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Note: Sorry for the many POV changes. -.-" I think I should've just done Normal POV for the whole thing XD But I'm so used to First Person~

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X-x-Flashback-x-X

Amu's POV

My eyelids fluttered open and I saw Ikuto's face just an inch away from mine.

"Eep!"

Ring tone.

Where is my cell phone? I tried to move but Ikuto strapped me to him very tightly and protectively. I forcefully moved his arms and succeeded. I got out of bed and snatched my phone from my bag. Huh, it's 12:43? We slept for about 7 hours?

I checked in my inbox and found one unread. I opened it up and almost dropped my phone.

Hinamori-san, we have found her. We have some bad news, however. Please come to the police station ASAP.

Tears streamed down my face. I was overjoyed. I turned back to Ikuto. What was I going to do about him?

I scribbled a note down and placed it on Ikuto's pillow. I brushed some hairs from Ikuto's face and sighed. "I am so sorry…"

Ikuto's POV

I woke up to a sudden chill. I reached forward for Amu.

But she was not there.

I snapped my eyes open and sat up. Amu was not here. I looked at the clock and it read 2:30 a.m. I then noticed a piece of paper lying on the pillow where Amu's head was. I picked it up and it read:

You probably know I'm missing since you found my note, right? I am so sorry but I had to go. I know I didn't stay for 24 hours with you and I'll make it up to you someday but not soon. I know that much.

Although you're really perverted, you're really caring and nice on the inside. Because of that, I trust you with a secret I'm keeping from everyone. I just found out at midnight when I received a text message. Ikuto…

My sister was found.

X-x-End of Flashback-x-X

So Much Can Happen In One Night

Ikuto's POV

I let go of the paper and it fluttered freely and down onto the bed. Ami was missing? Why didn't my parents or Utau tell me??

I made a grab for my cell phone and accidentally knocked my keys off the nightstand. I grunted and made an effort to pick it up. I flopped down on my bed and gently touched my massaged my temples. My head still hurts a bit…

I held up the keys and the light from the moonlight bounced of a shiny key in particular. The Dumpty Key. The key that fits Amu's Humpty Lock. I remember receiving it from my mother when I was around five or six. She told me that the holder of the lock that the key fits in will be my lover. I highly doubted that. But now…I think it may come true.

I flipped open my phone and dialed Utau's number. After four rings, I heard her say, "This is Utau. Sorry but I'm not able to pick up the phone at the moment. Leave a message."

I sighed, aggravated. The one time I need Utau and she won't pick up! Well, I can't blame her. It's 2:30 in the morning.

I stood up and walked to my drawer. I opened it and dug out a frame with a familiar photo in it. The picture showed a little girl with pink hair kissing a flushed blue haired boy on the cheek. It was when Amu was kissing my cheek in our childhood days. I propped the frame up the light from the moon shone down at the picture.

"Amu…"

Amu's POV

"The room is down the hall, Hinamori-san."

"Thank you."

I was literally bubbling with happiness. My sister has finally been found! After three long years of searching…

But I can't help but think what the bad news is… Injured? Coma? Dead?? I seriously hope not.

I pushed the door of a police officer's office with such force that some papers flew to the ground. "Where's Ami?"

"Please, sit down first. Ami is in the room down the hall." I didn't sit down, though. I bolted out the door and dashed down the hall. I saw a crowd of police men/women hovering around the door.

"Excuse me!" I pushed my way but a police officer held me back.

"Hinamori-san, please stay back. We're investigating—"

"Investigating? What for? Can't I just see my sister?"

"Please, wait, Hinamori-san."

"No way! It's been too long since I've seen her."

"But, Hinamori-san, she's not even in the room!"

"What??" I asked in disbelief. How is that possible?! "You can't be serious!" I finally mustered enough strength to push him away and I rushed in the room. And there was an empty bed. With no Ami. And leaving my soul crushed.

I heard many voices in the background.

"What do you think happened? How could she have escaped?"

"I'm not sure. The window maybe?"

"But that's not possible. We're on the 3rd floor! She would have had another injury." Another injury. Was the bad news that she escaped and injured?

"I don't know how she did but she did. Now start searching!"

I raced to the open window and looked down. They're right; it's not possible to jump down and survive without any injuries. And Ami was already wounded in the first place…

I looked to my right and spotted a tree right next to the window. Aha… I followed the trail down and trail and straight across and into the forest that stretched for miles and miles. I never knew we had such a large rural area in this city. Ami must've found refuge in the woods. But why didn't she stay? Didn't they tell her that I, her sister, was coming?

