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Now, here it is-the final, and last chapter of The Twists of Fate! Thanks a lot readers and reviewers!

Final; Chapter 19: A Twist of Fate

Today was the day.

Today, more specifically, was the day Ikuto was going to marry Lulu, and the possibility of him, me, or my friends ending up dead trying to save him or if we don't go there.

Regardless, I woke up at a dark, and chilly 4:00 A.M. in the brink of morning.

I was trembling.

I felt the fear creep up onto my skin, now clutching tightly around my heart.

Though courage pounded inside my veins, which made me get up quietly from my bed and get ready. This was for Ikuto. He saved me too many times. It was time for me to help him.

I stepped into the bathroom, the light almost blinding me, and then I got used to it.

I had to be there before anybody else, because I was the one who planned it and didn't want anybody to be hurt before me. If I do. But it was likely.

Harmony and Kai were still sleeping in the guest room. When I finished washing my face and brushing my teeth, and tiptoed slowly in the dark morning and wrote a note and placed it onto the table.

I smiled softly at them.

"Be safe." I whispered, and tiptoed into my room and put on a dark jacket and black jeans.

I lifted my cell phone and put it in my pockets, just in case.

Before I left, I went downstairs quietly and pulled out a small bottle of pepper spray.

It was a pathetic weapon, though I could use it to distract someone just in case if I was about to get in trouble.

It turns out the wedding is not going to be in a Church but outside of Easter near a red carpet.

I rolled my eyes at the thought, but then again I'd had to somehow to get away inside and get to Ikuto first. Before I opened the door to go outside, I wished myself luck.

I breathed deeply and opened the door as the brisk chill engulfed me as I closed and locked the door behind me. I put my hood over my pink hair.

Without looking back, I ran.

My running echoed throughout the empty night. I wasn't too dark with the street lights, but at this time it was empty.

Besides me running, the night was still.

Quiet.

As if it was dead.

The building couldn't be mistaken as I skidded to a stop. In the moonlight the large white letters at the top spelled, "EASTER CO."

Before moving again, I hid behind the nearest bush and scanned the surroundings.

I narrowed my eyes.

There were large, men in black stationed outside of the building guarding the entrance.

There has to be some kind of entrance some where. But where?

I looked around the sides and saw that all the doorways were blocked.

I gritted my teeth.

I froze as I heard footsteps coming far away behind me, and then I swiftly hid into an empty room in the building next to me, I think the guest bathrooms outside of the company. Even so, I was crouched next to the window and I covered as much pink hair as possible.

I saw the Easter goons firmly grabbing a girl…she had the shape of a teenager. But she had a large jacket on and a hood covering her face. "Let-go-of-me!" She said, trying to shuffle out of their grasp.

Hey..that voice sounded familiar..

Utau?!

One of the goons with dark hair grunted and the other snickered. "Looks like you got yourself trapped, Hoshina. Before your big brother dies by suicide we'll put you in the same cell as him."

My eyes widened.

Utau groaned and tried to let go, a tear falling from her face.

They both snickered. I narrowed my eyes at them.

Then, one of the goon's cell phone rang.

"It's boss," he said, and put the cell phone into his ear.

"Yes."

"Yes."
"Yes."
"Roger."

The other one grunted. "Whadda he say?"

"He told us to put Hoshina into one of those rooms and for both of us to guard them until he goes inside the building."

"Hear that, Hoshina?" He snickered, as Utau stayed silent though had tears falling on her face. "You won't get away with this," Utau growled, and then they suddenly stayed put infront of the room I was in.

I gulped and shuffled tighter against the wall.

"Apparently, we will," The dark haired one snickered and opened the door, causing me to freeze, and threw Utau inside, laughing bitterly, and closing the door behind them.

I was still frozen because the window was open.

Utau sighed and pulled the curtains over the windows so they couldn't see us and turned on the lights.

I stared into a shocked Utau. "A-Amu!?" She whispered.

I placed my finger against my lips. Her eyes were puffy and red from crying, I supposed.

"What are you doing here?!" She whispered, crouching next to me. I put down my hood.

"I'm here to get Ikuto. What are you doing here?!" I asked back. Utau removed her cloak and looked at me sadly.

"There were going to drag me to Ikuto's cell until the wedding and then after I'll have to watch him do suicide. Or if you guys don't come watch him die…"

My eyes widened. "What!?" I whispered in shock. "Ikuto, that baka!" I whispered to myself. Utau laughed slightly. "Anyways, Amu-it's too dangerous! You can't be here!"

I shook my head. "I brought myself here and I refuse to go back, Utau. Ikuto's saved me many times and it wouldn't be fair if I let him die like this."

Utau stared at me for a long time with those piercing violet eyes.

Utau sighed and looked at me in worry. "Alright."

Then, she handed me her cloak and wrapped it around me and put the hood over my head. "Utau?" I asked, wondering what she was doing.

"You can't go any way besides disguising as my substitute. If you tried another way, it'll be no use because all the doors are blocked by those Easter goons. When you put the cloak on, they will lead you to Ikuto's cell. Let's just hope that they won't lift the hood before you go inside-and make sure you always look down."

