Chapter 3

It felt like an eternity for Sakura as she and Amu stared at each other. So this is 'her', Sakura thought while looking Amu over. She's only a kid! At least 11 or 12, Ikuto has to be kidding! Sakura turned and looked at Ikuto. "Well, are you going to introduce me to your little friend here" she said with a smirk. Ikuto looked at Sakura with surprise, "um well Sakura-chan this is Amu-chan", he said while looking at Sakura suspiciously.

"Hi it's nice to me you" Amu said cheerfully.

"Like wise" she said still looking at the other girl. "And we are Saku-chan's faithful charas –nya!" said Koi-chan as she and her two sisters popped out of Sakura's bun. "How cute! You have three charas too" Amu said with awe at the charas. Sakura just responded with a nod, so she has three too then, she thought. She then saw Amu's three charas come out of hiding and approach the others. "Hi! We are Amu-chan's charas" Ran said while shaking her pink pompoms. Amu then turned to sakura.

"So Sakura-chan how do you know Ikuto-kun?"

"You could just ask me Amu-chan" Ikuto said making himself known. "Are you jealous?" he said with a smirk.

"What! Why would I care" Amu said while turning her head to the side with a blush. You do care, Sakura thought and glared at the girl.

"We sit next to each other in class and we shared a lunch together" Sakura answered with a smirk.

"W-what?!" Amu yelled as she looked at Ikuto who just turned his head away with a sigh. This is making me sick, I've got to go.

"Anyways it was nice meeting you Amu" Sakura said as she was turning around to walk back home. Ikuto hurriedly grabbed Sakura's arm and stopped her. She turned and looked at Ikuto, face to face. What does he want now? Ikuto stood there without saying a word, then suddenly letting go and spoke to her. "Have a safe walk home Sakura-chan" he said while looking away.

"I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself" she said as she turned and walked away. Amu looked back and forth between the two. Did something happen? Amu thought to herself.

Sakura lay on her full sized bed while staring up at her ceiling. "What the hell was that? He can't possibly be serious about that little girl" Sakura said to no one in particular. "Why do you care Saku-chan?" asked Akira while floating next to her head. "I don't! I-I'm just worried about Amu" she lied, "she's so young and doesn't really know what she's getting herself into. She doesn't know how heartbreak feels like".

"Sounds to me you're not being honest with yourself" Yang said while sitting inside of her gold and white sparkled egg.

"What are you talking about! I'm being serious" she said with denial.

"Well I think Saku-chan really likes Ikuto-kun but is too stubborn to admit it- nya!" Koi-chan said with a smile while she played with a cat toy. "No I don't!" Sakura said with a huff and turned on her side to face the wall. But do I really? I just meet him though and would he feel the same? Sakura sighed at the last thought and decide to close her eyes. All was peaceful in the room until Sakura felt a slight dip in the bed behind her. Must be the girls putting something on the bed, she thought and kept her eyes closed. All of a sudden a lean arm rapped around Sakuras waist and pulled her tight up against a hard chest. "Are you having blissful dreams about us, Sakura-koi" Ikuto said with a sexy voice in her ear.

"Ikuto let me go!" she said blushing while trying to get out of his death grip. "Why Saku-koi? I like us this way" he said while he nuzzled her neck. "S-Stop" she yelled while wiggling. "If you keep wiggling like that, we might have a surprise guest her in a few moments if you get what I'm saying" he said with a smirk while still between her neck. Sakura froze in her place and her face turned into a tomato. Ikuto chuckled at Sakura's reaction.

"Why are you here anyways? You know breaking and entering a home is against the law right" she said as her face still had a blush.

"It's not breaking in if the window is wide open" he said with amusement. "Whatever" shit, I forgot I left that open, she thought. After a while of just lying with her back facing him she decided to turn around. When she managed to face him, she noticed his cat ears and tails for the first time. He looks hot like that, she thought with a blush. She also noticed what he was wearing a black lose tank top that showed some of his chest and denim skinny jeans ripped at the knees. Sakura was taking him in bit by bit.

"You like what you see, Sakura-koi" he said with a smirk.

"As if!" she said with a huff.

"Fine, play hard to get Sakura-koi"

"Stop calling me that already"

"Why? I think it suits you well Sakura-koi" he said with another smirk. Sakura looked at Ikuto and sighed. She had given up the battle, "fine call me whatever you want" she said tiredly. Ikuto grinned," Good because from now on you shall call me Ikuto-otto koi" he said with a huge grin.

"Hell no!" she yelled with a blush.

"I think it sounds perfect" he said while getting closer to her face.

"Why are you getting s-so close" she stuttered. "Because I can Sa-ku-ra" he said while getting closer to her lips. All of a sudden the front door to Sakura's house was opened and closed. "Sakura I'm back!" yelled Tsunade from downstairs. Sakura froze and her heat stopped beating. Crap! Tsunade's back, she thought.

"Who the hell is that, she's interrupting our alone time" he said with annoyance and pulled Sakura close again. "That's my legal guardian, Tsunade, she will freak if she saw you" she said while getting out of Ikuto's grip and jumped out of bed, leaving him to stare at her. She hurried to her door and locked it shut. "You" she said pointing at Ikuto, "have to hide somewhere". Sakura looked around and saw her bathroom door ajar. She looked back at Ikuto and walked over to him and grabbed his hand.

"You have to stay in the bathroom until its safe okay" she said while pushing him into the bathroom.

"Why? She's going to have to know that were dating at some point" he said nonchalantly.

"Where the hell did you get that idea!" she yelled.

