Thank you to all of those who have reviewed and have patiently await the update of this story, which has taken me nearly eight months to update. Life had gotten in the way basically, and I had so many other stories to update, but I am proud to finally be updating While You Were Away.

I think with this chapter we have officially hit the half way mark, but I don't know yet.

The songs used in writing this chapter are:

StarTear and both are by the YouTube cover artist Amalee

Lyrics used are also by Amalee on channel/UC8THb_fnOptyVgpi3xuCd-A

CHAPTER REVISED


While You Were Away

Chapter Twelve

StarTear


Midnight, dead on the spot, the clock strikes twelve. The outside world seemingly dead as the town of Seiyo slept peacefully in their homes. Well, at least some people slept. Amongst the dull lit streets was a young woman who walked in the night lost in thought. Three weeks, that was how much time had passed- how quickly things have changed. It went by so fast, a blur practically to her honey eyes. As of now it felt as if everything was slipping away from her grasp, and she could barely hold it together.

"Amu-chan." Kilala said gently to her chara owner, who looked at her with such sad eyes.

These past three weeks had been horrible for Amu, who truly owned up to her cool and spicy façade, but in reality she wasn't fooling anyone. Maybe herself, but it was obvious that she was hurting. The Guardians and Ayumu Chika group noticed the sudden separation between Sora and Amu- and knew something happened to cause the break up. Amu always refused to talk while Sora didn't hesitate to be nasty towards her, which caused some tension. Sora had no right to treat her in such a way, but yet he did. A part of her knew he was right about Ikuto- no matter how much she pushed those feelings away.

Amu loved Sora. She truly loved him, because there was a difference between Sora and Ikuto. Sora was her light, her savior, but now he was going to be the death of her. Each word he said broke her heart even more, pushed her more into the pain. All she wanted was for him to be normal, but Amu knew something was wrong. Something that she couldn't stop when she had no clue what the hell was going on.

"I'm okay Kilala." Amu answered softly, hanging her head to the side.

"No you aren't." Kilala argued softly.

Over the past three weeks, Amu had finally come to accept Kilala and her devious ways- forming an unbreakable bond with a neko chara. Ran had been there too cheer her up, so had Miki and Su but she needed time. That was what both Dia and Kiku knew, so they kept their distance from their bearer. Ikuto had tried to confront her, so had Utau and Emily but each time Amu refused to answer anything. She'd ignore the subject with a careless shrug and move on with her day.

"What do you want me to say Kilala?" Amu huffed, glancing back up at the only chara who was brave enough to talk to her right now. "You want me to say how much it hurts me? How much it confuses me that he acts like this, like him. It makes no sense Kilala, and it kills me not knowing what was true and what was a lie with Sora. It makes me so angry that people think I love Ikuto, but I don't. Ikuto is the past, sure I liked him when I was younger, but that was nothing more than a crush. I love Sora, how he protects me, loved me, cared. I loved Sora, so much than I should."

A warm substance made the way down Amu's cheek. Lifting her hand and wiping the dampness, she realized she finally shed a tear that she had been holding back for so long. After that tear came another, then another, until she broke down into a mess. Amu cried right there in the dark deserted street, feeling so lost and confused. Why had this happened? Why did she fall in love with Sora? Why did her brother and old friend have to be so cruel? Why was life so difficult?

Amu took a deep breath in. She was just unlucky because she first loved a black cat that brought her nothing than misfortune.


"You know it's futile to try to move that boulder right?" Amu giggled, smiling as Sora pushed against a boulder that was a good foot or two taller than him. Even if she was right, Sora wanted to prove her wrong and show her he was strong enough to push this boulder, because that meant he was strong enough to protect her.

"I have to try!" Sora wheezed out, pushing harder before a hand came to rest on his shoulder. Glancing to his left, Sora came into eye contact with Amu, who stared at him with an amused smile.

"There isn't even a remotely good reason as too why you would want to push a boulder Sora. All you are going to end up doing is hurting your shoulder and be sore tomorrow when we have that test in physical education class." Amu tried to reason with the stubborn orange haired neko man.

Sora frown at her, shaking his head, "You don't understand Amu."

"I do." Amu whispered gently, her honey eyes growing sad. "What happened to me was an accident Sora, there was nothing you could do- nothing anyone could do to prevent that incident. Don't blame yourself."

