AHIMSOOOSORRY ;_; I said I'd update every day, but then there was my birthday (I got an iPod touch 8D) and then I got sick on Friday so I was stuck in bed until Sunday night, and by then I wasn't up to writing (it takes a LONG time.) and on Monday I had a meeting and now it's Tuesday and I was like "askljfkslagfjs need to write." Plus, school has been getting in the way. D: I barely passed any of my classes and I needed to do my work before I wrote. I hope this chapter is, somewhat, worth the wait.

Btw, I'm gonna start giving you songs to listen to during the chapters. :D They really fit well with the story I think. Just put the video link of the song I give you on youtuberepeat . com/ [url here] and it'll insta replay :3

The song to listen to for this chapter is "Higurashi OST – Main Theme." [I fell asleep listening to that song ;3; Hauu~ c:] Enjoy!

DISCLAIMR: I don't own Shugo Chara! Or any of the character's used in it, nor do I own any songs or lyrics that I use in my stories.

The walk back to Nagihiko's was exhausting. No one could think after the scene they had saw back at the Middle School.

When Nagihiko had opened the door, they were brought to a different room. It wasn't their cafeteria. It was impossible for it to be. This place, this illusion they were in, was nothing like the place they had been innocently eating at least an hour ago.

At least, that's what everyone tried to convince themselves of.

The pale cafeteria tiles that patterned down the room, the very ones that you would see the new-coming 6th graders running happily across, claiming a table of their own, we're seeped with blood and dirt. You could sometimes see footsteps across them, some slowly faded out while others abruptly came to a halt, and those patterns weren't seen again.

The most shocking of this all was the fact that no one else was in the room. It was safe to say the police would come back later to check up on this crime, even though it didn't make sense why they would just leave such a mess there. Three or four towels covered up the room, and it didn't take a genius to know what's under there. Everyone seemed to have the same expression on their face; they weren't alone.

"Has no one told you she's not breathing?

The group turned to look at Rima, who was staring blankly at the scene. She would be the one to see through their emotions. Her cold eyes were enough explanation of her statement. Without another word, they sauntered forward, careful to not leave much trace of their presence in the massacre.

So now here they were, taking the far too long walk to Nagihiko's house. Kuukai and Nagi held Utau up, just in case she fell. She couldn't afford to be injured anymore. In the meantime, Amu and Rima conjured up small talk in hopes to lessen the tension around the air. Rima was ready to counter Amu's statement about a gag she had told her about a few minutes ago when she bumped her head against Nagihiko's back.

The impatient blondie growled threateningly, then yelled, "Ow! Don't just stop like that, stupid!" then proceeded to hit her fists on his back.

"Hey midget, don't talk to him like that."

Rima stopped her pounding, blinked twice, then readjusted herself to see beyond Nagi. Her mouth gaped open at the sight.

She was gorgeous.

Her long, bright amethyst hair was tied up in a neat, high ponytail, letting only her bangs, and two pairs of longer bangs on each side of her face fall down, which helped show off her pale, smooth skin. Her eyes, which matched perfectly with the color of her hair, we're shining brightly in the sunlight. The small smile that grazed her pink tinged lips seemed to add on to her beauty. However, most of that went unpassed by most of the group, (Aside from the growing jealous Rima) What left them stunned was simply herself, her being there, just her.

She was the splitting image of Nagihiko.

If Rima hadn't been standing behind him, giving off daggers to the young girl, Nagihiko would probably have taken quite a few steps back, hell he probably would've taken off running!

Her smile grew as everyone continued to stare at her. "Hey Nagi, you know who I am, right?" Rima tensed greatly at this. First this Nagihiko copier shows up to steal her glory, and NOW she decides to use nicknames on him? What gives her the right to call him that so casually? Oh, she is so going to regret this.

Nagihiko, however, was still struck with shock, fear, curiosity, any emotion you can name was running through him at that moment. The girl sighed at his reaction, obviously displeased, and reached out to grab his hand. "Come on in everyone, I'll explain inside." Worry filled the girl's features as she led them inside.

The group followed without protest. She gave off a weird aura, almost like what she said was law, and death was the consequence.

Once they made way through the Fujisaki's giant maze of a house, everyone settled in the family room. The small teenager had them all sit in a circle.

No.

She sighed inwardly, most likely having a mental debate on how to describe all of this to them. She then gave off a small smile, politely asking that they save any questions for last. They all nodded at this, and with that, the girl began to tell them her past.

Liar.

"My name is Nadeshiko Fujisaki. I'm the blood relative and the twin sister of Nagihiko."

With that, she was done, and it was quiet.

Reaaaaal quiet.

"That it?" said Utau, the blunt one.

Nadeshiko let out a great smile, then nodded her head. "Yupp, that's it!" The group of friends felt a wave of nervousness and awkwardness pass over themselves

Kuukai raised an eyebrow at her, "What exactly are you doing here?"

Liar.

"The news of Tadase's death was broadcasted in my current city. I'm terribly sorry for your loss." She took a breath, bowed her head for a moment, then began again, "My father, well, mine and Nagihiko's father, have been living further up north since my birth, though the reason is a mystery. When I heard it was in the town that my brother lived in, I wanted to come in as fast as I could to check up on his safety. I tried to get here as fast as I could, I'm just glad I came here on time. It looks like your all safe, that's good. I'm glad to see Nagi and his friends are doing ok." She smiled warmly at all of them.

