Hii, so this chapter is going to be an overview of everything that's been taking place in that "New POV." It's not any of the character's that I've mentioned POV's.

Song to play for this chapter, "Bones (Symphonies EP) [Be sure to add the Symphonies EP part or you'll get the wrong song. Also, I looked on my FlowerOfHell channel, damn, a LOT of you looked up that song xD I'm glad people use my suggestions. C:]

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Shugo Chara!, and character's I have used, or any song titles/lyrics that I've mentioned in my chapters.

(I don't have any rough draft for this, I'm going to definitely proofread it though after I type it up.)

I opened my eyes to the light of a new day.

I blinked a few times, trying to get used to the sun that was shining through the window. I took a glance at Amu, who was still asleep, completely oblivious to the repeated (and annoying) knocks on the door. Finally getting fed up with this, I walked over to Amu and shook her a few times, though I didn't expect her to wake up after the first time.

I completely froze. I knew if I took a step back she'd hear me. She then groaned impatiently, and began to get ready for school. I smiled to myself, wondering just how much time she'd have left.

Auu, watching Amu get all flustered over Tadase is so adorable!

I kept in perfect pace with everyone, giggling very quietly to myself as I watched Amu getting teased by her friends over her crush over Tadase. I felt a pang of pity in my heart, knowing how much she really adored Tadase. Sometimes, she'd even stay up late and write nonsense poems about him, only to throw them away in the end.

I watched as Saaya approached everyone, giving a small peck on Tadase's cheek causing his face to heat up.

I took the opportunity of everyone laughing to stomp my feet on the ground in anger and frustration.

I HATED Saaya. Well actually, there was a lot of things in this world I hate, but she's DEFINITELY at the top of the list!

First of all, she has this annoying laugh that reminds me of a broken Santa doll! Honestly, honestly, can't she go a few minutes without bragging about something then letting out a series of "Ho ho ho!" to end it? Even if it is almost Christmas, that's not an excuse!

The second thing is how she knew Amu liked him. Or maybe she was just too dumb to realize? Hmm, it may have been the second one.. oh whatever! She goes and dates Tadase even though Amu is supposed to be her friend? What's up with that?

Then there's that stupid hairstyle of hers, her self-centeredness (if that's even a word..) it's all annoying!

On the way there, I happened to turn my head and look at an older man, who gave such a sympathetic look at the group that I had to fight back my own tears. I already knew who it was, and I thought to myself, "N-not today.. there hasn't been enough time.."

Even I wasn't ready for fate to tumble down on us.

I sighed to myself, knowing all-too-well that Amu was going to fail History if she fell asleep again. Then again, that subject is very boring so I can't really blame her. All of a sudden, I heard the little heartbreaking prince run up to her and ask if he could come over to study.

I wanted to scream at her when she agreed to that! How dare she let him continue to play with her heart like this! So so so so so so so cruel!

Not longer after the two of them had made it inside Amu's house, the phone rang. I felt my heart ache quite a bit. Amu decided to head for the phone upstairs, despite there being one right near the kitchen. Honestly does that girl ever th-

We're not the only ones in this house.

I looked over to my side, only to see an older man who resembled the other teen who was looking at Amu's group painfully, stab Tadase from the back, more than likely hitting his heart.

It all happened far too quickly. He obviously wasn't going to waste any time to kill him and then leave.

Just as quickly as he had stabbed him, the man ran out, barely making a sound, as Tadase fell to the ground.

The sight.

The sight of it was horrible.

When he had been stabbed, his eyes obviously were wide in shock, and they never got a chance to close. There he lay, in the pool of blood which was illuminated by the gazing sun outside. His bright, blonde hair was slowly getting stained and drenched in red. A small, trail of blood had escaped his mouth, which was left half-open from the shock. Bright, creamy skin was being replaced to a blue-ish pale. You could see his face losing color by the second.

His eyes. His baby-like pink eyes were so wide open. You couldn't see any life left in them. A few tears we're just beginning to dry up on his cheeks. This truly broke my heart; part of me wished his death could've been faster and painless, not this horrible, bloody sticky mess..

Actually, I wish his death hadn't happened at all.

