Bip: Whoot! I am finally starting this. Just to make you guys happy :)

Tadase: Yeah. About time.

Bip: Well, I had time tod… AHHH!

Tadase: ?

Bip: You scared the heck outta me!

Tadase: -.- I'm not that scary…

Bip: Me no like surprises.

Tadase: Ah, incomplete sentences coming from someone going to cram school. Bip does not own Shugo Chara.

"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 7；Ikuto and Utau

-Amu's POV-

I watched as Utau's bodyguard shooed away the crowd. It was amazing how one person can make that huge crowd leave. Just one cold stare, most of the guys left. Just one smile and all the girls melted and fainted.

"Utau!" I heard Ikuto say. I turned my vision to them. "You're late, you scatterbrain."

Ikuto was waiting for Utau. My vision went monochrome for a second.I continued to stare at them until the world was correct again.

"I. Told. You. Not. To. Call. Me. A. SCATTERBRAIN!" Utau yelled. "You jerk! You're so lucky that Yoru isn't here to hear me explode on you because he'll explode on you with punches and kicks!"

"Um…Ok?" Ikuto replied. But I heard him mutter "I can beat him up with one hand."

"I heard that." Utau said. "Next time we meet, I should give him the chance to beat you up."

Ok. It's Ok. It looks like they're just friends or maybe even less. There's no way two people who act like that to each other can have a relationship.

"Anyways." Ikuto said, lifting up the bag. "Here you go. I went and bought it for you."

Utau looked up, surprised. "I didn't think you'd actually do that for me."

"Oh, you don't want it now that I bought it for you?" Ikuto was slightly pissed.

Wait a minute…

Utau took the bag shyly. The same way a girl would take something from the person they like. She looked in the bag and flipped something around in it. She turned to look up at Ikuto. She smiled a huge smile. "Thank you so much, Ikuto!"

No, no way. They are a couple, they were just pissed before. They act just like a shy couple.

"Just take it! Now,…" their voice trailed off and I couldn't hear them. I stayed hidden from there view, but even I didn't know that I was inching closer to them. Wanting to hear what they were saying.

Pretty soon, I was close enough to hear them. But, if they turned around, they would see me. Yoru was still busy with the crowd so he wasn't able to notice me.

"I'm not comfortable asking out loud." Ikuto said

"Fine then, whisper it. If it's so important, for crying out loud." Utau complained.

"Geez, it's h—"

I interrupted him with a gasp. I didn't even know why I gasped. But, I did. And what's done is done. They both turned to look at me. It's impossible to say I just passed by or hide, now.

"Amu? What are you doing here?"

"N-Nothing!" I said and ran away.

-Narrator's POV-

"Was that your girlfriend?" Utau asked. How long has she been there? Depending on how long, she might know my secret!

"No."

"Then tell me what you want me to know and go after her already! That's the girl you like, right?"

Ikuto didn't respond. Utau raised an eyebrow. "Is it that obvious?"

"I'm smarter than the rest."

"Yes, I can tell from the stuff you asked me to buy. I just can't believe the great singer Utau Hoshina…is a nerd." He said pointing at the books in her bag. "Well, not a nerd. My bad, failing."

He had done it, now. She was pissed. "SHUT UP! I WON'T HELP YOU IF THIS KEEPS UP!"

"What ever. Here." He handed her a piece of paper. "Just look that up!" He said and ran in the direction Amu ran in.

"Tch. Couldn't he just have given me this paper and left instead of making me mad?" I'll just postpone doing this to get him annoyed.

"Hey, Yoru!" Utau yelled. "Time to go!"

-Amu's POV-

Stupid Ikuto! I didn't know how fast I was running, but before I knew it, I was a few blocks away from my house. Why am I running?

"Amu!" Ikuto's voice came calling.

Anger and rage came boiling up again. I turned around to face him.

"I hate you, Ikuto!" And strangest thing, I could tell I really meant it. He didn't say anything. He just stared at me. Not wide eyed or anything, just a plain stare.

