Chapter 11: Together

Ikuto put me down after holding me for a long time. I looked over to the entrance of the castle to see Utau, Kuukai and Hikaru. Kuukai was waving his hands in the air, signaling me. Ikuto held my hand as they entered. Then Ikuto saw Utau walking towards us.

"Persephone!"

Ikuto let go of my hand and dashed past me and toward her. Ikuto pulled out his sword from his hand and pointed at Utau. Then she also pulled out a sword from the air, protecting herself.

"What are you doing back here?!"

"Ikuto! It's alright! Persephone is with me! She brought me here!" I cried out.

I ran off to Ikuto who went ten feet away from me from the main hallway of the castle.

"Persephone's with us now." I smiled.

Ikuto looked at me with surprise. He glanced at me and was reassured. He withdrew his sword back into his hand. Utau also made her sword disappear. Ikuto suddenly pulled me towards him into his chest. He held me tight against his body. I guesss he really didn't want to let me go. Oh well, being like this with Ikuto, I really didn't mind.

"Persephone, why did you make me go back even though you brought Amu here?"

"I'm sorry. Amu made me realize the truth within me. She's the reason why I changed. I'm truly sorry big brother. Please forgive me……"

Utau began to cry lightly and sliently. Ikuto let go of me for a second to console Utau.

"It's alright. No matter what you do, you will always be my little sister."

Ikuto silently patted her head and rubbed her back. Ikuto gently passed Utau to Kuukai.

"Kuukai, you should take Utau to her room. One of my guards will take you there."

"Thanks Mr. Tsukiyomi."

"I'm not your teacher anymore Kuukai, you can call me Ikuto if you want."

"I'll consider it." Kuukai smiled.

Kuukai carried Utau to her room with the guards guiding them.

"Amu, did you miss me?"

"Of course I did! When you weren't there, the apartment felt so empty. Why did you scare me like that?! Leaving your collar like that, it felt like a good bye forever!"

"Amu, I didn't want you to follow me."

"I'm still here! I'm standing right here! Were you thinking of leaving and never coming back?!"

"Amu."

Ikuto pulled me forward by holding my back, pulling forward.

"Do you know how hard it was for me to leave you? Just thinking about never seeing you again, tore my heart into two. Every night I've been here, you were always on my mind."

Ikuto went on his knees in front of everyone in the castle. He grabbed my hand and lightly kissed it.

"You're the only person who can make me like this: vulnerable and pure."

I felt so special, like a princess.. The way Ikuto was acting, I felt like royalty.

"I-Ikuto, they're looking at us."

"Oh really, you want to be alone with me?"

I couldn't tell him my real intentions. It felt too embarassing. Ikuto stood up and pulled me along as we walked toward his room. As I entered, it looked the same when I first saw it in his past.

"Welcome to my room. My higher ups would think it's weird if I had two rooms to myself so, you'll have to sleep with me."

Ehh?! I have to sleep with Ikuto?!

"Umm, would you be in your cat form or human form when you sleep?"

"Human. Since I'm back in this world, Gozen lifted the curse off me."

In human? That makes me even more nervous! But thinking about it, him and me, in the same bed, bodies snuggling up together…… My face turned hot by just thinking about it. Hopefully at night, I don't attack him in his sleep.

"Tsk! Ugh….."

In a split second, I saw Ikuto flinch in pain. Was something wrong?

"Ikuto? Are you okay?"

"Heh, I can't hide anything from you. I lied to you again."

I wanted Ikuto to stop lying to me. If we were going to be together, we should be open with each other.

"Ikuto, I want to you promise me that you will tell me everything."

"Amu……"

I held up my pinky and put it in front of him.

"Promise!"

Ikuto sighed and gave in. He linked pinkies with me and shook on it.

"Now, Ikuto, tell me everything."

"When I came back to the Underworld, Gozen was furious. He was mad at the fact that his own little killing machine has run away. So as punishment, he tortured me for two days straight."

"Two days? But I didn't see you for at least a whole day!"

"Time passes quickly here than in the other world."

