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Instead of Utau comforting Ami it ended up turning the other way around, standing there for what seemed like hours. Utau's cries finally stopped and they headed off to the supermarket, and bumped into Ikuto, which Utau made him take a shopping bag and forced him to go to Amu's work to hand them to the girl.

Chapter 5

Amu finally reached the front door of her home, her father was there, she noticed his car in the driveway. Luckly Ami wasn't here tonight because she really wasn't looking forward to the encounter she was going to have with him. An its best that her sister wasn't there to witness another one there was only so much she could put her 11 year old sister threw.

The trauma the young girl had to witness must be taking its toll on her, closing her eye's Amu had to endure the beatings and Ami had to endure watching them day by day in the protection of the girls closet. It really wasn't the best hiding spot to put the girl in, a dark cold small space. She was surprised Ami wasn't claustrophobic by now.

Taking a deep breath she unlocked the front door and walked in, hearing noises coming from the living room she could only guess her father was in a pissed off mood, she quietly closed the door and slowly began making her way to the stairs trying to avoid causing attention.

It only worked until she got to the first step, "AMU! Get your arse here this instant!" letting out a sigh she placed the carrier bag and her book bag on the floor so they wouldn't get destroyed in his anger, and walked into the living room. "Yes father?" she was met with a hard punch to the face knocking her backwards into the sofa " I got a phone call from your school today from the nurse telling me you was injured! How the fuck did she find out!"

Her tongue ran over the right side of her teeth, she swore one was missing " I was forced by a teacher to go because someone elbowed me in the ribs idiot! I just said I fell down the stairs!" grabbing her by the hair and slapping the girl across the face, " don't talk back to me like that you ungrateful brat! Who's put a roof over your head since your mother passed away huh? ME! Who's put food on the table ME!" she kicked him in the shin trying to get him off her.

"I never said you didn't! get of me!" he grabbed her top and roughly ripped it off and took off his belt, " You bitch! You really love the belt don't you?" he pulled it back and WHACK! It cracked across her chest going to the right side of her waist, she gritted her teeth, as he sent another one cracking down " I also told you to make sure Ami was here tonight! Where the fuck did you hide her this time?"

Amu couldn't help but let out a smirk, " Some where, away from you" he threw her into the wall so her exposed back was facing him. He brought back the belt and sent it crashing down on her bare skin even harder. No she wasn't going to scream, she wasn't going to let him have the satisfaction.

" WHERE IS SHE!" he sent it crashing down again. This time a small scream escaped her lips, as tears began falling down her face. " I'm not telling you!" raising his foot he sent it crashing into her left leg, she fell to her knees holding her leg, but he wasn't done yet. Grabbing the girl by her hair he slammed her head off the wall then the table, small tricklets of blood dropped onto the ground as she felt herself going dizzy.

"Now get to your room out of my sight!" Picking herself up she grabbed her top and ran upstairs to her room, along with her bags and locked the door. Painfully she slid down and finally broke down. "Why… why is he doing this to us mama?" the dizziness in her head wouldn't stop as she began having blackspots in her vision, she could have swore she saw a large blue cat outside her window, but she couldn't focus as she fell down sideways on the floor. "Amu…." was all that was spoken.

Although she never hit it, as someone caught her gently and lifted her up walking over to the bed.

The male looked down at her battered and broken body, "Amu… so this is what you was hiding?" he began going around the bedroom and found the first aid kit he saw Ami get out the other day and walked quietly over to where she laid, using the small light at the side of her bed he began gently cleaning up her wounds. With each one he treated, he felt more and more anger burn up in his soul. He was never going to forgive the bastard that hurt her.

*20 minutes Earlier*

Ikuto had walked into his house to see a crying Ami and Utau, confused he walked in and placed a hand on the younger Hinamori's shoulder, " what's going on in here?" Utau looked up to her brother, as Ami looked down to the ground, " Ami just told me why Amu's been so cold and distant. Well I figured it out before we saw you at the supermarket but what Ami's just told me is a lot more disturbing."

Ami looked up to the blue haired boy, " Ikuto-nii-kun…. You're the only one that can help her.. She'll be all alone in that house. She needs you to go and protect her please!" Ami broke down even more. Raising his eye brow in confusing Utau looked to him.

"Ikuto… Its their father.." upon hearing them words he let the hand fall off Ami's shoulder and backed up a little, Amu's father? Amu needs protecting? He is the only one that can help? He was lost in thought until he felt a tug on his shirt, he looked down seeing the sadness in Ami's eye's. "Please.. He'll kill her!" with them four words said Ikuto ran out of the house and began heading towards Amu's home immediately. When he got there he was about to go threw the balcony window when he noticed that she was no where in site, it didn't even look like she was home yet until he heard running and the room door slam open.

