-Carved-
by: Laura Juliet Gonzales, Cyreen Monteveroz/Chastaine and Caitlin Monteveroz/Chastaine
Summary: Mikan Sakura is an only child. She had traveled many countries but she wasn't able to see her prince charming. She went back to Japan and as a new student in Alice Academy. There, she met Natsume Hyuuga-the only boy who passed most of her standards. But one thing is wrong, he is rude in her eyes! Now, as her room mate, will she ever feel the feeling of love and romance for the first time and discover Natsume's true self and secrets? And what about the Sumire? The rumored girlfriend of Natsume, will she let it pass?
Prologue:
As young of the age of thirteen, I wished to see and meet my prince charming. I even wished to meet him in a blink of an eye, but that's impossible, right? I should strive hard to see him. But what about the princesses in fairytales such as Snow White and Sleeping Beauty who just lay down peacefully and waited for their own prince to arrive and kiss them? Cinderella is a big exception, though. She really strove hard to be loved by the Prince Charming (especially in the third movie). I wanted to be like Snow White, but that would be a big NO.
For almost two years (I am now fifteen), I've waited for my prince charming. And in the two years of waiting, I never gave up. I even made my list! My list is about all the characteristics my prince should possess. For two years, there were two men who passed my standards but I don't know with myself on why I don't feel anything towards them. Maybe they weren't my prince charming at all and hopefully, the third one would be my very own prince charming. And,
Ta-da! I met him, finally.
When I recently transferred schools, I was like 'Whoa!'. Alice Academy- the school I am currently enrolled is the third school I transferred in my whole life. My first school was in Italy, and I stayed there for 6 years until my parents and I immigrated to U.S.A. In Uncle Sam, I stayed and studied for two years. I can even still remember my classmates and teachers having hard time pronouncing my name- they pronounced it like 'Mikan Sakura' in a different accent. And finally, we came back to the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. I am now fifteen years old and a middle school student in Alice Academy.
I never knew that I would meet him in Japan. I, Mikan Sakura, am a full-blooded Japanese, encountered Natsume Hyuuga, my prince charming. Or maybe not?
Chapter 01
A blonde guy with cowboy outfit entered the room. What!? When did cowboy outfits in season?
I saw the extremely tall guy went to the teacher's table. Oh, maybe he would be our adviser for the whole school year in Alice Academy.
We all kept our mouth shut as the weird teacher began. "Today is the start of a new school year; the start of school year 2009-2010. I, Mr. Narumi L. Anjo, will be your adviser and teacher in Science for the whole school year."
Whoa. Was it like a welcome address? Too formal.
Mr. Narumi continued, "I am sure most of you were classmates before. Well, since we have a new student from U.S.A, introductions will be done all over again."
I heard groans that echoed. Yeah, I got to agree with them since introducing one's name all over again is tiring- and boring.
When our weird teacher said about the new student, I shivered. I am afraid, considering the fact that I don't know anyone from here and to the fact that when I entered the classroom, I saw them giving weird and scary glances at me.
"First of all, the one who'll introduce is our new student." He paused and searched the room (probably for me?). "Umm… Ms. Sakura, wherever you are seated, please come to the front and introduce yourself".
I can feel lots of 'strangers' turn their heads to me. I stood up slowly, still having goose bumps. Introducing, for me is a scary one; scarier than a mysterious missing pizza. Oh…
I proceeded to the front and gulped. I looked at each side of the room and sighed (hoping I could escape). Here I go.
"Good morning classmates." I paused and bowed a little. "I am Mikan Sakura and I am a transferee from the U.S.A. I am actually full blooded Japanese even if I traveled dozens of countries. I like lots of things such as pasta, ice cream, fluff puffs, and more! I love the internet, guitar and even experimenting! From now on, I will be your newest classmate and I hope, your newest friend. Please take care of me!" I bowed again and smiled. Seeing my new classmates' reaction which is dumbfounded, I wondered, uh-oh. Did I talk so long and fast?
"Well, I'm confident that you'll soon find a friend or friends in this class. And I am sure," he shot a glance with a little smile at me "that someone will admire you here."
I blushed and saw the boys' jaws dropped except for one.
"Well, what if that happens?" our adviser asked.
