Hey guys! Here is the next chapter, hope you enjoy it, and… THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR REVIEWS! So enjoy! READ THE IMPORTANT NOTE BELOW :D

IS THIS LONG ENOUGH? If you want longer chapters…. Just tell me, but that means that I have to SACRIFICE more time that I don't have… anyway enjoy!

I do not own Shugo Chara!, Shugo Chara Encore!, or the characters, if I did I would have killed Tadase and it would be PURELY AMUTO!

Oh and by the way I think that my story will have some OOC, so just warning you, because I'm not good at keeping up with character's personality.

Oh and I'm gonna take longer to update due to certain school circumstances… sorry guys :(

AMUTO FOREVER!

READ IMPORTANT!: I changed my mind, there will be Charas in this story, but they will already be vanished, if you have read Shugo Chara and Shugo Chara Encore, you will know what happens when Charas are no longer needed, okay?

JUST SO YOU KNOW, SORRY IF I TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE BUT I HAD A LOT OF SCHOOL PROJECT AND HOMEWORK, OH ANYWAY THIS CHAPTER IS LONG BECAUSE OF ALL THE FLASHBACKS, I MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE A CHAPTER THIS LONG AGAIN, BECAUSE IT STRESSED ME OUT…. ANY WAY HOPE YOU ENJOY IT! :)

Without You

Chapter 9: The Memories of the Past

Ikuto's POV

When we got to the house, I immediately walked to the kitchen, preparing to make dinner "What are you doing Ikuto?" asked me Amu walking to the kitchen a few seconds later "Well, I'm gonna make dinner for letting me stay with you guys!" I said grabbing ingredients "Oh… thanks!" says Amu while I grin at her.

I started to serve dinner in some plates Amu gave me, and some cups. On the plates, was some spaghetti and some meatballs. And on the cups, there was served some tea, then I call Amu and Akari to eat dinner. When we finished Akari told me that she loved dinner. Then me and Amu went to tuck her in her bed. Then we went to the living room.

"So can you tell me about the past? Or can you help me remember?" asked me Amu "Of course, first do you remember at least one thing? Or do you see something you don't understand?" I asked Amu "Well actually, I have been getting weird visions, and dreams…" says Amu staring into space "Can you tell me about them?" I asked.

"Sure" she told me "So what was the dream?" I asked "Well I dreamt with… some guy with midnight blue hair and midnight blue eyes, he was… well, excuse me but he was handsome, and we were about to do… that" said Amu very blushed.

"Do you remember the face or the name?" I asked "Well the face was blurry, but the name… I think it started with I" said Amu "Oh, something else?" I asked "Well I got to ask you something… are you sure I didn't know you in the past?" asked Amu.

"Well to tell you the truth, I did know you on the past, even more than that…" I said "Why?" she asked "Well… you were my… girlfriend…" I said "WHAT?" she said surprised "I think you still are, I don't know, I don't remember breaking up with you so, I think you still are…" I said thinking about the subject.

"Wow, really? That's… deep, sorry if I didn't know, I just don't remember anything…" Amu said looking down "No, it's okay, I know, but I will find who did this to you…" I said "So… can you tell me a little bit about… us?" Amu asked blushing while I widen my eyes in surprise.

"Ok, but what?" I asked "Well… our… first date..." said Amu blushing while twiddling her fingers "Oh well, our first date was in an amusement park, on the teacups…" I said blushing a little "And what happened?" she asked "Well, you found me on an alleyway, all hurt…" I started to say "Oh my god, why were you hurt?" asked Amu all worried "Well I was defending some girls from being raped… I think" I said while Amu suddenly makes a funny face, which in my personal thoughts, means she remembered something.

FLASHBACK:

Amu's POV

I was walking by the road, coming from the Guardian meeting to my house. On the road I saw two girls come panting, I think they were running?, anyway one of the girls had long black hair and the other one had short black hair.

