Star: Well, we're back with a new chapter!
Jem: Yep. Sorry for the delay...
Star: Yeah, sorry but also I hope what happens in the chapter can make up for the delay. And be sure to prepare yourselves, cause I might just add some drama to this story as well. We own nothing but the plot.
Previously:
"Take care." was all I heard as I made my way back to the main floor. In the Cafe there I saw the rest of the mews and my charas who looked at me as I entered the scene. I scanned the room, but didn't see the one person I was looking for. So I ran towards the door, not before I heard my name being called. I decided to ignore it as I went on my search to find the one person who kept on disappearing on me since I met my parents. Ikuto.
Amu's P.O.V~
I've been searching every where for that damn idiotic cat and I can't find him anywhere! How long does it take to find a blue haired male?! I gave out a sigh as I sat down; my tail moving around as I saw people moved around. I thought of where to search. Ikuto couldn't have gotten that far for sure, so he should be nearby. But I already search every- Damn it.. Realization hit me as I forgot to check one last place. The place I should have check first to begin with. The damn park that was right next to the cafe! I gave out another sigh for my stupidity and ran towards the direction of the park near the cafe. Upon arriving, I began to search around mainly by climbing trees; seeing as I wasn't tall enough to be able to see above the bushes. After a while, I finally found him. Quickly and carefully, I climbed down from the tree I was on and soon began to run towards him. That is till I notice he was actually talking on the phone. I stood there as I listened to him talk
"-do you think you'll be able to come?" I heard him say. But to who? "Yeah, she doesn't know." Who doesn't know? "Although I think she might be...Yeah, I've been disappearing on her lately... Yeah, she seems to be getting along with her new family... So you are going to be here?...Alright, by when? I'll see if I can pick you up..." As curious as I was wanting to know where this conversation was heading, I also feared what if... what if Ikuto... No! Stop Amu, don't start. Don't think something is going on when it isn't. Maybe it's just Utau or possibly Tadase. No one else, right? But what if... No no no no no, nothing's going on. I gave out a sigh. Ikuto is not like that. He wouldn't do anything to hurt me and I trust him. I shouldn't be thinking like this after all, he's the person I love and he loves me back; I shouldn't doubt him. Yeah, no doubts.
"Bye." I heard as I looked towards him as I noticed him hang up and put his phone into his pocket; soon walking away.
"(Iku-)Meo-" I started as I was about to run towards him, till I felt suddenly getting picked up. I yelp and soon my body was turned as I looked into light blue colored eyes.
"what a cute little kitten.." The person who picked me up said.
"(Eh?)" I meowed. The person chuckled. By now, I noticed it was a male who picked me up. He seemed to be around the same age as Ikuto.. He also had black hair and seemed to be wearing a sort of uniform. Realization hit me once more as I turned slightly to see Ikuto looking around. I notice Yoru in front of him.
"You sure you heard Amu?" I heard him ask Yoru.
"I'm positive Ikuto nya!" Yoru said I saw Ikuto give out a sigh and turn away from Yoru who only sulked.
"(Ikuto!)"I meowed calling towards him. I noticed Yoru turn around towards my direction.
"(Yoru!)" I meowed and I notice him stared for a second till he quickly flew towards Ikuto.
"Hm... I wonder if you have a home." I heard the guy who still had me in his arms ask. I turned back towards him as I noticed his hand go towards the mew pendant on my neck. "That's a cute pendant, but it doesn't seem to have your name nor who you belong to." He said. "I guess I'll be taking you with me until we find your owner." He said. Eh? No way am I going home with this stranger! I started meowing for Ikuto and Yoru; hoping that Ikuto would listen to Yoru for once! I was soon carried away in a different direction from where Ikuto was. My head was on the guys shoulder as I saw Yoru talking with Ikuto; pointing towards my direction. I notice he was also translating my words.
"(IKUTO, YOU IDIOTIC CAT!)" I screamed or meowed or I don't know what to call it, but the point is I also startled the guy as he let go of me. He was holding his ear for a second and I took the opportunity and run towards Ikuto.
"Ah wait!" I heard the guy call out. Ikuto seemed to have notice him calling out as he notice me running towards him. I made it to him and quickly i somehow manage to climb up to his shoulder. He looked at me questioningly and grabbed me as he stared into me. I was panting looking at him while also glaring. He raised an eye brow and I took the chance and quickly kissed him. A puff of smoked surrounded me as I was transformed back into my human form and pulled away from Ikuto with a slight cough at the sudden smoke. The smoke cleared out as I was still being carried by Ikuto; his arms on my waist making me by at least two heads taller than him as he looked up; wide eyed.
"Amu?" He questioned and I gave out a nervous laugh and he put me down; still holding by the waist though.
"What the-" I heard and turned to see the guy from earlier stare at me shock. M-maybe I should have consider this part... "How did-" I heard him start trying to process what he saw before him.
