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MY favorite characters

Edward Elric (FMA)

Alphonse Elric (FMA)

Zero Kiryuu (Vampire Knight)

Dark Mousy (DN Angel)

Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)

Roy Mustang (FMA)

Ling Yao (FMA)

Hikari Hitachiin (Ouran High School Host Club)

Kaoru Hitachiin (Ouran High School Host Club)

Don't you notice that a lot of them are voiced by Vic Mignogna? And how all of them are dubbed my FUNimation?

Disclaimer: I HEART VIC MIGNOGNA!

~~Chapter 9~~

Amu awoke to find Ikuto nowhere to be found. She quickly sat up and began looking around. She sighed in relief when her 'partner' walked through the door, holding a large tray of food in his hands. She rubbed her eyes and asked, "What time is it?"

Ikuto looked at the clock. "Nine. People won't be coming by at least noon."

Amu's eyes widened as Ikuto set the tray down on the bed. "Today? Why today?"

"Because Holiday was yesterday," Ikuto said plainly.

Amu groaned, "Aw, crap, what am I gonna do? I have to stay hidden here? What if some idiot like Kukai-kun comes in here?"

"I'll make sure that I lock the door," Ikuto assured, "now open up." He held the fork in front of her mouth.

"Thank you," Amu politely said as she opened her mouth and let the pancake enter her mouth. She chewed, then swallowed, and opened her mouth again, and Ikuto gave her another bite. "But I can't wait to see them, you know?"

Ikuto raised an eyebrow. "Why?" he asked, taking a peice and sticking it into his mouth. "They hate you, Amu."

"So? I don't really care."

"You are my favorite person in the world," Ikuto said with a smirk as he took another pancake and began to cut it. Amu opened her mouth and awaited the pancake, but Ikuto just stuck his finger in there, causing her to bite down on it. He yelped slightly, and Amu gave him a look that read, 'That's what you deserve'. He just smiled and pecked her lightly on the lips.

"Hey, Tsukiyomi! You here?"

Ikuto groaned and said to Amu, "I'll be right back," and walked out. Amu took this time to rummage through his drawers and find something neat to wear, which wasn't a challenge when she found a dark blue shirt and a pair of shorts. She ran into the bathroom and changed as fast as she could, and then threw the dirty clothes into the basket in the corner. She walked up to the mirror and stared at herself, before making a face, grabbing the nearest toothbrush, squirting toothpaste on it, and brushing her teeth. She rinsed her mouth and Ikuto's brush and looked at the cabinet. There sat a hairbrush with a note under it. The note read:

Dear Amu,
If you need to brush your hair, use this brush.
Love,
Ikuto-kun.

"Ikuto-kun? Does he think I'm a baby?" Amu asked herself, moving the brush through her hair. It was full of knots, but they were quickly taken care of and the brush regained its' spot on the cabinet. She walked out, and looked around the room with an eyebrow raised.

She decided to do some snooping. "It wouldn't be snooping," Amu told herself firmly, "it's looking around for something interesting."

During her searching, she found some letters to her from Ikuto (each of which were filled with images that she never wanted to see again), some pictures of her that were posed so perfectly as if planned, and some dirty clothes that she had thrown into the laundry basket (she could easily tell by the smell). She had cleaned up a bit, and soon her eyes were drawn to a white violin case sitting by the wall of the room. She walked to it, but stopped, her eyes drifting to the small clear crystal hanging off the latch.

She stared at it confused, before un-clipping the chain on her own neck and holding her crystal close to the other. They both glowed in response, and Amu quickly took her hand away. She gasped, and the door opened, letting Ikuto walk in. She turned around quickly, the crystal hanging from her hand. Ikuto stared at her confused as he closed the door. "You...you're..."

"I...I'm what?" Ikuto asked.

"Y...you're a...Son, aren't you?"

Ikuto felt the breath catch in his throat. He looked at Amu who held the chain that held her crystal. He felt horrible. He really wanted to tell her soon, but he never knew that she would rummage through his stuff while he was out talking to Kukai and Nagihiko. "Kukai and Nagihiko are here," he said, trying to change the subject.

