Me: The room is hot, it feels like someone is conspiring something against me.
Achoo – someone is talking about me and I think I know who's behind all this.
Hotaru: Seems like you are not as stupid as I thought you would be. Oh well, I guess I will be nice to you since you are giving me so much rabbits in the storyline.
Me: Thanks Hotaru.
Hotaru: Now…keeping my promise. (Takes out Baka Gun and aims it randomly at a tree outside. It hit its target and the person falls from the tree…it's Natsume.)
Me: I have a feeling he's gonna come back for more revenge. SighPLEASE REVIEW!
Chapter 2 – Narumi's Black-mailing and Hotaru's TorturingHowever, Kokoroyomi had read both of their mind and said "Sensei…Hotaru-san and Mikan-san are really good at singing, they even won a singing competition at their home town."
Everyone was relieved that they weren't picked and instead, they all stared at the two girls in question.
Both of them gave Koko a murderous look. If looks can kill he would be dead by now.
Hotaru took out her Baka Gun and aimed it at Koko and shot him numerous of times until he collapsed on the floor.
Hotaru was still going to shoot him even though Koko was about to fall unconscious.
"Stop Hotaru…he's going to die if you hit him one more time."Mikan looked at Hotaru pleadingly. Everyone sweat dropped…after all, it was a bit of an exaggeration.
Hotaru decided to put away the lethal weapon. (Isn't that the name of a movie?)
"Well, Mikan-chan, Hotaru-chan, would you like to do it?" asked Narumi-sensei, desperately wanting someone to do it to save him from Jin Jin's moral lesson of how "You should have prepared it earlier, being a teacher you should learn to be more responsible and organized" and so on and so forth. (So that explains why he looked a bit distressed.)
The two girls both stood up at the same time and started walking towards the door in unison.
"No…we absolutely and 100 refuse to do it!" (Wow…they agree on something for once.) They both said at the same time and Hotaru was about to turn the doorknob to walk out when…
"The school will give you 5,000 rabbits each if you do it!" it was Narumi-sensei's desperate attempt.
Hotaru stopped in her tracks, turned around and answered,"Okay, as long as you have the money"as the Rabbit signs formed in her eyes.
"Hey Hotaru, don't answer for me. I am not going to surrender for money," Mikan said stubbornly and continued to walk out but then stopped to continue her half-left speech, "I am not going to embarrass myself by singing one of the most difficult songs in the world for money, even though I might for Howalons but still…"
Everyone sweat dropped at this random comment…except for Hotaru, it was expected because Mikan was her friend after all, Mikan must have got this trait from her best friend. (They can now see the similarity of the two girls – they both have a weakness for material goods such as food but Hotaru just happens to have one for money as well as food.)
"No…I wouldn't do it…even for Howalons!" she seemed to have decided against what she had just said."Hotaru, I can still remember the last time when you have convinced me to do something like this, actually it was more like black-mailing me but still, you made me ask our old Homeroom teacher out on a date…without telling me what a date is!"
She earned blank looks from her classmates.
"Little girl, it is not anyone's fault that you are so naïve."
"And it is not my fault either, if you have no weaknesses then I wouldn't be able to blackmail you."
"Hotaru, you know Ji-chan would kill me if he finds out that I have failed in all my exams…and Natsume…" she then turned her gaze from Hotaru and directed it at Natsume.
"It was her fault for telling me that a date is the same thing as going on a school trip together!"Several people tried desperately not to laugh but they it didn't work, even Natsume is having difficulty with trying to stifle the threatening and contagious laughter. Narumi has forgotten about his own worries and laughed along with his class.
"It's not funny. I was suspended for a week and I was told off by the Headmaster for harassing the sensei." It didn't help, if anything, the laughter only got louder.
Hotaru shot Mikan a death glare (you know the one where there is a star at the corner of the eyes.)
"It is not my fault that you are such a Baka, do it or I'll shoot you!" Hotaru said, pointing to her Baka Gun, only Mikan found out that it was upgraded into a Baka Canon, much stronger than the Baka Gun.
Everyone in the class looked at the two in amusement, they are surprised at their little drama and were sweat dropping vigorously at how easily Hotaru can be persuaded by money.
"I am not going to embarrass myself even if I do get hit by that thing," said Mikan, refusing to give in.
"Fine, you asked for it." Hotaru was about to aim the Baka Canon at her when the voice of Narumi-sensei disrupted them.
"Mikan-Chan, if you don't do it then I will lower your star ranking," he said with a malicious look.
Mikan looked slightly uncomfortable now; she didn't want to go back to a no star.
"You can't do that, you won't, will you?" she gave him a questioning look.
"I'm your teacher, I can easily change your star rank." He replied. Everyone sweat dropped at how evil he can be.
"Fine, I will do it." Mikan replied, depressed – well, she didn't exactly have a choice, did she?
"I want you two to practice in front of the class to see if they agree on whether you two are good enough or not."
The two girls walked to the front of the class, next to the piano where Narumi-sensei was about to start playing the song.
Mikan gulped, she was nervous. "Okay, on one condition, if I go wrong, you guys can't laugh at me," she said whilst looking at her classmates.
"Don't worry strawberries, you can't embarrass yourself any further anyway so you have nothing to lose."
Mikan was about to launch herself at him and start attacking him when Hotaru placed her hand on Mikan's shoulder and said, "Come on Mikan, stop wasting your time."
Mikan cleared her throat and the tune started playing. (Can't be bothered to find a suitable song…let's just say it is My Heart will go on, which is pretty hard to sing.)
They both start to sing. Mikan closed her eyes so that she won't be able to see the expressions that her classmates are giving her, it will just put her off and she might end up having stage fright. The two performed a perfect harmony together leaving their class speechless, their singing awed everyone. Everyone's mouth formed an "o" shape. Even Natsume was amazed by their singing even though he didn't show it.
Mikan opened her eyes slowly and felt awkward by the silence her classmates gave her…were we that bad?
The whole class started clapping and cheering for them, distracting her from her thoughts.
"I guess they like your singing, Mikan-chan, Hotaru-chan." Narumi-sensei said as he smiled at the two.
The bell then rang and everyone hurried out of the music room.
"Guess…we will have to do it then, Hotaru." In her mind she thought of how she should have sang badly on purpose just so that she wouldn't have to sing at the ending ceremony…but then her classmates would have laughed at her and Hotaru would have killed her.
"Yes, and if you don't I will always have ways to make you do it." Her best friend said whilstpatting the Baka Gun in her pocket in a blackmailing gesture. I am going to be rich with the singing competition price and the 5,000 rabbits from Narumi-sensei. Even though she wasn't sure she was going to win the competition yet. (A bit arrogant now, isn't she?)
Ruka and Natsume"Sakura and Imai are good at singing, don't you think?"
"Un…hmph,"
Ruka was surprised…"Was that a yes, Natsume?"
"Whatever" and they continued to walk in silence.
The End of Chapter 2
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