Sora looked away angrily, "I saw it coming Amu, and I froze. I couldn't move. Seeing you there and losing control, and the heart broken look on your face when you realized exactly what had happened. I couldn't protect you, and that's my job."

Amu shook her head, grasping his chin firmly in her hands before fixing a stern stare, "It is not your job to protect me Sora. Never think like that. You're my friend-"

"I worry about you." Sora whispered, causing Amu to stop talking. "I worry how you are doing, if you're sad or happy because that's all it takes. I can see how depressed you get on those days you see something dark blue, that remind you of him. I worry if you'll lose control, and I want to be there to protect you. Even if it's from yourself."

Amu's breath hitched, Sora could hear it and the spike in her heart beat. Maybe he had gone too far with that confession and suddenly he was nervous, but then Amu pulled his body into her embrace. "Please don't worry about me Sora, I'll be okay."

Sora closed his eyes, laying his head upon hers, "I promise to protect you Amu."

Sora snapped his eyes open, glaring at the ceiling of his room. He'd done such a crappy job at keeping that promise. He was the reason why she was hurting right now, no- Ichiru and Misaki were the reason for Amu's had no clue what the those two plans were, but they were anything but good. Sora knew that, but he just couldn't say anything- not with his body being control. All his words, his actions these past few weeks had never been of his own accord. He never wanted to hurt Amu.

Yet, he had. That was because of Ichiru- who Sora finally came to terms with, had an obsession with Amu that was clearly unhealthy. The dream Sora was reliving was his solemn promise to protect her, which happened after the incident with the little girl and the hospital. Amu had taken on too many X-eggs at once, she had too much power bundled up because of her new chara eggs, and when releasing that built up power Amu had no control.

"You lied to her." Sora muttered to himself.

"You had no choice." Riku says, coming out of his egg to comfort his chara owner.

Sora sighed, "That is still no excuse Riku. I should fight harder against them-"

"And that will get you no-where Sora." Riku rimperminded "Last time you tried that you got a good beating."

Sora sighed, leaning his head back against the headboard of the bed. His green orbs gazed out the window of the night, lifting up to gaze at the night sky. It was full of stars, the moon bright tonight. His lips twitched into a sad smile. The stars reminded him of the Amu's radiance, her smile, and the twinkle in her honey eyes when she was on a mischievous mission. She lived up to her name as the Joker, always joking or pranking the group.

That was what he loved about Amu, her spirit. She was a pure radiance of light, even if she had a few flickering moments of dullness, Amu never ceased to glow. Now, Sora hardly sense her radiance, it was as if it died out, like a star falling from the sky. That was Amu, the once shinning ball of light that was now flickering and falling towards the ground. She was losing herself once again, and Sora could do nothing to stop it. Nothing to help her, or to save her. No one else was seeing her deteriorate when she was falling apart right before their very eyes.

Yet he could, and he could do absolutely nothing about it. That alone seemed like a cruel punishment.


Ikuto sighed, leaning his head onto his hand. It was early Saturday morning, and Utau was kind enough to get up and cook breakfast for the two of them. Their mother had decided to travel around a little bit, see if she could find someone to make her truly happy, and that made the two siblings happy themselves. Despite his happiness for his mother, he was worried. Everyone was. There was Sora and Amu and then there was the fact that Ichiru and Misaki have been quite silent the past few weeks. Ikuto was starting to think maybe the two evil friends were somehow connected to the Amu and Sora issue.

Amu had refused to acknowledge the situation to them all, but Ikuto knew better. He knew she was in pain, and that she was keep that pain locked up inside herself. Utau tried to talk to her with Emily, and that had gone South fast with Amu hissing they knew nothing and to go back to their happy lives. Yeah, that definitely hinted something was wrong.

"Think about it again?" Utau questioned, placing a plate of breakfast in front of the blue haired man. "It helps to talk about it you know."

Ikuto sighed once again, "She's changing right in front of us. You feel it too, her radiance."

"I know." Utau said simply, moving to sit next to her elder brother. "All we can do though is try to get her back on the right track. I never anticipated Amu to care this much for that other guy."

Ikuto chuckled humorlessly, picking at the scrambled eggs on his plate, "You can tell by just a single glance that a lot happened while we were away. Things that no one is telling, things that bonded them all together. Amu has defended our home in our absence, fell in love with someone who has been there in ways we, I, probably have never been there."