I smiled and nodded. "Thank you Utau. Make sure you escape."

Utau nodded and looked at me with a serious expression. "Please Amu. Save Ikuto. Make sure he doesn't die today. Tadase also told me to remind you that."
My eyes widened. "Tadase?"
Utau nodded. "I met him before I was kidnapped. He told me that if I see you that you need to save Ikuto..and that he's given up on you."

I smiled. "Tell him I said thank you."

Then, the goons pounded on the door. "Get out! The boss is inside the building!"

"There's my cue! Hide in the closet!" I whispered, and quickly put her in the closet.

"Bye, Amu! Good luck!" She noted, and I nodded quickly and closed the closet, and they opened the door.

I gulped and kept my head down, the hood well covering my face.

I kept myself silent as I felt them fiercely grab onto my arms and walked towards the entrance.
Then we stopped. My eyes widened as happiness entered me; Ikuto! Ikuto was on the other side of that other side of the wall!

I'm coming, Ikuto!

I saw the door open and it was still dark inside.

Our footsteps echoed across the hall as I prayed silently that they wouldn't know it was me. Then, we stopped after a long while after passing many halls.

Then, he slid open the door and pushed me inside. Without a word the slid the door !

I looked at his face.

I winced.

His face seemed worn, as if he was awake for days and he had a grimace on his face and pain was clear in his eyes.

I looked around and there were no windows, plus they couldn't see us.

"Utau,-"

I let down my hood, revealing my pink hair.

His eyes widened. "Amu…?"

Before I could say anything, he grabbed my waist and held me tightly. "I-I thought you were dead.." He whispered.

I shook my head as I felt his hands comb my hair. "No. They didn't kill me.." I whispered, and then stared into the person that I've fell in love with and stared deeply into his eyes.

It was like we all forgot what was happening at that moment, we had no time to waste.

His lips pressed against mine roughly as I pressed mine against his, my hands tangling themselves messily onto his hair, my lips moving in rhythm with his. I felt my cheeks burn up.

Finally, we get to see each other again, with so little time left

His hands wound in my hair and slid down my back, giving me shivers and he planted kisses down my neck, across my shoulder blades.

"Ikuto..we have to get out of here.." I said reluctantly, not wanting to get back to reality.

He stopped and stared at me seriously and embraced me tightly. "Yes. And then it'll be all okay. I'm sorry to bring you into this.." He whispered into my ear. I nodded.

"How are we going to get out?" I asked.

"There's a vent on the side of this wall. It'll take a while to try to crack open though," Ikuto explained. "Okay," I said, and we pulled together on the metal vent.

I gritted my teeth, I felt the metal leave imprints on my hands but I kept on pulling, than all of a sudden the metal snapped out of the wall.

He put his arm over me and we slid into the vent together and he closed the vent behind him.

Even though danger was still facing us now, I wasn't afraid anymore.

We crawled slowly away from the room until the vent disappeared behind us.

"Are you alone?" He asked suddenly. I looked at him as we moved slowly. "Yes," I admitted. "Amu, you shouldn't do this. I can't lose you again," He said honestly with that voice of his, his grasp wrapping around tighter onto my waist. I sighed.

"I'm not gonna die, Ikuto. Believe in that, you baka. You really should thank your sister sometime," I added, looking at his face.

His eyes widened.

"What did she do?"

"Instead of me, she was going to come here. But she made me disguise as her in order to reach you. And you were going to do suicide?" I sighed at the last part.

Ikuto sighed. "You have no idea how much I'm dedicated to you," He muttered.

I smiled slightly and we kept on moving.

Then, we reached the other side of the vent. I was about to open the vent when footsteps were coming by.

I gasped and Ikuto quickly grabbed me close to him and covered my mouth as my heartbeat accelerated, trying to make our breathing as quiet as possible.

It was still dark as I saw the footsteps stop in front of the vent.

I froze and my heart beat accelerated more. Then, my eyes widened in horror when I saw hands turn on the handle of the vent and open it.

My eyes widened and my body stiffened. This was it. Our cover is about to be blown!

Just when he was about to bend, his body was knocked over away from the vent.

I sighed in relief, but stayed still just in case. "Amu!?"

Harmony?!

I got out with Ikuto as Harmony smirked and Kai chuckling in victory. "We came in perfect timing," She sighed. Ikuto furrowed his eyebrow but smirked. "Harmony, how did-"

"We saw your note. You can't go alone now, can you, Amu!" Harmony kept on smirking, and high fived me. I smiled.

"Now, lets get out of here when we can. It won't be long 'till he wakes up," informed Kai, and we nodded. We started running towards the exit until two unexpectedly feminine hands grabbed my mouth from behind and wrapped another hand around my neck. My eyes widened when it felt sharp and metal.

"Mmmph-!" I tried to scream under her hands but it was no use.

I gulped nervously as I tried to turn around, but she pushed harder on the knife onto my neck, making me freeze.

"Don't move."

Lulu?!

