So, um, since it's summer vacation and I have no social life, I'm going to update again! Whoot Whoot!

And I just LOOOOVVVEEE seeing all of those lovely reviews! Apparently I'm not that bad at this writing stuff... You're reviews have helped though! I was looking back at my other chapters because one of you pointed out something. GAAAHHH! There are So. Many. Typos!

This chapter may lack quality because I am watching Dory speak whale as I write this so I am majorly distracted... ^^; P.S. I think they kinda went OOC...

Disclaimer: Those dang Peach-Pit guys! Just give me Shugo Chara! Already!

"Good job Nadeshiko! You have really been improving lately!" my mother praised me as I finished my routine. She headed off to the kitchen to get a bottle of water.

"Don't. Call. Me. Nadeshiko," I hissed under my breath as she walked away. No way was I letting my mom hear that. She would have murdered me.

"Yo man! Going by a chick's name is not cool!" Rhythm told me. However, he is made irrelevant. I did happen to agree, though. The other part was true though. Not to sound snarky or anything, but my dancing had gotten even better than it usually was; and that's saying something.

Although that kinda scared me because that meant I was becoming more feminine. Or I had gotten better at acting. Let's go with the second option.

"She is right Nagihiko! You really are opening up your petals and letting your inner flower shine through!" Temari chimed happily. Um, yeah... Whatever that meant. Honestly, she could be as vague as Dia sometimes. And I would know. Whenever I went on a date with Amu, Dia was over there spewing nonsense about our 'inner radiance being blocked' or something like that.

While I was being subtle about not understanding Temari, Rhythm wasn't. "What kinda crap are you spitting out now, Temari?" he sighed. That was when Temari got that evil glint in her eye and I heard the -ping!- of a character change.

"RHYTHM, YOU DAMN LITTLE RAT! GET OVER HERE SO I CAN WHIP YOUR-," I heard myself yell. Thankfully, I was cut off when a vase was knocked over and Temari snapped out of me.

Good thing too. That naginata could be dangerous sometimes.

"WHY ME?" I heard Rhythm sobbing. He floated out the door where his cries to the heavens could no longer be heard.

Ring Ring Ring

I looked down at my phone and glanced at the caller ID. Tadase. What could he want?

Hello? I asked.

Fujisaki-san! You need to get down to Utau-chan's place immediately! We need help with Ikuto nee-san!

Wait, What kind of-? I was cut off by Tadase hanging the phone up abruptly. Well that's odd. Tadase never hangs up the phone on someone. He's to...polite. I should probably get down there.

At Utau's

I knocked on the door and then stepped back. I waited for what seemed like hours until the door opened just a crack and I could see Kukai's eye peering out at me.

"State your name." I stared at him. Was he freaking kidding me?

"What?" I asked.

"I said state your name."

"Uh, Fujisaki Nagihiko?" I asked, uncertain of what was going on.

"Prove it."

"Excuse me?"

"I said prove it. How do I know that you're not just some Nagi impersonator who wants to get inside this house and...and...eat us or something!"

"Oh no! You've discovered my secret! I'm a cannibal!(snort) Kukai, are you high?" I demanded.

"Just prove it!" I glared at him

"Okay, first of all, why would I want to eat you? And second of all, just let me in!" I was getting seriously ticked.

"Not until you prove it!" Kukai nearly sang.

"Fine. In elementary school I forced you and Tadase into a school skirt over the Christmas holidays and I will gladly do it again unless you LET. ME. IN!" I roared.

"Ok!" Kukai squeaked. He opened the door and I stepped in, glaring at him the whole time. Seriously, I'm going to get him tested to see if he is mentally challenged or something.

"NAGIHIKO! WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?" Utau shouted. More like Utauzilla.

"Kukai was being an idiot," I muttered darkly.

"Oh."

"Utau, nothing's working. Oh, hey there crossdresser," I heard Rima's petite voice say.

"Nothing?" Utau asked, sounding exasperated.

"We can't get anything to work. We even tried slapping him." Okay, what was I missing here?

"Um, Utau-chan?" I interrupted.

"Oh! Sorry. Well, the thing is, I got Ikuto here but there's a small...problem," she explained.

"Well, what's the problem?" I asked curiously.

"The thing is, Ikuto can't remember anything," she told me.

"Woah, seriously? Nothing at all?"

"Well, he can remember basic things like his name and things he learned in school but he can't remember anything that happened or any of us. Yoru's depressed because Ikuto can't remember him either." I looked over and saw Yoru sitting on the window sill, his ears and tail drooping.

"Hey, guys, why don't you go over there and comfort him?" I asked Rhythm and Temari.

"Yeah! I'll make him jump to a better beat!" Rhythm cheered. Temari giggled behind her sleeve.

"As long as my kimono doesn't get dirty!" I sweat-dropped. Nice Temari.

They floated off and I edged closer to Ikuto.

"Oh! Nagi! Thank god you're here! Maybe you can help!" Amu exclaimed, throwing me a quick hug. Okay, this was starting to get weird. My heart wasn't acting like a spazz. It always spazzed out around Amu. I think I might have broken it.

"I don't really see how," I told her, chuckling weakly.

"Well you can at least try! Just talk to him about a memory or experience that he's had with you!" she told me.

"I guess..." I approached Ikuto and stood there awkwardly. I didn't really have any memories with him.

