Awlright! Chapter two has arrived:D
Thanks for all the reviews, everyone!! They make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. (XD) Anyway…on to chapter two…
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She stood in front of the class, practically shaking her heart out. Oh, God, she was so nervous. She had never had so much attention to herself before! Usually, the guests of her previous Mistresses and Masters ignored her as she did the laundry or whatever…but, no, oooh nooo…everyone's attention was turned to her.
Narumi stood next to her, smiling warmly.
"This is a new student to Alice Academy! Her name is Mikan Sakura…please be nice to her!"
"Okayyy!" The class chorused. It's not like they couldn't say "No" anyway…plus, when he said "please be nice to her", it seemed like it had a different meaning than just being nice as a fellow classmate.
"Alright…now, we'll need to find you a seat…" He scanned the room quickly.
"It seems like the only free seat is by Natsume Hyuuga back there…why don't you sit there?"
Mikan nodded. To her, it was an order. An order from her new master.
Narumi smiled as Mikan sat down nervously next to the boy. His hair was the colour of a raven, and his eyes were a ruby crimson. He stared as his manga in front of him, saying nothing like "Oh, nice to meet you…". The only movement from him was the occasional turning of the pages. Mikan didn't mind this at all, though. This was a usual treatment for her. In front of her sat another boy, a boy with soft blonde hair and sky blue eyes. A carried a white rabbit in his arms, and Mikan smiled at this. She loved animals.
"Then, take your time learning everyone's names, Mikan-chan," Narumi called. "The boy in front of you is Ruka Nogi, and the girl next to him is Hotaru Imai…"
"H-Hotaru-sama?!"
Hotaru turned around, and her eyes met Mikan's.
"Mikan?"
A moment of silence…
"Do…you know each other?" Narumi asked.
"I was her mai-" Mikan began, but was cut off.
"She's a childhood friend of mine," Hotaru said quickly, giving Mikan a your-not-my-maid-anymore-and-no-one-really-has-maids-anymore-these-days look.
The thing was that Mikan had worked in Hotaru's mansion with her mother when she was little. Even though she was a maid, she was treated the best out of all her other Masters and Mistresses. She and Hotaru had become very close friends, until she was taken away by another family.
Narumi smiled.
"Then it's great that Mikan-chan has someone she knows! Now, the next teacher will be here in 20 minutes for the next lesson…hold tight till then."
Everyone starting talking, reading, or doing whatever they wanted to do. Natsume, on the other hand, peeled his eyes away from his book, and stared at the girl next to him.
She was very pretty no doubt, her honey brown hair tied back into two pigtails, and her mesmerizing chocolate eyes, but she was very, very pale and thin. And what was with the gloves? No on wore gloves as part of their uniform.
He reached over to pull away her gloves. Mikan saw this, and she looked absolutely horrified. Then, she did the only thing she couldn't think of in this situation to prevent him from seeing her wounds.
"NO!" She yelled, while slapping away his hand. She stood up and back away a little. After a few seconds, she realized what she just did. She covered her mouth with her hands, and her eyes widened. He had the aura of someone important…like a master…and she…had just slapped his hand away.
"Oh…"
"My…"
"God…"
Three random people in the class said.
"YOU SLAPPED NATSUME-SAMA'S HAND AWAY!!!!" A girl screamed. Her eyes were like a cat's, and her hair was like a seaweed colour. Her name was Sumire Shoda, president of the Natsume-Ruka fan club.
Mikan looked even more horrified than before. Oh, My, God, indeed.
"YOU BITCH!!!"
She ran over and grabbed a hold of Mikan's neck, pushing her against the wall. Natsume looked amused at this. Fan clubs were actually useful, after all. The slap had hurt. She packed a big punch for someone who looked to thin and weak.
Mikan was already terrified enough. She raised her gloved hands to try and make Sumire let go of her neck. She couldn't breathe…
"Let go of her." Hotaru said bluntly. She knew about Mikan and her heart disorder.
"Imai-san, I'm not letting go because you just said so."
Hotaru, who had the Alice of invention, raised a gun, called the Baka-Gun.
Sumire moved Mikan in front, so she couldn't shoot her without shooting Mikan.
"…Tch."
"Now…" Sumire said, Still holding Mikan's neck.
Mikan, by now, was trying to gasp for air. Desperatelytrying to gasp for air.
"Hare dare you slap away Natsume-sama's hand!!!" She screamed, tightening her grip around Mikan's neck.
"Ugh…!!"
Natsume sensed something was wrong. He had seen this scene many times, with other girls, but something wasn't right about this scene…
"Shoda…let her go…"
And Sumire immediately let go. Mikan sat down on the floor, coughed several times, and then tried gasping for air again. Tears ran down her cheeks as she oh so desperately tried to breathe. Hotaru walked over, and bent down to Mikan's level.
