The ground cracked as a big black monstrosity started rising out of it. It was a monstrous machine with eight long arms and claws. On the front was the dreaded word Easter.

"N-no way… E-easter's gone." Utau said in disbelief.

"Apparently not," I spat. I looked at Ikuto. He was just staring at it wide eyed… "If you haven't noticed," I said, "Easter's gotten serious." He just snapped out of it and nodded.

"Bad timing." He said, sounding a little worried. I just looked at the machine as it finished its ascent. When it finished, it turned to me.

*Utau POV*

Ikuto and Amu were still in the air watching the thing come up. As soon as it did, it turned straight to Amu. It started shooting.

*Amu POV*

Well a day at the mall turned into an overgrown metal spider shooting at me. I dodged through everything and… I felt something… build up. Like with negative heart, but this was different.

*Kazuka POV*

Well I feel really stupid right now. I have no idea what is going on! A gigantic War of the Worlds replica just showed up and started shooting at Amu who had just turned into a cat and my head hurts! I looked up at her, she had a weird look on her face… concentrated yet, concerned? WHAT IS GOING ON?! I looked up again just to see her disappear. It was just like the wipe effect… just gone. She vanished. NOW IM MORE CONFUSED! This should be easy for Ryuu he's always confused. I looked over at him. He was watching the scene like it was on the big screen.

I looked up again. Ikuto was looking for Amu, Utau was too. Then all of a sudden dark blue streaks came shooting through the sky. They hit the ground around the thing. I looked up at Amu, her nails were glowing blue and were in the shapes of claws, she had a smug grin on her face, but she had missed. I looked again; the streaks were stuck in the ground. Yup she had definitely missed. So why is she-?

Everything lit up as I was blown backwards.

Well that answers my question.

*Ikuto POV*

I felt like the damsel in distress and Amu was getting SHOT AT. I wanted to go help, but I can't –uh- fly in a straight line. How could I dodge everything like she was? Then she was gone… I looked around frantically but couldn't find her. At first I thought she had ditched us. Then, blue… I don't know what came flying past me landing everywhere around the thing. I was thinking of ways to make fun of her for missing-if we ever got out alive- when they blew up.

The damn streaks BLEW UP sending even ME flying backwards. The light was so bright I was blind even after it was over. I looked down… where that THING had just been… there was now a parking lot.

Ryuu POV

All I could think was:

SHIT…

*Amu POV*

"Whoo! Go Amu, Nya!" Yoru screamed from the lock. Which was pretty funny… did Ikuto want to be a spaz?! I giggled a little bit. As I landed on the ground and the Chara-nari undid itself. I went over and helped Utau up as Ikuto finally got down.

"So Easter's back…" she mumbled.

I sighed, "Thanks for reminding me." Yoru was still floating closer to me than Ikuto on the way home. My head hurt.

"Wait," Utau broke the silence. "Aren't you two tired? You were changed for a while." I shrugged.

"Nope, that is weird, but I still want to know what caused it in the first place." I said. We all just sighed.

"What a day," Ryuu said tiredly.

"Cuz you did SO much, Ryuu." Ikuto said rolling his eyes.

"Oh, give him a break, he saw a lot of stuff today…" Utau tried, we started laughing –except Ryuu who pouted- about how lame that was. Well Ikuto didn't laugh, but he grinned a bit. Not the evil smirk THANK GOD!

I poked Ikuto. "What?" He asked.

"Just making sure you were still with us, emo person."

"E-emo?" He asked a quizzical look on his face. Utau started giggling. Kazuka bit his lip, trying not to laugh. They laugh at the dumbest crap I swear.

"Yeah, I'm sure everyone thinks you are… or knows…" I said poking him again. He just raised an eyebrow.

"What makes you say that?"

"You don't laugh, you're always hiding in the shadows or running down alleys, your room is filled with poems about death…"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you knew that HOW?"

"Utau locked me in there as punishment for not going to the mall with her and I got bored." I shrugged again then kept on with my list. "Even your Chara-nari is called BLACK lynx… Although it looks like a gay suit." I mumbled. He just turned to me sharply.

"Did you just say my Chara-nari is gay?" I nodded.

"Leather outfit… half top… gloves… collar that looks like a turtle neck… it's not as bad as your change with ran but it's still pretty gay-ish." I said smugly.

"I'm going to have to punish you for that." He whispered… smirking. I raised my eyebrows. "You know, it would have been better if you had locked her in there while I was here, Utau." He said smiling at me mischievously.

"Pervert!" I barely even got the word out before he tackled me into the bushes. He turned so he landed on the bottom.

"Oh My Gosh! I am so hurt!" I said and faked fainting.

"You realize you're still laying on me right?"

"Only a pervert would care. PERVERT!" I said "fainting" again. Then I sat up and he did too. We heard Utau yell that they were going to go home and start Truth or Dare. Then they ran off. I sighed, "We should get going." I looked at him, but he was just staring at me. I just stared back. Then after I couldn't take it anymore I asked "what?" He shook his head; he still had a small grin on his face, just barely there.

"Nothing. We should get going." He said getting up.

We walked in silence to Utau's place. However it wasn't awkward… at all.

We walked into the apartment; the guys were sitting at the table. Ikuto sat down with them as Utau yelled:

"Amu! Come play with me! Kazuka, Ryuu! You too! Ikuto you can be emo at the table!" I giggled as he rolled his eyes.

*Ikuto POV*

I was sitting at the table alone thinking. A bad time of the year to be a male cat was coming up. Well for me anyways. Just then Amu came running into the room. She jumped over the table and wrapped her arms around my neck while saying – no yelling-:

"Hi Ikuto-koi!"

Can you say mental WTF?!

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Amu: W…T…H

Ikuto: I liked it…

Well I finally updated. This chapter SUCKED. But I needed a filler chapter for the next one. So sorry I haven't updated in a while! Please review! I should be updating this story and Angel! soon!!!!

n.n REX ;]