Welcome back! Sorry it took me a while to update. I'm going to do a lot of updates today! After im done this im updating Stone Tears! Wooo! So yeah  hehee.

Anyway, we ended at a TBC, where Amu-chan was about to be hit by a car… Sad sad. But what will happen? Read on!


"AMU-CHAN!"

She froze in her fear as Tadase neared, but he feared it was too late. He reached out as the car was a foot away and grabbed her, pushing her onto the ground and rolling onto the other side of the street, the car hitting his foot as it sped by and he cried out in pain.

He rolled off of her, tears of pain beginning to pour down his cheeks and she sat there in shock. She immediately sat up and jumped to him as she realized he was crying.

"T-Tadase-kun! Why did you… You hurt yourself… I mean… I never wanted you getting hurt for me!!"

He turned to her, forcing a smile onto his face through all of the pain, through the tears that poured down from his red eyes.

"Amu-chan… It's okay…"

She blushed a bit then picked him up in her arms, glancing down at his bloody and broken foot and she winced.

"No, it's not! You baka! Being stupid like that, trying to save me! Now look at you- your foot is broken and bleeding! Honestly!"

Tadase just closed his eyes and smiled as she carried him into his house, ignoring her 'cool-and-spicy' character.

She set him down on his bed, and she looked up at Tadase.

"I don't really know how to do this, so I'm going to chara change with Suu… Please don't make fun of any of the things I say."

He smiled and nodded.

"I would never make fun of you, Amu-chan."

She smiled and turned to Suu, who smiled and nodded.

"Chip, Syrup, Whip!"

A small clover appeared in Amu's hair, replacing her X-clip and she turned to Tadase and smiled.

"Time to make you all better Tadase-kun! Now you just lay back sweetie, I know it might hurt a little, but Amu-chan is going to make you feel all better!"

Tadase laughed a little and just laid down, letting her work.

She carefully began to take off his shoe and she winced as he cried in pain a bit. She snapped her fingers and scissors with rhinestone clovers appeared in her hands. She gently began to cut off the bloody shoe with extreme care, and amazingly, Tadase felt nothing.

She looked at Tadase's foot as the bone poked through the skin a bit and she let out a small 'tsk'.

"Now now, this just won't do! This may hurt a bit, Tadase-kun."

He looked up as she stood and a green light appeared around her.

"A-amu-chan?"

Suddenly, Amulet Clover appeared before him with a whisk in her hands and she winked at him.

"No moving now!"

He sweat-dropped, knowing that this would hurt.

She closed her eyes and held the whisk close to her heart.

"Time to make all of this bad pain and icky blood go away and make Tadase-kun happy and smiling!"

She pointed the whisk towards his foot and smiled.

"REMAKE HONEY!"

Tadase clenched his teeth as the golden liquid hit his foot with extreme force, and covered his whole body. After it ended, he felt no pain. He sat up as Amu returned to normal, extremely mortified at how she had acted.

He looked at his now healthy foot and smiled.

"Thank you, Amu-chan."

She looked up and smiled a bit.

"No-"

"Well, Well. What's this now?"

The two turned and Tadase looked extremely shocked, and Amu just looked confused.

"Ikuto?!"

"Tsukiyomi Ikuto!"

Ikuto smirked and walked into the room coolly.

"Kiddy King, Amu."

Tadase glared at him and stood.

"What do you want?!"

Ikuto blinked.

"What makes you think I'm always out to hurt someone or steal things."

Tadase growled, clenching his teeth.

"Because I know you, you thieving cat! You still have my Dumpty Key, and my pride! I trusted you back then, but you always left me without answers! How could you do that to your little brother!!"

Ikuto looked at him for a moment but looked away.

"I'm not your brother, Tadase."

Tadase stepped back, like he had just been slapped in the face; not his brother? Not his brother?!

Tadase felt a thick pain in his chest and his breathing halted and he knew that if he tried to breathe he would cry. He couldn't cry. Not in front of Ikuto. He turned away and he could feel Ikuto's burning smirk from behind him and he felt a tear almost slip out, but he pressed his forearm to his eyes.

Amu looked over to him in worry.

"Tadase-kun…"

"Amu-chan, maybe you should go."

"Wh… What?"

"Go."

"Why?"

"Because I said so! Just go!"

Amu stepped back, slightly hurt.

"Tadase-"

"I said get out! I just want to be alone! And take that… That… That FIEND with you!"

Tadase turned away again and sat on his bed, his strength denying him as tears began to pour down his face. He shook his head, holding his palms to his eyes.

"Just go… Please…"

His voice sounded defenseless and hurt and Amu looked at him sadly, glanced at Ikuto and turned, walking out the door. She jumped up and pushed herself over Tadase's tall gate; since she had been practicing, she didn't need Ran to chara-change with her.