"Why has is gotten worse?"
Mikan looked at Hotaru. Her eyes were serious and demanding. She was scared. Oh God was she scared. She didn't want to tell her that she was being beaten by her other masters. And they gloves were used to hide the bruises. The boots were long enough to cover the ones on her legs.
Hotaru narrowed her eyes, and reached over to take off her gloves. Mikan pulled her hand back, and grabbed her chest.
"Oh come on," Sumire said, looking at Mikan. "I did choke her a little, but not so much that someone would act like this…"
Hotaru ignored her.
"Do you have your medicine?"
With her hair plastered to her head with sweat, and blurry eyes once again, Mikan smiled weakly.
"Erm…s-something…h-happened…t-to i-it?" She managed to say, before gasping for air again.
"Oi, Imai. Simply choking couldn't do this much to her," Natsume said.
"What's wrong with her?"
"…"
While she was trying to get air, Hotaru pulled off Mikan's gloves and boots before she was able to pull back, revealing all the bloody wounds, with badly done bandages, scrapes, bruises…and many other wounds.
Hotaru's eyes widened, along with everyone in the class, and even Natsume reacted. Ruka gasped.
"How…?!"
"Someone get the nurse…" Hotaru said, and several people ran out of the room.
"N-No…the Master…will get…get…mad…" Mikan said weakly.
"…"
"Master?" Natsume asked.
Mikan looked around the room, the tears from choking blurred her image. And because she couldn't see very well, she saw all of her previous masters and mistresses. She was terrified at the sight of all of them.
"You're so useless!"
"You stupid klutz"
"WHY CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT FOR ONCE?!"
"I…I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE…PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!!" She raised her hands for defense, backing up into the corner of the room.
She was beginning to get dizzy.
"Okaa-san…I'm sorry…I'm so useless…please…forgive me…don't…leave…I'm sorry…" She whispered her voice only heard by Natsume. Tears rolled down her face before everything turned black, and she collapsed.
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"…And?" Natsume demanded.
"What the hell was that? Choking could not have done that to her."
Hotaru glared at him.
"I heard you the first time. Stop asking to many questions. I'm not so much of a genius to answer fourteen questions at one."
They sat outside of Mikan's room. The nurses were taking care of her. Several nurses came to the classroom after Mikan had fainted. Natsume had carried Mikan bridal-style to her room, as Hotaru followed.
"Mikan…she has a heart disorder."
"…"
"She was born with it. It was never this bad before, though. She took medicine, and was fine most of the time."
"Then why is it so bad now?"
"I don't know…"
"Is Mikan-chan alright?!"
Narumi said, his violet eyes filled with worry. He had probably been running, because his face was flushed and he was panting.
Hotaru narrowed her eyes.
Why was he so worried?
"She's fine," Hotaru replied. "She's resting right now. They nurses are taking care of her."
Narumi sighed with relief.
"Thank goodness…"
"Why do you care? It's natural for teachers to worry about their students, but your worry was different."
Narumi looked to the side.
"Uh…"
Hotaru raised her baka-gun.
"Alright, aright!"
Narumi sat down beside them.
"I bought her."
"Bought?!" Both Hotaru and Natsume said.
"That's right. She was like a slave, working for others. Apparently, she was raised to obey a master. She was being beaten by several people she worked for."
"…"
"And I think someone threw out her medicine for her heart because she broke a cup…it's a miracle that she's survived up until now."
Hotaru thought for a while.
"Mikan…she used to work as a maid at my house with her mother. After she was taken away, I'm not sure what happened to her. But I think her mother and father died in some sort of accident. She has a little brother, too, but his whereabouts are unknown…at least, I don't know where he is. I'm not even sure what his name is or what he looks like…I haven't seen him before, because he has a weak body, so he didn't have a job. And apparently, Mikan somehow met up with him after she was taken away, and told him to change his last name so they wouldn't take him, too."
"God, what a complicated life," Natsume said.
"…"
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And around the corner, a girl with catlike eyes and seaweed colored hair smiled.
She could use this. This girl, raised to obey a master.
She would pay for slapping away the hand of her dear, beloved Natsume Hyuuga.
Okay…so…was this chapter long? Natsume is a little OOC towards the end...
Natsume: Why am I so nice?
Cuna: Because you just act all tough, but inside, deep down, you're just a soft guy who loves animals...(a line from "Fruits Basket" Manga)
Natsume: I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!
And of course, the catlike eyes and the seaweed hair was Sumire. Just to say. I'm kind of bad at describing things. XP
Guess who Mikan's lil' bro is? It might be kind of easy…or hard…I'm not sure…
But anyway, before I get killed by Natsume, review?