Hello everyone! I'm back again!!! I'm sorry that it took so long to update, but this chapter was very difficult to write. Since the story was originally intended as a one-shot, I didn't want this chapter to seem like it was just added on only to keep the story alive even longer(Though, that is exactly what's going on...). And listen, I would appreciate it if no one asked me to give them the last Shugo Chara episode anymore after 1/10/09. That means you still have a few days to ask me.(And please remember that the episode name might change!!!!) Okay, then I hope you enjoy this! (Oh, and I forgot to do the disclaimer in the last chapter. Opps!!! But we all know that I'm not the owner anyway...)

I do not own Shugo Chara, Peach-Pit does!!!(If I did own it, believe me, Amu would have already chosen Ikuto a long time ago!!!)

The bittersweet smell of blueberries floated through the halls of Amu's house. The scent spread throughout every room, slipping under doors, imprinting itself into the furniture and blankets. It seeped into the room where a certain blue haired boy was sleeping peacefully and engulfed him in its unique smell. His eyes snapped open. The cogs in his brain began to turn again and he frowned in confusion. The bed felt strangely weightless and cold. He slowly extended one of his hands and felt the empty space next to him. He bolted upright and whipped his head around the room examining every little detail of the bedroom that didn't belong to him. He couldn't find what he was looking for…

The boy with dark blue hair leapt off the bed and sprinted to the door. He stuck his head out and looked around the hallway. What was this strange smell surrounding him? And where was she? He just couldn't find her. In a blind panic, he raced to the stairs and jumped from the top step all the way to the floor of the level below making a loud noise by doing so. He quickly straightened up and looked around. There were quiet quick footsteps coming from another room, getting louder with every tick of the clock.

Tick Tock Tick Tock

"Ikuto! What was that sound?" a frantic Amu asked as she quickly swept her gaze over the area around the young man. He engulfed her in his arms and leaned his head down close to her ear. Amu's face turned bright red and she started to squirm.

"You could have left a note or something," Ikuto murmured in her ear, his usual attitude kicking into action now that he knew Amu was fine. "It isn't nice to leave people all alone, completely unknowing, right?"

"Um…uh, I'm sorry I guess," Amu said, confused. "I just didn't think that you would've cared."

Ikuto suddenly became very serious. "You know, I've always cared about you. Tadase noticed. Utau noticed. All of your friends noticed… except you. You and your thick head. Maybe now that I've confessed my feelings to you, your beginning to see just how greatly I feel for you."

Amu stared into his eyes with a dazed expression and clouded eyes. Ikuto smirked at her and she quickly pulled out of his arms. She pushed him into the kitchen and the scent that had been surrounding him since he woke up became stronger.

"What is that smell?" Ikuto asked. "It's kinda like blueberries."

Amu rolled her eyes. "Because that's what it is, idiot."

"Aww, you're so cold sometimes, Amu," Ikuto said as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Her cheeks turned a delicate shade of pink and she began muttering to herself. He caught the words 'cat boy' and 'pervert'. Ikuto gave her his trademark smile and she pulled herself out of his arms. Amu took his wrist and dragged him to the kitchen.

"If that's what blueberries smell like when you cook, I'm kinda afraid to try whatever you've made," Ikuto said.

"Well, who said that you were going to get any anyway?"

"I'm just kidding. Come on; give me your blueberry concoction. I'm starving."

Amu handed him a plate piled high with blueberry pancakes. She took out a small bowl of strawberries out of the fridge and sat down in the chair next to Ikuto. She slowly ate each strawberry in the small dish.

"Aren't you hungry?" Ikuto asked as he cut off another piece of his pancakes and put it into his mouth.

"No, I had a big dinner last night before I found you."

Ran, Miki, Suu, and Yoru floated down the stairs and into the kitchen. They went up to Ikuto and sat down on the edge of his plate. He looked at them strangely, but didn't comment. All of the charas were half asleep with partially open eyes and hunched backs. Even Ran, who usually was always peppy in the morning. When they settled down on the plate (Yoru, even though half asleep, still sat next to Miki with a small smile.), they looked at one another slowly. Amu and Ikuto watched with curious expressions as the charas continued to stare at one another. Suddenly, each one plunged their faces into Ikuto's pancakes and started to eat.

"Hey!" Ikuto exclaimed as Amu began laughing uncontrollably, clutching her sides. The charas ignored Ikuto's cry and continued to greedily eat every last bit of the pancakes. After Yoru licked to plate clean, they all lay on their backs and stared at the ceiling.

