I'm so glad you all liked my story! I worked really hard on it, so it means alot to receive such praise~ Anywho, here is chapter 4!

Ikuto cringed as she said his name. He hadn't told her it yet, so how could she possibably know of it? And ontop of that, she'd found out that he ran away from home. He had to try and play it off. Yea, that could work.

"Ah...I don't know what your talking about " He said cooly.

"Liar! I saw it on the news!" She countered. He cringed again as his plan back fired.

Had he thought that his face would be all over the news, he would have simply killed his stalkers weeks ago. Now he probably had them and the police on his trail. Just great.

"Your dad is looking for you.." the girl mumbled and took a seat next to him on the bed. Ikuto's eyes widened as she said this.

So, that's the game there playing, huh? Guess i'll play too.

Ikuto sighed and ran his hand through his blue hair, careful of his cat ears. "It started about five weeks ago. My dad became an agressive alcoholic. He'd steal from me and my mom, leaving us with nothing. I'd let it go sometimes, but then things got worst. When I came home from school one day, I found my mom half beaten to death and him in some bed with some whore. I was so confused..I didn't know what to do. So, I ran away." He buried his head in his hands, fighting back tears.

He felt someone's arms wrap around him and there head lay on his shoulder. He looked up to see the pink haired girl, a frown on her face.

" I'm so sorry..." She asked. Ikuto sighed again and placed on of his hands on top of hers.

"Thanks, Pinky."

"Amu."

Ikuto looked at her. "Bless you."

The girl blinked and rolled her eyes. "No, my name. It's Amu."

"Ah, well then thank you, Amu."

Amu stared at Ikuto with a frown on her face. What had she just done?

"You've helped a sad soul!"

Amu's blinked. Um..Hello?

At that moment, she could have sworn she'd gone crazy. On her right shoulder was a small angel with blond hair wearing a pink dress with tiny angel wings on her back and a halo.

"Think about it..He has no where to go, doomed to roam the earth in misery. Yet, you risk your life to help him."

M-My life?

"Don't listen to her! She's an idiot! All he's gonna do is use you like the whore you are and throw you away!"

Amu turned her head, and sure enough, there was a small devil on her left shoulder. she had short black hair, a red two peice, and devil horns and wings.

"Noo! El, think about it. He shared such a tragic life story with us. What would Jesus do?"

Amu's eyes widened as the devil girl named El round house kicked the angel into the wall.

"Holy Shit!" She yelled, catching Ikuto's attention. He was looking at her like she was insane, and he didn't blame her. The angel and devil were gone, leaving her completely confused.

"You okay?" He asked, even though he looked to not really care. Amu nodded in response. "I'm going to bed." He mumbled and pulled the covers over his head. Within less than a minute, he was fully asleep, snoring loudy and rudely.

What have I done?

Utau tapped her fingers on the table in front of her. Already an hour had passed, and still no Amu.

"Where the hell is she?" Rima asked, picking up her cup of Sprite and taking a sip from the straw.

Yesterday, Rima and the others had planned on having a girl's day and going the mall . Unfortunatley, Yaya couldn't come because she was busy with ballet practice, so it would only be her, Amu, Nade, and Utau.

"Guys!" A tired voice yelled. Both the blondes turned their heads to see their pink haired friend running up to the table.

"You're late. " Rima growled, crossing her hands over her flat chest. Amu winced at the irritation in her friends voice.

"I sort of got distracted and-" Amu was cut of from her protesting as Utau stood. Soon she was joined by Rima, who still had her arms folded and was leaving the food court. "Wait, where's Nade?" Amu asked, trailing behind her friends.

Utau kept walking, not bothering to look back. "She said she'd meet up with us later."

The girls spent atleast an hour walking around the mall just for fun. Rima had suggested they go to the comic book store, but they quickly rejected it. Both Amu and Utau knew how their friend got when she read her gag. Sadly, the short blonde insisted on going, so she went without the two.

Amu sighed and stared at her friend. Sometimes, she was the most stubborn person in the world.

"Let's go already. I'm dying for a mud bath." Utau said, already heading towards the spa.

Amu sweatdropped and stared at her friend before going after her. Just for once, she wished that she would just wait.

