Bip: Ok…between computers breaking, sick sisters, stressing over the fact that I may never get to read sugar sugar rune, going to the library, reading over 500pg books, no internet, thinking of new fanfic ideas, drawing my own manga, I finally started this –dies at the stress-

Amu: But…doesn't all your stress relate to having fun?

Bip:…-blinks- On with the story!!

Amu: …Pushy, aren't you -- Bip does not own Shugo Chara.

Bip: WARNING!! Tadamu exists in this Chap!

"Talking"

Thinking

"YELLING"

"Person saying something special or person thinking back to what another person said. You'll have to figure it out yourself :O

Chapter 3: First Love?

Narrator's POV

Two weeks later, Ikuto's paw was all better. Amu wanted to let him go earlier, but she noticed that he likes to rip the bandages off and bite and scratch his cut, making it worse. The family considered putting a cone around his paw. Must have been infected, before…Amu thought on the fifth time she replaced the bandages.

So, the cut took longer than normal to heal, so after 2 weeks of doors locking and mountains of cat food. The family agreed to let him go if he wanted to leave.

"NO! NO! I want to keep kidty!" Ami cried as she was picked up and carried upstairs by her mother. She broke out in tears when she was brought up the stairs.

"Amu-chan! Amu-chan! Do we really have to let him go?" Their dad was also in tears.

"Yes, dad. I kept him to make sure he'll get better and not get killed on the street." Amu said. And…I also promised Ikuto-boy to let Ikuto-cat go. Amu opened the door and Ikuto sat in front of it. For a moment he stared out and then he glanced back at them, Amu, really. After a minute or so, he bounded out of the house and disappeared from view.

"And there he goes!" Said a crying dad. "Amu! Go and chase after him!"

"Dad. What are you saying? Are you drunk or something."

"We're not like you, Amu-chan… We can't act all cool like you." He sniffed. "Goodbye, Ikuto!"

Half an hour later, it started raining really hard. Amu glanced out the window; it was raining so hard, she could hear it hitting the ground. It's really pouring hard…I hope Ikuto's Ok…Amu quickly shook her head. I don't need to think about him anymore! He's no longer my problem! Amu grabbed a book off a shelf and tried to take Ikuto off her mind.

The moment she finished her book, her mind drifted back to Ikuto. She sighed. She grabbed a coat and umbrella.

"MOM! DAD!" Amu called. "I'm going out!" She didn't let them answer and walked out the door. First, she walked around the house and didn't see him. Next, Amu checked the surrounding streets and didn't see him. Amu thought back to when I first saw him. She hurried to the school, but still can't find him. (A/N: WARNING 2!! Tadamu in the next paragraph and on! Do not read if you really hate! :X)

"Hinamori-san?" a voice behind Amu said. She was so startled she let out a small scream and jumped around to face the person.

"Hotori-kun?" Amu exclaimed. Tadase was walking in the rain without an umbrella. He appeared to have been shopping for groceries. "You're all wet! What are you doing here?" Amu walked closer and held the umbrella over the both of them.

Tadase lifted the bag of groceries. "Can't you tell?"

"No! I mean with out an umbrella!"

"Oh! I got caught up in the rain."

It's been raining for hours… Amu thought. How long have you been shopping?

"What are you doing here?" Tadase asked.

"I'm looking for my cat…"

"Your cat?"

Amu and Tadase sat on not too wet bench in a park. Amu had just finished telling Tadase about Ikuto.

"T-Thanks for listening." Amu said blushing at the fact she told everything she was worrying about to a boy she only spoke to one other time.

"It's no problem." Tadase said and smiled. "I'll help you look for him! After all, he's important to you, right?"

Amu nodded. Important? Is he really that important to me? I worry about him all the time…Amu shook her head. Never mind that. I just need to find him!

"T-Thank you…Hotori-kun…" Amu mumbled.

Tadase smiled again. (A/N: Wow, he never stops smiling does he? -o-) He reached in to the grocery bag and pulled out a fake rose. "Here, this isn't a real rose (it came with one of the grocery products) but take it. And stop worrying. He'll come back. Now let's go look for him!"

