Now, for the 14th chapter of Cold Blooded! Yay! Hope U enjoy! ^-^

Ikuto crept carefully across the floor, leaving nary a sound. He stepped around the corner of his apartment and saw someone sitting on his open windowsill. It was a boy with somewhat shaggy purple hair, bright yellow eyes, and a purple cat tail and ears. He was wearing a black t-shirt, long black baggy shorts, and a silver cross necklace. "Yoru," Ikuto said venomously.

Yoru looked up at him and smiled happily, oblivious to Ikuto's anger. "Ikuto!" Yoru launched himself at the vampire.

Ikuto sidestepped at the last second, causing Yoru to fly into a desk and then to stumble backwards and fall onto his back. "Ikuto! That was mean!" Yoru pouted up at him, his mouth turned down into a tiny frown.

Ikuto grinned at him without even an ounce of shame. "How did you get in here anyways?" he asked as his eyes sparkled with unseen malice.

"I broke in through your door. It was pretty easily actually," Yoru smiled up at him in a cat-like manner.

"Uh-hu..." Ikuto mumbled as Yoru stood up, "Idiot." Ikuto snapped out his arm and shoved Yoru back down towards the floor again. Of course it couldn't have really hurt him, but Yoru wined piteously, as Ikuto continued to talk. "Anyways, you have to leave. Now."

"But, why? I haven't seen you in so long! I thought we could spend time toge-" Yoru's sentence was cut off as a pink-haired girl quickly stuck her head through the door.

"I-Ikuto? Is everything okay?" Amu squeaked out nervously.

"Amu..." Ikuto whispered to himself, as if he had forgotten she was there and just remembered how much she meant to him. Every time he saw her, it was as if his heart leapt out to her. She was truly the only thing he'd ever wanted – in both life and, well, death. "Yes, everything's fine," he continued, louder this time. "Come in Amu."

Amu slowly opened the door and stepped tentatively inside. She briefly looked around the room – curiously eyeing the mess that Yoru and Ikuto had made – before walking towards them. "Hi, I'm Amu Hinamori," she greeted Yoru and stuck her hand out for him to shake. Surprisingly, she wasn't deterred by his ears or tail.

He ignored her hand and instead peered curiously at her as he paced around her in a circle. "Ne, Ikuto, you have a girl? Is that why you haven't been around much lately?" Yoru asked. Amu stood rigidly straight with an awkward look on her face as Yoru leaned forwards and smelled her hair.

Ikuto instinctively reached forwards, wrapped his arms around Amu's waist, and snatched her back into his chest. He growled a possessive "Mine," to Yoru, not really caring if he showed his true feelings this one time. And besides, it was only Yoru. It had really pissed him off though when Yoru had gotten that close to Amu. His Amu.

"B-but Ikuto, she's human!" Yoru exclaimed, earning a glare from Ikuto. "I-I mean, she's cute and stuff," Yoru continued, which caused Amu to blush, "but she's still human. And you're not."

"Quiet Yoru. You're making my Amu nervous." Ikuto glared at Yoru.

"Your Amu?" both Amu and Yoru asked – well, Amu more like yelled it – at exactly the same time.

"Of course," Ikuto replied, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. This made Amu blush beet red, and Yoru to gape at him.

"So this means you-" Yoru started to speak before Ikuto interrupted him.

"Yoru, quiet."

"So it's true!" Yoru gasped. "You really did c-" Ikuto swung his leg out and dealt a blow right to his stomach. Yoru flew backwards, and a loud crack was heard as he crashed into the wall.

"Oh, crap. I didn't mean to kick that hard, now my wall's going to be dented," Ikuto frowned at the wall Yoru had hit.

"Ikuto!" Amu cried as she ran towards Yoru, who was sprawled out on the floor."Are you okay?"

"Ya, I'm fine. Thanks Amu. You know, you're really too nice for him," Yoru stuck his tongue out at Ikuto. He always acted like a little kid. "And besides, hitting me won't erase the fact that you connected with her."

"Connected?" Amu looked towards Ikuto and titled her head questioningly.

Ikuto mentally groaned in annoyance. He didn't want tell her everything about vampires; the less she knew, the safer she was. Technically, she would be the safest is he'd stop seeing her, but he wasn't planning on doing that any time soon.

Ikuto sat down on the floor and motioned for Amu to join him. "Sometimes, vampires connect with humans," He started as Amu sat down beside him. "Every vampire has one human that they would connect with. Usually, they don't meet, because they could be anywhere in the world. When they first meet, there's an intense... craving, for the human's blood. But, as time goes on, the bond deepens. You start wanting them to be happy... and stuff." He finished a bit clumsily.

"So, do some vampires, um, kill the human when they first meet?" Amu asked nervously.

Ikuto raised his eyebrows at her bold question, "Most do, actually. Others turn them into vampires so they can be together."

After a long pause, Yoru blurted out, "Show her your tattoo!"

"Tattoo?" Amu asked wonderingly.

"When different things happen to a vampire, they develop tattoos," Ikuto explained. "For example, when you join a coven – which is a group of vampires – you get a tattoo to match the coven. Connecting with a human gets you a tattoo as well."

"Um, can I see yours?" Amu blushed at her request.

Ikuto reached up and pulled his shirt off over his head. "Wh-what are you doing!?" Amu yelled, her face turning bright red.

He pointed towards the left side of his chest where a dark blue tattoo was drawn onto his pale skin. It was a curving double cross with a circle around the center.

"Oh," she mumbled, looking a little distracted. Amu touched his tattoo so lightly he would've barely felt it, except for the fact that it sent a warm static shock throughout his entire body. He blinked in surprise, and looked at Amu to see that she was staring at him with a shocked expression. Obviously, she had felt it too.

Ikuto grabbed the back of her head and gently pulled her forwards so he could kiss her forehead. "Ready to go home Amu?" Ikuto asked as he covered himself back up with his black shirt. He didn't wait for her response as he picked her up into his arms and headed towards the window. "Goodbye, Yoru," he called.

"W-wait! Ikuto, I thought we were going to spend some time together!"

Ikuto ignored Yoru as he slid open the big window and swung himself and Amu over the edge of the balcony. Amu threw her arms around his neck and hung on tightly as they fell towards the ground.

"Ikuto!" Amu yelled as they landed, "Don't ever do that without warning me first! And couldn't someone have seen you? I mean, normal people just don't jump out of windows."

"There's no one here," Ikuto pointed out as he looked around. He hadn't really thought about that before he'd jumped though. He always tried, but he hadn't quite perfected the whole being discreet thing.

Amu gave him a dry look as Ikuto walked forwards, carrying her the whole way.

"Well, well, well," someone called out, their voice acidy. "Look who we finally found."

Um, wow, possessive and anger issues much, Ikuto? Lol! XD And I think I made Yoru a bit too winy. Oh, well. And, also, a cliff-hanger! Again! WOO!! :D hehe, sorry! Oh, and if U're wondering who said that, It's a new character. And no, I won't tell U who it is. :P Although I need a name for them... :XD:

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