My first fanfic. I replaced the first chapter with this new and improved one. Hope us enjoy! Lol

chapter 1: arranged marriage

A certain brunette at the age of 15 was pacing back and forth in her pink wall paper room. She had long brown hair down to her waist and innocent hazel eyes to match. She had s body that would have any man begging at her feet. She had all the right curves in all the right places and to top it off, she was totally innocent. To think a person with a body like this wouldn't be a stuck-up biatch who's a part time hooker and a slut on the weekends.

Sakura Mikan was her name, and it just so happens that she's the princess of the Special Ability Kingdom. Dressed in only the finest, and having the power and status, and looks that could get her whatever she wanted, well, that might seem like the perfect life. But every good thing has its drawbacks too.

She hummed silently to herself as she tried to grasp the concept of the algebra book she was reading. She walked left to right scrunching up her nose as if she had smelled something bad.

She couldn't take it anymore! So she sighed in defeat and closed the book to place it on the pink colored desk that looked like it was made for a fairy.

She plopped down onto her pink sheeted bed that had four bed posts and a long pink silk cloth-like material covering the sides of her bed hiding the upper part of her body as she lied down.

She closed her eyes in hope of drifting off to sleep when a loud knocking sound interrupted. She groaned and forced herself up from the bed.

She reluctantly stood up and opened her door to find her one her ladies-in-waiting outside.

"Good morning, Princess Mikan. Sorry to disturb you, but Emperor Narumi would like to have a word with you in his chambers." said the lady-in-waiting named Carole.

"Thank you, Carole. You may be excused." Mikan said as she walked past her. She never really liked that woman, for she was always the one bearing bad news. She didn't dislike her for her personality, it's just that whenever she's here, Mikan always getting into trouble or trouble's getting into her. Either way, it sucked.

Mikan was wearing short blue jeans and a sky blue off-the-shoulder top to match it. She strode past the corridors and was greeted by all the maids and butlers in the castle. Everyone watched in awe as the beautiful goddess walked past them. You could say that men practically worshiped the ground she walked on, but she was never the one to notice. How did she get you beautiful you ask? Well it was thanks to her deceased mother, or so they say. No one knows if her mother really died and no one remembers how she looked like. Rumors have it that Victoria, Mikan's mother, was killed the day she was born. That may be a lie, she may have had ran away, but who really knows?

Mikan hurriedly walked, almost ran, to her dad's chambers. Anxiety was getting the best of her and she was madly curious and afraid. She thought that she was fully prepared for what was in stored for her, but she was totally wrong. Nothing could prepare her for what Narumi was going to tell her.

At last she reached the big oak doors with the Special Ability crest on it. She took a deep breath and slowly pushed open the doors only to find the one and only Narumi sitting idly in his big black leather armchair. He was deep in thoughts and did not notice Mikan coming in until she asked "Do you have something to say to me?"

His eyes snapped open in surprise but quickly gained back his composure. "Oh! Mikan, you came. I didn't notice you were there." he grinned and said, "Come, take a seat. I have something very important to tell you." he gestured her to sit in the olive colored padded chair in front of his desk. She quickly took a seat and stared at his odd father, curious of what he was about to say.

"Mikan, honey, this may be hard for you but I need you to be calm." he said slowly, careful not to frighten her. He took a deep breath and continued, "You do know the prince from the Fire Kingdom, right?" She nodded, unsure of where this was leading to. "Well, do you like him?" he questioned.

"I have never met him before, but I have heard rumors that he is very, very, handsome but it seem that he has a bad temper and is cold to everyone except his best friend Prince Ruka from the Pheromones Kingdom. His name is Natsume, if I remembered correctly. I don't really like or dislike him, but I don't know him enough to judge. I've never taken much interest in these things, so I don't know very much." she explained.

"Well, you should start getting as much information on him starting now since...listen carefully, Mikan, don't do something you'll regret after you hear this, alright? You must stay calm." Narumi said with a serious face. She nodded in agreement and gestured for him to continue.

"As Sakura Mikan, the Princess of the Special Ability Kingdom, you must do your duties as the soon-to-be-ruler of this kingdom and do what is best for your people. To do this, you must marry the Fire Prince and bring peace and protection to our country."

"Do you understand?" He asked. She was too shocked to say anything but look at him in horror. She didn't blink, and she didn't breathe for about 5 seconds. Until she realized what he had just said. She was trying really hard to grasp the concept of what he babbled about, but she couldn't, she just couldn't.

Me? ME? Why of all people, why me? Is this for real? Am I dreaming? Why is he looking at me like that, like I'm crazy? I'm not crazy, or am I? This is all too much!

Mikan was too confused and shocked to do anything at all but sit there in confusion. It was too much for her to handle, too much information, too many duties and roles that she had to complete, too much of her life was being controlled.

