Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice… Neither do I own My Girl… This story is simply based on that Koreanovela… I am merely adding my own spice to it. (Nyahahahaha!!! … Oops! Did I just laugh out loud?)
Author's Note: Hey! Thanks for your reviews! Gosh I really wanted this chapter to be up as soon as possible but our computer got corrupted (yet again… and I was so close to finishing it!) Anyway, here you all are! Chapter 3! And as promised the spice is here. Enjoy! Review after!!
Chapter 3: An Unsuspected Surprise
Two hours. Twenty-six minutes. And fifty-seven seconds. That's all the time it took to form a strong bond of friendship between Mikan Sakura and Ruka Nogi.
They went around the city for a moment so that they would lose track of the gorillas that were after Mikan. They talked about everything. Every random thing, and of course, Mikan was never one to keep her mouth closed.
"So you're an animal person!" Mikan said, absorbing the facts and interests of her newly acquired friend.
Ruka nodded. "Yes I am! One of these days I'm going to introduce you to my bunny Usagi and my cute little chick!" Ruka promised to her. Mikan beamed at him. "Honto? Then I can't wait! Hmmm… since you love animals so much, I'm going to call you Ruka-pyon! Is that alright, Ruka-pyon?" Mikan said in a child-like manner
Ruka smiled at her gaiety. 'She's quite a talker.' He thought as he laughed at one of Mikan's hilarious stories. 'She's also very pretty too…' He blushed at the thought and shoved it away as he drove in to the main road. 'I wish there was some other way I can help… running away from those goons won't solve anything… they won't stop trying… that's for sure!' He thought, keeping an eye on the road lest they want to get in an accident.
"Ne Ruka-pyon, I think I'll get off at the airport if that's fine with you." Mikan asked him politely. 'I don't think that I should get him involved in my problems!'
The traffic light lit red.
"Hey, I want to help you." Ruka said as he stepped on the brakes. Mikan looked at him in bemusement. She gave him an "Are-you-dead-serious?" look. Ruka looked back at her, their eyes locked… and Mikan saw the glint of determination in his eyes. Mikan sighed and turned away from him. 'He's dead serious! But… it's too embarrassing… he did so much for me already.' She thought. She slowly looked up at him with a grateful smile. "You're so kind Ruka-pyon… but you've done so much already! And besides, my grandpa's gonna be waiting for me at the airport." She put in.
Ruka shook his head. "No, I haven't done enough, those men are still after you… and you're lying about your grandpa. You said so yourself… you don't know where he is." Ruka pointed out.
Mikan looked down for a moment, thinking to herself, then she looked up at him again. "Ruka-pyon, I don't want to get you involved—."
"But aren't I already involved?" Ruka interrupted her and grinned, "Besides, I'm always gonna be involved some way or another." Ruka pointed out. He stuck out his left hand for her to shake, "Agreed?"
Mikan looked at him for a moment before she shook hands with him. "Agreed." She said, smiling. "But you have to swear to me Ruka-pyon that it won't be anything extreme!"
"Like what? Making you where a bunny suit and make an exhibition in the streets for cash? Of course not! Of course, that would be a panorama!" He teased as he saw the traffic light go green.
Mikan punched him playfully. "Of course not! I meant… you paying my debt for me…"
"That would be an idea… if I had any money in my account, but I don't… so that's out… so I guess I'll help you find a job or something…" Ruka said as he drove off.
Mikan nodded. "Yes. Thanks a bunch, Ruka—" Mikan was interrupted by the ringing of Ruka's cell phone. He took it out (keeping his eyes on the road of course) and placed it on his side before putting it on loud-speaker.
"Yes?"
"Hey Ruka." A man said from the other line.
"Hey! I was waiting for you to call all day!" Ruka said enthusiastically.
"Yeah well… sorry man, we can't see each other today. They scheduled another urgent meeting at Kyoto and my flight is gonna be leaving in twenty minutes." He said in a gruff way.
Mikan looked at the loud-speaker curiously. 'Hmmm… this voice… sounds familiar….' She thought as she continued to listen.
"Aww… that's too bad. I was planning to introduce you to a new friend of mine." Ruka said, winking at Mikan.
"Ruka!!" Mikan blurted out and covered her mouth after realizing that she had said that out loud.
The man in the other line grunted. "Maybe next time. You can stay at the villa tonight if you like. But there aren't any servants there to pamper you as of now."
Ruka had a big grin plastered on his face as the light bulb of ideas lit in his mind. "Gee, thanks man! I owe you one!"
"No, you owe me a lot." The man said, meaning it.
'Really… whose voice is this? Whose? Whose? Whose? Whose?' Mikan was lost in her forest of thoughts until…
"… and if you're planning to bring your little friend along at the villa… don't even think about rough housing or doing any horse play got it? Like I said, no one's gonna pamper you there." The man from the other line said monotonously, making Mikan jerk up from her thoughts as she heard the statement, she was turning beet red.
