Hello everyone!!! I figured that I would write this to celebrate...(Beware: Spoiler Below if you haven't read chapter 28 of the manga and don't want to be spoiled.)

THE BED SCENE!!!! I found out a few days ago that the next Shugo Chara episode(#64) is the Amuto bed scene. I love this part and it is such a cute scene of Amu and Ikuto love (except when Tadase (Or Tadagay as my friends and I call him. I mean no disrespect to gay people btw. But he does seem like a girly boy.) interupts them... Damn Tadase!!) Anywho, in this fic, Ikuto does end up in Amu's bed but it DOES NOT HAPPEN THIS WAY IN THE MANGA!! It's just something I wrote. It's also to celebrate Christmas, Kwanza, etc. (In this case, the fic involves Christmas.) This fic has a little bit of Miru in it Too. So anyway, ENJOY!!!!!!!

'Bored. I'm so bored,' Ikuto thought as he looked around with lazy, half closed eyes. It was Christmas Eve and there were still people rushing around buying presents. There was a man running in Ikuto's direction with a briefcase in one hand and a cell phone in the other. He was shouting into his phone and swinging his briefcase around wildly. As he was passing by, the man accidentally hit Ikuto with his briefcase. Ikuto grunted and leaned against a nearby lamp pole. He turned around to glare at the man, but the guy with the briefcase didn't notice that he had hit Ikuto. He just kept going at his hurried pace saying into his phone, "I know. I know. I'm almost there."

Ikuto sighed and started walking again. He stopped at the corner and looked up at the big Christmas tree in the center of the city. The lights were sparkling brilliantly and it seemed to make anyone who looked at it feel happier and full of Christmas spirit… except Ikuto. He just gazed at the multi-colored lights and shook his head. Ikuto hated Christmas. Everyone who ever talked to him during the holidays would know that. But this year, he decided to do something a little different. This year, he got Amu a present. It wasn't much, just a simple golden locket that belonged to his mother. When he was a young boy, she gave it to him. It was the locket that was given to her by her husband on the night that he proposed to her. She said that Ikuto was supposed to give it to someone that he cared for. When Utau found out afterward, she was always pestering Ikuto to give it to her and he always refused. Eventually she got over it, but he knew better than to think that she forgot it. Now, Ikuto figured that he would give it to Amu. He grinned at the thought of the pink haired girl whom he teased constantly.

Ikuto was pulled out of his reverie by a rough push coming from his right. He looked and saw that it was a person who had forcefully shoved him and was now crossing the street. Ikuto looked around and figured that it was getting a little too crowded around here for his liking. He started walking again, quickly maneuvering his way through the enormous crowd of people that never seemed to end. He turned into an alley and leaned against a wall. He put his hand into his pocket and wrapped his fingers around the golden locket just to make sure that it was still there after going through the pushy Christmas Eve crowd. Lately, he always carried it around just in case he saw Amu.

'You never know when that girl is gonna show up,' Ikuto thought to himself with a grin.

"Get your hands off me!" a familiar voice shouted.

Ikuto whipped his hand around and peered further into the alley. Next to a nearby dumpster, there was a small slight girl with short pink hair who was pinned to the alley wall by what appeared to be a drunken man.

"Don't worry, little girl," the man said, leaning in closer to her. "I just wanna have a little bit of fun with you. Come on, don't struggle. It'll be so much easier if you if you just play along." He rested his head on the young girl's shoulder and lifted her shirt up slightly. He ran his fingers across her bare stomach with shaky movements. Ikuto clenched his fists and teeth in anger. Since his head was so full of violent things that he could do to this drunken guy, Ikuto didn't notice that he hadn't moved to help his Amu. The man lifted his head up from the girl's shoulder and started to give her neck slobbery wet kisses. The girl screamed with pure horror and started to thrash around wildly.

"Calm down," the man commanded with a rough edge to his voice. He brought his lips up from her neck and crashed them down on her own pair. He wasn't able to go any farther. Ikuto managed to move himself from where he had been frozen with anger and ran up to the man in a blind rage and punched him square in the face. The drunken man stumbled backward, but didn't fall down.

"Oh, you wanna play, don't you, boy?" the man inquired with a sick smile. This only got Ikuto madder. He charged again at the man, but wasn't quick enough. The man punched Ikuto in the chest. The punch knocked the air out of Ikuto's chest and he doubled over in pain. He glared up at the now laughing man. The drunkard started kicking Ikuto while the young man was still trying to recover from the punch. He lifted Ikuto up and set him on his feet only to punch him to the ground again. The man laughed even harder and walked away into the crowd of people where he disappeared from sight, completely forgetting about the girl that he had been tormenting only seconds before.

