(A/N: I do not own Shugo Chara. Please review!)

Chapter 8

Amu woke up at nine in the morning. She tried to remember what day it was. She went over to the calendar and bit her lip. Two more days until the rehearsal dinner. A few days after that would be the bachelor party, and then the next day, the wedding. Amu sighed. Everything was happening so fast, it seemed unreal.

Midori had told her that everybody was going to be at the dinner, even if they missed the engagement party or bridal shower, every person who was going to attend the wedding would be there. Her mom had already started on name places for seating arrangements. Every once in a while, a family member would show up, or Mr. Young, or the wedding planner, Ms. Reed.

Amu heard a buzzing noise and saw her phone on her dresser vibrate. Amu grabbed it and opened it. It was Kukai.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Amu!"

"Hi, Kukai!" Amu smiled at hearing her best friend's voice again.

"How are you doing? It seems like such a long time since I've seen you!"

"I know! Yeah, I'm okay. You?"

"I'm fine. Excited about the dinner?"

"I guess..."

"You guess? Is something wrong?"

"No, no. Everything's fine. Don't worry about it, Kukai."

"You know you can tell me anything, right? I'm here for you."

"Thanks, but really, everything's fine." There was a knock on her door, and before she could say 'come in' Ikuto walked inside.

"Hey, Amu," he said with a smile.

"Hold on, Kukai," Amu said. Ikuto's smile vanished. "What?" Amu asked him, frowning. "What do you want?"

"Nothing," Ikuto said with a shrug.

"Go away, I'm talking on the phone!"

"Nope."

"Fine, whatever," Amu said glaring at him. She went back to her conversation. "Hey, Kukai. Sorry, I'm back."

"No problem, Amu! Everything all right over there?"

"Yeah, it was just Ikuto."

"Okay, then!" Ikuto muttered something incomprehensible under his breath as he stretched out on the bed. "Anyway, Rima, Yaya, and I are going to the mall today around one. Want to come?"

Amu looked at her watch. It was almost ten thirty. "Sure, I'd love to come! But, I'll have to ask my mom first."

"Yeah, of course. Well, we're all meeting at my house at twelve thirty and then we'll hit the mall!"

"That sounds like a lot of fun! I'll text you if I can go or not, 'kay?"

"Sure! I hope you can make it, Amu!"

"Yeah, me too!"

"Bye!"

"Bye, Kukai!" Amu smiled as she hung up the phone.

"Where does he want to take you?" Ikuto asked from behind her.

"Not that it's any of your business, but the mall with Rima and Yaya. Now, excuse me, but I have to go and ask my mom if I can go." She rushed out of the room leaving a smiling Ikuto laying on her bed.

"Okay, Amu," he said out loud. "I'll let you go to the mall with your friends." His smile grew. "I think it's a good day to go to the mall. Maybe Nagi, Kairi, and Utau would agree?" He got out his phone from his pocket and dialed Utau's number.

"Hello?" he heard he say on the other line.

"Hey, Utau."

"What do you want Ikuto?"

"What do you think about going to the mall? I'm going to ask Nagi and Kairi after. At, let's say, one?"

Amu had a large smile on her face as Midori drove her to Kukai's house. She was really happy that she could just hang out with her friends. She was a little surprised that Ikuto wasn't coming along, though. It wasn't like she wanted him there… right? Amu shook her head. She didn't want to actually miss him while she was away for one afternoon. That would be…

Amu smiled as Kukai's house came into view. Her mom pulled up into his driveway. She had said that she wanted to see Kukai's mom. Amu got out of the car and ran up to the house where she rang the doorbell.

"I got it," someone said from inside the house. The door opened to reveal Kukai's eldest brother, Kaidou. He was much buffer than Kukai and he'd always tease Kukai about Amu, saying that she was his girlfriend. "Afternoon, Amu-san," he said, looking at her with a knowing look. "Haven't seen you here in a while."

"Well I live farther away now," Amu said, trying to hide the sadness in her voice. That was always a touchy subject for her, being so far away from her friends.

"Kaidou, who is it?" Kukai's mom called from somewhere inside the house.

"It's Amu-san!" Kaidou called back.

"Amu?!" Amu heard Kukai's familiar voice exclaim from somewhere inside the house.

"Yeah, Kukai, you're girlfriend's here," Kaidou said. That's when Kukai appeared at the doorway with a big smile on his face.

