Chapter 9: Kiss Under the Cherry Tree

"Ikuto! This isn't the time! Ami's missing for God's sake!" I growled, pushing his lips away. First he won't even hug me because he felt so guilty, and now he was all over me 24/7! I couldn't take it!

"Amu-koi! Wait!" He called as I walked away.

"Lunch is almost over anyway! Just go back to... whatever you do for a living!"

You may think that was a little harsh, but Ami'd been missing for over a month now. Kukai's graduation was tonight and the next day my unit was getting on a plane and flying to Europe. My stress levels were at max capacity because of a Mr. Edward Walker who had been recruiting children for his Stanwood Academy left and right in Japan. At least, that's what Kairi's research had shown evidence of. Walker wasn't doing the work himself, but it worried me how many children he was gathering. What was he doing, creating an army?

A different thing that worried me was something Kairi had mentioned to me the other day.

Flash Back

"Damn Walker! I'll kill him!" I muttered. His stupid school was funded by Hollow's Eve, and worked on studying things like X eggs and Ø eggs and turning them into weapons!

"Children's dreams were not meant to destroy! Heart Eggs are meant to create." Yuri grimaced. My Sheild Chara. My newest Chara. She was the one who got me through all this by fueling my determination to rid this world of Walker and his stupid organization.

"Amu, I've found something interesting." Kairi informed me as he adjusted his glasses.

"Really? What is it?" I looked over his shoulder.

"See this data here?" he pointed at his laptop screen. A whole bunch of confusing numbers were on the screen.

"Uh, yeah? So?" my confusion rising as I replied.

"Well that's the average number of Heart Eggs in the world last year. The numbers for all the years before are bellow." He scrolled down to show me those numbers.

"And?"

"Well, notice how they're all pretty much the same? But if you take the average of this year," I looked at the number and gasped. It was a significantly larger amount.

"Exactly. Then," he started typing rapidly and new numbers appeared, "If we look at Japan, we see that as of five years ago, the number of Heart Eggs spiked tremendously. Ever since then its been increasing and increasing."

"Is that a problem?"

"Not necessarily. But its abnormal." he replied. Then he spun in his chair to gaze at me directly, "Remember what Emily-san had said? 'Some dreams are meant to die'?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, if there are more Heart Eggs there are more Charas. The more Charas then the stronger the dream. If a dream that was never meant to be is stronger then the dream won't go away. I'm not one who believes in destiny and all that crap, but I do think such an increase in Heart Eggs could be problematic."

"So... does this mean we have to decrease the number of Heart Eggs as well as X eggs? That's like playing God, Kairi—"

"No." he interrupted, "That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that I have a theory as to why this is happening."

"And the reason is?"

"You... and the Humpty Lock."

End Flashback

That's what worried me. I didn't want to be the cause of unnatural amounts of Charas, especially if that influenced Walker to take in so many kids and do Heart Egg studies in Japan.

As I was walking down the path towards my classroom I felt as if I was being watched. I shrugged it off though; I was simply too distracted to care at that point.

When I passed a large tree two arms suddenly jumped out and wrapped around me. I screeched, but then I realized who's arms they were, and that they were carrying me deep into the cherry trees.

"Ikuto what the—" he put his finger over my mouth saying,

"Swearing isn't ladylike, Amu-koi."

"Grrr. You're so full of it! I can swear if I want to! Beside I was going to say Hell. Hell is a place not a swear." I crossed my arms and looked away. Cool & spicy mode! Max power! I flipped my pink hair back and said, "If you'll excuse me, I'm going back to class." I tried to walk away, but his arms were suddenly tight around my waist.

He breathed into my ear, "I can't let you do that Amu."

Ikuto's POV

I held her in my arms. She stood so still it was unnatural. Like always I had to keep a tight control on myself. Her very scent was enough to put me over the edge. It was like summer time and strawberries. Her pink hair was so soft too. It was too soft. I wanted to burry my face in her hair and never let go of her. Amu I thought as I clung to her.

She stayed silent. My mouth was so close to her ear. I wanted to bite it. An energy was coursing through me that I just couldn't explain, but it was addicting. Like the thrill of the roller coaster. Once you've gone enough times you have to keep going. You have to feel that rush.

