Me: argh I'm sorry I haven't been updating. Blame the horrible monsters named school and naggy asian mom
Ikuto: well at least you're back now
Me: and plus I kinda had writers block so I was working on a third story which I won't publish until summer break soooo sorry if you guys wanna read it. And it's not a yaoi by the way
*fans toss random crap at Yuzuki*
Me:okay okay I'll get on with the story now. D:
Zero: Yuzuki does NOT own Vampire Knight or Shugo Chara nor does she own me or Ikuto
Oh and guess what. In 2 weeks, I'm gonna go to Katsucon, my first ANIME CONVENTION! I'm so excited!

Chapter 20. Game Plan

Normal POV

Silence filled the room.

"You don't have a plan do you, Hotaru?" Rima asked.

Hotaru's face fell. "No, I don't."

Everyone else sweatdropped.

'We got excited for nothing.' Zero thought.

"Tadaima!" a voice called out.

"Okairi,Nagi" Rima said.

"Eh? Who's that?" Hotatru aked, pointing to the person behind Nagihiko.

"Amu!" Lulu and Yaya cried at the same time.

" It's been a long time Yaya, Lulu" Amu said.

"Where have you been, Amu-chi? You said you'd visit sometime!" Yaya whined as she glomped Amu.

"I'm sorry, I've been busy." Amu said.

Lulu pried Yaya and Amu apart. Amu noticed the four teenagers that were staring at her.

"Oh! Of course you don't know me. I'm Amu Hinamori. Nice to meet you Tadase-kun, Kairi-kun, Rima-chan, Hotaru-chan." Amu said. "I heard about what happened to Ikuto so I came to help."

"Good, we need all the help we can get." Hotaru said "But the problem is we don't know where Ikuto is and probably they have a pretty tight security wherever he is, so we need a game plan."

"I have a feeling Ikuto is being held hostage at the main Easter building and I actually have a map of the entire place." Amu explained as she pulled out a roll of paper from thin air. She unrolled it and placed it on the table.

"The most obvious place they would hide Ikuto is in the basement because it's a place you'd normally use as a dungeon, but if that's not the case..." Amu said as she pointed to a little square next to a room labeled 'research lab'. "He's probably in that room, being used as a test subject."

"So we'll split up and look both places." Kairi said.

"Alright! I like how this is going!" Hotaru said excitedly.

"But how are we going to get past the guards?" Rima wondered.

"Answer's easy. Weapons. We'll just intimidate them or knock them out." Hotaru explained. "Besides, I need to find a good use of that billhook I found in my parents' toolshed."

"And no one can see the angels besides us, so they have an advantage." Tadase said.

"Alright, so we'll go home and get some sort of weapon then we'll meet up here tonight then we'll go invade Easter." Nagihiko said.

"Sounds good." everyone else agreed. Hotaru giggled.

"What's wrong?" Tadase asked.

"Looks like he's having fun in Lala Land." Hotaru replied, pointing to Zero, who had fallen asleep.

"Poor him. Losing Ikuto must be hard on him." Amu said.

"Ikuto..." Zero muttered in his sleep.

"I bet he's dreaming about Ikuto." Hotaru giggled again.

"Obviously. Nagi told me that they were dating for a while now. I'd have to admit, they make a pretty cute couple, even if they're both guys." Amu said.

"I know,right?"

"Hota-chan, Amu-chi! Are you coming?" Yaya asked.

"Yea, I'm coming!" Hotaru said.

"I think I'll stay here and keep Zero company." Amu said.

"Suit yourself." Hotaru replied before she walked out the door.

Zero's POV

"Open your eyes, Zero-kun." I heard a woman's voice say.

I opened my eyes slowly.

'It's so bright and where am I?'

"Oh good, you're awake." the voice said.

It took a while for my eyes to focus on the person hovering over me. She had long blond hair and purple eyes. She looked like Utau but I knew it wasn't her.

"Who are you? You look just like Utau."

The woman chuckled. "You noticed? I'm Souko Tsukiyomi. I'm Ikuto and Utau's mother."

"Looks like the kid's awake." a man's voice said.

