Meilin: I'M BACK AND I AM SO INCREDIBLY SORRY! I finished with exams, then came debates (whit my team lost -.-) and now I have thesis papers and drama to do! D: SO MUCH STRESS AND WORK! Anywho, I think there's about two chapters left and this one explains a ton , so listen close ;)
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Behind A Smile – Chapter Twelve: Lip gloss, Mustaches and a Genius Mailman
Don't cry because it's over; Smile because it happened…
Ikuto stood there with many things running through his mind. Why were the girls fighting in the first place? What did Amu have to say? Why did he assume she was lying? And most importantly, why did he slap his best friend? He didn't even hear her out, yet he made a crucial decision to take the side of his wife and harm his best friend. Stupid, wasn't he?
Why did I do that? He thought. I have to apologize or I might just lose her forever.
Before stepping out the front door a hand stopped him in his tracks. "Wait a second. Where are you going?" his wife grimaced.
"I have to find her," he stated feeling guilty.
Saaya was shocked beyond belief. She then laughed thinking it was all a joke but when he didn't flinch she made a disgusted face. "What?" She scoffed. "She attacked me! There is no reason for you to go and find her. She's an ugly, lying, jealous, whor-"
"Enough!" He shouted. The wife instantly quieted down. "Don't insult her like that," he whispered in a hushed tone. Once again, he walked out and said, "I'll be back later." With that he left.
"Unbelievable! She's always in the way. I'm going to have to get rid of that pest myself." An evil and twisted smile was plastered across her face as a sinister plan was being conjured up in her mind.
Beep~
"What was that?" Saaya turned her head in the direction of the sound. Nothing was heard except the swishing of the wind and the rustling of the bushes. "It must have been my imagination." She shrugged her shoulders, slammed the door closed, and went on her merry way scheme more ways to rid her and Ikuto of Amu.
In another part of the town, Kukai and Utau were going on one of their simple dates. They were walking through the park, hand in hand, and chatting and laughing. Life was good for them.
"Is that…?" The brunette released his partner's hand and power walked to the other side of the grassy field.
"Kukai, what is it?" Utau asked.
"Amu?" He said laying a hand on her shoulder. Said girl slowly shifted her eyes to stare up at the male. "When did you get back? I thought you left," his voice said coated with concern. Before her pink lips could curve up into a fake smile, Kukai spoke, "Don't force it."
She knew exactly what he was talking about. He may be a carefree guy at times but he was very observant. Amu's lips fell back down into a straight line and then she pulled up her hood over her head.
"What's wrong this time?" He asked.
"It's nothing."
The brown haired boy stared at the pinkette knowing she didn't want to tell him but he was going to find out either way. He grabbed Amu's hood and yanked it back. She gasped at the unexpected action.
"Did Saaya do that to you?" He asked referring to the small gash on her pink cheek. When she didn't respond he figured out the worst. "Oh my… Ikuto did this, didn't he?" He yelled. Amu pulled up her hood once again embarrassed at the mark.
All of a sudden Utau came up from behind. "Amu, when did you get…wait, what did Ikuto do?"
Amu slid her knees to her chest and hugged them close. "What did he do to you?"
Amu was hesitant but Kukai pressed, "Show her." Slowly, Amu took off her hood but kept her eyes closed.
Utau gasped. "My brother did that to you?" She nodded. "Why would he do something like that? He is going to apologize to you and I am going to kick his-"
"No!" Amu shouted. "I don't want an apology. I don't want to see Ikuto and I don't want to see Saaya! I despise her and I hate him!"
"Is that really how you feel about him?" Utau asked.
Amu didn't have an answer to that question. "You just don't get it," she replied angrily. Then she ran off. Kukai was going to go after her but Utau held him back and shock her head. She needed some time to herself to cool off.
Meanwhile, Yaya was putting together a little gift. "One last cut and edit…done!" Yaya was broken from her concentration when the bell to her store rang. "Welcome to Imprisoned. How can I help you? Oh, Amu, you're here!" Yaya exclaimed.
"Sorry I didn't show up to work yesterday. I was just…" Amu did not continue.
"It's okay, Amu. Yaya forgives you because Yaya knows what was going on." Amu was clearly confused and Yaya took the hint. "Come watch this with Yaya. It should explain everything."
Without any question, Amu followed Yaya over to the counter and sat down on a stool. She popped the CD into her laptop and pressed play. Amu's eyes widened with every second that passed and she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
As if Yaya was reading her mind, the peppy girl spoke, "The 'bride' hired Yaya's staff to record the wedding and turn it into a DVD. Yaya was going to make her a beautiful video but she made fun of Yaya's hair." Despite the way she addressed herself, Amu loved this girl anyway. And Amu didn't notice it before but Yaya did have unusual hair. She was in her early twenties and her hair was pulled back into two stubby pigtails on the side of her head. But it still looked cute on her.
