Ever Enchanted
By 101 Dalmations x
Chapter 11-Meet my Friends and the Palace
END OF LAST CHAPTER
When Ruka and the others reached the meeting point to see Natsume come back they saw four of the prettiest girls they had seen in Alice and it made all the boy's blush, whilst Aoi just looked at the people she was with and rolled her eyes and made her way to the girls and spoke to them.
"Hi you probably know me, but i would like to know who you all are?"
*BACK AT THE FOREST*
Mikan could see a gap ahead of them and saw buildings and a wall and knew it was Alice. She stated with joy as she said to Natsume and Youichi
"Look guys its Alice, were home" At that Youichi and Natsume looked ahead and sure enough they saw Alice
START OF NEW CHAPTER
At the waiting point Sumari, Anna, Nonoko, Hotaru and Misaki all turned and looked to see a girl younger than them selves with a group of four of the cutest boys they had seen.
"Sorry if i am sounding pushy but i would like to know why you are hear and who are you?" Asked Aio again as the girls stood there with blank expressions when Misaki spoke up
"Hello young princess these girls hear are Anna, Nonoko, Sumari and Hotaru..." She said as she pointed to each of the girls "...and i am Misaki Fairy-god mother to Mikan Sakura Yukihara and we are waiting for her return as she went on an adventure about three days ago and she is coming back today and we are meeting her hear." Said Misaki in a greeting type voice whilst curtseying as did the other four before they met the faces of the four boys behind the Princess "And may i ask the names of the four boys behind you Princess and why you are hear?" Finished Misaki
"Well you already know my name which is Aio and these four behind me are Yuu, Kitsuneme, Koko and Ruka..."Said Aio while pointing to each of the boys as she said their name "...and we are hear waiting for the arrival of my brother you should all know him because he went on a mission about three days ago too to get the giants to become our allies for wars and stuff" Said Aio with happiness evident in her voice.
"Well we are very proud to meet you all" Said Misaki doing another curtsy in front of Aio
"Please stoop that and call me Aio not Princess please" Asked Aio in a pleading tone
"Okay then Aio" Replied Misaki and Aio smiled
After all introductions were over the two groups started talking to each other and soon started to learn about one another. Everything was fine when the two groups suddenly heard the sound of galloping hooves come through the gate of Alice and eventually saw that it was Natsume's party and that Natsume was talking to someone and laughing with them which his group found weird as Natsume didn't laugh often yet hear he was having a grate time. All his friends turned to see who he was laughing with. Now it was Mikan's friends turn to be shocked for it was Mikan who Natsume was laughing with and she was scolding him for something 'typical Mikan" they all thought then they suddenly went to the meeting point.
"Hi guy's" Exclaimed Mikan as she made her way over to her friends on Crystal
"MIKAN" Shouted all her friends as they ran to greet her. When Mikan dismounted she ran towards her friends and was embraced in a huge group hug she then knew she was home. While Natsume made his way over to his friends and was greeted by Aio who cried into his chest as he stroked her hair.
"I was so worried Natsume" Cried Aio into his chest once he had dismounted
"Idiot i told that i would be ok" Said Natsume to his sister before turning to his friends and greeting them all
"Yo Natsume, what's the outcome of the mission?" Asked an interested Koko which got the others interested. Natsume pulled Aoi from his chest and was about to start talking when Aoi's eyes widened in shock when she saw who was standing behind her brother.
"Y-Youichi?" Stuttered Aoi at which Natsume and Mikan both turned to Youichi for an explanation but he just stayed there looking at Aoi with shock before composing himself and answering her
"Yer its me hi Aoi" Said Youichi as cool as he could Aoi slowly made her way over to him as did he to her, when they were closer to each other Aoi wrapped her arms around Youichi in happiness and he responded to the hug
"Youichi you know the princess?" Questioned Mikan
At this Youichi pulled Aoi away and whispered "We should tell them, they have a right to know." And with that Aoi pulled away and entwined her hand with Youichi's and spoke
"Me and Youichi have been seeing each other in secret; i sometimes sneak out of the palace to meet him in the forest." Aoi said worryingly as all but Natsume and Hotaru stood there gaping at the two "And please call me Aoi and not princess" She added to Mikan who like the rest were just as shocked as the others.
"WHAT there is nothing wrong with a princess being in love with an Elf is there?" Stated Youichi who was fed up with everyone looking at them like fish.
