Author's Note:
Yay, I'm done with the third chapter. I think this is the best one yet. I'm sure all of you Amuto fans will enjoy this chapter.

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Chapter Three
-A Day With The Perverted Cat-

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'Ikuto?' Amu said, looking up the midnight blue haired lad who was looking down at her with his dark violet eyes. Ikuto looked as if he was about to say something but then an angry cry emitted from the X-Character, who is now struggling to get back up on its feet.

'Can you stand?' Ikuto asked with his back towards the pink haired girl; his attention focused on the huge X-Character.

Amu frowned. Gee, how thoughtful of you, she thought sarcastically. You can at least help me up. Amu got up slowly but then pain shot through her body like a bullet. The girl immediately fell back down but instead of hitting the ground like she thought she would, instead Amu found herself in the arms of the Black Cat himself. Amu felt his heart beat steadily against his chest where her head laid.

He's warm… Amu thought, feeling a blush creep up towards her face.

Luckily her face was buried in his chest or else Amu would have seen the slight blush that is now present on Ikuto's face.

'Amu,' he muttered, grabbing the girl's attention.

Amu snapped herself out of her daze and lifted her head up to meet Ikuto's gaze.

'S-sorry,' she muttered, shifting her eyes towards the ground as if it was the most interesting thing on the Earth. If it was in a different situation right now, Ikuto would have teased her but for now he just settled for a smirk.

'I'll handle this,' he said, setting her down gently on the ground and turning to face the X-Character that had gotten back on its feet looking pissed. It prepared to fire another blast from its mouth but it was not fast enough. Ikuto had disappeared right before its eyes and slashed the X-Character with his metal claw.

Amu watched in awe as Ikuto dodged the attacks gracefully as if he was dancing. H-he's cute, she thought with a blush but then immediately shook her head. What am I thinking. Tadase-kun's the only one I like, r-right?

'Slash Crow!' Ikuto called out one of his attacks. With one final slash, Ikuto caused the X-Character to break apart into its original form.

'Amu-chan!' Miki's voice called from with her soul. 'Now's our chance, purify the X-Characters!' Amu nodded and made a heart sign with her fingers.

'Negative heart, lock on!' the pink haired girl cried. 'Ikuto heard her and jumped out of the way to prevent himself from getting hit as well. 'Open heart!'

The X-Characters gave one final screech before getting purified. Amu panted heard and changed back into her original form. Purifying more than twenty X-Characters all at once is hard work, even for her.

'Ne, Ikuto,' Yoru said after Ikuto changed back as well. 'The Embryo's not here, what do we do now, nya?'

Ikuto sighed slightly. 'Guess I've got no choice,' he said, walking towards Amu who was still panting.

'Huh?' Yoru said, confused.

What Ikuto did next not only surprised Charas but himself as well. He walked up to Amu, lifted her up and held her bridal-style in his arms.

'W-what are you doing?!' Amu cried in embarrassment. Thank god that Tadase was not here to see this. 'Let me go!'

Amu struggled to get out of his arms but two things had prevented her from doing so. One, she was too tired and didn't have much strength left in her and two, Ikuto's grasp on her was too tight to escape from. Luckily for her no one was around or else they would have thought that Ikuto and Amu was a couple.

Amu blushed brightly but that didn't stop her from yelling. 'Hey, are you listening to me? Let me g-AHH!' She didn't get to finish her sentence because Ikuto had jumped up into the air and onto a tree. 'Where are you taking me?!'

'The city of course.'

'Why are you taking me there?'

Ikuto ignored the last question and instead focused on reaching his goal.

'Amu-chan!' her three Charas shouted, going after the girl. Yoru sighed and followed slowly.

Ikuto landed on the ground smoothly and put down Amu, who was still thrashing about.

'You kidnapper, why did you bring me here?!' the pink haired girl shouted, causing people around them to stare at her.

'To return the favour,' the dark violet eyed teen replied, making his way towards the big city. Amu got on her feet and followed the Black Cat silently, thinking about his words.

What did he mean by that? She thought, not noticing that Ikuto had stopped, therefore bumping into his back.

'Ow,' Amu said, rubbing her nose.

'What flavour do you want?' Ikuto suddenly asked.

'Huh?'

The boy sighed. 'I asked what flavour of ice-cream you want.'

Amu blinked, clearly confused but when she looked behind Ikuto she saw that they were in front of an ice-cream shop.

'Oh, I'd like chocolate but-'

'One double scoop chocolate ice-cream,' Ikuto said to the ice-cream man, handing him the correct amount of money.

'Sure,' the man said, accepting the money and handed Ikuto the cone. 'Is she your girlfriend?'

Amu's eyes widened and opened her mouth but Ikuto interrupted again.

'Of course she is,' he replied calmly. Inwardly he is actually smirking widely at the expression now on the pink haired girl's face.

Amu's jaw literally dropped. W-W-WHAT?!

'Come on, Amu-koi,' Ikuto said, dragging her towards a bench by a large fountain. He purposely added the suffix to get on her nerves and boy was it working. Amu's face was so red that you can hardly tell whether it was from anger or from embarrassment. Ikuto didn't even try to contain his smirk.

