Okay so, I finished Chapter 3 early... :P
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Chapter 3:
*Mikan's POV *
I sat on the stool patiently as Tarisha pulled my hair into pigtails on the side of my head. Today we were going to be going to the market to pick up some silk that mommy needed to make my new dress. I started to swing my feet. I think the dress is going to be an early 5th birthday present, but I'm not sure. I started to swing my feet.
"There Mikan-hime, you're all ready for going to the market today. Go get your dress on and you can go tell Yuka-sama your ready to go" Tarisha smiled down at me.
"Okay! Thank you Tarisha" I jumped off the stool and ran into the closet to get my dress.
It was a knee-length white dress with a crimson bow tied around the waist. I unzipped the zipper and stepped inside. I closed the zipper again and twirled around in front of the mirror.
"Woooow~" I gasped. "Mommy this is so cool! It's so big, can we come here everyday?"
The market buzzed with the village people buying their daily groceries. They turned and smiled at me when they saw me skipping down the street. I stopped by a fresh strawberry stand.
I gasped in excitement. I turned around trying to spot mommy, but she was busy talking to a lady.
"Mikan-hime," I turned around to face the shopkeeper. She handed me a big red strawberry.
"Eat this," She smiled at me.
"Can I really?" I asked my eyes widening. She nodded her head.
"Thank you!" Smiling, I opened my mouth and took a bite. "Hehe, it's really yummy" I looked up at the shopkeeper smiling.
"That's good, Mikan-hime—you can take these too" She handed me a small box of strawberries, "I know they're your favorite so you can have them"
I brought the strawberries up to my face and breathed in the sweet smell. "Thank you very much!"
I skipped off down to the benches in the middle of the market and ate the strawberries all up.
I jumped off the bench and started down another path towards the fresh bread. I was skipping down the path when I bumped into someone and fell down.
"Owwww," I stood up and looked at the granny I had run into "I'm sorry" I said bowing.
"I sense you are going to have a terrible loss in the future, you must overcome that before you can achieve what you want most. Only then can you have the power you seek" she told me in a raspy voice.
I turned around looking for sign of mommy. I looked back at the granny but she was no longer there.
What power I seek…? Is she talking about my Alice?
"Granny!" I ran forward searching for her.
I looked throughout the whole market and didn't find her.
"Mikan!"
I turned around as mommy grabbed me in a hug.
"Where did you run off to? I was so worried" She muttered into my hair.
I giggled "Mommy I got some yummy strawberries from the shopkeeper over there!" I said pointing at the strawberry stand.
She sighed and let go of me.
She went over to the strawberry stand and bought another small basket.
"Yay!" I laughed. "Thank you, mommy"
"Mikan!" I turned to mommy again but she wasn't there. I looked around everyone had disappeared.
"Mikan!" I turned around again.
"Who's there?" I called.
"Mikan! Open your eyes" I know that voice!
I gasped. "Hotaru…" wait this isn't right "Am I dead"
Baka Baka Baka!
I felt a familiar pain in my head. Ugh…
"Baka! Open your eyes, I don't want to keep sitting in this dirt"
Groaning I slowly opened my eyes. What I saw in front of me shocked me absolutely still.
"Hotaru…" I whispered.
"Dummy, you never change. What did you do now?" she asked me.
My eyes filled with tears as I reached to pull Hotaru into a hug. I stayed like that for awhile crying onto her shoulder.
"Jii-chan, and everyone, they were all taken when the Koizumi came" I sniffled.
Hotaru sighed. "I know," She stood up.
I tried to follow after her, but when I stood up my legs gave way. I squeezed my eyes shut to wait for the impact, but it never came.
I opened my eyes and looked up. My eyes stared straight into that of another boy's beautiful crimson orbs. My eyes widened as I realized this was why I wasn't on the ground right now—he had caught me!
"Thank you," I said a blush forming on my cheeks.
"Hn," he muttered, "no problem, polka dots"
I gave him a confused look as I was set back on my feet.
