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Disclaimer: It never belongs to me but to… Higuchi Tachibana

Summary: Mikan is strange lately. Her smile has faded a little but it bright its entire colour now. She's different… who is she now? Please read on to find and RxR plz


Chapter 10: New Hint(s).

11.35pm National Alice HQ… Normal POV…

Natsume and Mikan were again in the building for almost 2 hours. They were cleaning the place with a man fainting-sleeping on a couch in a corner as his blood had stopped from bleeding, with two big… cottons in his nose. That was Natsume's idea, since he was pissed off by the non-stop bleeding. Of course, his mouth was opened to let him to breath.

'What the hell… how come this room… these papers aren't that much so… how come it takes ages to bring them up? And where do they come from?'

"These papers are simply the report that Headmaster had to do since two months… means since the… accident" That was Mikan. She looked guilty about what happened here. She had a pile of paper in her hands.

"- Sigh – whatever. How come these papers look so little but in the end are enough to drown whoever tries to do them."

They stayed silence for almost 5 min. it was Natsume who broke the silence.

"Say, what were you doing here? Far from your dorm?"

Mikan stopped what she was doing and dropped the papers she gathered while ago. Natsume sweatdropped as she dropped them.

"AH… s-s-s-sorry… I'll pick them up now." She panicked as she picked them, but they fell each time she took them.

Natsume sighed desperately, decided to help her.

"Let me help you."

But when he came closer to her, something wrong happened… 1) his hand took her hand instead the papers; 2) they were 1 to 2 centimetres away from each other; 3) their heart beat abnormally fast.

They stayed like that for almost 3 min. When they came back to the real world, they backed away from others as they blushed madly.

'Wha-what the… why my heart is beating so fast…'

'… just because we touch each other's hand…'

'Stupid heart. Will ya stop beating like hell…'

'… it hurts. What kind…'

'What kind of feeling is it?' thought the two voices with distress.

It was an eerie silence which engulfed them totally. The moon was lighting the room showing two faces all red. They looked away from each others. They didn't what to do now. The room was too quiet as they tried to find something to say, when a sigh was heard.

"I think it's better for me to tell you what I'm doing here, right?"

Natsume looked up and saw Mikan with a sad smile. He couldn't say if it was a good thing for her to say it or not. When he was about to say something he wasn't able to do.

"I'm here because I like coming at this place to see the full moon." She said it as she looked at the windows where we could see the moon perfectly. "Isn't it beautiful?"

Natsume looked at the moon also and turned his glare to her. She had an ease smile as she enjoyed the moon. The light of it was lighting her as it showed Mikan beautiful curved, her white fragile skin, her magnificent chocolate coloured eyes, and her graceful auburn haired.

"Not beautiful as you." Muttered he as he was hypnotized by Mikan's beauty.

"Huh. Did you say something, Natsume?" asked she looking at him all confused and wondering.

"Huh… Nothing. Yes, nothing. Hehehehe." Said rapidly as he scratched his head sweating.

Mikan turned her look smiling sweetly as she picked up the papers again.

"So… you came here only for the moon?"

"Hm."

"So…" he stopped what he wanted to ask and thought about it.

Mikan looked at him waiting for his next question.

"What is it?"

"Well… after school… you…" He hesitated to ask her it, he was afraid that the question he'll ask will be… personal.

"What I'm doing everyday after school instead of being with you guys?"

Natsume looked at her, her head was down and her bangs were covering her face. Natsume began to panic a lot. Without knowing it, a grin had formed on her lips.

"Why? Did I miss you?"

At this moment the world seemed to freeze around Natsume. He looked at Mikan who had a… malicious smile and an… evil look. He gulped as he saw her crawling towards him. Her body was on top of his. Her face was not far from his.

'Is she going to… no… it can't be…' thought a panicked Natsume all red.

Her face passed an inch away from him but she went to his ear and…

"Nat – su – me – kun?"

