Strawberry Witch

Full summary: Hinamori Amu is a young witch in training that's transferred to Seiko Academy where she will be among other magical users like herself. But what are these feelings she starts to develop for a certain popular boy that's in his last year of magical cram school? Young Amu will not only have to learn about her powers, but her feelings as well. She has no idea what this school has in store for her. It's only the beginning of her new life. AMUTO, but there will be some one-sided love as well. My first Shugo Chara story, but certainly not my last. Please enjoy! I will not change the name of this story!

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"What?" Tadase questioned wondering if he heard correctly.

Amu's was in complete shock. She was going to play hookie? She started to think about it, she did want to spend time with Ikuto.

"Tsukiyomi Ikuto can't do that!" Yaya shouted stepping in front of Amu, standing right beside Tadase.

"Why can't I?" Ikuto questioned, hovering over them, since he was taller than them.

"Hinamori-san is under the effect of a certain potion and with you around problems will be a guarantee," Tadase stated glaring at Ikuto.

"What potion did she happen to take?" Ikuto asked looking at the two who stood in front of the pink-haired girl.

"Will you leave Amu-chii alone if Yaya tells you?" Yaya questioned, talking with a soft voice. She just wanted him to leave.

"If Amu wants me to leave, then I will leave," Ikuto claimed smirking.

Yaya looked at Tadase and sighed. "Its better he knew, so that he doesn't think that Amu-chii actually acts like this." She looked at Ikuto and continued, "Amu-chii took a love potion."

"Interesting," Ikuto chuckled, he stepped through the two of them, who of course protested, and approached Amu. "So Amu, do you want to play hookie with me or do you want to go to boring class?"

Amu smiled and looked down blushing. "I-I want to spend time with Ikuto," she beamed looking back at him.

"Well there you have it," Ikuto stated grabbing one of Amu's wrists and walking away from Yaya and Tadase.

"Ikuto-san!" Tadase shouted chasing after them.

Ikuto scooped Amu up bridal style and transformed; his cat tail and ears popping out. He turned around and winked back at Tadase before jumping up into a tree and disappearing from sight. Leaving Yaya and Tadase wondering where Ikuto could possibly be taking Amu. Amu's three charas chase after Ikuto, trying their best to keep up.

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Amu stared up at Ikuto while he held onto her as he jumped from tree to tree. All she could think of was how good looking he was and how right now she was actually in his arms. She could squeal like a fan-girl from being so overjoyed.

"What are you staring at kid?" Ikuto asked her, looking down with his usual smirk on his face.

Amu wanted to shout 'YOU!' but she had a feeling that if she did he would leave and she didn't want him to leave. "Where are you taking me, Ikuto?" she questioned instead, a sweet smile on her face.

"It's a secret," he replied, his smirk becoming extremely sexy.

"Cool," Amu beamed as she looked around the surroundings as they continued on 'hopping'. "So, um, why did you decide to skip today, and um bring me?"

"It will amuse me," he stated sending chills up her spine.

He stopped hoping from tree to tree and slowly walked on the branch he happened to be standing on. "We're here."

Amu looked around and noticed that underneath the tree was a pond, or what she thought was a pond. She saw a waterfall in the distance and noticed how the so called pond continued on which meant it had to be a river. "Pretty," she says in an almost whisper.

"Ready?" Ikuto questioned causing Amu to become confused.

She looked up at him and asked, "Ready for what?" she asked, and just as the last word exited her mouth he let her go, letting her fall in the water below.

"Amu-chan!" Ran, Miki, and Suu shouted as they finally arrived. They watch Amu fall in with a huge splash!

Yoru burst into laughter as he floated around the three charas that belonged to the pink-haired girl that Ikuto dropped.

Amu emerged from the water gasping for air. "Why did you do that?" she complained, she noticed however that the water was really nice; it was the perfect temperature, lute warm.

Ikuto chuckled and dived in landing not too far from where she floated.

