Heh heh heh, a lot of people seemed pretty pissed off because of what I put in the last chapter. Don't worry, I'm in pain for writing that. I promise that things will get better later.

I do not own Shugo Chara, it's characters, any bands, songs, stores, brands, etc. that may be named in this chapter.

Chapter 10: Anger and Guilt

'What? What the hell is going on?' Amu thinks. 'This can't be! It-it just can't be!' "What the hell?"

Saaya and Ikuto jump and separate. Both teens look at her, Ikuto in slight fear and Saaya in slight deviousness.

"Amu! Um…" Ikuto starts to stutter.

"You!" Amu points to Saaya, "Leave."

"Fine, buh-bye Ikuto," Saaya leans for another kiss.

"Do you want me to rip your face off?" Amu asks in anger as she walks up to them.

Saaya brushes off the threat and just walks away. Ikuto and Amu stand in silence. Ikuto starts, "Amu…"

"What the hell were you doing? Are you fucking stupid?" Amu asks.

"You seem angry…" Ikuto points out.

"Angry? I'm not just angry," the flared-up fifteen year old girl states with a snarl. "I'm PISSED OFF."

"What are you angry about? It was nothing," Ikuto states.

"Nothing? NOTHING? Her tongue was shoved down your throat! And to make it worse, it is the girl I hate most of all on this planet!" Amu yells. "I cannot believe you're misusing the looks that I gave you."

"Well, what am I supposed to use 'my looks' for then?" Ikuto asks.

"To get respect and not get beat up! That's what!" Amu retorts.

"Well, you never accounted for something like this happening?"

"I did but I didn't assume you'd randomly just make out with someone!"

"She kissed me," Ikuto states.

"Well why did you kiss back?" Amu asks.

"Because I'm a teenage boy with raging hormones," Ikuto bluntly replies.

Amu just shakes her head in disgust, "You have pissed me off even more. Have fun driving back to your house by yourself because I'm walking!"

With that, Amu storms off of the high school's property, leaving Ikuto alone in an almost empty parking lot with just his black Mercedes Benz ®.

~nyeh nyeh nyeh~

"Stupid jerk, I hate him, I hate him, I hate him so much," Amu mutters and she picks up the various toys littering the room of the young Yoru.

"Who's a stupid jerk?" Yoru asks.

"Your brother," Amu responds.

"What did he do?" Yoru asks.

"It's nothing, he just made me angry," Amu explains. "Well, your room is finally clean."

"Thanks Amu!" Yoru exclaims as he gets out one of the toys that was just put away.

"Be sure to put that back," Amu commands but in a nice way.

"Mmhmm," Yoru responds, playing with his Legos ®.

Amu walks out of Yoru's room and downstairs to check on the laundry. Amu walks down the grand staircase and passes by Utau. Utau sends Amu a look but brushes it off. Amu enters the small room and sees that the clothes have been washes. She begins to put the soaked clothes into the laundry basket. Amu sets the basket on top of the dryer to get the equipment to put up the laundry lines. Amu pounds her hand on the dryer.

"Why am I like this? Why is this getting to me so much?" Amu mutters to herself. Amu grabs all the supplies she needs, puts them in the laundry basket, and walks out into the chilly October air.

~nyeh nyeh nyeh~

"Amu, can I talk to you?" Utau asks.

Amu is now just walking back into the house from hanging up all of the laundry, "Yea sure." Amu walks around Utau to put the laundry basket back into the small laundry room. Utau follows close behind, closing the door after she walks in after Amu.

"What was with the whole declaration thing at school?" Utau asks.

"What do you mean?" Amu asks.

"Why did you say that Ikuto was my brother?" Utau asks.

"I wasn't gonna live in his lie anymore," Amu states. She tries to walk past Utau, but Utau steps in her way. "Excuse me."

"No, you've only put us all in a deeper hell," Utau states. "You're going to have to pay for all of this." With that final statement, Utau walks out of the laundry room.

"Okay…that was odd," Amu says to herself. Amu pulls her list of chores out of her pocket. "Now I gotta clean the game room." Amu groans. She trudges up the stairs towards the left hallway. As she walks towards the game room, the door opens. Out walks Ikuto with Yoru close beside him.

