A/N: OKKK CHAPTER 4, INSIGHTING A BIT OF WHY TADASE ASKED HER OUT, AND GIVING MORE DETAILS BY REQUEST. BTW, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE SOME THINGS IN MY STORY, JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL ME AND I'LL TRY TO FIT IT IN. AFTER ALL, YOU GUYS ARE MY INSPIRATION D: (cheesy.) OK PLEASE R&R YOU GUYS ARE SO NICE ;] AND SORREH I DIDN'T UPDATE A BIT SOONER, MY SCHEDULE IS SERIOUSLY ON THE VERGE OF DESTROYING ME x.x I WILL TRY TO UPDATE SOONER. D:

Amu's POV:

Death is sort of peaceful…

Well, not exactly. When I fell to the floor, I felt like someone was kicking my dead body to make sure I wasn't alive or something. Then, I felt like I was being lifted into heaven by some angel or a cloud. It was a bit serene after that, until my little daydream of a cloud threw me onto a freezing metal ramp that I could have sworn broke a few of my ribs. Was this really heaven, or my eternal damnation?

Whatever it was, I tried not to think about it. My soul tried to keep my body from turning numb, but it certainly wasn't easy. Pain filled my chest and started to travel down my spine toward my feet. I felt like I was shaking, but I couldn't be sure it was me shaking myself, or something else trying to give CPR to my lifeless body. I tried to struggle but the object kept poking me in different places, I guess trying to search for a pulse.

Give up. I told the person. I'm long gone.

The person kept poking me, then trying to pull me across the ramp, which was extremely painful considering the condition my ribs were in. I tried to find my strength to keep this…I wasn't entirely sure what it was...but trying to get it off of me. Think of it this way: You are trying to enjoy your stay in a nice hotel. You're on a bed, and someone suddenly appears in front of you and starts poking your body. You try to make them stop but when you reach for your hands, they're chained to a body rack. Then they try pulling you off the body rack with your hands tied up. I've got to say, that's a pitiful attempt.

After I was pulled for God knows how long, the upper half of my body was jerked up onto a lovely silk blanket, that felt like it was weaved from warmth. My body started to get it's feeling back, and my legs curled up toward the blanket, receiving all of its loveliness. I then realized, I wasn't dead. My body was warm. A soft thump in my chest proved that I was no longer dead, if I ever was. My eyelids were weightless, and my dress was still attached to me.

I thought twice about opening my eyes. I thought about the pros and cons. If I opened my eyes and realized I was dead and in hell, that would lower my self-esteem and would extremely suck. But, if I opened them and I was alive…it depends what I saw first. The point was, I was going to open my eyes.

I carefully counted to three, and they gradually rose. At first, I didn't know what to make of it. I was in this room, that looked like a giant metal laboratory, minus the scientific tables, chairs, computers, experiments, etc. Just a blank canvas of a room, except lined with some sort of metal. Then I realized I was probably in hell. My eyes drifted to my side, and looked at my dress that was drenched in velvet ruby blood. I would have screamed right about now, but the thing next to the blood prevented me from doing so.

I saw arms.

My eyes trailed the arm, which was drenched in blood as well.

I saw a shoulder.

I saw a neck.

Then, I saw…

I saw…

The perverted cat.

Yeah, I was definitely in hell.

At first, I didn't know what to say. Ikuto just stared at me like I was some murder victim, which I kind of was. I stared back, and for the first 20 seconds of my realization were complete silence and an awkward staring contest. Then I opened my mouth and spoke some really stupid words.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Ikuto stared.

I stared.

He stared back.

I got frustrated.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IKUTO?"

He seemed to hesitate, then spoke.

"Nothing."

I really wanted to scream. NOTHING??!?!?! HOW COULD HE BE DOING NOTHING!??!?! DID HE DRAG ME HOME OR SOMETHING?? HE MUST HAVE KIDNAPPED ME!!! OH CRAP I'M GOING TO DIE NOW. I WON'T EVEN GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO AMI OR RA-

"You do realize a few of your ribs are broken, right?"

As if his words were coated with some kind of pixie dust, pain shot into my chest and my breathing started pushing high-speed. All I could see was blood. My hands were coated with the liquid, and it ran up my arm like I had just committed a homicide.

My whole body started to fade into numbness again. Not this crap again. I felt like I was having a weightlifting contest with my eyelids, but they triumphed and I collapsed into the arms of my perverted roomie.

Well. I thought. At least I'm not dead.

I knew I was asleep for a while. I knew Ikuto was holding me. And I knew I was in some serious trouble. Quite frankly, the second one scared me the most. I battled against my slumber, but trying to wake myself up was nearly impossible. Then I thought of something. I can use my hands to wake me up. The only problem was that I was numb all over so I was still stuck.

I guess I'll go over a couple of things.