She ran up to Ikuto and put her small hands on both sides of his face.

"Are you alright?" she inquired.

"Do I look alright?" Ikuto asked sarcastically.

The girl smiled a bit, but looked no less worried. Ikuto's lip was bleeding and there was a cut on his cheek. He also was probably covered in bruises underneath his school uniform.

"Amu, are you alright?" Ikuto asked.

Amu nodded vigorously. She put her arm around his shoulder and started to get up, bringing him with her. Ikuto gave her an inquiring glance. She noticed him looking at her and returned his gaze. She gave him a small smile and said, "Do you honestly think that I'm going to let you go off on your own after this? You're coming home with me."

"I bet you enjoy the thought of me in your house don't you?" he asked with a smirk.

Amu blushed furiously and muttered, "Pervert… You're the one that likes that idea."

Ikuto helped Amu pull him up from his spot on the ground and tried to support most of his weight as Amu led both of them through the crowd of people in the direction of her house.

"Thank you, Ikuto," she murmured quietly, thinking that he couldn't hear her. He did.

"God dammit, you're so heavy!" Amu exclaimed as she led Ikuto up the stairs and into her room. She looked up to see his reaction, but he just looked at her with pity and sadness in his eyes.

"What is it?" Amu asked. "Shouldn't you be making some perverted comment right about now?"

Ikuto sighed and said, "Well, shouldn't you be in shock or something? You were just attacked in alley less than an hour ago and yet you're acting like this is just another ordinary night for you. Tell me, are you assaulted often?"

He regretted saying that the second it left his mouth. Amu's face fell and she avoided his gaze as she sat him down on her took off his shoes plus her own then without another word, she left him and headed toward the door.

"Wait Amu!" Ikuto exclaimed. She turned around slightly and looked at him out of the corner of her eye. "I didn't mean that." He paused and then slowly started to stand up. Amu noticed what he was doing and rushed to his side. She gently pushed him back down and knelt so that she was eye level with him. "I- I was just worried about you. I shouldn't have said it like that. You were just worrying me."

He reached up and took her face in his hands.

"In my hands right now is something that I don't ever want to lose. Back in that alley, I was so worried about you… and so angry with that man. I wanted to beat him to a pulp right then and there... But please say that you'll forgive me. I really didn't mean what I said about you being assaulted. I was just upset."

He stared at the carpet of Amu's bedroom when she didn't respond. He lowered his hands from her face and let them drop to his lap. They stayed like that for a long time, Ikuto having a staring contest with the carpet and Amu looking at him silently.

After a few minutes, Amu raised her hand and put it under his chin. She slowly pulled his head up until he was facing her, though he kept his eyes averted.

"Look at me Ikuto," Amu whispered quietly. He brought his eyes up from the ground to stare at her beautiful golden orbs. She smiled brightly at him and her eyes started to sparkle.

"It's alright, Ikuto," She quietly giggled. "I forgive you." Her smile turned into a playful grin. "And I must say that was probably the most serious thing that you've ever said to me."

Ikuto smirked at her and replied with a short, "Probably."

She smiled at him and stood up.

"I'm gonna make some hot chocolate. Am I right when I say that you want some too?" Amu asked playfully.

"Very right," Ikuto said with a grin.

Amu left the room at a brisk pace calling back to him, "Ran, Miki, and Su should be back from their walk soon. Call me if they get here before I'm back."

"'Kay," Ikuto called back.

He leaned back on Amu's bed and stretched his arms out. He was in such pain. The bruises hurt so much. Suddenly, he felt something wet on his lip. He brought one of his hands up to it and looked at what came off.

'Blood,' Ikuto thought to himself. He stared at his blood stained finger for a long time. 'Amu could have been hurt like this.' When Amu came in a little while later with two mugs of hot chocolate, she was greeted with the sight of Ikuto looking at his finger with a blank expression on his face. She put the hot chocolate on her bedside table and sat down next to him. She reached forward and took his wrist in her hand. Ikuto still didn't move and just stared at the empty space where his finger used to be. Amu wiped the blood off of his finger with her own finger and looked into his eyes. She brought the hand she was holding up to her chest, cradling it to her.

In the depths of Ikuto's mind, he felt his cold hand warm up. The sudden warmth made him come out of his trance. He saw that Amu was holding his hand and gazing at him with worried eyes. His face softened as he took in her position.

