Hey guys. I took a little longer than the others because I was thinking of what to do. Sorry. I got a request for IkutoxAmu so...well...here you are.

Pairing: IkutoxAmu and slight TadasexNadeshiko

Rating: T for language.

Warning: Crappy title. In this one everybody has graduated from school. Though everybody still knows each other...even if it's long distance, and they still have their chara.

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara. This is pure fan-made goodness. Enjoy it while you can.

Is It Any Wonder?

I ran through the trees. My heart was beating so hard I was shaking from my pulse. I could feel him near me. He was chasing me.

I had to face him. I just had to. I bit my lips and spun around. He lunged at me. My eyes widened. I did the only thing I could.

I screamed.

Amu awoke with a shriek. She jumped up in her bed, her breathing was fast. Her chara popped out of their eggs and flew over to her, scared that something was wrong.

Suu was the fastest, and probably the most worried. She just had this kind of motherly feeling to her. "Amu-chan! Amu-chan! What's wrong!?" She cried. Her voice proved that she was extremely worried. That could get annoying. But it was still nice to have somebody like her around.

Amu took a few deep breaths and wiped some sweat away from her forehead. "Yeah. I'm fine. Just a bad dream." She looked up at Suu and smiled. Suu nodded along with the other three and they slipped back into their eggs. It was 6:30 AM and the chara had a long night. They were up fighting crime with Amu. Amu glanced at the clock again. She let out a sigh. She wanted to go back to sleep, but she didn't want to risk having that horrible dream again. She suddenly shut her eyes. Tight. She wondered who that man was. She couldn't remember. She sighed sadly and relaxed, then stood up.

Amu walked to the bathroom and turned on the shower. Today was Saturday. That meant no work. She glanced out the small window in the bathroom that was opened only when there was a bad smell in there. It was drizzling. Not too bad. At least it wasn't all sunshine and lollipops outside. She didn't feel like that today. In fact, she felt like a drizzle. It wasn't to depressing. Hell, it was more calm than depressing. She liked it. Anyways, she stepped into the shower and stood there for awhile. Rinsing any blood or dirt left on there from yesterdays battle.

After she was done, Amu dried herself well and got dressed. She put on a red short sleeve shirt with a black crow, and dark blue jeans. After that she ate breakfast. She then checked to see if Ran, Miki, and Suu were awake yet. Big surprise, they weren't. So, she left a note saying she would be back in awhile, she grabbed a jacket, and she left. She left her apartment building in no rush. That's right, apartment. She didn't live with her family anymore. She didn't feel the need since she was already twenty-five. Her sister still live with her parents. She was still the cute, bubbly girl that everybody remembers...just bigger. She had long lost her ability to see chara. But Amu guessed that Ami would eventually get a chara of her own. Ami had the potential. Ami had dreams. Ami...was definitely going to get a chara. Now...if only Amu knew which type.

Well, enough of that. As she walked, Amu looked around for something. Not really anything in particular. Maybe a shop...or a person. Speaking of a person, she just bumped into one. "Oof!" Amu said as she fell on her ass. She looked up at the person and glared. "Hey. Watch where you're going asshole!" She exclaimed, obviously angry. She had developed a bit of an attitude due to all the fighting. Her opponents liked to taunt her, and she liked to scream bad words at them then beat the shit out of them.

The person she bumped into was a boy. His hair was a lovely blond. He looked up at her, noticing the pink right away. "Amu?" He asked. It was no other than Tadase. The prince...er...king. He happened to be on a nice stroll to get away from Kiseki who had been being kind of annoying lately since he'd been raving about the embryo. Tadase just couldn't take it at that particular moment. He'd been under a lot of stress lately due to his job. So, he left to go take a walk. Though he never expected to see Amu.

Amu looked up at her old crush. It took her awhile to realize who it was. Upon noticing, her face turned slightly pink. She was embarrassed since she had shouted at a friend. Secretly, she was amazed that she had even noticed him, even though it took her awhile. See...Nadeshiko and Tadase had been on a trip recently. Amu hadn't even heard that they had returned. She made a mental note that she needed to call Nadeshiko later. "Tadase!" She exclaimed. She gasped. "Wow! It's so nice to see you again." She said. She smiled and stood up, brushing off her jeans. She then extended a hand to him.

Tadase took her hand and pulled himself up. He brushed off his pants and looked at her. He smiled. "Wow. I haven't seen you in awhile." He commented. "How have you been?" He asked her.

