Major: OMFGGGG, IM SO SORRY GUYS T_T LIKE SERIOUSLY, I'VE TOOKEN SO LONG TO UPDATE AND SHIT!
Ikuto: I cried cause of you. T_T
Amu: Uh-uh, sure you did.
Ikuto: Love, dont you remember?
Amu: Remember what?
Ikuto: A couple days ago, I wouldnt get out of bed because I thought Major abondened our story or something.
Amu: Oh yeah! I remember! It was really- WAIT! That was my bed! Not yours!
Ikuto: Oh love :) Thats OUR bed. :DDDDD
Amu: o.e
Major: Holy shit! I started writing this chapter months ago, and im barely updating now T_T
Ikuto: Sometimes, you suck c:
Amu: *Slaps Ikuto * Meannie, be nice!
Major: I'm sorry guys, life, school, family, and boys got in the way. I feel really bad for kinda like leaving this story alone for the longest time. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this shitty chapter! After months, I come back with just a review chapter -_-
Amu: At least you updated! :D
Major: Yeah, but the next chapter, we get back on track, and ive already finished the next chapter, so ill update it in like one or two weeks okay guys? I promise! From now on, I'll try my best to be faster with this.
Ikuto: Song for this chapter is Above and Below by The Bravery!
Amu: Major doesn't own Shugo Chara or any of its characters!
Major: On with the story! :DDDDD
Chapter 7: Explanations
Sometimes I Feel Like I Wanna Leave This Place For Good, Under The Ground I'll Live Down There Without A Sound
Ikuto drove down a freeway that was surprisingly, not busy. Only a couple cars here and there. Everytime he stopped because of a stop light or a stop sign, people around him would gawk in awe of his amazing car.
A metallic silver lamborghini. Doors open upwards, and a black lighting bolt strike on the left side of the car. Sometimes, people would actually be random enough to whistle at his car. Damn, didn't that make Ikuto feel like a pimp?
He was taking Amu to school. First time actually, and Amu was quite excited. Whereas Ikuto was bleh. But deep down, he was a bit excited also. He finally got to see the famous Tokyo High which everybody would brag about.
He took a left turn, and entered the parking lot of the school. He pulled up to the front of the school, which in return, people would turn around and too gawk in awe. Just about everybody outside stopped and stared, waiting to see who would get out of the car. But who else but Ikuto? And Amu.
The doors slid up, and they both stepped out.
The pinkette girl was wearing blue jeans skinnies. A regular black shirt that hugged her curves just perfectly. And silver and black Metallic 5's. A chain hung from one side of her hip. She wore Ikutos' platinum bracelet. The same one Ikuto gave Kukai, Ako, and Zuko. Her hair was down, but it had amazing body and volume, it looked teased from the back, but it wasn't. She wore dark eyeliner, and dark mascara. She liked it 'cause it made her eyes POP. Nothing too outgoing.
The the drivers door slid up. And who else would step out but Ikuto?
It seems like the moment he stepped out, the light shown on him like if he was a sex God or something. He walked over to Amu after closing his door, and grabbed her hand. And they started to walk down the path made my their fans.
Ikuto wore a black muscle shirt. Metallic blue skinny jeans, with a black and white belt checkered belt. And he also wore the exact same Metallic 5's shoes Amu was wearing. He also wore the same platinum bracelet. A platinum thin-ish chain hung from his neck with Amus' name on the necklace.
Both of them looked so cute together. Especially since they were matching clothes. Ikuto loves matching with Amu.
As they walked down the path, Amu started to blush, and Ikuto just walked with a closed-mouth smirk. The crowd whispered many things, such ash:
"Whoa! Is that her boyfriend?"
"He's so hot!"
"As expected from our famous Amu! Always getting the hotties."
"Damn bro!"
"This kid gots swagger."
"Hey, I just noticed that they're matching!"
"How cute!"
Amu heard all these whispers, like if she were a superhuman. And her face went completely red. Whistles were heard from boys, and fan girl screams from the girls. This just made Ikuto chuckle.
They walked over to the gang. Kukai, Zuko, and Ako.
"Yo." Ikuto greeted first.
"Wassup brotha'!" Kukai smacked Ikuto on the while greeting.
"Eey' man." Zuko greeted with a bored face.
