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This story is beginning to climax, however it's still a couple more chapters from finishing. I hope you all enjoy!

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"AHHHH!" I scream and bury myself in Ikuto's arms. He holds me protectively and whispers words of reassurance, however I don't really feel like being reassured right now. A voice just fucking told me it's time to be punished and Ikuto's saying everything's alright? I don't know about that.

Banging noises are heard around the room, clearly telling us that something is in the room with us.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" I scream into Ikuto's shirt, tears coming to my eyes. Something strange has been going on recently, and it's different than all the bad luck. It feels as if a huge weight has been dropped on my shoulders, and it's almost as if I feel like something is always watching me, "I-Ikuto..," I whisper as another crash sounds from inside the room, "Get me out of here…"

Ikuto nods and picks me up gently bridal style, then dashes out the large room. As soon as we're farthest from the room, Ikuto sets me down. I press myself against Ikuto's warm body, wanting comfort, and in return he wraps his arms around me, holding me tightly.

What the hell was that!?

I don't really know where we ended up, but we're in some small room I've never seen before. The room is very quiet; almost too quiet.

Suddenly, there's a knock on the door and I jump in fear, holding onto Ikuto tighter, but as soon as I hear Rima's voice, I quickly let go of him, blushing.

"Amu, Ikuto, what are you two doing in here?" she says with a sneaky look in her gaze.

I stare at the ground and blush harder, my hair still standing on end from the terrifying experience just moments ago. I'm about to answer when Ikuto does before me.

"Gomen, Mashiro, but Amu's not feeling well. I'm going to take her home, okay?" I look up at him, surprised, but quickly look as if I'm feeling sick.

"Oh really?" Rima asks, clearly not convinced, "Oh that's too bad. Feel better Amu."

I nod and Ikuto leads the way out. I follow behind him, but Rima grabs my wrist, pulling me back to her, "Amu, what happened? Were you two getting in the mood or something? Is that why you're going home now? Amu, you're way too young for sex!"

"Look who's talking!" I say somewhat loudly, a huge blush forming on my cheeks. My voice drops to a whisper again, "A-And th-that's not it! D-Don't jump to c-conclusions Rima!" I look around nervously, "I think I have a f-fever."

"Fine, see you later Amu. Feel better!" she smirks and I glare at her.

Rima, you really piss me off sometimes.

I turn on my heel and hurry to catch up to Ikuto.

As soon as we leave the house and walk a bit farther down the street I stare at Ikuto, "Why'd you say I was sick!?"

He blinks down at me, confused, "So we could get out of that place," he says as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.

"It doesn't matter where I am! That thing, whatever it is will follow me! I know it!" I snap, a litter harsher than I intended it to sound.

He bends down and places his hands on my shoulders, "Amu, listen to me. We can't hang out around them when this thing is following you. And don't worry," he stands up straight again and removes his hands, "I'll be sure to protect you. I won't let anything harm you."

I stare at him and tears start to come to my eyes. I force myself not to cry as we walk on to my house.

xxx

RING RING RING RING

I stand from my sitting position and walk over to the home phone. Ikuto and I had returned to my house about a half hour ago and he refused to leave me alone. We sat in each other's arms while banging was heard throughout my house. I just barely heard the phone ring over the noise.

Ikuto followed me into the kitchen, where I picked up the phone on the 5th ring.

"This is Hinamori Amu," I say quietly and as calmly as possible.

"Are you Hinamori Ami's sister?" a woman's voice from the other line asks frantically.

My breath catches in my throat, "Y-Yes…," I look down at the ground and the first tears start falling silently. I already know something must be wrong, "What happened to her?"

I know she's surprised I knew something is wrong because she pauses for a moment before answering, "Her and my daughter Masa were playing in the front yard when their ball rolled out into the street…," the woman sounded like she was crying too, "Ami chased it but..,"

"Is she okay!?" I ask quickly, more tears coming.

"She's okay right now," I don't think I've ever been more relieved in my life, "She's in the hospital right now, but she's unconscious and she's not doing well."

I slam the phone down in the receiver and start sobbing. Ikuto overheard the whole conversation, and he bends down to hug me again.

"WHY WON'T THIS COME OFF!?" I scream, tearing hopelessly at the golden chain between sobs.

