(A/N: I do not own Shugo Chara. Please review! Oh, and I'm putting in a little Kutau, XD)

Engagement Party

Bridal Shower

Rehearsal

Rehearsal Dinner

Bachelor Party

WEDDING!

Chapter 3

The engagement party was over and a few days later Ikuto had gone out with his friends to the park.

"She seems nice," Utau said, lying down on the grass, looking up at the sky.

"Who?" Ikuto asked, lying on the low tree branch.

"Who else?" Utau sat up and looked at her other friends. "Your almost stepsister."

"Oh, yeah. She's cool," Ikuto said, stretching out on the branch.

"Seems more like just cool, Ikuto," Nagi teased from the bench he was sitting on. "You guys looked pretty cute dancing together."

"Shut up, Nagi. That's gross. She's going to be my sister," Ikuto said, rolling his eyes.

"Actually," Kairi started, as he adjusted his glasses. "There's nothing wrong with step-siblings getting together."

"Come on guys," Ikuto said. "You know that will never happen."

"Knowing you, anything's possible," Utau said with a smirk.

"Hey, speaking of getting together. Utau, you seemed to be interested in Amu's friend Kukai."

A sudden redness covered Utau's cheeks and her eyes widened. "W-what the hell are you talking about?"

"What Ikuto says is true, Utau-chan. I've noticed you staring at him in a particularly different way," Kairi noted with a small smile.

"It's alright, Utau, just admit it," Nagi said with that innocent smile of his.

"Shut up! All of you!" Utau yelled, her face bright red. We all snickered. Utau wasn't really one to have crushes and when she just had one out of the blue and really fast like that, they had to tease her a little.

"Hey, I admit I thought that that blonde friend of Amu's was pretty cute," Nagi said, smiling.

Utau was looking away from us. "You guys stink."

"Hey, Utau? You going to the bridal shower?" Ikuto asked.

Utau shrugged. "I guess so. It doesn't really matter though."

"Aw, come on, Utau," Nagihiko said with a casual smile. "Then you can do some bonding with Hinamori Amu."

"Ikuto, what do you want us to call Hinamori Amu?" Kairi asked suddenly. Ikuto turned to look at his friend.

"What?"

"Well, she is your soon-to-be stepsister and even though we usually do not use honorifics, I wanted to know if it mattered to you what we called her."

Ikuto shrugged. "Call her whatever you like. You guys are my friends, anyway, so it doesn't matter what you guys call her." Ikuto smirked. "She might care though."

Utau looked at him, raising an eyebrow. "Hmm?"

"Well, she's a little touchy about it," he said. Then he added in a softer voice, "Or maybe that was just because it was me."

"You know, Utau, I think you look good with Kukai," Nagi said, bringing up the past conversation.

Utau's face burned again. "W-what?"

"As boyfriend and girlfriend," Nagi explained, smiling.

"NAGIHIKO!" Utau yelled.

They all laughed, except for Utau who was full of embarrassment.

Utau stared at her laughing friends. They're so annoying, she thought. This is what happens when all of your best friends are guys, Utau. Utat sighed. Dammit. Why did that boy catch her attention so easily? Sure… he was cute… but I've seen a lot of cute guys. But she'd never crushed on them… She remembered that before, Ikuto was her crush, but that was years ago and he was only a friend to her now. She loved him, but like a brother. Like a best friend. Utau sighed again and buried her head in her knees. Whatever, he probably likes that Amu girl, anyway. You can see it in his eyes. She still wondered what attracted her to him like that? There was something about him… that she'd never seen in the other guys she's met before. Something optimistic. Something bright. Maybe it was because from what she'd seen, he was the exact opposite of her. And didn't people say opposites attract?

"Hey, Utau," Ikuto said, bringing her out of her thoughts.

"What?" Utau snapped.

"I can get you his cell phone number if you want," he said with a smirk. She heard Nagi and Kairi snickering that lead to even more laughing. But… Utau knew that Ikuto could actually do that. He could actually get her his cell number-!

Stop it, Utau thought. Stop thinking about that! God, Utau, get a hold of yourself.

