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Flashback
"What are you going to do, Amu?"
"We're going to fight."
Ikuto's POV
I stared at her in silence and started laughing.
"You…ha ha…and me…fighting?! HAHAHAHAHA!" I exploded for a few minutes. I calmed myself down and took a deep breath. My voice was still teasing. "Amu, I would win in that fight. You know that."
Amu had started becoming angry while I had laughed. She held herself higher and asked angrily, "Yeah? Well, if I win, then you have to leave me alone forever!"
"And if I win, you have to tell me everything. Deal?"
"Deal!" Amu was completely red in the face. I waited.
"Well? Are we going to fight or not?"
"Wait a minute stupid Ikuto. I'm waiting for my charas."
"Well, where are they—ouch!" I rubbed the back of my head. Her golden one had flown up behind me and kicked my head. She was laughing as she flew over to Amu.
"Sorry I'm late Amu-chan. Suu was trying to overfeed us again."
"It's okay Dia. Where are the others?"
"Here!" chorused the other three. They now all flew over and the pink one started screaming.
"Amu-chan! Amu-chan! It's Ikuto! How did you meet? What happened? Why didn't you tell us anything!! Amu-chan~~!" The questions flew out of her mouth like bullets from a machine gun. Amu laughed and I relished the delicious sound of it.
"I just met him right now Ran. And Dia, I have to do a character transformation with you. Ikuto and I are going to fight." (A/N: Dia won 11-9)
"Oh Amu, don't lie. You and I met in the alley too remember? Right after you went to that apartment of yours."
"How did you know about that?" asked Miki. She was the skeptical one, if I remembered correctly.
"Hi Miki nya!" Yoru said from behind me. He flew over my shoulder and over to the girls. "Long time no see!"
"Yoru? What are you doing here desu?" asked the green one. The blue one, Miki, had waved at Yoru and then flown away, probably in embarrassment. Suddenly, there was a flash of golden light and Amu was there. Her outfit had changed from the last time I had seen her. Her hair was flowing down her back this time, but still the microphone headset. Her costume was still yellow, but the strange boots last time were now heels. They were at least 2 inches high and strings wrapped around her ankles up her mid-calf. She still had a one piece with a short skirt. It was short sleeved this time, but she had on white hand gloves with diamond-cuts on the back.
Amu's POV
I sighed to myself, watching the girls socialize with Yoru and Ikuto. I did a character transformation with Dia and looked at Ikuto. His eyes were wide open, and I unconsciously blushed. My outfit had changed, and I looked more petite, I knew that.
"Well? Are you ready?" I asked. I wanted to end this quickly. The meeting should have started already. There was a flash of blue and Ikuto stood in front of me in his black lynx costume.
"Now I am, Amu," he drawled out.
"Don't say my name like that!" I yelled out frustrated.
"How do you want me to say it then?"
"Argh! Never mind! The rules are…"
"What rules?"
"There are none!"
Normal POV
Amu ran quickly towards him with a golden knives in her hands. She hit him with the hilt on the shoulders and attempted another strike. Ikuto dodged the second one and jumped far away the third time she struck. Ikuto sweatdropped (is that how you say it?).
"Um…Amu? Why can you suddenly make weapons?"
"I practiced a lot. Dia and I learned that we could make daggers as our defense and offense. (That's not true. But I'm just using it for this time) So, since I'm obviously better, why don't you surrender already Ikuto?"
Ikuto smiled and grinned.
"How about no?" Suddenly his claw came down on her and she blocked with her knives. "Yoru and I practiced too." There was a claw near her stomach area as well. Amu looked down and sighed. She suddenly flipped up and released her grip on his claws. She stood up from her crouched position and flipped the knives into their scabbards at her sides.
"You'd better be careful, Ikuto. This is going to hurt." Amu stood poised with her fists raises, in the starting position for any martial art. Suddenly, she was flying. She was everywhere at once. Ikuto could barely avoid her, and sometimes she hit him on a pressure point. He collapsed. His arm and legs had gone numb, so he couldn't stand. He had bruises, visible and more were coming. Amu stood over him, glaring down. "I told you this was going to hurt. You should have been faster," she chided. Suddenly, she giggled. "This reminds me on the first time I caught you after a fight. Remember? You were cut and took me to an amusement park afterwards."
Ikuto smiled complacently.
"Nothing is over yet," he said. Suddenly, he did a leg sweep, which Amu dodged casually. While she was still falling, he caught her and wrapped his arms around her. He leaned back against a tree and struggled to keep her still. "You know, Amu? I've always seen the night sky, but it always looked the same to me. Nothing made me happy, except to play my violin. Are you like that too? Nothing makes you happier than to fight?" Amu had gone still. She sighed, then looked up into his face.
"No. Nothing makes me happy, except for Kisangi," she said robotically, as if she was chanting it to herself. She turned around in his arms. Amu looked down, at his cross. Her arms wrapped around him. Ikuto held her closer and nestled his face in her hair. All of a sudden, a rope was wrapped around him, and to the tree. Amu got out from his flailing arms and smiled. She tied the knot behind him on the opposite side and made a face at him. "You should've paid attention. I had a rope all this time hanging from the back of my suit."
Ikuto sighed in defeat. "Guess this means I lost, eh?"
"Yup. So now you have to stay away."
"What if I don't want to?" challenged Ikuto.
"That was the punishment."
"Doesn't mean I have to get punished. So I'll keep following you." Amu's face suddenly contorted with fury. She punched him in the stomach, hard. He coughed out blood.
"Don't you realize that you have to stay away?! It's not safe for you and the others to be around me!" There were tears in her eyes. "So I'll hurt you so badly now, you won't want to find me." Amu took out a knife and stood poised to strike.
"Stop!!" Tadase's voice called out. Amu's head shot up and the tears disappeared, as if they were never there. Suddenly, wings appeared from her back. They were the same as Utau's but bigger and more graceful. Amu lifted off into the sky and stared down at them. She whispered something into the night sky and then she flew back into the direction of the city. Ikuto and Tadase followed her with their eyes.
"What was she doing?" asked Tadase.
"We were having a mutual discussion," replied Ikuto. "Hey Tadase?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you untie me from this tree?"
A/N: Sorry guys. This wasn't the best chapter alive but I'm seriously running out of ideas. I'm trying though. Read and review!