Morg: Heyo! Sorry for taking forever to get back to this story! I know the last chapter wasn't a real one so I apologize…

Ikuto: You should be sorry.

Amu: I didn't mind.

Morg: At least someone isn't mad at me.

Ikuto: I'm happy now.

Amu: I'm not.

Morg: Oh jeez. I don't own anything and nobody likes me…

Ikuto: Pretty much.

Amu: Sounds about right.

~Alone With You~

"Yes, I need to speak with Midori…. It's Hotori Tadase… Hello Midori, how are you?... Sounds like it…. I'm doing alright…. Yes, guess who popped in for a visit today…. Yes, that's right…. No I'm not bluffing…. They're in the living room as we speak…. I would love for you to come and get them… See you soon."

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Amu stared around the fancy sitting room feeling a little out of place. Neither she nor Ikuto had been able to even shower in the last four days, leaving them looking a little too dirty to be in such a beautiful room. "Lulu-chan, I love the decorations in here. Did you pick them out yourself?"

Lulu blushed like mad at such a compliment. "Oh no, my designer did, but I quite like them."

The three of them fell into another awkward silence as they waited for Tadase to return. Ikuto made sure to keep their backpacks and important items with them in case his feeling that Tadase was still a snitch turned out to be true. So far, nothing had said that he was, but there was nothing wrong with being careful. Especially since he didn't want to lose his pinkette.

Amu couldn't believe how boring this life was. There was no way she'd be able to just go back to being perfect little Amu for her mother. She'd die of boredom. Literally just keel over and die. "Lulu-chan, do you mind me asking how you and Tadase met?"

Lulu smiled this time as she thought about her amazing boyfriend. "We met on a cruise. I was instructed to look after him, but in the beginning he didn't want anyone to see him due to his ridiculous hair cut. Eventually he let me so that I could shave it off for him and he started fresh. From that moment on, he's been the perfect gentleman."

Ikuto turned his snort into a cough to maintain the pleasant atmosphere that Amu was trying so hard to create. "I apologize, Lulu-chan. I'm feeling a little under the weather due to our traveling experiences."

Amu about fell off the couch, since when could Ikuto be so…. Elite? She hid her shock by uncrossing and re-crossing her lets in the opposite direction.

Lulu, on the other hand, seemed perfectly aware of Ikuto's prestige. "Don't concern yourself too much, Ikuto-san. As soon as Tadase gets back, I'll make arrangements for the two of you to become more presentable."

Amu smiled a small, polite smile. "A wonderful idea, Lulu-chan."

The girl blushed again as she turned her head towards the sound of footsteps just on the other side of the main doors. Tadase entered the room not a moment later. "I do hope our guests are showing you more respect than they ever did for me."

Lulu was instantly on her feet and planted a light kiss on Tadase's cheek. "Of course, Tadase-koi."

Amu was surprised that she could hide her disgust so well after not needing to pretend to be indifferent after so long. She kept her polite smile in place as Lulu settled back down in her chair and Tadase took his commanding position of sitting on the armrest of her chair with his hand on its back. "We're so lucky to have found you so soon. Ikuto and I were thinking that it would take us several days, if at all, to find out where you were staying."

Tadase shrugged his shoulders before smiling down at his Lulu. "I've been staying here with Lulu-koi in order to keep up the excuse of not returning to Japan. I've been called to come home several times, but Lulu always manages to keep me here. Isn't she amazing?"

Lulu's blush before was nothing compared to the one that colored her cheeks now. Ikuto kept his face straight as his mind vomited all over his skull. "She has been a most gracious hostess so far."

Amu added her agreement with a smile and a curt nod of her head. "Tadase-san, could you and Lulu-chan possibly give us a place to stay for the night? We'll be leaving tomorrow morning, we just need one good night of sleep."

Lulu was about to agree without a second thought, but Tadase cut in. "No. The two of you have caused my life too much misery and pain for me to help you now."

Ikuto had had enough. "Let's drop the pretense. Spit it out, Hotori. Did you alert Midori yet or not?"

Lulu looked appalled at Ikuto's sudden outburst, but Amu felt relieved. Letting go of the rigid hold she had on her body to keep it upright, she flopped down on the couch with a sigh. "Please tell me you didn't."

Tadase gave them both a hard look but remained silent.

Lulu took this as her opportunity to maintain at least a little dignity within the situation. "Tadase-koi would never do such a thing!"

Ikuto narrowed his eyes at the shaved boy's head. "I don't believe. Amu, we're leaving."

Tadase scoffed as Ikuto stood. "I thought you needed my help? That's definitely one way to go about asking for it. You accuse me of betraying you and then you walk out. That's definitely a good way to get me to help you."

