HEY! First story! YEAY! Well hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1

There was a large, loud knock on my dorm door. "Mikan you need to get up!" I moaned and turned to my other side and threw my pillow over my head. I heard my door open and close then Hotaru tore my sheets and blankets off. "HOTARU!" It was cold that morning in my room was freezing. When I opened my eyes I examined Hotaru's perfect shape. Her eyes deep purple and her pupils hardly even visible, Her hair was down today but it always looked shorter then it actually is, probably because she always had in some kind of braid or bun. Her uniform seemed to be flattened and ironed that morning it still was crinkle free. She had always been an outgoing girl but I think this is too much work. Maybe not for her since she wakes up at like two in the morning. I got out of bed and stretched my back cracked, "Hug" I was still trying to get up even though my body had already got up from the cold. I looked around my room, looking at every single thing I could. My room was pretty much a square my bed at one corner and my door directly across from it. My dresser was just like my moms. Boy does that old thing bring back memories. It was an espresso color with dovetails drawers. It had belonged to my mother, but when she died no one wanted it. I decided to take it because one I needed a dresser and two I had such good memories with it and my mother. I got up and went to put on my school uniform to warm up a tad and I walked into the bathroom. I examined myself in the mirror only then did I notice the large rat nest that had formed on the back of my head. I grabbed my brush and started to brush out the tangles out of my hair and then I started to smooth out my hair. It took awhile to get it from being a mess to actually my straight slightly curly hair. My hair was a hazelnut brown just like my eyes. I grinned at my reflection and left the bathroom and headed for the entryway where Hotaru was standing, waiting for me. "Could it take you any longer?" she asked seemingly irritated. "Sorry it took so long I didn't notice how long it took me."

TIME SKIP...

We walked into the classroom right on time, but we didn't need to worry because Narumi-sensei is always late. As I walked to my seat I noticed a pair of crimson eyes boring holes into my head. The raven Hair guy with crimson red eyes was Natsume. Whenever he stares at someone it typically means he has to say something. When I slumped down into my chair I turned around to face Natsume. "Do you have something to say?" I asked wondering what he wanted. Natsume stared at me and I stared at him right back. "Well ther-" But his sentence was cut short when Narumi-sensei came storming in saying "Hello my wonderful students!" With his white shirt, purple jeans, and brown shoes on as usual. Thank god he wasn't wearing anything to flamboyant. Natsume looked at me and said a tad bit irritated "There is going to be something that you're going to want to think about."

I was irritated that he didn't tell me straight forward. When Narumi-sensei called "free time!" I turned around and asked "Natsume, what do you mean by 'there is going to be something I want to think about'?"

"Well you'll learn sooner or later."

What do you-" but I was cut short by a voice from somewhere around me. "Mikan I have a question for you." I looked in the direction the voice came from, and I saw a girl with dark green, seaweed like hair and dark green eyes heading towards us. "Permy?" "As I said I have a question for you. Will you accept it?" Permy said when she was close enough that I was able to smell her vanilla perfume that was too strong for my nose. I scrunched my nose up from the smell. I assumed that she meant a challenge when she said 'will you accept it.' "What is your challenge?" I said boldly. I was never a person to back down from a challenge. Everyone knew that, so by that time people had formed a group around us to get what Permy was challenging. "I want you to go into the Dark Forest, AND get some proof that you where deep, DEEP inside the forest." Everyone around us gasped. I so wanted to back down but my pride was too strong. The Dark Forest was cursed and students weren't aloud anywhere near the Dark Forest. My head started to spin, I so desperately wanted to back down from this but my pride got the best of me. People around us started to murmur if I was going to do it or not.

I got my thoughts together and responded "Permy, I accept your challenge." Every one around us was surprised but not. They knew I never back down from anything that brings it self my way.

People started to part away and got in there groups and started their own little conversations. I turned towards Natsume who was reading his manga with his feet up on top of the desk and relaxing like nothing happened. "So, is that what you where trying to get at? That Permy was going to challenge me?" I said pretty upset that he didn't tell me straight forward about it. "Well yea I didn't want to tell you though because, you know, it was her question to ask." I looked at him like he was lying to me. "Did she force you to not tell me? And how in the world did you know about that any ways?"

He just started at me and said "Well, I don't really ease drop but, you know you can't really help it when you're passing by her talking about it to her friends. She was super loud to." I responded "Well you still shouldn't know what there talking about. Where you walking in place or something?" Natsume had no different emotion to this. He opened his mouth but I cut him short, "You know what this is getting boring, so how about we start on something new. Hmmmm, oh I know!" I said, "How about that nick name you gave me you perverted fox. I really don't like it, polka. Uhg." I said with disgust to what he called me.

"Your the one that always responds to it dummy." He was right on that one.

"Dammit why do you always win at these!?" I wined I didn't like losing to him. He was the only person I lose to other then Hotaru.

"Maybe because I am better then you are." He smirked while saying this. I just sneered at him.

When I turned around Hotaru was right there in my face and I jumped back because she scared the shit out of me. "Jesus Hotaru, what the hell." " What the hell are you thinking going into the Dark Forest, Baka?!" I used to be annoyed she kept calling me Baka but I got use to it after awhile. She did look really mad at my decision. Her face was like a battle between super upset and furious. "Well maybe because I can't back down from something like that. You know me." I said defending my self and backing away when she pulled out her Baka gun 9000.

"Well, we can't do anything to keep her from doing this can we." I heard Ruka right behind Hotaru who didn't even flinch when she heard him. But more of turned up the meter to 'KNOCK OUT' on her Baka gun 9000 and said "Well we could always knock her out before she can go." I started to run away while they discussed this but Hotaru had her 'Grab An Idiot' (a new invention she made) on her some how and grabbed me before I could get out the door. I had no idea where she kept all this but she did some how." NO HOTARU PLEASE DON'T" I yelled as she pulled me closer. Struggling from the grasp of her 'Grab An Idiot' I gave up and just waited for the stars to come.

"Hotaru I don't think you should do that, she'll probably just get pissed and try to beat the crap out of you. Besides she needs to do this for her own pride." I heard Permy Behind me. I tried to turn around but I couldn't with the way the 'Grab An Idiot' had me. "Permy why would you even give her this challenge?" I heard Ruka sounding actually pissed. It surprised me because you never see, or hear Ruka get mad very often. "Well first of all she could have backed down you know that right. And second because it's not like she's going to die or anything right." Permy said smirking at the end of her sentence.

"Just let me go on this trip I need to do it for my pride Hotaru. I can't back down." I commented, sort-of pleading to her to let me go. I heard Hotaru groan then saying "Fine but I swear if you come back with a blood drawn I WILL draw more." She said. She unlocked the hook that held me and I hit the ground with a thud.