Chapter 11: Reunion

Ami's POV

I stared at the bobbing pink head that walked next to a short and very beautiful blonde, a tall green haired boy with glasses, and a blue haired man. My heart fluttered like a butterfly taking flight. Colorful swirls and flowers filled my vision as I happily smiled. My friends around me smiled triumphantly.

But then their efforts smashed to the ground and broke like glass as my smile dropped and my mouth was pressed into a thin, unhappy line. Those uniforms! I realized, finally creating coherent thoughts. If they were saving me they wouldn't have uniforms! Nii-san wouldn't have a job!

Onee-san turned. Her golden eyes were wide with happy shock. Kairi-san, Rima-san, and Nii-san looked over at me as well. I didn't hear the rumors flying from the upperclassmen; I was only vaguely aware that those other students were even there.

"Ami-chan?" my sister gasped. The happiness in her tone faltered, as if there was something wrong with me. Yume flew beside my ear and whispered,

"So I get to meet them in person eh?"

"AMI!" Amu wailed. What is that underlying sadness in her voice? SHE SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT I'M EVEN ALIVE!

Angrily I glared at my older sister. Did she even care what I'd gone through? Why wasn't she racing over to hug me? What was that expression of confusion and distress? I realized, maybe she didn't realize I have a Chara. Maybe she's awed by my power.

Gently I pushed Yume through the air and in front of me,

"Onee-chan! This is Yume! Yume this is Onee-chan!" I introduced the two, and without consciously deciding to do so I added, "I think you two met a long time ago."

"I-I think so too." I heard my dear sister whisper as she stepped towards me. Glancing at Kairi, I saw he was quite fascinated with what was happening. Rima hovered next to him with a curious look on her face while Ikuto followed behind Amu.

Sis bent down and smiled at Yume. Onee-can's five Charas flew out to greet Yume. Kusukusu and Yoru weren't far behind either.

"Hey kiddo!" Ikuto said from behind me. He suddenly picked me up over his head and planted me on his shoulders. Grabbing my hands so I didn't fall he turned his head up towards me and smiled with relief in his eyes, "I'm glad you're ok."

I smiled cheerfully back at him. And then I grinned towards Onee-chan and even Kairi and Rima.

Even if I'm not getting out of here so easily, I'm still happy.

Amu's POV

Tiredly, I stretched my arms and yawned. A day of playing with Ami and her friends had been tiring.

Flashback

"You're Ami's sister? That's so great!" her friends had cheered. Their accents made it hard to keep up with them, yet I had been terrified when I realized Ami could speak English perfectly. Am I really that stupid? Or was it... that damn Walker again?

"I-I'm Ami's sister!" I answered using as simple of a vocabulary as I could manage without just saying "Yeah"

Her friends stared at me for a long while and then they turned to Ami, "Wow, Ami! You must be really smart! You speak English so well!"

A rather snotty member of Ami's class commented, "But Amu's friends can all speak English! Even the younger one!"

"Yeah! Well you can't speak Japanese can you?" I retorted.

"Of course I can't, I'm learning French!"

"Are you fluent?" I demanded.

"Well..."

"Well I'm fluent in English even if I talk funny to you!" Ikuto chuckled, patting my head.

"There there, Amu-koi."

"Yeah! Calm down, old lady!"

"Who're you callin' old lady, snot nosed brat!" I had yelled.

End Flashback

I giggled, and Ikuto looked over at me. His arm hugged my shoulders and his jacket dangled over his other should from his free hand.

We were walking along the titled halls of the school. It was an isolated area, away from the rest of the campus, where the teachers had their personal quarters. Ikuto had said he wanted help with something so I'd come along; of course I wasn't Hikari from Special A (I'd been really into manga lately) I could guess what Ikuto's true intentions were.

"Here we are!" Ikuto announced as we rounded the corner. We were in front of a white pained door across from a large window that revealed the lovely crescent moon.

Gently, he swung the door open to reveal a peaceful sight. There was a small kitchen with light colored wooden cabinets and simple knobs on the doors. The fridge was small because of the diminutive size of the kitchen. Seamlessly it flowed into a kind of dining room area where a pleasant looking scene of a wooden table and two matching chairs stood in front of a lovely window with flower boxes on the windowsill.

