Author's Note: -Blowing off steam- The tough thing about being the oldest is everyone expects you to be more mature than you're younger sibling, but your sibling is always a butt. T_T One minute you're trying to help them, the next they're incredibly rude. You can either risk cardiac arrest by ignoring them or you can look like an evil dictator by retaliating. Two hours later you forget that and act upon a natural sibling bond and are nice to them. They thank you but two seconds later act selfishly and an hour after call you mean. Finally you really do act mean but once you do everyone around you looks at you like your some bratty bitch even though your sibling was acting even worse. T_T Being the oldest sucks!

Chapter 14: The Problem with the Plan

We managed out of the maze. I couldn't bear to kill such a powerful Chara so Rima, Kukai, and I captured it. We thought Emily might have an idea of how to fix the Maze Chara so that it could go back to its owner.

Character Transforming into Amulet Heart so I could fly faster we ascended towards the abandoned warehouse. Suddenly a reporter jumped from nowhere. Noticing Andie, her eyes sparked. She shoved a microphone in my face.

"Heartgirl! Is this the super villain who's been causing the havoc all over Japan?"

"What! I'm not a super villain!" Andie hollered.

"All over Japan?" I questioned. The havoc had only been caused in two or three cities max.

"Now that you've captured the enemy, what do you plan to do?" The reporter pressed. In the back of my mind I counted to ten slowly – I had to be patient with obnoxious people like this.

"You've got it all wrong, now I'd love to tell you all about it, but right now I must get going." I flew away, with the others trailing behind me. The purple egg in my hands twitched.

Back at the warehouse everyone came to greet us. Nagihiko and Keiko still weren't back. Emily ran up to Andie who was being untied by Kukai.

"Andie!" she exclaimed. I could tell there were no words to describe the kind of emotions Emily felt. It hurt my head to think of the complexity of the situation. Though Andie and Emily were best friends, Andie had betrayed Emily – or so we thought, and Emily had been alone ever since St. Patrick's Day came into play. I thought Emily should and would be angry with Andie, but Emily hugged Andie as if nothing had ever happened.

"Hi Emily!" Andie squealed. Andie, who was still Character Transformed, flicked her tail happily. Emily laughed. And suddenly they started talking in what I was fair certain was English, but I couldn't be sure...

"NBOT!"

"SNERK!"

"ZUTARA!"

"RYUUGA!"

"PLUFF!"

"LOLK!"

"YTAY!"

"LOLSPICKEN!"

As the two tried to catch their breath and the rest stared Ikuto snorted and began to talk,

"Eh-hem. This is a good start. And this proves Andie wasn't lying to us when she told us about Hollow's Eve..."

"Hollow's Eve?" Emily interrupted with a perplexed look.

"We'll explain later." Andie replied then in English whispered –or at least attempted to whisper but everyone heard her anyway – "Shut up! He's cute!" I knew enough English to understand that.

Embarrassed, Ikuto continued, "Uh... yeah thank you Andie." I internally sighed with loneliness. My Ikuto would never be embarrassed by a comment like that.

"Andie told us St. Patrick's Day wouldn't kill anyone. And Andie completely admits that St. Patrick's Day was the one who wiped my memories, but she hadn't had any idea about my leg breaking." Emily's eyes widened.

"B-b-but what about Phineas! He fled the county when Amu and Keiko nearly killed him after spotting him in a grocery store just days later!" I heard Kukai snort.

"Yeah, even though he got into his car you guys still probably would've caught him! It's too bad that farmers market had to get in the way."

"Keiko-chan is working on suing the city for that." Rima commented with a bored yawn.

"...But Phineas... I compiled a list of the rest of the St. Patrick's Day Pawns after we captured one of them!" Emily protested.

"St. Patrick's Day Pawns?" Andie questioned, "We brought a couple to Japan for gathering X eggs and/or errands, but most of them we left in America with the King."

"Really? Charlie's still in America?" Emily gasped.

"Well sure. We had to maintain some control there. We couldn't lose out to Hollow's Eve entirely could we?" Andie shrugged.

"I still don't know what or who Hollow's Eve is you know." Emily replied.

"Yeah, yeah. Nobody cares!" Tadase called at Emily bitterly. I giggled. Tadase had started to ask her out the other day, but he'd started talking to her when she was reading, and Emily never hears anything when she's reading. When she did realize he was talking to her she had looked up and asked, "What do you want, jerk face?" It had been a tad rude, but it was hella funny."

"Emily, is it possible that you don't only have St. Patrick's Day Pawns on that list, but also some Hollow's Eve operatives as well?" Ikuto questioned. Emily looked back up at him. Her blue eyes glimmered with apology.

"Sorry, I don't know. I still don't even know what Hollow's Eve is. Maybe if someone will just explain that to me I'd be able to answer."

Finally – with an unnecessary amount of people talking – we explained, to an extent, what we knew of Hollow's Eve.

"...Well... to answer that question I have to first ask Andie," Emily turned her head towards her blonde friend standing next to her, "Is it possible one of your Pawns was a Hollow's Eve spy?" Andie nodded.

