Ok, now that I've started high school I get close to 0 of free time of any sort. So, I really don't have much time to type up any chapters for Cat's True Love. If I do get any time on any computer, I'll type this up…maybe… shifty eyes you really can't blame me cause the train ride is 1 hour + and across two cities…so you can't blame me (conscience: Yes, they so can.)
Bip: Ok! Let's get things started here! –Cheerful for some reason-
Nagihiko: You're cheerful today, Bip-san. Why?
Bip: Cause… :D after this chapter, the plot is coming to place!
Nagihiko: That's impressive, you actually thought of the plot in advance (for once).
Bip: Yes! Yes! Aren't I special!
Nagihiko: Yes, you are. –pats bip on the head-
Bip: Oh! Natsuya801923, you guessed right ;P Good job!
"Talking"
Thinking
"YELLING"
"Person saying something special or person thinking back to what another person said. You'll have to figure it out yourself :O"
Chapter 5: The Horrors of Halloween
-Amu's POV-
Tadase and I started entered the school. The decorations were kind of lame. There were ghosts and stuff, but they looked faker than the kids pretending to be them for trick or treating. Seriously, why does anyone believe in ghosts? I sighed. Tadase walked beside me. He had no expression on and just stared at the decorations.
Wait! I can take advantage of this situation! I can act all girly and scared… A plot began to form in my head. I pretended to tremble.
"Amu-san? Is something wrong?"
I looked up at him with teary eyes. "I-I I'm scared!"
"It…It's alright! We're almost out anyways!" He pointed to a light at the end of the hallway.
Darn! We reached the end of the hallway only to find it split two ways. There was a sign post that said 'Scary Path' and 'Scarier Path' on the bottom of the two arrows, there was a sort of message 'If you were scared before, you should turn back. You will start screaming your head off soon.' What the hell? From what I've seen, nothing can get LAMER.
"Amu-san, do you want to turn back? You said you were scared."
I shook my head. "I'll be Ok. Let's take the Scarier path."
"Um…OK."
We walked in silence and I wondered if he was upset about something. He isn't smiling like he normally does. "Ta—"
"Amu-san, isn't it strange that there hasn't been anymore decorations?"
"Huh?" I glanced around and found out he was right. Strange. Didn't the sign say this was the scarier path? I looked around and realized something. "Tadase-kun! What happened to the classrooms?! I grabbed onto his arm, now. I was more than a little scared.
"You're right; it's just a hallway, no classrooms."
Bang. Crash. Thud.
"W-What was that?!" I asked, more like screamed as I clutched his arm a little tighter.
"Huh? I didn't hear anything."
I felt a cold sensation behind me right after he said that. (A/N: Omg…I scared myself writing that -.- I'm an idiot. I am gullible to my self. Dx) "T-T-T-T-T-Tadase-kun? Do you feel like there's someone behind us?"
"Y-Yeah. It does feel a bit like that, huh? Wanna look?"
I nodded.
"Ok. On 3."
I nodded again. He began counting. "1…2…3!" We both turned to find a woman with pale skin, dark hair and in a white dress. We stared for about three seconds as she began to turn transparent. Then we both looked down. NO FEET!!
Tadase and I exchanged a look and then ran down the hallways screaming.
-Narrator's POV-
The ghost woman took out a remote, pressed a button and her feet appeared and stopped being transparent. She walked toward the wall, lifted a black curtain and used water from a water fountain to wash her face. She took off her wig to reveal red-brown hair.
"Wow, Sanjo, your costume worked well. They got really scared." Said Nikaido, walking out from another curtain.
"Yeah. This light bending costume is awesome."
-Amu's POV-
After running down the whole hallway up 3 flights of stairs, we ended up on the roof, naturally. On this roof, there are benches for people to sit in. We both sat together on one bench. I thought I saw a shape behind the door from the stairs. But, I realized it was my imagination when I saw the plant continue to bend from the wind.
"That was fun Amu-san." Tadase said smiling at me. I blushed and tried to stop myself.
"It's nothing."
He smiles again. "There's one girl in my life that makes me really happy. It's because she's always fun to be with."
Huh? I looked at him surprised. "There's someone you like?"
"Yes. She's a really great person! She always listens to what I have to say. And…although sometimes she rushes into things, she's…special." He stopped speaking for a moment. "Even though I'm not number one in her heart, I just want her to be happy."
"…Tadase-kun…" He's so brave to do that. Doesn't that hurt him? I thought for a moment. Could he mean me? Maybe he mistaken me for being with Ikuto…It could be…Naw. That can't happen. In the corner of my eye, I thought I saw something, again. But, once again, it was just my imagination.
"The thing is…I would like to find out who it is that she likes better so one day, I can become someone she likes." He turned to look at me. "Hinamori-san!" He said with a stern voice.
"Y-Yes?!"
"I have a request!"
"Yes?"
"Can you please ask her?"