"So when does Amu want this sent out?" Yaya asked with an evil grin on her face.
"I don't want you to send it out."
"But doesn't Amu want Ikuto to know?"
"He already made his decision. See?" Amu said pointing to the cut on her swollen cheek.
"Ikuto did that?" Yaya asked almost unconvinced. Amu nodded and sighed.
"Look, Yaya, I have to go. Sorry for not showing up at work, but I don't think I'll be working here. Oh and let me have that CD. I know you might try and send it out even when I said no." Amu held her hand out and curled her fingers in and out, signaling the girl to hand over the disk.
"Fine," Yaya sighed. She handed over the flat, silver, donut looking thing and pouted. Amu thanked her and left. Making sure she was long gone, Yaya pulled out another secret copy of the video and sealed it away in an envelope. I have to get this to Ikuto before Amu finds out."
You know this time Yaya was serious by the way she addressed herself in first person. This time, Yaya meant business.
Back at the household of Kukai and Ikuto, all the friends…and Saaya….were gathered in the living room watching random channels on the television.
"Today will have a chance of rain-"
Click
"The next pop sensation, Uta-"
Click
"Easter is now a multimillion dollar-"
Click
"There has been a report of a fake minist-"
Click
"Dude, will you pick a freaking channel already?" Ikuto snapped after many flipped channels.
"There's nothing on TV to watch," Kukai whined.
Ding Dong!
Ikuto immediately got up and answered the door not wanting to sit in the same room as Kukai. "Can I…help you?" He asked skeptically. There was a man with two short pigtails stuffed underneath his cap, wearing shiny lip gloss, a mustache, standing by the door.
He coughed. "Uh, yes, I have a package for Tsukiyomi, Ikuto," the person said in somewhat of a low voice.
"That's me." The "mailman" handed him the package a bolted off into the distance. The package said "To be opened immediately after received" on the front. Ikuto eyed the envelope questioning whether or not he should open it. He shrugged it off and strode over to the living room where Kukai was still searching through the channels.
"Why isn't there anything on TV!" The brunette shouted.
"Cool it. I have something we can watch," Ikuto said sliding the floppy into the DVD player.
The screen was black until a scroll of words weaved its way across the screen. Congratulations to the Tsukiyomi Couple was what it read. Music was playing in the back round as their wedding pictures faded in and out of focus. Then it went on to showing each individual starting with the friends and family who attended. Kukai and Utau Souma bounced from one side of the screen to the other and showed pictures of their food eating contests that they loved to have. Everyone chuckled. Then it went on to show the bride's maids and the best man but…
Why wasn't Amu in any of the pictures? Ikuto, Kukai, and Utau thought.
Thank goodness she wasn't in any of the photos. Saaya thought simultaneously.
Hundreds of pictures of the bride and groom, the label Memorable Before and After Videos swirled across the screen. Here played some small clips of Ikuto's bachelor party and Saaya's bachelorette party. They all laughed at the stupid, drunken pictures of themselves dancing and swaying around tipsy. The next few sets of videos were of Ikuto and his friends. Suddenly the music stopped and the screen went blank.
"STOP!" A voice screamed from the animated box. All stared at it, not sure of what to do or say. "Ikuto," the person addressed him. "I wanted to say congratulations on getting married…BUT! Did you really pick the right girl?"
"What the heck is this? Of course he chose the right girl!" Saaya screeched. Yaya's face popped up on the screen. "Does Ikuto remember Yaya?" Kukai and Utau sweat dropped and their eyes twitched. Who speaks like that? They both thought.
"Ikuto," Yaya said seriously, returning his attention to the screen. "Amu has been crying. She's been hurt and is still hurting. Why? Because of that girl sitting next to you."
All three of them stared at Saaya who was sitting there dumfounded.
"Take a look at these videos I've put together. I'm sure you'll understand after this."
The first video that played was the dance Amu and Ikuto shared at Yaya's store, Imprisoned.
"Kya! Amu looks so perfect in that dress!" Utau squealed in delight.
The beautiful music in the back round soon changed into a dark and death-like melody.
"Saaya," a priest on the florescent box called. "Did you bring me what I asked for?"
Saaya rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. I brought the money." She took out the stack of paper and slapped it into the palm of his hand.
He then ran the money through his fingers. "Two thousand on the dot," he smirked.
"You're not even a real minister. I don't know why I hired you to play this role. Two thousand dollars is an outrageous amount."
"Well, you wanted to get 'married' today, right? I don't come cheap."
The clip ended there and Yaya presence was back. "Understand now? You two aren't married. It was all an act. And watch how this person – if you can even call her a decent human being- how Saaya treated you best friend behind your back."
