Major: Hi guys! :DDDDDDDD

Amu: So yeah.

Ikuto: ...?

Major: Well this chapter, we get to see the back story of Ikuto O.o

Ikuto: :D

Major: What are you :D about?

Ikuto: I have a sad life, and Amu does it with me to comfort me.. :3

Amu: No I don't.

Ikuto: MAJOR! Make her do it with me! :D

Major: Mmm.. No.

Ikuto: Why not? D:

Major: Cause' i'm saving that for a REALLY later chapter.

Ikuto: How many more?

Major: Idk.. Alot?

Ikuto: Fuck... :(

Amu: Oh God. I do it with Ikuto? O.o... X)

Ikuto: There's the X)

Amu: Stfu. :D

Ikuto: You always say that to me... :D

Amu: Stfu. :D

Major: Anyways, thanks for the reviews and stuff... X)

Ikuto: Song for this chapter is Flowers For A Ghost by Thriving Ivory..

Amu: You barely heard that song today huh?

Major: Yesh! X)

Ikuto: Thats the song that plays during my sad life?

Major: 'I'm only human..' Doesn't that sound beautiful?

Amu: Yes... :D

Major: It fits this chapter, thats what I think... :3 Reviewers! At the end of this chapter, review and tell me if you think this song fit the chapter... O.o

Amu: I think it does.. :D

Major: Thankies! :3 Disclaimer!

Ikuto: Major doesn't own Shugo Chara, or any of its characters, or the song and yeah.

Major: x/)

Chapter 3: I'm Only Human

Amu poked one eye open. Her honey glazed eye was bright, and lit up. Though she was still tired. She looked at the time. 2:03 PM. 'Damn, it's this late?' She asked herself in her head. She smiled to herself. 'Must be because last night was tiring.' She crawled over to the edge of the bed. She peeked down at the floor, only to see a sleeping Ikuto. He slept on the floor, because he didn't want to make Amu uncomfortable last night. Even though they were going out. "You're staring at me again." A smirked appeard on Ikutos' face, but his eyes were still closed. Amus' face lit up light red. "H-How d-did you k-know?" Ikuto sat up. "I dunno." He shrugged his shoulders, with the smirk still on his face, eyes still closed. Amu was about to say something when a growl interrupted her. Ikuto opened his eyes, and looked at Amu. "I-I'm hungry.." She said under her breath, but Ikuto caught it. He smiled a light smile to himself. "Come on." He was standing up from the floor. "Huh?" Was all that came out of Amu. "You're hungry. Lets go make breakfast."

"Rin, sir." Kairi walked into the Directors' office. "Ahh, Kairi. Did you get me what I needed?" Rin smirked. "Yes, but I don't think this is necessary." "And why not?" "Because we shouldn't be using this against him." He held up the stack of papers in his hands. "But it will be helping the company." Rin smirked even more, but still no match for Ikutos'. "Correction." Kairi spoke up. "Better for you." Kairi finished.

Rins' smirk was plastered on his face.

Amu sat on the table, nervous. She didn't know why she was nervous. She was twiddling her fingers, and looked down at the table. Ikuto was in the kitchen, cooking. "U-Umm.." She finally broke the silence between them. "Ikuto.. You know how to cook?" She looked up at him, his back was facing her, he was still cooking her breakfast. "Yeah." It came out bluntly. "W-Where did you learn." Her voice cracked. 'She's nervous.' Ikuto thought. "I took classes." He was now flipping food in the air, and catching it in the frying pan. "You took classes?" She pretty much repeated what he said. "I guess you could say that." "Oh.." She trailed off. He turned the stove off, and put the delicious food on a plate, he walked over to the table to serve her. He set down her plate in front of her. He made eggs and bacon, but it looked so elegantly. He served her some juice, and set it in front of her, next to the plate of food. He walked over to the other end of the table, and sat on what seemed, the 'Kings' chair. He interlocked his fingers, and leaned part of his face against them. "T-Thanks.." Ikuto stared at her. "Wha-" "Why are you nervous?" He cut her off and frowned at her. "C-Can I tell you after im done eating?" No response. Ikuto sighed, and stood up from the 'Kings' chair. "Fine." Amu grabbed a fork that was near her plate. Ikuto walked over to Amu. She looked up at him, and he smiled at her. "I hope you like it." She smiled back, and started cutting a piece of the sunny side up egg. She took a bite. Her eyes widened, and her expression was... unexpected. She sat silently. He started to get the wrong impression. She swallowed it. "I..It's..." She trailed off. "It's DELICIOUS!" Her mouth started getting watery. "Are you picturing me shirtless?" Ikuto smirked at what he said. "W-What? No!" Her face lit up red again. "Then why is your mouth watery, and your face red?" His face got closer to hers. Amu backed away, still sitting on the chair. "My m-mouth is w-watery because of the f-food!" He kept his smirk. "That doesn't explain your face being red." He got closer to her face. "I-It's hot in here!" She lied, and added a nervous laugh. "Mhmm.." He went back to his normal position. "But it really is good. It's exploding with flavor!" She smiled at him, with her face back to its normal color. "What did you add?" "Mmmm.. Stuff.." He had a bored look on his face now. "Thanks." Sarcasm. Her eyebrow twitched. "Welcome!" He said with a super happy cheery face. He did it on purpose to piss Amu off. Then his cell phone went off.