"A-," I ran out of words, almost. Yeah, what if that would happen? No! I don't want to be popular! "If that would happen, I would mostly be flattered." I said nervously.
I really doubt Mr. Narumi's statement. I am plain and ordinary- hair tied in ponytails, simple shoes and a watch as my only jewelry. I guess I would be called 'childish' by all people! Who would admire a 'no one'? Boys would choose fair-skinned and pimple-free girls over me.
Mr. Narumi chuckled. "You may now go back to your seat, Ms. Sakura."
"Thank you sir."
More introductions were done after mine. But you know what? I paid more attention to my male classmates; hoping one would pass my standards or at least a few of them. I am so excited to meet my prince charming!
Wanna view the list?
Prince Charming is Here
Signs:
-very smart (especially in Chemistry)
-has a kind heart
-should be a Sagittarius
-should love potatoes (and meat)
-knows how to play the guitar
-should be understanding
-knows how to cook
-tall
-handsome
-raven guy ((:
And that was my list. (: Oh, how I hope someone would get at least 5.
Voila! Someone did. Natsume Hyuuga did.
From his introduction, he passed 6 namely, very smart- check! (He loved chemistry.) ; Sagittarius- check! ; loves potatoes- check! (He mentioned that) ; a raven- check! ; tall- check! ; handsome- check! Well, I don't know him completely yet since I'm new here.
Among the others, he was the only one who got 5 or more. Suddenly, I became curious. I want to know more about this guy. But you know what, he seems rude. Just hearing him speak and seeing him act, he seems rude. Sigh.
When recess time came, a girl with perms approached me.
"So you're the new student, huh?" she asked in a very high-pitched voice, scary too.
Before I can reply, she suddenly blurted out, "Well, let me remind you, new students aren't given any special treatment here. You better not hope for something special, girl. You are just plain, plain, and plain. You really don't belong in our group." And so, she went off.
I gaped. The nerve of that girl! I never expected something special this year and I never wanted to belong in her group! Hmph!
"Please forgive Sumire a while ago. She's really like that to all the people who are new. I was also treated by her like that when I came here." Another girl opened up the conversation.
I looked at her eyes.
Silence…
"Umm… May I know who are you? May I know your name?" I broke the silence between the two of us when I asked that question.
"My name is Anna Imai. I hope you remembered me from the introductions a while ago." She turned back and pointed a girl walking towards a shelf. "See that nerdy girl?"
I nodded in approval. "Yeah, she seems to be very smart with all the eyeglasses and serious face. But, she seems to be friendly but unemotional. Who is she?" I asked in a happy and cheerful voice.
"Uh- she's Hotaru Imai, my twin sister. We are not identical twins, mind me."
"Oh, so she's part of the top 10 of our batch, right?" I interrogated her, wondering if she's extremely intelligent.
"Of course! And I'm very proud of her. Well, since we only have a section in each year level, she's obviously our top 3." She proudly replied.
"Our Top 3?" I almost squealed. Amazing…
Suddenly, I felt a hand tapped my right shoulder. ''May I interrupt your conversation?"
I turned my head to see the owner of the voice.
Anna smiled. "Sister!!"
I saw 'sister' referred by Anna holding a weird gun.
BANG!
"Hotaru! You shouldn't be mean to your own sister!" Anna cursed under her breathe.
I remember, she's Hotaru Imai. She was the one referred by Anna as her sister. She's very smart, you can say just by her physical assets. Yeah, she seems very stoic.
I began chewing my food. "You're Hotaru, right? I heard from Anna that you're the top 2 of our batch. That's so lucky of you. Who's our top 2?"
"Yuu Tobita"
"Oh." He seems to be a boy. "How about our top 1?"
"Natsume Hyuuga" another girl answered my question. I turned my head back again to see a girl with navy-colored hair.
My eyes twitched. I can't believe he's our top 1. He's smart, yet I never thought he's THAT smart.
"Oh, Mikan. She's Nonoko Imai, the youngest in our family by a few minutes. We are actually triplets you see, I'm sorry for the wrong fact I gave to you a while ago." Anna replied with a cute giggle.
"Oh.. Nice to meet you, Nonoko!" I said, the friendliest I can.
