Scar: Hi minna! i'm updating again!

Ikuto: wow, took you long enough.

Amu: what do you mean it's been one week, that's a good amount of time.

Ikuto: Whatever.

Scar: Anyway, i wanted to thank all the people that reviewed.

Amu: freedombutterfly, illyinfamous, sanjana tsukiyomi black, and Musical Teardrops.

Ikuto: d, Josephine Dark, KiyomiShizuru, and SugarDevil.

Scar: You forgot someone.

Ikuto: And the weird guest

Scar: Be good, he or she left a nice note.

Amu: Please leave a name next time.

Scar: Now, sugardevil, thank you for your in put. i had actually planned to explain all that.

Ikuto: Is it in this chapter?

scar: No, right now it's a source of mystery, sorry. Sanjana tsukiyomi black, thank you, i know he's a little out OCC, and i plan to fix that soon but for now you'll have to role with it. Sorry, but there is a reason. now on with the story!

Amu: Scarlet does not own shugo chara!

Scar: :-) (-:

Everything in bold is an A/N.

:-) Chapter 2 (-:

"WELCOME HOME!"

Amu was finally getting home from the hospital, when she stepped though her front door, she was greeted with a party.

Most of the people there were acquaintances that she didn't know very well, there were a few of her friends there, but there was one face she didn't recognize. He was the tall, dark, and handsome type. He didn't seem to know anyone. He looked familiar but she didn't know why. She stared for several moments before she went to talk to Rima.

He had been watching her as well, but he was to clever to be caught.

Amu walked over to Rima.

"Hey, Rima, who's that guy over there?"

"That's Ikuto, the guy that found you. We weren't going to invite him but, he kept coming around to check on you so…..yeah."

"Oh…. Introduce me to him."

"What? No, that guy gives me the creeps. Go introduce yourself."

"Oh come on, your going to fight an injured girl, shame on you. Plus he's not creepy just mysterious. Please?"

"Fine, but stop whining, it's annoying."

As they ventured over to him, Amu started getting nervous that maybe he saw her staring. He had midnight blue hair and She couldn't tell what color his eyes were.

Once they reached the man, Rima said "Amu this is Ikuto, Ikuto this is Amu. He's got a crush on you, and she thinks you're hot. Bye" and as she walked away she noticed Amu was blushing so just for the fun of it she called back "have fun kids!" And then disappeared into the crowd.

After several minutes of silence, Ikuto bravely said

"So… you think I'm hot, uh?" (yes, i do!)

Amu looked over and saw Ikuto giving her a (sexy) smirk.

"Um….well….that's not what I said I just asked if she would introduce us and she jumped to conclusions. Not that I don't think your attractive or anything I just-" Ikuto cut her off by chuckling

"It's ok I understand."

"Good…you have a crush on me?"

"Actually all I did was check in on you to see how you were doing. She must have read the situation wrong." (damn!)

"Really…" after a few more moments of excruciating silence she said

"ok, that's it. Lets start over, I'm Hinamori Amu and you saved me from an animal, nice to meet you."

After he chuckled under his breath, he replied.

"I'm Tsukiyomi Ikuto the guy who's been your stalker for the last three days."

They shook hands with very professional faces on. After a second they burst out laughing.

As they continued to make conversation, someone watched them. A certain blonde named Tadase was jealous. He had been after Amu ever since they met, but he was to shy to tell her. It took him forever to get Amu to talk to him, and that guy comes in and gets her laughing almost instantly, so not even cool.

"So you've resorted to stalking?" Rima had snuck up behind him.

"Don't do that, you scared me."

"Whatever, look I came to tell you to hurry up. You need to make a move soon or you lose her."

"Why are you telling me this, Rima, you've always been against me when it comes to her?"

"That guy gives me the creeps; I don't want him anywhere near her. Your weird to but at least I know where you live so I can kick your ass if you hurt her, but I don't know him."

"Wait, are you telling me the almighty Rima can't find any dirt on him. I know you started looking into him the day we met him."