"She loved you first." Utau whispered. "She fought for you so hard Ikuto. Saved you from Easter, and from yourself just like she saved me from myself. Amu is strong, she will surpass this."

"If she really loved me Utau, Amu would have never fallen in love with another man." Ikuto's lips twitched. "Besides, she's young just like you are. Amu would have wanted to explore the world a little before settling down with me. I don't blame her, or hate her- no, it's far from that. Now it's her turn to save him, and I will beat Sora's sorry ass if he lets her go."

Utau frowned, "Something isn't right with Sora. Have you sensed that?"

"I have!"

"Gah!" Utau shrieked, glaring at the sudden appearance of Kukai, Nagihiko, Emily, and Shin. "What the hell do you four think you are doing breaking into our home like this!?"

Ikuto chuckled at Emily's careless shrug that only seemed to infuriate his younger sister even more. There was no doubt that both singers had become closer for Amu's sake, but they still fought for that best-friend title. "We were in the neighborhood." Was Emily's simple reply.

"Actually." Shin casted a look at his own sister. "We were coming here to discuss this exact situation with the both of you."

Emily nodded seriously, all playfulness gone, "Sora isn't himself, and we know he wouldn't hurt Amu on purpose. In fact, he'd protect her from everything- especially after the incident."

Nagihiko rose a brow in confusion, "May I ask what this incident was since you refer to in often?"

Emily nodded, "One night we had a performance. The night was normal, everything was going good- that was until the X-eggs appeared. We had no idea where they came from."

"Amu-chan!" Emily yelled as the X-eggs swooped in for an attack but Amu had blocked Emily, taking the hit. The impact sent Amu flying, crashing into the wall. For a second Amu didn't move, stabbing worry into Emily, but after a minute- Amu stood up shaking. Her honey eyes shield by her bangs, but it didn't take a genius to figure out she was pissed.

"Ran!" Amu yelled.

"Hai!" Ran replied.

"My own heart, unlock!" Amu called, getting swallowed by a bright light. Within seconds she reappeared shouted, "Character Transformation, Amulet Heart!"

"Amu to your left!" Shin yelled, causing Amu to use an attack against the X-egg hurtling their way.

"And slowly Amu began to lose control." Shin carried on to the four Guardians.

Amu had been fighting back and forth, left to right- even with the help of Sora and Emily- Amu slowly became overwhelmed by the power inside her, so did Ran. Ran was panicking because she couldn't control this power, and in that panic Amu lost control- sputtering out the most random attacks- one that hit a little girl. Time froze for Amu, as her egg cleansing came to an end. She saw the little girl.

"The guilt ate Amu alive." Emily continued. "For months before you came back, Amu refused to transform, fearing that she'd lose control again."

"Did she?" Kukai asked.

Shin nodded, "With Ichiru. That killed her because she wanted to shed blood. She was scared of herself, but in order for Amu to fully be happy- she needs to accept herself and her charas."

"And Sora?" Ikuto inquired.

"He's a whole other story since we have no clue what the fuck is going on with him." Emily muttered crossing her arms. "He's throwing a fit, whatever happened between him and Amu- it was nothing good. The charas won't even speak."

"Come to think of it- have we even seen Riku?" Shin asked his sister, who shook her head no. "Huh, then where is that chara."

"It's all fishy." Kukai interjected. "The whole situation."

"It is." Utau quickly agreed. "It doesn't help when no one wants to talk about what the hell is going on."

Ikuto sighed, "We can't force Amu to say a thing. She'll get defensive and ignore us."

"Sora will be a complete asshole and walk away." Emily added. "Therefore his neko ass is out of the question."

"Then what the do we do in the mean time?" Nagihiko asked. "We can't just sit here and wait for something to happen."

Emily shrugged, "As of now I think that's all we can basically do. We can't help people who don't want help."

Utau sighed deeply, "In that case then, would anyone like breakfast?"


"I wish to numb my heart, to numb my heart
Against the pain and take it away
So I can overcome the dark, just like a shooting star in the sky"

Amu sang the song so gently, hands cupping the headphones over her ears as she sang her heart into the microphone in front of her. The piano keys softly purring into her ear as they picked up pace, adding in a violin. A sad smile graced her lips.