Tadase walked away to start looking for him an Amu stood there like a statue, blushing.

A/N: Ok…the Tadamu is finally over. -n- I felt sick writing that but it's needed to move the story on…

"Ikuto!" The two continued to call, looking all around the town. (A/N: I don't know where the heck they live so I'll call it a town o.o) Amu was looking in a bush when she saw blue flash by in the corner of her eye.

"Ikuto! I think I saw Ikuto, Hotori-kun!

"Really?" Tadase turned to look at the direction Amu was looking at. Sure enough, Ikuto was standing on the other side of the sidewalk. The two of them ran towards Ikuto. Ikuto didn't run away, instead he just glared at them.

-Amu's POV-

Ikuto glared at me for a while. I just stared back like an idiot, really since I was so happy I found him. Then he turned to look at Tadase. I so surprised at the expressions they were making. Ikuto was glaring at Tadase with such an angry expression. He's never even had that expression with me before! But, I was even more surprised at the expression that Tadase had. His face showed surprise and shock. But, his eyes showed a lot of pain like he was regretting something.

Tadase turned to face me and smiled, as if he didn't have that look on him before. "Here, you've found him; I have to go, now." He quickly stood up and walked around the corner. The moment he was out of sight, Ikuto ran away.

"Ikuto! Wait!" I said, trying to catch up. I followed as he turned a corner, but he was no longer there. "Ikuto? Ikuto!" I cried in a frantic voice.

"What do you want?" a voice said behind me. I turned to find Ikuto-boy there.

"Oh! Ikuto…I'm…looking for my cat…" He looked really angry and he glared at me in a similar way Ikuto-cat does.

"Then, why are you calling my name? And shouldn't you have released him by now. He probably wants to be left alone."

"Oh, um, that's cause you share the same name…" I said blushing to have been scolded by him. "And…I realize that he wants to be left alone, but…I really don't want him to leave!" I shouted loudly at the last part.

Ikuto-boy looked started, surprised, and moved at the same time. "Why?"

I started to cry in frustration as I thought of why. "I don't know! I care about him. He's become a bit like my family, I worry about him!" I shouted. Ikuto continued to stare at me. My voice grew calmer as I realized what I was trying to say. I shifted my eyes and said "And…he's important to me."

Ikuto's expression was really shocked and then it softened. "I see. I think Ikuto cares about you, too." He turned around. "Well, see you."

"Huh? Wait!" I tried to follow him, but he was really fast, he was at the end of the block before I knew it. And when I turned the corner, Ikuto-cat was sitting there soaking wet, in a way that's as if he was waiting for me.

I smiled. "Would…you like to go home?" I asked him.

For the first time, Ikuto-cat seemed to smile. "Meow…" And I could only imagine what he said, but he seemed to want to come home with me.

-Narrator's POV-

A month passed since Ikuto had decided to leave and come back. You couldn't even imagine the happiness of Amu's parents and sister when Amu walked through the door with Ikuto. So much that even if there was a thousand and five of Amu and Ikuto, they still wouldn't be able to stand it. Ikuto ran off to take refuge behind a sofa. Amu took refuge in her room.

However, Ikuto took a change for the good. He seem to smile (in a cat way) a lot more and he no longer glared at them.

So, this event takes place a month after…

Amu was ready to take a bath after a sweaty afternoon of gym. (A/N: She had gym last period and ran to Ami's nursery to pick her up.) She filled up the bathtub and took of her shirt. That's when she noticed Ikuto staring with unbelieving eyes at her. Oh…I didn't notice him here. Ikuto turned around and jumped on to the side of the bathtub, lost his balanced and fell into the bathtub. There was a really big splash. What's with that splash, he's just a cat! The water caused Amu to close her eyes, and when she opened them, Ikuto-cat wasn't there anymore. Sitting there instead was Ikuto-boy. Just like the first time Amu saw him: fully clothed and strangely sitting in a bathtub.