I'm Still Fly (Yeah)
I'm Sky High

And I Dare Anybody To Cut My Wings (Uh)
I'm Still Pulling Out The Phantom

And These Haters' Can't Stand Him

Nigga Im Still Doing My Thing

I'm Still (Still)

Ikuto frowned. He slipped his hand into his pocket, and pulled out his phone. He had a good guess who it would be. He looked at the called ID. Yup, he was right. He really didn't want to answer, but he pressed the little green button. "What." His voice was ice cold. "Ikuto." He frowned. He new exactly who it was. Ikuto lowered his voice, and walked to the living room, so Amu couldn't hear his conversation. "What do you want Rin?" His voice remained the same. "It seems as though I have something interesting to talk about. I need you hear, now." "But-" "No complaints. Now." Ikuto frowned even more. "But-" "NOW!" Rin yelled over the phone. He wasn't playing games. Ikuto hesitated before answering. "Fine." He hung up the phone before Rin said anything else that would anger him. He walked over to the kitchen. He saw Amu clenching a fork on her left hand, and nothing on her right. Her eyes were lit up, and her mouth was watery. "So tasty~." She said to herlsef. Ikuto couldn't help but chuckle to himself. 'Cute.' He thought. He started walking over to her. "Ah. Ikuto! Who was that on the phone?" She asked, fluttering her eyes, FLIRTY, snapping back into reality.. Ikuto was surprised again by her expression. He turned his head quickly away from her. "Boss..." "Oh..." She trailed off. "He wants me over there." Amu started feeling sad. "Do you have to go?" She didn't want to be by herself again. "Yeah.." He turned his face towards hers. He started walking to his room. "W-Where are you going?" "I'm gonna change." "W-What about the shower?" "No time. I'll take one when I get back." He walked into his room, and changed. When he came out, Amu looked at his outfit. He was wearing a white shirt with a logo written on it, "VANS" written in black. He had black skinny jeans for guys, and white Vans with checker boarded black and white laces. He also had a platinum bracelet on his right wrist. A black cross hung from his neck. And his hair was like before. Messy, but cool, with bangs hanging over his eyes. Amu couldn't help but blush. He started walking towards the door. "I'm off. I'll be back soon." "I-Ikuto."Amu got up from her seat, and walked over to Ikuto quickly. He turned around to see what she was doing, but she wrapped her arms around his neck, and buried her face into his chest. Ikuto flinched, and his heart raced. Amu felt him flinch, but she didn't let go. He hugged her back, his arms went around her waist. "Please be back soon." Her voice was muffled. "I'm sure I will. Boss just wants to talk to me or something." Amu looked up at Ikuto. "Promise." He saw blush was spreaded across her face. Ikuto hesitated before answering. "Promise." He said back. She lightly smiled. He let go of her, and opened the door. "I'll call you in a little." He tried to cheer Amu up. "Ok." She wasn't so sure if he was going to or not. He left the room, and closed the door behind him. Amu stood in front of the door. "And to think..." She trailed off. "I'm going out with that!" She smirked, and made a hot sizzle noise. "Ikuto~." She said in a dreamy voice.

