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The Meikyuu Butterfly

Chapter Six: Part Two – Date Crashers

Lulu POV

Gahh, how am I going to get rid of that purple haired bastard? If he sees Amu, he'll probably unleash his high school boy pheromones all over her! Come on think...

Well, I obviously have to stop him by getting him in trouble with someone important… Like the principal!

All right, so something that will make the principal yell at him…

Normal POV

While Lulu was contemplating how to get Dark in trouble, a group of antagonized fan boys came back from running outside to "protect" Amu. They simultaneously cracked their knuckles, and the tallest, sturdiest guy stepped out as the leader. He shoved Dark from behind.

"Ichigo-chan had a hell of fight didn't she?" grunted the leader.

Dark smirked and chuckled arrogantly. "Hey, how was I supposed to know that you guys were stupid enough to believe me? To be honest, I didn't think it was going to work."

The leader attempted to jab him, but Dark effortlessly dodged the hit and side kicked him. He leaned over the fallen leader. "I guess you can't expect much from the people here."

Before the heated mob of fan boys could assault him, the principal made a shrill whistle. "Stop right now, or you'll all be suspended. I expected better from the students here, and you!" The principal paused to sternly point at Dark. "You transferred here a day or two ago, and you're already starting fights. All of you follow me to my office right now," he commanded grimly.

As the boys cleared out of the hallways to follow the principal, Lulu snickered quietly. "Wow, I didn't even have to do anything. Trouble just comes to him."

Meanwhile…

Amu was wandering through the halls until she found the classroom of her extremely dedicated fan boy, Suzuki Seiichiro. She slid open the door and leaned on the side with crossed arms. The girls sent her evil eyes, and the guys instantly swooned all over her.

"Seiichiro here or what?"

A timid looking boy with tremendous glasses jumped out of the excited crowd. "Ichigo-sama, what are you doing here?" Hearts were blown up in his eyes.

Amu sighed. "I need to talk to you outside."

Seiichiro eagerly followed the pink haired goddess out of the classroom.

"Well, Temari-chan said that I have to apologize, so I'm here to say sorry." She crossed her arms stubbornly. "I'm sorry that I flipped out on you the other day, or whatever. Take this and do not tell anyone about this, or I will personally hunt you down." After Amu handed him her letter, she strode away and left him to faint in the hallway.

A few minutes later while Seiichiro was still on the floor with the letter in his hand, Dark strolled by and saw the letter. Ikuto happened to be walking in the halls, too, but he hid behind a corner as soon as he saw Dark.

'What's that moron up to?'

Dark curiously picked up the folded letter that was clutched in Seiichiro's hand. He realized it was from Amu, since she wrote "From: Ichigo-Chan" on the front. He read it and grinned widely towards the end of the letter. Dark swiftly looked around, placed the letter back, and walked off to hit on more Seiyo girls.

Ikuto came out from his hiding spot and took a peek at the letter, too. His eyes widened.

'What the hell? Why does she have to go out with this nerd for a date? Whatever, I have to beat that purple bastard and take Amu for myself!'

He hurried away and started planning how he was going to crash Amu's date.

The Day of Amu's Date (Saturday)

Amu woke up and showered. She slipped on an antique white, v cable neck sweater dress, a matching winter cap on top of her flamingo pink curls, and black tights. She grabbed her obsidian purse with two straps made of silver metal rings and a cute leather bow at the end of one of the straps. Then, she headed out with an amaranth, button top overcoat and a pair of auburn, suede boots.

She walked towards the movie theaters and made everyone's heads turn.

Most of the comments went along the lines of, "What a cutie…"

Amu spotted Seiichiro and approached him. "Hey."

He clutched his heart. "I never thought Ichigo-chan would ask me out on a date~. I can't believe it! ~"

"Yeah, yeah. So what movie are we watching?"

He pushed his enormous glasses up and stood up straight. "The Grudge 3."

'Hehe, she'll get scared and jump into my arms~.'

Amu shook a little bit and looked uneasy. "Fine by me."