"Hey, Amu!"

"Hi, Kukai," Amu greeted him with a smile.

"Come on in!" Amu walked inside the house and Kaidou kept the door open for her mom. "Yaya and Rima are already here! I'm so happy that you could come, Amu!"

"Yeah, me too!" He led her to his room. Since Kukai had four older brothers and one younger brother, Kukai shared a room with the third youngest, Rento Rento wasn't in the room, though, at the time. Instead, Amu saw Yaya and Rima with big smiles on their faces in the room.

"Amu-chi!" Yaya exclaimed, giving her a big hug.

"Amu!" Rima said, giving Amu a hug.

"Hey, guys!" Amu said with a smile. When they broke the embrace, Amu looked around the room. It was more or less the same since she'd last seen it, which had been a while ago. The room wasn't exactly large, not nearly as close as her room back at the Tsukiyomi house, but it wasn't too small either. There were two beds, one on either side of the room. The room was decorated with posters of famous athletes and sports trophies. Well, that was mostly on Kukai's side of the room. Rento's side wasn't decorated very much, although it had a few photographs here and there.

"Kukai, didn't Kaidou move out with his girlfriend?" asked Rima.

Kukai laughed. "Yeah but he still visits here every once in a while. Since Dad left, he tries to help mom with Daichi."

"Yaya thinks your dad is rotten a big fat meanie for leaving your mommy with a new born baby!" Yaya exclaimed.

Kukai laughed. "Dad just had a lot of things on his mind, I guess. I feel bad for Mom though. I think she was hoping for a girl. Now she has six sons."

"But now it's only you, Rento, Unkai, and Daichi still living here, right? Since Kaidou and Shuusui moved out."

"Yeah, I guess. They all visit here a lot, though. They try to help Mom with Daichi. Kaidou just says he's bored and has nothing else better to do, but we all know he feels bad for her."

"Well yeah," Rima said sourly. "Your dad got your mom pregnant and left."

Kukai smiled sadly. "Yeah…"

Amu looked at her friend sadly. She knew how close he had been with his father. And even though it was a while ago, he was still affected. She hated seeing the optimistic, energetic Kukai look sad. "So are we going to the mall or what?"

The others smiled at her. "Let's go!"

Kukai was driving with Amu in the passenger's seat and Yaya and Rima in the back. It didn't take long before they arrived at the mall.

Kukai parked the car and then headed into the mall.

Yaya gave let out a cry of joy. "Yaya loves the mall so, so much!"

"Calm down, Yaya," Rima said, adjusting her purse on her shoulder. "Where do you want to go first?"

"Yaya wants to go to Build-a-Bear! Build-a-Bear!" Yaya said jumping up and down.

Rima didn't even respond.

Amu gave her friends a smile. "Why don't we head towards—"

"Amu!" The four turned to see who called Amu's name. Amu had to keep her jaw from dropping.

Ikuto, Utau, Nagihiko, and Kairi were walking towards them, Ikuto smiling in front as he led his friends to meet Amu and hers.

"Ikuto?!" Amu exclaimed bewildered. "What-?!"

Ikuto walked straight to Amu and gave her a big hug. He then let her go and smiled at her. "Hello, Amu. Isn't this a coincidence, meeting up with all of you here?"

Amu glared at him. "Sure, a coincidence." She had no idea why, but she was somewhat happy that Ikuto showed up. It just seemed more… normal with him around.

"Hey, Utau-san!" Kukai said with a big smile. Utau nodded towards him before turning her head. Was it just Amu, or did Utau's face look… red? "It's nice seeing all of you again!"

"It's nice to see you guys too," Nagihiko said with a smile.

"We should all shop together!" Yaya exclaimed happily. "That would be so, so fun!"

"That's what I was thinking," Ikuto agreed, smiling at Amu.

Amu glared at him, so she wouldn't turn bright red.

"That's sounds great but where does every body want to go?" Rima said.

"BUILD-A-BEAR!" Yaya exclaimed.

"Absolutely not," Utau said. "I am not going there."

"I didn't really have a thought as to where I would prefer going," Kairi said, adjusting his glasses. "Perhaps with the different tastes that we have, it would be best to split up and then all meet back at some coffee shop, possibly?"

"That's a good idea," Nagi agreed.

