This chapter was inspired by me and my friend Meg-Chan's little story we do every

Week.

Now presenting Chapter 12:

Convention Confusion

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This time I'm using a new closer!

~Pitchi Pitchi voice live START! ~

Amu's P.O.V

I put on a long, light pink, flowing night dress.

I love Alice's clothes!

I smiled at the mirror and brushed my hair a bit, "I wonder… about that Kuto guy… hmmm." I said to myself.

I walked over to my bed and wrapped myself in the silk blankets, and fell asleep.

I woke up to a faint noise outside. I quickly put on my slippers and ran to the balcony.

I opened the glass door and leaned over the edge. The newbie, Kuto, was playing the violin. And the exact same melody Ikuto played to me a couple times in the park. I froze in shock.

"IKUTO!" I yelled down to him.

Kuto looked up at me with a worried face; tears were in my eyes as I finally made out his face, just like Ikuto's. His worried frown turned into a smile as he winked at me and said, "I'd never leave you Amu."

It really is him!

"Ikuto!" I yelled again, tears streaming down my face.

I tried to lean out further to see him better, but instead I slipped on the marble and tripped over the ledge.

I screamed at the top of my lungs as I plummeted 4 floors down, never slowing down. I saw a flash of black and blue and soon enough I was in Ikuto's arms.

He kissed me and stared into my eyes, "I'd never hurt you. Besides… that Meg girl wasn't really my type… I prefer stubborn pinkettes."

I held onto him tighter, "I missed you so much."

I heard the doors throw open, I looked over to the back doors to see Alice holding a 1940 baseball bat, "Where's the thief! Lemme' at im!"

She looked at me and Ikuto, put her bat down, and smiled, "I knew he'd come back."

A tall muscular man, with dark brown hair, in a white T-shirt and sweat pants walked outside and stood next to Alice, "Ah so this is Amu… and who's this young man? A new servant?"

Alice hugged the man and winked at me, "Kamahi dear this is Amu's boyfriend, Ikuto."

Kamahi smiled at Alice and looked over to me, "Looks like we finally get to meet Amu, I'm Kamahi Freeta, Alice's husband."

I saw a twinkle in Alice's eye, "Oh she knows."

I looked up at Ikuto, "But what's with the freckles, and the hair, and the glasses. Yuck! You look like a nerd."

I fixed his hair, threw his fake glasses on the ground, and wiped away his fake freckles, "There that's much better."

"Aww I thought I looked sexy," Ikuto pouted.

I smacked him in the head, "You look better as regular Ikuto! And you've got all the fan girls to prove it!"

He smirked and kissed me on the forehead, "But do they even matter?"

"Ahhh it's so romantic! I think I'm gonna cry!" Alice wailed.

Kamahi handed her a tissue, and Alice blew into it, "You two –sniff- are so –blows into tissue- cute together!"

I giggled and looked back at Ikuto, "You know you can let me down now."

Ikuto pouted and put me on his shoulders instead, "There."

I banged on his head, "Hey Im not a little kid! Lemme down!!!"

"Well you sure sound like – Ow." Ikuto laughed.

"Hmmf." I crossed my arms on his head.

He swung me back into his arms and kissed me, "Isn't it better just like this?"

I blushed and looked over to Alice, "I guess this means I won't be staying."

Alice frowned and nodded, "But I have to say you were a lot of fun to have here. You should probably stay for the night, since it's already this late."

I nodded, Ikuto carried me and we walked inside with Alice and Kamahi.

Alice looked back to me, "Oh I don't really have any boy's rooms since I usually take in girls….would you two mind sleeping in Amu's room? Her bed is King sized so you two would fit. It's not a problem is it?"

Ikuto muffled a laugh, "King. Ha-ha."

He smiled at Alice and kissed my forehead, "I have not problem with it."

I blushed, "Just let me down already! I can walk!"

He flicked my nose, "I can carry you just fine."

I crossed my arms, "FINE have it your way." But I couldn't help but smile a bit.

Ikuto's P.O.V

-The next morning-

"Welcome home Amu!" Utau and Rima squeezed Amu.

"C-can't breathe!" She stuttered.

Utau let go, "Woops."

Kukai was bothering me about the mansion.

"How big was it? Huge? Were did you go in it? What was your first job? What's Alice like? Did my plan work? Did she find out herself?" Kukai pestered me.

I punched him in the ****, "Shut it you idiot, let me relax."

Kukai fell to the ground his hand between his legs, "Man that hurt! Why'd you have to hit THERE! THERE of all places!?"

I laughed and threw a pillow at him, "That's what you get."

Nagi sighed and sipped his Fresca, "You two never stop."

Utau stood up from the other side of the room and took a pamphlet out of her purse "As a celebration of Amu's return we are going to the New York Anime convention!"

Ikuto sighed, "I'm NOT dressing up as Ikuto from Shugo Chara."

Utau smiled, "Oh you won't be in an Ikuto costume, Ikuto. What do you think of a mermaid's boyfriend?"

"What?" I asked, confused.

Amu's P.O.V

"Why can't I be Luchia!?" I whined to Utau.

We were at the anime convention on Broadway, dressed as characters from Mermaid Melody. I was Hanon, Utau was Luchia, and Rima was Lei (There are so many ways to say her name I just picked this way).

"Ya and why am I Lei? Im not like her at all." Rima fumed.

