Sora: And we're back with chap 7! YAY! Sorry for the long update but I had writer's block.
Amu: Yay!
Ikuto: HOORAY MORE AMUTO MOMENTS!
Sora: No sorry there's not gonna be a lot if them on account of the chapter before this one. This chapter is mostly mystery now. Ikuto can you please do the disclaimer?
Ikuto: Awwww! Fine whatever, Sora Kiryuu doesn't own anything except the plot, the OC Sora, and anything she made up by herself like the black messenger ring!
(Recap)
I heard the door open and looked to find Sora. "Hey Sora" I whispered. "Hey Amu, what happened with you and Ikuto?" she asked me. I explained to her about how we spent most of the day at the amusement park, about the teacup ride, why I fainted, and that Ikuto was taking care of me.
"I see" she smiled hapily. "Maybe your memories are returning to you?" she said.
"Ya, I hope so" I said smiling at Ikuto's sleeping figure.
(End of Recap) - Normal POV
"Ikuto wake up!" Sora yelled shaking her brother. Ikuto woke up groggily and yawned.
"Morning Sora" He said rubbing his eyes cutely. Sora rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Come on, you need to get off Hikyuu" Sora said trying to pull her brother off. Ikuto looked under him and saw that he was holding onto Hikyuu. He blushed only a little bit, but Sora could still see it. He quickly let go and jumped off the bed. The Tsukiyomi siblings turned and saw that Hikyuu was still asleep.
"I hope she's ok" Ikuto said to Sora.
"Why? Did anything happen yesterday?" Sora asked pretending she didn't know. Once again the story was explained of Ikuto and Amu's date at the amusement park.
"Oh I see" Sora said triling off as she looked towards Amu with fake sympathy.
"I hope she's ok. I would never forgive myself if she was harmed because of me" Ikuto said holding Amu's hand.
"Don't worry she'll be okay" Sora comforted her brother.
"Yeah anyway I'm gonna take a shower. Make sure not to peek!" Ikuto smirked.
Sora rolled her eyes," As if I would want to see you digusting man boobs."
"They're called abs smartass" Ikuto said.
"Abs are in your lower torso dumbass. So that means your upper torso is made of man boobs 'cause they're so big. And you might want to take a shower soon, I can smell the B.O from here" Sora smirked while pinching her nose. Ikuto blushed and left right away.
"Is he gone?" Amu asked from the bed.
"Ya he is" Sora said turning her back from the door.
"Thank god! His weight was killing me!" Amu said jumping from the bed. She looked at the hand which Ikuto was holding.
"He really does care for you, Amu" Sora smiled.
"No, he cares about 'Hikyuu' " Amu said sadly.
She started to brush her long black hair to remove the knots. Sora turned to one of the couches and plopped down on a seat, switching TV channels occasionally. Suddenly there was a ringing noise coming from Amu's pocket. She quickly picked up her cellphone and answered, "Hello?"
"Amu? Where have you been! I thought we were supposed to do this mission together! When I came back from my previous mission, Kazuomi told me you left with someone on the mission already!" Yoru yelled through the phone. Amu held the phone away from her ear.
"Sorry, Yoru. I forgot about that. Can I do anything to make it up to you?" Amu pleaded.
"Where are you now? I'll just meet you there and we can start the mission." Yoru sighed.
"Well actually...I'm at Halloween Inc. already..." Amu said quitely.
"WHAT! YOU'RE ALREADY THERE!" Yoru yelled.
"Please be quieter Yoru. It's early in the morning and I don't want anyone to wake up" Amu said in a hushed tone.
"Fine then, I'll come in a disguise and meet you at the park near the bridge in 10 minutes." Yoru said before hanging up.
"Don't people say good bye anymore?" Amu sighed.
"Well come on Amu-I mean Hikyuu. You've got to go before Ikuto comes back." Sora said. "Or who knows where he'll bring you next"
"Are you coming too?" Amu asked.
"No. I have missions to attend to with Ikuto. But if you need me, use this ring to contact me." Sora said giving Amu a black band ring with white stars all around it. "Just circle your finger around the ring until all the stars turn green. That means that I connected with you already with this ring." Sora said showing Amu her own black band ring with a celtic design on it. (pics of rings are on my profile)
"If you speak into the ring one of the stars will record your voice and said it over to me. If I send you a message then the starts will turn red. To hear the message just do the same thing with your finger until you hear my voice, got it?" Sora asked. Amu nodded and waved good bye to Sora. Sora suddenly stopped and turned to look at Amu.
