Ninjakat: Here I am with chapter 25

Rima: It's about damn time.

Ninjakat: I know, forgive me, I'm going to start the story now:

(Recap)

"Sweetie, it's mom, did you eat already?" I called out yes and she left. More footsteps were heard and that was keeping me distracted. When I was finally done studying, I changed, brushed my teeth, and went to bed.

That night, I had the same exact nigh mare as my first one, the one where I was at the hospital.

(Amu's POV)

I woke up when Ami jumped on me, my eyes snapped open and I looked at her furiously, the sun hadn't come out yet. "What the freak is wrong with you Ami?!" I asked, sitting up and pushing her off. She fell off my bed while going, "Wooah!" I looked at my clock, and it was 5 in the fucking morning, and a bit too early for me to be swearing. "Why did you wake me up so early?!" I asked, I would have sounded more menacing but due to the fact that I just got up, it sounded more like, "Why jid you *Insert yawn here* wake me up *Softer voice* So early…" Ami stood up and said, "Well, mom had to leave early and so she made pancakes so we can eat with dad before he leaves for work too. By the way, your friends are coming over after dad leaves." I raised my eyebrow, "Who is?"

"All of them, well, I mean the friends you normally hang out with like Rima, Nagi, Yaya, Tadase, Kairi, Kukai, and Utau."

"Oh, well then, this should be fun."

She smiled at me before saying, "Oh, and I almost forgot, Ikuto is coming too." I gulped, blushed, and then looked down as images of last night flashed into my head.

"Oh yeah… this should be very fun." I said sarcastically.

She smiled more, "Is there something you're not telling me?" I shook my head furiously. She chuckled and headed for my door, "What are you waiting for? Let's go!" I followed her down the stairs to the table to find my dad sitting there waiting for us. "It's about time," He said. I sat to the right of him and Ami to his left, but my dad is sitting at the foot of the table so Ami and I were facing each other.

"So how's school?" He asked as he stabbed his fork into his pancake, "School's amazing! And my grades are super fantastical!" Beamed Ami before she put a forkful of pancakes in her mouth, my dad closed him eyes and chuckled. He looked at me, "And you Amu?" I shrugged, "It's okay, and so are my grades." He nodded his head. I put a forkful of pancakes in my mouth, "So any afterschool activities?" He asked me, "No," I simply responded with my mouth full. Before I swallowed he asked me, "So, any boyfriend?" I started choking on my pancake; I drank my milk to help it go down easier.

When I was done coughing, I looked at my dad and sister and they looked back at me with their eyebrow raised, "Why in the world would you ask such a thing?" I asked, my dad grinned, "Oh, no reason really."

Ami started going off about how she wanted to take hip hop and tap classes because ballet was starting to bore her out of her girly mind. My dad told her that he would think about it, and then he asked me what kind of activities I would like to join. "I don't want to join anything," I responded, my dad thought for a second, "Hm, I remember your mom telling me you were taking martial art classes, but you never went since we were in America, so she canceled it."

"Oh yeah… I completely forgot about that."

"Want to know something really funny?" Asked Ami with her serious face on, we knew it wasn't going to be funny, "Remember that day when Utau and Saaya were having a trial, the lights went off, then Judge Judy somehow dies?"

I said, "I completely forgot about that to, wait, but didn't-"

Ami interrupted, "Didn't the cops say they were going to check up on us so they would find out who the murderer was?"

I nodded my head, "Yeah, but they never showed. And my friends never told me the cops came to their houses…"

My dad sat there with a confused look on his face, "Am I missing something here?" He asked. Ami and I just realize dad wasn't there for those past events, Ami explained everything in about 10 minutes. "Holy…I missed out a lot…" He said, Ami and I nodded.

It was now time for dad to leave so he kissed us on the cheek goodbye, then Ami and I cleaned up then went upstairs to shower. Well, I showered; she showered last night so she could watch Utau's music videos while she got ready like she does every school day. After my shower, I dried my hair then quickly changed. There was a knock on my door and Ami said, "Hey, I'm leaving!"

"'Kay!" I responded. I heard her walk down the stairs, opened the front door and then close it. I looked at my makeup box hiding in the far dark corner of my room. I don't really wear make-up, but I just got this urge to put some on…

I walked towards it, picked it up, then headed for my white dresser the had a medium sized mirror above it. Wearing make-up is allowed in school but only if it's faint. I sat down on my chair and applied light pink eye shadow and liquid black liner on my top lid only, and then I put pink lip gloss on. After I finished, I combed my hair and put it in a high ponytail with a black 'X' clip. I admired myself in the mirror for a few seconds, then grabbed my blue bag and headed downstairs.

Once downstairs, I threw myself on the couch and turned on the news, getting the feeling something bad was going to show like it always does whenever I turn it on. The weather woman was up, and I listened to her talk about how it will be getting cold soon. Then, they were back to the news reporters,

"A traveler discovers bodies buried beneath the earth, but what's really scary is that we can't identify them because their eyes were taken out and so was their hands and feet. But what's even more disturbing is that all the blood has been drained from them too-"

I quickly turned the television off. "What the fuck?!" I screamed, sitting up.

