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A/N: Um.. I don't know what to say; er - type. The 'Thank you for the views..etc.' sound so cliche, so let's say something random. I LOVE ALL OF YOU AND UM TEXT ME? Even though you don't know my number, JUST TEXT A RANDOM NUMBER AND THERES A ONE IN A BILLION CHANCE IT WILL BE ME ;) LOLNO.

Some things to say about this chapter. This is chapter 8 and 9 mushed into one. Most of my chapters are like - realllly short.. and I wrote up to chapter 17 and I thought that was waayy too many chapters. So I combined the chapters together - and now there's only 11 chapters 8D Less to wait for, right?

No one edited these '2' chapters except me - so it may not be good. :P (Gosh I'm so slacking off.. BLAME THE SCHOOL READERS)

Chapter 8 Ikuto POV

'I didn't mean to make you cry, I really didn't.' I said to Amu silently in my head.

The van was still driving further an further away from Amu. I was about to tell Okita to stop the van, but I stopped myself because I saw Kukai with Amu.

I knew it was Kukai since he lived near this area. Kukai was like a little brother to me; I could always depend on him to watch out for Amu.

I leaned back and flexed out my muscles, I could finally 'be at peace'. To my right, Julie was leaning on my shoulder.

'You guys should sleep, its going to be a long ride!' Okita advised. Everyone nodded in agreement and started to nod off. Nao was being hugged by Akiyama, Suzuki's head was on Hoshino's lap, and Mizuki was leaning on the window.

I was about to take a nap myself, but I heard a small voice in my shoulder.

'Ikuto...,' Julie whispered so that only I could hear her, 'you're only supposed to look at me. Even if it's only for today. You promised.'.

'Yeah, I know. Amu was only a distraction. Now, all I see is you.' I said painfully. My voice was talking on its own; even if it said something like 'I love you' to Julie, I wouldn't agree. It pained me to say a thing like 'Amu was only a distraction', when I knew it wasn't true.

But, since I promised Utau that I would treat Julie as if she was Amu, I had to say things like that.

Julie smiled brightly and then closed her eyes to go to sleep. I bit my lips as looked out the window.

I saw a little boy and girl, I guess they were brothers and sisters. They were playing happily with each other. How sweet they looked, the girl was running a fast as she could while the boy purposely ran slower than her so he couldn't catch her.

How I wish me and Utau could be like that. I think me and her are too old for that kind of thing, but still. 'How I wish...' I thought.

We were so young back then.. 'Onii-chan! Onii-chan!' the little Utau said excitedly.

'Just ignore it,' I thought, 'sooner or later she will go away.'.

'Onii-chan! Oniiiiii-chan!' She kept saying repeatedly.

'WHAT?!' I said, annoyed.

'I. Love. You!' she said while giggling.

All of that, 'Onii chan, Onii-chan!' just for an 'I love you'? You've got to be kidding me.

'Yeah yeah, I know Utau.' I said, now even more annoyed than I was before.

'Hehe!' she replied cheerfully. Really, this kid. She would call my name a thousand times just to say, 'Hi.' or something.

'Utau, why don't you go... take a nap or something?' I said.

'But I'm not tired.' she replied back.

'Um.. okay, why don't we go to the park?' I suggested.

'If its with you, i'd go anywhere Onii-chan!'

'Anywhere?'

'Yup!' she replied, giggling.

Honestly, would she really go anywhere just because it's with me? 'Utau... what if I said I wanted to dive into the Alantic Ocean with you, would jump in with me?'.

'Without a doubt!' she said, smiling.

'But, why?' I asked.

'Because I..' she started to say.

'...uto! Ikuto!' I heard a voice call my name

. 'Muggh..?' I said sleepily while opening my eyes.

'We're here! The beach!' Julie said excitedly. She went back out of the van and raced into the sand.

I rubbed my eyes and looked outside the side window. There was sand everywhere, seagulls flying in the air, blue water splashing – the beach. I got climbed out of the van and stretched my arms and legs.

I looked around for Okita and the others and found them near the ticket stand (You have to buy tickets to go to the beach).

Over their heads was a big long sign that said 'Rasuki Beach'. I've went to this beach before, with Amu.

It was the 4th of July. Amu and I took the bus to Rasuki Beach – just the two of us. We had just finished swimming in the water and were lying in the sand soaking wet. Amu's head was resting on my right arm while I was hugging her with my left.

Her hair was wet and dripping water onto the sand, her eyes were sparkling in the moonlight, and her smile was one of a kind. You can never see that happy, gracious smile on any other girl.

But, I still wondered about something. 'Amu..' I started to say.

'Hmm?' she said turning to me, still smiling.

'You.. you love me, right?' I asked nervously.

'Of course! That probably explains why I'm your girlfriend..' she replies bluntly.

'Yeah.. but what if I said I wanted to dive into the Atlantic Ocean with you, would follow me?' I asked.

'What's with that question, Ikuto? That's so weird!' she said laughing.

'Would you..?' I asked again. She stopped laughing for a moment and looked at me straight in the eyes. Those beautiful hazel eyes, staring at me.

She suddenly broke into a smile and said, 'Without a doubt!'.

'But..why?' I asked, wondering.

'Because! I. Love. You!' she said while giggling. She gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and looked up at the night sky.

A burst of colors appeared in the sky. Red, blue, green, yellow, orange, all the colors you could name were in the sky. 'Look Ikuto! The fireworks! They're starting!' she said excitedly and happily.

The colors of the fireworks were reflecting in her eyes. I turned and looked at her and noticed something. All this time, she was smiling – even now she's still smiling. Seeing her smile, just makes me want to smile as well.

'Yeah, I see. Look at that firework! Pink and blue!' I replied, pointing.

'Woooowwww! Thats so pretty!' Amu said in a kid-ish voice.

'Yup.. just like you.' I said. She looked at me and blushed madly.*

'Geesh, don't say stuff like that randomly..' she said, still blushing and burrying her head in my arm. I laughed and smiled at her.

Utau, I finally understand why you would follow me anywhere.

* Yes that was cheesy I know, but I had to write it xD

A/N: So as you read - I'm assuming you read, or if you just skipped to the end for some reason (I don't know why you would though) - this chapter wasn't very EXCITING. But if my memory serves me right, I think the next chapter will be a little bit heart-racing. Again, no one but me edited this chapter so that's why it sucks so much. Thanks to all the readers, reviewers, VOTERS! I THANK YOU SO MUCH! Right now, Kukamu and Amuto is tied.. so vote and maybe it will be the tiebreaker ;)

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