Just Another Lazy Person really deserves a medal! Thank you very much for your support as it really boosts my confidence! Eh, this story is okay, really. It's got just the right amount of reviews so it doesn't really matter ( θ ε θ ) I'd totally be lying if I said I didn't want more though（＾∇＾）

Amuto asked:
YO!

First, is that AMu in the olden days the same one with the one in the morden days?

I dont want the olden days Amu to die~

A: No one is ever the same dearie, but maybe a reincarnation of some sort (OωO Inuyasha reference). Amu is rather like the Kagome/Kikyo type of relationship, I would think. One died quite a while ago (sorry, olden days Amu died) but was reincarnated years later AND meets the same Tsukiyomi Ikuto. (I'm pretty sure I'm delving way too deep into this δωδ)

Eek, now that I think about it...this situation is almost exactly like the Inuyasha relationship was! Σ（・□・；）Oh my goodness, how awful! It's like I'm trying to copy it! How do I only realize this after eight chapters...?

Disclaimer: I don't own SC or Inuyasha (if that applies σ(^_^;)

"Gah!" I rose from the bed in shock. My heart pounded in my chest as I awoke from my dream. I kissed him full on the lips this time. Why was my brain giving me these dreams so visually? It felt so real too...

"So you've finally a - "

I inhaled to shriek but a hand quickly flew over my mouth. My eyes widened as I stared back into his alluring azure eyes. Questions immediately flurried in my head. What was he doing here? Where am I? Am I naked? What's today's date? Why is he here? Is he naked? I slapped his hand away and quickly took a few breaths to calm myself.

"Where am I?" I asked looking around. It was unfamiliar and the only light coming in was from the window.

"My room," Ikuto leaned back so he was lit up by the moonlight. "You fainted, by the way."

"Great," I muttered. "Just great."

"You're just full of surprises, aren't you Amu?" Ikuto's lip quirked in amusement. "That kiss was so sudden I hardly had any time to react."

"So it really happened," I mumbled. I shook my head. "It was...an accident. It didn't mean anything so just forget about it."

"Oh," he grinned at this. "But your facial expressions say something else."

I pushed his chest lightly. "It seriously didn't mean anything, Ikuto. So just drop it, will ya?"

"Your cheeks are so rosy," he pointed out.

I covered my cheeks and found try were indeed warm. "It's 'cause it's embarrassing! Sheesh, any other girl would react the same way."

"Should I test that theory?"

"Go ahead and do whatever you want," I sighed tiredly. This night was dragging on too long. "I don't really care just don't drag me into whatever trouble you'll cause."

"Aww, I was hoping you'd get jealous," he edged closer.

"Jealous?" I raised an eyebrow. "Why would I get jealous?"

"Isn't that what girls do?" Ikuto asked playing with my hair. "I mean, they get so cute when they're jealous."

"Hmm?" Since when did his words get so soft? I began to get sleepy. I yawned. "Well I'm sorry I'm not jealous."

"Ehh, it's okay," Ikuto smiled to himself and braided a strand of my hair. "You're just not like other girls, I guess. It's a good thing, I assure you."

"Yeah..." I yawned again. "I guess."

"Tired?"

"Mmm," I swayed. "I should get back to my room. Rima...she's gonna get worried..."

"You can just sleep here," he offered.

"No...really..." my eyelids fluttered closed. "I have to...get back..."

"You look too tired," his words began getting drowned out. "Just stay here tonight. I'll call Rima and let her know."

I just nodded sleepily and curled up in his lap, too tired to think anymore. Then I really began to dream.

I was walking. Walking down a cobblestone street in an old-fashioned nightgown alone and shivering. I looked at the dark houses but they seemed empty. Walking fatter along, I saw one house with the lights on. I quickly ran to it with a strange sense of hope and fear. My hand trembled slightly as I pulled the door open. I blinked and held my hands up in front of my face as a searing white light blinded me for a moment. I blinked the spots away as the light faded and peered into the home. I gasped in shock at the horrendous sight.