I had to fight to stand my ground. I put a hand over my mouth, letting my tears freely fall down my cheeks. My face began to burn up, and I felt very hot and dizzy. I didn't even get a chance to notice Amu's reaction. All I heard was her screams blur in my ears, her cries..

Amu..

If I could've stopped the clocks of fate from striking, I would've..

Gomenasai..

Auu, I hate policemen! Their next on my list of people I hate to Saaya!

Every idiotic question that they asked her just pissed me off! Can't they respect the fact that one of her closest friends just died? Honestly!

Thankfully, they didn't stick around forever. But even when Amu and I came home, she didn't do anything. She didn't even sleep. The most she did was watch TV, probably trying to get her mind off of everything. It hurt that she had been affected by this so horribly, but I reminded myself that I can't do anything about it.

Three days had passed since his death. I guess Amu finally found the strength to go to school, which I was happy for. I didn't want her to be all depressed about this forever.

I knew she hadn't fully recovered yet. Her eyes still had that pitiful, blank look at them. They looked so hurt and tragic that I couldn't bear to look in her eyes for more than 10 seconds. I can't see how anyone else will be able to.

I followed her silently to the school, matching my footsteps with hers.

Gomenasai.

I took a small break from being with Amu, considering the fact that today was going by far too slowly. I decided to check up on that man who had taken Tadase's life.

I had a pretty good idea of where he probably was, somewhere close enough to this city but far enough so that no one knew where to find him?

When I made it to the destination, I watched him have a conversation with the younger teen that was staring at Amu the other day.

He was asking him something about if "that brat" had seen him? That brat.. Amu? No no, that older man was the one who killed Tadase! Right? Right? Or maybe I'm mistaken.. auu they look too much alike!

My thoughts were interrupted when the younger boy was hit by the older man.

I gritted my teeth, why would he hit him? Because Amu didn't see him kill Tadase? That's so cruel!

That older man mentioned something about "the next tragedy." Just those words we're enough to make me tremble. That's right.. because I already knew that Tadase's death wasn't even close to the end...

I looked at the boy hopelessly, as he left the room, holding the bloodstained knife in his hand, heading towards Amu's school..

The day was EXTREMELY boring. No one even talked to Amu! Would it hurt for a simple, "Are you ok?" "How are you doing?" "Need a hug?" But nope! Even the teachers ignored her! Auu, people are so inconsiderate nowadays.

I knew lunch would be crucial for Amu. She'd have to face everyone.. and who knew how they'd react? Saaya would probably be her pissy self and blame it all on Amu, that's for sure. Everyone else, who knows? They could all have different reactions for something like this.

So, the slow day finally came to a halt for lunchtime. I guess somewhere along the line, Amu knew she had to give up that sappy "feel sorry for me" feeling, and began to gain some confidence. I was proud of her, yes, but she shouldn't fake happy! Everyone needs to spread their feelings out and talk about them, right? Auu, this isn't therapy though! Ah, so complicated..

I followed her curiously as she sat at the table. And, that was it.

Yupp, after that, nothing seemed to happen. At all. No one talked, no one moved, it felt like no one was even breathing. I felt my body begin to shake in nervousness, probably begging the same thing Amu was thinking.

Someone.. SAY SOMETHING!

And after that, tears fell, people were comforted, hearts felt heavy, questions were asked and shots were fired.

Utau being shot was shocking, Saaya being the culprit was even more shocking. No one could've even guessed that she would care about Tadase to the point of starting a SHOOTING over his death. Does that girl ever think? I guess not.

But that doesn't matter.. Utau might die..

This isn't happening.

I remember how silent everything was when her body hit the floor.

This isn't happening.

I remember hearing that horrible girls laugh fill up the cafeteria. If I had an ounce of usefulness in my body, I would've done something so horrible to her that it would make the devil look like an angel.

I guess the memories of that day are fuzz in my mind. Well, that particular time at least. Maybe I don't want to remember? Maybe it's just hard for me to really speak out of it? I don't even know. The biggest detail I can easily make out of what happened during that time period was how Kairi betrayed them, and took Yaya away from them. That poor girl, not knowing what awaits her..