'Why is she so worried about me?' he thought. 'We're enemies since she's always with the Kiddy King' His expression hardened at the mention of the prince. The hand Amu was holding turned into a fist.

Amu stared at him concerned. She lowered her gaze to Ikuto's hand.

'What's wrong with him?' she thought. 'He was fine a moment ago.'

"Ikuto?" Amu asked.

He looked up at her face and his hand relaxed.

'I'm worrying her,' he realized. 'Wait a minute. Why do I even care how she feels?'

Because you like her, you moron.

'Ugh,' Ikuto thought. 'It's that stupid voice in my head again.'

"I'm fine, Amu," he paused. "Why were you looking at me like that? Could it be that you were worried about me?" he teased.

Amu blushed and said, "Of course not! Where did you get that idea from?!?"

"Same old stubborn Amu," said a voice. Amu and Ikuto turned around to see Ran, Miki, Su, and Yoru floating near the window.

"Guys, you're back!" Amu exclaimed.

"No need to state the obvious," Ikuto muttered.

Amu glared at him then asked, "Why is Yoru with you?"

"We found him wandering around looking for Ikuto, desu," Su explained.

"Ikuto, nya," Yoru said as he floated up to the blue haired boy. "How did you get hurt, nya?"

"I got into a fight with some guy who tried to hurt Amu," Ikuto said shortly.

"Amu-chan, are you okay?" Amu's charas asked worriedly as they examined the pink haired girl.

"I'm fine. I'm fine," Amu calmly assured her charas before returning her attention to Ikuto once more. "I'll go clean those cuts up for you."

She walked into her bathroom and came back out with a tube of ointment.

"We're gonna head to sleep, Amu," Miki said.

"M'kay," Amu replied, only half listening.

Miki smiled knowingly and started to float towards her egg, but Yoru caught up to her first.

"Don't go to bed just yet," he said. "I wanna talk for a bit, nya."

"Well… alright then, but it had better not take too long."

"Don't worry. We're just gonna float around the house for a bit, nya"

Miki blushed and followed him as he went out of Amu's bedroom.

"I wonder what they're going to do," Amu commented as she unscrewed the cap of the tube of cream she brought out of the bathroom with her.

"No idea," Ikuto said as Amu put some sort of clear, smelly ointment on the cut along his cheek. "Eww, that stuff smells gross!"

"Tell me about it," Amu muttered as she spread it all over his cut. It was truly a small cut and was barely noticeable, so she didn't use much of the cream. She screwed the lid back on and went back into her bathroom to put it away. She took in some clothes with her.

"I'm going to change, okay?" Amu called.

"Yeah, sure," Ikuto responded halfheartedly. While he was alone, he flipped around and pressed his nose to Amu's bed covers. He inhaled deeply. Just as he suspected, they smelled like strawberries. Ikuto smiled a true smile for the first time in a long time. It wasn't just a grin or a smirk. It was a full out smile. He flipped back over so that he was facing the ceiling, just as he heard the click of Amu's door opening.

She smiled at him and handed him his hot chocolate which was still on the bedstand. Amu sat next to him and started sipping hers as well.

"So, where are your parents?" Ikuto asked.

"They're out of town."

"They left you all alone then?"

"Well, I really wanted to stay here. Anyway, I won't be spending Christmas alone. There's a dance at Seiyo Elementary for Christmas and I'm planning on going."

"Are you going with anyone in particular?"

"No."

"Is this the kind of dance where you go with a date?"

"I can be, but it doesn't have to be like that."

"Is Kiddy King going to dance with you?"

"I don't know. I'll dance with whoever asks me." Amu replied, starting to get annoyed with Ikuto's nosiness

"Hhmm," Ikuto murmured. "Interesting."

"What did you say? I couldn't hear you," Amu asked.

"Nothing," Ikuto said with a smirk. "Absolutely nothing."

"Right…," Amu said looking at him suspiciously.

They sat like that for a long time, saying nothing. When they were finished with the hot chocolate, Amu put both cups on her bedside table and gently pushed Ikuto onto her bed.

"What are you doing?" he asked though he was pleased at her actions.

"It's pouring rain outside," Amu said rolling her eyes. "You can't head out in this weather."

She lay down next to him and pulled the covers up so that they were both covered.

"Man, Amu, you're warm," Ikuto said. "I guess it's true when they say that kids have a higher temperature."

