*Hello! This is my first fanfic! Treat me nicely!

I DO NOT OWN GAUKEN ALICE!

-Character: Arata- is not an official Gauken Alice character just in cse some people are confused...


Why so Early?

'Knock, knock'

My eyes fluttered opened at the noise scaring me half to death.

Wow, its morning already!

I couldn't get any sleep last night because of the incident with the master and that annoying dream!

"Excuse me, mistress Mikan. It's breakfast time. The master wants you to accompany him. Please hurry." I heard what sounded like Arata on the other side.

"Hey, wait a second" I rushed toward the door to find Arata with his eyes wide open looking at me from head to toe while his face turned crimson red.

'Cough' "yes, mistress Mikan?" he said turning his head away from me.

"Umm, isn't the staff supposed to have breakfast at 10am, its only 9am?" I looked at him confused at how he didn't look at me in the eyes.

"Umm, you are right but the master wants you to accompany him this morning. Please get dressed." He turned away as quickly as he could and started walking away.

I looked down at what I was wearing and started to blush myself. All I had on was a long, huge, white nightshirt, some boy shorts and my hair was everywhere.

"Thank you, Arata." I yelled down the hall, laughing with embarrassment. I closed the door as I saw him about to turn around at what I had called him; I went over to my closet and put my clothes on.

As I walked down the stairs toward the dining room I was stopped by a guy. It was an older guy who had short dark red eyes and jet black hair, just like the master's but a little more of a clean cut. He looked at me from head to toe.

"Where do you think you're going?" I looked at him confused.

"Umm…to breakfast." I said trying to get around him.

He grabbed my hand and started pulling in the opposite direction.

"Look…my brother said you would probably wear something like this," at that I looked down at my baggy pants and t-shirt while my hair was up in a bun, "so he told me to fix you up before you came. Oh…and he said that you don't remember us." he said with an aggravated tone.

"What? I am supposed to be a servant, not a guest or something. And why do you and your brother keep asking me that?" I yelled still following him.

"Wow, you really don't remember us. Well, I guess we have to start over then. My name is Tsubasa and Natsume is my brother." he said pulling me into his room.

"Okay I have the dress you are supposed to wear right over here." he said pointing at a long dark purple dress. "You will never guess who picked that out. He said it was your favorite color and that it goes well with your hair. Try it on!" he motioned me towards the changing room and closed the door behind me.

Okay, this is not happening. I go to a house to work as a servant and end up being kissed and being dressed up in a dress that the master picked out. What is going on here?

I put on the dress and looked in the mirror. Poor dress, having to be worn around by someone as ugly as me…time to go.

I stepped out of the closet door and saw Tsubasa staring at me with his eyes wide open.

"Looks like he was right! You look beautiful! Let's just take down your hair and…wow! You looked cute when we were younger but now you are just so…so beautiful!" he said coming over to me and pulling me into a tight embrace.

"Okay, time to go to breakfast!" he grabbed my hand and started walking toward the dining room.

As we entered the room, all the servants' faces turned red as Natsume started smirking but I decided to ignore them. Arata and Ruka were there too.

"Welcome Tsubasa and thank you for joining me this morning, Mikan." He said looking at me with intense eyes. I could feel his eyes on me as I walked towards my seat which, of course, was right beside him.

"Well, it wasn't my choice." I said not looking at him.

Tsubasa sat in front of me on the other side of Natsume.

"What did you do to her last night?" he asked in a nonchalant voice towards Natsume.

"I didn't do much; all I did was try and refresh her memory." He said smirking at me. I finally looked at him and I could feel my face getting hotter and hotter by the second, I just couldn't help it anymore. He was starting to get on my last nerves with that smirk of his.

"That's enough, I will find out later. But other than that, it's time to eat! Servants!" Tsubasa yelled for them to bring in the food.

Arata gave me mine, I guess he was my servant while I am staying here.

"Thank you Arata!" I said taking the food from him. He seemed like he wanted to say something but then I noticed he was no longer staring at me but at Natsume. I looked over at Natsume and saw that he was glaring at him. When I looked back at Arata he was already gone.

"Don't talk to the servants." He said to me, glaring.

"Why not? I am a servant myself. Oh and that reminds me, why am I eating breakfast with both you and Tsubasa?" I yelled at him in confusion with an aggravated tone.

But then he did something I didn't expect, he started to laugh.

"You never change, do you?" he asked looking into my eyes and smiling a genuine smile.

"And stop saying things like that! I don't know either of you okay?" I yelled standing up.

Tsubasa then started tapping his glass with her fork and motioning me and Natsume to calm down and eat.

