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Chapter 2
A Princess?
Natsume's POV
The bell rings for the end of first period. I slouch on my desk in exhaustion. These classes seem so hard and boring. Now I have to deal with this. Guys surrounding my desk asking me questions like "Natsume-san, what town do you come from?" someone asks, "I'm from Takamo" (sorry, I forgot what town he was from) I answered "wow that's quite far from here, were you tired?" another asked "I couldn't walk properly when I got out of the car. My caregivers couldn't either" I answered curtly "caregivers? Where are your parents?" That question stung my heart and I was almost at the verge of tears. "Now, now everyone, you're making Natsume-kun feel uncomfortable" Tooru said as he tried to calm down the guys around me. The others around me awed at the let down and left for lunch. "Hey Natsume-kun? Want to join us for lunch?" Shihoudani asked "No It's alright, I actually want some time time to think" I replied. "Okay, we'll be in the student council, home economics or the cafeteria if you need us" Tooru told me while the two walked out of the room.
I then took my bag, which was heavy for some reason, and made my way outside to the courtyard under a tree. While I was walking, I caught a glimpse of a girl with long magenta hair in a frilly skirt she looked at me and continued running. "A girl? But this is a boys only school" I thought to myself, but I waved it off thinking it was a youkai. I then sat down under a tree and and opened my bag to see a certain large maneki neko cat in my bag. "Ny-Nyanko-sensei?!" I cried. "Nyaa~" he yawned as he jumped out of my bag. "So that was why my bag was heavy" I glared at the cat. "Whatever, I knew you were going to be in a boarding school so I had to come along. Unfortunately, you didn't open your bag so it was really cramped and I was getting hungry so I ate your today's bento" he said.
I felt anger running through my veins as I glared at Nyanko-sensei. "I guess I was right bringing money to school" I spoke. I gave a very hard glare to Nyanko-sensei. "Alright I'm sorry, I'll just run about the school checking if there is any youkai around" he concluded our conversation and skittered off. I sigh and shake my head, recalling all the things Nyanko-sensei had said to me.
"Well, I guess to the cafeteria for lunch then" I say to myself and made my way to the cafeteria. Luckily this school had signs so I knew which way to go. While I was walking, YI got a phone call from my cellphone. I exit the nearest door and answered it. "Hello, Natsume speaking" I greeted the caller, "Hi Natsume! It's me, Satoru!" I heard on the line "Satoru-kun? Hey! How's it going?" I replied cheerfully, "It going fine, hey, everyone's gonna come visit you on Wednesday this week and Natori-san is going to take us!" Satoru announced "But I won't be home though" I replied a little sadly, "Why?" Satoru asked "I'm attending a boarding school and school lasts until 4:30 in the afternoon or later if I join a club or something" I explained to Satoru, "Whoa, a boarding school, that's okay! We can just visit you at school, just tell us what school you go and we'll meet you there!" he asked "Great! I go to Fujimori Boys Only Boarding School, can't wait to see you again!" I answered excitedly and hung up.
Yuujirou's POV
Tooru, Mikoto, and I were walking and we saw Natsume talking on his cellphone. We walked over to over hear a bit from his conversation. All we heard were two lines from him which were "I'm attending a boarding school and school lasts until 4:30 in the afternoon or later if I join a club or something" and then his face instantly changed into the most cheerful smile I've ever seen along with small tears of joy. I instantly fell in love with the smile. "You were right Tooru-kun, it's so angelic" I whispered to him "you can say that again" Mikoto added. "I told you" he smirked. Then we heard Natsume say "Great! I go to Fujimori Boys Only Boarding School, can't wait to see you again!" "I guess he's really happy in meeting his friends again" Tooru smiled sympathetically soon enough, we all smiled.
Natsume then hung up and looked in our direction, "Oh I was just looking for you two, and you are?" Natsume greeted us and looked at Mikoto "Oh this is another one of our friends" I explained.
Normal POV
Natsume took a good look at Mikoto's profile, and so does Mikoto. They both then notice each other. "Gyaah!" They both jump in surprise Mikoto asked "y-y-you're that girl f-from before" Natsume gasped "A-and you were that guy under the tree!" Mikoto gasped back.
"Why the heck were you in a frilly skirt?" Natsume asked after calming down quickly "That was fast, calming down so quickly" the trio thought altogether, "So Mikoto, running away from the job again?" Yuujirou asked Mikoto with a devilish smile, "job?" Natsume thought for a moment "shut up! I'm a man and I definitely do NOT wear dresses" Mikoto denied. "How can you be a man if you can't pass the challenge of cross dressing?" Natsume spoke up. The trio looked at Natsume in surprise, that was quite a start hearing Natsume speak up so naturally. "Well, have you cross dressed before" Mikoto asked with his arms crossed, "actually, I have. And I hated it, but I got through it" Natsume replied confidently but calmly. The trio's eyes widen at Natsume's remark.
