I know I haven't updated a lot recently, seriously, I've been terrible. But seriously, I have been busy. it's crazy, how busy I am some days. I have school, I'm moving AGAIN, and yadda yadda yadda. Now I will say that this will be the last chapter of this year. I am going away for a while after I move, and I can't bring my computer with me (for obvious reasons, as it isn't a laptop ). So I know it's kinda short, but it's better than nothing I suppose. I wanted to make it longer, but then I wanted the next chapter to be just so...and yeah. I will do my best to make longer chapters in the new year. That is my new years resolution...or it will be!

Anyway, please enjoy the chapter. It's got Amuto.

In the morning there was a loud banging sound coming from downstairs. Amu sat up and looked at her clock. There were 10 minutes before school started. SHIT! She quickly threw on her clothes and did her hair as fast as possible. She ran downstairs and grabbed an apple from the kitchen. Finishing it in record time, she slipped her shoes on and ran out the door. On her way out, she almost crashed into Nadeshiko.

"You're late!"

"I know, I know. Now WE'RE going to be late. Jump up and hold on."

Nadeshiko jumped onto Amu's back and then they were off. In a flash they arrived at school. They raced towards the changing room to get ready for gym. Nadeshiko was huffing a little bit, but of course Amu was perfectly fine. Once done changing they walked into the gym and sat down on the benches. The teacher was not yet there, so they bother breathed a sigh of relief. Amu looked over at Ikuto being swarmed by his many fangirls. He caught her staring and gave her a quick smirk and a wink before turning his attention back to the girls in front of him. Some of the girls who weren't beside him were talking about...rather inappropriate things. Like what size his- well Amu blocked them out, embarrassed. Mr. Yu, the principal, came in and the class went silent.

"Class, I have some important news. Ito-sensei is not longer going to be your gym teacher. A new teacher is taking his position from today on. Please welcome Kinjo-sensei."

To Amu and her friends' surprise, Tadase walked into the gym smiling. He walked towards the principal and girls just started whispering up a storm.

"Look at him!"

"He's gorgeous!"

When Tadase arrived beside Yu-sensei, the class quieted down. "Now I know he looks young, but that's because he is in his twenties. This is his first school to be teaching at, so please don't cause him too much trouble."

With that said Yu-sensei patted Tadase on the back and walked away. The whispers started to resume. Amu could hear a heated debate about who was hotter, Ikuto or Tadase. Tadase looked amused by the commotion. Amu just stared at him. "What are you doing!"

Tadase smiled towards her. "Teaching." Tadase cleared his throat at everyone turned their attention to him. "Good morning students. I'm Kinjo-sensei, but you may call me Tadase if you'd like," more whispers erupted and that caused Tadase amusement to grow. "Alright, so what has Ito-sensei been doing with you guys?"

"Track and field."

Tadase grimaced then beamed at them."Well I really hate track and field personally. It's no fun at all. So today we'll have free time and you can do whatever you desire. Next day I'll decide something more fun. Feel free to come up and tell me something you'd like to do."

The class cheered and ran to the equipment room. Amu stayed seated and watched as Ikuto was pulled off by a few girls. Tadase threw her a quick smile then walked over to his desk. He turned the radio on and the gym was filled with music. Everyone was having fun, but Amu just sat down on the bench. She glared at Tadase almost the entire time, only a few times to make a face at the girls surrounding Ikuto. While she was scowling at Tadase, he looked over at her. With a sigh, he waved her over. She didn't move.

"If you don't come, I'll fail you."

Amu growled then walked towards him. There were a few girls surrounding his desk but he politely asked them to leave.

"Why?"

Tadase looked at her. "Why what?"

"Why are you teaching here? And my favourite subject at that too!"

"Calm down. Something happened with Ito-sensei and he was fired. Fujisaki-sama suggested that I get another job since I don't get paid that much from them. I saw this job opening, faked my resume and then was hired on the spot."

Amu frowned at him then sat down on his desk. Tadase stared at her for a while then he looked at the other students. She stuck her hand in front of his face and waved it to get his attention. "Why this job though. You could have gotten any other job you wanted. So why this one?"

"Because...I-I...I wanted to wa-...never mind. Hikari told me it would be fine so I went for it. Plus now I'm here for Nadeshiko-sama and Nagihiko-sama."

Amu sighed and jumped off his desk. The way he was acting was strange. "I happen to like track and field by the way. So you just ruined my favourite sport."

"You'll get over it. Now go do something active or I'll have to give you a bad mark."

Amu snarled lightly then went over to the equipment room. She took out a basketball and then for the rest of the class she played by herself. When class was over she was going into the change room but Tadase pulled her into his office. He sat her down and closed the door.

"Hikari gave me these charms for the room, so not even vampires can hear in here."

"So why am I in here...Kinjo-sensei? What's up with the last name change by the way?"

"Comes with faking the resume. It's more like faking the identity. "

"Right...so I'm here because...?"

"Because I'm telling you why I'm here," Amu smiled lightly then waited, focusing intently on Tadase. Tadase sighed. "I feel the urge to protect you."

Amu began to laugh. Tadase looked hurt but Amu kept giggling. "I'm fine. Nothing can hurt me."

"Except a pureblood."

Amu stopped laughing at glared at Tadase. "Ikuto would never hurt me."

"You don't know that."

"Yes I do! He's a nice guy and he really likes me!"

"Do you want to know another reason I don't trust him?"

"Sure. Enlighten me."

"He's related to that THING that got you in the woods."

Amu's eyes went wide. "W-What?"

