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Thorns of Betrayal-

Chapter 13- The story of Tsukasa Amakawa

(Amu pov)

"Ok well first off it has to do with my two friends, but first I will tell you about Tsukasa." I paused taking in their confused faces. "The principle, you mean Tsukasa Amakawa the crazy man who loves cats?" I nodded Rima looked the most confused out of all of us.

Of course she did after all she was human, and I was about to tell a story that I knew she would have trouble believing. Hell even us that weren't human would probably not believe the story I was about to tell. However everything I was about to say was the truth. Sighing I thought I should first explain how I met Tsukasa.

(Amu's story will be told like this.)

It was a while after Ikuto had turned me. I was wandering the streets angry and out of control. I was so angry I was truly a monster at that time. I lashed out at everyone I met.

I had nearly taken the lives of a few people. I was struggling and was filled with only the need for blood and revenge. Somehow I had managed to not kill anyone despite leaving them fighting for their life. I didn't even erase their memories or dull their pain.

I had no clue about erasing memories or stopping the pain when I bit my victims. Any way's someone had been tracking me. I didn't know because at the time I was purely running on animal like instincts. However someone was following me cleaning up my messes for me, I didn't question why I wasn't caught I just continued doing what I did.

One night I was in an alley and a girl was wandering through I caught her quickly pinning her to the wall; she was far too young and far too weak to fight me off. I was about to bite her until she began crying and begging me not to. Her voice sounded familiar to me, my mind was trying to figure it out. However my animal instinct fought to take over again. I let her go and grabbed my head trying to get control.

She looked up at me with wide honey golden eyes. Those eyes reminded me of someone so I ran away trying to gain control over my body. I had stumbled into an abandon amusement park; I was stumbling and kept busting into things. My head hurt and the girl's eyes stuck in my head I tried and tried but couldn't figure it out.

"Vampire you are the child I have been looking for." I turned to try to find the owner of the voice. "W-who said that," It came out like a growl more animal than human sounding.

I felt strange someone was out there and whoever it is scared me. I felt the power surrounding me as I desperately tried to find whoever it was who spoke. "Little one do not fear me I do not wish to harm you, I just wish to help you regain your humanity." I turned toward the voice to see a man sitting on one of the beautifully sculpted horses.

I backed away slowly unsure of what to do any more. He waited staring at me with reassuring eyes, purple eyes. I stopped moving, his eyes seemed to hold honesty. Slowly he walked towards me until he was a few feet away.

He put a hand on my shoulder while looking me in the eyes. I was unable to move he was so beautiful and seemed so trust worthy, and then he went and ruined his image by speaking. "Awe you're so adorable you remind me of a little pink kitten!" He grabbed me in a bone crushing hug while rubbing his cheek against mine.

I was so confused I just stood there wondering what the hell was this idiotic creature and why was I afraid before. Eventually I pushed the creep away, but he kept one hand on my shoulder. I stared at him puzzled completely forgetting what had happened before. "Come with me Amu I promise to feed you and play with you and take care of you"

"H-how do you know my name and… wait! I am not some pet you can just pick up!" I said with a cold voice. However he only smiled while taking my hand and leading me off somewhere.

I didn't even realize I was going along willingly with some strange weirdo who thought I was a pet. Until we had entered a huge house. "Um… where the hell did you take me?" I pulled my hand from his while backing up.

Was this creep going to try and rape me, or was he serious about making me his pet? I flinched when he began laughing like a maniac. "Yup you're crazy" with that I walked back to the door. However I found myself unable to open the door so I began to panic.

"Help a crazy weirdo is trying to rape me!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "Amu-Chan that hurts" he said with a pout. I ignored how adorable the wierdo looked and tried desperately to get out of the house.

He just stood their observing me while I ran around trying to get out. The doors and windows wouldn't open and I couldn't break through them. Each time I ran through a door I ended up right back in front of him. Yet I still kept trying over and over again.

Eventually I had grown tired and gave up collapsing to the ground. "Now that you calmed down, I would like to say one I won't rape you and two I was joking about the pet thing. Unless… you want to be my pet." He said it with a hopeful look in his eyes.

I quickly shook my head no ignoring his pout. "What do you want from me?" I asked quietly but I knew he heard. "I just want to help you; did you not notice you are now in control of yourself?"