Natsume's POV
"You've cross dressed before Natsume?" Tooru asks, "why?" Yuujirou adds. I sigh at the thought of recalling that time.
Flashback
Summer...
"Natsume-dono!" I hear behind me. I was walking Nyanko-sensei down the path because his fat weight was becoming too much. So I decided to walk Nyanko-sensei down the path in the forest when I heard a desperate cry from two familiar youkai. "What's wrong?" I ask the horned cyclops youkai, "it's a youkai, she's terrorising any male youkai who comes near her and shrinks them, only she has the antidote" the bull youkai explained.
"Hmm, it seems this youkai is similar to Hinoe-San, guess we'll have to investigate, eh Natsume?" Nyanko-sensei asks me, "this is a start, you've never said something like this before" I tell the fat cat "shut up and let's get going" Nyanko-sensei denied trying to wriggle free from the leash. "Okay okay, we'll go see what's going on" I said and both Nyanko-sensei and I took off for our look of this 'male hating' youkai.
About ten minutes of walking, Nyanko-sensei stopped for a moment, "what's wrong Nyanko-sensei?" I ask, "well, we are dealing with a man hater here, so one of us have to dress as a girl" Nyanko-sensei stated. "You can do it" I told the neko cat, "nope, you have to. Because most youkai have already seen my human form so you might as well cross dress for the day" Nyanko-sensei explained. I sigh at the thought, "fine" I gave up.
And throughout the whole day, in my new identity as a girl. Many people, mostly guys, were hitting on me and the youkai would mistake me as my grandmother, Natsume Reiko.
End Of Flashback
I converted all the youkai parts of the flashbacks into normal people and the shrinking into threats and violence so that I wouldn't sound like a weird person.
The other three nodded in understanding and surprise at the past moment. "Wow, that must've been a really hard experience you had to go through" Tooru commented, "please, I really don't want to recall it" I shivered. "See? Even he hates it!" the pinkette growled at the blonde and bluenette. "But at least I accepted the fact that i had to dress up as a girl and dealt with it, not all whiny and complaining" I said looking at the pinkette. "Wha-!" he was going to say something but quickly shut up and looked away, "by the way, I haven't really caught your name" I said after realising that I have been giving him the nickname 'pinkette'.
Mikoto's POV
"Yutaka Mikoto" I muttered. After hearing the short blonde's small lectures about being a man and cross dressing, I decided to shut up. "Nice to meet you Yutaka-san, I'm Natsume Takashi" he introduced himself with the most angelic smile I've ever seen. My heart went 'pang' from receiving such an angelic smile. "So natural, but beautiful" I thought. Before I knew it, a blush had crept up onto my face. "N-no problem, y-you can call me Mikoto" I gushed, trying to hide my flustered face while scratching the back of my head. "Okay then, Mikoto-kun" Natsume said again with another beautiful smile. I thought that I was going to faint "receiving two beautiful smiles in one day? This is just incredible" I thought.
"It seems Miko-chan has fallen in love" Shihoudani snickered, "I have not! And I've told you many times not to call me that! Do you call me that becau-" "I hate you?" Shihoudani interrupted in a sinister tone and glare. The air around us turned heavy. "Maa, maa minna, let's not be hasty now" Natsume said, "sou, sou, also Yuujirou-kun doesn't hate you Mikoto-kun" Kouno added.
Bell ringing
Natsume's POV
"Argh, geez and I haven't eaten anything this period" I sigh. "Come have lunch with us during lunch next time" Yuujirou suggested, "really? That'd be great" I smiled. So we left it at that and went back to our respective classrooms, only leaving Mikoto for his classroom was in the eastern wing.
In class, I was daydreaming until a youkai appeared at the window which happened to make loud 'thump'. Luckily I was sitting two seats away from the window. It had a white slender body. A face that made it look like it was wearing a mask with just empty black eye sockets to locate its eyes. I sort of jumped at the sudden appearance which happened to concern Tooru. "Are you alright Natsume-kun?" he whispered, "yeah I'm fine, I just jumped at the sudden thump at the window" I whispered back, "oh okay" he concluded.
When the bell rang, Yuujirou and Tooru, hooked me up by the arms and dragged me down the school hallways. "Um, hey you guys, where are you taking me?" I asked cluelessly, "wait and see!" the two smiled with secret written all over it. "Just where on earth are they taking me?" I think.
