Morg: Heyo! Happy Memorial Day! Be you American or not, it's important to take time to remember those who fought and died for your country!

Ikuto: Can we just get on with the story?

Amu: Don't be in such a hurry, baka!

Morg: He does have a point. I haven't updated in a while…

Ikuto: You suck as an author. If you want to be good then you should update quicker.

Amu: Don't say that! You don't have the right! She doesn't own us and we don't own her.

Morg: Thanks for the support Amu, even if I know it's just so you can argue with Ikuto.

Amu: Welcome!

~Killed With Kisses~

Boring is how Amu wished her first day of school was going. The boy that had almost run her down yesterday was true to his word about seeing her since he was in her class. Amu had one heck of a time trying to ignore his constant chatter and plan her escape routes.

"So Hinamori, we friends now or what?"

Friends? Amu had never had friends before. Just coworkers and people chasing her. If she got to stay then she'd want at least one friend. This boy seemed totally innocent. There was no way that any of the students at her new school worked for the Guardians. They couldn't have possibly known that she'd come to this school. "Sure, Souma. We can be friends."

Kukai leaned back to give her a thumbs up. "Great! We're going running after school"!

Amu sighed. She should have known that she'd get roped into doing something athletic with this boy that never stopped moving. "Only if you can keep up."

Kukai's mouth fell slightly open. For the first time in his life someone didn't instantly try to get out of hanging out with him. His grin once again took over his face as he punched the air above his head. "Alright! Hinamori, I knew that I could count on you! Be ready after the bell rings!"

Amu let herself smile a small smile as the boy finally walked away to leave her to plan escape routes in peace. She knew the majority of the layout of the school and the rest she'd take the time to go over later when everyone else was gone. Amu couldn't be relaxed until she knew for sure that she was safe. Being safe meant they weren't chasing her and Amu knew that the only way that they'd stop chasing her was if they were all dead. Something she didn't want to do, but was quickly thinking about accomplishing. She liked this new life and this new friend.

The bell rang to signal that their free time was over and that it was time for lunch. Amu grabbed her bag and headed for the door. She knew what he was doing before Kukai did.

"Hinamori! Eat with me!" His arm wrapped around her shoulders. Amu let it happen. She knew that Kukai didn't mean anything threatening by the gesture. "Unless you have other plans?"

Amu laughed to herself. Yeah right. "Sure Souma. You can call me Amu if you want."

Kukai removed his appendage from its draped spot to fold his hands behind his head as he walked. "Naw, but you can call me Kukai."

Amu shrugged as she followed him out the door. "Whatever Kukai."

The boy's grin grew upon hearing his name. With a bit of a cocky strut, Kukai made his way down the hall with Amu right behind him. She felt slightly bad for using him as a human shield for surprise attacks even though she doubted one would come.

Kukai claimed to be saving her life as he showed her what foods were edible compared to which ones she should stay away from. "School food is dangerous if you don't know how to maneuver around it. For example, the Meatloaf Surprise put me in bed for a week with horrible-"

"I think she understands Souma."

Amu turned to look at the girl that she hadn't seen approach. The tiny girl would make the perfect ninja. She was small and silent with her movements. Amu knew that someone such as this girl should be befriended as soon as possible. In fact, Amu hoped that this friendship would be real rather than just a front to gain the support of someone with talents she could use.

"Thanks for saving me…"

"Mashiro Rima. Don't worry about it. Kukai doesn't have a filter in his head. He says anything and everything that passes through those few remaining brain cells."

"Jealous Rima?"

Amu and Rima stared at the brown haired boy before them. He grinned before winking and walking away to an empty table. Slowly, the two girls followed him.

"Was he serious?"

"I have no idea."

Rima giggled, causing Amu to actually smile. "I think you and I are going to be good friends Amu. You make me laugh."

Amu felt a sweat drop coming on. Good friends just because she could make the girl laugh? Did it matter that she could also kill her with a kiss? Or for that fact just her bare hands. "I'm glad?"

"Yes you are! Let's go eat with Kukai before he decides that we're taking too long and comes back for us."

Amu simply followed the shorter blonde to the table that Kukai was already wrestling his food at. "The chicken fried steak is a little tough today."

Amu watched as Kukai didn't release the chuck of meat from his teeth as he explained his actions to the two girls. Rima and Amu shot sidelong glances at each other to see that they shared a similar look of disbelief upon seeing and listening to Kukai. Finally, Rima shrugged and started eating her salad. Amu looked down at her own chicken fried steak that Kukai had assured her was edible. Watching him now, she wasn't so sure.