"Don't try to change it." Her voice was firm and strong. "I need to know."

Ikuto gulped slightly. "I swear," he began, "I really wanted to tell you, but it came up a bit late. I'm really-"

"It doesn't matter now," Amu said, her mouth curled up into a smile. "How about this..."

Ikuto didn't pay attention as Amu found his movie collection. He zoned out, wondering how on earth she was okay with all that had just happened. "Ikuto," she called.

He shook his head. "What?"

"What kind of movie do you want to watch?" She held up a few DVDs. "A horror? Family comedy? Adevnture? Indiana Jones?"

He walked over to wear she was sitting and pciked up a DVD. It was a horror. "This"-he gestured to the DVD- "is my favorite movie in this room. Feel free to hug and scream all you want. I locked the door."

Amu punched him lightly in the arm for that.

"H-how can this be your favorite?"

Amu trembled, holding onto Ikuto's arm like it was her last lifeline. The horror that he had picked out was full of blood and gore, violence beyond extremes, and your occasional creep popping in front of the screen every few seconds.

"I dunno," Ikuto replied, shrugging. "It makes girls cling on to me, I guess."

Amu unhooked her arm from his and sat on the other side of the bed. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked away from the screen, and at the wall. Her eyes drifted to a picture on his nightstand of her and him, taken by Utau on the first day they had met. Amu was frowning and staring up at Ikuto with a blush on her face while he was holding her waist and smirking with his head close to her ear. She smiled.

"Yo! Tsukiyomi! We need you in here!" Kukai called, knocking on the door.

Ikuto turned off the television and stood up. He walked over to Amu's side and whispered, "Get out of sight. When the door closes, lock it in about three seconds. If you here three slow knocks later, that's me."

She nodded, and moved to the other side of the room. She pressed her back against the wall as Ikuto quickly opened and closed the door. She sighed, and walked back to the bed. She sat down, and took the picture into her hands. It seemed like it was only yesterday when the two had first met.

"Yeah, I'll just go and get something from his room," she heard Kukai's voice dangerously close to the door. And then she remembered about the lock. She dropped the picture and sprinted off the bed and for the door, but it opened, and Kuaki stood there dumbfounded as Amu crashed to the ground by his feet. She slowly lifted her head to see his smiling face. "Well," he started, turning to the other boys who had turned their heads to see what the commotion was about. "Looks like we have a guest."

Amu smiled. "Sorry to intrude," she managed weakly.

Kukai held his hand out for her and she took it, and pulled herself up to her feet. "No prob'.", Kukai said happily as he lazily threw his arm over her shoulder. "Guys, Amu-chan's here."

"I think we can see that. Amu-chan, it's nice to see you again," Nagihiko smiled.

"Yep, I'm glad to see you guys too! Even you, Pres," she turned to Kairi, who just raised his eyebrows at her and kept reading his book. "I just need a favor. Don't tell anyone I'm hiding out here. Until things cool down from my Daughter episode back then I just want to hide safe here, with Ikuto and you guys."

"Oh, so you and Tsukiyomi are going out now?" Kukai asked, leaning his face into her's.

"Don't be ridiculous, we're just friends," Amu said plainly.

"Oh so, you can go with me on a date with me sometime?"

"Why don't you ask Utau?"

Nagihiko laughed. "See, even she knows about your frenzy for Tsukiyomi-kun's little sister."

Amu winked at the brunette and said, "But, she'll do just fine. I know for a fact that she likes you, Kukai-kun."

Kukai stared at her. "She told you?"

Amu chuckled nervously. "Well, not told. More along the lines of I saw it."

"You read minds?" Kukai asked, baffled beyond whatever his brain could handle.

She pointed her thumb back at Tadase. "Hotori-kun's thinking about ruling the world, Pres is thinking about a book he read a few weeks ago, Nagi's thinking about basketball, and you're thinking about soccer. There's nothing to it," she said as she placed her hands on her hips.

Just then, the door opened and Ikuto stood there, trying to catch his breath but it was caught in his throat again when he saw Kuaki with his arm slung over Amu's shoulder and her smiling. He clenched his fists and took a fistful of Kukai's shirt and said between his teeth, "Get. Your. Hands. Off. Of. Her."

