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Every time I find a key to happiness, someone changes the lock...

If there was a certain reason on why Natsume would go to the mall, it would be because he was bored and couldn't get enough sleep or probably just wanting to get out of Hotaru's sight. She was annoyed because every time that he would meet Mikan Yukihara, a canon seemed to always blow up. He should have brought Ruka there though. He could only walk around or go to a bookstore to read some mangas. He thought of trying to read some normal books or novels but he found those boring without pictures.

He rest on a bench nearby a shoe store. He lifted his arms up to rest it behind his head when he noticed the gold band on his finger. He remembered his sister, Aoi.

That day, he remembered his mom, Kaoru. He remembered how beautiful she was, even when she was lying there on her coffin. He remembered how much he cried because he was only nine years old that time when he got the news that his mom had passed away. He remembered Aoi, his sister, who was always there for him as their father almost got drowned by depression and sorrow. He remembered that day, after the burial when Aoi gave him a gift. It was a gold ring with a ruby gem on the middle and little diamonds around it. It was pretty big for his finger that time that he just made it as a pendant for his necklace. They both liked how it looked like.

But Aoi was gone too. Just like how their mom passed away and left them with nothing to hold, except from memories.

Natsume was playing with his ring when he felt his eyes moistened and he then leaned back and stared at the high ceiling. His head whirled at the front when he felt his ring slip away from his fingers. It rolled on the ground, a few feet away from and he was about to pick it up when some guy snatched it first. His eyes widened in surprise and it was replaced by raging fire. He sprinted down the area and chased the guy. The robber was pretty fast for his own good but Natsume's training and lessons in dancing built him a strong stamina and he was thankful for that.

They were both shoving people out of the way and soon the security should be noticing the commotion. He saw the guy pulled a random person to block his way but he evaded the person. And instead, he collided with a girl.

He instinctively put his arms around the girl to prevent her from experiencing any pain at her back. He groaned as his arms hit the marbled floor. He smelled strawberries and he could almost swear that it was familiar. He then remembered that he was chasing someone and he got up. But that move was the most awkwardest thing he'd ever done in his life.

He just realized that he was on top of Mikan Yukihara. Definitely someone who wanted to strangle his neck until he threw up rainbow blood.

"YOU AGAIN!"

"YOU AGAIN!"

They both shouted in sync. Natsume believed that he was really a black cat since he always seemed to have a bad luck these days.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me," he cursed out loud. He then remembered about the robber. His head snapped to the other direction as he quickly stood up. Now that he was standing up, he could see everything on the floor. Especially how awkward Mikan was half-lying on the ground and how her polka-dotted underwear came to view.

"We're even now... Polka-Dots," he smirked at her and ran off.

He already had a good distance from her but he heard her scream, probably cursing him to death. But now his first priority was to catch the damn robber who snatched his sister's only memento for him. He turned right sharply and was already out of breath. He then used the corner and outran the guy and did a back flip. Who knew that those dance lessons were much convenient that he thought it would be?

"Give it back!" He demanded the robber. The guy was sweating furiously as he didn't expect Natsume to be a damn fast runner. He raised his fist in the air and was about to throw the ring in the pond when a high-heeled sandal came flying right at the guy's head. Natsume's eyes grew big as the guy fell face-plant on the floor. He looked at the direction where the sandal came from and he was sure that he was only dreaming.

Mikan Yukihara stood there, smirking.

"Thought I wouldn't catch up to you, huh? Ice-boy?"

The guy scrambled on his feet and looked at Natsume before getting on his feet and run away.

"Look, what you did, Polka-Dots," Natsume hissed, glaring at her from their distance.

Mikan switched to her impassive expression as she walked towards Natsume. She then picked up her high-heeled sandal and tilted her head on the side. "Shouldn't you be grateful that I helped you?"

"I also don't give a shit about gratefulness like you do," Natsume spat. He then rushed towards the little pond where he saw his ring flew. It was already too late when he saw it being thrown by the stupid bastard. He knew that it was his only option since he would be caught by the cops if he had the ring when Natsume caught him himself.

"What did the baldy steal from you?" Mikan asked, her tone was not out of curiosity or concern but more of a smugness. She felt like Natsume deserved that since he was being an ass to her ever since after the dance contest and it was getting on her nerves already.

"None of your damn business."