Amu grinned. "Ah. I've been fine. Just a little busy." She said. She glanced at his hand, and caught the sight of a ring. She blinked and leaned forward to get a better look. She then snatched his hand and took a better look, making him confused. She looked at Tadase. "Did you get married while on your trip?" She asked, letting go of his hand.

Tadase laughed sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I guess you caught me." He asked. His arm dropped to his side and he smiled. "Nadeshiko and I got married." He said. "We wanted to wait until we got back, but we couldn't resist." He laughed sheepishly.

Amu gasped. "Oh my gosh! Congrats. She smiled at him. "I wish you guys a thousand years of happiness." She laughed. She suddenly shivered. "Sheesh it's cold. Hey, you wanna go get some coffee or something?" She asked. She had nowhere to be. Plus she kinda felt like hanging out with a friend for half an hour. Sipping coffee and talking about the good old times. Or something stupid like that.

Tadase grinned. "Sure. That'd be nice. I don't wanna go home until Nadeshiko is awake and Kiseki is quiet." He chuckled softly. With that said, the two made way for a local Starbucks.

Thirty minutes, two coffees, and a million stupid stories later.

Amu had just finished off her coffee. She and Tadase had been sitting around talking about what they've been doing lately, and remembering things from when they were younger. They knew that the both of them had to leave soon, but they were currently talking about recent attacks and probably planned to go on for five or so more minutes. "Actually...it's been getting much worse lately." Amu confessed. "I think that Easter has hired more people to try and take me down." Her gaze tightened.

Tadase frowned and nodded. "While I was on vacation there were also a few attacks. But no X eggs for some reason. It was quite-" Tadase was cut off. By a shriek. A loud one too. He stopped talking and cocked his head towards the window.

Amu had heard the shriek too and had gone silent. She watched as people ran outside to find out what was going on. She stood up, pushing back her chair in the process. She took a deep breath. "I bet it's them." She said, reluctantly. She bit her lower lip. "Dammit." She muttered. She glanced at Tadase. "Come on." She said, quickly. She darted out the door. Tadase was a bit slower since he had to get out of his chair first. Anyways, upon seeing what was outside, Amu was in shock.

Outside, the streets were full of fainted people. X eggs were floating all around. They say that after you lose your hearts egg, you faint. That, of course, is one hundred percent true. Anyways, Amu looked around desperately for the person who had done such a terrible thing. She saw a tall man standing on a roof. At least...she thought it was man. Anyways, he was laughing manically and caressing an X egg. He smirked and closed his fist, breaking the X egg. Amu gasped. "STOP IT!" She screamed at the man.

Everything seemed to freeze for a second because everything was seemingly quiet. Most of the people were, after all, fainted. But, it went away when the man looked at Amu. He smirked, and jumped off the building. He landed without hurting himself. Kind of like what Ikuto would do, except less grateful. He was at least twenty or so feet from Amu. He took about thirteen long strides and was two feet away from her. A smirked played at his lips. "Well what do we have here? It's the girl with three chara. Oh, and what do you know. Kiddy king." He chuckled evilly and leaned closer to Tadase. "Yep. Definitely kiddy king. I've heard about you. You're famous you know?" He let out a bark of laughter and leaned back.

Tadase glared at the man."Shut up you disgusting person." He sneered. "Return those eggs to their rightful owners." He stated. "I command you!" He glared a death glare at the man standing in front of him.

The man let out another dark chuckle. "What if I don't want to?" He asked. "Besides, I can't return them to their owners unless they have returned to normal." He said in a pointing-out-the-obvious kind of tone.

Amu rolled her eyes. "Then the solution is simple. Turn them back to normal." She started glaring hole through the mans head.

Another dark chuckle. "Are you stupid? I can't do that. I can only destroy the X eggs." He said, letting out a bark of laughter. "Besides, I would never do that for the likes of you." He stated. He then glanced around. "What's this? No chara." He smirked. "I got lucky." He suddenly sounded like a zombie who has a really bad sore throat. Anyways, he decided to start fighting. He grabbed Tadase's arm in a flash and pushed him away. Tadase hit the floor and slid across the wet ground until his shoulder hit a lamp post and he stopped. He then turned to Amu, smirking. Every step he took closer, she took a step away. This forced her to be cornered against a wall. The man put his hands on either side of her face and leaned closer. "Heh. I have special plans for a bitch like you." He whispered seductively. Though Amu guessed that he could never seduce a single person.