"Hah.. hah.. that was scary…" said the girl with long black hair "Thanks to him we could run away but… I wonder if that boy's ok?" said the girl with short black hair "No worry I'm sure he was strong… and light as a cat…" "But… I only saw a little but they seemed to have knives…" "N.. no way.." the girls then went running while I only glance at them.

"Cat…? Can't be…?" I thought walking by the alleyway, then I glanced at the alleyway and saw Ikuto sitting there all hurt "Eh…! Ikuto!" I said walking towards him while he only glances at me. He had bruises and a little blood on his face, and he had the arm bleeding.

"… what, you?" he said while I look at the floor and see some blood "Blood…!" I thought "Y.. you're hurt…?" I said approaching him while Yoru is licking his arm, wherw a bruise is found "Annoying, Go away" he said turning his head to the other side while I growl a little but kneel on the floor next to him, then I open my bag and start to look for my handkerchief "… Hey…" he said glancing at me sideway.

Then I found my handkerchief and start to pat his cheek, where there was a bruise and some blood, "Ow…" he said "So uncool, lying around hurt. You're really like a stray cat…" I said still pating him while he softens his look and glances at me "Ouch… ouch…" he said wincing in pain while I get shocked "You ok? S.. sorry where-" I started to say but then was interrupted when suddenly he grabs my arm and drag me closer to his face, our faces where inches apart "I lied" he said smirking while I blush "..Wh… YOU! IDIOT!" I said hitting his head with my hands "Ouch, ouch! Careful, careful!" he said wincing in pain.

Then I stop hitting him "Ah… I'm dead" he said falling, and his head landed on my lap "Wha..? Hey… you're heavy!" I said blushing and pulling a little of a strand of his hair "I'm hurt…" he says closing his eyes "…What's with this situation…" I thought "Knee Pillow!" Ran, Miki and Su say with stars on their eyes, and blushing.

"Lying on my lap… my knees are hurting… your hair is tickling… even your hair is like cat's fur…? He looks like a big cat… he'd actually be cute if he was always like this…" I thought stroking his hair, while my hand approaches his ear.

Then he suddenly opens his eyes "Don't touch anywhere erotic, perverted kid" he said "Wha…! Perver…?" I started to say retreating my hand away "My weak spot, my ears, just like you" he said smirking while I start to blush madly.

End of FLASHBACK.

"What did you mean by 'Just like you'?" she asked "Oh so you remembered? Well sometime…. Well no… the third time we met I went to your house, and you were drinking milk on your balcony, and I bit your ear and you blushed like crazy and started to yell at me" I said while Amu puts the funny face again.

FLASHBACK:

Amu's POV

"Ah, the bath is free, huh?" I said coming out of the bathroom, from my warm bath, then I walked into the room "Fly Fly~ Butterfly~" sang Amy with a microphone on her hand "Bravo Ami-chan!" said Tsumugu "You look like Utau-chan~" said Midori "What the…?" I said a little freaked out at the scene "Oh you don't know? Look, it's on the TV…" said Midori "Ehhh! That girl…" I said looking at the TV very surprised "She's the new idol Hoshina Utau-chan!" said Midori.

"She was originally a model at age 13! Her debut song is #1 on the charts!" said Midori blushing a little "Ami will be Utau-chan in the future" said Ami blushing little bit, still holding the microphone "Utau is falling behind as papa's shining star" said Tsumugu "Ami-chan look over here" said Midori while holding a camera, taking pictures of Ami "Dry your hair properly" said Midori while Amu is drying her hair.

"Ah… I'm restricted to milk after the bath" I said with a bottle of milk on my balcony "Even though you're a heroine" said Su "Amu-chan, your father is going to the bath" said Ran looking at the sky "Still I was surprised she's a performer… is it possible that cat-eared boy was her boyfriend…?" I thought out-load while chugging my milk when suddenly the certain cat-eared boy named Ikuto appears out of nowhere "Nope" said Ikuto with Yoru on his side "Ack" I said while spitting out my milk.