"It doesn't matter right now, so just eat your breakfast okay. And then I promise you I will tell you anything you want to know, okay?" he said starting to eat.

"Fine!" Natsume and I said at the same time and we both started eating.

After we had finished eating I picked up my plates and started walking towards the kitchen.

"What do you think you're doing, Mikan? Oh, I see you still don't believe in using servants for things that you could just do yourself." Natsume said also standing up and picking up his things. He started walking behind me towards the kitchen and I could feel the eyes of the servants on me but I tried to ignore them.

I put my dishes in the sink and turned around to see Natsume right in front of me centimeters apart.

"You really don't know how troublesome you are, do you?" he asked pushing me against the sink.

"Stop it! Move out of my way!" I yelled pushing him as hard as I could.

"Be quiet, you don't want to alert the servants, do you? Especially Arata." He said leaning closer to my face.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked confused. I had stopped struggling and as he noticed that he took advantage of it. He caught my hand in his, intertwining our fingers and with his other hand, brushed it across my cheek. A shiver went down my spine.

"You know exactly what I mean." he said as he let go of me.

"What do you two think you're doing, making so much noise?" Tsubasa said coming into the kitchen.

"Oh I'm sorry Tsubasa; I will take it upstairs then." He then picked me up and started carrying me up the steps to my room, princess style.

"Put me down!" I yelled pushing and hitting him with all my might.

"You know, you used to be stronger than me, but now it seems that I have grown up a little." He said laughing and opening the door to my room, not even struggling to keep me in his arms.

He walked into the room and went over to my bed where he dropped me.

"Hey what are you doing?" I asked as he sat down beside me.

"Do you like your dress? I tried to pick the one that would go best with your hair and eyes. And it seems that I chose well." He said as he touched my hair.

I tried to push his hand away but all he did was grab my hand and bring it to his mouth to kiss it lightly.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked trying to pull my hand away, which had no effect whatsoever.

"You are so naïve some times." He said bringing his other hand up to my face. "If only you could remember me and our past. It was only ten years ago."

"Stop saying things like that! I don't know you! Now let go of me!" I yelled pulling away from him.

He then pushed me down on my bed and held both my hands. He looked into my eyes with sadness and aggravation.

"Why can't you remember?" he said softly before he bent his head down to mine. His lips met mine for a moment and parted. He looked into my eyes with wonder but then something sparkled.

He let go of me and sat beside me and looked like he was in deep thought. I started to slide to the edge of the bed but was too late. He caught my wrist and pulled me onto his lap.

"I got it. All I have to do is do exactly the same thing I did to you in the past and then you would remember me for sure." He said smiling down at me in excitement.

"Wait, what are you going to do?"I asked, wondering what I did in my life that would give me this kind of punishment.

He picked me up and started walking out to the balcony. He put me down lightly on my feet but never let go of my hand. He then put his arm around my waist and started to sway.

"Are we trying to dance?" I asked confused.

"Well, yeah. We're not the best dancers." He said still swaying.

"This is a little cliché, isn't it? But oh well, why not?" I said putting my other hand on his shoulder while looking at his feet so that I won't step on them.

This is weird but kinda fun! Okay, try not to step on his foot…wait! What am I doing? He is a stranger! Why does he feel so familiar? I shouldn't feel this calm around someone who has held me against my will and kisses me every time he feels like it!

"Wait a second" I started to say until I looked up and saw that he was staring straight at me and smiling this smile that made my heart skip a beat. Stop it! What am I thinking?

"Yes, Kira?" he asked without adverting his eyes.

"Umm, so why are we doing this?" I asked looking away from him. We kept doing that little sway dance of ours and all he did was stare at me.

"Okay, this is not working, Natsume." I said stopping. I took my hand off of his shoulder and tried to take my hand away from his but he wouldn't let go. He then pulled me back to his chest.

"You just called me by my name." he said whispering in my ear and pulling me closer.

"Stop it!" I yelled pushing him. "Stop doing these weird things to me!"

I looked up at him to see his expression. I thought it was going to be something like sadness or remorse or something. But he was smirking. He was smirking!

"You are still the same as always." He said. "You are remembering me little by little already, aren't you?"

He let go of my hand but then moved it up to my face, gently caressing it until he started to move closer. I started to protest but it was too late. His lips made contact with mine in an instant. He kissed me gently, yet eagerly. He pulled back and looked at my surprised face. He kissed me one last time, just a little peck on the lips. He stepped back, seeing me awestruck, he smirked and walked towards the door, leaving with that stupid smirk on his face.

What is wrong with me? What am I doing? Why didn't I hit him as hard as I could? What did he mean by me remembering him little by little?