That was the last straw. Who could stand that sexiness and sweetness voice? Natsume can't take it at all. He was all red, with different shades. He was melting inside. But…

'Oh. No. Bad thing and bad news.'

"Eto?"

'No, it's the end.'

"Ano?"

'Why did she have to have this cute face of her?'

"Ano? Natsume, what is it?"

Mikan had pointed to something that came from… down her.

"There is something that came out from your pant, Natsume. What is it?"

As she said that she looked at him and looked down. She was about to…

'What the… don't tell me she's about to…'

Mikan's hand went near to what came out. Natsume couldn't move at all. He was paralyzed to death. He was always red.

'No… don't do that… Mikan… please… DAMN it. Why can't I say anything?'

It approached him and…

'NOOOOOOOO…DON'T TOUCH IT.'(A/N: in normal time, it should be: "No. don't come any closer." But since we're talking about Natsume, better have many possibilities.)

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11.48pm somewhere else…

- Silence -

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"

Who couldn't laugh to this situation? Everyone, even Hotaru, laughed to the situation. This time was for sure: Mikan is dense to hell. But seeing the coldest and dangerous guy, known as the Black cat, being powerless under the stupidest-luckiest-happiest-go girl, you should see it to believe that.

"Nat-Natsume… - laugh – powerless to – laugh – Mikan. – laugh – and she's totally – laugh – DEEEEEENSE."

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"

And the laugh had been heard all over the dorm, even till Central Town, which made everyone to get up, all grumpy.

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11.50pm back to MixNatsu…

"It's nice to be young." Said a voice coming from… next to them.

Mikan and Natsume had an awkward position: Mikan was on top of Natsume with her hand… flying towards something under her; Natsume, being under her, was practically sleeping on the ground with… a panicked look.

They blinked twice before turning their look to their left/right side. And saw a blond haired man, around his twenties, had a stupid smile on his face.

KUO. KUO. KUO. (A/N: sorry it's supposed to be… crow shout.)

Mikan's face lightened while Natsume turned red to white shades. Mikan was extremely happy to see Seiki alive and healthy. Natsume was extremely embarrassed by his situation and by he said.

'It's nice to be young… don't tell me he just thought that… we…'

"HEADMASTER!" shouted and over excited girl as she jumped into his arms, her arms around his neck, and crying on his shoulder.

"hehehe. It's alright, Mikan-chan! I'm still alive. So please don't cry… I don't like when you cry." said Seiki to her as he hugged her to ease the atmosphere.

"Demo…"

"No buts." He held her chin up and smiled sweetly to her.

'Huh… I think they forgot me.'

"No. we didn't forget you, Hyuuga-kun." Said a devilish voice.

Natsume turned his head as he saw a demonic grin/smirk.

'Oh my… now I wonder if he's not a second big bro of that Ice Queen girl?'

He sweatdropped at the thought and he preferred to be with that freaky strange black Persona than being here under a marvellous perverted smile. He looked away trying to hide his blush.

'What the hell am I blushing for? And… STUPID HORMONES.'

That was the ultimate thought he could have before Mikan putting her forehead on his and her eyes were closed.

"Are you feeling well, Natsume?" she opened her eyes and looked him eyes to eyes. "Are you sick or something?" she asked him as she put her hand on his forehead.

BOUM.

"ITAI."

It was Natsume. He had backed off from Mikan but ended up hitting the desk as the papers on it flew away.

"Ano ne?"

BFUU.

"Ano?"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

It was Seiki who was laughing. He couldn't stand it at all. But he wasn't the only one. And this laugh was heard all over the Academy and Central Town because two places of these laughs could be heard. So, all light were turned on.

After one minute of laughing and being burned by Natsume, Seiki helped them to pick up the papers. It was easier and they finished it at 12.00am.