"That's cool!" Kukai said with a grin. "I wanted to check out a new ramen place—"

"You know that's funny," Ikuto said with a sly grin. "Utau wanted to, too."

Utau's eyes widened and she turned towards him.

"That's great!" Kukai said. "Let's go together, Utau-san!"

He took Utau's hand and started running with her towards the ramen place.

Ikuto smiled as they left.

"YAYA WANT'S TO GO TO BUIILD. A. BEAR!" Yaya announced, once again.

"Well, Yuiki-san, I could accompany you to—" Kairi started before Yaya grabbed his hand and ran at full speed towards wherever Build-a-Bear was.

As she ran she shouted, "BUILD-A-BEAR, YAYA IS COMING FOR YOU!"

Rima watched them leave. "Well Amu, let's go to H&M—"

"Actually," Nagi cut in. "I'd like to take you to H&M, Mashiro-san." He gave her a polite, innocent, breath-taking smile.

Rima looked at him coolly. "Why would a boy want to go to H&M?"

Nagihiko smiled at her. "Why not? I'd also like to get to know you better, Mashiro-san."

She continued her cold glare at him and grabbed onto Amu's hand. "I'm not going anywhere without Amu." Amu laughed nervously.

Ikuto turned his head away and frowned. Everything was going great, except for Mashiro. Maybe it was a mistake in itself to want to shop with Amu, but was it his fault that he wanted to be with as much as possible. And he didn't exactly want Nagi and Mashiro to tag along.

"Well, Nagihiko-san can come along if he wants, right Rima?" Amu said, trying to break the tension.

Rima kept on glaring at him. Nagi just smiled in response.

"I'm guessing Mr. Tsukiyomi would have to come too, right?" Rima said.

Amu glanced over to him. Ikuto smirked at her. "I guess so…"

"Then it's settled. We'll all go to H&M together!" Nagi concluded with a smile. Rima glared at him.

The four walked towards the store. Rima had a firm grip on Amu's hand and they walked in front of Ikuto and Nagihiko, who were both slightly upset. They both wanted time alone with the girls they liked.

Utau never would've thought this would have happened to her. He was literally right there, sitting with her, eating ramen. The ramen actually wasn't that bad, but there were other 'things' to pay attention to. Or people. Or person. Or one person in particular. Who was she kidding; there was Kukai to pay attention to.

She tried her best not to stare. She would of course, look at him and make eye contact. He was really good at making… eye contact with her… And his eyes were absolutely gorgeous. Such a beautiful emerald green….

"Utau-san? Utau-san?" Utau blinked and looked at him. "You okay? You weren't saying anything."

"No, no, I'm fine," Utau said quickly. She mentally cursed herself.

"That's good! Oh, you better hurry with your food; your ramen will get cold," he said giving her a big smile. Utau nodded and started eating, trying very, very hard not to blush. "So how long have you known Ikuto-san?"

"My whole life, I guess. Our parents are friends and he came to the hospital when I was born."

"Wow! That is literally your whole life! That's awesome!"

"You… think?"

"Yeah! I think it's really cool to be friends with someone for so long!"

"Well it's not like I said that we have been friends for my whole life…"

"But haven't you?" Kukai said with a large smile. His eyes gleamed with happiness.

"I… guess you could say that…"

Kukai put a spoonful of ramen in his mouth. "Wow! Isn't this ramen really good?! It's delicious!"

Utau smiled and looked down at her plate. "Yeah, it's actually really good."

"Wow…"

Utau's smile faded and she looked at him in alarm. "What?"

He smiled at her. "I don't think I've ever seen you smile before! You have a really pretty smile!"

She couldn't stop the redness that instantly came to her cheeks. She couldn't even lie or try to hide it. Thankfully he seemed to disregard it and go back to his ramen. Utau hesitated and cleared her throat. "And… um… you and, uh, Amu are pretty close, huh?"

He smiled at her again. "Yeah! We've been best friends for a really long time! Since we were little kids!"

"Oh…," Utau said disappointedly. She hoped he didn't catch the disappointment in her tone.

"We've been together for so long that mostly everyone teases us and says we're boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Oh…" Utau shrunk slightly in her seat. That's when she heard him laugh.

"But we're only friends!" he laughed. "Just the idea of us being in a romantically involved relationship just doesn't seem right, you know?" He smiled at her. "I mean, I love Amu, but like a best friend. Like a little sister!" He laughed again and went back to his ramen.

