Day Dreamer Chapter 8, a shugo chara! fanfic

"Hinamori-chan!"

I groaned loudly, just to make sure he heard it. Honestly though, I was kind of scared. This is the worst time possible to be caught by him. None of my friends was anywhere to be found…

"Hinamori-chan! I was wondering if you wanted to head out to get something to eat with me real quick." He offered with a fake smile. They really were just alike. I wonder if it was father and son… Actually, no I don't. I just want away from him. I swallowed the lump in my throat.

"Keep smiling like that and you're going to start getting wrinkles at a young age." I commented. His eye brow twitched. He was slowly getting mad.

"So is that a yes?" He was trying to play it cool. I rolled my eyes. I can't have him know how scared I was right now. He'd use it to his advantage.

"No." And I turned and walked away. He grabbed my elbow roughly, it didn't bother me though. What bothered me was the fact that he was touching me. I turned and glared at him. I hope my legs aren't shaking.

"I must insist." He said as he began trying to drag me away. I started pulling back on my arm. I feel like we were playing tug-a-war. Why couldn't he just take the hint and left me alone!? I was getting really nervous though. Was he trying to kidnap me like the other Hotori did? Was he going to attempt to do the same things? Where the heck was everybody? School recently ended but there wasn't anyone else to be seen. What if he planned it this way? I'm pretty sure my legs were shaking now.

"No!" I shouted lightly before pulling back harder. He just pulled even harder. I couldn't feel my heart beat now. It seemed as everything went into slow motion. He pulled me hard enough that I was literally falling in front of him. It didn't seem like he was going to stop me from falling. As I got right in front of him, about to land on my face, I pulled my elbow to the side as far as I could before I elbowed him in the gut as hard as I could. I turned slightly so I landed roughly one my shoulder. I watched as Hotori fell to the ground, puking. I turned and ran as fast as I could.

I turned the next corner, to get as far away from him as possible. I rammed right into something. It was soft but hard as the same time. Whatever it was, fell right on down with me. I opened my eyes and looked down. I was lying, errr… straddling Ikuto. I felt my face warm up. Ikuto didn't tease me though. I quickly got up. Ikuto wasn't moving though. I looked at him through the blush. He was staring at the lock on my necklace with wide eyes. When did that fall out of my shirt? Did the lock mean something? Why was Ikuto looking at it like that?

"Hinamori!" Hotori sounded mad. I quickly got up and got on the other side of Ikuto. I mean where he was in between Hotori and me. I was still shaking. Ikuto started standing up now but he was more ridged than usual. Hotori rounded the corner. He was more ridged too. Hotori was glaring at Ikuto. All I could see was Ikuto's back. Hotori turned and started glaring at me. Ikuto step and stood in front of his line of sight. I took a couple steps forward, grabbed the back of his shirt, and hid my face. The tears were falling now. My face was hot but it was stinging. Hotori tried to kidnap me. Why would people want to kidnap me? Rima, I understand, she is gorgeous. She looks like a china doll. I just look like a brat. "Get out my way, Tsukiyomi. Hinamori-chan and I were talking." Hotori demanded. I clinged onto Ikuto's shirt tighter. Please make Hotori leave. I felt Ikuto vibrate. He must have growled. I would've giggled if we weren't in this situation. He reminded me so much of a cat. "Get out of the way. Tsukiyomi." Hotori sounded extremely mad. Something in my gut told me to back away. So that's what I did. When I started stepping back, Hotori tried to run around Ikuto. Ikuto blocked him though. Hotori took a step back before swinging his fist at Ikuto. Ikuto easily blocked it and Hotori just threw another punch. Ikuto easily blocked that as well. Hotori went to kick him off his feet but Ikuto just dodged. Hotori just kept trying to land a hit on Ikuto but Ikuto just kept blocking everything he threw. I knew Ikuto didn't really like fighting unless he really had to. Ikuto was starting to look irritated. Maybe he thought Hotori would get it through his skull that he wouldn't be able to win the fight and give up. Hotori didn't seem like he was getting the message.

The man in blue hair was fighting against the blonde haired demon. I gripped the lock in my hand. A total stranger helped me against a total stranger that kidnapped me. My eyes watered up. That blue haired man was my hope. He stood up for me, someone he only met a minute ago. I didn't know his name and he didn't know mine but he was helping me. I could feel something wet running down my face. For the first time since I've been kidnapped, I was feeling something that wasn't fear nor dread. I was feeling so many forgotten emotions it was hard to differentiate one from another. The demon was able to knock the blue haired man to the ground. All those emotions that I was feeling left and fear was back. The demon was coming towards me. The blue haired man jumped on the demon before he could get too close to me.