The sky darkened as Ikuto jumped from roof to roof. He soon arrived to where he needed to be. He jumped down from the building, knocked on the door, soon entered, went below ground because of the elevator, then arrived at Rins' office. He grabbed the knob, turned it, and took one step in. And right after that first step, two guys grabbed him. One held his mouth, and the other held his arms behind his back. Ikuto couldn't escape. They dragged him aggressively over to the directors' desk. Ikuto tried to get out of their grip, but failed. The chair turn around, to reveal Rin. "Drop him." The guys did as told, and they threw Ikuto on the ground. Ikuto tried to catch his breath, because the guy wouldn't let him breathe through his hands. He got up, and was about to speak when Rin beat him to it. "Ikuto-kun." That pissed Ikuto off. "Seems as though you broke a rule." Rin started smirking. "What rule?" Ikuto was trying not to give it away. "You know, the rule about relations outside of work." Ikuto kept his cool. "I don't know what you're talking about." Rins' smirk faded. He stood up from his desk, and slammed his hands on the desk. "You damn well know what I'm talking about!" Ikuto started to glare at Rin. Then Rin smirked again. "You have a girlfriend, don't you Ikuto?" He kept his glare. "I don't have one." He said through clenched teeth. "Ohhh.." Rin trailed off. "Really?" He picked up a stack off papers from his desk. He walked over to Ikuto. He held up the stack of papers in his hands. "What does this say?" Rin started walking around Ikuto in a circle as he read the file. "Hinamori Amu. Age 15, birthday September 24th. Blood type: O. Pink hair, yellow eyes." 'Honey glazed..' Ikuto thought. Rin continued. "Style: Fresh. Loves: Alot of things. Hates: Being scared, scary things. Goes to Tokyo High School, in a band called Dark Alcoholics. Friends with Souma Kukai, Ikedo Ako, and Shizuka Zuko. But her friendship with Soumad Kukai is much more stronger than any other. You two first met when you saved her from being raped. And you guys got together yesterday night." Ikuto clenched his fist. "Need I say more?" Rin stopped in front of Ikuto, and smirked. "No.." Ikuto kept his fist clenched. "A relationship with this Amu, will be a distraction. And you know the rules." Ikutos' fist released. Ikuto eyes becamed teary. "Please.." Ikuto trailed off. "Don't kill her.." Rin smirked even wider. "I thought you would ask for that." He held his tears back. "If you don't want anything to happen to your precious Amu, then get on your knees, and beg." Ikuto did as told. He got on his knees, and started begging. "Please, please, do not kill Amu." Rin laughed. "Very well." Ikuto looked up at him with a shocked face. "But.." Rin trailed off. "Ikuto, your contract of work for us was going to finish up next month." He started to walk around Ikuto in a circle again. "You would've been free to live your life." Ikuto froze. 'Would've' rang in his head. "But, if you want to keep this relationship with Amu, then you must agree to work with us till I say so." Rin kept walking around in a circle. "But!-" He was cut off by Rin. "Ohh.. Do I hear a no? Well thats fine. I'll just send an assassin over to your condo right now, and have him kill Amu." Ikutos' eyes filled with fury. "No!" Ikuto stood up. "Hmmm?" Rin stopped walking, raised and eyebrow, and smirked at Ikuto. "If i'm not released by next month, then my father wont send you the money!" Rin started walking around in a circle again. "Ikuto, if you keep working for me, then I'll make more money than that bastard can send me. So it's better for me." "But what if I break it off with Amu?" Ikuto wasn't really going to do that. He had a plan. "Ikuto.." Rin trailed off. "I'm not stupid. I know you'll break up with her now, but then go out with her again when you get released. So thats a win. For you. It wouldn't satisfy me." Rin stopped in front of Ikuto again. "So you have a choice." Ikuto prepared himself. "You can either keep your worthless little relationship with Amu, and work for me forever. Or, break it off with her, and never see her again, we'll kill her, and you'll be released tomorrow." Ikuto didn't even take a second to consider. "You bastard. I will NEVER leave Amu." "Thats better for me." Ikuto was furious. "Oh, and another thing." Rin started walking in a circle. "What." Ikuto said with an ice cold voice, like he did over the phone. "Since you disobeyed me, you must be punished." Rin stopped behind him, and snapped his finger. The two men from earlier came behind Rin. "You must allow these men to beat you, until I say stop." "Why-" He was cut off again. "Because Ikuto-kun, you disobeyed my rule of having relationships outside of work. So for that, you must be punished." Rin snapped his fingers again, and the two men approached Ikuto. Ikuto prepared himself for a beating. "Fine." Ikuto said, as he closed his eyes. The two men went after Ikuto with all they got.