Right there in bright, bold colors, Amu was casually walking up to Ikuto and Kukai's house. She knocked on the door and came face to face with the she devil. It went all down hill from there. The next thing you knew, Amu pinned Saaya to the ground getting ready to punch the living daylights out of her –
"Look," Kukai noticed. "Ikuto's car is pulling in." The shaggy, midnight haired man clenched his fists tightly together, already knowing what was about to come. The following sound was extremely bone chilling. Utau gasped while Saaya smirked and chuckled.
"She deserved it," Saaya mumbled underneath her breath.
"One more video…and brace yourselves" Yaya warned.
Saaya walked over and grabbed Amu at her neck. She shoved her into the vanity mirror behind her. Pieces from the mirror broke off and Amu collapsed, half unconscious.
"Clean up the glass and wipe your blood off my mirror, it's blocking my reflection."
Utau stood up from her chair. She had enough of watching her best friend being tortured: emotionally and physically. Kukai grabbed her by the wrist holding her in place. The blonde was about to protest but then she noticed that Kukai, too, was holding back his anger. His hand was curled up in a fist-like manner, his nails digging into his jeans and his grip around Utau's skinny wrist was also becoming tighter. He hated this as much as she did, if not, more.
A few moments later Saaya said this before leaving Amu on the ground and walking out: "Oh, and after today, I don't want you near Ikuto ever again."
With the second part of this last clip, Ikuto slipped the ring onto Saaya's finger and sealed it with a kiss. Even a child would be able to tell that Amu's eyes were void of any emotions, only loneliness. With one last look at the newly wed, the pinkette walked away from the church, walked away from Japan, her home, and walked away from the person she loved the most – all to make him happy.
"The End," the screen showed in cursive letters.
Jolting up to his feet, Ikuto ran out of the house and into his car driving around town like a mad man in his search for his best friend. What have I done?
Not too far behind, Saaya attempted to sneak out of the house. Of course, that failed, considering the "mustached, lip gloss wearing mail man" was blocking the front door with the police only inches away.
"Saaya, you are hereby under arrest for physical abuse and as an accomplice to this fake minister...we also discovered that you were the one that burned Miss Amu's house and attempted to slaughter her along with it. We have a woman who witnessed it from the window. You are charged for three accounts of crimes. You are coming with us. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you."
The mail man pealed of the mustache and the cap letting her pigtailed hair bounce freely.
"You!" Saaya sneered in realization. "You set me up!" The she demon screamed.
"Take her away, boys," Yaya ordered. They did as commanded and shoved the witch into the back of the car with handcuffs as her new "wedding gift".
After she was taken away, Yaya dusted her hands off and sighed in relief, "My work here is done."
"Wait," Kukai called after Yaya. "Thanks for everything. You really helped us out. Amu is like a younger sister to me." Utau nodded her head in agreement.
"No problem. Amu is a nice girl. Yaya couldn't stand to see her cry." Yaya explained with a bright smile plastered on her face. "Now it's Ikuto's turn to make it right and I'll need both your help."
"Our help?" Utau asked.
"I have a plan."
End Chapter Twelve- Upcoming: Chapter Thirteen
Meilin: AHHH! We're getting so close to the end! Thanks for sticking with me, minna!
Ikuto: Meilin's goal is over 200 reviews by the time this story is finished, so please help her reach that goal.
Amu: And if that goal is reached...another story will be immediately published on this site!
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Ikuto: Thank you...
Amu: ...and see you all in the next chapter!
Special Thanks To:
KakaSaku Chan (I like the sad chapters the best too. They make me cry and for some odd reason I love it when stories make me cry. Haha. I guess it's because I don't cry often.)
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ThePandaHat (...Oh, no. He's goint to do a lot more than just BEG for her back. Hehehe :] Does this chapter answer your question? Yep, Saaya was found out. Lol. )
SilverHeart (-sigh- I know right. But if Saaya died earlier in the story...there would be no story! So I guess she's important in her own way -.- lol.)
Clockwork Rose (Love makes you do crazy things though, right? So yeah, he had to slap her...he was just all too confused.)
MidnightRedMasquerade (Thanks for the info. I'll definitely watch it one day. It's okay. I know you didn't mean to jump to conclusions. It 's just something that
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Amuto FAN (He had to hit her to create more DRAMA! Cuz that's what all the readers look for right? ;3)
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HOLY CRAP THAT WAS A LOT OF RESPONDING TO REVIEWS. THANKS EVERYONE! It seems like everyone is mad that Ikuto slapped Amu...yes, he is a jerk. But he will do something that he would never forget. Muwahahha! Anyways, Sorry again for the lateness. I'll update faster next time, there has just been so much going on. School, ya know?
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