YUNIKO

Yey! Chapter two is all done! Thanks to my uncle that is. Read it people!


Hands off my Girl!

Camping!

"He really thought that?" Ruka asked. He stood up and stared at Koko.

"Yes…" Koko answered.

"Kokoroyomi…" Natsume said, he looked at Koko with a serious face "Help…"

"Help?" Koko looked confused "With what, Natsume?" he asked.

"Can you…read his mind, for us?" Even though Natsume felt embarrassed to ask for Koko's help, he still did.

Koko stared at him for a moment, and then he smiled. "Okay I'll help you. But only if you promise not to be mean to me. It's the least I can do for thanking you."

"Yeah…" Natsume smirked. He remembered saving Koko from some high school bullies a few weeks back.

"Come on! Give me some rabbits, I'm hungry!" A high school guy had said.

"I don't have any with me right now, sorry." Koko stepped back.

"You gotta have some!" The guy grabbed Koko's arm and squeezed it.

"Get lost…" a cold voice said.

"Natsume…" Koko mumbled.

"Hyuuga-san, this guy just tried to steal my rabbit." The guy let go of Koko's arm and walked over to Natsume.

"Lying is no use. That guy is a friend of mine, and you're bullying him." Natsume placed his hand on the guy's neck and burned a bit of the guy's hair.

"Waaah!" The guy shouted, and ran.

"Thanks, Natsume…" Koko said.

"Next time, try to get out of situations like this on your own." Natsume said and then he walked away.

"That's all I need to do right?" Koko asked, making sure that he doesn't need to do anything else.

"Yeah, that's all…well you better go." Natsume said sitting back down.

"Okay, see ya!" Koko waved and left.

"Ruka…" Natsume mumbled.

"Yes…?" Ruka turned his gaze to Natsume. "What is it?" he asked.

"Let's…spy on Myogi." The black cat said, hesitantly.

"Why?" Ruka asked in puzzlement.

"Well…don't you want to see how he acts, towards polka-dots and Imai?" Natsume asked.

"Ohhhh…" Ruka said.


"This is the Northern Forest, Natsuko. If you plan on entering, you should have your partner or someone else, and be prepared." Yuu explained.

"Yeah, you wouldn't want to get K.Oed. in a darn forest, like me!" Mikan frowned, remembering when she first came in this forest.

"Why what happened?" Natsuko asked in a concerned voice.

"Well she-!" Sumire tried to tell Natsuko the story, but she was cut off by Hotaru.

"Come on. There are still places to go." Hotaru said in her usual monotone voice.

"RIGHT!" Mikan chirped.


"Where are they going now?" a voice from one of the tree branches asked.

"Dunno, let's just follow them and see." Another voice answered, and they jumped off the branch and followed the leaving group.


"This is Hotaru's lab; the Academy gave her, her own lab to work on." Yuu explained once again.

"Ahh…wow!" Natsuko exclaimed.

"Hey guys!" Koko came running to them with a bright smile.

"Oh Koko-chan! Where have you been?" Mikan asked. She walked beside him and elbowed him. "To Nonoko…?" Mikan smiled slyly.

"Ah n-no, I went to pee." Koko backed away a bit, and scratched his head.

"What's your Alice, Kokoroyomi?" Natsuko asked.


"Oh no! If he knew then he'll be careful with his thoughts, and Koko won't get to read his thoughts about Hotaru and Mikan!" a voice from a tall tree branch said, in worry.

"Don't worry, Koko's not as stupid as polka-dots." Another voice said.

"Since when did you call him Koko?" the gentler voice asked.

"Since now." Was all the cold voice said.


"A-ah…l-let's go in!" Koko held Natsuko's shoulder and led him to the door. But a robot blocked them.

"Your name?" the robot asked.

"Kokoroyomi?" Koko answered, hoping the robot has his name.

"Kokoroyomi…searching, searching, Kokoroyomi is not in Imai Hotaru's friend list." The robot then pushed them away from the door.

"He's a friend, put him in B." Hotaru said to her robot, B is like the rating or something.

"Yes." The robot paused for a while and then it spoke "And the other one?" the robot looked at Natsuko.

"His name's Myogi Natsuko, put him in too. And this girl is Syoda Sumire." Hotaru said pointing at Sumire.

"Nogi Ruka is already in the A list." The robot replied.

"Idiot, I said Myogi Natsuko, not Nogi Ruka, there's a huge difference." Hotaru said a bit irately "Especially in appearance…" she mumbled.


"Wow, I'm actually in the A list." The gentle voice from the branch said.
Once they entered the building, Hotaru led them to the room she works in. "This is my work place." She said. It was a big room, unlike the one five years ago. It has a living room and a bathroom too.

"Wow!" Mikan chirped.

"You've been here idiot." Hotaru said coldly.

"What's your latest invention, Hotaru?" asks Sumire.

"It's a video." Yuu explained again.

"A video, isn't that a little too simple?" Natsuko asked, looking the inventions on the floor.

"No, Hotaru never invented something simple." Mikan remarked. She sat on the couch and played Hotaru's PSP.

