Me: So... don't kill me. I'm really sorry for not posting a new chapter for almost a month. I just finished finals and have had a whole bunch of stress over the past month. But everything is good now so here is another chapter. Hope you enjoy and please leave a review. I appreciate your support. Thank you.

(Normal POV)

Jazzy pulled Amu to her feet and wiped her tears for the second time.

"Amu.." Jazzy whispered and Amu's expression turned to emotionless. Like it had always been in the past.

"I can go get Iku-" Amu pulled away from Jazzy upon hearing Ikuto's name.

"I don't need his help. But I appreciate your's Jazzy. I don't want you to get hurt. Stay away from me." And with that, Amu walked to her class, leaving Jazzy with a sad look.

Amu pulled open her home room door and walked in without glancing at any of the staring teens. What Amu didn't know was that she had a bit of blood on her hands when she fell when the girls pinned her up. She saw Saaya smirk in her direction but Amu didn't react, just sat quietly at her desk.

"Amu... You ok?" Ikuto asked, receiving no response from the pinkette. He knew something was wrong, he just didn't know what.

"Iku-kun! Want to walk to class with me?" Saaya pleaded in a high-pitched, annoying voice. Ikuto didn't answer, he just kept staring at Amu, who was reading her book. The bell rang and all the kids stood up quickly to leave. Amu, still being sore from the party, stood up slowly, but fell back into her seat. Ikuto was about to help her, but a small girl nudged him out of the way and held out her hand to Amu.

"Here." Her soft voice offered. Amu took her pale hand and stood up slowly, letting the small girl support her. Despite her petite body and little girl face, she cast a deathly scowl towards Ikuto, who backed away slowly. Amu smiled softly as the small girl picked up Amu's binder and handed it to her.

"I'm Terra." The girl introduced. She had long pink hair that was tied in a ponytail, black glasses, and brown eyes. Her skin was extremely pale, almost white, and she was wearing a sweater that went to her knees, and jeans. Almost none of her skin showed because her clothes were so big.

"I'm Amu." Amu said quietly. Terra nodded. She walked out of the classroom, not letting go of Amu's hand.

"Where is your first period?" Terra asked. Amu pointed to room 2G. Terra smiled.

"I'm in the room next door." Terra stated. Amu nodded and Terra led her to the room and dropped her off before going to her own classroom. Amu gulped and opened the door to the class she once loved.

"Good morning Amu!" Mr. B greeted her as she stood frozen when she saw Blake. Blake smirked and patted the seat next to him. There were no other available seats left so Amu was forced to make her way next to her rapist. But something held her back before she could sit down. Amu turned to see two guys, one about six feet tall and very lanky and one a bit shorter than herself.

"Amu, sit over there with me. Alex is going to trade seats with you." The tall boy said. Amu nodded greatfully as the shorter boy known as Alex took her seat while smiling softly at Amu. She let the tall boy lead her to a seat on the other side of the room.

"I'm Matt. I'm Jazzy's cousin. She told me what happened. You'll sit away from that bastard from now on." He explained. Amu nodded and felt her emotions welling up. She would have never guessed someone who she had never met before would help her so much. Matt smiled softly at the pinkette and kissed her forehead gently.

"Should I be afraid to meet your friends?" Matt asked as he, Alex, Terra, and Amu walked to the yard.

"No. Just... don't anger Rima or Utau, and don't hurt Yaya in any way, Kairi gets super angry if anyone tries to touch Yaya. He's kind of her protector. It's really cute." Amu explained. Terra, Alex, and Matt nodded in agreement and kept walking through the halls to the huge yard. Tables were scattered around as well as a few planters. Groups of teens were gathered at different tables.

"Those are the anime lovers/ hardcore rock fans. They're the second biggest group in the school. They're an army. Most of them are super hardcore fighters, especially the girls. But it's nice how they're all a family." Matt explained. Terra smiled at the group, seeing a small girl riding on the back of a taller girl's back, both of them laughing.

"Are those two sisters?" Amu asked. Alex shook his head.

"Nope. The little girl is Cynthia and the taller one is... Delilah." Alex explained, saying Delilah's name a bit dreamily. Matt rolled his eyes and gagged. Amu's eyes widened in understanding.

"Over there are the swaggots. The ones who pick on kids who aren't 'cool' like them. Their girlfriends are the ones who pick on the girls who aren't as skinny as sticks. Don't talk to them, they're trouble. Blake is one of them." Amu cringed at Blake's name.

"AMU-CHAN!" A voice yelled. Before Amu could react, Yaya attacked her with a huge hug, causing Amu to fall backward. Matt caught them both and helped the two up. Kairi jogged up to the group and Yaya jumped into his arms.

"Hey." Kairi greeted them.

"Hi. I'm Terra, this is Matt and this is Alex." Terra introduced. They all walked to a secluded table where everyone else was sitting and eating lunch.

"Hey Amu!" Rima greeted and left Nagihiko's side to hug the pinkette. Amu hugged back.

"Guys, this is Matt, Alex, and Terra. They're friends of mine." Amu said.

"Yo. I'm Kukai. This is Kairi, Yaya, Ikuto, Tadase, Rima, Nagihiko, and my girl Utau." Kukai said as he pointed to each person. Utau blushed.

"Since when am I your girl?!" Utau shouted. Kukai smirked and messed up Utau's hair. Utau pounced on him and they began play fighting on the soft grass. Nagihiko chuckled softly, but it slowly faded when he saw Ikuto staring at Amu and Matt talking.

(Amu POV)

"So what do you think?" I asked Matt.

"About what?"

"My friends."

"They're co- AHHHHHHHH!" Matt let out a high-pitched squeal. A small caterpillar was resting on his white converse. I giggled.

"Here." I offered and picked up the little caterpiller. It was actually really cute. I smiled and made my way over to Yaya, who was eating pizza.

"Yaya-chan. Look, isn't it cute?" I said. Yaya looked in facination at the tiny bug and took it in her hands. Seeing her contempt with the tiny creature, I made my way back to Matt.

"You know you're going to have kill bugs for your girlfriend when you get one." I stated. Matt suddenly smiled widely.

"I'll just get my boyfriend to do it." Matt said. I stood still, trying to get what he said. Boyfriend? But won't he have a girlfriend instea- OHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

"You're gay?!" I exclaimed. Matt nodded with a smirk.

"Yep. And that blonde over there is cute so I think I'll go talk to him. Is he single?" Matt asked. I nodded and with that Matt turned and walked off in Tadase's direction. He stopped and then ran back to me, kissed my cheek, and turned back where he was going before while yelling thanks in a sing-song tone. I burst out laughing so hard I fell to the ground. Then a shadow covered the sun that was going in my eyes.

"What was that all about?!" Ikuto demanded in an angry tone. Is he... jealous?

"Matt kissed my cheek and went to go make a new.. 'friend'." I put air quotes around friend and giggled at my own joke. Ikuto's face turned red with anger.

"YOU TWO JUST MET!" He yelled. I covered my eyes and laughed so hard I almost pissed myself.

"What? Jealous of a gay guy?" I questioned. Ikuto froze.

"A what guy?"

"A gay guy. Un-closeted. Plays for your teams. You get the picture." I enjoyed the embarrassed look and Ikuto's face and sat back. Maybe what Utau told me before was right. Maybe Ikuto does like me. And maybe.. I like him back.