Kukai turned his head to Amu. "Are you sure you two aren't dating?"

She waved her hand in front of her face. "I'm positive, I swear."

"How do I know that I can trust both of you?" Ikuto asked, his arms folded across his chest and sitting on the couch with a scary expression on. Next to him was Amu, who had shifted to the end of the couch, afraid of the deadly aura that Ikuto was giving off. Across from them sat Kukai and Nagihiko. Kairi and Tadase had decided to leave the room in fear of a glare war.

Amu managed to smile. "I told them not to tell-"

"I never asked you," Ikuto interjected.

"Sorry," she replied quickly as she sunk down in her seat.

"As Amu-chan was trying to say," Nagihiko started. "We have promised to keep her hiding here a secret."

Kukai only nodded as Ikuto sighed. "Fine. I can trust you too. Just don't blabber mouth to anyone, okay?"

Both boys nodded and Ikuto stood up. He took Amu's hand and led her to his room, where he closed the door and locked it. He pinned her wrists to the wall and stared into her eyes. "I told you to lock the door," he said sternly.

Amu smiled. "I forgot-"

"That's no excuse!" Ikuto yelled, his grip on her wrists tightening. "What if it was someone else? Then what would you do? Listen, I care for you more than anyone cares in this whole school. Since you're a Daughter, now everyone hates you. If you were to be found out, they would kill you, and then what would I do? I can't live without you, Amu."

She smiled slightly and looked at his deep ocean eyes. "I couldn't help but feel a little better with that confession. But, is it really necessary to pin me to a wall?"

"Yes, it is!"

"And why do you care for me so much? I'm just a lonely girl whose parents hate her more than anything in the world! Everyone wants to kill me since I was born a Daughter! Why do you stand out?" she asked, her eyes begging for answers.

"It would be..." Ikuto hesitated, "complicated to tell you."

Amu's blood boiled. "What do you mean?" she yelled out, startling Ikuto so much that his grip slackened and Amu managed to free herself. "What can be so hard to explain? We've known each other since I came to this school and we've been friends! Anything that you tell me can't be more complicated than this..."

Tears slowly made way down her face and splashed onto the crystal charm hanging around her neck. "What is it that you want from me?" she asked, sputtering out every word. "Do you want me to kiss you or tell you that you're the best person in the world and that I want to be with you for the rest of my life? Because that's how I feel!"

Ikuto's eyes widened at the confession. He had fallen in love with Amu a few short days after they had first met, and she had too. He tried to say something but was pulled down by his collar and his lips met Amu's. Their lips moved in rhythm, and they held each other close. It ended too quickly when Amu pulled away. She smiled weakly and looked away. "Accidental bump," she said.

"Bump...what?" Ikuto was confused, he had just kissed the girl that he loved again for the fourth time in his life, and she was saying that it was just a little accident? Was she feeling okay?

"I guess, that I'm not meant for you. Even though I'm a Daughter and you're a Son..."

"Amu, please, come on, sit with me and talk with me," Ikuto pleaded, and reached his hand out to grab her's. She stepped away, her head turned down.

"Don't," she merely said.

"Don't what, Amu? Don't what? Take you, kiss you, hug you, tell you that you mean everything to me?"

"Don't try and make this better!"

"I can easily try!" Ikuto yelled back, and he fell back suddenly with a sharp, stinging pain in his cheek. He moved his hand and cupped his face, and looked up at Amu who had her hand raised in the air and tears streaming down her face like a waterfall. "Amu, what was that for?"

"Man!" she suddenly said, and Ikuto looked at her confused. "I'm done, dammit!"

"Done with what?" Ikuto asked.

She looked at his eyes, her's mixing with pain and confusion, and said, "I'm through with loving you!"

Dramatic ending~~~~~~

Whew, after re-writing this three times, I got it done! So, tell me what you think! I worked extra hard since Cinco de Mayo was the anniversary of my FanFiction debut! So, tell me what you think about my awesome chapter!

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