He handed her a ticket, and they strolled into the theater.

On the screen, the trailer of the movie was being played, and Amu shivered a little. 'Damn my fear of scary movies!'

She covered her eyes for the last clips of the trailer and glanced over at Seiichiro to see how he was doing.

Seiichiro had his hands on his ears, tears pouring out of his eyes, and his legs in a fetal position. Suddenly, he ran out of the theater with waterfalls coming out of his eyes.

'Geez, I thought I was scared…'

Amu rushed out of the theaters shouting for Seiichiro, but he was nowhere to be found. 'Damn, that kid runs fast, but come on. It wasn't that bad.' She pulled out her ticket and sighed wearily. 'I hate to waste these tickets, but oh well.'

As she closed her eyes and squeezed the bridge of her nose, a mysterious hand shot out and led her away. "What the fuck? Who the hell are you?"

Dark smirked and peered back at her exasperated face. "I think you know."

He was wearing a black bomber jacket, a gray v-neck t-shirt, a pair of dark denim slim jeans, and a pair of arsenic Louis Vuitton high top sneakers.

A light pink blush instantly stained her cheeks as she recalled his kiss from homeroom. She ripped her hand away from his and avoided his gaze.

"You don't have to hold my hand anymore anyway. We're going to spend some time here," declared Dark.

Amu looked around. "A flea market?"

There were several stalls displaying trendy, cheap clothes, food, games, and other stuff. Crimson paper lanterns were hanging outside of the stands, and the walkways were crowded with people.

"Let's go." Dark clutched her hand and dragged her to a stall with some cute clothes. Her eyes lit up as she walked over to a gray baby doll top that had a lace bow in the middle of the chest. The sleeves were spread apart, and there were two strings, so that the person wearing it could tie it around their neck like a halter top.

Dark put his hand on his chin and observed the top. "Hmm, your taste isn't bad," he muttered in sotto voce. He swiftly took the top and purchased it at the register.

"Here you go." He smiled and handed Amu the shirt.

"What? Huh?" She muttered in confusion. "Y-you're giving me this?" Suddenly, she snapped out of it and reverted back to her Cool N' Spicy personality. "It's not like I asked you for it or anything. I didn't like it that much."

He glanced back at her. "Whatever just take it anyway. I wanted to give it to you because I wanted to see you in it. You're really cute."

Amu looked away and blushed again. "A-arigato."

Dark winked at her flirtatiously. "No problem."

'Maybe, he's not such a bad guy…'

"Hey, you hungry?" he inquired.

"Nope." Right after Amu spoke, her stomach growled, and she quickly pressed her belly. "Don't laugh, or I'll kill you!"

Dark chuckled anyway and leaned towards her face. "You're so cute that I'm going to treat you to takoyaki." (A/N: It's basically fried octopus. I haven't tried it, but it sounds good, doesn't it? ^^). He led her away to a vendor. His stand was emitting a strong, savory scent. "One, please."

The vendor nodded and looked up for a moment. A smile spread on his face. "Aw, young love."

When the takoyaki was done, Dark took it and thanked the man. He handed Amu a toothpick. She messily stabbed a one and ate it. The sauce spread all over one side of her lip.

Dark abruptly took her face with his hand and licked the sauce of her cheek. He smirked. "You're so clumsy, but that's okay. It was tasty."

Amu punched his shoulder. "Damn you! Don't do that ever again, or I'll strangle you."

"Aw, so cute. Are you shy?"

"Go away and get me some napkins. I don't need you to clean my face with your tongue, Italian playboy."

Dark snickered and walked to another vendor for napkins.

Although Dark and Amu did not notice, Ikuto was clenching his fists behind a cherry blossom tree. "Damn him for making moves on my Amu!" He dashed out of his hiding place and grabbed Amu, which made her shriek. Ikuto yanked her through shady alleyways and forced her to climb some high walls until they reached the amusement park from their childhood.