Before I thought of another plan, I jumped out the window and hugged the tree. I slowly made my way down. I heard shouts from above but honestly, I didn't give a damn. All I cared was founding my sister.

My feet touched the earth and I ran into the woods. Ami, I'm coming for you!

Ikuto's POV

It's 4:00. I can't wait any longer! I dialed Utau's number more than 10 times. I'm going to keep at it until she picks up. When she did, she screamed.

"Ikuto, what hell are you calling for?! IT'S FRICKIN FOUR IN THE MORNING!!! But why are you up?"

I held the phone a foot away from my ear. Whoa. For someone who just woke up, she sounds like she'll have enough energy to murder someone. That would be me.

"Sorry, Utau, but it's urgent."

"What's so important that you have to call me at four a.m??"

"What happened to Ami?"

"…what?"

I sighed. "I said—"

"I know what you said; I'm not deaf." I think I may be from all her shouting. "What I meant was why are you asking this now?"

"Because Amu disappeared."

"What the hell do you mean?"

"She was taking care of me since I was sick—"

"You were sick?! Why didn't you tell me?? I could've helped you!"

I couldn't help but smile. Even if Utau is as mad as a bull, she'll never lose her role as my little sister. "Amu found me in the park with a fever and she offered to take care of me."

"So that's why she was at the grocery's store…"

"What?"

"Nothing."

"So anyways, I woke up and she left me a note saying that she received a text message saying her sister was found. What did she mean?"

"Ami was found?? That's great!!"

I narrowed my eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"…Because it'll just hurt you and Amu more."

"What do you mean?"

Utau took a deep breath. "Remember Amu lost some memories when her parents passed away?"

"Yea." I still remember the pain of her not remembering me.

"Four years later when Amu was 16 and Ami was 10, something happened when Mom, Amu, Ami, and I went food shopping." Why is it always shopping for food? "Amu was walking out the door and Ami said she'll meet us at the car. When we reached our car a minute later, she wasn't there." My heart pounded. I saw where this was going. "We searched and searched and called the police. Ami still couldn't be found. In the end, the only evidence we had was Ami's hair ribbon. Amu was the one who found it on an empty parking space. She cried nonstop for hours and blames herself for the disappearance of Ami."

I felt someone stab my heart. I hated to see Amu upset. "Why didn't you tell me, Utau??"

"What could you have done?!" she shouted. I heard her sob. She was starting to cry.

"I could have comforted her!"

"That would have made it worse! Amu doesn't remember you and you'll make her head hurt from thinking too much. Plus, you'll be pained when she doesn't remember you and when she's crying! Mom and Dad even told me not to tell you. They didn't want you or Amu hurt even further. They told me to tell you when the time was right but I guess now was the time."

I snapped my phone shut.

"What could you have done?!"

Her words echoed through my mind. I groaned with frustration and threw my phone across the room, smashing it against the wall.

Amu's POV

Damn it, my feet are so sore! I'm such an idiot for not driving my car to the police station. Instead, I was a happy girl who was so excited that I decided to walk half an hour to the police station. I think I've been searching for more than an hour.

"Ami!" I called out, my voice hoarse from all the shouting. "Whoa!" I tripped over a tree root and fell flat on my face. I stood up and balanced myself and looked down at my clothes. I was a horrid mess. I had leaves and roots in my dull pink hair; dirt smudged my white capris; a tree branch ripped my yellow top (but no clothing came apart) and mud was smeared across the front and back. It doesn't help that I'm flats. It wasn't comfortable at all. I must've had blisters on every toe and cuts on my heel. I sighed and took off the flats. I peered down at my bloodied feet before resuming my search while holding my flats.

"Ami!"

Normal POV

It was now 7 in the evening and the night settling in.

The two band groups had a search party and the police aided in their search to find Amu.

All the girls of Catching Hearts knew that Amu's sister was missing but the group, Midnight Mystery, were clueless. Well, except for Ikuto, that is, since Utau told him the details.

They couldn't find her. It's been going on for about 13 hours.

So how did Amu not hear nor see any of her friends or the police? In fact, she did hear and see them. She just doesn't want to reveal herself yet. Amu is going to wait until after she founds Ami. It may take her more hours or even another day but she didn't care. As long as she finds Ami, she will be elated.

At the moment, Amu was lying against the bark of a tree, catching her breath. She has been jogging nonstop for hours with some breaks in between. She's dead tired and on the brink of fainting. She hasn't eaten or drank anything either.

"Ami…" Amu whispered in a raspy voice.

