Well, chapter six is finally here! WOW! I am gettings sooooooo far inbto this story! I am writing more than I did in the other story! Hope you enjoy this story!

Blue -Niagra: DEDICATIONS! I dedicate this one to Winglessfairy25, Maeve, Karupin-san and manyothers! Oh, and everyone, the mysterious woman? YOU HAVE TO GUESS! Karupin already guessed and got it right. HIT ONE FOR KARUPIN-SAN!

Please enjoy this chapter! I do not own any of these things, only Khiara, Youichi's uncle and sister, that is all. LOL

Chapter Six: The Key is taken!

"I still have no idea where my music box is!" Mikan yelled, throwing things around. Youichi had returned to the home, but he still spied on them secretly. He was alot more camoflauged nowadays, and Mikan did not suspect him any more.

"Well, they will not be able to open ot seeing as they have no key. Where is the key?" Natsume asked her, and Mikan paused for a moment, then brought the key out of her pocket and stared at it, sadly.

"I always keep it in my coat pocket, but if they do not have the key, then, that means they can not realise my secrets. Good." she said, and put the key away. Youichi was spying on them again, and now, he knew where the key was.

He ran to the woods, this would be great news for him and the boss, but bad news for Mikan and Natsume, but this woman really did want them dead. At that moment, she was not in the woods, she was in the palace.

She was next to Reo's body, staring at him and sighing sadly.

"I will let them pay, my darling Reo. No one can escape my wrath. Too many people have hurt you. I hope in your afterlife that you will forvever remember me. I am your servant forever." she said, smiling to herself. She then stood up straight and walked out of the palace, meeting the warm summer air.

There, she saw Mikan and Natsume walking out of their house, she stared at them, and Mikan caught her eye. She smirked, the child looked awfully sweet, she disliked that in a child. But, Mikan was no child, even thought she acted like it. Mikan was an adult.

Mikan looked in the direction of the palace, and saw a mysterious woman standing there, staring at her. She could not see her eyes, her face, not even a trace of her hair. Mikan blinked, then shook her head and followed Natsume outside. They were going to the market.

They were rapidly running out of supplies. The woman walked away quickly, and when Mikan turned to look again, she was gone. Mikan stared for a few moments, then shook her head. Was she hullucinating?

"Mikan? Are you okay? Give up on the music box, already. We will find it, don't worry. Just, let it go for a few moments." Natsume said kindly as Mikan sighed and smiled, nodding and following him. He was so nice sometimes.

Wait, he was always nice. Mikan nodded and took his hand in hers, but she had a feeling that she had not lost the music box, she had a horrible feeling that it had been taken, and someone else wanted to use it to their advantage.

It was stuck in her mind, she wondered to herself if she would ever get her past back, her life was in that box, almost, she even had an old photograph in there of her and Natsume when they were children, she had found it in the ruins. The edges and corners were singed, but it was okay.

They came to the busy market, where people were talking amongst themselves. The newspapers had the headlines, and there were some apples on the carts and people selling over priced jewellry. It was a good thing Mikan did not really go for jewellry.

"We need eggs, milk and some vegetables. Do you want some apples?" Mikan asked, the look of pure dislike on Natsume's face gave her an answer. After apple picking, Natsume had gone off apples. He didn't really fancy them anymore.

Mikan smiled, and pulled him towards some tangerines on a cart. They looked delicious! And, Tangerine was the meaning of her name! They were Mikan;s faveourite fruit, and Natsume liked strawberries, but of course, Mikan did also.

"Tangerine's? Do you wish to purchase them, or should I?" Mikan asked, and Natsume grinned, pointing at her as she smiled, then hugged his arm tightly. She then bought strawberries ands tangerines, then went off towards the vegetable and egg stalls, where she bought her other needs.

After shopping, Natsume and Mikan went towards a large, vast flower filled field that Mikan seemed to love all of a sudden. She went straight to the beautiful daffodils, and then the Tiger Lily's. It was so beautiful. Natsume could not help but think that she looked a picture with the field of flowers around her.

