A/N Ok since this is like the almost last chapter I'm gonna get into more detail so it will be extremely long and drug out. K? Here we go!
Saturday 7:30am
Amu POV
I woke up yet again to the brilliant sunlight streaming through my window. This time it was with worry filling my head. Where was Ikuto and how am I going to find him? I sat there on my pink comforter and put my hands to my head, using my index fingers to massage my temples in a circular motion. I stared across the room to a picture on my desk. It was of Rima and me on the first day of school. Yes before all the confusion I took pictures. Yay me. I got up and put on the all so familiar school uniform and walked down stairs. I looked at the empty kitchen and remembered my parents would return home today. Huh. I never would have thought it had only been just a week. Ok at this point I know what your thinking why put on the school uniform on a Saturday? Well this is a prestigious school so if your not performing yet you still have to be in dress code to be respectful. Wow bummer right? Well I steeped on the hard wood floor that covered the kitchen. And sighed. Ok enough of being all moody and sad its time to find Ikuto. And just as I rushed out of the house and locked the door behind me said person climbed through my unlocked balcony window. I knew I forgot something.
Ikuto POV
"Amu?" I called out into the empty house. Hmm not here. I stepped into her room and took it all in. The orange-ish wallpaper, the decals on her wall, and the ……….oh what have we here an open diary. I stepped of her blue-stripped rug onto the hard wood floor nearing her desk where the open and vulnerable diary was left. I peered over at the pages and found myself looking at a picture she drew of a little kitty head on the page. Hmmm I was curious as all cats are and picked it up and started reading.
Dear Diary,
Last night I went looking for Ikuto but to my dismay I didn't find him. Where is he? When I find him I have to tell him. I just have to. Even though he can't hear me, Ikuto I love you. And when I sing it's for you. Too bad he doesn't feel the same.
-Amu 4/24/10
I stood there with my mouth open and the book fell from my hands to the floor with a nice little clatter. She was in love with me too. It wasn't a lost cause. She loved me back. This gives me a new idea. An idea to let all those crazed girls that like me oh so much to back off because I love someone and I'm not giving up no matter how many times I might get rejected (if that's possible). I picked up the book and placed it just as I found it on her desk and turned to go. Then with the greatest of timing as I was jumping over her balcony my foot got caught and I fell head first into the bushes below. I was out like a light. Just for the record I'm not usually this clumsy.
Saturday 8:30am
Amu POV
I walked into our HQ for the time being and sat in a chair opposite Kairi who was typing ferociously on the keyboard. He looked up at me for a split second and then returned to typing as he told me what he found.
" I was able to hack into the AT&T cell phone data base and find an alternate way to track Ikuto's cell if he has it on him. It's not that high tech but it will tell you which direction to go in and you will find him." He stated without even lifting his hands from the keyboard.
" So kinda like a GPS?" I asked.
" Yea. Now with turn by turn navigation." He stated from a random commercial.
"That's so great! Thank you!" And with that I lunged across the table and hugged the crap out of him.
" But there is a set back here." He told me.
"What?"
" You and your band have to stay here and someone else will have to go looking for him."
"Why?"
" It was announced over the intercom a few minutes ago. The bands have to compete in the Official Tag Team Band Games."
"You're kidding me right."
"Dose this face kid?"
~ About 3 hrs later after the OTTBG information assembly and Kairi's recruiting work ~
Saturday 11:30am
Amu POV (again)
"Ok what do you have?" I asked, eyeing Kairi with excitement.
" I have our troops," He stated shifting his glasses a little on his nose, " Utau," he said as he motioned to a girl with long flowing blonde hair who winked at Kukai. Oh I get it hehe," Nagihiko or Nagi for short," and he again motioned to a pretty boy with long purple hair who winked at Rima and did the "call me" sign with his hand. Oh goody, " And last but not least my sister's bosses kid, Hikaru." And this time I was thrown for a loop. A little kid? Really Kairi? Oh well. And after all the introductions and farewells they set off to find Ikuto and we headed outside to wait for the games to begin.
Kairi POV
"Are we there yet?" Utau asked me with a pained expression on her face.
"No and we wont be for a while so keep quite, remember you signed up for this." I mumbled back.
Turn right The machine beeped at me.
"Where are we going?" Utau whined again.
" Somewhere over the rainbow." Nagi said.
Turn left.
