HI C: So I wrote this chapter in pretty much all of my Study Hall, 20 minutes in math, and 5 minutes in Science ._. Probably the longest its taken for me to write. I'm gonna try to keep it up with this daily updates, too. 8) Okiee, onto the story. ! C:

This isn't happening.

Silence followed the echoed gunshot.

This isn't happening.

Utau broke the silence.

Not again.

A familiar laughter filled the cafeteria.

It's my fault.

No one in the cafeteria dared to take a breath as they saw Saaya, in all her glory, at the doors of the cafeteria, laughing madly with the smoking gun in her hand. She let out a sly smirk.

"Ho ho ho! It's a shame that the bullet didn't hit Amu, but I guess her best friend will work as well! Ho ho ho!"

Laughter, screams, and cries all filled the room. No one knew to expect this from Saaya. Even if her boyfriend had just been killed, nobody could've predicted that this would happen. Did she really love him this much?

Amu and her group of friends however, paid no mind to these kinds of thoughts. The voices in the air were mixed in a whole buzz to them. Right now, what happened to anyone else didn't matter. They were preoccupied with their own problems.

Like trying to save Utau.

Saaya let out yet another playful smirk as she watched with a playful expression as the group crouched down next to Utau. She cocked then gun, then said "Hey Amu, you had a thing for my boyfriend, am I wrong? Were you so upset that he was dating the beautiful, marvelous Saaya that you had to let him die?"

Lies.

"You killed the boyfriend of the most popular, loved girl in school! Now, it's your turn to suffer!"

It was quite obvious that Saaya wasn't one with guns, considering the fact that on this shot, she missed yet again. This time, she ended up shooting another student trying to escape.

She didn't care anymore. She was a girl who never took bad news well, and always sought out for revenge, no matter what she had to. She was gonna prove she was the best, and wasn't gonna sit here and cry like the rest of the group.

The room continued to be filled up with gun fires and cries.

The small posse of friends didn't dare leave Utau's side. It didn't seem like she was shot anywhere vital, it was simply through her left shoulder, although you couldn't tell for sure if it hit anywhere that connected to her neck. They tried to stay calm, despite the situation, but Yaya being the baby-character she was, panicked the most.

"No! Not Utau, too! Kairi, you're smart right? What should we do!"

Kairi, the most calm out of all of them, pushed up his glasses, and stated blandly, "The reinforcements won't arrive soon enough. You should use this distraction as an opportunity to harbor in a nearby storage room. When the gunshots and shrieks begin to dissolve into nothing, return here once more. Cease the bleeding by applying firm pressure on the area of the wound to avoid prevalent blood loss. I shall stay behind in an attempt to control Saaya."

The most anyone got out of that was, "Hide in a closet, stop Utau's bleeding, and Kairi'll stay behind."

Nagihiko, however, began to object to this. "Kairi.. I think it's better if you come with us. I mean, we can't afford to lose anyone else.." He gulped at this, and shielded his eyes from everyone else. Kuukai, however, reacted to his statement. "Don't say that, Nagi! Utau WON'T die, we won't let her, I won't let her.." he broke off his sentence at that.

All of this really was bringing out the weak side of even the best of soccer players and the most graceful of dancers.

Yaya, however, quietly stepped forward. She lifted her head, determination and excitement filled her eyes as she said confidently, "I'll go with Kairi!"

The group had to take a second to recover from this.

Rima was the first to speak against this, "Y-Yaya.. I don't think that's.. well.. a very good idea.." she began, but was cut off by Yaya.

"NO ARGUING!" she pouted. "Who knows what could happen? Kairi needs to have SOMEONE around to help protect him from evil!" She exclaimed, sending a wink and thumbs up to everyone.

Amu smiled shyly, and for the first time since her friend was shot down, finally spoke, "Yaya.. Stay safe, ok?" She gave off her best smile to her precious friend.

Yaya let out a gallant smirk, then quickly grabbed Kairi's arm and shouted off to everyone, "I'll see you soon, wait for me guys!"

Amu and everyone else smiled sadly, knowing all too well this may be the last time they see those two ever again.

Kuukai stepped up quickly. "Let's save Utau."

The teenagers all nodded. Nagihiko and Kuukai grabbed her legs and arms, and carried her, almost in a secret way, towards the nearest janitor's closet. As everyone else followed them, Amu looked around the room in front of her, and for the first time, began to take in her surroundings.

She could see kids crying, people she didn't know trying to get out only to be attacked somehow by Saaya. In the distance she thought she could begin to hear sirens. She looked at people who could've been friends yesterday fighting about something today, the man standing in her school win-

She blinked twice, and widened her eyes.

An older looking man, maybe in his late teens or earlier twenties, stood outside of her school window, watching with no emotion the chaos that was happening inside of the school. His bangs fell slightly over his eyes, which gave off an icy and unemotional glare.

The worst part about it was the object in his right hand. He was holding a blood-stained knife.

The one that was used to kill Tadase.

Amu had no clue how he even managed to get a hold of it, but she was sure that it was him who had killed him. It was the same type of cleaver in the scene, plus the fact that the man was staring right at her couldn't have just been a coincidence.

At that moment, all thoughts withdrew from her mind, and her thoughts flooded with one word, and one word alone.

Revenge.

New POV:

I followed Amu and her friends to their hideout for now, being sure to match each of my footsteps with Amu's. I don't want to give them a bigger scare then they have now.

I saw Amu turn her head towards to window, and knew right away she was seeing the man who she believed had killed Tadase.

I lowered my eyes, trying to keep tears from spilling out. Don't hate him. I thought. It's not his fault. In a way, it's mine. I'm so useless..

I saw the hate and vengeance flash into her eyes. I felt my chest begin to grow hot at this.

I really can't do anything about this..

Turning to the left, then turning to the right, in the middle of the crowd, under all this pressure, no one can catch my sight, even if they tried.

A tear fell down my cheek.

Gomenasai.

I'm not gonna say just yet who that ^ POV belongs too. ;D Obviously, their name isn't "New" so don't think that o/o.

I used the song "Emo Emo" by, well, I don't know the artist, just the Nightcore version. D: It's a German song that I'm OBSESSED with. :DD I'm probably gonna be using more lines from that song since it fits my story REALLY well. C:

I'll try to put more Amuto in it tomorrow, there's gonna be a LOT more of it in later chapters, though. 8D I think I made it obvious enough who the "mystery man" is, but if you don't know, you'll find out next chapter.

I'll try to write chapter 5 tomorrow :D I was supposed to put in Amu and Kuukai's argument in this, but this chapter took up 4 pages of my notebook, front and back, and I was like legit lazy too so. ;~;

Please R&R! :3