Melissa: I'M SO SORRY EVERYONE! I HAVE BEEN BUSY UPDATING MY OTHER STORY AND DOING THINGS RELATED TO SCHOOL!

Amu: ITS UR FAULT!

Melissa: Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! Gomen!

Ikuto: (sighs) Well at least your updating NOW.

Lulu: Ikuuuto!

All: SHADDUP WE HATE YOU! (all chara transform and uses attacks)

Lulu: …..

Melissa: All right, anyways…

Ikuto: She doesn't own Shugo Chara..

Amu: Or us..

Chapter 12: The Rescue and the Secret

Ikuto's eyes widened. Amu gasped and tried to wiggle free, but suddenly, she knew what she had to do.

"Neko." Amu whispered a whisper that was barely audible. Then, while Lulu's eyes were closed, Ikuto shrunk and turned into a blue cat. Amu softly smiled. Lulu opened her eyes and looked around. "Aw, he got away?!" Lulu complained, but turned to Amu and placed her hand on her hip. "Oh, Hinamori Amu, you won't get away with stealing my Ikuto for once," Lulu whispered, and walked over to the other room.

"Ikuto…you need to save Harmony and Kai before me," Amu begged. Ikuto's eyes widened but he stayed put. "Please…go on my lap and touch my lips with yours. I'll be fine," Amu whispered. Ikuto hesitated, but jumped on her lap and quickly touched her lips with his, and he turned back. (A/N: He's not naked when you chara-transform and you turn into a cat it always stays on even if it doesn't show if you're a cat)

"Amu…" He whispered. Amu nodded. "Go. Go!" Amu whispered, and Ikuto quickly nodded and leapt.

Amu stopped smiling when she heard Lulu's high heels tap the marble floor. "Amu. Let's fight. The one who wins, wins Ikuto," Lulu snapped through her teeth, a smile growing on her face. She quickly untied the ropes and Amu quickly chara transformed. "No, Lulu. Don't fight," Amu insisted, but Lulu laughed bitterly. "Oh, so your scared? You look like your taking the invitation, so I must join this 'party.'" Lulu whispered. "Chara Tran

sform!" Lulu yelled, and transformed with her chara.

Ikuto leapt his way through and quickly saw Kai trapped into one of those traps. "Kai!" He yelled, and quickly pierced the X eggs with his claws. "T-thanks Tsukiyomi," He whispered, and Ikuto and Kai faced a nervous Hikari. "U-um….I don't have anything to do with this..so…bye!" Hikari used her artificial sweet voice, trying to get out of the situation. But Ikuto glared at her. "Did you do something with Harmony?" Ikuto whispered, a demonic aura spreading onto his face. Hikari blinked in fear. "Y-no," Hikari stuttured, but Ikuto smirked. "Oh? May you show me where she is? Or I'll pierce you with my claws," Ikuto threatened. Hikari's eyes widened but she narrowed her eyes and flung her staff in front of her.

"I won't give her or Kai to you unless a fight," Hikari dealt, her hands tightening on her staff. Hikari muttered something and then twirled her staff around, and sharply threw her staff down at the floor. Chains around the staff dangled. All of a sudden, a shield that wasn't made of X eggs surrounded Kai. "Kai! Harmony!" Ikuto yelled, seeing the drugged (she's just sleeping and cannot wake up unless Ikuto wins) Harmony surrounded by the same shield.

Hikari smirked and wielded her staff. "Don't be afraid, Ikuto-kun," Hikari cooed, and lept into the air and swerved her staff downwards on Ikuto's head. Ikuto lept behind and dodged the attack. "Is that all you can do?" Ikuto whispered.

He dove and aimed for his claws to dig into her wing.

Hikari gasped and quickly dodged for the attack. Ikuto narrowed his eyes. "Nightmare…" Hikari began, and her wings flapped and her feathers completely surrounded her staff.

"Wings!" She finished, and the wings shot towards Ikuto.

Ikuto lept and did a quick cartwheel dodging the feathers that would make him trapped into the staff forever. "Slash Claw!" Ikuto shouted, and his claws shimmered and swiftly cut all of the feathers in half.

"Tch." Hikari whispered, and stepped back.

"I guess I have to use all of your power and mine," Hikari whispered, and stepped back. Her hands were placed onto her forehead, circling it for a second and a black light came out of it. The light came out and totally encircled Hikari in bolts of light, and increased it speed.

"What is this..?" Ikuto whispered. Then, the black light tightly wrapped around her. Then, millions of feathers blew against him and blocked his view. "W-what the.." Ikuto whispered, and when the feathers stopped he widened his eyes.