The clock is ticking away. Another three hours passed and the night has finally arrived. The sky was littered with sparkling, bright stars and a bright full moon.

Amu collapsed.

She was standing in the small meadow that was near the middle of the whole forest. She crumpled due to starvation and exhaustion. But she didn't take a nap for three hours from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. so that's a plus.

Amu's POV

I'm beat… But I must find…Ami…!

Rustle…Rustle…

I erected my head up and turned it to the left. "Ami? Is that you?" More crunches from leaves and branches could be heard.

Then a girl stepped out from the forest and the tears poured down my cheeks like a dam. She looked to be about 13 years old. She had on jeans and a pink top. Her auburn hair and golden eyes shone in the darkness. Her hair was tied in a ponytail. Without a doubt, that was Hinamori Ami.

"Ami!" I immediately stood up and ran to her. She took a step back and I attacked her with a hug.

"Ami...Ami, Ami, Ami! I finally found you!" I began to cry and sob even more and let out all the pain from my heart. After three years of searching…discovering clues…dealing with the pain… "Come on, let's go home." I placed my hand in hers and tugged her arm but she didn't budge. I looked back and she was frowning.

"Sorry but I don't let strangers take me home."

"…what are you talking about?"

"Who…are you?"

"Ami, don't play games. It's me."

"I'm dead serious. Who are you?"

I let go of her hand and felt arrows shooting at my heart. "Ami…you don't remember me?"

She shook her head.

"Ami, I'm Hinamori Amu! I'm your sister. Your name is Hinamori Ami. You must remember me!"

"A…mu?" Ami fell to the ground and clutches her head. "Why are you so familiar?"

"Of course I'm familiar. I'm your sister. Look." I took a ribbon from my tote bag (yes, I brought it with me) and dropped it on her lap. "This was the ribbon you left on the parking lot where you vanished three years ago."

"Three years ago…"

"And this!" I pulled out my set of keys and showed her the Humpty Lock. "Don't you remember this lock? You always played with it and joked around saying my true lover is the holder of the key."

"Humpty…Lock?"

I sighed with relief. She recognizes this, at least.

"Ami, you were kidnapped."

"Kidnapped…" She reaches up and caressed both of my cheeks with her two gentle, small hands. "Is that really you? Onee…chan?"

"Yes," I sobbed. "Ami, you finally remember me!" I hugged her close and I soon heard weep.

"Onee-chan…Onee-chan! Amu-onee-chan!"

"Yes, Ami, your Onee-chan is here."

"Onee-chan! I was so scared! H-He did horrible things to me!"

"Who?" I pushed her back. "Explain everything from the beginning." We both sat down with her between both of my legs and her back against my chest. We both gazed up at the stars as Ami told me her story.

"I was waiting at the car for you guys that day three years ago. That's when a man dressed in black came towards me. He said, 'Hello, darling.' I said hi back and edged away. He then cooed, 'Don't be scared, sugar.' And I ran away." I shivered and hugged Ami tightly from behind. "Before I knew it, he caught up with me and abducted me. He took me to this old apartment that nobody lived in but the kidnapper. He gave me food three times a day so the punishment isn't as bad as most kids in this world.

"But then, he did a terrible and disgusting thing when night hit on the first day he kidnapped me. He appeared in front of me and shoved me to a nearby bed. He started taking off his clothes and ripped of mine."

"Oh, Ami!" My hold on her tightened and I felt liquid splatter on my arms.

"T-Thankfully, I didn't get p-pregnant," she sobbed. "He used a condom so I wouldn't conceive his children because I guess he doesn't want to deal with a pregnant kid. For the first year, he only had sex with me about once every two weeks and sometimes beat me up to let his anger out. But during the second year, things got worse. When the third year came around, he started to sexually abuse me more than once a week." She pulled up her sleeves and rolled up her jeans. I gasped at the sight of the many old bruises and cuts.

"Ami, I'm so sorry I couldn't find you sooner!"

"It's not your fault. You couldn't have. The apartment was on the edge of town and he hid me well. The man himself kept a low profile. Just last month, he started to rape me more frequently. But then came his biggest mistake when he took me grocery shopping. I went with him before but he made a fatal mistake. He took his eyes off of me for two seconds. And I bounded out the door and into the trees, my safe haven. Since then, I learned to survive in the wilderness and met some nice people along the way. Some gave me food and even money! I was so grateful.

"The police found me last night when I was on the outer part of the woods. They took me to the police station and told me that a girl named Hinamori Amu was going to come. At that time, I didn't know who you were. That's why I never came back to you, Onee-chan. They put me in a white bed and treated my injuries but I didn't even know who you were or what they were going to do with me so I fled once again.