Amu waited for him to pop back up to the surface, but he didn't. "Hey, guys, do you see Ikuto?" she questioned looking up at the four chibis that were in the tree. Just as those words escaped her lips something grabbed onto her ankles and pulled her under water.

"Amu-chan" Ran whined as she hovered to the water looking for Amu who had just gone missing under the water.

Amu rises to the surface for the second time gasping for air once again. She started paddling away from that area.

Ikuto finally popped out from the water. "Where do you think you're going?" he questioned with a chuckle.

"To land," she answered looking back at him, sticking out her tongue playfully. She stood up and walked to the land, sitting on the white sand that surrounded most of the area. She looked at in amazed. Everything was so different and so pretty in the magical kingdom.

She looked at her soaked uniform and was glad that her shirt was blue; however she was upset that her hair was now un-wavy and was a mess that was all over the place. She sighed. 'So much for looking cute today.' Her mind drifted to why Ikuto decided to bring her here to this pretty place? She was more than happy that he had, but still, she couldn't help but wonder why.

"What are you thinking about?"

She looked up seeing Ikuto hovering above her, smirking. She looked at his soaked clothes and blushed. She looked away and mentally slapped herself for wanting to continue staring. She didn't want him starting to think she was crazy or anything.

The next thing she knew was something was pinching her ear and yanking her to her feet. "We didn't come here for you to be sitting on your ass, so move it!" Ikuto ordered as he pulled her with him heading back to the water.

"Ummm….w-wait a m-minute," she stuttered.

He looked back at her, his smirk still on his face. "Stuttering are we Amu?" He let go of her ear and looked at her.

"Uh…"Amu started and then she turned red. Ikuto took a step forward, bent down, and placed his face only inches from her own. "I-I…"

"You what?" he questioned smirking.

She gulped. She was becoming very nervous, he so close. It was getting hard for her to breathe. She looked at him and she noticed his eyes narrow. He lifted up his arm and reached out for her shoulder. Amu was losing all control of her mind. What was he doing? Was he going pull her into a hug, or even, a kiss? Her mind was on overload.

The next thing she knew was that he was flicking something off her shoulder. She looked at him in question.

"A bug," he answered shrugging and then turning around to get back into the water.

Amu fell to her knees. A bug? That's what that was all about? Her brain was definitely over thinking.

Ikuto stopped right before the water and looked at her. Now that he knew that she had taken that love potion he could guess what kind of things on her mind, which meant that this was even more fun because he was most likely driving her insane. He smirked and called her over, "Coming Amu?"

She stood up and walked to where he was. "Are we really going to go back in the water…in our clothes?"

"Would you prefer no clothes?" he questioned, still having his smirk on his face.

Her eyes widened and her whole body turned a bright red. "N-no…that's not what I m-meant…I-I…"

He chuckled. "There's someplace else I was going to show you. So keep up," he claimed as he started to leave her behind.

"Ikuto, wait up!" Yoru shouted as he rushed over to follow the blue-haired male.

Amu and her three charas followed a few steps behind Ikuto and Yoru. Amu looked around as they walked through a forest of trees that seemed taller than buildings in the city. Amu started thinking, she didn't know much about Ikuto and this was the perfect time to get to know him. So she planned on making small talk. "So Ikuto…do you like Seiko Academy?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "I'll be done with it soon."

"Is there a class that was your favorite?" she questioned, continuing a conversation.

He looked back at her. "The classes that you're in," he stated adding a wink at the end.

Her whole face turned red and she froze in her tracts, all this caused Ikuto to burst into laughter. "Too easy," he chuckled.

"Seriously," Amu whined, as she puffed her cheeks to pout.

"I'm not a fan of school," he stated, shrugging once more.

"Well have you learned anything cool?" she asked another question as she started walking again.

He stopped and turned around; Amu had to come to halt because once again their faces were only inches apart since he bent down to look into her eyes. "What's up with these annoying questions?" he asked her right back.

She looked down at her feet ashamed for asking too many questions. "I…I was just trying to get to you know you better," she stated, looking up at him again.

"Since when did you care to?" he questioned sounding very serious.