Hikari's hair was now pale white, as long as her knee, and her eyes were a bloody red. The villain looked older. She had armored shoulders with red cloth draped upon her chest and her top reached to a little bit below her chest, with a see-through red veil-like cloth hanging down from that. She had a leather black belt on her waist with button-like features on it, and another red skirt. She had black heels on. Her black wings were larger, and she had no staff. On her forehead there was a completely black jewel attached. She also had black brackets with red jewels in the middle on each wrist.

"Hikari, what is this?! What do you have to do with this?!" Ikuto shouted, stepping back and crouching, preparing for a fight. Hikari laughed bitterly. "Let's fight." Hikari whispered, and spread her arms apart.

"Black Blaze!" Hikari shouted, and a black light with red fire encircling it came out. "Shoot," Ikuto whispered, and hopped away from the attack. He jumped to the thin wooden plank on the ceiling and Hikari looked around. I only have a few seconds to think about this… Ikuto whispered, and then he closed his eyes.

Where is the most important source of this transformation..? Ikuto thought to himself, and opened his eyes.

His eyes immediately went to the black jewel on her forehead. There was extreme energy coming out from there, and it was obviously coming out from there.

"Yoru," Ikuto whispered. Yes nya?

"Destroy that jewel on her forehead. I need your help," Ikuto requested. Okay nya.

Then Ikuto jumped from the plank and quickly dived forward at her. "Slash Claw!" Ikuto yelled, and his claws cut through her jewel and it shattered into pieces.

Hikari screamed and her eyes turned normal, and her hair was regular black. Her clothes were casual and she turned back to normal. She fell unconscious. Then, Harmony and Kai were released. Harmony blinked and her eyes widened. "Ikuto!" Harmony whispered. "Get Amu," Ikuto snapped, and they nodded and chara transformed. Together they hid in the room where Amu was kidnapped. They looked around for the coast to be clear, and then they swiftly untied her and finally carried her to safety. They opened the link to the passage and swiftly got out of there.

"Amu! I'm so glad your alright," Harmony sighed, and Amu softly smiled at her. Ikuto was sternly driving. Kai was exchanging glances with Amu, worried looks on their faces.

When they got home, Ikuto told Kai and Harmony to go back.

Amu flipped her pink hair nervously when she got to the house. "Baka," Ikuto whispered, and pulled her into a tight hug.

Amu blushed madly. "I-I'm not stupid!" Amu squealed. Ikuto smiled a little. "Don't ever do that to me again," Ikuto whispered, and Amu nodded. Then, Ikuto smirked. Amu blinked in fear. (yea I know they aren't taking the whole kidnap thing a big deal, but it's the beginning of something. I aint gonna tell you what xD)

"W-what are you doing?" Amu asked. "Just getting a little revenge on my little strawberry," Ikuto whispered seductively. Oh shoot. Oh no. What. Oh no. Oh no. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap, Amu repeatedly said in her mind, her cheeks getting redder each second and couldn't find words when he pushed her into the bed. "Go to sleep." Ikuto said reluctantly.

"What?!" Amu said, surprised. "Oh? You were expecting something more?" Ikuto said suspiciously, a smirk in his voice Amu groaned. "NO! I'm tired anyways. So…I'm going to sleep! BUTTHEAD!" Amu screamed before she was sound asleep.

Ikuto's eyes widened. "Butthead..new vocabulary, huh?" Ikuto whispered, and smirked while staying put in the room.

Amu yawned. It was already late. And then, when she slowly opened her eyes, her eyes popped faster open when she saw a face apparently centimeters from hers. Amu's face were redder than ever and she pounded him in the shoulder. Her heart was accelerating.

"Ow." He complained silently, a playful pout on his face. Amu glared at him. "You are dead." Amu snapped, and Ikuto smirked and got out of bed. "Sorry."

Amu's eyes widened. She didn't expect for him to get out of that so quickly. "Oh..and Amu?" Ikuto said, without looking back. Amu raised up a little. "Yes?"

"You haven't answered it yet...what I said..the other day," Ikuto said smoothly. Amu's eyes widened as she remembered.

"I'll always love you, no matter what you say or do."

Amu let out a little gasp as her eyes widened and she felt the uneasiness engulf her. "Amu?" Ikuto asked for a moment, turning around.

Ikuto's eyes widened when he saw her expression. It seemed as if she saw a horror, and Ikuto was terrified at this. He had never meant for it to be this way.

"I…" Amu finally managed out. Ikuto stepped towards her, gulping. "I…" Amu whispered again. "I…" Amu whispered after a moment.