Oh right.. there was that plan that Kairi had.. the hideout one. He had told them very descriptively (a little TOO descriptively? Harbor? Prevalent? Auu only a genius knows what that means!)

So, 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 heard toward the window, and knew right away she was seeing the man who she believed had killed Tadase.

I'm pretty sure I would've kept my reaction the same as hers, had I not looked deeper in his eyes.

Oh my god.

His eyes were a deep sapphire blue, and despite them being glazed over with a hard glare, I could see past them.

He looked so sad. Like.. he didn't want to do this. He didn't want to be a part of this.

There can only be one truth. That man isn't the one responsible for any of this. It's simply impossible. And even if he is, I can tell it's not something he wants.. it's killing him to see Amu so hurt, to see her struggle for her and her friends lives..

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.

That boy noticed how her hard glare mirrored his perfectly. His already broken eyes seemed to shatter again. He doesn't want her to hate him..

I really.. can't do anything about this.

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

A tear fell down my cheek.

Gomenasai.

The only thing I can say about what happened in the hideout is that Kuukai will surely regret everything he told Amu. Hiding out in embarrassment. isn't going to solve anything, and he of all people should know that.

If Amu ends up losing her life in this mess, he'll pay the price of shame and regret.

And he deserves every bit of it.

I was pretty surprised that no one could solve out why policemen hadn't been there. Why no one was there when they walked out. Then I reminded myself I was the only one that was aware of that boy's presence.

I'm sure his comrades, or that older man's comrades, had told the police they'd handle it or something close to that. I couldn't figure it out, but that boy seemed strangely familiar to me. I'm sure that I couldn't see through someone's eyes so easily unless I knew them well, like Amu. But then again, after that time, my memory's completely jacked up..

I shut my eyes in frustration, only to open them again in realization.

He was that boy I played with back then. A friend of mine had dated his father, so I got to see him a lot. His name was Ikuto. He usually had such a painful expression on his face, that I would always smile at him and say some silly words to make him cheer up. Even though I never was able to figure out the depths of his sadness, it made me happy to see him smile like that. It was one of those rare, golden smiles that you find. Almost like a yellow rose you find in a garden of red ones.

Oh the laughs we had, the pranks, the jokes, hell even the tears, every single heartwarming memory began to fill me up with joy and happiness.

That is, until the last puzzle piece was set in place.

That's right.. because it was his father that killed me.

Oh look what we got here, ANOTHER SAAYA. Auu, auu, auu! She pisses me off even worse then Saaya! At least she didn't walk in being all flirty flirty with her brother! And calling Rima a midget? Oh no, you do NOT say those kinds of things to Rima, and you especially do NOT flirt with her man! Well they may not be dating but I mean really? It's obvious that she likes him and we have this big sis coming in and acting like she owns him! So so so so SO FRUSTRATING!

We can't trust Nadeshiko.

Why? She has that same look in her eyes that Ikuto's father has.

I don't trust her. I don't trust her at all.

She gave me a bad impression at first with her rotten incest attitude, but now it's more than a personal hatred.

Every sentence she spoke to them I took as a lie.

No.

Liar.

Liar.

Liar. Liar! LIAR!

I watched as everyone else got all occupied in some newscast that Nadeshiko set up, while I decided to go look for Ikuto. Maybe he can see me?

I went to the only place I could think of at that moment. It was somewhere I used to play hide & seek with him in. The local park, deserted because of the current situation, was where he stood. I smiled happily, maybe there's hope after all.

I watched as Ikuto leaned up against the tree. He had his eyes closed, and it seemed as though he was trying to take in the sounds of his surroundings. I guess this all gave him time to think.

"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 bit my lip to keep from screaming at him, forcing him to hear me.

"..I see. You're not a bad kid. I know that you'll help make everything right again.. right?" I smiled at him hopelessly. I know now that, unlike back then, my words of encouragement could no longer reach his ears.

"Gomenasai."

He opened his eyes at that. I guess that he had managed to hear that? Surprising. He looked around, noticing that the park was no different then it was a few minutes ago. He groaned, running and through his hair, swearing to himself that he was finally going insane. He mentioned something about my words being familiar.. remorseful and sad, too..

