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Pain, Problems & Plans
Amu woke up from her sleep and she could hardly move. She was currently bruised all over and she remember the last time that se experienced this much pain. She thought back to the events of last night and she also thought of how Miki and Su were doing. Their eyes were bloodshot red when they left the room and no one could blame them for that.
Amu tried to get up and sit on her bed when suddenly a hand held her still and spoke "You should lie down more Amu-chan, it won't be a good thing for you to force yourself or it might get worse." Amu looked over at Dia who was smiling at her kindly.
"Dia…." Muttered Amu
"Ohaiyo gozaimas Amu-chan." Said Dia with a smile
"W-what are you doing here?" asked Amu
"I'm making sure you're feeling better Amu-chan. You should rest some more." Said Dia "You might pass out if you don't."
"Dia…what…where…Su and Miki! Where are they?!?" asked Amu frantically
"Shh, calm down Amu-chan. Su and Miki are fine. They're simply resting in their rooms that's all." Said Dia trying to calm Amu down, she knew Amu was worried for her friend right now but Dia also hoped that Amu would start to worry for herself.
"…" Amu remained silent for a while then pain struck her. She didn't think that the pain in her wounds would last this long and would actually be this painful. But if you come to think of it, after what happened last night, she would be more surprised if it didn't hurt that much. With that kind of punishment, that kind of logic is kind of impossible.
Amu looked over at Dia and noticed that her eyes were a bit swollen too. "Dia…are you alright? Have you been crying? What's wrong?" she asked her friend
Dia was a bit shocked a the question, she didn't want Amu to notice that she's been crying as well, but there was no escaping it now. "Daijobu Amu-chan, it's okay. I'm alright now…." She told Amu with a smile
Amu wouldn't buy it and she knew perfectly well why Dia was crying. "Dia gomenasai, I made you all worry about me like that."
"No, Amu-chan it wasn't your fault. You didn't do anything wrong and you should have never been punished to begin with." Said Dia then she paused for a second and spoke "Amu-chan, when you got here last night, we noticed something odd….."
"What would that be?" asked Amu confused
"Well, Miki and Su didn't have as many wounds and cuts as you did and to top it off you had twice the wounds they ever had. Do you mind if I ask what happened and how that came to be? We didn't want to ask you last night and Miki and Su didn't want to talk about it." Dia noticed that Amu stayed silent and so she added "But Amu-chan, if your not comfortable with talking about it then I don't mind."
Amu shook her head and spoke "No Dia, I'm fine with it. I might as well tell you what happened anyway, I wouldn't want for you and the others to continue to ponder about it and then worry as much."
Dia simply nodded and then soon enough after a few more moments of silence Amu began her story "It started like this…."
Flashback….
Amu, Su and Miki entered the room. There, they saw Lady Yamabuki looking at them with ice cold eyes and she was shooting them death glares. All was silent or a few second when Lady Yamabuki finally spoke "Lock the door. Close it and lock it Now!" she yelled
Su reached or the door and locked it just as she was told to do so. The three of them stood there in silence and then Lady Yamabuki spoke again "Now, I think you three know the reason why I called you here yes?" she asked walking closer to them. "I've heard from Saaya that you've disobeyed your orders and have spoke with the prince and princess."
They all continued to remain silent when Lady Yamabuki yelled "Answer the question!"
Amu twitched and then she answered "Y-yes Yamabuki-sama…we've spoken to them in the garden…."
"I see, and if I remember correctly I gave you strict orders not to keep in contact with them correct? And yet you disobeyed, especially you Amu!" she yelled
"B-but it wasn't Amu-chan's fault Yamabuki-sama. We just happened to pass by the garden when I was giving them the tour…." Su was about to continue to explain her side when she was suddenly cut off…
"And you Su! I cannot forgive you for that. If you knew that Amu was in the gardens that why did you bring them there hmmm?" asked Lady Yamabuki. They could tell that she was trying to pin this on Su.
"I- I didn't know that Amu-chan was still there~desu, I really didn't…." said Su. She honestly didn't know. After she was called to the kitchen, she thought Amu went to work on the other areas of the mansion just like Dia and the others.
