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Amu: Yeah.

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Ikuto: That's wrong on so many levels.

Amu: Not that sort of love you pervert!

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Amu: Just the plot!

~Guardian of Light~

Leaning down, Ikuto took a handful of her blonde hair and pulled her to her feet. "Foolish creatures thought that they could win against me in the night. You are mine now until you go crazy and I kill you."

Amu swallowed hard. This angel was beautiful though his words were harsh. Even though she knew she should be frightened, no fear entered her mind. Before she could utter a word, the young girl was swept up into a pair of cold, strong arms. She shivered lightly at the feeling of them encasing her body before the air around her vanished. It took only a moment for the young girl to realize that the Angel of Darkness had teleported her somewhere else. "Where have you taken me?"

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Tadase watched in horror as his charge was taken towards the Angel. Two options weighed heavily upon his mind. The young man could either transform or start a new kind of battle or he could allow for Amu to be taken and rescue her at a later time when he hoped the Angel was still clueless. "Stupid thieving angel!"

The dragon he'd been riding had collapsed and there was little he could do for the giant creature. She needed the sun and he couldn't make it raise any faster. Watching as Amu was picked up by the other man, Tadase had no choice left. She disappeared from his sight but not before he could put one last protective spell on her. The powers she contained would be sealed for a little while longer. The seal was special and connected to her hair color. The Guardian of Light was known for her pink hair. Amu's hair was blonde, but only because Tadase used his powers as the Knight of Light to make it so. As the color faded back into pink, her powers would once again resurface.

Tsukasa reached his nephew just as the young man let out an angry growl. He clamped his hand down on him before motioning to the waiting unicorn and cherub. "We have to get out of here and plan our next course of action."

Not wanting to leave yet, Tadase shook off the arm and faced the Dame of Darkness. She might not know who he was but he definitely knew here. "You, all you want is the dragon, correct?"

The blonde eyed the man before her as he stood proudly on the ground. He intrigued her but did little else. "Yes. We will be taking her."

Knowing that it was better for them to have someone there with Amu so that she could have some form of protection, Tadase made the second hard decision of the night. "Fine."

The unicorn jerked her head as the blonde man approached her. The fact that he'd just so easily given up on the dragon had her a bit concerned but the loss in his eyes told her that he was okay. "What are we to do now?"

Tadase knew that the Creatures of the Night couldn't hear what they were saying, yet he didn't feel comfortable talking about it with them so close by. "We're leaving for now. We're going to regroup and plan from there. Do you have a safe haven?"

Tossing her long silvery mane, the unicorn turned her body to allow the man to climb up onto her back. "I'll take you there. Eru knows the way."

The cherub nodded her head and turned to the older man. "Are you coming with us?"

Tsukasa knew better than to get left behind. Staying back now would only make him be left out of everything in the future. Being in the thick of things was where he wanted to be. "Yes, take me along."

Together, they disappeared into a puff of white smoke.

Tadase sent one last glance back as the large yellow dragon disappeared just before the sun began to break over the distant hills. Moments later, the sight their battle had taken place at was bathed in the beautiful glow of the morning sun, though not a creature was there to see it.

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Amu knew that the sun was up. Even underground she knew that its rays were warming the earth above her. Not only could she sense it but she could feel it. Once she'd tried to explain to Tadase and Tsukasa the difference between her feelings when the sun was up and when it was set. They'd argued that there was no way she could just tell. Amu, however, felt that she had a connection to the sun. Even if the feeling was only deep within her own heart.

The thoughts of the sun were quickly pushed from her mind as she was dropped rather harshly against the cold floor of a large cavern. The place looked like an underground castle considering that there was a throne, which the man who had brought her there was now seating himself at. Amu picked herself up, unsure of what to do now that she was there.

Ikuto took in the sight of the blonde girl before him. A smirk ghosted its way across his face. Thinking back on it now, this one was already more interesting than any of the others combined. Her capture alone had taken up the entire night. The other girls had been in and out of his bed long before they'd managed to return. Although, none of them had an array of magical creatures protecting them, which brought Ikuto into his next line of thought. Why were they protecting her? "What makes you so special?"

"W-what?"

Sighing, Ikuto pushed himself off his throne and approached the girl. The others had always had that flicker of fear. He grew bored just thinking about it and only glanced into her eyes just to see it pass by, except it didn't. Those golden eyes captured his dark blue ones for longer than they should have. He stood there, staring into her eyes, unable to move until she blinked. "I'm sure you're exhausted. I'll show you to where you'll be sleeping."