"Into the deep, I sink, nearing the brink
My heart and soul succumb to the fall
I try to scream but there's no sound
So I accept I won't be found
But then I hear your voice calling
I'm no longer falling but rising up as you pull me to the light"

Amu sang the hypnotic words, the same pace consistent through the song. She never once flattered in the raw emotion she poured into her singing, it was basically like letting out the truth she kept bottle inside of her. She remembered the tears she had when writing this song, the water drops that splattered onto the paper as she wrote her emotions out. Amu glanced at her music chara, Kiku, who was smiling at her brightly.

Kiku could hear the wavering in Amu's heart, see the radiance slowly dulling- but Dia was clear. Let fate run its course, because what was to come was inevitable, and that alone made Kiku, Kilala, Ran, Su and Miki upset- but they knew it was too happen. It was already written in the stars.

Amu closed her eyes. This song was so haunting in want and truth. She wanted Sora to be the one to save her from this internal darkness, but the truth was Sora was one of the main reasons she was in pain. Tears once again made their threating presence, causing Amu to wipe furiously at her eyes as she ended the song. Once the music stopped, Amu ripped the ear phones before hurtling them towards the wall in pure anger.

"It seems that the Princess is throwing a tantrum once again." Ichiru's taunted, causing Amu to glare fiercely at him with so much hatred.

"What don't you just shut the fuck up?" Amu snapped, her eyes flaring in anger.

Ichiru sauntered closer, smirking, "Why don't you make me shut the fuck up then Amu?"

Amu huffed, crossing her arms, "I'd rather run through fire than touch you."

"We can arrange that." Ichiru offered, earning another sharp appointed glare from Amu's honey orbs.

"Will you both just stop this useless fighting?" Masaki asked vexed. His honey orbs found his sister's matching, who just scowled at the sight of him. Her hatred was so deep that both males could feel it in the air.

"Where is Inori?" Amu asked, rolling her eyes.

"She currently is in a meeting little sister." Masaki informed her, earning an annoyed look from the younger girl.

"Great, and let me guess. She left dumb and dumber to look after me?" Amu asked crossing her arms.

"Hey don't sass us little girl." Ichiru barked, earning a heated glare.

Amu rolled her eyes, "I don't have time for this right now. I'm out."

As she began walking away, Ichiru's hand shot out and grabbed her arm, "To save something you care for, sometimes you have to make a sacrifice."

Amu yanked her arm from his grasp, giving Ichiru a bewildered look, "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Amu feel a shiver go down her spine, and her head snapped towards the window.

"Amu-chan, X-egg!" Miki yelled with her sisters, suddenly flying towards the exist with Amu hot on their heels.

Masaki and Ichiru watched the girl run from them, and towards the game changer. A smirk etched onto both their lips as they turned to walk the opposite way Amu had left.


Amu wasted no time in running towards the pull, using Ran's character change to speed up the process. A bad feeling had settled in the pit of Amu's stomach, telling her something was about to go down. Dread went through Amu, dreading what she was about to see causing this pull of X-egg energy. The pull was dangerously strong, which meant that someone was pulling out heart eggs like nothing, so merceislly as if they were mere objects of power. The thought alone pissed Amu off.

The sky pasted by in a darkening blur, wasting no time to reach her destination. Amu estimated she was maybe a mile away from her target, so she picked up her speed. There was no chance that she'd allow someone to toy with the uncontrollable power of X-eggs, the energy was just too dangerous. A swift hand grasped Amu's and pulled her to an abrupt halt on the roof tops, before swiftly pulling her along to the ground.

Ikuto turned to face her, as Utau, Kukai, Tadase, Rima, Nagihiko, Emily, Kaitlin, and Shin ran towards them- panting to breath. Amu pulled her arm from Ikuto's grasp, eyebrow furrowing in frustration. She had no time for an intervention from her friends right now.

"You feel it too, don't you Amu?" Ikuto asked coldly, staring off into the distance that Amu was rapidly heading.

"I felt it back in the Mayflower building." Amu answered. "It's strong, I feel the pull." Amu closed her honey eyes. "I hear the cries, the pleas, and anger and the hate. I can feel it all."

Utau watched Amu carefully, so did everyone else. Amu was so tense, her body rigid with apprehension. Emily easily saw the nerves in her friend, knowing the pinkette was nervous about this pull, because if it was strong enough to feel and hear the X-eggs, it meant they were all up against something bigger than them. Never once had Emily, Kaitlyn or Shin ever been in a fight with so much at stake- but the others had.

"How far from here?" Nagihiko asked his pink haired friend.

