Hello all, I am sincerely sorry that I had not been updating. As you can see I am alive. These past few months had been difficult as I had been involved in an incident that required me to take some time away to focus on my mental health and emotional state so for a long while, I did not have the energy or motivation to write but I can now so please don't worry about me, I am doing much better than before.

Hope you enjoy the chapter and I will update again as soon as I can :)

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"Wow, Amu sounds so badass" Kukai couldn't help but say after hearing Kanda and Lavi tell stories of their missions with Amber.

"Yes she is but she's a sweetheart too" grins Lavi.

Tadase smiles fondly then, feeling nostalgic, "Definitely sounds like Hinamori-san."

"Do you guys ever do normal things like go out and have fun?" asks a curious Rima.

Kanda snorts, rolling his eyes before answering, "We don't have time for such useless things."

"That explains why you're such a stick in the mud" scoffs Ikuto.

"Excuse me you-"

Lavi clears his throat, looking pointedly at his teammate to not be antagonized which failed because now Ikuto and Kanda were glaring hard at each other.

"Just how close are you to Amu Yuu?"

Kanda's eyes narrowed, very irked now that the teenager across from him dared to use his first name, "None of your damn business."

"I've slept in her bed."

Now this caused everyone to look at Ikuto in shock.

"Y-you mean that time you were living in her room, you two shared a bed?"

Ikuto smirks at Tadase's flushed face, "That's right. I was sick after all and our dear sweet Amu would never let me sleep on the cold hard floor so she welcomed me into her bed willingly. She always carried a fragrant scent with her to bed and always felt warm in my arms. Amu really is a sweetheart isn't she?"

Before Ikuto could blink, Kanda was behind him with his unsheathed sword against his throat and Lavi was now sitting at the once empty seat beside him.

"Yes she is and perverts like you taking advantage of her kindness will not be tolerated you hear me Tsukiyomi?"

Kukai shivered, seeing the look in Lavi's eyes when he spoke to Ikuto and turned to see that the others were disturbed by Kanda's enraged face and if looks could kill, Ikuto would be dead right now. Suddenly, Kanda presses the blade of his sword harder at Ikuto's throat, making Kukai feel more nervous than he already was.

"Give me one good reason Tsukiyomi why I shouldn't hurt you."

"Because Amu wouldn't like it."

Despite providing a very sound reason, the 18 year old exorcists just glared harder at Ikuto causing more bloodlust to fill the room.

"Both of you back down immediately."

The two turned to see Amber standing there with an irritated expression on her face. She still wore the same black drawstring long pants and grey converse high tops from before but the dark grey long sleeved top everyone remembered her wearing was no longer worn instead the arm sleeves were tied tightly around her waist; her top was replaced with a white caged bra that she probably had worn underneath. Amber stood there with a straight posture and a non-nonsense look in her eyes, her flawless sun-kissed skin glimmering in a thin layer of sweat; her stomach, her arms, her neck and her pretty face.

However, nobody had time to ogle further because she was speaking again.

"Go back to your seats now."

The middle schoolers watched as the male exorcists leave their positions reluctantly, going back to their seats but turned their heads as soon as they sat down to watch Amber to see what she will do next.

"Ikuto"

The violinist turned to see Amer standing in his aisle, looking at him incredulously, "Why did you provoke my teammates?"

"Why have you changed?" countered Ikuto, curious about why and how she was sweating on an air-conditioned plane.

"I was relieving some stress in a room at the back, doing exercise and stuff. Now could you please my question?"

Ikuto shrugged nonchalantly, his answer was simple, "Because I was bored."

"YOU-!"

Amber turned to Kanda sharply, slamming her fist hard at the wall behind her, "QUIET!"

Kanda froze, surprised by her outburst, not once he had seen or heard her do something like that; ignoring Ikuto's triumphant smirk, he sat down and watched a slightly red-faced Amber turn to speak with the feline chara bearer, noting that a few strands of her wine red hair had fallen off the bun she had on to frame her heart-sharped face.

"You antagonized them because you were bored?"

"Yup"

As soon as he said, Amber grabbed Ikuto roughly by the collar by the fist she used to slam against the wall and pulled him towards her, "Keep your mouth shut from now on or I'll sew it shut for the rest of this flight you hear me? I'm plenty stressed as it is. I don't need a headache from you or my teammates or anything else. Understood?"

Ikuto could feel sweat beading on his forehead already, seeing her bloodied knuckles and serious expression and so he tried to answer her the best he could. "O-okay."

Amber dropped him immediately, turning swiftly on her heel and headed straight to the back, "NO MORE BLOODY FIGHTS! JUST SIT THERE!"