After a while of walking through the hallways, we finally reach our destination which was the Student Council. "The student council? What do I have to do with them?" I thought questioningly. "Shitsureishimas!" The two chorused and opened to door to reveal Mikoto sitting on the couch, quietly drinking tea from a tea set in front of three students opposite him.
"Took you long enough" Mikoto complained after removing the cup from his lips. "Ah, so you've arrived, come sit down" one of the students sitting opposite in the middle of the couch ushered. All four of us, Yuujirou, Tooru, Mikoto , and I managed to fit in the couch opposite the student. "Glad that you could join us, Natsume-san" he smiled. The other two students standing behind him on either side greeted me with a "Hello and welcome".
"I am Arisada Shuya and the student council would like to have a deal with you" he introduced calmly with a bright smile. "Wait, Arisada… Shuya? Chottomate…. Is that you? Brother?" I ask curiously. I did remember when I was looking in my family records, my mother had married another and had a child with him, I didn't know much of him but I did know we were half brothers. Not actual ones.
"EHH?!" Was the reaction I got from the trio.
"Brothers?!" Mikoto shouted in disbelief.
"But your last names!" Yuujirou added with shock.
"This is a joke right?!" Tooru asked in a panick.
"Calm down you guys, we're not actual brothers, we're half" I explained, when I had explained that, everyone started to finally understand, even the student council members. Except for Arisada who was just sitting there with a smile. "Thats me little half brother, quite a coincidence that you remember my name and found me here" Arisada or should I say, Shu-chan (A/N: Don't ask me why I'm using that name for Shuya). A small smile crept up onto my face at the nickname I was gonna give him.
Arisada's (Shu-chan) POV
I had just happened to encounter my little half brother. A small smile crept onto his face when I had last spoken. "Ne, Shu-chan, what's this deal you wanted to have with me?" he asks with the most natural but beautiful smile. I shined so bright that I couldn't look. The other members covered their eyes and I was love stricken just by one smile. "How did he develop such a smile, and that nickname, such a thing that I've never been called before" I asked in my head.
I coughed a little before I came back into my original posture "now that you are using that nickname on me, I don't think that I can actually have you do it" I explained with one hand to my shaking head back and forth. The three princesses snickered, I waved it off thinking "I'll get them later".
Natsume's POV
I chuckle at Shu-chan's small reaction when I used the nickname. "Don't worry, I'm all ears" I assure him. "Well these three here are the princesses of the school" Shu-chan explains, "princesses?" I asked, "princesses are students who bring joy and encouragement to the dull and boring boys school. That's how you saw Miko-chan here in a frilly skirt while running away from his job" Yuujirou explained while sinisterly looking at Mikoto who was backing down in his seat. "That's right Yuujirou-kun, so these three go around in dresses and makeup to club rooms after school or during school just for an attraction" Shu-chan explained.
"I'll do it" I stated straightforwardly. "What the- this guy is really fast when it comes to making decisions isn't he" Mikoto exclaimed, everyone nodded in agreement. "Well that settles it, we'll have an announcement going on the school notice board and preparations for a welcoming ceremony for Princess Natsume" Shu-chan said while clapping his hands.
"Arisada!" We all heard a voice at the door and burst in. It was a tall student with long curly brown locks tied into a ponytail with a ribbon. "Ah, Natashou-San, perfect timing, meet my half brother, Natsume Takashi. He will be a new addition to our princess group" Shu-chan explained to the one called 'Natashou'.
"Ahhh! Perfect! Perfect! I am Natashou Kaoru, pleased to meet you Natsume-San, I am the princess' costume designers and, Oh!" He introduced before stopping for a moment, "I just had some new design ideas come into my head, I better get to work before those ideas disappear" he tweeted and left the room in a dash. "Well that was interesting" I thought.
3rd Period, School Hall
Normal POV
It was 3rd period and everyone was gathered around the notice board to see a new announcement from the student council. Many of the guys liked to read the announcements from the student council because they were the ones in charge of the princess system. When they read the announcement about Natsume being a new princess, everyone was congratulating Natsume.
"Natsume-San, congratulations on becoming a princess" a student said, "thank you for your support, I'll see you all at the ceremony" Natsume smiled brightly. Everyone in front of him was instantly love stricken. "He was just like Kouno-san when he was first announced as a princess" Mikoto leaned over to Yuujirou. "It's like the past is repeating again" Yuujirou whispered. "You know you don't have to whisper, I can hear you" Tooru interjected.
"Geez, it's really hard to put up a smile like that" Natsume complained after dealing with the boys. "Don't worry, there's more to it than you think, this is just the beginning" Tooru explained. "Wait, there's more? Oh joy" Natsume thought.
