Author: Thanks for all the reviews~~~ They really get me motivated :D!In my reviews from the last chapter, I noticed most of the reviews were about Ikuto's costume for the cosplay party... Heh. They gave me some good ideas...
Ikuto: Oh god no.
Author: 8D.
~~~~Cosplay Party~~~~
The next morning, Amu woke, and the first thing she saw was Ikuto's sleeping face.
They were wrapped up in each others arms. When Amu noticed this, she panicked, and thought of what the dorm members would think if they found out that she and him had slept together.
Utau would be freaking out, Kukai would solute Ikuto, the three girls would probably squeal like fan girls, and Kiseki and Yoru would probably have disgusted looks.
Amu didn't fancy this, as for it would be embarrassing beyond means. She pushed Ikuto away, but he accidentally ended up falling off the edge of the bed.
She gasped, and she quickly hid under the covers as Ikuto groaned loudly.
Amu heard him mutter under his breath, but she couldn't make out any words, and she then heard the creak of a bed and the sound of covers behind pulled. He must be going back to bed, she thought.
The teen also crawled back under the covers, and waited for sleep to come.
~~~Few Hours Later~~~
"Common, Amu! You won't believe what happened!" Ran grasped Amu's shoulders, and shook her back and forth.
Amu easily got up, as for she had gotten plenty of sleep. She threw the covers off of her, and sat up.
Everyone else was in the dorm, looking extremely excited for some reason. "What's going on?"
Su hobbled over to Amu, almost tripping over herself. In her hand, she held a small vanilla envelope. "Look at this!"
"So what?" Amu shrugged. "It's just an envelope."
Su sighed and pulled out a small letter inside the envelope. "I meant look inside the envelope."
She handed the letter to Amu, and she read it over.
March 2013 Spring Break Cosplay Party- You and your dorm mates are invited!
On March 20, 2013, for the start of spring break, we will be having a invitation only cosplay party. We have rented a building for the night to party at. About 100 school residents will be going.
Location- 156 Main St, Sycamore 40292.
Time- 6:00 till 12:00.
No costumes need to be brought. We have them prepared ourselves ;).
Amu gaped. "We are... Invited to a cosplay party?"
Her joy started to overflow. A cosplay party would be great!
Ran, Su, and Miki hugged each other squealing.
"Jeez..." Muttered Kiseki. "You guys are overacting..."
~~~~A Few Days Later At The Party~~~~
A group of about 100 students all crowded in the main room of the party, waiting for the party to start.
Even the main room that the hosts had rented was grand. Fluffy flame colored carpet, high class furniture, Amu could only imagine how the costumes for the party would be.
After about another few minutes of chatter from the crowd, and group of 5 teens advanced to the center of the room. From their attire, you could obviously tell they were the hosts of the party. As they made their way, the crowd cleared a way for them.
One of the hosts, a teen Amu's age who was dressed in a classy wine dress, and held her hand up for silence. The room quieted instantly.
She cleared her throat and began. "The five of us will be hosting tonight's party. Girls, please go to to the room on the right to change into a costume. We have enough prepared for everyone and you may choose your own. Guys, you will change in the room on the left. After that, please come back out to the main room for the party." She gestured to the anxious crowd to go ahead and get changed.
Amu streamed in the room on the right along with the other girls.
Once inside, the room was fairly large, and had a black carpet as well as black wall paper. At the edge of the room, bags were crammed into a corner.
She sprinted over to the pile first, rummaging through each bag trying to find the perfect costume.
After about a minute or two, she found one.
It was a completely black, slim dress that would hug Amu's curves nicely and make them noticeable, but wouldn't over exaggerate them. The dress had light blue jagged lines randomly spread across the dress. And with the dress, came a black mask, when worn, would only hide Amu's eyes and nose. There were eye holes in the mask, obviously.
A small container was also in the bag. She opened the container, and inside, she found a pair of colored eye contacts. She read the label on the container, which read, Light Blue Eye Contacts
Amu slipped them in her eye, cringing at first, but getting used to it after a few moments.
There was one more item in the bag. Amu pulled out a black cape, complete with a hood attached on to it. The cape also had random light blue jagged lines across it similar to the dress.
Overall, when she would wear this costume, she will probably look great.
"Well..." Amu muttered to herself. "I better go get changed..."
~~~Meanwhile, in the boys changing area...~~~
"Common, Ikuto. I've got a perfect costume for you." Kukai chided.
Ikuto turned around, seeing what Kukai had in store for him this time.
In Kukai's hand, was a complete girl's sailor uniform.
(If you don't already know what a girl's sailor uniform looks like, search it up...)
However, the skirt on the uniform seemed shorter than most skirts in a sailor uniform would be. If Ikuto wore it, the skirt would only cover to about his upper thighs.
Also, the shirt in the uniform seemed more to be a belly top than a shirt. The shirt was white, while the tie was pink. The skirt was pink, too.
Ikuto backed away, horrified even at the thought of wearing that dress. In his mind, he couldn't help but imagine himself, wearing the outfit, giggling like a little girl.
"I refuse to wear it!" Ikuto hissed, almost like a cat.
Kukai grinned. "Common! You gotta! If you do wear this uniform, I'll also wear something embarrassing."
"Oh really? What do you have in mind to wear that's embarrassing?" Ikuto asked.
Kukai dove to the bag of costumes, and rummaged through them. Eventually, he found the perfect outfit.
It was a Little Mermaid outfit that featured Ariel's outfit, a Disney character I'm sure most of you have heard of.
The outfit included a red wig, a seashell top, and even a fake mermaid tail.
Ikuto burst into laughter on the floor at the thought of Kukai wearing that.
