The title says it all ^^ hehe.
I'm so glad I got this one out; it took me awhile to think of. I'm having some writers block cause of all this schoolwork. Teachers just think we have all the time in the world, ne?
So I now introduce chapter 11! Alice's Wonderland!
Doki~
Amu's P.O.V
I woke up to the smell of burning wood; I quickly sat up and opened my eyes all the way.
There were dozens of men, women, and children dressed in rags and newspaper scattered around the abandoned apartment.
What the…?
In a small corner of the room I spotted two men throwing around a small shiny object, Ikuto's keychain.
They opened a window and pretended to throw it out the window, after a while one of them lost their grip on it and dropped it on the edge of the window sill, it was about to fall off when I ran over and grabbed it.
"Don't go throwing other people stuff around like its some piece of junk!" I yelled at them.
The two men looked at each other, then at me, then back at each other and started laughing.
Huh…oh crap I forgot they don't speak Japanese!
"Umm, I am uh Amu." I stuttered in English.
One of the men yelled something over to the other corner.
I turned around to see a tall blonde lady, in a leopard skin dress, walking towards me with a ruby red lip gloss smile.
Well she sure isn't in rags.
The lady walked up to me and put her hand on my shoulder, "Ah my beautiful strawberry you've awaken!" She spoke in Japanese
I gave her a weird look, "W-who are you?"
She laughed a bit and smiled at me, "Why my dearie I'm Alice! The previous owner of this apartment, nice to meet you."
Alice looked about 36 maybe… she wore huge diamond earrings and tons of makeup.
I gagged a little then said, "Thank god you know Japanese, So uh… why exactly am I here?"
Alice giggled and turned me towards her and put her newly manicured finger on my nose, "Oh my little Pinky YOU won't be staying here any longer, well not with that pretty face of yours."
"Huh?" I asked.
She giggled again and stood up straight, "I take the cutest and most pretty children from this shack to my mansion! And once they turn too old, or want to go move to one of m other homes, I get a new one."
"Wait what!?' I froze, "Why me?"
"Oh don't be like that darling! Come come your limo is waiting." Alice pushed me outside and into a light pink limo.
-Arriving at the Mansion-
Two male maids at the front entrance winked at me and opened up the huge white doors.
Ooo hotties~ Hold on I have a boyfriend!
The lobby of the mansion had white pearl marble flooring, with huge pillars aligning the sides of the room. The walls were a light pink with yellow cherry tree paintings on them. And at the far middle of the room was a huge red carpeted staircase. Antiques, tables, and couches filled up the huge space in the lobby, as well as bunches of doors leading to other rooms.
Woah! This place is huge!
"Ooo hey guys we got a cutie here. I wonder if she has a boyfriend." Whispered one of the hot servants.
I dug a picture of me and Ikuto hugging in front of time square and showed it to them, along with my middle finger.
Ikuto why haven't you found me yet…
"Oh what's wrong my little ramen bowl? Feeling down?" Alice asked me, putting her hands together.
I felt a tear run down my face, but I quickly wiped it away.
"N-nothing Alice… so uh where's my room?" I asked her.
One of the servants brought me upstairs to a big pink room, similar to mine but bigger.
At the far middle side of the room was a huge pink kind sized bed, decorated with hearts and flower patterns. On the walls were bunches of card shapes such as hearts, spades, clovers, and diamonds. Paintings of animals hung on the walls; the biggest one was a navy blue cat.
You're kidding me…
On the back wall was a big glass door leading out to a balcony, just like the one at home. It overlooked the whole backyard, which was pretty big for New York. Only a few feet away from the door were a glass table with a laptop and desk lamp. Scattered around the room were stuffed animals neatly arranged in piles and random shapes. 3 bean bags surrounded a coffee table in the middle of the room, on top of a fluffy pink rug. On a white cabinet was a yellow CD player, I switched it on and the machine started to play the CD.
Heartful Song began to play out of the player.
She likes Utau?
I changed into a pink PJ dress and slipped into some pink slippers.
"You shouldn't revolve everything around your hair." I remembered Utau saying.
Tears started falling down my face as I remembered everyone, and how much fun we had.
Ikuto... Mina… please find me soon.
I shuffled downstairs to confront Alice about Utau.
She was sitting at an antique tea table, sipping tea from some china, "What is it Amu?"
I walked over to her and tilted my head, "How do you know my name?"
Alice smiled and continued sipping he tea, completely ignoring my question, "How do you like your room?"
"I love it! It's so beautiful! Speaking of which, have you ever heard of Hoshina Utau?" I asked her.
Alice giggled and looked up at me, "I see you've found my CD player. Actually I accompanied her in a concert in Japan, I sing a bit myself. Maybe Ill introduce you one day. She's supposedly here in New York for a tour, we can go see her."
I smiled, "No need, I actually came here with her and some of my friends…but…"
"You ran away," Alice gave me a warm smile, "Boy troubles eh?"
"Huh?" I looked up at Alice.
Alice handed me Ikuto's keychain, "You shouldn't have run from him… he loves you. More than you think."