Amu sat on Ikutos' bed. Awaiting his call. She kept her phone in her hand. She was lost in her thoughts. She kept thinking about how it was like at Ikutos' work place, and how his boss would probably be like. Ikuto, Ikuto, Ikuto, was all that was on her mind. 'Is this right?' She thought to herself. 'I just met Ikuto a couple days ago..." She brought her knees up to her chest and upper body, and hugged them. She started to think aloud. "I just met Ikuto a couple days ago..." She repeated. Her eyes sadened. "Ikuto is a complete stranger to me... I know nothing about him. And yet.." She trailed off. "We're going out..But..." She tightened her grip on her knees, and her phone. "Ikuto needs me.." She remembered what happened last night. 'Run away on me! Just like everybody else in my life did! As soon as they figure out my secret, they leave me, thinking that I'm gonna kill them next! They're all terrified of me! And so are you!' A tear rolled down her cheek. 'Thought I wish you wouldn't...' Her eyes widened when she remembered that line. She held her tears back. "I'm gonna call Ikuto.." She lightly tapped the screen of her phone. The numbers to call popped up, and Amu froze. "I don't even know his number..." Amu gripped her phone tighter. 'Fuck.." She thought. 'Fuck..' She thought to herself again. "FUCK!" She screamed out loud. She through her phone at a pillow, but with all her strength. Luckily, for her, it didn't break, or anything. "God damn it! I don't know ANYTHING about this guy, and I'm... I'm..." She started blushing, and her heart rate went a little faster. She stood up, and was standing on the bed, with her hands gripping her hair. "I'M IN LOVE WITH TSUKIYOMI IKUTO!" She finally let it out. "I'm in love with a guy that I barely know! I just met him a couple days ago, and now im saying that I'm in love with him? GYAH! Whats wrong with me? But..." She calmed down, and sat back down. "He needs me.. He has so much pain inside him, and has never had anybody to share it with. He feels lonely." Another tear rolled down her cheek. "Just like how I feel lonely when i'm not with him." She looked out the window. Then she started looking around his room. She caught one of those sliding doors. You know, the types of sliding doors that lead you to an outside porch, or balcony? Yeah, those doors. 'How can I not notice that?' She was dumbfounded. She got up from her seat, and walked over to the doors. When she got closer, she saw that it lead to an outside balcony. She slid open the door, and felt the cool breeze hit her body. 'It feels good out here.' She smiled to herself. She walk towards the end of the balcony, and leaned on the bar fence. "Wow.." She trailed off. "The view is amazing up here.." Her eyes started to glow. Her smile faded away, and her eyes went back to a sadened look. "Ikuto..." Her heart started to pound against her chest. "Why?" She asked herself. "Why do I feel so lonely when he leaves me? Why does he make me blush so much? Why do I stutter so much around him? Why does he make my heart race? Why does he give me such butterflies? No guy has ever made me feel this way.. Yet.. Why Ikuto?" She looked off into the distance. The buildings lights were starting to become visible. The sky was already darkened. "He needs me.. And I need him.." She lightly smiled to herself. "Yes. I'll ask him when he comes home."

Ikuto was laying on the office floor, trying to catch is breath. He had bruises all over his arms, and blood was dripping from his nose and mouth. He tried to get up on his feet, but one of the guys kicked his stomach, and caused Ikuto to fall on the ground, panting. "Rin.." Ikuto barely said. "S..Stop.." Rin smirked at his face. "Fine. Fine. Thats enough." He snapped his fingers for the two men to leave the room. As they did, Ikuto finally stood up. Wobbly, loosing his balance quickly. Rin chuckled at his actions. "I think you've learned your lesson now." He walked back to his desk, and sat down. "Now.." He trailed off. "Get out of my sight!" He yelled at Ikuto, and Ikuto did as told. He struggled to stand up. His head was killing him, and his vision was blurry. He barely had enough strength to walk. He exited the building, and looked at the obstacle in front of him. He would always jump back to the roof, but at this moment, he wasn't sure how long he was going to take. He cursed under his breath, as he started to make his way up. He stood on a thin ledge, his back against the building. He took a deep breath before leaping onto the next one. He leaped into the air, but since his strength was weak, he didn't jump high enough to actually stand on the ledge, but only high enough for his hand to reach and hold on. He hit his face against the building, which caused him to bleed even more from his nose and his mouth. He started to fall down, until his right hand reached the ledge, and barely held on. He clenched his teeth in anger. 'Fuck you Rin.' He lifted his left arm up, so his left hand could also hang onto the ledge. And after more, and more effort, he finally made his way to the rooftop. From here on, it should be easy. Well, easier.

Amu was still out on the balcony, loosing herself in her thoughts. Her cell phone going off caught her attention. She snapped out of her thoughts, and ran back to Ikutos' room. She grabbed the phone, and recognized the ringtone, and who it was.