"Of course you didn't and are you about to tell me that you didn't know where you were headed at the time too?" mocked Lady Yamabuki
Su was on the verge of tears, she was telling the truth and both Amu and Miki knew that. Lady Yamabuki turned to Amu and spoke "Didn't I tell you not to make any contact with any of the royals whatsoever?" she asked
"But it wasn't Amu-chan's fault! She didn't even know that they were going to be given a tour, if you told us sooner then we could have stayed hidden!" argued Miki. She didn't like it when they were being pushed like this when they didn't do anything wrong. Miki knew she made a mistake getting angry and yelling like that, but right now she didn't care. She wouldn't have anybody accusing her friends like that no matter who it was!
SLAP!
Miki looked at Lady Yamabuki wide eyed and she just got hit in the face. She touched her cheek and it was starting to get swollen. Lady Yamabuki was furious with Miki for her yelling. "How dare you talk back to me like that!" she dragged Miki cross the other side of the huge room and Miki hit the wall.
Lady Yamabuki pulled out a whip from her closet and went towards Miki who was currently on the ground. Miki stared at her wide eyed as she knew what was coming. A few seconds later the lash of a whip hit her body and she tried to stop herself from reacting to the pain.
Amu and Su looked horrified "Stop it~desu! Please don't hurt Miki!" cried Su
"Be quiet!" yelled Lady Yamabuki as she hit Miki with the whip once more. Miki was struggling to keep up with the pain.
Amu couldn't take it anymore. She could no longer take it, seeing her friends suffering for her cause was too much. Miki was about to suffer another hit from the whip, she closed her eyes to prepare for the impact, but then when she heard the whip hit something she didn't feel a thing.
Miki opened her eyes and her eyes widened when she saw Amu cover for her therefore taking the hit. Amu looked at Miki and smiled weakly "Miki, daijobu?" she asked softly
"Amu-chan…." Muttered Miki. Amu just stood up for her and took the hit for her.
"How dare you Amu! Get out of the way!" yelled Lady Yamabuki
"No! I won't get out of the way! You can't keep hurting my friends! Su was right, none of us knew that they would come to the garden and visit anyway. How were we to know if we weren't even told! All you said was that we don't show ourselves to them, not the other way around! I won't let you keep hurting my friends any more, if you want to hurt them you have to go through me." Said Amu confidently. She was sick of it, all of it. She was sick of seeing the others get hurt and she won't stand for it any longer.
Lady Yamabuki was silent for a while then she smirked at Amu. "Very well then, if you want to protect your friends so be it. Then you wouldn't mind taking all their hits for them."
Miki and Su's eyes went wide. Then Amu was soon getting whipped by Lady Yamabuki continuously like there was no tomorrow. "No Amu-chan! Don't!" yelled Miki, but Amu didn't step aside. She continued to protect and shield her friend.
"Stop it~desu!" called Su, but again no one listened and Amu was still being hit. Tears were already falling from Su and Miki's eyes as they saw Amu get hurt for their sake. Amu was holding in her tears and refused to scream. She didn't want to let Lady Yamabuki of having the pleasure of seeing her cry.
The hitting and the pain continued, Miki and Su were trying to beg for it to stop but it was futile. Nothing worked, and they continued. Amu was getting different bruises and cuts all over her but she refused for her friends to get hurt and take her place. It was a few more minutes later before the three of them were told to go back to their rooms. Lady Yamabuki left them with her last words for the night "If you ever disobey again, things might get much worse than this."
As the three of them left the room Miki and Su carried Amu to her room and placed her on her bed. Amu was so weak that night she could rarely speak. That's when Rima and the others came along.
End of Flashback….
"Then that was about the time when you guys helped me get to sleep. I remember not being able to answer any of your questions last night, gomansai Dia…" said Amu
Dia remained silent and she could hardly believe what she's heard. Amu risked herself to be able to protect both Miki and Su, that would explain why she has most of the wounds than anyone else. Dia sighed and spoke "Amu-chan, you shouldn't apologize to me. As I said earlier you did nothing wrong, I'm just glad that you're okay." She told Amu trying her best to smile.
Meanwhile inside Miki and Su's room Miki was seated on her bed with an emotionless expression on her face. She wanted to apologize so much to Amu. She blamed herself for what had happened and she just couldn't get over it. "Amu-chan was hurt because of me, if only I took those hits she wouldn't be hurt like this…." She muttered to herself
Su was worried for Miki and Amu. She saw how Miki was acting and the fact that she refused to eat anything was definitely not helping her situation right now. "Miki, you should eat something or else you'll get weaker this way." Nagihiko came into the room and he was accompanied by Ran and Rima.