"Your chest sticks out while you drink that" said Ikuto "You spated milk" said Miki "Even though you're a heroine" said Ran "Wha.. wha.. wha.. I'm greatly indebted… what are you doing here?" I said freaking out "What…? Nothing much…" said Ikuto glancing at me while putting his hands on his pockets, and I start to blush.

"Anyway, my eggs weren't Embryos so..." I started to say but was cut off by Ikuto handing me a bag "Huh? What… is this?" I asked "It's for you, it's compensation" Yoru said while I look at the inside "Ah! It's a ton of snacks!" said Ran "It's all rice crackers and stuff..." said Su "It's like something you give to your grandmother..." said Miki "What? Compensation?" I asked confused "You were making a snack like this…" he said "… Ah no way! The tart!" I said surprised.

"H… huh? It's totally different!" I said "Uh… the snacks were for everyone, right?" he asked "No!" I said "… Well, it's not that different" he said "It's different!" I said "… I… don't really know, but… is he possibly trying to apologize…" I thought "Well, that's all for now" Yoru said "Ah… wa-wait…!" I said while he glances at me "Ah… eh… um… um…" I said all nervous "I have to say something…" I thought.

"Why... why are you looking for the Embryo? What is 'Ikuto's wish'…?" I finally said "… Alright. I'll tell just you. Let me see your ear" he said leaning closer "My… ears…" I said blushing while his hands start to grab my face "It's alright, look…" he said leaning closer "Huh… really…?" I said blushing "Ahh, it's a secret?" he said leaning forwards my ear "U… umm…" I said nervous and blushing while he suddenly bites my ear "Ah… Agh!" I screamed blushing like crazy and sliding away from the boy "Yay~ You were fooled" he says "You! Perverted idiot, you lying perverted cat!" I said flustered "Amu-chan sure is lively" said Su "It was just a joke, getting the Embryo is unavoidable, that Easter guy has moved… if you're on that child king's side and not ours, you're an enemy" he says while climbing the balcony rail while I stand there surprised.

End of FLASHBACK.

"Oh, I remember, so what happened after you said 'Just like you'?" she asked "Well you dropped my head on the floor and I took you to the amusement park" I said while Amu makes the funny face… again.

FLASHBACK:

Amu's POV

"Just like you" said Ikuto while I have an annoyed face on and grab his head and drop it to the floor "Ow, what are you doing.. that hurt!" said Ikuto holding his head "I should've never worried about you, if you can say sexually harassing things then your fine" I said crossing my arms and looking at another direction "Concrete was underneath you know!" he said.

"You sure aren't cute… then… let's go" he said getting up and grabbing his violin "E… h? You ok? To walk?" I said confused "You woke me up… come on your home's this way right?" he said "He's gonna walk you home ~Nya" said Yoru.

"I didn't know this street…" I said while we were walking by a strange street "It's a short-cut… next, this way" Ikuto said walking by a strange pathway "This isn't a street! Stray cat course!" I said freaked out while walking by a rail.

"W.. wait, where are we? So dark… Wa!" I said when suddenly a lot of light appears, and the image is an amusement park "Amazing, I thought it was always under construction… across that fence was an amusement park…" I said amazed "It'll soon be destroyed… but it quickly fails though… it works for a short while if you put on the breaker" Ikuto said looking up with his hands on his pockets "He… e…" I said still amazed "Wanna ride! Wanna play!" said Ran, Miki and Su with stars on their eyes.

"I stopped doing this when I was three! No, no! Only little kids enjoy amusement park!" I said stubbornly "No one's watching" Ran, Miki and Su said "Which one shall we go!" I said suddenly with stars on my eyes while Ikuto is just silent "I wanna ride the horses" said Miki "Jet coaster!" said Su. I rode the horses really happy with an excited Miki at my side, then the roller coaster really panicked with a panicked Su at my side, and laughed all along with Ran at my side.