"That was random…" Ikuto said. Amu picked up his plate and put it in the sink, still laughing quietly. She leaned back against the counter and looked around calmly. Ikuto looked at the locket hanging from her neck and smiled slightly. It seemed to belong there.

Ikuto felt something vibrating in his pocket and reached in to pull it out. It was his cell phone and a message was flashing across the screen saying that he got a new text message. It was from Utau.

'Ikuto, where r u? I need 2 c u b4 I leave 4 my tour. I'm the airport. If u don't com, I'll go get u myself! Love ya 3'

Ikuto sighed. Utau was just as obsessed with him as always. She'd probably kill Amu if she found out where he was. Ikuto looked up at Amu.

"That was Utau. I gotta go see her before she leaves for her tour."

" 'K. I have to go buy a dress for the dance latter anyway," Amu replied.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that…" Ikuto muttered quietly.

"Sorry, did you say something?"

"Nothing..." ikuto said quickly. "Well, see you, my little strawberry." He walked up to her and pulled her up against him. She leaned her face against his chest and muttered her goodbye. Ikuto smiled at her and put his hand under her chin. He lifted her face up to meet his and stooped down to press his lips to hers. He was worried to go too far with her, especially after she just woke up. Ikuto gently began caressing her lips with his own. Amu began to move her own lips in sync with his and she brought her hands up into his blue locks. He wrapped his arms around her petite waist and proceeded to stoop down even lower so that he had to support her weight with his arms. Amu gasped against his mouth and he smirked. He pulled her back upright again and reluctantly pulled his mouth away from hers. With that done, he abruptly began to walk to the front door.

"Yoru!" Ikutos' sharp call caused Yoru to wake up from his cat nap with a large jump and a scream. He raced after his retreating masters' form.

Amu sighed and went up to her room to get dressed and grab her bag. Her charas, who had been woken up by Ikutos' shout too, raced after her. Amu picked up her thin jacket that was hanging on the front door and stepped out into the cold air of the morning. She locked the door and began her long walk to the city.

'I hate shopping for clothes,' Amu thought glumly. 'This is going to be a long day.'

Ikuto walked slowly through the crowd of people in the airport toward where Utau said she'd be. He was slouched over and his hands were in his pockets. A few girls were watching him with wide eyes.

'He's so sexy!' they thought. One of them was having a fantasy about Ikuto which the author can't get into detail about. If Amaranth the Immortal did that, this fic would have to move the rating up a level. (Whatever she's thinking is really dirty… I'm sure that her thoughts are very similar to those of some of Ikuto's fan girls. Right ladies?) He looked up at them and gave them a cold glare. The girls flinched and the one girls' fantasy came to an abrupt end. Ikuto huffed and looked away.

He glanced at one of the clocks on the wall. He would still have enough time after this to go and get ready for the Seiyo Elementary School Christmas Dance. He grinned to himself as thoughts of dancing with Amu raced through his head. He was interrupted from his thinking as a girl with blonde pigtails tackled him to the ground and hugged him so tight that it was difficult to breathe.

'Amu would be so much more gentle,' Ikuto thought to himself as Utau rubbed her face against his shoulder and said his name over and over and over…

"Amu-chan, you look beautiful, desu!" Suu exclaimed as Amu twirled around in her new dress.

"GO GO AMU-CHAN! KEEP LOOKING BEAUTIFUL!" Ran chanted.

Miki just nodded her head with a small smile on her face. Amu looked into the nearby mirror and had to admit that she did look beautiful, at least a little bit. Her hair was down with her trademark X-clip resting in her hair. The dress that Miki picked out for her was wonderful and matched her 'cool and spicy' character perfectly. It had a tight black bodice that showed all of her curves. The sleeves were tight and so long that they covered her palms. The skirt was short and frilly. It was layered and had a black lace trim. It only went to mid thigh. She had tight black high heeled boots that went up to just below her knees. The whole outfit had the whole punk look to it.

"Ready, girls?" Amu asked her charas.

"Hai!" they chorused. Amu walked out the front door, locked it, and then proceded to walk toward the school. She didn't notice that the golden locket Ikuto had given her was still around her neck.

"Hinamori-san!" shouted (Guess who?) Tadase as Amu walked through the gates of the school. He walked up to her with a big smile and stood next to her. Kiseki hovered next to Miki and started to give her compliments. Miki stuttered out her thanks and looked uncomfortable. The same thing was happening with Amu. Tadase was showering her in compliments and she was feeling awkward. Tadase didn't seem to notice her unease and slipped one of his arms around her waist. Amu's gasp caused him to cease his endless stream of admiration. He smiled a sweet smile, so sweet that it seemed to be false.

