CHAPTER 10: PARADISE

The guy on top of me smiles like there was not a care in the world for him. "I'm doing you, Natsume Hyuuga and the organization a favour. Imagine this … all I have to do is sleep with you, isn't that very simple?" He laughs maniacally but shockingly, I was feeling very calm at that moment. All of a sudden, he was thrown off of me and I heard a gun fire. "Hotaru! Thank you." "Put on your clothes … I put a tracker device on the idiot prince. I know where he is exactly. Do you want to come with me or are you just going to wait here?" "Of course I'll come with you." "Good, you better put something easy to move in … there will most definitely be fighting."

Hotaru and I quickly head towards where Natsume was and we were led to a tall glass building. Not very discreet are they? "They own a world renowned company. Natsume is at the basement… where they do everything associated with the anti – vamps." Hotaru looked at me and smiled one of her rare small smiles. "You are too easy to read baka. Let's go in before they figure out our identities." I just nod my head and we walk – no, actually we model in looking very sophisticated and elegant. All eyes were on us as all the men gaped at how marvellous we looked.

Hotaru had thought this through hence making me wear a slim one strap red dress that hugged me in all the right places, or so said Koko and Kitsu. Hotaru wore a simple black cocktail dress that also complemented her figure. (A/N: Up to you to decide the rest of the designs.) So, the male population in the building was practically crawling at our feet. I looked at this buff guy with green hair styled as a mow hock. "Hey … do you know where the basement is?" "Oh… are you one of those guys? You must be a new recruit since you don't know your way around. Just go straight to the elevators and press B1. You are a new recruit, right?" "Umm … yeah, I am." I smiled nervously as I said my farewells.

The way to the basement was a long ride. Who knew that a basement could be so far down from the ground floor? Reaching there, we saw a large room filled with multiple people with different types of dressing. We even saw a girl dressed in a kimono. "What era has she come from?" I asked Hotaru but she just smirked. "WELCOME NEW RECRUITS. YOU ALL LOOK LOVELY TODAY. WE SHALL START THE AUDITIONS, YOU COULD SAY, AND FILTER OUT ALL THE UNNECESSARY PEOPLE." "Well that's a harsh way to put it." "Tell me about it." "What's so hard about killing vampires?" "They take us too lightly." "Didn't we have something like this before we were told this venue?" People were murmuring the moment they said that line through the speakers. "NOW NOW … PLEASE BE QUIET AND LISTEN UP. WE ONLY WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST SO WE STILL HAVE TO FILTER OUT THOSE WHO WERE JUST LUCKY THE FIRST TIME BUT HAVE NO SKILL WHATSO EVER. ALL BATTLES SHOULD HAVE A WINNER AFTER THIS SONG AND IF THERE IS NO WINNER, BOTH WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. LET THE BATTLE "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST." BEGIN!"

The place went dark and they started to play 'Roar' by Katy Perry. (A/N: Don't own and play the song while they fight. Please and thank you.) The person who was next to me immediately turned to me and threw a punch. I ducked ending up falling on the ground. I was so scared I tried to run away but the tall guy came after me and his foot connected with my side. Seeing that the person had a pocket knife out and was about to stab me with it … adrenaline rushed around my body and instead of running away, I counter attacked. Letting my leg connect with his side he collapsed to the floor. I felt like a fierce tiger that had just woken up from slumber.

Still surviving on adrenaline, I performed a left hook then an upper cut causing his chin to break. Who knew I could pack such a strong punch. I took the fighting position I saw in movies and waited for him to get up. He was starting to panic but nonetheless, he still charged towards me with such vigour that I thought he would definitely knock me out but on instinct, I started to give the man repeated punches on the stomach area. They were so strong that he wouldn't even move from the position he was in. Lifting my left leg and added another kick to his stomach and twirled enough to swap legs and kicked his face with my right leg. The man, being very persistent, got up even though I had broken most of his ribs. He coughed out blood and slurred out to me. "You're stronger than you look little girl. I guess that's how you ended up passing the first time but I can't let you win. You see … my wife was killed by a vampire a few years back and I need to get revenge. Please back down before I get serious." I felt very cocky at that moment, making me reply him with full confidence. "Then you better get serious because I have to save Natsume." Idiot … why did you say his name? They will find out that I'm a vampire … well, a newly awakened one, but I'm still a threat. "Oh? So you need to save your boyfriend from the vampires huh?" "Um…yeah" "Well, good luck beating me."

