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Me: Trying to write some emo poems. I'm learning from a friend called Joe.
Joe: Yea, I know. I totally rock at writing emo poems.
Mikan: Ooooh! Can I help?
Bob: No offence or anything, but Mikan, I don't really think you're going to help a lot…
Natsume: Tch. Little Miss Sunshine turning into a Wannabe Emo.
Mikan: PFFTT! JERKFACE!
Both have a glaring competition, you can see the electricity between they're gaze.
Me: Whoa, break it up people. We have a chapter to start.
Ryoujii: I'll start it! It'll be my first time.
Mikan: Good luck.
Ryoujii: Thanks. Here it goes! Please enjoy the story everyone!
Chapter 11
Mikan P.O.V
Ouch my leg is killing me… Think… What did I do this time? I didn't fall down the stairs, did I? Nah… I thought jokingly, and that was when all the events of the day before flooded into my mind.
My eyes flew open. The first thing I saw was a blur of gold and black. In a few seconds, my eyes focused. I saw Ruka's caring expression, then Natsume's cold glare.
"Natsume!" I gasped. I shot Ruka a meaningful look. He slowly shook his head.
What does that mean? I felt like shouting at him. This was so frustrating.
Does he mean 'No, I didn't tell him' Or 'No, I did tell him and I'm sorry'? I have to ask him after Natsume leaves…
"Polka, what kind of idiot falls down on flat ground?" asked Natsume in an aggravated voice. His worry had turned into exasperation.
Oh, phew… Thank heavens Ruka-pyon didn't say anything. I should trust him, but still… Did he have to use an excuse that made me seem like such a klutz?
"Oi, baka." said a voice that snapped me back into reality.
"Oh, right. Er… I was in a hurry, and everyone falls down once in a while. You don't have to be so mean about it." I quickly replied.
Natsume rolled his eyes and asked if he could leave because he had some important things to do. The millisecond the door closed behind him, I let out a big sigh of relief.
End of P.O.V
"Ruka-pyon, thanks for not-
The door opened to reveal a lavender haired girl with her eyebrows knit together and a slight frown on her face.
Hotaru turned to Ruka and said, "Leave, now."
"Please." She added as an afterthought. Mikan was jumped slightly at her sudden politeness.
Ruka threw a glance at Mikan before nodding his head and leaving the room.
"Baka, what happened?" asked Hotaru.
"D-didn't Ruka tell you? T-that I-I fell down?" spluttered Mikan as she tried to explain. She was never good at lying, remember?
Hotaru rolled her eyes and replied, "I'm not an idiot. I know that you're clumsy and all, but you wouldn't have gotten so many bruises from just that. Besides, if Ruka was telling the truth, that means he lied to me when he first carried you home. He let spill some stuff about jealous people. Mind telling me who they were?"
"It wasn't a big deal. It was just a few girls who were having a bad day…" said Mikan.
Hotaru raised her eyebrows.
"SHEESH, Hotaru! You seriously should join the FBI, you too darn good at interrogating people and finding out stuff." said Mikan shaking her head.
Hotaru smirked and replied, "I try, but you aren't going to get away with changing the subject. Who do you take me for? R-Nogi?"
Was Hotaru going to call Ruka by his first name? I have to dig deeper into this. Thought Mikan. Hence 'Get Hotaru to go with Ruka' was put into form.
"Hotaru, can we not talk about this? It's no big deal. It's over."
The baka doesn't wanna be a taddle-tale. Can't she tell the difference between something serious? But once she makes up her mind, you can't change it. Hotaru scolded Mikan in her mind.
Hotaru just gave Mikan a disapproving look and left the room. And then the King waltzed in.
"Man, I'm getting a lot of visitors… Hi Uncle Hyuuga." greeted Mikan.
"Feeling better?" asked the King.
She nodded her head.
"Good, because I have something for you to do. Me and a few of my hand-picked government are going to have a meeting with you father and some of his associates. We have to plan an attack on Persona." said the King seriously.
"WHAT?!" shouted Mikan. "I-I thought Persona was in Cherry Prison ever since… ever since that incident." She still didn't have the heart to talk about that sad day.
"Well, he escaped."
"Hold it for a second. How do you know about Persona anyway? Isn't he a mermaid?"
"He is an enemy of us humans as well. Many lives of our people were lost when he was on loose. Now, any other questions? If not, as I was saying we have to plan attack. Your father and I have arranged an army of our own to fight against him. Though, I'm not sure if we have a chance. The last time he declared war on Cherry, he had millions of troops from who knows where."
Mikan was staring emotionlessly at the floor as she said, "I want to help fight. I think I can. That was what mother was talking about. She told me there was a-a kind of… oh I don't know… Just something we could do, when the time comes."
She had never forgotten her mother's last words.
"That determined look you're giving me tells me that you're not going to change your mind about this, are you? So, I'm just going to give up, and let your father deal with this." said Mr. Hyuuga.
"Fine. So when is this meeting?" asked Mikan, coldly.
"The coming Friday, and do me a favour and tell your husband-to-be, will you?"
"Ugh, fine." replied Mikan, shuddering as she thought of those words.
"Oi, Natsume! Where the hell are you?" called Mikan as she walked into his room.
"Natsume?" said Mikan again as she scanned the contents of his room. She had to admit, she was surprised. His room was a dark shade of blue, there was a shelf full of his different mangas. There was a wide-screened TV with a Wii.