'That's strange,' Amu mused to herself. 'His smile looks the same as usual. Am I seeing things or something? Maybe I've just been around Ikuto too much.'

She looked back at Tadase and saw a strange glint in his eyes, a mischievous glint. It was gone in a second and he was back to his usual self.

'What was that? What is Tadase-kun thinking?' Amu thought to herself as she silently surveyed Tadase. He smiled that same sweet smile at her and brought his hand back from around her waist and caressed her cheek. He traced her jaw with his small but firm hand. Whenever Amu looked at Tadases' hand before, she always thought that it seemed like it would be so soft and silky. Now that she was actually feeling his touch though, she discovered that his hand was clammy and sweaty. Amu flinched under his touch.

The couple didn't notice the boy hiding in the nearby tree. He was in the shadows and shaking with rage. He clenched his fists and gave the blonde boy, who was caressing Amu's cheek, a death glare.

"Kiddy King…" the figure growled. (Can you guess who it is? It's a little obvious…)

Amu and Tadase walked through the double doors of the Gymnasium with another boy following them, unnoticed in the shadows. He was carefully watching Tadase's hand which was still around Amu's waist.

"Wanna get something to drink?" Amu asked. Tadase nodded and they walked off into the crowd. The boy in the shadows gave out a loud huff and disappeared into the crowd in the opposite direction.

Kiseki was holding Miki's hand and started to sweet talk her. Miki started to squirm and began to pull her hand away from the other chara's. Kiseki just held on tighter and pulled Miki toward him, closing his eyes and puckering his lips. Miki gasped with horror and closed her eyes for the impact.

"What do you think you're doing, nya!" Yoru shouted as he flew up to the couple and pulled Miki away. She clung to Yoru's chest and began to cry softly. With one more glare in Kiseki's direction, Yoru turned his attention to Miki and chanted "It's alright. It's okay." Miki's tears finally ceased and Yoru pulled her away from him, but still kept a tight hold of her hand. His cheeks were pink which strange since Yoru never blushed. Miki, on the other hand, was tomato red just like her mistress usually was.

Yoru glared at Kiseki who glared back. Kiseki charged at Yoru, but the cat chara's reflexes were too quick and he punched Tadase's chara in the face. Kiseki floated backwards slightly before flying off as fast as he could. Miki and Yoru watched his retreat and Miki squeezed Yoru's hand tighter. She leaned her head against his shoulder and whispered,

"Thank you, Yoru…"

Yoru blushed again and said, "No problem, nya"

Miki smiled slightly before lifting her head to press her lips softly against his. They didn't go much farther since this was the first time Yoru tried anything like this (Not that Miki did either, but she kind of knew what she was doing.) and Miki had no idea how to do anything beyond just pressing her lips to his. Yoru's whiskers tickled her cheek which caused her to smile against his lips. She pulled back and Yoru stared at him with wide eyes.

"Where did you learn that?" Yoru inquired loudly.

Miki blushed and said, "It was just something I saw Amu and Ikuto doing earlier…"

"Hinamori-san, would you like to dance?" Tadase asked the girl standing next to him.

Amu hesitated before giving him the affirmative. He took her hand and led her into a dark corner of the room. He put his hand on her waist and and she placed her hand on his shoulder. They began to dance in time with the music that echoed throughout the entire gymnasium.

Tadase eyed Miki and Yoru dancing together a little way away. Miki had her head resting on Yoru's chest. Yoru looked unsure of himself and was hesitant with his dancing, but nevertheless he seemed comfortable. Tadase couldn't see Kiseki anywhere.

'I hope it isn't an omen,' Tadase thought glumly to himself. He slowly lowered his hand from Amu's waist and she let out a small cry. She looked at him with panicked eyes and started to pull away. He quickly pulled her closer and leaned down next to her ear.

"I want you, Amu. Right now," Tadase said with that same strange glint in his eyes.

"Why are you doing this, Tadase?" Amu asked, frightened. "Why are you acting like this?"

"You seem to like the cat thief's attitude," Tadase said softly. "So, I'm acting just like him to earn your love." He smirked at her. Amu flinched. He couldn't pull off the classic Ikuto smirk.

"I still have a chance to win you over, Hinamori-san," Tadase said. "The black cat hasn't won yet."

"Um, well actually Tadase-"Amu began.

"Wait, what is this?" Tadase inquired loudly. Their dance abruptly came to a stop with the music ringing loudly through their ears along with Amu's frantic heartbeat. Tadase reached his hand up from her shoulder and took the golden locket that was still hanging around Amu's neck in his fingers staring back and forth at Amu and the piece of jewelry with suspicious eyes.

