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Chapter Three: Hatred Hails

Mikan glared at Natsume who glared at her. They seemed to always avoid each other because they were in so many fights, but Natsume always went for long walks while Mikan spent more time staring at the ruins of the palace than in her new home that she had to share with Natsume, the man she detested.

Anna, Nonoko and Koko all visited regularly, and always wondered why Natsume was there if Mikan and he hated each other so much. Mikan just told them she did not believe in leaving a person outside in the cold, especially in winter.

"So, how are you and your new best friend getting along?" Koko asked sarcastically as Mikan glared at him, ready to hit him. Natsume was out on another 'walk', but Mikan didn't want to talk about him at all, she hated him so much.

"He is not my best friend, Koko, you know that. I will throw you out into the snow if you do not watch it. Now, change the topic, quickly." Mikan said in a dangerous tone as Koko grinned and rolled his eyes. Mikan was so stubborn sometimes.

"Okay, how are you?" Nonoko asked as Mikan smiled gratefully. Koko was ticking her off a little.

"I am okay, I think. I went to visit the palace today to try and retrace my memory, but no such luck." Mikan said as Anna and Nonoko nodded and sighed, Mikan had been thinking alot lately, and visiting the palace. Natsume had seen her a few times there, but did not bother her. Mikan needed the time to herself.

"Do you know, that the China Palace was set on fire years ago, about 18 years ago, nearly." Anna suddenly spoke up, and Mikan blinked, staring at her smart friend in interest. Mikan blinked, interested in this new subject.

"Hm, go on?" Mikan asked as Anna paused and continued. They didn't know Natsume was behind the door, listening in on them.

"Well, 18 years ago the chinese king and his wife had a daughter, but something happened. That princess was passed as an omen to the kingdom, but no one believed it. She was the youngest of a family of seven, and the only girl in that royal family. No one knew their names because it is against the law to know a royals name unless you work in that palace. Anyway, a man came to them and tried to kill the child, but he was caught and he fled. But he wanted to kill her so badly. This man hated the royals because they killed his lover when she was caught trying to kill her family. The thing was, the lover was the babies mother." Anna said as Mikan gasped, holding her hand to her mouth as Anna nodded.

Koko and Nonoko were at the edges of their seats.

"But he did get his revenge. He set the palace of China on fire in the dead of the night and killed the whole family. Everyone said it was the omen of the child, but the thing was, when people found the bones of the family, they never found the babies. It was strange, because only the babies were missing." Anna said, staring at her friends, then taking in a deep breath and continued, "And the weirdest thing was, the baby was the prince's age. The Japanese prince's, and they were betrothed from the day she was born. But no one knew why both the palaces were burned down. It's strange, isn't it?" Anna stared at everyone, and Mikan breathed in.

"Isn't it? The princesses palace was torched, but here people say that the japanese prince burned his palace. How strange. Two young children betrothed to each other, their palaces burned down. This is not normal." Mikan whispered as Anna nodded and sighed.

"Yes, but someone had said that the chinese palace was burned down by the oldest son, because he was jealous of his new sister. The Sakura's are a legend today, like the Hyuuga's. They even had an emblem." Anna said as Mikan raised an eyebrow.

"What? Like the Hyuuga's had the flame?" Nonoko asked as Anna nodded.

"Yes. The Sakura's had the Cherry Blossom. When the baby princess was born, her father gave her a necklace with a sakura blossom on it. The prince of Japan was given a ring with the fire emblem on it." Anna said knowingly as Mikan, Koko adn Nonoko stared at her. Natsume looked surprised, and fished the ring out of his pocket. He stared at the fire emblem on it. The child prince had that ring when he died.

Mikan stared at the ground and sighed. Natsume then walked away towards his small room. Mikan sighed and stood up, going to do the same thing.

"I need to go to my room. Will you be okay to see yourselves out?" Mikan asked as they nodded and she said her goodbyes, then left for her room, sighing and sitting on her small bed, just like Natsume was. Mikan then started to lay on her bed and think about the Sakura's and the Hyuuga's, both their palaces had burned,

and yet, the sons had been blamed. Mikan thought it was not right. She knew something was wrong. How could one son from one family and another both want to burn down their palaces?

Natsume was thinking the same, too.

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Outside Kyoto in Japan in a small secluded area, a man was working. His eyes were dangerous looking and he was twistedly grinning. His name, was Reo. He had been in the country, gladly taking all the glory for the Hyuuga murder and not being found out at all.