And the wind blowing her hair gracefully just added more beauty to the picture. It was beautiful. He smiled as he watched her, and she sat in the grass. Natsume just watched her silently as she started to make daisy chains, then, she returned to him and put a crown of daisies on his head.

"Here! My prince in shining daisies! I just hope it does not break... Hm, well, come on! What shall we do now?" Mikan asked him as he stared at her, then pulled her arm and she fell into his arms, and she blushed deeply.

"How about... Dancing?" he asked her, and Mikan just giggled. How silly of him, there was no music!

"But, there is no music? How can you dance without the music to play?" Mikan asked, and he took her hands in his amd smirked, gently hugging her, then kissing her lips softly.

"You can dance without the music, you know. Just... dance. If you remember how to dance?" he said, and Mikan nodded. She remembered their dance, their last dance, from childhood. It was on... Natsume's birthday.

"Natsume... Do you remember your birthday, yet?" Mikan asked him as he started to dance with her, luckily, no one was watching them, or they would look like complete idiots!

"Of course. My birthday was the day the fire broke out, you were going to give me a birthday kiss, correct?" he said, and Mikan smiled, glad that he had remembered. She then put her head on his chest as he danced with her. It was so strange dancing with him.

But it was also nice, too.

"Hey, baka, are you okay? You look dense, although that is kind of normal, for you. Come on, let's go." he mumbled, and walked off with Mikan. It took her a few moments to relaize what he had said...

"WHAT!? I AM NOT DENSE, CERTAINLY NOT, NATSUME YOU EVIL!!!" she cried loudly, and he chuckled. (No matter how OOC you make them, they stay the same) He ran away from Mikan as she went to hit him. He still had the daisy chain on his head.

The two of them looked so ridiculous!

That's what Youichi and his boss thought, anyway, but also, Youichi thought it was sweet. Although, he would never say that to his boss, he was too scared of the tall woman who haunted his dreams, turning them into nightmares.

"Yuck. How can two people be so engrossed in each other? It is despicable, sickening, vile. This is not love, it is stupidity. They fill each others heads with spawn and spout stupid poetry towards each other. This is so... ugly. Too bad they shall die. Let us see if one runs away as I firstly kill the first victim. Maybe, Mikan shall run from her poncy prince!" she snapped, and walked off angrily.

Youichi stayed for a few minutes, then ran after her, not to be seen. Poor kid, he was so unhappy under her care, but it was to save his loved ones, and Khiara. Mentioning Khiara...

KHIARA

The young pink haired girl was struggling with the ropes tied around her. She had some strength inside of her and she was using it to escape from the ropes binding her and preventing her escape. But the knots were far too tight!

And she could not scream because there was a gag in her mouth. She sighed, then felt her wrists burn. It hurt to have the rop near your skin, but she wanted to see Youichi so much, she loved him!

Khiara growled, then felt the knots loosen. She needed to save this Mikan girl from death, and her prince, Natsume, was it? Khiara sighed and stopped for a moment. She needed rest, but then, the knots started to untie, and she was freed.

She gasped, and stood up, going to open the door. But it was almost impossible, since the door was locked.

Khiara stared at the door then fell on her butt. It was impossible, the woman had planned it all. Khiara sighed, and she found it even harder to be saved because she could not speak, let alone scream. All she could say was 'eh', nothing else.

Khiara slipped her thumb in her mouth and sat there, silently listening to the sounds from outside the cabin she was left captured in. Poor child, she had only Youichi in her life because the rest of her family had died.

But so had Youichi's, other than his uncle and sister. They were locked away in a dungeon in China. Khiara knew who she was, no matter how many times the woman had tried to brainwash her to forget it all.

Khiara was the princess of Russia, and she was betrothed to Youichi, the cousin of the prince of Thailand, who had tragically died in a fire that Reo had caused...

