(A/N: If anyone was wondering about ages…
Ikuto: 18
Amu/Nagihiko/Rima/Tadase: 14
Kukai/Utau: 15
I do not own Shugo Chara! Please review!)
Chapter 3
"You can open your eyes now."
Amu's eyes darted open. She saw nothing but black and dark blue cloth. That's when she realized that she was in the tight embrace of Tsukiyomi Ikuto. She pulled back almost instantly but Ikuto kept his hold on her.
"Don't struggle, Amu." Amu's eyes widened. The way he said it… sounded…
Amu turned her head around. They were in a foggy forest of some sort. And it was the dead of night.
"Where am I?" whispered Amu.
Ikuto smirked. He picked her up bridal style and started walking. "A little place I call home."
"Home?" Amu repeated. How could this place ever be a home?
"I know you don't know your gift, Amu."
Amu stared at him. "Did Rima tell you?" If she did-!
"No," Ikuto laughed, almost menacingly. "I can… tell."
"So what?" Amu said, instantly getting defensive. "So I don't know my gift?"
"Amu…. You're new around here, right?"
"Yes…"
"So you obviously haven't heard, about my gift."
Amu stared blankly at him. "Y-yours…?"
"Do you want to know?"
Amu hesitated before nodding.
Ikuto smirked. "I want you to guess. Look at me. Take a guess. What's my gift? What type of magic am I strongest at doing?"
"I don't know… fog?" Amu answered softly.
Ikuto looked at her with a hard menacing stare. It frightened her. "Fog? If fog was my gift… why do you think I would need you?"
"N-need me?"
Ikuto smirked. "You have no idea…."
"What do you mean?"
"Let's go."
He was still carrying her as he walked through the forest quietly and quickly. He was muttering a few uncomprehendable things under his breath as he walked.
"Ikuto-?" Amu asked hesitantly.
"What?"
"I'm… nevermind," Amu said, turning red.
"What is it, Amu? Are you afraid?"
"No! Of course not!" Amu lied.
Ikuto laughed. "Of course not. We're almost there, my little strawberry."
Suddenly they all heard a loud howl. "What was that?"
"It was obviously a wolf, Amu. Didn't you hear it?"
"W-wolf?" Amu repeated softly.
"Or…"
"TSUKIYOMI!" a loud thundering voice yelled. Amu looked at Ikuto and Ikuto looked up at the sky, searching.
"Ikuto?"
"Dammit," Ikuto cursed under his breath. "They're here."
That's when he began to run. "Ikuto! Where are we going? Who was that?"
"TSUKIYOMI!" the voice thundered again.
Suddenly they were surrounded. Dozens of monsters surrounded Ikuto and Amu. Monsters amu had never even known existed. There was grotesque ones with big bulges all over their faces and long pointed nails. Ones with overly large, sharp teeth and blood red eyes. Then there were some familiar ones. Pale human looking ones with sharp fangs, only to be known as the blood thirsty vampires, the evil ones. Snake-men and shark-men and blood thirsty centaurs (yes there are evil centaurs ).
"TSUKIYOMI. YOU'RE FINALLY BACK HERE. WITH SOME HUMAN GIRL…?" the voice sounded from an unseen being.
Ikuto smirked. "I was only passing through."
"NOW WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT? AND HERE I WAS THINKING YOU WERE GOING TO TURN YOURSELF IN. I REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE STARTING A FIGHT, TSUKIYOMI."
"Then let's skip the fight and you just let me go, Jero."
The voice laughed menacingly. "I DON'T THINK SO, TSUKIYOMI IKUTO! YOU BELONG HERE! NOT IN THAT OTHER WORLD! THINK ABOUT YOUR GIFT!"
"I have a plan, Jero, and it doesn't concern you. I'm not staying here! I'm almost at the border, let me leave."
"NEVER."
"I don't want to fight."
"NEITHER DO I, TSUKIYOMI. COME PEACEFULLY AND NO HARM WILL COME TO YOU OR THE HUMAN GIRL."
Amu shivered and Ikuto tightened his grip on her. "I'm not going to let you touch her, Jero. And I'm not going back either."
"SO BE IT! MONSTERS! ATTACK!"
The monsters that surrounded them lunged at Ikuto and Amu. Amu let out a high pitch scream and Ikuto gritted his teeth.
(A/N: I'm embarrassed; this was my shortest chapter ever! I just felt like this was a good place to stop. I will update as soon as possible.)