I looked up and I really felt dense, not only did I forget about my anger but my hunger as well. "H-how… how did you do it?" I asked in disbelief, was he a magician or wizard whatever they are called? He chuckled before answering, "No Amu I am not and you are the one who did it not me."

I was in total shock. Then I remembered those eyes again, however this time I remembered who they reminded me of. "Ami… My little sister Ami that's who it reminded me of, but why can't I remember anything else?" I was talking to myself and I really didn't expect to get an answer.

"Amu when a person is turned into a vampire they gain temporary memory loss. Sometimes they regain their memories but… other times they may never regain their memories. No one knows why this happens or why some vampires get their memories while others don't. However some theories state that it could be the memory loss is a way to protect the humanity that is left, if they remembered they may snap and lose whatever humanity that was left in them."

I remained silent waiting for the strange man to explain more. "My name is Tsukasa Amakawa and I will explain it all to you, but why don't you change first your covered in bloody ripped clothes. " Yes that was when I finally took in my disheveled appearance. I blushed madly trying to cover myself as best as I could with my hands.

He left quickly but came back with clothes and a towel. I took a quick shower and changed into the all too big clothing. When I came out he was waiting at the door. He took my hand and led me into a room that looked like a huge library.

"How is it when I went through the door before I ended up right in front of you?" I asked looking in amazement at the room filled with shelves after shelves of books. "Oh that my dear, is because I am able to warp space and time to be what I wish it to be." My jaw dropped when he said this, at first I was in doubt but then I realized that if vampires where real why couldn't Tsukasa warp time and space.

So I believed him and asked him the simple question, "How?" He chuckled, "In time I shall tell you my child." He looked to be in his early 20's so I wondered why he talked so oddly at times. "Well I will let you in on a secret. I am much older than I look."

I wasn't startled because he had been reading my mind for quite some time now. He told me to have a seat and so I did. "Now in this room lays the answers to all of your questions. I will answer your questions, but as an educator I wish for you to try to find some answers of your own."

Now out of everything that had happened the fact this wacko was an educator surprised me the most. He must have ignored my rude thoughts because he only walked up to a shelf and pulled a very large book out. The book cover was black with red writing and intricate designs on it. I read the title out loud, "The book of life" I was confused as to why this so called book of life looked more like a book of death.

He smiled at me nodding," good job Amu you noticed something most people over look. You see in life there is death and in death there is life. "I wanted to ask more but he opened the book for me and motioned for me to read. "I will be back in a while till then read, learn, and quench you thirst for knowledge."

After that he just vanished into thin air. I looked at the spot he was in for a while before turning back to the book. The first page had only one word on it, "Knowledge" but as soon as I had said it out loud the word disappeared. I blinked and looked to see if I was crazy, however after staring at the blank page for a few seconds something happened.

Ink spots began to bleed onto the page and then soon the whole page was covered in black, however soon words in red ink appeared on the page. "Amu Hinamori" I was scared that my name had appeared but I continued on. "Human turned vampire, the key to life and death shall lie within you." I tried to figure out what it had meant but forgot it as soon as more words formed.

"That which you seek will be answered if asked." So I did as it said and I asked the first thing that came to mind. "Where is Tsukiyomi Ikuto right now?" I waited for more words to form but instead a picture formed.

The picture moved and it was as if I was watching a video of Ikuto telling everyone I was dead. When asked by my father what he meant he said, "She fell off a cliff and I couldn't save her in time." My father yelled he wanted proof so Ikuto pulled out a ring that was covered in blood. My father new that ring was something I would never take off so he believed Ikuto.

I was stunned at how easily nobody questioned Ikuto's logic and it angered me. However I had more important things to do before I could get revenge on him. "What exactly is Tsukasa?" I asked wanting to know what the strange man was.

" Tsukasa Amakawa is a creature that controls time and space. He is known as guardian of time. He is the wisest of his kind and has been around since the beginning of the new earth." I took in the Information shocked at a lot of things.

"Can he be trusted?" The book turned the page on its own and once again the page was turned to black as red ink formed. "He is a creature that can be trusted by friends but should always be feared. There is only one other being who's powers can rival Tsukasa's."

