Chapter 2: Life is a bitch when she wants too.

A/N: So yeah. I got my first follower and I would like to thank her for the support, the great writer who inspired me to make this and also another writer who was cool enough to listen to me and my idiotic ideas.

Anilissa (and I will surely make a story for you in the future)

Lunar x princess (you blow my mind with the emotions)

AJSan17 (if you didn't read her stories it's a shame)

(Note: dedicate 2 stories for those awesome writers too)

Disclaimer: Shame to me because the characters of GA belong TO Higuchi Tachibana. Shame to me the plot idea and other things belong to Lunar x princess. And let the story continue.

Kyoto: 6 years passed since Natsume was abducted

"Naaamiii! Naaatsuukee! Where would they be?" A troubled brunette asked herself looking everywhere for the 2 little trouble-makers. Inside she smiled. That was a trait that they got from her. Still looking after her children, she didn't realize someone was approaching her back silently.

"Mikan! You should be in the house and take care of yourself!"

"Oh god! Saito, don't do this, you know I hate it!" She almost shouted at her big brother, who like always, liked to scare her whenever he had the occasion. Because of him, when she was little became scared of ghosts and all those scary ghost stories. Even now just by thinking of all those scary things give her the chills.

"Yes, yes but you know the saying: Life is no fun without the good scares!"Said Saito Sakura to his little sister. They were 5 years of difference in age. She always asked herself for how much time her mother and father knew each other but it just made part of the mystery of who her father really was. To say the truth she knew nothing of who was her father, just that he was killed before she was born. Nobody in the village not even knew him. They would only tell her that Yuka, her mother came from the city with him in her hometown, lived together and just in a night, nobody knowing how, he disappeared. The only ones who knew were her mother and her brother but they always refused to tell her anything. No names, no relatives, no addresses, no photos, no friends, it was like her father came out of air and disappeared the same way he entered. They were telling her that it would be better if she didn't know anything about him and it was misfortune if they were talking about the dead. She even tried to search information about him and trusted her brother in telling him that she was searching any kind of clue about who was their father. But it proved she trusted the wrong person since her mother 'somehow' find out of her investigations, interrogated her literally of what she discovered, which was pure nothing, and put her to promise she won't ever search information about her father. She was forced since her mother told her to do it with tears in her eyes. For a ten year old, it was one of the most confusing scenes she ever saw. She didn't had another choice.

Of course, there were many fights during her teenage years with her mother with her father as the principal theme. She would never the name-callings, the bulling, the rumors that she and her mother were sluts. She never wished for her children to have the same fate as her but here she was, without a lover, not married and with two children; fate really was cruel. She often asked herself those 6 years why she was still waiting for him to come after her, why she was thinking he still loves her, that he didn't touched another woman in all these years but there always was a voice in her mind that would tell her 'You love him, so trust him. He promised he will come after you, right? So just wait a while longer. You know he will come.' And she decided to do just like the voice said but asking herself what means 'a while longer'. She just hoped he won't come too late.

Returning her attention to her brother she asked:

"How come you came so early home? Did something bad happen? Also, Sumire knows that you came home?" Asked kind of worried the brunette. Her brother worked in the mines. The usual time when he would get home was at night. He never came at lunch. It was clear something bad happened at the mines and his wife won't be really happy when she will hear the news. She had a bad feeling that this night will be a long one.

"There was an earthquake at the mines." Her brother said with a sorrowful face. The chocolate-haired woman gasped and immediately though the worst but let her brother to continue.

"Some of the pillars that were holding the walls snapped and the ceiling begun to drop. I was lucky that my shift finished and I left to eat lunch. The entrance was closed by the rocks. Some of the men were able to escape but quite a number… "He didn't need to continue for her to understand. The poor families. There will be a lot of grieving.

"Oh, dear god… Well need to visit the families those days. Sister-in-law will surely be upset." The brunette was quite ashamed knowing that her sister-in-law will not be upset about the death of those mans, if not she will be furious that she has to give money to help the families. In the village it was a tradition to help out the ones who lost a family member in tragic causes. The help was or money, or help the family with chores during the grieving. If someone didn't respected this tradition, be it enemy or acquaintance of that person, you still needed to help somehow the family or all the village will just consider those who didn't helped as back-stabbers. There was no way any of them could've helped the family since Mikan, Sumire and Saito all had jobs so the only way was to help with money. Sumire will surely be pissed.

