(A/N: I do not own Shugo Chara. Please review!)

Chapter 11

Ikuto and Amu headed back into the house. They had finally finished cleaning up, with the help from Mrs. Franklin who was just leaving.

Ikuto looked at Amu, who was about to head upstairs to change into more comfortable clothes before he grabbed her hand and spun her towards him.

"Ikuto!" she exclaimed in surprise.

He pulled her close to him and wrapped his arms around her waist like he'd done so many times. "Hello," he said with a smile.

She looked away from him. "Ikuto… we're… related now…"

He embraced her, pushing her head against his chest. "Okay… So?" Ikuto knew what was coming and he didn't want it to happen again.

"Ikuto… you know…"

"Yes, but I'm in love with you, Amu. Step-sister or not!" He looked deep into her eyes. He tried to calm himself once again. He leaned in towards her, but she turned her head away.

"Ikuto, stop. Just stop. You're my step-brother now. We already talked about this, and you agreed that we would stop whatever was between us after the wedding."

Ikuto looked at her. A mix of emotions ran through him. He wanted to yell at her for trying to keep them apart, but he knew that she loved him as well, and from the beginning she knew that something like this would happen. He felt guilty, for making her fall in love him more, but he couldn't help himself. He needed her. Maybe if he had just stayed away from her… But, he couldn't have. He loved her…

"But… I forgot about the honeymoon. Our parents won't be back for a couple of weeks. Can we stop then?" Ikuto suggested. He just wanted… a little more time with her…

Amu looked down. "But we're step-sib—" She was cut off when Ikuto crashed his lips against hers. Amu's eyes were wide for a moment, but then she slowly kissed back. He smirked as he made the kiss more passionate. When he felt her kissing back like that, he knew how much she really loved him. His hands were on her hips, pushing them against him so she could be even closer.

Her hands wrapped around his neck. Without breaking the kiss, he led her to the couch and pushed her down on it. He started making the kiss rougher and he slid his hand down her figure, stopping on her hips.

"Mmm… I-Ikuto…," Amu moaned.

"Amu…," Ikuto groaned as he kissed her.

Her fingers ran through his midnight blue hair. He hadn't thought they this would happen since it was after the wedding, but he was sure glad it was.

"Ikuto…," Amu whispered. "This isn't right…"

Ikuto continued to kiss her. "Amu, you know this is right…"

"Ikuto, I d-don't think—"

"Shh, Amu… Don't talk…"

Suddenly they heard the door open. Ikuto scowled and got off of Amu. Amu was bright red.

"Ikuto!" a voice said from the doorway. Ikuto and Amu looked to see Yoru standing there with a big grin on his face, holding the hand of a teenage girl with short blue hair, a short dark blue dress with black leggings and a black belt. "Hey guys!"

"Yoru…," Ikuto growled. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Well, I was sort of preoccupied during the mingling and didn't get a chance to meet up with you or Amu-san!" He walked over to them, and the girl followed.

"Hi, Yoru-san," Amu greeted him with a small smile.

"Amu-san, this is my girlfriend Miki! Miki, this is Ikuto's step-sister, Hinamori Amu!" Yoru introduced them. Amu smiled at the girl and the girl smiled back.

"It's nice meeting you, Amu-san. Congrats on your mom's marriage," Miki said, shaking her hand.

"Thank you, it's nice meeting you too," Amu said with a smile.

Ikuto wasn't happy seeing either of them. "Great, you met. Now get out."

"Aw, Ikuto! Why are you so cold?" Yoru complained. He then noticed how close they were sitting on the couch, and Amu's bright red face. He snickered. "Oh, I get it, now!" Then he paused and frowned. "Ikuto! She's your step-sister!"

"Shut up, Yoru," Ikuto said through gritted teeth.

Miki seemed to understand everything. She couldn't help but smile. "Come on, Yoru, they want some alone time."

He followed her out the door while complaining, "But Miki, they'll be alone for a whole two weeks!"

They heard the door close.

"Miki-san seems nice," Amu said, casually scooting away from him. Ikuto noticed this and frowned.