'Oh crap! I forgot to hide it under my shirt!', she mentally worried and scolded herself for being so careless.

Tadase roughly grabbed her hands he pushed her until her back collided with the wall behind them.

"What is this?" Tadase asked again loudly. "Is it from another boy?"

'He's hiding his pain with anger,' Amu thought as she looked into his eyes. His hands tightened around her wrists and he clenched his jaw while glaring at her.

"Ah, Tadase, you're hurting me," Amu said in a weak voice. "Please stop… please it hurts…"

The shadows were the pair resided suddenly got very crowded.

"Get your hand off her!" growled an enraged Ikuto. He pushed Tadase to the ground and gathered Amu into his arms. He held her close as she buried her face in his chest. He whispered soothingly in her ear and rubbed her back while glaring at the fallen Kiddy King. The tough guy attitude that Tadase had successfully kept up so far, fell away and his eyes started to shed tears and his bottom lip began to tremble.

"H-Hinamori-s-san," he whined quietly.

Ikuto pulled Amu away from Tadase and toward the doors while muttering, "Quit being such a baby. Amu doesn't like those kinds of boys."

Ikuto pulled Amu along until they came up to a big tree nearby. The music from the dance could still be heard from where they were.

"May I have this dance, Amu?" Ikuto murmured quietly. Amu nodded slightly and put her arms around his shoulders and he in turn wrapped his arms around his waist. They began to sway softly, not keeping time with the music. The girl with strawberry hair just noticed that Ikuto had dressed himself up in a comfortable dress shirt with black pants. She realized that he must have followed her the whole time and saw the entire scene with Tadase. Her cheeks turned a delicate shade of pink, but then she realized that it didn't matter what had happened with the Prince. What mattered was that she was with Ikuto.

Amu closed her eyes and rested her head on his well muscled chest. Ikuto also closed his eyes and laid his head on her shoulder. They stayed like that for a while in silence. Words were not needed. They understood each other well enough now, that speech was no longer necessary. The music from the dance stopped, but the two continued to slowly dance.

Amu raised her head and pressed her lips against the cat boy's. They moved their lips together as their hands clutched to the opposite person's body tighter. Ikuto lowered Amu to the ground and pulled away from her lips only to start to tenderly kiss her neck. The young girl's throat began to vibrate and a soft sound started to come out of her mouth. Ikuto lifted his head up from her neck to smirk at her.

"Are you purring, my kitten?" he inquired teasingly. Amu blushed a bright shade of red and flipped over so that she was on top. She pressed her lips forcefully against his own and clutched his hair in her hands. She pulled away and gently nipped at his ear which earned a small growl from Ikuto... but she wanted him to do more. Amu's small hands unbuttoned the first few buttons of his shirt and she began leaving butterfly kisses all over his newly exposed skin. She finally accomplished her mission when she Ikuto's loud purring. Amu pulled away from his chest and grin at him. He smirked back and pulled her into an embrace. Amu's soft purr and Ikuto's louder purr matched together in perfect harmony.

The two people didn't notice the cat-like chara and the blue chara above them, watching the couple with attentive eyes. Miki and Yoru glanced at one another and smiled thinking, 'We have to get them to teach us how to do that." The charas floated away to give their masters some privacy.

"I love you, Amu." Ikuto suddenly said. Amu turned her head to look at his face with wide eyes. She searched his expression for any sign that he was just teasing her again. Inside his eyes, all she found was pure love for her. Ikuto was looking at her with a worried expression, afraid since she was taking so long to respond.

Amu smiled at him and said, "I love you too, Ikuto."

They smiled truly happy smiles and put their foreheads together and entwining their hands. Ikuto gently kissed the locket around Amu's neck and then her own lips. They broke the kiss reluctantly, but moved up even closer to one another. They stared into each other's eyes as the moonlight fell on the couple and glinted off of the simple golden locket that was and will continue to be, the symbol for their love.

Okay then, that was difficult to write. Well anywho, I hope you liked it. And please forgive me if I've made any grammar or spelling mistakes.(It's really late right now and I don't have time to really proofread it, but I wanted to post this since I felt so guilty about not updating...)I have a ideas for other Shugo Chara fics so be on the lookout for those, too. (I don't know when I'll get them up, but I will eventually. So, don't lose hope!!!) Alright, well that's it for now I suppose. Please review!!!!!! Review are like my food and you all don't want me to starve, right?????(If I die from starvation, I won't be able to post anything anymore!!!! And I'd really like to post my other stories!!! XP )