Rima pouted and walked into the comic book store. None of her friends understood her passion for gag. Okay, so she admitted that she had a slight problem, but only when people made fun of such priceless jokes.

After searching and searching, she just couldn't find anything that fit her taste. Almost everything that was in the store, she'd read already. She was just about ready to give up when something caught her eye. There, sitting on the new release rack, was the new edition of [Insert name here]. Rima's jaw dropped, and within a flash, she was over at the counter with the comic in her hand.

"How much?" She said, slamming the comic on the counter and practically foaming from the mouth. The cashier trembled, afraid of the crazy blonde.

"T-T-Thirty dollars!" He mumbled and stepped back, lifting his hand to shield himself.

Rima bit down on her lip. She didn't have that kind of money on her right now, and she was sure if she came back tomorow, then the comic would be gone.

" I'll pay for it. " A familiar, sweet voice said. A pair of hands slid thirty dollars on the counter and gently took the comment. Rima's eyes widened as she turned to see her friend Nade standing behind her with a warm smile on her face.

"Nade. When did you..?" The blonde asked, not bothering to finish the sentence. Instead of answering, Nade gently took Rima's hand and walked out of the store with the paid for comic. The cashier stared in confusion, his arms still up defensively.

"C-Come again soon..."

Amu sighed and slid into the mud. Strangely, it was relaxing.

"This is just what I need." She mummered, earning and agreed nod from Utau, who was on the side of her. They sat in silence for a few moments before Utau finally spoke up.

"Hey, i've been meaning to ask; What's up with that hickey on your neck?"

Amu's eyes widened. She had completely forgot about that!

~Flash Back~

"Hai! I'll be there in a few minutes." Amu stated as she shut her cell phone. She was supposed to meet up with the girls within less than an hour.

"Eh..why are you talking so loudly?" Ikuto growled lowly, irritated from being woken up. Amu rolled her eyes, pulling an outfit out of her closet and setting it on her bed, trying to avoid Ikuto's body parts.

" I'm not. Besides, it's 3:30pm. You've been sleeping almost all day."

Ikuto sat up and scratched his cat ear free head. "I would have been up by now if you hadn't kept me up with your snoring..."

Amu blushed and glared at him. "My snoring? Did you hear yourself last night?"

She would have hit him with more insults had he not pulled her on the bed so roughly. Within the blink of an eye, he was already on top of her.

"Your always so mean to me. Why?" He asked, kissing her on her neck sweetly. "Is it because I accidently kicked you out of the bed last night? Or is it because you have feelings for me?" He smirked and started sucking on the left side of her neck.

" I-Ikuto..that hurts..!" She mumbled, trying weakly to shove the boy off, only to no avail. "I have to be somewhere..in.." She trailed off.

Once again, he'd won.

~End Of Flashback~

" Well?" Utau waited for her friends response.

Damn! What do I say? Uh..

" It's not a hickey! It's..um..a-a bruise!" She quickly made up th excuse. Utau's eyebrow shot up. " That's right! I fell out of bed this morning."

" Hell of a fall.." her friend commented, obviously not buying it. She decided to let it go though. There was a long pause before she spoke up again. "You know, Amu. Even though I may not seem like it, I really do care about you. We may not be the happiest of friends, but I want you to know that..you can tell me anything."

Amu looked over at her friend, a bit startled. Utau was never this nice, and if she was, she was usually joking. Yet, the pained look on her face said otherwise.

"Utau.." Amu mumbled. She smiled at her friend, her returned it. Somehow, the whole conversation made her feel bad, so she decided to remain quiet for a while, until the tension was gone.

" So, where are the others? " Nade asked as she sat next to Rima on the bench located by the fountain.

" They went off to the spa." She quickly answered, taking a bite of her chocolate chip cookie that Nade had bought her. " Fhey dishn't wamp to hwap." She said, her mouth full.

Nade fought back a giggle and stared at her friend, admiring her ever so. "You have a crumb on your face." she said, referring to the crumb on the side of her lip.