"Polka dots…?"I frowned.
I felt a breeze on my chest and I froze, polka dots… I thought back to the day I was dressing in my new kimono.
3…
2…
1…
"PERVERT!" I screamed.
He smirked.
"You—you, perverted jerk!" I took a step towards him and fell face down in the dirt.
"It's your fault for showing me" He shrugged.
I heard him chuckle.
I spit the dirt out of my mouth and glared at the perverted jerk.
Another boy with blonde hair stared at the crimson-eyed boy in shock, while Hotaru just shook her head.
I sat down holding my ankle, it started to hurt really bad. "I think I twisted it when I fell…" I muttered to myself.
The perverted jerk picked me up bridal style and I let out a squeak.
"Hey, put me down!" I cried.
"So you can keep falling on your face? Don't think so Polka"
I glared at him, but the pain of my ankle stopped me from looking threatening. "My name isn't Polka its Mikan, M-I-K-A-N. I don't even know who you are! …Wait, who are you?" I asked completely confused. Now that I think about it last time I checked I was lost in the middle of the forest. I turned around looking at the blonde haired boy, then Hotaru.
Hotaru sighed and tugged the floating boat along with her as she followed the pervert and me.
The other boy followed soon after her.
"We'll explain later. Right now we need to find a place to set up camp for the next little while," Hotaru said. "Let's get going then, we need to find a suitable place"
We had stopped at a place like the one I had slept at a couple of days ago. Only this one was more hidden with trees.
Hotaru had built another one of her inventions to keep the cave entrance hidden from anyone that happened to come this way. Then we got here Hotaru had given me a T-shirt and jeans to change into. It was different then what I was used to wearing but it was comfortable.
I leaned back and studied the two boys who were whispering back and fourth between each other. Hotaru had left to go work on an invention by the lake, leaving us alone together.
I closed my eyes and leaned back against the rock, my fingers tracing the fabric of my pouch.
"Sakura," I opened my eyes at the sound of my family name. It was the blonde haired boy.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I know this is kind of late coming but, I'm Ruka Nogi," he pointed over to the perverted jerk "and he's Natsume Hyuuga"
I smiled at Ruka, "Nice to meet you Ruka, I'm Mikan Sakura"
He smiled back at me, "We know, Hotaru talked about you a lot"
"Hotaru did? How do you know her"
The Perverted Jerk smirked "They're engaged"
"What!" I shouted. "Since when?"
Hotaru walked in, "Since Birth," she replied coldly.
I stared at her "Why didn't you tell me?"
"It was just announced to us a couple years ago, but the Koizumi had caught me before I could come tell you anything. Then whenever I had escaped I could never make it back to the Sakura Kingdom because of the scouts they had situated there"
She plopped down next to me and bit into an apple. I stared at her in disbelief. My best friend was engaged…
"Wait, if you two are engaged," I looked over at Ruka and the Pervert "that means you two are princes?"
"Polka, you really are smart you know that?"
"Shut up, stupid perverted jerk. I told you already my name is Mikan, not Polka"
"Hn"
I glared at him.
He smirked. "That's an awfully scary glare you got their Polka"
I threw a rock at him—he caught it inches before it hit his face. His crimson orbs locked with mine.
I'm going to get him back I thought.
"Mikan," Hotaru stopped me from my stare down with Natsume.
"Wha—" She threw a bag into my face, "What was that for!"
"You weren't listening to me when I called your name" she answered smirking.
"Hotaru…" I muttered glaring at her.
"Those are some clean clothes for you to change into, a towel, and some of your favorite soap. Go wash up," I stared at her.
"In the lake?"
That earned me a shot from the Baka gun. "No, I made a portable shower to the right the cave" she said, "Just walk into the stall there and turn it on. Easy as that"
"Hmm, okay"
I grabbed the bag and walked out the cave. I turned to my right and started walking down the trail. The stall lay just before the lakeshore. I stepped inside and turn on the water—I stripped down and pulled out my favorite strawberry shampoo.
