Author's Note- Hello, I finally wrote this chapter (all over again because my computer broke down and I had to retype this…) I'm so stressed because so many things are happening in my life right now.. SO yeah… Sorry if I don't update in periods of time… I go write when I need to escape from reality sometimes so yeah…
Anyways… This is dedicated to everyone that reviewed, favorited this story or/and me, and put this story on story alert. You people rock my world because I never thought I'd be a writer for Fan fiction things.
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The perfect family image…
A handsome young man with raven locks and brooding red eyes that dared anyone one to disturb them, was walking at the front as a dazzling brunette with a gentle smile and her long cascading light brown hair was being teased by the wind was walking behind him while holding into her 'son's' hand.
Mikan had a motherly presence to our young boy at the ripe age of 8 years old who had gleaming emerald eyes and silky gray colored hair. The two were walking behind Natsume, as Youchii kept a grip on his 'mother's' hand as if he was making sure that she existed.
Of course Mikan was surprised, but was happy that Youchii had finally opened up to her after all these years that have past by the two of them.
Death glares were thrown from all directions as the three walked over to the cafeteria. Fan girls were burning with rage as they saw their Natsume with Mikan. With fan boys, they were angrily thinking of all the ways to kill Natsume for being with their precious Mikan.
As the trio sat at an empty table with only four seats, the brunette began to speak in her soprano light voice.
"Youchii, want do you want to eat?" Mikan asked the boy with green eyes.
"I don't know… Mommy pick for me?" Youchii asked Mikan with puppy dog eyes that were too cute to say no to.
Natsume snickered at the scene, "Yeah… Have polka pick your dinner and you won't be able to stand for months, Youchii."
Mikan frowned at the statement as she huffed, "That's so not true! And my name is Mikan, not polka!"
"You know it is, so stop denying it, Polka," Natsume gave her his almighty smirk.
Mikan chose to ignore since she needed all her energy to defend herself against those tiring arguments with her cousin, Masao.
"Youchii, how does spaghetti and meatballs sound?" Mikan asked her self-proclaimed son.
"Oh! Yummy!" Youchii licked his lips as Mikan smiled sweetly at him.
'Aw, he's so innocent,' she thought to herself.
She went up to go get the spaghetti and meatballs, milk, cookies, and some oranges to go along with it. Mikan effortlessly balanced two trays of food back to the table that was close to the back of the room.
"Here you go," she picked the tray in front of Youchii who began to twirl his fork in the spaghetti.
As Mikan took her first bite of spaghetti, she felt an icy presence surround her as she dropped her fork and prepared to defend her spaghetti slash cookies.
"Back off!" she playfully growled as she glared at Masao.
"Just one cookie," Masao stuck out a hand and Mikan playfully smacked it.
"No, you ate all of mine at lunch," she said.
Masao grinned as Mikan challenged him to get the cookies away from her.
"Bring it on," Mikan wagged a finger as Masao went around, trying to get to the cookies.
Masao cloned himself as Mikan huffed, "Cheater!"
Masao grinned as he said, "Not my problem if you can't…"
Mikan immediately smashed a cookie into his mouth without a second's hesitation as she hissed, "Shut up!"
Youchii seemed to get out of his trance as he made evil looking ghosts dance around Masao.
"Youchii!" chided the brunette as she started to nullify his Alice.
"But, he was bothering mommy," Youchii pouted as the ghosts slowly disappeared, but Masao didn't even know that they were there in the first place as he munched on his cousin's cookies. Wow, he's really into eating cookies…
"No, he wasn't bothering mommy… He's just being the stupid self he really is," Mikan rolled her eyes as the boy with jet black hair and warm chocolate eyes dropped his cookie, mid-bite.
"Mikan…" he drawled slowly.
"What?" Mikan asked annoyed as the temperature of the room increased rapidly because of the infamous Black Cat being mad.
"You… Have a child… That is 8 years old… And your JUST 15?!" Masao hissed as he eyes Mikan with suspicion as Mikan burst out laughing that tinkering sounding laugh.
Masao sat there and sat there… Looking at Mikan as if she was speaking Swahili.
"Wow gasps you really gasps are stupid gasps!" Mikan chortled out.
Masao cocked his head in confusion as Mikan explained, "Youchii misses his parents a lot, so Natsume and I are going to be his parents for now."
Masao nodded understandingly as he murmured in Mikan's ear, "Natsume and Mikan… Parents…"
Mikan blushed furiously as Natsume kept the temperature at 109 degrees now. Everyone, but Mikan and Masao felt it. Every normal Alice person was sweating a storm since they actually felt the heat rising.
Mikan turned to Youchii and said, "Youchii meet your Uncle Masao."
Youchii turned to face Masao and stuck out his tongue in a childish way.
"Youchii, be nice," Mikan chided as Masao sat on the seat right next to Mikan.
