Chapter 8:

Enemy's Mark

Ikuto POV

I knocked the door to Amu's house while I thought about her.

Why didn't she tell me that she had broken up with Tadase?

"COMINGG~!" I heard her voice from upstairs in her room.

About a few minutes later, she opened the door.

"Oh, welcome back, Ikuto," she had a huge grin on her face, "How was your outing with your friends?"

I was led inside meanwhile she closed the door.

I turned around to look at her and her smile disappeared.

"what..?"

"Amu, I need to talk to you."

She looked kind of worried.

But then her face changed to looking concerned.

"What is it, Ikuto? What's wrong?"

I lay against the wall and sighed.

"Why didn't you tell me that you broke up with Tadase?"

Silence followed.

Amu looked as if she was trying to comprehend what I had just said.

She looked back up at me and smiled.

"Because it wasn't very important. I didn't want to waste our time together talking about insignificant things."

Huh.

So that's why.

She ran over to me and gave me a huge hug.

"Let's not waste our time, now that we are together."

Amu POV

Ikuto and I had some dinner and then we went upstairs.

The chara had been controlling me for all the while Ikuto was here, preventing me from showing my true feelings. I didn't mind because I still couldn't lie so good in front of him.

Especially when he asked about Tadase.

How in the world did he find out anyway?

I – or the 'shugo chara that was controlling me' – walked up the stairs and into my room. Ikuto followed close behind me, yawning and stretching.

I opened my drawer and took out my pajamas, also yawning.

"Can I sleep in your bed again, Amu?"

I felt a hand around my waist and his breath next to my neck.

My heart was beating out of control.

Don't worry, Amu. I can control you right now. Don't worry, ok?

The shugo chara was responding to me.

My body turned around to face Ikuto and a smile appeared on my face.

"You're such a pervert, Ikuto. You haven't changed at all."

I laughed.

His face got nearer to mine, but this time my heart didn't fasten up its pace.

Could the Shugo Chara control my feelings so good?

"You're saying that as if you're relieved, do you want to do it tonight?"

…

What the HELL was he THINKING?

My body responded just as I was thinking.

I kicked him towards the other end of the room.

"What the hell? Ikuto, I'm not like that! YOU of all people should know."

Imaginary steam escaped my head.

Ikuto slowly got up, rubbing his head.

"Ouch. I was just playing with you."

"Pervert~!" I said as I walked into the restroom to change.

I sighed as I walked out of the restroom.

Ikuto was on the balcony, enjoying the fresh wind.

I smiled; it reminded me of old times.

Amu, I'll be leaving you alone now, alright? You can handle the rest by yourself.

Before I could say anything, the butterfly clip on my hair disappeared.

"Finally, I'm back…" I whispered.

I walked over to the balcony and saw that Ikuto wasn't alone. Yoru was talking with him and looked a bit sad.

"Hey, Yoru. Haven't seen you in a bit."

I smiled.

Ikuto and Yoru turned to look at me.

The little cat's face lit up when he saw me.

"Amu – nya~! It's been a long time – nya~!"

"Yeah, it has~!"

Then he asked me one of the questions I so totally dreaded.

"Where is miki and the rest of the gang – nya?"

My smile faded.

Ikuto looked at me curiously.

"Yeah, where are they? It's been a long time for them to have gone for an errand or something."

What am I going to say?

I laughed worriedly.

"They told me they had an errand but they haven't shown up. They didn't give me the details, though."

Yoru's smile faded.

"Oh – nya."

Poor him, he looks really sad. I can't tell them that they're…Let's give him hope first.

"Hey Yoru."

He looked at me.

"Why don't you try to find them? Maybe you can investigate where they went for me, alright?"

Whoa. I really am amazing myself. Did I learn this much about lying – I mean, acting – from the few minutes of being with the shugo chara?

I am actually believable right now…

Yoru nodded, said goodbye, and disappeared into the dark streets below.

Ikuto came inside and I shut the balcony door.

I dove into my bed.

"Man, am I so sleepy~!"

I yawned and felt Ikuto get next to me.

"Are you sure you're tired? Or do you prefer to do something else? Hmm?"

I turned my head to stare at him in disbelief.

His intense eyes just sparkled as they stared at me.

His blue hair fell into them and made my heart skip a beat.

Ok.

Ok.

I'm GOING to CONTROL myself~!

"Whatever. Anyways, how did you find out about Tadase breaking up with me?"

The words escaped my mouth as fast as lightning.

Damn it.

Why the heck did I ever even ask that?

A smirk played on his face.

"I went to his house and asked him."

…

"WHAT? WHEN?"

My shocked expression seemed to amuse him.

"Today. And he told me all about it."

I grabbed my pillow and hit him on his face.

"Why didn't you ask for my opinion first?"

He looked up from underneath the pillow.

"I knew you wouldn't approve."

"And how would YOU know that?"

"You seemed real unhappy when I showed up. It was only natural for Tadase to be involved with it."

My anger faded.

Was I really that easy to read?

Ikuto smiled and took advantage of my unawareness to knock me off the bed.

"OW~!" I shouted when my back hit the stone-cold floor.

I opened my eyes quickly when I felt something on top of me.

Ikuto.

"I knew I shouldn't leave you in hands of Tadase. Good thing I'm here now to erase those unhappy thoughts."

He smirked.

My legs were in between his, and my arms were being held down by his hands.

My heart was pounding fast as he neared my face.

Ikuto POV

I had pushed her off the bed and was now on top of her, getting ready to tease her a bit.

Amu's face had become bright red as I got closer to her.

It was now my job to replace her bitter memories with new, interesting ones.

I reached her lips and started to kiss her.

She groaned a bit as I turned it into a more passionate kiss.

Thank god Tadase hadn't stolen her first kiss.

Knowing I was Amu's first gave me a sense of pride.

At least she would forever remember me.

Amu was mine.

Only mine.

No other guy would ever touch her but me.

I wasn't planning on ONLY stealing her first kiss…

But that would be later, when she was ready.

I kissed her jawbone and then her lips again. My hands let go of her arms and took a hold of her waist.

As I was about to kiss her neck, I saw something.

I stopped kissing her and turned her face to the side.

…

No way.

"What's wrong?" Amu asked, confused.

I just stared at her neck, confused as well.

…

How could this be?

Amu started getting worried.

"What's wrong, Ikuto?"

…

Anger enveloped me as I stared at the enemy's mark.

…

I pointed to her neck and glared at her incredulously.

"Who gave you that hickey?"

…

Amu's face turned pale.

Yes, I know it's been a loooong time that I haven't written the next chapter to this story. And for that, I'm SORRY~ TT^TT

If you're a fanfic writer then you know when inspiration doesn't hit you anymore.

Please tell me what you think of this and what you wish could happen ;D

Give me some ideas of what you want~ Alright?

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