"Ano, Natsume. Where has gone the thingy?" asked innocently Mikan pointing to…

'Shit. I thought she forgot it already.' Natsume thought while blushing hard. 'Find something, boy.'

'Hehehehehe. If only I have a camera or whatever to take this scene, it will be sold in a second.' thought Seiki. (A/N: to bad boy, someone had already this idea, and she's an expert in this kind of thing… you all know who, right? extreme grin)

There was an embarrassing silence. Natsume tried to find something as he tried to hide his crimson red blush.

"Huh… well… it's nothing… it's… it's…" he looked around quickly without letting her to saw it, and he spotted something.

"It's?" said all curiously Mikan.

"A pen." Shouted suddenly Natsume as he showed her a blue pen. Mikan fell since she was surprised by his sudden shout.she looked at the pen with a wide look.

"You… you didn't have to shout like that." She sat down all pouting and turned her back to him.

She murmured something like cursing word under her breath.

Natsume and Seiki sweatdropped by her reaction.

'She's stupid.' Thought the two of them.

Natsume looked away trying to not laughing and Seiki was slapping his head and shaking it.

'It was obvious he was lying.'

'Good thing that I hit this desk and I knew that she's extremely an idiot even if she succeeded in exams, nothing will change the fact that she will remain a stupid.'

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They went home as Seiki accompanied them to their dorm. And there, it was Natsume who went with Mikan to hers.

When they arrived to her dorm…

"Ano… Natsume… you know I can go to my room alone." Said a blushing Mikan, looking down hiding her embarrassing look.

"Hn."

But he went to her room and made sure she'll be safe from now on. When she was to open her door, he stopped her and…

"You didn't answer me?"

"Hn?" she turned around to wonder what he was talking. "Answer what?"

"Why you disappear after class?"

- Silence -

"Oh that." She put her finger on her chin and thought about her answer.

'Why does she need to think about it?'

"Well… I went to there."

"Yeah I know that. But for what?"

"Hn… well…" she hesitated before saying it. She was anxious about his question.

"I went there because…" she looked away, avoiding his.

"Because…" Natsume looked at intensively.

"Because what?" said an irritating Natsume.

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, opened them and…

"What are you two doing outside of your room at this time?" said a voice coming from the darkness.

Natsume frowned and turned to face the voice.

'Don't tell me, it's…'

As he thought, it was Persona's voice. He came out of the darkness.

"Persona-sensei." muttered Mikan.

Natsume turned his look to Mikan. He saw that she was afraid to see him and shaking all over her body.

"What are you doing here, Natsume? I think it's not the way of your room. And I don't remember that I gave you any missions here, right?" Persona had a frightened voice.

Natsume couldn't say anything. He just stayed there, not moving an inch, afraid he will do something to Mikan. But deep inside him, he knew that he won't do anything to her because of the video he saw four hours ago.

Something surprised him a lot, it was Mikan's reaction, he couldn't tell if she was really afraid or faking it.

'If she does, she's quite a good actress.' Thought Natsume.

True, she had a terror look and she almost turned white with a little blue tint. (A/N: in this fic, the gang knows what Persona do/did to Natsume.)

Persona turned his head to Mikan and looked at her with wickedness. Mikan blinked and backed off suddenly.

"We… he didn't do anything…he… he was here because I asked him to… to help me in doing some exercises in… in mathematics." Said rapidly a frightened girl.

'Let him go, it's beginning to be late. And he didn't do anything wrong than accompany me to my room, right?' thought she as she talked to him mentally.

There was an eerie silence. Persona looked at her blankly and turned all his attention to Natsume and told him:

"Alright if it was only that. Then you better go back to your room, right now? And you, Sakura, go in your room." Ordered him to them.

Mikan bowed before him and glanced quickly to Natsume and went inside her room. He stayed here thinking about the situation. But he came back to reality as he sensed a murderous look.

"What are you doing here, Natsume? Go back to your room or do you prefer to see your little friends in the other world, before you?"

