Shadow: Gahh!! Minna-san! Sorry I haven't updated in about a week! It was pretty busy for me those days! Gah…I need soda. -.- -goes to get a drink-

Haruko: -pops out and looks around- Eh? Shadow? Shadow…

Kukai: What's wrong?

Haruko: I don't know where Shadow is.

Ikuto: Are you saying she's not here?

Yoru and Iru: Yay! No more psychotic author!! –dances-

Everyone: WOOHOOO!!! –throws confetti and jumps around-

Shadow: -takes sip of soda- Yo. I'm ba- -does spit take when sees the party- WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

Everyone: -freezes- …oh crap…O.O


"What do you mean by…key…?" I asked as I lowered my hands.

"You don't know?" he gave a small snort. "The Embryo is such a mystic thing… it grants you any wish you make and also…it's the answer for a new world."

"World?"

"Yes. With the Embryo, Humpty Lock, and Dumpty Key combined, the doors will open to a world different from ours."

"What kind of world?"

"We don't know, but soon, we'll find out. Once those pesky guardians purify the eggs, we'll capture the Embryo and unlock the new world."

"World, world, world. Is that all you can think of?" I asked. "Do you even know what this world is?" Kazuomi stayed silent. I looked at him blankly. "…you have got to be kidding me…"

"Haru-chan nya! Look out the window!" Yoru yelled.

"Nani?" I turned around and saw a something glimmering in the sky. "The Embryo!!!"

"Eh? What?! Where?!" Kazuomi yelled. "I don't see it! Where?!"

"He can't see Tsuki…?" I wondered. The stone(which was now attached to my ribbon) suddenly glowed brightly too when the Embryo came. "What the…?"

"Haruko…I think we should go outside nya!"

"What? Why?"

"I don't know nya! I just have a feeling we should! Let's go! We have to open that lock anyway nya!"

"…right!" I said and busted out the door. I noticed there were still a few more X eggs running amok. "You people didn't purify them all yet?!"

The eggs turned to me. "Useless!!" they yelled before charging toward me. I did a back flip.

"I should've stayed quiet…" I mumbled as I kept dodging.

"Ah! Ikuto!"

"Eh?" I turned to where Ikuto was and saw that he was trying to get to the Embryo. He was suddenly tackled by Hiro.

"You're not going anywhere, kitty." He sneered as he put a foot over his back. Ikuto cringed.

"Hiro!" I hissed as I tried to scratch his face with my claws of fury. He held his scythe to block my attack. I grimaced and tried to add more pressure. Hiro smirked.

"Aww….trying to overpower me?" he mocked. He and I jumped away from each other.

"Haruko!" Kukai shouted. I turned and saw a few eggs come toward me. My eyes widened. "Look out!" he quickly grabbed me and covered me from the impact, only to have him get hurt.

"Ku-kukai!" I yelled as I held him. He was groaning. I lowered my head. I helped Kukai walk over to everyone. "Guys…what ever you do, stay out of this. All of you. You hear me?"

"But…Haru-chan…"

"Just stay out of the way." I looked at Hiro. "This is my fight."

"Still trying to defeat me?" he mocked. He had an evil grin. "It's your death wish. Hell's Flames!"

I held up my arms in defense, and the flames were split into two as the claws clashed with them. When the fire disappeared, I panted, tired from the intense heat. "Tired already? I knew it. You are weak."

I flinched as I clenched my fists, noticing that my knuckles got a little burned. I growled as I tighten my grip even more. "I'm not weak!"

"Then come show me that you aren't. If you can." I charged toward him and jumped.

"Dark Slash!" I yelled and dark crescent moons came out of the metal claws. Hiro quickly dodged and got ready for his attack. "Demonic Shadows!"

I stopped running when I couldn't see anything. I quickly searched around, trying to know where Hiro will strike next. "I can't see…"

Suddenly, I saw a dim light from above me and looked up. My eyes widened as Hiro yelled out his attack. "Devil's curse!"

I used my claws to block it again, but the curse was too strong. I flew back and the transformation became undone. The stone and Dumpty Key clattered on the floor. Yoru and I winced as the darkness soon cleared up.

