Evil Tadase returns! What will he do?

Will Amu escape?

Does Ikuto have enough time?

What does 88 minutes have to do with this!?

Enough with the questions! I've kept you all waiting for Confusing Love not this xD.

Now presenting Confusing Love: Chapter 13:

Tadase's Comeback

Doki~

Amu's P.O.V

I watched in horror as Utau was bound and gagged, and thrown to the side of the alleyway.

"No!" I screamed trying to run towards her. But I was stopped by the fakes.

"Now…" Tadase said, glaring at Ikuto, "Where were we?"

Tadase pressed a button on his coat. A huge cage fell on top of Ikuto from the roof of the apartments next to the alley. It had no floor so Ikuto was swallowed by the heavy bars.

Ikuto glowered at him, "You evil little brat! Let us go!"

Tadase smirked, "Aww is the little kitty trapped?"

Why…why does this always happen to me?!

I couldn't do anything but stand there and sob. If I tried to help Id probably get captured too.

What do I do?

Now the men were starting to gang up on me, I backed up to the wall, my arms grasping the broken bricks.

I looked in my purse for something to use, I fumbled over blushes and pieces of paper.

I felt a familiar tube of lipstick and pulled it out. It was red and green, and decorated with tiny black dots. In big yellow letters were the words "Danger! Use only in emergency!" I grinned and pulled off the cap.

"This isn't just any lipstick, it's the worlds most effective pepper spray. It blinds anyone you spray for 78 hours. When you're in New York, keep it in your purse…just in case." Mama had told me on my way out to the airport.

"Oh no! We are gonna get hit with LIPSTICK!" The fake Ikuto said sarcastically.

I smirked at them and sprayed them both in the eyes.

"SHIT! What the hell was that!?" The fake Kukai yelped.

"I can't friggin see!" The fake Ikuto screamed.

The two fakes ran around covering their eyes with their hands. I snickered and pointed the pepper spray at Tadase.

"You really think pepper spray can hurt me?" Tadase said raising his eyebrows, "Go ahead…try."

I pressed down the spray…but nothing came out. I shook it and tried again. No luck. I flipped the tube to look at the instructions…

"Can only be used twice every five minutes due to toxic pressure," I read out loud.

What the!?

I took a worried glance at Tadase and ran over to Ikuto's cage. I hid behind it and grabbed onto the bars, Ikuto spread out his arms- protecting me.

Tadase reached into his pocket, "Now, now, Amu," He pulled out a small silver gun, "Come back or Ikuto gets it."

"No way! You're too young to have a gun!" I hissed.

"I got it from my dad," Tadase replied.

"Liar," I said with a blank expression on my face.

"Well anyways," Tadase said clenching his fists, "Do as I say!"

Ikuto stared at Tadase, "Fine! Go ahead! Shoot me! You'll never do it."

"Ikuto! Don't try and be brave! Are you an idiot!?" I grabbed onto his shirt from between the bars, "He'll kill you!"

"Y-ya! I'll pull this trigger and you'll be gone," The gun shook in Tadase's hand, "I-I won't hold back."

I pulled on Ikuto's shirt, frightened by Tadase's anger. I tried to make him do something…say something… but he just stood there, staring at Tadase.

He pointed somewhere behind Tadase, "What If I told you there was an FBI agent behind you…pointing a gun towards your head?"

"Oh give it up Ikuto." Tadase quickly looked behind him, and then smirked, "You've lost in the end."

"Now," Tadase raised the gun and began slowly walking forward, "Hand her over,"

"IKUTO!" I yelled.

Ikuto raised his eyebrows, "No joke, there really is an FBI agent behind you."

"Pfft, I'm not falling for th-" Tadase was cut off by a 1940's baseball bat, smashing into his head, forcing him to the ground.

A cosplayer in a pink ninja outfit stood behind him, the bat in its hand.

I looked up at Ikuto, confused. He just shrugged, "It didn't HAVE to be an FBI agent…this isn't 88 minutes you know."

"That was fun! Let's do it again!" A familiar voice came from the cosplayer.