One of those lamp/ceiling fan duos hung above the two areas illuminating the space. There was a dark wooded desk to the side, and there was where Ikuto had carelessly stuffed all of his unpacked belongings. I noticed, suppressing laughs, a cat bed and toys had been arranged beside the desk. On the right wall there was a door that must have led to the bedroom and bathroom.

After taking off my shoes I slowly stepped forward. My imagination was already getting ahead of itself, but it was like a fairytale. It was so cozy and simple, nothing overly elegant or tacky, just what was necessary. I turned, a huge smile upon my face, back to Ikuto.

"Isn't it nice?" I asked happily. Sure Ikuto's apartment in Japan was way better, but I liked this type of place too. Of course in Ikuto's apartment there's space for kids. an all too familiar voice sounded in my head. It was an annoying voice that kept saying unnecessary things that made me very embarrassed. But I hated getting mad at that voice because without it I'd still be fruitlessly chancing that pretender prince, Tadase.

Ikuto moved forward, placing his hands on my tiny waist. He shut the door with his foot and with an unfocused look, he gazed into my eyes. It was as if his mind had suddenly gone completely blank. I reached up and caressed his cheek daintily. Then I played with a lock of his messy blue hair.

After a while of fooling with his hair I asked,

"Ikuto are you all right?" suddenly he pulled me close and kissed my lips passionately. Separating audibly he explained,

"You're so goddamn pretty!" his and my breathing were heavy and I could feel the blood rushing into my cheeks, "All day I could only think about all those guys staring at you! Then that guy who had the nerve... the nerve to touch you!"

"You let Kukai put his arm around my shoulders all the time!" I argued.

"He's dating my sister what am I supposed to do? Though for some things he does I really would like to smack him!"

Flashback (nonspecific POV)

Kukai flung his arm around Amu's shoulders. She shouted with surprise. Recently she'd been pretty tired, after all she'd had to go on a major X Egg purifying spree after getting rid of Walker. This was before Ami had been kidnapped.

"Amu-chan are you tired or what?" he laughed. No one really was paying attention because this kind of thing was normal. Ikuto turned a page in his magazine while Rima quietly criticized a bad joke from a web-comic and Yaya showed everyone who wouldn't ignore her pictures of her latest vacation.

Amu stared off into space. Not only had she been tired for a long time, but she'd had no chance to study for the test she'd had the last week and had gotten one of her lowest scores ever.

"Hmmm?" Kukai asked, clearly he was going to say something perverted, "Were you and Tsukiyomi-kun up late last night?" sarcastically he added, "I wonder what you two were doing."

"Ah!" Amu exclaimed, "We weren't doing anything!"

"Don't worry, Amu, if Tsukiyomi's not paying enough attention to you, you can always come to me." he grinned and Ikuto slammed down his magazine and glared menacingly at Kukai. Then Kukai broke into hysterical laughter.

Ikuto's eyes sparkled with vengeance as he pulled out his cell phone, "Shall I call Utau and repeat what you just said to my girlfriend?" he demanded. Kukai stopped laughing immediately,

"N-no need to do anything rash!"

End Flashback (Back to Amu's POV)

I laughed a little, "Yeah... Kukai's like that isn't he?"

Ikuto didn't say anything though. I looked back up at him to find he was staring at me again. Pressing me even closer to him with his icy dark blue eyes melting, he uttered, "Amu, please, you and me together... just this one night... just us. No interruptions."

I felt a little awkward, but my heart was beating quickly and the warmth of love swept over me. Happily collapsing into his beautiful strong arms I answered in a whisper,

"Ok."

Author: EEEH! AMUTO MOMENTS! :D

Yoru: COOTIES! NYAN!!! RUN AWAY!!!!

Ikuto: Ooooh, a whole night with Amu, alone.

Amu: O.O god please tell me... we didn't... tell me we didn't!

Author: its ok its ok. I don't plan on writing lemons.

Amu: thank god

Ikuto: but who knows what's happening in between chapters?

Amu: DAMMIT YOU'RE TOO PERVERTED!!!!!!

Author: Thanks for reading!

Kukai: She doesn't own Shugo Chara! BUT REVIEW ANYWAY ;D