Here's Chapter Three! I hope all of you will like this one. Thank you so much to the ones who sent reviews! And I would also like to thank CrystalKitteN-MeW and hannahfinella-chan for giving helpful suggestions to make this story more interesting. And if any of you would like to give suggestions as well, please share it with me! Arigatou Gozaimasu! Please include it in your reviews!

natsume the hottie- I'll put a kissing scene in the end! But in the early chapters, there will be none yet.

Nephie-Chan- Okay! I will put Persona in the story! Just wait for him in the next chapters!

-forsaken-girl and hannahfinella-chan- The boy who pushed Mikan into the fountain wasn't really Natsume! The answer will be found here in Chapter Three!

On with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.

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CHAPTER THREE

A CONFESSION and a PLAN

The sun was already up among the clouds. The sky was painted a bright blue with birds flying towards the east. It was a very wonderful day but not for a certain girl who just woke up in the wrong side of the bed.

"TODAY'S THE ENGAGEMENT!!!!" yelled Mikan Sakura as she dashed in and out of her room panicking. She gripped strands of her soft auburn hair and jumped around. She stopped panicking and went downstairs to find her parents and her grandfather awaiting her in the dinner hall.

Mikan was still wearing her pink pajamas with tiny prints of cats. Her father stood up and patted her head. "Looks like my little princess is going to be engaged tonight! I'm so proud of you Mikan!"

Then, Mikan's mom stood up and embraced her daughter. Her name was Ayako. She had long beautiful brown hair that reached to her waist. She had green eyes unlike Mikan who had brown. Mikan was as pretty as her mother.

"I'm very happy for you, Mikan. I know this is very sudden but it's for you and Natsume's own good, "said Queen Ayako gently. Mikan smiled at her mother and said, "I know mommy. So how are the preparations coming?"

Her father pulled back a chair for Mikan to sit down.

"Well, everything is fine except the fountain. I wonder what happened," said Ayako curiously. Mikan's grandpa suddenly said "Must be village kids who tried to trespass! Look what they've done to the fountain!"

Mikan gulped and said, "Erm… What happened to the fountain?" She knew she had something to do with this since she was there yesterday. Then, it was her father's turn to speak. "One of the gnome statue's head was gone… Who could do something like that? That was very hard work,"

Mikan sweat dropped and laughed nervously. Immediately, she changed the topic before anyone finds out it was her who was the culprit.

"Mommy, can I see the gown I'm wearing?" asked Mikan politely, batting her eyelashes. "No, dear. I'm afraid you have to wait until later because it's not finished yet," answered Ayako.

"Ayako, when are the Ecila royalties going to arrive here?" inquired Jii-chan.

"Hotaru dropped by earlier and said that they will arrive at 6:00 in the evening," responded Ayako. King Seiji turned to Mikan and said teasingly, "Are you excited meeting your Prince Charming?"

Mikan smiled and said, "Ehehe, kind of!" Mikan's going to ask Natsume later in the party whether he was the one who pushed her into the fountain yesterday. But Hotaru said that Natsume couldn't be him because, as everyone knows, the Alice Kingdom is very far away from the Ecila Kingdom.

"I better forget what happened yesterday. I'll just enjoy the engagement party tonight," said Mikan loud enough for her parents and grandpa to hear.

"Why Mikan? What happened yesterday?" asked Jii-chan.

"Nothing!"

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Natsume's POV

I gazed at the clock as I waited for my father to dismiss the meeting he called on for the other Ecila royalties. I reckon they're talking about me or about the party. But why can't they just hurry up? Wait, what I'm getting excited for? It's just a stupid engagement party.

I stood up and straightened my long dark blue-colored cape. Why do princes even wear these? It just gets in the way of walking! I was wearing the Ecila royal garments. These clothes were made by the greatest weavers of our land.

Suddenly, while I was pondering over my thoughts, hurried footsteps were coming down from the grand staircase. I looked as every Ecila royalty come down in a hurry towards the castle doors. We have to leave early because it's a long way from here to the Alice Kingdom.

Then when I was about to go out as well, someone grabbed my shoulder. It was dad.

"Natsume, are you excited?" asked my father. He was wearing a smile of happiness for his only son.

I mustered up a little smile to hide my non-excitement. "I knew you would be excited! Tonight, you will no longer be single! You are betrothed to Princess Mikan Sakura!" Then my dad patted my back as he went outside the castle towards the carriages that will take us to Alice Kingdom.

I looked at the clock again, sighed and then followed suit.

The bright sun greeted me as I reached outside. It was a beautiful day but for me, it wasn't. There's a lot going through my mind right now. I don't know what I'm feeling. Wait, I don't even know what I'm supposed to be feeling!

Then I spotted my cousin, Tsubasa. I don't like him that much. He walked towards me and messed up my hair. I grabbed his arm and glared at him. "I guess my little cousin wants to make a good first impression to Princess Mikan!" Tsubasa teased. Then he walked away back to his carriage.

I looked around. Ruka was going to the engagement party too but where is he? I saw his dad earlier inside the castle but where was Ruka? I decided I should ask my dad. I reckoned that our carriage would be the one with the Ecila Family Crest emblazoned on the door.