"There's one more thing that I forgot to mention. You have to circle you finger around the ring clockwise to make sure the message goes to me. If you circle it counter clockwise the message will go to Ikuto" Sora warned. Amu nodded again before waving to Sora, again.
Amu wore the same black wig and green contacts from yesterday. This time she wore a green tube top, black capris, with an army belt, a black leather jacket, a choker, and some headphones around her neck. She slipped on some black Jordans that she borrowed from Sora, tied up her hair in a messy ponytail and set off.
As soon as she enter the park she noticed Yoru leaning casually on a tree by the fountain. Even though he was wearing a disguise she could tell that it was him. He had brown shaggy hair and chocolate brown eyes to match. His top was a black button up with a loosely-tied red tie. He was wearing black skinnies and some black chucks.
"There you are Amu!" Yoru yelled.
"Shh!" She shushed, "There might be people watching us!"
"Oh right" Yoru said in embarrassment, "Sorry Amu"
"It's alright" Amu gently smiled, "But my name now is Hikyuu" she said.
"Hikyuu? Really? Why did you use your title?" Yoru asked.
"To confuse their boss and mostly because it's the first thing that popped in my mind." Amu chuckled sheepishly.
"I see" Yoru sweat dropped.
"So what's your fake name?" Amu asked.
"Ryuu" Yoru said. "Anyway I got a mission from Kazuomi because he said you might want a break from your mission with Ikuto"
"Alright. What's the mission?" Amu asked.
"There have been many linked murders happening lately in the Southern part of Tokyo and the boss presumes that culprit is Kyou Manamaru" Yoru said starting to walk.
"Why does he think that?" Amu asked walking after Yoru.
"Kyou Manamaru is a well known swindler and gambler. Previously he was turned into the police by a man named Kaito Yamamoto and his group of fellow gamblers. Yamamoto was also a gambler who seemed to have lost all his money to Manamaru. In revenge, Yamamoto and his gang helped the police track Manamaru down. He escaped a few weeks ago and started his plot of revenge on Yamamoto and his group. That's hows the linked murders started, it went from Yamamoto and started to travel down the chain until it goes to the last person in the group with the least power." Yoru said.
"Well why don't police deal with it? I mean if there are linked murders doesn't that mean there should be at least some bit evidence in the first scene of the crime?" Amu asked confused.
"That's why I said that the boss presumes that the culprit is Kyou Manamaru. There's no real proof that he's the criminal. There are no traces or any evidence. So the police had to contact Kazuomi so he could send assassins for him."
"I see..wait! The police know that Kazuomi runs an assassin group!" Amu yelled.
"Yes they do. The police made an agreement with Easter that they won't go after us as long as we don't hurt any innocent people, just our targets. Now keep you voice down would you? We don't want to whole world to know it!" Yoru said.
"Alright. So I'm guessing our mission is to find Kyou, prove that he's the murderer, and kill him?" Amu asked.
"Ya pretty much. We'll have to start in the evening though because he only kills at midnight." Yoru said, Amu nodded and they left for Easter.
Ikuto POV
'Oh great. First Hikyuu leaves all of a sudden and now I have to complete another mission fricken mission!' I thought to myself. I knocked on the boss' door twice before I was allowed to come in. I saw that Sora was already waiting there.
"Ah Ikuto! You're finally here!" The boss said with a sinister smile on his face.
"Ya I know I'm here. So what's the mission?" I asked rolling my eyes. The boss tossed a file towards me and I quickly opened it to find a picture of a man in his mid-thirties."
"This man's name is Kyou Manamaru. He is a well known swindler and gambler. Previously he was turned into the police by a man named Kaito Yamamoto and his fellow group of gamblers. Yamamoto was also a gambler who seemed to have lost all his money to Manamaru. In revenge, Yamamoto and his gang helped the police track Manamaru down. He escaped a few weeks ago and started his plot of revenge on Yamamoto and his group. That's hows the linked murders started, it went from Yamamoto and started to travel down the chain until it goes to the last person in the group with the least power." The boss said.
"Let me guess. Capture him and kill him?" Sora asked.
"Almost. You must have proof that he is the murderer before you kill him. In order to do that I want you, Sora, to switch places with his next target, Rai Tsukina. Then Ikuto will kill him. Capiche?" The boss asked.
"We understand" Sora and I said as we bowed.
