Morg: Heyo! So you guys liked that last chapter, eh?

Ikuto: Who said that?

Amu: I think she's making it up.

Morg: No way! My readers like my 'I Killed Wednesdays' idea!

Ikuto: Again, who said that?

Amu: Just let her feel like she can own something.

Morg: ;^;

~Killed With Kisses~

Ikuto knew that Amu didn't have much strength left. The girl could barely sit up anymore due to the numerous bullet holes in her perfect skin. The sight made Ikuto seethe with anger. How dare they harm her? Ikuto would not let one of them live.

With his anger fueling his need, Ikuto began killing off as many men as he could. Their number still put him at a great disadvantage, though he was pleased to see that Amu would not allow herself to be taken even if she couldn't move well. Any of the men that happened to get near her ended up dead without Ikuto being the one to kill them.

Something the scientist had decided to upgrade in his second humanoid was the reflexes they possessed. Amu's were faster than the average human, yes, but Ikuto's were even faster. They had to be in order to hold his own against the first nonhuman that was created. This put Ikuto at the advantage. He could not only swoop in and kill the stupid humans, but he could also dodge any bullets they shot at him with ease.

Still, with all his powers and grace, bullets managed to find their mark. Ikuto took out a vast number of soldiers as they came for him and Amu. Even with the amount that Amu had managed to kill before Ikuto got there, there were too many. Slowly, Ikuto felt his strength begin to leave as his moves became slower and the number of bullets his body took increased.

Luckily, he and Amu could not bleed. No, the bullets were simply lodged in their bodies so they could not push them out and fix themselves. This is what made them weak, made their bodies slowly begin to stop listening when they tried to move.

Knowing that he didn't have much strength left, Ikuto staggered his way over to where Amu lay slumped against the ground. "I'm sorry, Amu."

Lifting her head to see the man she couldn't decide what to think about moving towards her, Amu let out a small cry from her throat. "Ikuto."

Bullets ripped through his flesh as Ikuto didn't even try to avoid them. There were definitely less men shooting now, but they were still letting the bullets fly. "I didn't want to do it."

Smiling a little, Amu decided. This was the end. They'd be taken back and killed in order to rewrite their brains to once again become mindless killing machines. This was the closest to dying either of them would ever get. Before that happened, however, Amu decided that she would live for a bit longer. "No, I'm glad."

"Amu-"

Gasping out as Amu felt a few more of her functions shut down, the pink haired drone held her hand out towards the other. She watched Ikuto stare at her hand for only a second before he took it. "I got to be normal. I got to experience human things. Friendship, high school, love."

Ikuto listened as his body alerted him to the fact that his legs were useless. However, none of that mattered. Amu's words rang through his head. "At first, I got close to you using your desire to experience those things. I manipulated you and the people you care about to do my job. In the end… In the end I wanted you to have the things you wanted. I did everything to not carry out my task. I'm sorry."

"I'm not."

"But I brought them here."

Squeezing the hand within hers, Amu listened as the men that were sent to capture them slowly closed in on them. A few more bullets penetrated her skin, leaving the number her body already contained to be well above her knowledge. "Why did you try to help me? Why let yourself get injured? They're going to take us back and wipe our brains and everything. You could have kept all your memories and still got me in the process. Why kill yourself this way?"

Ikuto knew what she was asking. He knew the reasons for her questions. She'd already told him that very reason. He was hesitating. Hesitating and hating himself for it. With the humans already so close, Ikuto just let the rest go. "Because I love you. That won't be you. I wouldn't be with you. Not the you that I love. It would be torture to see your face and touch your hand and know that it isn't you. I won't do that."

Smiling, Amu pulled her failing body closer to Ikuto's. "Look at us. Two created, artificial humans that should not have the ability for such feelings, and yet they are there. Our creator must have added a little extra that wasn't in the blueprints. I don't regret this, Ikuto. Because even for a short amount of time, I got to love you."

Amu was right. These feelings that he had for her were not supposed to be there and yet they had developed. Fully and completely unaware, the need and want to protect Amu from everything had established within Ikuto's manmade heart. "Since they will take us, I want you to do one thing for me."

Amu rested her heavy head against Ikuto's chest as they lay in the grass. The bullets that whizzed through the air above them could not hit them where they lay. For a moment she felt as if it were only the two of them again. "Anything."

"Kiss me."

"But-"

"I know. I want it anyways."

Shakily, Amu turned them both so they'd face each other. "They say that my kiss will suck the soul out of whomever I give it to."

Chuckling quietly, Ikuto managed to brush his knuckles along Amu's beautiful jaw. "My soul is already yours."

A feeling unlike any other that Amu had ever experienced welled up inside of her. "This could kill you."

Laughing again, Ikuto pulled Amu closer to himself. "I'd rather die this way than what they are going to do to us."

