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PS: The song Amu sings is Give Me A Reason By P!nk
Amu walked on to the floor where her interview was going to be filmed, live. Amu only had a chance to look around for a minute or two before make-up and hair artists swarmed her.
"Is this necessary?" Amu asked as the host approached.
"You're co-guest is paying for it." The host shrugged, "They don't know it's you, but they want their co-guest to look good."
The host shook her head, "If they knew, they probably wouldn't pay for it."
Amu looked at the host, "Who is it?"
"You can't know either because that will ruin the fun." The host smirked.
Amu swallowed, suddenly very nervous.
"Ready to roll." A man stationed behind a camera called. The host smiled at Amu once more before signalling two large men in black to usher Amu away.
Amu tried to protest, but the man holding her right arm said, "You must wait in your dressing room."
Amu fumed, but stayed silent and didn't make it easy as the men dragged her to her dressing room. She didn't know what came over her, but suddenly she felt like being difficult.
When Amu was seated in her dressing room and her door guarded by the two men, the T.V. flicked on by itself. The host sat on a big comfortable purple chair and faced the camera. There were two empty chairs on either side of her. It made Amu think that the host was trying to separate the two people coming on stage, but then Amu realized one of those people would be her.
"Welcome to," The host sang, "Young Music."
An introduction song played before finally the host said, "Tonight we have quite the surprise for you, the audience, and our talented guests."
Suddenly the video and sound cut out in Amu's room, and the men wouldn't let Amu out to watch the show from the stage.
Back on the stage the host explained the situation to the live audience and the audience watching.
"Another singer, Utau Hoshino, called in and told me an interesting love story that relates to the rise and fall and the kidnapping of Amu Hinamori." The host looked around, "Who I'm sure you all remember. She came out of no where and stormed the music industry before vanishing. Well guess what?"
There was a pause, but the audience was filled with an excited jitter.
"She's back." The host talked over the excited crowd, "But she and our co-guest haven't seen each other in over 2 years and this is the first time they will see each other."
The host continues to tell Amu and Ikuto's story and soon the audience is hoping for the best. The host tells the audience that there are extra guests hidden in the audience. After the story was told, the audience was silent as they waited to see who the first on stage would be.
Meanwhile, back in Ikuto's dressing room, he was casually talking to the men guarding his room. When the excitement form the audience was heard he asked, "What is going on out there? I thought I was first out?"
"Plans change." The large man stated and quickly closed the door as a girl walked by briskly with two men trailing her. Ikuto tried to see who it is, but the men following the girl quickly blocked his view with the help of the men blocking Ikuto's view.
"Please welcome, Amu Hinamori." The host sang. The introduction never reached Ikuto as the large men kept him in his room. When he tried to turn on the T.V. he found that it didn't work.
Back on stage, Amu gave a nervous smile as she sat in the big purple chair. She was about to sit in the chair that could see the entrance of the next guest, but the host promptly asked her to sit in the chair that had her back to the entrance of the next guest.
"Amu, Let's first ask how you're doing?" The host asked.
"Well, thanks, but I can't seem to shake this nervous feeling away." Amu stated as she looked at the host suspiciously. The audience gave a little chuckle.
The host gave a small smile before continuing on to her questions. The questions started out harmless. They were about her new songs, her life after the accident, and more questions about her music and then finally they got to the questions about Amu's love life.
"So, Amu, are you dating anyone?" The host asked and then the tense rose in the audience.
"No." Amu smiled and the tense melted away in waves. It was so noticeable that Amu looked around the audience with curiosity. She spotted some faces that seemed familiar, but the bright lights made it difficult to know for sure.
"Then can we assume there are going to be no more heartbreak songs, from you?" The host asked.
Amu laughed in a sarcastic way, "No, I have more material for heartbreak songs now more than ever before. So it's safe to say I will still start out with my old style."
Most people knew Amu's romance life from when she first started singing, so the next question allowed everyone to know that she was still hung up on the same person, though it was assumed by the majority of the audience.
"Is it the same person that influenced your career before the kidnapping?" The Host asked.
Amu simply nodded. There weren't many more questions about her love life before a signal came from behind the camera.
"It looks like it's time to introduce our next guest." The host sang happily.
"Should I leave?" Amu asked.
"Oh, no dear, you are the thing that's going to make this so interesting." the host said to Amu and then turned to the camera man, "Are you ready to run?"
The camera man nodded as he unhooked the camera from the stand just in case one of the guests tried to run for it.
"Please welcome Ikuto Tsukiyomi." The hostess gestured behind Amu. The camera zoomed up on Amu's face which was pale as a ghost and still as stone.
"Thank you for having me." Ikuto smiled, he still didn't notice the person with pink hair who was trying to appear as small and invisible as possible.
Ikuto stepped closer and closer and then finally Amu couldn't handle it. She turned slightly to see what Ikuto looked like older and in person. Her liquid gold eyes flashed at him and he froze.
"Amu." He breathed. There was movement in the audience from the unknown extra guests.
No one knew what came over Ikuto as he took four steps towards Amu, pulled her out of the chair and into his arms for a hug. The audience awed.
"Where have you been?" He whispered into her ear. The question seemed to be spoke in a foreign language to Amu because she didn't now what to say.
Amu recovered from her shock and brief returned the hug and stepping back.
"Where have I been?" Amu asked and then gave a small hysterical laugh, "I figured you hated me and that was why you never called."
"Call?" Ikuto was as confused as Amu.
"Let me shed some light on the situation." The hostess said as she gestured to a person who descended out of the audience.
Nadeshiko appeared at the edge of the stage.
"I talked to Utau after you gave me your number all those years ago." Nadeshiko started, "We came to the conclusion that if Ikuto wanted to see you, he would either ask, or find you."
Amu glanced from Nadeshiko to Ikuto, "And you did neither." Amu whispered as she looked at Ikuto.
Amu ripped the microphone off her shirt and marched off the stage toward Nadeshiko. Ikuto tried to follow, but the host told him she would be back. Ikuto and the host went through their interview, but it was obvious that Ikuto was distracted.
Meanwhile, in Amu's change room, Utau and Nadeshiko told Amu about Ikuto's state after the kidnapping and the death of their father. It was pretty close to how Amu dreamed it. Ikuto blaming her and then never wanting to see her.
"Then why did he seem so forgiving now?" Amu glared at the two girls, "Because you know I would have rather re-met him off camera."
"Afterward, he wouldn't let it go. Amu this, Amu that." Utau sighed, "He was making a mistake. He thought he hated you, but really he was in love with you. The excitement from everything going on at the time just messed with him."
Utau looked at Amu to make sure she was listening, she was, "Nade, and I, took him to a therapist to see if it would help and it did. They suggested he find something he loves to do. He unconsciously chose music. I know he really does love music, but I couldn't help thinking that somewhere in his mind you had influenced that love for music."
Amu sat down, shocked. There was a soft knock on the door and Nadeshiko answered it.
"Is Amu going to sing still?" The manager asked.
Everyone looked at her and then she nodded. The manager gave a relieved smile, "Thanks."
After a couple more minutes, Amu was standing alone on the stage with no lights on like she imagined the song would begin. She was dressed in a slim fitting dress and seated at a grand piano.
She started with a light melody, "Right from the start, You were a thief, You stole my heart. And I your willing victim."
"I let you see the parts of me That weren't all that pretty, And with every touch you fixed them." Amu took a breath.
"Now you've been talking in your sleep, oh, oh. Things you never say to me oh, oh. Tell me that you've had enough, Of our love, our love." Amu closed her eyes started off with a gentle kind of strength, "Just give me a reason, Just a little bit's enough."
She took a quick breath, "Just a second we're not broken just bent, And we can learn to love again. It's in the stars."
"It's been written in the scars on our hearts," She took a quick breath and continued on with the same strength, "We're not broken just bent, And we can learn to love again."
The next part was for a duet, and Amu had a pre-recorded version of a man singing, but apparently the manager didn't think it was good enough because soon an unforgettable voice filled the studio."I'm sorry I don't understand," Ikuto started, "Where all of this is coming from. I thought that we were fine."
"Oh we had everything." Amu added in quickly, as she tried to regain from her shock.
"Your head is running wild again," Ikuto continued on as if he knew the song perfectly, "My dear we still have everythin', And it's all in your mind."
"Yeah but this is happenin'," Amu sang in the background.
"You've been havin' real bad dreams, oh, oh. You used to lie so close to me, oh, oh." Ikuto singing became quieter as Amu joined in for the next line, "There's nothing more than empty sheets Between our love, our love. Oh our love, our love."
Ikuto and Amu sang the next verse together, "Just give me a reason, Just a little bit's enough, Just a second we're not broken just bent And we can learn to love again."
"I never stopped," Ikuto sang the next part alone, "You're still written in the scars on my heart."
Amu joined in for the next line, "You're not broken just bent And we can learn to love again."Amu sand the next line by herself, "Oh tear ducts and rust,"
Then Ikuto added, "I'll fix it for us."
"We're collecting dust," Amu focused on the piano keys as she sang, "But our love's enough."
Ikuto watched her as he sang, "You're holding it in."
Amu added, "You're pouring a drink."
Ikuto sang the next line slowly, "No nothing is as bad as it seems."
Amu's next line was sung with a lot of emotion as she squeezed her eyes closed, "We'll come clean.""Just give me a reason, Just a little bit's enough, Just a second we're not broken just bent And we can learn to love again." Amu sang louder than Ikuto, but they sang together, "It's in the stars, It's been written in the scars on our hearts."
They took a synchronized breath and continued, "That we're not broken just bent, And we can learn to love again.""Just give me a reason, Just a little bit's enough," Amu got louder and more emotional as they continued to sing, "Just a second we're not broken just bent, And we can learn to love again."
After another quick breath they continued, "It's in the stars, It's been written in the scars on our hearts."
"That we're not broken just bent," Amu still hadn't looked at Ikuto as they continued to sing together, "And we can learn to love again."
"Oh, we can learn to love again," Amu looked up as she watch Ikuto stop singing and the light fading out around him, "Oh, we can learn to love again."
"Oh oh, that we're not broken just bent," Amu still stared at the black space where Ikuto used to be, "And we can learn to love again."
Amu looked down at the piano keys as she finished the song with a soft melody. The light around her faded out and she had to wait for her eyes to adjust before she could get up and walk off the stage. The moment her foot was off the stage two sets of arms wrapped around her and the light on the stage come on as the host enthusiastically talked about the song. Utau and Nadeshiko helped Amu to her room.
"Who knew years off the stage would cause so much stage fright now." Amu smiled weakly, but everyone knew that wasn't the reason for her shaking.
There was a strong knock on the dressing room door.
"Can I talk to Amu?" Ikuto called.
"Wait until she gets changed." Utau called back.
There you have it!
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