I fell to my knees. Bodies lay strewn all over, blood dripping from the walls and not a single life seemed to be spared. It looked like a small family, murdered brutally with their chest slashed open and robbed. A shadow flew in front of me. It seemed to reek the stench of blood as it neared me. I pulled back but found I was unable to move any further.

"Amu..." it growled out an in almost familiar voice.

"W...who...?"

It only loomed closer, a shadowy figure in a dark hood. I saw the flint of razor sharp teeth underneath the hood. Hands rose and grasped the hood, ready to reveal the face hidden beneath. My breath caught, scared to see. My eyes wouldn't close so I was forced to see -

"Wake up love," I was suddenly woken up by the sound of Ikuto's cheerful voice. "The sun came to see you."

"Eurggh..." I groaned and rubbed my eyes. "...feel like...crap..."

"A lovely good morning to you too," he responded with a grin. For a moment, there seemed to be fangs protruding from his lip but I blinked and it was gone. I mentally shook my head and sat up. There was no way such a monster existed.

"Morning," I gave him a small smile. Then my rational brain finally woke up. "Whoa! What the heck am I doing here?"

"Ah, finally alert, are you?" Ikuto chuckled to himself and stretched, standing up from the bed. "You know you fell asleep in my lap, right? I had to sleep sitting up all night because of that and now my back hurts."

"I did?" I peered out the window, trying to recall last night's events. It all came back to me in a colorful blur. "Oh my gosh! T-that means we - you - I - geez! I-I-I came to ap-p-apologize then I - you! - made a face and said something a-and, and, and - "

He put a finger to my lips, shushing me. "Hush, it's okay. Just take a deep breath and take it slow."

He actually sounded correct. I inhaled deeply, held it, then let it go. I repeated it a few times until I felt dizzy. I shut my eyes and let the memories slide over me one by one so I could take it all in. So I did kiss Ikuto even if it was an accident. But that kiss didn't mean anything! Seriously, not all kisses meant something. Kisses are just two pairs of lips touching each other for an odd amount of time so it's not like they actually mean anything, right? It's just like as if I grabbed his hands and held it in mine because I felt like it. See? Hands and lips...they're all the same? Look at me, I'm rambling on now about absolutely nothing. Why am I so worked up? It was just a kiss. A kiss is just a kiss, right? No ulterior motives were meant by that kiss so it's not like it ever mattered.

"I can practically hear your thoughts," he groaned and fell forward on the bed with a 'fwump!' "Just call down, will ya? You're thinking way too hard about this."

"I know, I know," I nodded in agreement but still couldn't stop thinking about it. "A kiss is just a kiss, right Ikuto? It's not like I meant anything so it should even be important, right? Right? Am I right? Please tell me I'm right - "

"You're rambling," Ikuto flipped onto his side and rolled his eyes.

"You're right," I covered my mouth. "I'll stop. Like right now. Seriously."

He raised an eyebrow. I pressed my lips together tightly so as not to spew anymore nonsense. He sighed and glanced behind me. "Well, we've got about an hour to get some breakfast. The second day will start soon."

"That's right!" I practically jumped from the bed. "I've gotta get going!"

"Rima dropped all your stuff off already to save you the trip," Ikuto gestured to the bag on the floor. "Your toothbrush, clothes, etcetera."

"Thank you Rima!" I grabbed the bag and sprinted into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. I quickly brushed my teeth and changed without another thought. I brushed my hair not even caring how to styled it today and popped out of the bathroom in no time. "Ta-da!"

"Took you long enough," Ikuto walked past me and went into the bathroom.

"Well!" I huffed. "For your information, I went as fast as I could."

"What. Ever."

I scrunched my face up and stuck my tongue out before slipping on the socks and shoes from the bag. I sat down on what I thought was Ikuto's bed so I could tie the laces only to find someone was occupying it already. I was about to pull away when an arm roughly grabbed me and then I was back to laying down. I stiffened.

"Mmm, you smell nice."