All I Care About Is Money

And The City That I'm From

Imma Sip Till' I Feel It,

Imma Smoke Till' It's Done

And I Don't Really Give A Fuck

And My Excuse Is That I'm Young

And I'm Only Getting Older,

Somebody Shoulda' Told Ya

I'm On One

'Oh yeah.' She thought. 'That's the ringtone for when Ako calls.' I'm On One by Drake. She push the little green button and answered. "Hello?" Amu started off. "Ah, Amu." Yup, it was Ako. "Oh, hi Ako!" She was happy to talk to her friend. "What's up?" She asked. "Well, I'm sure Kukai already talked to you about Zukos' court date." She sighed. "Yeah, I know the story. Jeez, that stupid Zuko doesn't know how to learn does he?" She could hear Ako chuckle over the phone. "Well, that's Zuko for you." She smiled. "Yeah..." Ako cleared his throught. "Well, anyways, Kukai and I are going to try to talk him out of this. He has no chance of winning." Amu chuckled. "You think?" Ako sighed over the phone. "He's such an arrogant ass." Amu bursted out of laughter from that, thats Ako for you. Ako chuckled to himself. "Well anyways," Ako ended the laughter between them, "Are you going to help Kukai and I?" "Mhmm!" She smiled. She missed everybody already. "Well, then lets met at my place on Sunday. Does that sound fine to you Amu?" "Yup! Sounds good!" "Very well. Bye Amu." "Bye Ako!" She hung up the phone, and threw it lightly on Ikutos' bed. She sat down, and stretched her arms out, then layed back. "Sure is nice to talk to him again." She smiled to herself. "I miss everybody.." She grabbed her phone, and looked at the time. 8:56 PM. 'Damn, it's already this time? Where's Ikuto?' She was starting to feel lonely again. Knock, knock. She heard knocking. She got up from the bed, and looked around the room. She spotted someone outside on the balcony. "Huh?" She walked over to see who it was, then she saw blue. 'Ikuto..' She thought. She walked over to balcony, and slid the door open. When she opened the door, Ikuto fell on Amu, but luckily, Amu caught him, barely. He looked up at her, and her eyes got teary. "Amu.." Still weak. Ikutos' lower part of his face was covered in blood, and his arms were badly bruise. "Ikuto!"

Amu supported Ikutos' right side, and walked him over to the bed. She set him down, gently, and sat next to him. "Ikuto!" She finally started. "What happened? Are you ok? Do you need to go to the hospital?" She was dead worried about him. "I..." He trailed off.. "I n-need to get in the shower.." Amu nodded her her. His face was covered in blood, and sweat, who wouldn't want a shower after that? He got up from the bed, and started to walk over to his bathroom. Amu was confused. 'He has his own bathroom in here? I never noticed.' She got up, and followed behind. "D-Do you need help?" She asked with a concerned voice. Ikuto struggled to walk. He had to lean on the wall, so it could support his body. "No. I'm good." He finally made his way to the bathroom. He sat up on the bathroom counter,with his back hunched over, he started to take his shirt off. A slight blush appeared on Amus' face. After taking off his shirt, it revealed a big red-ish, and purple-ish mark on the middle of his chest. Amu quickly walked over to him, to observe it. She gently placed her hand on his chest. He flinched ever though it was a light touch. "Ikuto.." She trailed off. "What happened? What caused this? Are you sure your fine?" She looked up at him, and he just stared deeply into her eyes. "I-Ikuto! Answer me! What happened?" No response. Her eyes started getting teary. "Ikuto.." She looked down at the floor, with her hand still on his chest. He then put his hand behind her her head. She looked up at him, surprised, then he pushed her head to his. He gently kissed her forehead. And he kept kissing it for about half a minute. Amu blushed heavily. She could feel her heart pound against her chest. Her eyes widened. Even though he only kissed her forehead for about half a minute, it felt like forever to her. It felt nice. When he pulled away, he wrapped his right arm against her waist, and pushed her towards him, and rested his head on part of her head. She was still in the same trance. They stayed like that, for a while. Then he finally broke the silence between them. "Damn." He started. "You worry too much." He smiled. She looked up at him. "Ikuto! you had me worried!" She whined. Ikuto chuckled just a bit. Then she smiled, relieved that he was ok.