YOUICHI

"Khiara, I will save you from fate!" cried Youichi as he frantically jumped over a tree branch, running to the log cabin his boss stayed in. She had gone to the palace again, insisting that she needed to do something. He wondered what it was?

Youichi ran to the hut, and went to open the door, drats, it was locked, again. He wondered if he could open it at all? No, but he knew Khiara was in there somewhere, waiting for him, he remembered what she had said to him a long time ago, when she could speak, it was the day that the fire had broken out in her palace.

FLASH BACK

"Youichi! We need to get away!" cried a small and scared Khiara as she took his hand gently and pulled him away from the burning bulding. She made sure they were going to the woods, where they would be safe.

Once they were safely in those secluded woods, she looked at him and hugged him tightly.

"Youichi, we have to be strong!" she cried, and he nodded, then, she kissed him sweetly on the lips, it was so sudden, and Youichi started to blush hard. Khiara also blushed, then she put his hand in hers.

"I will never be able to speak again after this. I will not let my voice be heard. From now on, my voice will disappear! I do not want to hear the voice of a princess any longer! And I do not want to hear your tears!" Khiara cried, and Youichi gasped, and she turned to him.

"I need to go find help! Be strong, for me, Youichi! And if I do not return, do not look for me. If you are in trouble, just remember that I lubs you lots. Never forget me and I will not forget you, my prince! And-" she paused, then kissed him again, he blushed harder,

"Don't run away! If you do, it makes things far worse! Stay put, my prince!" she cried, and ran off, in search for help...

END FLASH BACK

"Khiara, I want to save you!" yelled Youichi, and from inside the cabin, Khiara's head snapped up. She heard his voice, and, he was also... crying? Not too much, but he was surely crying, and if she rightfully remembered...

She had ordered him not to cry. She hated hearing his cries for her, she disliked it. She hated it so much! But he had always cried for her, and he would never stop. He liked her far too much.

And it pained him to know that she was suffering so badly. Khiara stared at the darkness around her, then let a small tear escape her eyes, and she sniffed.

"Youichi... You baka." she said in her head, then closed her eyes, drowning out his cries as he sat on the steps and cried more and more. Khiara just fell asleep. She hated his cries, and never would like them...

Mikan sat in the garden, thinking about her music box. She wondered where it was? She had left her coat on the ground as a mat for her. Natsume was out looking for a job, he wanted to earn money so that they could pay for a wedding. Mikan also wanted a job, but Natsume had said no to it.

"Mikan! Yo, Mikan!" called a familiar voice. It was Koko's. She turned, and saw her sandy haired friend waving to her and she smiled, getting up and running towards him. He had Anna with him, and she was smiling happily.

"Hi, what is wrong?" she asked, and Koko grinned.

"Nothing, we just thought that we would say hi! Oh, and, can we come in? We are quite parched." Koko said, hinting to water as Mikan laughed and nodded, letting them into the garden as they grinned happily.

"Of course! What would you like? Water, milk, cranberry, apple juice..." she started to go through a list of the drinks she had, but, she had accidentally left her coat, and Youichi took this as his chance to take a look in the pockets.

Youichi ran into the garden, and instantly look through her coat pockets, trying to find the object his boss desired. The pockets were big and deep, so he needed to search every single corner in case he missed it by accident.

And there, in the left pocket just in the corner, was the key. He gasped as he curled his fingers around it, and stared at the golden key with the red silk tassel at the end of it. He stared at the pretty key, then left.

This was the key to his freedom and his families, and his one love's.

XXX

"THE KEY!" Mikan yelled, and Natsume stared at her. The key was gone, and she could not find it. Mikan was looking for it and throwing everything around. He just stared at his frantic fiance.

"Hey, maybe you misplaced it." he said, but she shook her head vigourously.

