Author: I'm back :DDDD. Thanks for all the reviews on the last chapter~~~

Ikuto: Oh no. The author is back... (Hides in the corner)

Author: Is that how I get greeted? :(.

~~~~~Nightmares Of The Past~~~~

(Note, Italic is Amu's dream, and for those who don't know, the little boy in the dream is Kaito.)

The little boy with the red eyes stood there, tears streaming down his eyes like how rain would fall on in a thunderstorm.

The cliff they were standing on jeered out over a large river, and the river's water was blood red. The sky overhead was filled with dark thunderclouds.

He looked up at Amu, his eyes swirling with thousands of deep emotions that I couldn't understand.

"You..." The little boy's shoulders began to tremble uncontrollably. "YOU! I will make you suffer the same fate as my father! You deserve to die from what you did to him!"

He stepped closer to her, fists clenched, his eyes screwed tight. He wanted to push Amu off for what she had done, but he couldn't. He just couldn't. After all, they had been the closest friends for all of their early years.

But then he thought of his poor, sickly mother, and his anger burned like a raging forest fire. His eyes blazed, and he forced himself to overcome this emotion of friendship.

Amu, eyes wide, began to weep. She didn't know what to do.

The boy barely kept his sanity. His whole body was shaking now. He stepped closer to Amu, and her golden orbs looked into his red ones. In one moment, he nudged her off the edge of the cliff, and sent her flying down towards the depths of the river.

She shrieked, and tried to fight the rampaging waves of the river.

He fought off the urge to leap into the river after her and save her, but it was already too late. What was done was done. Amu was already under the waves.

~~~Ikuto's Point Of View~~~

My eyes flew open to the sound of quiet whimpering.

Amu was shaking violently in her bed, silent tears pouring down her face.

Whats wrong with her? Is she having a bad dream or something?

I got out of my bed soundlessly, and approached her bed. She was now shaking less than before, and she no longer whimpered, but her sleeping face was screwed up into a look of agony.

"Amu..." I murmured.

Making my way closer, I sat next to her on the bed.

I honestly didn't know what to do. Should I wake her? Or should I let her go through this by herself? I really wasn't sure. But I couldn't go back to sleep now knowing that she was going through something like this.

(Meanwhile, Amu's dream, but this time, it is a different dream than before)

It was a rainy day that Amu and Kaito were playing in the forest.

The forest was thick and had many different rivers flowing throughout it.

Amu tossed a rock to Kaito. They were playing catch with a small stone they had found. Amu smiled brightly, and Kaito again felt his heart melt. He wasn't sure what this emotion was, but all he knew was that he loved to see Amu smile and be happy.

Kaito attempted to throw it back to Amu, but the stone ended up swerving into the river they were playing next to.

The laughter of men suddenly reached his ears. He ran to Amu, and tugged her arm protectively. "We should get out of hear. I think my dad and his friends are here again."

Amu nodded. Although she didn't understand very well, she knew that Kaito's dad would hang out with his friends in the forest sometimes and do bad things.

As they made their way out of the forest, and deep slurred voice of man stopped them. "Hey son. Is that your girlfriend with you? Ha ha ha... I raised you well for you to get a girl at such a young age...Better not be doing anything indecent..." The man slurred and sputtered his words. He was obviously drunk.

Kaito recognized his father instantly, and he registered that he was deeply drunk and probably had no common sense right now. He stepped in front of Amu. "Don't worry, I won't. And we were just leaving."

"I don't think so..." More of the mans friends appeared from the trees. They were also drunk. Some of them were smoking weed and cigarettes, while others had drugs.

"Amu. Run." Kaito whispered lowly to her.

She tried to run, but Kaito's father grabbed her arm. "Where are you going, little missy?"

Kaito attempted to stop his father. "Stop it. Let her go."

His father ignored him, and pushed Amu against the tree. He ripped off Amu's shirt easily.

"Whoa." Called one of Kaito's father's friends. "I didn't know you were a pedo. She's probably only 5 or something. I prefer high school girls..."

Kaito's father smirked, and said, "I do prefer kids... They are cuter... And they don't have as much resistance..."