Of all the horrible things she thought would happen, this had never crossed her mind even once. Arranged Marriage. Yep, those two words flew in her right ear and came out of her left. Those words were not in her dictionary, she could not understand it. Sure she may have understood marriage, but what's the odd phrase Arranged Marriage? She was like a computer that could not compute to the demands of this odd man standing in front of her.

Mikan all of a sudden shot up out of her chair with a blank face and walked to the door. She once again opens the oak doors and walked out, leaving an even more confused dad.

She was not shocked, not anymore. She was more in the state of confusion and debates. Trying to sort out all the information she had just received, and debating whether she should scream, yell, throw tantrums, go crazy, or all of the above. She didn't feel like using her remaining energy to do any of that so she just ran like mad to her room.

Once reached her room, she quickly locked the door and slid down until her bottom touched the ground. She was back in her sanctuary again, pink, peaceful, and soothing. She abruptly got up and jumped onto her bed, closing her eyes and refusing to think about this any further. She was like a computer turning off, or more like crashing. She just hoped that when she woke up, this would all be a horrible, horrible, dream - no, not dream, more like a nightmare.

Fate, Destiny, and Narumi are evil.

They twist your life into knots and play with you, laughing behind your backs.

That's what our Mikan found out when she was sitting there, in her dad's chambers, again, beginning to wonder why she was even here. Why was she there? Who knows. Not Mikan. Maybe that blond man in front of her knew, she cocked her head to the side, trying to figure out if this was a dream or reality. She sure damn hoped it was a dream, only it wasn't.

Her anger that was subsided yesterday came back and she was furious. "Y-you!" she was shaking so much she couldn't even get it out in words, her hatred. "HOW DARE YOU, INSOLENT PEASANT!" she screamed at her father, even though he was no peasant, he was a king.

"NARUMI, YOU DARE CALL ME TO YOUR CHAMBERS ONCE AGAIN! DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH? DAAAD! !#" she screamed mockingly at him. "Mikan, calm down, I told you that you had to handle it maturely. Please, Mikan, don't make this harder than it already is for me." he said in a soft voice.

"HARDER! PFFT! HARDER FOR YOU! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE HARD FOR YOU!? IT'S ME WHO SHOULD GET THE PITY! NOT YOU!" she boomed. She was so angry that she started crying. Streams of tears rolled down her cheeks and it burned. Hatred mixed with sadness.

"Mikan...Please calm down, let's talk this over." he said in a quiet voice as he pulled her toward a chair. She reluctantly sat down and looked up at the man she hated most right now. "WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY SAY TO ME TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER?" she screamed while tears continued to drop. "Mikan, honey, please listen. She glared at him but kept quiet.

"This is not official," he continued, "You're going to just live with him for a while to see if you like him. If you don't, you could always marry another prince from a different kingdom. Such as Natsume's friend, Prince Ruka. You'll be staying with them both." he smiled uneasily, hoping that would make things better. She looked at him warily and said through clenched teeth, "Anything else that you might want to tell me before I leave?"

"Yes, you may also bring a companion with you. Would you like to ask Hotaru? You two have always been best friends." he said watching her expression carefully. He angry face instantly became thoughtful and in consideration.

"When are we leaving?" she asked, suddenly curious. "In two weeks." he replied.

After a minute or two, she got up and left without saying a word. He watched as she left and sighed in relief while rubbing his temples. This is going to be troublesome, I can feel it.

Mikan walked to her room and shut the door behind her. She walked over to her lamp tables and reached for the phone. She dialed 1800-851-CASH and waiting patiently for someone to pick up.

On the third ring, a maid picked up and asked in a high pitched voice "Imai residence, how may I help you?"

"This is Sakura Mikan of the Special Ability Kingdom, and I would like to speak to Imai Hotaru." Mikan replied.

"Please wait a moment, your highness." the maid answered as she left the phone of the table to find Hotaru.

"Hello, this is Hotaru." Hotaru answered a few minutes later.

"Hi Hotaru! It's so nice to hear your voice!" Mikan exclaimed.

"What do you want? I'm busy, so make it quick."

"Oh, alright. I was just telling you that you're coming with me to the Fire Kingdom because a certain idiot got me engaged." she said while fuming.

"That's horrible." she said in a monotone.

"I know! Isn't it?" Mikan said eagerly.

"No, I meant for the guy who has to marry you. I will give him my apologies." said Hotaru while counting her cash on the other line.

"Why should you feel sorry for him!? You should feel sorry for me!" she pouted. "Anyways, we leave in two weeks so pack your things!"

"As long as it's a free trip for me. Time is money and you're taking away my time so you better make up for it." She said and hung up on Mikan before she could say anything else.

"Hello?? Hotar-" before she could finish there was already the beeping sound of the phone. She sighed and hung up too. Taking off her slippers and plopping down onto her bed for another nap.

This was going to be a very long trip and she could feel it. A very long trip.

Okay, that took me a looong time. And this is the redo of the first chapter so it might not make a whole lot of sense in the second chapter. Sorry.