Morg: Heyo! So I don't understand why this story has so few reviews. I mean it's an awesome story…

Ikuto: I think we all know the answer to that question.

Amu: Don't you dare say it has something to do with the lack of lemons.

Ikuto: Your words, not mine.

Amu: Damn you!

Morg: So I don't own anything besides my laptop and, of course, Kitty.

Ikuto: Not that either one of them want to belong to you…

~Overprotective~

Looking as though she had nothing to fear while her insides were screaming with fury, Amu stood her ground before the council. Unlike Nagi, however, Amu seemed to hold the entire room as though she were the one in charge. The council members managed to keep their stone faces intact although a couple of them shifted uncomfortably in their chairs. Amu forced her smirk to stay hidden. These so called elders didn't stand a chance against her.

Midori was the first to get past Amu's overbearing presence. Every angel in the room could feel the amount of energy the one girl possessed and not a single one of them wanted to make her use it in an unpleasant way. "Hinamori Amu, there is an allegation that while you have been on earth protecting the occupants of your assigned town, you have developed feelings for a human."

Amu let a few soft chuckles slip out of her mouth and drop to the floor. The room waited in silence due to the fact that some of them were afraid of what would happen if they dared to interrupt. "I have not. I may have made a few friends amongst the humans, but I have no further feelings than that. Whoever your source is is wrong."

Tsumugu looked relieved to say the least. Several of the other council members shared in his momentary silent celebration. Yoru, on the other hand, wasn't so convinced. "What proof do you have to prove your innocence?"

"What proof do you have to prove me guilty? The words of a jealous angel? Did Tadase mention what he was doing in my town?"

From the expressions of the council members and the almost unbearable silence of the audience, Amu knew that they hadn't questioned the blond angel as she waited for a response. Finally Ran gave her one. "No Amu-chan, he did not."

Amu knew in that instant that she'd eventually have to face Tadase for what she was about to do. "Then let me explain everything clearly. Tadase showed up in my town without warning, which is fine since he is my superior, however, he attempted to use Nagi's feelings of friendship for the human girl to blackmail me into 'dating' him. When I refused, he threatened to reveal my secret to the town hence forcing me to leave it. All because he saw a human boy give me a hug and hold me for a short time after I received the news of a child dying. This was my first lost after arriving to the town. The child had developed a lung disease from the smoke of the fire I pulled her out of."

Every member of the council had their eyes glued to Amu. They knew that so far nothing was too far out of line for Tadase. The whole blackmailing thing wasn't good, but it wasn't anything overly serious at the moment. One or two of them gestured for Amu to continue on with her story.

Now knowing that she had the full attention of everyone in the room, as if she hadn't before, Amu sucked in a deep breath. "Tadase then enrolled into the high school I was attending and began staying by my side as per the blackmailing deal he made me make with him. This angered a human boy that developed feelings for me. They got on my nerves so I decided to remove myself from the situation. While walking through town, I felt the pain of a shove and then another before the feeling of falling. Tadase had pushed the human boy over the edge of a cliff."

Some of the people present let out a collective gasp. A few faces went pale, including some of the angels on the council. None of them had ever suspected Tadase of wanting to harm a human. It was an angel's duty to protect them.

Amu didn't wait this time before continuing. The best part was yet to come. "I managed to fly fast enough to save the boy before he hit the ground and died. I put him to sleep before he realized what was happening and made up a feeble tail of it being a dream after he woke up. Before that, however, I pulled my sword from the air and threatened Tadase. I swore to him that if he ever attempted to harm any of the people I was working to protect, then I'd kill him."

Su actually stood up from her seat in shock. Nobuko looked slightly faint while Ran and Miki both swallowed hard. Killing an angel was nearly impossible. One had to have a lot more strength than the angel they were attempting to kill and it had to be done with pure intentions. Otherwise the angel would heal.

Wasting no time, Amu once again extended her arm out in front of her chest. With two fingers, she pinched the air and brought her hand down. A fiery blade appeared as if she were pulling it out of the air. Several angels moved back as she did this. The pinkette didn't let their actions deter her from her task. Once the sword was fully in sight, Amu brought her right arm around in a swinging motion to take a hold of the hilt and extend the blade straight up into the air. She stood with her wings out while facing the council fully armed. "I give all other angels the same warning. If anyone attempts to harm a human as Tadase has done, I will not hesitate."

Nikaiduo stood to take control of the situation before it got out of hand. "Thank you for the relevant information you have brought to us. We will discuss this matter seriously and alert you to what the council decides. For the time being please remain in your rooms."

Amu wasn't about to let them off the hook that quickly. "No, I wish to speak privately with Nagi. You may attempt to stop me if you wish."

Yukari answered before anyone else could even process the pinkette's demands. "You may see him under supervision."

Amu agreed with a flick of her hand. With her sword now put away, she moved towards the exit. One burly angel followed after her.

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Ikuto wasn't quite sure what to do with himself. Without Amu in the town it seemed even more boring than usual. The worst part was not knowing when she'd be back. Utau was obviously worried about him even though Ikuto told her not to be. If she knew that he wasn't eating then he'd be in even more trouble with his sister. How could he eat though, with the girl that he loved missing from his side? All food had lost its taste.

It didn't help that all he did now was walk around the town. She hadn't even been gone three days, but Ikuto wasn't eating. He wasn't sleeping well either. Not that he'd admit it to anyone, but the blue haired teen kept having nightmares. Tadase always seemed to pop up in them and steal away the beautiful angel. Ikuto's solution was not sleeping.