I finally got enough courage to go out of my room and as I opened the door, Arata was standing there about to knock.

"Umm, yes Arata?" I asked stepping back a little.

"Well, I was coming to see if you were okay since you've been in this room alone for the last hour. But it seems like you are okay." He said looking away with what looked like a blush creeping up on his face.

"Thank you, Arata. But I'm fine. I was coming to find you anyway to see what I am supposed to do for my job." I said with excitement with the thought of finally being paid.

"Oh, the master didn't tell you? You are to be treated like a guest and not like a servant, so you don't have a job but he said that he would still pay you for your services." He said in confusion at his last statement.

"What? Excuse me for a minute, Arata, while I go find that arrogant jerk of a master!" I yelled walking down the hall but then suddenly remembered that I don't know where his room is.

"Umm, Arata, can you show me where Natsume's room is?" I asked walking back to Arata.

"Oh, you don't know? His room is right beside yours." He said pointing to the room down the hall.

"What?" I yelled walking to the room he was pointing to. "I'll be back in a minute so don't go anywhere, okay?"

"Umm, sure." He said softly.

I went up to his door and banged against it as hard as I could.

"What do you…!" he yelled opening the door but then he saw me, a smirk crawling onto his face. "Yes, Mikan?"

"Don't you 'yes, Mikan' me! Why don't I have a job here? That is the only reason I am here!" I yelled in his face.

"I don't need you as a servant. I only want you to stay for a while as a guest." He said calmly.

"The only reason I am here is because I need the money!" I yelled.

"Oh, I know. That is why I am paying you for staying here. Every day I will pay you a couple hundred dollars without you having to work. Isn't that good?" he said reaching his hand up to touch my face.

I slapped his hand away before it touched me.

"No, it is not okay! I do not want to be treated any differently from the rest of the servants who only get paid if they work. I will not accept any money unless I have earned it!" I said not backing down.

"I was hoping that you were not as stubborn as you used to be." He said shaking his head. "Okay then. You will be my personal maid. Is that better." He said with a little smirk on his face.

"I don't think I should be, but I don't think I have a choice in the matter of choosing what I want to do, do I?" I said backing up a little.

"No, you do not. This is going to be fun. You start tomorrow." He said but then he suddenly pulled my arm, landing me right into his chest I went. He put his arms protectively around me and hugged me tightly but gently.

"What are you..?" I started to yell but then he let go with a smirk.

"Goodbye, nice seeing you again, my maid." He said closing the door.

"I hate you!" I yelled hitting the door and stomping away. As I left I heard his laughter on the other side of the door. I hate him so much!

'Cough, cough' I heard someone do from across the hall. It was Arata.

"Oh I am so sorry, Arata. He is such a jerk!" I said walking up to him.

"I am not at liberty to respond, but he only wants you to feel comfortable here instead of working like Me." he said sadly.

"I don't care what he wants! I came here to work for something and I do not want to be treated like a mistress." I said crossing my arms over my chest.

"So what did you want from me, mistress Mikan?" he asked in confusion.

"Didn't I just say that I didn't want to be treated like a mistress?" I said hitting him in the arm.

"But you are a mistress." He said; confused on why I had punched him.

"No, I am not!" I yelled. "I am just a daughter of an ex-wealthy family. I have not earned the title of mistress so please just call me by my name."

"I am sorry…Mikan." He said blushing. "So what was it that you wanted from me?"

"Oh, that's right! Can you show me around the building so that I know where everything is?" I asked out of excitement.

"Umm, I don't think that the master would like that." He said looking away.

"Why not?" I asked confused.

"It's just that I think he wants to do it." He said acting a little embarrassed.

"I don't care what he wants! I want you to do it!" I said pleadingly.

"Well, I guess I can but I will have to check with the master first." He said heading towards Natsume's door.

"No! You don't need to ask him…umm, I will take full responsibility if he gets mad. Okay?" I pleaded.

"Okay, but please try not to mention it at the very least." He said motioning for me to follow him.

"Okay! Thank you so much, Arata! I will make it up to you soon!" I said hugging his arm.

"Please let go before the master see us." He whispered pleadingly.

"Why? What's wrong with me holding your arm? Is it weird or something for me to hold a friends arm?" I asked confused.

"No! It's just that people will misunderstand and it will get around to the master." He said reassuring me.

"I don't care what other people think, especially what Natsume thinks! But if you don't want me to hold your arm like this I will let go." I said squeezing his arm tighter.

"No! Its fine with me, I guess." He said blushing.

"Good! Let's go then!" I said heading down the hall still holding on to Arata, not knowing that someone was watching.

