A little warning: I reedited the first chapter, so the second half of the first chapter is new I kinda thought that the second part fits better into the first chapter.
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Btw, since someone asked, evryone in this story is around 12 -
Chapter 2: Cinderella's invitation
Murphy's Law: „If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."
Somwhere in the Technology Area
ring
Calmly a young female inventor with amethyst eyes turned around, putting aside today's inventory taking.
ring
Searching for the cause of the ringing she rummaged through the pile of inventions on her desk, until she finally got hold of a cute fluffy panda, from which antennas were sticking out.
ri-
Without hesitation the emotionless girl punched the panda on the head, shutting off the noise by pushing the button hidden inside.
Invention explanation
Invention: 031, consists of at least two parts. One is a device to spy on other people and record everything unnoticed. More devices of this kind can be added. The current prototypes were scattered on the Academy's ground for testing. The second part is a receiver in a panda's shape. This one not only shows the records, it also has a filtering device that reacts to Baka-radiation. Value estimated on 3000 rabbits and more. End of invention explanation.
Imai Hotaru habitually pulled the panda's stomach up, revealing a small display, and leaned back on her chair to watch the prototype's records. Not showing any sign of surprise, the
young genius watched the record, which had caught the Baka-radiation of her best friend.
Baka, how often have I told her that crying decreases her appeal by 30 percent? And crying for hours increases the ugliness rate by 20 more...
Suddenly the records switched to another scene... Frowning by a barely perceivable millimeter, Imai Hotaru stood up and picked up her favourite Baka-gun...
A path in the forest
An auburn haired girl was walking through a still and quiet forest, humming by herself and could not help but notice the evening sun shimmering in all shapes of red, orange and yellow,
like a magnificent fire... the kind that warms your heart from the inside on a cold day.
Blinking, the girl with the innocent brown eyes sat down and leaned against a tree, allowing herself a relaxing yawn.
Yeah, indeed, one could say that Sakura Mikan was in high spirits, waiting eagerly for the target of her thoughts.
That drink really did wonders, I really feel a lot better... I think I might even be able to forgive Natsume for today, of course only when he-
„Mikan-chan?"
The brunette's heart jumped at the sound of voice, but instead of her desired goal, a blonde young male happened to look down at her in surprise, a white bunny yawning in his arms.
„Hi, Ruka-pyon! What's the matter?"
Mikan waved at the animal-loving boy energetically, who blushed furiously in response, dropping a piece of paper accidently.
„G-Good evening, Mikan-chan. Uhm... actually I was kinda...well, I wanted to-" Ruka' s voice was trailing off slowly into silence, as he looked away in embarassement to hide the
flush on his face.
„You dropped something.", Mikan pointed on the ground helpfully, giving him a questioning look as he picked up the paper nervously.
„O, that... that's a ticket for the yearly „My sweet Alice" ball... It's a masked ball at Central Town, a very popular legendary event at the Academy. All the higher ranked stars get
free tickets, and well, I have some left. So I want to ask if you want to go there..."
The blonde Alice looked at Mikan, his face heating up considerably.
But the cause of his blush only beamed at him in delightment, oblivious of the blushing male's feelings.
„Of course I want to! Legendary, that certainly sounds exciting."
Allowing herself a smile, which was too sweet to be true, Mikan beamed at the shy boy brilliantly.
That's the perfect opportunity! I wonder why I haven't thought of this before? Natsume, as the highest rank, has an invitation for sure.. The best stage to show him the
way I feel...a ball of course...
Ruka, unaware of Mikan's scheming, gave the cheerful girl a shy smile and handed over an invitation.
„Do you know if Natsume will go there as well?"
On of those aches shooting the poor boy's heart, he breathed in deeply.
„Well.. It's not the kind of event he usually attends...", he said slowly.
„He just has to join! I have a surprise for him.", the girl of his desires energetically insisted.
Another arrow in the blonde male's heart.
„Well.. I guess you should ask him then... I gotta go.. still have to attend to homework and taking care of the stables and such.."
Ruka bravely forced a smile on his face and left saying no more.
Wondering a bit about the Animal-Alice's rather sudden depart, Mikan watched him disappearing from her sight in worry.
But then she shrugged, having more important thoughts in her mind, a plan taking shape in her head.
Whistling in a very wrong tune, she climbed up the Black Cat's favourite tree to wait for a particular crimson eyed boy's arrival...
Still somewhere in the forest
At a fast pace Ruka left the scene, before he would embarass himself more than he already did.
But as soon as the Animal-pheromone-Alice deemed himself out of Mikan's sight he stopped to bang his head against a tree.
„I want to ask if you want to go there.."
...with me.
If it had been his nature to curse, he would have cursed himself really bad now. He had gotten so far in asking her out, gathering enough courage for inviting her to ball... only to be
stopped by a little 'with' and a tiny ‚me'.
Those simple two words.. why did he have to fail at those two simple words in the end?
I'm such a coward...
He sighed with frustration.
On the other side he did feel a little relieved as well, since it was a ball which was also popular amongst couples, rumored for bringing together guys and girls... and he
suspected that Natsume might...
Shaking his head as though to shake off his mixed feelings, the blonde young male headed to the stables of his beloved furry friends, hoping they would chase away his depressive
thoughts, as they always did.
At the forest yet again
The brown eyed girl's face lit up considerably, as she caught sight of a crimson eyed male, who was reading a manga, oblivious of the girl's presence.
And the participant has been finally cast.