"K…KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Amu screamed as she pulled her shirt back on as quickly as possible.

Her parents were on the other side of the bathroom door in a second.

"Amu-chan, what's wrong?!" Her mother asked.

"Uh…n-nothing." Amu hoped that her voice wasn't as scared sounding as she was. "The water was just warmer than I had expected…"

"Oh, yeah, that happens to me all the time." Her dad said and her parents left.

Amu continued to stare at Ikuto.

"What?" he asked.

"What happened to Ikuto-cat?" Amu asked in a shaky voice.

"I am."

"Then, change back to a cat!" Amu said not even trying to begin to think of all the logical and illogical things involved in here.

"Fine, fine. Just give me a second." He took a deep breath and turned the faucet on to the very hot zone. There was so much steam that Amu couldn't even see. Then, she heard a splash and the water faucet turned off. When the steam cleared away, Ikuto-cat was sitting in front of her again, glaring at her for the first time in a month.

He's…really mad at me…

-Amu's POV-

I and Ikuto walk into my room and as soon as we were inside, I locked the door. "Ok. Talk. Tell me what's going on." I said sternly.

Ikuto stared with me with eyes that look like he thought I was an idiot. He took a deep breath and started glaring at me and crawled under the bed. When he crawled out from under the bed, he was Ikuto-boy.

"I guess I have some explaining to do, huh?" he said still glaring at me.

"You bet you do." I said in a pissed voice. "And stop glaring at me. I'm the one who's pissed."

"Fine." He said and turned around. Apparently that's his way of not glaring at me. "What do you want to know?"

"First of all, what are you?"

"A cat."

"Then how come you're human right now and all the other times…" My voice trailed off and I blushed as I realized that I was talking about him each time I had talked with him.

"It depends on how I feel. If I'm extremely angry, sad, mad, embarrassed, any emotion goes past a certain level, I turn human. And when my emotion goes back to normal, I turn back into a cat.

"Why can you turn into a human? Are all cats like that?"

"No. I'm the only one I know off. But…who knows. There might be others. I turn into a human because I'm looking for something. Something that can only be found as a human."

"What are you looking for?" I asked and he turned his head to face me. I expected a really mean glare. Instead, his face looked really sad and happy at the same time.

"Sorry, that's personal." He said and turned away from me again. "Any more questions, because I want to turn back to a cat now."

"3 more."

"Ask away."

"Why did you hide under the bed to transform? How long can you stay human? And why were you mad at Hotori-kun?" I asked really quickly.

"Dunno. I can't transform unless I'm out of sight from anyone else. I run into your closets because I didn't want to take the chance of transforming in front of your family. I can stay human for as long as I want. And…Hotori…do you mean Tadase?"

"Uh…yes."

He turned to glare at me. "That's personal, too."

His voice sounded so angry that I was afraid to do anything. He got up walked into my closet, and when he came out, he was a cat again. He glared at me and walked out of my room. For a while, I remained sitting on the floor, shocked by how angry he was at me.

-Narrator's POV-

Amu was walking through the school library. It was so huge, that Amu actually got lost in it. She hadn't seen anyone around for a while, only books. Amu sighed. I'll never get out of here. I would yell, but…it is a library after all…

Huh? Amu saw someone's shadow walking away. "E-Excuse me!" Amu said, walking to the place the person was standing. It was Kairi.

"What do you want? And speak softly, this is a library." He said looking up from a book he was looking at.

"Um…ah, I got lost."

"As if I couldn't tell. Exit's that way." He pointed behind me. "Turn left when you hit a dead end."

"Ah…I also want to look for a certain book, class rep. Cat stories."

"Class rep? Cat stories? Elaborate."

"You know, ancient stories, legends, stuff that can't be real?"

"You mean folklores? Explanations for why things exist?"

"Ah! Yeah, that's the one!"

"Hmm…he was looking for that, too." Kairi muttered.

He?

"I don't think we have a lot on that. But, here's a map." He pulled one out from his pocket. He took a pen and circled a section. "Good luck."

"Thanks, class rep!" Amu said as he walked away.

