

"We can kick their butts!" Miki exclaimed.

"And I'll make delicious cookies later-desu!" Suu said smiling.

Before she ran to where Ikuto and Anjiro were, She bent down and went close to Kukai, kissing his soft, yet delicate cheek.

"Be careful Kukai…"

Kukai looked up to her, and slightly shaded red, but did his 'thumbs-up grin'. "I will Amu-chan, I will. So you have to be careful too!"

"I know, I will" She replied with another thumbs-up.

She ran off, and rushed to the seemingly endless road, slowly disappearing from his sight.

"Amu…" He said closing his eyes.

Amu saw this boy wearing black, and noticed who he was. She rushed to him, Ikuto was lying down on the ground, unconscious. This was getting worse and worse. She could even see Yoru beside Ikuto, unbelievably involuntary.

Amu saddened and wanted to cry, but she couldn't… She promised herself and Kukai she wouldn't cry, ever again…

"Ran…"

"Yehp Amu-chan!" Ran replied eagerly.

"My own heart, Unlock!!"

HAHA… LoL. I'm so sorry I cliffed it, but I wanted it to … -laughs devilishly- LoL I'm just kidding. This fanfic is almost done! Haha… Maybe like 2 chapters more and it's done! So thanks for the people around there still reading! Hope you guys liked this chapter!

+ RizenWingZ + : -sobs- I hate myself for letting Kukai get hurt so much like that. –bows- ARIGATO GUZAIMASU!