"It's not the fact there's 'no dirt' that bothers me, there's nothing on him. It's like he doesn't exist. I checked the local real-estate, no one's moved in anywhere. I checked all the hotels, no one's seen him. I checked family histories going back 20 years, there's no one named Ikuto. I asked around and not a single person knew he even existed before he helped Amu. The guy doesn't exist. I know you won't kill her in her sleep, I don't know about him."

"So you still don't like me, you just like him less?"

"You're the lesser of to evils."

"Fair enough, so how do you suppose I do this?"

"Well it's not that hard, all you have to do is tell her that you like her."

"What? I can't do that!"

"Of course, you're right; it should be more romantic, she's a sucker for romance."

"What? No, that's not what I meant."

"Well what did you mean?"

"I mean…well….it's just that….. I can't say something so embarrassing!"

"Sure you can! There only words!" she said overly optimistic.

She's always been a little oblivious when it comes to matters of the heart.

"No they are not." He's not as optimistic.

"Look, do you want Amu to date that creeper because you're a wimp?"

"No, but it won't be easy. And I'm not a wimp, just sensitive."

"Eh, same thing."

"Whatever. So, what do you mean by more romantic?"

Tadase smirked and Rima smirked back.

Meanwhile Amu and Ikuto were still talking.

"So do you have any family?" Amu asked

"Uh, I have one sister." He said like it was nothing. "What about you?"

"Well I had a sister, but she died with my parents in an accident two years ago, so nope."

"Wow, uh, I'm sorry."

"Don't be, like I said, it was two year ago. I'm fine now."

"Good."

"So ….. Hey um, there's something I want to ask you. How did you find me? I was in an alley, it was late, and I never even screamed because it happed so fast, but somehow you came to my rescue. How?"

"Well-"

"IKUTO!

Then Ikuto was cut off by a man with green eyes and brown spiky hair. He was running across room. When he finally reached us, Ikuto said

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Whoa, calm down. You know I wouldn't come down here if it wasn't important." Said the man

"I'm a little busy right now." Ikuto motioned to Amu.

"Oh, hey how's it going, I'm Soma Kukai, and you must be that girl that Ikuto-" Ikuto put his hand on Kukai's mouth.

"Ok, that's enough." Ikuto said

"Um, Hinamori Amu nice to meet you, are you two friends?" Amu asked

"Yup, you bet we are." Kukai said

"No not a chance." Ikuto said at the same time.

Ikuto glared at Kukai, and Kukai smiled at Amu like he couldn't tell Ikuto was glaring at him.

"Ok then….." Amu said a little confused

"Time to go!" Kukai said

Suddenly Kukai grabbed Ikuto's arm and started running faster than a normal human.

"Talk to you later Hinamori!"

Ikuto waved goodbye as he was dragged out of the apartment and Amu waved back.

Kukai eventually stopped pulling Ikuto when they were a few blocks away.

"Ok now what the hell was so important!" Ikuto was mad (pissed off).

"Calm down, there's no need to get fluffy." Kukai said as he held his hands up in a defensive manner. Ikuto grabbed the collar of Kukai's shirt.

"Tell me, NOW!"

"Fine I'll tell you but you won't like it." Totally unfazed by the yelling. "she's coming back."

Letting go of his collar, Ikuto went deep into thought.

"How long?"

"About three days."

"That's not enough time" he started to look worried "I'm guessing she'll be going to the castle first. If I'm not there when she get's there she'll tear this town apart till she find's me, which will probably expose our existence."

"The human's would freak if they knew vampires were real. So how you going to pull this off."

"I can't do it the way I wanted, but there's still plan B."

"What's plan B?"

"I need you to go get Nagihiko, tell him to bring his skirt. Then you go to the castle and wait for her. If she gets there to soon then stall for me. Now go!"

When the boys left, Amu went to her room for a quick nap. When she got there she closed the door behind her and laid on her bed. She lay there for awhile till a knock sounded at the door, she sat up.

