Morg: Heyo! I think I'm getting better at updating.

Ikuto: What does that mean?

Amu: That she isn't taking months to update again.

Morg: Well, sort of…

Ikuto: Either you are or you're not.

Amu: She does NOT own us.

Morg: Thank you for making that so clear. I AM doing better with updating.

Ikuto: If you say so.

Amu: I don't.

Morg: Why do I put up with you?

~Alone With You~

London was beautiful at night. The drive there had been long and hard, but somehow they'd made it this far. Still, Ikuto and Amu knew that they had a lot more ahead of them. The jeep had made it a lot further than either of them had thought it would. The small car they were driving now was one they picked up in Eastern Europe while heading north from Africa.

The worker gave the pregnant girl an odd look, though she ignored him. Ikuto had said that they'd be flying to Canada the following morning on a small charter plane. So for the night, the couple were planning to have fun and pretend they weren't running from their parents and about to sneak back into their home country.

The London Eye took them high above the rest of the surrounding trees and stands, giving Amu the perfect few of the city at night. "It's beautiful."

Ikuto sat back in his seat watching the love of his life with one hand on her belly and the other on the glass of the windowed car they road in. The Ferris wheel took them higher and allowed for the pinkette to see much of the night life around them. Though his lover was transfixed on the view, Ikuto couldn't take his eyes off of her to look. Amu never ceased to amaze him. There she was around six to seven months pregnant and still more beautiful than any girl he'd ever met before. "You're beautiful."

The pinkette blushed at the compliment. It wouldn't matter how many years she spent with the man, Ikuto would never cease to make her blush. Having thought about this fact before, Amu had decided it was because she still didn't think she was good enough for the man she loved, even if she was carrying his child. "Stop it."

"What?"

"You're making me turn all red and I don't like it."

Smirking, Ikuto leaned forward to capture Amu's face between his hands. Bringing their lips together, Ikuto kissed his lover softly. "But I do. You look so cute when you turn all red."

Groaning, Amu allowed herself to be kissed again before pushing the pervert away and looking back at the view. The girl wasn't sure when she'd be in London next so she was going to enjoy every second she had. "Why do I bother with you?"

"Because I'm hot."

"Ikuto!"

"And because I love you and you love me."

Smiling to herself, Amu couldn't argue with that. That was exactly why she bothered with him. Despite Ikuto's perverted side, he was her man. Nothing in the world could ever make her leave him. There just wasn't a reason and there would never be one. "Oh yeah."

He just couldn't take his eyes off of her. Amu glowed. The night lights probably helped a little bit, but most of it came from the girl across from him herself. Being pregnant definitely didn't take away from Amu's beauty. If anything, the larger belly made her more attractive. "Don't act like you forgot. Now you have to tell me and make it sound like you mean it."

Her smile widened as Amu turned to see a pouting Ikuto. "I love you."

"Make me believe it."

Laughing softly, Amu crossed the small space between them to set her large self on Ikuto's lap. With his arms around her waist and her arms around his neck, Amu nuzzled in against his cheek. "I love you."

"Almost there."

Giggling, Amu pecked several kisses along Ikuto's jaw before connecting their lips. She had meant for the kiss to be rather light, but Ikuto had other plans. Amu gasped as the man beneath squeezed her thigh. His tongue sliding in to meet hers was exactly what he'd been going for, and Amu decided she quite liked it as well.

Holding the girl on his lap just a little tighter, Ikuto wanted to pull away from the kiss. They were already going down again and he wanted Amu to enjoy her time riding the giant wheel. "Amu."

Cutting her lover off with another kiss, Amu felt her body becoming warmer and warmer.

Pulling away again, Ikuto smirked as he held the girl on his lap back from kissing her again. "I know that I'm irresistible, but I think we should save the rest of this for back at our hotel room."

"Irresistible, my ass."

"Yes it is."

"Ikuto!"

Faking his innocence, Ikuto pouted a bit at the woman on his lap. "You're the one that pointed it out first."

Sighing, Amu disentangled herself from her lover before moving back to her seat to enjoy the rest of the view. So far she was just pleased that the motion of the ride wasn't making her feel sick. "Are we heading back after this? I have my nightly dose of medicines to take."

Nodding, Ikuto glanced out the window to catch the last bit of a dark but lit up London before they were too low to really enjoy the view. "Yes, I know you have some to take, and our plane leaves early tomorrow morning. I don't want you to be tired. We'll go back and sleep early."

Lifting one eyebrow, Amu couldn't help but be skeptic. "I'm certain that sleeping is all you have planned."

Chuckling, Ikuto couldn't really think of a good response to that.

XXX

The little plane jerked in the air as they hit another pocket of turbulence. Amu's hands were white with how hard she was holding onto the edge of her seat. Ikuto's comforting words and constant caresses to her shoulders and back were doing little to prevent her from going into premature labor. Maybe flying on such a little plane was a bad idea. "H-How much l-longer?"
Ikuto wished he could lie. He wished he could say that they were almost there, but all he could see when he looked past Amu's head and out the window was ocean. They weren't even close. "I don't know, baby."

Gulping, Amu attempted to ignore the way it felt as if her kid was having a party in her stomach. The little boy or girl was definitely not enjoying the flight either. Clearly, both mother and child were uncomfortable. "I don't like this."