A sweet smile crossed the innocent female's features.
„Ne, Natsume!"
A little surprised, the named person looked up at a cheerfully smiling Mikan, who dangled her legs from the tree.
Why is that stupid girl always smiling that dumb cheerful smile of hers???
The peeved Black Cat could not help but glare at that thought.
That naive attitude of hers... always managed to heat up his temper so much he just had to do something to wipe that unnerving smile out of her face.
Despite his grumpiness, Natsume started wondering in the back of his mind though, why he and that stupid girl tended to cross their ways every so often today, not knowing that this
time it was a meeting on purpose...
„What's up with the cheerf-"
Not able to finish his sentence, Mikan jumped down the branch so she would elegantly land on her feet in front of a glaring boy.
But instead of her planned cool entrance, she –having reckoned the distance all wrong- staggered in a highly unlucky manner and was about to hit the tree with her head first painfully.
Not quite getting the situation the clumsy female helplessly stared at Natsume, unable to regain her balance and tilted back. Without thinking the Black Cat's reflexes lead one arm
around her chest as his other hit the tree hard, preventing the worst. Painfully he cringed by the sudden impact on his hand and collapsed to his knees along with the eternal cause of
his bad temper.
„Natsume, are you ok?", Mikan asked him in shock, trying to struggle free from his saving grip. The pain only increased by the girl's movement, Natsume's hand supporting the both
of them, sliding away.
Unable to keep his position any longer, the unavoidable chain of events continued, accompanied by a high pitched female cry of surprise.
That noisy idiot gets us both hurt like this!, Natsume thought annoyed as he closed his eyes in anticipation of the fall, Mikan falling against the tree along with the Black Cat.
Despite his thought he was miraculously able to avert harm from the girl in his arms though, as they hit the ground.
A bad feeling lingering in his mind, the raven-haired boy opened his eyes slowly...which of course revealed to him the most comprimising situation ever, exceeding the embarassement
scale of their previous encounters by far.
Ribbons having fallen to the ground, long brown hair was framing an adorably flushed face like an angel's halo in the late evening sun, as a cutely disarranged Mikan looked up at him
confused.
The young beauty's dishevelled clothes were revealing great parts of her slender figure, her skirt having slid above her panties and her slipped shirt showing him a svelte stomach.
Which would have been ok... as well as her face being only an inch away from his, so close he could feel her accelerated breathing... If it had not been for Natsume's left hand having
somehow managed to place itself on the girl's breast, hinting a situation that perfectly matched the 'name' Mikan has given him...
As though burnt by his own flames, the Fire Alice jerked back into a sitting position, hiding his furious blush behind his long black bangs uselessly. Worried the oblivious female stared
at him, breathing hard, closing the distance he had created by leaning close to him, which did not improve the situation by a single inch.
„Natsume, I-I'm sorry, are you ok? Have you hurt yourself anywhere? Your face is all red!"
Mikan had obviously not noticed what just happened, the Black Cat thought with relief...
„I'm ok..." he mumbled, dazzled not so much by the pain sneaking up his arm, but by the enchanting eyes of a girl in front of him, who...
He shook his head to get rid of the bewilderment and started glaring angrily at the –ugly, noisy, tiresome, polka-dot (and lately also squares) panties wearing being in front of him.
„Stupid Squares-Polka-dots! What do you think you were doing, jumping down like that?!"
Daunted, the girl's concern turned into remorse.
„I'm sorry, Natsume.."
She breathed in deeply, her eyes shimmering with tears.
Feeling his heart soften up a bit, as he noticed angrily, the grumpy male glared at the emotional girl even more.
Mikan gulped a last time, before she was able to gather all the courage for asking a single question:
„I just wanted to ask you ... would you go to the 'My sweet Alice's' ball with me?"
Somwhere in the Technology Area
In a good mood Nonoko opened the door to her laboratory to check her potions as she did everyday, before she would go get a well-earned rest in her big soft bed.
„Puh, I'm stuffed!", she sighed, reminiscing all the sweet cakes, she had enjoyed with her best friend Anna,as she looked around for the switch.
click
Surprised Nonoko turned around to face Imai's most feared Baka-Gun.
„Uhm.. Hotaru, why are you-"
Coldy the amethyst eyed girl loaded her gun slowly, as the young alchemist nervously gulped.
„Question: What potion did you have the idiot drink?"
„How do you kn-"
„Just answer the question."
„Well, a Happily-ever-after-potion, so she would feel better for a while..."
Silently Hotaru switched on the light and pulled an empty glass out of her pockets.
Surprised Nonoko stared at the potion Hotaru was holding in front of her.
„But-"
„I repeat, if this potion, labelled with Happily-ever-after-potion, lied on the floor, what potion was the one you gave Mikan?"
Hastily the black haired girl rummaged through her bags, until she found the glass in question.
Nonoko's eyes widened in shock as she slowly turned back to Hotaru.
„O my God...this is..."
TO BE CONTINUED
chitchat corner
Myrwin: I hope you liked this chapter smile
...although I guess it is kinda mean to keep a secret what kind of potion it is... but well I can't think of a decent name for the potion...
Hotaru: I know it.
Myrwin: Hey, how can you know though even I do not???
Myrwin glare:...so what is it?
Hotaru(shoots a Baka gun at Myrwin): you will find out when u write the next chapter, baka.
PS: A little warning.. since I have to do stuff for school, I don't know when the next chapter will be finished My apologies for the delay in advance