Hello to all my story readers! Here is a new chapter! I hate saying this on every chapter of the story, but I'm saying it again anyways because I don't want people to report me, sooo I do NOT own Shugo Chara!

Chapter 18

Pull The Trigger

"Let me out of here!" Amu screamed, holding tighter onto the bars that were locking her inside the cage. She has been locked up for the past three hours and obviously Kazoumi couldn't get it through his thick head that she wasn't going to give up on trying to get out of there. She was a fighter.

"Not until you answer my question" Kazoumi said, turning towards her. "Where is Ikuto?"

Amu rolled her eyes at his question before answering for the tenth time in a row. "I said that I don't know!" Amu yelled back at him, making him turn away from her with a sigh. She watched in anger as he walked out the room, shutting the door behind him. Amu growled to herself before looking around the room she was in, trying to find any keys. Obviously this guy wasn't stupid though because there was no keys in sight.

Amu sighed at this. Why couldn't it be easy like all them cartoons and the key be right on the table beside her so she could just grab it and get out of the place? No, this was reality so everything was ten times harder! Stupid cartoons...

Amu stood there for a few minutes, trying to think of a way out. After ten minutes of thinking and walking in circles around the cage, she finally thought of something. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. A bright smile formed on her face as she dialed Ikuto's number.

"please answer, please answer, please answer" Amu repeated in a whisper, listening to the ringing on her phone. But, it went straight to voicemail. Amu poked her bottom lip out before trying the number once more. It rang four times before going straight to voicemail. Amu sighed loudly before leaving him a quite voicemail.

"Ikuto, it's Amu. I need your help. Kazoumi has me ca-"

But before Amu could finish, her phone got snatched out of her hand. Her eyes widened as she turned around facing Kazoumi. He had a frown on his face as he shut her cell phone and tossed it behind him, it landing on the floor behind him.

Amu gulped, looking up at the man.

"Obviously he dosn't care about you or he would be here by now" Kazoumi told her, making the pinkett glare at him.

"That's not true! Ikuto does care about me!" Amu yelled, her voice getting louder by the second. Kazoumi just grinned, grabbing her by the collar of her shirt and pulling her towards him. Amu slammed up against the bars, trying her best to pull away, but he was way stronger then her.

"It will get worse then this if you don't tell me where he is" Kazoumi replied, anger showing on his futures. Amu shivered at his words. What was he going to do to her?

"I told you! I don't know! He just left!" Amu yelled, jerking out of his grip and stepping back away from him. She watched as Kazoumi pulled the key out of his pocket and unlock the cage, walking inside towards her. Amu stepped back, trying to get farther away as possible until her back was against the wall. She started to shake when he stood right infront of her. He had a glare across his face as he lifted up his hand, getting ready to hit her while Amu slammed her eyes shut, getting ready to feel the pain.

She kept her eyes shut as she waited but, she never felt any pain. She opened one eye until both of her eyes slammed open, staring at the person infront of her. Ikuto stood infront of her, with a now red cheek from where he took the hit for her. Kazoumi stood in shock, suprised at Ikuto's sudden arrival. Ikuto looked at Amu, a small smile appearing on his features.

"I'm back beautiful" Ikuto whispered, making Amu frown. Right now was not the time for his flirting. He then turned his attention back to Kazoumi, a frown now showing on his face. "What did you do to Amu?!" he asked, glaring at Kazoumi. Amu and Kazoumi both heard the anger rising in Ikutos voice.

Kazoumi stood there wide eyed. He never seen Ikuto so angry before. Not even when Ikuto saw him hitting his mother when he was young. He really did care for this girl...

"I did n-nothing!" Kazoumi replied between studders. Ikuto kept the same frown on his face, looking straight into Kazoumi eyes.

"Amu, leave. I'll meet you outside" Ikuto said, still looking at Kazoumi. Amu looked up at Ikuto before nodding and making her way out of the cage. She picked up her cell phone off the floor and stuffed it into her pants pocket before running out the door.

Ikuto waited for the the front door to shut until speaking to Kazoumi again. "I'm here. So what do you want?" Ikuto asked, gazing at Kazoumi who then smirked at his question.

"We had a deal Ikuto" Kazoumi replied.

That was it...

"No! I never made a deal with you Kazoumi! You made the deal by yourself! You think that just because you married my mom that you can boss me and Utau around! Utau might follow your orders but that don't mean that I will. I told you that I was done doing your dirty work. If you want it done so bad then do it yourself. I have a life Kazoumi, and I'm not going to spend it all on you."

With that said Ikuto walked around him, making his way towards the door.

"Take one more step and see what happens Ikuto."

Ikuto froze when he herd a click of a gun behind him. He gazed back at Kazoumi out of the cornor of his eye to see him holding a gun up to his back behind him.

Amu paced back in fourth outside, waiting for Ikuto to come out. When ten minutes was up, Amu thought it was time to call the cops. With that, she dialed 911 and waited. "Yes, 911? I need you here right away. It's an emergency" Amu told them.

"Take one more step and I will shoot you, and your little girlfriend outside" Kazoumi whispered to Ikuto, walking around him until he was standing infront of Ikuto. Ikuto stared at Kazoumi, then at the gun, then back at Kazoumi.

"If you pull that trigger then it will be the last thing you do" Ikuto told Kazoumi, making the man frown.

"You can do what you want with me but, you will NOT touch Amu..." Ikuto whispered. With that said, he went to run towards the door until he heard Kazoumi pull the trigger and pain shoot through his body. Ikuto felt hisself hit the floor as he fought to keep his eyes open. Everything was starting to go black as he heard the front door slam open and people running inside.

Ikuto heard the words, 'your under arrest' get yelled out until he heard someone scream and run to him.

"Ikuto! No! Stay with me Ikuto! Stay with me!" Amu yelled, tugging the boys shoulder, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Don't leave me again Ikuto..." Amu whispered.

That was it! I hope you liked it! This has probably been my favorite chapter so far! Please review and the next chapter will be out soon! :D