Amu leaned against the bathroom door. She wanted to stay near him, just in case if he fell while taking a shower, and needed help up. Of course, being Amu, she was too nervous to stay inside the bathroom. So she was outside of the bathroom. But leaned against the door, just to make sure Ikuto would be fine by himself in there. Amu sat on the floor, with her knees up, and her arms resting on them. Her head was down, leaning her head on her arms. She has a concerned expression on her face. She waited, and waited, until Ikuto came out of the shower.

And hour passed by, and she was still waiting. Then she heard the shower stop. Her head shot up, and she gasped in happiness. She got up from the floor, and leaned against the door. "Ikuto! Are you ok?" No response. The door opened to reveal Ikuto, with only a towel wrapped around his waist, covering the area that counts. Since Amu was leaning on the door when that happened, she fell forward, and onto Ikuto. She was on top of him, and he was on the bottom. It took a while for Amu to collect everything that just happened, and when she saw the position they were in, she blushed madly. "I-I-I'm s-sorry!" Ikuto smirked. "What are you going to do?" Amu blushed even more at his reaction. "N-Nothi-" She was cut off by Ikuto. "Are you gonna try and rape me?' His smirked just got a bit wider. "N-No! J-Just l-let-" She got cut off once again. Ikuto spread his whole body apart. "Fine. If you must punish me, go right ahead. Do anything you want to me.." Her whole face went madly red. Even steam started coming out of her head. She was about to speak up, when she felt.. something. She froze for just a bit. She figured out their position. Amus' private was pressed against his. 'I felt it..' She trailed off. 'I..I-It's big..' She was burning up. She quickly got up, and stumbled on her feet. She fell backwards, and landed on her butt. Ikuto sat up. "Are you ok?" He asked Amu. "I didn't feel anything!" A short while of silence passed by. "Wait.. What?" Ikuto asked, he wasn't so sure what Amu meant. "N-Nothing!" Amu added a nervous laugh after that. He smirked, and stood up from the floor. He walked over to Amu, and held out his hand. Amu reached out and grabbed his hand. He helped her up, and started to walk over to the door. 'Come on Amu. Ask!' She thought to herself. "U-Umm.." She caught Ikutos' attention. He looked back at her. "Ikuto.." She trailed off. He raised an eyebrow. "Hmm?" Was all that came out. "I need to talk to you.. About something.." She had a serious face on. "Okay." He said, with a smile. He had a good idea of what it might be about. She smiled back, but soon the smile faded away. "P-Put some clothes on first!" The blush came back.

Amu and Ikuto sat on Ikutos' bed. Amu sat criss cross, and was leaning against the wall. And Ikuto, well, he wasn't sitting, he was laying down, facing Amu. But the bed was big enough for them both to have their own space. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" He asked with a bored look on his face. Amu took a deep breath before saying anything. "Ikuto.." She started off the sentence. "I want to know everything about you. Your past, who you are.. Everything.." He furrowed his eyebrows at her, but he wasn't mad. "Why?" He asked. "Because..." Amu trailed off. A sad face appeared. "Earlier, before you came back, I was starting to wonder.." Amu clenched her fist on her lap. "I was starting to doubt this.." "Doubt what?" Ikuto asked. "It's just that.. Well, we don't know anything about eachother. And we've only met a couple days ago. And we're already going out." Ikuto started to get mad, and a bit sad. "That's why.." She started again. "I want to know everything about you." She smiled torwards him. Ikuto felt relieved. He sighed inwardly to himself. "Everything?" He asked. "Yes." She answered firmly. "Very well then.."

