I absolutely hate the mall.

Utau dragged Rima, Yaya, and me here almost two hours ago and I've already been separated by the group. People were everywhere. If I hadn't been planning their deaths for losing me, I'd be freaking out. Everyone around me were doing a good job of avoiding me as well. I am mad. They know I despise crowded areas. I'm going to kill Utau… Or just find a way to publically humiliate her. Either way is fine with me. My cell phone started ringing.

"What!" I snapped.

"Woah! Amu, what did we do?" I hear Nagi asked.

"Your all's girl friends lost me in the damn mall!" I could practically hear them blushing but at the moment I didn't give a rat's ass. Ikuto was snickering in the background. I knew that idiot had the stupid phone on speaker phone.

"Where are you at?" Kairi asked.

"How the hell am I suppose to know! This is my first time here, genius!" People were giving me weird looks but I just flipped them off.

"Calm down. Scaring the hell out of people isn't going to help you." Kairi tried remaining calm as well. "Just read the nearest sign." I glared at the nearest sign.

"Spencer's"

"Go in it!" Kukai shouted. I heard a slapping noise in the back ground. "Ow! That hurt you ass!" Kukai yelled. "Amu! Get your boyfriend to stop hitting me!

"Ikuto! Stop hitting Kukai! Kukai! Stop acting like an idiot!" I scolded.

"Thank you Amu." Nagi sighed.

"I give Nagi the permission to hit the both of you." I stated. Nagi started laughing.

"Wait… Neither Amu or Ikuto denied it…" Kukai realized. The other end got silent. "Are you two?" Kukai asked.

"Ikuto is blushing! They're together!" Nagi declared. I rolled my eyes.

"What did you all call me for?" I growled. If these people keep pushing me, I'm going to chop off all their legs.

"The girls told us to tell you that they'd be waiting for you in the food section." Kairi said.

"Why didn't they just call me?!"

"Ikuto was the only one with your number."

"That's a lie straight from hell! The girls stole my phone the other day just to get my number!" I yelled. I could see many security officers watching me but I didn't care. Who leaves a friend stranded in the middle of the mall ON THEIR FIRST TRIP HERE?! They know I hate crowds!

"Why are you freaking out like this? The mall ain't that bad." Nagi asked. I was laughing like a maniac now.

"Oh cuz guess what?!" made my voice high pitched to make an obvious sarcasm. "I was kidnapped from the middle of the crowd." I growl this time. People were stopping to stare at me. "What are you staring at?!" I threatened. The swiftly looked away before walking away as fast as they could. I rolled my eyes at them.

"Do you want us to come get you?" Kukai was immediately worried.

"I want out of here!" I pulled the phone away. "UTAU, RIMA, AND YAYA! GET OVER HERE TO SPENCER'S RIGHT NOW BEFORE I KICK YOUR ASSES!" I screamed loud enough to where I swear the entire mall heard me. The security guards were moving towards me now. At least I'd get away from the crowd.

"We need to ask you to leave, ma'am. You're scaring everyone." One of them asked.

"You know, that would be fabulous if…" I was acting sweet. "I knew how to get out of here!" I was throwing a fit again. A couple of them sighed at this.

"Where did you park? We'll escort you out." One of them offered. I smirked at this.

"The nearest exit will be most appreciated." I said. I brought the phone back up to my ear. "I've got it handled now." I told the boys before hanging up. I know, rude, buuuttt I'M GETTING OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE! I continued smirking as one of the guards was showing me out of this place. I really don't see what the girls and Nagi see in this place. The people were becoming less and less. I was starting to get suspious when we were heading to an employees only. This was a lot longer than I thought it was. I got my phone out and quickly texted Ikuto telling him to keep the others quiet right before I called him. I stuck the phone back into my pocket.

"I've brought her, just liked you asked." The security guard said. I looked around him. I groaned loudly. I wasn't going to show them I was terrified. Though I think my shaking legs said enough.

"Great… It's the alley idiots and Hotori. What a lovely combination." I remarked sarcastically. One of the alley boys was chuckling.

"Look guys, her legs are shaking." He told. Everyone looked to my legs. True to his words, they were shaking but I just glared at him.

"Where's my money?" The security guard asked. Well, look at that. I failed to get to kicked out of the mall. This dude was a fake. I still fell like I failed. Hotori just smirked at him.

"Right here. Riau." One of the alley idiots pulled out a knife. The security guard stiffened.

"Not only did you have to turn out like Mizuki put now you're willing to turn one of those idiots into a murderer? Because you can't give the man his money? Dude, that's just shallow." I remarked. They all looked at me on shock. "Too bad the five of you aren't as scary as Mizuki. Otherwise, you wouldn't have to pull out a knife." Fake courage equals allowing the boys know what was happening.

