Mitsuki: The following chapter will: be cliche and kinda stink (especially when Ikuto realizes his **** for Amu) But enjoy it anyways! I can't wait for Shugo Chara Party! episode 25! Review! And remember! It's kinda cliche!

p.s: There are pictures on my profile.

Mitsuki: Oh Em Gee!

Ikuto: That's the wrong spelling.

Mitsuki: Who cares?

Ikuto: The readers' maybe?

Mitsuki: Whatever. But guess what? I HATE RIKKA!

Ikuto: When is that not a surprise?

Mitsuki: No, I mean I used to actually like her (a little bit.) But NOW I hate her.

Ikuto: What's so bad about her?

Amu: Yeah.

Mitsuki: Want me to tell you? Okay, I'll tell you. At the beginning of Shugo Chara Party! Episode 24, at first I was sorta happy because Rikka was crying. (I know that's mean, but I actually can't help it) Then, Amu and Tadase come in and see Rikka crying and when Rikka starts getting annoying about how she ruined an x-egg. Amu grabbed hold of her collar and started to shake her. (This kinda made me happy, because Amu supposedly "likes" her) And then, they run over to Nagihiko and Rima and Yaya and Hikaru. After a few boring Rikka moments, Rikka chara-nani(ed) with Hotaru, which pissed me off. And what pissed me off more is that her chara-nani is called "Pure Dream" I mean, what part of that is pure? It's pure Amulet Dia. I mean, Rikka used to have short hair, but then when she character transformed, its long and looks EXACTLY like Amulet Dia. (Well, not exactly but 98.9 %, which is pretty close) And what REALLY pissed me off was that Rikka did Open Heart with Amu! I mean, that's Amu's thing.

Ikuto: Wow.

Mitsuki: I know, stupid right?

Ikuto: No, I never knew you could talk so much.

Mitsuki: *brings out hammer* Come again?

Ikuto: Nothing.

Mitsuki: Thought so. And then, I got all happy again because Ikuto was in Amu's bed! Smirking and saying Yo! But I'm scared Rikka might become the new joker!my She DOESN'T deserve that! That's Amu's thing. She shouldn't even be queen! She should become the royal MAID. I'm also scared that Rikka might start purifying the x-eggs instead of Amu. THAT is not cool. And what if Ikuto comes and meets her and he gets interested. Like Amu, he was interested after he knew that she could purify eggs. So what if he gets interested in Rikka because she can also purify eggs? *bites nails* I'm so scared.

Amu: O_O Can I just say the disclaimer?

Mitsuki: *breathes* Yeah, go ahead.

Amu: Mitsuki doesn't own Shugo Chara!

Ikuto: I'm kind of afraid of what might happen if she does…

~ Normal ~

It was 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning at the Tsukiyomi Household. (It has been a few days since Amu has realized her love for Ikuto ^_^) Ikuto lazily got up from the bed but then thought better of it and lay back down. It was Saturday anyway; he didn't have to go to Amu's, which strangely made him feel sad. It was like he actually wanted to see Amu. Ikuto shook his head and walked out into of his room and headed to the restroom.

He opened to door to see Utau fixing up her hair. When she saw Ikuto, she turned around and put her hands on her hips.

"You should knock next time you know," Utau scolded. Ikuto shrugged.

"I should, but I don't want to," Ikuto replied. Utau glared at Ikuto and continued.

"Seriously, what if I was changing and you came in?" Utau demanded.

"But it didn't happen," Ikuto said. Utau sighed and looked at Ikuto.

"Did you just wake up or something?" she asked.

"Yeah," Ikuto yawned, covering his mouth.

"You're just like a cat," Utau shook her head, "Any day now I'll expect you to crawl to the bathroom on all fours and lick milk out of a water bowl," Utau teased, walking to the bathroom door and closing it.

Ikuto just shook his head and got out his black toothbrush. As he was brushing his teeth, Utau popped in and quickly announced.

"Oh, and around 4 or 5 everybody's coming."

"Who?" Ikuto asked. Though it sounded more like a gargle with his toothbrush in his mouth.

"Um, the usual. Rima, Yaya, Kukai, Kairi, Nagi. Oh, I also made Amu come, so pick her up later; she doesn't know where we live."

Ikuto's eyes widened as he spit out his toothpaste.

"You invited who? And you want me to do what?" Ikuto asked.

"I invited Amu, besides, I just want you to pick her up," Utau stated.

