Chapter 8: The wilted flower and the menacing weed.

Amu POV

I woke up to some scrambling. I still can´t believe that three days have passed since I Asked Ikuto to leave. Of course, he has appeared on TV and he´s back again to get all those girls to his feet. He acts as if nothing had happened on the last few days. My parent´s will come back tomorrow, But I have nothing to lose now. I was staring to the wallpaper on my laptop. It was a picture of Yoru and me. Oh joy… I miss them both, and so does Ami. Her party preparations are already complete, It´s just matter of time until the date comes, which will be in around three months, time in which I will be married to a complete bastard. I sighed as I heard someone knock on my door, it was a maid.

"Amu-sama, your fiancée came to visit. she said as she let the blonde bastard get in my room. He had a smirk plastered all over his face. It made me get sick just looking at it. I acted as if I hadn´t seen him.

"Amu, come on, come here with your fiancée. He sat on the couch in which Ikuto once rested and patted a place beside him. I kept staring at the monitor, frustration evident in my eyes. I could tell that he was getting angry at my reaction towards him. He got up and came towards me, anger all over his face. Where is the Tadase that I knew years ago?

What came next surprised me. He pulled of my hair and forced me to see him directly on the eye.

"Listen to me , Hinamori. You will become my fiancée, I will marry you and you will be my wife." I was scratching his arm. I was naive that my dear little angel would save me from this nightmare.

Ami POV

I never trusted that guy. I know there´s something fishy in all this marrying thing. I went to my sister´s room and peeped to see Hotori on the couch and my sis on her bed, still in her pajamas. I took out my camera and started recording.

That was when everything happened. He pulled my sister´s hair and told her something I couldn´t quite hear. I hope that the camera recorded the audio. I prefer Ikuto a thousand times before Hotori. I will do whatever it takes to cancel this ruckus. He threw my sister deeper on the bed and took her computer and he SLAMMED it against the floor. That was it. I saved the recording and fled to my room. I need to keep this video safe until my parents come to talk to my sis. But I´m sure this is bound to happen again.

Tadase POV

I can´t believe this was the girl I was head over heels for. I will marry her, and the, take all the controls from the company, and so, I will be the most powerful heir in all Japan.

I smirked as I left the poor girl on her bedroom to cry, while some maids picked up what was left of the computer. This marriage thing is going to get interesting.

Ikuto POV

I came back to my lonely mansion from an interview. My body was sore. I still can´t believe that Amu kicked me out of her house three days ago, well, after all, I was the one who was intruding. I just hope she´s okay. Your greeted me with a melancholic mew. I patted his head, felling our mutual feelings for the Hinamori girls.

"I know, I know. I miss them too." I patted him a little more when someone knocked at the door. I wasn´t in the mood for visits.

"Hey Ikuto, It´s us, Kukai and Nagi. Can you let us in, please?" I deeply sighed and let the two get inside the house.

"Hey, did you know that Hinamori Amu is getting married? Poor girl, to get married with someone like him…" Nagi sighed. Wait did my ears tricked me? Someone like him?

"What do you mean by someone like him?" I asked him, afraid of what the answer might be.

"Oh, I heard from a good friend of mine that he gets married to all the heirs to powerful companies, such as the Hinamori´s. Why do you ask?" Nagi asked, suspiciously eyeing the bluehead. He was at the verge of tearing all the hair out of his head.

"no no no no no NO! Guys, this is bad!" I shouted at the now scared guys.

"jeez, calm down. Why are you so worried about her?" Kukai asked, also starting to get worried.

"Because, you morons, I LOVE her! She will get bankrupt after marrying that bastard! She´s in danger!" I pulled Kukai from his shirt.

"I know one of her close friends, Hoshina Utau, who knows all about this situation from the beginning. We can team up and save Hinamori from this terrible fate." Kukai added.

And so, we began plotting the plan to revive my wilted rose.

Utau POV

I knew that Amu was devastated by the news, but after I heard what he did to her, now this unforgivable. I can´t stand to see her suffering this much. I was listening to what happened earlier this day, when I got a text message from… Kukai? What does he want now?

"Hey Utau, Ikuto is devastated by the situation. We wanna help them both. Please bring Rima and Ami to the coffee shop at two sharp and well fill you both on the details."

I saw the text and texted Rima about the guys´ idea. She approves of it. I feel bad for leaving Amu in this terrible situation.

"Hey Amu, sorry, we gotta go. We need to get somewhere right now. Bye" Rima covered the pretext perfectly. Amu smiled sympathetically. It was evident that she didn´t want to be alone under the same roof as Tadase.

"Oh… I see. Well take care!" Rima and I knew that the smile was obviously fake. The usual shine in Amu´s eyes was completely gone. And her hair was almost lifeless. What the heck is he doing to harm her that way?

