Morg: Heyo!

Ikuto: Just type the damn chapter!

Amu: Yeah! We've been waiting long enough!

Morg: I thought you didn't like this story, Amu.

Ikuto: She changed her mind because she wants to be with me!

Amu: Yeah! Wait… no! I didn't!

Morg: Oh whatever!

Ikuto: You don't own us, I own Amu. Write.

Amu: This is bullshit.

~Killed With Kisses~

Three laps around the track provided Amu and Utau with enough exercise to warm up their muscles for the upcoming soccer match. Ikuto and Kukai were already kicking soccer balls back and forth to each other in the middle of the field. Their moves were mostly just Kukai showing off his skills and Ikuto saving the balls from flying way off the field. Amu had to admit that the tall boy had skills. He was as graceful as she knew he'd be.

"Just wait until I kick his ass! Damn that boy thinking he can beat me! Me, Amu! Me!"

The shorter of the two girls just giggled as they stopped their easy jog to start stretching. They were both used to working out and the good practices it took to keep their bodies in shape. "It's alright, Utau. You'll get to show him what's up while we play. You can cover him while I take care of Ikuto."

The tall blonde smirked at her friend before shifting silently closer to the girl. "Yeah, because you want to 'take him on', don't you?"

Amu flushed at Utau's whispered comment. Her real reason was to be able to play head to head with the lanky boy in order to find out his strengths and weaknesses. That knowledge was priceless if he turned out to be working for the Guardians. She couldn't possibly let this opportunity slip past her. Amu would feel like a failure and probably turn herself in for such an idiotic move. "Is it that obvious?"

"Only to me."

Of course, she was going to play that card. Why not let Utau think she was right? Amu had nothing to lose. If her famous friend decided to tell Ikuto about what she assumed to be Amu's crush on him then the pinkette would just have to tell him that she didn't like him that way. Then again, Ikuto was good looking enough to have any girl in the world. There was no reason why he'd pick her, and she definitely didn't want him to. The whole being able to kill by kissing someone sort of ruined any chance of a romantic relationship. Not that the teen particularly minded. "Don't tell on me."

Utau smiled as she bent forwards to stretch out the back of her legs. Amu glanced over her friends shoulder to see both boys watching the rock star stretch out her limbs. Making eye contact with the girl before her, Amu noticed that Utau was once again smirking. "What? Like I didn't know that they'd be looking. It's called distraction. I'm just trying to get their focus off the game and on my ass. Is it working?"

Letting her eyes slip once again to the boys that were still watching them, Amu confirmed Utau's plan. "Yep, they're definitely staring at you. Want me to flip them off?"

Laughing as she turned around and waved at the boys, Utau decided to decline that offer. "Yeah, keep looking. Idiots."

Amu laughed as well. Leave it to Utau to make sure that they had every advantage possible. "Shall we get this show on the road?"

"I'm ready when you are. HEY BOYS! WHO GETS THE BALL FIRST?"

Kukai new from experience that if he let Amu have the ball first then he'd hardly touch it for the rest of the game. "Since Amu went first last time, we'll go first this time."

Ikuto simply smirked his agreement, leaving the girls to shrug at each other. "Let's just see how long you can keep it."

Kukai glared as they faced each other in the middle of the field. He'd been practicing every day since Amu had beaten him so that he'd be ready for this moment when it came again. There was no way that he was letting the girls win. He'd even gone as far as doing research and watching all the potential teammates that attended his school. Ikuto had seemed most likely to be a benefit so Kukai had chosen him. After about two weeks of begging, Ikuto finally agreed.

To start off the game, Kukai kicked the ball to his teammate and took off running down the field. Ikuto used some fancy footwork to move the ball past Amu and continue to dribble down the field. Kukai was doing his best to get open but Utau was harder to shake than he'd liked to have believed. Her long legs made her keep up at his pace, but she only made him more determined to beat them.

Using several moves that he'd been practicing, Kukai managed to get far enough away from his idol to receive a pass from his teammate. Amu was getting too close to stealing the ball away from Ikuto for his comfort so he wanted to put it out of her reach. "Sorry kitten, you'll have to play harder than that."