Liar. Liar! LIAR!

Nagihiko let out a breath that he didn't even know he was holding. For some reason he had expected this huge complication between his mother and father that would drag on time of explanation, time that they didn't have. He smiled back at his sister, then said, "I'm glad to have finally met you, Nadeshiko." She blushed lightly, and looked away in shyness. Nagihiko held back a small chuckle, despite the fact he could feel Rima glaring right into his eyes.

Suddenly, Nadeshiko's face became quite serious, as she reached out for the remote. "There's something you all need to see."

Ikuto leaned up against the tree. He was standing in a local park, closing his eyes and taking in the sounds of his surroundings. The park was nearly empty, though that was no shock. It gave him time to think, think of his situation right now.

"Ikuto? Can you hear me?"

There was no response.

"Ikuto? You can.. you can hear me right? You can see me.. right?

His eyes stayed shut.

".. I see. You're not a bad kid. I know that you'll help make everything right again.. right?" The child smiled hopelessly, knowing that her words of encouragement could no longer reach his ears.

"Gomenasai."

Ikuto opened his eyes, startled slightly. He looked around, noticing that the park was no different then it was a few minutes ago. He groaned, and ran a hand through his hair, swearing to himself that he was finally going insane. Yet for some reason, those words, they sounded so sad, so remorseful, so familiar.

"I wish that person would forgive her already."

"After the incident down in Seiyo Middle School, parents are up roared by this type of behavior, and are demanding that something be done about this. While most of them are merely protesting, quite a number of parents who had lost children in the local shooting have been rioting around, causing havoc where they go. Currently, one parent went to a gas station, put the majority of his money in the gas machine, threw the gas over the car and himself, then lit a match, killing himself and a number of other people. The chaos continues to grow. As said by my assistant Mr. Regnard, when a few men broke into a house down by Reagan Avenue, they had blown up quite a few toxic gases, and has caused quite a few people to be hospitalized at the moment. We ask that everyone stay indoors, lock and border up your windows, and don't let anyone in until all is well. This is your host, Sharon Xerxes, signing off."

Nadeshiko switched off the TV, then looked at everyone else. Without giving a chance to let things sink in, she said, "Downtown, someone needs to be able to go there and contact our mayor. While I was waiting for you, I made a special plan that could probably be used to restore order in this town, but I didn't get a chance to give to him, which was what I was about to do when you all arrived. Someone needs to take this downtown to the mayor safely, without opening it's contents of course. It's our only hope. Either that or we can wait it out for things to return to normal while we watch to see how many more of our friends have died."

Amu winced at this. The job of carrying a letter that could help keep the town safe again sounded, in a word, dangerous. There was no guarantee she'd come back safely. She knew it. But no one else was speaking up, plus this is all her fault, isn't it? She told herself it was up to her to atone for her sins. If that means getting beaten up a few times and tripping over glass and bodies, then so be it.

She stood up, confidence glazing over her eyes and said, "Let me do it."

Everyone gaped at her. Utau stood up protestingly, "Amu, no. You can't. Let someone else g-" She cut her off abruptly.

"No! I won't let anyone else get caught up in my mess! You're still hurt, and you need Kuukai to take care of you. Nagihiko needs to stay with his sister, and we all know Rima isn't a good runner. I'm going, you can't stop me." she declared, crossing her arms and glaring at her friend. Utau knew Amu was a strong girl, always trying to be the heroine, but still hated the fact that she might lose her friend.

It all happened so quickly. Nadeshiko gave Amu the letter to hide under her long sleeves, then also gave her some defense. She put a sharp knife in one of her furry boots, just in case she would need them. She took another and put in her free sleeve, telling her to keep hold of it at all costs, along with the letter. After a quick overview of directions on how to make it there quickest, Nadeshiko then gave her a hat for the cold as well.

"You're as ready as you'll ever be."

Amu nodded at Nadeshiko, then turned to the rest of her friends, "I'll see you all soon." She gave off a dazzling smile, her eyes shining brighter then ever, and left the house, without a word of goodbye or luck from her friends.

Amu's POV:

I ran down the street, keeping Nadeshiko's street names, turns, everything locked in my head. I knew I had to do this. I knew that this next turn would be a long one, so as I headed down the park, I decided to give myself more confidence by remembering these words that I had heard somewhere from my childhood.

It's in your eyes, a color fade out. Looks like a new transition. Does it feel like a head to lean on? A snapshot from where you were born-

My thoughts were interrupted as I looked over to my right, having icy blue eyes meet my shocked golden ones. I wasn't an idiot, I knew who it was in an instant. The man who killed the Tadase. The man who's responsible for Utau being hurt, for Yaya going off with Kairi to hell knows where, for the shooting, for Nadeshiko having to show up, for her having to risk her God damn life just to get a letter to the mayor.

She was glad Nadeshiko gave her those knifes.

The starting up, and shaking your ground. Turning your head to see a new day calling.

The song at the end was "Pendulum – Witchcraft." 8D I adore that song. :3 I also hope anyone who read this listened to that OST.. cuz it really fit the mood of all of this.

The part where it switches to Ikuto and onwards is probably a let down. I honestly just typed that up right now. I usually write it in my notebook, but I didn't have time to today since I had to finish homework. D: So that part might not be the best, but it still matches what I was aiming for. Cliffhanger? Eh. XD

Please R&R c: