I don't own Shugo Chara! Or anything and this chapter starts in Ikuto's POV

Chapter 36: Trying to escape again

"I forgot to tell you something important!" She wailed again, dropping her head into her hands, "I was supposed to tell you the plan and get you guys ready to get out! We have a few seconds before Yuuki starts up the—" Utau, Suki, Nagehiko and Matt suddenly cried out and in the next second we heard an explosion. Planning an escape is way harder than you may think. Trust me on that one.

"What was that nya!?" Yoru tried to stand up but bumped his head on the top of the cage. Idiot.

"Well, it was obviously an explosion, stupid."

"No! I dropped the key!" Utau yelled.

"YOU DROPPED THE FREAKING KEY!?" I smacked my forehead. Great. Just great. Remind me again how I'm related to these idiots?

"Here, use mine nya!" Yoru tossed her a little key. We all stared at him. He looked at us, "What nya?"

"……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………YOU HAD A FREAKING KEY THE WHOLE TIME!?"
"Yeah! Why are you yelling at me nya!?"

"Well, I dunno, maybe this is something you should have told us at the beginning!?"

"You never asked nya!" If anyone asks, I was kidnapped and have no idea who those two are.

So Utau unlocked her cage and started springing us out. As soon as I was out I pulled Amu onto my back and got Kukai to carry Tadase. We started for the door and then Matt yelled, "Hello! Forgettin' something?! Or, actually, someones!?" We turned around to see him, Nagehiko, and Keiko still stuck in a cage.

"Can't we just leave them nya?"

"WE CAN HEAR YOU!" Miki ran back and unlocked their cages. As soon as their doors were open, they sprung out and ran past us. "You're welcome!" Miki muttered. Those twerps are so grateful, right? Not.

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I kept my arms around Ikuto's neck as he ran. They've tried to escape like….two times already. What will make this time any different? I looked at all the blurs and picked out who each one was. Tadase, Kukai, Suki, Miki, Yoru, Utau, and Keiko. Huh. Wait a sec…I feel like I'm missing something…Oh, yeah. Where'd Nagehiko and Matt go? I looked harder, trying to find the blurs that were supposed to be them, the wind making my eyes water.

"Are you crying?" I was startled from my thoughts as Ikuto spoke.

"No, it's just the wind."

"You want me to slow down?"

"No! We have to get out, right? No, no, don't mind me!" He slowed down a little anyways. Everyone stopped all of a sudden. Standing in front of us, was a bunch of those guards. They parted and Lulu and Nana stepped forward. Huh. Haven't seen blondie since she tried to kill us. I was beginning to think that she was er dead.

"Hello, prisoners." She started conversationally. The mass of vampire guards behind her were itching to come forward, but she held up a hand, telling them to stay put. Why isn't she letting them get us? "You aren't supposed to be out."

"By whose orders?" Miki stepped forward.

"Gozen-dono's, of course."

"As you said before, Gozen shmozen. We're out." Lulu gritted her teeth together and the guards took another step forward but she held them back again.

"So, Miki 'Tsukiyomi', wouldn't you like to know about your real parents? What about you, Kukai 'Tsukiyomi'? Wouldn't you like to know who you really are?"

"You wouldn't know squat about our lives let alone our parents!"

"Aruto-san and Souko-san are parents enough, butt out!" A wave of sleepiness washed over me and I yawned. Weird. With all the sleep I've been getting, how can I possibly be sleepy? I saw Tadase peacefully sleeping on Kukai's back. How come he's suddenly tired too? I yawned again and leaned my head against Ikuto. Why am I suddenly so sleepy?

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Amu fell asleep a little while after Tadase. Strange; how could they possibly fall asleep? I made sure she wasn't going to fall off and then noticed that Lu-whatever was talking to me. "—Ikuto?"

"Uh…" She audibly clenched her teeth, "I said, wouldn't you want to return the human brat to her home? Or would you rather her stay here to die?"

TBC…