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/Recap.

I slumped against a tree, my heart beating painfully fast.

Crack.

My breath caught in my throat. I wasn't alone...

"Hello, Amu. Fancy seeing you here."

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I turned my head sharply, glaring daggers at a looming shadow. I attempted to stand, my wounds restraining me from movement. I winced in pain, and slid back down the tree. I slumped down, looking at my blood covered knees. If this was someone from Easter, it was all over.

I heard the footsteps move in front of me. There wasn't much light in the woodland area, apart from the moon shining through the branches of the trees. I kept my head down, I felt so weak.

"What happened to you?"

My eyes widened. Why weren't they attacking? Why were they wasting time with questions?

I slowly looked up, meeting a pair of familiar eyes. The man from earlier.

"Are you gonna tell me what happened? Or am I going to have to force you to tell me?"He said, his voice low, a smirk plastered on his face.

"I'm confused." I said slowly. He frowned at me. "Why haven't you captured me yet?"

"Captured you? Why would I do that?"

"I-I dunno, it's just that you knew about Easter, and I assumed..." I blushed furiously. Great, now I looked like an idiot.

He laughed. No, not just laughed. Practically wet himself. He bent over clutching his sides, howling with laughter. What the heck?

"W-What's so funny?" I hissed.

"You seriously thought I'd hand you over? That's hilarious." He said recovering from his previous laughing fit. He slid down and sat next to me.

"I'd never do that." He said, his voice low and serious. Wow, mood change much? I gazed up at his face, studying his features.

"Why did you sound so serious when you said that?" I said, averting my eyes from the handsome man next to me.

"Because I know what they can do."

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I found out his name. Ikuto Tsukiyomi. He'd made me tell him what had happened in return for the knowledge of his name. After helping me up, he insisted on visiting the train wreck. I begged and pleaded him not to make me go, but he needed me to show him the way. I limped forward a few steps, but my leg kept collapsing. I sat on the floor and refused to walk any further, and that I was in to much pain to travel forwards.

"Fine." He said. Yes! I'd won.

He bent forwards and scooped me up in his arms. I blushed furiously.

"W-What the heck are you doing?"

"Well, you can't walk, and I still want to see this train wreck, and this is the only way we're going to get there." He said, walking forwards.

He smelt so nice. I mean like, seriously nice. Like every single thing I liked, in one. We came to the end of the forest, and I spotted the smoke, fire and debris. I turned my head away and pressed my cheek on his shoulder, avoiding the scene of destruction.

He rubbed my back comfortingly. An electric wave coursed through my veins. This was the first sign of affection I'd been shown in years. A painful lump formed in my throat, my eyes burning. He placed me down on the ground gently, and turned towards the train wreck. He walked towards it and peered through the shattered window. I turned away, I knew what he'd be seeing. All the dead bodies.

He came back over to me and lifted me up again.

"Where are we going now?" I mumbled, wanting to sleep in his warm and comfortable arms.

"I'm not sure, but we'd better find somewhere safe for you to stay for a while."

At that moment in time, sleep washed over me, my limbs becoming weak, my breath growing heavier, my eyes closing slowly...

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I awoke to a jolt. I tried to block out everything and drift back into my slumber, but it was just no use. I sat up slowly, my hands feeling the soft material beneath me, my eyes adjusting to the scenery. I was in the woods.

"I thought we were going somewhere safe..." I mumbled, rubbing my eyes.

"Well despite how small you are, you're quite heavy." I hear Ikuto say from behind me.

"Shut up. Why are you still here anyway?" I said blushing. I couldn't quite understand why someone like him was wasting his time with some unloved kid.

"Don't you want me here?" He said laughing. He found this all so amusing, even though it was the furthest thing from funny.

"It's not that, I just don't understand why you're wasting your time with me."I said crossing my arms and looking away.

"I'm on the run too. Although for a different reason than you."

"What's your reason?" I said, unfolding my arms and playing with the hem of my skirt.

"My Step-Father, he works with your Father. I was told I had to work for them both, to find you. To kill you. I didn't want to have the guilt of murdering a young girl on my conscience for the rest of my life. They have about every single Easter employee spread over Japan looking for you. They're trying to make it as impossible as they can, for you to live. The train crash... that was no accident. All this time, you've assumed they just want to capture you and keep you locked up? That's not the case. They want you dead. I know they'd call upon me eventually, and when they did I refused. They threatened to kill me also, so I ran away. We're the two most wanted people in Japan."

I sat my eyes wide open. My own family wanted me dead. I sat staring into space.

"They want you dead."

Ikuto's words kept repeating in my head. What in the world was going to happen to me now?

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After retrieving my first aid kit from my rucksack and treating my wounds, I stood up and grabbed all of my things. I started walking away from our little camp.

I couldn't stay with Ikuto. As much as I wanted to, and as much as I didn't want to be alone, I couldn't trust anybody. From day one I told myself that I was going to stay alone. I knew that over time, I'd depend too much on him to do things for me, and that could possibly be my downfall.

Ikuto had stayed with me all morning, making sure I was okay after the shocking news. He'd gone to find us some breakfast, but I knew I couldn't stay. He would be returning shortly and I knew I had to get away from the camp as quickly as I could. I broke out into a sprint and ran through the forest, the sunlight catching my eye every so often.

"Found you!" came an unfamiliar voice. I turned quickly to see a man dressed in a black suit aiming his gun at my head. I shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the bullet to hit me. There was so much i never go to do, graduate from school, have kids, learn to drive, fall in love.

I heard a thud. I opened one eye slowly, seeing the man lying on the floor, red marks around his neck. Strangled.

I felt warm arms wrap around my waist, and I turned to see Ikuto's face inches from mine.

"We're in this together now, so don't go. Imagine if I hadn't come looking for you, it'd all be over."

I shoved him away from me, looking down and clenching my fists.

"I don't want this. You don't understand! I've relied on myself ever since I left home... I can't trust anybody."

"I do understand. I'm in exactly the same position as you." He growled.

"Please, don't do this." I said the tears falling quickly. I couldn't hold myself together anymore.

"I care, Amu. I know that it may not seem like it at times. There was a reason that I didn't want to kill you, that was because I thought you'd understand."He said, sighing sadly.

I looked up at him. He leant forward and brushed the tears from my cheeks, looking in my eyes.

"You don't have to be alone any longer, Amu."

I shook, the tears and sadness taking over. I was trying to run away from the one person in the whole world that understood exactly what I was going through. I leant forward into his chest and sobbed my heart out. His arms enclosed me and he leant his cheek on my head.

This man, I had known a day, had already found a place in my heart.

A/N ; awhh, that was really hard to write, but I'm quite proud to be honest! reviews pleaseeeee? :) loves! xxxx