"I…I…" Amu stuttered; she had no idea how to answer that. What was his question exactly? Why he trying to ask her if she liked him? Did he want her to confess? Was this confession time?

"Does Amu have a reason for wanting to get to know me?" he questioned, teasing her this time. He lifted up his hand to move a strand of hair, which was stuck to her face, behind her ear.

Amu's heart went on over load, pounding hard against her chest. It was going insanely fast and she couldn't even think. His touch drove her wild. What was up with her? Why was she acting like this? How could he be doing this to her?

He smirked at her. "What's going on in your mind, Amu," he says her name so slow and soft that it caused chills up her spine.

"Ikuto…" she started, but as soon as she said his name he turned around and started walking away chuckling. "You're so mean!"

"You're too amusing," he chuckled as he heard her footsteps right behind him again. "You should tell me about you."

"Why?" Amu asked him with a confused look on her face.

"I don't know anything about Amu either," he answered simply.

That was true. "So if I talk about me will you answer my questions about you?" she questioned cautiously.

"Maybe," he chuckled.

"Ok well I'm 15 years old and I transferred here shortly after my birthday; that's when I found my charas. I use to live in the human world with my family and I went to a regular school….and…" she paused because she had to think of more to say.

"So you're a half-breed?" he asked, causing her to feel like some kind of dog with that kind of questioned.

"I'm half magical being and I'm half human, yes," she stated in a nicer way. "Is that a problem?"

"Not anymore these days, but still a little uncommon," he replied looking over his shoulder. "Some wizards and witches don't approve of our kind marrying and having children with humans."

"Really?" she asked in shock. She bowed her head. "That's not fair. You should be able to be with the one you love, no matter whom or what they are."

"Others disagree," he said harshly. "So what place does Amu like better, here or there?"

"I don't know, I haven't been here that long to be able to answer that," she answered his question. "Have you ever been to the human world?"

"A time or two," he claimed. Then there was a moment of silence, it seemed like a half hour went by but only a few minutes had before either of them spoke.

"So did you happen to leave a boyfriend behind?" Ikuto finally spoke, this time a very random questioned.

Amu looked at him and saw his charming smirk. The true answer was of course no, but she now understood that Ikuto like playing games, so why not join in this one time. "Would it make you jealous if I did?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest.

"Hardly," he chuckled.

"Then it doesn't matter if I did or if I didn't now does it? So why bother asking?" she asked, adding a little bit of sass to her tone of voice.

Ikuto turned around and grabbed her wrist, pulling her to him. He looked down at her face, still smirking. "I don't think you do."

"Thinking and knowing are two different things," she told him putting her own smirk on her face. Even if it wasn't working this was really amusing.

"If you did, he wouldn't matter for the day, eh?" he questioned, humor in his eyes.

Now she was confused. What did he mean by that? "Why do you always have to play mind games or try to tease me?" she pouted, trying to get her arm back from him. "Isn't there a place you are supposed to be taking me?"

He chuckled and turned around starting to walk again, still holding her wrist and pulling her along. "Kid, you humor me."

"Are you guys having fun, nya?" Yoru asked the three charas behind him. "It's an adventure, nya."

Ran shrugged, Miki blushed, and Suu answered him. "It sure is pretty out here, but we're worried about Amu-chan missing school, desu."

They continue walking through the forest for several minutes, the whole time Ikuto had a hold on Amu's wrist. They finally stopped at an opening of a cave and Ikuto smirked down at Amu. "It's in here, so don't get scared, little kid. I don't need you holding on to me," he teased.

"I won't get scared," Amu huffed, "And I'm not a little kid!" She looked at the cave opening and noticed it was really dark, so dark there would be no way they would be able to see anything. She looked over to Ikuto to ask him a question but didn't say a word when she noticed he had pulled out a wand.

His wand was midnight black, the darkest black she has ever seen. She watched his lips moved as he whispered a chant. A dark purple light emerged from his wand and waved the wand letting the light move in front of them. "This will lead us through, now come on," he stated pulling her along once more.