"Run!" He yelled at me before he got elbowed to the face. He didn't have to tell me twice. I turned and ran. I ran till I got to the edge of the woods. I turned around and they were still fighting. I didn't know why, but I was smiling. They both noticed me and stopped fighting. I didn't understand it but I took my chance. I looked to the blue haired man.

"Thank you." I mouthed before I turned and ran. I ran passed the creek I fell in the first time I escaped. I ran passed the tree where I was captured again and I kept going. I was finally free. One thing was for sure. I was never going to look back.

I can't believe I forgot about that. Why would I forget that out of everything that happened to me? Now that I think about it… Ikuto looks a lot like that man. Is that the reason why I never felt scared around Ikuto? Something was touching my forehead. I came out of my thoughts and saw Ikuto, right there in my face. I couldn't see anything around us but I didn't mind that. I smiled at Ikuto.

"Let's go." I heard him say. He grabbed my hand before slowly leading me away. I watched Ikuto with every step he took. I gripped his hand back. I noticed Ikuto pause a bit but he continued on leading the way. He seemed to have straightened a bit. In a way, I guess you can say prouder.

"Thank you." I said. This time he stopped. "Thank you." I repeated. He turned to look at me. My smile widened a bit. "Thank you for always being there for me, even when we hardly even known each other." I said. "Just… Thank you… For everything." I finished, holding his hand just a bit tighter. Ikuto's eyes seemed a little bit wider than usual but I couldn't stop smiling no matter what face he was making. I felt relieved. Ikuto quickly fished out his phone. Then I heard the sound of shutters. My smile fell. "Did you just take a picture of me?" I asked. He started smirking at me. My face felt really light. "Delete it!" I demanded. He just chuckled and I heard that sound again. "Stop it!" I started pouting. Then there was the same sound. I glared at him. He just started laughing. "Hmph!" I stormed passed him but I never let go of his hand. I wasn't mad at him. Just annoyed.

I lead us out of the school, but I refused to look back at Ikuto. I was still pouting. I stopped in the school yard but I still didn't look at him. "Where are we going?" I asked him. I felt him move next to me. He leaned forward a bit. I turned my head away from him. He moved around in front of me. He was still trying to look at me face. I turned away from him this time. He wasn't moving now. I was tempted to turn around and look at him but I stood my ground. I felt him move closer to my back. I already knew he was towering over me. He reached over my shoulder and grabbed my lock. My head was feeling light again. He was holding it in the palm of his hand like it was the most precious thing in the world.

"Would you tell me where you got this?" He asked, so soft I almost didn't catch it. This time I giggled.

"Honestly, watching you fight Hotori reminded me how I got it." I admitted. I didn't know what his expression was but he continued holding on to the lock. He sighed as he dropped the lock, letting it fall back to my chest.

"Ice cream. Let's go get some Ice cream." Ikuto told. I turned as I lead us away from the school. I sped up a bit to be able to walk along side him.

We walked to the ice cream stand in a comfortable silence. Ikuto got me a chocolate ice cream cone and didn't get him anything. I wonder if Ikuto feels alright? He loves chocolate! He grabbed my hand again and guided away from the Ice cream stand. We were now sitting on a bench in the park. Ikuto didn't say anything and I took that as a sign to go ahead an eat my ice cream. I've already ate half of the ice cream but I could feel Ikuto watching me though.

"I should've gotten you a vanilla." He randomly said. I turned to him with a raised brow.

"Why?" I asked. He just stiffly looked away. It was kind of weird but I ignored it. We fell back into silence. Ikuto was facing away from me now. The air was starting to get thick. Ikuto finally faced me again. I silently offered Ikuto some. He didn't move so I started eating it again. He's got to be sick. I can't believe he denied chocolate. Ikuto leaned over and starting eating some of my ice cream as well. I froze in place, tongue still on ice ream and face fully red. Ikuto started smirking at me. I glared at him but didn't try to move my tongue away from the ice cream. I could hear people giggled and laughing at us but I tuned them out. Ikuto continued eating with a smirk on his face. I finally willed myself to move back. Ikuto just raised a brow. I pouted before looking away. Ikuto was perfectly fine. I can't believe I was coming close to worrying about him. That when I felt something cold on my cheek. I somehow knew that Ikuto smeared ice cream on my cheek. "Hey!" I glared at him. He smirked at me before grabbing my head. What on earth is he doing? He made me face away from him, where the ice cream smeared cheek was facing him. I felt his tongue run up my cheek. I froze again. What did these things mean? I mean, I know that we had an indirect kiss but… Why did he lick my cheek? Was he more like a cat than Rima and I suspected? I felt Ikuto grab my ice cream and I let him. I don't think I could finish it any time soon. My mind was jumbled. I couldn't make sense of nothing. My heart was speeding up to where it was just almost a humming in my chest. I felt really high though. It was almost as if my feet wasn't even touching the ground. Nothing was around us. It was weird.

