Well! Here is chapter Four, everyone!

Note: Tomorrow, Thursday 15th March, I will not be on the computer, uploading stories, for I have a good friend sleeping over, so, I am terribly sorry, but, a computer is not allowed to control my life, and plus, I have just done my options and sooner or later, I will be having millions of course work to do this time september because I am reaching year 10, or, in america I will be classed as a freshman.

Oh dear lordy lord!

Chapter Four: Speacial Surprise?

Mikan and Sumire laughed as they sat on a bench, talking to each other and eating soft ice cream. Mikan's long brown hair was straightened and she wore small hoop ear rings. Mikan had helped to take care of her baby for 3 years. And now she was a beautiful, cheerful, top star 16 year old girl. Mikan had worked hard ever since Shiro had been born and had become a top star student already.

At 14, she had started to plan on what she was going to be when she was older and had graduated. A teacher at the Alice Academy. Mikan had sstarted to get better grades and soon, she was a top star and a great mother. Mikan was very happy with her life. It was Shira that completed her and kept her remembering. When she had been distressed or even lonely, Mikan looked in her locket and it held a picture of Natsume in it, and also Shiro. She loved them both no matter what.

Mikan and Sumire watched as Shiro ran around with other kids his age. Shiro was in the Kindergarten block and was instantly made a top star ranking student. He was in the special abilities class along with his mom and was PROUD of it, because he had so many friends in that exact class.

He smiled as Mikan waved then held out her arms and he jumped into her open arms and laughed. Mikan and Sumire laughed along with him and he put his head on his mothers lap and then stared at his mommy and god-mother.

"Tell me about daddy again mommy." he asked sweetly and Mikan laughed as she licked her soft ice cream in thought while stroking Shiro's hair and smiling.

"I've already told you this morning, but... Your daddy's a sweet man. But he never shows it. He's a top star student and quite the ladies man." Mikan and Sumire giggled as Shiro smiled up at the clouds and sighed happily as Mikan patted his back.

"You can say that again! I was the president for his fan-club. And your dad was smart and powerful. But..." Sumire looked at Mikan who smiled and they rolled their eyes at the same time, and started to giggle again like little girls.

"...But he was always trying to run away. Man was he the worst! He never stopped trying until he found out that it made me upset. Only I could stop him... Because he loves me." Mikan whispered and Shiro sat up, smiling and looking at Mikan and pointed at her locket. Even as a three year old, he was still curious about his father and who he was. And Mikan told him about Natusme every day.

Mikan smiled anbd opened up her locket to show him the picture. Shiro stared at it.

"Wow. What a guy." he said and smirked as Sumire laughed and Mikan rolled her eyes proffesionally. Her son was so un-believeable sometimes. She smiled and picked him up, placing him on her lap and hugging Shiro tightly in an embrace.

"Your dad... was in the dangerous abilities class. And your powers may also be dangerous, Shiro. Most likely your crystal power. You have no grandparents." she whispered sadly and Shiro knew his mom was crying. He looked up at her and then wiped the tears away. Mikan smiled as he did so then stared at her.

"Why? Did they die?" he asked, and Sumire gave him a small nod as Mikan tried to smile a little,

"Yes, your daddy, he burned a whole village when he was sevenWell that's what everyone says. It isn't true, hopefully. My parents just died in a crash. I gre up with my jii-san. But you will grow up with me, Shiro." Mikan placed her finger on the tip of his nose then kissed his forehead. Shiro glowed with happiness them jumped off his mothers lap and ran around with the other kids, girls giggeling, blushing and crowding around Shiro.

Mikan and Sumire sighed as Shiro tried to get away from them all, but wasn't very successful with doing so.

Hotaru suddenly appeared, her hair falling around her shoulders in bunches. Mikan looked over her shoulder and smiled over at her best friend.

"Hotaru! You finally cam to see us! Your invention exams must be hard." Mikan stated matter-of-factly and Hotaru nodded, her eyes blank with no emotion. Hotaru sat beside Mikan and folded her arms across her chest as she looked over at Shiro, still stuck in the crowd of mad 3 year old girls and a few boys.

"He's just like his father, isn't he?" Mikan sighed happily and Sumire's eyes started sparkling as she thought of Natsume and Ruka. Sumire sighed happily in her own little day dream as Mikan and Hotaru watched Shiro playing together with his friends and the new kids.

Shiro was a really nice kid and not at all show-offy about being a top star. All of his friends and teachers respected him for that. Especially Mikan, and all six of his god parents.

"He'll surely grow up to be strong and caring. Like his father and mother." Hotaru said plainly as Mikan stared at her best friend and she raised her eyebrow. Hotaru looked at Mikan and gave her a small nod.

"He has a bright future, Mikan. As long as you are with him." Hoitaru turned her head back to watching Shiro who was ignoring his game of tag and staring at a clump of tree's. Hotaru stood up, but Shiro suddenly turned his head away and tagged a nearby boy. Hotaru narrowed her eyes but silently sat down again. Mikan stared.

