Owkaaayyy so some guys threw question with their reviews and I feel so responsible to answer them. First: Is Mikan Preggy? I don't know Whahhaahha! ^_ Next: what's the place where they will meet Aoi? Ahmm… it's below. Then: Have Mikan met Aoi before? Okay, lemme give yah some background on this. She did. She just forgot. The details will be given on the next chapters…and, if is it really Natsume? Well… let's see in here. Better have your guesses right or he'll burn you whahahhahahaha!

I'm sorry. I can't give you sensible answers since I think… Narumi-san possessed me. LOL

Another info: There's an asterisked name there. If you're from the Philippines, you'll be familiar but then I'll still give some of her vital background. That girl is a former matinee idol and married one of the most handsome guys in their times. They're so lovely to look at and the mass loved them since they're love-teams and they really got this chemistry. But then, after some years, a sad news broke… they got separated. When the girl was asked on an interview, she just cried and cried and cried and told the media to 'just ask him'. This actress is now happily married to another guy with cute twins. But that guy, her former husband, after so many years came back and was casted as one of the housemates in Big Brother's house. It was a blast really! Inside there, he confessed that he is… gay.

So that's the reason why the girl was so 'broken-hearted'. SO here's chapter 3! ENJOY GUYS!


CHAPTER 3

Predicaments


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My blood's rushing to my head. I want to think that I'm hallucinating but no—no matter how many times I blink, like a superficial being that keeps popping in front of me—the figure of a female Natsume Hyuuga never disappeared. I tried to calm down, gripping the chair hard.

Oh my God, what happened? Natsume turned into a girl? Is he gay? Did he let me in first so he can change clothes and confess to me? I felt my breathing heavy. What if it's really Natsume!

Then the girl, as if she heard my thoughts, turned to face my direction. "MIKAN CHAAAANNN!" she exclaimed, and then ran to me for a hug. Oh my dear God, I think I'll have a nervous breakdown.

"Na-nat—natsume—?" it was all I can voice out. She laughed at me—a tummy-hurting laugh. What's wrong with this person?

"Nii-chan's right! You're stupid! Whahahahahahaah!" she laughed out loud. "If Natsume becomes gay then the gods must be crazy! Whahahahhah!"

My blood rushed to my head, but I contain the pressure. "Nii-sama? …said I'm what?"

"Oh never mind!" she paused to kiss both of my cheeks. "I'm not Natsume! My God, I just look like him, but I'm totally a normal creature, okay? I'm not that abnormal, austistic, mongoloid bastard." She said, and then laughed again.

"But you forgot to mention that you're stupid too…" Reddie's voice popped out just beside me. My brain stabled for a while when I saw him still dressed as a guy. I was starting to think that the reason he's so mad with Narumi-sensei is because Naru can dress up like a girl and he cannot. I let out the is-he-gay-stress out in a heavy sigh, thankful that I was saved from being another *Carmina Villaruel.

He stood much closer to me and leaned casually near my ear. "So you think I was her!" his tone was a little pissed, but calm.

I want to laugh, partly for my super weird imagination and partly for my own stupidity. "You can't blame me! You look totally alike!" I hissed back.

"How can you still think of me as gay after all those kisses and nigh—"

"Owkay! Owkay!" I snapped because I'm blushing already. "Fine, you're not gay!" This is not the right place for that kind of subjects! Argggh this bastard really!

"Onii-chan!" the girl exclaimed in excitement, jumped and hugged Natsume. He returned the hug and smiled a genuine smile. "I missed you so much! You've grown so old and ugly!"

"Shut up." He retorted. God, this is how they greet each other? "By the way, in the name of formalities, Aoi," he paused, "…meet my wife, Mikan. Mikan, she's Aoi."

Aoi-chan embraced me again. "You didn't remember me, Mikan-chan? I'm that girl who escaped through your bedroom window in Italy, don't you still recall? Three years ago?" she kept talking while we took our seats.

Italy? Wait. Am I having Alzheimer's? Uhmmmmmmmmmm… YEAH! She's that girl! But wait, aren't she an Igarashi? "Wait, you guys are siblings?" they nodded. "How come? You're… Hyuuga…" I pointed at Natsume, "and you're an Igarashi, right?"