"You alright? You've been blushing for a while." Ikuto asked. I could hear the tease in his tone. From his chuckle, I knew my blush got brighter. What were these feeling that I was feeling? I felt Ikuto shift next to me. I looked at him. He was facing me a bit more now. He reached over and pulled me into his lap. I swear my heart was humming now. He brought his mouth next to my ear. "Behind us." He whispered. I went and knocked him on the head, but I noticed them. The people that tried to rape Rima in the alley. I turned and pretended to try and get out of his grip. "They've been staring at you since we've got here." He whispered in my ear. I pretended to give up and pout so they wouldn't notice. I was upset though. I usually notice these things. How did I miss this one? Was it because of the weird feelings that Ikuto was giving to me that I forgot the rest of the world? This was starting to scare me. As always though, Ikuto was here to save me. "The lock… Where did you get it?" He asked now.

"The man that save me… He gave it to me." I said. "He looked a lot like you, actually." I felt Ikuto stiffen behind me. "I never got his name though." I was almost whining.

"Can… Can you tell me what happened?" He asked. I nodded my head once before closing my eyes.

"Come on, Rosie. There is someone you need to meet." He said sweetly as he tried to lead me to a small red car. Somewhere in me, it told me I needed to leave, now. Why couldn't he just get my name right? I pulled back on the arm he held to make him turn around towards me. I pulled up as much courage as possible.

"I'm NOT Rosie! I'm Amu!" I shouted as I was able to kick him in the place where a man should never be kicked. His dark pink eyes seemed to shrink but I would clearly see anger in his eyes. I didn't care though. I turned and ran. I ran away from him. I ran away from the stupid red car. I ran away from the cabin. I just ran away again. It might have been my millionth escape, but I learned from all the past escapes. I knew where to hide, I knew which direction he was the slowest in. Every escape, I was away for longer periods of time. This time though, I would be free. I jumped over the rocks, swerved my way through the trees and even jumped the creek.

"Rosie!" He screamed. He was mad. Madder than usual but something told me to make sure that I didn't get in the car. I continued running. I had more endurance thanks to the previous escapes, even though he was almost starving me. I'd rather die out here than in there or where ever he wanted to take me. I got passed the point of my farthest escape. I continued running till I found a deer path. I didn't want to leave a path for him to follow. I was running toward the sun now. I closed my eyes as if it was going to help me sped up. It wasn't long till I ran into something. I'm pretty sure it was a tree because it didn't move in the slightest.

"What are you doing out here in the woods dressed like that?" I heard someone ask. I jumped to my feet and stared at the man. He had longish blue hair and it looked like he hadn't shaved in a couple of days. I opened my mouth to say something but nothing would come out. "How did you get those nasty bruises?" He looked more concern now.

"Did you know I was out here?" I asked finally. Did people already knew I was in the hands of that monster? Was everyone really that cruel?

"No. I've been hiking for about a week now." He paused for a bit. I shyed away from him though. "Why are you crying?" He asked, just like Papa would've asked. Tears were rolling down my face now. I didn't remove my eyes from him now. He was the first person I've seen in god knows when that wasn't that demon.

"How long have I been gone?" I asked him. My voice was trembling. Something in me told me that I could trust him. "I want my Mama and Papa." I was crying. He didn't hesitate to wrap his arms around me. I knew he was sincere now. He let me cry on his shoulder. He was making soft soothing sounds as I cried. It didn't take long for me to calm down.

"I have a son and daughter about your age." The man said. "I miss them dearly." He told me. Did I trust him because I somehow knew that he was a Papa? I looked up at him.

"Why aren't you with them?" I asked him. "Did they not want you?"

"No, no." He chuckled a bit. "Nothing like that. There was a man that forced me to leave." He reasoned. I tilted my head though.