Amu bit her lip as they entered the cave, following the small dark purple light. She was amazed. Magic kept on surprising her and amazing her. And Ikuto looked really cool outside the cave casting that spell. She couldn't wait till she was able to do something like that.

Ikuto's hand moved from her wrist to actually holding her hand. She looked down and she could barely see the two hands together. She blushed but smiled softly.

"You might want to watch where you're going, nya," Yoru warned, a little too late.

Amu looked forward just in time to hit her head on the wall ceiling that had lowered at some point. Ikuto had already been ducking and trying to help guide her, but she had not been paying attention.

"Amu-chan!" her three charas shouted as Amu's head and the wall met causing Amu to fall backwards on her butt. "Ow," she mumbled rubbing her forehead.

Ikuto sighed, "Kids." He bent down and looked over his shoulder. "Get on," he instructed her, referring to her to get on his back.

Amu was embarrassed, however she nodded and climbed onto his back. "Sorry," she grumbled under her breath. What a stupid move.

The whole walk continued in silence as Ikuto followed the light. Amu had her arms wrapped around Ikuto's neck and Ikuto had Amu's legs between each arm. And Amu didn't feel like it was a romantic moment at all, it would have been different if she had hurt her ankle or something. She made herself look like a huge idiot.

Ikuto stopped walking causing Amu to look over his shoulder and notice that the light had stopped in front of a small spring full of crystal clear water. The light expanded a little more so that they could see more of the cave.

Ikuto let Amu down and turned to look at her. "You'll drink from that," he stated folding his arms in front of his chest.

"Why?" Amu asked with one eyebrows rising in confusion.

"You need to," Ikuto said not really giving her the answer she wanted. He sat down on a rock that was close to the spring. "Come on, we don't have all day."

Amu kneeled down on the cave's floor, close to the rock where Ikuto was sitting, and looked into the spring. She could hear the water pouring in from someplace in the cave. She looked at Ikuto confused.

"This spring is a magical spring," he claimed also looking at the water. "You need to drink from it." His head turned to face her and they stared at each other for a moment. "Got it?"

Amu really didn't understand but she nodded. She scooped up a little a handful of the water in her hands and brought it to her lips. She drank the water feeling the cold liquid hitting her lips and tongue on its way down. It sent chills down her spine and caused her to have goose-bumps.

She looked back at Ikuto just as he said, "It will only be a matter of time now. Then the potion effects will be gone."

"What?" Amu questioned.

"This spring cancels out all spells, potions, curses, and all sorts of stuff. It can even heal wounds. I told you it was magical. It has its own power," he answered moving close to her face. He cupped her face with his hands and chuckled. "You still don't know why I had you drink from it?"

"What is up with everyone talking about a potion?" Amu asked annoyed, sort of glaring at him.

"Do you not feel weird today?" he questioned, one of his eyebrows rising with wonder.

"The only thing that's weird today, is that I realized something," she answered staring at him.

"And what did you realize today Amu?" he asked her smirking. "Hm?"

"I-I like you," she claimed turning red, after she said that the whole cave became silent.

Ikuto had his smirk still pasted on his face as she said those words. He shook his head and shook his head. "That's what the potion made you believe, kid," he told her. He brought his face even closer to hers, which he still had cupped in his hands, their faces only an inch apart.

"I…I…." and Amu's eyes went wide. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING, YOU PERVERT?" she shouted.

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Once again, this was another quick update. I am on a roll!

Please review!

Cookie-chan: And there you have it, another chapter. –sigh of bliss- And it's a great chapter if I do say so.

Ikuto: -claps- Well done, Cookie.

Amu: -speechless, pouting in a corner-

Cookie-chan: Does any of you readers have any ideas or suggestions on what you might want to read in this story? I don't mind getting ideas for future chapters. Just say the word and I gladly consider any option. –looks at Amu and pokes her with a stick-

Ran: Poor Amu-chan. –looks at viewers- Cookie-chan does not own Shugo chara or any of the characters! But please review so that there will be more of this story! –smiles wide-

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