Utau looked at him again, her eyes wide. So… he didn't… care for Amu that way? He just… liked her like a friend? Like a sister? Utau felt happiness wash out any doubt and sadness and disappointment that was inside of her. If she didn't have self-control, she would've grabbed him, right then and there, and kissed him so passionately that—She stopped herself. She didn't want to get too excited. "That's like with me and Ikuto. He's like my older brother." Yeah, she thought to herself. The annoying older brother who tries to mess with your love life. She smiled slightly. She was really happy, however, whenever Ikuto tried to push Kukai and Utau together.

Like that day. She had never even mentioned ramen to him, but he had told Kukai that and then she figured out that Kukai didn't have any romantic feelings towards Amu! Unless, of course, he was lying, but it didn't seem like he was lying, not to her anyway. How would anyone be able to lie and laugh and say things so confidently like he had? Exactly.

"Hey, Utau-san?"

"Yeah?"

"Could I have your number?" Utau blinked at him. He gave her a nervous laugh.

"Well you know, it's not like what you might be thinking, 'cause, 'cause, you know we just met and all and we hardly know each other—" Kukai said, a little quicker than he probably meant to.

Utau smiled at him. "Sure."

Kukai stopped blabbering and smiled back at her. "Great! Thank you!" Utau 's face was bright red as she wrote down her number on a napkin and handed it to him. "Thank you, Utau-san." Utau looked at him. He smiled at her with a smile she hadn't seen before. It wasn't energetic, but it was still a happy smile. He looked… Utau took the thought out of her head. That couldn't be possible. Just because he didn't have feelings for Amu, didn't mean he had feelings for her. And asking for someone's number wasn't that big of a deal… But still… That smile. It looked…

"THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!" Yaya announced as she and Kairi entered Build-a-Bear Workshop.

"Please, Ms. Yuiki-san, maybe you should lower your voice—Where'd she go?" Kairi looked around the store. There was a row of bins with unstuffed bears of different colors and other animals. On the other walls there were rows of clothes and accessories for the stuffed animals. Kairi adjusted his glasses. This was not a place for someone, as old as him, to be in. Little children ran around the store, holding stuffed and unstuffed bears, begging their parents for some article of clothing or accessory or crying because their parent said 'no.'

Kairi had taken interest in Yaya since she had acted so young for her age. Considering she hung out with Amu, Rima, and Kukai, she must've been around fifteen or possibly even sixteen, but she acted as if she were seven, or maybe even younger. But she also seemed so free. Such a lover of life, and a care-free soul.

But at that moment, he had lost her in the sea of little children.

He looked around when someone grabbed his arm. He turned to see her holding up an unstuffed white bear.

"Isn't she cute, Kairi-kun?" she said with a big smile.

"Um, the, uh, unstuffed animal that you are holding might have a sense to it, yes. Although since it is inanimate, I can't fully say the item is 'cute' or actually determine the gender."

"Silly, Kairi-kun! In Build-a-Bear world, you can make your bear a girl or a boy!"

"I'm thinking you're intending to say, male or female?"

Yaya frowned at him. "Yaya didn't intend to say all that stuff!" She skipped over to the big stuffing machine where a lady put a hose in her bear and stuffed it up. A few moments later, Yaya brought back a fully stuffed white bear. She gave him a big smile and then frowned. "Where's you bear?"

Kairi blinked at her. "I only came to accompany you, Ms. Yuiki-san. I wasn't planning on actually making a bear myself."

Yaya looked at him with a determined smile. "Kairi-kun is going to get a bear!" She then grabbed his hand and they zoomed around the store. In a few moments, they were both standing by the cash register with two fully stuffed bears and two outfits. Yaya pulled out a small wallet covered in lollipops and other candies and she got out the money for the bears and their clothes.

"No, no, Yuiki-san, I insist on paying—"

Yaya smiled at him as she paid the lady. "Don't worry, Kairi-kun! Yaya had lots of fun here! Next time, you can bring Yaya back and then pay for her, okay?"

The lady at the register smiled at them. "You sure have a sweet girlfriend, don't you sir?"

"Yeah I do—" started Kairi when his eyes widened and he shook his head violently. "No! I'm sorry, Miss, but I think you misunderstood. Yuiki-san is only a friend! Well, technically, she's a friend's almost-step-sister's friend that I only accompa—"

"Yaya's too young to have a boyfriend," Yaya said to the lady with a smile. "And, Kairi-kun is only Yaya's friend."

