Oh my gosh! You guys have no idea how excited and sad I am! But Unfortunately I don't plan on telling you why! :P

So, on to the thank you's!

Thank you to: (Drum roll please!)

Anime-lover211, RomaticaKH1, gkanimefan, bunni14, TsukiyoTenshi, Jen567, AmutoLover52, mangareaderlover, and finally nicute24.

These names are in no specific order; they just reviewed my story and made me happy! XD

On to Chapter TEN! (I think :P)

"Ouch! Watch where you're going!" a female voice said.

Ikuto opened his eyes to see who it was. (A/N Now the Real chapter is starting!)

There was a small, almost silent gasp, but Ikuto missed it as his eyes started to focus on the figure running away from him. He was around to ignore it when he caught a glimpse of pink hair going around the corner.

"Amu!" Ikuto whispered excitedly, hoping his eyes weren't teasing him. Ikuto raced around the same corner only to find Airi staring a random paints nervously. Ikuto also thought her hair looked messier than usual, but ignored the tugging feeling that he knew why. Ikuto sighed with sadness; he knew he shouldn't have gotten his hopes up too high. The sigh made Airi turn around.

"Oh, H-hello, Ikuto. Sh-shouldn't you be having dinner?" Airi asked nervously, afraid she had been found out. But it was quite the opposite, Ikuto was getting more depressed the more Airi stuttered.

"I was . . . coming to find you." Ikuto said pausing, "Why do you sound so nervous?"

"I, uh, thought Souko was going to fire me." Airi came up with that excuse, and Ikuto seemed satisfied with it.

"Well, don't worry about your employment because I'm the only one who can decide whether or not you are to be fired." Ikuto stated and watched as Airi didn't relax at all.

"Would you like to skip dinner for tonight?" Ikuto sighed.

Airi nodded, thanked Ikuto, and ran to her room, which was beside Ikuto's.

^^ Next Day (The Day Before Ikuto's Wedding) ^^

Ikuto locked himself in his room refusing to come out until the wedding day had passed.

There was a knock at his door.

"What!" Ikuto yelled clearly irritated.

"Ikuto please come out!" Airi yelled kindly.

"No!" He responded.

"Please, all you have to do is have your tux fitted and then lunch with Saaya and her parents. Then you can go back." Airi tried to convince him it wasn't that bad.

"No!" Ikuto yelled.

"Please!"

"NO!"

"Please!"

"No!"

"Please!"

"NO!"

"Ikuto! Stop acting like a f***ing child!" Airi yelled then gasped and covered her mouth.

"Crap." Airi whispered. Being aggressive was a trait that Amu had not Airi.

"N-No!" Ikuto hesitated to yell back.

"I-KU-TO!" Airi's voice grew with each sound.

"Fi-Fine." Ikuto finally gave in.

"Good!" Airi exclaimed sweetly through the door.

"See you at lunch!" She said as she went back to the kitchen to help out.

Lunch came and Ikuto came out of his room. He proceed to wander down to the dining hall, slightly surprised and disappointed that Airi hadn't come to get him, yet.

When he opened the two large wooden doors he saw a pissed Saaya glaring at his maid who looked very nonchalant. However, they were both dressed in beautiful tight floor- length gowns. Saaya's was red and strapless and it made her cleavage seem bigger. Airi was dressed in a light blue dress that had one shoulder strap; it was the one she picked with Hisae.

He looked away from the girls and noticed Saaya's parents, his parents, and Hisae were huddled in a circle talking quietly amongst themselves. The doors made a small clicking sound that only appeared to catch Hisea's attention. She glanced over at Ikuto, and then looked back to the conversation. Soon after everyone had noticed Ikuto standing there dumbfounded in the doorway. What happened next surprised Ikuto the most.

"I missed you so much, dear!" Midori gushed as she ran over to Airi and gave her a big hug. Tsumugu followed and did the same. Souko and Aruto just smiled as if they planned the scene.

"What the hell is going on here?" Ikuto asked completely confused.

Airi smiled.

Souko waved her hand and motioned Tomoyo and Michiyo to come in. They walked up to Airi who was turned away from Ikuto. Airi handed them something and then turned back to face Ikuto with her eyes closed. She then pulled on her silver hair only to have bright waist- length hair fall down. Ikuto's widened eyes became bigger and his jaw fell to the ground as Airi slowly opened her eyes. The room instantly brightened for Ikuto as he stared into fabulous golden honey eyes staring back at him.

"Hi, Ikuto." Amu said dropping the façade voice she used before. Ikuto was refreshed to actually hear her voice and was left stunned.

"Well, we will leave you two to catch up." Aruto said leaving with the adults pulling a fuming Saaya along with them.

"You . . . are . . . actually . . . here." Ikuto managed to say.

Amu smiled and giggled which sounded like crystal bells to Ikuto and nodded.

"Yes, I was told to be your maid." Amu tried to tell him as he went into denial.

