A/N: I posted one with this title but I suddenly decided to scratch that idea...or I might use it in the future. Who knows? I don't know if this plot is interesting...

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN SHUGO CHARA

Memories of you are slowly beginning to fade away…

Ikuto stuck around Amu's house waiting for her to come outside, so that he could talk to her…or so to speak, kill time by playing with her.

When he thought he heard the glass door to her room slide open, he leapt up to the balcony and gave her quite a shock.

"Ehh? What the heck are you doing here?" she gaped at him as she cringed in fear.

"I wanted to return something that belongs to you," he takes out a red, heart-shaped hairclip.

She looked delighted to see her long-lost hair clip, for her eyes glittered in luminous moonlight.

"Oh my god!" She jumped up to him. "Where did you find it?"

Ikuto smirked and retracted his hand so that Amu couldn't reach for the clip. "Hey. I ain't giving it up that easily."

She continued jumping, trying to snatch the clip from his hand as Ikuto yawned at her vain attempts.

"This is boring. If you want this clip, catch me if you can," Ikuto challenged and vaulted over and off the balcony.

"Why that little…," Amu gritted her teeth as she balled a fist. Then she shouted down into the dark street, "Ikuto! You had better not be far from here. I'm going to take back what is rightful mine no matter what!"

Ikuto smiled amusingly in front of the house door where he heard heavy footsteps upon the floor.

"Boo," he scared her and she opened her mouth to scream but he was quick enough to muffle the ear-piercing scream.

She seized his hand and removed it from her mouth, whispering angrily and peevishly," What the heck was that for? Sheesh." Her eyebrows wrinkled in as she continued on blabbering, "For your information, I'm still a young girl and it's like really late. I could get raped you know…besides my parents don't even know that I'm still up."—she suddenly realized that her parents were unaware that she was outside. "Aye…never mind about that but," she smirked and grabbed his wrist, "I caught you now."

He shrugged off her weak grip and gracefully sprung atop a brick wall beside her house, enjoying himself, he said, "That doesn't count. Here's the real thing." And he fled down the narrow brick wall pathway.

She grew sullen as the corners of her mouth twitched, "Tell me about it."

She decided to not follow his tail but to find an alternate route to track him down.

"Where would he be?" she ran, looking around her, but saw only streetlights and past by numerous houses.

After running around the neighborhood in the pitch black night, she settled herself down underneath a streetlight, resting on a bench.

She panted and slowly caught up with her breath. "Ahh. Forget that guy. I give up!" she admitted as she leaned back in the bench, gazing at the full moon.

"How about turning around and checking the trees?" a voice dare asked.

She listened to the voice and looked into the trees. Surely enough, she saw the silhouette of Ikuto who was standing on a high tree branch with his back up against the bark.

"Hey! You better get down here!" she yelled, pointing to the ground.

"No way. You're not my mother," he responded coolly.

Exasperated, she got off the bench and walked to the tree in an attempt to climb up the woody tree.

She didn't care and wasn't discouraged by the altitude he was currently standing on.

No. She was determined to reclaim her precious clip that meant the world to her.

Struggling and grunting as she climbed the tree which was difficult to grip on, she accidentally misplaced a foot and slipped. "Oh god, I can't look down!" she said as she shut her eyes tight and curled into a ball.

When she didn't impact with the floor a few seconds later, she opened her eyes to see that Ikuto caught her.

"Wah!" she jumped out of his arms and scrambled away from him. "How despicable can you be?" she shouted childishly. "Pervert," she added in the end.

"Very," he teased and closed the distance between the both of them.

She slowly backed away until she hit the tree. She gasped.

Ikuto was daring and inched his face so close that she began to blush…he secretly liked how every time his close presence would make her fluster.

She avoided his gaze by turning her head away from his and looking onto the ground.

"How bad do you want the clip back?" he breathed on her as he held the clip before her eyes.

Her heart fluttered at full speed and she felt a bit light-headed as his breath crept along her skin.

"I…don't want it anymore," she suddenly said. "I'd figured that it's not worth the chase over a clip even though it's something important to me," she said quietly as she slowly averted her gaze to meet his blue eyes.

"Well," he smiled faintly. "If that's the case, I'm going to keep it until you wish to have it back again." He pocketed it safely into his jeans and parted away from her.

Amu slumped down to the ground, exhausted. She yawned.

"Kids these days are so out of it," Ikuto sighed as he flashed a glance at a worn-out Amu then took a seat beside her.

He looked onto the stars that were shimmering in the dark blue sky.

A mysterious color that shouldn't be illuminated by those faint stars…

"If only you knew," he smiled at himself, leaning up against the tree as a breeze blew.

"Knew what?" she asked softly.

Surprised that she was still awake, he muttered, "Nothing."

"Hmm…" she simply said and then spoke to him, "Hey Ikuto."

"What?"

"You'll never let Easter control you forever, right?"

"You really think?" he smacked her head lightly.

She smiled at her stupid question, "No."

"And you'll continue being the shining superhero?" he asked suggestively, stealing a glance of her peaceful face.

Then it was her turn to smack him but playfully. "No duh, silly," she grinned.

A faint star glimmered in the sky.

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"At last! I've found the secret to the domination of the world! Haha!" Gozen laughed evilly as a plan was laid out in front of him.

"Go, fetch me that Embryo," he commanded his fellow workers. "Please, you guys are making me grow impatient...so sluggish in work."

"Yes sir," one of the workers responded.

"We must proceed with plans at once!" Gozen pounded his hand onto the table then he uttered lowly, "Brace yourself guardians for the secret weapon I have in store for you…"

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