Arata led me around the building showing me everything as everyone watched in awe of our closeness.


Supper came sooner than I'd hoped and so I had to leave Arata for the moment to eat with Natsume and Tsubasa. But as I sat down at the dining room table I could feel an aura coming from Natsume that kind of scared me. I looked over at him and saw that he looked angry at something.

"What's wrong with you, Natsume?" I asked jokingly.

All he did was look over at me and call for the servants to bring our food.

Tsubasa said nothing and looked like he was enjoying whatever made Natsume like this so he was of no help whatsoever to me.

We ate dinner in silence and once we were done he called for Arata to take the dishes. Arata looked calm but defensive. He took the plates and gave one last glance at me before he left.

Natsume then stood up and left the room without saying a word.

"What is his problem?" I asked Tsubasa knowing that he knew.

"You will find out soon enough. You are so naïve sometimes Mikan." he said as he left the room leaving me all alone.


I went up to my room after that awkward dinner to get ready for bed. I walked into my now pitch black room and tried to find the light switch before I closed the door. But then something grabbed me and pulled me into my room while closing the door behind me. The room was pitch black and I couldn't see whoever it was holding me against my will. I kicked and pushed as hard as I could but whoever it was who had me was much stronger than I was.

"Let go of me!" I yelled before something was put on my mouth.

Whoever is was tied up my hands and feet and carried me over to my bed as I struggled to get free.

What is going on? Why is this happening to me?

I tried to get my hands loose but then whoever it was grabbed them before I had untied it.

Man! I almost had it! I will get loose and when I do I will make this person wish he or she had never been born!

The stranger took my hands and tied them to my bed so that I couldn't have a way to untie them.

After he had made sure that I couldn't get loose anymore he took whatever was on my mouth off.

"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" I whispered pleadingly.

Then the lights came on. It was Natsume.

"What? Why are you doing this to me, Natsume?" I asked madder than I had ever been before

"Be quiet, Mikan. This is just another try at you regaining your memories about Me." he said a little aggravated.

"What? Did you tie me up like this before?" I asked a little frightened by the answer I might hear.

"Yeah." He said still aggravated.

"Well, can you untie me now?" I asked, my voice faltering.

"What? You scared?" he asked now having a smirk on his face.

"No! Why would I be scared at a time like this when a guy you don't really know attacks me in the dark, ties me up to a bed, and keeps me against my will in his house? No, I am not the least bit scared!" I yelled struggling.

"The reason I tied you up in the past was because you started hang out with this other guy after you thought I had a girlfriend and so you wouldn't talk to me." he said a little embarrassed.

"What? So you tied me up because you were jealous of me hanging out with other boys while you had a girlfriend? That's just crazy!" I said laughing. "Can you let me go now?"

"No, you still haven't remembered." He said sitting beside me.

"So why would you think I would remember that moment now?" I asked confused how he thought this would work.

"It's because you are spending too much time with the servant, Arata." He said starting to get aggravated.

"What? Oh, yeah. Arata and I spent the day together today didn't we? It was so fun too!" I said getting excited about going around with my new friend.

"Oh, I see. You like spending time with him? I will make sure that you two never see each other again then." He said smugly.

"What? Why? He is the only friend I have here!" I said pleadingly.

"Oh, as your friend?" he started to chuckle, a little embarrassed of himself, once again. "That's different then. You can spend as much time as you want with him, but you have to stop hugging all over him, okay?" he said moving my hair out of my face.

"Fine…I want hug all over him anymore." I said with a pout.

"You know, you used to hug all over me like that when we were young." He said untying my hands and feet.

"Really? Hmm, maybe I hugged on him because he acted like you used to act." I said wondering.

He then froze. He suddenly grabbed me up and carried me over to the balcony, jumping over to his balcony and went into his room.

"Why are we in your room?" I asked confused.

"I want you to spend the night with me tonight." He said laying me on his bed.

"What? How did it come to this?" I said struggling under his grip.

"Just calm down, I won't do anything to you…even though I want to." He said laying me down on his bed and then laying next to me.

I started to get up but it was to no use, he pulled me back down with ease. He pulled me into his chest and he wrapped his arms around me protectively. I struggling a little bit more but stopped when he suddenly touched his lips to my neck.

"Wait, you said…"I started but stopped when he kissed my neck again.

"I will stop when you loosen up a bit. I am not going to do anything else to you other than this okay. So just calm down." he said snuggling closer to me.

"But, I don't like this. Please just let me go to my own room." I pleaded trying to turn around to look at him.

I succeeded in turning around but I wish I hadn't. Our eyes were staring in one another's and our faces were only centimeters apart. No! Stop heart! Stop beating so fast!