"I was little. And I had both of my parents. Aruto, my dad, and Souko, my mom." Ikuto started off, and Amu payed good attention. "We were just like any other family. Happy, and together." "Were you an only child Ikuto?" Amu asked curious. "Yes. But I had this cousin, Yoru, who would visit me frequently. But that was a long time ago.." Amu nodded, and continued to listen. "As a child, I grew up happy. My mom and dad were together, and they both loved me very much. I remember when my dad would take me and my mom to this hill, where, we could see the sunset perfectly. He would play his violin, on top of the hill, and my mom and I would just listen to the wonderful melodies he played." A light smile appeared on his face. "My dad, he was a master on the violin. He was quite famous for it, too. But then.." He trailed off. That smile soon faded away with a frown. He furrowed his eyebrows. "Rin barged into my life.." Amu wasn't so sure who Rin was, but she assumed it was his boss. "Who's Rin?" She asked. "My boss." He said in a cold voice. Amu was right. "What happened?" Amu asked, eager to know what happened next. "Since I was little, I wasn't so sure what was going on. But after Rin barged into my life, my dad left me and mom." Hearing that made Amu really upset. She scooted up closer to Ikuto, and held his hand. She lightly smiled at him, and he returned it. But he continued onto his life story. "After my dad left, I was forced to work for Rin and for A.I. And my mom married Rin to also help repay the debt. Rin trained me for a year for the job. And after my training was complete, I started working." Amu could feel Ikutos' hand grip tighter, but she didn't say anything. "Whats A.I? And how old were you?" Curious, since Ikuto didn't mention that. "I was about seven years-old, when my dad left us, and I was eight years-old when I completed training, and started working.." "And.." Amu trailed off, urging Ikuto to answer the other question. "A.I is 'Assassins Inc.' It's a secret company, that has a lot of other spies and assassins." Amu nodded, gesturing Ikuto to go on. "So i'm not the only one. But since Rin hates my dad, he takes it out on me. He makes me go on most of the assignments. And when I disobey him, he gets these two men to beat me." Amu gasped. She understood now why Ikuto was so beat up. She waned to ask more questions, but she decided to wait till the end. "And so, i've been working for A.I for pretty much ten years now. And during that time, I became A.I's best assassin. I've killed over one thousand people." His bangs cast a shadow on his face, his eyes were hidden. "When I was twelve, I asked Rin why I was force to work for him. He told me that my dad had to pay a huge debt to him, but since he left, I was force to work to pay off the debt my dad left.." His grip became tighter on her hand. It started to hurt her hand, but Amu stayed quiet. "Because of him, because that bastard left me and my mom, we were forced to do things we didn't want to. I hate my dad. Rin also told me that he wanted to run off to continue his career in playing the violin, and become famous." He clenched his teeth, trying his best not to let the tears roll down his face. "But, I also hate my mom. Because she is so weak, she didn't try to get away from Rin. Unlike me, she had a chance, but she decided to stay. I urged her to leave, so she wouldn't suffer, but watching her give in to Rin made me dislike her." Amu was really down. Hearing Ikutos' life story made her want to cry. "When I was eleven, I demanded Rin for a place of my own. I couldn't stand sharing a house with two people that I hate the most. And he gave me this condo. And ever since then, i've been living by myself." A little bit more tighter. "Rin arranged classes for me to take, to learn how to live by myself. Cooking, cleaning, and stuff like that." A moment of silence passed by. "You know, Rin wasn't always such a dick. He was much nicer back then, but then everything changed when I was fourteen. Rin got a call from my dad. My dad set up a contract, and it stated that when I was a little over seventeen, I was suppose to be released from A.I. My dad would pay Rin a lot of money for it. And Rin accepted it. And after that phone call, Rin became stricter on me. And because of that, he hates me now, he likes to toy with me, like im some kind of puppet. And it's because of my dad that he hates me now, but at the same time, I was happy to hear about that contract. But now..." He trailed off. His bangs didn't cast a shadow anymore. He had a worried look on his face. "What? What happened?" Amu asked, still eager to know everything. He chuckled nervously. "I don't think you'll like hearing this.."