"A-ah hello. Sorry, did I startle you?" i questioned; moving away from ikuto and towards the guy. Instead, he only starred at me; shocked. "Ah please don't misunderstand this situation, but what you saw is a magic trick being preformed." I quickly said.
"A magic trick?" He questioned; now less shocked, but curious instead. I nodded.
"Y-yes a trick my partner and I" I started pointing towards Ikuto, "are working on with our pet cat." I said. He only nodded seeming to now understand the situation.
"I see... Well, that sure was a really great trick you two did; swtiching places with a cat." He said and I nodded laughing a bit nervously.
"Glad you enjoyed it... um" i started.
"Takuto. Shindou Takuto." he said; extending his hand towards me which I shook.
"Hinamori Amu." I said and he nodded. I felt relief wash over me as he did believe my lie. Before any of us could say anything, I felt a pair of arms pull me back.
"Yeah and I'm her boyfriend." I heard Ikuto say. I looked up as I noticed him glare at Takuto who only chuckled.
"Didn't mean to steal her from you." He said as he then turned to look at me.
"Well, it was nice meeting you, Amu. Hope we can meet again some time soon." He said as he began to walk away. I nodded; giving him a smile. it wasn't till he was out of sight did Ikuto let go. I turned to face him and to regret it. He stared at me as if asking for an explanation. I laughed nervously.
"W-well you see..." I started and soon began to explain the whole situation to him. After I was done, I felt him hug me once more along with lifting me up to my surprise.
"At least your safe and here with me. Who knows what could have happened while you were a cat and been taken by him." He said as I felt his voice turn cold upon mentioning Takuto. I gave out a nervous laugh at his protectiveness till I noticed a smirk form on his face.
"At least it's good to know that for you to turn back, you have to get kissed." He said as I felt my cheeks heat up.
"D-dont you think you'll start taking advantage of my situation!" I yelled. He only chuckled.
"Of course not. But it can't be helped, but it seems like my little strawberry is under a spell and needs to be kissed to turn back." he said.
"I'm not little! Nor a strawberry!" I yelled at him, but he acted like he didn't hear it.
"it's like in one of those fairytales, expect of course this it'll be the bad boy and the kitten." He said. I blinked a few before I started laughing.
"You? A bad boy? As if." I laughed at him. He only pouted for a second as he put me down.
"If you want I can show you." He said as I felt his face getting closer to mine. I felt the heat on my cheeks return. Myself not wanting Ikuto having the upper hand, I pushed him away.
"Yeah, sure." I said looking away; avoiding eye contact and before he could say anything, Yoru interrupted.
"You see Ikuto nya!" Yoru suddenly said; tears streaming down his eyes. "I told you it was Amu nya!" He said.
"yeah, sure."Ikuto responded.
"Ikuto..." Yoru cried; clearly upset of Ikuto ignoring him. I gave Yoru a small smile and patted his head.
"It's ok Yoru, at least you recognized me and I'm glad you did. I don't think someone else could have." I said and glanced at Ikuto who pouted slightly. "So if you want, I'll reward you with some deserts from the cafe." I said and Yoru looked at me teary-eyed.
"Thank you Amu nya!" He said hugging my cheek; feeling appreciated. I laughed as we began to make our way to the cafe. Ikuto was following behind and Yoru smiling happily; his tail moving back and forth.
Normal P.O.V.~
Yoru gave out a satisfying sigh as he finished eating a peice of chocolate cake while rubbing his belly. The other chara's giggled as they finished their own piece of cake as well.
"Well it seems these little guys have satisfied their hunger." Retasu said with a giggle. Amu nodded with a smile.
"And it seems like you turned back to normal, sweetie." Ichigo said; wrapping an arm around her daughters shoulder, giving her a smile. Which Amu returned along with a nod.
"Back to normal? Did something happen to Amu while I was gone?" a voice said and Ichigo tensed up slightly as she turned to face her husband.
"Oh no, nothing important." She said with a wave of her hand with a small nervous laughter. Along with Amu who nodded in agreement. She wouldn't want to explain the whole situation to her father. Especially the encounter with Takuto who she was about to go to his home in her state of being a cat. Also the fact she kissed Ikuto in order to turn back to a human. Nope, they involve boys and her father was the type to do anything for her daughter. She'd rather not risk the life of her boyfriend nor the life of someone she just met. Kish on the other hand knew his wife well enough to know that she was hiding something. Her reactions were the same every time she lied. Of course he knew this due to the many situations she's been in as a hero and to comfort her overprotective husband. Well actually, there's no stopping the guy from caring so much... The point was he knew Ichigo was hiding something about Amu. Ichigo gave out a sigh knowing it was useless to hide things from him so she grabbed him by the arm and pulled him away into the kitchen; wanting to speak in private.
Kish stood facing Ichigo who had both arms on her hips clearly showing it was an important topic. In response, he crossed his arms; giving his attention.
"Kish, do you remember that one time when you kept on teasing me and embarrassing me?" Ichigo started and Kish raise an eyebrow; wondering about the topic, but nonetheless smiled at her.