Ok, last thing I remember…hitting the bathroom floor. Because…I got shot? In the ribs, maybe? But what about my neck? And that old lady…what was her problem? But how did I get in here? Someone apparently found me here, kidnapped me, and decided to torture me.

Then it occurred to me. What about Tadase? Crap, I hope he wasn't still waiting for me to get my food. Hopefully he isn't that stupid. Why did this all have to happen on my date with him? Then I thought about why he asked me out in the first place.

*Flashback- 3:07 pm Amu's school (A/N: I forgot the name..GOSH .)*

I walked down with Yaya toward the garden. We were talking about school.

"I can't believe I have so much homework, it's totally unfair." I said.

"Ha! Yaya only has to answer 2 questions for her math!!" She stated proudly.

"Yeah, yeah." I muttered. Yaya was only in 5th grade, I was in 6th. I remembered when I was in Yaya's position with almost no homework at all. Still, Yaya still acted younger than I was, so I never thought of it too harshly that she got less than me.

We walked through the entrance, while Yaya told me all about someone in her class that had this embarrassing accident that everyone got a kick out of. I laughed a bit myself. We trudged toward the table and waited patiently for Rima and Tadase.

Of course, Kairi was there already. He was shuffling through some statistics books, and scribbling things down on his notepad. He didn't acknowledge we were here. It's like he made a wall isolating himself from the whole group…well…Yaya and I.

"Sanjo."

Kairi didn't even seem to hear. I just decided to give up since Rima approached us ever so stealthily. Her curls were glittering in the sunlight, as if they were made of sparkling honey. She smiled at me and took a seat on my left.

"Hey Amu." She said.

"Hi Rima." Kairi randomly blurted. He lifted his face and smiled at Rima and I. His face was all red, and his eyebrows were furrowed together just a bit, his glasses pushed up to his eyes. He seemed to notice me for the first time and said, "Konichiwa Hinamori-san." (A/N: How do you spell that again? .)

"Ah, here is Hotori." He murmured, then dived into his research again, while muttering numbers to himself.

Tadase walked over and took the seat next to Rima and Yaya.

"Hello everyone. Thanks for coming. We have a lot to discuss today so please listen with eyes and ears." He said. His eyes fluttered to me. I still had a crush on Tadase, ever since the school years started, and whenever things like this happened, I usually over-reacted.

"Y-yes Tadase-kun." I stuttered. I felt like an idiot saying that. I knew it was a rhetorical question.

He smiled at me, and started to tell us about a new plan Easter had formed. Apparently, their alliance was developing a new weapon to select a person and extract the X egg without them feeling or seeing anything, and anyone around them couldn't tell what was happening. But the scientists didn't even think of trying to keep it from letting people with charas see it.

"Where did you get this kind of information, Hotori?" Kairi asked. When he asked it, I seemed a bit curious too. Normally, it would take us weeks to find out things like that, along with fighting a couple of Easter's henchmen.

"I heard spies outside our house yesterday, trying to capture Kiseki." Tadase replied a little hesitantly.

Kiseki just grumbled. I hadn't even noticed anyone's charas. KusuKusu was reading a manga. Musashi was in his egg sleeping. Pepe was crying but it was muffled by Yaya's hand squeezing her. Miki, Ran, and Suu were playing tag together in one of the rose bushes. Ran was it, and Miki was watching Suu run away from Ran.

"Ok, we will scout next week unless someone is missing." Tadase continued. "That is all, you are dismissed."

Everyone got up except for Tadase, who was fumbling with his fingers as his head was down. I started to leave, but Tadase tugged the end of my shirt. I looked down and he said, "Can I talk to you for a bit Hinamori-san?"

"S-sure." Curse my infernal stuttering!! Tadase smiled, rose out of his seat, and led me to a quiet area of the garden. A little fountain bubbled there ever so lightly, and the fragrance was so beautiful.

"Uh, Hinamori-san?" Tadase asked sheepishly.

"Y-y-yes Tadase-kun?"

"I brought you here…to…ask if you wanted…" He stopped. "Sorry. Let me try that again. Amu…is it OK if I call you that?" He asked.

I nodded my head. He continued, "Well, I was wondering if…you would go out with me on Friday."

There were a few seconds of silence. Tadase never even talked to me that much and now he wants to ask me out on a date?! This is too good to be true.

I pinched my arm. HAHAAAH I'M NOT DREAMING!! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!! I quickly changed into cool and spicy attitude.

"Yeah sure, T-tadase-kun." I said. How could I be stuttering in Cool and Spicy tone? It's never happened before…

Tadase smiled a smile that could have torn me into pieces. I decided that since he just asked me out I wouldn't go down that road. He held my hand and smiled at me. I blushed a billion shades of pink. I'm so glad he asked me out. I want to be with Tadase forever. But a little string of doubt rested in my mind, that this was something else other than a date. I just pushed it aside, and checked my wrist watch.