I let the water run down my face cleaning all the cuts I had on my body.
I turned off the water and dried off with the towel she had packed. I wrapped myself in the towel and checked out the clothes she had got for me. There was a long white T-shirt with a big red strawberry in the center, and a pair of black fitted jeans. I brushed my fingers through my waist long hair.
I pulled on my clothes again, and stepped out of the shower. I walked down to the lake and sat on a big rock that stuck out over the edge of the water. I looked into the water and noticed that the moon and the stars were clearly reflected.
I laid down on the rock, and stared up at the sky. I wondered if I would ever see my Jii-chan and Louis again. Tears threatened to overflow from my hazel orbs. I squeezed my eyes shut and wiped a tear that had fell onto my cheek.
"What's wrong?"
I turned around and came face to face with Natsume.
"It's nothing," I lied turning around facing the water again—I quickly wiped away another tear.
He sighed and sat down beside me. "I can tell your lying" he stated.
I frowned to myself, "How can you be so sure?"
He reached over and wiped a tear that had fallen again. His crimson orbs stared directly into mine.
"I wonder," He mumbled turning away.
I shivered. One thing Hotaru hadn't given me was a sweater.
A flame popped up in front of me. It surprised me so much I almost fell into the water.
"Hmph," Natsume flicked his fingers and made another flame "Polka, the point of fire is to get warm not soak yourself in the lake. Stupid little girl"
I hmphed and put my arms over my chest. We were silent for awhile.
I hesitated, "Natsume,"
"Hn?"
"Do you think everyone is okay," I asked "I mean the Koizumi's once came and killed everyone in sight before. Do you think they did that again?" I shivered again.
"Tch," he tossed a rock into the reflection, "my mom once told me that you must not think negative thoughts for they will block all the positive thoughts in you"
I stared up at the moon looking down on us.
"I guess so," I mumbled. My eyelids started to get heavy and I pulled my knees up to my chest.
"Polka," I glanced over at him "it's late,"
He stood up. I followed quickly after and pulled myself up. I walked off the stone ahead of him and tripped over my own feet. Natsume grabbed my arm before I could fall flat on my face again.
"Ah, thanks" I gave a nervous laugh.
"Polka, your going to get yourself killed one day with your clumsiness" He smirked.
"I'm not clum–" I walked forward on my bad leg and my legs buckled.
I let out a squeak, and fell into Natsume's chest.
"I'm sorry…" I attempted to pull away but he had me held in place. My heartbeat started to race and a low blush highlighted my cheeks. "What is it?" I asked.
"You know," He whispered in my ear. My breathing hitched.
"…You have really small boobs"
I froze in place. That. Little. Perverted. Jerk!
He let go of me and headed off back towards the cave.
"PERVERTED JERK!" I yelled after him, "I can't get married now!"
He gave me a smirk over his shoulder. "Who would want to marry you?"
I growled and ran off after him.
I woke up to the smell of eggs. Natsume glanced over at me, "Oh, you're finally up polka?"
I brushed my hair away from my face, tightening it into a low ponytail.
"I smelt food," I looked down at the eggs, mouth watering. He scraped the eggs out of the pan and handed me some on a paper plate.
It smelt delicious. "I didn't know you could cook so well," I said stuffing the eggs down my throat.
"Hn,"
"Where's Hotaru and Ruka?" I asked. Stuffing down more eggs.
"They left to refill the water" he muttered lounging on a blanket.
He gave me a sidelong glance, "How many eggs do you need to eat Polka?"
"Hmph, I need food" Was my answer.
He snorted.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing,"
"Liar"
"I never knew you were a pig"
I glared at him,
"I never knew you were such a pervert"
"Clumsy"
"Jerk"
"Polka"
"Stupid,"
He hmphed and threw a bag at me. It hit me square in the face. I looked up at his face to see his trademark smirk plastered there. His crimson orbs twinkled with mischief.