Mikan then sat on the side of the pond as she watched Natsume take off his sneakers and pull his pants up to his knees. She'd never seen Natsume acting like he was nuts, ready to plunge his feet to the water in the pond. This was gonna be a reason why the security guard would have to catch them. Mikan sighed.

"If you're not going to talk then fine." But Mikan wasn't really thinking of being quiet. Natsume bumped to her and never said sorry and he also saw her underwear so no matter what happened, she would get revenge.

She looked at him as he searched for something she didn't really know what that was. She remained indifferent and she knew that Natsume was starting to get annoyed by her presence. She then started mumbling stuff that almost made Natsume's nerves pop.

"A wanna-be searching for his boxer in the pond. That's because he doesn't pull up his pants and thinks he's cool. Natsume Hyuuga almost got his pants stripped when he was doing his one of his "killer" moves. Yup, it definitely killed his pride considering that Tsubasa was dying because of lack of air that day of the practice. Tsk, tsk, tsk. That Hyuuga is better off with pants on the ground."

"Would you just shut up?" Natsume snarled. If it was possible, steam would probably come out of his ears because of the shameful things that Mikan was saying.

"We're in America, Hyuuga. Freedom of speech?" Mikan rolled her eyes.

"Those rules don't exist for me," Natsume retorted back.

"No wonder why you're failing History class," Mikan snorted.

Natsume stood up, already fed up with their useless bantering. He sighed deeply and looked at Mikan directly. "Do you know that you're annoying as hell?"

"Trust me, I find you irritating like a gum stuck on my shoe," Mikan countered back.

"Then stop talking," Natsume said as he went back to looking for his ring. Mikan shook her head and looked at the pond. She wondered what he was looking for since it was obvious that he wouldn't be able to find it because of the coins in the pond. She then took off both of her high-heels and pushed back the sleeves of her shirt up to her elbow. She went into the water and Natsume looked at her when he heard the splashing of water. She then began to look blindly since she didn't even know what to look for but she was just going to looking for something odd in the water.

"You don't even know what you're looking for," Natsume grunted.

"My instincts are better than what you think."

"Tch."

Together they looked for it and 20 minutes had already passed and Mikan remembered that her friends were in the food court, probably looking for her. She stood up and looked for her phone in her short's pocket. She sent her a text message saying that she would like to stay a bit longer and that she would just take a cab later. She then went back to looking.

"If you tell me what I'm supposed to look for then it's going to be easier, dumbass," Mikan said.

There was a silence before Natsume answered, "A ring."

Mikan looked at Natsume who looked indifferent but in his eyes, she saw how worried he was. She then looked down again in the water and stare at the light reflecting it. She then saw the oddest shine near a small rock. She bent on her knees and took a closer look at it and she picked it up. She saw a gold ring with ruby gem on it. She got excited all of a sudden but she contained it inside her as she stopped chewing her gum.

"I think I found it," Mikan declared. Natsume then rushed to her and saw what was on her hand. He was about to grab it when Mikan raised her hand up high.

"Nah-uh. You can't just take it. You have to say 'sorry' and 'thank you' first," Mikan said. The fact that she was not showing any emotions could almost fool Natsume into thinking that she really didn't care at all. But he knew that she was messing with him again. The ring was important to him though, and the fact that he was about to get his ass handed down to this little witch in front of him was the most humiliating thing he'd ever done in his life.

"Okay, Yukihara. Sorry for earlier," Natsume said quietly.

Mikan cupped her right ear and leaned forward. "Huh? I can't hear you."

Natsume's patience was surely thinning and it took him a lot of effort not to hit the girl. He then inhaled and exhaled to calm his burning nerves and said it again, "I said I'm sorry for earlier and thank you for finding it."

Mikan then smirked and gave him the ring without touching his hand. She then said, "Good kitty."

Natsume glared at her and was about to get out of the water when Mikan raced to him first and then she saw the security guards at the corner. "I think we have a problem."

Natsume looked back and saw the guards too. Meanwhile, Mikan spat out her gum and stick it to Natsume's sneaker. She then laughed quietly and went back to being emotionless as Natsume averted his attention to her again. She then asked, "What's that ring for anyways?"

The lad got out of the water and fixed his pants. He then replied, "My sister's memento."

Mikan almost felt bad for him. Almost, but not quite. She then saw him getting his sneakers and she knew that it was her time to run. She grinned and waved at him, "Bye!" Before Natsume could even respond to that, he didn't know why was his pair of sneakers seemed to be glued to each other. He then pulled it apart and saw the disgusting pink, stretching thing. He shook in rage but he knew he had to get away from there before the guard catch up with him. But he promised one thing before sprinting out of the area.