Now he knew that was true, because he always used this trick to make him order to anything he asked for.

"Tsk." He turned around and walked away. As he was outside of the building, he quickly jumped tree to tree till he accessed his balcony room. He knew that the others were at his room waiting for him and watching the video, which he totally forgot the existence.

He arrived there and put himself comfortable as he saw on the screen, Mikan standing in front of her mirror, looking at herself carefully.

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"It's almost 12.30am. It's better for you to go to bed now. Or you'll look like to a ghost tomorrow." Said a man voice coming from behind her.

She turned around with a pouting mode.

"Meany." She said as she went to her bathroom and the water's sound had been heard whereas she was on her way to there.

She began to strip. Once inside the room, she threw her dress, then her bra and her… boxer (?) outside of the bathroom. (A/N: of course, on the video, there aren't any image only the sound of her stripping and else, since she's going to bath. Or do you want/expect them to die young?)

The man smirked as he saw it (her stripping). He took her clothes and put them in order on a chair.

"I wondered if he knows that you change you kind of clothes."

SPLASH.

"Well, no. since he can't bump into me every morning or seeing me flying, tripping, crawling, jumping around or even the wind playing with me foolishly."

SPLASH.

"And don't worry, she just fell asleep… when she was in the car."

"Hn."

The man went to the windows and closed the curtain. He lit the bedside lamp as a Mikan all dressed in another light dress, but this time, it was a dark one.

"That was a good thing that you came here. You know you just saved me just. I didn't know what I should have done if he goes along with his questions." Said she as she went to the man who was sitting on a chair near the bed. She sat on his laps and put her head on his chest.

"Do you think it's good what you're doing?"

"Well… no."

"Then… why are you…"

"I can't sleep."

- Silence -

Mikan looked up. The man didn't know what to do now. She had a sad look and put her head back to his chest. He sighed and hugged her slightly.

"Alright. I'll stay here till you asleep. So now go to sleep." Said the man sweetly.

She smiled and closed her eyes. "Hai, Persona-nii-san."

She dozed off instantaneously. Persona took her in bridal style and put her on her bed. He looked at her nicely with a protective look, and kissed her on her forehead. He went to her door, looked back and smiled slightly once again.

"Oyasumi, imoto-san!" Muttered he gently.

He went out and closed the door.

"Oyasumi, nii-san!"

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12.59am – 1.00am Natsume's room…

"Oyasumi, imoto-san!"

"Oyasumi, nii-san!"

Shhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…

There was a big silence in the room. No one could say anything. They were all in a big shock.

'So they are related?'

'No. they can't be… she doesn't have a brother… if she does she'll tell me… it's not true… she won't hide anything from me…'

'What the hell is happening?'

And all kind of thought came by till morning.

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9.00am Next Morning. Canteen…

The gang couldn't sleep at all. They all looked like to a zombie… ghost… whichever, it was the same. Except for Youichi because he was young to sleep late.

They all had these big panda bag, even Hotaru had them.

They either couldn't eat. Their mind was busy to have some little mental fight.

"Since when are they here?" asked someone.

"They were here since I came…" answered someone in another part of the room.

"And they didn't touch to their breakfast." said another one somewhere else in the canteen.

Everyone looked at each others and wondered what happened to them. They even wondered what had happened to Mikan, the one who always lightened everyone here.

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Back to the gang…

"I didn't sleep at all." Said Mochu as he had a big effective of panda bag, he looked like to someone who had been in a tight fight.

"And me? My beauty had been tarnished by that." Said a demonic unhappy Sumire.

"And me who thought I'll be able to sleep after three months of not sleeping at all." Said an irritated boy all crunchy (or is it grumpy) with a big black aura.

That's the last straw. I won't be able to stand it at all. I need to sleep and if I do, I won't be woken up before a long time, till I take back all my late sleep.' Thought Natsume.

