NOTE OF THE AUTHOR: Hey there, sorry, the title's not really"Meet the Hyuuga Family", I changed it. Well, please read and review! -


Mikan's mind screamed as she stared in horror at the person beside her, the arrogant boy who posseses the Fire Alice.

"NO! NOT NATSUME!"


Chapter II: Another Unexpected Twist

Mikan's mind swiveled. "I'm cursed…" She whined.

"Ok now, this is interesting." Narumi-sensei smiled cunningly again. "Ms. Sakura Mikan and Mr. Hyuuga Natsume are pair number 14!"

Mikan looked around and perceived that everyone is looking at them now. She turned her gaze at Natsume whose face remained emotionless. Mikan shrugged and sat back down, even if she argues, there's nothing she can do anyway.

"It's just career day, nothing to worry about. It's not like we're really husbands and wife I mean, it's not like we'll be living in the same house like a real family, right?"

Narumi-sensei finished on sorting out the pairs…

"Whew! Now that that's over, I'll be seeing you this afternoon; my surprise is not over yet…" He went out of the classroom. "Be at the entrance of the Eastern Forest at 4 o'clock sharp ok? Class Dismissed!" And he shut the door. As everyone prepares to leave the room, Ruka approached Hotaru…

"Well then, what career are you going to choose?" Ruka asked her.

"An inventor…" Hotaru simply replied.

"Oh." He chucked. "I guess that's pretty obvious."

"I guess it is…"

Ruka shrugged, "You sure talk a lot." He sarcastically remarked. "Oh well, wanna grab a snack? My treat."

Hotaru looked at him and nodded. Ruka bid goodbye to Natsume and after that, they left…

Mikan was looking at then, "Well, at least they're happy." Ruka has been asking Hotaru out for a while now. "I'm sure Ruka's looking forward to this event so he can have plenty of time alone with Hotaru." Mikan thought.

Then, she thought about Natsume. "It's not that I don't like to be his partner. I mean, we've been hanging out a while since elementary and he's a good companion, well, sometimes. He's still my partner, the one that Narumi-sensei assigned to me when I first set foot at this Academy. And now, it's like we're stuck. That doesn't mean that I hate him, it's just that, I don't think he's really that comfortable with me. He rarely talks. And besides, he's always teasing me and calling me names." She pouted. "And I haven't even heard him call me "Mikan". Even once! But I wonder, what's going to happen in 3 whole days?"

"Hey, little girl…"

"H-Huh?" She snapped back to reality.

"What are you still doing here?" Natsume asked, looking at her. He noticed her staring at the floor for a long time without even moving.

It was then that Mikan noticed that everyone's gone and they're the only ones left. She was so absorbed on her own thoughts that she didn't even notice.

"Oh, right." She stood up and grabbed her bag. "I'll be going then, bye Natsume."

"Hey."

"What?" She said impatiently. "I'm kinda hungry, it's almost lunch."

Natsume stood up. He walked towards Mikan…

"Where will you eat?" He asked, averting her eyes.

"At the cafeteria, where else?" Mikan sarcastically stated.

And with that, Natsume walked ahead…

"Well, what are you waiting for? You said you were hungry." He said, his back facing Mikan.

"What? You didn't even tell me you wanna come." She said, catching up with him.

And the two of them headed off to the cafeteria for lunch.

Meanwhile, Hotaru and Ruka are sitting at a bench outside the school grounds. They decided to eat there since it's crowded at the cafeteria.

"Um…Hotaru?" Ruka started.

"Hm?"

"Is the activity on the career day ok with you?" Ruka blushed as he said this. "I mean is it ok if you'll always spend most of your time with me?"

"I guess it is." Hotaru replied without even looking at him.

Ruka's smile widened. "That's great, Hotaru-chan!"

Hearing this, Hotaru lifted her head. "Why care you calling me that?"

"I dunno, I just want to. Is something the matter?"

Hotaru blushed at Ruka's stare, "But-"

"You already know how I feel about you Hotaru. And I told you before, I'm willing to wait." He gently held her hand and Hotaru turned bright red. "No matter how long it'll take…"

Hotaru pulled her hand. "Let's eat, the food's getting cold."

"Alright." Ruka smiled.

And then, 4 pm came. Every student is walking at the Eastern Forest, still waiting for Narumi-sensei to arrive.

"Ah! Hotaruuu!" Mikan jumped to her best friend. But to her own surprise, she didn't shoot her with her Baka Gun. "Huh?" Mikan looked confused. Then, she spotted Ruka beside her.

"Good afternoon Ruka-pyon!" She beamed.

"Good afternoon Mikan, hi Natsume."

Natsume gave a small smile to his best friend…

"Ne, Ruka-pyon." Mikan smiled wickedly at him. "What did you do to Hotaru? Huh?"

Ruka blushed. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"I knew it!" She laughed.

Mikan suddenly felt the Baka Gun hit her in the face…

"OOOWWW!" She fell on the ground. "Hey! Hotaru, you're still meeaaann! WAAAHH! BOO HOO!" She cried.

"Here, let me help you up."

Mikan looked up and saw…

"Tsubasa-sempai!" She jumped and gave her sempai a big hug. Natsume glared angrily at the boy who possesses the Shadow Manipulating Alice. "Hotaru's so meeaaann!"

"Idiot…" Hotaru mumbled.

"You see! WWAAAAH! BOO HOO!" And she continued weeping.

"Don't worry; I'm sure she didn't mean to do that." He chortled. He thinks Mikan's cute when she acting childish.

"That's not true; I really meant to do that…"

Mikan let's go of Tsubasa…

"So, who's the lucky guy Mikan?" Tsubasa suddenly felt someone glaring at him. When he looked behind Mikan, he saw Natsume and smiled. "So, he's the lucky guy eh?"

"Huh?" She looked at the direction where Tsubasa was looking and saw Natsume. "Oh, yeah…he's my…um…partner. How about you?"

Someone popped behind Tsubasa. "Hi Mikan!"

"Misaki-sempai! So she's your partner." She smiled widely. "A perfect match!"

"Thanks!" Both of them said in unison.

"So, any of you have an idea what's Narumi-sensei's plan is this time?" Ruka asked.

"Actually, I have no clue. I do wonder what it is." She puts her hand on her chin. "I was a little surprised when he revealed to us his plot a while ago. How about you two, do you have a clue?"

"None, he's just unpredictable. He just told us a while ago that we'll be really really surprised." Misaki answered.

"Narumi-sensei's here!" Someone shouted.

And sure enough, they saw Narumi-sensei walking towards them. Mikan noticed a little boy at the age of 8 beside him.

"Youichi?"

"Well, I'm glad to see, everyone's here already." He smiled. "Are you ready to see what my surprise is?"

"Yes!" Every student shouted.

"Ok, just follow me." And he walked deeper in the eastern forest. After 15 minutes of walking, they finally reached their destination. What they saw made their jaw drop.

"Everyone, welcome to…Eastern Town!" He shouted.

to be continued...


NOTE OF THE AUTHOR: Finally, Chapter II is finished! Well, tell me if you loved it, Read and review!