He started chanting some kind of mantra and a yellow aura enveloped him. His eyes had turned from the dark blue they were to a fierce orange. Feeling like I could also let loose … I awakened a few of my senses but this still made my eyes turn red. "You sure certainly look like one of them." "Puh-lease … don't get ideas into your head." I was swift but swift enough for me to still be qualified as a human being and performed all these random moves I had seen on Karate Kid 2010. The one with Jaden Smith (A/N: Don't own this smoking hot guy or the movie he acted in.)This caused the man to finally be knocked out. I checked for a pulse and saw that he was still alive. I felt so victorious that I was singing along to the last part of the song.

I got the eye of a tiger

Fighter, dancing through the fire

Cause I am a champion

And you're gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

Cause I am a champion

And you're gonna hear me roooaaar

Roooaaar, roooaaar

You're gonna hear me roooaaar

Roooaaar, roooaaar

You're gonna hear me roar.

When the song finally finished, I remembered that Hotaru was there with me so I looked around only to find her looking at me with an eye that said she expected my reaction. I went over to her with a skip in my step. "Did you win?" "No shiz Sherlock." I smiled happily then looked to see how many people were left. I saw about 100 people still conscious then the speaker turned on. "CONGRATS TO THOSE WHO WON AND FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT FIND A WINNER, SAYONARA, MAYBE NEXT TIME? SO MOVING ON, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED TOTAL THE NUMBER OF TEN. THESE TEN PLEASE MOVE TO B2 FOR THE ORIENTATION AND ALSO CONFIRMATION THAT YOU ARE HUMANS AND NOT VAMPS. FOR THOSE CONSIDERING ENTERING THE FLOOR WHEN YOU HAD ENDED THE MATCH IN A DRAW … WE KNOW WHO WON AND WHO DIDN'T SO DON'T EVEN TRY. SEE YOU DOWN STAIRS."

"Hotaru … did you hear the number of winners? He said there were only ten!" She breathed out a deep sigh. "And here I thought you were worried about the inspection." "What inspection are you talking about?" "Never mind … forget I said anything." We both went down to the next basement and were checked if we were vampires or not. I later figured out how bad the situation was but Hotaru, being a genius, had upgraded our dresses to fool any computerised system of our identity of being vampires so we passed through the security pretty quickly.

We were later given a tour of the whole underground building and when we reached B69, they caught my full attention. "This is the last underground level of this building because any deeper and life would be a very hard thing to maintain. This is the torture floor. When we catch vampires we store them here so we could kill them or torture them for information. This room here 69 28 is the room where we are currently torturing the prince Natsume Hyuuga for information on where the princess and her best friend are currently at." The girl who was dressed in the kimono raised her voice to ask a question that had started to bother her. "It's been bothering me for a while so I decided to ask. Didn't you capture those two not too long ago?" "Ahh … they escaped from our grasp. Right now they are M.I.A." I whispered to Hotaru. "What is M.I.A?" "It means Missing in Action." The 'tour guide' continued, "It is suspected that they will infiltrate this base to rescue Hyuuga but we have found no traces to them having arrived yet." The girl just nodded then asked another question. "So … can we go in and see him in agony?" The guide, who I later found out, is called Reo Mori, beamed at the girl. "I thought you would never ask."

We all went in and I was utterly disgusted by what was in front of me. His feet were turned at unusual angles and had multiple holes in them. There was blood all over the floor and his arm seemed as if it had been torn apart. The other arm had been drilled in a couple of times and on his abdomen, it seemed as if he had been chain sawed to a level where he wouldn't die. I felt the tears forming in my eyes until I saw the determined look in his eyes. Don't cry over it Mikan … look, he's still so determined and yet he's gone through the worst anyone could imagine and here you are, about to give in just by looking at him. Stand tall Mikan, stand your ground!

Reo Mori interrupted my train of thought when he commented. "Now, as you all can see, we have subdued Hyuuga to this minor and pitiful state. Can you even still call him a prince anymore?" Everyone around me burst out laughing and when it finally died down he added on, "Well, that's the end of your tour and since I already showed you your rooms, you may do whatever you want. Training begins tomorrow at 6 in the morning. See you then." Everyone dispersed leaving me, Hotaru, Natsume and Ruka in that particular room. Ruka was the first to break the silence. "Hotaru, I'm glad that you are ok-" He was interrupted by a slap across his face. "You think that you were doing this to protect me? You were willing to betray your own best friend just for the sake of me? I never knew you were this low!" She went on rambling about how he was a selfish, ignorant, and bastard of a jerk until he cut her off. "You may think that of me but do you know what would have happened if I had not taken this course of action? All three of you would be dead by now and your heads would be in glass cases in the centre of the hall of fame. I actually saved you! I know that it is hard to believe but I'm actually on your side. You can even ask Natsume himself." We all looked at Natsume making him sigh. "Yeah, he's on our side." "Then why did he pretend not to be?" I finally snapped. "That's because he would be able to get info from the anti – vamps in our favour. Of course, a little info on our side is required but it is nothing compared to the amount we are getting. Ruka Nogi is a double agent in favour of us. What he's doing is actually benefitting us. Now let's get out of here before the figure out this was so that we could learn their base of operations."

