Shadow: WOOOHOO!!! I'm so happy! :D

Haruko: O.o What are you doing here so early? And what ever happened about being pissed on deleting last time's chapter?

Shadow: That's just it! I got it back! I feel so happy!!! –dances around- Thank you vampiresweets! I love you! –gives a cookie- YAY! FREEDOM!! –goes back to dancing-

Ikuto: Oh great. First she's pissed, and now she's jumping for joy…

Yoru: What does freedom have to do with getting the chapter back, nya?

Haruko: She's just being crazy again. Please ignore her.

Everyone: -sweatdrops and sighs-


I groggily woke up and clutched my chest. It was starting to hurt for some time now. But that's when I heard the clatter of metal as I moved my hands. I had chained around my ankles and wrists!

"What the hell?" I wondered as I lifted my arms up and stared and the metal.

"I see you're awake." A voice that sounded like an old man say. I looked up and saw Kazuomi.

"Who the hell are you old man?" I asked.

"Old man-" he twitched. He grabbed me collar. "Look here, little girl. I am the superior of Easter! I don't think an old man would be able to hold such power!"

"Yes he would. I'm looking at an old man that's like that right now." I smiled. He growled and dropped me. "Whatever. You're our prisoner now." He huffed and slammed the door behind him. I rubbed my butt and looked around.

I was in some room. Almost like the one I was in last time I got kidnapped, except there were the chains, furniture, a violin in a corner, a person with cat ears lying on the floor uncon- wait….

"Ikuto?" I asked as I tried to crawl to him. My arms suddenly jerked when I was a few meters away and I looked back. The chains were too short for me to go further. I sighed. "Ikuto. Wake up." Nothing. "Ikuto! Iku-"

"Shut up!" a different voice growled and something hit me on the back of me head. I tuned around to see Hiro.

"Hiro!" I yelled. He smirked.

"Hey little imouto." He said. I tried to kick him.

"Shut up! What did you do to Ikuto? Why did you idiots kidnap me again?"

"Well, we brought you here for bait. And Ikuto…" he gazed at the unconscious cat. "You don't need to worry about him anymore. He's just a zombie with that violin."

I growled. "Well, it's getting late. There's no doubt those guardians will try to find you so…" A devil wing clip appeared on Hiro's hair and his scythe popped into his hand. "Goodnight!" he cheered and hit me hard on the head with the flat side of the blade.

I screamed in pain at the impact. The world around me started spinning, and I fell back against the wall with my eyes closed.


Amu yelled as she was just woken up by her charas yelling. "What is it!?" she hissed. The charas hid in a corner.

"Amu-chan is being scary, desu." Suu shivered.

"Your cellphone is ringing." Miki answered.

"Eh?!" The pink haired girl rushed over to her desk where her phone was vibrating and playing music. She looked at the ID. "Kukai?"

She flipped it open. "Moshi moshi."

"Amu?"

"Hai. What is it Kukai?"

"Can you come meet me at the water fountain?"

"Okay. Why?"

"I'll tell you when we meet. See you then."

"Bye." Amu hung up. Her charas looked at her suspiciously.

"Who was that?" Ran asked. Amu stood up and walked toward her closet.

"It was Kukai. He said he wanted to talk to me about something."

"Suspicious…" Miki said and rubbed her chin.

"It's not like that!" Amu snapped. She looked back at her line of clothing. "I think it has to do something about Haru-chan. She did get abducted from Easter…"

"What will they do to her, desu?"

"I don't know. But I hope she's alright…"


(Haruko's POV)

I woke up, feeling pain, once again. "Augh… déjà vu… Easter special…" I mumbled and rubbed my head. I noticed a figure beside me and turned around to see Ikuto, still unconscious. I nudged him. "Oi. Ikuto…"

Ikuto stirred before waking up. He looked at me tiredly. "…Birdy-chan…?" He yawned. His eyes widened. "Haruko?!"

"Yes…?"

"Why are you here?!" He yelled.

"It's because of you. You kidnapped me, don't you remember?" I asked. Ikuto thought hard, trying to remember anything what's been happening, then held his head.

"…I don't know… what the hell is going on?" he asked. "I only remember meeting you, and then nothing."

"Hey…is it possible you lose your memory every time you touch your violin?" I wondered.

"I don't know." He groaned. He turned to me. "What did I do anyway?"

"I'm not sure…but you can do a new chara nari now."

"I can?"

I nodded. "Yeah. When you-" a blade was shoved near my face.

"Now, now. Haruko. Don't spoil the fun." Hiro smirked.

"You call this fun? I'm kidnapped by you again!" I hissed.

"It's fun for me." he said. He sighed. "Now if only I could slice you in half…" I glared.

"What are you going to plan to do with the X eggs?"

"It's none of your business. If you need me, I'll be torturing your little friends." He grinned.

"Leave them out of this!" But Hiro already left. I glared at the door worryingly.


Amu saw Kukai looking down on the ground with a sad look. "Kukai!" The orange haired boy quickly looked up and forced on a smile.

"Hey Hinamori!" he yelled. Amu and her charas panted beside him.

"What is it that you wanted to talk about?" she asked. Kukai smiled and grabbed her hand.

"I'll tell you after our dash!" he yelled and began running full speed.