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'Where are they?' Ran wondered, looking around for any signs of Ikuto and Amu. Miki sat on top of a tree branch and started sketching something or someone.

'I can't believe that Ikuto ditched me,' Yoru muttered under his breath. 'It's all because of that stupid girl.'

Hearing that, Miki stopped sketching and glared at the cat Chara. 'Don't call Amu-chan stupid!' she almost shouted.

Yoru was surprised for a second but then glared right back at her. 'I can say what ever I want nya!' he countered. 'And what's that you're sketching?' As curious as ever, the cat Chara snatched to sketching pad off Miki in a flash and disappeared into the forest.

Miki's eyes burned with fury. 'Hey, give that back!' She then proceeds to chase the cat thief.

'Amu-chan, where are you?' Ran shouted and then turned to face Suu. 'Have you spotted her?'

The blonde haired Chara shook her head sadly. 'No, and I haven't seen Miki and Yoru either,' she said.

Ran sighed. 'Just great…' she said with sarcasm in her tone.

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Amu licked her ice-cream in anger. 'Why did you tell him that I was your girlfriend?!' she asked angrily at the lad sitting next to her. 'I'm not!'

Ikuto chuckled. 'Oh, so you don't love me? I'm heartbroken,' he said in a fake hurt tone. Amu blushed at the comment but then put on her 'cool and spicy' façade.

'Ha ha, very funny,' she said sarcastically. She finished her ice-cream and wiped her mouth with her handkerchief. Then she turned to face the dark haired boy who is now looking up at the sky.

'What do you mean when you said you were returning the favour?' Amu asked; finally remember the question that was roaming around her head.

'You saved me the trouble of cleaning up the X-Characters,' Ikuto replied, turning to face her.

Amu stared at him with a slight blush. She had never noticed how good looking Ikuto was up close.

'So,' Ikuto started, grabbing Amu's attention. 'Is it true that you're going out with the Kiddy King tomorrow?' he asked, not noticing how his tone had gone dull at the mention of Tadase.

Amu looked up in realization. She had totally forgotten about the date with Tadase. Now that Ikuto had reminded her she had remembered.

Oh no, she thought with rising panic. I don't know what I'm going to wear. What am I going to do!

'I never thought that he had the guts to ask any girl out, much less an ugly girl like you,' Ikuto teased her.

Amu fumed. 'Hey!' She stood up with her fist in the air ready to punch the smirking lad. 'What do you mean by that?!'

Ikuto shrugged and stood up as well. 'See ya,' he said, causing the girl to stop yelling.

Huh, he's leaving already? Amu thought feeling slightly disappointed.

'By the way…' Ikuto said, leaning down towards Amu's face.

The girl's eyes widened. What is he-?

Her thoughts were cut off when Ikuto stuck his tongue out and licked off the chocolate that was dangerously close to her lips. At the same time, his hand accidently brushed over her breast. He moved back and smirked at the dumbfound girl.

'You missed a spot so I thought I'd clean it off for you,' he said; his smirk still attached to his face. Then in a flash, he disappeared.

Amu stood there frozen in shock. D-did he just…? Then, realization came to her and her jaw dropped and her eyes burned with fury.

'IKUTO YOU PERVERTED CAT!'

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From a faraway distance, the Black Cat chuckled while sitting on top of a tree.

'So cute,' he said to himself. I won't let Tadase have you, he then thought darkly.

Hopping down from the tree, Ikuto looked at the setting sun before walking off.

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Amu sighed as she staggered back to her house.

'That stupid pervert,' she muttered, obviously referring to Ikuto.

'Amu-chan!' two voices shouted. Amu turned around to see Ran and Suu flying towards her.

'Ran, Suu, where have you been and where's Miki?' she asked her two Charas.

Suu pointed behind her. Amu tilted her head and saw Miki floating there with her hat covering her eyes.

'Are you sick, Miki?' Amu asked after noticing that Miki's face was a bit red. Miki replied by pulling her hat down even more and flew off towards her house.

Amu blinked. 'What's wrong with her?' she asked Ran. The red haired Chara shrugged her shoulders in reply.

'Amu-chan,' Suu spoke. 'What are you going to wear tomorrow?'

'Tomorrow?' Amu said confused. But then she gasped realizing what she meant. 'Oh no!' the pink haired girl then charged towards to house with rising panic that she can no longer control. Ran and Suu sweatdropped.

'What am I going to wear?!' Amu asked herself as she ran as fast as she could. It seems like today's events suddenly vanished from her mind and it is replaced now by the thoughts of tomorrow. But one question had remained in Amu's mind.

How did Ikuto know that I'm going out with Tadase-kun tomorrow?

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Elsewhere, Ikuto stared down at the item in his hand with a slightly evil grin.

'This will do,' he said to himself, then shifting his gaze towards his egg. 'Now all I need is Yoru to deliver this.'

With a chuckle, Ikuto lied down on his bed and let sleep overtake him.

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