That's my attitude. I am noisy, and sometimes, as quiet as the silent night. I am friendly, but bear with me; I am easily pissed by mean people. I am childish, but I want to change it. I am very cheerful! No, rather- I am hyper especially with friends and I easily cry a lot. Okay, enough about me. Back to the story!
Anna clicked her tongue. "We got to go, buy food. Going to leave you here for a while. Bye-bye!"
"And feel comfortable, okay?" Nonoko whispered.
I waved my hand back to the triplets. I really like them. They are opposites, even they are triplets. Anna seems to be the boyish one and cheerful one (like me! Mind me, I'm not boyish but I'm cheerful.), Nonoko seems to be someone who-just-comes-out-in-surprise (like the instance when she answered my question) and Hotaru is the silent, smart and stoic one. That was nice, 3 S for Hotaru!
Just to tell you, in Alice Academy, we don't wear school uniforms. People here are dressed by what they like. No wonder, our adviser wore a cowboy outfit.
So, I am dressed in a apple green dress, which is up to the knee, with a leather bolero on my shoulders and cycling under my dress. My auburn hair is tied in twin ponytails and a little eyeliner on my lower eyelashes. It's just plain ordinary since my clothes don't have any print.
Around me, several students were wearing dangling earrings, stilettos or wedges for their feet, mini skirts, fitting t-shirts that made them look so pretty, gorgeous and damn sexy. I think this is what Sumire meant as the 'group'.
After our recess, we were asked to go back to our seats by Mr. Narumi. Those people from the canteen arrived and so with the people from the comfort rooms.
"Close your wide mouths and seat properly class! Brace yourselves for a 'shocking news'." He said with a wink.
Shocking news, I wonder what it is about. Classroom War 1 between teachers and students, perhaps? Hehe. It's still the first day of classes, how would that be possible? But if that would happen, it would be amazing with all the flying notebooks, books and erasers! I want Classroom War 1!
"So, we all know that the carpenters began constructing the dormitories 2 years ago. And just last, last Sunday, it was completely finished. The good news is that we, I mean the students can use it this Saturday. Since you noticed that the tuition fee increased, it is because of the dormitories and free breakfast, lunch etc. and other services."
Great. No Classroom War 1. But that's okay! I always love dormitories!
A girl raised her hand. "Mr. Narumi, will it be individual rooms or we will have room mates instead?"
Mr. Narumi sighed. "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about it. Thanks for reminding me, um… your name?"
The girl stood up once more. "I am Ms. Wakako Usami, sir."
"Okay, thanks Ms. Usagi. So, to answer your question, you will be having room mates."
She said, Usami, not Usagi… Lala. Weird teacher.
Anyways, I heard most of the people say "Ooh.." Others even giggled (I know the reason- they thought of the possibility that their room mates will be their crushes.) Others groaned and growled while others remained stoic.
I wonder who'll be my room mate too. Will my room mate be a girl, or a boy? Honestly, I would be fine with anyone as long as we'll agree with each other.
Yome Kokoroyomi, my seatmate, a joker and I prefer calling him Koko(Crunch) stood up and asked something too. "Sir, will we choose our room mate?"
Mr. Narumi replied. "Nope. You wouldn't choose, instead it will be through picking." He got a medium sized box under the table. "Inside this box are rolled papers. Since we are 38 here, excluding me, of course, there are 19 rooms for the students of this class. There are 19 symbols and 2 of each kind are in the box. The people who'll get the same symbol will be assigned as room mates and that will be official. Understood?"
"Yes, sir!" we replied in unison.
One by one, we picked a rolled paper in the box. We were told not to open it yet until all is done but there are others who still opened it. How disobedient!
Mr. Narumi clapped twice. "Class, you may now open the ones you've picked."
Slowly… I opened the rolled paper and the symbol I got is…
A ribbon. (drum rolls)
That's my favorite symbol! Yep! Oh, who could my room mate be?
"Okay, who got the symbol, heart?" our teacher asked.
Two stood up. A girl and a boy. Sumire Shouda and oh, shocking, Yome Koko.
They both stared at each other with those evil gazes and glares. Sumire even shouted. "YOU?! It should be Natsume! Hmph!"
Koko just ignored it and rolled his eyes. And the both of them sat down.
I faced Koko who was so pissed, probably because his room mate is Sumire. So, I asked if what the matter is.