"Wah!! Wait!!! Kukai!!!" Amu screamed as gusts of wind began blowing in her face. Amu stopped her whining when she realized that Kukai's expression was disheartening and hurt. She gave a small nod to herself and continued running with the middle schooler.


Amu and Kukai stopped to rest at a park. They both bought some ice cream to cool down and sat on swings. "So…what is it that you want to talk about?" Amu asked and licked her strawberry ice cream.

Kukai set down his rocky road one and pushed his swing a bit. "…it's about Haruko…"

Amu gazed at him. "Eh? Haru-chan?"

Kukai gave a small nod. "Un…I'm really worried. Besides Hiro, Ikuto's there. Who knows what they'd do to her."

"Ah…" Amu mumbled, recalling the time when Haruko confessed she got kissed by the feline boy.

"Someone's jealous…" Miki mumbled. Kukai twitched.

"I'm not jealous!!" he yelled with a small blush. He sighed. "I guess I'm…worried…?" he groaned and swung a little. "Gahh!! Feelings are so difficult! You just can't understand them at all!"

"True…" Amu started. "But it's sort of nice that you get to learn more about them."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Well, the way I see it, as you learn more about emotions, you'll get to experience many things. Like happiness, sadness, anger, and love. For you…" Amu ointed her ice cream at Kukai. "…you are learning about love and jealousy. You like Haru-chan, but Ikuto likes her too and even kissed her."

Kukai looked away. "So..?"

Amu sweatdropped. "So…that's what I'm saying. You're just a bit confused Kukai with the whole situation. Now. Eat your ice cream. It's starting to melt." She pointed out.

Kukai blinked and stuck his tongue out before the drop of ice cream would fall. Amu and the charas laughed. "Thank." Kukai said as he finished his dessert in one bite. Amu nodded and finished the remains of her empty sugar cone.

"No problem." She smiled. Kukai got off his swing.

"Well, now that that's over…" he stretched. "I feel great!" he looked at Amu. "Wanna do one more Speed Dash?"

"Again? I thought you said you were feeling better!" Amu stated.

"What do you mean?" Kukai tilted his head.

"Wha-? Wasn't the reason we ran last time because you needed to clear your head? Like what you told me last time?" Amu asked, recalling the time when she and Rima weren't really pals.

Kukai put a finger of his chin. "Oh right…" he mumbled then pointed upward. "I wanted to do the dash because I wanted it to be fun!" Amu glared at the boy, who looked back confusingly.

Kukai smiled and grabbed her hand. "Well then, run Hinamori!!" he yelled. Amu prepared herself for the fast run, but then Kukai fell back. She looked up confusingly.

She was shocked to see Tsukasa. "Y-you!! What are you doing here?!" she yelled.

"I was about to ask the same thing. "Kukai groaned as he stood up.

"Me too." Tsukasa smiled. "By the way, have you seen Haruko?"

Amu and Kukai looked down. "Er…she's…not here right now…" Kukai answered. Tsukasa gave a small pout.

"Aww…is that so?" he said. He dug a hand into his pocket and took something out. "Well then, if you see her, can you give her this?" The man put something in Kukai's hand.

Kukai looked at it and noticed it was some sort of shiny stone. He looked at it confusingly. "What is this supposed to be?"

Tsukasa put a finger to his lips. "That's a small secret. But whatever you do, please don't lose that stone. You'll find out about it later." He winked. "Ah. Before I leave…" he went through his other pocket. "Pick a card." He said as he showed the two kids 7 cards face down.

"….d-does he always carry cards…?" Daichi asked as Kukai took the middle card. Before he got a chance to look at it, Tsukasa snatched it away.

"Hey!" Kukai yelled. Tsukasa looked at the card and smiled.

"So that's it." He said and put the cards away. He waved. "Goodbye." He said and went off.

"That's not fair. I wanted to see what I got…" Kukai put a hand on his hip. Amu jumped when her phone suddenly vibrated. It was a text message.

'Amu-chan!

Come to the place where Haruko was kidnapped. The others and I found Ikuto and he said that he might know where Hiro got Haruko!

Nagehiko

"Kukai! Nagehiko said that the others might know where Haru-chan is!" Amu cheered.

"Really?!" he asked. Amu nodded.

"Yeah. He told me to go to the place Haru-chan was kidnapped- hey!" Amu yelled as Kukai quickly ran. Amu started running and eventually caught up to Kukai with the help of Ran.

'Haruko…don't worry! We're coming!' they both said.


Tsukasa walked back toward Seiyo's planetarium, holding the card Kukai picked. Even though he knows some of the events that are going to happen in the story, he was a bit confused. He expected the card to be the joker once again, but it was the seven of hearts.

He put back the card in his pocket back in his pocket. "Look's like the story's going to last longer than expected…" he said as he looked in the evening sky.


Shadow: Wow that was long…

Haruko: I thought this was the remaining pages of the last chapter…?

Shadow: I know, but since I was happy that I got it back, I decided to write more. I was supposed to publish the chapter on the same day…but I was busy with other thing. –sighs- It's so troublesome being me…

Kukai: What were you doing anyway?

Shadow: …watching a movie… .

Amu: Why are you looking away? Unless…

Everyone: It was about Death Note.

Shadow: -arrow hits head- Dx

Haruko: -mutters- She's so predictable…

Everyone: -sweatdrops-