"I heard people calling my name and you, too. When I only heard your voice, I decided to see you who are. And I'm glad I did because it was actually my sister." She turned around and beamed at me.

I meekly smiled back but started crying again. "Ami, I'm so sorry I didn't watch you carefully that day three years ago! I'm such a bad sister."

Ami stroked my hair. "No, I shouldn't have gone to the car in the first place. Don't blame it on yourself, Onee-chan."

"But…what has he done to you?! Your whole body is bruised and has cuts! You've also grown so beautiful and mature…" Ami turned around and I kissed her forehead with both of us bawling our eyes out.

"Ami, I'm so glad that you are alright now."

"Me, too."

We decided it was time to go back. It took us about an hour or two to get back to my house. During our walk, we discussed about what things have happened to me lately. I then asked Ami that she can stay at my place but I may not be home a lot. She says it's fine. But I didn't think it was. I offered her another place. Utau's parents' home. They took care of both of us when we were little. Plus, Ami could be homeschooled and maybe go to a public or private school in a year or two. Ami stubbornly agreed and I promised I would visit her.

I called Utau when we were in the vicinities of the city. She blew a gasket at me.

"HINAMORI AMU! DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED I WAS?!?! YOU JUST DISAPPEARED AND WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING ALL NIGHT!!"

"Eh heh, sorry, Utau. But look, Ami's right next to me!" I held to the phone near Ami and Ami said, "Hi, Utau-chan!" Ami almost forgot Utau but I filled in the details about Utau and her parents.

"Ami! I'm so glad Amu found you! What happened to you those years ago?" I snatched the phone away and said, "Ami's tired right now." After that, I asked her about her parents and their help and Utau willingly agreed. I walked to Utau's apartment and dropped Ami off. Utau assaulted me with a giant hug, knocking me to the ground. Utau said she called the search party off and told everyone that I would sincerely apologize to everyone who was worried about me. I sweatdropped.

Utau would drop Ami off right now to her parents' house. I frowned. I didn't want us to separate so quickly! But seeing as Ami might not see me for this past month starting tomorrow because of the busy schedule ahead of us. We said our last goodbyes and Utau drove off.

I was walking along the streets when I forgot something at Ikuto's house. It was my notebook with all the lyrics to my songs. But I can get it tomorrow…but I should apologize to Ikuto first, right? Using the last of my strength, I reached Ikuto's house and rang the doorbell. No one answered. I rang the doorbell again and knocked loudly but still no one answered. I turned the doorknob and it surprisingly opened. I smiled. Ikuto is so careless.

I went up the stairs and into Ikuto's bedroom. I picked up my notebook from his desk and noticed a picture. I dropped my notebook and lifted the frame up so I could get a clear view. I angled it so the light from the moon can show the picture more clearly. (It was around midnight by the way.) The boy looked like Ikuto and the girl was kissing him on the cheek. She had pink hair and she was smiling widely. Was that…me? I put the picture down and I then heard footsteps behind me. I turned around and Ikuto was at the door way, panting.

"Ikuto! I'm sorry for worrying you but I'm alri—" I stopped midsentence when Ikuto ran towards me and wrapped his arms around my frail and worn out body.

"Amu, Amu, Amu! Do you know how much you worried me?! When Utau said that you jumped out a window from the third floor, I freaked out. I didn't want to lose you again…"

"Eh?" What was he talking about? When did he lose me the first time? "Sorry for worrying you, Ikuto. I promise it won't happen again."

Then something unbelievable happened.

Ikuto pushed me back a bit and tenderly kissed my forehead. So many things happened at once. The vision of when someone kissed me on the forehead from when I was little jumped into my mind. The face of the boy who kissed me became clear. He had violet eyes and a handsome face. I realized it was Ikuto. He was "Onii-chan".

"Onii-chan…?" And I fell limp in his arms and blacked out.

I don't know if I became unconscious from lack of food and water, or from fatigue, or from the aching in my head when I remember something like that. I think it was a little from all three, but mostly for the third.

I fail DX I rushed a lot at the part where Ami and Amu was coming back because I was tired and wanted to get this chapter up.

Also, should I change the genre to Romance/General or something else? But what exactly is the genre, drama? I always thought it was big things happening that causes fights and tears but maybe not…any help?

And I lied. I said I would be updating another one-shot but I think the readers want to read this more than a one-shot XD

Hope you enjoyed the chapter! x3 And it only took my two days to write it! *proud*

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