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"a bitch is a bitch always." Sumire said, until WHACK! Sumire was lying on the floor. "Ouch!"

"I do warned you earlier." Hotaru blew the smoke away from her baka gun. As if to alert Koko and Kitsuneme to grab Sumire and started to fight.

Hotaru went out together with aoi.

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"Mikan-chan," aoi called from behind, "where are we going?"

"just follow," Mikan answered. Hotaru looked at mikan, "is she opening up now?" she thought. They stopped at the school fountain at the front of their school. Mikan took her phone from her pocket. She called her driver and then hangs up. Minutes later, two cars arrived at the front gate; black BMW 745Li 4 and a black jaguar xf.

"Mikan Sakura-sama," bowed the driver, "here's the key." Mikan grabbed the key and went closer to the black jaguar and opened the door to the driver's seat and went in.

"aren't you coming?" asked Mikan to the other two. The two went closer to the car; hotaru opened the door at the passenger's side, aoi inches behind hotaru when suddenly…

"Aoi-chan!" shouted two girls. They ran to aoi's side. Hotaru ignored them and went inside. Aoi turned to the two and smiled.

"Anna-chan, Nonoko-chan!" Aoi happily said.

"where are you going, aoi-chan?" asked anna.

"oh, I think we're going to look for a dress," aoi replied.

"really?" exclaimed nonoko.

"hey, aoi!" shouted hotaru from the window of the car, "hurry up or we'll leave you."

"right, I'm coming!" shouted back aoi, "well guys, I need to go."

"can we go with you?" asked anna.

"I don't know," aoi scratched her head, "wait, I'll ask Mikan-chan." Aoi ran to the car and talked to mikan. "guys!" she shouted at anna and nonoko, "let's go!"

Aoi hopped inside Mikan's car, followed by anna then nonoko. They stared in awe at mikan. Mikan looked at her rare view mirror to see the two girls namely anna and nonoko.

"what the hell you're looking at?" asked an irritated mikan.

"we can't believe you have your own car." Anna exclaimed.

"and it's cool." Nonoko continued.

"tch" mikan just shrugged. She turned back to her driving while hotaru was silently sitting and the other three chatted animatedly.

They arrived at the beautifully built Sakura Fashion Lines. Mikan parked her car in a space provided for her (she's special you see). Mikan got out from the car followed by the other four.

"wow! Isn't this Ms. Yuka Azumi's building?" asked Nonoko staring widely at the building in front of her.

"I can't believe I will be here." Anna said. A lady wearing a black and white office wear (this are the uniforms: germainelaralera. multiply. com/ photos/ album/ 3/ sakura#16 for m-w-f, germainelaralera. multiply. com/ photos/ album/ 3/ sakura#17 for t-th-s) bowed in front of mikan.

"Welcome, Mikan-sama!" she said. Nonoko and Anna looked at each other and to aoi.

"don't tell us that...?" they asked aoi.

"ofcourse, she is," aoi said smiling looking at the two, "but promise me never tell a soul to anybody. Only the four of us knew this."

"promise!" anna and nonoko said raising their right hand.

"are you done chitchatting there?" asked hotaru, "mikan's inside already!" then she went inside too followed by the lady who greeted mikan. They too followed cheerfully.

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"let them chose whatever they like yori," mikan said pointing at the racks, "is okaa-sama inside?"

"yes mikan-sama," replied yori. She opened a door for mikan to go inside, "she's inside with nogi-san."

"okay," replied mikan, "you pick whichever you like to wear in the party." Mikan went inside the room and closed the door behind her.

"konnichiwa mina-sama," she bowed at the four, "you can pick your dresses wherever you like and you can try it at the dressing room beside that office table," she pointed at the table at her right.

"okay!" cheered the three girls. Hotaru looked at the racks and then proceeded at one of the sofas. The other three went on looking and trying their chosen outfits. (Let's skip the details I'm lazy typing it).

"hey guys!" aoi said looking at the wall clock, "it's getting dark, have you chosen your dresses?"

"Yup! Nonoko and I have it right now." Anna said. They looked at hotaru.

"hotaru, haven't you pick a dress?" asked nonoko.

"actually I have." Hotaru pointed at the three boxes in the table.

"you're so fast hotaru!" cheered aoi. "hey guys! Have you seen mikan-chan?"

They scanned the room but no mikan found. A clicking of an open door was heard.

"we'll be going okaa-sama." Mikan called out then closes the door.

"where's your dress?" asked hotaru.

"it's in my room," answered mikan casually, "let's go!"

Yori opened the door for mikan and other to pass. "please take care mikan-sama!" yori called out.

They went to the car and mikan dropped them off. Until only hotaru and mikan was left.

"mikan," hotaru started.

"I'm fine hotaru." Mikan answered, she took a look at hotaru. "it's just that I'll be playing that thing again."

"are you sure it's alright?" asked hotaru concerned.

"I'm fine," mikan smiled, "stop being so concern, I can play it again. And besides it's been seven years already." Hotaru just sighed.

They stopped in front of hotaru's house. She went out and looked at mikan in a concern face.

"I said I'm fine already," mikan said smiling, "stop being so concern." Mikan then took off. Hotaru went inside the gate.

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Mikan arrived at the gates; she was welcomed by the maids and butlers.

"are you just going to stand their and not greet your onee-sama?" asked mikan stooping at the door frame.

"I was waiting for you in eternity's sake, mikan onee-sama," said yoichi pouting.

"stop giving me that pout," mikan walked towards the stairs, "I can't resist it," by that said she went upstairs. Yoichi looked at mikan's retreating figure.

"Mikan onee-sama," said yoichi and followed mikan upstairs.

To be continued…

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