Ikuto looked at her, but then sighed. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked you something that bothered you," Ikuto said, scratching his head.

Amu looked at him, a confused look on her face. "Well, I'll be going now! I'll be back soon!" Ikuto said, and closed the door.

Amu looked down at her hands. What was she going to say? Ikuto….

I'm always at ease whenever I'm with him. He's warm at times, and cold at other times..but he's always there for me. To comfort me, to protect me, and whenever I see him my heart beats faster.

Amu thought, her hand curled into a fist onto her chest. What could this possibly mean?

Then, her phone rang and Amu immediately picked it up. "Hello?" Amu asked, and immediately a familiar voice rang in her ears.

"AMUUU-CHAAAN!"

"AH! Harmony! You scared me!"

"Gah, sorry 'bout that, hehe. I was just wondering if you would like to go shopping right now."

"Right now?"

"Yep. Right now. Please?! I just got you back. It's time for us to take a little break."

"Well I suppose. What mall?"

"You know. The closest. Kai will pick you up,"

"Oh okay! See you then,"

Then the other line hung up. Amu sighed. Harmony was very enthusiastic today. What was with her? Amu ripped out a piece of paper from a notebook and sloppily blotched out some letters saying, "Dear Ikuto, I'm out shopping with Harmony. I'll be back."

And then she placed them on the table, dressed up, and ran outside.

Amu breathed into the fresh air and she grinned when she saw Kai and Harmony in the car. Amu jumped inside.

"Is Kai going with us?" Amu asked suspiciously. Harmony laughed. "Of course not! He wouldn't want to be carrying bags or watching us pick girl clothes while he's just hanging around," Harmony said.

After the ride, they stopped by at the mall. While they were shopping, Amu seemed a bit tense, as Harmony thought. "Hey, what's wrong Amu-chan?" Harmony asked, curious. Amu looked at her sadly and blushed. "N-nothing." "Oi, don't lie to me like that. I know it's something to do with Ikuto," Harmony stated. Amu turned her head to her, surprised. "How did you know?!" Amu demanded. "I was guessing," Harmony replied, and Amu sighed. They sat down and Amu explained everything.

Harmony blinked. "Well, do you like him?"

Amu stopped for a moment and looked at her lap. She thought about everything. Their past experiences to the first time they met. Her face became red and her heart pounded against her chest. That happened every time she saw him, and she always had felt this sort of happiness in her heart or some sort of feeling she never knew before.

Then, all of a sudden, something warm came down her cheeks. "Amu..chan?" Harmony said slowly. Amu gasped a little as she felt the tears come down her cheeks. Why was she crying?

"I-I'm sorry. It's just that.." Amu trembled, wiping her tears. "He's been helping me all the time, being there for me always, and all I've ever done was let him rescue me, and I never even said thank you," Amu cried.

"D-don't worry about it, I'm sure he'll understand that your trying to thank him," Harmony said, trying to think of a way to cheer her up. "N-no. That's not it. There is another reason. This time I'm hurting him more and hurting myself," Amu whispered. Harmony's eyes widened. "And what is that?"

Amu smiled softly at her. "I can't believe I just realized now. The more I see him doing kind things for me and not many things for himself, it hurts. It hurts when I do nothing. And it hurts when he confessed and I couldn't say anything. Even when I…" Amu paused.

"Even when I.." Amu continued, her hands tightening around the other.

"Even when I love him, so much."

Harmony's eyes widened. Amu gasped when she felt something hard pound against her shoulder. "W-what was that for?!" Amu exclaimed, and her expression softened when Harmony had an enthusiastic look on her face. "You love him, right?"

Amu nodded. "Then why won't you tell him?" Harmony demanded. Amu looked down. "I don't know. There are so many things that are preventing him, like Lulu. Maybe I'm just nervous about losing him if I confess," Amu admitted.

Harmony groaned. "You know what?" Harmony stated. Amu wiped her eyes. "What?"

"I know just what to do. I'll be the love cupid this time."

Melissa: Sort of cliff hanger. I'M SORRY EVERYONE! I KNOW THIS CHAPTER IS KINDA BAD BUT PLEASE FORGIVE ME! THE NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE BETTER!

Amu: (blushes)

Ikuto: Awww, she wuves me.

Amu: SHADDUP

Harmony: AMU!

Kai: (sigh)

Harmony: KAI!

Melissa: What are you, calling peoples names randomly?

Harmony: …..RAWR! RATE AND REVIEW OR I'LL RAWR AT YOU! TEN REVIEWS TILL UPDATE! Remember, I'll RAWR at you if you don't!

All Shugo Chara Cast: RAWR! HOPE YOU ENJOYED!