"So, Hotaru, are you going to the party tonight? I know I am!" Mikan said in a loud, high-pitched voice as Hotaru stared at her then held out a small round button and once it touched Mikan, she got an electric shock that searged through her whole body.

"Invention 1120. The Button. A leathel, ordinary button that reacts to your body temperature. It gives the victim an intensifying electric shock that may knock them out, if they have a fairly high bosy temperature. Only 100 rabbits each." Hotaru said to no one at all and Sumire raised her brow as Mikan tried to recover from her electrifying shock.

Hotaru turned her gaze towards Sumire who suddenly started smiling and sweat dropped.

"Er... Hello Hotaru-chan! I'm really hoping that you can come to the... party?" Sumire turned crimson as Hotaru glared at her and Sumire's eyebrow and the corner of her mouth started to twitch violently. Hotaru folded her arms as Mikan popped up and smiled, un-dazed from the shock she was given.

"Okay! I'll take Shiro in for a bath now! See ya!" Mikan said quickly and ran to where her son was and picked him up, despite protests from his fans. He smiled and put his arms around her neck and breathed in as Mikan carried her only son over to their two-bedroom top star dorm, where they stayed.

Mikan smiled as her son hugged her and stroked her hair. Mikan sighed happily and hugged her son then walked into their room and she put him down on the floor. Shiro ran off to their en-suite bathroom while Mikan walked over to her closet and threw it open. In it was loads of dresses, skirts, shirts, shorts, socks and her school uniforms. Mikan started looking at all of them one by one until Shiro ran in and jumped up and down as he tugged at her school skirt and laughed.

"Yes honey, what is it?" Mikan asked her son sweelty and he hugged her legs as she smiled down at her son who then started to run around happily and bouncing on the large double bed. Mikan laughed and closed her closet doors the walked over to the bed and sat on it as Shiro jumped, then landed in her lap and smiled.

Mikan smiled back and started to stroke his hair as he blinked a few times then closed his eyes.

"Mommy?" he asked as Mikan also closed her eyes,

"Hm?" she responded gently as she stroked the boys hair. "Where do you think daddy is now?" Shiro asked and Mikan opened her eyes and looked up at the bedroom ceiling and smiled as she put her hand on her sons head.

"I don't know. But I bet he'll be somewhere absolutely amazing, Shiro-chan. And I promise you that he will be back- You can count on it." Mikan whispered and bent her head to kiss her son's hair and he smiled. Mikan knew that he was going to sleep so she put Shiro in her arms and carried him to his room next to hers.

She lay Shiro in his bed and pulled the covers over him and smiled as he slept. Mikan put her hand over his and sighed.

"I'm so proud of you, Shiro. How you're growing up. How you're getting through. How you're coping without your father. I think that everyone is proud of you." she whispered and a small tear escaped the corner of her ye and she gently wiped it away with her thumb. Mikan then stood up and walked out of Shiro's room.

As she closed the door, she heard a knock so she went to see who it was. Hotaru and Sumire were both standing ther,e fighting. Mikan rolled her eyes and stood aside to let the two girls through and they suddenly shut up, to Mikan's relief, and they both walked in smiling.

"What brings you guys here? I wanna get ready for the party." Mikan said quietly as she closed the door and walked up to her two friends who simply put their hands on their hips and smiled. Mikan stared at them as they stood on wither side of her and smirked.

"That's what we're here for Dummy. Now how should you dress? Formal..." Hotaru thought for a moment and she imagined Mikan in a long black dress in a bubble over her head and Mikan quickly batted it away and rolled her eyes. Sumire laughed and put a hand on Mikan's shoulder.

"Or maybe casual?" Sumire asked and both her and Mikan thought about Mikan in combats, trainers and a sports top. That thought disappeared quickly. Mikan bit her lip and tapped her foot, then had an idea.

"How about I wear my dark denim mini skirt, the tight black top that Anna gave me for christmas and the knee high heeled boots I have. I think I would look nice like that." Mikan said all her thoughts outloud and Sumire gasped in excitement as Hotaru raised her eyebrow then did a bored 'Yay', as Mikan ran to her wardrobe and took out her clothes that she needed.

Hotaru and Sumire laughed as they all got ready and they all had fun for two hours, until Ruka, Yuu and Anna knoecked on their door. Mikan ran over and quietened the girls and then opened the door and when the boys saw them, Ruka and Yuu both nearly fell over when they saw the 3 girls in their outfits.

Mikan was in her choice of clothing and her hair was in a side ponytail, her fringe on her left side of her face and she wore hoop gold earings. Sumire was dressed in a black tube top, tight jeans and trainers. Her hair was in it's original state. Then Hotaru had also attempted to doll herself up. She wore a black skirt, white belt and a white tube top. Her hair was in ringlets and on her feet were a pair of dainty black pumps and she had silver earings in her ears.

Ruka smiled as the three girls walked out and all greeted them. Mikan closed the door and they all walked off to a large building where they heard music being played rather loudly.

