(Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka...well, everyone except the adults/elderly is 13, okay? okay. Middle School.) Worried for his granddaughter's safety, Mikan's grandfather hires a body guard for Miss Sakara without telling her about it. But, will this martial-art specialist go beyond her duty to protect someone else besides Mikan? And what will be the price to pay if she does?

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Mikan shot through the hallways. She hoped she would not be late again. Please, just let me be on time! she prayed. Mikan began to turn around the corner, when she slammed into someone. The brunette fell to the floor with a thud. She sighed. This always happened to her. Always. She quickly picked up her things, and then stood up.

"I'm sorry. I guess I need to be more careful." she muttered, feeling a bit embarrassed. The person in front of her shrugged. "It's okay, no big deal". Mikan bowed, and quickly ran on to class. She didn't get a good look at the person she had just bumped into, but the person had got a good look at her. "So...your Mikan Sakara? Looks like this job will be harder than I thought..." the figure whispered to itself.

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Mikan burst through the front doors, a big smile on her face. I'm on time! I don't believe it! she thought. The young girl greeted everyone, including her best friend, Hotaru, which got her hit with the new and improved Baka gun.

"Oh, Hotaru, why do you have to be so mean?" Mikan whined, as she sat down at her seat.

"Why do you have to be such an idiot?" Hotaru replied, as she worked on a new invention.

Mikan opened her mouth to reply, but, Hotaru stopped her. "Forget it. I don't want to know the reason."

The brunette pouted silently, and glanced at the clock across the room. "That's odd. Usually, Narumi or a substitute teacher is here by now...I wonder what's keeping him?" Mikan mumbled. Of course, her emotionless best-friend simply shrugged as she tucked her invention back into her bag.

"Do you think Narumi-sensei is in trouble?" Mikan asked Hotaru. Her mind began to wander and thought of the multiple things that could have occurred. A frightened look appeared on her face.

Hotaru shrugged. "Don't know. But don't worry about it, idiot. It's none of your business anyway."

"Hotaru! How can you not be worried for Narumi sensei?" Mikan replied, trying to pull off an angry look towards the Ice queen, but sadly failing to do so.

A certain raven haired boy that had been silently listening in on the two girls conversation, now decided to cut in. Probably to annoy the brunette.

"Eh, I always knew that guy would get caught for something. I bet he is already halfway to the police station right about now for some kind of child assault crime or whatever." the boy, although secretly amused by the look of frustration that was starting to show on Mikan's face, kept his sights on his manga, pretending to read through the pages.

"Natsume..." Ruka whispered softly in a warning jesture. The blonde haired boy was very much aware that this would lead to another fight between his best friend and a certain female student.

Mikan turned to face the black haired boy. "Narumi-sensei is a good person! He would never brake the rules! YOU, on the other hand, should be the one locked up!" she yelled.

"Oh, yeah, what for? Telling a little girl how stupid she is?" he shot back, now looking away from his manga.

"My name is Mikan! Mikan! Mikan! And I am not a little girl!" the brunette retorted.

"Oh really? Last time I checked, big girls didn't through little hissy-fits." Natsume said, smirking

This isn't getting you anywhere, Mikan...Just let it go for now and he might just leave you alone.Mikan thought, turning her back to him. Sure, it would have been quite surprising about two or three years ago if Mikan had just ignored Natsume right in the middle of a fight. But now the young girl seemed to have just a bit more self control when it came to fighting with the black cat. Well, maybe not that much, but she knew when it was time to turn away and be silent.

Finally, the doors opened, and Narumi-sensei walked back in. He didn't seem injured or in trouble, just bewildered a little bit. Mikan ran up to her sensei as soon as he arrived.

"What happened Narumi-sensei? Where were you?" she asked, her worry reflected in her hazel eyes.

"Oh, nothing to worry about, Mikan. Actually, I have some good news." he replied, patting the pig-tailed girl on the head.

Narumi clapped his hands. "Attention, everyone! I have an announcement!" he said, waiting for the class to settle down. Once everyone was quiet, he continued, "We have a new student, class! Please give a warm welcome to Momo Kinomiki!"

So this is my first Fanfic! Hazah! ((Does a little dance)) Alright, so I tried to correct all my spelling errors, but, please let me know if I missed something. Also, I've been trying to come up with better names for Momo's real identity...for now I will settle with Momo Kinomiki (( her name means "Peach Berrytree". Doesn't make much sense, but it sounds nice, huh?)) But please, PLEASE send me ideas for a better name if you have one. R & R