"Oh, you asked for it!" I yelled, I grabbed the towel beside me and whipped it at him. It took him by surprise and I got him right in the face.
I fell down laughing.
"Aha, Natsume! You should see your face"
He smirked. "Tch, little girl. I'm going to get you back for that"
I squealed pulling myself off the floor and ran outside of the cave running right into Ruka.
"Owwww!" I fell on my butt.
"Sak—Sakura," He stuttered "Are you alright"
I heard a snort behind me. I turned around and glared at Natsume.
"Smooth, Polka"
"Shut up Natsume"
Baka Baka Baka!
"If you two have to yell at each other, you can go gather firewood and yell" came Hotaru's cold order.
I turned around towards Hotaru, holding my freshly bruised head.
"But, Hotaru" I whined.
"No, buts. Now go get some more firewood" she glared at Natsume "Ruka and I will head back down the trail looking for some fresh fruit. We'll be back in a couple hours"
I got up off the ground and walked back to the woodpile beside the shower. Natsume trailing behind me.
I grabbed a handful of logs and put them in his out stretched arms.
"Don't fall," he muttered into my ear before he turned around and disappeared into the woods leading back to the cave.
I grabbed my own pile and started to walk back towards the cave.
"Natsume, wait for me!" I called out.
"Don't move" A deep voice said.
I turned around "Wha—" A hand clamped down over my mouth.
I froze. Koizumi! I screamed in my head. I dropped the logs onto the ground.
He gave a sick laugh.
"What do we have here?" He purred down into my ear, the smell of alcohol gagged me "Aren't you a little young to be this far out in the woods your self"
I started shaking. I tried to scream but his hand was clamped down tight over my mouth.
I let out a whimper.
"Little Kitty, don't be scared," He whispered "I'm not going to hurt you. A beautiful princess like you in my possession—"
I bit down on his hand as hard as I could. "Natsume!" I screamed.
I made a run for the direction of the cave, but the Koizumi had caught me before I even entered the bush again.
"Polka!" Natsume ran from out of the bush. His eyes widened when they landed on the Koizumi.
"Let her go," Natsume walked towards us.
The man pulled me closer to him. He pulled out a knife and held it against my throat.
Natsume stopped in his tracks. I whimpered as he poked the knife into my skin, drawing a fresh line of scarlet running down to my shoulder.
"We wouldn't want to hurt this little kitty, now would we" He grabbed my chin forcing me to look at him, "Such a pretty face."
Natsume lit his fire up on his palm. "Let her go" Natsume replied voice dripping with venom.
The Koizumi dropped me to the ground beside him—I quickly scrambled away from him.
"You want to fight kid," The Koizumi took out his earring. "Then lets play"
The air around us became freezing cold. I tried to run to Natsume but I couldn't move my feet. I started to panic when I realized the Koizumi had the Alice of Ice. The man had frozen my feet to the ground!
"I'm not done yet," the man held up his other hand and a swirling ball of water formed.
How many different Alice's does he have?
"Tch" Natsume gave a glance over to me. "Polka, stay down"
"I can't move anyway!" I growled "I'M FROZEN TO THE GROUND!"
He smirked and turned around eyeing the Koizumi for an opening. Even if the man was drunk he could still hold his ground.
"Try this on for size!" the Koizumi yelled. He brought up his hands and threw a combo of ice and water daggers at Natsume.
Natsume jumped back and landed in a crouching position. He had easily dodged the attack.
"My turn," He muttered giving a scary glare to the Koizumi. He snapped his fingers and made a ring of fire circling the Koizumi, preventing him from moving away. He flicked his wrist and sent a hurtle of red-hot fireballs directly towards the Koizumi.
I watched with my eyes wide as the Koizumi easily dodged the flames, except for one last one that hit him directly in the chest.
He fell back on his butt.
He started a sick laugh and doused the fire in water and ice.