"Right!" Aoi enthusiastically answered. The waiters started to serve the foods which happened to be pasta. Yeah, I should've known since this is Roberto's place, an Italian restaurant. Natsume oftens order take-out meals here. "I'm using my mom's family name, he's using dad's. That's some kind of a family… stuff."

"Oh…" was all I can utter. I'm not surprised since I grew up using grandpa's surname which is Sakura. "But if I can remember… your grandmother is the Italian hostess of the party… so…"

"Bingo! We're partly Italians! You didn't know until now?"

I shook my head since I can't speak with my mouth full of pizza. Uhm yummy. But I'm gonna make Natsume sit on an electrocution chair later because he's got so many things to tell me. For God's sake, I'm married to him for almost a year already and I didn't know anything about his heritage?

What if he's from a family with barren history? That means that I'm not going to have cute children! Or Lunatic history? I think I'm gonna faint. I can't think of a bunch of kids hitting each other and suddenly laughing and crying for no reason. Oh dear, I'm gonna strangle him!

"And you really thought I was Natsume's mistress! You're funny!"

"I'm sorry about that. I didn't know that he's got a sister." I glared at his direction.

She took a bite on her pizza and waved a hand, "That's alright. Nobody knows that we're siblings." She said. Natsume just kept eating while we do the talking, and I think he's not planning to help me with his sister's blabbers.

"What? I mean, you totally look alike, and nobody…? That doesn't make sense to me."

"I'll enlighten you…" she started, "You know Natsume used to have this weird power and many are after it…" I nodded. "It wasn't new to us, our family, since we have alice-bearers with strong powers like Natsume. So what they did is use different family names for each child. My mom used Igarashi, from my grandfather, while Tono used Akiyoshi from my great-grandfather. Natsume was given the surname Hyuuga from my father, while inherited my mother's. Still, we grew to be siblings."

"It was for your protection, then…" I muttered, and she nodded.

"It's was normal for us not to mention anything about family backgrounds, so don't be mad at him." She told me.

"So anyone who gets acquainted with you guys usually knows nothing. Wow."

She laughed first, "Some of them used to have ideas…"

"What's with the 'used to' stuff?" I asked, curious.

She leaned towards me then whispered, "I erase that part of their memory…" then she winked.

"Erase!" I felt scared of course.

"Uh-huh, that's my ability. You know the Igarashi's can process memories. I don't have the ability that was as good as my mom but I can seal people's memory if necessary. My other alice exploded a long time ago, which was the blue version of Natsume's alice." I nodded again. It was all I can do by now as I digest the facts that I take in. "So I see Natsume was a real bastard not to mention anything like these before?" she laughed softly.

"Yeah. Everything' so sudden to discuss other stuffs. Our marriage was a whirlwind." I laughed too.

"They forced me to marry her." Reddie butted-in.

I glared at him. "They forced me too. Don't act like you're the only one who disliked the idea, bastard!"

Aoi giggled. "Sometimes, unplanned events are the sure ones that happen, and last long." She said.

"Are you guys close with each other? I haven't seen you before with him—"

"Yes we are! He's the good big brother and I'm the naughty little sister." Then she laughed, I bet she remembers the good old days with him. "We've been raised together and our seclusion to the outside world made us closer since we only have each other. We only separated when he went to the advanced alice schooling in North Pole. We haven't seen each other often since I've been busy studying Architecture, but I didn't finish it but shifted to Culinary Arts instead. Natsume studied Engineering, then later, Computer Science and his Master's degrees. The last time I met him was when I went to France after visiting my grannies in Italy. Then I went to States again, and then I was busy traveling to world, and then I just heard, from the news, that he got married."