"I'm not really hungry…" replied Miki, she just lost her appetite right now, but no one was buying that excuse.
"Come on Miki, it wasn't your fault, Amu-chan was just trying to protect you…" said Ran trying to comfort her, but that didn't make it better it made Miki feel a whole lot worse.
"How would you feel then?" asked Miki and her voice was rising a bit "How would you feel seeing Amu-chan like that? How would you feel if you saw her endure all the pain just for you?!? Don't be naïve Ran! It doesn't matter if she was trying to protect me or not the fact that she got hurt because of me…"
SLAP!
Miki got another hit in the face, this time it was Ran's doing. "You think I'm being naïve?!? I might be clueless at times but don't think I can't relate to you! What would you do if you were in Amu-chan's place? Would you just sit there and watch her get hurt? You'd do the same for her wouldn't you Miki? You would protect her too, so stop acting like a fool and face reality that she did that because she cared about you and you'd most likely do the same for her too! And don't think that it was easy on us hearing you guys get hurt like that, it was just as hard for us as it was for you!" Ran was now crying and tears were falling from her eyes, never had she yelled at anyone like that. She was always so free spirited and fun that it was way out of her character. She had heard what had happened from Su, all of them did, but she didn't want Miki to act like this.
Miki had tears in her eyes too. All of them were surprised at Ran's sudden outburst. She watched as Ran was breathing heavily as the effect of all the continuous yelling she just did. "Ran…gomenasai…" whispered Miki
Ran suddenly gave her friend a hug. "Daijobu, I'm sorry too. I didn't mean to yell at you or hit you Miki. I just hate to see you and Amu-chan like this."
"Ran…it was my fault, you were right. If I was Amu-chan I would probably do the same thing. I should have thought about that first I'm sorry…" Miki hugged Ran back and the two of them smiled at each other.
"So…friends?" asked Ran
"Yeah. You bet." Replied Miki with a smile
There was a bit of silence for a while when suddenly Nagihiko spoke up "It's nice to know you're back to normal Miki-chan." He said with a smile "Now I think you better eat something."
"Okay…" replied Miki then she looked around the room and asked "By the way..minna, where's Amu-chan?" she asked
"She's resting and Dia is looking after her right now." Said Rima finally speaking
"Oh…" replied Miki
"Don't worry about it, she's fine. She just needs a lot of rest." Said Nagihiko. He saw all the wounds that Amu had and he didn't like it, but he didn't want to have negative thoughts right now.
"That's good, I'm glad she's okay." Said Miki with a smile
Soon enough, Dia came into the room. She walked over to her friends and spoke "Minna, Amu-chan has a request she would like to make."
"Oh? And what would that be?" asked Nagihiko. He didn't like this feeling he was starting to get. He ha a feeling that whatever Amu's request was it wasn't an easy thing or them to approve of.
"She wants to take a trip to the village tomorrow." Said Dia with a sigh "She said she'd like to visit Kukai and Daichi."
"Oh no, that is not going to happen. She needs to rest." Argued Rima. There was no way she'd going to let Amu go there in her current condition.
"I agree, she's still too weak." Said Nagihiko
"Yes, but she's being persistent. She said she'd be fine and she can take one of us with her." Said Dia
"And how would you get away with it? The Yamabuki's would never approve." Said Rima. She was hoping to find a loophole for Amu not to leave the house.
"I'm afraid she's settled that already. She volunteered to do the weekly shopping and asked Yamabuki-sama for permission." Said Dia
"But why would they allow something like that?" asked Ran confused
"They just want to give her more work to do and since she's wounded like this even something as simple as shopping would be hard for her. They're enjoying the pleasure of seeing her hurt." Said Miki with a frown
"But she'd more or less be limping her whole way there!" said Rima
"That's why she wants one of us to go with her." Said Dia "So we could help her."
"Well….maybe this won't be a bad thing. As long as someone goes with her~desu. I mean, she'll get to see Kukai right?" said Su. She thought that seeing Kukai might help cheer Amu up. This might be a good thing for her.