"This is the video." Hotaru came up to them and showed them a necklace?

"A necklace? That's cool!" Sumire grabbed the necklace and put in her neck.

"That's 100 rabbits." Hotaru eyed her.

Sumire frowned "Can I pay you half; I'll give you the rest later on?" Sumire had a puppy eyes and begged Hotaru.

"Okay, here." Hotaru handed her a small screen. "That's where you'll see all the records."


"Wow, another awesome invention." The gentle voice said. 'Wait! She had that necklace on when she saw me playing with Piyo! Oh no…' he sighed.

"Ruka, you should watch your back more often, her inventions are mostly for you." The other voice said, as if he read the other's thoughts.

"Natsume…" Ruka sighed. Then something flew by them.

"Ah, ah…hold on Ruka, we're!" Natsume gasped. "AAAAAHHH!"

They fell off the branch, but luckily Ruka caught Nastume's foot. However Ruka was just holding both of them with his feet, hooked on the branch. "Whoa, thanks!" Natsume said, as sweat dripped from his forehead. The branch they were on was three stories high.

"Oh man… you may not look it but…you're- heavy." Ruka said as he struggles to hold on to Natsume's foot.

"I' am?" Natsume asked. He looked over the window where the other group was in, and saw Natsuko going to the window "Oh shit! Ruka do something, Natsuko's gonna see us!"

"Oh so now you call him, Natsuko?" Ruka said.

"Whatever! Do something." Natsume shot at him.

"What do you expect me to do? Hold you with one hand and use the other to whistle to one of my eagles?" Ruka said sarcastically. Natsume nodded and Ruka sighed. Ruka tried to hold his best friend with only one hand, but he failed, Natsume was really heavy. "I can't Natsume you are so darn heavy!"

Natsume, who wasn't paying attention to his struggling friends, gasped "Thank you Sumire." He said, Sumire just blocked Natsuko's path to the window.

"Hey pay attention, man!" Ruka snapped. "God I think my feet are gonna fall off!"

"Whoa shit! Ruka my foot's slipping from the shoe!" Natsume said in a panic.

"What'd you want me to do bout it? What size is your darn shoe anyway!" the pain from Ruka's feet was written all over his face.

"Well I don't know!" Natsume gritted his teeth.

"Fuck! My feet are numb!"

"Ruka, that's not you. Your language isn't like that."

"Right, whatever Natsume."

"Ruka, Natsuko's coming! Swing me and I'll get a hold of the branch!"

Ruka's eyes widen "Are you crazy? I can't. You're heavy enough as it is!"

"Ah Ruka, he's gonna see us! Whistle!" Natsume yelled.

"AAH!" Ruka whistled and as soon as he did, they fell…into something soft?

"What the, are we dead?" Ruka asked with his eyes shut.

"N-no…what's this yellow thing?" Natsume sat up.

"P-piyo?" Ruka also sat up.

"Pyo pyo!" the giant chick chirped.

"WOW! Piyo what're you doing here?" the two heard an awefully familiar voice. It's Mikan's, the two shivered when Mikan walked up near Piyo.

"That's a really huge chick huh?" Natsuko tapped Piyo and smiled.

"Shit, Piyo run!" Ruka whispered to the giant chick, and they ran away.

"Why did it run away?" Natsuko frowned.

"Maybe it didn't like you. It only goes crazy over Ruka." Hotaru said, in her usual monotone voice.

"Oow." Was all Natsuko said.


Piyo stopped in the sakura tree and put down the two boys. "Thanks Piyo…" Ruka mumbled, and Piyo sped off to the Northern Forest.

"Hey thank you Ruka…" Natsume murmured.

"You're welcome…"

"Come on let's go to the clinic, and have a look at your feet."

"All right…" Ruka tried to stand up, but he fell. His feet still hurt too much.

"Come on." Natsume crouched down and offered his back to his best friend.

Ruka stared at his back and blushed at bit "It…it's okay really." He said. (Okay NO yaoi here, I just want to see how close Ruka and Natsume really are, they're BEST friends after all.)

"Let's go Ruka…" Natsume said. Ruka sighed and hopped on his back.

"Thank you…" Ruka mumbled.

"It's OK. Gee this is like the yaoi in the manga I saw in Central Town." Natsume said as he walked over to the clinic.

"Hey, I'm not like that, over my dead body." Ruka pouted.

Natsume snickered "I know, I know, we wouldn't be best friends in the first place, then."

"Right…" Ruka laughed softly.

"The muscles are stressed out." The nurse said. "Don't walk around too much tonight, by the morning you'll be fine."

"Thanks…" Natsume mumbled. "Come on Ruka…"

"Thank you…" Ruka thanked the nurse before leaving.


"Well gotta go! I have to meet with someone." Natsuko smiled.

"All right, see you at class tomorrow." Mikan smiled back.

"Right, see ya!" Natsuko waved goodbye and ran off.

"Well I'm going now too." Sumire waved goodbye and left also.

"Me too…" Koko also left.

"Well let's go…I'll walk with you two to your rooms." Hotaru said.