I give up just as Ikuto starts to help. He struggles to find the latch to open the chain, and has trouble sliding it off my wrist. He doesn't succeed, and I'm left sobbing into Ikuto's shirt yet again.

xxx

After the accident, I visit Ami every day in the hospital. She's still in a coma, and the doctor says her condition is getting worse, but I still have the slightest sliver of hope. I'm clinging to that hope, praying that she will be okay.

Ikuto has been around me a lot more recently. He sometimes even insists to stay overnight at my house. I know he's just worrying about me because of what's going on, but I still feel bad he spends all his time with me.

Whatever is haunting me hasn't let up. I often find myself sleeping in the same bed as Ikuto because I'm so scared. I don't think my grandpa has noticed. Hell, I don't even know if he still lives here. He hasn't been out of his room in forever. He might even be dead. Who knows?

Whenever I visit the hospital, the noises subside and go away for a while. It makes me happy when I visit her without the noises because it feels like they aren't after Ami at all, whatever they are.

After I found out about the accident, Ikuto and I came to the conclusion that the chain bracelet is behind this, somehow. It sounds stupid, but I actually think it is.

Since the festival where I got the bracelet is no longer in town, we decide to wait for the festival to return, which is New Year's. There, we'll ask the person who sold me the bracelet if they knew anything about it.

Christmas came and went, but I didn't celebrate. The only thing I did was visit Ami again and I got her a stuffed animal as a present. Later that night Ikuto gave me a gift, but it wasn't jewelry because we didn't want something like the golden chain thing happening again. Ikuto gave me some scented candles, which I love, and I lit them as we sat in front of the area in the living room where the Christmas tree should have been. I cried a bit that night, but Ikuto was there for me.

New Year's finally came, and as soon as it did, Ikuto and I rushed off to the festival. It took me a while to maneuver my way around the place, and it took even longer for me to figure out just where I bought the bracelet from.

The familiar stand finally catches my eye and we both rush over to speak with the man running the stand where I bought my bracelet. I'm relieved to see that it's the same man that sold me the bracelet before.

"Excuse me," I say and the man looks at me. His eyes go wide when he sees me and he gasps. I stare at him, confused, then continue, "You see, you sold me this bracelet at the last festival," I hold up my wrist with the chain on it and the man gasps again.

Ikuto stares at the man, "Do you know something about this bracelet?"

"I-I thought you'd be dead by now…," he whispers barely audibly and I gasp.

"W-What!?"

"What's wrong with you?" Ikuto glares at the man, "What do you mean by that?" he holds his arm up as if he's about to punch the man, so I quickly stop him.

"I-Ikuto, wait!" I turn to the man, "What do you know about this?"

"You won't believe me if I tell you," he says then turns away.

"I'm sure I will!" I say then step closer, "Please tell me."

"You really wanna know?" I nod and he sighs, "You won't like it."

"Just please tell us," Ikuto says, calming down a bit.

"Fine. I'm told by spirits to sell certain things to certain people. Once I received that golden chain from a spirit, it told me to give it to a pink-haired girl, and that it was her time to be punished."

"Wh-what do you mean? S-Spirits told you to give this to me? Th-they said it was time for me to be punished…?" I mutter, not understanding the situation.

"Yeah, it's hard to believe but it's true. You see, the spirits tell me to sell these things to people, then when the person buys it, they start having bad luck. The point of this is to get the person the object was sold to to die or kill themselves. After the pain of the misfortune is too much for one person to bear, they usually kill themselves."

"B-But why me? Why anyone?" I whisper, my voice unable to make a sound.

"I guess you could call it Karma. You must have done something very, very bad when you were younger and you don't remember it to deserve this bracelet."

Something very bad? What could that have been? I don't remember everything from when I was little!

"What sort of bad things would she have done to deserve this?" Ikuto asks.

"The spirit who gives me the object is usually the spirit of someone the victim killed."

Ikuto and I gasp, and I stare at the ground, tears coming to my eyes, "I-I couldn't have… N-Never.."

"Thanks for telling us," Ikuto mumbles and grabs my hand, leading me away from that place.

A ghost is trying to get me to kill myself!

~Chapter End~

Yes, it's getting pretty supernatural now! It might be a bit far-fetched, but it's necessary for the storyline. :)

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