"Greetings." For the first time in a while, Ako wasn't holding a book in his hands.
"You gotta' nice ride!" Kukai pointed over to Ikutos' car. "Thanks." Ikuto smiled. His smile made the fangirls jump and scream. Whereas Amu just laughed at the fangirls reactions.
The bell rang, and everybody was startled, but nobody moved because they all wanted to see what the sexy crew would do.
"I guess I have to go." Ikuto put on his sunglasses.
"Are you picking me up after band practice today?" Amu asked grabbing Ikutos' hand.
"Yeah, I just have a meeting. I'll come and pick you up at lunch and take you out."
"I thought you said you were getting out at four?"
"I am, after I drop you off at school again, I needa go back to finish the meeting."
"Hey, can we come with?" Kukai jumped into the conversation.
"Of course." Ikuto responded with a smirk.
"Awww shit! You needa lemme drive your car man!" Kukai exclaimed excited, while doing little jumps.
"We'll see." Ikuto winked at Kukai, implying that it wasn't going to happen, but being o' Kukai, he just yelled, "Yosh!", while making a pose that gave off an amazing aura. After a couple seconds of random sparkles flying around, Amu bursted out in laughter, which caught everybodies attention. Even though everybody knew that she was laughing at Kukais' pose, Kukai still asked, "What?"
"Well, now I gotta go." Ikuto brought Amu closer to him. And he leaned in for a kiss. And as their lips met, everybody started to cheer except Kukai, Zuko, and Ako.
Zukos' eyebrows slanted down a bit, but it wasn't that noticeable. Ako just raised one eyebrow, and Kukai grinned. His silly little grin.
Finally they pulled away, and Amus' face was flushed. And her face turned more red when she turned around to see the crowd of people cheering them on.
"Dude, I got a picture of them kissing! Look look!" A lot of people shoved their phones against their friends faces to show a picture of Amu and Ikuto kissing. Girls went, "KYAHH~! I want a boyfriend like him!", and guys said, "Damn, that foo's got swagger. He's hella lucky to be with Amu."
Her face exploded in redness, that smoke started to come out of head.
"I-Ikuto!" She whined. Ikuto, Kukai, Zuko, and Ako couldn't help but laugh at how cute she was. And before everybody stopped laughing, Ikuto leaned in for another kiss. Everybody stopped and stared except for the crew. They kept laughing.
And as he crashed his lips down on hers, everybody started cheering again, and taking pictures.
Damn, what a bunch of weirdos.
And Never Hear, These Hissing Voices All The Same; I'll Disappear, Because Living Makes Me Feel Ashamed
Bing.
The elevator finally arrived, and as the elevators slid open, Ikuto took one step in, looking at the ground. He stepped in fully, and the elevator doors started to close.
"Wait!" A yell came from across the hall. Ikuto looked up, only to see his friend that works at the same place as him.
Kairi.
Ikuto stepped up to the doors, and put his hand between the gap. But something odd happened. The elevator doors weren't opening. The doors got closer, ready to close, but Ikuto wasn't just gonna let it go.
He pushed the doors open with force. The force was so strong it threw the elevator doors back, and caused a crash sound that echoed down the hall. Everybody passing by stopped and looked at Ikuto like if he were a monster. 'What strength he has,' is what everybody thought while staring at Ikuto.
Kairi finally reached the elevator and stepped inside. "Hello Ikuto-san." Kairi greeted as he pushed up his glasses and stepped next to Ikuto.
"Yo, Kairi." Ikuto greeted back. After a few buzzes and zaps, the doors finally managed to close.
The elevator was silent. Awkward for Kairi, but whatever for Ikuto.
"So Ikuto-san, how are things?" He asked while pushing his glasses up again. Ikuto couldn't help but to smile and look down.
"Things are great..." He trailed off as a certain pinkette clouded his mind.
Only looking at Ikuto from the ends of his eyes, he raised an eyebrow. He knew who he was thinking about.
Hinamori Amu.
And I bet you're all wondering: How does Kairi know Amu?
When Ren forced Kairi to find information about Ikuto, so Ren would make Ikuto stay in the company forever due to his violation to one of the most important rules in A.I.
No relationships in or outside A.I.
At some point, Kairi found out that Ikuto was secretly going out with Amu a little bit after they met, and was forced to share that information with Ren.
