I do not own Shugo Chara! Or anything, this chapter starts in Amu's POV

Chapter 38: Just Had To Ask

"Cause I'm just that cool! I-I mean nothing!" He shook his head and looked back at the old lion that was sitting in the shadows still. "Back to business, Aruto-san."

Where have I heard that name before? Aruto…Aruto…Aruto…Arut-

I was knocked out of my dream when I felt a sharp pain explode through my side. I saw Ikuto being picked up and thrown against the wall. I, as always, screamed. I'm gonna lose my voice with all this screaming. Miki ran over and pulled me up, "Over here!"

"But what about Iku-"

"He told me to get you and Tadase safe first! And that's what I'm going to do!" She pulled/dragged me behind some crates and barrels. Yoru, Utau and Tadase were crouched there, waiting for us. "What are we going to do nya!?" Great, everyone's going to get hurt just to get put back in cages.

"First," Matt and Nagehiko jumped over a crate and joined us. He pointed at me, "You're going to have some hope. Don't think so negatively. And secondly, Yoru, there's a spider on your head."

"SPIDER NYA!" Yoru jumped up and ran around wildly, kicking down a bunch of those guards blocking the door. "Thirdly, where are we supposed to meet Yuuki, Utau?"

"I don't appreciate you using my brother's fear of spiders to our advantage."

"Northern vent, perfect."

"I hate you."

"So I've been told." He grabbed Tadase's arm and swung him onto his back, "How can you be so heavy when you haven't eaten anything?"

"Put me down! I'm gonna be sick!" Tadase did look a little pale/green…Ignoring him, Matt stood up and ran through the door, a mere blur. Oh, no…I am not being carried by anyone! Before I could argue, Miki pulled me onto her back and ran after them with Nagehiko and Utau chasing after us.

"Put me down I said! I really am going to be sick!" Tadase yelled. I second that, Tadase ol' buddy. Ugh. I groaned. My stomach feels like it's digested it's self. We stopped after what seemed like forever and I opened my eyes to see Yuuki helping Yoru calm down from his near heart attack because of the imaginary spider.

"Hey, you two don't look so good." She stated the obvious upon seeing Tadase and me. I groaned again. At least let them catch us soon, I wanna be able to just sleep without and dreams or anything. The headache I hadn't been paying attention too was now pounding in my head as I crawled after Utau into the vent. Where are we going? If I'd been expecting an answer, I didn't get one. The order in which we were crawling was Utau, me, Tadase, Yoru, Miki, Yuuki, Matt, and finally Nagehiko. Just felt like pointing that out. And don't go all, I don't care what stinking order your guys are in cause you read it, I just said it. I bumped into Utau when she stopped and turned her head to look at us,

"You're going to go down this shoot and fall into a lake. So someone help Amu and Tadase." We nodded. Great, just great. "We'll meet up at the top of the little cliff." Yuuki added. Yay, we get to almost drown and then have to go hiking while soaking wet! Can things get any worse?

"There you are!" We heard Nagehiko yelp as the guard grabbed his ankle. Matt glared at me, "You just had to ask, didn't you?"

TBC…