For a week she'd been rejecting me if I ever tried to move further than a simple hug, and a kiss or two. She hadn't been in the mood for making out. That was the reason I was clinging to her so much; I was becoming desperate to not feel that rejection.

Or maybe deep down I wanted her to tell me no. Like a bad little kid who just wants attention. Like a toddler maybe I was just testing my limits.

Then again, I wanted her. I needed her. There had almost never been a time in my life where I was so absolutely desperate.

"I-Ikuto." she finally said.

"Amu, I need you." I responded. She was everything in my entire world. Locking my grip firmly I licked her neck. Her breath released jaggedly as she shuddered. I could tell she didn't unlike it though.

"Ikuto. Please. I need to get back—"

"No." I refused to let her walk away now, "Stay here with me. No one will miss you like I would if you left."

"I-Ikuto" She relaxed slightly, leaning against my chest, "Damn Ikuto you're too damn hot!" I held her face with one hand, looking into her eyes. Goddammit! She's the one who's too hot! I thought, forcing my lips onto hers.

Amu's POV

I was in a long pink dress. It's slender silouhette looked really nice on me. My only complaint was that it go cold at night and the fabric was too thin. Ikuto looked marvelous, dashing even. His blue hair was combed back, but still maintained a casually messy look to it. His suit was amazing on him, I wanted to kiss him, but when ever I thought about kissing him I'd blush because of that afternoon.

Students from my class had gone looking for me. Apparently Nikaido had tried to stop them, but they wouldn't let it go that Amu Hinamori, practically a goddess of the school was ditching class. Those stupid classmates of mine sure were busy bodies.

At least when they stumbled upon Ikuto and I making out they'd immediately apologized and left, but of course now there were tons of rumors. I was glad school was nearly over and I was off to Europe tomorrow morning.

Ikuto's arm snaked around my shoulders. He smirked gently,

"You look so cold, Amu-koi, you're skin is turning blue."

"Rather blue from cold than red from blushing." I replied. I hated how I was always blushing. It was annoying. But the warmth from Ikuto's arm did feel nice.

The Guardians, Ikuto, and I walked into a fabulous ballroom. The ceiling was so high I could barely see the ceiling and everywhere you looked there were elegant flowers and tables of food. On a large stage there was a band playing. I noticed in the background there was the butterfly symbol of Utau's band. Well it was Utau's party, of course she was going to play. Oh wait, sorry, this is supposed to be Kukai's party.

I looked around and then spotted Kukai talking with all the girls around him. They were squealing at him and some of them had tears in their eyes.

"Looks like they found out about the engagement." I murmured. Ikuto chuckled and led me away from the grand entrance.

As we walked I heard my fellow classmates talking amongst themselves,

"There's Hinamori Amu!"

"That's her boyfriend right?"

"Didn't some kids from the Junior class catch them making out, behind a tree during class."

"Psh, that's nothing! Look at him! He's what? Twenty-two?"

"I think he's cool! He owns a motorcycle too!"

"I wonder if anything's ever happened between them. I mean they did spend a whole month on an island together right?"

"Ew, you're so sick."

"Well its a fair question."

I sighed, shaking my head. Those stupid kids had nothing better to do than speculate on my love life with Ikuto. I looked around and saw Ikuto chuckling,

"Ignore them Amu." he mouthed.

The night dragged on. It was all in all a good party, but I forced Ikuto to take me home early. It was annoying how everyone kept staring at me, and I wanted to get sleep to start adjusting to the European schedule anyway.

After changing into street clothes I hopped on the back of Ikuto's motorcycle and we roared into the distance, towards my house.

Ikuto walked me up to the front door, and as I stepped inside he grabbed my hand. With a loving look in his purple eyes he closed the gap between us and kissed me lightly,

"Sleep tight my love. I'll pick you up really early." he turned to leave, but then muttered,

"We'll get Ami and stop that Bastard."

I smiled, "I know."

Author: aaaw Amutoness

Yoru: DX i wasn't in this chapter NYA!!!

Author: O.O sorry, in shugo chara there are too many characters! Its hard to work with!

Yoru: Humph

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