"And I think we need some little explanation from her before we go to bed." Said a determined voice.

All look (the gang's) turned to Hotaru. Surprisingly, she was the only one who…

"How the hell did you make that entire panda bag go?" said Nonoko, Anna and Sumire at the same time.

True. Hotaru's bag nights were gone. And she was the one who had the biggest one, except for Ruka and Yuu since they had a delicate skin. But…

"Invention n°0294: "Invisible bags cream". This cream allows whoever to make disappear the panda bag and regain the user's usual colour, in only 5 min. Even if you didn't sleep for almost 3 months, it will have the same effect in a short time. It's only for…" said Hotaru to nobody particularly.

"Here, 4000 rabbits." Said Natsume as he gave her the money. "Is it enough?"

"… 4000 rabbits." Finished her monologue as she took the money with the money sign in her eyes. "Once again, it's a pleasure to have business with you." She handed him her cream invention.

He took it and…

'Shit… I don't have my head anymore… what am I supposed to do it, now?'thought Natsume.

Everyone looked at him almost laughing at his look. He was totally out. His eyes were focused on nothing. His face was blank and turned white suddenly.

Hotaru sighed and took the cream from his hand and…

"He can't stand it anymore." She said as she put it on his face.

Someone began to boil inside him. 'WHAT THE HELL… WHY IS SHE DOING IT?'

"OW." Said suddenly someone crawling on the ground holding his head. "Please… don't shout like that… it hurts a lot…"

"He's at his limits. He didn't sleep for almost 3 months. That is what he gave me the impression." Said Hotaru as if she heard the question.

She finished putting the cream on, put it in his pocket.

"Thank you, Hotaru." Thanked Koko as he got up helping by Nonoko.

She turned around and looked at him. She was about to ask him some money, but she changed her mind. She sat down and continued her breakfast time.

'What the… she's not normal at all… today… she…'

BAM.

It was Hotaru who had put down her bowl violently with big eyes. She looked to no where.

"Why didn't I think about it? Why didn't I suspect it last night?" said Hotaru as she was shocked and… furious (?).

The gang looked at her while Natsume was… eating (?). (A/N: it didn't take 5 min… well whatever… let go thought the story.) They stayed silence till the end of breakfast, and they decided to eat something before they starved from hungry. Hotaru stayed silence with a dark look on her face.

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9.29am direction Natsume's room…

"Where are we going now, Hotaru-chan?" asked Yuu all exhaustive.

He wasn't the only one who was like that, everyone, except Natsume and her, were all tired because she was walking to fast.

"Why are you in a hurry?" asked Anna.

She didn't answer them and dashed inside a room.

'Huh… how did she open the door since Natsume is right next to me?' thought Ruka.

"She had a spare key." Said Koko, next to him.

Ruka began to blushing, not from embarrassment but from angry.

"She made a spare key because some night I wasn't there. Remember, I had missions to do the last week." Said a calm Natsume. "There isn't anything between her and me."

They entered the room leaving Natsume and Ruka at the doorway. Ruka looked at his best friend and calm down from what he said.

'That was true. Almost of the time he went on missions and she asked him if she can make a spare key like that we can spy on Mikan without any problems. So I was worried for nothing… huh… why was I angry whereas I knew along that Natsume was on… no… could it be that…'

"Don't think too much now. Or you won't be able to stand it later." Said Natsume as he went inside his room.

Ruka stayed there and smiled. He followed him and sat beside him.

Meanwhile, Hotaru was searching for something; the others were sitting on couch watching her running (?) all over the room.

"Where is it?" muttered abgrily she.

"What are you looking for, Imai?" asked Tsubasa.

"Where the hell did I… AH… here it was…"

Everyone had fallen on the ground as they heard her shouted like a crazy mad man. She was holding something in her hand as she looked for something else.

"Damn it. I found it and now I don't find the other thing…"

"What are you looking for?" asked Natsume raising his eyebrow.