Before Rima could do anything, Nade had gently lifted her chin up and whiped it away with a napkin. For some reason, Rima couldn't stop herself from blushing. The only time they'd ever been this close was when Nade had offered to put on Rima's make up, and even then her face wasn't this red.

"There..we..go!" Nade said happily, letting go of the girl and smiling ever so brightly. Rima stared at her blankly. "Well then, what shall we do? How about shopping?" Nade stood and stretched.

"Ah..s-sure!" Rima stuttered and stood as well. The two went to a few of the clothes stores. Rima was (Forced) talked into trying on a bunch of clothes, which made her slightly uncomfortable.

"Hey, Rima! Try this one on!" Nade commanded, giving her friend an outfit. Rima could have died right there.

" B-But, that's..!" Rima tried to protest, but Nade had pushed her into a dressing room already.

"Don't come out until you're fully dressed!" She said, taking a seat one of the chairs outside the door. She waited for a few minutes before the door finally opened. Nade's face quickly heated up.

Standing in the door way looking embarrassed was Rima, dressed in a two peice pink bikini that had a ruffled top and skirt. On any other girl, this would look a bit childish, but on Rima, it fit her perfectly.

" W-Well?" Rima asked, standing straight up. Nade smiled and stood.

"Rima..you look beautiful. Now here, try this one on!" she ordered, giving her a bunch of outfits.

After Rima had tried on almost half the store, they had both decided to take a break and relax at the food court. The conversation started off talking about clothes and boys, but then one subject came up that made Rima want to scream.

"So, how do you feel about my brother then?" Nade asked, sliding the straw from her smoothie up and down, making squeeky noises.

Rima rolled her eyes. "What about him? He's annoying, and I hate his guts."

" Um..don't you think that's kind of harsh, Rima? " Nade asked, sweatdropping.

" No! He's a jerk and a pervert! You guys are so rich, yet unlike you, he goes around just handing it out like it's candy. And he's so nice to all those girls, even though they're all madly in love with him. It makes me sick!" Rima yelled, a bit to loudly, causing attention.

Nade sighed and stoped playing with her straw. "Maybe, Rima, he's just a little too nice with his money, as well as with the women. I think I speak for him when I say that he dosen't know how to say no, especially to you, Rima " She said, causing the blonde to turn red. " He admires you alot, yet he dosen't know how to tell you. So, that explains him going to the trouble of buying you nice things and acting extremely kind to you. You're a challenge, unlike most girls who just throw themselves at him."

Rima looked down and frowned. " But.., Utau's a challenge! As well as Amu! Why me?" She asked, standing up a bit too quickly and knocking her chair over. There was a long silence between the two before Nade stood.

" Let's go find the others, shall we?" Nade said cheerfully, skipping off towards the spa. Rima stared at her friend with confusion.

What..just happened?

Nade waved to her friends before getting into the limo. After her conversation with Rima started to get emotional, she decided to end it as quick as possible. She didn't want to see someone that she cared so much about getting upset.

The personal limo driver looked into the rear-view mirror, staring at Nade. "Ah, Master Nagi, did you enjoy yourself? Your sister sends her best regards." the elderly man said, starting up the car and driving off. Nade, or Nagi rather, smiled and took his hair out of it's high ponytail.

After once again being shot down by his crush, he started to go into a state of depression. Nade couldn't bare to see him acting in such a way, so she decided to switch for a day, meaning he would be able to spend time with Rima all day.

Even though he didn't consider it an ideal date, it still had been fun.

Amu sighed and pulled into her driveway. After the talk with Utau, things had gotten kind of akward. She couldn't tell her about Ikuto because of the fact that people were actually on the look out for him. She knew Utau wouldn't tell, but what would she think of her?

Ugh, stupid neko. Come to think of it, he never told me how he became a cat..

Amu dwelled over the fact as she opened the front door. As soon as she did, she felt all the air being sucked out of her lungs.

Standing at the doorway was her mother and father, both looking very pissed. Ami sat on the staircase, kicking her feet innocently.

"Amu Hinamori!" Her mother began with a terrifying tone in her voice. "You're grounded for life!"

Busted..

Yay! Another chapter is done! Hope you enjoyed the slight RimaxNagi moment! Until my next chapter, R&R!