I gave Alice a confused look, "How…?"
Alice gestured for me to sit down, "Because I went through the same problem."
_FLASH BACK_
I saw him… right there… his lips on the other blonde girl.
I dropped the engagement ring, that I had just gotten days ago from him, and screamed, "Kamahi! Why!?"
I ran into my room and locked the door; I went to the back of my closet and pushed in a loose piece of wood. A door knob appeared from the hole in the wood. I pushed it open and ran out into the alleyway of New York.
I kept running, not looking back.
Seconds later a purple haired girl crashed into me, knocking me down.
"Ah I'm so sorry!" She helped me up out of the mud, "Pardon me, I'm Nadeshiko, sorry about that I was in a rush."
"Nadesh...ko?" I asked.
"Hn, that's me." She smiled.
_END FLASH BACK_
"She brang me to her hotel room as a sorry and gave me some tea, I told her why I was running… She told me to just wait, and everything would work out… so that next year, I was in this house, Married to the man of my dreams." Alice showed me a big diamond ring on her finger, "I'll never forget that girl… she saved me from the biggest mistake of my life. And I don't want you to have to make the same mistake I did in the beginning."
Alice smiled at me and put her hands on my shoulders, "You can stay here as long as you like, until that boy comes and gets you, and I know he will."
"Thanks so much Alice! You've helped me so much!" I smiled at her and began to walk towards the stairs to my room.
"Oh and one more thing Amu." Alice said.
"Huh?" I asked.
"Never believe that would never happen," Alice sipped her tea.
I closed my eyes and smiled again. I started walking upstairs.
Thank you Alice, I don't know what I would've done without you.
Ikuto's P.O.V
"She's were!?" I gasped.
"Alice Freeta, the richest lady in New York, Amu was taken in by her." Kukai said taking a sip of his Coke.
I pounded my fists on the table, "Damn it, Damn it, Damn it! How are we supposed to get into a rich lady's house without being kicked out!?"
Nagi pointed to an Ad. In the newspaper he was reading, "It's called a job."
I looked on the paper.
"Male servants needed! Ages 15-19! Good Pay!"
The ad. Was for Alice's mansion.
"There's only 1 more opening thou," Kukai sighed.
"I'll go! I need to get Amu back." I stood up from the hotel table.
"You go dude!" Kukai raised his soda can.
-At the Mansion-
"Ooo well aren't you a nice looking one!" Alice looked me over, "Accepted!"
I sighed, "Ok."
"You're first job will be to clean the pool! In this!" Alice held up a tight Speedo.
I gulped.
T-this is for Amu.
I grabbed the Speedo out of her hands and walked to the nearest bathroom.
In the bathroom I opened my bag and took out the black hair spray. I already had on fake freckles and glasses. I sprayed some black on a blue spot of my hair.
There good to go.
I changed into my –gulp- Speedo and headed outside to the pool.
Amu was outside tanning on one of the spread chairs.
She was wearing the bikini we picked out at the mall.
-Sigh- She's so cute in it.
She lifted up her sunglasses and looked at me, "Oh a newbie… Hey have I seen you anywhere before?"
I froze and said in a different voice, "Uh no."
"Humph, well start cleanin! You're not here for nothing!" Amu ordered me.
"Stubborn as ever…" I muttered.
"What?" Amu asked.
"Nothing…" I sighed and started cleaning.
Amu went back to tanning, totally ignoring me.
Amu I missed you so much.
"By the way Newbie, what's you're name?" Amu asked me.
"Well Uh…" I stuttered.
"Remember, you're not Ikuto, you're Kuto. All you have to do is get close to Amu as Kuto and get her to like Ikuto again, then Kuto will "go back home" and Amu will come back to us. It's as simple as that." I remembered Kukai saying.
"Kuto." I said.
"Ku…to… Like… Ikuto?" I saw a tear roll down Amu's cheek.
"No no! Just Kuto!" I frowned.
Don't cry Amu. You're not pretty when you cry.
"What?" Amu looked at me.
Did I just say that out loud?!
"Uh yea…" Amu raised her eyebrows at me.
A sweat drop fell down my face, "Uhh well Alice told me everything about you and this Ikuto guy so… uh ya."
"Ikuto…" Amu started crying, "I-I'm sorry I'm going to go back inside.
Amu ran inside her arm covering her eyes.
"Amu…" I frowned.
I went back to cleaning the pool, once I was done it was already dark, I walked back inside and walked into the servant bed room.
It was bigger than I thought, with 7 king sized beds, temperpedic to be exact.
And bunches of other random stuff like paintings and instruments.
I spotted a violin in the corner of the room and picked it up.
I brought it outside, it was about night time and I could see all the lights of the city.
I began to play on the violin, relieving some of my stress.
Whenever I was depressed I always played on my father's violin, and it always made me feel better. No matter what kind depression I was in.
I heard footsteps from upstairs as Amu looked down from the balcony.
"Violin?" Amu looked at me with a shocked expression on her face.
"Ikuto!"
And so ends this chapter XD
The next will hopefully come out soon ^^
Please review :D
Doki~