Panda: Hey people!! Guess what??? It's almost the end of school (for me)!! YAY!

Miki: What, you're not even going to apologize for not updating?

Panda: I was getting to that, thank you very much. Sorry for not updating!! I've been super busy and stressed, but now that it's almost the end of the year, I'm free…!!! So I can update more often!

Ikuto: -smirks- You can update, but will you?

Panda: -glares- Yes, I will. As long as I have enough written for a chappie.

Amu: Seriously, when was the last time you actually wrote a lot?

Panda: ……..

Temari: Disclaimer: Manga Obsessed Panda does not own Shugo Chara.

Panda: Thanks Temari. Anyway, please read and review!!

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Oh wait, by the way….I AM an Amuto fan, always and forever. But I had to make the last chapter anti-Amuto because I couldn't just let them live happily ever after. Stories need conflicts, and Tadase is a natural one.

Ikuto: You use that excuse a lot.

Panda: THAT'S CUZ IT'S TRUE!! T_T (oh, btw, Addicted, Utau is one of my favorite characters too. I just didn't like her when I started writing this…and yeah…maybe I'll make her good later…)

Read and review, and thanks for sticking with me!! =)

In Love with Two chapter…wow, 10!!!

No, wait, sorry…. RECAP

Tadase was the only one in the garden that day. Rima was off somewhere, probably being stalked by her fans. Kairi was off researching, as usual, and Yaya…no on knew where Yaya was.

"Hinamori-san," Tadase greeted her.

"Oh. Tadase-kun," she replied, a bit glumly.

"Anything wrong?" he asked, genuinely concerned.

"No, it's just Ik-" She stopped abruptly. "Nothing."

"I see. Anyway, Hinamori-san, I would like to apologize if my presence has been making you uncomfortable lately. I hope things can return to the way they were before…" He trailed off.

Amu smiled, touched by Tadase's sweet apology. "Of course I forgive you, Tadase-kun. I'm sorry things have been awkward between us too."

He smiled back. "Oh, you have something on your cheek," he said, reaching for a handkerchief. "I'll get it." He gently wiped off the smudge of dirt Amu had received from P.E. earlier that day. "Got it."

Amu felt her cheeks heat up. Her eyes widened, and she was inwardly freaking out. What the heck?!?!?! I like IKUTO. Not Tadase-kun!!!

Now, In Love with Two, chapter 10!!

"Is something wrong, Hinamori-san?"

"Ah…no! Not at all!"

"Are you sure?" he persisted in that concerned tone that he used all the time.

"H-hai." Her heart began to speed up involuntarily. Oh…not again!! "I…ah…have to go. Search for X-eggs." She fumbled with her words and mixed up feelings.

"I can come with you," he offered. She hesitated. "Really. You shouldn't hunt by yourself."

What could she do? "S…sure."

"Great!" He smiled at her.

She smiled back weakly. Inwardly, she was screaming, What am I doing?? What's wrong with me? What about…She reluctantly thought of his name. What about…Ikuto? They walked side by side silently for ten minutes or so. Amu didn't know what to say…and wasn't even sure she wanted to talk to him, for fear that she might….end up liking him again?! Then:

"Amu-chan!"

"Tadase!" Su and Kiseki cried together. "X-eggs!!"

"Oh…" was all Amu said before calling, "Miki!"

"Hai," Miki responded, smiling as she popped into her egg. Amu didn't want to use Amulet Heart for obvious reasons.

"My own heart…UNLOCK!" She held her breath as blue ribbons of light enveloped her and music notes appeared. "Chara Nari: Amulet Spade!"

"Kiseki! My own heart, Unlock!" Kiseki went into his egg blah blah blah (You know what happens!) "Chara Nari: Platinum Royal!"

The couple dozen eggs were watching in slight interest, but then panicked when the two transformed kids turned towards them. (They do look pretty strange, you have to admit.) Amu, in an attempt to try and outrun her feelings for Tadase, chased after them frantically. It didn't work, and she ended up being an epic fail (I'm so asian :P). Frustrated, she screamed, "Colorful Canvas!!" and actually succeeded in forcing them into an enclosed area. She was shocked.

"Good work Hinamori-san! White Decoration!" He trapped them with his totally not really awesome weapon. "Now!"

"Negative Heart, lock on! Open Heart!!"

"We did it!" cried Amu after she retransformed.