Ruka carried Natsume on his back and led us to secret exits that were unknown to many in that organisation. The moment we stepped outside we made a break for it so as not to be caught when they found out. When we reached Natsume's dorm room I finally asked what I wanted to know. "So do we go for the training tomorrow or not?" "I think we should, it would give us an advantage to have more than one inside person over there. What do you think Nogi?" "As long as you two don't get caught then that would be great." We talked carelessly while Natsume was in recuperation.

It wasn't long before a whole month went by and we were about to have our trip to some small island that was only discovered last year. Again, I was late. "Bye mom!" I rushed out and went off to the bus stop only to find the bus leaving. I chased it down like there was no tomorrow until it reached the next stop. Breathing heavily, I went inside the bus only to hear everyone clapping the moment I stepped in. I turned to Anna (erased their memory of everything concerning the anti – vamp society and removed them from their database … basically, we made them normal humans) and asked her why everyone was clapping. "That's obvious … it's because you and Natsume are officially together, even though he is THE heartthrob of the school that does not look at any girl no matter how hot she is. We are all congratulating you." "I thought that was obvious?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, it's been months since we started dating and I thought you all already knew." "Oh … well, don't tell anyone that cuz there are already some certain sluts who are after your head." I smiled at her then went to sit next to Natsume.

"You're late Polka." "How many times have I told you not to call me that? And besides, I woke up really early today; I was just debating whether I should go with … never mind." I can't believe I was actually about to tell him that. I mean, the guy is a flipping pervert! "Should go with what?" I shook my head repeatedly as he kept pestering me until I finally gave up. "Whether I should go with … matching underwear." I was so embarrassed and he just made it worse when he gave me that sexy smirk that could melt any girl's heart. "Well, did you end up bringing it?" "Yes" "Don't tell me its all polka dots and strawberries?" "Mom wouldn't allow me to bring those. She actually threw them away." "Then what patterns?" "Animal prints" I replied with shyness in my voice. "Damn it Mikan, now you are making me feel like tearing off your clothes." My face was flushed with 50 shades of red. (*wink* don't mean to steal the title 50 shades of gray and I don't mean anything to do with porn. I'm not that type of person.)

Natsume's P.O.V (Finally)

Who knew she would actually tell me that she's got animal print matching underwear under that baggy t-shirt of hers. I started imagining Mikan lying on my bed with nothing but cheetah print bra and panty. Oh how I wished to see her like that and I won't even try to deny it. I could feel Jack grow underneath my shorts. Shit … she can't see this. I will totally freak her out! Luckily, the bus came to a stop seeing that we had reached the airport. The ride seemed too short for its own good. I ran out and went straight to the men's room to relieve myself. Leaving the bathroom, I found Ruka waiting for me outside. "The others are already on their way to the plane. We should hurry and catch up with them." I only nodded and we raced to the others. The flight was a total blur. Mikan was sitting three seats behind me and I was sitting next to this random guy called Kaito something. I was asleep the whole way.

The moment we were shown our rooms, individual if I may say, I grabbed Mikan locked the door and threw her on the bed. "Natsume, what are you doing?" Smirking I said, "Looking to see what type of print you are wearing today." Ignoring all her protests, I removed her t-shirt and vest to be met with zebra stripes. My body moved on its own and I started liking her neck, tracing down to the collar bone and moving dangerously to her chest. She arched her body in a way that gave me more surface area and heard her moan. I was so close to removing her bra strap when … "Hyuuga … on the beach in thirty minutes or else. There is a pool party so you better be ready to get wet." I sighed and got off of her only to see her blushing really hard with her lips parted slightly making her look gorgeous and very tempting. I threw her shirt to her. "Cover up before I lose total control over myself." She quickly dressed up and before she left, she said something I did not expect from her at all. "We should go a little further next time." Apparently she could not believe she said that herself because she turned around and immediately apologised for it and ran off. Who knows … I just might next time.

A/N: This chapter officially states that this story is no longer on hiatus. I am so sorry for the LEMON? I just felt like I had to spice the story up a bit. This story will however, remain rated T because that is as far as I'm able to go. I'm also not an expert at this stuff so I'll appreciate it if you review and correct me on anything or even just leave a comment on how the chapter was. As promised, it's longer and I hope to write even longer ones. REVIEW, REVIEW AND REVIEW!

Yuki