She could have been deaf and known that Ikuto was following her. She stopped, letting out a small sigh.

"Ikuto, why?"

"Why what?"

"Why must you embarrass Tadase-kun?"

Ikuto looked at her as she turned around.

"Why did you hurt him? You are his Onii-tan, even if you aren't related."

Ikuto looked at her and then turned away, realizing he couldn't beat her burning stare.

"Amu…"

"What? What now?"

"I know that Tadase is my brother."

She blinked at him oddly.

"Then why…"

"It's better for him to hate me. To hate the boy who left him and his mom and my little sister. The boy who was taken in to easter… But… I left easter Today."

Amu blinked again.

"Huh? You did?! Really! That's wonderful!"

Ikuto glanced down at his feet.

"But… Amu… I only did it for you…"

Amu stepped back in shock. She felt heat rising to her cheek.

"Wh-what?"

"Amu… I love you. I always have."

She felt her whole face turn red, and her heart began to pound against her chest, almost as if it wanted to reach out to Ikuto.

"I-I-I-ik-u-t-t-t-o-o…"

He walked up to her and took her hands in his and she blushed even harder, if possible. His hands were warm and fit into hers perfectly… Like she had always dreamed…

"Amu… I do love you…… So…"

Ikuto got down on one knee and pulled out a purple velvet box and he opened it and her eyes widened.

"Amu… Will you please marry me?!"

His voice suddenly got shaky and insecure and she felt her heart pound even harder against her chest, her blood pulsing loudly in her ears.

She knew she liked Ikuto. She knew. Her reaction told her. But… She had only just turned 13. She couldn't marry yet. And Ikuto had turned 18… It just wouldn't work.

She felt like she was going to puke as she beckoned Ikuto to stand.

She grabbed his shirt collar and kissed him passionately, hiding the sadness in her heart. He pulled back and grinned at her.

"Does that mean you will?"

She looked up at him sadly, and his grin left him.

"Ikuto…"

"…No… Please, Amu, no, no please…"

She felt tears sting her eyes.

"I'm sorry… I do like you but… I think I'm in love with Tadase-kun."

Ikuto stared at her with imploring eyes but her eyes told him her decision was made. He rubbed his forehead sadly and put the ring back in his pocket. He took his hand off his forehead and reached into his other pocket.

He pulled something out and pushed it into Amu's hands, closing her hands over them. He pulled his hands away and he smiled weakly at her.

"Go. Little bro' over there needs you."

Ikuto turned away and jumped up onto a nearby house, and onto the next, going away to god-knows-where. She looked at him, a smile on her face as she turned to Tadase's house, running around to it and running through the door, not bothering to knock.

She opened Tadase's room door and she saw it empty. She walked forwards and saw Tadase's tear-stained pillow. She heard someone walk in from behind and she froze, knowing who it was.

"Amu-chan?!"

She turned around and blushed as she saw Tadase. His chest was bear and his hair was soaking wet, a towel around his shoulders. He only wore jeans and he was barefoot. Water dripped onto his nose and he went cross-eyed for a moment, trying to see it and she giggled.

He blushed and looked at her again, then turned away, his blush leaving.

"I thought you left with… With Ikuto…"

Amu stepped towards him but she shook her head, and he looked at her.

"I did leave with Ikuto. And Ikuto told me he loved me, Tadase-kun. He asked me to marry him."

Tadase looked at her with wide eyes, his mouth hanging open slightly. He closed his eyes tightly, clenching his teeth in pain.

"No…" His whisper was so quiet, although Amu somehow heard him.

"That's what I said."

Tadase looked up at her.

"Wh-what?"

She smiled and hugged him.

"I said no. I like him, yes but… There is a big difference between like and love and… I love you, Tadase. And I think he wants you to forgive him because he gave me this…"

She opened her hands and revealed the dumpty key and he gasped, gingerly taking it from her.

"M-my key… He gave it back…"

"He said he knows you are his brother. But I think that you two could be brothers again. He left easter for me… But I think he also left for you."

Tadase looked up at her and smiled a bit.

"Amu-chan."

"Yes?"

"I love you too."

She smiled and blushed furiously, leaning towards him, and he did the same. Their lips met and he wrapped his arms around her gently, her arms snaking around his neck.

The feeling of euphoria that coursed through his veins caused Tadase to moan, and Amu sighed contentedly.

They pulled apart after a while and Tadase smiled at her.

"Amu-chan… I'm never going to leave you."

Amu smiled sweetly and kissed him quickly again.

"I know."


Rawr. Not much of a IkutoxAmuxTadase story. I don't really like it ;x my next story coming up is an Amuto! So please be patient, Amuto fans! Im sorry I haven't posted one in a while!

~Hitomi Kaetie-chan