He simply replied. "I hate Sumire A LOT. I don't like her attitude at all. She's a big, big FLIRT."
I didn't portray a shocked face (The calling of symbols was going on). "Yeah." I replied back. "Just from her physical appearances, you can say that. But what about Sumire and Natsume? What's up with them?"
He sighed. "I tell you. They are lovers and they share the same interests. That's why she was able to say that."
"Light Bulb."
I stopped our conversation and saw Hotaru and I-don't-know-the-name-of-the-blonde-guy-yet, who stood up.
"I see. We have Hotaru Imai and Ruka Nogi as room mates. How interesting."
So his name is Ruka Nogi, I remember! He's Natsume Hyuuga's closest friend.
"Ribbon." Mr. Santos called.
I stood up.
My eyes were as big as plate when I saw…
Natsume who stood up confidently.
(trumpet sounds) Happiness? I think yes, but I remained calm.
The class all shouted. "What?!" Of course, as what I heard from the triplets, he's so smart- and ideal guy. And obviously they were shocked that a normal, unpopular and new student became his room mate.
Sumire stood up once again and protested. "NO. WAY!" she shouted out loud.
"Sumire, calm down." Her seatmate, Wakako, reminded her.
Now, I'm super afraid.
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After classes
Just as I reached home, I directly went to my room and sat down in front of my laptop. I personally don't like to put the laptop on my bed. Don't bother to ask why.
My first day was great. I easily became friends to most of my new classmates. But that Sumire really gets into my nerves!
During the whole day, I was able to ask for their cell phone nos. and Yahoo I.D.s. So when I logged in to my account, I directly added them. Good thing, they were online and they accepted my request.
My mom, you may ask? She's 38 years old and she's a new news anchor. She is on work each night and she always arrive home during midnights. At first, when we were in Italy, she was the Europe Bureau chief and when we were in the U.S.A, she was the America Bureau chief as well. And now, that we are in Japan, she became one of our popular news anchor-Yuka Azumi. I'm used to it, so it's fine. And my dad died 2 months ago due to a car accident on our first day in Japan.
After they accepted my requests, I joined their conference in Yahoo!.
SearchingforPrince: Hi! [:
PinkishWhite: Hi Mikan!
Light_Bulbs: Hello.
SearchingforPrince: Yo Anna and Hotaru! Is it only the three of us?
FluffyandWhite: I'm here. (:
SearchingforPrince: Oh, hi Koko! What a gayISH username, you have there.
FluffyandWhite: Meanie.. *sobs
SearchingforPrince: Hehe. So, how's your mom's reaction about Sumire as your room mate?(Stop acting like a child, Koko xP)
PinkishWhite: Yeah! Share it to us!
FluffyandWhite: Nah, I didn't tell it to her yet. I don't want to share my burden with mom.
Light_Bulbs: *raises an eyebrow. Just avoid that annoying girl.
NavySurprise has joined the chatroom.
NavySurprise: Good Eve, everyone! Surprise!
FluffyandWhite: Good Eve, Nonoko!
SearchingforPrince: It proves you really surprise people.
NavySurprise: Hehe. xD
PinkishWhite: She loves to surprise people.
SearchingforPrince: LOL. Hotaru, I never thought you can balance your studies and internet!
Light_Bulbs: Yeah. I can balance it. (;
NavySurprise: I'm proud of you, sistah! Waaaaaah!
PinkishWhite: Me too!!!!!!! Wah!!!
Light_Bulbs: Stop squealing.
PinkishWhite: How'd you know?
NavySurprise: Yeah, How'd you know?
Light_Bulbs: I'm beside your rooms. And never squeal again, I'm reading a book.
NavySurprise: I'm sorry… (I got stinky; I got dirty but see I learned xP) LOL.
FluffyandWhite: Oh, change topic. What were your reactions knowing *blank as your room mate?
NavyBlue: It's fine. Gladly, my room mate is a girl.
PinkishWhite: Urgh. I detest my room mate so much! Grr… :/
SearchingforPrince: ?
Light_Bulbs: Um… Mikan, it's because her room mate was the one who spilled vinegar on her hoodie and expensive jeans when we were cooking a year ago. (She wasn't even wearing an apron and it was her fault not wearing it.)
Natsume's_Girl has joined the chatroom.
I froze and shivered.
