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Chapter 1

In the Heart of the Forest

The rays of the moon glistened to the flowing river it made different patterns of light that gave the lonely forest a serene yet magical ambiance. The wind's voice was accompanied by a choral of a thousand crickets it made a soothing lullaby for a little boy that decided to spend a night on top of a robust Sakura tree…

The forest of central town is one of the oldest and also the creepiest forest on earth. People in that place never ventured in its territory for they believed that mysterious creatures dwell and kidnap whoever person that sets foot in its land. An old Japanese house is the only house that is nearest to the forest's territory. This is where an old man and his precious granddaughter live. Loud banging of the door can be heard coming from that house.

"This is the worst weekend of my life!" a little girl about twelve years old frowned as her brows were almost meeting at a certain point. Her amber eyes are now forming tears that can drop anytime. She forcefully banged the thick ebony door.

"Grand pa let me out of here!!!", Mikan shouted with all her might. She was imprisoned in her room. It was her punishment for always escaping in their house. She cannot blame herself she was so bored. Hotaru her bestfriend, was out of the country for an international inventors competition. So because of her boredom she went the other day to the forbidden forest. When her Grandfather learned about this, he locked up Mikan in her room.

Without the knowledge of his Grandpa, Mikan habitually goes inside the 'forbidden forest' . It just had happened that her grandfather saw her coming out from its territory today.

"PLEASE GRAMS!!! Let me out please!!!", Mikan yelled

"only if you promise that you shall never go to the forest again", the old man answered while massaging his temples.

"yes! Grams I promise", Mikan answered immediately

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"Grandpa??? are you still there"

"Granpa!!!! Can you hear me?", Mikan annoyingly screamed.

"did I hear something?"

"Grandpa!!!"Mikan yelled as she started banging her door with her fists.

"okey I hear you"

"grams, I promise never to go to the forest again"

"I don't believe you"

"grams I swear …promise!" Mikan stopped banging the door. " I swear please believe in me"

The old man was in his early 70's. He was bald and he wore a blue kimono with white stripes printed on it. He stood up on his rocking chair and approached the door behind him. He did not want to lock up his granddaughter in her room but because she disobeyed his rules, he had no choice but to punish her. It saddens him to hear Mikan cry but he had to do it. If not, Mikan will always disobey her. But today, his heart softened he could not bear it anymore.

"Okey Mikan chan I'll set you free"

Mikan's eyes sparkled. Grams is a baka (stupid) he fell for my trap. Mikan smiled silently.

The old man in kimono took out his keys from his pocket. He slowly slid the key into the key hole and turned it in a counterclockwise manner. Mikan readied herself as soon as the creaky door opened, she scampered away from the house. Her grandfather was completely shocked. He did not had the chance to grab Mikan. It all happened so fast.

"Mikan come back here!!!"

"No grams!!! I'll just play in the park. I promise that I'll go home before dinner"

"Just promise me Mikan that you'll never set foot in the forest"

"yes Grams" Mikan's amber eyes glittered as she said these words, The truth is, she will be going back to the forbidden forest. Back to the sakura tree where she last saw her mom.

"that little girl.." a smile quickly formed in the old mans face.

In the forest…

The Sakura tree beside the cliff is Mikan's refuge. Whenever she feels sad or gloomy she always go to there. The tree was where the last time she saw her mom after she had left her to grandpa. For Mikan, the place where the tree stood up was the most magical place in the whole world. There, you could see the whole of central town and dream of the most impossible dreams you could ever think of . Before Mikan can go there, she must have to pass inside the dark, gloomy forest were the trees are so tall and their branches are like monsters that are ready to grab anyone anytime. Although passing there gives her the creeps, she takes up all her courage and eventually arrives at the tree.

The Sakura tree was a pretty big sturdy tree. It is located almost at the edge of the cliff. Its branches were robust and its leaves were still green. Mikan dashed to her beloved tree. Although it was weird, she hugged the tree like a girl hugging her teddy bear. She sat quietly beside the tree, overlooking central town. She felt the fresh breeze brushing her face and her golden brown hair. She started humming a kind of tune as she gazed over the busy town.

Unexpectedly, something hit Mikan on the head. "itai!!!!" Mikan screamed, "who threw that? Are you the monster that Grams is telling about?", while touching the painful part of her head. This time she felt a tingling effect on her back. She was scared. "Uruse! (shut-up) a voice snapped, coming on top of the sakura tree. Mikan followed the voice. She looked up the tree and she saw a boy about her age with raven black hair and cold brown like eyes staring at her. The boy jumped down the tree. This made her panic she tried to crawl away from the scary boy.

"oi! Polka dots panty girl" Natsume yelled

Hearing this words, Mikan realized that the boy was a human and not a monster. She also became conscious that in her position, her panties can be seen because she was wearing a miniskirt. She promptly turned back and stood up facing the new stranger.

"Im Mikan nice to meet you", while gesturing her hand to the boy and smiling sweetly..

Stupid girl Natsume thought to himself. This girl is stuuupiiid wanting to make friends with me???. Nobody can do that. Natsume looked at the girl she had brown hair with soft curls tied into pigtails and cute expresive amber eyes. What a beauty Natsume thought to himself but his thoughts of Mikan were cut short because of an unforeseen happening. "don't move ", Natsume looked at Mikan's eyes in a serious manner. "What?", Mikan asked. He abruptly grabbed the girl's hand and pulled her away from danger

"what are you doing?" Mikan asked in a confused manner.

"there is a snake behind you" Natsume said coldly.