Someone started pounding on the front door, "Amu! Open up! It's my Kukai!" I jumped off the couch and flew to the door, then I sung it open, "Whoa..." He said softly, then with a concerned look he asked, "Why were you screaming?" I told him what I just heard on the news and he clenched his jaw and fists in anger. "Just one more day… One more fucking day and this will all be over…" He said, "Here, come inside," I said, sidestepping to make room for him. He came in and took off his shoes, "Did you get the other things?" I asked as he took a seat on the couch, he patted at the spot next to him, telling me he wanted me to sit by him. I hesitated at first but then went anyways.

Once I sat down, he put his arm around me and looked me in the eyes, and I looked back. His eyes were gorgeous, 'But not as gorgeous as Ikuto's.'

"We will kill her, Amu, don't worry. One more day and this will be over, and the souls she destroyed will be at rest. I think. I'm not good at occult stuff…" I gave him a really small smile, "Be careful, and will you promise me something?" He nodded his head, "Don't die." He smiled back and I hugged him. I felt his warmth radiating off of his skin. "You smell so good…" I heard him say, "Thank you?" I responded. We pulled away when we felt another presence in the room, we craned our necks towards the front door and saw Rima and Nagi holding hands, looking at us bewilderedly. "What's going on?" Asked Rima, "Just consoling," Replied Kukai.

Rima and Nagi took their shoes off once they entered the room, Tadase came in, "You left me," He said, eyeing Kukai. Kukai gave him a nervous smile, "My Amu in distress senses were tingling."

"But still," Continued Tadase, "You left me," Kukai raised an eyebrow, "Are you saying you want me to be with you at all times holding your hand? If that's what you're asking, you're just plain weird." Tadase narrowed his eyes, "You know why I don't want to be left alone…" Kukai choked on his own words, then slowly faced forward. Tadase entered.

After Nagi, Rima, and Tadase was sitting on one of the couches, Kairi and Yaya came in holding hands. "Yaya has an announcement to make!" She said with her free hand in the air, Kairi smiled and everyone looked at the two with a smug look on our faces. And the faces were towards Kairi who was blushing like no other. "Yaya and Kairi are going out!" We all looked at each other, then Rima said, "It's about damn time!" We all smiled at them as Yaya gave him a peck on the lips which made Kairi blush a little more.

Then Utau came in after Yaya and Kairi settled down on a couch, Yaya on his lap. "Where's Ikuto?" I asked her as she took off her shoes and walked towards me, "Hi to you too," She said with a smirk on her face. I blushed, turned around, I sunk down into my seat. I looked at Kukai who gave me a wink, "Amu," I heard Utau say, I sat back up and turned back to look at her, "Yes?" I responded. Utau smirked, "Are you ready to go?" She asked, I got suspicious of that smirk, "But I thought that-"

"You thought I was coming?" Came a deep voice behind me, I slowly turned around to see Ikuto standing there, wearing a black shirt, grey pants and black converse. I narrowed my eyes, "I should have expected this…" He leaned forward, "Pity," He said, "You didn't scream like you usually do when I pop up."

"Well of course," I said, "You're getting a tad bit predictable," He raised an eyebrow and smirked, 'Again with the smirking?!'

"Am I now? Well, I guess we'll have to change that." I gulped. He chuckled and said, "Come on, strawberry, let's go before you're late, I won't be able to see you when you get out, I have a bit of work to do." I nodded my head and everyone put their shoes on and we left. While walking, Ikuto put a hand around my waist and pulled me close to him, "I-Ikuto?!" Nobody looked at us, but they were, of course, smirking. "Yes, my little strawberry?" He asked before he kissed my hair, "W-What are you doing?"

"What does it look like?"

"Like-Like… you're sexually harassing me!" I heard scattered snickers, Ikuto scoffed, "My dear, that was not sexually harassing you," He moved his hand toward my butt and he grabbed it. We both stopped moving and a deep blush appeared on my face, he let go of my ass and said, "That is sexually harassing you, unless you liked it…" I pushed him away, "Pervert!" And then I stomped off after the others.

He grabbed my shoulder and said, "Do you want me to stop acting like a pervert?" He asked with a serious look on his face, "W-What?"

"You heard me."

"I don't… I don't know.. yeah I guess…"

Ikuto nodded his head and let go of my shoulders, "Very well, let's catch up with the others then, Amu,"

'Amu… Not little strawberry or my dear or any others…. Let's see how long he can last without being perverted… he will explode if he doesn't do something perverted soon…'

(Ikuto's POV)

'Just watch, she is going to be begging me to become perverted again.'

(Amu's POV)

We arrived at the school and we said our goodbyes to Utau and Iktuo, Ikuto didn't hug me or anything, he just simply said, "Goodbye." Then walked off.

I shrugged and looked at everyone who was looking at me worriedly; I sighed and headed towards school.

Ninjakat: Done, sorry for the wait. My sincere apologies.

Everyone: It's no biggie…

Ninjakat: Lies….just like the dictionary…

Random person: What?

Ninjakat: Anyways, I hope this chapter was okay, and I was kind of sad when I wrote that Ikuto was going to stop being perverted for a while. I am super exited because after the next chapter will be part of the finale. And you will all love me, then hate me. Bwahahahahha. Anyways, I'm going to continue writing chapter 2 of Santa baby, it's going to take a while since I am planning to make the chapter long, so you guys should read it. It's on Fictionpress and my username there is the same as it is here.

Lastly, please review, it makes me feel good inside when I get funny reviews and reviews that tell me my story is good so far , not saying criticism isn't welcome, I would love for you guys to tell me some things that would make my story better. If it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't have made it this far…

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Ninjakat: Till next chapter!