"Hi Amu!' the young blue haired boy cheerfully greets.

"Hey Yoru," Amu greets back and then gives Ikuto a dirty look.

"Amu…" Ikuto breathes.

Amu scoffs him off and walks to the game room to continue her chores.

~nyeh nyeh nyeh~

Silence hangs over the dinner table at the Tsukiyomi's house. Amu refuses to look at Ikuto, Ikuto keeps trying to get Amu's attention, Utau is looking at both Amu and Ikuto, Aruto and Souko are looking worried, and Yoru is just eating his dinner, minding his own business.

Ikuto pokes Amu's leg, "Talk to me Amu."

"No," Amu whispers back.

"Amu…" Ikuto whines.

Amu stands up, "Thank you for the meal Souko. I'm going to leave now. Have a good night."

"I'll drive you," Ikuto suggests.

"No," Amu snarls as she walks out the main doors, closing them with a slam.

Ikuto flinches at the loud bang. He sighs as he slides back into his chair. Aruto and Souko look at him.

"Utau," Aruto starts, "will you take Yoru upstairs?"

"Yea, come on Yoru," Utau takes Yoru's hand.

"Good night Mommy, Daddy, and Ikuto!" Yoru cheerfully exclaims as he walks off with Utau.

"Alright Ikuto, let's talk," Souko says.

~nyeh nyeh nyeh~

Amu storms angrily to her home. She still doesn't understand anything. Why would Saaya kiss him? Probably to piss her off. Okay, that has been answered. Why did Ikuto kiss her back though? Just saying that he has raging hormones wasn't enough. She needs a legitimate answer. But this question is still with her, why is she acting like this? She feels like she's jealous. Why should she be jealous though? It's not like she has feelings for Ikuto right? These thoughts clutter Amu's mind as she walks home.

One she arrives at home, she fumbles with her keys to try to unlock the front door. After she finally unlocks the door, she walks in and slams the door shut.

"Amu? Is something wrong?" Midori asks, looking up from her book.

"I'm just angry Mom," Amu states as she plops herself on the couch next to her mother.

"Wanna talk about it?" Mrs. Hinamori asks.

"Not really," Amu mutters.

"It'll help," Midori suggests.

"Alright, fine," Amu gives in.

~nyeh nyeh nyeh~

"So, the girl who got Amu expelled from her old school just randomly decided to transfer to your school now," Souk starts.

"And out of nowhere, Saaya kisses you while Amu goes back inside to get something, you kiss her back, Amu sees you, and gets angry?" Aruto finishes.

"Yea, pretty much," Ikuto agrees.

"You also don't see what you did wrong, correct?" Aruto asks.

"I do, I just think that Amu is over-reacting," Ikuto states.

"Ikuto, that's how girls work," Souko states. "You see, we girls are sensitive creatures. If you just randomly kiss our worst enemy, we're going to be pretty mad."

"All you need to do is apologize," Aruto states.

"But Amu needs to know she's over-reacting," Ikuto challenges.

"You never ever tell a woman she's wrong, that will only get you into more trouble," Souko warns. "She just needs an apology and everything will be fine."

"That's it?" Ikuto asks.

"That's it, now I'm off to bed, good night," Souko walks out of the dining room and off towards her bedroom.

"Ikuto," Ikuto jerks up and look at his father, "Don't screw this up."

Ikuto nods and goes out to his car to go off to the Hinamori residence.

~nyeh nyeh nyeh~

"Why is Saaya Yamabuki at your school?" Midori asks.

"I don't know, to piss me off?" Amu suggests. "That's probably why she started making out with him."

"But that's not what angers you the most, is it?" Mrs. Hinamori asks.

"Well…no, it's not," Amu admits.

"What is it then?" Midori asks slightly smiling, knowing what she's going to say.

"It angers me that Ikuto kissed her back and won't apologize. He thinks he didn't do anything wrong but…ugh!" Amu hits herself in the face with a pillow.

"Why do you think you feel this way?"

"I don't know."

"Do you like Ikuto?"