'THE PERVERT! Did I sound like a prostitute to him just now?' She thought as she glared daggers at the phone while Ruka laughed at her reaction.
"Hahaha! Don't worry! There'll be none of that!" Ruka said heartily.
"Hn. Well I gotta hang up. I'm gonna be gone in a day or two so maybe we can meet next time."
"Sure thing! Good luck with the meeting!" Ruka said coolly.
"I'll need a lot of it. Bye."
"Bye!" Ruka hung up and put his full attention to his driving…. Okay maybe half. "So that's settled. You're going to be staying at a sure safe place tonight!" Ruka said to Mikan, giving her the thumbs-up.
Mikan blinked at him. 'M-me? S-stay… tonight… w-with…Y-YOU In a deserted villa, I might add…' She thought as random pictures started to fill her head. She blushed and shook them away. 'H-HENTAI MIKAN!! Nothing is going to happen! He's a decent guy and all—'
"What are you thinking?" Ruka asked, smirking when he saw the tinge of pink on Mikan's face.
"N-nothing! Nothing at all! Everything will be fine and perfectly normal. Thanks Ruka-pyon!" 'BAKA MIKAN!! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!'
Somewhere else…
Natsume hung his cell phone up and heaved a sigh. 'That Ruka.'He thought as he rubbed his temple. 'You were never one to work and gain.' He thought as he drove to the airport. Then his cell phone started to ring. He looked at the screen and groaned when he recognized the unit that was flashing there.
"I don't need this right now!" Natsume said, irritated. Thoughts of leaving it to ring came in to mind.
'Better answer it now or else she'll be calling me throughout the whole damn meeting.' He contemplated as he turned it on loud-speaker.
"What?" He snapped.
"Hey there my Natsume-anata!!! It's your favorite person!" A perky high-toned voice said in the other line.
'Never would have guessed.' He thought dully. "What do you want? I'm busy." He said sharply.
"Mou! You're always busy! When are you going to take your lovely fiancé to dinner?"
He exhaled sharply. 'How does NEVER sound?' "Sumire, I don't have time for fooling around."
"But—"
"Goodbye Sumire, send father my regards." Natsume said and hung up before she could even utter another word.
"What does it take to get that girl to get off of my back? I never asked for father to hook me up with her!" 'But then again, I guess I didn't have much of a say in it when I was a year old.'
He sighed heavily before focusing on the road to the airport.
'As of now, I hate my life.'
"I hope it isn't much for you, Mikan." Ruka said as he opened the large doors of the villa.
Mikan looked in awe around the vast house in front of her. It as truly meant to be a summer house alright. It wasn't as tremendous as a manor or anything but to Mikan, it was the house of her dreams.
Ruka looked at her awed expression. "I think you're going to be comfortable enough, I'll show you around." Ruka said as he led Mikan to all the rooms of the house.
The house consisted of four bedrooms; the master's bedroom and three guest rooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, two living rooms, and a vast dining room. There was also a garden outside for a little recreation.
"This place is a dream! Somebody pinch me…" Mikan said dreamily as Ruka laughed. "This isn't a dream. It's your sanctuary until tomorrow." Ruka said.
"Ohh." Mikan said a bit disappointed, knowing that her stay there was only temporary.
"Now, first thing's first." Ruka said as he sat down on the leather sofa. Mikan sat down as well.
"Do you know anyone who could help you? Any friends?" Ruka asked her.
Mikan thought about it and one person popped in her head.
"Hotaru!" She said out loud, as though the person who bore the name would come out of no where. "That's right! But she lives in Tokyo."
"Do you have her cell number?"
Mikan nodded as she reached for her bag to get her cell phone. She felt for it… and felt for it… "Uh-oh…" she uttered as she took everything out of her bag… no cell phone. 'Yikes! I must have dropped it when those goons were harassing me!' She sweat dropped and laughed nervously. "I think I may have just lost my cell phone."
Ruka sweat dropped. "That's fine." He thought about it first.
"Come to think of it, another friend of mine, (Yuu) said that we would meet in Tokyo if anything ever happened." She said.
"So that's settled then, I'm going to book you for a flight to Tokyo first thing tonight!" Ruka said, making Mikan jerk up in surprise. "What? But… but Ruka! You promised nothing extreme! I can take care of myself!" Mikan protested.
"Do you have money for a plane ticket?" Ruka asked. Mikan shook her head. "Well then that's it then! You're going to Tokyo! But for now, we're going to rest he—" Ruka was interrupted by his own cell phone ringing. He flipped it open.
"Hello?" He answered…. And there was a moment of silence.
