I'm back and in action! Let's welcome chapter 9 shall we?

In the afternoon:

"Hey, you shouldn't say that to Jinno you know."

"Oh, so you mean saving you from him is something I shouldn't butt myself into? Wow."

Mikan heaved a heavy sigh. Perhaps arguing with Natsume over that is a very stupid thing to do. She wouldn't win him anyway. Or maybe, she'll never win him. She simply walked away to where Hotaru and Ruka were, along with Anna and the gang.

"What's up?"

"Nothing, Hotaru was just showing us her latest invention that can take snap shots of anything between the tiniest gaps on Earth." Sumire explained while holding on to Koko's hand.

"Why is that even needed?"

"Because then I can take the MOST embarrassing shots of Mr. Nogi Ruka." Hotaru replied, eyes shining as she said so.

"Erm… Am I supposed to comment on that? Or should I just remain as usual?"

"Do whatever you want." She shrugged.

"Poor Ruka…"

But that was something that was so common in them that they didn't really bother at all. After all, Ruka didn't really mind being photo-snapped and blackmailed because that was the main reason why they got together in the first place. Well, maybe you could say that love is blind, but in the real situation, I guess it is.

"Ru-chan… Could you just stop inventing crazy things like this? You already have MILLIONS of photos of me in my MOST embarrassing moments, what for do you need more?"

"RU-CHAN?!" They all yelled.

"Erm…" he blushed.

"Just shut up. You will know what it's for later on. Besides, didn't we just found out something recently, Ruka-chan?" She questioned him, eyeing Mikan at the same time.

"Oh yeah…I almost forgot!"

Mikan was oblivious to what they were saying; after all, she is still dense sometimes.

The gang continued walking on to Central Town, along with Natsume behind them, hands in his pockets. He looked around, making sure that no one was following them. He can't be too sure that they are safe even if he wasn't doing any missions, the AAO may attack anytime, and he definitely does not want his friends and his beloved Mikan to be in any form of danger.

Central Town:

"OMG! The sale is going on and I didn't even know!" the girls screamed at the same time.

The guys went "uh-oh" and started to run away.

"Stay there the 5 of you! Hand us your wallets!"

"NO WAY IN HELL!"

"Then this is HELL!!!!"

The girls started chasing after the boys, causing a ruckus in the town and attracting everyone's attention.

After minutes of chasing…

"OK! We surrender! This is getting out of hand!" Mochu said in fright.

The girls laughed at the boys who were afraid of them, all of them happy that they won over their boyfriends. Well, maybe not Mikan.

"Natsume!"

"Hn."

"What?"

"The problem lies with you not bringing your wallet, not my fault. Besides, I'm NOT your boyfriend, unlike the others." He said without a care.

"Could you just take it as lending instead of being forced? I mean, come on, I'll pay you back. With interest."

"Oh really? Based on the amount of rabbits you get? I don't think so…Don't fool me."

"F.Y.I, I AM A SPECIAL STAR. Your hear me? S.P.E.C.I.A.L S.T.A.R"

"I can spell. Just shut up and go find someone else."

Mikan gave the rest her famous puppy eyes, but the moment they saw it, they gave all sorts of excuses and left with their boyfriends, including Hotaru.

Leaving with no choice, Mikan went close to Natsume and whispered in his ear, "You wouldn't want me to tell them EVERYTHING right? Pride is your main concern as far as I know."

Natsume was baffled. "Right… So?"

"So that means if I tell everyone everything, you're as good as dead right?"

"…"

"I'll take that as a yes. Now hand me your wallet."

Natsume reluctantly took out his wallet and handed her 1000 rabbits.

"That's all? No more?"

"How much do you need exactly?" he asked, pissed.

"Let's see… Another 500 more?"

"Why do you even need so much?"

"I won't tell you but you will know, someday."

Natsume sighed and gave her another 500 rabbits. He then proceeded to walk off, hoping that his money would not be wasted on useless stuff like Howalon.

He saw Mikan heading off to somewhere he couldn't recognize and he decided to follow her.

"Hey that's…"

Half an hour later:

"I guess this is it." Mikan came out of the place, holding on to something.

Little did she know that Natsume was just behind her, peeping at what she was holding.

"Boo." He teased.

"Woah...! You scared me back there! What do you think you're doing?"

"What do you think you're holding?"

"No…nothing! See ya'!" Mikan hurriedly ran off.