"Why did you invite Amu?" Ikuto wondered, emphasizing the name Amu.

"Because she's my friend now, what's the problem anyway? I thought you liked her." Utau grinned and shut the door before Ikuto could defend himself.

Ikuto sighed and shook his head. He looked up into the bathroom mirror and gazed at his reflection. Utau's words rang in his ears.

"What's the problem anyway? I thought you liked Amu."

Did Ikuto really like Amu?

"Well, it does make sense, sort of,"Ikuto admitted.

He sighed and splashed his face with water. He then left to his room and went though his closet to pick some decent clothes. After a few minutes, Ikuto sighed and threw everything on the floor.

"I'm acting like a girl, picking clothes over and over. Besides, it's my house, why should it matter?" Ikuto sighed.

Randomly, he picked up a white t-shirt, a black hoodie, black jeans, and a white belt. He put on his silver cross, left, and closed the door of his room.

~ Time Skip: At 3 o'clock ~

"Hey! Ikuto!" Utau called.

Ikuto looked up from the manga he was reading.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Go pick up Amu," Utau demanded.

"Why? It's not four," Ikuto pointed out.

"I don't care, just pick her up," Utau took Ikuto's manga and shoved it under her arm.

"Hey!" he complained, "I was reading that!"

"And you will finish reading this, when Amu is here!" Utau shouted.

Ikuto raised his eyebrows, but obeyed. He walked to the door and quickly slipped on his shoes. He looked back at Utau. She was tapping her foot and glaring at Ikuto. Ikuto hurriedly walked out the door, slamming it behind him.

On the walk to Amu's, thoughts ran through Ikuto's mind. Were things going to be different now that he realized he liked her? Well, he wasn't even sure If he liked her or not. Ikuto shrugged and just continued his way to Amu's house, thinking about nothing, except for his unfinished manga.

~ Amu~

I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from m-

I was reading a magazine when my phone rang. I reached for my pink cell phone and picked it up.

"Hello?" I said, still flipping through pages.

"Amu! Hurry up and come over! It's 3:00!" Utau yelled frantically through the phone.

"Woah, calm down. I thought you said the thing started at 4:00," I said.

"It is, but I just don't know what to wear!" Utau wailed.

"Clothes?" I grinned.

"Haha, not funny. Seriously, I just don't know what is prefect!" Utau screeched.

"Oh right, Kukai's coming isn't he?" I teased.

"Uh, yeah! So hurry up. I'm sending Ikuto over to pick you up now, be ready," Utau instructed. And before I had a chance to ask, Utau hung up.

"Tsukiyomi? He's picking me up?" I dropped the magazine I was reading and hurried to find clothes to wear instead of the huge t-shirt and shorts I was already wearing. Hard to believe, but these baggy clothes are really comfortable.

I sorted through dozen of outfits and decided to wear a school uniform like outfit.

The shirt was black and the cuffs and the bow in the front were pink. The skirt was checkered pink with a thin black bow across the waist. I picked up my pink checkered choker and a gray and black heart hairpin Tadase had bought for me. Even though we broke up, the hairclip was cute. I looked around and spotted an x-hair tie and tied a small bun to the side of my hair. I clipped the heart over the pin and looked at myself, nodding in approval. I dug around my closet and found my knee-length black socks and white sneakers. I slipped them on and hurried down the stairs, looking for my mom.

"Mom?" I called out.

"In here honey!" I heard her voice yell from the living room.

I rushed to the room and spotted my mom, with a laptop and papers scattered over the coffee table.

"I'm leaving, Utau called me," I announced.

"Wow, you look cute, good luck," my mom smiled.

"What for?"

"Don't think I haven't noticed you looking at that blue-haired boy with that look in your eye," my mom said sternly. Then her face stretched into a grin.

"I approve of him though," she said softly.

I blushed a bright red and complained, "Mom!"

My mom chuckled, "Yeah, I know, but if you ever need permission, I'll approve."

"Thanks, but no thanks," I said with a grim smile.

"Okay, fine. You should hurry up and get going," my mom gestured to the door.

"Tsukiyomi's coming to pick me up, since I don't really know where they live," I explained.

"In that case, go watch TV or something, I'm busy," my mom shooed me out of the living room, forgetting that the TV was there.

I shrugged and dashed back up to my room and jumped on my bed. I picked up my magazine and was able to read for five short minutes when the doorbell rang.

Ding Dong!