Natsume's_Girl: Hi uglies!
Better avoid her. Oh, I hope everyone avoids her. Sigh!
SearchingforPrince: How about you Hotaru?
Light_Bulbs: It's fine. Ruka's not that bad.
NavySurprise: Yeah, Ruka Nogi is definitely opposites with Natsume Hyuuga.
Natsume's_Girl: Uh, hi uglies. Ever notice me?
Natsume's_Girl: Talking to all of you is a waste of time!
Natsume's_Girl has left the chatroom.
PinkishWhite: Ha! She finally left! But… But I wasn't able to talk while she was here…
FluffyandWhite: Bravo! Bravo!
NayvSurprise: Good job guys!
SearchingforPrince: So, when did Sumire and Natsume hook up? Since we're talking about her.
Light_Bulbs: Last vacation. Um… April something… So this month is their 2nd month.
SearchingforPrince: Oh….
SearchingforPrince: So what did Sumire see in Natsume? Huh? He's the ideal-guy, as what you said. But, he seems rude and doesn't care about the world.
FluffyandWhite: Well, Mikan, if you'll get to know Natsume more, you'll sure admire him.
FluffyandWhite: He may not be smiling but inside he has this kind heart.
SearchingforPrince: Were you even close to him? Why did you say that?
FluffyandWhite: I am a boy, Mikan.
Light_Bulbs: Yep. They know their attitudes.
NavySurprise: You're lucky to be his room mate.
SearchingforPrince: Huh? Why?
Light_Bulbs: Being a new student and having a top 1 room mate is the luckiest.
PinkishWhite: And you can change his life. (;
Change his life? What the hell!
SearchingforPrince: I really don't understand you… Oh, gotta log out. Bye bye!
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How can I change his life?
Saturday 9 A.M.
Pant…Pant… Running with heavy baggage is hard. I got to catch up with them.
Flashback:
"So good news, you can now start staying in your respective room this Saturday. I'm expecting you to arrive this Saturday 9 in the morning with your things and gadgets."
End of Flashback
"Okay, count off and see if you're complete." Our newly voted president, Yuu Tobita announced.
"One." Hotaru Imai, the vice-president started.
"Two."
"Three."…
"Thirty-eight!" I said, panting really hard. I just arrived just in the nick of time!
"So, now that we are complete, we can now go to our rooms." He pointed a building.
"That would be our building. In the door of each room is the symbol carved. And if you've seen the symbol you've picked that room will be your room for the whole school year." Hotaru said as well.
"YEAH!"
One by one, I saw them going inside the buildings and into their respective rooms…
Great... my luggage is so heavy and it's all mom's fault for letting me bring dozens of clothes and etc. Good thing she allowed me to bring the laptop. Heh!
We are now in the 3rd floor together with the other students. I ran as fast as I can to catch up with Natsume.
"Wait!"
He left out a heavy sigh. "Could you just walk faster?" he asked in an irritated tone as he faced me.
My patience is going to reach its limit. "I couldn't! I brought heavy luggage and you expect me to walk fast?" I'm going to punch him, even if he's my prince charming!
He just ignored my statement and went near me…
Nearer…
Nearer...
The people around us gasped. Gasps. Gasps. Gasps.
I blushed as his face and body was so near me. What should I do?!
to be continued...
So, how'd you like it? I hope you did!
A/N: This story has been in my mind for a few months since my classmate suggested the plot. I found it cute! Actually, we are three in working and making this story. Kim, who suggested the plot and the beautiful ending that made me squeal. Jarrah, who suggested to include her dream(the one when you sleep) and suggested some scenes. While, Julia-me, wrote the whole story from their ideas and inserted minor scenes. Please forgive my grammatical errors since I am a failure in 'writing styles and words'.
Another A/N: This isn't supposed to be posted in FFN. But because I really wanted to, I asked permission from my two co-authors if it would be fine. In my original storyline, we used ourselves as the main characters (but we changed our names). I, as Laura Juliet. Kim as Cyreen, and Jarrah as Caitlin. My other GA-fan friend as Sandra. In this GAFF, Laura-Mikan, Cyreen-Hotaru, Caitlin-Anna, and Sandra-Nonoko. Natsume in this story is named Nathaniel in the original storyline.
Review, and tell me what you think!