"Anyway Mikan where is the book i gave you?" Asked Misaki snapping Mikan out of her daze
"Huh oh right the book it is in hear hold on i will get it" And with that Mikan turned around to the horse she came in on and from a pouch she pulled out Tsubasa and handed him to Misaki
"Tsubasa" Stated Misaki almost jumping for joy when she saw him
"Misaki" The face in the book replied "I missed you soo much" Finished Tsubasa as Misaki took him in her arms
"I missed you too Tsubasa" Said Misaki while hugging the book very close to her, while the others looked at her as if she was weird
"Hey Mikan as your back we can go shopping what do you say?" Asked three very exited friends of Mikan's (Anna, Nonoko and Sumari)
"Sorry guys but i have to do a bit of research on something so i need to go to the library." Said Mikan which disappointed her friends
"Well rather than you walking across to the other side of town you can use the palace library" Stated Natsume which shocked all the girls
"Yer and if it is okay with you and Aoi we can give her friends a tour of the palace private one of course" Asked Ruka and both Aoi and Natsume nodded and all the girls just stood their in shock until Anna spoke up
"A-Are you sure?" She asked in an unnerving voice
"Yer wont we be a bother?" Continued Nonoko
"Why would you be a bother?" Questioned Yuu
"Well because there is already a tour going on right?" Stated Sumari while Hotaru just looked, rolled her eyes and then finished off her sentence
"Basically these idiots are trying to say what if we are caught by the tour guide and what if we bump into the tour group?" Said Hotaru stepping forward as Ruka moved towards her and lifted her chin with his finger so she was looking at him which made Hotaru blush a little until he spoke
"We will explain that we are giving you girls a privet tour, are you forgetting we live hear with Natsume?" Said Ruka as his lips moved closer to Hotaru's and gave her a peck which left her speechless and dumbfounded along with her friends. At this gesture Ruka Stepped back a little and Hotaru and turned bright pink like a boiled lobster then he spoke again "Well what do you say?"
"Uhh o-okay" Said Hotaru trying her best not to stutter and failing miserably and with that all of them but Mikan, Natsume and Misaki went round the back while they stood there for a while until Misaki spoke
"Oh dear i better go otherwise witch one will wonder where i am by the way did you find Ever Mikan?" Asked Misaki
"No by the time i got to Giant Country she had left" Answered Mikan with sadness evident in her voice "I am going to the library to see if i can get rid of it myself" Finished Mikan
"Very well then good luck in finding that out" And with that Misaki disappeared leaving Mikan and Natsume alone with the horses
"Come on then if you want to go to the library" Said Natsume and Mikan obeyed like a dog would to its master but again like she had a choice and so she followed Natsume towards the palace
Meanwhile the tour of the palace was still going on and they were on to the pictures of all the previous kings and queens of Alice.
"And this painting hear was created by a Giant for the earl of Giant Country and give to the king of Alice as a present, now if you would all like to follow me..." The tour guide said leading the group of fan girls outside to the gardens while Luna and Wakako were at the back not listening to a thing the tour guide was saying but talking and looking around
"Luna i can't see prince Natsume can you?" Whispered Wakako to Luna who was looking round like a mearkat looking for her Prince when she saw him walking in the rose garden
"Wakako over there look it is him Prince Natsume" Luna stated to Wakako who was looking everywhere while Luna rolled her eyes then grabbed her by her shoulder "Over there in the rose garden, it looks like he is talking to someone probably a maid" Said Luna as she made her way over to the door that led to the rose garden but what she saw next she had to blink twice to she if her mind wasn't playing tricks on her.
The person who Natsume was talking to was not a maid but it was her step sister Mikan. When Luna saw this she was furious as her prince had stopped and turned Mikan to face his and he put his head closer to hers and turned his head slightly sideways and Mikan just stood there and slightly turned her head too. When Luna saw this she was thinking up of a plan in her head to get Mikan away from her Prince.
"Hey girls look over hear it is Prince Natsume" At the sound of his name the group of fan girls who were with the tour guide left her and crashed through the door screaming "PRINCE NATSUME"
Natsume decided to lead Mikan through the rose garden as a short cut to get to the royal library when he decided to stop causing Mikan to bump into the back of him.
"Hey why did you stop?" Questioned Mikan who was rubbing her forehead from walking into Natsume's back
"I wanted you to have a good look at the garden" He said as she made her way beside him
"Well it is a wonderful garden" She said with a bit of a blush to her cheeks which Natsume noticed they stayed silent for a while until he turned to face her which made Mikan do the same they stared at each other in silence for a while until Natsume moved closer to Mikan so he could feel her breath against him, which she had no objection to he then lowered and turned his head slightly sideways and Mikan did the same as he got closer and closer to closing the gap between them they both suddenly heard "PRINCE NATSUME" They both stopped and turned to look and what they saw scared Mikan more than when she was nearly eaten by the trolls.
It was a group of screeming fan girls who were shouting things like "YOU CAME BACK FOR ME" and "HAVE YOU DECIDED TO MAKE ME YOUR WIFE YET?" Which made Natsume cringe at the word 'wife'. Mikan stood their frozen with fear when she suddenly felt a hand in hers.
