Amu slept peacefully the whole night.
She loved not having a pesky alarm clock wake her up at dawn every morning.
Or worse, one of the orphanage's staff burst into her room and yell at her like a drill sergeant because she slept through breakfast.
A peculiar feeling awakened her. Her ear felt as if a feather was tickling it.
However, she was too tired to care. After about five minutes of being on the brink of sleep, again, she felt the same irritating ticklish feeling.
This time she stuck out her hand and swatted at anything that was there.
She only got a muffled "Ow" in response. Amu shot her eyes open and turned on her side to find him kneeling there. Ikuto.
Ikuto gripped his nose making his voice sound nasal. "I try to wake you gently, but nothing. You didn't even move. Then I blew in your ear and you fricken slapped me!"
Amu blushed in embarrassment. "Well why were you in my room in the first place?
"Um sorry but this is my house, I can go into any room I want." Ikuto answered raising an eyebrow
"Grr…what do you want? I was sleeping!" Amu asked clearly annoyed by Ikuto waking her up
Ikuto let go of his nose and stood up, his signature smirk returned. "It's time for training."
Amu frowned. She had forgotten all about last night's events. Her tired eyes gazed over to the clock.
It was almost ten in the morning. "Now?"
"Yup, unless you want me to drag you." Amu could almost hear him imagine dragging her down the long staircase.
'He's easily amused, and…mentally disturbed...' Amu is creeped out as she thinks this
Amu groaned and got up. "Fine, but let me change first you perv."
Ikuto frowned in fake disappointment and slipped out the door.
Amu had no idea what to wear for such an 'occasion'.
She decided to tie her pink bubblegum hair into a messy bun. She threw on a pair of black jeans. Amu practically tried on all her shirts until she finally settled with a red tank top that had her favorite band's logo printed on it. She then put on her favorite black converses and headed downstairs.
Rima sat at the kitchen table reading a manga gag. Utau sat on the couch playing cards with Kukai.
"Look who's finally up." Rima said, not letting her eyes leave the gag.
Utau looked up. "Ah, Morning Amu."
Amu smiled. "Morning"
She sat at the kitchen table with Rima and smothered a scone with jam.
Nagihiko shortly joined her. "Did you three find your night here quite enjoyable?" He asked, taking a bite of toast.
All three of the girls nodded.
"I win!" Utau shouted, throwing her cards in the air.
Kukai's eye twitched. "Let's play again. This time loser has to strip."
Ikuto walked in holding a black duffle bag. "Sadly, we have no time for stripping games."
He took out a gun and pointed it at the ceiling. A deafening bang filled the vast house. Amu covered her throbbing ears. All the girls seemed to be staring at the huge fog of smoke the bullet had caused above them.
Ikuto stared at the shaken up girls. "You see what such a little thing can have a reaction to.
Are you sure you really want to do this?"
Nagihiko and Kukai seemed unaffected by this. Kukai busied himself by cleaning up the cards Utau had thrown. Nagihiko continued to eat his toast.
The girls all glanced at each other, as if reading another's mind. They were scared; each of them could sense each other's fear. But the girls knew they had to accept the challenge. These boys had taken them in, and they had promised to become one of them; an assassin. This led to all three of them nodding.
Ikuto leered at the girls and tossed the gun back into the bag.
Kukai stood up and strolled over to the wall on his right, then rested his palm against it. His hand started going through the wall, as if it was sinking in quick sand.
A black wall, one filled with weapons, somehow replaced the white wall. Nagihiko stood beside him as they picked out there weaponry.
Amu stared at Ikuto in disbelief. Just who where these people?
Ikuto winked at her. "Just for safe keeping."
When everyone was armed, they exited the house and got in Ikuto's car.
"Aw, come on Ikuto!" Utau complained, reaching for the radio.
Ikuto swatted her hand away. "I refuse to listen to Britney Spears, lady Gaga, or any people of that sort Utau."
Utau pouted, crossing her arms while slamming herself back into her seat.