"Amu!" I heard Ikuto's voice say in horror, and I heard fast footsteps towards where I was. I shut my eyes in fear and opened them reluctantly as I saw the following faces; Harmony, Kai, and Ikuto's faces where in shock.

"Amu-!" Ikuto whispered, and was about to yank Lulu's hands off of me but then she pressed the knife harder against my neck.

I winced slightly as beads of blood started to come out-she'd made a small cut on my neck.

Which caused Ikuto to freeze.

"One more step and I'll slit this girl's neck off." Threatened Lulu.

I shut my eyes in fear, and opened my eyes again furrowing my brow worriedly at the others.

"How did you find us?" Harmony stated, eyes narrowing.

"You see, when little Amu here," Lulu stated, causing me to stiffen.

"Disguised as Utau, we didn't know until we came back to the room Utau was in and that the window was open-and near the other window there was a lock of pink hair."

I gulped.

"We knew you were going into Ikuto's cell. We waited until you would get out of that vent so we could give you a little surprise."

"Lulu-why are you doing this?!" I asked desperately, looking up at her.

"Because father told me to! This is for the sake of father! Now, shut up!" Lulu yelled.

Ikuto's eyes widened.

"Lulu…Gozen isn't your father."

Lulu's eyes widened-and then after a second they narrowed. I gasped in pain as she pressed harder on my throat, as if she was trying to choke me and cut me at the same time.

"Liar! That's not true!"

Ikuto's eyes became more determined.

"Gozen is lying to you. He's not your father. You are not a part of Easter. He erased your memories when you just started here-"

I winced when she slid the knife sharply across my throat leaving a long scar and yanked her arms off of me.

I gasped for air and knelt to the ground, clutching my throat, which now sprinkled drops of blood.

"Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! You're lying to me!" Lulu screamed, now collapsing to the ground covering her ears-her eyes shut.

"Father did not erase my memories! There's no reason for him to! Father needed me the most! He needed me! I took care of that! There's no way I did all that for him for nothing!" Lulu screamed louder, now a tear slowly coming out of her eyes.

"Lulu…he's not your father. I'm telling the truth."

Lulu grasped her hands tighter against her ears and shook her head. "N-no way…"

"Lulu…"

"I-It can't be-"

"Your real father.."

"No…"
"Is dead."

My eyes widened.

Lulu's eyes snapped open and were blank. Tears now came over flowing down her cheek, dripping on her chin.

"No….!"

Lulu put her hands to the ground and looked at the floor, tears coming out.

"That means….he lied to me..the father that took care of me….he lied…my father….my mama….I just wanted…to payback father….to give him what he wanted…" Lulu whispered, shutting her eyes.

I frowned and put my hand on her hair.

She gasped and looked up at me.

"Crying may make you feel better-but they won't do anything. You have to get back at him somehow, right?" I told her with a smile.

She stared at me and then she wiped her tears.

"Your..right..I'm sorry for what I've done until now." She stated, and stood up. Ikuto smirked. Lulu's eyes widened. "Behind you!" She called, and grabbed her knife and slammed it against a goon that was about to grab Ikuto.

The goon was knocked over and was most likely unconscious.

"Thanks," Ikuto sighed. Lulu didn't smile, but she looked at us with determined eyes. "That was a close one. I only slammed him with the other side-so don't worry."

We nodded.

"The only way through is the front entrance, where the crowds are gathering already and the red carpets already there. You'll have to face them."

I nodded. "But..what about you?"

Lulu smiled. "I'll be fine. Thank you, Amu."

I smiled and then Ikuto grabbed my hand. "Let's go."

We ran towards the exit and I took in a deep breath as we opened the doors as the camera's flashed and the crowd became louder as they were confused at our hands.

"Hey, where's Lulu?!"

Harmony glared at the man.

Then, all of a sudden, Lulu's voice was heard over the microphone.

"Dear Guests."

"Lulu! Hey, why aren't you here?!"

"Lulu!"

Murmurs of excitement and confusion came over the crowd as I stared nervously at them.

"I have to say that this wedding is cancelled due to private negotiations. Apparently, Ikuto already has someone that he loves and I simply forced him to marry me. Which is my fault."

My eyes widened. Lulu..

The talking was louder and cameras flashed.

"Please do not blame these people over here. I just wanted to say that. Thank you."

The talking was overwhelmingly loud and cameras were flashing everywhere.

Harmony and Kai walked on off the red carpet, smiling and waving.

Then, Ikuto lifted my legs and wrapped his arm under my back as the ground disappeared under me. He smirked as he saw my blush in my cheeks.

"I-I-Ikuto! Put me down!" I grumbled.

Ikuto chuckled and shook his head. "Nope."

I furrowed my brow but then I smiled.

"So many things surely happened this year."

Ikuto smirked wider and placed a kiss on my forehead, increasing my blush.

"I guess so."

Then he moved to my nose and placed a soft kiss.

"What do you think caused us to meet?"

Ikuto smiled genuinely and placed his nose against mine.

"Probably…"

He moved closer.

"A twist of fate."

And he pressed his lips hungrily against mine as I leaned into the kiss, smiling, and wrapped my arms around his neck.

The End.

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