I looked up when I notice a shadow above me. Hiro looked down at me. "I always knew you were weak." He mumbled and gripped his scythe beside him. "It's really hard to believe you were the one carrying the Embryo all this time."

"….must you be like this…?" he blinked. "You…you always act like you're superior to everyone and want to get anything you want. What happen to the Hiro back then?"

He growled. "Don't you know people will never be the same?!! We will always change and never be like before!! Devil's Curse!!"

My eyes widened when I saw the dark matter come out of Hiro's hand. "HARUKO!" Everyone yelled. I squeezed my eyes shut as I waited to get hit. Then there was a bright beam of light in front of me. I opened my eyes to see the Embryo putting up a barrier!

"What the…?" Hiro muttered.

"The Embryo's…protecting Haruko?!" Tadase stared in amazement. Hiro stumbled back at the shining egg's power. We all stared at it in amazement. The Embryo lowered itself in front of me as I held out my hand.

"…Tsuki…" I whispered. I noticed something glowing brightly beside me. The Dumpty Key and stone were reacting when Tsuki was near them.

"E-eh?! The Humpty Lock!" Amu's charas yelled. I turned back to the others and saw that Amu's lock was shining too.

"What's going on…?" I wondered. I blinked. "Ah! Amu! Come with me!" I yelled as I grabbed the stone and key. Tsuki floated beside me. I ran over to Ikuto, who was still in pain because of the change.

"Haru-chan! What's going?" Amu asked as she came to us. I tried helping Ikuto up.

"We're going to open it." I stated.

"It? Do you mean…"

"Yeah. We're going to open the Humpty Lock. But first, we gotta help Ikuto." I said as I looked at him slouching. He suddenly collapsed.

"I-ikuto!" Amu squeaked.

"Crap….we have to get him out of this chara nari…" I mumbled. The Embryo floated beside him and gently poked him on the forehead. Suddenly, the transformation came undone and a black egg rolled to the side.

"…that's all we had to do…?" I sweatdropped. "We should've done that minutes ago!" Tsuki hit me on the head. "…sorry…" I sighed. I knelt near Ikuto. "Ikuto…daijoubu?"

He groaned but reluctantly nodded. "Good. Because we need to unlock the lock." I said as I placed the key in his hand. "Amu come here." I said. She nodded and bent down too. I nodded at Ikuto, who nodded back as he leaned toward Amu to grab the lock.

As the key and lock kept getting closer, the stone began shining even more. Suddenly, we were all in some sort of place, where it was filled with all kinds of stars. We all looked at each other, before proceeding. Just when we were a millimeter close from opening the lock, the background disappeared, and we were back at the top of the tower.

We blinked. "What happened?" Amu wondered.

"Tsuki, why did the-" I stopped talking when I noticed the Embryo wasn't next to me anymore. "Tsuki…?" I heard someone chuckle behind me. I turned around and saw Hiro smirking with the Embryo in his hands.

My eyes widened as he tightened his grip. "What are you going to do now, Haruko?" he sneered. X eggs floated behind him. He smirked. "It looks like I'm finally going to get my wish." He gave a creepy evil laugh that somehow reminded me of Light Yagami's from Death Note but a little less(because we wouldn't want the evil asswipe to be THAT crazy, would we?).

Looks like someone has to go to the Whacky Shack…


Shadow: Yosh! 5 more chappies to go till the end!

Hiro: -pouts- I do NOT need a straitjacket!

Haruko: Come on! You're the second craziest person here next to Shadow!

Shadow: I take that as a compliment! ^^

Hiro: Well I don't!

Kukai: Face it…you are kind of…crazy…

Hiro: -crosses arms- How?

Haruko: For starters, you tried hurting Haruko, who is your sister. And you did do Light's laugh…

Shadow: You know his laugh backwards can sound like a seagull? –remembers watching video and laughs until gut hurts- Ah? Oh sorry. Spacing out. ^^; Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter but sorry for the long update. Peach-pit-senpai didn't publish the newest chapters yet, so I gotta make my own idea for the whole "finally finding the Embryo and Unlocking the Lock" thing, which is pretty tough since they didn't really give us that much info or hints. But if my idea of it is somehow similar to what Peach-pit were thinking…O.o Awkwaaard~