"Su does have point there, Amu-chan might just want to talk to Kukai and he might be able to help her lessen the pain she's experiencing right now." Agreed Nagihiko
"Amu-chan did say she'd want to go tomorrow. That would mean another day for her to rest." Said Ran
"Well, as long as she rests today I guess it should be fine right?" asked Miki
"Alright then, but we should do her chores today, you know so we can help her." Said Rima finally agreeing.
They all divided Amu's chores equally and Dia was told to take care of Amu for the rest of the day. They would allow her to go to Kukai's only if she rested and so Amu didn't bother to argue.
At the Palace…
Utau was bored to death and she had nothing to do. She wanted to sing, but she found it more comfortable if someone were to listen or if Ikuto was there to play the violin. She didn't mind how many people heard her as long as she can sing her heart out. As long as there was one person that she could touch her songs with, she was happy.
Nowadays though, no one listened to her sing anymore. If there was one person, even just one who'd take the time to listen it was enough for her. She wanted to make them happy and see them smile with her singing "It was better when Sanjo-san and Kairi were still here, at least they'd listen to me even if it was just once…." She thought with s sigh
She was always alone now, Ikuto would be busy with some meetings with her father, Yoru would do his bodyguard duties and she would just be asked to do as she likes or meet suitors she wasn't even interested in.
Utau sighed, she went around the palace and there she saw her father talking with some guy she's never seen before. She went and took a closer look, she was then noticed by her father approaching.
"Utau, there you are. Just the girl that I wanted to see." Said Aruto as he called his daughter. "Can you come here please?"
Utau sighed, she knew that whatever was going on it wasn't good. She approached her father slowly and tried her best to smile. "Yes, father? You needed me for something?" she asked
"Yes, Utau how would you like to go and take a trip to the town?" asked Aruto and he saw Utau smile. She's always wanted to see the town and the townsfolk. Being trapped inside of the palace wasn't really giving her any freedom to see much that was on the outside.
"I'd love to." She replied with a smile.
"That's nice then it would give you time to spend with Sir Daniel." Said Aruto
"Who?" asked Utau, she thought she'd be able to do this alone not with someone else.
"He's a prince from the other far side of the kingdom. He would love to accompany you." Said Aruto and then he pointed to the young man beside Utau "He's this young man right here."
"Oh…" Utau simply smiled at the man but deep down she didn't like the feeling of this guy. "Great, another day with a prince, just perfect…" she thought
"It's nice to meet you princess, you are as the rumors say. Beautiful indeed." Said Sir Daniel and he took Utau's hand and kissed it.
Utau wanted to slap the guy in the face. She knew it was just a gesture, but she hated it when they did that. For some reason she could already tell this guy was definitely anything but good news. She remained silent and continued to smile. She pulled her hand away, not too forcefully a little later.
"I'm sure that you and I will definitely have a good time." He told her
Utau was already depressed and this just added to it, she should have never approached her father, but to think of it there would make no difference otherwise. They'd probably go and call for her sooner or later anyway. Soon Utau's depression was lifted up when her father spoke.
"You'll leave tomorrow and I will be asking Yoru to accompany you." Said Aruto
Utau immediately smiled, with Yoru coming along she wouldn't mind. He knew most of the village too and it wouldn't be all that bad with him around to accompany her. "Alright then, I'll inform Yoru of it immediately." Said Utau
Before anyone could say another word, Utau walked off. She walked straight to her room again and waited until Yoru and Ikuto were both done with their duties, then she'd go ahead and talk to them…
Later that evening, Utau went into her brother's room. She knocked on the door and spoke "Ikuto, it's me. Can I come in?" she asked
She heard a reply of "whatever" so Utau just took that as a simple yes, sure or fine. Utau entered the room and found that both Ikuto and Yoru were there. Yoru was seated in one of the chairs next o the large bed and Ikuto was lying down on the bed itself with his hands behind his head and he was staring at the ceiling.
"Hey Utau, whatcha doing~nya?" asked Yoru
"Nothing much, it's actually getting boring around here." Said Utau honestly she walked around the room for a while then looked at her brother who looked like he came from a torture chamber and just got out.
Utau approached Ikuto and spoke "What in the world happened to you?" she asked him while poking him in the sides.