"Attention minna, sorry for the interruption, can I please have the princesses, including Natsume-San to the school hall" the intercom announced. "That's our cue, let's go Natsume-kun" Yuujirou ushered the others and Natsume.
Natsume's POV
When we had reached the school hall. My jaw dropped at how huge it was. Tooru chuckled at that "your reaction was just exactly the same when I had first entered this place" " you don't say" I replied with a chuckle. "Natsume-chan!~" A voice called behind the four of us. "Nii-san!" I called after turning around to see my half brother walking up to us.
"You guys need to start getting dressed and getting your makeup ready" he informed us. We all nodded in response and made our way to our dressing rooms which was quite large than I had expected. I expected it to be like club room sized but it seems that it was classroom sized with two vanities with a lot of makeup. On the other side of the room from the doorway, there where fold out dividers that I assumed was the area where we change into our outfits.
"Our outfits should be on those racks over there" Yuujirou pointed out. I looked at the outfits on the rack. They were designed in a British Victorian era style princess dress. They were sort of colour coordinated. For example, Tooru's was blue like his hair, Mikoto's was like a rogue red and Yuujirou's was like a gold yellow. I took a look at my dress which was a cream. I sort of liked the colour. I looked at the time and saw it was 2:25 pm and the ceremony or more like coronation, was at 3:00 pm.
I hurried went behind the dividers to get into my dress. It had the cream colour going down the centre of the dress with black on the outer areas. It came with a few bits of jewels here and there on them which made it look like it was sparkling when the light hit them. It also came with my wig with my hair colour and a small tiara. I smiled at the design altogether. "He really is something, that designer going all out on these dresses." I thought.
When had finished doing my makeup and getting dressed, I stepped out of the dividers to meet wide eyes of the other members. "What's wrong? Do I look weird?" I asked, "no you don't it's just that, how do you know how to apply makeup so well?" Mikoto asked still with wide eyes. "Well I did cross dress before right?" I asked them. "True" Tooru answered with the most obvious looking face. "Well it's almost time, should we get going?" Yuujirou suggested, "Un!" The rest of us agreed.
School Hall, Backstage
Normal POV
As the students were gathered in the school hall, the princess quartet were getting ready for the presentation. "Okay you guys are on in a few minutes" a green haired student informed them. "That's Sakamoto Akira, he's our class president" Tooru explained. Natsume nodded in understanding.
The next moment, they heard a microphone tap. "That's our cue, places everybody" Sakamoto instructed. The princesses got into their places with Yuujirou in the front and Natsume at the back for the grand finale.
"Good afternoon!" The student council president's voice boomed through the speaker. "Hope you are excited because we have a new presentation to present to you!" he announced proudly. "Please give a warm welcome to our lovely princesses!" he adds with a cheerful grin. The boys appluade as the the last line was made.
While the cheers were continuing, Yuujirou came down a lift with the rails making it look like a white carriage, followed by Mikoto and Tooru. Lastly, before Natsume came down, Arisada announced something, "and before the grand finale, I'd like to introduce my half brother, Natsume Takashi, who is also a new addition to our group of princesses, please be nice and give a warm welcome". And just after that, Natsume came down the lift with the same carriage design, smiling and waving to his audience. The boys were showing awe and instantly began shouting compliments like "you're beautiful Natsume-hime sama!" or something related to that.
Natsume's POV
I smile and wave as I come down. We all boarded something like car and went through the crowd still smiling and waving. "You're really good at this Natsume-san" Mikoto complimented, "yeah, you were just like Tooru-kun, in the spotlight" Yuujirou teased, "Oh stop it, you don't need to flatter me like that" I denied with a tiny blush. "Leave Natsume-kun alone, he's just getting used to this" Tooru defended me, "It's okay, let's just get this through with" I concluded
And so, we continued on till the end of 3rd period…
End
A/N: Hey all! enjoying the story? Review please! I'd love to hear what you guys think. It's been about two days since the first chapter and I was thinking to myself "I think I'm uploading quite fast" I don't really know but this is my opinion. Anyways thanks for reading this story and for the current follows and favourites. The next chapter might take much longer because I have been spending a lot of time typing this up for you guys so please be patient!
Preview:
Natsume goes out with the other princesses to begin their job. He ends up going to bed early because of a cat (Nyanko-sensei) head butting him quite hard, leaving him unconscious. The next day, Natsume's friends, including Natori, end up coming a bit earlier and come see him after school on the second day of school. What do you think will happen? Friendship? Rivally? Wait for the next chapter of Natsume-Hime Sama!