"...thanks?" I wriggled but it was to no avail. I was stuck. Who the heck was this strong pervert anyway?

"Give Kūkai a kissy," he whispered huskily.

"Eww, get away from me!" I smacked the arm. "Perv! Ikuto! Help! I'm being attacked by a hobo pervert!"

"Whaaa...?"

"Amu," Ikuto came out, pulling on his shirt. "I think you're just overreact...ing..."

He stared at me for a long moment then burst out laughing. I turned red. "Ikuto..."

"S-sorry," Ikuto staggered over to me. "You just...Kūkai..."

"Help me before I whack that pretty face of yours," I growled.

"You like my face?"

I glared at him.

"Oh, alright," he reached behind me and tugged me away from the bed. "Happy?"

"Let me down first."

He tutted. "What do you say?"

"Thanks."

"I get a reward, right?"

"No."

"Okay," he urged me closer to the hobo pervert.

"Okay! Okay! Whatever!" I struggled. "You win!"

"Kiss." Ikuto smirked.

"What?"

"You heard me," Ikuto leaned in. "A kiss."

"A kiss? I'm safer with this hobo pervert."

"Ah, so cruel," Ikuto said dramatically. "I just wanna quick peck on the cheek is all."

"That's not hard," I said to myself. "Alright." I leaned forward and pecked him on the cheek making sure not to miss this time. "Done."

He let me down and grinned to himself. "We should wake up like this everyday."

"Dream on," I muttered tying my laces.

"One can only hope," he ruffled my hair. "Oh well, where should we go for breakfast, my princess?"

"Just grab a bag of chips and whatnot so we can head over to the meeting or whatever," I sighed tying my other shoe. "I don't care."

"That's not healthy," Ikuto commented.

"It is if you do it correctly," I stood and finally grabbed my small should bag and went to the door. "I'm going with my - huuu!"

He hefted me over his shoulder. "Nope! We're getting an actual breakfast. I don't care if you agree or not."

"Hey! Wait!" I began to pound his back with my fists. "Let me go!"

"Nope," he continued down the hall where people began getting up. He shut the door and then promptly exited the building with me on his shoulder. "Real food."

"Alright, you win! Again!" I admitted grudgingly. "I'll walk with you if you just put me down."

"Fine with me," he set me on my feet but still kept a hold on my hand. "I'll do this for safety though."

I blushed embarrassedly (that's probably not even a word...) as we went down the sidewalk. Ugh, why didn't I predict something like this was going to happen? This is crazy! Why must he treat me this way? Oh god, why? But...you know what? It's been a while since I've held hands with someone else. I find it kind of nice. Don't even ask why.

"Let's make this quick," I snipped looking anywhere but the figure next to me.

"Of course," he couldn't help but smile to himself. "My princess."

"I said quick!" Amu yelled over her shoulder.

"My sincerest apologies," I shouted back mockingly.

"Yeah, right!" Amu pushed through the doors out of breath.

We sped down the halls and went out to the back garden, flinging on our name tags. We arrived just as the gates to the lab were being closed. Mr. Kiyoteru gave us strange looks as we passed him. I merely shrugged as we slowed and then we were in. Amu grumbled to herself as usual and we stood at the back, waiting for our clipboards to write on. Amu tools hers and wiggled her fingers to me in farewell as she met up with her partner. I received my clipboard and looked around for Kūkai. He was hitting on some redhead, of course. I rolled my shoulders back and stood next to him.

"Where are we starting today?" I clicked my pen in annoyance.

"Not now," Kūkai muttered to me. He smiled at the girl. "So later then, right?"

"I guess so," she giggled nonetheless and was then pulled away by blond girl. "Bye, Kūkai!"

He waved back with a grin then turned to me. "Dude, I'm so getting laid tonight."

"That's every night," I pointed sighing irritably. This routine got old fast.

[A/N] That's all! Hope you enjoyed and review! (Oh, by the way, does anyone know how to tell if you have a crush on someone?)

Ciao,
~kitana411