Rima, Ami and I took my car and headed where the guys were waiting for us. It didn´t take us long to arrive and see the three guys on a coffee table inside the building. We entered and Kukai motioned us to go there.

"Hey girls, How is Amu doing these days?"Nagihiko asked a little worried. Rima shook her head and started telling the guys how her condition has worsened as the days passed by. And that tomorrow Amu´s parents will arrive to start arranging the wedding, to which of course, Amu opposed.

"I see… And I suppose that you are going to be the bridesmaids?"Kukai asked. Ikuto was eerily quiet, examining our every movement.

"Yeah. That´s one of the few things that Amu got to choose." I answered while I looked at Ikuto. I must admit that he also has worsened. Kyaaaa- it´s like Romeo and Juliet! I squealed in my insides.

"…We need to plan this carefully, and also involve Amu. If her parents tell her to act like a puppet, there´s no way that the plan will result successful." Ikuto finally talked. And he had a very good point.

"You´re right. We can´t call the wedding off because is a forceful marriage, but we can bust in and talk against it, just like in the movies." Rima said with a dreamy hint on her eyes.

"Well, if this helps, I´ve got some recordings from the times that Hotori harmed my sis. We can use them against him and make my parents ban him from everything that is about us." We stared astonished at the nine-years-old girl that was sipping from her tea.

"This can be a crucial point to banish him forever." Ikuto said. We all nodded in approval ans started fussing with ideas to help Amu. Too bad we didn´t notice a certain someone stalking us.

Tadase POV

Amu won´t go out of her bedroom. I´m not worried. Now I can talk to my little lover, who right now is running an errand for me. And just in time, the house phone started ringing with her number. I smirked and answered the call.

"Hello darling. How is the little errand going?" I answered with a seductive tone.

"Hello, it´s going alright. Those guys are hopelessly looking for ways to stop your perfect plan to get richer, my love."

"Too bad they fight for an impossible cause, I will make this wedding a private one. And so, no one without invitation can meddle into our wonderful wedding."Of course, the word wonderful was dripping with sarcasm.

Ami POV

We came back from the café a couple of minutes ago. Utau, Rima and I were getting the recordings together into a memory card. Everything was eerily quiet. That is, until I heard the phone ringing. Someone already answered, too bad for them that this phone can link the conversations into the other phone. I answered too, but kept silent.

"You know you are the only one that I love. This is just a way to get more money. Then, she´ll banish forever." The sick man told to a whining woman on the other line. I took my recorder and started recording all the conversation. Utau and Rima were asking with the eyes what was going on, but I didn´t answer, this operation is way too dangerous. We might get busted.

All was going smoothly, until one of my photo frames fell over when I leaned in the couch. I messed up big time.

"Hey sweetie, I gotta go. I´ll call you tonight." He caught me.

"well, byee!" they hung up. I could hear him coming upstairs, so I settled the camera in a hidden place and hid the phone under my pillows. If he did something to me, I am sure this will help my sister recover energies to destroy his façade. He almost busted my door down.

"You know brat, eavesdropping is rude."Then he smacked me. Fortunately, Utau and Rima hid on my closet. I fell to the floor. The hidden camera was recording all this.

"Maybe I should teach you some manners!" Hotori pulled of my hair and slapped me against the wall. What the heck is wrong with him? Is he out of his mind? No. that´s not it. I could see in on his eyes. He is sick of his mind. It hurt like heck, but this is all for my sister´s sake. Nothing will stop me from trying to defeat him. I will try till I literally die.

Rima POV

We could hear the thumps from the craziness that the dude was doing. Is he even aware the he is bulliyng a little girl? I suppose not. Ami was brave enough to face the danger for her sister´s sake, and us here we are… stuck in a closet, listening to the occasional yelps that came from poor little Ami. Utau looked at me with a sad look. Though we´re not speaking, we have the same idea on mind: We will fight till, literally, it´s the world´s end. Heck, even beyond.

Anyway, we heard a door slam. Slowly we opened the door to see Ami sprawled on the floor, with some scratches and a huge bruise on her cheek. She looked up and weakly smiled at us. I carefully picked her up and placed he over the bed.

"…the recording… over the bookshelf…" and she passed out. If is this how she treats her fiancée´s sister, how will he treat her in the future?

Rima took the camera and saved the recording on the memory. Defiantly Ami´s sacrifice won´t go in vain. We left a note under the pillow and we fled with the recordings on the hand.

This means war until the cure says ´you may kiss the bride´.

Hehe, how comes I turned out Tadase in a complete psychopath? Sorry Tadase fans, It wasn´t meant to turn out this way! -A- Honestly, I do not like Tadase bashing, so please don´t hate meee *sad puppy face*

Anyways, How this turned out, I know I took my time n updating, but I hope you like it.

I would be glad to get some reviews from you guys to know how did it come.

´Till we read ourselves again!