Kairi looked at the ground, he felt guilty because Ikuto didn't know that Kairi was the one who told Ren about Ikutos' secret relationship. Well he didn't exactly tell him, he just gave him the file that had all the information about Amu.
""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.
That memory came back to Kairi in a flashback.
He felt horrible for doing that. But he had no choice. It was his job to dig up every single peace of past from every single worker at A.I and use it against them. All for Rens' pleasure. Even though he knew it wasn't his fault, he still felt horrible. He wanted to tell Ikuto about it, and hope that he wouldn't get mad at him. He just wanted to feel relieved.
"Ikuto-san." He tried to start up a conversation.
"Yeah?" Ikuto moved his head slightly towards Kairi. Kairi clenched his fist, and tried to find the courage to say something. A bead of sweat slid down the side of his face. His eyebrows were twitching, but Ikuto didn't notice.
'Say it.' He thought to himself. 'Say it' Silence. 'Say it!' He yelled at himself inside his head.
"Kairi?" That snapped him out of his thoughts. He turned his head frankly at Ikuto and had a goofy smile on his face.
"U-Umm! Ikuto-san, would you like to have lunch with me?" Shit. He screwed up. He mentally slapped himself in the face.
"Oh, sorry. But I'm having lunch with my girlfriend." Kairis' face went back to normal.
Bing.
The elevator doors started to slid open.
"Alright, lets go." Ikuto started to walk to the meeting room, but after a few steps, he noticed Kairi wasn't following behind. He turned his body around, and waited for Kairi.
Kairi was looking down, and his glasses were slipping down slowly. He took a deep breath.
Inhale. Exhale. He pushed up his glasses and looked up at Ikuto with a smile.
"Ikuto-san, would you then maybe want to get some coffee with me after the meeting?"
"Sorry Kairi, but I'm picking up my girlfriend after the meeting and taking her home. Maybe tomorrow we can-"
"Ikuto-san! Please, it's important." His smile went away, and he had a strict look on his face. He put his right foot forward. He stood high and proud. This pose meant serious business.
Ikuto rubbed the back of his head, trying to think of an answer. "Kairi-" He started but was interrupted again by Kairi.
"Tsukiyomi. Ikuto." Kairi said with a cold voice. Damn, this meant he was being even more serious than usual.
Ikuto hesitated to answer, but finally came out with a, "Fine, I guess. You can come with me. I'll introduce you to my girlfriend. Happy?" Ikuto was a little annoyed with Kairi at the moment.
Crap, Kairi didn't want to meet Amu, he just wanted to tell Ikuto what's been bothering him for a while now. He was about to speak up again when Ikuto started to walk off. "Come on Kairi." Ikuto said as he walked up to the entrance of the meeting room.
Kairi sighed, and pushed up his glasses once again.
I Must Believe There's More Above Us And Below; I Must Believe, Stranded With This Bitch Called Hope
The lunch bell rang, and the teens walked out the doors, and headed for the lunchrooms. Tokyo High was so big, it looked like the classrooms were oozing with teens.
Amu walked to her locker, with her books pressed against her chest. Guys whistled as she walked by them, and a lot of people said hi to her on the way to her locker. It was an everyday thing she was use to, being the most popular, and the most gorgeous girl in school.
She reached her locker, and started to put her combination in. She opened her locker, and put her books inside it, everything so neat and tidy, just like her. She closed it and started to head to the direction of the driveway of the school when she bumped into someone and fell down.
She rubbed her head, on the part it hurt most, then she opened her eyes to see who she bumped into.
A guy with long violet hair, and soft sweet brown eyes and creamy skin. 'He looks familiar..' Amu thought in her head.
"Ah, I'm sorry." He apologized while chuckling a bit and also rubbing his head. His sweet brown eyes met her honey glazed ones. "Ah, Amu-chan."
"Fujisaki... Nagihiko right?" She did know him. He was in the dance club in the school. BEST dancer in the school. He was quite popular himself, though shes' never been this close to him before. She started to blush, not because she had a crush on him, of course not! She was loyal to Ikuto, but she blushed because he was such an attractive man, and he had a positive and nice aura around him that made her feel... comfortable..
