Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice. I do own this story though. At least I think I do…
Luna: How come I wasn't in the last chapter? Huh? Huh? Huh?
Me: Chill. I'll try to squeeze you into this one. Happy?
Youichi: Old hag.
Me: Are you talking to me?!
Youichi: No stupid, I'm talking to that dumb girl.
Me: giggles
Natsume: What is this story turning into? The author is stupid and the character is an old hag.
Sumire: nods head Yes, yes, of course Natsume-sama.
Me: When did you get here?
Natsume: Just read the chapter, will ya.
Chapter 4
Mikan was sitting in Natsume's room, dumbfounded. Mr. Hyuuga had pushed her into his room. "Here, you two can take this time to get to know each other better." He said and left to work.
"Bastard." said Natsume, hatred was written all over his face.
"I'll leave now if you want." said Mikan, softly. She couldn't bear to see someone so angry and full of hatred. She stood up and was about to leave. Natsume was surprised by her actions.
Ding dong
"Natsume-sama!!" said Luna. Her high-pitched voice could be heard throughout the entire castle.
Damn, it's her. Thought Natsume to himself.
"Where are you?" she asked.
"He is in his bedroom, Luna-sama." replied one of the maids.
Luna burst through the bedroom door. She looked quickly around his room and said, "Who is that? What is she doing here?" her voice full of annoyance.
"I'm sorry to intrude. I was just about to leave." said Mikan, slightly hurt.
Natsume's P.O.V
Luna hopped onto my lap. I winced at her touch but decided to show my father that I wasn't going to marry any mermaid. No matter how beautiful she was. What the heck? Scratch that, what am I talking about. She is ugly and really loud. So why would I like her? Tch.
That mermaid took a quick glance at us, before slowly opening the door.
"Ugh, what are you still doing here?" said Luna.
I was about to open my mouth to defend her but shut it again. Man, she was one heavy chick. My thighs are really starting to hurt. Wait, that girl just left the room.
"So who is that girl with the horrible looking hair?" asked Luna.
Argh. I just feel like slapping the thing on my lap. Don't ask me why.
It took all my mental strength to hold down my anger and say, "Some girl I'm engaged to."
3, 2, 1…
"WHAT!!" she screamed in that oh-so irritating voice. I just knew she was going to burst out in rage. I felt like laughing at her facial expression.
"If you wanna know go ask the king." I said while smirking.
"You know what! I will! And I'm going to make that ugly brown headed girl pay!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. She charged out of the room, slamming the door hard.
"Do what you want. I don't give a damn about what you do. I would dump you right this second if I didn't want to be engaged to a mermaid." said Natsume softly to himself.
End of P.O.V
Mikan rushed out, tears were blinding her eyes. She ran and ran, until she arrived at the Sakura tree. It calmed her down. She sat down on the soft, dewy grass. She couldn't stop the crystal tears from streaming down her pink cheeks. She felt horrible.
Mikan P.O.V
I need to stop crying. I have to. I can't just break my promise to Hotaru. We were only 5 years old. I was bullied by some bigger merguys. And Hotaru shot them with her baka watergun. I was sobbing hard as I sat on the swing, in the playsand (playground underwater). I smiled as I recalled her priceless words.
"You got snot all over your nose and mouth, it's disgusting. Don't cry anymore. It makes you 50 uglier than you already are." She said as she used her thumb to wipe the tears off my face.
I realized I wasn't crying anymore. I am very lucky to have Hotaru as my best friend. She can always make me smile, even when she's not here. I saw a figure in the distance. As the person got nearer, I saw that it was a boy, Youichi. He did not say anything and he plopped down to join me on the ground.
"Arigato for saving me, onee-chan." He whispered.
Aww, I was hoping Youichi was talking to me. But he wouldn't call me onee-chan, would he?
"Helloo…? Anybody in that empty head of yours?" said Youichi as he waved his hand in front of my face.
"Oh, were you talking to me?" I said. Youichi slapped his forehead.
"Who else, baka?" said Youichi.
"Ooooh…" said Mikan.
End of P.O.V
Youichi smirked because the silly brunette missed the little insult.
"You were crying." said the little boy.
"Eh…No I wasn't…" said Mikan as she scratched her head.
"No use denying it. You are really bad at lying. Besides, I can see the tear stains on your cheeks. What happened?" asked Youichi.
"Well… I was really crying over nothing." replied Mikan. All she received was an intimidating glare from Youichi.
"Okay, okay. It's just some little thing someone said. No big deal." said Mikan. She was too kind-hearted to tell him that it was Luna.
"Who said what?" asked Youichi.
"Nah, just some girl. Anyway, what's for dinner?" asked Mikan, trying to change the subject.
"Oh, no you don't! Let me guess, Luna, Natsume onii-sama's girlfriend. Am I right?" asked Youichi.
"She didn't really say anything that bad. I just overreacted!" said Mikan.
"Sigh… Don't listen to what that old hag says. She's just jealous that you're engaged to Natsume onii-sama. I don't like her." said Youichi.
"Arigato, You-chan!" said Mikan, back to her old cheerful self.
"Don't call me You-chan. I don't like it either." said Youichi, although he was really smiling inwardly.
Hotaru's eyes shot open, she saw Ruka sitting beside her.
"You're awake." He said.
"Wow. You figured it out, genius." replied Hotaru sarcastically.