"I don't either, Amu, but we can't go back now. Please hang in there a little longer. You can do this."

Glaring at her lover, Amu knew that she was going to make it through. Despite her discomfort and the way the baby moved, Amu knew that they had to do this in order to get back to Japan. She wanted her baby born in their country. The rest of the world was nice and all and she enjoyed seeing it, but her baby was Japanese and would be born in Japan. "C-Could I h-have some water?"

Scrambling to get the love of his life whatever she needed in order to make the flight even just a bit more comfortable for her, Ikuto pulled the water bottle from his backpack and took off the lid. Unfortunately, some more turbulence caused the majority of the water to end up all over himself and his pregnant lover. "I'm sorry, Amu!"

Ignoring her now wet pants and shirt, Amu looked hopefully at the bottle that Ikuto still held. "Is there any left?"

Pleased that he could at least give Amu the last little bit, Ikuto handed it over for Amu to drink the last of the water before it ended up somewhere it wasn't supposed to be. "Here."

Thankful for what she had, Amu tried to ignore the way the little plane moved with the wind and focused on the calm man beside her. Ikuto was going to be her rock whether he wanted it or not. "Wh-Where are we landing?"

"Montreal. We're going to Montreal. It's a seven hour flight and we've been going for three. Hang in there a little longer, Amu."

Nodding her head, Amu tried to relax a little against her small seat. It just wasn't happening. Four more hours. They had four more hours in the tiny and dangerous plane. This was going to be a hellish four hours.

Praying that Amu would find for some way to go to sleep but not wanting to risk giving her any pills to make her do so since she was pregnant, Ikuto just continued to try and soothe his lover the best he could. There was just only so much massages and kind words could do. He hated himself for not being able to give her more.

Amu wasn't certain if it was because she'd been so tense the entire time or if she was finally getting used to the sway of the plane, but she began to feel tired. Ikuto eagerly offered her his shoulder on which she passed out.

Looking down at his sleeping girlfriend, Ikuto wanted more for their lives. So far they were making it by. With help from friends and even some strangers, he and Amu hadn't gone hungry for more than a day and were definitely going to make it back to their homeland. After much debate, they'd decided that sneaking in from the Canadian side would be more of a surprise than coming from China. China was a little more obvious of a way to get back into Japan.

Ikuto ran his fingers through Amu's hair so her bangs wouldn't tickle her cheeks as she slept. The girl was no doubt exhausted and Ikuto didn't know what he'd do without her. It was almost ridiculous how far they'd come since that beach house. He started that summer off thinking that he was going to hate the girl he'd do anything to protect now. Amu's pregnancy definitely had him worried most of the time, though they were following all of the rules that Janel had set. Amu was being careful and most of the time they avoided anything that could add to her stress.

Still, when it came down to it, Ikuto would always put Amu's safety above everything else. The girl was beyond precious to him, and he'd never be able to live with himself if anything ever happened to their baby.

Another jolt from the plane made Ikuto realize that he'd be willing to die for them. Amu was strong and even if he didn't want to give her to anyone else, she would be able to continue on without him. He wouldn't like it and hopefully neither would she, but she'd raise their kid right.

Pushing the thought from his mind as he clasped her hand tighter within his own, Ikuto swore to himself that he'd take care of Amu and their child. Somehow, he'd find a way to give them stable lives again. His father could be reasoned with. Ikuto knew how to get what he wanted from his old man. It was her mother that would have to be manipulated and controlled. The woman just wasn't the same after the death of her husband and second daughter.

The first step in reaching his goal was getting them back into Japan. Ikuto was rather certain that the girl they were meeting in Canada to take them across the country would be able to get them to the other coast fast enough to meet Kukai. Ikuto had radioed the boat captain, who he found to be in South Africa still, and let the man know that they needed him to take them from Canada to Japan without anyone knowing. Kukai had set sail to come around the tip of South America to be there on time.

His plan to get them home was coming together. What they were going to do once they were there was another story. Rima and Nagihiko had promised to help in any way that they could so Ikuto figured it was worth a shot to try and get a hold of the couple. It was going to be difficult but Ikuto was willing to try. Besides, Amu would enjoy seeing the two again. The couple would bring back good memories for the two escapees.

Seeing that his little lover wasn't about to wake up even though they hit several more bumps, Ikuto settled back in his own chair. They had another three to four hours to go and it would pass faster if he wasn't awake.

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Morg: Foreshadow, foreshadow, foreshadow!

Ikuto: Why are you whispering that word in such a creepy way?

Amu: I think she's hinting at something.

Morg: What? Who? Me? Nope!

Ikuto: You are very strange.

Amu: I hope you aren't figuring that out just now.

Morg: So does anyone want to guess who is going to take them across Canada? If enough people get it right, say like 10 then I'll update this story again next week.

Ikuto: Next week? But you usually go in the order of what hasn't been updated yet. This would throw everything off.

Amu: Are you willing to give a chapter just for a character guess?

Morg: Considering the next chapter is already planned out, yes.

Ikuto: Crazy town, population: 1.

Amu: Sometimes I doubt your sanity too, Ikuto.

Morg: But ten of you have to get it right or you'll have to wait longer for an update and this story is getting so close to the climax/end! Don't you want it?

Ikuto: Bribing, I don't know why you try.

Amu: Good luck peoples!