"Ah! I'm sorry!" She apologized as she started to pick up the stuff that he dropped. She noticed it was music sheets. "Music sheets?" She asked.
"Oh, those are for the pianist."
"You're going to dance to this music?" She observed the notes, and recognized some notes. She did play a little piano. Her eyes lit up as she skimmed the sheets.
"Amazing! So you're going to dance?" She asked eagerly. She's never seen him dance before, but the rumors in the school said he was the best, ever. She wanted to see him dance so bad though.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"Oh, to a competition stadium in downtown. Tokyo High is up against Seiyo Academy High. The bus is waiting for me outside, so I should get going." He started to pick up the music sheets also, and Amu handed him the ones she picked up. After thanking her, he asked, "Oh, and I was in a hurry, I'm sorry. I should've watched were I was going."
"No, it's totally fine. Don't worry about it." She said with a cheery face
"Oh, big fan of your music also. When's your next concert?" He asked getting up.
"Uhhh.." She trailed off. "I'm not sure, we haven't decided that yet."
Nagihiko held out his hand to her, waiting for her to meet him halfway so he can help her up. And she did, and as she was getting lifted up, he smiled at her.
"Well, let me know when the next concert is? Okay?"
"Yeah. Yeah definitely. Uhhh.. I'll text you!" She came up with a solution. They both took their phones out and exchanged. Dialing and saving their own numbers on eachothers phone.
"Cool." He said as he gave her phone back, and her to him.
"Nagi!" A call came from down the hallway. They both look to see who it was. It was a girl with long and pretty blond hair and big brown eyes. She was so small, she looked like on of those dolls you buy at a store, but she was really cute, and so huggable.
"We're late, lets go!" She called out again.
"Ah, sorry." He called back. He looked at Amu one more with a friendly smile. "It was nice officially meeting you Amu-chan."
"And it was nice officially meeting you Nagi." She smiled back at him. He nodded and started to run to the short girl. Halfway through he looked back and yelled, "Text me." And gave her a wink. She smiled again and nodded.
He finally reached the short blondie, and they both started to jog away.
"Amu." A voice from behind came. She turned around only to see it was Kukai, Zuko, and Ako.
"Lets go. Ikutos' waiting." She nodded and walked towards them. And when Kukai turned his back to her, she leaped onto him while yelling in a little girls voice, "Piggy back ride, piggy back ride Oni-tan!"
Zuko laughed, Ako smiled, and Kukai tried to catch his breath.
"Okay." He grinned, and he started to run, Zuko and Ako following behind.
It Keeps Me Here, When All I Wanna Do Is Go
As Kukai reached the final steps of getting to where he needed to be, he panted really hard as Amu jumped off him, and ran to Ikuto. Only to embrace him with a hug.
"Hey babe." He said as he chuckled.
"God, I missed you so much." She hugged him even tighter.
"I missed you, too."
"Ugh, get a room." Zuko rolled his eyes, his jealousy kicking in. Ikuto read between the lines, and quickly realized that he was being jealous. To please himself, he smirked at Zuko, and kissed Amu.
Again, Zuko rolled his eyes and looked away, as Ako placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head, trying to hold back his laughter.
"So, where are we going for lunch? You're paying right Ikuto?" Kukai raised an eyebrow with his silly grin. After the kiss finished, Ikuto responded with a, "My treat."
"Hehe.. food." Ako said to himself.
"Oh, by the way, afterschool, my friend Kairi is coming with me and he's gonna hang out with us for a bit."
"Kairi?" Amu asked.
"Oh, he's a close friend from work." Ikuto shrugged his shoulders, remembering how odd he was acting earlier.
"You cool with that?" Ikuto asked, returning back to Earth.
"Of course! I would love to meet him."
"Ok ok. Lets go get some damn food!" Zuko rubbed his growling stomach.
It Keeps Me Here, When All I Wanna Do Is Disappear
After lunch, Ikuto drove Amu, Kukai, Zuko, and Ako back to school, and after dropping him off, he went back to work for the meeting.
After boring hours of just listening to Ren talk about improvements, and this and that, the meeting finally ended.
Yay, time to go pick up Amu.
Ikuto walked over to Kairi's locker, where Kairi was just getting his jacket and man purse to take home.
"Ready?" He asked as he rested his back on the lockers.
