Amu sunk deeper and deeper into the water as she waited for the calm to take over her. She'd just gotten over her cold and felt so relieved to be out of the house again. Apparently lack of food, a rain storm, no shower and air conditioned rooms made for a very annoying cold.

That's why to try and not repeat the same fiasco Amu brought a towel and an umbrella down to where she was swimming.

Her back brushed the floor and she spun kicking off, pushing to the surface, she took a gulp of fresh air before diving back down. Her legs swung propelling her forward while her hands waved at her sides. Slowly she twisted her body allowing herself to drift in a spiral through the water. She'd eaten more over the past days because of her sickness. She had too much energy and not enough time to use it up.

Again she rose to the surface only this time on her back before she sunk once more curling so that her back faced the top of the water. Under the water she drifted to the shore before getting to her feet and taking in new air. She shook her head rapidly getting most of the water out then she headed for her towel patting off the water that dripped from her skin. She rubbed her hair after word taking up the last of the water that remained. Then she picked up the ace bandages securing her chest.

Ten minutes later she walked out from under the ledge dressed and dried with a towel around her neck and an umbrella swinging from one hand and a pair of tennis shoes from another.

As she walked along the sandy beach with the blazing sun high in the sky. Her steps were slow, despite the fact that she would get sunburned if she stayed out too long she'd rather walk slow. There was only one reason for that.

"He's growing on me." She muttered smacking her head against the umbrella. "That asshole is growing on me."

First person to maker her laugh in months, maybe years. First person who didn't insult her based on what they expected of her. First person not to judge her about how she dressed. She smacked her head repeatedly. Womanizer. Pervert. Player.

"I was mentally telling him to die less then a week ago." Amu groaned. "I'm going soft!"

"Meow."

"Meow." Amu said. Then she paused. "Meow?" Turning she froze looking down at a kitten with dark fur that glistened blue in the sun. "Cat."

"Meow!" The kitten walked from a yard away on the beach rubbing up against Amu's legs purring while it's back arched. Softy fur brushed the skin on her legs, bare from her rolling up the pants she wore.

"Shoo."

"Meow."

"Cat I swear-"

"Meow!"

"You shut up! I have a weirdo to deal with at home I don't need more problems."

"Meow?"

"Yes a weirdo! Now go away!"

"Meow."

"No I'm not cr- oh my god I'm talking to a cat."

"Animals are wastes of space. We don't need useless things."

"I don't need useless things." Amu stepped over the feline forgetting about taking her time as she jogged up the beach hurrying up the rocky cliff. 'Don't look back. Don't look back.'

There was a loud clap of thunder. Amu stopped clenching her fists. "It was just one clap. Nothing to worry about."

Another clap of thunder.

"Oh haha! I'm not going to turn around! It's just thunder."

Two large flashes of lightening blared in Amu's vision followed by the first few drops of rain.

"Shit, I'm going to regret this." Shoving off she ran back down the slope rain falling only faster. "Why does it always rain when I come down here to get away from that idiot?! Hey stupid where are you?!"

"Meow!"

Amu shoved her umbrella under her arm snatching up the kitchen before racing back to the rocky crag, up the slope not stopping even as the long grass began to whip at her legs, rain slapped against her body as she tried to make it back to the house before any major downpour began.

Luckily she did. The moment she stepped into the house and shut the door it began to pelt the windows and roof echoing through the mostly empty summer home.

"Meow." The kitten tilted it's head, it's fur plastered to its sides.

"Screw you cat." Amu muttered locking the door before she headed for the stairs. The cat's bright yellow eyes flicked around the large house and it's head whipped back and forth as it took in everything. "I should probably take a shower this time. I don't want to get sick again." She looked down at the cat. 'Probably needs a bath.'

"Whenever you leave and comeback, it rains." Ikuto sat on the stairs eyebrows raised as he stared at the partially soaked Amu. "Why didn't you use your umbrella?"

"Because I'm stupid." Amu said sarcastically. If she was being honest in the heat of the moment she'd forgotten what umbrella's were used for. The cat's safety had been priority.

Ikuto's eyes flitted to her hand. "A cat?"

"Yeah."

"Why?"

"I thought you'd want the company of your own kind. And if you got that you'd leave me alone."

"I don't take care of animals."

"How the hell did you survive this long then?"

"What?"

"You're an animal genius."

"How did a cat even get out this far?"

"You expect me to know?" Amu's felt her hand shake. The kitten sneezed shivering from the cold. "Move."

"I like sitting here."

"Not to self, push bed into ocean."

Ikuto stood up moving to the side. "No need to overreact."

"An overreaction would be going with my instinct to grab a foot and yank you down the steps while enjoying the sound of your head smacking each wooden board."

"How kind of you."

Amu felt his eyes burn into her back. "What do you want?"

"You don't seem like a cat person, why did you pick up a cat?"

Amu looked down at the dark haired creature. "Animals are wastes of space. We don't need useless things." We don't need useless things... 'Where have I heard that line before.' "No clue." She lied. "I guess I thought it looked stupid standing there."

"Right."

Amu rushed to her room closing the door as she grabbed some new laundry. The cat sneezed again when she was about to close the bathroom door once she'd entered. Putting it down she thought.

'I should probably give the little bastard a name...'

"Yoshi."

No reaction.

"Hana."

Nothing.

"Ohara."

Nope.

"Sandra, Balls, Butts, Andy, Claude, John, Nadia."

Not the slightest sound.

"Daisy, Duke, Vicky, Jim, Joe, Bob, Angela, Zipper."

That was getting old.

"Yoru."

"Meow!"

Amu jolted looking at the cat. "Yoru..."

"Meow." It began to lick itself clean as Amu turned to set a heater in the bathroom.

"Your name's Yoru... that's oddly frightening. What're the odds you and that noob would have names with similar meanings?"

"Chu!" Another sneeze.

"Yeah, you need a bath." Amu lifted up the damp ball of fur. "You smell like butt hole."

She could've sworn she saw it grin.