Friday Night 7:15pm

Ikuto POV

When we got back to Kairi's makeshift HQ in one of the dressing rooms on the other side of the school (next to the football field which is on the other side of the school from the stage) I collapsed on the floor gasping for air. I had rocked out a little too hard to the song I was playing just a few minutes ago. It was one of my favorite songs. Kairi looked up from his computer and stated," I found where she is, well vaguely."

"Well get to talking! Spill!" I said a little to excitedly.

"She is somewhere on the other side of campus, but I don't know where exactly." Kairi mumbled.

"Great. Just great. Kukai you just had to pick the stupidest genius you know."

Amu POV

"Ok I know that look in your eye, you have another idea." I noted to Tadase.

"Why yes I do. It involves much pain for you." He smiled evilly.

"Ok what is up with all this pain for you crap! God you seriously need a hobby."

"You will regret saying that."

" I know who you are now. My childhood friend."

"Yea and my jealousy for your perfect little life hasn't changed much kid."

And with that he jumped into a monolog of what he was going to do. I ignored all the boring stuff and kinda drifted off to sleep, but I woke up for the interesting crap.

"And I will take one of your band mates, the most pain tolerant one who cares a lot about you, and I will inflict so much physical pain on them that you will be able to hear their screams clear across the stage." That was the last thing I heard before he knocked me unconscious again and carried me off to some unknown place.

Friday Night 7:30pm

Narrator POV

Back in the HQ room all of Amu's band mates were pacing back and forth waiting to see what the other could come up with because their next performance was in a few hours. Then a nock was heard on the door. Rima tentatively walked over to the door and opened it expecting to see Ikuto standing there, as he had made a recent trip to the bathroom. But he wasn't there when she opened the door. Amu curled up on the floor knocked out with duck tape holding her hands and feet together and her mouth gagged. They all rushed over and un-tapped her, but to their dismay there was a note.

Dear retarded friends of Amu,

I have taken a different member of your band because just having Amu was no fun, especially since you morons only knew 2 songs. I had to give her back to keep the fun going. By now I'm pretty sure you have figured out who I took. Well if Amu tells you anything when she wakes up I'm not in a dressing room anymore and we also wont be having another cell phone call tracing again. Aren't I a sick bastard? Yea I though so. I will also have a little talk with him and I WILL break him. No matter what it takes.

Sincerely,

Aforementioned Sick Bastard

The room went silent and they all stared at the note until they had it memorized.

Ikuto POV

Blood. Blood was dripping from the side of my head where Tadase had struck me with a leg of a chair. Thankfully, the chair was old so the leg broke easily. I looked up to meet his eyes. Anger, and lots of it too. He just glared back at me, as if he was trying to bore a hole through my head.

" I know you are in love with her!" He shouted at me.

What?! I was right? Go figure. Thank you magical mirror poem guru. So that's what he wanted from me huh? So I would be out of the way so she would be free game.

"And what if I am?" I retorted.

"You will pay, oh so greatly."

"What is with you? First you say you want to get back at her and then you want her to fall in love with you? Make up your frigging mind!"

"Well if you must know, I love her yes, but she never picked up on any of my feelings! Also I hate her. Yes I'm bipolar I know. I hate her and have been jealous of her for these past years. Her and her stupid little perfect life. She just ignored me and I was left alone. So if she wont like me then I will make her hate me sooo much that she will never forget me! My jealousy of her caused me to love her too. If that makes sense. "

"So this has nothing to do with your fathers."

"Nope. She just thinks that 'cause she's too stupid to think other wise. I got over that a long time ago. I didn't even really like my father."

Shocked by this I just had my mouth wide open gaping at nothing. Then he walked over and hit my chin upward causing me to bite down on my tongue. I could taste the coppery flavor of more blood before I could see it staining the front of my shirt along with my right shoulder from where he hit me with the chair. Good lord this guy has serious anger issues.

"So why am I here?" I questioned his evilness.

"She is too in love with you to leave you alone, it wouldn't take her 2 seconds to drop a stupid bet just to come looking for you."

"You're lying! I wont let you trick me!" I shouted in frustration.

Why would she like me? All I had done was tease her and laugh at her there is no way she would like me.

Amu POV

Friday Night 7:45pm

"We need to go on stage now! With or without Ikuto." I know it was mean but I had to win this bet to save him. It was all part of my plan. Once I start performing or win, Tadase will come out of hiding and that's when I lost my train of thought so I think I'll just wing it from there. Wow I'm dizzy. Well enough on that. To the stage!

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

Chorus

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

(Long Guitar Solo)

Chorus

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

Chorus

I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

After singing that song I took a deep breath and looked around the audience. They were cheering ever so loudly and they were all clapping and giving us a standing ovation. Great! This was absolutly great! If only Ikuto was here to see….. Oh yea. That's right, he isn't here. I turned to look at Kukai and he mouthed the words "Kairi's working on it." Good old Kukai. How did we become friends anyway? Oh yea through Ikuto. He has changed my life so much. I wonder if he's ok.

Ikuto POV

Wow that's a lot of blood. A lot… I… can't….. focus…. whats….. happening…..

Kukai POV

"Hey Utau."

"Hey Kukai, umm I have something to say."

" Shoot."

"I think I've fallen in love with you."

"Heh what a coencidence me too."

Amu POV

Oh great. Mushy sceen. I'm leaving. I need to find Ikuto.

~5hrs later~

I've been searching all night. I can't find him. I wonder if Kairi has any news on him before the finally tomorrow. And Tadase. His jealousy is so great I can't reason with him at all. I know he's jealous of me. I have always known. I just denied it because I didn't want to be the reason someone was in misery. I was sad so I started singing a few bars before a fell onto my bed and fell asleep.

Can you feel the love tonight

How its laid to rest

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds

Believe the very best

Ikuto POV

"Well now that hes gonna be out of the way for a while." I said as I stood over Tadase's unconscious body with a good sized pool of blood around him. You see I had hit him in the head with the same chair leg as he had hit me with. And I don't do very well at the sight of a lot of blood so I kinda became a little woozy. Also to keep him here for a good amount of time I tied him to a chair and duck tapped his mouth shut. Now that this is done I have a beautiful Idea. Just you wait Amu I'm gonna blow your mind away. : 3 But first some sleep its like 1:00 in the morning. So I laid my head down on the couch outside the room I was in. Basically I was in Tadase's storage shed in his back yard. Funny, who puts a couch in their backyard shed?

Saturday Morning 1am

A/N

Ok I know the time line is a little confusing but one of these days I will put dates on all the stories so it will be easier. Oh and there are going to be two more chapters. One for the ending and an epiloge (if that's how its spelt). Hope you'll love them just as much. Also sry for all the violence in the chapter I got a little carried away.

Songs:

Iris-Goo Goo Dolls

Other song, see chapter 3