"Yes. Let's go Ikuto-san." He closed his locker and started to walk towards the exit. Outside, he seemed determined, but inside he was freaking out.
Ikuto followed behind with his back in his pocket, all chilled out.
And soon, they were at Tokyo High, walking into the auditorium, where they saw Dark Alcoholics practicing. A group of fans gathered around the stage and cheered.
Kairi took one good look at Amu. He couldn't help but blush a bit. She was very beautiful, outgoing, and fearless. Or at least, thats how she appeared, but he didn't know her. Yet..
They were just so insynced, even Kairi got into it. And finally, Amu's last part came and she started to sing into the microphone.
All We Have, And Ever Will
If This Is It
Time Is Running Out
And Standing Still
I'll Leave Today
'Cause There's Nothing Left
To Keep Me Here
I'll Fade Away
I'll Turn My Back And Disappear
I'll Turn My Back And Disappear
Cue point. Kukai took a few steps forward, and started doing his intense guitar solo. And the song quickly ended afterwards. Kairi was amazed. How did Amu speak English so fluently? She truly was amazing. The crowd cheered again, cheering their band name. Kukai and Ako high fived, and Zuko threw his drum sticks in the air. Amu just smiled, and looked at the crowd. Every time they practiced, they saw different faces, but one face caught her attention.
Ikutos'. She slightly blushed and smiled at him, and the smile you rarely see, Ikuto smiled back. While they were smiling at eachother, they didn't know that Kairi was looking at Ikuto.
He's never seen him so happy. Hell, he's never seen him smile before. 'Does Amu make Ikuto this happy?' He thought to himself. New feelings of guilt came over him and he felt even worse than before.
The second he looked away, Amu noticed him standing next to Ikuto. 'Is that Kairi?' She asked herself.
If This Is It, All We Have And Ever Will; If This Is It, Time Is Running Out And Standing Still
"Sanjou Kairi. Nice to meet you." Kairi shook Amus' hand.
"Hinamori Amu. It's really nice to meet you Kairi!" Cheery smile on her sweet face.
"Introduction is over. Lets just sit down." Ikuto sat down first, tired of standing on his feet, for no reason.
Amu sat next to him, and Kairi on the other side. Ikuto took a sip of his coffee before speaking.
"So what did you wanna talk about Kairi?" Ikuto asked while Amu wiped some cream of his nose.
Kairi felt uneasy. 'How am I suppose to say this in front of Hinamori-san?'
He looked down to his hands, and played around with his fingers. A bead of sweat slid down his face, his heart started to speed up.
Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt.
That's all he felt. He had enough of those horrible feelings. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Inhale. Exhale.
"Ikuto-san," he started, "I..." He trailed off. But took a big gulp.
"I have this burden. I've been caring it around for a while. I just need someone to put this weight on. Also, it has to do with you and your situation, so I felt like it was the right thing to do."
A moment of silence aroused. But then Ikuto broke the silence.
"Please go on."
Kairi took another deep breath before starting again.
"The reason Ren knew you were going out with Amu before your contract ended was because I dug up all the information." Kairi looked over to Ikuto, to expect to see him furious, but he wasnt. He had a straight face on that said, "Go on."
"I think it was a bit after you and Amu started going out, when Ren noticed that you were acting differently.. So being Ren, he forced me to find out the reason. And when I did, I brought him files filled with information on Hinamori-san, and your relationship with her." Kairi stopped there because Amu started asking questions.
"What's the meaning of this?" She asked Ikuto. That's right. Ikuto never told her everything that went down that day. All he remembered is him getting beatened badly. And then going back home, only to tell Amu what happened. But he didn't tell her everything.
Amu also remembered that day, but forgot all of it. She wanted to know everything that was going on, what Ikuto was hiding from her. 'Damn it.. Why can't I remember anything? I don't remember anything about Ikutos' past..'
"I..." Ikuto trailed off. "What?" Amu asked, eager to know what he wanted to say.
Kairi knew what he Ikuto was going to say, but he stopped him before he continued. "Let me explain everything first." Kairi took a sip of his coffee before starting.
