Mutual Agreement

The Question The Answer

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(Recap!)

I get up with some help from Rima and walk to the opening of the cave. The sun was just peaking threw the dark grey clouds and some spots of the forest were illuminated with the suns brightness. I close my eyes and let the wind pass over my face. It almost feels like its blowing away all of my problems. 'I might not deserve happiness but maybe I could pretend I deserve it for just this small time.' I open my eyes and for the first time in a long while I smile, a pure true smile. I turn to the others and with one breath says, "So… who wants a bath?" Everyone raises an eyebrow at me in a questioning manner. Oh yes, I will enjoy my time here, with these people, I will be happy.

"Come on you slow pokes I have a broken ankle and I move faster then that!" I yelled to the group that was following me. They were all sweaty and panting, probably because they didn't work out that much before, but I felt really bad for Nagi, he's not only was caring both his stuff and Rima's stuff but he's also caring Rima herself! I hear love makes you do stupid stuff but does it really makes you do that much?

"Oi! How much longer?" Ikuto asked me when he caught up to me. He was caring my stuff and the food, and wasn't as sweaty as the others. 'You can see his muscles through his shirt, thank you sweat!' A little demon inside of me thought. 'No Amu! You two hate each other don't ever think like that!' My reasonable side said. 'Oh sure! Come on admit it! You want him.' That damn devil say, making me almost shiver at that thought. 'NO!'

"Ah Amu are you ok?" I snap out of my trance to see that everyone had caught up to me and were now waiting for me to move.

"Uh… yeah I'm fine. Well lets just keep going." I turn away from everyone and speed ahead I can feel my face getting hotter by the second. 'Why am I blushing!' Just then the pain form my ankle hits me like a bullet and I become crippled with pain. 'Awe~ Stupid me!' As I sit there holding my foot I relies that this is the very tree that Tsukasa-san found me by. I close my eyes and let the scene play out in my mind.

~Flash back nine years ago~

A little me is lying in front of the tree, weak from hunger and her injures that I got when I escaped. But now the blood had dried and the wound was becoming dangerously infected. I couldn't move my body hurt so much, I thought I was going to die, and then I heard a rustling in the bushes. 'I wonder if and animal is going to put me out of my misery.' I thought to myself as my consciousness began to fade away.

"Awe you poor thing." I heard someone say. Fighting the darkness I open up my eyelids to see a very beautiful man look at me with such sadness and shock in his eyes. "Oh your alive! Thank God, hold on just a sec we'll get you some help." That was the last thing I heard before the darkness took over.

~End of Flash back~

"mu Amu, AMU!" Someone shouted at me snapping me out of my memories.

"Eh, ah sorry did I space out again?" I said in a daze.

"Yeah, you ok does your foot hurt again?" Rima said as she got off of Nagi and crouched down near me. I smiled gently at her, causing her to lightly blush.

"Its nothing I cant handle, don't worry."

"Ah, o-ok then." She looks away lightly embarrass for some reason.

"Ya know Amu if your foot does become to much just tell us, we help you out." Kukai said with a grin. That made me feel al warm inside like I really had people to rely on now. I smile up at them.

"Thanks guys, I really like the sound of that. Hey can one of you help me up?" I ask while holding my hand up. To my surprised it's Utau who helps me up.

"There we go." She said as she pulled me up, she's pretty strong, of course I knew that from the fight we had earlier on. "So when will we get to this place you were talking about?"

"We're almost there just be patient." I said then started moving, or should a say, limping forward with the other at my heal. Ikuto looked like he was ready to catch me if I fell. 'It would be nice to be caught but those be strong muscular arms of his, to be pressed up to he's well tones, chest to be' 'SHUT UP!' My reasonable side yelled at my, ah, what the word, lustful side? I have no idea but whatever that side was it sure was embarrassing.

"LOOK! A monkey!" Yaya screamed, distracting me from my thoughts.

I smirk when I saw the monkey, 'We're close.' "Come on! Were almost there!" I could feel myself growing excited like when I first discovered this place. After a few more feet and push past a few more bushes we finally make it to my destination; the hot springs!

There were a few monkeys but that's how you know there good.

"Hot springs!" (Kairi)

"Wow wow!" (Yaya)
"YES! Hot water!" (Kukai)

"Beautiful." (Nagi)

"Nice." "Agreed." (Rima & Utau)

"Great idea." Ikuto said close to my ear, almost making me shiver, again.

"W-well of course." Everyone was in awe of the hot springs until I broke them out of their trance. "Ok everyone here's what were going to do, girls are on the far left, boys on the far right. If someone finishes before everyone else get dressed and wait right here with you backs turned away from the hot springs, we wouldn't want anyone peeping on anyone after all. Ok well that's all have fun." I say as I move towards left hot spring. There were about ten monkeys but the hot spring was so big there was still lots of room in it.

"Amu~ do we really have to bath with these monkeys?" Rima said with annoyance in her voice.

"Yeah really its kinds weird bathing with monkeys." Utau said with clear discomfort.

"MONKEYS! " Yaya shouted as she began to strip.

"Don't worry guys the monkeys wont bother you." I said as I began to strip too.

Shrugging the other two strip as well and we all go into the water. 'This is heavenly.'

~Back with the boys~

(Ikuto's POV)

'Haha Amu never ceases to surprise me! Man when the hell did she find this place, I know that she said she camps a lot here but so much that she finds a hot spring in this huge forest, damn that's impressive! I wonder if…' my thoughts were interrupted by Kukai screaming.

"Man this is AWESOME! I forgot how much I LOVE hot water! I got to hand it to Amu when she said something about a bath I had my doubts but I will never doubt her again." He said with that stupid grin on his face. For some reason I hate the fact that Kukai and Amu are getting along so well, just like I hate how Nagi and Amu are getting along so well. 'Your jealous~' the tiny annoying vice in my head said, making me angry at myself of even letting that thought in my head.

"Um, Ikuto? Are you ok? Your making a weird face?" Nagi said with a worried expression.

"Nah its nothing don't worry about it." I said while dragging my fingers through my hair.

"Ikuto I have a question for you and I don't want you to get mad at me when I ask it, but are you, ya know…"
"Get on with it." I say to a stalling Kairi.

"Are you in love with Amu?" I freeze at this question 'What! In love? And with Amu? That didn't make any sense, why would he think that?'

"Ikuto are you ok?" The guys were standing, or rather floating, around me with a weird expression on their face.

"Well I guess that answers my question." Kairi said with a smirk on his face.

"W-what are you talking about?" I yell at him.

"The look on your face says it all, you love her."

'That bastard!' "NO! I so don't love her I don't even like her, we hate each other remember!" The guys were all smirking at me now. "I'm serious!" I say while furling my eyebrows, I could feel myself staring to blush, 'Get a hold of your self! This isn't you!'

"Ok ok no need to get so defensive." They guys then laugh as I got up and left the hot spring. After I got changed I went for a little walk when I see Amu; a very naked Amu!

I could feel my pulse speeding up, my breath becoming shaky, my face began to burn, making me realize I was blushing. Then Kairi's question popped in my mind again. "Are you in love with Amu?" I know now that answer to that, 'Yes Kairi I am.'

Sooo whatja think! right now im watch Mulan and i LOE this movie i forgot at how good it is. ok that was off topic but whatever ok so tell me what you think! please review BUT NO FLAMERS! ok well until next update!