Mikan smiled as they all stepped into the building and boys wolf whisteled as the three girls entered and even Hotary cringed! The girls immediatly ran over to a free table in a corner so that they wouldn't have to dance and Ruka followed, always keeping his gaze on Mikan and no one else. Mikan sat with her friends and sighed.

"Oh man this is SO different! I'm used to staying in, telling Shiro stories about his Natsume!" Mikan sighed as she rested her chin in the palm of her hand, and Ruka winced at the word she had said that he seemed to hate the most. 'Natsume' that name was always used by either Mikan or Shiro. He just HATED it!

"Er, it's quite hot in here, shall I go get some punch? Anyone want some?" Ruka asked and Anna, Sumire and Hotaru all yelled yes as Mikan slowly shook her head and Ruka left the table to get the drinks. Mikan sighed and put a hand on her head.

"Thank goodness. I thought he would be staring at me all night! That was so annoying." Mikan said loudly and her friends stared at her until they realised that she had meant Ruka and they all rolled their eyes. Hotaru put her arm around Mikan's shoulders.

"Don't worry Mikan-chan, he needs time to find a new crush. He won;t do any harm." Hotaru said quietly and Mikan rolled her eyes like she didn't believe it.

"Sure, I'll be waiting for that day to come, Hotaru." she said sarcastically and everyone laughed apart from Hotaru. Ruka appeared with the drinks...

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Mikan stood up and fanned herself. It was so hot and stuffy and WAY too noisy for her watched her as she told Hotaru that she needed some fresh air. Mikan made her way throught the crowds and over to the door.

Ruka smiled and as the three remaining girls and Yuu were talking, he quickly ran after Mikan and followed her outside. Mikan walked along the path and sighed as she breathed in the cool night air and walked towards the woods. Ruka stared at Mikan for a few minutes before he started following her again.

Mikan finally stopped at one tree and put her head against it and sighed as she leaned against it and slid down onto the grass. The wind blew through her long hair and she smiled to herself as she thought of that one person.

"Natsume... This is the tree he sat at. This is the tree that my Natsume would sleep under or read his manga. It's where I would always find him." Mikan thought to herself and a small smiled formed on her lips.

"Mikan." someone said from behind a tree and Mikan suddenlyjumped in fright and stood up, looking around. Ruka stepped out from behind the tree's and Mikan breathed a sigh of relief as he walked towards her, and lay a hand on her shoulder as she smiled.

"Oh thank goodness it's only you Ruka-pyon. I was a little scared." Mikan breathed and Ruka laughed silentlyand stared into Mikan's eyes as she stared into his. He lifted a hand and rested it on Mikan's cheek.

"Why would you be scared of me?" he asked silently, staring at her...

Suddenly, Mikan felt unsafe and very scared as Ruka smiled. She knew what he was going to do. It had happened 3 years ago...

"Mikan..." he whispered as he closed his eyes and brought his face closer to hers. Mikan started to shiver as he brought her closer to him and her eyes widened.

"No! Ruka, don't!" she cried out, but... Ruka ignored her desperate pleas and crashed his lips against hers to shut her up. A tear spilled down Mikan's cheek as she struggled, but he wouldn't let her go.

Mikan let out a yell and tried to push Ruka away, but he pinned her against the tree and wouldn't let her escape.

"Mikan, I love you. Oh Mikan..." Ruka said in a small whisper as Mikan cried and pushed him away. Mikan slid down the tree and put her head in her hands as Ruka watched her and smiled.

"I... I... I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!" Mikan suddenly yelled and Ruka stumbled backwards at her cold words. Mikan lifted her head and gulped at him as Ruka gasped. But what came next was unexpected...

"You evil bastard!" someone yelled and a shadow suddenly punched Ruka square in the face and Ruka fell to the ground in pain. Mikan gasped and stood up as the figure picked Ruka up by the hair and punched him again and again.

But Ruka suddenly hit back and the figure was caught off guard, staggering bacwards and into Mikan who caughter him in her arms. Mikan wanted to scream, but instead, she cried as the figure groaned and her eyes widened. It was Natsume!

"N-Natsume?! Natsume!" she cried as he stared up at her and gave her a small smile as she cried. Natsume stood up and faced her as Ruka breathed fire, and ran towards Natsume. But Mikan screamed and a force field formed around her and Natsume. She cried into his chest as he hugged her tightly...

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Hope you liked that! I wil not be updating tomorrow! I am going to have a sleepover, so sorry! But I can not let myself be caught up with the computer all of the time! That's why I am going to Japanese and Spanish clubs, now! Well, Sayonara! REVIEW!!!

Mikan: Yeah! REVIEW!

Natsume: Hey, baka...

Mikan: Natsume! he hugs her from behind

Natsume: I see you're wearing strawberry and marshmellow print today. Sweet.

Mikan: NATSUME YOU PERV!!! he grins and kisses her

Me: ... walks away with love birds Mikan et natsume