"Sarcasm hurts you know." said Ruka, grinning.
"Where am I? And where is Mikan?" asked Hotaru. She was getting more worried and impatient by the minute. "Tell me or I'll blast you with my bakagun. Invention 257. bakagun. Made for annoying humans."
"You're really cute you know." said Ruka.
"No, I don't know. Now tell me where Mikan is!" said Hotaru, hiding a slight blush.
"You mean the brunette? She is safe, eating dinner with the rest of the family. You're in the castle of the Hyuuga family." answered Ruka.
The Hyuuga family. The guy Mikan is engaged to. I'm going to go look for her. Thought Hotaru, as she slid off the bed and started walking out.
"You should stay in bed. You're still weak from the transformation." warned Ruka.
"Like you care. Get out of my way." said Hotaru and she pushed Ruka aside.
"The dining room is that way." said Ruka. He put his hands on her shoulders and put her in the right direction. She shrugged them off.
"Whatever." said Hotaru walking ahead. Ruka caught up and walked beside her. He was smiling like crazy. He was getting to like this cold ice queen.
When they arrived at the dining hall, they saw that Luna was sitting to the right of Natsume. She had pushed everyone aside to sit next to him. Youichi was sitting on Natsume's left. And Mikan was on Youichi's left too. Without hesitation, she walked up to sit beside Mikan.
"Hotaru!! You're here!" cried Mikan.
"You owe me an explanation, baka." replied Hotaru.
So the two mermaids know each other, huh? Should've known. Thought Natsume.
"Okay. Ne, You-chan, could you pass me the bread rolls please?" asked Mikan.
"Ugly, how dare you talk to Youichi-kun like that? I am Youichi-kun's onee-chan, right?" cooed Luna. Mikan fell silent.
"Old hag." said Youichi while he squeezed Mikan's hand reassuringly under the table.
"I am the only person who calls Mikan ugly. Or idiot for that matter." said Hotaru. Her eyes were cold. She was about to launch the bakagun at Luna when Mikan stopped her.
"Daijobu… It's okay." said Mikan. She didn't want to cause any trouble.
"First, you get engaged to Natsume-sama, now you go for Youichi?! You're so gonna PAY for this!!" screamed Luna.
All through dinner, Luna continued throwing disgusted looks at Mikan and saying rude remarks about her in front of the King. By the end of the meal, Hotaru, Youichi and even Natsume were shaking in anger. Ruka did not know Mikan yet, but he was a sensitive guy and seeing a poor girl treated like that angered him too.
Mikan was strangely quiet the whole time. She slowly stood up, walked over to Luna, lifted her hand up, and slapped her face. It was pretty soft. Mikan was a strong girl and the slap could have been much harder. But Luna started crying loudly.
"Ouch! Natsume-sama, it hurt so much!" sobbed Luna. She turned to Natsume for comfort. But all she got was a death-glare from him.
"What did I ever do to you? I'm sorry to steal you're dear Natsume. Bur I never wanted to be engaged to the jerk sitting here. You guys are perfect for each other. Why do you keep bringing me down? Insulting me in front of everybody here?" asked Mikan softly.
Her chocolate bangs were covering her chestnut eyes. She looked away and walked out of the hall. Silence filled the dining room, even a pin drop could be heard from a few miles away. The sound of her footsteps slowly faded away.
Natsume stood up, shot a disgusted look at Luna and stormed out.
Mikan was running along, the endless corridors fighting her tears from falling down her cheeks again.
Hmph. Even though I don't know why Natsume doesn't like me much, I still thought he would have defended me. Even if it was a little. Sigh… But I guess I should be thankful, I have good friends like Hotaru and You-chan.
Suddenly, she crashed into someone. She looked up and saw that it was a blonde boy.
"Weren't you sitting next to Hotaru at the table?" asked Mikan.
Ruka nodded his head and said, "Yeah. I'm Nogi Ruka. You can call me Ruka if you like."
"Hai. I'm Sakura Mikan. And you can call me Mikan!" she said smiling.
"Mikan-chan, are you okay? If you need anyone, I'm here for you. Along with Hotaru, Youichi and Natsume." said Ruka.
Ruka is so much nicer than Natsume. I would choose to marry him over Natsume any day. Though marrying my true love would be best! Thought Mikan to herself.
"Arigato. Though I doubt Natsume would give a damn about me." said Mikan.
"He might seem cold and heartless at the beginning, but once you get to know him, you'll see that he's a really nice guy." said Ruka.
Mikan was considered a smart girl in her studies, but if it came to anything else, she was plain clueless. She didn't understand how a person could seem cold but actually be really warm.
Ruka saw her confusion and reacted by saying, "One day, you'll understand everything."
As they went their separate ways, Ruka said, "By the way, we have breakfast at about 9 o'clock in the morning."
End of Chapter
Hotaru: 'One day, you'll understand everything.' Was that the best you could think of?
Ruka: I thought it was pretty good. But don't look at me, the author wrote the script.
Natsume: Agreed, the script sucks. No one's gonna review.
Me: Oh shut up.
Youichi: You have to face the facts, baka.
Me: Oh no! Youichi, not you too!
Luna: I think this was the best chapter. Because I was in it. So everyone better review me!!
Mikan: Yes everyone, review! I still don't see why she likes Natsume so much.
A/N: My beta is like the best! Her name is storylover1234.