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Chapter One: See You Again
Summer ended. School was about to start again. Two young girls were in their dormitories, unpacking their stuff. One had long brown hair and big brown eyes, while the other one was the complete opposite of her with very short black hair and a pair of violet eyes. Yes, these two were Mikan Sakura and Hotaru Imai. They had had just move in Japan and enrolled in Alice Academy because of their parents. Both Mikan and Hotaru had grown and studied in America.
"Do you think people are nice here?" Mikan asked as she lied on her bed to relax a bit. "I don't know." Hotaru never liked people that much. The only person she interacted with was Mikan. "I don't even care, to be honest." She added as she pulled out the last things from her baggage.
Suddenly, someone knocked on their door. Mikan immediately stood up and walked to the door. As soon as she opened it, a blond man jumped in with a huge smile on his face, carrying some uniforms behind him. "Welcome to Alice Academy!" He cheered and clapped his hands. "I'm Narumi Anjou, your homeroom teacher, and I can't wait to see you in class tomorrow." He announced. Mikan just stared at him with a bored face while Hotaru completely ignored his presence. This made the teacher let out a nervous laugh, before handing the uniforms to Mikan who was still standing by the door. "Um, take these. I hope you'll like it here. I'll see you tomorrow in class." He said and coughed before leaving the room as fast as he could.
"What a weird man." Mikan thought aloud as she closed the door. "Here, these are yours." And with that she threw the uniforms on their beds.
"Natsume! How was your summer?"
"Natsume-kun, welcome back!"
"Natsume! Why weren't you answering my calls?"
Natsume kept walking to the dormitories, ignoring the trail of girls following him. Suddenly, a blond boy with a pair of blue eyes and a smile on his face, ran to him and stopped by his door.
"Hey, Natsume! I thought you were coming back tomorrow…" He said. Natsume smirked and pulled out the key card to his room. "Mom was so annoyed to have me around." He said and slid the card to open the door. "So, I decided to leave and do her a favor." He added and stepped in his room, followed by Ruka.
"Why? Did something happen?" Ruka asked. Natsume threw his bag on the bed and stretched out his arms. "Nothing big. Usual stuff, she just caught me again with another girl in my room." He said laughing. "You should've seen her face, I couldn't tell who she wanted to kill more, me or the girl." He added. Ruka shook his head and looked at his friend.
"When will you change?" He asked in between laughs. Natsume just rolled his eyes and sat on his bed. "Ruka, don't even start me on this again about how I should try to stick to one, etc." he said and took off his shoes. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll just go take a shower." Ruka raised his hands in defeat and started to walk towards the door when he remembered something.
"Oh, Kaoru-san called me before you got here." Natsume peeked out of the bathroom at the mention of his mother's name. "She said something about your cousin." Natsume felt a shiver on his back. He felt that something bad was going to happen. "M-my cousin? You mean Imai?" Ruka nodded. "What about her?" You could see Natsume's worried face from miles and Ruka perfectly know why, even he was actually a bit scared of Natsume's cousin. Ruka opened the door and turned to him, "She just transferred here and from what your mom told me, I think she's already here." And with that he left and closed the door behind him.
After taking a quick shower, he sat on his bed while drying his hair with a towel. His mind was busy thinking about all the evil pranks and threats, his cousin was already planning on him. He then threw the towel to the side and shrugged the thoughts away. It scared him the fact that he was actually worried about what Hotaru could do to him. He quickly grabbed a white shirt and a pair if black shorts. He put them on and looked at his watch. It was still early, so he decided to go for a walk before heading to the school's office.
He headed out and was greeted mostly by girls and some of his classmates who were also back on campus after the break. He accelerated his pace to avoid more girls following him. As soon as he reached the school gardens, he walked straight to his usual spot.
"Hotaru, I'll go out and explore a bit." Mikan said as she put on her shoes. She was getting bored in her room and wanted to get out of there for a while. "Do whatever you want." Hotaru replied as she turned to the other side of her bed. What a lazy ass, Mikan thought as she left their room.
She walked around the dormitories and reached the main building. She wasn't really impressed, her old school was much bigger and beautiful. She was walking in one of the many corridors of the main building, looking at the many pictures hanging on the walls. She was focused on them, she didn't notice a girl standing in the middle of the corridor. She bumped her head against her back all of a sudden, making her fall flat on the floor. "I'm sorry." She immediately apologized.
A blonde girl was standing in front of her. She was really pissed and annoyed but what got her more was seeing Mikan. She smirked and put her hands on her hips. "What a surprise! Look, who we have here!?" She exclaimed. Mikan raised her head to look up and her eyes widened in shock as she recognized the girl standing in front of her. "L-Luna?!" The girl stepped forward and flipped her hair with her hand. "Mikan, it's so nice to see you again, here." She sarcastically said. "Now, I remember well, we still have some unfinished business from back then, am I right?" Mikan quickly stood up and ran away towards the school gardens. Luna ordered her friends to chase Mikan and bring her to her.
Mikan ran as fast as she could. She glanced behind her and saw how the boys were catching up with her. Suddenly, she made a turn and jumped behind a bush. She tried to hide when suddenly a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her up on the tree. Mikan was about to shout and scream when the same hand quickly covered her mouth to shut her up. As soon as Luna's friends run passed the tree, the hand let her go. Mikan immediately turned to see who helped her. Her eyes widened once again in shock.
"Always getting in trouble, aren't you?" He teased her and leaned against the tree. "Let's just hope that this time you'll finally thank me." Mikan blushed as she remember that time he also helped her. "T-thanks." She muttered. Natsume blinked his eyes. She actually thanked him. He twitched his eyebrow and looked at her. "Not accepting it." He said and shook his head. He was bored and he actually expected her to argue with him. Natsume suddenly grabbed her wrist and jumped down the tree, pulling her along with him. Mikan fell on the grass and glared at him. "You could've been a bit more gentle." She complained and massaged her back.
"Come on, let's go to the cafeteria." He said and started dragging her with him. "Hey, stop. Why would I go with you?" She asked as she tried her best to free herself. Natsume suddenly stopped and glared at her. "Because I'm hungry and you're the one who'll buy me food." Mikan was about to complain when Natsume leaned down and pushed her chin up with his finger, to make her look at him. "Remember, you owe me twice."
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