"Come in."

Then the door opened and in walked Tadase.

"Hey, are you alright? I saw you come in here." Tadase said

She blushed at his concern.

"Oh, I'm fine just tired. Thanks for asking"

"Oh, good. So, um I was wondering if, uh, you wanted to go to the movies with me…. And Rima of course." He started blushing.

"S-s-sure, I'll go." She was blushing now too

"Well um Rima is sending everyone home. Then we're gonna go to our home's to get ready. So when you're ready meet us at the theater in around two hours. Is that alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, because you were attacked last time you went somewhere alone."

"Don't worry, it'll still be light out, and you can walk me home if you want."

"Okay if you're fine with it then I guess it's alright. See you then, bye."

He got up looked around nervously and left the room.

Amu started getting ready immediately, it took an hour to go though and pick something to wear. She set her clothes on a chair for later. She walked out of her room and into the living room. She picked up all the trash and put it in the trash can. Then she walked to her kitchen and made a cup of tea. As she drank the hot tea she became tired, so she decided to take a nap before meeting her friends. She walked back to her room for the nap she'd been wanting all day. The blinds where open and light was shining in, but it didn't bother her. She set her alarm for 20 minutes before the meet. When she laid on her bed, she fell asleep on the blanket and drifted into dreamland.

"Hey Amu. Amu!"

Amu slowly opened her eyes to see a man with blue eyes sitting at the end of her bed. She sat up on the bed and quickly scooted against the headboard.

"Oh, good you're awake." The man said

"Who are you and what do you want from me?" Amu said

"Well let's just say I'm your new boss, and for now, I don't want anything."

It took Amu a minute to realize the blinds were closed and the lights were off. All she could see was his eyes.

"Then why are you here?"

"I just came to warn you."

She started to relax.

"Warn me about what?"

"I'm going to take you away soon."

"What! Why? And where are you taking me?"

"Lets just say its business, and I'm taking you to the office. I have to go now."

He pulled back the blinds and opened the window. He jump up and crouched on the windowsill.

"Wait, when are you going to do this, take me away?"

"In the next couple of days. Goodbye."

Then he jumped out the window.(so sexy.) Amu ran to the window to check for him, but he was gone. She walked back to her bed and sat down.

Then she was woken up by her alarm. She reached over and turned it off.

Shook her head and thought to herself "Another weird dream."

She got up, grabbed her clothes, and headed to her bathroom. She got ready in 15 minutes and was out the door. She caught a bus on the way. The bus was relatively empty. She sat a few seats away from everyone else. At one of the stops a tall, thin, and cute woman walked on. Her hair was long and tied up with a ribbon. She walked over to Amu and sat down next to her. She stuck her hand out.

"Hi, I'm Nadeshiko nice to meet you."

Amu shook the girls hand.

"I'm Amu."

"So were are you headed?" said the girl

"To the movies, you?"

"Same as you, the theater."

"What are you going to see?"

The girls talked till they reached the movie theater.

"Oh looks like we're here." Nadeshiko said

They got off the bus, and exchanged numbers.

"Well this is where we part ways." Amu said

"Yea, I have your number now so I will call you and we can meet up, sometime."

"Okay, bye."

Then Amu went to find her friends, but all the while Nadeshiko stayed back and pulled out her phone. She dialed a number. He picked up first ring.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Ikuto it's me."

"Nagihiko, how'd it go?"

"Good, I got her in my grasp. I'm in a good position to pull it off, just give the word."

"Not yet, there still might be time for me to pull it off. You're there just in case I can't. I want you to keep in touch with her though. Make a new friend."

"Got it."

Then he hung up and walked off.

Scar: so, how was it?

Ikuto: eh, i think you should re-right it so we make out.

Scar: can't, not yet anyway.

Amu: i think it's good the way it is.

Scar: thank you, but whats important is what they think(points to audience).

Amu: please R&R!

Ikuto: and maybe she'll make us kiss!

Scar: MAYBE! :-) (-: