xheenie_cailiyu: here's another chapter. Sorry to keep you waiting minna-san. And thank you so much for the reviews, to those who reviewed, and will review. I really appreciated it. So enjoy reading. And gomen if there are wrong grammars and spellings. I'm not that perfect, you know. But before you read, there are some questions that I wasn't able to answer.

Q. ofmid:

is Natsume serious on Mikan?

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Yup, he is. But his just denying it and he thought he was just playing on her.

Q. of black neko hime:

If Mikan and Natsume get together would that break the curse of everyone's alice being sealed and them disappearing? Who is the SHE that made everyone have to seal their alice?

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I guess your question was answered at chapter 1 and 6.

Q. of HarunaNiwa073 and The Solitude of Sayuri:

Is she really Yuki?

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I still cant answer that question and it will be a surprise. So just stay tuned to the next chapters I'm currently working on.

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This chapter contains OOC's and it is more about Hotaru and Ruka

Chapter 7: "Confusions"

-At the Bar-

Ruka was spacing out, thinking. "I'll should take her away from him, but if I did, what about the promise?" he asked himself. He just cant believe that Mikan is Natsume's fiancée. Not only that, he was also confused with his feelings, for Mikan and Hotaru.

"So, I guess you knew everything." a feminine but cold voice said. He turned to look at that someone and he saw Hotaru.

"I-Imai. . ." he uttered.

"Tell me, are you going to take her away from him?" she asked, looking seriously at Ruka.

"I. . ." he uttered again and looked down at the cold floor.

"It was all your doing." she said back.

"I know. . .and. . .I'm sorry." he said with a hint of sincerity in his voice and looked at her eyes.

"It's too late. You cant change what you've done, Ruka."she glared at him.

"Can't. . .C-can't you just forgive me?" he asked, sounding so desperate.

"(-scoff-) In your dreams. You really think that it's easy to forget what you've done?!" she said, raising her voice and clenching her fists.

"Hotaru, I didn't mean to do it. I didn't know what--"

"Oh! So you're explaining now ha and you're telling me you didn't mean it?! Shame on you!!" she exclaimed and walked away.

-Outside of the bar-

"Hey! What do you think?' Yuu asked.

"Huh? What do you mean 'what do you think'?" Kitsuneme asked.

"What do you think will happen to Natsume and Ruka?" Yuu explained.

"They'll be rivals." he blurted out.

"Hmm. . .I guess not, because Ruka is--" Koko answered but didn't dare to continue what he was saying.

"Oops." he whispered and the two gave him a confused look. He grinned, chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head.

"I slipped again. Ruka will kill me."

"You know what Yuu, I guess Koko here slipped again." Kitsuneme said.

"Yeah, from his actions, it's too obvious that he's hiding something." Yuu added.

"Mind to tell us what it is?" they both said in unison, which made Koko nervous.

"Uh. . .Fine! Like I have a choice." Koko frowned. He took out his cell phone and dialled Ruka's number.

"Hello?" the voice on the other line said.

"Uh, s-sorry R-Ruka, the t-three of u-us n-need to g-go. We might get g-grounded." Koko stuttered.

"Ah, fine. I'll be leaving a little while later." and the line went dead.

"What was that for?" Kitsuneme asked.

"You wanted me tell you what I know," Koko replied.

"So that means Ruka mustn't know about this and be sure to keep quiet." he added.

"But Nonoko and the others are still there." Yuu reasoned out.

"So? We could call them and ask them out later. Besides, we planned this whole thing." he answered.

"Well? What is it about Ruka?" Yuu changed the topic.

"Well. . .uhm. . ." he uttered.

"C'mon, Koko. Just spit it out." Kitsuneme said, annoyed.

"Fine! Didn't you notice how he looked at Hotaru a while ago?" Koko asked.

"No." the two guys said in unison.

"The truth is, he's confused with his feelings right now. He likes Mikan and same goes for Hotaru. Now, he's in the state of 'comparing and ranking' them."

"Wow!"

"No comment."

"You better shut up or Ruka will kill me."

"Don't worry, at least it's not us."

"I agree, it's only you."

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"Hotaru-chan, what took you so long?" Anna asked.

"And where's Mikan-chan?" Nonoko added.

"She left. My cousin brought her home." Hotaru said plainly.

"With my Natsume?! Oh!! I'm so gonna kill Mikan!!" Sumire exclaimed and received three shots from you-know-where-and-who.

"Ouch! What was that for?!" she complained.

"For being loud, and you know that you've got nothing to do with Hyuuga." Hotaru said in as a matter of fact tone.

"Still!! She has no right to go near him."

"And neither are you." she retorted, Sumire pouting, the twins sweat dropped and dumb founded. Suddenly, Hotaru's cell rang. She looked at the screen and it says that she received a message. She clicked the 'YES' button to read the message and it says:

"I need to talk to you. Meet me outside.

-Ruka-"

She looked back for a while and she saw Ruka, looking at her with those sad eyes, and she received another message saying:

"Please."

"This guy sure has guts and knows how to get in my nerves." she thought, kept her cell phone and looked away.

"Where's Anna?" she asked when she saw no Anna at their place.

"Guess she received a phone call from Kitsuneme." Nonoko said and took a sip from her glass. Hotaru noticed Sumire acting weird, so she asked Nonoko: "What's with her?"

"Who knows. She has been giggling since she received a text from Koko." nonoko answered.

"KYAA!! Koko is soo sweet!! He didn't forget to greet me!!" Sumire squealed.

"You're crazy." Hotaru said but Sumire just ignored her.

"Hey. You better stop chasing my cousin."

"Yeah. Give Natsume to Mikan-chan."

"I wont. Besides, it was only yesterday when I organized that 'Natsume-Ruka' fan club."

"You cheater!! You already have--" Nonoko wasn't able to finish what she was saying because her cell phone rang.

"Let me guess. It's Yuu calling." Sumire teased.

"Yes and no."

"Say what?"

"Yes, it is Yuu. And no, it is a text message."

Hotaru looked back again and she saw him, still standing and looking at her. Hotaru looked away again, shook her head and watched the two girls tease each other.

"Bakas." she whispered and took a sip from her glass. The two girls stopped teasing each other when they saw Ruka standing behind Hotaru, so they focused their own attention at their cps. Hotaru knew why they shut up and she felt that he was standing behind her.

"Uhm. . .Hotaru-chan, I guess Anna, Sumire and I h-have to g-go, ne?" Nonoko said, standing up and Hotaru raised a brow.

"Y-yeah, we n-need to leave." Sumire said and they made their way out, dragging Anna along with them.

"I really need to talk to you." a husky voice from behind her said.

"I've got nothing to say to you." she replied, not even looking back at him.

"But I do." he retorted back. She stood up, walked passed him, went to the exit. Of course, he followed her.

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-Outside of the Bar-

"What is it?" she asked coldly.

"H-How is she(referring to Mikan)?" he asked.

"Why don't you ask her?" she said in an angry tone. She turned back at him and was about to walk away, but stopped when a hand grabbed her left elbow and made her face him.

"What?! What is it this time?!" she asked, annoyed. Suddenly, Ruka hugged her, which made her eyes widen in shock, but she didn't hug him back. She tried to let go of him, but he was too strong.

"You better let me go, Nogi, before I kill you." she said menacingly.

"I. . .I'm. . .s-" but before he could finish what he was saying, his hold on her loosen and he fell on the ground, unconscious.

"Hey! Hey!" she called out, while using her foot to wake him up.

"better leave him there. He's got nothing to do with me." she said to herself and walked a few steps away from him. She stopped on her tracks when an idea popped in her 'genius head'. she smiled wickedly and went back to where Ruka was. She took out her cell phone, activated the camera, and took pictures of him.

"You know, you're making me rich, but I love it." she said. She tried to walk away again, but stopped when she heard him say: "I'm sorry. I really am sorry." and went unconscious again. She was taken aback by what he said. Did he really mean it or was he just joking around? Somehow, she wanted to believe what he just said, but she can't. She just cant forget what happened and how far he went. She breathed in and out, and suddenly, her attention diverted on the bushes.

"I know you're all in there. You better get out." she said, which made the person, or maybe persons sweat hard and really nervous.

"How can she be so keen?" a random girl whispered.

"Who knows? She's so smart." a guy whispered back. That's it! The Imai Hotaru, known as the ice-queen of the academy was terribly annoyed. Of course, you wouldn't want to mess up with her. So the person who were hiding at the bushes, prayed hard, but luck is not on their side.

BAKA!!BAKA!!BAKA!!

BAKA!!BAKA!!BAKA!!

BAKA!!BAKA!!BAKA!!

BAKA!!BAKA!!BAKA!!

BAKA!!BAKA!!BAKA!!

BAKA!!BAKA!!BAKA!!

The 6 persons who were hiding had no choice but to stop hiding, each of them received fair three shots.

"Ow!"

"Ouch!"

"Hotaru-chan!"

"What was that for?" they all said in unison, rubbing the back of their heads.

"That's what you get for eavesdropping." she said coldly.

"I'm gonna kill you!!" Sumire screeched.

"Try me." Hotaru said back and pointed her gun at her.

"Eh?! I-I was j-just k-k-kidding you k-know." she stuttered.

"Oi. You three!" she said emotionless as she pointed at the three guys.

"Take this idiot with you." she added.

"Hotaru-san, I. . .I d-don't think w-we could." Koko said.

"Why not?"

"Uhm. . .Kitsuneme and I m-might…g-get grounded." (just to inform you guys, Kitsuneme and Koko here are brothers. Same goes for Anna and Nonoko.)

"So? I don't care!"

"Oh. Please Hotaru-san. Here, 15000 yen." Kitsuneme pleaded as he handed out the money.

"You sure are good to deal with." Hotaru said when she received the money.

"Yuu, why not take him with you?"

"Uh. . .Uhm. . ." he fidgeted. He turned to look at nonoko and he thought of an idea. He snaked an arm on her and said:

"Gomen, Hotaru. We already have plans."

Nonoko looked at him, confused on what he was doing but she just ride along. Hotaru knew this, so she didn't speak any further. She knew what was going on, they wanted her to take Ruka.

"I guess you'll need to take care of him, Hotaru-chan." anna suggested.

"Why would I want to do that? He isn't my responsibility. Leave him there." she said and tried to walk away.

"Hotaru!" Sumire called out, which made her stop from walking.

"What?!" she asked, not even looking back.

"He needs you and we cant be of help. Only you can." permy answered, which made her think for a while. She looked back at her before saying:

"You are the president of that stupid fan club. You better take care of him, don't put me on the line."

"I guess I'll be quitting."

"You said you wont give it up?"

"Maybe I just said that."

"So, you're all telling me to take care of that idiot?" They all grinned and nodded.

"Then, you should pay me. 100,000 yen, each of you." she smiled evilly, making the others drop their jaw and widen their eyes in extreme shock.

"Pay up, or ditch him?"

"Fine! Fine! Fine! We'll all pay up." they all said in unison and took out their own wallet, bringing out the money and giving them to her. She didn't hesitate to take the money and she even began counting it.

"Geez Hotaru. When will you ever stop being greedy?" Sumire asked."Not until I die." she said bluntly.

"Where's his car?" she added as she eyed on the three guys. They had no choice but tell her where his car is, and they did point on a shiny, black Ferrari car. She then took Ruka's car keys from his pockets.

"You three, carry him and put him inside the car." she ordered. They had no choice but to follow her, if they didn't want to feel the wrath of her baka gun again. Koko opened the door of the back seat and the other two placed Ruka there, safely and Hotaru went on the driver's eat.

"Uhm. . .You know how to drive?" Yuu asked.

"Are you underestimating me?"

"Uh. . .no."

"Uhm. . .Do you know where he lives?" Kitsuneme asked.

"Technically, I have no idea."

"Where are you planning to take him then?" Koko asked.

"Maybe you want to switch places with me. You take him home and get grounded, but I wont return the money. How's that sound?"

"Uh. . .t-terrible."

"Then stop bombarding me with silly questions. And besides, I know that all of you are up to something." she said and the car zoomed off.

"Wow. I didn't know she's good in driving." Anna complimented.

"Uh-huh. She always best in everything." Nonoko agreed.

"Does she ever own a driver's license?" Sumire questioned and the twins ignored her.

"What?"

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Hotaru sighed, half of her attention was focused on driving, and half was at the sleeping Ruka.

"This is only tonight. Just pretend that nothing happened." she said to herself. How unusual of her. Usually, she wouldn't talk to herself neither be bothered to think of something, or maybe someone, like she was doing now. But then, she was out of her character because of him and she somehow, felt stupid for the first time.

"He's not worth it. He isn't worth."

-Imai residence-

Hotaru honked the car and the big gates opened automatically. The main mansion is 1 km away from the big gate. She stopped the car when she was in front of the mansion, an several maids went out.

"Take him at the guest room and change his clothes." she ordered and went inside, heading straight to her bedroom and the maids did what they were told. She took a quick shower, and after that, she changed her clothes in pj's. She slumped herself at the king-sized bed, looked at the bedside table and noticed that it was exactly 3 in the morning. She then stared at the white ceiling and sighed, when an image of a blonde guy with cerulean eyes appeared on her head.

"What happened to him?……I shouldn't be worried for that stupid guy. I cant just forget about what he did, and to Mikan." and she fell asleep.

xheenie_cailiyu: I know it's short!! But please review, ne??

Here are some Sneak peaks:

"you like me, don't you?"

"w-what a-are you s-saying? M-me?! Lliking y-you?! H-hahaha. . .o-of course not!………a-anyway…w-why are y-you here?"

"don't you remember what you said last night?"

"L-last night? You c-changed my c-clothes?"

"Who else?"

"Then…….y-you s-saw?"

"Everything."

"E-everything?"

"Everything."

"HHHHHEEEEENNNNNTTTTTAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"