I could tell I was making an ugly face, too. Probably twisted with hatred. It wasn't like when a comic book heroine makes a mistake saying that and wants to take it back. I just turned around and ran all the way back home really angry. Why am I so mad? Should I really have said that? Yes, I think that was the right thing. But, why am I so mad? I just don't get it.

-Narrator's POV-

Amu got home and locked herself in her room. She sat on her bed and hugged her pillow. Why? Why did I get mad? The question just kept repeating over and over in her head. There was no way of getting it out of her mind. Why does it feel like my heart is breaking in two? That was another question. She hugged the pillow harder. Why? Why? WHY?

A scratching at the door broke her thoughts. She thought she imagined it, but there was another scratch accompanied by a meow. A burning rage and sadness came up and she threw the pillow at the door. "GO AWAY, IKUTO!"

The scratching stopped. On the other side of the door, Ikuto sat thinking. Geez, what did I do wrong? Ikuto continued to sit there, not moving. Ikuto thought back to a conversation he had with her.

-Flashback-

"Hey, do you like Utau?"

"No."

"Then why do you always look at her so much?"

"She…reminds me a lot of someone."

"Who?"

-End of Flashback-

Oh. She thinks I like Utau. She thinks I lied about her just looking like someone. Ikuto smiled at the fact Amu was so childish. Getting mad like that just about a lie. Ikuto turned to walk away. Well, I'll apologize in a little bit. It'll be good for her to be mad at me for a little while. Ikuto thought about what the girl said: "I'm sorry. There's more to that. Because your happiness took form of love…you have to wait for her to return her love to you. And what's more, can you really fall in love with a human. You're a cat, remember that. And please remember, she has someone she loves, too. You only realized you loved her only because I was able to tell you, to stop you from denying, it's harder with her. She'll keep denying simply because you're a cat."

Ikuto walked to a nearby window and jumped out.

-Amu's POV-

I sighed. I wasn't so angry anymore, just kind of hurt. I still couldn't figure it out, though. But, I think I can forgive Ikuto, now.

"AMU!!!" My mom called from downstairs. "YOUR FRIEND IS HERE!"

Huh? I don't remember giving anyone my address other than Tadase and he said his parents were taking him somewhere today.

I walked down the stairs, slowly. Thinking about who it could be.

"It's wonderful that Amu has so many friends." I heard my mom say to the person standing at the door.

I poked my head out first to see who it was and ended up yelling "WHAAAAAAAT?!" The entire student council, excluding Tadase, was standing there smiling and waving, excluding Kairi and Rima.

"W-W-W-W-WHAAAA ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING HERE?!"

"Hi Amu-chi!" Yaya said coming in and making herself at home by sitting on the couch and opening the T.V.

"Yaya, take off your coat, first." Nagihiko said patiently as he hung his coat up. The rest of them did the same. (A/N: The time is around Nov…here too. Didn't I time this great :P)

"Yaya doesn't want to!"

"Fine, you can sweat later." Said Kukai. "Now, give me the coat." The two continued to argue as I stared at them in shock.

Finally, I found my voice. "What are you people doing here?!"

"We got kicked out of Nagihiko's place so we came to the closest house available." Rima said.

"WHY DO YOU OF ALL PEOPLE KNOW MY ADDRESS?!"

All of them turned to look at me. "Because we're the student council."

"THAT'S A MISUSE OF POWER! YOU'RE INVADING PRIVACY! DICTATORS!..." I continued to ramble at whatever I could think of in my shock of seeing a group of people I barely talk to in my house.

"I thought anyone in our school would be happy for us to visit them." Kairi said, writing stuff down in a notebook. "I have to make a list of those who wouldn't like it…"

"Anyways, here." Kukai said giving me an envelope. "We were making these before we got kicked out. We were going to give them out anyways."

"Give them out? Why not just give it to everyone tomorrow?" I asked as I took the envelope.

"Oh…Well…the party is tomorrow…and we had a tight schedule." Kukai said explaining everything. "We thought the students should relax a little and have fun. Anyone under 18 is allowed to come!"

"But, some people live pretty far away! How are you going to give them out?"

"We'll make it!" Yaya said. "If it's for students with lots of stress with the first semester over, we'll do what it takes to help them!"