'Something is going on and I don't have a good feeling about it… I'm sure.' He thought.

Later on in the dorms:

"So, who's coming over to my place?" Nonoko asked.

"Maybe I'm going, if my schedule allows." Hotaru said.

"Me too." Ruka replied.

"I'm definitely going! Who would want to miss out on those kinds of things?" Sumire chattered.

"I'm going." The rest said.

"Mikan?" She asked.

"Eh? Me? This type of thing… Erm… I think I better not join. I mean, you guys are perverts right?"

"We are perverts? Come on, I don't believe you didn't have sex before." Anna questioned.

"Erm… I shall not comment on that."

"Ah ha! But even so, the only person you would have sex with is the guy over there." She added, pointing to Natsume.

"EH?!"

"Don't lie. You don't look virgin to me."

"Nonoko, what's makes you think I'm not. Me and Natsume aren't even together, how is that possible?"

She shrugged and left for her dorm.

"Oh come on, it'd be boring without you." Sumire begged.

"Oh don't worry; since you guys are talking about your sex life, I think it would be rather exciting. So I think I'll take my leave." She said and left.

Natsume followed behind her.

"Let's drag her here, or our plan would not be able to work out."

The guys went forward and drag her towards Nonoko's dorm.

"Let me go!!!! Natsume!!!!"

But Natsume was also being dragged along, and he could do nothing about it.

In Nonoko's dorm:

"I said I didn't want to come and you still dragged me along? What kinda crap is this?" Mikan grumbled.

"I told you that it'll be boring without you. Besides, Natsume came along didn't he? I suppose he could walk you back to your dorm later."

Natsume heard his name being mentioned and turn his head towards the gang.

"Nothing… We said nothing." Koko said as he grew pale.

They started off with an innocent chat about their lives and their partners. From Anna going all red to Ruka turning his head away from them to hide his embarrassment and Yuu running out of the room. Nothing was as fun as what they were up to now.

"OK so, Hotaru, any ideas you wanna share?" Sumire asked.

Hotaru twitched her eyebrows and eyed Mikan, who was totally engrossed in Nonoko's lava lamp.

"How about a game of Truth and Dare, but it is a modified version?"

"Modified version? Sounds interesting, Mikan are you joining?" Anna asked.

She turned her head around and gave a 'huh?' look.

"I said; do you want to play the modified version of Truth and Dare?"

"Oh! Sure…I think…" she answered.

"And Natsume?"

"Do you think I would be interested in this kind of game? Tch."

"Come on, it'll be fun!" Mikan prompted.

"The word 'fun' does not exists in my dictionary."

"Oh really? If you don't join…" Mikan started whispering in Natsume's ear, "there really won't be any 'fun' for you for the next 2 months."

Natsume's eyes widened in surprise, how could this little devil take over him in just a few seconds?

"Fine, but if any of you loses, don't blame me."

"I didn't even say anything yet." Hotaru said calmly, "But we shall see who the final LOSER is."

"Hn."

3 minutes after the game started:

"Dang it!" Anna cursed.

"Too bad Anna, please move to the corner along with Mochu." Hotaru commanded.

"What the… No!!!! Hotaru, you aren't really going to do that to me right?"

"Of course I am, Nonoko, pass me the torturer."

"YES!"

Hotaru began advancing towards the two of them, eyes filled with mischief.

"Mochu first right?"

Mochu was being pushed towards Hotaru by Anna, sweating bullets the nearer he got to her.

"Imai…No...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!! Stop…Haha…It!!!!!!!!"

Everyone pitied Mochu as he was being tickled by Hotaru, and they said prayers for the poor Anna who was the next victim.

"Anna, you're next."

"Hotaru, can't you let me off just this once? As a friend?" she begged with her puppy eyes.

"No can't do. A game is a game, a lost is a lost."

"Wha—what!"

Hotaru then mercilessly tickled her until her face turned red, body curled and rolling on the floor. After the torture, the game resumed.

"Mikan, your turn, Truth or Dare?"

"Erm…Truth?"

"Truth…Hm… Questions anyone?"

An awkward scene filled the room, finally, Ruka spoke.

"OK, here goes. Mikan, when was the first time you had sex with Natsume?"

"What?! Where did you get that from?" Both of them said at the same time.

"Somewhere…"

So I guess that's the end of this chappie! Stay tune to find out more!

Love,

~Da-Special-Song~