"Ikuto-san was little. He had both of his parents. Aruto and Souko. Mother, father, and son. See, Aruto, Ikuto-sans father, use to be the owner of A.I. Also, Aruto was a gifted violinist.. Aruto-san didn't like the company, because he was against asassination. But he was forced to own it after the previous owner, before Aruto left. And Aruto was forced to own A.I and run all the operations. Even though Aruto was making a lot of money from all over the world, he was still sickened by his job. To escape his stress, he would play the violin as much as he could. But after years of owning A.I, he couldn't take it anymore, so he fled, to start a new career involving him to play the violin. He left Ikuto-san and Souko behind.
"When Aruto left, Rin took over with pleasure. He loved A.I because it made him a lot of money when he was just the Arutos' assistant. Owning A.I would be a great advantage to him. So he took over. A couple weeks after Aruto fled, and Rin took over, Ikuto-sans' mom, Souko Hoshina, decided to stay with Ikuto-san. Ikuto-san came to hate his mother because she had a chance to leave. All he wanted was for his mother to be happy and free, but she stayed with Ikuto. She also gave into Rin so easily. And that angered Ikuto a lot. When Ikuto-san was 11 years- old, he demanded Rin a place of his own, because Ikuto-san could no longer stand living with his mother. After Ikuto-san moved out, Souko fled; in search of her husband.
"Rin doesn't even care about me." Ikuto bluntly said, trying to make it clear that Rins' reasons wasn't a good choice for Ikuto himself, or so he thinks.
"Ikuto-san, Rin did care about you. Why do you think he pays everything for you?" Kairi pushed his glasses up.
"No he didn't. He only did that just so I could be an assassin."
"That wasn't the reason, at first. He really did care about you Ikuto-san, but with all the wealth he got after immediately taking over blocked his eyes. All that money took over his brain, so he later on forced you to go into training because he knew you had the potential to be a great assassin, and earn him a lot of money. Rin is a good man, it's just that A.I changed him into a horrible person. Please just keep that in mind Ikuto-san."
Ikuto layed back on the seat, and rolled his eyes. Like hell he would believe that Rin was a good man. Amu just sat straight, with a serious look on her face.
"Anyways, when Aurto left, he left a huge debt behind him, and let A.I take care of it. Rin was furious, and because Ikuto-san was Arutos' son, Rin thought that Ikuto-san should pay off the debt. So he forced Ikuto-san into assassin training and a year later, he was out killing people. Ikuto-san made Rin a lot of money, because Rin was right; Ikuto-san was, and is a great assassin. Ikuto-san came to hate his own father because it was Arutos' fault that Ikuto-san had to suffer so much almost his entire life...Rin wanted to keep Ikuto-san in the company forever, but that's in violation of the rules."
"What rules?" Amu blinked twice.
"Of course A.I has rules. There's always law in every corner of the world to keep sanity. Anyways, one of the biggest rules in A.I is that everyone who works for A.I has a contract. Eventually, a contract has to end. And Ikuto had one. Being Rin, he made Ikutos' contract longer than anybody elses'. His contract was suppose to end this year. After almost 10 years of assassinations. And within a contract, has more rules. I believe that rule number one is: No relationships outside of A.I. They create distractions. You're only allowed to be friends with people who work for A.I, but even that is very limited. And even though Ikuto-san was just paying off a debt, he still needed a contract to work for A.I.
"Ikuto-sans contract was suppose to end January 1st of this year. But according to the records, you guys started going out January 13th. Which, of course, is a relationship outside of A.I. And thus, against the rules. And also, a very big rule in A.I is that, if you are so to violate one of the rules of your contract before it ends, then you must stay with A.I for life. No discussions, no negotiations, nothing. If you deny, and try to escape, you will be killed.
"That's why Ikuto must work for Rin for life. But, shockingly enough, Rin allowed Ikuto to keep seeing you, Hinamori-san. It was the least Rin could do for his most favorite employee. As to my surprise, Rin has been giving Ikuto a lot of freedom lately. Rin, now, only uses Ikuto for the biggest jobs, and smallest jobs, is necessary, which is more less than before. He even allowed Ikuto to make friends. Kukai Souma, Zuko Shizuka, and Ako Ikedo.
"Also, to Ikutos' pleasure, he makes a lot of money also. Nothing compare to what Rin makes, obviously, but it's still a lot."
"But I thought the money Ikuto made wasn't for him to keep." Amu asked another question.
"It's not that. Ikuto-san got to keep a big portion of the money that he made, but some of it had to go into the debt payoff."
