Back at the Royal Garden, Tadase was doing his best to keep the x-eggs at bay. The others had tried countless times to get him to stop. More x-eggs had gathered, making it extremely difficult to battle, but Tadase kept fighting.
"Holy Crown Special!" he shouted. The golden dome immediately broke. The x-eggs giggled evilly as they started to glow.
"Hotori-kun! Look out!" Nagihiko shouted. The x-eggs took aim at all the guardians and were about to unleash all their energy when a sudden flash of pink stopped them.
"Muri?!"
"Minna daijobudesuka?" Amu's voice asked. The Guardians looked up. Amu was hovering in the air above them.
"Amu/-chii/-chan?" the others chorused.
"Onee-chan? What-how-", Ami stuttered.
"Heart speeders," Amu pointed to her feet. Dia flew forward.
"Could it be…?" she trailed off, putting a hand on her heart and closing her eyes.
"Dia, are you okay?" Akira asked.
"Ran!" Dia exclaimed happily. Amu smiled and nodded as Ran appeared next to her.
"Heart Rod! Spiral Heart Special!" Amu shouted.
"Negative Heart, Lock On! Open Heart!"
After purifying the eggs, the Humpty Lock started to glow even brighter. A moment later a light completely engulfed Amulet Heart and blinded everyone on the ground.
"What are you doing to these people? Their hearts are completely empty," a male voice demanded. Where am I?, Amu thought. She opened her eyes.
"It's none of your business. In fact, I'll make it so that you won't dream either cat man," a cold feminine voice stated. Cat man?, Amu thought, Wait that looks like… Ikuto.
"I'd like to see you try," Ikuto smirked. Amu-chan, look at those people, Ran suddenly said.
She pointed to all the children who lie on the ground motionless. Their heart's eggs are gone!, Ran exclaimed. That woman who's fighting Ikuto, I sense something really bad from her. Amu-chan we have to help him. Amu nodded. Another bright flash of light appeared.
"Tsukiyomi Ikuto, you have been rather bothersome to our efforts here in Europe. You show up where ever we go. It's time I put an end to you once and for all," the woman sneered, "Oyasumi". She held up her hand and a tambourine appeared.
"Spiral Heart!"
"What?!" the woman gasped as her tambourine was knocked out of her hand.
"I don't know what's going on here. But I'm going to find out," Amu said. Nice threat Amu-chan, Ran muttered.
"Who are you? And where are you?" the woman yelled.
"Up here".
"Amu…", Ikuto said.
"Amu?" the woman repeated.
"Ran!"
"Hai!"
"Spiral Heart Special!" The heart rod sped towards the woman.
"You have allies with you? Heh, no matter I have my own allies, but right now they are stationed at our home base in Japan. I dare you to try to stop us," the woman walked away, leaving Amulet Heart and Ikuto. The children disappeared as well.
Amu watched as the mysterious woman disappeared. She didn't notice that Ikuto had collapsed, until Yoru shouted his bearer's name.
"Ikuto! Ikuto! Hang on-nya," Yoru cried. Amu quickly rushed over to Ikuto and Yoru.