"Ikuto, I-"

Placing his fingers against her lips, Ikuto stopped Amu from what she was about to say. "Just once, just once I would like to feel this. Your lips against mine. I know it is selfish for me to ask. I shouldn't even be allowed to love you, but I do."

Wanting to cry, Amu let a sound she'd never made before rip from her throat as she pulled Ikuto to her. Their lips crashed together in a messy sort of way considering neither of them had much control over their bodies. A blinding white light emitted from where their bodies connected. Amu wasn't sure what was going on, but that didn't stop her from kissing the boy she loved. Ikuto wanted to die this way. He wasn't human so the process probably wasn't the same, but Amu couldn't help herself. The feeling she had while they kissed was one that made her entire body tingle. Even her systems that had previously shut down felt alive again as their lips connected.

Ikuto wasn't sure what was happening, but he enjoyed it fully. Though he had never really thought about it before, this was how Amu killed. Others had gotten to feel this. The touch of Amu's lips against their own. Sensations rocked his body and yet Ikuto didn't feel as though this were the end. In fact, he felt stronger.

Pulling back, Amu was prepared to see a lifeless Ikuto. Instead, she felt the arms around her tighten and a nose bury into her neck. "I-Ikuto?"

"I don't understand either, but my body is telling me that I'm 100% all systems go."

Amu took a second to test her own systems. A mental check told her that she too was completely healed. "We were made to complement each other, yes?"

"Yes."

"Looks like our creator decided that my main killing move would be to your advantage."

Grinning, Ikuto pulled back to look into Amu's eyes. "I might have to get hurt more often."

Smacking the man that held her, Amu suddenly remembered the men still moving towards them. They were still focused and hell-bent on taking Amu and now Ikuto back to the lab to rewrite their brains. "You know, everyone is probably wondering where I went. I didn't tell them I was coming to get you."

"I'm sure they figured it out. Kukai is going tease us about doing something naughty when we get there."

Blushing but smiling, Amu gave Ikuto one more chaste kiss to his lips. "Just making sure you really are healed. Now let's not make them wait any longer."

Ikuto was prepared for Amu to simply jump up and for them to continue on with their killing spree. However, he was surprised when Amu shot out of his arms and up into the air. The men on the ground were suddenly very focused on the flying pinkette, leaving Ikuto to move quietly with his catlike abilities in order to take them down. He managed to snag a gun and made quick work of the rest in the area.

Landing beside her lover, Amu let Ikuto pull her in for another kiss. "We should go."

Ikuto nodded before throwing down the gun he'd been holding. Wrapping his arms tighter around Amu's waist, Ikuto let his breath ghost along her neck. "You could get us there faster."

Laughing, Amu pulled the man with her up into the air. She barely noticed the change in weight as she flew them towards her apartment. As they neared it, Amu and Ikuto kept their senses on high in case any of the men sent after them were near. They found none so they continued to the bottom of her steps.

Stopping them, Ikuto pulled Amu around to face them. "We cannot stay for long."

Nodding, Amu knew that the man was right. "We can't leave them unprotected. Easter knows that they are important."

Guilt flooded his system as Ikuto realized rather quickly that he was the reason the organization knew anything about the people that they considered friends. He hadn't been in love with his target when he'd reported about them. "I can't believe that I-"

"Don't. That was before. Let's focus on now. We have to get them somewhere safe."

Not wanting to do this and wishing he had something else to suggest, Ikuto sat on the bottom steps of the staircase that led up to Amu's apartment. "I think it is time we confessed."

Feeling shock flood her system again, Amu's eyes widened. "We can't!"

Sighing, Ikuto knew there wasn't another way for their friends to understand. "We don't have much of an option. They won't understand the seriousness of the situation unless we tell them everything."

Moving to sit beside Ikuto, Amu took his hand into her hers. She couldn't help the feelings she felt. Maybe their creator had done a little too good of a job making them more like humans with their emotions. "What if they no longer want to be our friends?"

Frowning, Ikuto entwined his fingers with Amu's. "That won't be the case, and even if that's what they decide, we still need to keep them safe."

Nodding her head, Amu knew that Ikuto was right. Even if everyone in her apartment at the moment told her that they hated her now, Amu would still protect them without thought. "We could send them to Utau's. She's famous enough now that they will have plenty of protection there. Maybe not for a long period of time but enough."

"Enough for what? What are you thinking?"

"I want to finish this."

Having predicted this earlier, Ikuto couldn't help the smile on his face. "I want to, too."

Squeezing the hand in hers, Amu pushed herself to her feet before pulling Ikuto up as well. "Shall we go see what they decide?"

Nodding, Ikuto couldn't wait to face any sort of future that had Amu in it.

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Morg: I'm so sappy sometimes it hurts.

Ikuto: I had no idea that I would be like that.

Amu: That was ridiculous.

Morg: A good sort of ridiculous, right?

Ikuto: I have no comment.

Amu: Nope.

Morg: ;^;