Disclaimer: Higuchi Tachibana is the rightful owner of Gakuen Alice.
Dedication: To my Friends
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Doll Princess
By: Nemesis of Truth
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Sakura Mikan; she is the beautiful, yet spoiled, Princess of Japan. While she has an overly obsessive mother, a cold-hearted body guard, and a whole nation to rule, there's still one flaw to her almightiness. She's a-a…?!
"You're a beautiful girl . . ."
Who did this comforting voice belong to?
"You are worthy of being the blessed child of the royal couple." The voice sighed, relieved. "Ah… I can feel it, the life I have given to you."
What did he mean by that?
A warm feeling spread through her body as someone caressed her cheeks, "You're a special one. Now, dear, try opening your eyes." She needed no more further instructions as her eyelids fluttered open for her very first time.
Everything was blinding.
She blinked as her gaze fell on the man sitting in front of her, his pale blue eyes flickered lively as he patted her on the head. "Adorable, I must say… You are my masterpiece."
A dazzling smile spread through her face, was he complimenting her?
A stunned silence followed.
The man's face had suddenly stiffened at her smile. He took a rapid breath in, "S-Such resemblance…" He muttered to himself before smiling, "I'm very glad you turned out as a success, or it would've looked suspicious."
… Suspicious? How?
Her gaze wandered from the friendly face in front of her to a baby boy lying a few meters away, she tilted her head curiously before pointing at him, "Who?"
The man turned towards the boy.
"This is the will-be-son of a very noble-blooded couple; they pleaded for me to produce them a son." Like he had done to her, he caressed the boy's cheeks gently, "And that is exactly what I'm doing now.
"Open your eyes."
Without any hesitation, the boy's eyelids flew open. She gaped openly as he revealed beautiful crimson eyes, then he blinked once, then twice, and he was suddenly staring at her intently, or maybe he was more like glaring at her.
Her eyes tightened.
The man chuckled heartily, "Now, now…" He swiftly placed the boy next to her before observing them carefully. "You both make an unbelievably beautiful couple… A princess and a noble son; how fitting."
Then he sighed.
"I hope the terrible fate of my curses do not befall the two of you." He patted both of them lightly on the head before whispering, "Now off to sleep with you both; you'll find yourselves in new homes when you wake up the next time."
And we will meet each other again soon in your next life . . .
Mikan opened her eyes.
"What kind of dream was that?" She breathed as she sat up abruptly from her bed. The sky outside informed her that there was still a long amount of time on hand until night fell once again in Japan.
Then she looked at herself.
She was drenched in her own sweat, sticky head to toe. She wrinkled her face in disgust. "I badly need a bath!" She muttered under her breath as she dragged herself painfully out of bed; her ankle was killing her.
A moment later as she was soaking herself in the warm bath tub, the images and voices from her recent dream slowly started to replay in her head. Then she gasped.
Were crimson eyes common?
If it wasn't, then that boy in her dream was . . . She shook her head. She needed a moment to think. The boy in her dreams was of high lineage and so was he. They both had the exact same shaped and colored eyes and their personalities seemed similar…
Mikan furrowed her brows.
"So like . . . what?"
"Aoi, Aoi…!"
His voice came out hoarsely from shouting as he dashed after his sister who hadn't returned for hours after entering the forest. His parents were going to punish him heavily if something happened to her and –
He stopped.
He could see his sister on the top of the hill, surrounded by beautiful flowers and tall grasses; the way she was seated, she was almost hidden from view. His ribs ached from the running as he shouted again, "Aoi; lets go home now!"
"Nee-san, nee-san…!"
He could hear his sister giggling loudly, before she continued, "I made a new friend, nee-san!"
A new friend?
He stared wide-eyed as he saw the figure behind his sister follow rather shyly. Aoi grinned widely as he took her new friend's hand and half-dragged her towards him. "She's Mi-Chan!"
He hissed.
Who was this girl to be friends with his sister? He leaned in closer to see her carefully.
Mi-Chan was rather cute, though he mentally reasoned to himself that his sister was way cuter. She had chocolate brown eyes that matched her auburn hair, which was up to her shoulders. She was wearing an expensive-looking yukata that meant that she clearly from a high lineage.
"Who are you and what do you want with my sister?" He asked slowly and clearly. It felt like they had met before; she was awfully familiar-looking.
She merely smiled shyly.
"I wasn't trying to do anything; she's your sister, Aoi, right?" She stared at her newly acquired friend with glee. "She's cute, and she's nice too! Actually, I've never had real friends because my mommy said I shouldn't make friends with just anyone because I was too special for them…"
She sighed.
Aoi stared at Mikan for a long while before she turned towards her brother, "Nee-chan, you'll marry her, right? Then she won't be lonely and we can all be together, right nee-chan?" She looked up at her brother expectedly.
He raised a startled brow.
"Marry her?" He frowned. "Do you even know what marrying is?"
Mi-Chan grinned.
"As long as its better then my mommy and the palace, I don't care what marrying is!" She grinned widely before she entwined her hands with Aoi; they both looked at him expectedly. "So you're going to marry me, right?"
He looked from his sister to Mi-Chan confusedly.
Then he fumed.
"Fine," He finally muttered, "If you make my sister happy, I'm happy as well."
"E-Err… Natsume?"
Mikan's worried head hovered over his as his vision remained fuzzy from his recent blank-out. She let out a relieved sigh before plopping down on the ground next to him.
"Thank the lord; I'd thought you passed out." She rolled her eyes teasingly, before explaining, "I found you sprawled across the ground while I was taking a walk to get some fresh air."
She breathed in deeply, enjoying the taste of nature.
Natsume's eyes tightened; Mi-Chan?
Noticing the sudden intense silence flowing from Natsume, Mikan gazed down at him to suddenly turn pink at his observant gaze. "Err, what? Is there something on my face?" She asked rather self-consciously while feeling for any signs of pimples and such on her face. Natsume's eyes narrowed even further; same shape of eyes, the same colored hair, her shy actions, her childish grin . . .
Mikan suddenly interrupted his concentration,
"So… How is Aoi-chan doing? Well, I hope?" She beamed at him. "You and her, and maybe Tsubasa, are the only true friends I've ever made… Did you know that?" She blushed as she shyly started to play with her hair
Natsume grit his teeth. Was this really Mi-Chan from his dreams? The similarities the two shared were so… like each other. But it couldn't be that Mi-Chan was Princess Mikan, right? That would be a huge coincidence; he casually sat up. But wait, when Mi-Chan had proposed to him, she had said that her mother and the palace were -…
Wait, palace . . . ?
Natsume jumped up onto his feet, his eyes tightened.
"You-Palace-Mi-Chan-… What?!"
Ha…ha ;; Now that I've given all of you this much hint, it's obvious, right? Dx
~ Nemesis of Truth