"Oh." I was speechless again. Aoi's quiet a talker and I have to at least give some more seconds to my brain to insert it all. North Pole, Architechture, Culinary arts, Engineering, Computer Science, Master's Degrees, France, Italy… "I'm really happy that you turned out to be my sister-in-law! I thought Onii-chan's gonna grow old, just staring at your old photo—"

And from under the table, I heard a loud thud. She paused, throwing Natsume a bitchy glare. "What!" she asked annoyingly and teasingly at the same time. I noticed Natsume's also giving her a malicious glare as if threatening her. Then Aoi let out a loud laughter as if enjoying a joke inside her head. She looks like a crazy lady but Natsume looks like a… well, tomato. "So you never told her about that little girl's picture that you're keeping in your wallet up until now? Man, I can't believe that that so-called 'destiny' is real!"

I really don't get it, but I do feel that I'm still a part of this conversation. "Little girl?" I asked, actually to both of them but I gave Natsume a nudge on his waist.

"Yeah!" Aoi clapped. "Your picture way back when you're a little girl!"

"Huh?" Why would Reddie have a little-girl-photo of me? I turned to my head to Natsume's direction but he just shot me a dismissive look.

"The photo your mom sent my mom, he stole it—"

"No I didn't. I just forgot to give it back?" Natsume reasoned defensively, obviously blushing.

"Wuuuueeeehhh?" Aoi teased.

"Actually I forgot that it's in my possession—"

"Wuuuueeeehhh?" Aoi teased again, putting up a troll face that I usually see on Facebook recently, making me chuckle. I'm glad I'm not chewing the food or it'll be out of my mouth in a blast.

"I didn't even know that she's that girl!" Natsume retorted, pissed. Aoi seems to enjoy his reaction as she laughs her stomach out. "All I can remember is that you farted while dancing your first dance with your crush way back in junior high…"

Aoi's laughter became a grimace and her grip on the knife tightened. "I also remember that Comic con fest where you cosplayed Iron Man. It was awesome, really nii-chan, but what happened? You forgot the screws and the whole awesome costume collapsed and revealed you in your briefs!" then we really laughed with that! Wow, that really happened? Whahahahha .

"That freaking Imai stole my screws on the way." He rolled his eye angrily. What's with this guy? Can't he just enjoy recollecting memories? "Well, Aoi…" he paused to look at her, "Do you remember that two-in-the-morning when you ran home crying because you peed on your friend's bed during her slumber party?"

The change of expression on their faces was so sudden, I'm getting confused if I will laugh at Natsume or at Aoi.

"I think I remember that banquet when you were wearing white pants and there's a yellow-brownish stain on your ass!" Aoi hissed 'ass' like a snake ready to bite her brother.

"That's the curry someone spilled on my seat, but that chocolate you drank which is not chocolate at all but a plant fertilizer made of cow's feces is a different story." Reddie riposted, making Aoi's face green and spit out the contents of her mouth.

"Well I will show Mikan your video parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller!"

"How about me, posting your picture on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr when you used mom's clothes and put those crazy make-up that you looked like a gay Steven Tyler?"

Aoi hissed, "Or those bald-like-gramps photos, nii-chan?" WHAHAHAHH! I just can't imagine Natsume without his hair! He must've looked like a grumpy Professor X.

"How about your video when you're singing a Britney hit like a dying cat?"

"If I sing like a dying cat, well you dance like an epileptic crab!" the girl retorted.

Oh dear. I'm starting to have an ear-ache and a headache with these two, plus a stomachache since I've been trying to control myself from laughing out loud. I try to stop them but their list of predicaments and humiliating moments seems like winning entries in Guinness that it went on and on until they forgot that I'm with them. I was even waving a hand at them but like I said, they never noticed me anymore. I'll just keep quiet here and continue thanking God that Hotaru's not here to join-in with my own list of paint-my-face-red list of humiliation.

But then, as if to save me from my near-to-invisibility state right now, Hotaru—the lost girl of the past two weeks—called. I got up and excused myself to the siblings who are busy recalling their beloved, embarrassing moments.

"Hey—"

"Mikan, I need your help." She sounded dead serious.

"Are you crying?" I asked her since I can hear sobs in between her words.

"Just come. We're at the Alice Hospital." She answered, almost inaudibly.

"Hospital?" I panicked at the word.

"Hurry…" she said and hung up.


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