"This would be a lot easier if we could use a knife to cut it up!"

Amu looked up to see Kukai taking a break from all the attacking he'd been doing. His meat only had a few bite marks, but otherwise looked fine. Amu's mind drifted to several of the knives that she had hidden on her person at the moment. It'd be too easy for her to pull one out and cut up the offending lunch. "Hey Kukai, take a break. I'll bring this right back."

Kukai stared as Amu scooped his chicken fried steak off his plate and with hers, left the cafeteria. Rima also stared, but with another shrug, she went right back to eating her salad in silence.

Amu moved down the hall with precision as she headed for the girls restroom. Once inside she checked for other girls. One stall was in use so Amu figured she'd be fine as long as she hurried. With lightening speed, Amu pulled a knife from its hiding spot on her body. She flipped it through the air and caught the handle in her right hand before making quick work of the stubborn meat. Once it was sliced, Amu cleaned the blade and flipped it in her palm so the blade was in flat against her skin. Amu fought back a shiver of excitement as she felt the coolness of the blade. Taking a deep breath, Amu stored the knife where it belonged and turned to leave only to come face to face with a surprised classmate.

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Kukai drummed his fingers on the table before him. The rest of his food was already gone and now his stomach was screaming for that chicken fried steak that his new supposedly friend stole right off his plate. Then again she'd promised to come back but she never said that she'd bring his food back. Kukai stood to go find his food.

"Sit down Souma. I already told you that you don't know where she went. I'm sure that Amu will bring your rock hard food back to you. Just be patient."

Kukai scoffed but sat back down anyways. Rima was right. Amu could be anywhere and there were places that Kukai couldn't go despite wanting to find his food at any cost. "If she's not back in five minutes, you're going to check the bathrooms for me."

"Why would she take your lunch into the bathroom with her?"

"Who knows what that new girl is thinking?"

"You are an idiot."

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Amu stared right back into the startled yet excited eyes of the girl before her. "Hello."

The girl giggled before moving to wash her hands. "Yaya thinks that what Amu-chi just did with that knife was really cool. Yaya wants to know why Amu-chi has a knife though. Maybe Amu-chi always carries knives in case she needs them to cut up her lunch? Maybe Yaya should ask Rima-chan?"

Amu wanted to plant her forehead directly into her palm. "What's it going to take to make sure you don't say anything to Rima or anyone else for that matter? I don't want to get into trouble for having a knife."

"Does Amu-chi think that Yaya is talking too much? Whenever Kukai-kun says that Yaya is talking too much he gives Yaya candy to make Yaya quiet."

"So you want candy?"

"Yaya loves candy!"

Amu felt that urge again to slam her head into something. Her hand probably wouldn't be hard enough anymore. "I'll get you some candy then if you keep this secret."

"Yaya isn't very good at keeping secrets but Yaya will try for Amu-chi!"

Was this girl serious, or was she really milking out every piece of candy she could? Amu couldn't tell if she was smart or just plain stupid. "Fine. I'll get Yaya lots of candy."

Yaya squealed before launching herself onto Amu. Amu was so shocked that she didn't have time to block the attack. She wasn't expecting to be glomped in the middle of the restroom.

"Yaya is super glad that Amu-chi is Yaya's new friend! Yaya wants to tell Kukai!"

Amu raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything as she grabbed the now bite sized pieces of meat and followed Yaya back to the cafeteria. She knew the moment she looked at him that Kukai was anxious about something. Amu went on high alert as she calmly scanned the cafeteria for any sign of a potential threat.

When she was about ten feet away from the table, Kukai noticed her return. The look of relief on his face made her more uneasy. Why did he look so relieved to see her? She hadn't been gone for very long.

"Finally! What did you do…. Yes! Victory shall be mine chicken fried steak! You are going down!"

Amu stared in surprise as Kukai snatched his food back and ate with a look of pleasure on his face. She glanced over at Rima. Rima shrugged back at her as Amu sat back down. "What just happened?"

"Kukai has been dying to have the rest of his lunch back. He almost went to look for you several times, but now I'm sure that he is glad that he waited for you to come back since you brought back all of his lunch in an easy to eat form."