I was about to ask who when Tsukasa reappeared out of nowhere. "Looks like time is up my dear, now let's go enjoy some tea." That was all I learned from the book about Tsukasa, however I stayed with him for quite some time. He became a good friend and we even traveled together for about a year before I left to go on my quest to find Ikuto.

(Ikuto pov during Amu's story)

While Amu spoke about the time I left her I flinched how could I have been such a jerk? However I found myself feeling jealous of Tsukasa and not liking the fact she though he was beautiful. However I shrugged it off when she spoke of the book of life my eyes widened. She had seen the legendary book of life.

Not only that but how could I have not noticed that Tsukasa wasn't human? He was a freaking guardian; I had only ever heard fables about a guardian of time and space. Then another thought hit me she had just blown our cover in front of a human. I looked at Rima and was shocked to find her with her usual bored face on.

(Rima's pov after the story)

"So all of you are vampires?" I waited for them to answer my question. Amu nodded, while Kukai grinned sheepishly, Utau shrugged, and Ikuto stared at me oddly. "What" I asked Ikuto after he wouldn't stop his staring it was annoying.

"Well I am just waiting for you to act like a normal human and I don't know… Freak out!" He yelled the last part. "Gosh no need to yell we all can hear you." My response seemed to piss him off but I didn't let it bug me.

"Why aren't you even a little bit surprised?" Utau asked unsure of what to do. "Well one the world is ending, two I just saw a monster rip people apart a while ago. Oh and to top it all off you guys missed the biggest part of the story."

They all looked at me confused as to what I meant. Sighing I decided to just tell the idiot's. "Amu the book of life or whatever it was said, the key to life and death lie with in you." They all looked at me still confused, I swear for vampires they were really retarded.

"Meaning Amu is the key to whether the world ends in death or stay's alive! Gosh if you guys weren't vampires I would murder you all right now, for being retarded!" All of a sudden they all looked at Amu, Amu herself had a look that said no way it can't be. "Well then I think there is only one thing to do, first we find Tsukasa and then we get our answers."

Amu nodded and so did Utau, however the two boys had a defiant look on their face. "No way, we are not going to risk dying to find a goofy idiotic man." I was going to smack Ikuto but Amu beat me to it. "Watch it that goofy idiotic man saved me when you didn't, and he is the only one that can tell us what's going on."

I saw Ikuto flinch at Amu's words but he finally agreed by nodding. She grabbed his hand smiling apologetically at him. I almost gagged at the lovey dovey scene. I glared at Ikuto because he had the nerve to kiss my Amu in front of me.

"Ikuto don't kiss my Amu!" I grabbed her arm and tried to get my best friend away from his evil clutches. However this started a tug a war for Amu. He snarled at me but I just glared at him keeping my hands on Amu's arm.

"I don't mean to interrupt but I still disagree with looking for Tsukasa. I will not risk Utau or Amu getting hurt. If Rima wasn't so scary I wouldn't let her go either." This time Utau slapped him.

"Kukai you don't get to decide for me or Amu. We are just as strong if not stronger than you guys!" Kukai pouted, "No I will not risk losing you guys." Kukai said stubbornly.

"Look I understand you just are scared for Utau and Amu but you need to realize none of us will survive if we don't get answers." I allowed a small smile to play on my lips as I said it. He seemed more shocked about me smiling then what I said. Amu was the only one who had ever seen me smile.

"Kukai Rima is right I don't like it either but its true." Ikuto tried to reason with Kukai to get him to understand. "I get it but I don't like it not in the least bit. If any of you guy's got hurt including Rima I would hate myself."

"Kukai since when did you not believe in your friends! You don't even have faith that I can take care of myself and I am basically your wife. More than that we are soul mates, well I thought we were until now that is. I can't be with someone who does not have any faith in me."

I wanted to tell her she had gone too far, I could tell everyone did. Because in the first time I had ever met Kukai he had never cried or shown a sad look till now. "Well if that is how you take it when I was just worried because I love you then fine. I seem to remember I gave up my life for you literally."

Utau made no move to apologize neither did Kukai. "Alright since my opinion doesn't matter let's all just go. However we take a shit load of weapons got it." We all nodded except Utau who was ignoring Kukai.

Kukai was avoiding looking at Utau. His face looked as if he was truly dead now which I guess he was. However for me to feel bad for someone, meant it was really bad. I couldn't help but want to help them make up.