"Suuure Rima…" Utau said, "And I'm Luchia because I have the same kind of hair she has! It's as simple as that!"

I crossed my arms, "Fine."

I looked over at Ikuto who was wearing a Nagisa outfit.

"Were did they even get me a size for this?" Ikuto sighed.

I started laughing, "Haha! You're dressed as a little kid!"

Ikuto picked me up and kissed me on the lips, "But I'm still Hanon's boyfriend."

I smiled and patted his head, "Yep, for a freshman middle-schooler."

He put me down, "Fine be that way, me and Kukai will go get some food, and hopefully get some better costumes."

Ikuto dragged Kukai into the crowd of cosplayers and disappeared.

Nagi ran off somewhere with Rima, leaving me and Utau all alone.

"We've been ditched." I sulked.

"Ya…" Utau sulked with me.

I looked over at the Mermaid Melody stand, "How bout we go check out Mermaid Melody? Then we can look at Shugo Chara?"

Utau nodded and we walked over to the stand.

We bought tons of Mermaid Melody toys, like the magic microphone and bubble maker, just to buy stuff.

After some popcorn we headed over to the Shugo Chara stand and changed into Utau and Amu costumes.

All we had to do was change outfits, no wigs or fake faces needed.

"You know what I hate?" I asked Utau while we watched cosplayers pass by.

"What?" Utau said, eating a Kukai cookie.

"How they practically made a show out of my life! I mean… charas, pink hair? It's like I'm being recorded right as we speak." I said.

Right as I said that a bunch of camera men ran out from behind a wooden picture of Ichigo from Tokyo Mew Mew.

I sighed.

How annoying is this…

From the crowd Ikuto and Kukai appeared in Ikuto and Kukai costumes form Shugo chara.

I jumped out of my seat and hugged Ikuto, "Finally! You were gone for so long! Looks like you found new costumes."

Utau walked over to Kukai, "Aww I liked the Kaito outfit better though."

Ikuto and Kukai gave each other a quick glance and smiled.

I looked up at Ikuto, "What is it?"

Without saying a word they led me and Utau outside the convention into an alleyway.

"Umm Ikuto? Why are we here?" I asked him.

He whispered something to Kukai and kept walking, completely ignoring me.

"Hey Ikuto!" I hit him in the back.

Ikuto turned around and grabbed me arm, and said in an unfamiliar voice, "Ikuto isn't here right now; the Ikuto you're looking for is back at the convention."

I froze in my tracks, this wasn't the real Ikuto and Kukai, and they were cosplayers, very good ones.

Ikuto's P.O.V

"Ok I got some strawberry frozen yogurt for A- where'd they go?" I looked around the Mermaid Melody room, but Utau and Amu had disappeared.

"Maybe they went to another anime room?" Kukai said walking up behind me with the ice cream he got for Utau.

"Maybe…," I replied.

I and Kukai went to all the other Anime rooms, but they weren't there.

After awhile of searching I heard my cell phone ring, I dug it out of my pocket and looked at the front screen, Amu's picture appeared on the caller ID.

I flipped my cell open and said, "Where are you? We've been looking everywhere for you two!"

I heard a scream and Amu said into the phone, "Ikuto help us! There are these guys –no! Stop it! Ikuto please! We are in the- Nooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The line went dead.

"What the hell was that all about?" Kukai grabbed my phone and tried to call back, "She won't answer."

He handed the phone back to me. I put it back in my pocket and frowned.

What's going on?

"Wait Ikuto! You don't think it's…?" Kukai stuttered.

I froze, "We have to find them…"

"Right." Kukai nodded.

We ran outside and looked around the entrance, I directed Kukai to go check the parking area while I checked the alleyway's between the apartments.

"We have to find them! Who knows what Tadase has done!?" I pushed Kukai towards the parked cars and ran off into the alley.

I ran through dozens of alleyways with no luck.

Where could they have be taken…?

"Why do all good days just turn into a mess!?" I grumbled to myself.

I ran down an alleyway between a perfume shop and a comic store, I could hear screams and shouts, yet no one on the streets seem to notice but me.

What's WRONG with all these people!?

I could see four figures looming near the end of the alleyway; I started running faster, "AMU! UTAU!"

I could see two men trying to rip off Amu and Utau's clothes.

Oh shit!

"AMU! UTAU!!!!" I yelled.

I saw Amu looking back to see me, she smiled and tried to run towards me, but one of the men caught her by the collar and forced her backwards into a wall.

"Ah!" Amu yelped.

"What the hell man!" I screamed at the guy and gave him my middle finger.

He just smirked and said, "Your girl don't belong to you no more sucka."

"What are you talking about!?" I started walking towards them as they were backing up.

"She's the kings now." The fake Kukai snickered.

"King." I fumed, "That sly little fake king thinks he can just take her!?"

"Yes I do," said a voice behind me.

I turned around to see Tadase, Charanaried into his stupid king transformation.

"So pictures just weren't enough for you? Huh Kiddy King? You had to hire men to RAPE her!?" I yelled at him.

"Oh no, no, no, nothing like that, just to lure you out here," Tadase said.

"Ok dude what do you want?" I said putting my hands up, going along with it.

He grinned, "I'm glad you asked."

Dun Dun…. DUNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What will happen?

What is Tadase doing in America?

Will Ikuto save Amu and Utau?

Where is Nagi and Rima?

Will there ever be a peaceful day for everyone?

Find out in the next Chapter of…

Confusing Love! ~

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