What else can you expect from a guy? chuckled Mikan silently. That was when she saw an open box and before the princess could look away fast enough (she's not nosy), she saw a collection of pictures of Luna. Mikan gasped.
Does he really like Luna that much? Much as she didn't want to be, she was painfully hurt. Without knowing it, tears were streaming down her cheeks.
Is he really affecting me that much? I knew this was coming anyway, she's his girlfriend. Besides he's a big fat jerk. I just thought he would at least give me a bit of respect. After all, I'm living with him, going to be forced to marry him and everything. Cried Mikan and she took a deep breath, stopped her tears and ran out of his room.
Natsume's P.O.V
I was irritable and angry. I had just come back from a meeting with some of my father's associates, in other words, the country's council.
Bastards who think they can do whatever they want. They're even willing to threaten me to take over the throne after my old bloke dies. Tch.
I was busy complaining to myself on the way to my room when Polka suddenly dashed past me. Is it just me, or did I see shiny liquid on Polka's cheeks? I turned my head slightly to see a silver box with its cover open.
Freaking hell! Is that the damn box Luna forced me to keep? I was just about to throw it away. Did Polka see it? She isn't going to do anything stupid, is she? Besides, why would she care?
I groaned in anguish as I began chasing after her.
"Oi! Polka!"
Relief spread over me when she paused and turned around. I saw her delicate face streaked with wet tears.
"What." She stated more than asked. Her voice was icier than I could have ever thought possible.
"What the hell happened?" I asked in a comparably monotonous tone.
"It's fine. You don't have to explain anything to me. After all, who needs an ugly old fiancé, not that I want to be, when you have a blonde airheaded girlfriend and all the fan girls of the world on their knees worshipping you."
Her face revealed no emotions although her eyes betrayed her feelings. The two hazel eyes were still glistening with tears of hurt… and anger. I felt like punching whatever was hurting her. Ironic, isn't it, that I'm the one that's hurting her.
"You saw the box didn't you?" I asked coldly.
"So what if I did? We agreed, didn't we? That we would stay away from each other and try to get our parents to change their minds about the forced marriage? Let me clarify, you don't have to explain anything to me." She replied.
"Luna forced me to keep the freaking box of her ugly pictures. I was about to throw the damn thing away." I said, trying really hard to keep my voice steady.
"Ugh, whatever. I don't really care." answered Polka as she turned and began walking away.
I couldn't tell anything from the tone of her voice. It was the same, cold and emotionless.
End of P.O.V
What is wrong with me? Why the hell did I feel better when jerkface Natsume said he was about to throw it away? Oh shoot… I forgot to tell him about the meeting and the whole Persona-coming-to-kill-us-all thing. Ugh, this is such a stupid day. Mikan complained to herself.
I guess I'll just tell him later or something. In the meantime, I'm just feel that there's something important I'm forgetting, something that is connected to Persona and stuff. How is he hiding from us? My dad and Uncle Hyuuga must have sent huge search parties everywhere…Hmmm…Mikan raked her brains for any ideas.
Mikan, not being an idiot, managed to put two and two together.
Oh my gosh. Parsano-sensei! Everything makes sense that way, right? That explains his strange familiarity and those stuff he was saying to me and Natsume. But why? I need to talk to Otou-san privately, as soon as he gets back. Mikan decided, firmly.
She sighed before marching off to look for Natsume again.
In the hall of the huge Hyuuga castle, Mikan coincidently bumped into Hotaru.
"Hotaru!" she called. She was about to pour out her so-called troubles to her best friend, when she saw Ruka walking up from behind looking annoyed. Mikan immediately changed from 'best friend mode' to 'teasing mode'.
"Oh, hi Ruka. Did you guys just go on a date?" asked Mikan slyly.
"Tch. Don't be stupid. He's just my volunteer servant." replied Hotaru robotically.
Ruka obviously wasn't happy with this arrangement and frowned.
"Volunteer servant? Is that what you call me? When I asked where you were going and if I could tag along? And I said that only once… And now you're dragging me out of bed at 5 in the morning to do your - " Ruka stopped when he saw the deadly glare Hotaru was darting at him.
"Finished?" Not exactly a question, more like a statement or an order…
Ruka rolled his eyes and gave a curt nod.
Why the hell did I have to be whipped by the queen of Ice Queens? Ruka let out a frustrated groan.
End of Chapter
Me: Do you think people are gonna kill me for not updating for so long? –Yikes!- What the heck was that??
Hotaru: A rotten tomato. Does that answer you question?
Natsume: She's just a lazy butt.
Me: Yea, uh-huh. Thanks heaps for defending me, Natsume. Oh well, I guess someone will just have to suffer, oh I don't know… Something to do with a humiliating hotdog suit… And a bunch of, say, screaming fangirls in the next chapter?
Natsume: Do you seriously want to die?
Me: Sounds like a challenge to me, bring it bro.
Joe: Bring it, bro? Lame line of the year much?
Me: Oh shut up…
Mikan & Koko: Review and just maybe this lazy butt will work more.
Me: Is the whole world against me?
Everyone: Yeap, pretty much.
Me: Gah.
A/N: Really really really really sorry for not updating in so long! Gomenasai! I promise I will try to update faster!