I found the vehicle under a very large oak tree. My dad was petting the two white horses that carried the carriage. I never liked horses. I fell down once and almost broke my ankle.

"Dad? Have you seen Ruka?" I asked him. He looked around and said, "No. I haven't seen him today. Maybe he's running late."

I went around the lake then to the Sakura tree. I looked among the lines of bushes and under a rock. Wait, why am I even looking under a rock?!

After running around the castle grounds looking for my best friend, I ended up panting under the Sakura tree. Where could he be? I need him there in the engagement party!

I rested my back on the wide trunk and watched as the wind passed by and a few pink petals swirled around in the air. I always enjoyed this sight. My mom and I used to do this a lot when she was still alive. I noticed a tear roll down my cheek. I wiped it off with the back of my hand and watched the petals fly in a circular direction. All of a sudden, my enjoyment was broken when someone tapped my shoulder. I looked around and saw a panicky face of my best friend.

"Ruka! Where have you been?" I asked him. I gestured for him to sit down. Ruka sat down beside me and sighed. "I'm sorry Natsume. My rabbit ran away again because I tried feeding him berries. So I decided to leave him with a maidservant in our house," answered Ruka sadly.

"Well come on now. Let's go. They might be waiting for us," I said. When I was about to stand up, he immediately grabbed my arm and pulled me down again. "What is it? We have to go now," I said again.

"Na-Natsume, I have to tell you something. Is it okay? I wanted to tell it to you in private," Ruka said. He had a sad expression on his face so I couldn't just shrug it off and walk away. It looked as if something was bothering him. "What is it?" I asked him.

"Re-remember what I told you yesterday that I haven't met Princess Mikan yet? Well, actually I have met her already," replied Ruka. I nodded my head and said, "That's it?"

Ruka shook his head and said, "No!!! Well, you see, the two of us were best friends when we were only about 7 years old. I remember everything from the day we met and the day I left for the Ecila Kingdom. I lived in the Alice land before but my dad has to go here because your dad invited him to be the royal planner. We only spent time together for only 2 months. I don't even know if she still remembers me."

My mind was racing now. I don't know what to say to him. Why was he telling me all these things right now at this very moment? "Why are you telling me this, Ruka?" I asked. I looked straight at Ruka and saw that he was blushing. "Erm…Ehh..Nothing…I just wanted to tell you that…Wait, I think your dad's calling us! I can hear him!" said Ruka.

I didn't hear anything. He was obviously changing the topic. When he was about to stand up, I grasped his arm and pulled him down. I looked at him straight in the eye. "You like her, don't you?" I said.

"N-no!!! What gave you that idea?!" Ruka said surprisingly. He was turning from pink to red now. "You're blushing," I said in a bored tone. Ruka rubbed his hands immediately against his cheeks.

"Okay, just forget what I told you. Let's go now, Natsume," said Ruka. The two of us stood up and walked towards the carriages. Then suddenly, Ruka tapped my shoulder again. "Erm..Natsume? Can I ask you a favor?"

"Sure," I said. We stopped walking so that the two of us cannot be heard from the people by the carriages. Ruka leaned closer and whispered in my ears, "Please take care of Mikan."

Then after that, he suddenly ran from me and went inside the carriage where his dad was. I was standing alone there rooted to that spot. What had just Ruka told me? Why did he have to tell this to me right now?

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Normal POV

A teenage boy was slumped on a sofa as he looked outside a wide window. Then he stood up and turned on the lights. He was tall and raven-haired and he had ruby red eyes. Then he walked towards a mirror on the wall and looked at himself as his whole self changed! His hair turned back to black and his eyes turned to green. And the boy got taller than before.

"After what me, the fake Natsume, did to Princess Mikan yesterday, I'm sure that that Mikan will tell her father to stop the engagement. And this is where I, Prince Kanji, will come along and comfort Mikan after what Natsume had done to her," Kanji said, followed by a funny sound which was actually his trademark evil laugh.

Then suddenly, a voice from behind the boy said, "What?! I can't believe you Kanji! What are you planning now? Can't you just forget that fight you and Natsume had before when the two of you were eleven year olds?! Kanji, as your father, I cannot let you ruin an engagement!"

Before Kanji, stood his father. He had brown curly hair and a long curly moustache to match with his hair. He had an angry and surprised expression plastered on his face.

"No! Natsume got everything he wanted! And now, he's going to take Princess Mikan! Just wait, father. We'll see later in the party that Mikan will announce she will not accept Natsume! And the engagement is OFF!!!" said Kanji.

Kanji's father suddenly gripped his arms and said straight to his face, "Kanji, you used your grandfather's potions didn't you?! You pretended to be Prince Natsume then you did something bad to Princess Mikan! You used his potions without even asking permission! So that's why he called me yesterday that one of his potions was missing! How did you even get in his house in the first place? You don't even know where it is!"

Kanji answered, "I can do something others can't, Dad."

Kanji's father looked at him in amazement. "Later, we're going to the engagement party and explain everything, young man!"

Kanji shook his head and said, "Do whatever you want, Dad. And I'll do whatever I want as well."

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Yay, my first OC! Hehe. I hope your questions are answered now! But if you still want to ask some questions, I'll be happy to answer them! Please tell me what you think about this chapter! Thanks for reading! And if you have any suggestions, please do tell. Take care!