Shadow: Welcome back peoples~!

Haruko: -yawns and rubs eyes- Oi… you woke me up from my nap….

Shadow: You're a bird. Birds don't take naps.

Haruko: You were influenced by pervy kitty man waaay too much…

Shadow: He's awesome and you know it.

Haruko: …right…

Shadow: See! You do agree with me! ^o^

Haruko: See? You really are an idiot! ^^


"See you later Amu!" I said as the pink haired girl was waling to the front door. She waved bye.

"You too!" Amu was then tackled by Ami as soon as she opened the door.

"Yay! Onee-chan! Onee-chan! Can I play with your sugoi charas?!" she hyperly asked. Amu sweatdropped and closed the door. I giggled, but then stopped, realizing I was now alone with Kukai.

"A-anno…let's hurry home quickly neh? It's getting dark." I said as I began walking ahead. Since Kukai was still forcing me to hold hands with him, he tugged my arm back, making me collide into his chest.

"Hey. Don't try going on ahead. I wanna hold hands with you longer." He said as he put his head on top of mine. My cheeks turned pink as I looked to my side.

"S-sorry…"


I sighed in relief as we finally arrived at my apartment. I quickly let go of Kukai's hand and got out my key. "See you later Kukai." I said as I opened the door.

When I was about to walk in, Kukai turned me around. "Oi. You still didn't do your punishment."

"W-what?! I thought the hands thing was the punishment!" I yelled.

"I lied." He smiled.

"Well…what is it then?" I pouted.

"I thought I told you." My eyes widened.

"Wa-wait….you mean…" Kukai nodded with a playful grin. I turned red. "You really meant I have to kiss you?!"

Kukai nodded once again. "Hey. You have to or else I'm not going to be friends with you anymore."

I groaned. "You know you're very troublesome. You know that, right?"

"Yup." He laughed. I grumbled before giving Kukai a quick peck on the cheek.

"There! Happy?" I turned around and took a step toward my apartment. Kukai turned me around once more and held me chin.

"That wasn't where I wanted it." He murmured.

"Eh-" Kukai cut me off by putting his mouth over mine. My eyes widened and I blushed big time. I nervously responded Kukai by kissing back.

Moments later, Kukai broke the kiss for some air. I put a hand over my mouth, realizing what we did. I backed up into my apartment. "A-ah….bye!" I quickly said and slammed the door shut.

Outside, Kukai stared at the closed door with a smile. "See you…Haruko." And he walked away with a big smile on his face.


I felt myself go lightheaded when I collapsed on my bed. 'Unbelievable… I actually kissed Kukai…' I blushed.

I buried my head with a pillow, remembering how passionate it was. It was way better than Ikuto's…

'Ikuto…' I thought, feeling bad when I slapped him. 'No! He's the one who kissed me! He deserved it! But…I hope he's doing okay…'


(Meanwhile)

Whack!

"Get up!" a man commanded. A figure in front of him shakily stood up and tried to position his violin. The man smirked. "Yeah. That's right. Play the violin. Gather more eggs. Ikuto."

Ikuto, in his Death Rebel transformation, obeyed the man and played his violin once more. The man cackled and faced another boy a year younger than Ikuto. "Hiro! Get ready. The eggs will come soon."

Hiro smirked at Ikuto's weary position. "Right." He walked to the edge of the tall tower, seeing X eggs starting to fly toward them. He raised his scythe upwards once the X eggs were above them. "Demon's Nightmare!"

Darkness engulfed the X eggs and soon they were all trapped in some sort of orb. Hiro moved the ball to the side with a thud. He panted. "Man that was heavy! What the hell do they weigh? A billion pounds?!" he complained.

"Hiro. Be quiet!" Kazuomi scolded. Hiro canceled his transformation and sighed.

"Whatever. At least that's over…" he mumbled then smirked when Ikuto collapsed to the floor. He walked over to him and poked him with his foot. "Neh. Ikuto. How do you feel now? This is what you get for disobeying the rules."

Ikuto took one last look at Hiro's evil face before fainting. His transformation became undone too. Hiro sighed. "So much for teasing him now. He can barely stand up! Even though it is funny, it's not fun for me if I'm not the one causing him to pass out."

Suddenly, the violin next to Ikuto's body glowed and it transported him and itself to somewhere. "Hey! How dare that cat escape!" Hiro growled.

"You don't have to worry about that. It happens." Kazuomi said.

"Shouldn't we go after him then?"

"It won't matter. No matter where that violin transports him to, Ikuto can never escape Easter." Kazuomi smirked while holding up some kind of fork(weird, I know, but it says so in the manga somewhere).


(Morning)

"Mmm…" I groaned and turned around, accidentally facing the sun's rays out the window. "MY EYES!!!" I yelled and accidentally fell off my bed. I sat up, wondering why the ground was soft.