"But—But Madame!" Ruka started to sound upset… another pause.
'Madame?'Mikan thought curiously and frowned.
"NOW?! LEAVE NOW?!" Ruka cried.
Mikan's eyes bulged out. 'W-what does he mean by LEAVE?!'
"B-But—But—" Ruka stuttered… whoever it is in the other line was doing him in good.
"What about tomo—" Another pause.
"FINE!" Ruka said, irritated as he closed his phone and heaved a heavy sigh. He looked at Mikan apologetically. "I'm sorry Mikan, but it looks like I'm gonna have to leave you on your own." He apologized.
"WHAT?!" Mikan exclaimed, jumping to her feet. "Why?!"
Ruka put a hand on the back of his head and smiled sheepishly. "Well… you see… it look like I'm in big trouble… they're sending me back to Tokyo… and they scheduled the plane to leave this very minute." He said awkwardly.
Mikan just stared at him. "But… what if…"
"Oh don't you worry about a thing about being alone here. There's some food in the fridge and you'll be gone before my friend can even find you here!" Ruka said reassuringly.
"Well… since you put it that way…"
Ruka sighed once again as he made his way to the front door. "Well I gotta go now Mikan. That plane's gonna be leaving without me." He said. "I'll arrange a flight for you later." He added.
Mikan had a small pout on her face.
'Makes you want to hug her.' Ruka thought as he smiled.
"All right. But you promised, okay?" Mikan said as she put out her right hand and grabbed Ruka's.
"We'll meet there?" She asked with a happy smile on her face.
Ruka blushed as their hands touched. "Y-yeah." He said as she let go (poor naïve Mikan!)
"See ya Sakura Mikan." Ruka said as he stepped out.
"For sure, Nogi Ruka-pyon!" She replied enthusiastically and the door closed… the wind chimes rang at the sudden movement of the door… leaving Mikan all alone… in a house she doesn't even own.
Mikan sighed. "Well there's nothing I can do anymore!" She said as she stretched out her arms.
"Dinner sounds good right now!" She said, lightening up as she made her way to the kitchen.
Tokyo… Hyuuga Manor.
Nogi Maayu flipped off her cell phone. "That son of mine! Completely irresponsible! What would his father say?" She said in a horrified tone.
Nogi Maayu was the wife of the late Nogi Kazuya, business partner of Hyuuga Jinno (Just couldn't resist)She was an elegant woman who had the air of nobility and she belonged to one of the most prestigious families in Tokyo. And the one thing she couldn't put up with her cool-headed son was his dishonor and negligence for the family.
"It's a shame that Ruka can't be like my nephew, Natsume. I mean, they have been best friends since they were little, but Ruka seems to be the total opposite of my nephew. He's a hard-working business man who honors his family greatly." Hyuuga Serina, Natsume's aunt, said proudly.
"Yes and a lack of social-standards." Maayu muttered. Serina humphed in disagreement, "And who said that my nephew was anti-social? Why he has a whole town of girls chasing after him!"
"But does he have a country of girls?" Maayu retorted. They both stared at each other heatedly before bursting out laughing.
"Look at us! Fighting about these things! Why it's downright silly!" Serina said.
"Yes… what would Chinatsu-chan say about us?" Maayu said and silence engulfed them at the name aforementioned.
"Natsume should hurry up and find his younger sister… I'm afraid ni-chan is becoming worse and worse each passing day." Serina said quietly.
"I strongly agree."
"But you have to admit that Natsume is still the better man." Serina said nonchalantly causing Maayu to fall down and glare at her comeback to the previous topic.
Osaka Airport
Natsume grunted as he waited for the arrival of the plane to Kyoto. 'Its ten minutes late.' He thought gruffly as he put his leg across the other one. He glanced at his watch impatiently. 8:30. 'The plane was supposed to be here ten minutes ago! What could be taking so long?' He thought as he heaved a sigh.
Obviously, Natsume Hyuuga doesn't have the longest patience in the world.
His cell phone rang. He took it out and answered it.
"Hyuuga."
"Ah! Mr. Hyuuga! I just called to inform you that… well… that…" one of his employees said, stuttering as he did so.
"What is it? Say it already." He snapped impatiently.
He heard him sigh. "Weeeelll…. I called to inform you that the meeting was postponed." He said nervously. The man knew well how the hot-headed Hyuuga felt about wasting time.
"What? Why?" Natsume asked, controlling his temper.
"Well… the board had something else to attend to and moved it for another day—"
That was all Natsume needed as he flipped his cell off. "A great amount of time wasted. That's just super." He said crankily as he made his way out of the airport. 'I'd better call Ruka that I'm heading to the villa after all.' He thought as he brought out his cell phone and dialed Ruka's number.