"Hayashi Neikan is his name. Hayashi is Ikuto's mother's maiden name. Neikan is Ikuto's uncle."

"H-He never told me...but that doesn't mean he's anything like this uncle! I mean, he's not even full vampire! He's half cat demon too right?"

Tadase sighed and stood up. He placed a hand on Amu's shoulder. "That doesn't matter. I don't trust him at all. He's bad news, stay away from him."

Amu wrenched her wrist out of his grasp and stood up. "You can't tell me what to do! In fact, I'm going to ask him out. If you don't like it, TOUGH!" Amu stormed out of the office in a huff. She changed quickly then walked out of the change room. She closed her eyes but bumped into someone solid. "Tadase if that's you, I swear..."

"No, it's just me."

It was a smooth velvety voice she was hearing. Amu's eyes shot open and there was Ikuto, smirking down at her. "S-Sorry Ikuto..."

"Not a problem," He engulfed her in a hug. "I wanted a hug anyway."

Amu smiled lightly then pushed him off. She began walking towards her locker. Ikuto walked beside her. They walked silently until they reached her locker. "Um...I-Ikuto...d-do...you...wanna...m-maybe..."

Ikuto smirked. "Go out?"Amu nodded, not looking at him. Ikuto chuckled and tilted her chin so she was looking directly at him. "I thought you'd never ask." He kissed her gently and quickly. He smirked at turned around to walk to his next class. "So I'll pick you up tonight at six then. We'll go to a movie and then dinner."

Amu watched him walk away before remembering that she had to put her things away. She did that quickly and just made it to class before her name was called. The day proceeded as normal. Their group hung out in the same spot and ate their lunches. Amu didn't dare bring up the fact she was going out on a date around her friends. They would bug her endlessly, plus Ikuto was right there. He kept smirking at her too, making her all flustered. By the end of the day, when she was walking home with Nadeshiko, she was so nervous about this date, she could barely concentrate on what Nadeshiko was saying.

"-I can't believe he didn't say anything to me though! He's my driver after all! I mean jeez. Tanaka is probably going to pick me up now, until we get his schedule all figured out. Hey...are you even listening to me?"

"Hm? Oh yeah. Just kind of half here."

Nadeshiko sighed as they rounded the corner. As expected, Tanaka was waiting for Nadeshiko in front of Amu's house. As soon as her friend left, she raced into her house and started her homework. She was finished quickly, and then ran upstairs to have a shower, get dressed and do her hair. At exactly six o'clock, the doorbell rang. Amu rushed to open the door. Ikuto was standing there in casual attire, dark gray skinny jeans and a blue and black hoodie. Amu always secretly had a thing for boys with an emo fashion. She herself was wearing white skinny jeans and a ruffled black top. She smiled, slipped on her shoes, grabbed her coat, and walked out of her house, locking the door behind her. Amu walked right beside Ikuto, not looking at him. She mainly looked at the ground. She heard him chuckle then was lifted into the air. If she didn't fly regularly, she would have been scared half to death. Since it was fall, it was a little bit darker than it would have been a few weeks ago. They weren't noticed as Ikuto took her high into the clouds.

"I-I can fly myself you know."

"I know."

They continued flying until they reached Koichi. A romance, a comedy, a horror, and an action movie were all playing at the cinema. Amu was allowed to pick the movie, and she chose the comedy. It was hilarious; Amu couldn't stop laughing throughout the entire thing. Ikuto was quiet and somewhat stoic, but every now and then, a smile would grace his face, and Amu would catch a few of them out of the corner of her eye. The movie was an hour and a half, so by the time they got out, it was just about nine.

"Do you want to watch another movie?"

"Sure!"

Ikuto smirked and dragged her into the horror movie. Of course horror movies freaked her out, so she mostly hid in Ikuto's shoulder. Ikuto wrapped an arm around her and chuckled. When the movie was over, Amu ran out of the theater-slowly, so she shouldn't make people wonder how she got from one place to another in two seconds-and sat outside until Ikuto came out, smirking.

"Didn't know you were afraid of horror movies Amu."

"S-Shut up!"

Ikuto snickered and wrapped his arms around her. "I think it's time to hunt."

Amu nodded. When she looked up, she could almost see the blood lust in his eyes. She grasped his hand and led him to the forest area that was behind the movie theatre. From there, they raced through the forest, far enough away not to be seen, but close enough so that they didn't have to go too far. Ikuto took down his own deer and so did Amu. The neck ended up snapping, so the animal felt little pain. When Amu was finished with the deer she stood up. She had been getting really good at not getting blood on herself when she drank. She examined her clothes and noticed that this was one of the days where she got nothing on her. Amu was about to look for Ikuto, but she was suddenly pushed against a nearby tree. Lips met hers fiercely, and hands held her in place. She knew it was Ikuto, but she had never seen him with such fierceness before. A tongue traced her lip, begging for entrance. Amu opened her mouth to allow the appendage into her moist cavern. Her tongue met his and they slid together, tangling together gently.

When he pulled away, his lips didn't stop, his kissed all the way down to her neck. Amu would have been fine, until she felt his tongue drift against her flesh and hands go up her shirt. She pushed him away and stared. He looked back at her, than ruffled up his hair. "Sorry."

"W-Why d-did you do t-that?"

"I just...couldn't...stop myself."

He turned and ran off, leaving her staring after him.

Mhm, leaving it RIGHT there ^^ You know you love me when i do fun things, and then I do crappy things. Hooray for me. Anyway, have a great Xmas and a wonderful New Year. See you sometime. I MAY update before Thursday, if not, well then I'll see you after January 4th!