"Remote." Shouted she all irritated.

"It's in your pocket, Imai."

Hotaru stopped from her track. She stood up since she was crawling like a little dog. She put her hand in her pocket and got out… her remote. She looked at it all blankly and went to the TV as if nothing happened. Before she switched on the TV, she turned to look at the other with the threatening look they ever received from her, which meant: Dare to tell anyone about it and you are dead.

They were all death scared and all they did was nodding to her request. She then turned on the TV. She looked also for something on.

Persona turned his head to Mikan and looked at her with wickedness. Mikan blinked and backed off suddenly.

"We… he didn't do anything…he… he was here because I asked him to… to help me in doing some exercises in… in mathematics." Said rapidly a frightened girl.

'Let him go, it's beginning to be late. And he didn't do anything wrong than accompany me to my room, right?' thought she as she talked to him mentally.

There was an eerie silence. Persona looked at her blankly and turned all his attention to Natsume and told him:

"Alright if it was only that. Then you better go back to your room, right now? And you, Sakura, go in your room." Ordered him to them.

"Just as I thought." Said she as she turned off the TV.

"Huh… what do you mean?" asked Anna and Nonoko.

She turned to face them. She wanted to hit them with her Baka Gun so badly. And she did.

"Just now, we heard her thought for the first time she had put it on her." said she as she sat on a chair next to Ruka and sipping a cup of tea coming from nowhere.

Everyone stayed silence and they understood immediately what she meant by that.

"How is that possible since she always nullifies your Alice?" asked Yuu.

"Well, that is something I want to know." She sipped again her tea. "We need to know."

She put down her tea. She got up and went to the door. She stopped there and turned to them.

"What are you waiting for? You're coming with me or not?"

"Huh?" everyone looked at each others. "But… to where?"

"To Central Town. I need to buy something there."

She walked out as others followed her, except for Natsume and Ruka.

"You aren't going with us, Natsume?"

"No. I'll wait for you here. I want to stay alone."

"Alright. We'll see you here then."

"Hn."

Ruka went out of the room.

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Everyone were and only Natsume was alone in his room. He went to his bedroom and laid down. He looked at the ceiling and closed his eyes as he recalled the night.

"Nat – su – me – kun?"

He sat up suddenly all red as he just recalled the moment. He got up and went to the bathroom. He took off his clothes and took a shower.

'Why did she have this sexiness and cuteness voice?' thought Natsume.

'Damn it. I can't take it off my mind.'

Natsume was even more blushing. The room was beginning to heat up a lot. The mirrors had a lot of condensation as if it was a volcano about to erupt at anytime.

'And the look she had when she said that… it can't be her at all…' at this thought, Natsume blushed even more.

'why am I thinking about her?'

'Maybe ya like her... love her'

'You're here again?'

'Yes I am. It has been a long since…'

'Shut up. I'm not in the good mood to talk about that.'

'My. What a crunchy boy!'

- Silence -

'What did you call me?'

'Cutie boy.'

"YOU U#&$Q"

"Huh… Natsume are you feeling well?" said a voice coming from the door.

It was Ruka. He was standing at his bathroom door way. He looked all anxious and worried.

"Ruka… you already back?"

"Already?" repeated he the word all surprised by that. "Natsume, it has been already 2 hours and half we're gone."

TIC. TAC. TIC. TAC.

Natsume looked at him also surprised as Ruka was.

'2 hours and… how long was I here then? Before I came in it was… 10.36am… all right… I'm here for almost 2 hours… Shit. Stupid voice!'

"I supposed that everyone are here, right?"

"Yeah."

"Alright I'll come when I dress up." Ruka nodded and was about to walked out.

"Huh wait, Ruka… can you take me some clothes, please? I forgot to take them…"

"'right."

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12.21pm Lunch time in Natsume's room…

"Alright, what did you buy there?" asked Natsume as he ate his lunch.

