"C'mon. You've had a tiring day. Lets go back." I looked up at Ikuto. Wrong move. The pain just dug into me even more. Ikuto focused once again on getting us back home and tried to act like everything was fine but I saw it. The expression on his face. It was filled with pain.

~Amu~

I was being chased by something. I didn't know what it was but something inside me just told me to stay away from it. I ran and ran but it seemed like I was getting no where. The path seemed to run on forever. I eventually tripped and tumbled across the floor. I lay on my back, trying to catch my breath. I stared into a void of nothingness. What exactly was I running from?

"Try looking in front of you." The voice chuckled at me. I looked to the direction the voice came from and my eyes widened. I was looking at Tadase. I probably looked like an idiot because he just laughed at me. I scrambled to my feet and tried to lunge at him but I couldn't move my feet. It was like I was glued there. I tried to utter something but nothing came out. Tadase started to walk forward. A wicked smile was plastered on his face and it sent a shiver down my spine.

"Why are you running away from me? After all, our connection runs deep."

"Tadase." I said his name through gritted teeth.

"Now, now Amu. Lets not get hasty here."

"What are you doing here Tadase?" I asked angrily.

"Shouldn't you be the one who knows that?" He looked at me with an accusing look. I finally snapped. I broke free of the constriction. I ran towards Tadase but an invisible wall blocked my way. I banged on the wall and kept on calling Tadase angrily but I couldn't break the transparent wall no matter how hard I tried.

"Shut up." Said Tadase. For some reason, I was blown back and hit another wall behind me. It was like I was trapped within a cage. He started to walk towards me and I tried to back away from him but the stupid wall behind me blocked my way. I should've felt resentment toward him. Anger, hatred but nothing came to me except fear. Why was I so scared.

"Why are you shivering so much Amu?" Tadase looked down at me. I looked at my hands and indeed they were trembling.

"Why am I trembling so much?" I said to myself quietly but deep down, I had a feeling that I knew but I just didn't want to admit it. I grabbed hold of my hand and tried to stop it from shaking so much. I looked up but I didn't see Tadase anymore. Instead I saw Claire. It was like I was looking into the mirror.

"Claire?"

"Glad you remember me even though I'm the person that you despised just as much as Tadase." said Claire menacingly.

"What are you talking about?" I asked somewhat meekly. What happened to me? Why am I so scared?

"You know what I'm talking about. You know it any better than I do." She pointed her finger at me. I stared up at her, confused. Then, it looked like she snapped.

"Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about! Remember that night? When Tadase told you that you could finally separate from me? He made an agreement with you saying that you could see Ikuto again. You agreed without much of a second thought. But I knew that there was another reason. Long story short, you hated me. Amu, I knew what you were feeling at the moment. I am you. And you also knew that wherever you went, we're still linked somehow and yet you still chose to have freedom. You might've gotten away from Tadase's clutches but have you ever thought of me?" Her shrill voice echoed.

"I was the one that had suffered in your place." Claire was so close to my face that I could feel her stare bore into me.I looked down at the floor and tried to avoid eye contact. I didn't want to feel more guilty than I already felt. Claire let out a laugh. I felt something sharp poke at my neck and looked at the gleaming sword etching at my throat. With a push of her wrist, she pushed the sword forward.

I woke up with a start, sweat covering my body. I looked around the room and realized it was just a dream. I flopped back down on the bed and wiped my forehead.

It might have been a dream but it felt real enough. I thought to myself. I touched my throat where the sword had supposedly cut me. I looked at my fingers and saw blood smeared over it. My eyes widened. I threw the bathroom door open and stared into the mirror. My throat had a cut running along it but it didn't seem to go too deep. I clutched onto the sides of the sink. I sighed of relief and noticed that I was holding my breath unintentionally. I rummaged through the cabinets of the newly bought apartment I bought at last minute because I had just enough money left for it. I couldn't afford to stay at a hotel anymore or I'd be wiped out. Even if I did buy this apartment hastily, it had a great view of the cherry blossoms that were near her apartment.

I pulled out the bandages and started to cover up the scar.

"There. Oh my gosh! I'm supposed to meet with the Director in 20 minutes! Why didn't he call me sooner! The things we do for our jobs…"

"Amu! You made it just in time!" The Director spun around on his chair.

"Tsukasa! Call me earlier when making meeting please!" I put my hands on my knees to catch my breath.

"But you weren't answering you cell phone! It was only the 20th time that you actually picked up~" He said with a childish voice.

"Correction," I held up a finger. "25th time. I thought you were some creep at first, calling 25 times." I mumbled the last part.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Now who am I going to write about this time?"

"Sit down, sit down. Want some tea?" He asked cheerfully.

"Sure, why not?" I sat down on one of the seats in front of his desk. Tsukasa was the Director of the journalist magazine I wrote for but he was only in charge of the Japan branch. I had met him by chance when I was in France searching for Ikuto. I didn't have any particular job yet and I was running out of money so Tsukasa was kind enough to get a job for me as a journalist.

"Thanks." I reached for the steaming cup and sipped the contents inside.

"So, lets just get to the point." He shuffled through some papers and handed me a sheet.

"You'll be interviewing Tsukiyomi Ikuto at 2 today…" When he mentioned Ikuto's name, I literally gagged on my drink.

"Is something wrong?" I coughed a couple of times before I got my coughing fit under control.

"Nothing at all. Go on."