"Yeah, she's cool," he said. He moved closer to her. She looked away from him and moved to the edge of the couch. Ikuto started feeling a mixture of anger and hurt. Stop Amu, he wanted to say. Stop moving away from me! I love you… Ikuto closed the space between them and wrapped his arms around her, but she stood up quickly, moving away from him. "Amu, what are you… doing?"

"God, Ikuto! I CAN'T DO THIS, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!" she screamed, tears in her eyes. "YOU CAN'T EXPECT ME TO JUST DO EVERYTHING YOUR WAY!" She gritted her teeth and dropped her head. "You said until the wedding. I didn't even want to that! You can't keep delaying it, Ikuto! I can't be with you, don't you understand? Our parents are married, okay? You can't expect this relationship to work!"

Ikuto glared at her. "It could work, Amu, if you weren't so fucking stubborn!" He was angry now. "Dammit, we both love each other! We fucking love each other! Why are you being so difficult, Amu?! Why can't you just give into your feelings?! So what, we're step-sibling. And?!"

"You just don't understand," Amu said, shaking her head.

"No," Ikuto said coolly, scowling at her. He walked towards the doorway. Before he left he turned back to her. "You're just being a bitch."

He slammed the door behind him and left the house.

Amu couldn't believe he had said that to her. But… she didn't blame him one bit. She crumpled to the floor and started to sob into her hands. "Oh, God. Oh, God!" she cried. What had she done?

Ikuto was fuming. He drove at a hundred miles per hour down the long deserted road. Why was she being so difficult? He was so upset and he didn't know how exactly he had gotten so pissed.

He was gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles were white. He was scowling at the road as his foot pressed against the accelerator. "Dammit, Amu… Dammit!" He gritted his teeth. He pounded the steering wheel in anger. "Dammit!"

He turned the steering wheel hard and make a hard veer to the right. He stopped the car in the middle of an old abandoned parking lot. He leaned back in his chair and squeezed his eyes shut. This had never happened before. One girl never before in his life had made him feel so much, positive or negative.

Was he angry at her? Yes. Was he angry at himself? Of course. Was he still in love with Amu? Ikuto scowled. He was crazy in love for her. Saying he was just 'in love' was an understatement. He would do anything for her, he'd do whatever he could to make her happy… But he lost control of his temper… He had called her a bitch. Before he left, he saw her from out of the window. He saw sob. He saw her crumple to the floor. And what did he do about it? Nothing.

Maybe it would've been better if he had never even met her. If Aruto hadn't decided to go on a museum tour, where he met Midori, who was taking the same tour. That's where they hooked up.

If they never met, he and Amu probably would never meet. But then… he'd never feel all that love that he felt for her… but at the same time, he would never feel all the pain that he was feeling at that moment.

"Why… can't she see how much I love her?" he whispered to himself. "Why is she doing this to me?"

He pressed the radio on.

L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole started playing. Ikuto looked at the radio.

Why? Why the song that he and Amu had sung together to.

He was going to turn off but decided against it and closed his eyes.

He started remembering events that happened between him and Amu. When he found her in his room… when he asked if Kukai was her boyfriend… He remembered when they danced to Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley and when he first kissed her in front of the sunrise. How good that kiss was… And how better the next kiss at the beach was. Her smile kept appearing in his mind. That beautiful smile… How she held onto him in the movie theatre, even know she didn't know it was him… How beautiful she looked every day and how she made his heart race. How she made him wake up with a smile in the morning because he'd be able to see her again. To hold her. To kiss her. She was his… she just wouldn't…

His phone buzzed in his pocket.

He decided to ignore it. But then it vibrated again. He groaned and answered it.

"What?!" he demanded.

"Ikuto-san?"

Ikuto groaned again. It was Kukai. "What do you want, Kukai? I'm not exactly in the mood."

"Sorry, I'll make this quick. Listen, um… Amu's at my house," Kukai said on the other line.

Ikuto's eyes widened. "What?!"

"Listen, calm down… she seemed upset over the phone and asked if she could come over. Utau's here too… She wouldn't tell us what happened… Did you… do something to her?"

Ikuto looked down. "We had a fight."

"Well, I think you should come and get her. You're the only one who can fix this."