"Shut up bitch! You're scared of us! You're entire body is shaking like a leaf!" One of the other alley idiots taunted. I rolled my eyes at him. I had to keep up the façade. The boys needed to know what to tell the police later. Riau, I think his name was, ran up to the security guard and stabbed him in the gut. He screamed out in pain. All I could do was watch with wide eyes. He left the knife in the gut as the security guard fell to the ground.

"Get her!" Hotori yelled. They all ran towards me and my fear kicked in. I elbowed the first one in the neck followed by a round house kick to the second. The third one was able to grab my collar. He brought me close to his face.

"Think your tough, huh?" He taunted. I drew my head back and head butted him as hard as I could. He immediately let go and fell to the ground. The other two was up on their feet again. All of them looked mad. They were coming at me again. This is when I thank every anime I've watched and every manga I've read that had a action scene in it. I didn't know where these moves were coming from and I didn't give a crap. I needed out of here. I kicked the last one out before I was pushed down from behind. Who ever it was, was able to pin my down and put a rag over my mouth and nose. I tried my best to wiggle myself free. I was screaming behind the cloth, in hopes the boys could hear that I was in trouble. Whomever was behind me pulled my head back a bit.

"You're finally mine, Hinamori Amu."

Hotori?! Hotori was the one behind me!? My head was becoming fuzzy. Why was it so hard to stay awake? Was I really that low on oxygen already? My vision was going black.

Ikuto…

I knew I was losing consciousness and fast. But something was different about this kidnapping.

Ikuto…

I didn't want to be away from Ikuto.

Ikuto…

Amu wasn't talking. My mind was racing. Kukai and the others were staring at me weirdly. I dropped the hand recorder from the phone after I heard the beep. It just seemed like she just entered into my life and she was gone again. I felt like I was numb.

"Ikuto. What's going on? Is everything alright?" Nagi asked. I looked at them and their eyes seemed to have widened. I re-winded the recorder before pushing play. Even Kairi couldn't stay emotionless. They were like brothers to her…

"We've got to let the girls know." Nagi said. He looked mad though. Scratch that, all of them looked mad. I just couldn't believe it. First that stupid fever got bad enough to send me into a coma for a week and then not even a week after I could finally call her mine, she's gone again. Damnit! Why is it that these kind of things have to happen to her!

"I'll drive." Kairi stated. None of us argued as we followed him to the car. He was probably the best choice to drive anyways. He might be the youngest out of all of us but he could keep him emotions in check better.

"This is all going to be your fault if you don't shut the hell up!" Step day yelled in my face as he pulled my hair back. Tears were falling from my eyes but it was hard to stop sobbing. I didn't want Mom or Yoru to get hurt because of me. "Didn't you not hear me? I. Said. Shut. Up." He whispered in my hear. I was scared. Was he going to hurt me too? Was he going to hurt Mom again? Did he hurt Yoru? He pushed me down to the floor, making everything go black for a second. "I'm heading out." He said before the door was shut. I looked over to Mommy. There was blood on the floor but I didn't see a scratch or anything on her.

"Yoru! My baby!" Mom started crying. I raced over to the phone.

I shook my head, wiping away those thoughts. I wasn't going to lose Amu too… I just couldn't. There was a new weight on my shoulder, literally. I looked to my side. Kukai's hand was firmly placed on my shoulder as there was a different look in his eyes than what I normally saw. I saw understanding and sympathy. My eyebrows furrowed together. I didn't understand why he was giving me that look. Sure, Amu's been kidnapped but she was my girlfriend. She was just their sister but Amu was mine. This felt a whole lot worse than a lost of a sibling. The car finally came to a stop. None of us wasted any time getting out of the car. There was security officers walking up to us.

"Were you the ones that called about a kidnapping?" One of them asked. We called them? Nagi nodded him head.

"The proof is right here." Kairi said as he handed the man the recording.

"The police are waiting to you inside." He said.

"We need to tell our friends about what happened. They came here with Amu before Amu got lost and…" Kukai stated. The security officers nodded in understanding.

"Alright. If you can give us a description of them, we'll bring them to you." I started zoning them out from there. I didn't know much about kidnapping so I really didn't know the process of finding them. I'm sure they're all doing their jobs but… I felt as useful as when Mom and I lost Yoru. Things started going through without actually sticking to my memory.

Kairi and Nagi were talking to the detectives.

Kukai was describing the girls to the security officers.

That was all that did stay to memory. I couldn't tell you when we got here, where we were at, how many people. It just felt so empty without Amu here…

"Ikuto! What's going on? Why did they lock up the mall?" Utau shout as the girls ran over here. I could somewhat here Kukai telling the security guard that the girls found us. I waited for the girls to get over here. I faintly noticed the boys walking over here. "Ikuto!" Utau was sounding scared. I swallowed the lump in my throat.

"Amu has been kidnapped."