She looked down and saw that Natsume had grabbed her hand in his and was holding onto it quite tightly "Quickly follow me, i hope your fast at running Polka" This confused Mikan until he suddenly turned around and ran pulling Mikan with him.
All the while Luna was fuming that she almost kicked off and broke something
"Luna please calm down you could break something important." Asked a shaking Wakako
"I DON'T CARE! Mikan was going to kiss my prince, MY PRINCE, i can't allow that and the worst thing is she stood there and was going to let him kiss her, when we get home i am going to..." But before she could finish she was interrupted by someone
"Whatever you will do to her can it wait?" Said a cold voice from behind her and when she turned to see who it was she was surprised to see King Jude Wakako imedantly curtsied as did Luna
"You're Majesty i didn't know you were there please forgive me" Said an apologetic Luna whilst Wakako nodded in agreement
"I am not going to punish you, but what do you know about Mikan Sakura? I couldn't help but over hear your conversation about her." Luna and Wakako stood up and looked at the king with confusion.
"Sir what is it you would like to know about her?" Asked Wakako curious to find out
"Everything, please take a seat" And so Luna and Wakako took a seat at the long table along with King Jude who had Roman next to him. Luna and Wakako told him everything they knew about Mikan and everything they do to push her spell to the limit, while the twins were telling King Jude about Mikan the king was sitting listening intently when they had finished he spoke
"What an interesting girl, now i have a proposition for you Luna." Said Jude with a huge smirk on his face just like Roman had it was now Luna's turn to listen intently King Jude continued "the proposition a very high chance of becoming Natsume's future wife" At that Luna perked up and nearly screamed but she contained her self and let the king Continue "i can tell that you want to do grave damage to your step sister but, put that on hold because i need her to do something for me later on but, once she has done what i want her to do my Nephew will be all yours for the taking, well what do you say?" It didn't take Luna long to think she agreed the deal and then made her way out of the room with Wakako following behind, while the King and Roman had big grins on their faces.
*MEANWHILE*
Natsume and Mikan were still running when suddenly Natsume pulled them into a small corridor just big enough for the two of them. While they were their they waited for the screaming Mob to pass and once they had they both let out a sigh of relief and were both panting due to the lack of oxygen they got whilst running.
"Wow" Stated an exhausted Mikan "How can you...put up...with that...everyday...Natsume?" Mikan tried to say while getting her breath back, while Natsume just shrugged and moved towards Mikan again and whispered in her ear
"Where were we before they came along" He said moving his head away from her ear and putting his hands round her waist bringing her closer to him, and she moved closer to him, he looked down at her and she looked up to him he turned his head slightly sideways and so did she and this time he managed to close the gap between them.
Natsume deepened the kiss by Nibbling on her lower lip until she accepted and let him explore as she did the same with him and what started as a sweet kiss soon turned into a passionate and heated kiss, if they could have they would have kept it that way forever but unfortunately all people have to breath and so they broke the kiss but Natsume tried to go back for more but was stopped by Mikan when she reminded him that she needed to go to the library, and on that note Natsume took her hand again and led her out of the small corridor only to bump into King Jude and Roman (in his snake form)
"Ah there you are My Nephew how was your journey and what was the out come are the giants our allies?" Asked a smiling king Jude who Natsume just glared at but he spoke
"My journey was fine and the outcome is the giants said they will become our ally once i am on the throne" Said Natsume with bitter in his voice. King Jude then noticed that Natsume was holding someone's hand and when he saw a young girl behind Natsume he wondered could this be Mikan?
"Oh i didn't notice you were with someone Natsume would you mind introducing me?" He asked as regal as he could
"This is Mikan Sakura Uncle" Replied Natsume as polite as he could king Jude's suspicion was correct
"It is nice to meet you you're majesty" Answered Mikan in her nicest voice whilst curtsying but king Jude decided to test this spell out and before she could stand up by herself Jude ordered "Stand up" at which Mikan stood up rather fast that Natsume didn't know what happened .
"May i ask where you are taking her Natsume, seeing as you have just come out from that corridor?" Stated King Jude with a small giggle as to what he just saw Mikan do and now he knew that the rumours he heard about her were true
"I was taking her to the library" Stated Natsume before his uncle got any ideas but Jude thought of one more test just to confirm that she really will do as she is commanded
"Very well then hop to it" And with that Mikan started hopping in the direction of the library whilst saying good by to King Jude as he just stood their and watched her while Natsume ran to catch up with her and whispered "Stop" in her ear so she stopped and they carried on walking towards the Library whilst talking about what just happened.
King Jude on the other hand went from smiley nice guy to serious, scary guy as Roman just turned his snake head and said
"I sssssaid she wassss interssssssting." After Roman said that King Jude with roman around his neck followed Natsume and Mikan.