'Ello peoplez~ Sorry about the grammar and spelling mistakes for the previous chapters. Just read some of them over briefly and their were a lot of mistakes =.= I'll try to fix them in this chapter but there's no guarantee that I will get all of 'em =S Well, hope you enjoy~

"Now lets go teach our friend a little lesson shall we?"

~Amu~

No, no, no, no, no! This could not be happening! I tried to stop myself from taking another step but was only able to manage to make me stop for about a second. I tried again and again to no avail. I had to admit that this was a good idea on Tadase's part but it was starting to freak me out how I could see what I was doing but couldn't control anything.

'You're not the only one'. Someone regarded snidely. Claire! Wait, how did she do that?

'You're doing it right now. Whatever you're thinking about, I can sort of see it or hear it in my head.'

'Really? What am I thinking about now?'

'You're- EW! Gross! Bleh!' I felt myself giggle on the inside so I ended up fidgeting on the outside. Tadase took a side glance at us but our faces remained emotionless.

'Sorry, back to the original point. What are we going to do in this situation? We can't even control what we're doing!"

'Calm down. I'm trying to think.' While we were talking to each other telepathically, Tadase had led us to Ikuto. Me and Claire could do nothing but just stare back. Tadase snapped his fingers and our swords snapped out in an instant. I felt like I was just pushed in the back hard and just barely caught myself before I fell. What the hell was that? Ikuto's eyes widened as he watched helplessly at us. I tried to tell Ikuto that everything was going to be alright. There was no need to worry. I think he got the message because he started to bite on his lip, his eyes knitted together tightly. Concern for us was written all over his face. I was starting to worry what Tadase was going to do when he suddenly lifted his arm. My arm mimicked his movements and suddenly, the tip of our swords were pointing at our hearts.

'Holy-!' Out of the corner of my eye, I saw sweat beading our of Claire's forehead. I couldn't exactly blame her. I saw her hand tremble a little and I was guessing that she was trying to resist but she didn't progress much. We were in a tight bind.

"Now, will you willingly come and help us or will a blood have to spill because of you?" Tadase asked sweetly but Tadase wasn't one to talk like that so it sent a chill down my back. Ikuto looked at Claire and me and he immediately decided.

"Fine." He said. This couldn't be happening. No way was I going to let Ikuto work in this hell hole. I wasn't going to let him go through what Claire and I did.. I could feel the same churning emotions coming from Claire. Looks like we were all on the same page here. I tried to put my hand down and away from my heart as Tadase inched closer to Ikuto by the second. I tried my hardest to break away and cut Tadase up into pieces but my hand only slightly trembled. Tadase's hand also started to shake a little when he whipped his head around and glared menacingly at us.

'That's it! We're also connected to him! If he planned on hurting us, he would also be hurting himself. It must also work the other way around!' Realization dawned to me. How could I not have noticed that before? Not long after, Claire and I summoned every ounce of strength we had left and we both pushed the swords further into our chests. Of course it hurt but we'd worry about that later. Tadase had already released Ikuto when he noticed a sudden pain in his chest. He looked back at us and his eyes widened. I would too if I saw two people look like they were committing suicide. We both dragged the sword further into our chest and Tadase grimaced. A gash opened up and I felt something sizzle on my head. I could finally feel my hands again. I opened and closed my hand over and over.

Then I looked up at Tadase and a smile spread across my face. I was guessing that Claire looked exactly like what I did because I could feel an urge to punch him as many times as possible coming from her. We both lunged at him at the same time and all chaos broke loose.

~Claire~

Everything was a blur. All I could really remember was that after we went for Tadase, all his soldiers ganged up on us and me and Amu started to throw punches and kicks at random places. I let out a kick and heard a groan from somewhere. I felt a tinge of happiness spark in me but that only fueled my anger. It wasn't fair. How come we of all the people in the world have to go through this? We could all be living normal lives if it wasn't for Tadase. Tadase. My anger increased but it was now directed towards Tadase. I wanted to get to Tadase and rip his head out for doing what he did to us and Ikuto.

'Calm down Claire. We should find a way to get Ikuto out first then deal with ripping Tadase's head out later.' I almost forgot. In the midst of the battle lust surging through me, there was only one reason for us to come here and that was to get Ikuto out of here. I saw Tadase running away in the back and swore under my breath. Coward.

'Alright. I'll hold them off while you get him out of here. I'll meet up with you guys at his house.' There was a moment of silence when Amu didn't answer. I stole a glance at her and she looked pained at the thought.

'You mean…'

'Yea, you know what I'm talking about. That house.' Amu bit her lip but I just barely noticed her nod her head. She made her way through the mob of soldiers and killed anybody that got in her way. That seemed to make the other soldiers back up a little. Guess they hadn't been taught how to avoid swords. Tough luck for them. I summoned a large scythe and swung it horizontally with as much force as I could. That knocked quarter of the soldiers to the wall and dragging ones behind them with them. I swung it again and it sliced off several bodies. Half of the soldiers retreated but the other half stood their ground.

