Ok sorry for the long wait on the updates but I have the next couple of chapters for the story and hope you enjoy them. And to answer one of my reviewers questions I do not know how many chapters this story will be. When I first started out it was going to be only a few chapters but as the story progresses it seems to become longer so...I know that doesn't really answer your question sorry :) So anyways on with the story...

The next few days went by relatively fast and before you knew it, it was the day of the party. Rima had dropped her costume by her house the day before. So, she was getting ready with the help of her charas. And she had to admit, once her makeup, hair, and costume were done she did feel beautiful. Even all the charas told her she was beautiful. Just then her mother yelled that her ride was here.

She yelled back, "I'm coming!"

As she headed towards the door Dia screamed, "Amu!"

Amu turned to Dia, "What is it?"

Dia replies, "I have something important to tell you."

Amu smiles at her, "Yeah."

Amu's mother yells, "Amu, come on!"

Amu yells back, "Ok, I am coming!"

She looks back at Dia and says, "Talk quick as we run."

As she heads out the door and towards the limo.

Dia quickly tells her that she is about to find her true love. "Pay attention to the red thread," she informs her.

As Amu climbs in the limo she looks over at Dia, "What does that mean?"

Dia smiles, "You will find out."

At that all the other charas arrive, they wave and say, "Happy Birthday Amu!"

With that the limo pulls away.

Amu looks at Utau and says, "Thank you for the costume it's beautiful."And you look great."

Utau winked at her, "I decided to go as a belly dancer." "Maybe it will grasp Kukai's attention."

Amu laughs, "Well if that costume doesn't grab his attention then he needs to be slapped."

Utau says, "Well I wanted to tell you before the party." "Happy Birthday Amu."

Amu smiles at her, "Thank you."

They arrive at the party and walk through the door. As they enter Utau picks up a mich that she had placed by the door and turned it on. "Can I have everyone's attention please," Utau asks.

The room gets quiet and everyone looks at them.

Utau smiles, "I want to thank everyone for coming." "Now, let's party for the birthday girl has arrived!"

Everyone cheers and the music and dancing starts.

Kukai, Tadase, Nagihiko, Rima, and Yaya all walk up. "Happy Birthday Amu," they all say smiling.

Amu smiles at them, "Thank you."

Then Kukai whisks Utau off to dance, Nagihiko takes Rima, and Yaya grabs Tadase to take him dancing, leaving Amu by herself.

A figure approaches Amu from behind, gets right by her ear and says, "The birthday girl should not be left by herself."

Amu spins around quickly at that voice, that sends a shiver of excitement down her spine. She exclaims surprised, "Ikuto!"

He smiles at her, "Happy Birthday Amu."

She asks, "When did you get back?" "Did you find your dad?"

He smirks, "Yes, I found my dad, and I just got back a few days ago." "However, now is not the time for all that." "For now," he puts his arm up pulling a cape over the lower half of his face and says, "I want to suck your blood."

Amu laughs, "Well, I don't think you would get much from a butterfly, but how about a dance instead."

They head to the dance floor and end up near Utau and Kukai.

Amu yells over the music at her, "Why didn't you tell me your brother was back?"

Utau smirks, "Didn't I?"

Amu smiles and turns back to Ikuto. She replies, "You know, you do make a good vampire."

Ikuto laughs making Amu smile. They continue dancing and it flows into a slow song and before Amu can say anything, Ikuto pulls her up against him. Amu blushes at the feel of Ikuto's body against hers.

Ikuto gets right next to Amu's ear and says, "You do make a beautiful butterfly." "You've grown up and rounded out nicely."

Amu slaps Ikuto on the arm lightly but still replies, "Thank you."

Utau dancing with Kukai notices Amu and Ikuto dancing close and thinks to herself, "Yes, he is quite taken with her indeed."

Ikuto is enjoying the dance immensely and not entirely sure why. He loves the feel of Amu in his arms and her body swaying against his, and is amazed at how much he is feeling. The song ends and Ikuto looks at Amu's flushed face and with a smirk asks, "Would you like something to drink?"

Amu just nods not trusting herself to speak.

Ikuto walks away to get her a drink. As he walks away, for a second everything and everyone in the room disappears. The room goes completely white, she still sees Ikuto walking away but suddenly a red ribbon falls around him, and just as suddenly as the image came it disappeared.

Amu puts her hand to her head and asks, "What was that?"

Nagihiko walks up to her, "Amu you ok?"

Amu looks at Nagihiko a little confused and nods, "Yeah." "I just thought I saw something."

Nagihiko raises an eyebrow at her, "Like what?"

Amu shakes her head and smiles at him, "It's nothing."

As Ikuto arrives with her drink the music stops and Utau speaks, "Is everyone having a good time?"

Everyone cheers in response.