His next sentence made my heart leap with joy.

"I wish that person would forgive her already."

Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar. Liar.

That girl. Is such. A liar.

"Letter to the mayor" psh! You had time! You can go and do this all on your own without having to watch over Nagihiko! Idiot, you idiot! Getting everyone else involved? Honestly, just go back to where you came from you copier, you liar, you.. you..

You fate changer.

I made sure to follow Amu to where she was going. For all I know that girl could be leading her to a place where she'll be never seen again. And what could I do about it? Sit and watch. That's it.

It was only when she made a certain turn that I realized she was heading straight to the local park.

To Ikuto.

It's a setup. It's all a setup. For Amu, for Ikuto. Who's Nadeshiko's REAL target? Amu's changed.. she's become more confident and cold when it comes to protecting people in the past few days. And Ikuto.. has so much pain that he's hiding from seeing Amu so hurt.. so basically, she's probably planning for Ikuto to be hurt by a girl he cares so much about, and for Amu to attack the guy that feels unconditional pity and.. maybe even love for her..

Someone tell me.. when did this world become so cold?

I have nothing more to say about the events between Ikuto and Amu. All I know is that everything that Ikuto did to Amu.. wasn't for an act of lust and pleasure.

It's love.

And I know that everything that Amu said and did to Ikuto.. it wasn't an act of hatred and revenge.

It's to protect herself for everyone else.

If Amu hated him, she would've killed him. When you hate someone, you want them dead. It's simple as that. Amu doesn't hate him, she just wants to be able to live on.

Despite how Ikuto acted, even against that man's orders, he could've easily taken her right when he had her immobilized. I know him better then that.

He just wanted to treasure that time he had with Amu. To touch her, to know the feeling of her lips under his, the wanting he had for that girl is something I can't comprehend or being to understand why he even has it.

I just hope that Amu realizes it before it's too late.

And WHO decides to add on the amount of pain that has just happened? None other than miss "I-decide-to-show-up-right-after-a-shooting-and-protect-my-brother-even-though-i-had-13-years-to-do-so-and-try-to-boss-everyone-around-because-im-your-best-friends-twin-that-no-one-has-ever-heard-of-before-but-since-i-said-it-it-has-to-be-true-twins-dont-lie-incest" girl.

I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her.

I. hate. Her.

How DARE she say and do something so cruel like that to Amu, the sweetest girl in the WHOLE world? "You don't belong her, get out and go find my mysterious friend who'll just take care of you." Psh, BULLSHIT. It's bad enough that she had to do all of that, but the blunt, horrible way she said it to her.

Why. WHY do I have to be such a useless existence.. these are the time when I really hate the fact that I even came here. All I can do is watch Amu, alone in the lot, curling up into a little ball and falling into a cold sleep.

My eyes began to burn up, and my body felt so hot from all the rage. Right now, I could careless.

I shut my eyes in an attempt to calm myself down, and quietly walked towards Amu. I sat next to her, watching a few last tears begin to fall down her blush-fading face.

I felt that heating rage fill up in me again. The once silent lot was filled up with the smell of alcohol and ruthless chuckles. There was also that noise.. the one you get when you slide a cap off of a knife.

I hate it all.

No song used at the end of this one.

I was really reluctant to finish this chapter. I don't know if it was right to go over everything like this, but honestly I wanted to answer a few questions, and shoot some more out there. :3 I know I didn't go in detail for a lot of things, missed some paragraphs, etc, but I really don't feel like adding a bunch of stuff from previous chapters in that I didn't already. I wanted to use this chapter to clear up some confusion, but also add more. ;D I'm that evil, eh?

So, if you decide to review, can you please tell me some questions that you need answered? I feel like I'm leaving some out, and in future chapters I don't wanna leave out any. D: (The whole "cleaver in the scene" from chapter 1 I already sorta cleared up, it was a simple mistake that I need to get off my lazy ass and correct.)

I don't think I'm gonna update 'till I get to 20 reviews ._. Ik that sounds kind of.. selfish? Review hungry? Ehh, I just get discouraged easily. ;_;

So, please R&R!