She decided not to respond, but she did yell at Kairi and Nagi for laughing.

Who knows. Maybe Ikuto would get her the number…

"Mom!" Amu called to her mother. Midori turned.

"Oh, hi, Honey," she said with a smile.

"Who else is coming to the bridal shower tomorrow night?" Amu asked.

"I don't know, Sweetie. Mostly, the women from my side of the family, my girlfriends, your girlfriends, the women from Aruto's side of the family, and some of Aruto's friends who are girls, I think. Sweetie, I'm not really that sure."

"Oh, okay," Amu thought. Hey, at least Rima and Yaya were coming! Maybe that friend of Ikuto's who was a girl would come too! Although, she seemed a little cold to her in Amu's point of view. Speaking of Ikuto… "Hey, Mom, do you know where Ikuto is?"

Midori thought for a moment. "Oh! Yes, Aruto said that Ikuto had gone out with his friends. Do you want to go meet up with them?"

"Uh, no thanks…," Amu said turning red. Why did she even ask about Ikuto?

"Well, okay. Oh, Honey! Did you get Ikuto's number?"

"Um… no?" Amu said.

"Well, I think you should need it. I mean, he is going to be your brother, you know. I can get it from Aruto if you want!"

"No thanks, mom, uh I'll just ask him for it…"

"Well, all right then!" Midori walked away while humming the song Here Comes The Bride.

"Like I'm going to ask Tsukiyomi Ikuto for his number," Amu muttered to herself. Knowing him, she wouldn't hear the last of it.

"Hey, wait, mom!" Amu called after her mother.

Her mom turned. "Yes?"

"Can I hang out with my friends today? I already called them and they said they were free."

Midori thought for a moment. "How will you get into town?"

"I'll drive—I mean…" Dammit. No license. "Uh, I'll walk."

"Honey, that'll take a long time. Here, Ikuto-kun has his own car, why don't you wait for him to come home and then ask him to take you into town?"

"Mom, no, I can just ask Kukai or Rima to drive up here to get me—"

"Sweetie, that's very rude. And, I think that Ikuto-kun and you should spend more time together, get to know each other more. Yes, I think that's a wonderful idea! Ask him to spend the day with you and your friends, unless he's doing anything." Mom, Amu thought. I have spent… enough time with Ikuto… For the love of everything, Ikuto have something else to do!

Suddenly they heard the front door open and Ikuto walked in. "Speak of the devil," Amu muttered under her breath.

"Oh, Ikuto-kun!" Midori called. Ikuto turned his head to them and walked over to them.

"Yes?"

"Would you mind taking Amu into town?" Midori asked. Amu looked away. She could just feel the smirk forming in Ikuto's mind. At least Ikuto was smart enough not to smirk at that in front of her mom. "Amu wanted to spend the day with her friends today, and she needed a ride. Oh, and then I was wondering if you would spend the day with her and her friends, if you didn't have anything else to do today! You know, since you two will become siblings!"

"Well, I was just getting my wallet and going to go to the movies with my friends—" Ikuto started.

Amu smiled. "See Mom? He has other things to do so—"

"But I think that they'd be more than happy to have Amu and her friends join us."

Midori squealed in happiness. Something on Hinamori Midori, a woman that was in her thirties, would do.

"Oh this is just wonderful, isn't it, Amu?" Midori said with a large smile on her face. "Well go on."

Amu glared at Ikuto and he responded with an innocent smile.

"Great. Let me call my friends and tell them… the great news…," Amu said, pulling out her cell.

"Oh, you can do that in the car. See ya, now!" Midori said, pushing them out the door.

Ikuto smirked at her in the car. She was riding in the passenger's seat of the Toyota van. This wasn't his first choice in cars, he was initially going to take his car, the silver Mercedes, but he needed eight seats.

"You shouldn't have said that," Amu said sourly.

"What?"

"Dammit… why you have to go and invite us to the movies?"