I turned around. There was a man with dark blue eyes and navy blue hair like Ikuto's but slightly longer.

"Ikuto?" I said.

The man laughed. "Sorry, but I'm not Ikuto. I'm Ikuto's father, Aruto Tsukiyomi."

"Where am I?" I asked.

"You're dreaming." Souko said softly.

"If I'm dreaming, then why are you here?"

"This the only way we can talk to you. We want to thank you." Aruto said.

"For what?" I asked.

"For protecting Ikuto when we couldn't" Souko explained. "We didn't want him to spend the rest of his life grieving over our deaths and the other bad things that had happened after that. You've helped him move on so we want to thank you."

"But I let Easter take Ikuto and I couldn't do anything about it." I said.

"But you are doing something about it. You're willing to do anything for Ikuto, even if you get hurt." Aruto said.

"You're about to wake up, Zero-kun, so we want you to do us a favor." Souko said.

"What is it?"

"Keep watching Ikuto for us."

I nodded. Souko and Aruto waved goodbye then-

Splash!

I woke up the second I felt the cold water on my face. I looked a Hotaru who was holding an empty bucket.

"Rise and shine, Snowcap" she said, smirking.

"What the fuck, Hotaru!"

"Hey, Nagihiko dared me." Hotaru pointed to Nagihiko who was literally rolling on the floor laughing.

"Sorry Zero." Nagihiko said, still laughing. I glared at him.

I noticed something was strapped to Hotaru's back.

"What's that?" I asked.

"Oh, it's just my favorite billhook." Hotaru said innocently as she pulled the strap over her head, showing me a large cleaver with a spike at the end of it. (A/N: It's just like Rena's billhook from Higurashi.)

"We got some weapons when you were snoozing." Hotaru explained.

I looked around and noticed that Tadase, Kairi and Rima had some sort of weapon. Kairi has a katana, Rima had a baseball bat, and Tadase had a knife that looked like something off of a horror movie.

"You guys look like you're out to kill someone." I commented.

"I'm pretty sure those guards have guns and the can kick us out pretty easily, so we have these, just in case." Hotaru explained.

Amu held a box in front of my face."This is for you, you're going to need it." she said.

I tore the lid off. Inside the box was a gun. My Bloody Rose gun.

"Where did you get this?" I asked, examining the gun.

Amu placed a finger over her lips and winked. "It's a secret."

"If we're going to go to Easter unnoticed, we're gonna have to fly there. People are going to call the police if they see a bunch of 'juvenile delinquents' walking around with weapons." Lulu said.

Hotaru gulped. "Fly?" she said weakly, her face turning pale.

"Don't worry, we'll be able to carry you guys. We're a lot stronger than we look." Yaya said.

"Are you guys ready?" Amu asked.

Everyone nodded.

Hotaru groaned nervously.

Time Skip...

"Argh! It's so fucking high! Put me down!" Hotaru screamed, struggling to break free.

"If you keep moving around like that, I'm gonna drop you." I growled.

"Who know the 'insane goth girl, Hotaru Miyamoto..." Rima started to say.

"..was afraid of heights." Nagihiko finished.

"Shut up!" Hotaru snapped.

"It's okay Hotaru-chan, we're almost there so calm down a little, okay?" Amu said.

"No, I don't wanna calm down!" Hotaru protested.

Hotaru shrieked loudly as we fell toward the ground and landed in the bushes.

"Don't ever make me do that again, EVER!" Hotaru complained.

I peeked out from the bush we were hiding in. We were across the street from the Easter building and sure enough, there were a few guards blocking the entrance.

"Okay we split up. Tadase, Lulu, Kairi, and Yaya go check the basement while Rima, Nagihiko, Zero and I will check the research lab. Don't let them get you no matter what." Hotaru explained.

Okay we raid on the count of three. One..." Hotaru whispered.

"Two..." Amu said.

I gripped my gun tighter. I could feel my heart pounding loudly in my chest.

"Three..."

Me: Ooooh cliffhanger. You mad?
Ikuto: Yuzuki be trollin'
Zero: Haters gonna hate
*Fans throw more random crap at Yuzuki*
Me: okay enough with that. I like cliffhangers. they make things more epic.

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