"Good work, Hinamori-san!"

"Thank you, Tadase-kun. You too." She blushed and glanced at her feet. (You couldn't see or hear her, but Miki was groaning.)

"So um…" Tadase shifted awkwardly. "May I…walk you home?"

"I…guess." She hesitated. What would Ikuto think? But she brushed that thought away. He's probably mad at me anyway. And I'll apologize if he stops by tonight. So they walked home, talking and laughing as if nothing had ever happened between them.

He didn't come. Not that night, or the next, or even next week. Amu was becoming increasingly worried. Yeah, Ikuto was a cat, but he could still get injured or hurt. But she ignored her worries. Tadase had started to become a good friend (almost more than a friend, was what Nagihiko had told her.) But when another week passed, she couldn't just ignore it. Ikuto had never been gone so long. I miss him. She couldn't hide her feelings for him, couldn't deny that she still liked--loved?--him still.Despite everything with Tadase. "I'm going to find him," she said stubbornly.

Utau was almost cackling. (Imagine Utau character changing with Iru. Yeahhh…) She was overwhelmed. This was practically perfect. I didn't even think of this!! And it still worked out! She slid her eyes towards her unhappy brother. She walked to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Ikuto! Are you performing with me again soon?"

"No. And get off; you're choking me."

Same old Ikuto, even though he was upset. Sigh.

Ikuto got up and walked away…well, more like stalked off. He went outside, thinking very hard. He was not happy. A girl (heck, a guy as well) has never meant this much to me before. Will never again.

"Ikuto, nya?"

"What, Yoru?"

"What happened between you and Amu? Miki doesn't really get it either."

Ikuto flinched at the sound of Amu's name. "Nothing. Why don't you get Miki to ask----her?"

Yoru paused. Then he confided in a soft voice, "Miki thinks that the other charas and Amu are mad at her. For still talking to me even though you and Amu had a fight, nya. And she's upset that-" He stopped abruptly.

Ikuto raised an eyebrow. "Upset that…?" he prodded.

"Well, her exact wording was, 'I wish that Amu would stop listening to her head and listen to her heart. Just because Tadase is around more than Ikuto, doesn't mean she actually likes him like that.' "

"I…see." So she likes the Kiddy King again, huh?

"Aren't you going to do something about it?"

"What can I do? If she wants to go out with Kiddy King, I can't do anything to change her mind." He looked like he didn't care. He was cool and composed as always. But his voice held an undertone of bitter defeat.

Yoru was silent. "Who are you and what have you done with Ikuto??" he finally demanded.

"Yoru….?"

"Ikuto would never act like that." He folded his arms across his chest. "You are Tsukiyomi Ikuto. The coolest character in this entire manga/anime series. He doesn't let a girl make him feel defeated."

Ikuto actually smiled. He ruffled his chara's hair. "Ok, you win. But I'm still not going to Amu's tonight."

"You….aren't? Why not?" Yoru looked confused.

"I just can't. I still don't know if she even likes me."

"Well, you'll never know if you don't go over there and ask!!" Yoru said triumphantly.

"I'd know if she proved it, maybe."

"Like how??"

Ikuto shrugged. "Maybe she could come visit me for once. I don't know."

"Okay….I'm going to sleep now, Ikuto. Night."

"Good night, Yoru." Even thought it's the afternoon.

Yoru crept into his egg thinking, I've got to tell Miki about this. Tell her that Ikuto won't come…because Ikuto wants Amu to come to him… Can't forget…. He drifted off to sleep.

Ikuto was quiet as he sat on the grass. Amu……Do I mean anything to you anymore?

Panda: All right, now I'm done!! Sorry for taking so long updating! Review!!!

Ikuto: I hate you.

Panda: Yeah, I love you too. Anyway, I really have to go now.

Amu: I was barely in this chapter, and when I WAS, I was with Tadase. Your fans are going to give you a lot of (insert bad words here) for that.

Panda: I know, I know. I'm sorry. It'll become Amuto again soon, I'm pretty sure. I can't promise anything though, sorry.

Oh right. And about all the requests…I'm sorry I'm taking so long!!! I actually DO have them all written out, and I hope I'll be able to put them on fan fiction this summer…hopefully really soon. I'm SO sorry about the delay. I love you guys!!! Thanks for sticking by me! =) Review please!!!