"Oh, don't act like you don't like it, Amu," Ikuto said with a smile. "Now, since my friends are closer, I'm going get them first, okay?" Amu shrugged and Ikuto smirked. "I know it's a drag, Amu. We should've gone just me and you."

Amu whipped his head around, her face red and her eyes narrowed. "NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!" yelled Amu. Ikuto smirked and didn't respond.

He then pulled up into the drive way of Utau's, Kairi's, and then Nagihiko's drive way. Soon it was the five of them in the van. Amu had already called her friends and they all thought the idea of going to the movies was great. Ikuto smiled.

Soon, they were in town, and they picked up Yaya, Rima, and Kukai. At that moment, Ikuto was in the driver's seat, Amu was in the passenger's seat, Kairi, Utau, and Nagihiko were in the first three seats in the back, Rima, Kukai and Yaya were in the three seats in the way back, the third row. Ikuto then had a thought and pulled over.

"Hey, what are you doing?" asked Amu.

"Ikuto, we're going to miss the movie," Utau said.

"Do we have a flat?" asked Nagi.

"No. I just can't see very well," Ikuto said.

"Huh?" Amu said.

"Kukai, you're very tall and I need to see straight in the back. And there's not a whole lot room back there to duck your head down. Kairi, switch with Kukai."

"Huh?" Kukai and Kairi said unison.

"Shut up, I just explained it. Trust me. If Kukai's height is a problem in your seat, Kairi, he'll have more room to move his head down comfortably. Now. Switch," Ikuto said plainly, rolling his eyes. Ikuto smirked as he saw Utau's eyes widen. Utau was sitting in the middle of the first three seats. Next to Kairi. So if Kairi and Kukai switched. She'd be next to… Utau glared at him, but her face was still bright red. Ikuto was so nice!

Kairi and Kukai switched and then Kukai and Utau were sitting next to each other. Kukai, didn't seem to notice what Ikuto was doing.

Utau was going to kill Ikuto. Who did he think he was to play matchmaker? Especially with her!

Okay… so Kukai was sitting next to her… no big deal… That is until he started talking to her.

"Hey, your Hoshina Utau-san, right?" he said with a smile.

"Yeah," Utau said coolly. She saw Ikuto eyes in the rearview mirror. She could tell he was enjoying this. Utau gritted her teeth.

"I'm physicked to see this movie! I heard that it's really cool!"

"Yeah…" Utau felt something on her lower thigh. She looked to see what it was and her eyes widened and her face grew bright red. It was his leg. Utau quickly moved her leg, hoping he didn't notice. He didn't seem to have done it on purpose.

"Hoshina-san, is something wrong?"

"Yeah. Don't call me Hoshina-san."

She looked at his face. Oh God… he looked confused… so… cute…

"Uh, Utau-san?"

"Fine," Utau said, not looking at him.

"Okay!" Kukai said with that cute smile of his.

"Hey, Kukai? Could you move over a little?" Ikuto said.

"Huh? Yeah, sure." He moved over towards the window.

"No, no. Other side." Utau's eyes widened. Ikuto. You. Freaking. Idiot. Kukai moved slightly to his other side, which just so happened to be the side where Utau was sitting. Now, he was even closer than before.

"Oh, eh, sorry, Utau-san. This might make you a little uncomfortable," Kukai said.

"Whatever," Utau said casually. She saw Ikuto's eyes again. I'm going to strangle him, she thought sourly. That's when the idiot that was Ikuto turned the car hard to the left, causing Utau to fall onto Kukai.

"Ikuto!" Amu yelled. "What was that?"

"Sorry, thought I saw something. Anyway, we're almost there," Ikuto said.

Utau then realized where she was. On Kukai's… chest.

"You okay, Utau-san?" Kukai asked. Utau looked up and their eyes locked. Oh God, oh God, oh God, thought Utau. She quickly sat up, her face a shade of red she didn't even know existed.

"I'm fine," she said quickly.

"That's good!" Kukai said with a smile.

"We're here," Ikuto announced, pulling into the parking lot of the theatre.

They all got out and Utau went up to Ikuto and punched him.

"What?" Ikuto asked innocently.