When they stopped running, Amu's eyes glistened. "Wah, how nostalgic. I haven't been here for so long…"

"What are you waiting for?" Ikuto brought her the line for a roller coaster.

"You realize that you owe me food, right? You made me leave my precious takoyaki." Amu crossed her arms and feigned anger.

"Heh, fine," said Ikuto. He gently took her hand and brought her to a stand. He ordered one candy apple and handed it to Amu.

She lit up. "Thanks! I haven't had one of these for awhile~." She stuffed her mouth with the candy apple and ended up getting caramel and colorful sprinkles all over her mouth.

"Pfft, you're such a kid. You haven't changed at all, have you?" commented Ikuto.

"Damare," retorted Amu. (A/N: "Shut up" in Japanese).

Unexpectedly, a little girl approached Amu and gave her a heart-shaped balloon. "This is for you, Onee-san. Ne, are you dating this onii-chan?"

She got flustered. "No way! I would never date this guy here."

Ikuto stepped in front of Amu. "Yes, I'm dating this crazy girl here."

The little girl giggled. "Weird couple."

Amu shoved Ikuto away towards the rides. "Don't say unnecessary things to little girls, baka." He grinned mischievously.

Some random girls giggled and pointed to Ikuto. "Hey, hey. That guy is so hot! I wish he was my boyfriend."

"Just leave him alone. Look at his girlfriend! She's so cute. We can't go against that. Besides, they look so picture perfect together."

Amu heard them and blushed as she realized how handsome he looked. Ikuto was wearing a black beanie with a charcoal, v-neck sweater on top of an ivory dress shirt, an onyx cross necklace, a pair of denim jeans, and a pair of taupe gray Vans. (A/N: You got to love guys that look good in beanies, lol).

Amu grasped his hand and dragged him back to the roller coaster.

"Oh, so you wanted to hold hands?" inquired Ikuto as he bent down to her face.

"Damare! I did not!" she shouted stubbornly.

After the roller coaster ride, they rode on the twirling teacups, the bumper cars, the swinging ship, and the merry-go-round. It was a dark evening, and nearly everyone was gone.

"Last ride, Amu. Then, I got to take you home."

"No way! I don't want to leave!" Amu crossed her arms childishly and puffed her cheeks.

A little bit of color rushed to Ikuto's cheek as he looked away and restrained himself. 'Godamnit, why is she so cute right now.'

As Amu turned around and pouted, Ikuto stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her neck. He buried his face into her soft, pink curls. "You're so cute, Amu."

She blushed heavily and raised her fists in frustration, but before she could attack him, he muttered. "Just a little longer. We haven't hung out like this for a while. I missed you while I was in Paris, you know…" He paused. "Je t'aime, Amu." (A/N: I think you all know what that means~).

"H-huh? Don't talk to me in other languages that I don't know, idiot."

"Never mind. Did you miss me at all, Amu-chan?" asked Ikuto.

"Of course, you idiot! Are you freaking kidding me? I haven't seen you for eight long years. How could I not? … I wanted to explode when I saw you. I was so happy…" Amu slowly put her hands on Ikuto's arms and snuggled her face into his arms.

Ikuto smiled. "It's getting colder isn't it?" He tightened his arms around her, and then he let go.

Amu frowned in disappointment. 'That was comfy. I wanted to stay like that… Just a little longer…'

He grinned and took a bracelet out of his pocket. "Ne, close your eyes and hold out your hand." The bracelet was a gray chain with a carnation pink strawberry charm on it. Ikuto properly put it around her wrist and told her to open her eyes.

Amu squealed and quickly embraced him. "Kawaii!"

"I'm glad you like it. Now let me take you home. It's getting dark."

They wandered through the streets until they spotted Amu's house.

"See you." He stuffed his hands in his pockets and started walking away.

Her heart felt like it was going to burst. Suddenly, she raced after him and clutched his hand. "Wait!"

Before any words could come out of his mouth, she pecked him on the cheek and turned ten shades of red. "I had a good time." With that, she rushed into her house and left him grinning in the dark.