"First of all, stop poking me. Next, I just came from a load of useless meetings, those the initially bored me to death and almost killed me if that was even possible." Said Ikuto
"Well at least you had something to do today, all I did was stay in my room and sulk." Said Utau with a frown.
"Oh? You want to take my place then? Cause if you do, trust me when I say that I'd gladly give it to you Utau." Said Ikuto looking at his little sister
"Please, I've been through worse." Said Utau
"Really? Do you know how much I'd rather be locked in my room than even bother to go to those useless and nonsensical meeting? You've had it easy." Said Ikuto
This time Utau stood up and spoke "I've had it easy? Oh look who's talking. Do you even know what father wanted me to do today? He wanted me to accompany Sir what's his name to town tomorrow and I don't eve like the guy!" she retorted
"At least your not being forced to marry some random girl who just happened to be around the corner!" said Ikuto
"And you think meeting suitors isn't just as bad?" asked Utau "Have you even seen those guys? They're like little pests that you can't get rid of."
Yoru was in the midst of both shock and panic. Never in his life has he seen them fight. Let alone argue. He was panicking because he wanted to stop them from fighting to begin with. He stood up from his seat and yelled.
"Knock it off~nya!" said Yoru
Ikuto and Utau looked at him, they rarely saw him yell so this was just as big as a surprise to them as it was for Yoru to see the two fighting for the first time. They stared at Yoru for a while before he spoke again. "Stop it, you both have problems but you can't take it out on each other. It's not going to help you~nya!" he told them
Utau and Ikuto remained silent for a while and then they both sighed. They knew that Yoru had a good point there. Nothing was going to happen if they kept bickering here. Besides, it was pretty obvious that they both had a long and exhausting day and fighting would definitely not make anything better.
"Gomene, I guess I was just pissed off." Said Utau as she apologized to her brother
"Ah, me too." Replied Ikuto plainly
Yoru sighed in relief. At least now all the yelling and such had stopped and things were getting calmer again. Ikuto sighed and finally spoke up after a few more seconds of silence "What was bothering you so much anyway? Father told you to accompany who where?" he asked
"He told me to accompany some price into town tomorrow. I forgot what his name was, I never even bother to remember their names anyway." Said Utau as she sighed
"What's so bad about that? At least you'd get out here tomorrow." Said Ikuto
"Yeah, with some stranger of a guy that I don't even want to go with!" said Utau.
"At least Yoru's with you." Muttered Ikuto. The fact that both Utau and Yoru are going to be away by tomorrow didn't make him feel any better.
"How did you know that?" asked Utau a bit surprised Ikuto knew Yoru was coming with her tomorrow.
"Yoru told me when he got here. Apparently, mother decided it be best if you went with someone familiar to you." Said Ikuto
Utau smiled, so this was to be her ,mother's doing. She loved both her parents, but it seemed to her that their mother understood them more at times. She was happy that her mother had decided for Yoru to accompany her.
"She told me that we'd be going to the town by tomorrow with that Sir Daniel guy~nya." Said Yoru as he thought back to the prince that was going with them tomorrow.
Utau's smile was suddenly replaced with a frown. For a second she actually forgot about the prince and then now she was just reminded of him all over again. "Yoru, I don't want to talk about him."
"Why not~nya?" asked Yoru confused. From the looks of it, Utau doesn't even know what the guy was like and she already hated him.
"I just don't like him. The suitors I get to meet all the time are a pain in the neck. And now, I have to spend my whole entire day with one." Said Utau
"How do you even know this guys just the same anyway? You haven't even spent time with him." Said Ikuto
"I just know. I'm not saying anything bad, but I hate it when they set me up with someone, it's annoying. Not to mention they're all the same." Sighed Utau then she looked at Ikuto and huffed "It's not like you're any different, you hate it when they ask you to meet with some princess right?"
"Yeah I do, the fact that all they do is stare and gawk at you the whole time. I'd rather watch paint dry." Replied Ikuto
"But that Amu girl was different~nya. She pushed you and called you a pervert in front of everyone." Said Yoru
Hearing Amu's name made Ikuto smirk. Now that girl was definitely interesting and there was no doubt about it. "Yeah, she was different want she?" asked Ikuto
"But…." Utau was deep in thought. Remembering Amu, she also remembered Kukai. He followed her when she was about to leave. "Hey, thanks a lot…Hime-sama. You don't know how much that helped, no one's ever done that for them before." Utau pondered on this and she was wondering about what Kukai could have been thanking her for.