Amu was fiddling with the lock and she finally slid down, he widened at the damage done on her body, blood was going down her back and chest, the side of her head wasn't much better, he noticed she was beginning to fall sidewards and rushed into the room just before she hit the floor. "Amu…."

And that's how it got to the point of Ikuto wrapping the girls wounds. He looked threw her clothing and found a baggy long sleeve blue t-shirt with a little kitten on the front. He couldn't help but smirk it was one that he bought her from the fair as a joke present when they was younger. He couldn't believe she kept it. "She must keep everything I got her." gently he slipped her into the top and took off her converse.

When he knew she was as comfortable as she could get on the bed he sat down at the end and held her left hand. If it wasn't for the fact that Amu was out cold and didn't know exactly on who did this to her, he would have gone and killed the bastard all ready.

Slowly he found himself falling asleep next to her, wrapping his arms around the girls waist gently and protectively.

*4 hours later*

Amu slowly began to wake up, her body hurt like hell and she felt something heavy on her stomach. Not only that but the warm comfort she felt next to her wasn't what she was expecting. "Huh? Ami's at Utau's house tonight then wh-" she turned her head and was face to face with a sleeping Ikuto. Quickly she had to cover her mouth from screaming, she didn't want to wake the sleeping kitty up, but … she really needed to go to the bathroom. Which she was glad that joined onto her bedroom so she didn't have to leave the comfort of her own bedroom.

Slowly she tried to move his arms but that only caused his arms to grip around her waist even tighter, gritting her teeth as his arms put pressure on the bruised ribs she really was trying not to make a sound. After a few more minutes she managed to get out of his grip and slowly tip toe to the bathroom.

She turned on the light and did her business, she then looked into the mirror, what shocked her was the fact the wounds had been treated. Her eye's widened, and lookd down seeing she was in a top she hadn't seen for 3 years,

If he treated her wounds and put her a top on, then… he'd seen the wounds and… seen her in just a bra! Ok the bra she wasn't concerned about at the moment but the fact he found out about her secret! How was she going to dodge this one! No way could falling down a set of stairs cause belt lashes across her back and chest.

Putting her head down so her long bangs covered her eye's she decended from the bathroom to find Ikuto sitting up on the bed and rubbing his eye's tiredly like a kittle. " You know, leaving me all alone for too long Amu is very mean." he gave a stiff yawn and looked to her.

"How are you feeling?" Amu just walked over to the bed and sat with her back against the wall, her knees brought up to her chest not saying anything. "Amu… tell me who did this?" she just turned her head away from him. Tears stung the corner of her eye's. he placed a gentle hand on her knee. Not wanting to frighten her.

"Amu… I'm here, I wont let them hurt you any longer.. Just tell me, who did this to you?" Amu finally looked him in the eye's " Ikuto, its dangerous for you to be here, please just go. I appreciate you fixing my injuries but its nothing ok? I'm fine." his face went from gentle to concerned.

"Amu clearly your not fine, I saw how bad them wounds was, some wouldn't stop bleeding for 10 minutes! You know I care about you, you can't push me away when both you and Ami need help."

Looking down, she knew she needed help, she knew that they had to get out of that house and that her father should be locked up some where, mental home? Prision? A grave 6ft under? She didn't know. " Just leave Ikuto I… I don't want to see you here ever again. Keep Ami take her far away from this house ok? Look after her and give her a good place to live. Something I couldn't. just… don't come near me again please…"

She began trying to push him out the window. " But Amu!" "NO BUTS! I don't care Ikuto! I hate you! You hear me HATE! You! You left me all alone for 3 years! Leave! Don't come back!" Those words crashed into his heart, he couldn't believe he heard her say that.

"Amu… what about our pro-" " I DON'T CARE GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" he stood up, his hair covering his eye's "I'll leave then… I'm sorry I couldn't help you Amu…" with that he left threw the balcony window he was about to climb down when he heard Amu's door been kicked open. She looked to the door in fear.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SHOUTING AT! AT THIS TIME OF THE MORNING!" she rushed to the balcony window and locked it, her eye's met with Ikuto's with an apologetic good by look before she was dragged back by her hair, and began having the worst beating she's ever gotten.

Ikuto widened when he saw Amu being beaten by her father, blood was flying everywhere! He began trying to get threw the balcony window but nothing was working, 'shit she locked it!' that's when his heart stopped, Mr. Hinamori pulled out something long and silver, time stood still everything went in slow motion, Amu's eye's was on the blue haired Neko. "Help!" was all he heard before the knife was brought down.

Well that's chapter 5! Ikuto! Will he stop the knife! Will anyone even hear what's going on with all that shouting!

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