"Ugh…" a voice mumbled underneath. I quickly jumped back to my bed to see Ikuto lying on the floor!

"I-ikuto?!" I yelled. His eyelids slowly opened, showing his glistening sapphire eyes. He groggily sat up.

"Where am I…? And why does my stomach hurt….?" He asked himself. I sweatdropped. Suddenly, his eyes widened as he looked at me. "Birdy-chan?!!"

"Err…yes?" I answered. Ikuto forced himself to stand up. He staggered toward my balcony. "Ikuto?" He suddenly collapsed when he was almost there. I ran over. "Ikuto! Daijoubu?"

He looked like he was in a lot of pain. His cheeks were a little red too. I put a hand on his forehead. "You have a fever…" I told him. I tried to help him up, but he moved his hand away from me.

"I have to leave..." He said as he tried walking to the door. When he was near the handle, he fell again.

"You can't leave! You're sick!" I told him as I lifted his arm. He still struggled.

"I can't stay with you! You'll get hurt!" he yelled. I stopped tugging his arm and looked at him. He was tired and panting. There were also a few scratches on his face. Pretty soon, Ikuto's eyes closed. He fell asleep.

I put one of his arms around me and dragged him to my bed. I set him down and walked to the bathroom, getting a wet cloth and putting it on his forehead. After that, I walked back to the bathroom, got the medicine from the cabinet.

When I was about to walk to the table to set the bottle, I tripped on something. I rubbed my head and looked behind me to see what I fell on this time. It was Ikuto's violin case.

"Ah! I hope I didn't damage it…" I said and opened it, checking if it was okay. The violin wasn't its usual color. It now had a purple shade, and I have to say, it looked ominous…

I poked the purple thing, only to be shocked by it. "Ow! What the hell?!" I yelled as I glared at the instrument. Suddenly, a dark aura seemed to be leaking out and before it was out of the violin, I quickly slammed the lid shut.

I looked at the case suspiciously but shook my head. "I have to take care of him now-" I was cut off by the sound of my door opening.

"Hi Haru-chan!" Amu greeted. "We all wanted to stop by so everyone's in the living-" she stopped her sentence when she saw Ikuto sleeping on my bed. "IKU-?!!?" I quickly covered her mouth. "Mmff!!!"

"Shut up!" I hissed. She stopped struggling. "You better be quiet about this to everyone else!"

Amu removed my hand from my mouth. "Why is Ikuto here?!" she whispered.

"I don't know! It doesn't matter anyway. He's sick so please be quiet about this!" I pleaded. She gave me a look before sighing and giving in.

"Fine. But how are we going to hide him from the others? They want to play in your room!"

"What?! Why?!" I panicked. I shook my head. "Whatever! Uh…" I looked around and gazed at the closet. I grabbed Ikuto. "Quick! Open the closet! I'm going to throw him there!"

"What?!?"

"Open it!!" I hissed. Amu obediently opened the closet and in seconds, Ikuto was shoved in. Before Amu closed it shut, I stopped her.

"What?" she asked. I hopped over my bed, grabbed the medicine and threw it in the closet, accidentally hitting Ikuto. We sweatdropped. "And why did you do that?"

"When he wakes up, he needs his medicine." I stated. As soon as that was over, the others came.

"Are you guys okay? I thought I heard some noise." Nagehiko said. I sat on the floor, near the closet.

"A-ah yeah. It's just that…Amu here scared me half to death when she barged into my room. While I was sleeping!" I added. I realized something. "How'd you get in my house?!"

"Kukai has an extra key." Yaya said. I paled.

"Ku-kukai's here…?" I felt my face go hot.

"Yeah. He's in the kitchen getting the snacks. Why?" Amu wondered.

"I can't see him!" I squeaked and dove into my bed.

"Eh? Why?" Nagihiko wondered before his lips curled into a smirk. "Did something happen when you two were alone?"

The guardians looked at me, shocked and interested. "N-no…" I lied.

"Boys out!" Yaya yelled and pushed the two boys away. Pepe locked the door after her owner closed it. They both turned around with stars in their eyes.

Somehow, the room became all dark and I was sitting on a chair, a table in front of me. Amu shined the lamp in my face. "Now. What exactly did you two do?"

Rima was standing beside me, writing on a notepad. "Suspect: Haruko. Crime: apparently doing something with a person named Kukai..." she mumbled.

All three guardians and their charas were now dressed up as cops. I gazed at my lap, crestfallen. "Why me…?" I whimpered with a big sweatdrop.


Shadow: Neh neh. Sorry that I gotta end it here. I also want to put out a chapter for A Lost Butterfly today too. Sorry. ._.

Haruko: -sweatdrops- I hate the police…

Shadow: Haru… the guardians weren't even in the police. They were dressing up as them to make the scenery.

Haruko: What ever. But still…

Shadow and Haruko: See ya and happy holidays!