"Hm. You'll be a good housewife, Natsume." said Tsubasa smirking at him with Mochu, Yuu and Koko. But they received in returned some burnt food.

The girls were chuckled to know something knew about Natsume: he can cook.

True, since no one know how to cook it was him who because he didn't want to find his kitchen burnt by three dangerous cook women (Nonoko, Anna and Sumire). And Sumire's desire to become his girlfriend/wife grew more than before. Misaki can cook well but she had made something really not good looking and that made everyone scared. And letting Hotaru in kitchen was out of question because she could make come some strange invention and he can say good bye to his room.

For the boys, well that was something else. They already burnt a part of the kitchen without touching the gas or anything looking as utensils. Well, Ruka was an exception because he knew how to cook but… he was kind of distracted from something, which everyone knows… I think. And Youichi was too young to cook. So the remained last solution was Natsume.

He was totally pissed off by the situation and was about to… burn all the food they had. Before he could do, Hotaru said something.

"I bought some materials for something and… three extra boxes of Fluff Puff for the Baka."

"And it took you 2 hours and half to have them?"

"And you what were you doing under the shower for almost 2 hours?"

- Silence -

Everyone knew that when Natsume and Hotaru began to have battle, things could be out of control. Around the table, everyone, even Ruka, was praying that they won't fight while eating. And it seemed that God heard their pray since nothing had happened.

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1.03pm direction to Mikan's room…

After eating, cleaning and repairing, they all went to Mikan's room.

"Oh. It's almost Halloween." Said Mochu as he looked around him.

"It's tomorrow." Said Yuu.

Everyone frowned at it. They totally forgot about Halloween. So it meant that they didn't have a costume or a partner. They were all panicked, except for Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka and Youichi.

BAKA. BAKA. BAKA.

"We'll see about it later. Let's go see Mikan first."

They immediately forgot what they were thinking and went to Mikan's room.

Arrived there, Hotaru was about to knock when the door opened and revealed a girl wearing a red shirt under a black pull with a black skirt and black ballerina. Her hair was down with a red ribbon making her hair to not cover her face.

"Mi-kan?" said Hotaru as if she didn't recognize her.

"Oh. Hotaru and… minna. Hi." She smiled at them letting them standing there all surprised.

'Mikan wearing something black… it's not her colour… but it looks good one her.'

'She's cute when she dressed up like that.'

'KAWAII!'

'What a good harmony on her clothes!'

"huh. Do you need something?"

"Huh… yeah… since these days you didn't go to Central Town, we thought to pay you a little visit and gave you your favourite Fluff Puff." Said Hotaru as she showed her three extra boxes of the sweet.

"WOW. Arigato, minna-san." She had a big smile on her face as she took the boxes.

"Ano… it began to be cold outside… why don't we enter in and eat them together?" proposed she as they nodded.

They entered in the room which was all hot and comfortable. They sat down as Mikan put the boxes of Fluff Puff on her bed. And they ate the sweet as they told each others about the recent event without talking about the spying thing and what happened last night.

"Before we arrived, where were you going?" asked Hotaru.

"huh… oh yeah now I remember… I was supposed to see you guys to come with me to Central Town to buy our costume if you didn't yet buy them." Answered Mikan.

They looked at each other while she plotted a Fluff Puff in her mouth.

"You didn't buy your costume yet?" said Tsubasa.

"No. I was busy these last days with work and totally forgot them. Until, I saw Narumi-sensei who reminded it to me, a while ago."

"Then, why don't we go together?" said Anna, Nonoko, Sumire and Misaki.

"Huh?"

"We didn't get ours too yet."

Mikan looked at them and put the last two Fluff Puff in her mouths. She got up and shouted with her hands in the air: "Let's go to Central Town!"

Everyone sweatdropped by her childish reaction, and went to the bus.


here another chap... i did it last night... so enjoy it... please review...