A/n: I do not own Shugo Chara XD
Been busy with school I will try to update as much as I can while on break I go back February for spring semester and will most likely be to dead to update during school.
Hells lingering Kiss
Chapter 15:Torn
Dear lord, help me find the strength to continue when I feel as if I am falling apart and torn. Grant me the courage to continue walking the path that you have planned for me. Amen
I waited in bed torn between wanting my nightly visitor to show and partly wanting him to stay as far away as he could. I sighed, once again my sleepless nights had returned and my mind once again was plagued. I couldn't help but wonder if fatigue would be the death of me after all it must have been what had called those hallucinations.
I beat my pillows with my fist suppressing the urge to scream. It felt as if I was a bottle filled to the brim and sealed tight. Waiting for some sort of release, and somehow I felt screaming was the answer. Before I knew it was already morning and the sun made damn sure I knew it by burning my eyes.
Forcing myself up I closed my eyes as tight as I could. What a great start, I sarcastically thought. I really really didn't feel like going to school but obviously skipping wasn't an option. Sluggishly I got ready, as soon as my mom saw me she frowned. Yet for my sake she forced a smile.
I guess her smile is exactly what made my decision clear. Forcing a smile I kissed my mom and sister before leaving. After school I would look around for that sneaky cat. Even if it doesn't feel right sometimes you have to make wrong choices if it means saving those you love.
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I was on my way to the lockers when to my surprise my search ended before it even started. Students chattered and slowed to admire the group of beautiful people standing in the hall way. The only thing that ruined the picture perfect moment was the clear fact that an argument was clearly going on. Right in front of my locker.
I didn't see any possible way of me grabbing my stuff and taking off with Ikuto either. Not while Kukai, Utau, Tadase, Ikuto and Rima were ill having what appeared to be a stand off in the halls. Slowly I made my way towards my locker intimidated by the obvious bad vibes. As I got closer the group seemed to all sense my presence stopping their conversation to stare my way, which did not help in any way.
I managed to squeak out a quick greeting gesturing towards my locker in an attempt to hint that they should move. However apparently this somehow did not get through their thick skulls. In the next second hell broke loose as they all attempted to talk over each other and I could not understand a thing. That is until a voice broke into my head through all the fuss this voice was clear and I knew who the culprit was immediately.
Rima was standing with her eyes staring back into mine, the only one keeping her mouth closed.
" Amu listen carefully and listen good. Meet me tonight here under the schools arch at 10:35 don't be late."
With that she turned and left. Now either I imagined it but there was one way to figure that out and that was to show up. If she showed up it meant I hadn't imagined it if she didn't I was going crazy. It was only when I felt strong hands pulling me that I snapped out of it and I was shaken out of my thoughts.
" I don't give a damn about your stupid games! I am taking Amu and that's that." With that Ikuto was pulling me towards the door. I allowed him to because I needed him in the first place.
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I heard the others calling my name but ignored them as Ikuto pulled me along by the hand. To my surprise he stopped at the same spot where I had encountered the person with the knife the day before.
"This is the place right? The one where you wanted to take me?"
My eyes widened somehow he knew and I had to step back in fear of what he may do. He stepped closer as I cringed back. "Ikuto... look I'm sorry but ..." I was cut off by his smile. Not a malicious one or even a sad one but a real smile.
Before I could even ask what the hell was going on in his head he pushed me to the side just as the man with the knife appeared. I rubbed my arm and tried to focus on the scene unfolding right before me. I could not make out any thing except for the fact that blood was drawn. Not knowing scared me more than I had thought it would.
My mind went blank just as my face was splattered with a warm liquid and I was unable to think any more.
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"Ikuto?" I woke up gasping and alone in my room. My head ached as I looked at my phone 9:30 pm. It was then that I remember the days event I ran to the mirror only to see my face was clean of blood.
I looked around the room hoping there was any sign that Ikuto had been here. I tried to convince my self my worry was out of guilt. I remembered I had planned to meet Rima at the school. I grabbed my mace just in case and then made my way down stairs.
Luckily I had no problem getting past my mom. I pulled my jacket tighter as the wind blew I turned the corner. The air felt ominous and I shivered both from the cold and the dark feeling as I drew closer to my destination. I wasn't sure whether or not I hoped to see Rima there or not.
By the time I was there, there was only two minutes left before the set time. I didn't see any sign of her but decided I would wait up to one minute after the set time. I stared at my phones clock every other second and just as the clock hit the time I looked up. Almost falling back when I saw the exact person I was waiting for.
"I'm glad you came." She said quietly. It still took me a while to accept the fact that her being here meant two things I wasn't going crazy and if I wasn't going crazy. Which meant that all those weird things I had labeled hallucinations could possibly have been real too. I couldn't help but scream.
"Shush Amu, if you go around screaming you will attract unwanted attention." I closed my mouth and tried to form some kind of thought. However once again I was interrupted however this time it wasn't by Rima.
"Rima there you are! You can't just take off when you feel like it! You know it's not safe."
I knew that voice though I had only spoke to him a few times and when I looked up I saw I was right. I couldn't help but wonder how Rima knew him.