-1Sleeping Stranger

The door bell rang a few times; Amu hurried towards it, knowing whoever it may be, they must be very impatient. She opened the door to have her childhood friend Rikka Hiiragi, throw herself at her. Rikka hugged Amu tightly and shouted with joy, "it's been a long time my Amu. How is your life at your high school? Did you make any friends? What club did you join?"

Amu pulled away from Rikka, equally excited to see her, since they enrolled into different high schools they haven't met up much recently. There was so many things Amu wanted to tell Rikka. Amu dragged Rikka into the living room and pouring some tea for both of them, she started to listen to Rikka first who seemed to be having a rather blissful start to her new school life.

Rikka frowned though after hearing nothing much from Amu. She sighed and shook her head, "Amu, I know you love baby-sitting but don't you think you at least need a life of your own away from that job? You weren't like this before, before that person…"

Amu patted Rikka's hand, "don't worry about me. I am heading towards my dream."

"But you haven't made any friends for the entire first week and don't you think it wasn't such a good idea to oppose a rich girl?" Rikka questioned.

"All I want to do now is fulfil both my and that person's dream so I won't regret anything," Amu said, "besides I love being surrounded by little kids."

Rikka smiled, "your hopeless Amu. Can I have more tea?"

"Sure," Amu said taking their cups to the kitchen with her for a refill.

Rikka looked around the place and having the sudden urge to see the school album of them in Primary school, Rikka got up herself and headed towards Amu's bedroom. She called out before entering, "Amu I'm going into your bedroom."

Amu almost immediately dropped the two cups to the floor upon hearing Rikka say she'd go to her room. Amu wanted to shout NO but that was too slow compared to Rikka's scream that swiftly followed her statement of entering her room. Amu sighed, she knew Rikka would have such an reaction, because that guy was in her room.

"AMU why is there a guy sleeping in your bed?" Rikka shrieked pointing at the injured guy Amu picked up yesterday.

"Calm down Rikka," Amu said, "let me explain."

A shocked looking Rikka stared at Amu in disbelief as she listened to Amu's so called explanation.

"So I couldn't leave him there and I can't really ignore his request so I took him home and well, he's been sleeping ever since. He hasn't woken even once," Amu said with a meek smile on her face, "I did bandage his wound up and he seems to be breathing properly so…"

Rikka grabbed Amu's shoulder, "chuck him out. THROW THIS STARNGER OUT RIGHT NOW!"

"NO WAY!" Amu shouted back, "how can you do that to an injured person?"

"Amu. I realised a long time ago that you are the worlds kindest person ever to have lived however there needs to be a SERIOUS limit to your kindness. As your friend I also understand your illness of not being able to leave a person in need of help alone thus, I still conclude we chuck this strange guy out of your house to the hospital at the least."

"But Rikka…" Amu began.

Rikka hit Amu over the head, "are you crazy brining a stranger into your own house plus it's the opposite gender. Tell me what you'd do if he woke up and decided to kill you or rape you or steal from you? Helping is fine but you need to chuck him out now you've done your part helping."

Amu nodded knowing Rikka was right. She took a long stare at the guy who was still sleeping soundly on her bed. She was still worried about that deep wound across his chest.

"Amu, do you like him?" Rikka asked studying Amu closely.

"No," Amu replied simply.

Rikka frowned, "well I'll give you this. He looks really handsome now that I take a closer look at him. With those looks of his, it would probably be about right that he's something like a model."

"You think so?" Amu asked.

Rikka nodded, "well one thing is certain. He looks a lot older than us. Around 21 or so. That's about 6 years gap. Anyhow, let's get rid of him."

"Now."

"Yes now," Rikka said reaching for her mobile at the same time. She nodded and walked slightly away from Amu to answer the call. A few seconds later Rikka turned to Amu, "I need to go now. Amu, when I next come to your house which will be in two days time, I expect that guy to be found nowhere in this house."