Kaito's eyes widened, and he ran to Amu.

Kaito's father tried to grab Amu, but she shrieked, and kicked him in the knee.

He staggered back, and hissed. "That little brat!" He approached her, pissed.

Amu became terrified. She shrank back, crying loudly.

Kaito's father got closer, his smirk turning into a monsters grin. "I've got you now! I'll throw you in the f**king river when I'm done with you!"

Kaito ran to Amu to try and help, but one of his father's friends held him back.

Amu screeched, and kicked him with all her might. If the man wasn't drunk, he wouldn't be fazed by such a little girl's kick, but his drunk state drained most of his strength. The man was kicked back by her, and he tripped over a rock.

He then ended up falling into the very depths of the river.

"Father!" Screamed Kaito. Despite his father being a drug addict, he was still his father, and he still loved him even from that fact.

Amu couldn't take it any more. She didn't understand what was going on. It didn't make any sense. She sprinted away while the others were distracted.

~~~Amu's Point Of View~~~

I woke up, crying.

That's right. I am a murderer. I am a monster. I killed Kaito's father.

Even though Kaito's father was a drug addict, he was still a person. And I killed him.

I remember what happened after that incident. His father was never found, and no one was ever charged. The police thought it was suicide.

No... It was anything but that.

After that, Kaito's mother broke down emotionally from her husbands death. He was all she had in her life besides her son... She then killed herself.

Then, Kaito was sent to his distant relatives. We didn't keep in touch, and all I knew was that Kaito was not treated welcome with his relatives.

I never saw him after that. He moved somewhere far away, and after years, he began to fade from my memory. I was only 6 when that incident happened, after all.

Kaito... How could I have done this to him? He was such a good friend...

Hands grabbed my shoulders. "Amu? Are you okay? Talk to me!"

I said nothing for a few moments, as for my mind was in ruin and nothing but a useless jumble of mixed emotions and thoughts running wild.

It wasn't till moments later that my mind fully registered that someone had talked to me.

~~~~Ikuto's Point Of View~~~~

I shook her shoulders. What the heck is wrong with her?

She didn't respond at first, but finally, she looked up to me, with dead, dull, and lifeless eyes. "I-Ikuto...?"

I shook her again. "It's me, Amu. What happened?"

She stared blankly at the wall. "It's... Nothing..."

I crawled into her bed, and embraced her. "It can't be nothing. Please tell me!" I pleaded.

When I hugged her, she seemed to slip a little bit more into the real world. "I... I just... Remembered some of my past that I shouldn't have..."

"Tell me..." I murmured to her.

After minutes of silence, she spoke. "When I was little, only about 5 or so, Kaito was my best friend. We would often play in a forest by his house. One day, when we were playing, Kaito's father and his friends were drunk in the forest. It was no secret to Kaito and I that we shouldn't hang around them when they were like that. We started to leave, but Kaito's father and his friends stopped us. He tried to rape me, and... I.. pushed him away, and he fell into the river... I killed him... I killed him! I'm a monster! He was a person! And I killed him!'"

She started to cry again, and I held her tightly. "You're anything but a monster, Amu. It was self defense, and it wasn't your fault. If any body else was in your situation, they would have done the same."

Amu looked a bit better after hearing this, but she still seemed uncertain. "But, after that, Kaito's mother killed herself because her husband was all she had, and Kaito had to live with relatives that abused him... Kaito blames me and wants revenge... And he has the right to..."

"He is probably blaming you because he has no one else to blame..." I murmured.

Amu dried off her tears on her night shirt. "Thanks, Ikuto." She whispered, before passing out in my arms.

I kissed her on the cheek. "I'll always be here..."

Amu: There is too much drama!

Author: Sorry... I thought a chapter with drama would be nice for once...

Next Chapter, Chapter 40,

~~~~Cosplay Party~~~~

Amu and her friends are invited to a large cosplay party. At the party, someone behind a mask requests to dance with her. She accepts, but doesn't now that that person behind the mask happens to be Kaito...

Later, Ikuto is forced to wear an embarrassing cosplay outfit...

What will happen? And what is Ikuto's embarrassing cosplay outfit?

Find out in the next chapter :P.