A/N: Okay, okay, I know I haven't updated for almost a month? I was working on my new story: 'A Love War Against My Own Brother'. And thanks for those who reviewed chapter 3: I love it, potxlover_amuxikutoxlover_011, purplefetish19 and amuxikuto95, for Chapter 2: kouhaixsempai, Himeka Tsukiyomi, Ikutoluver995, Love it, Miles, Akajima, ikuto_amu4ever!!!, eu., AmutoxIkuto and yuki, for Chapter 1: All I Want 4 My Bday Is Ikuto, kimmy, Himeka Tsukiyomi, kouhaixsempai, tenshi, and I love it. Anyway, here's the Chapter 4, and sorry if it's short, I'm planning to update my other stories. Hope you don't mind.

Ikuto: We DO mind! tsk, tsk. Not updating earlier. As expected of the lazy rowi-chan!

Amu: She was working on a new story, you idiot!

Rowi-chan: Thanks, Amu-chan.

Ikuto: Whatever, that's no excuse for not writing on this chapter!

Rowi-chan: I'll handle this, Amu-chan. *Amu has flames in the background, calms down* Ikuto?

Ikuto: What is it, lazy girl?

Rowi-chan: *flames coming out from the background as well* Keep saying, 'lazy' and I'll turn this story into a TADAMU!!!

Ikuto: *scoffs* You can't do that!

Rowi-chan: WATCH ME! *typing something on the keyboard, clakity clakity clack! enter!* There! a TADAMU! mwuahahaha!

Ikuto: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You're such a ..

Rowi-chan: Want more? Next is KUKAMU!

Rowi-chan and Amu: *laughing evilly! LOL!* Let's click 'ENTER!'

Ikuto: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ok, OK! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Rowi-chan: Alright, be thankful that I'm in a hurry, I need to type the next chapter of 'A Love Was Against My Own Brother' soon!

Ikuto: Sure, sure! If I remember correctly, it's my turn to date Amu! I get to go to the movies with her. You better make me a pervert!

Amu: Ikuto! Don't do it, Rowi-chan!

Rowi-chan: I might.. Anyway, do the disclamer!

Ikuto: I'll do it since I'm in a good mood today! Rowi-chan doesn't own Shugo Chara or any of it's characters.

Chapter 3: Love Is A Challenge

QUOTATION: "All I want is you."by: amuxikuto95.

(A/N: First of all, i want to thank everyone, who reviewed my last chapter and 'amuxikuto95', for giving me a quote. It gave me an idea so, I'm gonna use it in my story.)

SUMMARY: Ikuto and Amu both live in a huge mansion. They never get along because Ikuto always teases Amu. Amu always find a way to get even with Ikuto. So, she always challenges Ikuto to a challenge, to see who will win. Sadly, Ikuto always win and calls Amu, "Miss Rank 2". Amu gets mad everytime he says that to her. One day, Amu's parents entrusted their daughter to stay in their mansion because they were getting ready for their next concert, together with Ikuto's parents, at England. (A/N: Amu's parents and Ikuto's parents were both a duet singer, they're called, 'Love Duets' and they have a concert coming soon in America, they have to leave Amu with Ikuto, and take care of her for them. Utau's coming as well with her parents as well.) They will be gone for the next 3 weeks and needs Amu to stay behind and take care of the mansion together with Ikuto. This is where the story starts!

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HINAMORI AMU: 16 years old.

TSUKIYOMI IKUTO: 21 years old.

NORMAL POV

"You'll be staying here for the whole summer, ok? Ami is coming with us at America. Ikuto, on the other hand will take care of you while we're away. We trust him so much and we know his parents very well." Midori Hinamori, Amu's mother explained.

"Yes mother. Looks like I have no choice." Amu looked up to Ikuto, who was standing near the door. He was smirking, as usual. Amu sighed in frustration and depression. She really has no choice.