"Yep." she spoke in English. I noticed that, a lot of the time, Andie spoke some words in English or used improper grammar and sometimes she had to even have Emily translate for her. I wondered if Emily had studied Japanese longer than her friend.

"Well then, yes. I'd say some of the operatives on that list are probably from Hollow's Eve." Emily nodded towards Yaya, "Yaya go print a copy of that list for me okay?"

"Roger!" Yaya saluted and hurried to Emily's computer. Shaking her head Emily sighed,

"If only Kairi were here. We'd get twice as much done, but..." Emily bit her lip uneasily.

"Uh... Yeah... speaking of Kairi, and St. Patrick's Day, and all that..." I began then lifted my head to look at Ikuto, "You still haven't told us your 'plan'."

Ikuto laughed, "This may sound redundant, but I guess I forgot." Emily and Andie suddenly exchanged an onslaught of English and then quieted. I shrugged. It was just Emily translating.

"Oh that, well it probably isn't the best time considering Kairi's been kidnapped—"

"Not kidnapped, borrowed." Andie corrected quickly.

"Right, 'borrowed' well if St. Patrick's Day has never done anything wrong, and is against Hollow's Eve's ways as much as we are, then I see no reason why we can't work together." Both Emily's and Andie's face suddenly turned hostile.

"No! Absolutely not!" they shouted simultaneously. Ikuto blinked in surprise,

"Um..." he muttered. There was complete silence as everyone stared.

"You two are weird." Rima stated, breaking the tense silence.

"May I ask why you say no? It seems like a reasonable request to me." I mumbled.

Emily crossed her arms while Andie clenched her hands into fists. Grinding her teeth Emily started first,

"St. Patrick's Day believes in using the Embryo! Who would use the Embryo? The Embryo should be protected!"

"The Embryo is meant to be used! Why do you think it grants wishes? What do you think it was made for?" Andie growled in retaliation.

"The Embryo was created by the beauty of human goals! There are so many, and what makes your wish better than anyone else's?" Emily demanded.

"If we can capture the Embryo then we deserve the Embryo!" Andie replied waving her hands above her head.

"That's what you say! Do you think the poor little sick kid with three weeks to live and whose only wish is to go to school would agree? I doubt it. The Embryo was created by all of human kind therefore its use should be agreed upon by all of human kind!"

I listened carefully to the argument. I knew everyone was taking sides on this. Tadase, Utau, and Yaya were for using the Embryo. I could tell by their tendency to agree with Andie and the looks on their faces. But Rima definitely was with Emily on this one and I had the feeling Ikuto was too. I looked down at my new Chara egg and smiled faintly. The plaid purple with pictures of shields wrapped around the middle was my newest dream. It was my dream to be a Guardian forever. Hugging it close I knew that I had to agree with Emily. The Embryo was meant to be protected, and I admired Emily for figuring out before I did that it is most worthwhile to achieve goals with your own strength.

If I ever lost the Humpty Lock I'd be lost, but when the Yin Yang Jewel broke Emily didn't lose hope; she kept going. Then I realized, that's what Ikuto did. Even after he lost his memory and had a frickin' broken leg he still stayed – somewhat – strong. I snuggled up to Ikuto's side. Though he was taken aback by my suddenness was hugged my shoulders.

It was decided after two hours of arguments, uncomfortable silences, and finally searching for Nagihiko and Keiko, we dismissed for the day. Andie agreed to come back to the Guardian's Club House the next day, and Utau, Ikuto, and I went back to the apartment.

I sat on Ikuto's bed, drying my hair with a towel. I'd taken a shower and was now exhausted. The day had finally caught up with me. Ikuto walked into the room with only pajama bottoms on. His chest was bare and gorgeous as ever. I blushed as I was reminded of the many days we'd spent on that island. His hair was wet too and suddenly I was back on that sunny island with the sound of crashing waves around me and the rustle of palm leaves as the wind blew. Ikuto had just gone swimming and stood in front of me shirtless and hot. My breathing became jagged as I recalled the intense passion of our kisses.

Ikuto sat on the bed next to me. His hair got my face wet, but I was too lost in my daydreams to care. He smiled shyly at me. It was cute enough, but awkward as I was still used to his smug confidence.

Gripping my chin gently he pulled my lips to his. It didn't escape my notice that normal Ikuto would push his lips to mine. But it was a wonderful kiss all the same, and I was really glad all my Charas and Yoru were asleep because then Ikuto and I started making out.

I was back on the island. With the stars twinkling above my head, and sand bellow me, tickling my skin. Ikuto was kissing me like crazy. Our Charas, our families and friends, our situation, and even our names were gone to us. All there was was pink and blue and sparkles and wonder.

Author's Note: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! my computer has been being a major butt and it still is. It reboots itself randomly and sometimes won't stay on for two minutes while other times it stays on over two hours. WHAT THE EFF! ...I have a mac. I don't like mac's, but I need this one for school. Anyway, I'm really hoping you liked this chapter. I'm also hoping you're finding Andie wonderfully random, because Andie really is one of my best friends and she's awesome. Anyway PLEASE REVIEW!