Morg: Heyo! I feel like I'm letting everyone down by not updating as fast as I'd like to. Good thing I just finished two of my classes and a third one is done at the end of the month. That just means more time to update!

Ikuto: Well, you are letting me down.

Amu: I don't feel disappointed at all.

Morg: Now if only I could find a way to not have to do my math homework…

Ikuto: Just skip it!

Amu: That's a horrible idea! Then she can't graduate!

Morg: Yeah, and then I'd have even less time to write.

Ikuto: Good point, go to class and do your work.

Amu: … Maybe you should skip…

Morg: I don't own anything, not even my text books.

~Alone With You~

Panting into the hair that covered her shoulder, Ikuto pulled out of his lover and managed to move in what seemed like a graceful manner to sit against the trunk of the tree they'd just used. Without wasting a second, he pulled Amu down into his lap and cuddled with her there in the warm sun. "I think I'm sated for at least the next thirty minutes."

Amu let out a tired giggle as she adjusted her naked body to fit better in Ikuto's embrace. "I'm so tired that you wouldn't get me to do much if you decide to go for another round."

"So you're saying that you wouldn't say no?"
Laughing full out this time, Amu patted one of the arms that held her safe. "As if I could ever say no to you."

Ikuto let a smirk cross his face despite the fact that she couldn't see it. Thinking back on all the time they'd ever spent together, there was only one time that Amu had told him no and that was only because of a simply miscommunication. They'd definitely loved each other, but with neither having told the other, words were said and misunderstood leaving both parties hurt until they reconciled and figured it all out. The time they spent in that beach house felt like eons ago to the man holding the same girl in the middle of a jungle in South America. He wasn't even sure which country they were in anymore, but that didn't particularly matter at the moment. As long as Amu was in his arms and safe, he was willing to be anywhere in the world with her. "Are you happy being with me?"

Amu tensed up slightly due to her shock at such a question. How could Ikuto think that she'd want to live her life any other way? She'd followed him blindly from the moment he took her hand in the airport (AN: THIS SCENE IS THE VERY LAST CHAPTER OF ALONE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU. I SUGGEST YOU GO READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T! IT'S AFTER THE AUTHOR'S NOTE!) and followed him onto the airplane. The shit they'd been through while crossing through Asia and Europe should have been more of confirmation than anything else for the blue haired man. The fact that he was now asking her this question completely stunned her. "I wouldn't be here if you didn't make me happy. In fact, I don't think I could be happy if I weren't with you."

This brought a smile to Ikuto's lips. There wasn't a way for him to just simply smirk when the love of his life was confessing her feelings in such a way. "Even though we get into extremely dangerous situations and sometimes it seems as though we won't make it? Even though you could be living in the lap of luxury with anything at the snap of your fingers, you'd still choose to be with me? In the middle of a fucking jungle with tattered clothes that smell like something died in them two weeks ago?"

Amu shook as she laughed at Ikuto's seemingly ridiculous questions. "We could be back in the middle of Antarctica with all the penguins with no hope of ever seeing another person again, and I'd be happy. Going to these places and being with you, that's what makes me happy. I seriously don't know what I'd do if I could no longer see you. In fact, if you die first, you can believe that I'll be following after."

A frown quickly replaced the smile on his face. "You will do no such thing. You will live to be a beautiful old lady and then when I think you've had enough play time, I'll come and take you away in your sleep so that your death can be completely painless. I don't care if I die tomorrow, you will keep living."

"Then you better live to be a hot old man, because life without you would be like I've already died and gone to Hell."

Ikuto couldn't help but chuckle at her words. The tone of her voice told him that she was making some sort of frowning face even if he couldn't see what her features were doing or how they were contorted. "How about I make you a deal? I promise that I'll live just as long as you do and I'll be with you always unless I die saving your life or I have to give you up for a short while to keep you safe."

Amu sat in her lover's lap quietly for a few minutes as she thought his promise over. "I'll accept it for now, but we might have to make some changes in the future. I don't care if I get put into a dangerous situation, as long as I can be with you."

"I'm going to do my best to make sure that you are never in a situation like that."

Before Amu could respond, the branches to their right began to move and shake. Both naked bodies tensed up a little until Yoru came slinking out of them. He stopped and stared at them both for a few minutes before looking behind him back into the trees.

Amu watched him for a few seconds before lifting her head to stare up into Ikuto's eyes. "Do you think he's trying to tell us that Michelle is on her way back to get us? A good part of the day has passed while we were… bathing."

Ikuto smirked at her wording before releasing a long sigh. "Might as well put out clothes on and see."

Just as Amu tugged her shirt into place, the branches began rustling again and Michelle appeared. "Glad to see that you got Yoru's message. I'd rather have not shown up to see you two still becoming reacquainted with one another. That would be something my eyes never want to see again. The first time was bad enough. Shall we go get something to eat?"