So everything was caused by his want of his lunch? Amu was beginning to think that she was indeed safe in this school. Almost everyone seemed to be an idiot. She had yet to figure Rima out, but Amu was certain that the girl had some secret fetish with something that would make her just as weird. Then again they all had their own quirks, even Amu. Although, the ability to steal someone's soul through a kiss was a bit different than the love of candy. No matter how much that person loved candy.

"You're welcome Kukai."

Kukai gave her a quick thumbs up since he was still chewing. Amu returned it with a smile and began eating her own lunch. Having been forced to learn how to cook just about every dish from multiple countries, this lunch tasted horrible to the chef. "You really like this stuff Kukai?"

Swallowing a rather large bite, Kukai grinned. "Not really, but it's the best of the worse in here."

"Why don't you bring your own lunch then? Even you should be able to cook better than this."

Rima's movements seemed to freeze up a little. Amu noted that even the hungry Yaya, who was devoting her own lunch that she brought, seemed to slow down. Of course, she noticed these movements because she was taught to blend and blending meant being able to tell when she was doing something to draw attention to herself.

"There are a lot of kids in our family so it's easier for me to just buy my own lunch here instead of trying to make it."

Amu nodded. That was understandable but this wasn't. "So how about this, after we go for our run today, you come over to my house and I'll make you some dinner and if you like it then I'll start making you lunch."

Kukai about fainted at the thought of delicious food to eat every day. "YOU HAVE A DEAL HINAMORI!"

Amu half wished that he hadn't screamed his answer at her, but she felt good inside knowing that Kukai didn't have to eat this crap anymore. She'd have to pick up some groceries to make dinner and lunch for him, but it was worth it and she had the money that she'd stolen along her journey.

Rima sighed before putting her fork and salad bowl back inside the lunch bag that she'd brought them in. "I guess that means that Yaya and I should come over as well. Not just anyone can handle being alone with Kukai in small places."

Amu smiled and nodded. "Of course you and Yaya should come too."

Kukai looked over at the brown haired girl that wore pigtails. "Come to think of it Yaya, you've been pretty quiet today."

Yaya stared at Kukai before looking over at Amu. "Yaya is keeping Amu-chi's secret by not talking! Amu-chi is going to give Yaya some candy for trying her hardest."

Rima perked up a little at that. "What secret?"

"Yaya can't tell! Yaya wants candy!"

Amu sighed. "She saw me when I cut up the meat. That's all."

Rima nodded and went back to staring out at the other people in the cafeteria. If she made eye contact with a boy they'd faint. If she made eye contact with a girl, she'd glare until said girl looked away. It was an interesting game for the blonde.

Being a survivor also meant that Amu could eat anything. She ate her lunch without complaint before the bell rang, signaling that all the students needed to return to their afternoon classes.

Yaya was younger than the rest of them so she left for her class while Kukai, Rima and Amu walked back to theirs. The lessons passed with little drama and Amu began to finally feel herself relaxing into this new place. Her mind was still on alert for anything out of the ordinary but she no longer felt the need to strip search all of the students for any potential weapons.

True to her word, she met Kukai after school for their run. Rima and Yaya were instructed on where to go as to get to Amu's apartment. They said their goodbyes and heading in different directions.

"LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT HINAMORI!"

Amu laughed for the first time in years. "YOU'RE ON SOUMA!"

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The dark lab's light came from the glowing buttons along the panels that covered every wall and the tank sitting in the middle of the room. Suspended in the liquid was the Guardians newest weapon. He wouldn't have the same powers as Amu, but he'd be able to control her a little more than the rest of them could. In fact, he was probably the only thing now living that could fight a fair fight with her and he was almost complete.

The scientists in charge scurried around outside the tank. They worked day and night to complete their task so that their original creation could be restored to them. Their boss was already unhappy with the lot of them. If this new experiment didn't do what it was designed to do then they'd all be dead.

Inside the liquid, the teenage boy had consciousness that they were unaware of. Despite none of his senses working, he knew how many were out there and what they were doing. What he couldn't figure out was what he was supposed to do. He knew only one thing and that was the urge to find a girl. A girl with pink hair and the name Hinamori Amu.

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Morg: Oh jeez!

Ikuto: You're so lame during these end note things.

Amu: Just at the end notes?

Morg: Shut it guys! I'm just excited okay!

Ikuto: It's not okay!

Morg: Okay…? What would make it okay?

Ikuto: A lemon. Right now.

Amu: Ikuto! This is rated T! There won't be ANY lemons!

Ikuto: That's why it's not okay!

Amu: Whatever! Review guys!