The two children ran towards the forest. Mikan felt the warm hand of the mysterious boy gripping her . She felt so safe to be with him eventhough, they were both strangers to each other. The two reached a flowing river. A big boulder of rock was in the middle of the flowing water. This made small water splashes to its background. Natsume let go of Mikan's hand. He approached the river and washed his hands with the rushing water.

"Uhmmmmm…Thank you for saving me", Mikan said who was standing behind Natsume while watching him wash his hands.

"don't you know that this forest is dangerous" Natsume asked in a stern way at the same way looking at her..

This annoyed Mikan

"yes I knew that"

"so why are you here?" Natsume asked

"why are you here? Mikan repeated the question to Natsume.

"Hey stupid girl! I asked first so better answer up"

"I not going to tell you, besides I don't even know you", Mikan grinned

a smile slowly formed in Natsume's face. He stood up and took something out from his pocket. It was a blue handkerchief. Mikan noticed that a name was written on it in black letters. It spelled N-A-T-S-U-M-E.

"Natsume is that your name?" Mikan questioned

"yes" Natsume blankly looked at Mikan

"Lets go back to civilization" Natsume started walking away from Mikan.

"hey wait-up I don't know this place" Mikan hurriedly chased after Natsume.

The two children started their way out of the forest. During this time, Mikan's mouth never shut up. She was full of stories, questions and stupid questions.

"Im just wondering…"

"what is it ?" Natsume expressionlessly asked.

"back there in the river, why did you washed your hands?"

"duh…. You are really an inferior girl, aren't you", Natsume said in a sarcastic voice.

"NO!!", Mikan clutched her fist . Is he creating a fight? She asked her self.

"the answer is that I held a girl and I think I'm gonna get a girl virus if I had not washed my hands"

"how dare you!!!" anger was rising-up in Mikan. She felt like bursting in rage any minute now.

"Hey Polkadots!!! Don't get to upset"

"my name is Mikan and not polkadots"

"what if I like calling you polkadots, Polki?"

"shut up Natsume!!!"

"no you shut up polkadots"

"I can take this anymore!!!!!!" Mikan unbelievingly blurted. "I hate you!"

Natsume just gave a cynical smile to the irritated auburn haired girl.

Neither of the two children knew that mischievous spirits who dwell in that gloomy forest set a trap for them. These spirits are called 'ENCANTADOS'. Encantados are believed to play tricks to people who are lost in the forest. They usually make their victims lost by making them go to the same spot where they started their way. To cut it short they make people go in circles. The only way to break- up this cycle and to stop the tricks of the Encantados is to wear you clothes in a reversed manner.

" Hey Natsume! Weve been walking for hours and yet we always come back to this place" Mikan said " can you see that boulder?" pointing at the big rock that was in the middle of the river. "isn't that the same spot where you washed you hands?". Natsume on the other hand is starting to get infuriated. "ok fine polkadots lead the way!", Natsume gestured his right arm to the way before him. " oh, so you admit that your lost?", Mikan sarcastically said. She playfully punched Natsume on the shoulders. " Uruse! (shut-up) just lead the way will you?"

For a few moments Mikan and Natsume grew quiet. Not a word was muttered. The only sounds that they hear was the rustling of the leaves from the huge trees that surrounds them. Natsume was quite contented that Mikan became quiet. At least this girl knows when to shut-up he thought.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the birds on top of the trees flee because of the loud scream that came from Mikan's mouth.

"I Cant believe this!!!!" Mikan frantically messed up her hair with her two hands. " we are here in the same spot again"

" I guess your lost too", Natsume smirked while sitting on the rock beside him to rest for a while.

" Hey Natsu!!!!! This is not a time for sitting. Its almost dusk my grandfather will surely scold me", Mikan eyes were starting to form water.

Natsume stared at Mikan. He noticed that Mikan was about to cry. Seeing this made him wanna comfort her. This girl, although stupid and talkative was not like the other girls he met before. Polkadots was different.

"don't be a crybaby Polki…"

" Im not crying. Something just caught my eye"

"Remove your clothes" Natsume ordered

"WHAT?" Mikan's eyes grew big. she couldn't believe that a boy about her age wants her body "you are really a pervert HENTAI!" she slapped Natsume's chick

"hey!!! Just listen okey?", while touching the slapped part of his chick . "do you know about the Encantados?"

"you mean legend?"

"yeah, in think that the Encandos are tricking us. So remove your clothes and reverse it"

Mikan started to laugh loudly. "hahahahaha, do you actually believe in that story? Your such a baby."

Natsume's face turned beet red. This was his first time experiencing a girl laughing at him. He felt his P-R-I-E-D deteriorating in seconds. He was so annoyed that he started to unbutton his trousers.

"are you really serious", Mikan asked. But there was no respond. She just watched as the as the raven haired boy gradually took of his pants. She recognized cute smiley faces printed on the underwear of Natsu. She found herself giggling and laughing in the same time pointing at his undies "wow your undies is cute" Mikan giggled. Natsume'sface turned red. 'kuso' he thought I really dislike this girl. He pretended not to react to the Girl's laughter but in his mind, he was like cursing and screaming 'KUSO!, I swear if what I'm doing is right I'm really gonna smack you baka-girl you'll see ".In the long run , Natsu reversed his pants and wore it. Then, he started to take of his shirt. Mikan suddenly blushed when he saw abs from Natsume's body. "What are you staring at", asked Natsume while reversing his shirt . "Nothing" Mikan excused.

"you should do the same", Natsume retorted.

"never!" Mikan screemed

"it your choice" Natsume said while putting on his reversed shirt . "janna…" the boy suddenly vanished in front of Mikan. It took a minute for Mikan to realize that Natsume had vanished. Its true she thought I'll do the same thing to as she immediately reversed her clothes.