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Title: Red Thread
Summary: The red thread of fate tied them together, forever and always.
Rating: K+
Main Character/Pairing: Ikuto, Ikuto/Amu
Genre: Romance
Inspiration: The new InuYasha ending! EEEEEPPP!! IT'S BACK!

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Ikuto merely smirked at Amu as she began her tirade on why they would never be together, why he should just leave her alone. He knew that it was only because of her fear that she let loose such lies.

What had bothered him so in the past was nothing more than a joke now. She could do nothing that would ever make him doubt them, make him stop believing in them. Not after what she had done for him.

The fact that she had waited for him while he'd been away—even after so many years—and even cried, without admitting it, when he'd returned, had tied the red thread around their fingers all the tighter. She would be with him, he knew, as fate decreed.

"Amu," he chuckled, catching her chin between his thumb and forefinger gently. Ignoring her protests, he brought his face close to hers before saying, "I love you and nothing you sat or do will make me stop."