"Ah yes, quite the wonderful reaction you gave. Your face was as red as a tomato." Kish said. Ichigo shook her head.
"That's not my point, remember how that day I turned into a cat?" She asked and he nodded.
"And that gave a better reason to call you koneko-chan." He said as Ichigo then remembered the many times she's been called like that by him and how much she felt annoyed about it back when they were enemies.
"Yeah, but then I explained to you why; it had to do with the amount of embarrassment, or nervousness or how scared I got. It would turn me into a cat at the time." she said and Kish nodded as he let her continue."And how I needed to be kissed to turn back to normal." Kish nodded again. By now Ichigo took a small breath and started talking to him slowly; cautious of any possible out come from her husband. "Yeah and well it's part of my DNA being infuse with the red data animal DNA, and well Amu is my daughter, so she has my DNA within her so..." She started looking at Kish expression as he wondered what she was trying to say.
"Wait. What exactly is the whole point of th-" He cut himself off as everything click into place. His eyes widen.
Yelling was heard from Kish as Amu and Ikuto were sitting down at a table; staring at the kitchen doorway. Amu only sighed as it reminded her of the argument her father made in the morning when she got lost within the city.
"you know.." Amu heard as she faced Ikuto.
"Hm?" She questioned.
"I have a feeling your father doesn't like me." He said bluntly. At this, Amu gave out a small nervous laughter.
"I'm sure he'll eventually come to accept you." She said. "Of course, I am his daughter and well I'm sure you'd also be the same if one day our daughter comes home with a boyfriend." Amu said and Ikuto thought for a second. In which Amu thought he would be considering the situation of her father... That was till a smirk appeared on his lips.
"Aw Amu, I didn't know you already wanted to have a daughter with me." He said as he watched Amu's face turn red.
"N-No! As if!" She yelled turning away from him.
"Well you did say, 'our daughter'." He said smirking.
"I-I meant your daughter!" Amu yelled.
"My daughter that will also be yours."
"No way!"
"Aw, you don't want to have a family with me?"
"As if!"
"but Amu-"
"No!" Amu yelled; her face more red, if possible while Ikuto stared at her smirking. She only glared at him.
"Definitely not!" Kish said suddenly appearing; embracing his daughter and started glaring at Ikuto who stared at him. He was surprised, but only showed a bit. Amu on the other hand was completely surprised at the sudden action and her mother was coming out of the kitchen; clearly looking for Kish. The guy was lucky he could teleport so he can escape her easily.
"Kish!" Ichigo called out; walking towards him as he loosened his embrace and looked at his wife.
"What?" He questioned and Ichigo sigh once more. Clearly she hasn't been in a good mood at all lately. Due to this, she ended up grabbing him by the ear and pulling him away. "Ow ow ow!" Kish complained as he let go of Amu along with his complaining. While Ichigo began to reason with Kish of his actions in which he clearly defends himself by accusing Ikuto of the first things that comes to mind. The others just watched in entertainment as it was rare to see the couple argue.
"W-why don't you two go out for another walk?" Retasu asked. Amu looked at Ikuto who looked back at her. She then turned to face her parents.
"Good idea." Amu said as she stood up motioning Ikuto to accompany her. "Plus, we have some stuff to do back at where we're staying." Amu said.
"What?!" Kish shouted. "Your sharing a place with THAT?!" He question and pointed towards Ikuto accusingly. Ikuto frowned, but slightly chuckled when he saw Ichigo scold Kish.
"But in a way, your father has a point." Ichigo said." If you two would like, why don't you guys stay with us? After all Amu, you are our daughter so its natural for you to live with us. We also have a spare room for Ikuto to stay." Ichigo said and Amu and Ikuto nodded.
"Then we'll be going to get our stuffs then." Amu said and Ichigo nodded.
"And once you come back, we'll head home." she said and Amu nodded, but she heard her father complain.
"Oh, I'm not sharing a rooftop with HIM!" Kish complained and Amu sighed; shaking her head. So did Ichigo, but the two teens made their way out of the cafe and towards their destination. On their way, Amu hummed as she smiled looking up at the sky. A small giggled left her as she remembered how her parents were. Ikuto looked at her curiously, but smiled upon seeing her smile. He noted how calm she is now than she was before when they first arrived.
"You know.." Amu started as she turned to look at Ikuto who was already paying attention. "I think I look more forward now to see how my life will be from now on." she said with a bright smile which Ikuto couldn't help but smile.
" I'm sure you will. I'll be by your side to make sure of it." Ikuto said and placed his arm around her shoulder.
To be continued.
Star: And that's a wrap! And once again sorry for the delay and also I recoeved a questions from one ofcthe reviews in where my only answer is that the answer to your question will be reveal within the next chapters so be patient. And everyone stay toon forcthe next chapters! Also I wrote a new story its a crossover between Shugo chara and Miraculous Tales of ladybug and Chat noir anyone interested please do read and review! And of course for this one please review, follow and or favorite and see you guys next time!