"Can you please ask her?" The words struck me hard as I realized what it meant for me. It isn't me. He doesn't like me. I'm just another girl to him.
"Um…You don't have to ask Ran if you don't want to. I'm just asking."
So it's Ran. I should have figured as much.
He looked at me expectantly. And I was at a lost of words. If I say no, he'll be mad at me. If I say yes, I'm just digging my love grave. The thing I want to do most right now is…cry I was surprise at how strange that sounded to me. I hardly ever cry in my entire life.
"It's time to go home, Amu!" a voice above me said. We looked up to see Ikuto.
"Ikuto?"
"Who's this, Amu-san?"
"Uh, Uh…"
"I am Amu's cousin's cousin's uncle's sister in law's younger sister's cousin's cousin twice removed."
We both stared at him.
"Right, Amu?"
"R-Right." I said, still a little dazed at the easy lie he made up.
"Ok, then. See you later, Amu-san." Tadase stood up and walked to the door. I didn't say anything until I heard his footsteps fade away until I couldn't hear them anymore.
"Um…Ikuto…thanks. But, next time, don't creep around changing from cat to human."
"You saw me?"
"Yes. And I thought I was seeing things. Luckily, I convinced myself that it was my imagination so I didn't get too scared. Then again there's no such thing as ghosts." We were silent for a moment.
"But I exist."
"You're not a ghost. Just some…uh…" Well, he's something supernatural… I couldn't think of a word and we were silent again. "Hey, why'd you help me?" I said, breaking the silence.
"You were driving yourself into a corner. I didn't want to see him do that, not again. He's always doing that, watching not helping. I don't want anyone else hurt because of that."
"Ikuto…?"
"Ah!" He said, as if just realizing I was there. "Let's go."
The day after Tadase said he like Ran, I locked myself in my room. Only coming out for school, breakfast, and bathroom needs. Ikuto was allowed to come in, but during the time I was moping, he appeared to be, too. He just sat on the couch at the living room and just gazed off to space. I wondered if he was thinking about. Geez. Just what happened between them that he won't tell me?
The next day at school, Nikaido made me do errands. He explained how the ghost was created at the 'Scarier path'. He said errands were punishment for making so much noise that it made other students upset. I saw no logic in that.
When I was doing one of my errands, I saw Tadase standing by himself, looking at something. I couldn't tell what it was, though.
I did my best to walk by him and pretended not to notice, but it didn't work.
"Amu-san!"
"Y-Yes, Tadase-kun?" I didn't turn to look at him; I just paused and waited for him to speak. I couldn't look at him. I was afraid that I would start crying.
"Um…I want to speak with you about something."
It's probably about Ran. He wants me to ask her.
"If you are thinking about last night, you don't have to talk to Ran. I asked her myself."
"R-Really?" I said, still not turning around.
"I want to talk to you about something, else. It's really important."
This time I did turn around. "Really?"
"Yes. Can I come over this afternoon, after school?"
"Y-Yea! Of course!" I wonder what he has to tell me. What could be so important?
He turned to walk away, but he turned back as if he remembered something. "By the way, your…uh…cousin (was it?), his name was Ikuto, right?"
"Huh? Yeah, why?"
"Wasn't your cat named Ikuto?"
Oh shoot. I forgot! I shouldn't have called him that! Gotta lie, quick!! "Um…yes! He was the one who…gave me Ikuto, so I name him that!"
"Oh…really? I thought he was a stray you took in. That's what you said."
"Huh? Did I?" I started panicking. Then I remembered, when he first met Ikuto on that rainy day, I had told him I found him a few days ago. "Um…Ikuto was with me when we found him. He gave it to me because he didn't want it alone! Ahahaha…."
"Oh…Is that so…? Well, I'll see you this afternoon." He said and left.
I quickly finished my errands. I had something to look forward to this afternoon and I can't wait.
Bip: -stares off into space –
Nagihiko: Bip-san?
Bip: -Starts crying-
Nagihiko: ?? What's wrong, Bip-san?!
Bip: No…nothing. I just finished thinking up the ending for this story –cries-
Nagihiko: It's going to have a sad last scene?
Bip: Huh? No. It's what would happen before the last scene.
Nagihiko: Oh, you mean like one of those last battle things?
Bip: Yes! –takes out a abacus and starts counting with it-
Nagihiko: What are you doing now?
Bip: Calculating how many chapters Cat's True Love, Storyline and Angel and Devil will have.
Nagihiko: Storyline? Angel and Devil?
Bip: It's a stuff to come. Oh, in storyline, you might be split.
Nagihiko: Split? You're being confusing today.
Next Chapter Title:
Chapter 6: The Past Tadase Couldn't Remember; Ikuto's feelings
Nagihiko: That doesn't explain very well…
Bip: They'll have to figure on their own…BWHAHAHAHAHA!
Nagihiko: -sweatdrop- Isn't there one more thing you wanted to include?
Bip: Oh, yes! But you say it.
Nagihiko: Right…Please review!