Previously…

Ikuto started to move around in his sleep and rotated himself so he was facing Amu. He dragged his arm over Amu and left it there. Amu didn't know what to do in this kind of position. After a while, Amu found it comfortable how warm it was with Ikuto next to her. Amu cuddled closely to Ikuto and closed her eyes with a smile on her face.

Ikuto woke up to the warm rays of the sun hitting his face. He sat straight up and yawned while stretching to shake off the sleepiness that still lingered throughout his body. He looked around the room and wondered how he ended up sleeping on the bed. He remembered that he was sleeping on the side of the bed watching over Amu. He looked beside him and noticed Amu sleeping away next to him. He lied down and looked at Amu's sleeping face.

She's pretty cute when she's sleeping..

"You should stop watching me while I'm sleeping you perv." Ikuto accidently fell off the bed all startled. He didn't suspect Amu to be awake already. He grabbed the edge of the bed and slowly rose so that only his eyes showed. He saw Amu fully awake and staring sleepily at him. She glared at him silently.

"Umm, then how about I take you out to go shopping? After all, I did sort of promise you that I would go with you to buy some clothes for you." Amu looked at him for a while before turning around onto her other side.

"Whatever." She mumbled. Ikuto couldn't help but smile at her. He got up and headed for the door.

"I'll be downstairs making breakfast. Come down when you're ready. I washed your clothes last night so you can wear them again. I left them on the chair over there. Remember to come down for breakfast alright?" With that, he closed the door behind him. Amu smiled secretly to herself and felt really excited to go shopping later. She kicked the covers off of her and got ready as quickly as she could. She wanted to start the day as fast as possible.

Ikuto held a couple bags in his hands which contained clothes he and Amu had bought together. Amu was walking a couple paces ahead of him swinging her arms happily while humming a tune. Amu spun around to face Ikuto.

"Thank you for buying those clothes for me. I really appreciate it." Amu had a smile placed upon her face. Ikut's face softened when he saw her smile but was quickly replaced with a smile of his own.

"Your welcome. And I'm glad I could be of service to a beautiful lady like you." Ikuto bowed with one hand placed across his stomach. Amu's face felt really warm as she quickly spun around with her hands intertwined behind her. Amu kept humming the tune until she came to an abrupt halt. Ikuto was was behind her, wondered what had happened. He watched her from behind as he saw her hands created fists. Blades shot through her sleeves, ripping them a little. Amu ran straight into a guy that had blonde hair and grabbed him by the neck. She pushed him to the ground and pointed her swords at him. The guy had a smile spreading across his face. Amu got annoyed by this.

"Wipe the smile off of your face, Tadase!" But he completely disregarded what she had said and started to laugh.

"Shut up!" Amu was about to stab him to death because he pissed her off so much but the guy shielded his face with his arms.

"Please don't hurt me!" Amu stopped and her eyes widened. She came to realize that this guy wasn't even Tadase! He just had the same haircut as him. It was just her mind playing tricks on her. She felt Ikuto place his hand onto her shoulder. Amu got up from the guy as he ran frantically into the crowd that had formed around her. Murmurs spread througout the crowd like a virus. Amu felt like she was suffocating between the glares of the people looking at her like she was a freak. A little kid ran out of the crowd towards Amu but their mom quickly pulled her back.

"Don't get close to that girl. She's dangerous." Her mom whispered to her and they quickly made their way out. A guy from somewhere in the crowd blurted something out loudly.

"You freak!" It was like the start of the fire as other people followed his action and added to the fire.

"Monster!"

"You'll never fit in with the rest of humanity! You shouldn't even be here!"

"You outsider!" Amu felt the pain in her chest again and she hated this feeling. It was a pain that she never wanted to encounter again but it seemed like it had found its way through. Amu felt water drop onto her hand and a couple more followed. She looked at her hand and found out it was her tears. Her face felt warm and she didn't want to face any of this any longer so she ran through the crowd. She covered her ears to block out the insults but the sound traveled into her ear loud and clear. Ikuto followed Amu frantically and reached out his arm. He grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace.

"Let go of me!" Amu struggled within Ikuto's grasp but he only tightened his grip. Ikuto felt Amu's tears drop onto his hand.

"Why won't you let go? You heard what those people said." Amu wiped her tears furiously with her sleeve but more came tumbling down her cheeks.

"So what? It's just that those people are too afraid to face reality and spread rumors around without getting to know you."

"But you hardly even know me too! For all I could know, you could be thinking the same thing as those other people!" People walking by looked at Amu with a strange look but left the two alone.

"Then I'll just spend more time with you and get to know you better." Amu looked at him with tear filled eyes. Ikuto felt a pain in his chest when he saw her like that.

"Really?"

"Yea."

"Pinkie promise?" Amu stuck out her pinkie but it appeared to be trembling.

"Pinkie promise." Ikuto wondered what was wrong but hooked his pinkie with her tinier one. Ikuto picked up Amu in a bridal style way and started to walk home.

"H-Hey! I can walk you know!"

"But I think that this princess has had enough for today. Try to get some rest until we get home alright?"

"That might be a good idea." Amu mumbled as she closed her eyes. Ikuto carried her home but couldn't help but notice something.

Why are her swords still out? Wait a second, why am I carrying everything? My arms are going to ache after this…

Ikuto passed a shop that sold stunning dresses and suits for men. He walked back and looked at the shop.

That reminds me…

Ikuto gently placed Amu on her bed and placed the things he bought for her on the ground. Ikuto silently closed the door behind and was about to head to his lab to do further research on his current topic but a glimpse from the corner of his eye caught his attention. He saw a shadow run the opposite way that he was going and Ikuto quickly followed after. He didn't remember letting anyone else in. Who could it be? Ikuto ran quicker to catch up to the shadow and saw that they had went into one of his storage rooms. Ikuto grabbed the handle but the door split into pieces before he could even push the door open. The pieces smashed upon the ground and on the other side of the door revealed Amu. Her eyes were narrowed as she pointed the sword at him. The point was just a centimeter away from his face and he looked at Amu. She looked a little different. Like she was very agitated.