"Eat then get out," Mikan ordered Masao as he ate his own plate of food.
"Ugh, mean as always," Masao rolled his eyes.
"A pig like always," Mikan huffed.
"Ice-Queen."
"Glutton and that's Hotaru's job to be Ice Queen, not mine."
"Idiot."
"Stupid."
Youchii tugged on Mikan's sleeve as Mikan broke the argument with her cousin to look down at her 'son.'
"Mommy come with me?" he asked as Mikan sighed as she went up with Youchii to throw out his food and tray.
"So you're Natsume…" Masao mumbled as he eyed the man with brooding red eyes.
"What if I am?" Natsume shot back.
"Hey," Masao held up his arms in peace, "Don't be all defensive. Not like I took your girl."
Natsume blushed, but hid it with his long black bangs, "I don't like Polka."
Masao smirked, "Now, now, who are you trying to kid… Me… Or yourself?"
"I. don't. like. Polka." Natsume stated once again.
Masao sighed while rolling his eyes. He mumbled, "In denial… Go figure…"
Masao shot a look at Natsume, "I know you don't just like her… You love her… And if you do ANYTHING to her, I will grind you to a pulp and freeze you."
With that, the cousin walked away and left Natsume waiting for Mikan and Youchii.
'What does he mean?' Natsume thought as he recalled the conversation.
"Daddy…" Natsume felt a little tug at his arm because he doesn't wear long sleeve shirts.
"What is it?" he asked as he looked at the boy with sparkling emerald eyes.
"Tomorrow, can we go to Central Town… Please?" Youchii begged as Mikan had a sweet smile playing on her lips.
"Sure," he responded without thinking.
Youchii had a look of pure bliss as he started to yawn.
"Bed time, huh, Youchii?" Mikan asked the small kid as she picked him up and carried him as if he were a baby.
"Yes please," he leaned his head against Mikan's shoulder and fell fast asleep.
Mikan smiled as she motioned Natsume to join her.
Natsume got up and walked beside her as the two walked in silence.
"So, Natsume… How's life?" Mikan asked politely as she cradled Youchii as she glanced down at him with loving and tender eyes.
"Hn. Good, I guess," Natsume shrugged as Mikan smiled at him.
"How was America?"
"Okay, I guess… I missed everyone in Japan so I'm happy to be back," Mikan replied.
They dropped Youchii off by his dorm and Natsume led Mikan to their dorm where Masao awaiting for them.
The two entered the living room as the first thing they see in Masao reading a book on the white leather couch with gold lining.
Natsume walked to his room as Mikan went over to her cousin.
"Hey Mikan," Masao said as he handed her a cup of hot chocolate.
"Masao. You have a mission tonight, right?" Mikan sipped her hot chocolate slowly.
"What makes you say that?" Masao feigned surprise.
"Because you're still up… You never make hot chocolate or something warm for me to drink unless one of us is going on a mission or you have some bad news. Besides, I know I'm not due for another mission for at least a few days at the most," Mikan pointed out.
Masao chuckled ever so slightly, "That's so you, Mikan… Always observant. Yes, I am going on a mission because Persona made a mistake with the dates."
Mikan shook her head, "No… Persona never makes mistakes… Stop lying and tell me everything."
Masao sighed, "Fine… You won't like this though. I'm switching the dates because on the day that I'm supposed to do my mission, is when two newbies are supposed to get their first mission… The two people are Ruka and Hotaru…"
Mikan stopped mid-sip as her eyes started to water with uncontrollable tears.
"I'm sorry Mikan…" Masao said gently.
Mikan cried even harder, "They shouldn't be doing missions! I already told the headmaster I'd be taking over all their missions!"
"I'm sorry Mikan… But I have to go now…" Masao pecked her cheek a little.
"Be safe," she sniffed as Masao climbed out the window and left to find her brother.
Mikan decided to wait for Masao until he came back so she popped some popcorn and watched some comedies.
"Ha ha ha aha ha!" Mikan laughed as her petite body shook with her laughter.
Natsume while in his bedroom, could head some noises and decided to check it out. He opened his door and… He found a girl with a long flow of light brown hair laughing with a gold colored quilt wrapped around her shoulders.
"Mikan?" he tested out as he leaned against the door frame.
"Yes?" she turned around to face the man with black hair that was messed up even more from tossing and turning in his sleep.
"What are you doing up so late?" he asked as he sat down besides her.
"Stuff…" the brunette replied as she offered some popcorn to Natsume who took some and watched movies with her.
As Mikan died of laughing, she buried her head into Natsume's shoulder to muffle out her giggles. It felt so good to have a one on one time with his favorite person on earth that he didn't mind.
At last, at 1 A.M. Mikan fell asleep against Natsume's shoulder before Masao got back.