"Ikuto, take care of Amu for us, make sure you protect her from harm, help her when she's in need and .. just take care of her, for us, will you?" Amu's father, Tsumugu Hinamori, asked sweetly, not wanting to let go Amu's hand.

Ikuto's smirk turned into a smile and he happily said, "I understand, sure uncle. Have a safe trip with my parents. They said that they're already at the airport waiting for you guys. They also told me to let you know that your flight is at 10pm sharp. It's already-"

"9:49?! We've got to hurry papa! Ikuto, I'll leave Amu to you now, Ikuto-kun." Amu turned her eyes on Ikuto, who was smirking at her, and Amu gave an glare only at him. "Make sure to take care of her, Amu, call me when something happens. Papa, hurry up, let's go, we'll be late." Tsumugu said.

"Yes, auntie, I'll take good care of her." Ikuto replied with a bored look on his face. Probably waiting for Amu's parents to leave and have Amu all to herself.

"Ok, we'll leave for now. Goodbye Amu-chan." Amu's mother said, while waving at her.

AMU'S POV

"Bye.." I waved to them, then I stared at Ikuto, who was happily smirking at me. That means trouble, or.. worse.

"Ikuto?" He never removed his stare from my golden hazel-ed eyes. I was blushing a bit because he was so cute and not to mention hot.

Have I ever told you we met? Yeah, we're new here and guess who's house we stayed and lived at.

Yup, you guessed him. Tsukiyomi Ikuto.

I never get the chance to win in all my and his challenges since he was always winning and often calls me, "Miss Rank 2!" Because even at school, he's always the number 1! (A/N: Does that part ring a bell, readers? Haha. From Special A, Takishima Kei and Hanazono Hikari. LOL! Love that couple! _)

.~`FLASHBACK`~.

AMU'S POV

3 year ago..

Almost Christmas Time, December 23

"Wake up, Amu-chan. We're already here at our new house." I woke up once I heard my mom waking me up. I guess I fell asleep. I woke up, yawning and stretching my arms and legs.

I saw the house, it was huge! It looks like a mansion. It has different colors like the rainbow and it's neat and clean. It's really a pretty beautiful house. It's a good thing we're staying here. But, I wonder if I'll make lots of friends. I miss my old friends and old neighbors back home.

No, no, no! I must think positive! I'll make some friends here. It's just a matter of time, that's all. I looked at our house again. Then, I saw a guy with dark-blue hair and midnight purple eyes near the window. He was so cute and he's staring at me! I think I'm blushing! Wait, was he... smirking at me??? Huh?

"Amu-chan? Is there something wrong? Oh, by the way, this is going to be our new house. The Tsukiyomis are the owners of this mansion, and since we know them very well, we've decided to share the mansion, since it was huge and all. And, they said that they don't really mind. They were so happy because their children can have a friend. They have 2 children named, Tsukiyomi Ikuto and Tsukiyomi Utau. Their parents were our classmates when we were in college. Right papa?" Papa nodded in agreement. "Let's go in, Amu-chan."

I entered the huge mansion with both of my parents. We rang the doorbell, and heard somebody coming to open the door, I prepared myself. fixed my outfit, and my hair. I cleared my throat and stood properly. This was the first time I've met the rich Tsukiyomis.

The door was opened by a young man, the one I saw at the window staring and smirking at me. He opened the door with utmost respect and told us to come in.

"I am Tsukiyomi Ikuto, son of Tsukiyomi Aruto and Tsukiyomi Souko. You must be the Hinamoris. Pleasure to meet you."

"I'm sure you know us, so, we'll introduce you to our daughter. Her name is.."

"Mom, I can talk, you know?! Hinamori Amu. Nice to meet you." I told him and he glared. This time, I smirked.

"Me too. I shall get my parents. Please wait here." Ikuto said, ignoring my smirk.

"Where else would we go?" I shot back at him. He then walked away.

"Amu-chan! Show some respect!" Mom whispered to me in an angry way. "Oh yeah, I forgot, sorry." was all I said.

