Queen's Orders

09

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P.S. School's starting soon...I'll try my best, but don't expect as many updates, okay? 'Cause I'll be drowning in my homework...:(

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"So, what do you think of my inventions?" Hotaru quickly asked Ruka as she got ready to jot everything down, "How about the first one, the automatic house cleaner robot?"

"Well, it would be very useful...If it didn't try to clean my head with a duster." Ruka nervously chuckled.

"Hm...Better work on the programing...No dusting humans..."Hotaru mumbled faintly as she wrote down something madly in her book.

"Really, Imai-san...You should enjoy yourself more. You are in the royal palace, you know. Money isn't everything..." Ruka told her. Hotaru gasped in shock at Ruka's comment.

"Excuse me? Money is a very important thing in our lives, and I will do everything available to earn it!" Hotaru replied bluntly. Ruka scratched his head.

I know that she's a famous scientist who was origianlly a peasent...But this is just too much talk about money here...I just don't hope she does anything out of the question...She seems like a decent lady though. Ruka thought to himself.

I have to play around with the programing...maybe the formula is wrong? Tonight I'm going to sneak in to that Lord's room and take some items...They'll sell well...The maids seem to have an interest in this Lord Nogi...Hotaru mumbled.

They were obviously not in sync.

"You seem very interested in money. Is there a reason for this?" Ruka asked. Hotaru stood quiet for a moment.

"Nothing that you need to know about,"Hotaru answered coldly, "But I could tell you for a picture of you. It'll sell at a good price...The maids will gladly buy them..." Hotaru snickered. Ruka shivered,"Just kidding."

"Well...You can gladly take a picture of me...but please, I would like to know."

"Well...It all started with Mikan. She's the source of every trouble. It all started when her parents died...Probably ten years ago..or longer...She was about 6...She had nowhere to go and her uncle took her in. She had a pretty happy life...But her uncle wasn't rich. He worked in the military and it was a bit hard for him to support Mikan alone. The money wasn't the only problem...Mikan had been kidnapped quite a few times because she was former royalty." Hotaru started.

"Oh...The Queen...Princess Sakura.." Ruka mumbled.

"Her uncle lived near us and that's when I met her. I heard she was a former royalty, so I thought she would be rich...but I figured out she's not going to be rich until she marries someone. It was pitiful though. Going through all those hardships when she could be living without any care if her parents were alive...That's when I promised her.

I promised that I would support her if I became famous and she was still not married. I went to a foreign country to study and when I came back, Mikan was married."

"Hm..."

"I may be greedy, but it all has a reason...When I think it was a stupid one...and now I'm still talking about money even though Mikan doesn't need financial help.." Hotaru sighed.

"I think it's a great reason...I think you are a very kind person...wanting to help your friend like that... I wish I could have thought of such a great idea to help Natsume earlier too..." Ruka commented.

"The king? Did he have problems too?" Hotaru asked.

"Well...It's sort of personal. It would be better if I didn't gossip about people," Ruka smiled, "But you are very kind, thinking about your friend when you were so young."

"If you think that way...can you take a picture so I can sell it?"

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Mikan was in her room, reading a book. Yuu gave her homework and made her read a book about world history. She was still stuck on Asian history. She just finished reading the part about Jo sun (old Korea) History. She still would have to finish the part of Chinese history to move on to European history.

"Hm...This is so not fun..." Mikan mumbled as she rolled on her bed, her eyes still on the book. She had learned a lot of things...such as the full name of the Alice Kingdom, which was 'The Alice Kingdom of Nippon'... but it wasn't fun.

"What's not fun?" A voice came from the door, "What, the book? What are you, stupid?" It was Natsume. He had a book in his hand.

"Hmp. Well, I'm very sorry for saying it's not fun, Natsume," Mikan stuck her tongue at Natsume, "Do you think you can help me with my history homework?" Mikan suddenly asked.

"No."

"Eh...Why?"

"Because I don't want to." Natsume replied.

"Hmp. Be that way," Mikan went back to reading her book. She lied down on her bed and read the book upside down. Natsume sat on her bed and read his book. They both read in silence when they both fell asleep on the bed.

Then somebody knocked on the door.

"Princess..." Yuu opened the door, surprised to see Natsume and Mikan peacefully sleeping on the bed, "Hm...Maybe it's time to put them together in one room..." Yuu mumbled, "It was tradition to let the Queen and King share a room for a day in the old times...maybe it's time."

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Chapter 09

finished

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So...Yeah...Yuu is thinking of putting Mikan and Natsume in one room...It's not going to be lemon or lime. It's going to stay pure, okay? It's just sharing a room and bed. NO LEMON...OKAY?