As soon as Natsume realized that, he turned off the T.V and pushed the popcorn bowl away.
He relaxed and sub-consciously placed an arm around Mikan and dozed off. The two had the best night sleep in over 3 years.
A man with black spiky hair and a white mask smiled softly to himself after witnessing the scene before vanishing into thin air as usual.
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"Mommy! Daddy!" Youchii yelled his little heart out as he scampered quickly to his two parents.
Both of them stirred a bit as they woke up on the couch. Their current position was with Natsume hugging Mikan and Mikan leaning against his shoulder.
"Youchii!" Mikan smiled warmly as she gave her 'son' a light hug and he sat on both Natsume's and Mikan's lap because they haven't gotten out of that position.
"Hn. How'd you get in?" Natsume asked the boy with sparkling green eyes.
"Uncle Masao let me in," Youchii replied happily as Masao waved to the trio.
Mikan and Natsume immediately blushed as Mikan stood straight up with Youchii in her arms.
"Breakfast is on the table," Masao said simply as Mikan looked at the buttered toast and bowl of froot loops.
"Wow…" was all that she could manage.
"Eat up, Mikan," Masao said as the brunette buried her face into his neck as she murmured, "Thanks… Sorry I didn't stay awake to see you."
Masao gently wrapped an arm around her shoulders and guided her down to sit.
"Youchii and I will be back," Masao pried Youchii off Mikan and left Natsume and Mikan with a table of food.
"Did you enjoy last night?" Natsume smirked at the still sleepy eyed brunette.
A spoon was thrown at Natsume as he dodged that.
Mikan quickly ate her half of the food and whispered in Natsume's ear, "Remember, Central Town with Youchii today."
Mikan went to the shower in her bedroom and had warm water cleanse her body.
'Why was my heart thumping so fast out there?' Mikan asked herself.
She used strawberry scented soap and rinsed it off. She put on a light summer-kind of orange tee-shirt with little strawberries drawn on the front and a pair of dark, dark jeans. Her hair was up in a high ponytail. She topped it off with white DC shoes that should've clashed, but looked good with what she's wearing.
She met Natsume in the living room. He wore a navy and dark red shirt with the Canadian flag on it with black jeans.
"Do I look okay?" she asked him with a little smile.
"Hn. You don't look as ugly," Natsume stated.
"Meanie!" Mikan said as Masao and Youchii burst through the door.
"Mommy, mommy! Mommy!" Youchii ran up to Mikan as she picked him up.
"What is it?" Mikan asked gently.
"I beat Uncle Masao in Guitar Hero 3!" Youchii's eyes sparkled with pure excitement.
Masao shrugged as he asked, "You three going to Central Town now?"
Mikan replied, "I guess so… What are you going to do?"
"I guess meet up with Hotaru, Ruka, and you know…" Masao mouthed out Persona to Mikan.
"Well, have fun… Tell them I said hi and I love them, but especially him…" Mikan laughed lightly as she guided Natsume out the door.
'Who does she love?!' Natsume thought to himself.
The three boarded on a bus and headed to Central Town.
"Polka… Don't you get tired of holding Youchii like that?" Natsume was curious.
"No… It's nice to see him so relaxed," Mikan smiled softly as the two gazed down to a boy taking his nap.
Natsume had to agree with that (but kept it to himself) as they got off of the bus and decided what to do.
Mikan tickled the young boy awake.
"What should we do first, Youchii?" Mikan asked the young boy.
"Howalons!" Youchii said as Mikan chuckled.
"Then it's settle… Let's go get some," Mikan said as she put Youchii on the ground and he was the link in between Mikan and Natsume.
Mikan was chatting so much with Youchii that she didn't notice that Natsume was currently burning some boys' hair because he caught them staring at Mikan too long. Natsume didn't notice how all his fan girls didn't dare come near because of Mikan manipulating their brains.
Boy, the two of them were evil.
Then Natsume bought a box of 12 because the store had ran out and hot-headed Natsume couldn't wait another 30 minutes for more to come.
Mikan took the box and went next to Youchii who was sitting on a bench.
"Say ahhh," Mikan giggled as Youchii did what he was told. She placed a mouth-watering sweet into his mouth.
"You too Natsume…" Mikan laughed.
"That's gay," Natsume said in reply.
"Aw… Please?" Mikan asked with a cute pout.
Natsume rolled his eyes and just opened his mouth. Mikan pushed a Howalons into his mouth.
Everyone that wasn't a fan girl or boy stopped and murmurs were spreading through the town like wild fire.
While Mikan and Natsume were arguing about where next to go… Youchii snuck off and was talking to… Masao, Hotaru, Ruka, and Persona.
"Good job, Youchii," Hotaru congratulated with a stoic look on her face.
"What do we make them do now?" Youchii asked innocently as he got paid 500 yen from Ruka.
