Kira: Alright people, (not that there are many reading this) confessing time. I wasn't updating because of my lost of heart.
Ikuto: Well, you got the 'not many people are reading this' part right...
Kira: *grits teeth* Way to cheer me up, Tsukiyomi.
Amu: Whoa, last name alert! Better watch out, Ikuto!
Ikuto: What's the worst she can do? Flood me with her tears because she doesn't get any reviews?
Kira: Good idea, but no. *Temari pops up* IMMA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF, BLACK CAT TSUKIYOMI!
*both takes off*
Amu: *sigh*...Well...that leaves me to do the disclaimer then...*Ran pops up* KIRA-CHAN DOESN'T OWN SHUGO CHARA!
Oh if I owned Shugo Chara, Ikuto's face would be mutated and there would be no Amuto fans in the world...JUST KIDDING.
Amu
Great...the famous werewolf hunter comes...right after we just got the werewolf. Great timing, you know?
But there is something off about that head...
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A tall lean, yet sturdy-looking man with green hair stepped out. He scanned the crowd, as if scanning a flock of sheep to see if they are any good. Before he could say anything, two children ran out from the cart, and attacked him.
They seemed to be his children.
"Daddy, daddy! Please don't go!" They sobbed, clutching to his cape as if it were their life-line.
He turned and squatted so that he was level to the kids' faces.
"Oh come on now. Daddy is just going to help the people of this village fight off the big bad wolf that lives here. See those terrified children?" He gestured to a huddle of kids, "-they are very scared right now. Now be good and go back to the castle safely, alright?"
He straightened up and patted them on the head.
"B-but what if the big bad wolf eats you, Daddy? You told us that it killed Mommy!" They screamed in fright.
"Don't worry. That was just an accident. I'll be back before you know it. Now be good!" He called as they reluctantly climbed back in the carriage.
It pulled away but the village could still hear the crying from the two children. Father Sanjo turned back to the whispering crowd.
"Alright!" He exclaimed, immediately silencing the crowd, "-there is a werewolf on the loose and we must find it!"
On of the hunters that had gone on the trip to the wolf's cave spoke up.
"With all due respect sir, the werewolf is long gone. See, we even have the head to prove it!" He said, raising the head.
Father Sanjo shook his head, laughing quietly.
"With all due respect sire, the werewolf is still very much alive. That," He gestured toward the head, "-that is merely a common grey wolf. Do you think it takes that little to slay the huge beast that has stalked your village for two generations? If you think yes, then you think wrong."
"Let me tell you a story," He continued. "I was once like you. I once had a beast stalking my old village. One night, My friend and I had decided to stop the beast once in for all. We were drunk to the ends of the Earth, of course. No one dares mess with him."
" Anyways, so on that day, full moon, to be exact, we headed out with our working axes. Yes, we found the wolf but did we kill it? No. It leaped right up to my friend and sliced," He made a slicing motion at the air, "-him in half. Clean." The village shuddered at the thought.
"So naturally, I was terrified. Drunken or not. I hacked and hacked at the wolf's leg and before I knew it, the wolf had vanished. And all that was left, was the dismantled paw. I took it home, as an trophy. But what I had come home to, was my wife, covering her wrist with a bloody towel. The horrible truth struck me like a blow in the face. It was the same arm that the wolf had been injured in. When I rushed to the box which had contained the werewolf's paw, all that was left, was this." He took out a jeweled box and opened it, showing it to the horrified crowd.
Inside, was the mangled hand of a woman.
The children gasped and clutched the aprons of their mothers.
"Yes, yes. Indeed, my wife was the werewolf. And I told my kids the werewolf had killed her," He shook his head and chuckled darkly, but it quickly turned into a snarl, "-but it was actually me! Me, who killed my own wife. I knew something was always off about her every night. She would always sneak out at night, thinking that the kids and I were asleep. At first I thought she was having an affair with another man! Oh but the truth was far from that."
"But what does this have to do with the supposedly 'false' werewolf we killed?" One brave man boldly asked.
"What does it have to do with the false wolf head? It means you werewolf is alive, of course. And it's not just in the Dark Forest." He replied.