Kairi stopped blabbering. Too young? His younger brother was thirteen and he had a girlfriend. Perhaps… she meant too young mentally? Emotionally?

She then gave him a big smile. "Come on! Let's go somewhere else, Kairi-kun!" Yaya said grabbing his arm and then running with him. "Yaya wants ice cream!"

Kairi smiled at her as he was dragged along with her.

Ikuto and Nagihiko were waiting in front of the changing rooms. Luckily, there were seats, so they sat as they waited for the girls.

"Ah...," Nagi started. "Shopping."

"Yeah," Ikuto said. He then stared at the changing room that he knew Amu was changing in. It took all of his power to stay in his seat. "Yo! Mashiro and Hinamori! Hurry it up, in there."

"Amu, I'm going to kill your step-brother," he heard Rima say.

"By all means," he heard Amu say.

"You know we can here you," Nagi pointed out.

"We know," Amu and Rima said in unison.

Nagihiko smiled at Ikuto. "Such lovely girls."

Ikuto smirked.

"Damn… Rima?" Amu said from inside the changing room.

"Yeah?" Rima answered.

"I think the zipper broke," he heard her say, barely audible, but enough for him to smile mischievously.

"On the dress you picked out?"

"Yeah…"

"Dammit."

Ikuto stood up and walked towards her door. He knocked on it. Too bad it was locked from the inside. "Amu. Let me in."

"What?!" Amu said from inside the changing room. "You're funny, no. Damn this dress! I can't even get it off… Rima, can you come in here and help me?!"

"I'm sorry, Amu, I'm not dressed yet. I'll be there in a moment, okay?" Ikuto looked over to Nagi. He nodded and went towards Rima's door. When she opened the door, he smiled at her. "Move." Nagi then embraced her and pushed her back into the changing room, where he followed, and then locked the door behind him. "Amu! This idiot is holding me hostage—" Then there was silence in the changing room.

"Rima? Rima?" Amu asked alarmed.

"I'm… okay… A-Amu… I can't g-get to you right n-now—" More silence, and the only sound was movement from inside.

"Ikuto what's happening to Rima?!" Amu demanded.

Ikuto smirked and answered casually, "She and Nagi are making out."

"What?!" Amu said. "Rima! Focus! This dress won't zip up or zip down so I am stuck in here and you're-!"

"A-Amu… I'll… be there—" Rima started before she was cut off yet again. (A/N: Sorry, this might be a little out of character for Nagi…)

"Rima!" Amu said. No answer.

"Listen, Amu, I can help you. Just let me in. We are going to be siblings in the future, so you shouldn't so awkward about it," Ikuto said.

"Oh, really? And may I remind you stepsiblings is not the same thing as siblings!" Amu grouched.

"Don't worry, Amu. I definitely know that." He smiled. "Just let me in. I can fix the zipper."

Amu muttered something under her breath, before she answered. "Fine, but just fix the zipper and then leave!"

Ikuto chuckled. "Don't you trust me?"

"No, no I don't!"

"Okay, Amu, let me in."

There was slight movement and then the door cracked open. "Come in quickly, and I swear you better not be perverted about it."

"Sure, Amu, sure." Ikuto walked in and locked the door behind him. He then turned to look at Amu. He knew that staring might have been some form of being perverted, but he didn't care. She looked absolutely gorgeous. She was wearing a sleeveless dark blue dress that ended a little bit above her knee. It was tight on the top, and then flowed on the bottom. It would've been perfect if it was zipped all the way up, but it stopped in the middle of her back, leaving the top part open. "Okay, turn around." Amu turned. He swallowed hard as he saw her bare back. He moved towards her and leaned closer to see the zipper that caused all that mess. It had been zipped up on the dress itself, causing it to be stuck.

"Can you fix it?"

"Of course I can." Ikuto gently brushed her hair over her shoulders so he could get a clear view. "You look beautiful, by the way," he whispered as he worked on the zipper.

He saw her blush and he smirked. "I-I told you not to be a perv!" she whispered back.

"I'm not. I'm only stating fact."

"I-Ikuto…"

Ikuto smiled as he got the cloth that was under the zipper out from underneath it. He slowly zipped it up to the top. "There. I told you I could fix it, now didn't I?"