"Alright..." Ikuto said. "I'll wear the sailor outfit. But YOU have to wear the mermaid costume."
Kukai gulped, and nodded, before starting to change into the outfit.
~~~Back To Amu...~~~
Most of the girls herded out of the changing room after that.
Even Amu had to admit that she looked pretty awesome in her costume. She had already gotten a few compliments on it.
But when she went out back to the main room, she wasn't expecting the room to be completely dark.
She tried to feel her way around in the dark. Worried murmurs from the other people in the dark room reached her ears.
"Excuse me." A firm voice called. At the edge of the room, a spotlight flickered on, and revealed the host girl of the party. "We will turn the lights off, and you are to find a partner in the dark, and after a while, we will turn the lights back on and move on to the next activity, all right?"
Most of the crowd nodded, and with a snap of her fingers, the lights turned off.
~~~Meanwhile...~~~
Kaito weaved through the crowd in the complete darkness, trying to find a empty place to relax.
Kaito was pretty surprised that he even got invited to a cosplay event like this. He had just moved here no more than 2 months ago,and he was the type of student who hung back away from others for all of high school and was never really remembered.
He looked around the room. He could barely see, and could only make out the traces of figures nearby him.
Kaito wandered blindly, till he could no longer hear the anxious voices of those people lost in the dark.
He leaned against a wall, and sighed. I'm not cut out for these kind of social events... I shouldn't have come... I'm just hanging back here where no one else is...
Kaito thought no one was around, until his eyes registered a figure that was not too far away from him.
Surprisingly, Kaito could see the persons hair even in the dark. The hair was pink.
"Jeez..." The person muttered. "I already ended up wandering away from the crowd..."
He gasped as his mind recognized the voice. Amu!
She turned around after hearing the gasp. "Is someone there?"
Kaito smirked, and laughed silently to himself. This is the perfect chance to get revenge... We are all alone, and away from the party...
He strided forward, and grasped Amu's wrist forcefully. He felt the urge to slap her, or even hit her, for what she had done to his father. Yet he couldn't. He just couldn't.
Amu squeaked slightly, and she pulled her hand away from him. "Who is it?"
Kaito made up an excuse. "Um... I was just trying to find someone..."
At the same time, the lights turned on.
Kaito looked around. He couldn't see anyone in sight. He and her must have wandered into a different room.
Although he couldn't see all of her featured because of a hood pulled over her head and a mask covered her eyes partly, Kaito could see her pink hair peeking out from under the hood, and her voice sounded the same as Amu's.
Kaito was wearing a mask, so he didn't have to worry about Amu recognizing him.
From a distant room, he heard the hostess announce, "We will now start dancing." And music started to play after that. The song wasn't classic, but it was slow paced like a classic.
"Would you... Like to dance?" Kaito asked quietly.
Amu nodded, and he took her hand.
He took the lead, and as they danced, she wondered who this guy even was. He had a mask on, and she could only see his eyes.
His eyes! Now that Amu looked closer, she noticed that his eyes were blood red.
When she saw his eyes, she thought of Kaito, who also had eyes of the very same hue.
"K-Kaito,,,?" She looked up to him.
He looked down on her, his expressionless look turning into a devil's grin, his eyes shining with lust.
She staggered back, horror in her eyes.
"I assume you know what I'm here for..." Kaito closed in on her, drawing closer every second.
Yet, while his eyes showed hatred, at the same time, when Amu looked deeper, it was almost if his eyes showed...
Sadness.
It got harder for Kaito to get closer to her with each step. He thought of Amu, the girl who had been his first friend. Amu, the cute girl who always made him feel better. Amu, the girl who had murdered his father. Amu, the girl who he coudln't deny that he was in love with, even now.
He raised his hand to hit her. Amu cowered to the wall, and shielded herself with her hands and waited for pain to come.
When no pain came, she looked up, only to find him, hand frozen above her head, his shoulders trembling.
"Amu!" A distant voice called. She looked in the direction of the voice, and seconds later, Ikuto appeared.
Ikuto sprinted to them, and knocked Kaito on the ground away from her.
Kaito coughed a bit, and for a split second, he looked at Amu, with a gaze of both love and hatred before speeding off.
When he was gone, Amu sighed with relief.
Ikuto shook her shoulders. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
"No..." She stated.
Seconds later, Amu only just noticed what Ikuto was wearing.
He was in a girl's sailor uniform...
She squeaked in surprise, before booming with laughter on the floor.
Ikuto's sweat dropped, as if he was just now remembering his outfit.
He attempted to act in a cocky teasing attitude as usual, but it just wasn't working out with him in that outfit. "So, Amu... Wanna dance?"
She started laughing on the floor again.
Ikuto ignored her, and instead held his hand out to her once she stopped laughing. She took it, and they danced.
It was hard to take him seriously, though.
~~~Meanwhile, The Main Room~~~
Kukai ran though the room in his mermaid outfit. "Utau, where are you? I'll be your dance partner."
Utau hid in the corner. She certainly didn't want to be that guys partner when he is wearing that!
"Oh, there you are!" Utau's eyes widened as Kukai sprang over to her.
She ran away, and Kukai followed, and the whole crowds attention was on them, making her blush like crazy.
What a mess...
Ikuto: Wow. That was actually a decent sized chapter for once.
Author: You are so mean D:.
Amu: I know, author, I know.
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~~~~~Attack On The School~~~~
Amu's school is attacked by a band of thugs!
Kaito is trying to understand his feelings for Amu, and trying to decide whether he loves or hates her, and he finds himself wanting to protect her.
Ikuto is meanwhile trying to get to Amu, since he is trapped by a thug.