"Ikuto, did you have a choice to choose how much money went to the debt?" Amu asked Ikuto, turning her head to look at him.
Ikuto sat up while answering her question. "No, because of Rin being his own selfish self, he decided that only a small portion of the money I made would go to the debt, and because of that, it meant more work for me. If I had a choice, I would've collected all the money in two years, and pay it all off, but Rin wouldn't let me."
"At least he pays everything for you." Kairi mentioned again. "Rin paid off for your condo, your cars, your food, and a lot of other things. You only pay for your clothes."
"Kairi," Amu jumped in, "How come you know pretty much everything about Ikuto?" Curious, she raised an eyebrow.
"Because, when you're the owners assistant, you have to know everything about everyone in the company."
"What's your relationship with Rin?"
"Rin is my uncle. My parents died in a car crash when I was two, and Rin took me in. I didn't really learn about A.I until I was five. When Rin became owner, he wanted me to be his assistant when I was old enough to know the job. And my first case was Ikuto-san. I've known Ikuto-san since I was five. I've also never gone to school because I was always with Rin and Ikuto-san at work. He would always make me study, and take notes of the assistants' job. And when I was 11 years-old, I started working."
"Kairi and I go way back. Like he said, we've known eachother since we were little kids. Kairi tries to help me out in any way he can, and I do the same."
"Ikuto-san, I would understand if you were upset with me. About Rins' recognization of Hinamori-san." Kairi bowed his head down in apology.
"Kairi, I'm not upset. It's your job to do this kind of stuff, of course I understand why you did what you did. We're still cool, no worries." Ikuto smiled at his best friend Kairi.
"Thank you Ikuto-san." Kairi smiled back with teary eyes.
"Whoa whoa, wait." Amu interrupted their moment. "How come I don't remember any of this? I mean, I remember the third day we were going out, you told me about all this, but I don't remember anything you said. How come?"
"I can explain that." Kairi started again.
"No, Kairi, let me do it." Ikuto jumped in, giving Kairi a break from all the talking. "Amu.." Ikuto trailed off, cupping one of her cheeks with one of his hands. "Rin forced me to drug you a while after that day."
"What?" She exclaimed in horror, almost knocking down the coffee on the table. Everybody in the coffee shop started to stare at Amu. She quickly sat down when she noticed the disturbance she caused, and everybody went back to their own business.
"Rin somehow knew that I would tell you about my past after we started going out, so a couple weeks later, he forced me to drug you, so you would forget about that day, and not remember my past at all." Amu turned her head away and looked down. 'That's why I don't remember anything.'
"We're you planning on telling me again?" Amu asked with her head down.
"To be honest..", Ikuto started, "I knew Kairi would retell us my story someday. So I just waited till the day came." Amu wasn't mad at Ikuto. He had to do what he had to do to stay out of trouble. 'At least I know his story again.'
"Kairi, thank you for being honest. You really are a great friend." Ikuto smiled at Kairi.
"Thank you for listening." Kairi said while smiling back. But that smile turned into a frown. "But now, Rin is starting to get serious."
"Aw, shit." Amu whined.
"He is?" Ikuto asked with confusion on his face.
"Ikuto-san, weren't you paying attention at the meeting?"
"Kairi, I hate being around Rin. Do you really think I'd listen?"
Kairi face palmed. "Well you should start Ikuto-san. During the meeting, he said something about new rules coming in and more."
"Well," Ikuto stood up with his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes closed, "fuck that!" A couple people turned and stared at Ikuto.
"Lets go." He said as Amu started to slide out of the seat so Ikuto could get out. Kairi took his last sip of his coffee. "Very well." He got up after Amu, and threw his coffee cup in the trash can, as did Amu. As they started to walk out, Amu was looking outside window.
THUD.
Amu fell down on her butt, and so did a long violet hair guy. Amu started to rub her head, and opened one eye to see who it was. The only violate long hair guy in all of Japan: Fujisaki Nagihiko.
"Ah, Nagi!"
"Haha, this time you weren't paying attention Amu-chan." They both started chuckling.
"Amu!" Ikuto rushed over. "Are you okay?" He asked as he kneed down. "Yeah. No worries." Amu chuckled some more. Ikuto helped her up, and Kairi helped Nagi up.