"Wanna hear a joke?" Nagi asked.
" No." Utau said
" So a guy walks into a bar-." He began.
" I said no!" Utau shouted.
Turn right.
This is going to be a long day.
Amu POV
" For your first task you must go through a maze finding and handing off a baton to your band mates in the process." The announcer person said with great fake excitement.
Good lord please take me now. Oh well I better come out of this alive. So we all lined up me being at the end. I was gonna be the person to run the home stretch. Well they led me and some other kids to the end and made up walk to our positions. Here we go.
Rima POV
And the gun went off. I took off running dodging bush pillars in my way and climbing over a blockade of rocks. I did some more weaving and came out to a clearing where I saw Kukai.
Kukai POV
As soon as I saw Rima I got ready and as soon as I could feel the cold soothing metal in my hand I took of at the speed of light leaving a cloud of dust behind. I jumped over puddles with gators in it only looking around to see a kid trying to fight one off with his shoe. Ha ha. That's funny. I kept running, weaving through the bushes blocking my path only to come out to a lake that had an island in the middle where Amu stood with some other kids and we were almost to the home stretch. I jumped into the lake and swam like a fish trying to escape a bear. And I got to the island just in time to see the sharks behind me.
Amu POV
Holly Shit! There were sharks! I'm deathly afraid of sharks. I concentrated on getting the baton. But a stupid thought pushed its way into my mind. Where the hell did they get the room on the school grounds to put this stuff? Kukai jumped up out of the water and slammed the baton in my hand and yelled, " GO!" So I took off to the edge of the water and looked into it at the sharks. I can't. Then Kukai yelled again behind me, "There's one behind you!" That was it. I took off so fast I was practically running across the water and when I hit land I didn't stop I kept going. And the next thing I knew I had passed the finish line. Huh go figure.
" Black Cat Magic has won! They get to go to the next round along with-." After our band name was said, I kind of black out there for a while. I wonder how Kairi is doing?
Kairi POV
I was dragging my feet on the ground and using the little GPS device to hit my self in the head. Hikaru was crying and wanting to go home, Nagi was telling jokes to himself, while Utau was yelling at him to stop. When the GPS suddenly started going crazy. You have reached your destination; you have reached your destination. I looked up and to my surprise we were standing out side Amu's house.
Amu POV
OK after the Pie eating contest and the water balloon toss I was pretty fed up with it. But thankfully for me that was the end and we had won the opportunity to perform whatever time we wanted so I chose last. Plenty of time to get Ikuto back and watch the other acts. So we all sat in the front row and got ready to observe. And left all our trust in Kairi.
Top down in the summer sun
The day we met was like a hit and run
And I still taste it on my tongue
Saturday 4:30pm
Kairi POV
I stumbled over to her house and looked around. I walked over to where her balcony was and found her bushes had been flattened and there was a human looking dent in the ground. Next to it was a cell phone with the initials IK on the back.
Amu POV
I yawned and looked at my watch. It said .
You Would Not Believe Your Eyes
If Ten Million Fireflies
Light Up The World As I Fell Asleep
Kairi POV
I looked around some more and found some footprints with mud on them leading from the bushes to a bus stop across the street. The mud was still soft so it was fresh. I looked at the bus schedule and saw the last bus here went to a Walgreen's near our school. That's it!
Amu POV
I yawned 5 more times in a row and looked at my watch yet again. 5:45pm it said. Not even close.
So baby dont worry,you are my only,
You wont be lonely,even if the sky is falling down
Ugh.
Kairi POV
As soon as we got off the bus I rushed into the Walgreen's and asked the nearest clerk if they had seen a boy with blue hair, tall, blue eyes, and so hot you could bake cookies on him. One clerk, Betsy, said he just left a few minutes towards the school after buying some aspirin. I think I knew what he was doing.
Amu POV
6:15pm. I took a deep breathe. After tonight's last song I will reveal myself and sing the finale, then everyone will know and I hope they wont think I'm a freak. My hands were so shaky I could barley button up my shirt much less zip up my vest. But I did and opened the dressing room door to face the music.
I spoke into the mike clearly," This is a bit country but I hope you will bear with me. And this song is for Tadase Hotori. You two faced liar."
The audience looked so confused but went with it.