"A mile, give or take." Amu muttered, honey eyes opening to reveal her anger. "Are we gonna sit here and talk about it or go an actually handle this situation?"

"It's dangerous Amu-"

"Kiki, I'm well aware." Amu's eyes down casted towards the ground. "But I can't shake the feeling I need to go."

Kaitlynn nodded, and with that Amu was off again with Ran, speeding towards the growing power. Ikuto shortly following Amu to be her back up. Kukai glanced at Shin, who was looking at Emily with worry etched on their faces. They were worried Amu would lose it again, and that caused Kukai to sigh.

"Have faith in her." Kukai offered a grin. "Amu can handle herself, she's strong."

"I know that." Kaitlynn sighed, moving to follow the rest of the group in their sudden haste to follow Amu and Ikuto to the target.

Ikuto ran beside Amu on the rooftop, character changed with Yoru, easily keeping up with Amu and her fast pace with Ran. Ikuto observed the facial expression on the pinkette discreetly, seeing the serious and shielded mask upon her delicate features. It didn't take a genius; she was a woman on a mission. Ikuto was realizing now just how much Amu had grown up since he left to see his father. She was no longer the little girl he once teased, the one who blushed madly in response and yelled at him in embarrassment. No, now Amu was a young women who had fallen in love with a man who broke her heart, she grew up and new the reality of the real world. Amu knew more than before, wasn't so naïve, and she was just- Ikuto though, so much more mature.

"Are you just going to stare?" Amu asked casually, casting him an amused glance before perching herself onto a tree branch. They had now entered the park, were the source of the power was coming from.

"No." Ikuto muttered quietly, peering through the branches that covered them- hiding them from whoever was summoning the X-eggs. "You see anything?"

"Not yet." Amu whispered, leaning slightly forward only to catch sight of familiar orange hair. Amu's honey eyes widen, a small gasp escaping her lips, "No.."

Ikuto glanced at Amu, seeing the horrified expression on her face, and also the look of betrayal that flashed wildly in her honey eyes. Before he could ask her what was wrong, a black beam shot out at them- sending them flying out of the tree. Amu cried out as Ikuto moved his body swiftly in the air like a cat, easily grabbing a hold of Amu- curling him into his body. Then the two hit the ground, the impact causing Ikuto to lose grip of Amu, who crashed and rolled a few feet away from him.

"Ikuto! Amu!" Voices called, running towards the two who just took a crash landing.

"So much for cat reflexes." Emily muttered, checking on Amu- who swatted her hand away. Confused, Emily sent Amu a look- but the pinkette wasn't even looking at her- her attention was fixated on something else. Following her gaze, Emily saw none other than Sora Kaito.

Though this Sora wasn't their Sora, no this one was a different one. It couldn't be him. Utau's eyes widen with everyone's else as they gazed upon Sora, who was character transformed with Riku. Orange cat ears and tail out, his outfit a neat suit- something that confused those who have seen Sora's character transformation. He never had a suit, but there Sora was in the center of the X-eggs that kept gathering, guitar at hand as he strung such haunting music notes.

"What are you doing!?" Amu yelled so suddenly, the betrayal, the hurt, the pain, the worry, and the despair loud and clear in her anguished cry of surprise. The looks of sympathy to Amu went unnoticed as she charged to go after Sora, but Kukai easily caught the pinkette who struggled. "Sora stop it! This isn't you!"

"Amu, stop." Kukai whispered into her ear, tightening his hold on the struggling pinkette. "This isn't the time to fall into grief- we need to save him."

Amu looked up at Kukai, tears in her honey eyes. For the first time all her pain reflected in her eyes, and it was enough to break Kukai's heart. "This isn't him Kukai. S-Sora wouldn't do this, but then again this isn't Sora."

Amu's eyes took on a darkening gleam, causing the attention to turn to her. Shin was the first to ask, "What do you mean?"

"Sora started to act weird three weeks ago. He never showed up to our writing session, and that following night he broke up with me with a little physical force." Amu's fists clenched as the guys tensed in anger. "That man is not, and now after getting over my shock- I need to defeat him."

"Amu-"

"He saved me once Ikuto, Utau, Kukai, Nagihiko- and this time I will save him." Amu smiled sadly. "Kilala."

"Hai!" Kilala responded, popping out of Amu's bag as Ran high fived her and went back in.