"Can't beat me that easily," He yelled. The drunkard ran at Natsume aiming a punch right to his stomach.
Natsume grunted from the impact but quickly gained back his composure. He tackled the man into a near by tree.
I heard a sick crack and squeezed my eyes shut.
"Ahh!" The Koizumi screamed out in pain. I risked a glance over to where the cries were coming from—the Koizumi lay on the ground gripping his arm.
"Hn," Natsume spat on the man. "What was that you said Koizumi? Can't beat you huh"
I saw the glint in his eyes before Natsume did.
"Natsume! Watch out!" I screamed.
He turned his head to look at me eyebrow raised. "What are you talking about Pol—" the Koizumi kicked him in the shins cutting him off. He jumped to his feet and threw a wall of water towards Natsume.
The water caught Natsume off guard and he was thrown back towards me. I screamed in horror as the Koizumi ran at Natsume pinning him down with one swift movement.
"Ugh" Natsume grunted.
"Not so tough are we pretty boy?"
NO! This can't be happening he can't die!
"Guess what else I can do," The Koizumi laughed "I can stop you from using your powers! Isn't that great?"
I willed myself to break my leg threw the melting ice that covered my leg. I grabbed a nearby rock and chipped at the ice, this isn't going fast enough! I screamed inside. I gasped as I felt a warming surrounding my leg. I looked up and met the crimson orbs of Natsume.
"Run" he mouthed.
I broke my leg throw the remaining sheet of ice and scrambled quickly up. Holding the rock tightly in my grasp I ran towards them. I willed myself not to fall.
I jumped on the Koizumi's back and pulled him backward with all the strength I had in my body. I dug the rock into his shoulder drawing forth a line of scarlet. The jump broke my bandages and they tumbled down to the ground. I gasped in pain.
"You little—" the man turned towards me and I kicked him where it hurts, very hard.
Natsume laid on the ground melting away the ice the man had put over his body.
A thought suddenly hit me. He isn't going to melt before the Koizumi gets back up again!
I froze in place as the Koizumi's head turned towards me. His eyes were narrowed to tiny slits and his mouth was set in a tight line. He gave me a creepy smile.
"Little Kitty," He murmured walking deliberately slow towards me "Just you and me now"
"Polka," Natsume warned "Run, now" He had half his leg free and I could feel the heat radiating onto my skin.
But I didn't move. I froze with fear for what the man might do to me.
The Koizumi was 2 meters away from me now. I closed my eyes shut and begged for some kind of miracle.
A twig snapped and I opened my eyes quickly taking a step backward.
"Polka!" Natsume growled dangerously. "Stay away from her Koizumi"
The man stepped toward me but was blocked by a wall of fire. The Koizumi tched and turned the wall to ice. He kicked it once, then the wall crumbled down to his feet.
Where are Hotaru and Ruka when we need them!
The drunken soldier circled around me. I squeezed my eyes shut as he dragged a finger down my arm, his touch made my skin feel like I had just stepped outside into a blizzard
He was freezing me again. I started to whimper, as I could no longer feel my left arm.
Please, help me! Anyone!
I felt a tingling sensation on my palm—similar to the one where I had first touched the Alice Stones.
I gasped. Alice! That's what I needed.
I focused on the tingling and felt it work its way further up my arm filling my whole body. I focused on my frozen arm, the Koizumi using his Alice and Natsume lying just a couple meters away struggling to unfreeze his leg. I felt the ice on my arm start turning into water as it melted down my arm.
"Wha—" the man said shocked.
I pushed the tingling out imagining an invisible barrier wrapping around the Koizumi and stretching that barrier towards Natsume.
I heard the crack of ice and peeked through my eyelashes. Natsume stood up from the melted ice that surrounded him.
"Hn," He popped a flame into his right hand and smirked at the Koizumi. A ring of fire encircled him again.
"Why won't my Alice activate!" He cried.
"Because I won't let you," I stated staring at the man. Natsume walked up to the soldier and punched him, knocking him out cold.
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