After Ikuto explain what happened back at the office, Amu sat quietly. "So he knows a lot about you. And I understand if you want to leave. If you want, I can arrang-" "I'm sorry." Amu cut Ikuto off. She clenched her fist. He was confused, he didn't know why she was apologizing, it should of been the other way around. "What are you apologizing for?" Amu hesitated before answering. "Because of me..." She trailed off. Tears rolled down her face. "You have to stay with A.I forever, just because of me.. I'm sorry." Her voice cracked, but Ikuto found it cute. He smiled at Amu. "It's my fault that now A.I knows about you." He scooted closer to Amu. She snickered at what he said, but she was still crying. "But I still want to be with you." He grabbed her hand, and held it. "Same here." She smiled, and vice versa. "He also told me you were in a high school band." He started to smirk, but not in a perverted way. "O-Oh yeah.." She trailed off. She was slightly blushing. "When's your next gig? I wanna come." Amu suddenly became nervous. 'Oh God, what if he comes to our next concert? And what if I embarrassed myself? What if I mess up while singing? Or what if I fall!' She finally spoke up. "U-Umm.. I-I think three weeks f-from now.." "Am I invited?" "Y-Yeah! Of c-course!" Ikuto raised an eyebrow at her. "Then why do you k-keep st-stuttering?" He mimicked her stuttering, and she chuckled. "No reason. I'm just being paranoid." She smiled, and he returned it. "Oh! I forgot to ask. Where did you get these clothes?" Amu gestured to the pj's she was still wearing. "Oh.. Those.." He trailed off. "Last year, I met this girl.. And I really liked her. I asked her out, and she agreed. I would go out with her alot. She even spent the night with me sometimes.." He pretty much whispered the last part to himself, but Amu caught it. 'You know. It's been a while since Ikuto brought a girl back here.' She remembered what Hachiro said. "And one night, when she spent the night here, she was getting ready to leave, and then Rin called me for an assignment. I got really mad at him, and blurted out my secret. I was hoping she didn't hear it, but she did. After I hung up the phone, she looked at me like I was some kind of.. monster.. She ran away from me, and told me she never wanted to see me again. And I never saw her again." Ikuto had a sad smile on his face. "And she left these behind." He pointed to the pajamas. "But I could never bring myself to throw them away.. Because they use to mean so much to me. The girl that I used to love...Or at least.. I thought I loved her.." Amus' eyes started to shine. 'Ikuto..' She thought. He chuckled to himself. "Jeez." He looked up at the ceiling. "I'm only human.." He said. "The weird thing is though.." He trailed off. "When she left me, I realized I didn't love her..I thought I did, but.. I didn't." The room went silent, until Ikuto broke it. "But she doesn't matter. I love you now. And I actually know it. I can feel it in my heart." He smiled at her. She slightly blushed. "I love you, too." Then an idea occurred in her head. "Hey, can I borrow a blanket?" A confused face spreaded across his face. "Sure." He got up, and went into his closet, and came back out with a blanket. He handed it to Amu, as she stood up. "Now, can you turn around?" "Uhh.. Sure?" He did as told, and Amu started to strip, until she was naked. Then She grabbed the blanket that Ikuto gave her, and wrapped it around her body. "Ok, lets go!" Ikuto turned around to see what Amu was doing? "Whaa? Wait, go where? And why did you take the clothes off?" "No time to explain! Come on!" She ran out of Ikutos' room. "H-Hey! Wait!" He ran after her. She ran through the living room, and towards the door. "Grab a lighter on your way out!" Ikuto stopped, and looked around for one. He spotted one that was on the coffee table in the living room. He ran over to it, and picked it up, and quickly chased after Amu. They were soon in the lobby of the condos, and he finally caught up with Amu. "You actually have one?" Amu said, still running. "Yeah.. Just in case if I ever needed it." He saw that Amu was holding the pair of pajamas in her hand. "What are you doing? Why are we running?" He asked Amu. "You'll see!"

They soon arrived at a junk yard, and they stood up on a pile of trash. "Ok, I still don't get it. Why are we hear at the junk yard?" He asked Amu, trying to catch his breath. Amu was suprisingly fast. "Give me the lighter." She held out her hand, and Ikuto handed her the lighter. She lifted up the pj's from her hand, and switched the lighter on. She brought the lighter close to the pj's, and they caught on fire. "What are you doing!" Ikuto yelled, worried that she would burn herself. She then threw the pj's onto a pile of trash that was in front of them, but not too close. As it landed, the pile of trash caught on fire. And then the fire went crazy. It was blazing, but it wasn't going to spread around. "What was that for?" He asked, still confused. "Those pajamas are your past, that girl was your past. But now, you have me! I'm your future, and I will never leave you. It's time to start anew, by burning the pajamas." She smiled. 'This girl is crazy.' He thought to himself, but then he smiled back. They both turned their heads to watch at the fire. 'A new beginning, huh?' As they watched the fire, their hands met, and they held hands.

Major: Did you guys like it! :DDDDD

Ikuto: It was.. cute?

Amu: Awww, im so awesome! :D

Ikuto: Stfu :D

Amu: Hey don't copy me! D:

Major: OMFGGGG im soo sorry gusys! D: I don't really like the way I write my paragraphs and stuffff.. I will try to change the editing style in the next chapter! Because I got critizism, and I agreed with it. So yeahhh! Are things going too fast?

Amu and Ikuto: Idk...

Ikuto: You should make it go faster, so me and Amu can do it! :DDDD

Amu: Nuuuuuuuuuuu! ... X)

Ikuto: The X) Is back! :D

Amu: Stfu! :D

Ikuto: Thats getting old! D:

Amu: Stfu :D

Ikuto: O.o

Major: So did you guys think the song fit the chapter? O.o?

Amu: Review, and tell us now! :DDDDD

Ikuto: YESH! :3

Major: Agreed! Honors?

Ikuto: R&R dammit! :DDDD