"Sakura, who are you talking to?" Tsunade said while walking up the stairs.

"Shit! Stay in here and be quite okay" Sakura whispered to him and closed the bathroom door. Ikuto just stared at the bathroom door and sighed.

Sakura turned away and walked to her bedroom door, opening it just in time as Tsunade walked up. "Who were you talking to?" she said looking into Sakura's room. "I was on the phone with Ino" Sakura lied. "Oh okay, well dinner will be ready in an hour kay" Tsunade said while walking away. Sakura watched her retreating figure and closed her door, locking it behind her.

"That was close, you can come out now" she said while walking back to her bed and sitting on it. Ikuto emerged from her bathroom and sat down on the bed next to her. They sat in silence for a while until Ikuto broke the silence, "so will I be having dinner?" he asked. Sakura just turmed and looked at him. "What do you think" she said. "Yes?" he said with a smile. "No" she replied.

"Fine fine I get it, why do you have to play so hard to get" he said getting up from the bed and walking to the open window. Sakura got off the bed about to reply but was cut off.

"See you tomorrow then, Sakura-koi" he said as he kissed her nose and jumped out the window.

"Bye!" yelled Akira and Koi-chan. Sakura still stood in front of the window where Ikuto had left. She brought her hand up and touched her nose. What was that about? She thought. "What will you do now Sakura-chan" yang asked. "I really don't know" she said as she looked down at her feet.

Sakura woke up to her alarm clock ringing. Morning already, Sakura thought as she stretched and got out of bed. She walked over to her bathroom and began getting ready. 30 minutes later Sakura came out of the bathroom from taking a shower and started putting on her school uniform. "It's time to wake up girls" Sakura said to her charas as they slowly got out of their eggs. All three just yawned and flew to Sakura's bag and went back to sleep. She just laughed at their cuteness and walked down stairs to the kitchen.

"Good morning Tsunade" Sakura said as she sat down and started eating the breakfast that was laid out for her. "Morning Sakura, remember I won't be getting home really late or I just might spend the night at the hospital depending on the patients" Tsunade said as she began cleaning the skillet. "I understand" replied Sakura as she stood up and grabbed her bag and left out the front door. When she made it to the front gate of her house she noticed Ikuto was waiting for her.

"What are you doing here?" she asked as she approached him.

"Well I was waiting for you so we could walk to school together"

"Oh"

"Then let's get going, kitten-chan" he said with a smirk and started walking away. Will he ever give that up? She thought as she followed behind him.

Once they had arrived at school, people were staring at the two. Sakura could hear them whispering to each other about them.

"Do you think their dating?"

"But she only just arrived here yesterday?"

"There is no way that pink haired chick could steal my Ikuto-kun"

"What's so special about her?"

"Don't listen to them okay, they don't know what they're talking about" Ikuto said while looking down at Sakura. She looked up at him and smiled sweetly. "Don't worry, I won't" she said as they continued to class.

Once they reached their classroom they sat down at their seats. They had 10 minutes to spare so Sakura decided to play a game with Ikuto. "Hey Ikuto-kun" she said and he turned around in his chair. "Yes kitten-chan" he replied. "Okay you can't be calling me that at school. People will get the wrong idea" she said looking around. "Who cares what they think" he said while looking her in the eyes, "now what did you want to ask".

"You wanna play 21 questions" she asked.

"Sure"

"Okay umm, favorite color?"

"Pink, because it reminds me of you" he said with a smirk.

"Ikuto be serious"

"Okay okay, blue. And you?"

"Pink!" she said with a smile.

"Favorite food" he asked.

"Dango, you?"

"You" he said with a wink.

"Stop being perverted!" she yelled and Ikuto chuckled.

"taiyaki"

"Okay family?" she asked.

"I have a sister who's 15, a mom and my dad is missing" he said while looking away.

"Sorry for asking" she said looking sad.

"Don't be sad Sakura-koi" he said while giving her a soft smile. "So do you have any family" he asked and Sakura looked away from him.

"I um.. I don't have any family. My parents are dead" she said as tears started to pool in her eyes. Ikuto looked shocked, I never knew, he thought. He felt his heart pull when he saw the tears getting ready to fall. He quickly reached out to her face and whipped away the tears that started to fall with his thumb.

"Please don't cry, I don't like to see you like this" he said with concern. Sakura wiped her eyes with her arm sleeve and looked back at Ikuto. "I'm sorry, let's continue with the game" she smiled. Ikuto stared at her for a moment before nodding his head.

"Hobbies?" she asked.

"Looking at you" he said with a smirk. This time Sakura didn't get mad at him but just giggled. I love to see her smile, he thought. She stopped giggling and looked at him.

"Really, your hobbies?"

"Playing my violin, you?"

"Singing with my girls" she said with a smile.

"Your girls?" he asked.

"Yeah I'm in a group with my 4 best friends"

"Really? What are you girls called?"

"Paradise Lost"

"Hmm" he said while tapping the desk, "I might just have to look you up on YouTube"

"Please don't" she said panicking, "I don't want to hear your side comments about us tomorrow"

"Why? I might like you girls" he said with a smirk. Sakura blushed at that comment, "anyways I write the lyrics for my sisters songs" he said. Sakura looked at Ikuto with a surprised look, "your sister sings?" she asked.

"Yep" he replied. Maybe he and I can do a song together, she thought and blushed. All of a sudden the school bell rang and students went to go find their seats. Ikuto smiled at Sakura and turned in his seat to the front of the class. The teacher walked in and began the lesson for the day.