"What? Not my little girl!" Mr. Hinamori, out of nowhere, shouts.

"Dad…" Amu groans.

Knock knock.

"Ami! Get the door!" Mrs. Hinamori yells.

"I can get it," Amu suggests.

"We're talking so let her get it," Midori laughs after. "So, do you like Ikuto?"

Ami walks downstairs scowling. Her mother had just interrupted an important phone call. Ami turns the knob and opens the door. "Oh, hello there," Ami says with a slight smile/smirk on her face.

"Is Amu home?"

Ami's smile drops, "Mom, some hot guy is here for Amu."

Amu gets up from the couch, "Ikuto, what are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you," Ikuto states.

"Hmph," Amu scoffs.

"Oh how nice!" Midori exclaims. "Ami, show Ikuto to Amu's room. Amu, come one, let's get some snacks."

"Follow me!" Ami grabs Ikuto's hand and pulls him upstairs.

"Make sure he gets to my room Ami!" Amu commands.

"Whatever!" Ami yells back.

"Oh, this is so nice. Ikuto has come to apologize I just know it!" Midori happily exclaims as she puts some chocolate chip cookies on a plate. She then sets the plate on a tray and hands it to Amu. "Now go, you're guest is waiting."

Amu grips the tray as she walks upstairs. She presses her foot against her door, opening the door wider. Ikuto is sitting on her bed, with his shoes of and his legs crossed. Amu sets the tray on the small table close to her bed.

Ikuto grabs a cookie, "Mmm…chocolate chip." Ikuto bites into his cookie. "Your room is very colorful."

Amu just crosses her arms over her chest. Ikuto finishes his cookie and grabs a napkin to wipe his hands. He shifts on Amu's bed and pats a space next to him. Amu shakes her head.

"Stop being difficult Amu. Come here and sit next to me," Ikuto gets up and grabs Amu's arm. He pulls her over to sit next to him. "Now that you're sitting with me."

"What do you want?" Amu asks in an annoyed tone.

"I'm sorry," Ikuto finally says. "I didn't realize what I had done made you this angry. I just want to apologize. Do you forgive me?"

Amu thinks for a minute, "Yea, I forgive you, but I'm still pissed at you."

"I didn't expect anything more," Ikuto admits. "Hug?"

Amu rolls her eyes and gives Ikuto a hug. Ikuto wraps his arms around her in a tight hug.

"Okay…Ikuto…you're crushing me," Amu states.

Ikuto lets go, "Oh...sorry."

"It's fine."

"So…you were jealous weren't you?" Ikuto asks with a smirk.

"That's it, time for you to leave," Amu states.

"But Amu…" Ikuto whines.

"Nope, you gotta go," Amu repeats. She pulls Ikuto off of her bed. Ikuto quickly grabs another cookie and eats it as Amu pulls him down the stairs towards the front door.

Ikuto finishes his second cookie, "Bye Mrs. Hinamori, Mr. Hinamori."

"Buh-bye Ikuto!" Midori exclaims.

Amu pushes Ikuto out the front door and is about to close it when Ikuto pulls Amu outside with him.

"You never answered my question Amu," Ikuto states. "Were you jealous that Saaya Yamabuki got to kiss me?"

"No, I wasn't," Amu retorts.

"You're lying."

"No, I'm not."

Yes, you are."

"Ikuto! I wasn't jealous," Amu assures.

"Alright, whatever you say," Ikuto gives in. "Well I guess I'll go."

Amu begins, "Well, I'll see you-"

Amu's sentence is stopped by a pair of lips. Amu stands there stunned. Ikuto pulls back after about three seconds, smirking. He pats Amu's head and walks to his car. Amu stands there at her front door, frozen. Ikuto chuckles at the pink haired girl as he pulls out of the driveway. When Amu notices Ikuto has left, she become unfrozen.

Amu yells, "What the hell was that?"

I sure hope I made up for the last chapter. I won't be updating until next week because of vacation and I'm with my dad this whole vacation. I also start school next week so updating might take longer. I'm starting my first year of high school mmk?

Well, please leave a review and as always, thanks for reading.

~ Yukiko :3