I do now own Shugo Chara!
Suki: I want somebody to die
Bri: what is it with you and wanting to kill people?
Yuuki: jeez, just let her make somebody die and she'll stop bugging us
Suki: 8D yeah!
Bri: -_- who?
Suki: um…Ikuto!
Bri: you can't make Ikuto die! One, he's already dead! Two, there is no story without Ikuto!
Suki: but I'm mad at him! FINALY I read the next chapter of the manga, and he's leaving right after Amu starts realizing her feelings!
Yuuki, Bri: and?
Suki: AND he stole all the milk! D8 I had to eat frosted flakes DRY!
Matt: -hides something behind his back- yeah, Iku- somethin' is real mean
Suki: SEE! Even Matt-Matt agrees!
Yuuki: but-
Bri: just let her believe…let her believe…
Chapter 52: Deal
"Get your butts up!" Dia banged some pots together. I opened my eyes, yawning, this is going to be one heck of a week.
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"It's only Tuesday nya!?" Yoru glared accusingly at the tree, "It feels like we've been here way longer than four days nya!" Miki rolled her eyes, "Today is the third day, Yoru." I sighed, "We're not going to catch anything if you guys don't shut up."
"You're just grumpy cause Kukai got to go with Amu to town and not you nya!" He teased. Ignoring them, I jumped into a tree. Is there nothing in this place but plants? Just then, something shot out from beside me.
I grimaced as the blood covered my fingers. Ick, my hand had just stabbed right trough the squirrel.
"I smell blood nya!" Yoru yelled, circling the tree I was currently in. I dropped the squirrel, letting it fall right on his face. "Ah! It's raining squirrels nya!"
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"I'm bored! Dia isn't done thinking up our assignments!" Keiko whined, fanning her face with a folded piece of paper. Utau sighed, "I wish she'd let us go hunting. I'm starving! And it's too hot to just sit here."
Yuuki put an ice cube down the back of her shirt, "That better?" She laughed, running towards the trees. "Gah! Get your feathered butt back here, stupid bird!" Utau growled, chasing after her. Suki was walking back and forth on a log, "There they go again." Tadase went inside, "Well, we could chew on ice."
"No, you could chew on ice. It'd be a pain to get rid of the water later on." Keiko reminded him.
"Oi, Nagi." Something flashed in the corner of my eye and I reached out just in time to catch a piece of paper before it hit me. "What's this?"
"Dunno." Matt waved a hand in front of his face, "That's why I gave it to you." I rolled my eyes, "I just rolled my eyes, Matt. I meant, where'd you get it from?"
"A place."
"Where is this place?"
"Somewhere."
"Somewhere where?"
"Somewhere in the place."
"Forget it; he's not going to tell you." Tadase muttered, leaving the door open as he came out. I nodded, flicking it back at him, "Then I won't read it." Matt held it out, "Just read it, Nagi. C'mon, you don't even have to tell me what it says."
"You'll just listen in on my thoughts." I pushed the paper back towards him. "But I can't tell you! Look, I'll say it. But it won't make a difference cause-…oh you'll see! I got it from Iku-" There was a cloud of smoke like the one from yesterday and then there was a fox sitting on my lap with an 'I-told-ya-so' look on his face.
"Okay…"
"Hey," Keiko pushed him off, "Just cause you're a little animal doesn't mean you can sit on Nagi-koi!"
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"Now all that's left is…applesauce? Why would Dia want applesauce? She doesn't even eat." I stuffed the list back into my pocket.
"Maybe she wants you guys to eat it." Kukai murmured, leaning to the side to keep the bag from falling off his head. I sighed, "Can't you carry that like a normal person?"
"Awh, that'd be no fun, Hinamori!" He laughed. I rolled my eyes, "Of course, being normal is too boring, huh?"
"Ex-…actly…" He stopped walking. I turned around, "What's wrong?" He lowered his voice, "We're being followed. Act normal. C'mon."
"You're normal or normal, normal?" I muttered, continuing to walk uneasily. Who would be following us? "This way, Hinamori." I followed him into a small flower shop. The door was open, but there was a closed sign on it. Kukai locked the door behind us with the key that was on the desk and hurried me towards the back.
"Do you know who it is?" I whispered, crouching behind the rows of big plants. He shook his head, "Not sure exactly who it is. But they reek of the Council."
"Why would they follow us?"
"Well, your buddies are 'traitors' and we're probably number one on their list. You're just a human that got caught up in everything."