"I know. I don't even want to tell her us the news. She will surely bite my head off. She will surely hope I was between the ones that died in the mines." Said her brother, finishing with a chuckle.

"Don't even say that brother! She may be ruthless and cruel but she is your wife! You have a child together! There's no way she would think like that!"

Patting the head of his sister he remarked "You're too innocent, Mikan. But please, always keep that trait because you don't know when you will need it. You already know that my marriage is a failure. You're living with us so there's no way for you to not know what the real situation is. I still don't know where the sweet girl I married had gone and left me with a witch and a little pig…" Said her brother with a bitter smile, trying to make a joke.

"Big brother…" She knew he was saying the truth and there was no way to lie about the real character of her sister-in-law. She came to live with them after Natsume was taken back home. She immediately ran to her brother since she was sure that if Natsume's family knew that he already had children they will come after them to take them away from her. She couldn't bear the thought that her children will be taken as well as her lover. She preferred to die than having this fate. So, even thought she was weak, she took her children, left the mansion and run to her home village. Of course, she knew her brother has already a son and that they are not living so well but… they are family, and their mother made them understand that blood is thicker than water… but she never had an occasion to meet the wife of her brother, Sumire Shouda, maiden name that she decided to keep, and her gluttonous nephew, Daiki. When she arrived in her home-town and met Sumire she was so polite and so enchanting that it was clear why her brother married her. That was until Mikan made clear why she came to visit.

It was like the World War 3 was begging in that little house. Sumire began screaming when she explained why she came and at first Mikan thought that she had an anxiety attack. It didn't help either that Nami began to cry or although Mikan didn't knew, Sumire was getting angrier as she was listening to Nami's cries. Natsuke was watching the scene just like a cartoon show. His aunt was the bad and ugly guy and his mother with his sister were the innocent passersby. He wanted to tell her to stop scaring Nami but was interrupted when he was hit in the back of his head with a piece of wood. When he turned there was a chubby boy that was slightly taller than him that was holding a bat in one hand and with the other was eating a dorayaki. That was his cousin Daiki, and he didn't like him at all. Both the boys felt hate for each, which was clear. Although he didn't met yet his uncle he was sure that they can't be cousins.

The screams, the misunderstandings, the swearing (which Mikan put Natsuke to never repeat what he heard that night) were finally stopped when Saito arrived home. Sumire knew that she failed to get out of the house her sister-in-law and made clear the point she doesn't accept Mikan in the house. Saito ignored his wife's complains and welcomed Mikan and her kids.

She lived with them for six years and every week at least four times, Saito and Sumire were fighting because of the presence of Mikan and her little family in her house and that Mikan was just a lazy free-loader and her children, 2 brats from hell. She never felt so offended in her life but she was saying the truth that during the day, the night was another story; she was just taking care of the house and cooking something trying to not burn it. Yes, her children were troublesome, which she was sure that was a trait from their father, but they were children and they didn't do something bad… yet.

"Anyway she is still your wife and you have to respect her at least like that. And Daiki is your son so don't treat him like his just a burden, big brother." Said Mikan with a pleading face. She knew it was her, the cause that the 2 were fighting. She would have left the house if she could but she still didn't have that chance. She various time swear to herself that she will repay her brother someday. Someday.

"Let's just forget about this and enter the house. I'm damn hungry." Saito replied knowing that he couldn't make such a promise to his sister.

"Alright… I made some stew and soup, and this time I have a good feeling that I did it good." Mikan said with her original sunshine smile. Nobody that saw her characteristic smile wouldn't smile back at her… aside from Sumire.

"Okay… I think I would trust you this time since you seem so confident." Saito, a bit wary if trying or not the food that his sister made. He finally tried out and surprisingly it wasn't that bad.

"Big brother, do you want a glass of water? Or do you want a bucket? Or maybe…" She stopped when her brother chuckled and told her that she did it good this time. She hadn't been so excited in a long time.

"You're getting the hang of it, eh."