Amu only nodded her head. Might as well find out where her room will be even if she wouldn't be able to sleep. Truth be told, she couldn't think of a time she'd ever actually slept. Lay quiet in a bed during the night so she wouldn't disturb the two men looking after her, sure but sleeping? Amu didn't think so. "Do I get my own room?"

Put off by how nonchalant the girl was asking, Ikuto decided to frighten her a little. Turning so quickly that she didn't have time to react, he grabbed her arm and pulled her close. Their chests met and a spark shot from one to the other. Eyes connected, they stood frozen while Ikuto held her close. Amu slowly let her eyelids drop; blinking so that Ikuto could be freed from her spell. He pulled her ever so closer without touching his lips to hers, he whispered, "Only when I don't want to share it with you."

The breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding slowly escaped from her mouth. His hands left her back so Amu could take a step back. That wasn't what she'd been expecting although it did make her heart race. Thinking that he was going to say something else, Amu waited patiently for the angel that was guiding her to do something.

Ikuto, on the other hand, was finding this girl more and more intriguing. Something about her just called to him to discover all her secrets. Something he decided he'd enjoy doing over the next couple of weeks he had until she went insane. He'd miss this one. Turning swiftly once more, he started off back in the direction he'd been heading to show her to her room.

They stopped in front of a door, which Ikuto didn't have to touch for it to open. He motioned for her to step inside so Amu did. The room was rather large and matched the rest of the castle that she'd seen. Much like it was carved out of rock in an underground lair. "Sleep now, I'll be calling for you later tonight."

Amu turned quick before the beautifully dark angel could disappear from her sights. "I can't. The sun is up."

Ikuto stood in the doorway for a moment more before one of his eyebrows rose high behind his bangs. "So?"

"So, I can't sleep. Do I have to stay in here or can I wander around and explore?"

His other eyebrow rose to join the first in their high standing positions. "You aren't afraid of the creatures that lurk down here in the dark?"

Amu took in his slightly shocked expression. "Should I be?"

"They could kill you."

The thought had passed her mind, but something told her that that wouldn't happen. "I doubt that. You wouldn't have brought me here only to be killed by a subordinate. I feel I'm fairly safe on my own."

Something was off about this girl. Something that told Ikuto she wasn't quite what she appeared to be. "You are human, correct?"

Amu let shock color her face before she nodded her head. "One hundred percent. Though I am an orphan."

Things about her didn't quite add up, but Ikuto found more reasons to be wrong than to be right. Her hair wasn't pink. She wasn't the same age as he was and there was no power emitting from her. Everything he'd read said that she'd have those qualities and the young girl before him had none of them. Maybe she was just interesting. "What's your name?"

Pulling a strand of blonde hair back out of her face, she smiled and stuck out her hand. "Amu."

Ikuto stared at the hand before he decided he might as well take it. None of the other girls had acted that way, then again he'd never asked for their names. "As this reincarnation, my name is Ikuto. You will address me as Ikuto-sama."

Giggling, Amu let go of the hand she'd been holding and stepped further into her new room. "Sure Ikuto."

"Ikuto-sama."

"Hey Ikuto, they didn't hurt Rima did they?"

He felt the slight irritation build up but he brushed it aside. "The orders were for the dragon to be captured unharmed. If they were not followed then consequences will ensue. Failure is not an option."

So her yellow dragon friend was also being held somewhere underground. Now all Amu had to do was find her and see with her own two eyes that the large beast was alright. "I'm glad."

Ikuto had plenty of questions for the new girl he'd just captured, but seeing as he was the Angel of Darkness and had dark things to do, he really couldn't stay and chat. "Fine, you are free to wander as you wish. Though if you try to escape, a punishment worse than death awaits you."

Amu nodded her head before she turned away from him to hide her smile. Something about the dark angel told her that his bark was worse than his bite. Though he tried to hide it, he just seemed lonely. No wonder he was stealing girls from earth to keep him company. Amu could at least do that until she could figure out how to get back to Tsukasa and Tadase. Those two worrywarts had to be having panic attacks since she was now missing. "Thanks Ikuto."

"It's Ikuto-sama."

The blonde only smiled once more as she watched the angel leave in a huff.

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Morg: Not as long as I was going for with this one, but I think it's a good second chapter so far.

Ikuto: Doesn't really matter what you think.

Amu: Yeah, let your readers decide.

Morg: Well, you heard them. Decide readers. Good or bad?