Ikuto's parents came in. My parents and Tsukiyomi's parents chatted while me and Ikuto were quiet and bored.

"Oh, Amu-chan, talk to Ikuto-kun for a while. Get to know each other." Papa told me.

"You too, Ikuto." Aruto said, while taking a sip of his drink. Souko and my mom were happily chatting, remembering how they met each other.

Amu walked over to Ikuto. Ikuto, with a bored look on his face, stood up and walked towards me!

He stopped, and never let his eyes out of mines. I feel, weird. What's this? My heart's starting to beat faster than before.

His smirk got wider. "Want me to tour you to our home, Amu?" Did he just ask me nicely? For a tour around this huge mansion?

And did he just emphasize my name?! Weird guy. He's the weirdest guy I've ever met. "Sure." was my genius answer.

Ikuto grabbed my hand and gave me a tour. The mansion was just so big and awesome! No words can express the beauty and cleanliness of it.

Ikuto stopped his tracks at the middle of the hall.

"What's wrong, Ikuto?" His face seems to be in daze. Was he thinking of something deep?

"Amu, call me Ikuto-kun from now on." He said, facing me directly, causing me to blush a bit.

"That's not fair. W-Why do I have to call you Ikuto-kun when I can just call you Ikuto?!" I yelled.

No response. Then, he smirked, again.

"To be fair, why don't we have a challenge?"

"A challenge?! Bring it on! Ooops!" I covered my mouth in shock. His smirk got wider. Everytime I heard the word, 'challenge', I never back away from it.

"I-I mean, no. I can't."

"But you already said bring it on, meaning yes, right? That's fair, right?" He said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"R-Right. Sorry. What is your challenge?!" I angrily asked him.

"You still remember where the garden is, right? Let's have a race from this hall to the garden. The one who wins gets to have a request, dare or even command to the loser."

"No fair! You live here! You'll probably know tons of shortcuts and stuff."

"Aren't you wondering why this mansion is so clean and neat? Because it's brand new. We just moved here from Tokyo about a week ago. So, how could I know shortcuts when we just got here?"

"Oh." was all I said.

"And, there are no rules by the way."

"Really?! No rules? Sure! Bring it on."

"3, 2, 1, GO!"

NORMAL POV

Amu and Ikuto ran as fast as they could towards the finish line. Bud, in the end, Amu lost, by 2 seconds.

IKUTO'S POV

I smirked in victory. "You're not bad, Amu. But I guess I won. You know what the punishment is, right?"

"Yes. I do. Hurry up and say it." She angrily said.

"I want you to call me 'Ikuto-kun' everyday instead of Ikuto only. If I didn't hear my name without a '-kun' on it, you will sleep in my room every night."

"W-What?! Are you stupid?! No way, you pervert! Change it!" She yelled to me. My smirk grew wider.

"No. You should be glad it's not, 'Ikuto-sama' or even, 'Ikuto-koi'! Right?"

"O-Ok, I-kuto-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-kun."

I laughed hard. Was she nervous about the '-kun' part?

"Oooh! i am so mad right now! Next time, I will personally challenge you, Ikuto!"

"Sure, anytime, anywhere, Miss Rank 2!" I proudly said.

Amu's mouth dropped. She's probably mad at me right now. Hinamori Amu, huh? She's funny and fun to tease with. I like her. She's different from Utau, who's totally obsessed with me.

"Amu?"

"What?!" She yelled at me.

"I'll make you mine."

"W-Wha?"

"You heard me, I'll make you mine, forever. I'll make you fall in love with me. Just you wait and see."

.~`END OF FLASHBACK`~.

AMU'S POV

"Aaaaah.. it sure is quiet here. Especially when it's just the two of us... at night!" Ikuto said.

"S-S-So?! I don't care if it's dark and quiet! I don't care. It's not like I'm afraid of the dark and ghosts and such! I mean, I'm 16 for crying out loud! Why would I be afraid of something silly like that?! Only babies are scared of the dark and ghosts! Plus, I'm also not scared when I'll sleep later, even though I'm all alone- huh?"