Amu gave a weak smile and waved goodbye to Rikka who gave Amu a very scary warning glare. Amu turned back to look at the guy who hadn't moved one bit. She clenched a fist, knowing that she should listen to Rikka but she ended up unable to stop herself. She fetched the first aid box and was already preparing fresh bandages. This was one of Amu's bad points; unable to leave people in need alone. "I should at least change his bandages once more before taking him out," Amu said to herself. Amu slowly unwrapped the blood stained bandages she put on him yesterday, expecting to see his wound still in a bad state but she was stunned. Amu touched his bare flesh, stroking the front of his chest, tracing where the wound was supposed to be but there was nothing. "Did his wound heal already?" Amu whispered, "isn't that insanely quick?" There was no signs of any sorts of wounds at all and from yesterday Amu remembered seeing a deep gash. She smiled, "at least that means your well."

Amu packed up her first aid kit and after cleaning the two smashed cups on the floor, she re-entered her bedroom. She patted him gently, wanting to wake him up but he didn't move one bit. Amu tried to wake him by rocking him gently and still he didn't move. She also tried to talk in his ears but nothing she did seemed to wake him.

She sighed sitting on the floor, "he isn't waking up at all. What should I do?" Amu looked at the clock and quickly got her coat on, she was late going to the nursery. She locked the door to her apartment, not certain whether it was a good idea to leave a stranger alone in her house but it seemed she had no other choice and that guy seemed as though he wouldn't be waking up anytime soon. Amu finally decided to leave for the nursery, thinking that she'd deal with him later.

…Currently In the world of Hell…

"HOW COULD YOU LOOSE SIGHT OF MASTER?"

"Miki, you're way too loud."

Miki pouted, "your always like this Yoru. I can never rely on you to take care of master."

Yoru sighed, "Master Ikuto always goes off playing around. Even if we are his familiars, its not an easy task keeping a tab on him."

"But Yoru," Miki began, "if I remember correctly, Master Ikuto hasn't had a proper meal for exactly 3000 years now. Aren't you worried? He gets weaker and weaker with each passing decade and if he gets any weaker, we might disappear."

Yoru stretched his wings out and carried Miki into the blood coloured sky, "as long as he doesn't get hurt then we shouldn't have to worry. I personally don't understand why he wouldn't eat anymore but I believe in him. I believe he'll get stronger again."

Miki rested her head on Yoru's shoulder, "I hope."

"MIKI, YORU," a familiar voice called from behind.

Yoru turned around to see the messenger of hell fly frantically towards them.

"What wrong?" Yoru asked.

"Your master," the messenger panted, "do you not know your master is currently in earth?"

"EARTH?" both Yoru and Miki repeated, surprised.

"I think someone ambushed your master and he was hurt really badly. As a demon in nature, he most likely went to earth to search for food, his only source for recovering quicker."

"You know where about on earth he is?"

The messenger shook his head, "a demon that is badly injured usually strays from their scheduled meals. By instinct they head towards the scent of the food that they find most appealing so its hard to say where. Plus this is your master we're talking about. The only demon in hell to have withstood his natural instincts and not eat for 3000 years. Hard to say what would happen."

Miki and Yoru looked at each other, foreseeing their problem in finding their master.

…Back on Earth…

Amu finished her day at the nursery and feeling satisfied she headed home for relaxation. She hesitated opening the door, not knowing whether the guy had woken up or not. Inhaling, she opened the door and stepped in. It was quiet which she had expected. She didn't stop to take off her coat but went straight to her bedroom. "Oh," she said, seeing that her room was empty. "Did he leave himself?"

Amu turned around only to be shocked to silence. The guy was right behind her and as she turned, he wrapped his hands around her waist and kissed her on the cheeks. Amu was already petrified on the spot not knowing what to do or how to react.

The guy pulled away from Amu with a big smile on his face, "mumsy."

"What?" Amu managed to utter.

He pointed towards himself, "Ikuto." He then pointed towards Amu, "Ikuto's mumsy."

Amu blinked. What the hell was happening here?