"What kind of torture did he do to you?"

"He chained me to a wall and got his guards to whip me from behind."

That's so cruel! How can he do such inhumane things?! Never mind that, Ikuto must be in pain now. I wanted to help him. I grabbed Ikuto's hand and pulled him towards the bed. I made him sit and slowly started to take of his shirt.

"Amu! What are you doing?!"

"I want to change your bandages. You sound like you're in so much pain. I want to help you."

Ikuto didn't say anything else. He let me continue what I was doing. As I peeled off the first layer of clothing, his chest was the first picture that caught my eyes. It looked clear without whip marks yet, still so beautiful even though it was covered up in bandages. As I moved around, I saw his back. Blood seeping through the cloth. Ikuto, how much pain are you holding in? I laid my head against his back.

"Ikuto…….."

"Amu, it's alright. When you're here, the pain inside me disappears. Don't worry."

I wasn't sure if Ikuto was lying to me but at that point, for sure, it felt pure and true. I continued to unwrap the bandages to change into a clean set. After the last layer came off, I saw Ikuto's scars. Repeated strikes on the back. It did look like two days worth. I grabbed a clean bandage and started to wrap it around him. After I finished, it looked clean and refreshing. But still, Ikuto had scars on his back.

I wanted him to feel good.

To replace the pain, I wanted to give him pleasure. So I began to kiss his neck from behind, lightly sucking on his skin, I was marking him mine. Ikuto suddenly pushed me back toward the bed putting me under him. He leaned forward to kiss me. He moved deeper into me by pushing his tongue into my mouth. He finally let go of me, leaving me breathless.

He moved down my body to were my breasts were. Ikuto unbuttoned my shirt, exposing my body to his eyes. Ikuto planted butterfly kisses down my neck, then slowly down the slopes of my breasts and to my stomach. My skirt was still on for some reason. I guess Ikuto liked doing stuff like this with the girl half dressed. Oh well, it didn't matter, Ikuto is with me and that's all I cared about at the moment.

Donk, donk, donk.

Someone was knocking on Ikuto's door.

"Master Cerberus?"

It was Hikaru's voice at the door, he was certainly working late.

"What is it? I'm kind of busy right now."

"Souko Tsukiyomi wishes to see you and Princess Persephone."

"Mother? Fine, I'll be out in a minute."

"Yes sir."

Hikaru's footsteps faded away as he went to get Utau.

"Amu, we were interupted again. We'll finish this later."

Ikuto slowly got off me and put on the shirt that I took off him. Then I sat up and started to button up my shirt.

"Amu, do not leave this room. If they find you, they might kick you out of the castle. No one is allowed in my room so you should be fine."

"Okay."

"I'll be back late, because I have another job to do after visiting my mother. Don't force yourself to wait for me, if you're tired, go to sleep."

"Okay Ikuto, good luck."

I kissed Ikuto on the lips lightly. After kissing him, he pulled me into a hug.

"I'll try to be quick Amu."

Ikuto opened his door and began to walk out. I hope Ikuto will be okay. But what could I do to kill time? First of all, I can't sleep in my regular clothing. I guess I can borrow Ikuto's……

I walked to his closet and opened it to see all the shirts that seemed to large for me. I just grabbed one and instantly changed into his shirt. I only wore my underwear and his baggy shirt. To make time go faster, Ikuto had books in his roomthat I could read. All of them were mostly college material so I didn't waste any time.

I was on the couch reading books for two hours straight. Ikuto still hasn't come back. Oh no, my eyelids were getting heavy. I'm sorry Ikuto, I couldn't stay awake until you got back……..

Notes:

Here is Chapter 11! I updated today cause for the whole day tomorrow I will be out. I didn't want to break any promises so here it is. I loved this chapter. There was so much tender moments with Ikuto and Amu together. There's also a bit of Kuukai and Utau too! I tried to make Ikuto's line less cliché but his clichéness is what makes him so hot! Look forward to the next chapter! Read and review! =D

Oh and thank you for your lovely comments. I hope everyone has a great New Year!