"What? What do you mean? I'm probably the last person she wants to see," he muttered. "She…" Ikuto closed his eyes. "She probably would rather stay with you instead of me."

"Ikuto-san, she's upset, but I can tell she's not just upset with you, but with herself. I've known Amu for a very long time and I know whatever happened between you two is something only you two can fix. The person she needs the most right now, is you. Come and pick her up, okay?"

"So you're planning on being a shrink, right?" Ikuto asked bluntly.

Kukai laughed. "No, but I've been told I'm excellent at advice!"

"Don't get too full of yourself, Kukai." Kukai laughed again on the other line. Ikuto sighed. "Fine… I'll… pick her up…"

"Good! See you soon!" Kukai ended the call.

Ikuto closed the phone and put it in his pocket. He started the car again and drove out of the parking lot, and then he headed towards Kukai's house.

When he reached it, he hesitantly parked in the driveway and walked slowly up to the stoop. He paused before ringing the doorbell.

The door opened. It was Kukai's eldest brother, Kaidou.

"What do you want?" he asked coolly.

"I'm here for Amu."

"Didn't you cause this whole mess, kid?" He glared at Ikuto.

Ikuto looked down. "Yeah, I guess I did."

"Kaidou!" he heard Kukai say from inside. Kukai ran up to the door and smiled at Ikuto. "Sorry, Ikuto-san. Come on in!"

Kaidou grunted before allowing Ikuto to enter the house. Ikuto followed Kukai to the living room. He saw Amu lying down on the couch, Utau sitting in a seat across from her. A blanket covered Amu's body, leaving only her head and upper body visible. That's when he noticed that she was asleep.

"Ikuto," Utau said, standing up from her seat.

"Utau…," Ikuto whispered. "Has she been asleep long?"

Kukai nodded. "She fell asleep while I was calling you. Do you need any help getting her into the car?"

Ikuto looked at her sleeping figure. She finally looked… peaceful again.

He gently picked her up, bridal style. "No," he answered. He walked towards the door and Kukai opened it for him. Before Ikuto left, he turned back towards Kukai. "Kukai… Thank you."

Kukai smiled at him. "No problem! And, Ikuto-san?"

"Yeah?"

"Take care of her, okay? She really does need you."

Ikuto looked at Amu's sleeping face. "Of course I will. I need her, too."

Ikuto walked out the door with a sleeping Amu in his arms and walked towards the car. He then opened the door carefully and gently put Amu in. He buckled her in before closing the car door. He went into the car himself and started the engine. He pulled out of Kukai's driveway and drove back to the Tsukiyomi house.

Kukai watched them leave with a frown on his face. Utau wrapped her arms around him.

"Are you worried?" she asked.

He sighed. "A little, I guess. I just… I mean I've seen her cry before, but never like this… She looked like she was in total pain…"

"I know… it's hard, their situation. They love each other, but their step-siblings."

Kukai wrapped his arm around her waist. "She wouldn't even tell me what happened, Utau." He looked at the ground. "She always tells me what happened…"

Utau turned him so that he was facing her. "Kukai, some things are just too hard to say. Especially after it just happened. Don't worry about it, okay? You need to give her some time. It's difficult what they're going through."

Kukai smiled at her. "You know what? I think I'm having an influence on you!"

Utau raised an eyebrow. "What?"

He laughed. "You're talking shrink talk!"

Utau blushed. "S-shut up, idiot…"

Kukai kissed her on the lips and looked at her surprised expression and laughed. "I love you, Utau!"

She blushed and grabbed his hand and led him inside. She didn't want him to see the blush… and the large smile.

Ikuto had Amu in his arms. He walked up the stairs and laid her on her bed. He covered her up and smiled at her sadly. He kissed her lips gently and walked out of the room, closing the door quietly behind him. He walked slowly towards his room and flopped on the bed. He knew what he had to do. No matter how much he loved her, he'd have to respect her wishes. He wouldn't exactly stay away from her… but he'd treat her like a sister… nothing more. Ikuto sighed. If only she knew… how much of a sacrifice he was making. But… she was worth it. He needed her to be happy around him.

And he had to apologize for calling her a bitch.

(A/N: So Amu and Ikuto had a very big fight but do not fear! Another chapter is on its way!)