- - Nine Princes, One Princess - -
9 and 1 is 2
Once upon a time…
This story is dedicated to
TheRandomChocolate, the one who has been supporting me with everything I did and made me laugh day in day out - Plus scaring me off with clowns;
Chris, who has been supporting my two stories since the very beginning
And to you, for reading my story.
Chapter Three
Welcome to The Palace.
"But my question was: What are you doing here?"
"Sakura-san is going to work in our dorm."
The huge gate doors opened, and Ruka-sama stood there.
Natsume raised his left eyebrow.
Not even a second later, seven other figures appeared next to Ruka-sama.
"Welcome, Sakura-san," the eight of them welcomed, "to the Nine Princes' Palace!"
And there in a neat row, they stood next to each other. The one was tall; the other was short. The one was handsome; the other one was cute. All of them had their own aura and own way of living, you could see it directly.
An example: Kaname Sono, who was ranked 4, looked a lot friendlier than Mochiage, ranked 9, did. Or maybe Koko, no. 5. He was obviously less responsible than Tobita Yuu (no. 7) was.
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Still, all of them were pretty lovable and special in their own way.
Now, they stood there, just for me and me only. And how honoured I felt…
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NOT.
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I wouldn't serve any of them, except for Ruka-sama, with pleasure. Not even for a billion Bunnies. I'd rather die than living… living in one huge palace with those so-called 'handsome, perfect, cute, hot, I don't know what-princes'.
First, the twins - Koko and I don't know his name anymore - look damn annoying by their damn annoying always-smiling expressions, especially when I'm feeling horrible (like now).
Second, that guy, Tsubasa Andou, looks just way too handsome. NOT NORMAL. Why can't he be just… less handsome?!
Third, that Yuu-person, he looks way too shy and kind. Can't he be rude or anything?
Fourth, that You-chan, like how the fan girls call him, why is he so popular? He seems like a second Hyuuga, but then in miniature version.
Then, that Sono-person. Is he really cute? I don't see anything special in him. Ruka-sama is much better than he is.
And that guy, over there. What was his name again? Mo-… Mocha? Or was it Mochi? Well, that guy can work on his smile. Ugly guy.
And last, the most horrible one was Hyuuga. That guy is just… Well… what can I say? PERVERTED.
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But handsome.
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I could feel that they all were staring at me. They were expecting me to say something like 'Oh my, I feel so honoured' or something like that.
Then, a grin appeared on Koko's damn annoying face.
"So I'm damn annoying?" He said, as he was about to laugh out loud. "And Mochu is an ugly guy?!" Now he really laughed out loud.
Eight faces turned to me. They understood that Koko, the one possessing the Mind reading Alice, had just sneaked into my thoughts without me knowing it and read everything I was thinking just now.
"Eh…"
"Koko! What did she say about me?!" One of them suddenly shouted, out of nothing.
"She said you're way too handsome!" Koko laughed, as if he didn't do that in ages. "And Yuu is too kind and shy! And Kana-tan isn't cute compared to-" Abruptly, he stopped. I gave him a death glare.
If you dare to say it out loud, you won't be able to live your damn annoying life any further.
He stared at me, sheepishly. Then, he grinned again.
"Kana-tan isn't cute at all, compared to-" That was it. He's dead for sure. I raced to him, hit him and pulled the unconscious him with me and once we were at least 5 miles away from the other Princes. I shook him awake.
"You jerk. I warned you and you still don't listen to what I say." I groaned.
"Hey, you don't act that way to your boss, do you?"
"You're not my boss and never will be."
"Oh, really?" He asked, amused, obviously. "I have the right to lessen your payment, whenever I want, where I want and how much I want… And currently, I'm about to take away your payment for this. Whole. Week."
At that time, I realised that resisting the truth was pointless. It would only make me work even longer for them. The truth. I hated it. I hated everything about this.
How could my life just change for that one moment? That one moment when I was exactly at the wrong moment, at the wrong time. I was dazing off. I didn't know what that girl was doing. I didn't even know who she was…
Koko saw I was panicking, even though my posture, my expression, my looks didn't change at all. His smirk disappeared; He understood this was not the moment to joke around with me.