"Sorry, the number you have dialed maybe either unattended or out of coverage area, please try your call later." The answering machine answered.
'Looks like his phone is off. Oh well.' He thought as he headed out to the parking lot. "He'll be surprised enough when I get there." He said as he started the engine.
Oh hell he'll be surprised alright.
Villa.
"Mmmm!! Delicious!" She said to herself as she munched down the noodles that she herself cooked. She thought about heating the left over chicken inside the fridge but decided against it. "This is all my stomach needs!" She said patting her belly.
After her little meal, she started to clean the dishes and tidied everything that she touched.
'I need to do this to show my gratitude to the owner! Whoever he is, he must be the NICEST man alive to be Ruka's friend.' She thought positively as she polished the plates.
After doing all of the housework, she decided to call it a night and go to bed.
She grinned to herself. 'Not before a nice bubble bath I won't!' She thought as she made her way to the largest and the most comfortable bedroom there was in the house and went inside the bathroom.
'This is going to feel so good!' She thought as she filled the tub with warm water and added some soap in. She looked at one of the pictures on the bed side table. A picture of a raven-haired old man who had a frown on his lips.
'This is Ruka's friend?' She thought as she looked at it carefully. 'He's old!' She thought as she chuckled to herself. She poked the picture frame as if poking the man himself.
"I hope you won't mind if I stay here, ji-chan!" She said as she set the picture frame back and went in the bathroom, closing the door as she did so. She thought about locking it.
'Nah! What is someone gonna come barging in or something?' She thought as she shoved the silly thought aside and started unbuttoning her shirt.
"Simply silly! I mean, I'm all alone here! Front door is locked and there's no guarantee that a molester would even break in!"
Outside…
Natsume parked his car in the parking space and headed to the front door.
'That's funny,Ruka's car is not around here.' He contemplated, looking around for the blonde's silver Z4. He looked up to see the light in one window turned on.
"Looks like Ruka's here after all." He concluded as he went inside the villa. He looked around his home, noticing that everything was all spick and span.
'That's unusual of Ruka.' He thought as he threw his case on the sofa. 'He would usually leave everything a mess for the servants to clean.' He could still smell the slight aroma of noodles.
'And it looks like Ruka already had dinner…' Natsume thought as he made his way to the kitchen, expecting everything to be a mess. He looked around, surprised.
'Wow… the place is squeaky-clean. Ruka must be in love to do all of the housework by himself.' He thought as he climbed the stairs to his room, checking if his friend was there.
Bathroom…
Mikan sank in the mass of bubbles around her. "This is the life." She sighed as she leaned on the edge of the tub.
"I would sell my soul to feel this luxury any day!" She said as she played with the bubbles around her.
She leaned back and closed her eyes and sighed contentedly. She was starting to drift off to sleep until…
Creeeeeeeeeaaaakkkk…….
The sound of the bedroom door opening alerted her.
She jerked up from her reverie. 'Oh no!! Someone was able to get in!!' She thought, panic filling in her. She regretted not locking the bathroom door. 'But... But how?'
"Ruka?" Someone called out from outside.
Apparently, Mikan was too much in panic to hear it. She quickly grabbed a towel, covering herself with it and started to climb out of the tub. But unfortunately, she slipped out when the bathroom door creaked open. She fell on her behind with an "Oof!" she looked up to see the door ajar and a raven-haired man looking at her in pure shock.
Mikan didn't need a reminder of what she should do if ever she landed in such situations, she moved herself to the edge where the phone was hastily, clinging on the towel which was the only thing that swathed her unclad body and screamed.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! PEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRVEEEEEEERTTTTTT!!!!!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as she threw a bucket at the stranger.
Natsume, who had martial arts training when he was younger, easily evaded the bucket and glared at the unwanted intruder. "YOU—"
Both Mikan and Natsume fell dead silent when they realized who the other was.
"WWWHHAAATTT??!!! IT'S YOU AGAIN??!!" Both of them screamed out, jumping back and pointing at each other in utter disbelief.
TBC…
Edited it. Gak!! I totally got Yamada-sensei's name wrong! Serina to Serene! But now I fixed it! Nyahaha!!
A/N: Ahhh… chapter 3 is finally up! Now I can relax!
Mikan: You still have chapter 4, Azren-san!
BlakRythem: Hey! It's not Azren anymore! It's BlakRythem! BlakRythem!!
Natsume: (grunt) Whatever.
Hehehe, I just couldn't resist making Jinno-baka be Natsume's gravely ill dad! It's funnier that way! Anyway, who do you think we should pair Serina up? I need your comments and suggestions for that!
Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Please leave your reviews after reading! They help me a lot! As always, constructive criticisms are helpful and flamers can all kick the bucket (and I did mean die)!! I'll try to update!
Ja matta ne!!
