(A/N: I do not own Shugo Chara! Okay, this is my final thing! Epilogue! Please review! Oh, and I'm sorry about my ending in chapter 8, it wasn't that good… I just felt like it should've ended with the title, you know? Oh, and so sorry for the long wait, I should be better than that! Anyway, here's Epilogue!)

Epilogue

Hinamori Amu looked at her flashing phone.

"Rima, you really need to talk to Nagihiko," she murmured as she opened Rima's text and read her latest complaint. Amu quickly wrote back. 'Don't worry, Rima. He didn't mean it. Talk to him.'

Amu sighed as she closed her phone. She got up from her bed and stretched.

It was early Saturday morning and Rima had been texting her non-stop about relationship problems with Nagihiko. Amu found that Rima and Nagihiko had a really good relationship, but lately Rima had been getting paranoid about other girls trying to steal him away or him cheating on her or something of the sort.

Amu walked over to her window and looked out. There was her beloved city in the early morning light. Amu smiled.

Suddenly her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID. Unknown number.

"Hello?" she answered cautiously.

"Amu, you didn't forget about me did you?" the voice on the other line said. "Because if you did, then there's a problem."

"I-Ikuto!" she exclaimed.

"Were you expecting someone else?" She could just see him smirking as he talked to her.

"Ikuto! H-how are you? H-how's life been?" she questioned frantically. It had been a year since Tsukiyomi Ikuto had left with the orchestra and she hadn't been able to speak with him or communicate with him in any way.

That didn't mean that she didn't listen to his music whenever she could and watch him on TV.

She heard him laugh. "Why are you laughing?" she demanded. Same old Ikuto.

"Amu, I'm doing fine. Well, better than I started out."

"Huh?"

"You know, I felt so empty when I left…"

"Ikuto…" She heard him laugh again and her face turned red. "STOP LAUGHING!"

"Okay, Amu, but I'm still serious. I didn't take it well at all at the beginning. I got a little better as time passed, but then I kept missing you more… You're so mean."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M MEAN?"

Ikuto was laughing again. "You've made me fall so deeply in love with you, Amu…"

Amu's eyes were wide. "Ikuto… I love you, so much… I didn't take it well at all either…" Suddenly something dawned on her and she ran over to her calendar. "Ikuto!"

"What?"

"You're coming home right? Right? It's been a year and-!"

"Amu…"

She froze. She didn't like his tone. "Ikuto, you're coming home, right? You're coming back to Japan?" She waited impatiently for his answer. "Ikuto?"

"Amu…" No, this wasn't— "I'm not coming back to Japan…"

No. No. No. "What do you mean, you're not coming? Y-you promised you'd come back! Y-you said it would take a year!" She felt the tears before they came.

"Amu, calm down."

"Don't tell me to calm down! Y-you lied to me! Again!"

"Amu, I'm not coming back to Japan because I'm in Japan."

She stopped. What? "Wait, what? You're saying you're in Japan?"

"Well, more specifically I'm on your balcony, but since the door is locked, I can't exactly get in so if you could, you know, unlock the balcony door so I could hold my girlfriend?" Amu's eyes widened and she whipped her head around. Sure enough, there he was. On her balcony, smirking.

"Ikuto!" She threw the phone onto her bed and ran to the balcony door, unlocking it and sliding it open."Ikuto!" He wrapped his two arms around her and she wrapped her arms around him and they held onto each other.

"Oh, Amu… I've missed holding you…" Amu felt tears but they had nothing to do with sadness or anger.

"Ikuto, y-you're back!"

"Yeah… finally…" He kept his grip on her, but pulled her off of him so that he could look at her. "You're even more beautiful than I remember…" Amu wanted to say something back, but her voice wasn't exactly working.

"I've missed you… so much," she managed, almost choking as she spoke.

Ikuto pressed his lips to her forehead and bringing pulling her closer to him. "Amu…"

Amu pulled back a little, although Ikuto maintained his hold. "Ikuto… how long will you be staying?" Ikuto smile faded somewhat, but he still looked at her lovingly.

"Two weeks."

"That's it?" Amu frowned. "Why only two?"

Ikuto smirked. "You're lucky I'm here for two, Amu. Be more grateful."

Amu rolled her eyes, but then turned back to being serious. "How long will it be until you're back to Japan?" Amu held her breath as he began to answer. She feared his answer.

"Amu…" He smiled. "It won't be long. A week or two. I've gotten a plan out, Amu. I'll mostly be alternating for the rest of my life but it'll be okay. I'll be with you more. I can't live without you for another year. A day without you pains me, Amu."

Amu blushed before asking, "Alternating…? What do you mean?"

"I mean that I'll be trying to figure some way to spend only a couple weeks away with the orchestra and then stay here in Japan with you for a couple weeks."

"You… don't have to do that for me," Amu said quickly, trying to cover up the happiness that she was feeling.

"Really?" Ikuto asked raising an eyebrow. "Well, then, I guess I could go away with the orchestra for a year and—"

"No! That's not what I meant!" Amu cried out in horror.

Ikuto half-smiled. "Good. Because I love you too much to endure that again."

"Same here."

"Amu… do you really love me?"

"Ikuto, yes. Yes, of course. I would think it was obvious by now."

Ikuto rolled his eyes. "Would you… consider… spending the rest of your life with me…?"

Amu looked at him her eyes wide. Was he saying…? "Y-yes! I mean, of course I would love to spend the rest of my life with you!"

Ikuto smiled. "Would you… Hinamori Amu…" Amu held her breath. He pulled out a diamond ring from his pocket. It sparkled and shined and looked beautiful.

"Oh my—"

"Marry this good-for-nothing cat?"

"Ikuto… Yes!" Ikuto looked at her with wide eyes and smiled brightly. "But…"

"'But?'" Ikuto looked at her, all the happiness fading from his face.

"I'm too young to get married." Ikuto looked at her. Oh. That was the 'but.'

"No, you're eighteen, you're old enough—"

Amu raised a finger to his lips and smiled. "It's too young for me. But, I wouldn't mind being engaged to you for a couple of years." She gently pressed her lips against his. "If you don't mind waiting."

Ikuto looked into her big beautiful eyes. "Hinamori Amu, do you really think… I would mind? As long as I know that we can be together, I'm a happy cat." He leaned down and kissed her again. He felt tears touch his skin and realized that they were Amu's. Thank God, he didn't want to be caught crying in from of his fiancé. Ikuto smiled at the word. Fiancé.

"So… how long am I being expected to wait?" Ikuto asked when they broke their kiss.

Amu hit him playfully on his shoulder. "Until I'm finished college."

"When will that be?"

"When I'm twenty-one."

"Oh, okay then." Amu and Ikuto laughed, and held onto each other.

They started talking about everything that happened in the past year, trying to catch up, and of course, they kissed along the way. They were going to be together for the rest of their lives.

(A/N: Okay, that was the real end end. Did you liiiikkkkkeeeee it? I'm sorry if you didn't. The epilogue didn't really have a plot or anything, just showing how things are going to end up with Ikuto and Amu. Because in my world, they will be together forever. I really enjoyed writing this and I hope that you've all enjoyed reading it. Thank you so much for all of the reviews and everything, too! You know, this was my first published fanfic and I hope to write lots more! Bye, for now!