"It helps to relieve daily stress" said Ran happily "Had so much fun" said Miki also happily "So nice that kids are so silly…" Ikuto said boredly with his arms crossed "Wait! This isn't my usual character so forget it, ok?" I said blushing "Ikuto aren't you going to ride?" I asked "I'm fine just watching you" he said "Come on you have to ride!" I said dragging him to a ride.

"The tea cup…" he said pouting sitting in a cup "Kiddy size too" Yoru said "So uncool, it doesn't suit you at all" I said laughing "You laugh too much" he said pouting "Ah so funny, I had fun, but I can't show this to my parents" I said wiping some happy-tears from my eyes "… Even though it's your family?" he said suddenly very interested "Yup! At home, I'm the outer character" I said "Outer character?" he asked.

"Mm.. guess you could say older sister character? I have a younger sister so I have to be tough and take care of both of us, when we go to the amusement park we always go around rides my sister Ami likes" I said while Ikuto looks surprised "I don't hate my outer character, but actually, sometimes I wish I could ride only what I like" I said.

"… You're strong" he suddenly said "Eh?" I said confused "If I could change characters like that, I wonder if it'll be easier… this amusement park: we used to come here a lot, but it will soon be gone.. it all ends, no more time to decide which ride you wanna try, it all ends" he said putting his chin on the palm of his hand, looking to another direction.

"Ikuto… what kind of things Ikuto is thinking… what worries is he facing it's all too hard for me to understand but…" I thought "You know… even though it's my fist time here, whatever days left to this amusement park to me today's just the beginning, so Ikuto too… why not make today a new beginning?" I said while Ikuto looks amazed and surprised.

Then suddenly everything goes off "Wh.. what?" I said confused "It stopped… the brakes failed… shall we go home Amu?" he said looking at the sky "… yeah" I said getting up from the teacup.

End of FLASHBACK.

"Oh, so that was it… amazing! Hey why did you give me a bag of snacks on my balcony?" she asked all curious "Oh, that… well I kind of ruined the tart you were making…" I said looking down while Amu gets the funny face once more.

FLASHBACK:

Amu's POV

I was at the school's cooking room with my apron ready to make snacks for Tadase "See, it's over here, it's the school's cooking room" Nadeshiko said "Won't we get in trouble?" I said "Nope. I'm a guardian." Nadeshiko said "She talks like a powerful person…" I thought "No boundaries" Miki said "Now let's get started. Fruit tarts are on the menu. First you whip the butter…" she said while I start to do everything she says.

A FEW MINUTES LATER...

"It's done!" I said amazed "Beautifully done! Now while this cools we will make the cream, Amu-chan whip this" she said walking out of the room "Huh… where are you going?" I asked "I'm going to get the fruit." She said finally walking out of the room "She's a good person Amu-chan" Ran said "Seems like you made a friend" Miki said "Yea... but I didn't do this myself... I wonder if I could make this on my own..." I said looking at the bowl containing whipped cream "You can~? You can do it Amu-chan" a sweet voice said "Wha..." Ran and Miki say looking at a floating green egg, with clovers.

"Character Chan..." the sweet voice coming form the egg starts to say but gets taken away by a guy with midnight blue hair and midnight blue eyes with a cat-like Chara at his side "Yes, the end" he said "Aren't you coming…?" he said while smirking sitting on the window frame "The perverted cat-ear cosplaying guy!" I said pointing at the boy "Cos… hey you…" he said "This… is the third floor… how did you get in the window…!" I said freaked out "'Cause I'm a cat" he said getting up from the window frame and walking towards me.