"He he he…" Smiled Mikan feeling better since her brother congratulated her. But something still nagged her in the back of her mind.

"Brother… if the mine has been closed… what about your job?"

With an upset smile the man replied "For the time being nothing was said… But I heard some time ago that in the neighbor village the mines are pretty rich and the miners are paid well also…"

Mikan knowing what her brother was planning "No… don't tell me you plan on going there?!" Even if her brother and her weren't the "perfect" siblings, she didn't wanted to risk the possibility to lose her brother too and in a town she doesn't even know. Yeah, her brother had been gone for periods of times during their entire life because of work but this time she had a bad feeling about this.

"Mikan, this is the on-"But she didn't let him finish.

She was nearly breaking down but for her pride she was keeping the tears in."Don't joke with me! And if something happens to you?! We will know nothing about you! What if we lose you just like all the families that lost today someone important! I understand that your relationship with Sumire is not clear but what about me and Nami and Natsuke? They grew up with you as their fatherly figure! They lost their father once! What if it happens a second time?! And, what about me?! I'm your sister! Aside from the kids,… you're the only family I have left! Please don't leave,… to hell with the money but please stay…" She wanted to scream, to cry, to swear so much but she didn't had no more powers to do it. She asked herself what she did in her other life to have such misfortune.

Saito, sad with the sight of his little sister crying, he came to her and gave her a hug. "Hey, shh, everything will be alright Mikan… I won't disappear! I promise you. You'll see me next month and I hope you will improve your cooking until then. Understood? "He tried to enlighten the mood with one of his bad jokes but he didn't accomplish the result he wanted.

I'm sorry brother but I can't believe anymore any important promise because of all the pain. She wanted to tell to her brother those words but her heart was aching just because of thinking like this. In exchange, to not worry her brother she asked" Then, where you going to stay?... How can we contact you if something happens? "

"I'm going to live at the house of a friend of mine. He's also a miner. He said I'm welcome to stay as long as I like. And I can send letters, so you and the others shouldn't be worried. And I'm sure nothing bad will happen. Trust me."

"Alright…"She sighted finishing the subject and hoping his instincts were believable.

"But…"

"What happened brother?" Mikan asked free from her thoughts.

"Where are the kids? I realized only now that it was really quiet."

Analyzing the question in her mind she thought The kids…

Realization in 3, 2, 1…

"THE KIDS! OH NO!" Mikan asked in horror where the heck where her kids. She already knew that Daiki was with his friends but she didn't saw Natsuke or Nami since this morning.

"Hahaha!" Began her brother to laugh.

"Brother, what are you…?!" Mikan asked bewildered, confused from her brother's laugh.

"Let them be, Mikan. They already big enough to go and play without you watching them. And I'm sure they are together, since Natsuke never leaves out of his sight Nami."

"But, but, but…"

"Mikan, don't. It's the age. They will not stay by your side forever, they grow up. Don't you remember when we were going together out of the house to play without Mom knowing? Those were good times and we were the same age as them. So let them be." Said her brother with a smirk on his quite dirty face. They shared this trait. Their smile was always contagious.

"Okay, I give up. And wash your face, you look like a kid." Mikan teased with a little smile on her face.

"Look who's talking. My colleagues ask me why I still didn't marry you to some boy or with one of them." Blushing from embarrassment she threw a rug at him which he dodged easily. Idiot brother of mine… thought the beautiful brunette with a smile.

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"Brother, I'm sure Mom will be happy when she sees how much we got." Said a little raven-haired beauty with her enchanting crimson eyes twinkling of happiness just for thinking about her mother's reaction when they will tell her the news.