"I know you did that on purpose, Ikuto," Utau hissed. "Now stop it!"

She then turned to see Amu laughing at something that Kukai had just said, and Kukai laughing with her. Utau's heart sank.

Ikuto looked over to see Kukai and Amu laughing together and his eyes narrowed. He then saw Utau scowling at the ground. "Come on, Utau. I have an idea."

They all walked into the theatre and purchased their tickets.

They had all wanted to see different things. Yaya wanted to see the Lorax. Utau wanted to see some horror movie, like Ikuto. Amu and Rima wanted to see some chick flick, although Amu soon said it was uncool after first saying all childish that she's wanted to see that movie since it came out. Nagi, Kukai, and Kairi didn't really care as long as it wasn't G rated, cheesy, or a chick flick. So it was decided they see an Indiana Jones movie.

They entered the theatre and went to sit in the back row. The seating arrangement was Ikuto at the seat next to aisle, next to him was Utau, then Kairi, then Nagi who sat next to Rima, then Yaya, then Kukai, and finally Amu. Ikuto wasn't happy at all with the fact that Amu and Kukai were sitting next to each other. But that would change soon enough.

The movie started. Ikuto didn't really pay attention though. He was thinking of his certain idea…

Did Amu like scary things? No. Did Amu like blood? No. This is why she had wanted to see a chick flick. But she didn't want to admit that something like Indiana Jones could frighten her. The movies were actually pretty good. It was just those scenes…

"Hey, Amu, I need to go to the bathroom, all right?" Kukai whispered to her.

Amu nodded, not looking at him. This scene was just interesting with Indiana Jones and the girl…

The movie went on and she heard Kukai sit back in his seat, although her eyes were still glued to the screen.

Then came that scary scene. (A/N: I don't really remember the Indiana Jones movie that well so I'm sorry if it's not detailed enough or not accurate.)

Amu grabbed onto Kukai's hand and squeezed it. Don't die, she thought. Don't die. Don't die! Her eyes were wide. She squeezed onto Kukai's hand harder. Then when the climax of the scene came, Amu buried her head into Kukai's chest, squeezing her eyes shut. She felt his arms wrap around her. This would usually happen when they went to see a movie and something scared her.

It didn't mean anything. But she liked that Kukai was there to comfort her. She heard the struggles of the fight in the movie and she buried her head deeper into Kukai's chest.

Then the sounds of fighting stopped and she knew that it was almost the end of the movie. She opened her eyes and turned back to the screen to see the final scene and then the ending credits. She sighed with relief and loosened her grip on Kukai's hand. That's when she realized something. His hand felt different. It was bigger than she remembered and rougher. She turned and her mouth almost fell open.

"Hey, Amu. Nice movie, huh?" he said. But that wasn't Kukai sitting next to her.

"IKUTO?" she exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes?" he asked, like nothing was different.

"W-what-? How long have you been here?" Amu shouted.

"Oh, a while. Half the movie, maybe?" Ikuto said casually.

Amu thought. The only time Kukai had gotten up was to go to the bathroom… did…

"I know what you're thinking," Ikuto said calmly. "And you're right. Kukai had gotten up to go to the bathroom and when he came back, he agreed to switch seats with me."

Amu was just in shock. So she hadn't been holding Kukai's hand. She had been holding Ikuto's hand. She hadn't buried her face in Kukai's chest. She had buried her face in… Ikuto's… chest… and it was Ikuto's arms that wrapped around her…. Not… Kukai's.

"You've… got to me kidding me," Amu said.

"Nope," Ikuto said smirking.

"Hey, come on, guys! Let's go!" Kukai called to them.

The others had already gotten out of their seats. It was just Ikuto and Amu that were left.

"You're so-! You're so-!" Amu yelled, moving past Ikuto and walking down the aisle.

"What? Don't tell me you didn't like burying your head in my chest, Amu-koi?" Ikuto said.

Amu twitched from anger, her face was bright red. "DON'T CALL ME AMU-KOI!" she shouted.

Ikuto only smirked. His plan had worked.

(A/N: Next update will be soon!)