Sending a glare at her chosen opponent, Amu guarded him as if her life depended on it. There was no way for Kukai to pass the ball back, and Utau was making it hard for him to get the ball closer to the goal. After moving back and forth across the field a few times and actually losing ground, Utau managed to swipe the ball from him and take off down the field with it.

Amu instantly went into playing offense and took off with her friend. Ikuto and Kukai were quick to catch up and slow their progress at first until Ikuto managed to steal the ball back while Utau was passing it to Amu.

The game continued as such for over two hours without either teams scoring. It was back and forth around the middle of the field. The spectators, Kairi, Yaya, Tadase, Nagi and Rima were getting rather bored. Well, Yaya was still cheering her heart out for both teams to win. Rima pointed out that if they ended the game without scoring then they would both win. This only caused the frantic girl to cheer harder and for Kairi to look even more worried about the girl.

"Yaya-san, you might want to sit down for a little bit. Your face is turning red."

"Yaya can't sit down! Yaya has to cheer for Kukai, Ikuto, Amu-chi and Utau-chan!"

Rima rolled her eyes before grabbing the hysterical girl's hand and pulling her down onto the ground. "If you don't take a short break and just breathe then I will personally make sure that you don't get any candy for at least a week."

Yaya's mouth instantly closed and she shut her eyes and focused on her breathing, just like Rima told her to.

Kairi smiled, though no one could see it, as he watched Yaya do her best to stay calm. Rima kept her glare on the girl for at least two minutes before she sighed. "Good enough."

"GO AMU-CHI! COME ON, KUKAI! GET HER, IKUTO! YOU CAN DO IT, UTAU-CHAN!"

Nagi chose this moment to move closer the blonde sitting on the ground near him. "She never stops."
"Who told you that you could talk to me?"

Without paying any mind to what she'd said to him, the boy with long purple hair only smiled back at her. "So who do you want to win?"

"Obviously Amu and Utau."

"Then I'll cheer for Kukai and Ikuto. Shall we make a bet?"

This sparked her attention despite her seemingly disinterest in the boy besides her. "What are you willing to lose to me?"

The correct answer would be that he'd give anything for her or to her, but Nagi figured that that was too deep of an answer. "What makes you think you'll be winning?"

"They aren't going to lose."

"We'll see. I was thinking that if Ikuto and Kukai win-"

"Which they won't."

"I said if. If they win then you have to go on a date with me."

"And if Amu and Utau win?"

"Name your terms."

This made the usually quiet blonde stop and think for a moment. Plenty of thoughts were rushing through her mind, and despite not wanting to admit it, she actually wanted to know what a date with 'the purple headed freak' would be like. Nagi, of course, never needed to know that. "I want the newest gag manga and a back rub. You also have to do whatever I say for three days. And the days are of my choosing and don't have to be consecutive."

"Deal."

His quick agreement surprised the girl. She had counted on him arguing with her for at least a few moments before they settled on the terms of their bet. She hid her depression rather well behind her look of total uncaring. "Don't forget it."

The smile he put on his face hid the excitement he was really feeling. Even if he did lose this bet, her terms required him to spend time with her. Three whole days to be exact. "Trust me, I won't."

Were those shivers that just ran down her spine?

Totally unaware of the fact that their friends were making bets on who would win the game, the battle on the soccer field stayed even. Spectacular plays were being made and shots that looked promising were being taken, but equally amazing saves continued to happen. Amu was cheating slightly by using her powers just a little to make her faster and quicker, but no matter how fast she seemed to move, Ikuto's agility prevented her from schooling them.

The pinkette could tell that Utau and Kukai were getting tired from the game. She suspected that Ikuto was as well, considering he was breathing harder than usual, even if he didn't want to show his fatigue. Amu knew that she could continue to play for however long it was required of her, but she was never more thankful when Kairi stood up and declared the game over.

The motive behind the brilliant boy's decision was the fact that Yaya seemed close to fainting. Due to his normally cold behavior towards everyone and her amazing ability to ignore his harsh attitude, he was beginning to like the over eccentric girl. "Sorry guys! It's getting late and we all need to be getting home soon. If we're going to have time for dinner then we need to call the game."