"Don't worry…" He said, as he stood up. "They will all be nice to you."
I didn't believe him, of course.
"Hyuuga will never, ever be nice to me."
"Don't worry about him." He said with a smile. Then, he gave me a soft push, in the direction of where the other Princes were. "Come."
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This was the start of my likes towards the always-friendly Koko.
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"My name is Sakura Mikan!" I bowed. "Please excuse me for my strange behaviour just now!" If I acted nice, would they ever raise my payment?
I looked up. The outcome was worse than I thought. Cold glares were coming at me, with like four gentle looks and one very shy look. As you could guess, the shy one came from Yuu, the four gentle and nice ones came from Ruka-sama, Kaname-san, Koko and Kitsuneme (Koko and Kitsuneme: Twins). But the ones bothering me, the cold glares, scared me a lot. What did they mean?
"Hm?" The leader, Hyuuga, spoke, at last. "So you can act pretty good, can't you?"
I gulped.
"Too bad, it's not good enough." Shit. He saw through me.
"Then," he sat down, "I hope for you that you're better with households, than with acting."
"Natsume, you should give her a chance." Ruka-sama spoke.
Natsume looked with a serious face at Ruka-sama for a minute. Then, he continued again.
"Okay. I'll give you a chance."
The other ones who gave me a cold glare just like their leader did – Mochu, Tsubasa and Youichii -, looked a bit surprised at him and then understood their leader had thought of a sly plan. They smirked.
"If you really want to prove that you want to work here…" Oh, I didn't want to. "Then you'll have to pass a test."
"A test?" I fell out. Couldn't they think of something more exiting? "How stupid."
Ignoring me, he continued: "We will test your cooking, your cleaning, your clothes-washing skills and we all will be giving your points, based on your attitude."
"No." Kaname-san rejected. "Sakura-san is good enough to not have to do such a silly test."
"Then, we'll vote. The side with the most votes win. They may know whether there's going to be a test…" He stood up again. "Or not."
"Who wants the test?" Tsubasa asked.
Four fingers raised themselves.
A smile appeared on my face. Four against five: that means there'll be no test.
"Who does not want the test?"
Five fingers were raised in the air. One hesitatingly.
"Okay." Tsubasa said. "This means the results are even." By hearing this, I had to laugh. Were they this stupid?
"Sorry, but…" I brought out, with trouble. "But it's five against four. Five is more than four."
"Four?" Mochu repeated. "It's five, smarty."
"Five?"
"Natsume counts as two, duh."
"That's ridiculous!"
Again, glares were aimed at me.
"Did I hear you complain, servant?" Youichii asked, as he started to activate his Alice, which was related to a few certain spirits and that, obviously, didn't stand for anything good. Whoever could have thought that this small, cute-looking boy would actually be this evil?
"You didn't, Sir."
"So, she'll be doing the test!" Natsume decided.
"She won't!" Koko shouted. This was his very first time to not obey Natsume's decisions, and of course, Natsume himself, it seemed.
They started to fight each other. The ones against the test versus the ones for the test.
I started to panic. What should I do with a bunch of spoilt Princes fighting each other?
"OKAY!" I shouted, with all my might. "SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU!"
It was quite. They stopped fighting. The nine handsome faces were turned to me.
"I… I've made my decision." I said, a bit hesitating. Should I really do this? "I… I will do the test and pass it!"
I'm very, very, very sure I'll be regretting this decision… some day.
(A/N): Yes, finally, I updated. This file was on my computer for a while and I suddenly got the urge to continue writing this chapter… so Voila! Here it is: Chapter 3. I know it was probably beneath your expectations, or very boring, in your mind, but I promise you: Next chapter will be hilarious!
Also, my other GA story is now officially declared as Under Hiatus! Please, understand why I made this decision. Life is too hectic and unforgiving. And I want to have fun too.
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With honour to present you a new chapter, once again.