'Tch. This is gonna be fun.' I had a feeling that Amu was also smiling like I was.

'Tell me about it.'

~Amu~

I finally caught sight of Ikuto and saw him fighting off his own army of soldiers trying to restrain him again. I sliced off the soldiers hands and blood spilled everywhere. He yelled in pain. I grabbed Ikuto's hand and bolted for the back exit.

'Claire! I got him. Lets go!' Claire didn't waste a second and followed in pursuit. Two guys saw what we were going to do and they fired their guns at us. Where they got those guns, who knows? I just wanted to get the hell outta here. The bullets just landed in front of us by a centimeter but we kept on moving. The other soldiers did the same thing and fired at us. Me and Claire turned our swords into shields and covered Ikuto.

"You know, I feel insulted coming from a guys perspective." Claire and I both stared at Ikuto, wondering how the hell he can make a joke at this kind of situation but he continued.

"Usually, it's supposed to be the guy rescuing the girl or girls in this case but he ends up being rescued." He shakes his head in exasperation.

"Hey!" We both yelled at him.

"Do you want to be saved?" I asked him.

"Just because that's a cliché thing and it makes the story all the more interesting, it sounds so sexist coming from you." I let out a breath. Looks like things are still the same as always but I couldn't help but let out a smile. Who knew things would turn out this way?

'Don't let your hopes get the best of you.' I rolled my eyes when I saw Claire giving me a meaningful look.

'Just had to spoil the moment didn't you?' A small smile was adorned onto her face. Man, we were smiling a lot in a situation like this.

'Guess that's my new job, huh?' We both broke out into a small laughing fit. Ikuto lookedback in forth between us.

"Am I missing something? You guys seem to be getting along well, which I happy about of course but what gives?" Claire and I looked at each other, seeming that we already know how to answer that question without having to tell each other anything. We both put a finger on our lips and say, "It's a secret." And we both start laughing again. Hopefully there was no one still on our tail because for some reason, I really wanted this moment to last.

But of course, things can never last for us with lives like ours.

Even though Claire and I have seen Ikuto's house before, we still couldn't help but gawk at it. It was just that big. We walked up to the front door and kicked it down.

"Uh, I prefer you don't kick down the door." We both shrug at him.

"Considering you don't have a key to your own home, this is the quickest way to get in."

"My home? Since when was this my house?" Ikuto had a perplexed face on but that face eventually turned into a pained one. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

"I think I'm getting a headache. Can we sit down for a while?" We steered ourselves to the living room and plop down onto the couch.

"Ah~ So comfy." Ikuto cooed. He slung an arm on the edge of the sofa and seemed to go to sleep immediately. Claire's expression changed to a serious one right after he fell asleep.

"So, what do we do now?"

"Honestly, I haven't got a clue. But maybe we should figure out some basics like how we actually escaped out of there."

"Well, it seemed like Tadase was somehow connected to the both of us but we can't seem to hear what he's thinking. We're just connected physically."

"Well, with a pea sized brain like his, I'm pretty sure that genius idea came from one of his scientists."

Claire let out a laugh. "Yeah, I'm guessing we're now connected through some sort of link. We can hear each others thoughts. Maybe it's because of the microchip he planted on our foreheads." I touched my forehead lightly. That explanation would explain a lot. Even though we figured out most of the things going on, what were we supposed to do now?

"Lets just go to sleep for now and worry about what happens to us later. We could use some. We look like… you know." Claire gestured at both of us. I walked to a mirror that hung on a wall nearby and let out a shocked gasp. Wow, I looked-

"Horrible, right?"

All I could do was stifle a nod. Claire and I both looked back at Ikuto and decided to bring him to a bedroom instead of hanging on the edge of the couch. We both dragged his sleeping body to a bedroom and kicked the door open.

"We are seriously going to need to replace some doors around here." I mumbled to myself. Claire smiled at my comment. We hulled him onto the bed and collapsed in exhaustion.

"Well, I don't know about you but I'm going to sleep now. Night." Claire walked up to the bed and pulled the covers over her. She hugged the sleeping Ikuto and got comfy.

"Woah there. What do you think he's think when he wakes up?"

Claire yawned and mumbled "Who cares? I just wanna sleep…" And she fell asleep. Oh well. I didn't have the energy to go find another bedroom so I slept on the other side of Ikuto and cuddled into him and soon enough, I was fast asleep as well.

~Tadase~

I looked at the monitor that luminated in the dark room. It showed the mansion Claire and Amu were staying at the moment.

"Just you wait. I'll back for you two and when I do, you'll never be free ever again.

Ta-Da~ Yea, that's about it o.o Errrrrrrr hope you enjoyed it? =D Would be totally happy if you reviewed X3