He then hugged me closer to him, moving his hands to my lower back. I then felt even more uncomfortable. Now I am facing him, as he is hugging me as close as he possibly can.

"Oh I see...you wanted to lie this way." He said smirking, knowing I felt uncomfortable.

"No, I didn't know you were this close. I was trying to get out!" I said pushing against his chest but he didn't budge.

"Well, I'm not going to let you go tonight so you better get used to this position." He said moving, laying his head right beside mine. Our foreheads were touching, our eyes looked into one another's, we could feel each other's hot breathe against our skins, and our lips were only centimeters apart.

"Can you slide over a little bit then?" I asked hoping that he would.

"No, I like this position." He said touching his nose to mine. He looked at me for a second then asked, "You don't remember this moment, do you?"

"What? We did this before?" I asked surprised.

"Yeah. Well not this intimate but still with the hugging and forehead touching. But still I would think you would remember this, especially since something very memorable happened that night." He said sadly.

"Wait!" I exclaimed. "What do you mean by memorable? You don't mean 'that', do you?"

"What if I do?" he said, a smirk appearing on his face.

"This is not funny. Did we do the 'do' or not?" I asked, yelling now. My face was as red as fire. I felt scared at what he might say next, but I had to hear it.

"Well, as much as it pains me to say this…no, we didn't." he said with a smile that never reached his eyes.

"Thank god!" I said happily. "I wouldn't want anything like that happening and not being able to remember."

"Oh. Is that the only reason you didn't want 'it' to happen?" he asked now smirking.

"No! That's not the only reason! Umm, another reason is because I wouldn't want to do 'that' so young." I said nervously, wanting him to forget the topic.

"So is that all? You wouldn't have minded that it was me who you might have done 'it' with?" he asked tightening his grip on my waist. I tried to break free from his grasp but our position wouldn't allow it.

"What are you doing?" I asked scared now.

He moved his head down to mine but stopped right before his lips touched mine then he whispered, "Answer the question, Mikan."

I tried to look away but his eyes captivated me. I couldn't escape this. I struggled a little more until suddenly everything went black and the last thing I heard was Natsume frantically calling my name.


"Mika, Mika? You want to go play?" a boy asked looking at a little girl waiting for an answer.

"Sure, Nat" a little girl said jumping off a balcony into some bushes.

"Mika! Are you okay?" the little boy asked running towards the bushes just to hear some giggling. "Don't ever do that again! Are you listening, Mika?"

"Yeah, yeah! You should know by know that I can protect myself, Nat." The little girl said jumping out of the bushes and landing on top of the little boy giggling.

"Just promise me you won't do it again, okay?" he said hugging me.

"Sure, sure. You're too overprotective!" she grabbed his hand and started pulling him towards the woods. "You wanted to go out to play right? Let's go!"

They went into the woods and climbed the biggest tree they could find. They looked out over the land seeing everything. Then out of nowhere, it started to rain as hard as it could

"umm, do you want to spend the night over at my house since its just over that hill?" the little boy asked the little girl who had no coat or anything to protect her from the harsh rain.

"Sure!"She said hugging onto the boys arm trying not to fall off the now slippery tree branch. They climbed down the tree as fast and as carefully as they could. They ran towards the little boy's house holding each other's hand so that they wouldn't separate.

They arrived at the boy's house and his maid greeted them and got the little girl some dry clothes.

"Why don't we let you stay in one of our bedrooms for the night?" one of the maids said leading the little girl to a disserted room.

The boy started to protest but decided not to do anything inappropriate in front of the maid.

The little girl went into the room the maid had given her and laid on his bed till she heard the thunder outside and saw the lightening coming in through the windows.

She hid under the covers screaming every time the lightning flashed and the thunder boomed.

Hearing the little girl, the little boy rushed over to the little girl's room to see that she was cuddled up shaking under her cover hiding her face.

"Mika! Are you okay?" the little boy asked going over to hug the scared little girl.

"Can I sleep in your room?" the girl asked with tears coming down her face.

At that moment the little boy took the little girls hand and walked her over to his room. She got in bed beside the little boy and cuddled up to him as close as she could.

"Wait Mika! I don't think you should do this. You're a girl so we can't sleep so close okay?" the little boy said pushing the little girl away.

"Okay." The little girl said sliding to the edge of the bed starting to jump every time it thundered.

"Never mind, come here." the little boy said pulling the little girl back to beside him.

"Thank you, Nat." She said cuddling closer to where their foreheads touched.

The little boy put his arms around the little girl and said the last words that he knew she wanted to hear, "Good night, I love you."


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