"So, um, Ikuto. Do you remember..." I trailed off. I had absolutely nothing.

"Guys! I can't think of anything! I don't really know him! Can I just leave and go to bed? I'm tired!" I whined at them, making a puppy dog expression. Rima twitched and smacked me on the head.

"Stupid crossdresser."

"Bed," Ikuto spoke suddenly. We all stared at him. "I remember something about a bed."

"What Ikuto? What?" Utau asked excitedly.

"I remember sleeping in a...bed with a girl. She had weird hair..." he trailed off.

"Okay, ew! I do not need to hear about that," Rima called out. I couldn't agree more. Seriously, he chose to remember that?

"Um, Ikuto nee-san, we don't need really need to hear about that," Tadase told him, looking highly uncomfortable. Apparently that wasn't going to stop Ikuto.

"Her hair," he mused. "It was kinda strange."

"Um, Yaya doesn't really want to know about this!" Yaya said really loudly.

'Her hair was pink!" Ikuto suddenly exclaimed. Dead silence. All of our heads immediately whipped to Amu. He said what now?

"Something you like to tell us Amu?" Utau asked in a deadly voice. I had the same exact thought running through my mind.

"N-no!" she squeaked. "It wasn't like that!"

"Sure, Amu-chi, sure," Yaya drew out the last sure, obviously implying the obvious. I simply looked at her, my eyebrow raised.

Then we heard the least likely sound in the room. Rima was snickering.

"Oh my god! Ha ha! He remembered that!" she giggled. Obviously, Rima was in on whatever had happened.

"Rima'll tell you! It wasn't like that!" Amu exclaimed desperately. We all turned to Rima who was now laughing uncontrollably.

"It sounded so wrong when he said it, too!" she laughed. She was laughing so hard that she was crying. It was unnerving, really. Rima usually appeared so heartless. Though, she did have a good appreciation for comedy.

We all turned back to Amu.

"Okay! When I was twelve Ikuto escaped from Easter and I let him stay over until he felt better because he was sick!" I breathed a sigh of relief. That was all it was. I guess my sigh was kinda loud though because Rima was looking at me strangely.

"He sure was," Kukai mumbled under his breath. I snickered.

"Kukai!"

"Sorry, sorry! The timing was too good!"

"Okay, ignoring Kukai. Well at least he remembers something!" Utau said brightly.

"Yeah, that's good!" Tadase exclaimed.

"Does that mean we can go home?" Rima asked.

"Yeah, I guess so. Tadase and I will work on it form here,"Utau told us.

We all dispersed.

"Well, that was strange!" I told Amu as we walked out the door.

"Yeah. I wonder why he can't remember anything?"

"They probably erased his memory," a small voice called out from behind us. Rima passed us before either one of us could say anything.

"Well okay then..." I trailed off.

"But who're they?" Amu wondered aloud.

"I'm not sure. I can do some research though," I told her. Way to sound nerdy Nagihiko.

"Yeah, I'll do some of that too," Amu said.

We started walking in silence. Things seemed kind of...awkward. I'm not sure how to explain it. It was probably because of stress or something. Yeah, that was it.

We eventually arrived at her door and I leaned in to kiss her goodnight. This kiss was different though. Usually, I just wanted to keep kissing Amu. I never wanted it to stop. Now, though, I found myself wishing it were over. Still, I tried to make myself enjoy it.

We parted and then I started walking home by myself. What was wrong with me? I wasn't reacting normally. Maybe I was getting sick. Then, because God (more like the author) wanted to torment me, I spotted a golden head bobbing up and down further down the street.

"Rima-chan!" I called out. She turned around, saw me, and kept right on walking.

"Hey don't be like that!" I said, a little miffed. I ran and caught up with her.

"Why didn't you stop?" I asked.

"Didn't want to," she said bluntly.

"That's not very nice," I told her. She turned and gave me a face that clearly said 'and I care why?'.

We walked in silence for a few minutes. This was different though. It wasn't like the awkward silence with Amu. It was more of a companionable silence. I was looking down at the ground when Rima suddenly tripped on a rather large rock.

Instinctively, I reached out and caught he with my arm. I stared down at her and then smirked.

"There's no need to trip yourself in order for me to hold you close," I told her.

She flushed bright red.

"That was not on purpose you pervert!" I laughed.

"Still falling back on the same old comment I see."

"Urgh! Stupid, annoying, crossdressing, purple-headed playboy!" she mumbled as she set herself right.

"Aw, Rima-chan! I'm touched that you have nicknames for me!"

"Will you shut up?"

"Nope!" I told her cheerfully

"Whatever. This is my house. Leave."

"Goodnight to you too, Rima-chan!" I called after her retreating figure.

"...jerk," I heard her mumble before she shut her front door. I laughed to myself as I set out for my house. When I got there, I found my mom sitting on the couch and reading a book.

'Hey mom," I told her.

"Hello Nagihiko." I went to my room and shut the door. When I was finally lying in my bed, I noticed something.

Rhythm and Temari were missing.

Oh whatever. I would just get them in the morning...

Hey guys! You likey? I have a feeling some of them were OOC but I don't really care. I'm far too lazy to fix it...

I got an iPod touch! I'm so happy! Except for that dang auto correct... Why can't I misspell my words in peace you n00b!

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