"Then where is it?" A man called.
"When the wolf takes its day form as a human, it walks amongst you all. Yes, it could be your wife, your neighbor, even your best friend." Everyone began to look nervously at each other at this.
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The knights accompanying Father Sanjo brought a huge black box into the main hall. They set it down as Sanjo began unlocking it. It was a diagram of a solar system-like thing. Except instead of planets, there were moons lined up.
"As you all know, the wolf can turn into its regular form every night. One bite will kill you almost instantly. But on the Blood Moon, a bite will turn you into one of their kind. The Blood Moon lasts for three days, and on those three days, your village will be at risk the most." Father Sanjo explained, pointing at the glowing red globe close to the middle.
"What do you mean by 'one of their kind'?" A villager asked.
"It means, if you are attacked by a wolf, the disease will be spread to you and YOU will become a werewolf. A monster is more like it."
Ikuto and Amu stood across the room from each other. Amu was still fuming at Ikuto for what he did and Ikuto was just plain pissed at Amu's mom. And how weak he was, just giving up like that. They met eyes for one second before turning their glare back down to the floor.
"This is absolutely absurd! I told you. We have the evidence. You don't. I think we win. So tonight, we celebrate as planned!" The 'leader' exclaimed.
The once-silent crowd exploded into cheers as everyone piled out, getting ready for the party.
The 'leader' pushed past Sanjo, but not before receiving an 'I warned you.'
XxX
Amu
This is great. My thoughts just had to be confirmed. The werewolf was still alive and well. Now we just wasted a perfectly good wild animal for nothing. I cursed inwardly as I stalked out of the main hall.
Who put me in my grumpy mood? Oh I don't think you I need to tell you.
That guy just pisses me off so damn much. I swear, if he ever gets married, his wife is going to be up and out of that house before he can even say 'damn you'.
I growled and joined the festival.
It was already dark out and bonfires were lit everywhere. People were dancing everywhere. And I do mean everywhere.Loud music was being played by the really low-sounding instruments. (Kind of like African tribal music) People were drinking, and that includes my father.
He was lying, face down in the sand with spilt alcohol next to him. Some drunk idiot friend of his, dressed up as a monster got on top of him and like...what...air raped him?
That just made me so damn pissed.
I grabbed a large wooden log and whacked his friend off, chasing him and his other friends away before kicking my dad. He got up dazed as he tried to focus.
"Papa. What happened?" I asked, getting pretty mad.
"Wha...?" His words were still a bit slurred as he leaned on me for support.
"Papa. I'm serious. What happened?" I shook him off roughly and gestured to the puke on his shirt.
"Oh this? That's nothing. I'll just wash it off."
"Papa..."
"Alright. Just go back home and find your mother. I'll come back home later after I settle some uh...businesswith my pals." He patted my shoulders and walked off, shaking his head.
I sighed as I made my way, weaving through the wild crowd to my awaiting mother.
"Amu! Amu!" My friend, Lulu, exclaimed.
(Yes, I put Lulu because later on, she betrays Amu so I'm not putting Rima or Utau or Yaya for that.)
I turned and smiled.
"What's up Lulu?"
"I-It's Saaya and Ikuto!"
What?
Ikuto: Yawn, your stories are a drag.
Kira: Thanks...I guess I won't be writing the lemon coming up then.
Ikuto: What? Okay, I take that back.
Kira: Well, Morg is gonna help me write the lemon. I'll just revise it. I still don't feel comfortable writing them yet...erm...
Amu: Good for you! Now how about you don't write it at all?
Kira: No thanks, that's what usually gets people going. Okay, that sounded awfully wrong...Anyways, Ikuto, the honors?
Ikuto: Review for a sexy lemon coming up! ;)
Amu: Pervert...
Ikuto: You know it, babe.
(There WILL be Amuto coming up along with a lemonly lemon written by Mountaingirl47! :D Thanks Morg! And yes, the story is boring so far but hopefully, it will get better with a bunch of Amuto moments! So hang in there and stay with me a bit longer!)