"Good. You're mission starts at midnight so I want you to prepare for it now." He said before dismissing us. As we were walking out if the room I asked Sora.
"So do you know where Hikyuu is?"
"Ya, she went back home because her parents were wondering where she was." Sora replied.
"I see. You wanna go visit her?" I asked.
"No. She's probably busy" Sora said starting to hum.
"Fine." I sighed. I noticed that one of my apprentices was standing at my door. "What do you need Daichi?" I asked him.
"Oh Ikuto there you are! I was just going to tell you that the boss forgot to tell you something." He said. Sora and I gave him questioning looks. "He said to tell you that the pink haired Hikyuu will be there." Daichi said doing a mock salute before walking away. I noticed that Sora tensed up when Daichi said pink-haired Hikyuu.
"Something wrong sis?" I asked her. Hey I'm her older brother, how can I not worry about my own sister? It seemed like she snapped out of a trance and gave me an apologetic look and asked me what I said. I told her not to mind it and we contined on walking.
Amu POV - around 11pm
Man it feels so good to wear my suit again after such a long time! I stretched my arms up high before I started to jump on top of roofs with Yoru. My outfit consisted of tight black midriff turtleneck shirt that was sleeveless, black shorts that ended mid-thigh, and black knee high combat boots. I had one leather strap on each leg that holestered a dagger and around my belt was a holster that held two full auto pistols. I wore arm warmers on both my arms that went from my forearm to my wrist. It held one long spike at the end for assassinating.
Kazuomi had told us that Kyou's next target was a young man named Rai Tsukina. He also told us that Halloween might be there too. Now I didn't mind that Sora was there but Ikuto was a whole different problem. Especially if he finds out that I'm Hikyuu.
My long exotic pink hair was flowing in the wind as my honey glazed eyes were scanning the area for Kyou and Rai. "Do you see any of them yet?" I asked Yoru. He turned his head toward me and shook it before looking straight again. I sighed and kept on running until at the corner of my eye I saw two men in an alleyway. "Quick Yoru! Down there!" I said pointing to the alley.
We both stood on the roof waiting for something to happen. It seems that Rai and Kyou were talking for now. I looked closely at Rai then noticed something strange. "Hey Yoru, what colour are Rai's eyes?" I asked.
"They're green, why?" Yoru asked. Before I could answer a person appeared in front of us. Yoru immidiately glared at the man.
"Ikuto. What are you doing here?" Yoru asked.
"That's a stupid question Yoru, of course I'm here to kill Kyou Manamaru." Ikuto said. He then looked at me then smirked. "Hello Amu"
"Ikuto" I pretended to grit my teeth.
"I might as well take care of you now before things get complicated." Ikuto said before shooting Yoru with a heatseeking missile. He quickly dodged it before telling me to get to Kyou and Rai.
I jumped of the roof and landed on my feet very quietly, a few metres behind Kyou. When Kyou was about to shoot Rai, I quickly took a picture before throwing a hunting knife at his arm. It landed right on his arm and pinnned him to a wall.
"AHHH!" He screamed in pain. I walked swiftly towards "Rai".
"Are you alright?" I asked "him".
"Ya thanks a lot Amu" "Rai" said. Suddenly Rai's hair became longer and turned blue.
"Your welcome, but where's Rai?" I asked.
"He's safe in his home knowing nothing of this rendevous." Sora said.
"I see. Well at least we caught the murderer." I said happily.
"Ya, by the way where's Yoru?" Sora asked.
"He's with Ikuto on the roof, why?" I asked.
"Shit!" Sora cursed before jumping up. I quickly followed after her. What we saw was not a pretty sight. Both Ikuto and Yoru were severly injured. The floor of the roof was cracked in many places and there were mini crators filled with faint traces of blood. Sora hurriedly helped Ikuto up while I helped Yoru. My back was turned as we were about to jump away but Ikuto's voice made me stop.
"It's nice to see you again Hikyuu" Ikuto said with a small smile on his face.
I froze, did he mean me right now or...no he couldn't have discovered my identity so soon. Or could he have? If he has the title as best assassin I have no doubt in his abilities but...
I looked behind me. Sora's features showed that of shock. Ikuto was still smiling. I said a small "Yeah" before jumping away. I noticed that Yoru was having a hard time keeping up so I had to do a bridal carry and boy was it awkward. We finally made it to Easter where Kukai took him. I walked swiftly towards my room and never stopped even if people were calling me.