"Uhh…Tadase, I need to get home." I said reluctantly.

"That's fine Amu, just remember our date, okay?" His eyes melted my heart.

"Y-yeah." I said.

He kissed my palm gently and watched me leave with Ran, Miki, and Suu.

"HE DID WHAT!!!" Ran was so excited, I think she was over-reacting just a bit.

"Yeah, he asked me out." I smiled. Miki drew a picture of Tadase and I with hearts surrounded by us. I snatched the picture away and started strangling her.

"OKAY!! –cough- LET GO!!!" She yelled.

"YOU ARE GROUNDED FROM YOUR SKETCH BOOK UNLESS I NEED IT FOR AN EMERGENCY!!!!!" I snapped.

"Amu, desu. Don't be so harsh on Miki. Charas are useless without their items. If you took away my whisk, I wouldn't be able to do the job I was created to do." She burst out her puppy dog eyes.

"F…Fine." I agreed. I acidly threw Miki's sketch book hoping she wouldn't catch it, but she did.

I walked the rest of the way home with my charas. It was a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. The cherry trees blossomed and the bakeries let out a delicious warm scent. I took a deep breath and forgot all my fears. Besides, what could be so bad about today?

*End of Flashback*

Just out of nowhere? I wished I'd stuck to the doubt. But what if it really wasn't Tadase who set me up? What if someone else helped? Tadase wouldn't do that, I mean, if he was working for Easter we would have found out.

Suddenly, my sleepiness filtered. My eyes lifted gently. The puddle of blood from my ribs was all dried on the metallic floor. I would have stretched, but my ribs were still iffy. I behind me, but all I saw was a metal wall. I searched the room for Ikuto.

He couldn't just have escaped that easily, could he? I thought. I mean, the room is lined with metal walls. There's no easy escape.

"Oh really?" Ikuto whispered in my ear.

I would have jumped so high that Chuck Norris would have a hard time beating that height, but I just used my hands for self defense and smacked Ikuto in the nose unintentionally.

He yelped in pain. "WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?!" He growled.

I gave him the don't-ask-me-what-that-was-all-about-because-I-just-appeared-here-after-I-broke-my-ribs-and-you-were-holding-me-so-tell-me-what-the-hell-happened-or-else-I-will-do-that-again-are-we-clear look.

"Ok, look. Let me explain. Keep in mind though that I'm completely innocent here…" His eyes were serious.

He sighed. "I was at a diner just having a good Tuesday morning breakfast. One of Easter's secretaries came and sat next to me. We had breakfast together, but we didn't talk. After we finished, she paid my bill and motioned me to follow her. Some of Easter's henchmen were outside and shoved me into the lady's car. She took me to this stupid restaurant and locked me inside this cell, which I'm still not sure where it's located. I've been in here for 4 days Amu. They barely feed me anything and they're idiots. Tonight at about 8:00…" He checked his watch. "Last night rather, at about 8, you were thrown inside here and you were bleeding. At first I thought you were dead, but you started talking. I set you up right here" He pointed to where I was. "and tried to keep the blood from coming out of your body. Oh and by the way, your perfume smells dreadful."

I stared at him, completely speechless. At first, I was mad. Mad because Ikuto has never done anything to deserve this. Mad because I was trapped in here. But then my emotions changed. There was happiness, that I was still alive, that I wasn't alone. Pitiful. Completely Pitiful.

"But…what about the gunshots…and my…" My hands shifted toward my neck. I felt a little prick of where a needle used to be. Sleeping drugs, I guessed.

"What gunshots?" Ikuto asked.

I stared at him like he was missing the worst part of my story. "Didn't you hear? There were gunshots at the restaurant, right about the time I…I-" My brain was all scrambled. What happened before the gunshots? That old lady…did she stab me with the needle?

"Well, I didn't hear." Ikuto muttered.

I stared at the ground hopelessly. What was I going to do? There has to be a way out of here. I looked down at my feet. One of my heels were missing. I wish my charas would have come. It's so lonely, and I need to get out of here.

"What are we going to do?" I asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean what are we going to do IF WE DON'T GET OUT OF HERE NOW AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH US IF WE DON'T GET OUT NOW???" I snapped.

"Hmm…Well, if there was a way out, I think I would have spotted it by now Amu." Ikuto murmured.

I slumped in my corner. There has to be a way. I thought. There has to be a way…

DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!! OK THANKS FOR READING PLEASE REVIEW SORRY THE CHAPTERS WERE SO SHORT I TRIED TO MAKE THIS ONE LONGER BUT IT TOOK ME LONGER SO YEAH. THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!!!!! :) AND HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK. TODAY WAS HIPPY DAY AT OUR SCHOOL, SINCE IT'S HOMECOMING ...I know right…random…please R&R. :]

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