Ikuto was laughing hard. "W-What is it?!" I asked, while blushing.

"You're really something, Amu!" Then, his face turned serious and looked into my eyes and said, "That's why I'm going to make you mine. In other words, fall in love with me, Amu."

"That again! I already told you, I only think of you as a rival! NOT as a lover. Anyway, I'm going to sleep. Goodnight."

"Wait, I thought you said that you were scared of the dark, ghosts. Why not sleep in my room? Let's snuggle together, Amu."

"A-A-As if, you pervert! No way! Never!"

"Suit yourself! I know you'll come back to me anyway. Begging for me to forgive you and let you sleep in my king-sized bed, waiting to be hugged by me and also snuggled."

I sighed in defeat. "Fine, you win. I'll sleep at your room. But I am not begging you pervert! And when I sleep in your king-sized bed, follow my rules."

"Why your rules? It's my bed, so it's my rules. Got it, Amu?"

I want to scream as loud as I can. I want to pinch myself to make sure that this is just a dream, no, a nightmare. Sadly, it's reality. Is life really this hard?! Why can't he just let me sleep in his room without doing or saying any perverted on me?!

"Okay, Ikuto-kun. But not anything perverted. Okay?"

"We'll see. Face it, Amu-koi, you can't bear all my perverted actions and such."

Then, an idea popped onto my mind.

Challenge. Yeah, that's the word. "How about a challenge then, Ikuto-kun?"

"Sure, Miss rank 2! What is your challenge?"

"If I can bear all your pervertedness actions and sayings, I will sleep with you on your room for a whole year."

"Sounds interesting, what if you lose and I win?"

"I'll do whatever you want me to do."

"Sure, miss rank 2!"

"Don't call me that pervert!"

"Cute miss rank 2"

"Idiot pervert!"

"Beautiful miss rank 2"

"Stupid pervert!!"

"Miss Amu-koi rank 2"

"Stupid! Idiot! Pervert!!!! I've had enough! I'm sleeping!"

"Sure, rank 2"

"Ikuto! You can be a jerk and a pervert sometimes, you know?!"

"Aren't you glad I'm your pervert, Amu?" He said, carrying me, bridal-style.

"S-Stop it, pervert! Put me down!"

"Nuh-uh! I'm going to carry you all the way to our room, Amu-koi."

"S-Stop saying weird things and put me down! Stupid Ikuto!"

"I can't Amu! Remember that swear I told you 3 years ago? That I'll make you fall in love with me. I'll make you all mine, Amu. And I guess it's already working since your blushing like crazy right now!"

He's right, I was blushing! I can't believe it! No! I can't be blushing! He's just making fun of me! Right? Do I really like him? Yeah, I do, as a rival, but not as a lover, or do I? I let out a loud groan. Ikuto smirked. I knew what's going to happen.

"Let's go, Amu-koi. Our room is waiting."

Oh no! I'm blushing again! Stupid blush! Be gone! Be gone, I tell you! Be-"We're here, Amu-koi."

He did it. He carried me all the way to our, uh I mean his room even though I was escaping from him. He's really strong.

Wait a minute, the challenge! He probably forgot about it. This is my chance! "Ikuto-kun, about the challenge, I-"

"Oh yeah, the challenge starts now."

"So, Amu-koi, what do you want to do now that you're in our room?"

Bear it, come on bear it, bear it! I can do this! I can't lose again!

"I want to sleep, Ikuto-koi."

"Oh, so you're finally playing along with me, huh? Let's see how long you'll last, Amu-koi."

He finally let go of me, and I walked, going to the king-sized bed. But he grabbed my shoulders and pushed me on the wall with all his force, causing me to groan in pain and to gasp at his actions.

"Ouch! I-Ikuto-kun! What are you doing?!" No reply. He was just staring at me.

What have I done? This is all because of that stupid challenge! I wish I didn't- Wait, that means I'm just giving up. No! I'll never back down from a challenge! So, I'll play along.

"Iku-mmmm!" I was kissed by him! What in the world is going on with Ikuto-kun?! I tried to pull away, but I remembered that I should play along. Here goes nothing. He was also surprised by my actions of me kissing him back.

He then pulled away, and looked at me with a serious look on his face, then it turned into a smirk. "Was my kiss that good that it made Amu-koi kiss back and fall for me and become mine?"

"Yup" was all I said. I'm getting goosebumps from all of this pretending stuff.

"Really? Want more?" He asked, as he held my chin up, so I can look at him properly because I was looking on the floor.

"No, save some for the cuddling later, Ikuto-koi. And I still have to change into my pajamas."I said, looking at him with a pout on his face.

But, he smiled anyway, and said, "Sure, Amu-koi, I'll be waiting."

After I finished dressing up my PJs, I lied down on the bed, waiting for Ikuto. Different thoughts came into my head. Nervousness and such.

I wonder what will Ikuto do to me while I'm sleeping?

I hope it's not something perverted. Ikuto finally finished dressing up and saw me lying on the bed, staring at him, with a light tint of blush on my face. He smirked. My heart started to beat faster. "Those PJ's look cute on you, Amu-koi."

I blushed at his comment. "T-Thanks, Ikuto-koi."

Ikuto went to the king-sized bed and slept beside me, hugging me tight and burried his face on my hair.

I playfully brushed his midnight-blue, soft and smooth hair, he seems to like it, so I continued.

I was surprised he didn't do anything perverted, just a tight hug, that's all. "Goodnight, Amu-koi, I love you." He said with a serious tone. I blushed at what I had heard.

I can't believe it. He actually confessed to me!

Nah, he's probably just teasing me again, but still, it was a serious tone.

Before I could ask if he really was serious or he's just teasing me, he was fast asleep. Leaving me with zillion questions, and weird toughts came running through my head.

His face was actually so cute when he was asleep. He was saying something in his sleep.

"Amu-koi.... you're.... all.... mine.... Nobody....can....have....you....other....than....me....All....I....want....is....you, my.... Amu....-koi."

"I-Ikuto-kun..." I guess he really loves me. I'm so stupid not to believe him. Guess he won the challenge, I fell in love with him.

I smiled and whispered into his ears. "You finally got your wish, Ikuto-koi, because, I'm all yours, and your my perverted-cat boyfriend."

I was startled when Ikkuto opened his eyes and smirked at me, "You mean that, Amu-koi?"

"I-I-I-I-IKUTO-KOI?!!!!! You were awake all this time?!"

Ikuto smirked, which caused me to blush harder. "You're used to saying the word, '-koi' now huh? Yes, I was awake. I was only pretending to sleep and by the way, the sleeptalk as real. I meant every single word of it, Amu-koi."

"Ikuto-koi... Really? You meant every word?"

"Yeah, I'm not teasing you this time, Amu-koi, I really was confessing to you. I love you, Amu-koi."

"I-Ikuto-koi, I l-l-love you too."

They both slept in each others' arms.

Rowi-chan: DONE! FINALLY! This one got LONGER! I promised at the introduction that it was supposed to be a short fanfic, but as I typed, it got longer! _

Ikuto: I LOVE this story, Rowi-chan!

Amu: I HATE it!

Ikuto: Yeah right, Amu-koi, I can read you like a book! Deep down inside you really love it, right? *smirks at Amu, Amu blushes.*

Amu: Oooooh! Ok ok! I loved it! Rowi-chan, can I do the disclaimer now? *ignoring Ikuto's hug*

Rowi-chan: Sure.

Amu: Thank you for reading Rowi-chan's Chapter 3: Love Is A Challenge. And please DON'T FORGET to REVIEW!

Rowi-chan: Thank You, Amu! *ignoring Ikuto as well*

PLEASE click this button to REVIEW! Thank You! *.

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