Amu turned around and looked up at him. "Thank you."

Ikuto smiled down at her. "You really…" He leaned down towards her. "You really do look amazing…"

"No I don't…. You don't mean that," Amu said looking away.

"Oh, really?" Ikuto whispered. "You don't believe me?"

"As a matter of fact I don't."

He smirked and pressed his lips gently on hers, worming his arms around her waist pulling her close. He stopped and pulled his head back a little. "Do you believe me now?"

Amu looked into his eyes. "Not at all."

He grinned and kissed her again, this time longer and firmer. He felt her arms make their way around his neck. The kiss became more passionate, and when they both couldn't breathe anymore and they broke their kiss, Ikuto asked again. "What about now?"

Her face was red, but she slowly smiled. "I guess I'm starting to…"

Ikuto smiled even wider. "You need more proof?"

She closed her eyes. "Definitely." Ikuto leaned forward and was about to claim her lips once again, when there was a knock on the door. He scowled and broke their embrace and went to open the door. When he opened the door a crack, the person on the other side pushed it open, hard and ran in. It was Rima.

"Amu, are you okay?! I'm so sorry!" she yelled. She then stopped and looked at Amu with her zipper zipped up and Ikuto scowling at her. Amu's face was still red. "What happened in here?"

"R-Rima, um, you see—" Amu started.

"I helped Amu with her zipper," Ikuto explained casually.

"Well that's all great and everything but do you know what this jerk did to me?" Rima demanded.

Nagihiko smiled at them innocently. "Don't pretend you didn't enjoy it, Rima."

Rima whipped her head back towards him. "Don't call me Rima!" She turned back towards Amu and put a hand on her hip. "He thinks he can just kiss me whenever he feels like it! One, he pushed me into the changing room and had the nerve to lock it and then he started kissing me!"

"Rima, it's okay, just calm down—" Amu tried to say.

"No, it's not okay! He needs to be locked away! I count that as sexual harassment!"

"I would never sexually harass you, Mashiro-san—" Nagihiko started to say.

"I told you to call me Rima!" Rima yelled.

"B-but Rima, you just told him to call you Mashiro—" Amu tried to say.

"It doesn't matter!" Rima exclaimed. "What matters is that he kissed me without permission!"

"You didn't seem to mind," Nagi commented.

"What?!" Rima snapped.

"You did kiss back. It was only after the kiss when you started freaking out," Nagihiko said with an innocent smile. Rima was bright red now.

"Shut up!" she yelled.

"Yaya knew she'd find you guys here!" Yaya exclaimed running towards them with Kairi behind her. "H&M is Rima-chi's favorite store!"

Rima stopped yelling and looked at Nagi coolly. She then turned towards Yaya. "Yaya, we're are leaving. These people don't understand certain basics. She grabbed Yaya's hand and started walking.

"Yaya wants ice-cream! Yaya wants ice-cream!"

"Fine, as long as I don't see him I'll be perfectly fine."

"Yay!" They then left, leaving Nagi, Kairi, Ikuto, and Amu.

"I'm going to go catch up with them," Nagi said with an innocent smile. "Coming Kairi?"

"Sure," Kairi said, following him out.

"Kairi, why do you have a stuffed bear?"

Ikuto watched them leave.

"I'm going to change back into my clothes," Amu said, grabbing her pile of clothes. She looked at Ikuto.

"Okay. Change."

"Without you watching, Ikuto. Get out of the changing room."

Ikuto sighed. "When are you going to stop being so stiff?"

"As soon as you stop being a pervert."

Ikuto walked out of the changing room and Amu locked the door behind him. Ikuto leaned against the door. "So are you going to get the dress?"

"Mmm… No, I don't think so."

"Really? After all that?"

"I mean, I like the dress, but it's just too much work to put on, you know?"

"Well, since I don't wear dresses I wouldn't know."

"Plus… it's not worth the money." Ikuto heard the click of the door and the door open. "You know?"

Ikuto smiled at her. "You ready to go then?"

"Yeah. Let's go," Amu responded with a smile. Ikuto put out his hand, and Amu took it.

(A/N: YAY! I finished this chapter! My longest chapter yet for this story! Next story will be updated soon. I really hope everyone is enjoying this story so far and thanks for all the support from everyone!)