Amu shut her eyes tight. "Stop it!" She screamed in his ear. She pushed him and punched his chest. The man flinched at the scream, and leaned closer, snarling.

"Don't fuck with me." The man said through gritted teeth. He took one of his hands off of the wall and grabbed both of hers. He has big hands.

Amu re-opened her eyes and glanced around. She felt tears swelling in her eyes. She hated feeling weak. She hated feeling useless. She hated being without Ran, Miki, and Suu at a time like this. She suddenly wondered why nobody had saved her. She glanced around. 'That's right. Everybody has fainted. Wait a minute! What about Tadase?' Her gaze lingered over to him. He looked lifeless. His body was dead still. Scratches everywhere. His shoulder was bleeding from the impact. Tears spilled over. "HELP!!" She screamed as loud as she could.

"Dammit! Shut up you damn whore!" The man shouted. He punched her, making her flinch, close her eyes, and shut up. "Good." He purred. He was just about to drag her off to go do god-knows-what to her, when something hit the back of his head. He cursed, and fell to the ground, letting go of Amu.

Amu felt her wrist released, and she felt a gust of wind as something suddenly swept her off the ground. He eyes opened. She was now a good seven or so feet away from the man. Her feet didn't seem to be touching the ground. She wondered why. She then felt warmer in some areas than others. Her back, leg armpits (yep), and entire right side of her body felt warm. Realization (finally) struck her. She was being carried. She looked at the person carrying her. "Shit! Ikuto?" She squinted, making sure it was him. She wasn't sure if her vision was screwed up or not.

Ikuto looked down at the girl he was carrying and smirked. "That took you awhile." He said. He hadn't talked to the girl in awhile. He maybe caught a glance of her once in awhile, but they didn't talk much.

"Ikuto! Look! He's getting up, nyaa!" Yoru exclaimed from Ikuto's shoulder. The one opposite Amu.

Ikuto looked at the man and glared. "Dammit." He hissed. He carefully set Amu down. "Be careful." He quickly warned her before looking back at the man. He took three long strides and was right in front of the man. He reached down and grabbed the man by the front of his shirt. "Why can't you damn people just leave the poor girl alone?" He muttered, before throwing him aside like an old rag doll. He didn't take lightly to people like him. They deserved to be beaten up.

The man hit a pole and the air was knocked out of him. He hit the floor, and coughed out some blood. He managed to get onto his feet. But he had to use the pole for support. He looked up at Ikuto, he was smirking. "Awww...it looks like our little Easter puppet has finally found a girlfriend. Congratulations." He let out a bark of laughter, followed by more coughing and blood.

Ikuto glared at the man, sucking in a deep breath. "Do you want to die?" He asked. He voice was oddly calm. He hated it when people hurt Amu. Even if they were the once getting defeated, he hated it. If one of Easter's men had gotten into a fight with Amu and gotten even a little scratch on her, they would be answering to Ikuto.

The man chuckled again. The dark, disgusting chuckle that made babies cry. He was about to say something, when he noticed the X eggs (which had been forgotten) were getting upset from being ignored. He glanced at Ikuto. "Got to go." He smirked, and suddenly dissapeared along with the the X eggs.

Ikuto sighed, obviously annoyed. He ran a hand through his dark blue hair while Yoru shouted insults at the man, even though he couldn't hear Yoru. Anyways, Ikuto spun around and walked over to Amu. People were finally come to. One saw Tadase and called 911. That was good. Ikuto picked up Amu, who seemed was oddly quiet. "Are you ok?" He asked her.

Amu looked up at Ikuto. She suddenly glared, but not at him. "No I'm extremely pissed, and I think I sprained my ankle...somehow." She said. She let out a very annoyed sigh. She then rested her head on Ikuto's shoulder and closed her eyes. "Well...thanks anyways." She said. She felt all her worries slipping away. Even when she was younger, she felt safe around him. Plus she hadn't managed to get a very good rest because of that stupid dream.

Ikuto smiled lightly, and kissed the top of her head. He then walked off towards his apartment. He knew she needed to sleep, and he had no idea where she lived.

That took me SOOO long. I think I'm gonna die for over-writing. Oh well. I might make a part two for this since it didn't have the best ending ever. Plus I got really lazy near the end, as you can all tell. Oh well.

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