"Oh…lucky me…" I muttered, pushing a leaf out of my face, "Why are we hiding here? Couldn't they just come in the same way we did? A lock wouldn't be much help…" Kukai put a finger to his lips, "Shhh."
I heard quiet footsteps, quickly drawing nearer to our hiding place. I held my breath, pressing myself as close to the wall and plants as I could. The footsteps stopped, followed by voice too low to make out words. The voices retreated, then there was silence again. I let out a breath, relaxing against the wall. I wonder what that was about.
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"G'night, Ikuto." Amu murmured, lying down next to Ikuto. "'Night." He whispered, breathing in the strawberry scent from her hair. Soon, the even breathing from the girl signaled she was asleep. As soon as he was sure she wouldn't be waking up any time soon, Ikuto got up and crept over to the door, making sure Nagehiko and Matt were also asleep, and locked the door behind him. Locking all the other doors, he made his way outside, wincing as the floorboard creaked beneath his foot.
"Mmm…" Daichi looked over the couch at him. "Shhh, Daichi. Go back to sleep." Ikuto quickly shut the main door, hoping Daichi wouldn't wake anyone. As soon as he was off the front porch, he let out a breath of relief; he'd made it out without being noticed. Wells, besides Daichi, but the big furball was probably already back in dreamland, chasing butterflies or whatever it was dogs dream about.
"Where'd I put that thing…?" He muttered, searching through his pockets, "I know I had it this morning…"
"Looking for this?"
He spun around, caught. "Oh…um no…I was just taking a walk…what's that…?" Matt nodded towards the window, "Ya forgot the window."
"I didn't-"
"I got Kukai to read it to me."
"I don't know what you're talking a-"
"You made a deal with them. This was tonight's meeting place." He tossed the paper at Ikuto, "And the price of not going is to give them Utau, Yoru, and me."
"Utau-"
"They were going to add her tonight."
"Well, you obviously seem to know a lot, huh?" Ikuto muttered, knowing there was no point in denying anything.
"There's just one piece of the puzzle I didn't figure out yet."
"And what would that be?"
"The lake."
"And you think I'm going to tell you?"
"No. I'm going back to sleep. But you know as well as I do that they're not going to keep their end of the bargain. They'll come anyways." He jumped. A second later, and Lulu would have caught him. Ikuto watched silently as Lee, Kate, Lulu, and Jack each came out from the trees, and he fought against the urge to help either side.
Odds against him, Matt was able to get to the door, but Lee and Lulu pulled him back, pinning his arms behind him. Once caught, he glared at where Ikuto still stood, "So that's it!? You're just going to stand there like an idiot!? What about Amu, huh?" He hissed as Kate's teeth sunk into his neck, "So, Angel, what're ya gonna tell everyone? What's going to happen to Amu? Yoru? Utau? Everyone else? Answer me!" Ikuto looked away, wishing he could just disappear. (A.n. - Bri: I said you can't kill anyone -_- Suki: XD can you blame me for trying? Bri: yes -_- Yuuki: Suki, I forbid you to kill him! 38 Suki: XD hey, technically, you guys only told me I couldn't kill Ikuto! Yuuki: 38 –sniff- S-Suki! Suki: XD fine, I won't kill anyone…yet… Yuuki: Suki!)
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Someone screamed. I woke up with a jolt. Nothing like fresh panic in the morning to get you up and running. I thought of three things at once. One, Ikuto wasn't here. Two, everyone was awake and heading downstairs. Three, what if it was that person that was following Kukai and me yesterday? Oh, then I thought of something else. Where the heck was Ikuto!?
I ran out into the hall, catching up to Tadase at the top of the stairs. "What happened? Who screamed?"
"I don't know. I just got here." He tried to push past the others. I looked down the side of the railing. Daichi was whimpering in the corner, freaked out from all the noise. Miki was at the bottom of the steps, wide-eyed and backing up. She must've been the one who screamed. I frowned, unable to see anything else. I jumped up and down like an idiot, trying to look over Kukai's head. They all shifted, making a path in the middle of the stairs. Dia ran up, "That's a lot of blood." Blood? Someone got hurt?
Ikuto followed her, covered in blood, carrying an also bloody Matt up the stairs. Dia pushed the door to our room open, "What happened to you two?" He didn't answer, just pressed his lips together into a thin line.
"Ikuto…?" He walked past without so much as glancing at me.
TBC…
Suki: Dun…duun….duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun! XD
Yuuki: T^T he better not die
Suki: don't worry, I won't kill your boyfriend XD
Bri: ^-^ please review! No proofreading again though
Everyone: ARIGATOU!