"I'm gonna get you, Yukihara."

"If you mess with Natsume, unexpected things might happen you know," Nobara said with a hint of warning on the tip of her tongue. She whirled her straw around and took a sip of her chocolate shake.

"Like what? Like him being the most humiliated student in the campus? I don't mind," Mikan deadpanned.

Nobara looked away and shook her head. She then averted her eyes to Mikan and changed the topic. "Have you contacted Ralph yet?"

Mikan's smugness was gone in an instant. She looked at the green grass around her, the students playing soccer in the far left side of the hills, the sun beating down on the roofs of the greenhouse near the school dormitory, the birds flying around as the other students were sitting on the benches like her and Nobara. This scenery reminded her of the exact opposite feeling when she first came to the Alice Academy. She remembered how she used to sit alone on one of the benches and watch the cherry blossoms bloomed.

How her life changed after meeting the DarkFallenAngels was definitely not what she was expecting. A lot of things happened and now that she thought about it, Ralph played a very big part of her life. When he left, he also took her heart with him and now she felt empty. If it weren't for her friends, she would have been already sunk in her own depression that might ruin her life again. And she would have been the girl four years ago, the one who wouldn't smile or feel any happiness in her life.

"Earth to Mikan?" Nobara waved her hand in front of the brunette's face. She blinked dazedly and she looked at Nobara.

"What?"

Nobara sighed and gave up. "You know what, never mind. I think you really need food right now."

Mikan smiled and grabbed her things. She stood up from her seat as Nobara jumped on the ground, landing with a thud. "Where's the others anyways?"

Nobara tilted her head sideways and she pointed at the group of guys who were playing soccer. "Craig, Satoshi, and Tsubasa are there. Misaki and Leanne went to buy some drinks."

The brown-eyed lass then started walking towards the field. All of a sudden a swirling round thing came towards her. Adrenaline rushed through her and she stepped aside just an inch away from the soccer ball that went flying towards the ground and bounced up and down. She turned sharply towards the direction where it went and she could hear Nobara shouting if she was okay. For that moment, her heart was racing erratically fast that she could actually hear the beating in her ears and she was thankful that she evaded it just in time or she would have a big bruise or she could have fainted on the spot.

"ARE YOU OKAY MIKAN?" Tsubasa shouted. He ran towards her and when he was near her, she raised her arm and whacked him on the head.

"OUCH!"

"Ouch? You freaking douchebag! I almost got hit by that freaking ball!"

Tsubasa looked enraged for a moment before masking a confused face. He then proceeded to his defensive state. "I didn't kick it! I just saw it flying towards you and then before I knew it, it almost hit you!"

"Yeah sure," Mikan rolled her eyes. The other team members were already starting to gather up just to make sure Mikan was okay and some of them were only trying to see what was the commotion about. "You're playing soccer, Tsubasa."

"We're not the only ones!" Tsubasa tried to defend himself.

"Who else then, huh?" Mikan asked.

"Did you see our ball, Polka-dots?" a familiar voice asked.

All of a sudden, the crowd got silent and if possible, they could probably already see how Mikan's face immediately turned redder than she was already. She looked really pissed alright.

"You were the one who kicked that ball?" Mikan asked in a freakishly calm voice.

Natsume came out of the mob looking indifferent as Tsubasa looked like he was ready to lunge to Natsume and probably punch the daylights out of him. But Mikan took a step backward. Another one while grabbing the soccer ball. And another one, until she was a good few yards away from Natsume. She then threw the ball up to the air as everyone's eyes watch the scene that was playing before their eyes. The ball was then pulled by gravity and Mikan's foot kissed it and it went spinning straight to a certain someone.

A dead silence ensued. Tsubasa's eyes widened and his mouth was gaping like a fish. Nobara who was farther away from them was clamping her mouth in surprise. Leanne and Misaki who just came out of the cafeteria had already dropped their drinks on the ground, frozen on the ground like Satoshi and Craig who were on the field. Everyone was shocked, flabbergasted, dumbfounded. They couldn't find any words to describe what just happened.