"Amu-chan! Go get the door!" my mom shouted.

I rushed down the stairs and opened the door. Tsukiyomi was standing there, his hands in his pockets.

"Done?" he asked. It was amazing how a simple word could leave me speechless.

"Then let's go," he stepped back and I walked out.

"Mama! I'm going!" I called over my shoulder. My mom yelled an 'Okay' and a 'Have a safe trip.'

I looked at Tsukiyomi, who was staring at me. I glanced at Tsukiyomi and I could've sworn I saw pink on his cheeks.

"What are you staring at? Let's go," I said, walking down the front steps.

~ Normal ~

It was silent on the walk to Ikuto's house. Amu and Ikuto each snuck a glance at each other every once in while. When they caught the others' eyes, they quickly looked away, pretending to find a tree or a crack in the sidewalk interesting.

Ikuto, of course, couldn't help but stare at Amu. She looked good. Real good. Amu, on the other hand, just peeked at Ikuto due to nervousness. She was also wondering what Ikuto thought about her outfit.

Finally, Ikuto decided that the silence was too long and too quiet.

"So, did Utau tell you why you're coming so early?" Ikuto questioned.

"No, all she did was call me, tell me to get ready, and then she hung up," Amu explained, and then smirked, "But I'm pretty sure I have a reason why."

"Why?" Ikuto asked.

"Why should I tell you?" Amu sped ahead and stuck out her tongue.

"Because she's my sister?" Ikuto raised an eyebrow.

"Hard to believe you two are related," Amu mocked. Ikuto's lips stretched up to a smirk.

"I know right, I'm hot and she's not. It's nice to know you think so too," Ikuto teased.

"Wha-" Amu blushed a dark tomato red. Ikuto chuckled and walked ahead of Amu.

"Hey! Come back here!" Amu said, once recovered.

~ At Ikuto's house at 3:30 ~

"I'm back," Ikuto said, slipping his shoes off.

"Oh, hi honey. Who's that?" Souko appeared from the kitchen and looked at Amu curiously.

"Hinamori Amu," Ikuto said bluntly. He hurried to the living room and called for Utau.

"Utau! She's here," Ikuto called, "Give me back my manga."

Souko chuckled and smiled. She turned to Amu and stuck her hand out.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Tsukiyomi, Souko," she greeted.

"I'm Hinamori Amu," Amu bowed slightly.

"No need to be so polite," Souko laughed lightly.

Amu stood up straight, embarrassed.

"I see Ikuto's tutoring you?" Souko asked, slightly curious if Amu was the fan girl type.

"Yeah," Amu smiled, "He's a bit of a pain sometimes," Amu admitted.

"I can imagine so, he's like that at home too," Souko smiled, but inside she was surprised and pleased. This girl wasn't like the others and she was glad.

"Amu!" Utau rushed and hugged the pink-haired girl.

"Thank goodness," she said.

"Well, I'll leave you two to whatever you need to do," Souko smiled, leaving.

"Come on Amu, my rooms this way," Utau grasped Amu's hand and hurried up the stairs, dragging Amu behind her.

Behind them, Souko grinned and whispered to herself:

"She's a keeper."

~ In Utau's Room ~

"I like this shirt, but I don't like the pants that go with it," Utau held up an outfit, letting Amu judge it.

"Nah. It's just a simple friends over day. That's only for dates," Amu yelled.

"Well, so are the clothes your wearing," Utau pointed out.

"Oh please, I only have three types of clothing. Number 1 is the geeky type I wear to school. Number 2 is the one I wear at home, the casual ones. And number 3 is the one I wear outside. Would you rather I wear the huge t-shirt and pants to your house?" Any scoffed.

"Never mind, what you're wearing is good," Utau shook her head. Amu smirked slightly, and then shook her head. Since when did the 'Cool & Spicy' girl smirk? Ikuto was rubbing off on her.

"I don't know what to wear!" Utau wailed, plopping on the bed.

Amu sighed and walked over to the closet. She dug through the closet and picked out a dress, buried deep under a pile of shorts.

It was an orchid dress with ruffles down the middle and around the collar. It had black sleeves on the side, cut a little around the middle.

"Perfect!" Utau exclaimed, taking it from Amu. She ran to a desk in her room and pulled the bottom drawer. Inside she took out her black choker, also with a cross. (a/n: Like brother, like sister)

"Great, now that we're done with that," Amu walked over to the bed and lay down, while Utau changed.