He had killed his enemies successfully. The Imai's he had Shoda's and Imai's he had successfully killed recently, and he had murdered the Nogi's before hand. But the great thing was, nobody realised there was a pattern. All fires and all the brothers were blamed. He found it easy.

The reason he hated so many of these people? This is his story...

FLASHBACK

"Reo, you are banished from this kingdom, you have commited treason too many times. Next, you shall be hanged." the king of China said as Reo growled and glared at King Sakura, who was trying to protect his child of 2 days.

"You killed Yuka! You murdered her! She did nothing to anyone! And you killed my brother!" Reo yelled as King Sakura glared at him and pointed a menacing finger.

"I never killed your brother! And my wife brought her own death upon her for plotting to kill us and having an affair with you! I am giving you one more chance, now go before I set my guards upon you!" snapped King Sakura as Reo glared at him, and pointed at the high king.

"You will regret this! I will have my revenge upon you!" Reo snapped, and fled as the king sighed. Reo had run to the country, but was plotting against the Sakura family. He loathed them so much.

Reo's father was once the king of Russia, but King Sakura had battled him and killed him, then he killed Reo's half brother, Persona, and Reo grew angry with hatred. Then he had an affair with the young queen and she was put to death because she wanted to kill her family with Reo's help.

But Reo hated other kingdoms, too. The King of Japan, the Hyuuga's, were his fathers enemies from many years ago and his dieing wish was to kill them. Then there was the Queen of Germany, the Imai's, and they had burned his own mother at the stake. The Shoda's were Reo's distant family, but they cursed him and said he was a demon, ready to kill, and then the Nogi's. The King of Thailand. Reo detested them because the Nogi prince had told him his mother was a witch and his father was a stupid old man with no life. All of these kingdoms Reo had torched down, and blamed it on all of the children.

For the Sakura's, it was the oldest son, Hamulin Sakura. For the Hyuuga's, it was the youngest prince, Natsume Hyuuga. For the Nogi's it was Prince Ruka Nogi, heir to the throne. The Shoda's was their daughter Sumire and for the Imai's it was the princess Hotaru Imai. All the deaths had been easy, and he was always there, saying it was the child he blamed that did it because they were against their family and hated everyone.

All people had believed him. Reo was a twisted evil little oik...

END FLASHBACK

Reo grinned. He had destroyed all five kingdoms and no one would rule them, now. He was pleased with himself thanks to his handy work. But he was glad with the Hyuuga palace he burned, because he had killed two innocent children right in front of him, almost. And it was the little prince's birthday, too.

He recalled that day in his head. The pantry maid was dancing with the prince and he knew they were just about to kiss, when he came in, spoiled the perfect moment and burned the place down, hearing their little screams as he ran away in the dead of the night.

Reo smirked to himself. He needed to go into Kyoto to see the ruined palace again, just to remember that night. He smirked. He loved being an evil man...

Mikan was in the main room, reading when Natsume came in and glared at her. they still hated each other. She returned the glare and then looked back down at her book and tried to concentrate on it more than trying to glare at Natsume.

"Your reading a stupid history book?" he sneered as Mikan slammed it shut and glared at him.

"It's better than walking around, being stupid and lonely! I have friends and a life!" Mikan snapped back, throwing the book on the floor as Natsume glared at her and took a threatening step forward.

"You are a stupid little girl. Who would want to be your friend? You should have just died in that fire, along with the rest of them and the prince of shame!" Natsume snapped as Mikan gasped and hardened her glare at him.

"He was no Prince of Shame! I may not have known who he was, but the prince was not to be ashamed of! And no one deserved to die in that fire, not even the young prince who started it!" Mikan snapped in a growl as Natsume glared at her coldly.

"You did. You have no purpose in life, all you do is act childish and listen to poncy stories about princes and princesses." Natsume yelled as Mikan stared at him in shock. No one had ever said she had no purpose in life before, but Mikan had always felt like she had no purpose in life because she had forgotten about her past life. She stood in silence for a moment, then sniffed silently, tears stinging her hazel eyes.

"What do you know about me." she whispered silently, turning and walking away, the tears dribbling down her face as she sniffed and went to her room, slamming the door shut and falling onto her bed, rubbing her eyes roughly. Natsume g;ared at the door.

But maybe she was right. What did he know about her...?

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Well I hope you enjoyed that one! I loved making this one. Yeah, what does Natsume know about Mikan Sakura? Tension is rising... When will they fall in love, will they remember their past? Find out soon!

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