"Right… He's an artist that plays the violin and had supposedly disappeared a while a go but made a sudden appearance again…" I didn't really hear what he said afterwards. I was too concentrated on the fact that I could see Ikuto again. I missed my first chance at meeting him properly the last time but hopefully this time it might be better. No matter what, I'm going to make you remember me Ikuto!

"…so that about covers it. Any questions?" I snapped out of my trance.

"Nope. None."

"Great. Then, get going."

We were supposed to meet at a local café in the area so I got seats reserved ahead of time. I ordered myself a cup of coffee while I was waiting and read the newspaper. Apparently, on the cover of most magazines, Ikuto's face dominated most of them. I flipped through them to see what I could find out about him but it seemed that the magazine covered almost anything you could've thought about. Then what was I doing here, interviewing him if he's already been asked the same questions over and over. I let out a sigh.

"Reading about me are we?" A voice whispered into my ear. I spilled some of my coffee on my hand.

"Ouch." I went to grab the napkin in front of me but another hand reached for it. They picked it up and helped wipe the spilt coffee from my hand. I felt a blush crawl up my cheeks. They slid into the seat across from me and intertwined his hands and put them under his chin, as if he was interested in me. I looked at the shady person in front of me and raised an eyebrow. I couldn't help but smile. He basically looked the same even after all this while only that he looked older and had sunglasses perched on his nose.

"My manager told me it would be easy to find you because he says that you stick out of the crowd and he was right." He said with a smile that he probably used in front of the camera many times.

"Is that supposed to be an insult or a compliment?" I asked and took a sip from my cup even though it was already empty. I just wanted to hide my face since I couldn't help myself from smiling non-stop.

"Depends on how you take at it." He shrugged. I raised my eyebrow again. "But I would take it as a compliment." He winked at me. I rolled my eyes. Was he always like this? I pulled out my pad and pen and started to write something down. He walked over to my side and laughed at what I wrote.

"A annoying, stupid, arrogant jerk." He read. I hesitated before I wrote another phrase. All sorts of questions came to my mind. Why did he forget me? What happened on the day he disappeared? But I ended up writing something else instead. There was an awkward silence after that. He walked back to his seat and sat down.

"So what do you need to ask me? I need to go somewhere after this so lets hurry up and end this." I hadn't even properly introduced myself and I had already ruined my chance of him possibly remembering me. I shouldn't have written it down. Out of all the things I could've written, I chose to wrote that. This sucks.

~Ikuto~

I looked to the side and then looked back at the girl sitting in front of me. She was still staring down at her pad but I could swear that she was fighting against the tears that were threatening to fall. I sighed and placed my forehead onto the table. I didn't want to make her cry. In fact, I felt an endless pit of guilt welling up inside of me. I turned my head to the side and looked at her. She wiped her tears with her sleeve.

"I'm sorry." I mumbled. She looked up from her pad and I saw how vulnerable she looked. I was captivated by her at that moment. I don't know how I didn't notice this before. She had vibrant pink hair and it reached up to her waist. Just like Claire's. My head shot up instantly. That was why I thought she looked familiar! She was wearing a hat over her head so I didn't notice she looked so much like Claire earlier. Wow, I'm slow…

"Sorry I'm holding you up. I'll finish this quickly so you can go." She started to ask me questions and I answered them. It was the usual questions that people normally asked me but for some reason, I felt as she was holding something back. She went over to the window next to us and opened it.

"Sorry, it was getting a little stuffy in here. Is it okay with you that it's opened?" She looked up at me from her pad.

"Yea, sure…" I said into my hand. I stared at her as she continued to write things down. A breeze came in and it blew her hair gently. She pulled her hair behind her ears and continued to jot things down. Why did she look so much like Claire? She acts different than her but… it just doesn't add up. Claire never told me about her having a twin. Then again, she had never talked about her family before. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my head.

"Agh!" I clutched the side of my head.

"Ikuto! Are you okay?" Her voice drowned out with the constant thumping in my head. A scene played before my eyes.

"I forgot to ask, what's your name?" The girl was silent for a few moments before answering.

"I don't have one." The girl looked back at him with a blank expression.

"Ah." He thumped his hand on his palm. The girl looked at him questionably.

"I just thought of a name for you. How's 'Amu' sound?" The girl didn't know why but she felt like that name was just perfect. Considering the silence he received, Ikuto thought the name was no good.

"No, no! I think that name suits me fine."

The thumping had stopped but I had started to sweat all over.

"Ikuto!" I looked up and saw the girl that was in my vision.

"Amu…." She looked startled at first and so was I. What had just happened? I quickly got up from my seat and waved goodbye to her.

"Um, sorry but I… have to go now. It was nice chatting with you." I pushed the café's door and it rang when I pushed it.

"Have a nice day!" A waiter that was walking by said.

~Amu~

What had just happened? I needed to find out. I quickly paid and ran out the door. I looked side to side but I couldn't find him anywhere. Where did he go? At first it looked like he didn't even recognize me and then BAM, he remembers me. I looked up at the sky. Was it a good idea to write that phrase down?

~Ikuto~

I suddenly remembered that phrase she had written down on that pad. Was it somehow connected to what he had just seen?

~Amu and Ikuto~

What had happened to the person I knew before?

So? =D I know it takes me a long time to upload because I'm just too lazy to but I did it finally =D. Sorry if I made any mistakes. Oh, and to answer you question(s) Mermain123, lets just say that Tadase is out there somewhere looking for Claire endlessly until he can find her because she had escaped from him. Also, yes, it was only the moments with Amu that he forgot about but when his memory was erased, his personality changed a little too. That's about it I think. XD R&R? It makes me happy if you reviewed =3