"Oi Utau, you still there?" asked Ikuto as he noticed that his sister was starting to space out.
"Huh? Yeah, demo…." As Utau was about to speak Yoru had cut her off.
"What'cha thinking about~nya?" asked Yoru looking at Utau
"It was about what had happened yesterday. When that Saaya girl appeared, the mood suddenly changed." She began
Ikuto was now on a sitting position on his bed and was looking at Utau. Yoru was looking at her too. "Don't you find that a bit odd?" asked Utau who was in deep thought.
"So what?" asked Ikuto "The whole place was odd to begin with."
Utau ignored his last comment and spoke again "Not to mention that Yamabuki-san's story doesn't make any sense to me at all. I highly doubt that Tsugumu's eldest daughter would run away because of depression and would even think of going as far as selling her little sister to someone else just for money."
Ikuto started to think this one up too. He did find that a bit odd when Yamabuki-san told them about it. He knew Utau had a point about that and he had thing feeling that it was all some kind of alibi or made-up story. The question was why would they make up the story in the first place?
"Sure looks like Saaya wasn't someone they liked~nya." Said Yoru
"For a bunch of maids that have been working there for years, they sure hate their boss a lot." Said Ikuto in agreement
"It doesn't add up at all…." Muttered Utau
Ikuto laid back down on his bed and left Utau to ponder about that. He looked up at the ceiling, closed his eyes and thought "I wonder how that Amu girl is doing…." Little did Ikuto know that Amu was doing very horribly right now….
Back at the Hinamori Household….
Unfortunately for Dia and the others, their plan backfired. Saaya found out that they were doing parts of Amu's chores and that Amu was resting. Saaya didn't like it, so she told her mother about it. When her mother found out, she was furious. She thought of punishing the others, but them she got a better plan.
She woke Amu and told her to continue with her house duties no metter what state she was in. Miki and the rest were furious. Saaya said that her mother would punish Amu if ever she didn't do her work, and to add to that Amu would be punished if anyone helped her. Apparently, they saw pleasure in seeing Amu suffer and favored hurting her among anyone else.
All of them were currently inside Miki and Su's room and they watched in pain as Amu was still doing housework. Miki clenched her fists and spoke "Those two are just making excuses to add up to Amu-chan's pain. It's not fair…."
Nagihiko looked at the others with sad eyes and spoke. "Miki, I'd like to accompany you to the village tomorrow. I want to make a little visit to Temari-oneesan. Plus, I need to talk to Souma-kun too."
"Eh? Demo, what will you tell Yamabuki-sama and Saaya?" asked Miki confused
"I haven't had a leave for the month yet. So I sill have a day off, besides they'd be going somewhere tomorrow wouldn't they?" asked Nagihiko. Normally it was in their contracts to have a leave once a month or anytime emergency-wise, but sadly, since Tsugumu passed away things have changed, in fact, everything changed.
"He has a point. With them gone tomorrow, they'd probably be back by nightfall or so. I highly doubt they'd notice if anyone of us left this place or not. All we have to do is make sure nothing looks suspicious and all the chores are done. That way they won't be able to tell." Said Rima
Su sighed and spoke "I want to go and help Amu-chan~desu…"
"We can't remember? She'll get punished…" said Dia, but she really did want to help Amu as well "Not to mention she has to go to Kukais' tomorrow."
"She'll be exhausted…" said Ran "Yamabuki-sama did this because she knew that Amu-chan has to go to town tomorrow. She did it to hurt her a whole lot more…"
"Is that really a surprise? She's does things like this all the time doesn't she? And all just for her viewing pleasure." Said Rima
All of them sighed. If only Amu wasn't in this state, things would have gone better for her. Hopefully when they go to Kukai and Daichi tomorrow it would cheer her up. As for all of them, they all hoped for a better way of living. For them and for Amu. Little did they know that the encounter with the royals might have a chance of changing everything…..
Authors Note: This is the fourth chapter. Thanks so much for all the reviews : ) It made me so happy seeing them! Please tell me what you think of this chapter. Please Review, thanks. : )