Amu and Utau simply nodded their heads. Kukai was breathing too hard to disagree and Ikuto simply picked up the ball and placed it under his arm. "Too bad for you, Amu. I was going to give you a kiss if you would've won."

The pinkette, who was currently pretending to be out of breath and tired, paused to stare at the boy before her in alarm. "I don't want to know what you were going to do if you won."

With a shrug and a smirk, Ikuto began walking away. "Make you kiss me."

"AS IF I WOULD!"

Utau had to actually hold her friend back from freaking out on the quickly departing boy. "It isn't worth the effort right now. Just get him back for that comment later. Come on, what are we having for dinner?"

Kukai suddenly appeared at Utau's side with his eyes once more full of energy. "Yeah, Hinamori! What's for dinner?"

"Am I cooking for an army or just you two?"

Without having to look at each other, Utau and Kukai reacted the same. "DOESN'T MATTER! I'M THAT HUNGRY!"

Maybe it was the fact that they'd screamed the same thing at the same time in the same way, or it could have been Amu's amused smile, but they turned to face each other while blushing. Without a word, Amu walked away and let them have some privacy.

Utau was the first to break the silence. "You aren't that bad of a soccer player."

With a slight blush, Kukai accepted her compliment and tried to return one of his own. "And you don't make my ears bleed when you sing."

For a moment, he feared that he'd said the wrong thing, but Utau only burst out laughing. Soon enough, Kukai was laughing with her and they were trying to support each other. Instead of staying on their feet, they ended up rolling around on the ground.

Amu watched from afar as her friend finally met a boy that could make her laugh. She remembered the rock star mentioning something about that long ago.

"G-good game, Amu-chan."

With a huge sigh, Amu turned to face the boy that had approached her. At least during the game he had an excuse for watching her. "Thanks Tadase."

With those pleasantries exchanged, they stood in an awkward silence until Amu simply didn't want to stand there anymore with him just looking at her. Without another word, she walked away and headed for her other friends. She noticed that Nagi and Rima were arguing while Kairi was trying to listen to Yaya give him instant replays from the game even though he'd just watched the whole thing with her.

Amu chose to see what Nagi and Rima were talking about. "What's up guys?"

The glare that Rima sent Amu made the girl almost feel threatened. Almost. "You should have won the damn game. Now we don't know who wins."

"What are you talking about?"

Nagi sent Amu a smile before launching into the explanation of the bet. "So you see we don't know who wins since no one did."

Noting that she'd probably have to deal with Utau and Kukai arguing about the same fact later on, Amu shrugged her shoulders. "It was a tie so we both won. Just do both of your terms."

Nagi was fairly certain that Amu was some sort of angel, sent from above to help him with his unrequited love. "I suppose that'll work."

Rima simply rolled her eyes again. "Fine, whatever. I don't care. See you tomorrow, losers."

"I'll be calling you Rima, to set up our date."

There were those damn shivers again.

"Amu! Let's hit the road! I want to shower before this loser gets to your place."

"What loser? In case you didn't notice, we just won!"

Ikuto shrugged as he traded glances with Amu. She was already mentally prepared for this argument. "Save it for dinner. Let's go."

Kukai looked as though he was ready to just head to her place now, but Ikuto stopped him. "Come on dude, let's go get ready and head over there for supper."

Finally tearing his eyes away from the love of his life, Kukai followed Ikuto with his head down in disappointment. Utau happened to see him leaving this way and figured his posture was due to the fact that he knew that he'd lost. "Yeah, you walk away!"

Kukai's head shot up as he spun around. "You just wait, Hoshina! I bet that whatever Amu makes, I'll eat way more than you will!"

"Is that a challenge?"

"It's a promise!"

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Morg: I wanted to keep going, but that seemed like such a cute place to stop it.

Ikuto: Doesn't matter, we know it's really because you're lazy.

Amu: Too lazy.

Morg: Yep, because the mountains of homework that I've been hiking this weekend have nothing to do with my updating habits.

Ikuto: They shouldn't.

Amu: Whatever. Just review so Morg will stop her crying.

Morg: … Not crying…