Amu followed the map for at least half an hour before she got to the right section.

"Cat folklores…Cat folklores…" Amu muttered. I am certain there was a folklore about animals turning into humans and humans turning into animals.

"There are no cat folklores." A voice said from behind her.

Amu turned around to face the voice.

"Hotori-kun!"

"You can call me Tadase." He said, smiling, again. "I already checked. If there is, it's not in this library."

"Um…thanks for telling me, Tadase-kun."

"No problem." He said and walked away.

"U-Um…Tadase-kun…" Amu said blushing. "Are…Are you researching because of Ikuto?"
"Huh? No…I'm researching for a different reason…"

"A-And…Tadase-kun, you can call me…Amu." Amu's voice trailed off at the last part.

"Ok, Amu-san."

-Amu's POV-

Why was I blushing so hard? Why did I want him to call me Amu? I ran down the halls, trying to convince myself my face was red from going in circles in the library and it was getting redder because I was running. I didn't watch where I was going and ran into someone. Papers flew everywhere.

"Hey! Watch where you're going, Hinamori!" the girl said. "Now, I have to pick everything up!"

"S-Sorry…How do you know my name?" I looked up at the girl. She had dark blue hair and was wearing a hat against the school rules and using a spade pin to hold it up. Um…who was she again?

"You're in my sister's class."

Oh…right. Miki. Ran's younger sister.

"Hey, are you alright?" She asked as she picked up all the scattered papers. "Your face is red."

"I…ah…I was running."

"Running wouldn't cause your face to be that red. Only if you're in love would you be blushing like that."

"I…I'm in love?"

"Well, I'm just saying. My sisters say that I look like that after I've hanged out with someone I like."

"Eh?" I said, speechless. There's no way I could be in love. Not with him. It's not possible, right?

I walked into my room to find Ikuto (cat) asleep on my bed. Ah…darn, I wanted to lay on my bed after today…Today was really confusing… I sighed and watched Ikuto sleep. He really was adorable this way.

"Hey, Ikuto…" I muttered. "Do you know what it feels to be in love?" Oh…what does it matter…I'll get over him. He'll be just another friend, soon. No guy has ever really made me think about him all the time. I put down my bag and left the room.

-Narrator's POV-

Tch. Falling in love, huh? She'll only end up in heartbreak, poor girl. Ikuto lay back on the bed and closed his eyes but, sleep wouldn't come. He sighed. But, why does what she said bother me so much. Ikuto closed his eyes again.

"Ah…well, it's none of my troubles anyways…" Ikuto's eyes clouded in confusion. "Huh?" He sat up and looked at himself. "When did I transform?" He took a deep breath and cleared his head. He looked again. Still human. He looked out the balcony. Maybe I just need to take a walk and clear my mind. He left the glass door open as he walked to the balcony and jumped off.

A few minutes later, Amu walked in to the room. "Ikuto? Where are you?" She looked under the bed and then she noticed the balcony door opened. "Oh no." Amu muttered.

Bip: Wow…long chapter… 7 pages o.o

Amu: …But you finished half of it in 2 days -- you just slacked off.

Bip: I was away on a trip!

Amu: Excuses.

Bip: … is pointing out mistakes your hobby or something?

Amu: No. Of course not. Who'd do something like that?

Bip: How are you cool? I only see spicy. -o-

Amu: .. That's why I have charas. Anyways, please review.

Before I forget, last time, the answer to the subjects was 1. Ikuto leaves 2. Amu finds out Ikuto is a cat/boy and 3. Amu falls in love. And I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY sorry about the Tadamu. But its necessary for the story to move on.

One more thing, if anyone knows where I can read Sugar Sugar Rune Vol. 2 and up plz tell me .

And if you know where I can read Zombie Loan chap. 16 and up translated Plz tell too!

Utau: You're supposed to like Shugo Chara best and pleading for that!

Bip: Yeah, but I already know what will happen from summaries and the episodes…plz don't hit me! :...0

Utau: -eyes narrow- -hits-