"Didn't you try to fight for them?" He let out a deep breath

"Fighting for the would have done more harm than good. I just.. Didn't want to hurt them." He told. I smiled up at the old man.

"You were just being a good parent. I'm sure they'll understand one day!" I told him. He lookeda bit happier now. He got quiet for a minute. He seemed to be thinking about something.

"I want you to have something." He said. My eyes widened.

"No, I can't take it—

"I insitit. I really want you to have it." He grabbed something out of his poket and forced it into my hand.

"No! You don't understand! He'll just take it! And—

"Who will take it?" He asked. I opened my mouth to tell him.

"ROSIE!" I froze at spot. Fear was back in me. I hid behind the man.

"Don't let him get me!" I shouted desperately. The man looked alarmed. "He took me away from Mama and Papa!" Something inside the man seemed to snap but I continued shouting. "I don't like him! He hurts me and, and, and!" My mind was numb now and I couldn't think straight. I could heard bushes moving but I just continued hiding behind the man, shaking as if I was if I was one of the balls in a baby rattler.

"Don't worry. I'll protect you." He said soothingly again. "Go ahead and run. I'll make sure he won't get you." I looked at him one last time. There was something in his eyes. Something that told me he was telling the truth. I clutched whatever he gave me in my hand. I nodded my head once before turning to leave. I was running again but something didn't feel right to me. When I knew they couldn't see me, I came to a stop. What did he give me anyways? I opened my hand. There was the prettiest little lock, I've ever seen. It was gold with four clear gems on it. Why would he give this to me? Wait a second… I didn't tell him thank you. I turned around and started running back. I had to tell him. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't tell him. They were next to the creek.

"And that's what happened." I told. Ikuto was hiding his face between my neck and my shoulder now. I need he wasn't asleep though. If Ikuto asked something, no matter how uninterested he looked, he always listened. He was weird like that. I looked up to the stars now. My throat was sore. I haven't talked like that in a long time. Actually… I've never talked for that long. Ikuto's grip tightened on me.

"Let's go home." I heard him whispered. I hummed in agreement. Ikuto gently placed me on the ground before grabbed my hand and leading the way to the house. He placed us at a slow pace. I didn't mind though. Ami probably wanted to dance to thriller since we haven't done so in forever. I wasn't looking forward to it. I just let my mind wonder off, letting Ikuto blindly lead me home. I've had a lot more ideas for my story now. I just had to find a way to piece it all together. Since the story was a lot different from reality, it was kind of difficult, even if I didn't change their appearance or names at all. Hmmm…

"Is that why you were nice to me?"

"Hm?" I asked, being pulled out of my thoughts. Ikuto was staring at me now. We stood in the middle of the side walk. No one was around since it was night time. People usually tend to stay on the main roads during this time. His eyes hardened.

"Is that why you were nice to me?" He repeated. I tilted my head at him.

"No. I just remembered how whenever you and Hotori were fighting." I told him. I thought I already told him this.?

"Are you lying to me?" He was demanding answers. I rolled my eyes this time.

"Yeah, because lying to you worked sooo well before." I said sarcastically. "I was being nice to you because you were different." I answered honestly. I made sure to look him in the eyes. "You were the first person that actually tried to get to know me without making any judgments. That's why I was nice to you… That and I wanted to know what kind of questions you'd come up with." I scratched the side of my face in embarrassment but I didn't move my gaze away from his. He pulled me forward, not like Hotori did. Ikuto was much more gentler. He hugged me, making sure my face was over his shoulder. I didn't hesitate to hug him back. Those feeling that I felt earlier came right back. I embraced the feelings this time.

"I was going to have a baby brother." I raised a brow at him. "Utau was off at some camp and I was home with our mom and step dad. Mom even let me pick the name for the kid… Yoru… Step dad came home one night… Something didn't go well in the office. Things happened… I was crying and he kept yelling at me to be quiet… That if I didn't shut up, something bad was going to happened. He pushed me aside before hitting mom one last time. He rushed out of the house. I called the ambulance… Mom lost Yoru on that day… I haven't really talked since." He told. I was close to crying again. This time it wasn't for my pain… It was for Ikuto's. He needed me to be strong though. A tear feel down now. He pulled back and stared at me in shock. I just pulled him back into the hug.

"Thank you." I felt him stiffened. "Thank you for talking to me." I knew that when he talked to me, it meant that he trusted me. He was hugging me again, as I cried his pains away. I couldn't ask for anything more.