"Sincerely, Nami… you know how Mom is so unpredictable… She can scold us too since she tells us that we shouldn't work, just play or study if were bored."He, unlike his sister, liked the idea to study. It fascinated him that there are so many things out there and he even doesn't know of their existence. He wanted, no, he needed to know since it was always in his nature to be curious. People often would catch him reading books in his house, in the street or in the library of the village. Since the shopkeeper saw his determination to study and read he decided he would let him and his sister stay, and read as much as they like. And he was quite sad that he couldn't do the thing he liked the most. The school in their village was since a long time ago closed. Their mother, since she graduated high school, decided to be their teacher for the time being and to teach them as much as she could, despite their aunt complains which Mikan ignored. "They are just like you, freeloaders. And since they are your children I'm sure they will be as dumb as you. No wonder that man you call your lover ran away, he was clever." All day and all night the same thing. How many times he wanted to punch her, to scream at that monster but just for his mother and for his sister, since he knew she was capable to throw them in the street to rot, he kept quiet. Anyway, shoo with the disgusting thoughts and back at studying. Their mother offered to Sumire to teach Daiki, refusing with the motive that she will destroy the genius of her son. Pfft, he never had it anyway. She also talked with the other villagers too but they didn't wanted since they thought his mother would want money in exchange or because they didn't trust her enough. The children were often sent in the other villages or in cities to go and study so they could have a better future. Some decided to stay and help their parents with the chores or their jobs. Others who were too lazy were only losing time playing, eating or doing nothing. This was the case of their cousin Daiki. He never was doing something useful. His only way of spending-time was creating troubles with his friends, terrorize other children, peeping on beautiful girls while they were bathing or changing. He already caught him once peeping at his mother and his sister bathing. The aftermath was his cousin and him full of bruises and his aunt scolding him saying her angel would never be capable of doing something like this. If he was an angel, a serial killer was actually a saint. Something else, something else… Oh, and destroying his and Nami's life. He really loved this part, since his aunt would scold them to no end and sometimes even slapping them, just only if his uncle or his mother weren't in the house. The bitch was clever to hit him in the parts were it couldn't be seen and if she hit Nami, she would say she just it herself when she was playing. They often kept in themselves those things and didn't tell their mother just to not weaken her mental state. It was enough that monster was throwing insults over insults to them but they didn't wanted her mother to know they were beaten too. She loved them too much and it would destroy her. Going back to the present.

"Mou, big bro, you're always thinking bad things." Pouted her cheeks his little sister. She never understood his sister entirely. Her image was the perfect definition of beauty but every time he would watch her, memories of his father would come back to him. Her character was the same as their mother and also some of her traits, like her clumsiness and her innocence, but for the rest… she was the spitting image of their father. Her long and black like the night sky hair, that was always messy just like her father, if she didn't took care of it. In exchange he had the light brown hair of his mother although it was quite messy too. They were both smart and had the same intelligence and capacity to learn things quickly; it was clear this trait was from their father. But there was another difference that made her remind him of their father. Her ruby crimson eyes that fascinated and at the same time scared people. Whenever he would watch her directly in the eye, he would not see his mother, or the eyes he sees everyday in the mirror looking back at him… He would only see the eyes of his father, Natsume Hyuuga, in all his glory. Both of them had the same eyes as their father. Only Nami's eyes were full of life and passionate. His eyes were fierce and charismatic too but he, his mother and Nami knew they were somewhat dull since the night his father was taken from them. They never understood why.

"Yes, just by thinking about you."

KICK

"Ouch, what the heck was that for?" Complained the 8 year-old boy. His little sister just kicked him and even if he didn't wanted to recognize the 6 year-old girl was quite good with her hits.

Sticking out her tongue she said "For being a meanie. Hmm, I hope Mom will like the berries I found. Also what will we do with-" Nami was about to ask Natsuke what they will do with the money they gained when unexpectedly, he pushed her behind him.

"Shut up Nami! We have company." Said her brother glaring at their cousin Daiki and his friends. She already knew what to do if they would attack them.

"Whoa! So the orphans finally decided to get out of their hiding place. Let's have fun boys!" Said Daiki ending with a sick grin on his face as his buddies.

A/N: And CUUUUT! I love cliff-hangers so expect more of them, alright? (Sorry but I think it's the best way to end a chapter because is more exciting from my point of view). Anyway I saw the traffic of my storey these days and man I'm quite happy XD and sad at the same time ;( that many people have spared a glance at my story but nobody really likes it TToTT. Anyway, I would like to thank again the first 3 persons I mentioned in the beginning and my new follower chikuura. Mans (or/and lady's) thank you for giving a chance to this idiotic writer. Love you all, R and R, no flames please, hope to read from you and PEACE!

Oh yes I remembered if someone knows a beta reader or is one could they send me PM please? THANK YOU : ) .