I was surprised that Yaya sounded so mature.

"AMU-CHI! DO YOU HAVE ANY ICE CREAM?!"

For them moment anyways. I walked to the freezer to get her some ice cream. "Who eats ice cream when it's this cold out?" I muttered to myself. Huh. This is the first time I've really talked with the entire student government. Who knew they were really like this?

I returned to the living room with the ice cream…to find that they have all passed out. For the first time I noticed the pile of envelopes they were carrying in their backpacks and the dark circles under their eyes. I sighed. "How can they be so mature and immature at the same time?" Some of them were sleeping on the floor.

I picked up the school bags and Kairi's book of addresses and went out the door.

When I returned home, the people staying over were in panic.

"OMIGOSH! OMIGOSH!" Yaya and Kukai ran around yelling. Nagihiko looked worried. Kairi looked pissed. Even Rima looked slightly troubled.

"What's wrong?" I asked. Bad move. Kukai and Yaya stopped moving and starting waving arms and yelling in loud voices to explain what happened.

After they finished killing of my eardrums and making me fall on my butt after coming too close to explain, I held out Kairi's notebook. "Sorry I took it without permission."

Kairi snatched the notebook. "And where are the letters we worked for two days and nights on without sleep?"

"YOU TOOK IT?!" Everyone except Kairi said in unison.

"Yeah. I saw that everyone seemed to be tired from working hard, so I decided to help you out…" I said sheepishly. This wasn't something I would normally do. I wonder if this is like having friends over.

"Oh." Nagihiko said. "You didn't have to do that for us."

"Yeah. The student government does things for the students, not the other way around." Rima said.

"It's Ok." I said. I defiantly have more respect for them, now. They weren't the people I thought that were taking advantage of their power. They were just trying to make things easier for us. "Oh, Kairi, can I have your notebook for a moment."

He looked at me with suspicion and then he gave me the notebook. He really treasures this thing, huh. I flipped to the page he wrote in recently. It was the page with people who wouldn't want to be visited by the student government. There were, surprisingly, a few other names among mine. I took a pen and crossed my name out and handed it back to Kairi. "You guys can come over anytime." I said smiling.

Now, there's just one more thing to do…

A few hours after they, my new friends, left, I went up to my room. I took a deep breath and opened the door. I knew Ikuto was there and he was. He wasn't in cat form, though. He was human.

"Um…" we both said at the same time.

"Y…You can go first." I offered.

"No. It's not that important. You say what you need to say."

I took a breath. I hoped he would forgive me. "There's a party tomorrow. I was wondering if you'd like to come…with…me…"

He looked surprised for a moment and then he smiled. "Sure. I've got nothing to do tomorrow."

I smiled too. In our own way, we have forgiven each other.

Bip: YES!!!!!! I HAVE FINISHED!

Tadase: Yes…about time -.- It took you a whole month.

Bip: I WAS BUSY!

Tadase: Sure. You're talking on aim right now.

Bip: -.-# Why does everyone around me enjoy pissing me off? Why are all my friends so sadistic?

Tadase: So I'm your friend now?

Bip: Yes. I pity you v.v everyone hates you. But I am a kind person.

Tadase: …I'm not sure about that…I remember a friend of yours which you smacked so hard with a folder, it made a noise o.o

Bip: …You might want to run. :) Because the same is probably about to happen to you.

Tadase: O.O Pleasereview! – Runs away-

Well…I wasn't really planning all that for the part where the rest of the guardians came into the story. O__o I just wanted a way for Amu and Ikuto to make up. Do you want to know more about the story's planning? No? Too bad. You're going to have to know now.

Q: Is Tadase the villain of the story?

A: Sorry, everyone. He's not, there really isn't too much of a villain in this story. But if you mean who is causing Ikuto grief, it's (still not Tadase) someone who isn't in the anime.

Q: What is Ikuto, really?

A: I can't answer that. But, maybe you guys have figured it out. :) I left some clues, but I'd like to hear what you think. (LOL. I sound like a real author.)

Q: Will Tadase die?

A: No. .______.

Q: When are you going to update?

A: When I have time.

C'ya next time =3