This plan wasn't going well. He could feel the lack of nutrition and sleep catching up to him as he trudged around all day and night. Amu needed to come back and she needed to come back fast.

Ikuto sat down on the bench he'd been sleeping on the first night she showed up. She'd appeared out of no where and hadn't been concerned at all about her own well being. The fact that she was an angel made that night and pretty much everything the girl had ever said make that much more sense to the troubled teen. He stared in the direction she had been in when he'd first seen her that night. So beautiful that at first he wasn't sure if he was dreaming or not. The excitement he felt the next morning when she was still there was incomparable to any other moment in his life.

Ikuto felt his eyes grow heavy. He really didn't want to sleep. The dreams were sure to come back, but maybe just a little nap would be alright. Slowly, he slid to the side until he was lying on the bench. Curled up and waiting for his Amu.

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The door clicked shut behind the pinkette and her guard. Nagihiko's sobs could still be heard from the mass of angel and feathers on the floor. Amu rushed to his side. "Nagi! Oh Nagi, it'll be alright! I'm going back! Don't worry!"

The crying subsided slightly but it took a full ten minutes of Amu whispering reassurances and patting Nagihiko's back for the male angel to finally stop his tears. "I'm sure you think I'm weak now since all I can do is cry."

Keeping her voice in a whisper so that the guard wouldn't hear, Amu did her best to convince the other angel that it simply wasn't true. "No Nagi! Not at all! This isn't fair. There wasn't anything else you could do."

Nagihiko wiped his face the best he could with his shirt. Silently, tears traced their little trails down his red cheeks. No matter what she said or how she comforted him, they would not stop. "What am I going to do now? It feels as though a part of me has been ripped out of my chest. I really love her. The idea that I can't see her ever again will surely kill me."

Amu wasn't sure how, but she knew that in that moment, nothing was ever going to keep her from Ikuto. "The least I can do is make sure she knows that you love her and why you can't be with her."

"You'll tell her what we are?"

"I'll do one better." Nagi's quizzical look put a triumphant smirk on Amu's face. "I'll show her."

"Times up Hinamori. The council is calling for you to return to hear their decision."

Amu nodded to the guard before giving Nagi one last reassuring hug. "I promise."

With one last attempt to show Amu how serious he was about the whole situation, Nagi clasped his pinky around hers. "Promise?"

"I already told you Nagi." Amu turned to face the door while tightening her little finger around his. "I promise."

The guard led the pinkette back down the hall and through the huge double doors. The audience didn't look as though they'd even moved from several hours of sitting in the room. Amu was pretty sure some of them were holding their breath.

Taking her spot on the floor in front of the council, Amu waited to hear their verdict. Tsumugu was the one to stand. "Hinamori Amu, we have found no evidence suggesting that you are indeed involved with a human at this time, however, we advise that you stay here until a new town can be assigned to you."

Amu let one of her eyebrows shoot up her forehead. "I refuse."

A collective gasp could be heard in the room before it got so quiet that one could've heard a feather floating through the air. Yoru leaned forward with his hands clasped under his chin. "You refuse? The council is advising you to leave your town."

Amu let her gaze wander from council member to council member. Some of them stared straight back at her while a couple looked away. "I will return to Seiyo and protect it and its inhabitants. Tadase's goal was to get me out of that town. I will not give into him or his demands."

Su suddenly smiled before clapping her hands. "Well if that is the only reason desu."

Amu nodded that it was before Ran let out a sigh of what had to be relief. "Oh good Amu-chan. I was just hoping that you weren't doing it to get back to that human boy."

Wanting to slap her palm to her forehead, Amu kept a straight face. It'd just be easier to pretend as though she wasn't dying to see Ikuto again. She had the strangest feeling that the catlike pervert wasn't taking very good care of himself. Denying it would be lying and she would not do that.

Midori stood and faced the rest of the council room. "This meeting is finished. Hinamori Amu is free to return to her assigned town and protect it as she see fit."

Nikaduo got to his feet as well. "Since it is late, you should wait until tomorrow to return."

Amu nodded. Considering that she'd already fought one suggestion the council gave her, she decided to go ahead and listen to this one. "Yes sir."

Without waiting a moment longer, Amu made her way out of the council chamber and towards her rooms. Tadase's complaints and screams of rage followed the giggling pinkette as she left.

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Ikuto didn't want to move. He wanted to keep on sleeping on the bench, but someone was calling his name.

"Damn it Ikuto! Where are you? Amu is going to be so pissed!"

Utau. He really, really, really didn't want to have to deal with his sister at the moment, so Ikuto slid off the bench and made his way into some thick trees. There he decided to lay down on the ground and enjoy his dreamless sleep. The frantic calling of his name faded out as the world around him went black.

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Morg: Not as long as I wanted it to be but oh well!

Ikuto: Always complaining about something!

Amu: Yes you both are.

Morg: Shut it Amu! So anyways! For those of you who do review this story, which I know the beginning made me sound a little ungrateful to those of you that do review, I wanted to do something special for you.

Ikuto: A lemon?

Amu: A K+ story?

Morg: How about for those of you that review, I'll give you a hint as to what is going to happen in the next chapter. I'll only do that for this chapter. Just as a thank you!

Ikuto: That isn't much.

Amu: Not at all.

Morg: Oh be quiet you two! Just review guys!

A.N. Repeat! For those of you who review, I will message you back a hint as to what is to come for this story! This is a one chapter deal, unless it works out too well! REVIEW!