Heather: Yo. :D
Ikuto: Yo. :3
Amu: Yo. :p
Heather: Hey, Heather here! I'm trying to make up for not updating for two weeks. How am I doing so far? :)
Ikuto: Shitty...
Amu: Meh...
Heather: Am I that horrible?
Amu & Ikuto: Yes.
Heather:... Eh, idgaf. So. Guess what I'm in love with?
Ikuto: Yo face?
Amu: No, silly! It's ONE DIRECTION!
Directioner... Ahem... I mean Heather: Aw, yeah! ^.^ They're almost as sexy as Ikuto.
Ikuto: HA! Almost! IKUTO FTW!
Amu: And back on earth... Heather does not own me and Ikuto or Shugo Chara.
Heather: this chapter was written to One Thing by One Direction. ^.^


Chapter 4: The Royal Garden


Lets try... Amu's POV! FTW!


"I see you."

My breath caught in my throat at that simple sentence. I quickly whipped my head around the room, looking for the culprit, my heart in my throat.

"I see you..." He continued to say, scaring the crap out of me as I continued to look. Then I looked out the window, and saw a dark face with midnight blue eyes looking through the window. This was the second floor for crying out loud!
I let out a small scream as my phone fell out of my hand onto the floor as I fell onto my behind. The figure under the blanket on the other bed shifted at my scream, but stayed under the blanket. When I calmed down, I looked out the window and tried to see who it was.

"...!" I figured it out! I stood up angrily and walked over to the window, throwing it open. "Goddamn you, Ikuto! What the hell is wrong with you?!" I screamed, my face red with rage.

He was sitting on a tree branch that was right outside the window, smirking. " Ah, Amu, what a way to greet me. I thought we were friends..." His voice quieted as he looked down, his voice cracking at the end. My eyes widened in shock.

"I-Ikuto! I-I'm sorry... We are friends..." I felt guilty, and I was in regret. Then all of a sudden, Ikuto looked up, his eyes brightening a a slow smile spread across his face.

"Really?" He shuffled closer to me until he was right outside my window.

"Y-yeah!" I felt my face grow hot. Then, suddenly, his signature smirk took its rightful place on Ikuto's face as he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me out the window into his arms. We were high up, I realized as my heart started beating erratically. (A/N: Heather: Ikuto was just pretending so he could grab Amu. He wasn't actually upset.)

"I-Ikuto..! This is dangerous! What if I fall?!" I said as I started to panic.

"Relax Amu. Do you really think I would let you fall?" Ikuto shook his head in disbelief.

"Yes, yes I do-!" All of a sudden, Ikuto jumped off of the tree, with me in his arms bridal style and my hair flying above me. I screamed an ear-piercing scream. We soon met the ground, Ikuto landing on his feet gracefully as I basically started to hyperventilate.

(Out of Amu's POV, back to 3rd person POV)

Amu's fast breathing soon ceased, as her anger surfaced again.

"What the hell are you thinking?! We could've died, you ignorant idiot!" Amu squirmed in Ikuto's arms as she yelled. Ikuto chuckled.

"Oh, Amu-koi, you're so cute when your mad at me." Ikuto teased Amu, which made her face turn red.

"D-don't call me th-that!" Amu flailed embarrassedly.

"Amu, calm down."

"And why are you here, anyway?!"

"Hm. I go to school here. Don't you recognize my uniform?" Now that Amu noticed it, it was similar to hers, and he had a chain on his pants that had a dangling heart and the S And A was the male version of her necklace. He looked stunningly gorgeous, not that Amu would ever tell him that.

"Can you let me down, now?" Amu asked, blushing.

"Nope." Ikuto popped the P as he started walking again.

"Ikuto! Let me down!" Amu whined.

"No. I want to show you something." Ikuto said as he continued to walk forward. Amu sighed and ceased her struggle, staring at the trees in the deserted campus. Ikuto carried her with ease.