The ride was silent after that. Amu could see other mansions as they drove down the street.
It stayed like that for more then ten minutes. Then Ikuto took a different route and suddenly their surroundings started to dramatically change.
The houses on this route were petite. Very small, compared to Ikuto's house.
Amu noticed they were now in what she thought people called a "Gang Hood".
You can see the different gangs walking along the sidewalks or leaning against the fences.
Suddenly the car came to a halt. Ahead of them stood an alleyway. There were a couple of street lights that lit up the alleyway, that's if they weren't burnt out already. All three of the guy's stepped out of the car.
Utau looked over at Amu. "Should we follow them?" she questioned.
Amu shrugged. Rima opened the car door on her side and got out. "I think we should."
"Right" Utau got out after Rima and Amu quickly followed behind. Puzzled, the girls walked halfway down the alley and stopped.
Ikuto loaded a gun with ammo and tossed it at Kukai.
"The first thing you'll learn about are weapons. The design, sections, and how to use them."
Amu gulped as Ikuto handed all the girls a weapon. The girls all got different types of weapons and guns, some large and complicated looking, but some that seemed to be very simple to use.
Rima eyed the spear she held in on of her hands. "Yeah, uh, this thing is kind of taller then me…"
Nagihiko chuckled and replaced her spear with a short stick.
"Is this good enough for you?" He asked teasingly.
Rima gave him an evil glare. "I hate you."
Amu was already getting a hang of this whole assassin thing. She had already learned the parts of five guns and other things about guns and weapons.
Three hours went by. Rima and Utau sat on the ground exhausted. Chasing Nagihiko with the stick worn out Rima. Utau was also drained from throwing daggers at things.
Amu held a Black Hand gun in both hands. She aimed at the red dot Ikuto had drew on the wall. So far, she had missed it three times. Amu closed her eyes and placed her finger on the trigger. On the count of three, she would pull it. She tried to calm her anxiety, this all happened so fast. Running away, living with people whom she hardly knew. Amu wasn't known to be rebellious, but this was her only chance; her only chance to be free.
One
Two
Th- her ears popped again. Dammit! She thought. I must have pulled it early.
Just then a hand clutched Amu's shoulder then pulled her close. She turned to see Ikuto's arm around her waist. But, he wasn't staring at her.
She followed his gaze to find an unfamiliar male standing there.
Amu gasped, in the man's hand sat a gun. The gun Amu had overheard wasn't hers.
She started to panic. What if that man shot her? Then again, she wouldn't feel any pain.
The stranger walked closer, he walked slowly but it built up suspense. He stood behind Rima and Utau, whose faces were now colorless.
"Ikuto, long time no see." The man greeted. Two bodyguards then appeared beside him.
Ikuto clenched his teeth. "Yoru! Why are you here?"
Yoru put a hand up in defense. "Why so rude? Usually subjects greet me with a hello. Have you changed your ways, old friend?"
Ikuto's grip tightened on Amu. "What I do or say is not any of your business anymore."
Yoru placed his hands behind his back and started to walk away. "Very well then, I'll be taking these companions with me."
The bodyguards grabbed Utau and Rima by there arms and began to haul them away.
"Let go of me!" Utau struggled. Rima tried to bite one of the bodyguards.
Nagihiko and Kukai swiftly grabbed their weapons and prepared to fight.
Yoru smiled at them. "That won't be necessary. I'm afraid Ikuto here has something I want."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ikuto stated.
Yoru rolled his eyes. "Save your excuses for later. You'll need them."
Nagihiko and Kukai both charged at Yoru. Two more bodyguards appeared before them.
The guards caught Kukai by his shirt and flung him at the wall. The other guard punched Nagihiko in the stomach. Both of them collapsed onto the ground.
Yoru scowled at Ikuto, and then began to walk farther into the abyss of the murky alley.
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DUN DUN DUN! First of all sorry for the late update! :D Lena and I are trying our hardest! For this chapter credit goes to Lena because she wrote most of the chapter :D !