I'm so so so so so so so so so sooooo sorry to you all. Everyone who liked this story, i'm sorry it took me so long to update. I completely understand if this story has been forgotten.

As always, sorry for any mispelled words or errors.


It had all happened so fast. One minute, he was there, and now, he was gone, leaving her looking stupid and confused. The sound of the door flying open brought her back to her senses, but by then, it was far too late.

" Amu, what's going on in- Oh my god!" her father yelled the last part, backing out of the room and slamming the door shut. Amu squealed, pulling her yellow bed covers over her.

" Dad! I wasn't what it looked like.."

There was a silence at the door, then her farther spoke up. " Y-You're just going through a stage in puberty. Yeah, that i-it. Just nature taking it's courses..," he trailed off. There was another awkward silence before foot steps were heard, sounding like someone running away from her door.

Amu sighed in relief, rubbing the beads of sweat that had formed from her forehead. The closet door cracked open, and a sly Ikuto slithered out, his hands casually in his pockets. He looked as if her wasn't bothered by the fact that they'd nearly caught, which bothered the hell out of Amu.

" That was close, wasn't it? Now, let's get back to business." He said cooly, making his way back to her side, only to be stopped by a hand to the face. He stared at it for a few seconds with a very bored expression, then tilted his head to the side, only to find Amu staring at him with a furious expression.

"I don't think so! Thanks to you, my dad thinks i'm a masturbating addict! I've never even so much as touched myself!" she growled at him, trying to strike some fear, but to no avail. He just moved her hand away and stared with an amused expression.

"Wait, so you're saying you've never touched yourself before? Amu, you're almost a grown woman!" He said in between laughs. The pinkette's cheeks suddenly blossomed into red. She turned away from him, trying not to take it to heart. So what if she'd never touched herself?

Amu stayed in the same position for a few more moments, until Ikuto's laughter became to much for her. She'd had enough of him. He was always trying to seduce her, always getting her into trouble, not to mention always mocking her! Who did he think he was? It was she who was allowing him to stay in her bedroom. Without her, he'd probably be back at home with his abusive father. How dare he treat someone as kind as her like crap?

Amu turned towards the laughing idiot, her eyes fully of anger and fury. Ikuto stopped his laughing instantly, his expression returning to it's normal one of boredom. The pinkette balled her fist, shutting her eyes tightly as words began to spill out of her mouth.

" I'm so tired of you. Every time I try to be nice to you, you act like a huge jerk! I'm nice enough to let you stay in my house, sleep in my bed! How do you repay me? By teasing me or going through my things! You think you're so cool, with your stupid blue hair and your cool expression," she made the same face he always made, adding the smirk to. Her voice began to rise, but she didn't care at all. " Well you're not cool! You think you can just come into my life and stomp all over my feelings with your big, muddy boots! It doesn't work like that.." She had now collapsed onto the floor, next to her bed. Tears were literally springing from her eyes.

Both she and Ikuto were shocked to see her getting all worked up over something so minor. He did nothing but stare down at her, watching as she covered her leaking eyes with both of her hands. He no longer carried the same, monotone expression as he always did. This one was more serious and concerned. He crouched down beside her, placing a hand gently on her shoulders. "Amu..I-"

She cut him off with a sharp response. "No, I don't want to hear it! Just get out of my house, you..you..abomination!" The words cut him deep in his heart. Not because he was shocked, but because he knew it was true.

He said nothing, but stood slowly to his feet. He stared at the female for a few more seconds before turning and heading over to the glass window. He opened it with ease, and with further wait, leaped out, into the busy day. The second he'd left, Amu's eye's had widened. What had she done? She got up from her spot on rushed over to window. Sticking her head out the window, she began calling out the neko's name, glancing at every corner for him. But it was no use. He was gone.

Little did either of them know, a certain someone had been watching the whole time. He smiled slightly, trying not to upset his broken nose any further. He lifted the black walkie talkie up to his mouth and spoke with calmly. "We found him."


Amu took a seat at her normal table. The cafeteria was noisy today, much to her dislike. She was sporting the world's worst headache, and the last thing she wanted to hear was a bunch of kids yelling across the room. She'd gotten no sleep last night due to her search for Ikuto. She'd searched in all the possible places he may be, starting with the dirty sex shop around the block. But he was gone. No where to be found. Not even a single trail was left in his wake. It was all her fault.

"Amu! Didn't you get my calls the other day?" The sound of Rima snapping at her brought her back down to earth. Today, her friend seemed more irritated than usual.

