Gosu: Hey all! Here's part two and chapter seven of 'Darkness Within' enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara! Only the story.
Chapter 7: Party of Death Part II
(Ikuto's POV)
We had arrived to the Underworld. I glanced at Amu, who was still holding my hand tightly and still had her eyes closed. I leaned closer to her and whispered into her ear,
"You can let go now."
Instantly, she freed my hand and backed away from me, screaming and covering her ear with her hands.
"Pervert! What did you do that for!?"
I laughed. "You didn't let go of my hand," I moved closer a step. "Can it be that you were thinking about me?" I teased.
She looked away, blushing. "What are you saying? That's impossible!" By the time she turned around, I was gone, hidden in a tree and planning my surprise attack.
(Amu's POV)
'Grr! Stupid Ikuto! Stupid perverted Cat!' I felt a tail wrap itself around my waist as it pulled my closer to its owner, whose arms wrapped around my chest, something breathing through my hair as I heard its ears twitch. I felt it moved towards my ear as it whispered,
"Boo!"
I jerked away from the mysterious stranger, screaming. The stranger laughed as I turned around and froze in place. Speak of the devil, it's Ikuto. With cat-like features. I gave him a questioning look.
"Since when did you get those?"
Before he could answer, someone answered for him.
"He's had them ever since, that's how it is. There isn't anything else to explain it."
I turned around and saw a tall blonde-haired girl, who looked my age. Her hair was very long, which was tied into two pigtails, flowing down on her sides. She had violet eyes and her outfit was amazing. Her dress was snow white with red streaks here and there, there were red angel wings at the back, she wore a red bat-like choker with a silver cross and wore red bat-like wristbands. The hem of the dress had red laces flowing out and she wore red laced stockings in white knee-high boots. Overall, her dress seemed pretty tight, but seeing at how she's skinny, it didn't matter.
"You must be Hinamori Amu. I've heard much about you. I'm Utau, and this guy beside me," she jabbed her thumb at the orange-haired man. "Is my boyfriend, Kukai."
He looked to be my age as well. He wore pierced earrings on one ear, most of them were sports-related. His hair was spiked and had a pair of sunshades sitting on them. I noticed that they were brand new, from a brand name I didn't recognize. He wore a tight but somewhat loose dress shirt that had different sports on it and jeans that were ripped and studded. He wore converse sneakers on that had skull prints on them and wore a few skull rings on his fingers. I noticed he had a killer smile too.
"Yo, Hinamori! How's it going?"
"Nice to meet cha."
"Anyways, the party's about to start. Here you go."
Kukai handed me a masquerade mask. Before I could ask the question, Ikuto answered for me.
"It's a masquerade party," he shrugged. "Don't know why."
Everyone put on their masks and I did the same. Kukai and Utau led the way to the party, while Ikuto and I followed them, walking in silence. Somehow, because of the weird and awkward atmosphere, I feel like a bad omen is going to happen. But to who, what, where, when, why, and how?
(Ikuto's POV)
My cat ears and tail had disappeared by the time I entered through the ballroom's door. I held Amu's hand lightly and slowly led her to the dance floor. This would be her last dance, I've never seen a human this happy before. It seems that Amu is special, she's different from the all other human girls that I've collected souls from. Sadly, they're bound to the same fate, death.
Suddenly the music stopped, as everyone's attention was directed to Him. The Lord of Shinigami himself, appeared before our very eyes, surprising Amu the most. We all bowed down to our Lord, all except one of course. Amu stood there confused like the silly human she was. I laughed silently, was. That 'was' is going to happen now, because her time is up. Our Lord spoke, breaking the long silence.
"Ikuto," he bellowed in a deep, low voice. "Come and play your beautiful melody for the human to hear."
"As you wish, my Lord."
I bowed before Him and summoned my violin. My cat ears and tail reappeared. Amu watched in horror, who had realized that this was all a trap. I stared at her, my eyes were filled with cold as I whispered so that only she could hear.
"Goodbye Amu."
I had my violin in place, the bow touched the strings as I slowly played the sad, painful but beautiful melody. As I continued to play, Amu writhed in pain, screaming as she fell to her knees, clutching her head. I could hear Him laughing as everyone else joined him in laughter at the human's pain. I stopped playing once Amu collapsed on the floor, unconscious. My work was done, my mission was finally complete.
Or so it seemed to be.
Gosu: Nice cliffhanger lol. But things won't end there just yet. R&R! At least 5 reviews before I update. Constructive criticism is appreciated, no flames though.