Ikuto about punched the smug look right off his stupid face. "I don't trust you Hotori, want to know why?"

"Enlighten me."

"You have been nothing but a spy since the entire ordeal started. You moved into your family's summer home to keep an eye on Amu for Midori under the assumption that she would one day be your wife. You pushed the boundaries so far as to break into my home most likely more than once."

Lulu gasped at this, but Ikuto wasn't done. Amu only hoped that her lover knew what he was doing.

"Then you invited her over for a dinner. A dinner that you planned on drugging her during so that you could fake her forfeit in order to make me lose, which resulted in you almost raping her. If I hadn't been so close to Amu already, she'd be trapped under your thumb."

If Lulu had been shocked by Tadase breaking into someone else's home, then she was beyond appalled about hearing that Tadase was almost a rapist. "Say it isn't so!"

Tadase kept his glare on Ikuto but didn't move to contradict what the man was saying.

Ikuto smirked before he continued. "To get just a little amount of harmless revenge on you, we sent Rima over to have a nice supper with you, but no. You had to go crazy and attempt to rape her as well. Granted, I will admit that part of that is our fault for drugging you, but those drugs make you sleep, not rape people. So we shaved your hair into a mowhawk and colored it like a rainbow. We also put you on a cruise to Paris where you met Lulu. In fact, with all said and done, you should be begging us to forgive you and thanking us for putting you in a situation where you could meet such a lovely young lady."

Tadase heaved a long and heavy sigh before glancing down at a frightened Lulu beside him. "Lulu-koi, what they say is true. I did almost rape Amu and Rima. Can you still find me a gentleman?"

Lulu didn't know what to think. Everything that she'd ever thought about Ikuto and Amu were completely the opposite considering that Tadase had been the one to inform her. Her whole conception of Tadase was backwards as well. "Why should I trust you now? You lied to me!"

Amu couldn't just let it end that way for them. In the short amount of time that she'd seen them together, they had been the cutest couple she'd ever seen. Despite his cold attitude towards her and Ikuto, Tadase actually smiled when he looked at Lulu. "If I may intervene, Lulu-chan, didn't you just tell me that Tadase was a little stubborn before he let you cut his hair? If I remember correctly, you said that it was a fresh start for him. I think you were wrong. You are Tadase's fresh start. He could have done those horrible things, but he didn't. He loves you Lulu, I can see it when he looks at you. And I know that you love him in return. If you didn't then this news wouldn't be hurting you so much. Don't leave him out of anger. Let him prove to you every day that he is no longer that man."

Tadase stared down at his girlfriend with what he hoped was all the love his look could hold. He really did love her and if he lost her, things would not end well for any one. "Let me prove my love for you."

Lulu was torn, she didn't know what to think, but most of her was pulling her into Tadase's arms before the rest of her knew what was happening. "Don't let me down, love."

Tadase smiled so brightly at her that it put some blush back on her cheeks. "I promise to start correcting all of my wrongs right now. Starting with this one, Midori's men are on their way. Leave now and you should be able to make it away."

Ikuto wasted no time in grabbing his pinkette by her arm and dragging them towards the door. "Thanks!"

Amu snatched the keys out of Ikuto's pocket as the stumbled down the steps. Several sets of cars were coming from one end of the street and they knew what that meant. The men were already there. Leaving him no other choice, Amu dashed around the car making Ikuto get in on the passenger's side. She slid into the driver's seat and slammed the key into the ignition. Their little car roared to life as she glanced at her boyfriend to see him in the car even though the door wasn't shut. It was good enough in the pinkette's mind as she put the car in gear and pushed the gas pedal to the floor.

Ikuto managed to get the door closed somehow. He knew that Amu shouldn't have been driving considering that she wasn't the best yet, but it was too late to argue now. The two cars that had stopped jumped into motion again to race after the lovers as they tried to get away.

"Amu! AMU! You can't drive there! No! That's a one way road! You have to go the other way. Damn it! Watch out! You can't just drive on the sidewalk! Are you crazy? You almost hit that guy. Oh shit! OH SHIT!"

With total disregard to everyone and everything on the street or in her way, Amu weaved her way through the streets of Paris, onto a major road and off on some dumpy exit. They sat, waiting to see if anyone would follow them off before Amu once again pushed the tiny car forwards. They found an old junkyard to leave the car in before continuing on by foot.

"Wasn't that fun!"

"Remind me to never let you drive again."

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Morg: I hope you enjoyed it!

Ikuto: I could have enjoyed it more if there would have been something enjoyable in it.

Amu: I'm awesome.

Morg: Eh, I do what I do.

Ikuto: Lame!

Amu: Please review!