She suddenly swung her arms but Ikuto dodged the blade just in time but a part of his hair was cut off. Amu kept on swinging her sword recklessly until she had cornered him against a wall. She dug her sword into the wall right beside his head.

"If you want to know me better, you should know the side affect after I release my weapons." Amu pulled her swords out and they vanished when she wished them to. Amu covered her face with her hand and when she let go, she was back to normal. Ikuto was very perplexed.

"Side affect?"

"Yep. After I summon my weapons, when I finish using them, I get this urge to cut something, or as I call it, a 'killing intent'." Amu explained to him.

"That explains why that room didn't have a door…"

"Yeah… sorry about that." Amu laughed sheepishly. An awkward silence overwhelmed them.

"Oh, that's right! I'm going to be going to this formal party where people with different jobs are going to be attending. I was apparently invited because I had worked for the guy hosting the whole thing." Ikuto told her.

"Okay? So why tell me this now?"

"I wanted you to come with me."

"Why?"

"I'm allowed to bring somebody along and since you might get lonely here, I wanted you to come along." Amu's cheeks had a tinge of pink on them. Ikuto chuckled and Amu hit him on the head for being an idiot.

"Ah!"

"What?"

"I don't have any make-up with me to spiff myself up! Even though I don't wear make-up much." Amu mumbled the last part. She covered her face in depression.

"Don't worry about that." Ikuto reassured her. Amu spread her fingers apart and peeked through the gaps.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, when you were taking a nap, I was able to buy a dress for you and tuxedo for me. The cashier lady was kind enough to put in some make-up for me because… yea, that's basically what happened." Ikuto didn't want to tell Amu that the cashier lady said that looked like a couple like that. He didn't know how she would react if he did tell her.

"Really? You actually went to buy a dress for me?" Amu's eyes sparkled.

"I was going to buy a tux anyways so why not." Amu's face fell as she silently walked back to her room. Ikuto watched her retreating figure and wondered what he did wrong.

Amu opened the door to her room as she stared into the pitch black room. She flicked the switch and light filled the room. She looked around the room and noticed that Ikuto had left her belongings on the floor next to the mirror. Amu rummaged through the bags and found a bag filled with cosmetics. She pulled out some make-up and started to apply them on her face. She remembered some tips that Yaya, Rima and Nadeshiko had given her at a sleepover back when they were still friends. Amu was applying lip gloss but stopped half way. She stared at her reflection and felt guilty. They all had some happy moments together until he destroyed everything. Amu bunched up her hands and let her tears fall.

"I'm so sorry." Amu quietly whimpered.

Amu walked out her room and walked towards the long staircase. Ikuto suddenly came out of his room and Amu jumped back all startled.

"Oh, Amu! Sorry. I didn't know you were there." Ikuto pulled Amu to her feet and got a good look at her.

"You look beautiful." And he was right. Amu wore a strapless white dress that had layered frills. Lines started at the top of the dress and flowed downwards. A black ribbon with a black flower was etched onto the side of the ribbon. It wrapped around her upper torso creating a simple look yet Amu's snow white skin complemented the dress accordingly.

"So do you." Ikuto wore a simple white collared shirt with a black tailor suit with dress pants that matched. He wore a blue silk shirt under the suit and a blue striped tie. (Pictures of profile. I changed the colour from red to blue cuz I thought it would fit him better)

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?"

"Of course! What did you take it as?"

"Well, I don't know if guys like to be called, I don't know, beautiful?"

"Then you look handsome." Amu corrected herself. Ikuto smiled and bent his arm but left some space so Amu could put her arm through the gap.

"Shall we?"

"We shall." Amu hooked her arm with Ikuto's and they were both on their way to the party.

x-x-x

Amu stared dumbfound at the enormous mansion. It was four times bigger than Ikuto's home.

"Come on." Ikuto walked along side Amu as they encountered a bouncer that stood in front of the door.

"Name please."

"Ikuto Tsukiyomi." The bouncer checked the list and moved to the side.

"Hope you enjoy your visit." Ikuto and Amu walked pass him and entered the mansion. Amu stared at the marble floor that was so clean that it reflected her reflection. They made their way through the hallway and Amu saw people all gathered up at an opening.

"Is that where we're going to?" Amu pointed at the people slowly entering the room.

"Yeah. I'm going to be talking to some other people first so you can look around but don't leave this place. Actually, don't leave that room okay?" Amu just silently nodded. When they finally reached their destination, Amu thought her eyes were deceiving her at first. She blinked a couple of times but it was all real. Amu quickly ran to the table that was filled with food. It even had a chocolate fountain. Ikuto caught sight of some people he knew and decided to greet them. Amu looked at the food she could dip in chocolate and decided to try the strawberries. She grabbed the stick that stuck out from it and dipped it in chocolate. Amu pulled it out and was about to eat it when she felt a presence behind her. Amu quickly turned around but didn't see anyone behind her.

What's wrong with me today? I'm being too paranoid…

Suddenly, someone covered Amu's nose with a piece of cloth and Amu immediately fell unconscious. The person caught her limp body and smiled.

"You're too off guard lately, Amu." He quickly walked to where the shadow overwhelmed the people that dared cross the border line. He walked into the darkness and disappeared without a trace.

I didn't read over this chapter so I don't know if it was rushed or not or had any grammar mistakes so please excuse me for that. Well, hope you liked Chapter 2 of Outsider~