"No, no! It was in my pocket, I swear! I mean, I never leave this coat un-guarded, except when... Oh no! When Koko came I left it in the garden! How stupid of me!" she cried, and Natsume went to put his arm around her.

"Hey, it is not your fault!" he said, but Mikan pushed him away roughly and stood up, glaring at him,

"Oh, shut up! You do not know anything about how I feel! That person took it, like they did my music box! Now I will never listen to that tune again!" she cried angrily, and this made Natsume angry because she was being so unfair.

"Well, if you were not so careless then ythis would have never happened! If you were not as stupid as you are, then we would be happy! But no, you have to lose everything!" he snapped, and Mikan growled.

"Do not call me stupid or careless! I am not a child anymore, Natsume!" she cried, and he glared at her coldly, then pushed her away as she pushed him back.

"Well do not act like it! You are always so babyish! You should learn to grow up, Mikan Sakura! You are a royal princess, so act it! Do not act like a-a..." he said, pausing. He did not really want to hurt her, but Mikan urged him on, glaring at him.

"A what? Come on, Natsume, humour me. A what!?" she snapped, and he clenched his hands into fists, and stomped towards the door,

"A stupid pantry maid! A maid who is worth nothing! The maid whom should have died years ago! A clumsy, stupid woman who has nobody!" he yelled, and Mikan gasped, and he stared at her, his eyes wide at what he had said. Mikan stared at him, and the tears filled her eyes, falling down her face and onto the floor.

"Oh man, Mikan, I'm-" he started, but she slapped him, right across the face, then ran off. But she yelled one last thing as she ran into her room.

"I HATE YOU! THE WEDDING IS OFF!" she yelled, and slammed her door shut. And this all started because of a stupid key.

Natsume sat on the couch, holding his red cheek as tears threatened his eyes. What had he done? He had hurt her, so much, and he was paying for it. Mikan was hurting, also. She blamed herself for everything, for being stupid.

It was all her stupid fault, but no, it was the woman's fault, although they did not know that...

XXX

Youichi was running through the woods as fast as he could. He knew his boss would be there, already. She was waiting in the cabin, waiting to get her hands on the key. He knew she wanted it so much.

Once he came to the cabin, he opened the door, and there she was, sitting there. She looked up at him, and saw immediatly that he was clutching something in his hands. She stared at him as he held up the clenched hand, and breathed in, preparing for the worst.

"Here it is, I got it. The key, now, you can unlock Mikan's past." he said, and she stared at him, then grinned and took the key from his hand, staring at it. She gasped as she pushed him away.

"FINALLY! Now to destroy that brat's past life!" she snapped, and went to look for her box, she took it from the box under her bed, and put it on her desk, and then turned to Youichi.

"You never saw that I took it, Youichi." she hissed, and he nodded. She then turned back to the box and smirked, finally, she had her hands on Mikan's past, and now, she could kill Mikan knowing whom she really was.

She turned the key in the lock, slowly, slowly... And then it clicked open, and she grinned. Now all she had to do was lift the lid...

Once the lid was opened, music filled the room, and she stared at the dancing ballerina on the stand, twirling as her eyes widened and the tune filled the whole cabin. She froze instantly, hearing the music, it's sweet tune, and she saw parchment, a sakura hair comb and the pendant in there. She shook her head, and slammed the lid shut.

"No! You! Take this back! Get it away from me! NOW!" she yelled, and she threw it to him as he stared at her, and she threw the key, aswell as he stared at her, confused and shocked. She seemed... sad?

"What, but, why?" he asked in a small voice, and she glared at him,

"GO AWAY! GET IT AWAY! NOW! Take it back to her, now! GO!" she yelled, and Youicxhi left, running as she fell onto her knee's, and started to cry, her arms shaking. Now she knew whom Mikan was. Mikan was the princess...

DEARDEARDEARDEARDEAR!

Hope you liked that one! Oh dear, the woman is getting... sad? WONDER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! Sayonara!

Love Blue -Niagra in sad mode!!

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