Natsume who was looking all impassive just a few seconds ago was on the ground, clutching his face in pain after receiving that hurtful kick from the famous Yukihara. The ball bounced from his face and bounced on the ground before reaching the goal. The one who was supposed to block couldn't even talk after what just happened.

"That's a goal for me," Mikan smirked. She then walked away and went inside the school building leaving Natsume who was having a major nose bleeding with Ruka and Koko who just started rushing to his side. And the whole crowd who just stared in awe and pure admiration at Mikan.

"You're an idiot for going against Mikan," Ruka said with a straight face.

"No, duh! The girl just kicked a soccer ball and almost broke his face!" Koko pointed at Natsume's red face who also had a tissue in his nose to prevent it from bleeding more.

"Shut the fuck up, Yome," Natsume hissed.

Koko clamped his mouth and moved away from Natsume who was sitting on his bed in their dormitory. "Ohhh! Somebody is pissed."

"Don't add more fuel on the fire, Koko," Ruka warned him with a stare. Koko saluted him and said, "Yes, boss."

"Looks like you got really beat up this time, Natsume," Kitsu appeared from the doorway. Natsume gave him a death glare and he almost cowered in fear except that Natsume didn't look that scary with that stuffed nose he had. Literally.

"Can you just all shut up and get out," Natsume said in a dangerous tone. Too bad that all of them were already immune to it. Ruka threw an ice pack to him and Natsume put it on his nose as he laid down on his bed.

"Seriously, what did you do that Mikan seems to hate you more than ever?" Ruka asked, seemingly tired from all of this ruckus.

"I would tell you if I know."

"What? She just suddenly attacks you?" Koko asked, confused. "Maybe she still hasn't forgiven you for what happened..."

"Koko," Ruka and Kitsu both said in sync. They were warning him to stop because they all knew how sensitive the topic was since it was the root of all of what happened.

"Just leave me alone," Natsume said, closing his eyes in exhaustion.

"Well, she's going to just continue hating you and she would probably do something more horrendous than this," Ruka said, stating the possibility that Natsume had been thinking about.

"I know."

"Then what are you going to do about it?" Kitsu asked.

Natsume was quiet for a fraction of second before replying, "You'll see." Ruka would have been already relieved if he didn't say anything at all because that smirk on Natsume's face always brought bad luck and would probably cause more things to happen.

"You hurt him pretty badly you know," Tsubasa chuckled as he walked along the other members of the UH10 in the hallways to their first period class. Mikan was of course at the center with Nobara.

"I think I hurt him mentally and not physically," Mikan replied.

"He's bleeding, Mikan," Leanne stated that fact with widened eyes.

"Blood is just associated with the word painful," Craig continued.

They were talking about what happened yesterday in that field and they were pretty darn amazed at how Mikan confidently stroke the ball with her foot and kicked Natsume's ass. More like face.

"I heard he almost fainted," Nobara added, looking kinda worried.

"C'mon. He deserves it. I believe that you would love to kick his ass for me if it happened that his soccer ball had hit me," Mikan said with certainty in her voice.

"I'll gladly smash his face for you," Tsubasa said quickly with a big grin on his goofy face.

"Yo, what's going on there?" Misaki pointed at the group pf students who were gathering outside their first period class and they looked like they were staring at a feast that would only come once in a blue moon. Tsubasa was the first one to run towards the commotion and he went inside the classroom. He came back after a minute with blood drained from his face as he pointed mutely to the classroom. Mikan scrunched her eyebrows together and wondered what in the seven heck just happened to Tsubasa. She pushed through the crowd, even though most of them automatically gave her way. She then entered the classroom as Tsubasa stayed by her side.

Her eyes turned fiery red as anger took over her body. Her fists were clenched by her sides and she tried to control and contain her anger but it was impossible because of what was staring before her eyes.

Her desk was filled with writings of "Polka-Dots" on it and "This girl is a little devil" with a picture of her that was cut out from a magazine. And what angered her was not that. But a freaking underwear that was painted with black polka dots on it that was hanging on her desk. Oh, and did I tell you that her desk was hanging from the ceiling at the center of the classroom? Their teacher was unbelievably frozen on the ground too.

"Holy fucking shit. That bastard's gonna pay."

OMFG! Now what's this? ! They already declared a war to each other :O Now what's gonna happen to Mikan and Natsume? And what's going to be the effects of it on the people around them? And most of you are probably wondering when is Ralph coming back. You'll know soon :D Find out more in the next chapter!

-CrimsonHazelEyes