"My own heart, unlock." Amu whispered, getting engulfed in a bright light. When Amu reappeared from the light, Amu's long pink hair was tied back into ponytail at the top of her head, bangs covering her forehead. Her outfit changed into a black half top, and shorts accompanied with heeled boots. Black cat ears twitched at the top of her pink head, and a tail flickered back and forth. "Character Transformation, Mischief Cat!"

"Amu!" Utau yelled when Amu shot off toward Sora, and this caused the domino affect of character transformations for everyone.

"Character Transformation

Perfection Complex!

Black Lynx!

Seraphic Charm!

Dino Adventure!

Sky Jack!

Clown Drop!

Platinum Royal!

Beat Jumper!"

In her haste Amu saw nothing but Sora as she grew closer to him, easily dodging the X-eggs. It was a little too easy, but Amu wasn't paying much attention. Her goal was to reach Sora, and she finally did. The second she was close enough, Amu didn't hesitate to lunch her attack.

"Dark Swipe." Amu yelled, moving her hand back as a shadow of a claw appeared, and in a quick swift movement, Sora was sent flying.

"She should have never done that." Shin muttered as the X-eggs begun to move uncontrolled. "Sora's guitar was keeping the X-eggs calm, but now nothing is keeping them clam."

"Then lets help her out." Utau says. "Angel Cradle!"

Sora stood up, his lifeless eyes snapping onto Amu, causing her breath to catch in her throat. No, she was not going to get unfocused. Instantaneously, Amu sent into another attack, but Sora was faster. "Hiss of oblivion."

Amu and Ikuto hissed, covering their sensitive ears from the loud high pitched noise Sora was imitating. A groan escaped Amu's lips as she glared up at Sora, mustering the strength to stand despite the loud noise. "Copy cat!"

Again with the loud high pitched noise, causing Ikuto to groan in the distance. "Can you two stop that noise!?" Ikuto hissed, glaring at the two other neko bearers, who were in the middle of a pitch contest. Emily was currently protecting Ikuto from oncoming attacks, seeing as his hearing was sensitive to the noise.

"How are you standing?" Ikuto groaned.

"High frequencies those two are producing are low enough for your ears to pick up, not ours neko boy." Emily explained, blocking the beam of an X-egg. "Which much suck for you."

Sora hissed at Amu, lunging at the pink haired girl who swiftly leaped up into the air to dodge his attack. Holding her hand to the side, a rod manifested in thin air. "Cat whip!" Amu yelled, lashing her whip at Sora, getting in a few good hits before he grabbed ahold and yanked Amu forward- easily catching her by the neck.

"Amu-chan." Sora purred, a cynical smile displayed on his lips that caused Amu to shiver. "You should know to play nicer, or you get the same treatment."

Amu glared into his green orbs, "This isn't you Sora."

"No?" Sora chuckled. "Maybe you didn't know me at all."

Amu felt the air leave her lungs as she crashed into a tree. Distantly she saw everyone fighting X-charas now, and Utau purifying them group by group that just kept growing. Sora though, once again got Amu by the neck, smirking before he let a beam of X-energy shoot her. Amu's scream resonated through the battle field, her cat ears flattening on top of her head as she hung there limply, trying not to scream as X-energy kept being thrown at her. It hurt, so so much.

"Sora, I know you're in there." Amu whimpered, looking up at Sora's crazed eyes, distantly hearing Kukai and Ikuto. "I know this isn't you Sora, it took me time to put the pieces together Ichiru. How you somehow got control of Sora, because he can't control the shadows. His attitude and hostility. The harsh words, it all leads back to you and your words from earlier."

Sora's hand gripped tighter, before relaxing. For a brief second Amu saw Sora's eyes, the warmth and worry before it flickered back into nothing. Sora was fighting harder than all of them, and that made Amu's choice for her. There was no going back.

"You win Ichiru, Masaki. Now stop all this nonsense, I'll do anything you want me to do. You just need to stop this." Amu whispered, her eyes closing as the character transformation with Kilala came undone. Losing her conscious after hearing,

"Welcome to the other side, little sister."


Thank you to all the readers who have been with me all this time. I really enjoy the fact that people liked these stories, so please leave a review. I'm interested to see if anyone can guess the next turn point of this plot line. Please leave a review, tell me what you as a reader want to see. Can I get to 90 reviews?

To clarify the shipping, it is still AmuXOC!

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