"Sorry Nagi." Amu said embarrassed, she rubbed her hand on the back of her head.
"Not a problem." He smiled at her. 'That midget blond girl isn't with Nagi this time.' Nagi turned to face Ikuto and Kairi.
"Hi, i'm Fujisaki Nagihiko. You must be one of Amu-chans' friends." He shook hands with Kairi. "Sanjou Kairi. It's a pleasure." Kairi slightly smiled. Nagi then turned to Ikuto. "And you must be Tsukiyomi Ikuto." Nagi smiled again. 'How does he know my name?'
"How did you know my name?" Ikuto repeated the question he asked himself in his head.
"Everybody was talking about your appearance this morning."
"Yeah, but none of them know my last nam-"
"Well, I must get going." Nagi cut Ikuto off. "It was nice meeting you Kairi-san, Ikuto-kun. See you tomorrow Amu-chan." He gave them a quick wave and walked off.
"Bye Nagi!" Amu waved off to him as he walked away.
"Now then, lets get going." Kairi said as he started to walk away.
"Indeed, Kairi-san." Amu joked as she started to follow him. Ikuto followed behind, and a group of gang bangers walked in the coffee shop and started to check Amu out. Amu didn't notice since she was so clueless, but Ikuto did. He walked up to Amus' side, and agressively wrapped his left arm around her waist and brought her closer to his body. He shot a glare at the gang bangers that said, 'Back the fuck off.' The gang bangers caught it, and continued walking away.
"What did you do that for Ikuto?" Amu asked Ikuto, startled a bit.
"Cause I love you so damn much." Ikuto kept a straight face. A couple red lines appeared below her eyes. She couldn't help but smile. She looked away and wrapped her right arm around his waist. Ikuto reacted the same way Amu did, but only a couple red lines appeared below his right eye. He smiled gently.
Kairi noticed what happened. When they weren't looking, Kairi also smiled gently at the lovely couple. If Ikuto was happy, then Kairi was happy.
I'll Leave Today, Cause There's Nothing Left To Keep Me Here; I'll Fade Away, I'll Turn My Back, And Disappear
"I'm glad I met Kairi today. He's really nice." Amu said in her usual cheery voice. She walked out of her bathroom to only see a half naked Ikuto laying on her bead, playing with a ball of yarn. 'Just like a cat.' Amu blushed, and chuckled. She walked over to the light switch, turn the lights off, and walked to her bed. She layed down next to Ikuto, and cuddled up next to him.
"Yeah, Kairi is probably gonna be the most greatest people you'll ever meet in your life." His voice was normal, but the look on his face gave away that he was spacing out.
Amu noticed and asked, "What's wrong?"
"...Huh? Oh, nothing. I'm just tired." He turned his body around, and wrapped his arms around Amus' waist, and brought her body up to his. Super close. He barried half his face into her hair and said, "Lets just go to sleep." He yawned.
"Ok. Goodnight Ikuto." She closed her eyes, and put her hand on top of Ikutos'.
"Goodnight, my love." He said, but he kept his eyes open.
A moment of silenced passed. Amu already drifted away in sleep, but Ikuto was still awake.
'Fujisaki.. Nagihiko.. Where have I heard that name before?...'
Major: So that is the end of it! :D
Ikuto: Why repeat my life? D:
Major: Because I didn't explain it very well in the third chapter, I wanted to repeat again. Besides, from thischapter and forward, things are gonna get interesting-
Ikuto: Awesome :D
Major: -Epicly epic-
Ikuto: Even more awesome :DD
Major: -And even dirtier ;3.
Ikuto: FUCK YES. OHHH PRAISE THE LORD!
Amu: GOD HELP ME!
Ikuto: Mi amor, don't say that. Deep inside, you're squealing ;3
Amu: Tf? When did you learn Spanish?
Ikuto: Whatever language Major knows, I know. ^_^
Amu: Cool story. *Cough* not. *Cough*
Ikuto: D:
Major: Anyways, read and review you bastards :DDD
Ikuto: Another Amuto fanfic coming 2012 :D
Amu: And a Heisuke and Chiziru fanfic from the anime Hakuoki coming in 2012 also! :D
Ikuto: Now, lets say it again :D
Everybody: Read and Review!