The cosplayer ripped off its mask…revealing Alice, beaming with a big smile, "Hello darling."

"Who? What? When? WHY!?" I looked from Alice to Ikuto.

Alice pressed the button on Tadase's coat, and let Ikuto out of the cage.

Still confused I asked, "Exactly what's going on?"

Ikuto laughed and looked at Alice, "Good work." He then showed me a keychain tied to his Kaito outfit. It had a small red button on it that glimmered in the darkness. He pushed it and looked over to Alice. I heard a faint "beep" come from Alice's pocket.

She pulled out a similar keychain with tiny holes in it, "I gave Ikuto that keychain before you left. Just incase something bad happened." She pointed to the keychain, "There's a micro phone in Ikuto's keychain, so whenever he pushed the red button…"

Ikuto pressed the button and spoke into it, "She hears everything out of the speakers in hers."

"Why wasn't I in on any of this!?" I yelled at Ikuto.

He winked at me and put his hand on my head, "You're a terrible actress."

I crossed my arms, "Then what about Tadase? Was that fake too?"

Ikuto turned serious, "No he actually did all this. Now next time make sure you don't just run off! Bad things can happen like this. We don't want Tadase hurting you anymore."

I frowned and looked over at Alice, she was untying Utau in the corner of the alley.

Utau spit on the ground, "Yuck! That gag thing tastes terrible."

She looked up at Alice and smiled, "Long time no see Alice, how have you been?"

Alice grinned and started playing with Utau's hair, "Oh I've been good. Are you alright?"

"Ya…I am now. But Jeez that scared me half to death! The fake Kukai freaks me out!" Utau pouted.

As if one cue, Kukai ran into the alley way with Rima and Nagi huffing and puffing, "Is everyone…o-ok?"

Utau jumped up and ran to hug Kukai, "Ah I missed you Kukai! The fake you was scary!" I saw a single tear run down her cheek.

Nagi walked over to Tadase and stepped on his leg, "Yep he's out cold."

Kukai looked over to Nagi, "Ya. Now we better get outta here. He may regain conscious any minute now."

Rima frowned, "What should we do with him?"

Nagi shrugged, "Leave him here I guess."

Ikuto grinned at Nagi, "I have a better idea."

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Ikuto wiped his hands on his shirt, "That'll do."

Tadase was head first in the garbage, his frilly outfit shredded, and to top it all of… a MAJOR wedgie that will hurt for days.

Ikuto twirled Tadase's crown on his finger, "Well then…Let's go."

He flung the crown into a sleeping hobo's lap.

The hobo woke up and gasped at the gold crown, "Thank you so much sir!"

I giggled, but immediately stopped when I got a weird feeling in my stomach. One of the fakes had kicked me in the stomach while I was trapped in the alley way. A big purple and black bruise marked an X shape on the side of my stomach. I lifted up my shirt a little to see there were more than just that huge bruise. But dozens more smaller ones, scattered around my stomach. I heard a gasp and looked up. Ikuto was clenching his teeth, his knuckles turning ghost white. I quickly pulled my shirt down and frowned.

"The next time I see that dumb jack ass," Ikuto hissed, "Ill never forgive him."

~At the hotel~

Everyone went to their rooms, tired and wearing from today in the alley. We all changed into our PJ's for the night.

While I was in the bathroom, getting changed. I let out all my tears, sobbing over the sink. I tried to keep quiet, so Ikuto wouldn't worry about me. But after a bit, I heard a knock on the door.

"Hey Amu, you ok?" Ikuto asked, "You've been in there for a while."

"I-I'm fine," I croaked to the door.

I heard a click and Ikuto walked into the bathroom. I quickly covered my eyes, hiding my tears.

"Don't worry Amu." Ikuto wrapped his arms around me, "Go on…cry. Let it all out."

I put down my hands and looked at him. I burst into tears, crying into his chest, "When will this end?!"

He ran his fingers through my hair, "Soon Amu… Soon."

Gomen for such a short chapter, but I hope you all liked it ^^

What will happen next?

Will Tadase ever stop this madness?

Find out in the next chapter of Confusing Love~!

Doki~