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FASHION CRISIS

By: 'Blue Moon and Roses'

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The Fashionistas

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-Previously-

At the sound of her voice, the brunette suddenly stopped and looked at the person who owned the very familiar voice she longed to hear.

"Ho-ho-ho-ta-ru?" the brunette said, wide-eyed, shocked and stuttering as her chocolate eyes locked with a pair of violet eyes.

"Yes it's me, Mikan, baka" Hotaru said a smile, gracing in her face and a tint of happiness, contentment, and concern in her voice.

"You really are a baka you know! Starting a fight in your first day like that!" she scolded Mikan like a mother would to her daughter.

Almost everyone froze not only because of Hotaru's unusual behavior but also because they don't know what's going to happen since she just insulted the new girl.

But adding more to their shock, the brunette, didn't have even just one bit of anger or even annoyance in her face. What more the said girl ran up to the ice queen trapping her with her own arms caging her tightly.

The best friends enjoyed every single moment of their hug, enjoying their bittersweet reunion.

'You haven't changed a bit, my Mikan except of course for the emptiness and coldness of your eyes and this horrendous outfit. I have missed you so much, sun of mine. I'm so sorry to what had happened to you and sorry because I wasn't there but this I promise you, from now on I'll never leave your side, I'll be always here to protect you, I promise I'll bring back the radiant brightness you emit. But I'm amazed to see you recovered though your smile didn't survive the calamity I'm sure it's just there waiting to show itself again for the whole world to see. Despite everything, Your still the same determined baka with the deadly aura when it comes to those people who talk bad about your family and friends, underneath that thick coat your wearing is the same baka that I loved, and left in Nagoya.' Hotaru thought to herself.

-Chapter 3: The Fashionistas-

Hotaru let go of Mikan's hug and shot death glares to everyone in the room.

"If any of you dare as to touch a single hair from my best friend, better be ready to face the consequences." She said to them.

Everyone put on a THE-ice-queen-has-a-best-friend-and-she-is protecting-her?? Look with a mix of disbelief but one pair of crimson eyes just has an amused look. He was thinking:

'hmmm…this just keeps getting better and better… she has this something very special about her that she's hiding and I want to find out what.'

'You haven't changed a bit Hotaru, still the same cold-blooded, overprotective best friend of mine, ne?' Mikan thought to herself with an inward smile.

Ignoring the death threat of the famous ice queen Sumire approached Mikan.

"Hey! Sakura! I propose that we settle this once and for all; we'll have a fight, you and me, no one else, one on one. The one who wins tells the loser what to do. And before you accept the challenge I have to warn you, NOT one girl has ever won against me ever, most especially a freak like YOU who came from a low life family." Sumire said with an I'm-sure-of-myself tone, provoking Mikan.

SNAP

"THAT IS IT!! THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW! You crossed the line PERMY and may I mind you, you cannot go back! Just tell me when and where!" Mikan said.

"Mikan I know you're a baka but don't…." Hotaru said but Mikan cut her.

"Hotaru-chan you know you can't stop me from doing this."

"Like I said you're a baka, I was just going to say don't kill her BECAUSE that way she'll suffer more because of humiliation."

'This is good, our Mikan is coming back, maybe sooner or later the Fashionista princess would be back.' Hotaru thought.

"Oh!" Mikan said. "Well anyway let's go!"

"But before everything, you are in serious need of a makeover, you are waay behind when it comes to the latest fashion, honey, and that'll certainly ruin your perfect reputation that we built more!! You really can't handle yourself on your own without us can you? I'll call the whole gang for this." Hotaru said in a monotone voice

"Mou Hotaru! You very well know that my reputation is already ruined and this happened because all of you left me all alone with depression." Mikan said, saying depression as if it was a person.

"Whatever" was Hotaru's reply.

They are now walking away from the forgotten Sumire.

"Sakura! Don't forget about me! We are talking here!! The fight would be the day after tomorrow, in the open field, 3pm sharp." Sumire said which caught everyone's attention, mentally taking note of everything.

Mikan turned her head to Sumire's direction.

"Sure Permy, I'll be ready by then, be sure that you are" Mikan said with an evil glint in her eyes.

With that Mikan walked away with Hotaru, going home since Narumi gave them a free day.

--The Next Day--

Hotaru and Mikan were absent for class because Hotaru brought Mikan to a high-class studio that the gang used before in their stays in Tokyo. It was very high tech with all the necessities needed for a makeover. It was huge; it had a gym, a spa, sauna rooms, bathrooms with bathtubs that would be able to carry at least four persons in it, a Jacuzzi, an indoor swimming pool, a dressing room, that had a couch that would be able to fit at the least 5 persons in every dressing room and a mirror that would view a person from head to toe, and last but not really the last is the huge walk-in closet filled with the latest designer clothes, bags, shoes, jewelry you name it. Everything is operated by technology with just a say of a word from a registered voice it would come, open and close made by Hotaru Imai herself.