"Don't come near me pervert! This is a crime preventing buzzer!" I said while he holds up the egg "Eeek, eeek, help me~" says the sweet voice from the egg "The third egg...!" I thought "Ah..." I start to say "Now, this is an Embryo isn't it…?" he said licking the egg "Give it back!" I said starting to run towards him "Embryo...?" I thought while running towards him. Then I try to grab the egg and look up and see his eyes staring back, I start to get lost on them, and I think he was also getting lost in my eyes then we fall to the floor and the eggs also falls and rolls a little. I was under him while we continue to stare at each other "Why… why are you trying to steal my eggs? What is an Embryo…?" I asked still not breaking the eye-contact.

"That's far enough!" Nadeshiko said while me and the boy get surprised "I see you've let yourself in, thieving cat! Are you okay, Amu chan!" she said "Uhh… yeah…" I said rushing to her while I blush madly "What… was I doing…" I thought "Temari Character Change" said Nadeshiko "Okay... Chin Ton... Shan" says Temari waving slowly a Sakura flower then a spear appears in Nadeshiko's hand and starts to swing it towards the boy while he dodges it "I'm going to strike you down! So be on your guard" Nadeshiko said with fire in her eyes "Ehh~ This is her Character!" Me, Ran, and Miki thought a liitle shocked.

While dodging, the boy steps in the counter where the tart and flips it by accident and it breaks "Ah!" I start to say "Amu-chan were changing character too" Ran said panicked "What to do, what to do" Miki said also panicked "The snacks are destroyed..." I thought then the green egg starts to crack up and the sweet voice coming from the egg starts to talk again "Don't be confused, don't be confused. Then a person comes out of the egg "Suu is here, thank you for waiting~" the person coming out of the egg said while me, Miki and Ran stand there amazed.

"The Third Guardian Character...!" I thought "Leave it to Suu, I will reslve it smoothly~" Suu said "Chips, Syrup, Whipped Cream!" said Suu shaking a whip while Amu's pin changes into a clover and suddenly a bowl of cream appears, so Amu starts to whip it. But the whipping created an inmense flood of whipped cream and everyone is swimming, or more like struggling to breathe.

"R-r-r-raw cream flood!" I said panicked "I'm drowning~" Suu said when finally she gets out of the whipped cream "That was a close one~" said Suu "What's with this bad character!" I said "Is... is this... are we going to become snacks...!" I thought.

We finally got out of the cream-flooded room "Ooof..." I said sitting up from the whipped cream "You… you saved…" I start to say but I see a tall blond girl with purple eyes "A beautiful person…" I thought "Hmph" she said walking away from me "Huh? She scowled…" I thought confused "Ikuto, what are you playing at, Ikuto?" she said directing the word to the boy of before "… Utau…" he said "It's not this girl's third Embryo after all, We have no more business here, let's go" she said "Again... the Embryo? What kind of..." I started to say "Don't play dumb! You're after the Embryo too, aren't you, sorry, but we're going to find it first. My and Ikuto's wishes will be granted..." Utau said"Don't say so much, let's go" he said getting up "Ikuto…" she said.

"Amu-chan! Look! The tart is broken" Ran said "Ah…" I said walking towards the room "This is so cruel…" said Temari "Even though we worked so hard…" Miki said "… It's… it doesn't matter… "It wasn't like me to do something like this anyway, having something bad was better than nothing but… I'm not alright…" I said with tears falling out if my eyes "Amu-chan should we make another?" Nadeshiko said "No, we don't even have time to…" I said wiping my tears away while Ikuto glances at me "Ikuto let's go" Utau said.

End of Flashback.

"Oh, and… hey I have another question…" she said twiddling her fingers "And what is that?" I said curious "Well…"

TO BE CONTINUED

LOL, did you like it? Sorry if it was short, but I think that's my limit to a day -.-'LOL, just kidding, it's just that I have it on my notebook (I was writing it in school today) and it's very short, haha so… sorry!

WAS IT LONG ENOUGH? IF YOU WANT IT LONGER, THEN JUST TELL ME, BUT THAT MEANS I HAVE TO SACRIFE TIME I DON'T HAVE… any way I hope you enjoyed it!

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