"No!" Ikuto yelled and he started to shake his head as if not believing a single thing she was saying.

"I-Ikuto." Amu said softly. "It's me and I'm really here."

Amu tried to explain herself but Ikuto didn't believe any thing right now.

"This has to be some sort of sick joke!" Ikuto yelled back. Neither one noticed the by- stander watch everything play out much to her un-liking.

"Yeah! That's it. A Joke." Ikuto laughed and ran away.

Amu was stunned. She crumbled to the floor and started to cry.

Utau walked up to Amu from her spot just feet from where Ikuto ran by and took Amu to her room.

"How could you do that Ikuto?" Utau whispered to herself as she put Amu to sleep with tears spilling from her eyes. When Amu started to snore softly Utau left and went to Ikuto's room. He got there and much to her dismay Ikuto wasn't there. So she just lounged on his bed.

Ikuto ran out of the dining hall as he heard weeping coming from the dining hall. He ran faster and went to the meadow he and Amu went to when they were younger. He fell asleep in the long grass.

He had the same dream of his past when Amu left before. But this time when he blacked out he wasn't back in reality he was in a black room.

VV~ The End Of Ikuto's Dream ~VV

He was in a black room with no windows or doors and as far as he knew the room went on forever, never coming to a wall. Suddenly, Amu appeared just a few feet away from Ikuto. She was twirling in a dress, she looked about eight years old, and she was giggling. She called to him.

"Ikuto! Come here!" Amu giggled and twirled. He jogged towards her and she disappeared and then reappeared somewhere else. She was in a different dress and a couple years older.

"Ikuto!" She was laughing. "I'm over here, silly!" She had stopped twirling.

He ran over to her and attempted to grab her hand but she only disappeared. When she reappeared she was another couple years older and was wearing a different dress.

"Ikuto!" Amu stopped laughing and was frowning. "Why won't you come and give me a hug?"

Ikuto ran harder and tried to hug her but she was gone. She was in the same thing as before when she disappeared.

"I-Ikuto!" Amu hiccupped and tears started to brim in her eyes.

Ikuto sprinted toward her, however she still disappeared.

When she reappeared she was a couple years older and was wearing the dress she wore when she fell on him in the tree.

"Ikuto! Don't you Love me?" Amu was now crying.

Ikuto tried to answer but nothing came out. This time he didn't move and she still disappeared. However, this time she appeared a foot away from him. She was on her knees with her head in her hands and she was crying her eyes out. She was wearing the dress she was wearing when they were in the dining hall moments ago and she was her current age. He slowly reached for her to try and comfort her, but his hand went right through her. Her head shot up, showing a face all red and puffy from crying so much.

"Ikuto." She whimpered and she stood up to look him in the eyes.

"Do you want me to disappear forever?" She asked softly. Amu went to hug Ikuto, but just as her arms might have touched Ikuto she disappeared. Unfortunately, this time she didn't reappear.

^^~ End of The End Of Ikuto's Dream ~^^

"NO!" Ikuto shouted, abruptly opening his eye to find he was still outside in the meadow.

He looked around and got up to run to his room.

When he got to his room he found Utau lounging on his bed.

"Well, took you long enough!" Utau yelled accusingly.

"What do you want, Utau?" Ikuto asked tiredly, almost forgetting about the dream he had.

"How could you do that to Amu?" Utau asked

"That's simple. She wasn't Amu!" Ikuto stated.

Utau's grip on the thick book she was read tightened, she gritted her teeth, got up, and whacked Ikuto over the head with the book. She intention was to knock some sense into him.

"She was Amu! You moron!" Utau said loudly. Utau watched everything come together on Ikuto's face. When he realized he made a mistake he ran to his door. Utau stopped him.

"She leaves at four to go back to her kingdom." Utau said softly looking out the window. Ikuto looked at the grandfather clock in his room and it read 3: 58. Ikuto frowned; he didn't have enough time to get to the main gate from his room. He went to the window and started to quickly process different ways to get to the main gate. He felt horrible as he watched Midori comfort Amu as she walked down the stairs to their carriage. Ikuto looked away from the window then snapped back to the scene out the window. The fact that Amu was leaving again finally reached Ikuto's brain as he raced out the door of his bedroom.

When he got to the main gate the carriage was gone and a disappointed Souko was standing there waving at the retreating shadow of their carriage. The only thing running through Ikuto's head at the moment was the dream of Amu disappearing. Souko turned around to look at Ikuto and opened her mouth to speak.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Evil! HAHA, no just kidding! :P

Are you guys prepared for another long wait until the next chapter?

So, I decided to tell you guys why I'm so excited and sad.

Excited= I was doing my chemistry homework when this chapter started to write itself!

Sad= There is only one to possibly two chapters left :(:(:(:(

Anyway, REVIEW I COMMAND YOU! I'M EVIL REMEMBER! XP

Let me know what you think!

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