"Sorry, Rima.. I had problems of my own. What did you want to talk about?" Amu asked, waiting for her friend to answer. She was about to answer, until Nadeshiko and Utau took a seat a seat at either of her sides. Her face turned a shade of red, so she just pretended to take interest in the mashed potatoes sitting in the tray right in front of her. Amu payed no mind to this, and turned her attention to the other two females.

"Hey Nade, Utau." She beamed, earning a nervous hand shake from the twin and a scowl from Utau. "What's up..?" she asked, a little scared of what the answer might be. Neither of them answered, but did the same as Rima, only Utau was stabbing at her food.

The pinkette sweat dropped, hoping for a change in mood. To her luck, Yaya came on cue, sliding next to Amu with a huge smile on her face. " Amu~chan! Amu~chan! Guess what happened to me?"

" Gee, what hap- huh?" Amu paused and stared up at her friend. Utau had stood up from the table, her food knocked to the floor. Ironically, the commotion had caused multiple tables to stop their conversation and stare in curiousity. "Utau, what's the matter?"

"How could you not tell me about him..?" the blonde began, her bangs shielding her eyes. Her voice was low and threatening .

Amu stared in disbelief. Surely, she didn't mean Ikuto? How could she even know about him? No, she just needed to play it off. "I don't know what you're talking about." She began, chuckling lightly. Utau didn't buy it one bit, though. She slammed her hands down on the table hard, not capturing the attention of the whole cafeteria.

" Liar! I saw him leaving your room the other night..." the crowd erupted with gasps and whispers. Even her friends were looking at each other, despite Nade, who was staring down at her food.

It was Amu's turn to stand up now. At the rate this was going, the whole school was going to think she was a whore. " It's none of your business!"

Utau stumbled back, as if she had been hit with something. She quickly recovered, though. "So you admit you're sleeping with him?"

The pinkette bit down on her lip, her eyes quickly darting towards Tadase, who was staring directly into her eyes with shock and disappointment. She looked away and glared back at her friend. "Why are you acting like this?"

Before the blonde could shoot anything back, Rima stood from her spot. She glared at both of the girls with a stare that could freeze the devil himself where he stood. "Both of you! Calm down! Can't you see you're making a seen?" She gestured towards the crowd of people who were staring. " So what if she didn't tell you? You should discuss this on your own time."

It was Nadeshiko's turn to stand. She grabbed Rima's shoulder and turned her so that they were facing each other. Her eyes were filled with sadness and guilt. " Rima.I have to be honest with you. Sense everyone is spilling out secrets, I think I should too."

"Please, not now Nade. There's enough problems as it is." Rima turned away from her, facing the other two females again.

"No, Rima. You have to hear me out. Please."

"Not now Nadeshiko."

" I'm not Nadeshiko!"

The room instantly fell silent. All eyes were on the purple haired girl who claimed not to be who every one thought she was. Rima, however, kept her back turned.

" I'm not Nadeshiko..I'm Nagishiko." The crowd once again erupted with whispers and gasps. Rima began to violently shake. "She went off to America with my parents so she could study her dancing! I pretended to be her so that you would like me more. I wanted you to know me, to love me, without dismissing me before I could explain myself. But, this isn't the real me. I'm not my sister, and I never will be. I didn't think it was possible for me to fall deeper in love with you, but I did. The time I spent with you made me realize that if I came clean, then you'd forgive and accept me for me. I'm sorry for what I did, but it was out of love. You have to understand-"

In a matter of seconds, he was laying on the cold floor. Blood was dripping from his nose, and a broken tray was laying right beside him. His eyes blurred for a few seconds as his hands instantly went up to cover her nose. He slowly looked up to see Rima standing in front of him, tears spilling down her cheeks. She sniffed, then backed away.

"You liar.. I hate you! Don't you ever speak to me again!, " she yelled before taking off, past the whispering teens and out the door. Nagi stood to his feet, his hand still covering his nose as she went after her.

Amu did the same, calling out her friends name. She was stopped by Utau's harsh words, though.

"Where are you going now? To see him again?"

Amu said nothing, but turned to face her angry friend. She gave her a familiar look that she always gave when she was upset, then took off after her two friends. Utau, not wanting to look like a complete fool, took off into a different direction, leaving only Yaya sitting at the table, a sad, confused look in her eyes.

"But..what about Yaya's news?"


BAM! That took me a while to write. Anyways, I know i'm jumping ahead, but don't worry. We're no where near the end of the story.

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