~ After Everybody Comes to the Tsukiyomi Residence ~

Everybody was seated in the living room, including Amu. It was silent as everyone looked at each other.

"You look great Utau," Kukai flashed a smile and Utau blushed lightly.

"Thanks," she mumbled.

Amu looked over at Kukai and saw a bright pink on his cheeks as well. Could it be? Were they both in love? Amu smirked and decided to suggest a game.

"Let's play truth or dare," Amu offered.

Everybody looked at each other and just shrugged. There was nothing else to do at the moment. Ikuto stood up and got an empty coke bottle as everybody crowded into a circle.

"Okay, here's a rule though. Only four truths," Ikuto grinned and flashed a look at Amu, who was regretting her truth or dare offer.

"Why?" she demanded.

"Because some people, my dear Amu, will only use truths and cheat," Ikuto explained, smirking.

"So what?" Amu grumbled, knowing immediately who he was talking about.

~ During the Game ~ (a/n: I'm getting lazy, so I'm not going to describe the whole thing)

It was in the middle of the game. Kairi, Nagihiko and Rima had used half of their truths.

Amu and Utau had used all four truths. But Kukai, Ikuto, and Yaya hadn't used any truths. Ikuto and Kukai claimed to be too manly for truths, but Yaya thought dares were fun, so she didn't use any truths.

It was Amu's turn and as she spun the bottle around and around she was praying it would land on Utau or Kukai. After a few seconds, it didn't land on Utau or Kukai, it landed in between the two, which was even better. Amu grinned wickedly and spoke out:

"Dare? Or dare?" Amu offered.

"Dare," Utau and Kukai said simultaneously.

"Let's see," Amu pretended to think. "Oh I know! Tomorrow's Sunday, so your both free aren't you? So I dare you two to go on a date, from exactly 12 o'clock to 8 o'clock. Lunch, movie, shopping, arcade, something else, and of course dinner."

Kukai and Utau just stared at Amu and after a few minutes the two blushed a deep red and shook their heads.

"Come on Amu, anything but that," they whined. (a/n: Kukai said Hinamori)

"You said dare, you can't back out of it now," Amu grinned.

Utau and Kukai sighed and agreed. But they couldn't agree on who should spin the bottle, because it landed between them. After 3 rounds of rock-paper-scissors, Utau spun the bottle and it landed on Yaya.

After a few more rounds of truth or dare, the last turn was taken by Rima.

As it spun round and round, everyone was worried. As cute as Rima was, she wasn't exactly the nicest person around during truth or dare. After a minute, the coke bottle landed on Amu. Amu gulped and clenched her fists, preparing for the worst.

"Let's see," Rima wondered, not knowing what to do. Soon a light bulb flashed above Rima's head and she grinned.

"I dare Amu to go and kiss Ikuto," Rima replied.

Knowing Amu, she refused.

"No way! That's disgusting!" Amu complained.

"Fine, I'll be nice and change the dare," Rima said slowly.

Everybody looked at Rima, skeptical. Rima was never nice enough to change a dare, unless…

"Tomorrow, Utau and Kukai are going on a date. So I want Amu to go with them on a double date with…" Rima looked at Nagihiko, then Kairi, and then Ikuto.

"Ikuto," Rima said.

It was a few long minutes until Amu stood up and yelled:

"What?!"

Mitsuki: There. Amu's going on a date with Ikuto.

Ikuto: Yay! Will we make out?

Mitsuki: Gross!

Ikuto: It is not! It's a wonderful thing.

Ding Dong!

Mitsuki: Oh! It must be here!

Amu & Ikuto: What?

*Mitsuki opens a package and shows everyone a box called 'See Inside the Cluess Head' *

Readers: OOOO

Mitsuki: *sets it up and points it to Ikuto's head and sees inside* EWWWWWW!

Amu: What? *Mitsuki gives machine to Amu and Amu looks through* Wha-

*drops the machine*

Ikuto: What did you see?

Amu & Mitsuki: *brings out rubber hammers*

Ikuto: That's not a good sign.

Amu & Mitsuki: *chase Ikuto around* You are such a perverted cosplay cat!

Ikuto: AHHHHHHH!

Kukai: Wow, wonder what he was thinking, *picks up and points the machine at Ikuto* WHAT THE HE**!

Utau: I'm curious now too. Please Review!

*Everybody takes a turn looking at Ikuto's head; they also buy hammers and chase Ikuto with Amu and Mitsuki*