Hotaru bent down and whispered into his ear, an evil smile was passed between them.
"Go get them, little buddy," Ruka playfully punched Youchii's arm lightly as the 8 year old boy scampered off.
"Do you think this will work?" Persona asked Hotaru.
"Yes it will," Hotaru answered firmly.
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"Mommy, Daddy?" Youchii asked as an innocent child would… But Youchii was everything, BUT innocent. He was a paid child's actor.
"Yes, sweetie?" Mikan turned and smiled at Youchii.
"Hn?" came from Natsume.
"Prove to me that you two are my mommy and daddy, please?" Youchii pleaded.
"What do you want us to do?" Mikan asked gently.
"Daddy has to kiss mommy," Youchii stated firmly.
"W-wh-what?!" Mikan gasped as she started to pale.
"Please?" Youchii asked with puppy dog eyes.
"Alright…" Mikan buried her face with her hands.
Youchii smiled as Natsume smirked.
Natsume dragged up Mikan from her seat and drew near. He leaned forward and kissed her in front of every by stander, including Permy and Luna. The two of them were burning with rage and thinking evil thoughts.
Mikan thought, 'His lips are like his Alice, warm and smoky.'
Both of them stayed like that and their hearts were thumping hard against the rib cage.
Mikan broke it apart to catch her breath as Natsume smirked, "How was that Polka?"
"Pervert," she spat out.
They spent a little time going around shopping for random things like, a new set of ribbons and a dress for Mikan, a teddy bear for Youchii, and a box of chocolate for Natsume. They went to a restaurant to eat dinner.
As Mikan and Youchii had to go to the bathroom, Natsume saw something that caught his eye. A small gold locket with a black cat on the front…
He went into the store and got it. Just as he gets out… He hears whispers from two people… Well atempted whispers since people could hear then in a 10 feet radius.
"Mikan Sakura will DIE!" a voice squeaked.
"Remember, we're going to finish off what we started…" a calmer voice coolly said.
"Right… Starting Tuesday."
"Good date… Be there for you know what."
"You got it."
Natsume's eyes widen in horror as he found out that the secret love of his life is going to be trashed pretty soon.
"Natsume…" a quiet voice spoke up.
"Hn?" he glanced at Mikan who was holding Youchii in her arms.
"Time to leave," she grinned wryly. She gestured to the boy with silky fine gray hair who was fast asleep on her shoulder.
The man with ruffled black hair nodded curtly as he helped Mikan get on the bus. The two took the last seats at the back of the bus. Mikan was yawning and blinking rapidly to get the sleepiness out of her eyes. She couldn't fight any longer as she dozed off on Natsume's arm.
Natsume smiled… A very small one as he played with her hair and put on the locket he got her when she and Youchii went somewhere.
'Mikan… I love you,' he thought to himself. He leaned against the brunette and closed his eyes.
A pair of purple and blue eyes peered at them.
"Everything is going as planned," a cold voice spoke as a blonde sweat dropped.
"Are you sure this is the right thing to do?" a wavering voice from the blue eyed animal loving man.
"Yes," hissed the stoic inventor.
At the same time a masculine voice said, "Absolutely."
"We know that Natsume loves our little clueless miss and he missed her so much when she went to America," Hotaru said.
"And I know that Mikan loves Natsume," Masao stated firmly as he recalled all the times when Mikan sighed every time she saw a black cat or when she saw red passionate flames glowing brightly.
"So we have to get them together because both of them are too stubborn and in denial?" Ruka questioned in order to confirm the reason of all this planning, scheming, and hiring an 8 year old in order to get their two sibling-like friends together.
"Yes," Hotaru and Masao stated firmly as Ruka thought, 'These two are alike in so many ways.'
Of course the two raven haired people were in denial and thought that they were the exact opposite of each other, when the truth was that they were very similar in personality and looks.
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Mikan woke up with a start the very next day. Sunshine creaked from her covered windows and she gently rubbed her eyes…
She felt around her chest and found a gold locket with a black cat imprinted on the front.
She crawled over to her desk and opened it to reveal another necklace that looked exactly like the one she found around her neck. Mikan clutched the one from the desk and started to cry… Salty water ran down her cheeks, streaking its course and landing on the two lockets.
A dark shadow was watching everything through the window just outside her room. A man with ruby red eyes walked away from the scene, but a small moist drop fell on the ground…
'Why are you crying, Mikan?' a thought popped up from the person.
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Ending Notes- I'm soooo sorry but during last week, I had this state test I have to take (I still have to do it next week) and on one of those nights… Someone close to me almost died, so I was away until I knew she was safe. So yeah.. Sorry for being absent for a while… I started to read people's stories this morning and the people's stories rock! Everything on this site gets better and better! So you writers out there are like my inspiration to keep on writing!
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