Haven't been in church since
I don't remember when
Things were going great
Till they fell apart again
So I listened to the preacher
As he told me what to do
Said you can't go hating others
Who have done wrong to you
Sometimes we get angry
But we must not condemn
Let the good Lord do his job
And you just pray for them
I pray your brakes go out
Running down a hill
I pray and flower pot falls
From a window sill
And knocks you in the head like I'd like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray your flying high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know wherever you are
Honey, I pray for you
As I finished up I realized this is it. So I took the shirt off, and unzipped the vest revealing another shirt under. But this one was low-cut and got the point across. Then I took off the pants, revealing a skirt and high heels. The crowd just stared at me. And watched my every move as I went to the mike to explain.
" I would like to say sorry. I deceived all of you and let you think I was a guy. It was part of a bet I foolishly agreed to. So I would like to sing a song for you with my normal voice." I said slowly and carefully choosing my words.
Then to my amazement they started clapping. I heard a few wolf whistles and comments like "You go girl!" and "Way to rock!" I was so surprised I didn't notice when the lights went out and unfamiliar music started playing. I heard a guitar being strummed. And then a person started singing.
I never thought that I was so blind
I can finally see the truth
Its me for you
Tonight you cant imagine that Im by your side
Cuz its never gonna be the truth
Too far for you
I looked frantically around the stage to find the culprit. It was so loud I couldn't recognize his voice. The audience looked as bewildered as I did. You know the deer in the headlights look.
But can you hear me say?
Dont throw me away
And theres no way out
I gotta hold you somehow
Then all of a sudden a spotlight came on and Ikuto stepped into view still singing, looking RIGHT at ME. I was so shocked I couldn't move, I just stood there like an idiot staring at him.
Ikuto POV
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Everyday but all I have is time
Our loves the perfect crime
I walked up to Amu and looked her dead in the eye. "What are you doing!?"
She asked bewildered.
"Getting a point across."
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Every way and when they set me free
Just put your hands on me
She started moving backwards across the stage and I followed. Every step every breath.
Take everything that I know youll break
And I give my life away
So far for you
But can you hear me say
Dont throw me away
Theres no way out
I gotta hold you somehow
She continued backing up almost making it off the stage but Kairi pushed her back on. And she walked over to the drums to avoid me but I chased her around them stopping occasionally to sing a few phrases.
I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Everyday but all I have is time
Our loves the perfect crime
I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Every way and when they set me free
Just put your hands on me
During the guitar solo she tried to jump off the stage and escape through the crowd, but the just ushered her to get back on stage. She blushed even darker and faced me as I continued to sing.
Tonight Im weak
Its just another day without you
That I cant sleep
I gave the world away for you to
Hear me say
Dont throw me away
Theres no way out
I gotta hold you somehow
I looked deep in her eyes and held their gaze. She was blushing even more than before and she was dressed so cutely. But aside from that there was relief in her eyes, and I noticed the bags under her eyes. They were small but they were there. She was so worried she lost sleep. Over ME.
2X
I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Everyday but all I have is time
Our loves the perfect crime
I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you
You wanna touch me too
Every way and when they set me free
Just put your hands on me
As soon as I stopped I stoke into the mike," Amu I love you." Her eyes went wide and she put her hands to her mouth. Tears started forming at the corners of her eyes. She leaned into the mike and said, " I love you too."
Amu POV
The crowd went wild and cheered so loud but I didn't hear that. I was focused on Ikuto. I leaned in to him our faces nearly apart. His breath was hot on my skin and his hands reached up to my face. He cupped his hands on my cheeks and our lips smashed together. The kiss was so deep so loving. My hands worked their way around in his hair and his tongue begged entrance to my mouth. I thought in my head open sesame. And his tongue explored every inch of my mouth. A few seconds later we were out of breathe and came up for air. The cheering was still going on and the crowd was on their feet clapping harder than I thought possible. With Ikuto's hand in mine we took a bow and I thought the world stopped spinning for just that moment, but I didn't care I had beat the bad guy (whether I won the competition or not), won the bet, and saved a band mate. High school can't get any better.
A/N Don't be sad yet! This isn't the end. I have one more chapter in mind. It tells you what they do about Tadase, who else gets with who, and wraps up any and every lose end. Until then.
-Slinky762 3
Songs (in order of appearance):
Love Drunk- Boys like Girls
Fireflies- Owl City
Down- Jay Sean
Pray For You-Jaron and The Long Road of Love
I Wanna - All American Rejects