With a face as red as Michelle's long hair, Amu nodded and began to step forward. Ikuto fell into step beside her and took her hand. He squeezed it once before they calmly followed Michelle back to her hut. Both lovers were starving and form the rumbling that their stomachs were making; they knew that Michelle knew how hungry they were.

After trying a new recipe that Amu had taught her, Michelle left the hut to go and sit with Yoru as she ate, leaving Ikuto and Amu alone together in her hut. Silently, they dished up their food and went out to join their hostess for dinner. Michelle wasn't one to believe in wasting words so she ate quietly even with two extra sets of eyes on her while she took each bite. Finally, it seemed like she couldn't stand it anymore. "So shall I show you two the way to get into town?"

Her words seemed to stun her guests but she waited for their reply, regardless of how outlandish it seemed to be. It wasn't as though Ikuto and Amu were shocked to hear that Michelle was thinking about them leaving, but they were more shocked because they didn't think it would be so soon. This was only their second day with the odd girl and she was already ready for them to be gone from her paradise. Ikuto decided that he'd be the one to address the situation since Amu didn't seem to be able to find her voice at the moment. "I think it would be nice to be able to find a small village or town so that we can get some new clothes and some supplies, but we'd be eternally grateful to you if you'd allow us to stay with you for a few more days. A week at the most."

Amu quickly nodded her head as she chewed her food so that Michelle would see that she agreed completely with Ikuto's request. The pinkette didn't want to think about leaving the first place they'd found that allowed them to actually feel safe from being captured. She swallowed quickly to add on her own words. "We promise not to be any trouble and as soon as we're rested and ready, we'll be out of your hair."

Pulling one of her long braids over her shoulder to run her fingers along he twisted strands, Michelle thought their request over. So far nothing bad had happened and she doubted anything could within a week. Besides, there was something she was curious about and had an itching to see if her assumption was correct. "Alright, but you do as I say. There are more than just people after you in a jungle. The predators that live within these trees should always be your first concern. Tomorrow we are getting up early to head into to town to get you some new clothes. The ones that you are wearing now smell too horrible to be for anything besides a trash bin."

Amu couldn't agree with the red head more. She felt gross just putting the tattered clothing back on her body, but there was little else she and Ikuto could have done. It wasn't as if they could have gone naked.

Ikuto's mind was on something else entirely and he expressed it by questioning the girl that had just agreed to look after them. "Tell me Michelle, how is it that you live such a simple life, but you still know about everything going on around you?"

Michelle let out a short laugh before her hand quickly found Yoru's back and she began to stroke his fur. "I wasn't born in the jungle to a pack of wild dogs. I'm from Japan; I just chose to live here. I don't need anything more than a place to live and Yoru for company. If only that boat captain would just leave me alone."

As if the girl they were staying with couldn't get any more bizarre, she had to go and spring that on them. Ikuto had suspected that she wasn't from South America and he figured that she had to be from Japan since she was speaking Japanese to them, but that didn't necessarily mean anything. He knew that she was smarter than she looked, so the idea of her knowing multiple languages was always there. "Tell me, what other languages do you speak?"

Michelle cocked her head to the side as if she was trying to remember. "Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish, and inkling of French and several dialects of Chinese."

Jaw falling slightly due to the shock she received from what she just heard, Amu tried to figure out how she never noticed how smart Michelle was. "Did you study in all of those places?"

"Most of them."

A look of disbelief crossed Amu's features and Ikuto couldn't help but smile at that. "I, myself, speak a few of those fluently."

Amu felt even more left out of the conversation. Ikuto just seemed to be able to tell things about this strange girl and none of what he was asking her had ever crossed Amu's mind as a possibility. Sure, Amu's education had been enough to prepare her for her duties and she was by no means and idiot, but she didn't think that Ikuto needed to rub it in her face that he was smarter than her. So Amu took a shot and asked a question of her own. "How long have you been living here on your own?"

Michelle scratched her head and stared down into Yoru's eyes. "Four years."

"But you can't be more than twenty two!"

With a nod of her red head, Michelle confirmed Amu's suspicions. They were dealing with a genius. "I'm twenty one."

That left both Amu and Ikuto sitting in silence as they tried to figure out how the girl only knew three people including themselves. They didn't have a chance to ask, however, as Michelle finished her supper and left for a walk with Yoru. There was nothing that Amu or Ikuto could think of to say to one another about their hostess so they just chatted about the things they were hoping to find in the village the next day.

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Morg: Wow that was a lame ending. If only I didn't have to go to class now.

Ikuto: Since we decided in the beginning that you shouldn't skip, you should probably go.

Amu: I don't know, I think you can afford to miss the rest of your classes.

Morg: No, no, I'm going to class. I can just read fanfic on my phone instead of paying attention.

Ikuto: Wow, you really don't want to graduate, do you?

Amu: Fine by me!

Morg: Oh come on! I'm not going to fail! Just review!