Besides from all its function it had a lobby filled with the latest gadgets and gizmos for entertainment, it was more of an entertainment room, with a couch a beanbag, all of it. The works.

A/n: it's like the one in princess diaries 2 the walk in closet and stuff

"Ne, Hotaru-chan what are we doing here?" Mikan asked her best friend.

They were both sitting in the lobby.

"We're waiting for the rest of the gang, we will do a makeover on you so that we would bring the Fashionista princess back along with the real Mikan." Hotaru said with a straight and emotionless face trying to conceive her emotions.

"I'm sorry Hotaru for worrying you because of some changes, it was hard staying like the cheerful self I am without any of you by my side."

"I'm sorry Mikan for abandoning you like this." Hotaru replied and take note: with EMOTIONS.

After a while, there was a knock on the door. Hotaru stood up to open it and said, "You're late" to the five people that walked in.

"Wahhh!! Tsubasa-sempai, Misaki-sempai, Kaname-sempai, Nonoko-chan, Anna-chan!!" Mikan shouted with glee at the people who went in. "I missed all of you!"

"We missed you too our little hime, we're glad to see you, please forgive us for leaving you alone and not being there all these years to help you." Tsubasa said as he tried to hug Mikan but was stopped by Misaki.

"Tsubasa! Mikan-chan is not a little girl anymore to be hugged by a pervert in the likes of you." Misaki scolded Tsubasa.

As Misaki finished scolding Tsubasa, she turned to Mikan.

"OH. MY. GOSH. What in the world are you wearing MIKAN SAKURA!" Misaki said as everyone turned to what Mikan was wearing and all their jaws dropped except for Hotaru.

"Uumm you mean these," Mikan said pointing at her outfit. "Umm they're…. clothes… Misaki-sempai… why what's wrong with them?" Mikan said as she slowly shrank because of nervousness since all the eyes were on her.

"You call these clothes? I'm sorry to say but I call them rugs." Kaname bluntly said. (A/N: In my fic he's... to put it bluntly- gay like Narumi but he's more on the guy-ish side than the feminine unlike Narumi who resembles a cross dresser. I hope I don't offend anyone with this kay? It has a purpose in the future chappies... I think)

"Why are you wearing such things! Such a disaster! For God's sake Mikan, you are THE Fashionista Princess! I can't believe you wore something like that on your first day, no wonder Hotaru called it an UNO PRIORIDAD, I thought she was over reacting but I can clearly see that she was under reacting." Misaki said in hysterics.

"Sorry everyone but I kinda went to the depressed side of things, I cried and cried and cried when everyone left me after Grandpa… went away everyone made fun of me because no one was there for me, so I just ignored them and…" said Mikan who started crying chibi style.

'She is still a crybaby!' everyone thought while rolling their eyes.

"And this is why I called you all here to restore the touch of our baka hime here! But before anything else I want to welcome back our very own Nonoko and Anna who came back from Europe they will now be studying in AA with us, they are in the same class as Mikan and I."

Outfits:

Girl's outfit only

Mikan: same as always nerdy too bad to mention.

Hotaru: a loose violet off shoulders with a 'genius' written in red glittery script across her shirt over a black sleeveless, skinny jeans and black opened toed pumps with straps on the ankles. Her raven hair same as always.

Misaki: a white sleeveless shirt saying 'pink and punk' that reaches her midrib, denim skirt with a bit of chains, that reaches mid thigh, and black leather boots that reached ankle. Her pink hair is layered and reaches 2 inches below her shoulders but she currently put it on a side pony tail.

Nonoko: pink spaghetti strapped under a brown long sleeved bolero, brown camouflage mini skirt over black leggings with pink and brown striped chucks. Her straight navy blue hair was let down reaching mid her back.

Anna: white spaghetti strapped under a green off shoulder shirt tied up to one side so that it would be body hugging and shorter, denim mini skirt over black leggings and a red 2 inch open-toed stilettos. Her pink hair same style as Nonoko.

"Hey guys!" Nonoko and Anna said in union.

"Hey Nonoko-chan and Anna-chan! Long time no see, ne?" Mikan said with her trademark smile.

"Okay everyone! Now we're finished with the greetings let's get to work! Chop chop!" Hotaru said lacking the needed excitement in her voice.

-- End of Chapter 3--

NOTE:

Sorry if some characters are OOC

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