Utau smiles, "Well alright." "Well I want to give Amu her birthday present which is why I am up here." "I wrote her a song and wanted to sing it for her."

It was a beautiful song. Ikuto pulled Amu into a dance as Utau sang. As soon as the song ended Ikuto let Amu go and she ran up and hugged Utau and thanked her for the song.

Then everyone decided it was time for Amu to open her gifts. She got a lot of clothes, some jewelry, some Cd's and movies. She thanked everyone for their presents then everyone dispersed to do more dancing and Amu found Ikuto standing out on the balcony.

Amu walked up to him smirking, "Well, I didn't see a gift from you."

Ikuto turns to her and replies, "That's because I wanted to give you your gift in private."

Amu blushes causing Ikuto to laugh. He pulls out an envelope and hands it to Amu.

She takes the envelope and opens it. Amu pulls out the 2 tickets and holding them up says, "They are to the hot springs."

Ikuto nods at her, "Yes, I made reservations for just the 2 of us, if that's ok with you?"

Amu looks at him surprised. She thinks for a second and nods, "Ok."

With that they return to the party for more dancing and so on till it gets late and everyone decides to head home. As the crowd clears out all that is left is Utau, Amu, Nagihiko, Rima, Yaya, Tadase, Kukai, and Ikuto. Nagihiko, Rima, Yaya, and Tadase tell Amu Happy Birthday for the last time that night and that they will see her in class, and Ikuto walks them out. Kukai tells Utau he will call her later and he heads out as well.

Amu thanks them all for coming, as soon as they are gone Amu turns to Utau. "You conveniently forgot to tell me that Ikuto was back," she says with a raised eyebrow.

Utau smirks, "It must have slipped my mind." "So sorry." "What did he get you for your birthday?"

Amu blushes, "He made reservations for us at that Hot Springs."

Utau nods, "I told him to." "He wanted to get you something special and I thought that, that would be the best."

Amu still blushing, "But, its just going to be the two of us."

Utau smiles, "Don't you want some time alone with him?"

Amu nods, "Well, yes I do but."

Utau just looks at Amu and replies, "Amu, I know Ikuto can be sly and is a pervert, but he won't do anything that you don't want to."

Amu nods, "I know."

With that Ikuto walks back in and looks at them. "I will drive Amu home," he says. He grabs his keys and starts loading her presents in his car.

Amu helps him get her stuff loaded, then she hugs Utau and says, "Thanks for the party, I had a great time."

Then Utau holds up a CD.

Amu takes it and asks, "What is this?"

Utau smiles, "I recorded my performance of your song on a DVD so you could watch it, including some of the festivities."

Amu smiles, "Thank you." With that she climbs into Ikuto's car and waves as they pull away.

Neither one says much on the way to her house but once they arrive Ikuto looks over at Amu and says, "Amu, about your present I gave you." "It's not set in stone you know." "If you decide you don't want to go as long as you tell me by noon the day before, the trip can still be canceled with no problems." "However, after noon that day I have to pay for it."

Amu smiles and nods, "I will let you know."

Ikuto smiles, "If you decide you don't want to go, I will get you a different present."

Amu quickly replies, "No, you don't have to."

Ikuto says, "I will get you a present if we don't use the one I gave you ok?"

She nods.

Ikuto sighs feeling relieved and tells her, "Well let's get your presents inside.

As they take her stuff in Ikuto says hello to her family and they talk a bit and then Amu walks him out. Once they are on her porch Ikuto turns to her, "I am glad you had a good time."

She smiles at him, "I did." She looks down.

He places a finger under her chin and lifts her face so that she looks him in the eyes, "Remember no pressure ok?" "Just let me know what you decide."

She blushes but replies, "I will."

Then Ikuto leans forward and kisses her on the neck and lingers for a moment.

Amu's blush deepens and she shivers in excitement when she feels his breath on her neck. She leans into his kiss and makes a small sound of pleasure.

Ikuto pulls back and rests his lips on her forehead regaining his composure and softly says, "Happy Sweet 16." With that he quickly turns and heads to his car before he looses it and takes her in his arms and do more than just kiss her.

Amu watches him walk to his car and once again the image happens again. Everything fades to white and a red ribbon appears around Ikuto, only this time its longer. Then once again it fades back to normal. Amu's heart is racing but she waves bye to Ikuto as he drives off, and then heads inside. Once in her room she places her hand over her racing heart. She is breathing quicker and says to herself, "What is going on?" "And what is with Ikuto and the ribbon?"

Well gonna leave it there. I have the next few chapters ready to go and will hopefully get them loaded as soon as I type them up. Like I said before I have no idea how long this story is going to be I only meant for it to be a few chapters but as I write it more ideas pop into my head and it just keeps getting longer. So hope you enjoy it and I will try to get those chapters up soon. Thanks.