Soon, they reached a large foggy glass greet house, with the words 'Royal Garden' above the glass doors. Ikuto opened the doors with a silver key that had four heart crystals in the design of a four leaf clover, then brought Amu inside and locked the door again. He put Amu down on a plush midnight blue couch and sat down next to her.

"Wh-what is this place?" Amu said in awe as she looked around.

"My sanctuary." Ikuto said.

"Your sanctuary?" Amu questioned.

"Yeah. I take care of all these flowers." Ikuto smiled fondly.

"Really? That's amazing!" Amu smiled as she stood up and started to look at all the flowers. She stopped at a reddish pink one.

"This is my favorite." Ikuto suddenly breathed in Amu's ear, making her blush and jump.

"Wh-why?" Amu said all breathy.

"Because its the color of your face when you blush that cute blush of yours." Ikuto wrapped his arms around Amu as he nipped her ear, making her shiver.

"I-Ikuto..." Amu said as she involuntarily leaned into Ikuto's arms when he started kissing her neck.

"..." Ikuto whispered something that Amu couldn't hear.

"W-what?" She asked, her eyes closed.

"Perverted kid..." Ikuto said louder as Amu felt Ikuto grin into her neck. Amu's eyes shot open as she jerked away from Ikuto and whipped around.

"I-I-I am n-not p-p-perverted!" Amu yelled as her face turned the color of the flower Ikuto liked so much, making him grin. Ikuto wrapped his arms around Amu again, making Amu jump.

"L-let me go!" Amu yelled, embarrassed.

"No." He said simply. Amu sighed in defeat as she rolled her eyes. She looked at her watch on her right wrist absentmindedly, and it read 7:30. Amu gasped as she remembered something.

My meeting with the headmaster! She thought in alarm.

"Ikuto, I have to go!" Amu said quickly and urgently. Ikuto raised an eyebrow as Amu started struggle.

"I don't want to..."

"Ikuto, I have a meeting with the headmaster in fifteen minutes!" Amu flailed. Ikuto sighed, then reluctantly let her go. Then Amu started to leave.

"Wait." Ikuto said as he dug in his pocket for something, making Amu pause and turn around.

"What?"

"Here." Ikuto held out his hand, a duplicate of his key but on a silver chain resting in his palm. Amu timidly reached out and picked it up, studying it.

"Wh-What's this for?" Amu said, looking from the key to Ikuto.

"If you ever need a place to be alone and think, this can become your sanctuary also." Ikuto shrugged.

"Are you sure you want me to come in here whenever?" Amu asked, troubled.

"Of course. My sanctuary is yours now." Ikuto smiled, a real one, not his usual smirk. Amu smiled back.

"Thank you." Amu turned around again, but paused at the sound of Ikuto's voice.

"Will you... Meet me here after school?" Amu turned around as she shyly smiled and nodded, then left again, slipping the key necklace on, leaving the greenhouse.

~Outside the headmaster's office, 7:43 am~

Amu steeled her nerves as she stood outside the headmaster's office, checking the time on her android. She was glad she wasn't late, because she had to get her phone off of the floor of her room just in case anybody saw it and took it. She knocked on the doors.

"Who is it?" A deep yet kind voice called from inside the room.

"Hinamori Amu." She replied.

"Oh, Hinamori-San, please come in." Amu opened the doors, closed them again, then went to stand in front of the head master's desk, then she bowed. "Please, have a seat." Amu sat down in one of the chairs, but when she looked up she gasped in surprise.

"Aruto Tsukiyomi, the the famous ex-violinist?!"


Heather: DUN DUN DUN!
Ikuto: are you retarded?
Amu: are you alright, Heather?
Heather: who woulda thought Ikuto's father would be the headmaster?
Amu: not me.
Ikuto: I don't care.
Heather: so, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it took me a long time. Amu, do your thang!
Amu: okay.. Ahem... Love it? Hate it? Either way, review and rate it!
Heather: Ja Ne for now!