"Shut up, Ikuto," Amu growled. "I'll be in junior high next year. Soon, I won't be a kid."

"Well, I'll be a senior in high school next year and yet I still kinda consider myself a kid."

'Whoa, he'll be a senior next year?' Amu thought with raised eyebrows. 'I really don't know that much about Ikuto.'

Ikuto noticed the crease on her brow and smoothed it out with his fingers.

"Come on now," he said. "If you keep frowning like that, you'll get wrinkles."

They both lay like that for a while just enjoying each other's company. Amu closed her eyes and took deep calm breaths. She started to shiver softly and her teeth started to chatter though she tried to hide it. Ikuto gave her a worried glance and a battle about what he should do stated raging in his head. By the time he decided, Amu was shaking violently. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his chest.

"Why are you so cold, little Amu?" Ikuto murmured softly. He started to rub some warmth from his hands into her back.

Amu shrugged. The blue haired boy sighed and pulled her closer.

"Press your feet up against mine," he whispered in her ear. The girl complied and pressed her small freezing feet the warm flesh of his pair. Ikuto flinched at the temperature of her toes. He wrapped his arms tighter around her and put one of his hands on the back of her head. He gently pushed her face into his chest and buried his own face in her hair.

'What could have happened to Amu if I wasn't there to protect her in the alley?' Ikuto wondered. 'She wouldn't be in good shape that's for sure.' He closed his eyes and breathed in the pink haired girl's scent. The cat boy sighed in content.

He was pleasantly surprised to feel Amu's arms wrap around his own chest. She pushed up to him so that every line of her body was next to his own. They continued on like this, content in each other's arms.

They were taken out of their own little world by the sound of a grandfather clock chiming loudly, signaling midnight.

"Christmas…" Amu murmured into Ikuto's chest. The young man's eyes snapped open and he pulled Amu away from him, but still kept a hold of her shoulders. Amu looked at him inquiringly as he reached into his uniform's pocket. He pulled out the golden locket. Amu gasped loudly and her eyes widened. Ikuto sat up bringing Amu with him. He took the locket and clasped it around her neck.

"It was my mother's," he explained as she touched the shimmering gold lightly with her fingertips. "She said that I should give it to someone that I care about." She looked up into his eyes with a bright smile gracing her lips.

"Thank you, Ikuto," she said. "It's so beautiful."

"Its color matches your eyes," he said with a grin. "A beautiful necklace for a beautiful girl."

Amu blushed wildly and Ikuto lifted one of his hands up to her cheek to feel the rush of warm blood running inside her cheek. He smiled at her and moved his hand behind her head. He closed his eyes and brought her lips to his. Amu didn't respond for a moment, but then he felt her lips gently caressing his own. Ikuto lightly pushed her onto her back leaning over her small figure. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. He in turn put his arms around her waist. Ikuto gently pushed his tongue to her lips, asking for permission to enter. Amu complied and he was immediately exploring every corner of her mouth. She eventually took control after he had his fun and plunged her tongue into his mouth, tasting him.

After a few minutes of bliss, they had to break apart for air. They each were gasping and inhaling loudly as they tried to catch their breath. Ikuto rolled over so that he was lying next to Amu again. He pulled her into his arms and they returned to their earlier position, but his time there was a locket around little Amu's neck. They stared into each other's eyes and were completely oblivious to the outside world. Neither of them noticed when Miki and Yoru came in, each looking disheveled. Both of them entered their eggs for some well needed rest.

Ikuto kissed Amu's forehead before curling up with her to go to sleep. He leaned down close to her ear and whispered, "Merry Christmas, my little strawberry."

Yay Ikuto!!!! I think this turned out okay, but it's all up to what you reviewers think so PLEASE REVIEW!! They make me so happy. I may continue this if you guys want. In case you haven't noticed, I kinda implied something about the Seiyo Elementary School Christmas Dance. If you're curious, please tell me in a review so I could post it. It might be long or it could be short. It's entirely based on what I feel like.

AND GUESS WHAT?????????????????? I FOUND OUT THE NAME OF THE LAST SHUGO CHARA EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The title kind of tells you who Amu ends up with(Ikuto or Tadase)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want to know what it's called, PM me and I'll tell you. If you don't want to be spoiled, then that's fine. I kind of found it by mistake, but I wasn't angry that I knew what would happen (I won't tell you if I was upset by it or if I was happy about it...That's for you to find out! =P) Anyway, this is a LONG author's note so PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME IF I SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!(If you want the last episode's name, then PM me. Don't put it in a review)