They heard a door slam hard and everyone cringed except for Kanda that is, whose face was impassive. Lavi sighed deeply for everyone to hear causing attention to be drawn to himself.

"Everyone just keep quiet from now on okay? If you want to talk, talk in hushed voices."

The middle schoolers nodded meekly while Ikuto stared out the window, wondering why did Amu/Amber/Naomi or whatever her name was had to be so damn complicated and moody.

An hour or so later, everyone started getting fidgety when a sweet scent wafted into the room. They turned just in time to see Amber gently push the curtains with the back of her hands before walking down the hallway toward the cockpit; everyone watched, mesmerized.

She carried a fragrant sugary sweet scent that was pleasant and somehow soothing. She looked more relaxed now, her skin almost glowing and her hair practically shining as she donned a cotton candy colored playsuit that had a small heart embroidery detail on the hems.

She looked sweet, adorable and approachable but she was anything but.

"Stay in your seats, we'll be landing in a few minutes. Mentally prepare for whatever."

Amber's tone was uncaring, distant and cold making Ikuto feel sort of guilty, if he hadn't pissed her off then she would have probably been in a better mood. He watched her go to where the cockpit was, his heart feeling heavy.

As soon as the jet landed, an eager Amber rushed out quickly to greet the man that was waiting for them.

"Sammo Han!"

The large man laughed, bending down one knee, outstretching his arms to welcome the red-haired girl into his embrace, "Hello Amber! How is the most beautiful child in all of existence doing?"

Amber giggled, blushing pink at the flattery but before she could say anything, Rima interrupted out of curiosity, "Is that your grandfather?"

Everyone studied the large man before them. He was a tall man who wore his white hair in a odd fashion; the sides being stuck out in two, thick spikes and the top in somewhat of a topnot with an odd curl. He also sported a Donegal-style beard, and his eyes were shadowed by his thick eyebrows. Despite his strange appearance, he had a big smile on his face making him seem like a friendly and homely man.

Sammo laughs, "No no, I'm her godfather and please children, exit the jet, my staff will not hurt you."

Ikuto, Lavi and Kanda who had already exited turned to see the former Guardians awkwardly leaving the plane, coming forward to stand with them,

"My Amber, you sure have some good looking friends."

The small redhead laughed, "That is true and thank you so much for agreeing to this."

"But of course, anything for my cute little goddaughter."

Amber smiles brightly and eagerly introduces the Chinese scientist to her friends from Tokyo and when she finishes, Chaoji rushes into the area.

"Ah Miss Amber! Ohayo! Sorry for being late!"

Amber smiles unperturbed, "Ohayo! Making use of every opportunity to speak Japanese hmm?"

Chaji laughed uneasily, "My Japanese is a little rusty."

"Don't worry as long as you take care of my friends, I'm content."

The small man nods and steps forward to accept the witch's outstretched hand for a handshake but instead only finds himself in a situation where the small girl crushes his hand easily causing him to go down on one knee in pain.

"If anything happens to my friends under your watch, I swear to you that I'll cut you up into little pieces without breaking a damn sweat. Am I clear?"

"Y-yes!"

"Good." Amber answers, smiling sweetly as she heals his hand with ease, surprising Chaoji as she helps him up to his feet again too.

Sammo Han who was watching all this along with everybody else, shakes his head, "You really are your parent's daughter."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Ikuto curious, leans forward to the elderly man and asks quietly, "How fearsome are her parents?"

"Very. The most feared people to ever exist in our organization and their spawn Amber is definitely joining them on that spot."

Ikuto says nothing, unsure of of what to say and looks up to see Amber coming closer.

"Minna, I leave you in my godfather's hands, please don't cause him or anybody else here any trouble okay?"

"Isn't that something more of what Ikuto would do?" Kukai asks, jerking his thumb towards the said older male while his fellow schoolmates chuckled.

Amber bit back a smirk before continuing, "Also, please refrain from mentioning about me to anybody."

Now Tadase was confused, "Why?"

"I was in hiding. I don't want any unnecessary attention in regards to my time away from the organization so if anybody asks you why you're hiding out here, just say that you were attacked by strange people who had grey skin and could control monsters."

It's true anyway...

Amber watched them as they nodded their heads slowly before going up to each of them for a final hug, she tried to ignore the fact that she realized her friends were holding on to her longer than necessary each time.

Finally, she hugs and kisses her godfather goodbye, "Keep me updated."

"Of course my sweet and take care of yourself please."

Amber nods and walks up the platform to board the plane again with Kanda and Lavi at her side.

"Let's go home."

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