I sat down on my bed and rested my head on my hands. Should I go back to Halloween? No what if Ikuto really figured out who I was? Or maybe he was unsure and if I don't go back it'll prove that his assumptions are correct?
"GAHHH WHAT DO I DO!" I yelled in frustration lying down. I looked up at my fingers and saw the black ring that Sora gave to me. "That's it!" I said excitedly. I took off the ring and circled my finger around it. One by one all the white stars on it turned a neon green."Can you meet me now at the fountain exactly where Yoru was supposed to meet me? I need to ask you something important. Bye." I said into the ring before it turned white again.
I waited a couple of minutes until the stars on my ring turned red. I did the same motion with my finger until I heard Sora's voice.
"Alright, I'll meet you there in 10" the voice said. "That's odd. I wonder why her voice sounds so different? Probably it's just because of the recording." I said to mysef.
I quickly turned to my closet and was trying to find something to wear while taking off my suit. In the end I picked a black holister top, green ripped flares, a red sweater, and some black fingerless gloves. I didn't bother with the wig and contacts because it's really late so who would see me anyway?
I decided to bring a few weapons just in case, so I picked two auto pistols and put it in the holsters around my ankles which was covered by my jean's flares. I took two hunting knives and put them safely in my sweater so no one could see them. I put black and silver Skullcandy headphones on my ears and played the song "I Stand Alone" by Godsmack.
I slipped on my black hightop converse and jumped out the window. I continued to jump on the branches of different trees until I reached the park. I saw a figure of a person sitting near the fountain playing the violin. It's like I was caught in a trance as I continued to move toward openly, the music was so sad and sounded lonely.
When the music stopped I quickly snapped out of my trance. I looked forward and gasped.
"Ikuto!" I yelled.
"Hey Amu" Ikuto said smirking.
"What? Why are you here?" I asked.
"Well it seems like I got a message from someone who wants to meet me in the park to tell me something important. Now mind telling me why you're here?" Ikuto asked me.
"I came to take a walk." I lied through my teeth.
Ikuto raised an eyebrow "A walk in the middle of the night? Why?" he asked.
"None of your business" I said crossing my arms.
"Alright then how about telling about why you have weapons on?" Ikuto said suddenly in front of me. He grabbed my arm and pulled up my sleeve so it revealed my hunting knife.
I blushed and yelled. "Like I said, none of your business!" I pulled my arm from his grasp.
"Alright enough games" Ikuto said while pulling out his gun. "Tell me, why are you here?" he asked.
"As I've said many times before. NONE. OF. YOUR. BUSINESS." I yelled.
"Suit yourself then" Ikuto said before disappearing and reappearing behind me with the gun to my head.
"Do you really think I would fall for a cheap trick like that?" I asked before ducking and windmill kicked his legs. He jumped away. I took this oppurtunity to take my guns out if their holster. Ikuto charged towards me in a diagonal pattern so it would be hard to shoot him. When he was close to me, I did an axe kick on his chin and took my hunting knives and threw them at him, pinning him to a tree.
He was struggling to get out so he threw a grenade at me. I quickly jumped away before it hit me. To my dismay it was a smoke bomb and when I checked the tree Ikuto was gone.
"Shit" I muttered. I carefully looked around for any signs of movement. I sensed someone from behind me but I was too late to dodge it so I had to block it. Ikuto was going to punch me so I blocked it with my arms. It still hurt like hell though. He tried to punch me again leaving an opening on his stomach. I quickly took that chance and lowered my body to punch him in the gut. It hit him perfectly and painfully to the point that he coughed some blood.
He disappeared again and my guard was up. I raised up my fists for protection. This time he was above me and was going to do an aerial punch. I quickly jumped out of the way and looked to where I was formerly standing. I gulped at the big crator left there. I was so deep in my thoughts that I didn't notice Ikuto sneaking in behind me.
Before I could move away he hit me on a pressure point so that I fell limp. I heard Ikuto say something before my mind quickly gave into the darkness.
"I'm sorry...Hikyuu"
Sora: And that ends this chapter.
Ikuto: Are you kidding me! That was so short!
Amu: Yeah for once i have to agree with Ikuto!
Sora: Ah whatever. I was running out of ideas so yeaaa...oh and that's right! I forgot to say that if you give me an idea to use for my next chapter, you can be in the story (BUT ONLY FOR ONE CHAPTER!). Just inbox me or review!
Ikuto: So think up some good stuff
Amu: PLEASE REVIEW!