"Thank you!" Mikan chirped and hugged- BAKA BAKA BAKA

"Don't get too near though."


It was morning again in Alice Academy; a brunette woke up and did her daily routine. Of course her routine wouldn't be complete without, somehow bumping into Hyuuga Natsume. But today, there was no Natsume in the corner to bump into "I wonder where he is, he's going to be late. Oh well." Mikan shrugged and went on ahead. "O-HA-YOU!" she entered the classroom and greeted her friends.

"Ohayou gozaimasu!" her friends greeted back.

"Hotaruuuu!" she hopped to hug her supposed best friend, but then again, it's her routine to get hit by her best friend also. She hit the wall but none really cared, since it happens every morning.

Yuu sighed "Let me help-." Yuu wasn't even going to ask if Mikan was alright, since he knows she'll just say she is. But this time someone else helped Mikan up.

"There you go." Natsuko smiled as he helped the brunette to her feet.

"Thank you Natsuko-san!" Mikan grinned.

"What do you call Hyuuga?" Natsuko asked.

"Umm… I call him Natsume, why?" Mikan looked lost.

"Then call me Natsuko." He said grinning.

"Okay!" Mikan chirped and looked around. She walked to Ruka's seat "Ohayou Ruka-pyon!" she smiled. But then she frowned, no one was there. "Where's Ruka?" she asked.

"Don't know…" Sumire folded her arms in her chest and sat down.

Then the door opened, and Ruka came in with Natsume supporting him. They walked to their seats and Natsume sat Ruka down.

"Huh? What's wrong Ruka-pyon?" Mikan crouched down beside him.

"Don't nag him, little girl." Natsume glared.

Mikan glared back "I was asking if there's anything wrong!"

"I've got sore feet, is all." Ruka smiled.

"You should have stayed in your room then, what if it hurts?" Mikan looked at Ruka's feet in concern. Hotaru gazed at Ruka with concerned eyes (whoa really?).

Then Narumi came in "Good morning my precious class." He said cheerfully.

"Let's go, Natsume." Ruka said.

Natsume looked at him, and then went back to reading his manga "No, stay there."

"Really it's okay, Natsume." Ruka replied.

"No…" Natsume said. Ruka sighed and patted his bunny.

"Well what a surprise to see you two here." Narumi said. The two didn't answer "I heard from the nurse, can't escape, can we?" he continued "Well class, we'll be having a three days activity." He smiled.

"Whaaaat?"

"What's it gonna be, Narumi-sensei?"

"That's boring!"

"Now, now class. It's not going to be boring; every section will have different kind of activity. Class A will be helping over in Central Town, some will be making movies others will be having a sports fest." Narumi explained.

"And what are we going to do, Narumi-sensei?" Nonoko asked.

"We'll be camping in the Northern Forest. Isn't fun?" Narumi grinned.

"FUN? It's boring, we know every inch of that darn forest." One guy said.

"Mm… The forest will be set up especially for our camping. No complaints pick a paper in this box." Narumi handed the box to the first person in the first row. "There are seven papers with the same color, that'll be your group mate. After you pick go to your members and get ready. We start camping tomorrow at 8, we'll assemble in front of the Northern Forest, be ready." Narumi waved goodbye and left the room.

"I got PINK?"

"Hey I've got PINK too!"

"Men, I hate green."

"Hotaru what did you get?" Mikan sat beside her friend and asked.

"Blue…" Hotaru answered staring at the paper.

"Really? I've got blue too, yey!" Mikan jumped in joy.

"Sumire and I have blue too!" Yuu smiled.

"So we'll be grouping with this loud brat." Sumire smirked.

"HEY!" Mikan glared at her.

'YES! I have blue too, that means I'll be grouping with Hotaru- WAIT, stop thinking about her, Ruka!' Ruka hit his head and sighed.

"Hey Ruka, what did you get?" Natsume asked.

"Blue!" Ruka exclaimed.

"Tch, I can't switch with you then. Damn, of all the color!" Natsume gritted his teeth.

"You have blue too?" Ruka asked.

"Yeah…"

"Natsu-!" Mikan chirped, but she was cut off.

"WHAT?" Natsume yelled.

"I wasn't talking to you, JERK! I was gonna say NATSUKO!" Mikan stuck her tongue to Natsume.

"T-that girl…" Natsume grumbled.

"Yes Mikan?" Natsuko smirked at Natsume.

"What color did you get?" she asked.

Natsuko showed her his paper and said "Blue, I'm a member of your group." He smiled.

"Okay, who are the other two…?" Mikan looked around and saw that everyone else was grouped together already. Natsume and Ruka were the only ones left, and then Mikan gasped "WHAAAAAT? Natsume's with us?"

"That's right little girl, so you better behave." Natsume smirked.

"Bleh, Ruka-pyon's would be great, but you? Forget it!" Mikan looked away.

"Whatever!"


Yuniko: Yes! Finshed! Camping in the Northern Forest is fun!

Hotaru: Cause you're just going to watch us...

Yuniko: Yeah...it's fun!