Chapter 3
My SO-called Fairytale.
..Everything I need is right here by my side
And I know everything about you…
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They glared at each other.
That's what the two people were doing for the past five minutes, each eyes narrowing and narrowing at each other; they were also both emitting dark auras around. So no one dared to interrupt them at all, because they all know what it meant crossing that boundary. They all know they could die instantly, hastily, without second thought from both of them.
This two people are both unsympathetic.
The two had been speaking silently, no one dared back down from the challenge; they had almost the same mental thinking, so they both understand what they hate doing the most.
Losing.
The group behind the scene was only watching intently, except Risou, who was meditating by himself. Even Ruka didn't dare to speak a word and just patted Usagi, trying to not-bore himself. Yuu was trying to get away from the two as far as he can get; not wanting to be involved in any disputes. The look-a-like twins, Anna and Nonoko, had appear from nowhere sometime earlier; and now regretted the fact they let themselves get into a mess with their class' most fearsome couple.
The Black cat and The Ice Princess/ Blackmailer
"I can't take this anymore!!" and of course, the poor mind reader had a hard time, once again to control his alice; poor of him to actually read those dark minds that had all kinds of stuff about death, torture and pain,
Threats.
Yes, those two were all thinking at the same time how to threat each other. And it was creepy for Koko to actually see the wild imaginations of those two.
"Help me!" he cried once more as Hotaru ruthlessly fired her Baka-gun at him, making unconscious as his body was caught by their very own Iinchou
"You will do it, Hyuuga," in the way Hotaru pronounced it, anybody would have cringed, and Natsume did, though he did not show it
"Why should I? It's not a problem of mine if something happened to that idiot!" and they (and we) all know that was a lie, he was curious, enough, and would like to know what would happen, but, man and their reputation, he didn't dare look concerned or worried because of a thing called pride.
"Who burned those books?" she asked, "Who made her mad?" "Who was responsible of her not participating intently on her class?" Hotaru kept firing questions, on and on.
"Yeah, like she participates in our classes with those damn books," he snorted
"Just shut up and do it!" she snapped, "We all know you're the one who can do this!" okay, he had just hit a nerve there; though coldest and known as the Ice Princess, she has a soft spot for her important friends and only a few knew of that.
'Was Hotaru just praising Natsume?' that was the first thing that came into the spectators' minds
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Mikan looked around, looking for Refai, he was just there a minute ago. Sora and her friends went for lunch, she didn't want to join them and the fact they didn't offered her too. Sora is nice, but, something about her just is a bit out of reach thing. "Princess?" a voice intermitted as she turned around; it was one of her classmates, he has raven-colored hair cut in some Korean style she noted from some movies and dark blue eyes adding some mysterious effect, but his boyish-shy smile said other wise. And when Mikan looked closer, he looked a lot like, "Are you, ugh, Nonoko?" she asked
"YES!" he somehow, squeaked? Exactly like the Nonoko Ogasawara she knew back at Alice Academy, "My friends are kinds of asking if you want to join us in for lunch, do you?" okay, why is she a he? Mikan's mind was really, literally confused,
"Sure?" like she even knew the way to the cafeteria
"Great!" he smiled and escorted her as a pinkish-blonde guy popped out of nowhere and went beside her
"You're the Princess aren't you?" he asked as Mikan gasped
"ANNA?!" those light brown eyes could not be mistaken with that calm smile
"How do you know my name? I know it's an ugly name, for a boy to exact, isn't it, but not for me, so please don't insult my birth name," he said too quickly as we now stood in front of a spacious rectangular table; there were five people chatting, three girls and two boys.
"Hey guys, mind that we squeeze Mikan in?" Anna asked, in a manly voice that's kind of creeping Mikan a bit
"No, not at all," a blonde girl smiled widely
"Aren't we going to get our food?" Mikan asked as she sat down beside a raven haired boy and asked the blonde girl beside him
"We are," Anna says, "You sit down," he instructed, "pick one of this two buttons, the red is chicken, pork, beef, while the blue one is seafood," he clicked the blue button as a tray flew and landed on his space
Mikan was in awed and quickly followed his instructions as a golden tray flew on her on her table
"It's golden," a bright-blonde girl gaped, looking at the complete balance diet food in front Mikan, she didn't even have to choose, everything was there
"You guys, this is the princess after all," Nonoko stated, waving his hand in dismiss, "anyway, you guys should introduce yourselves," he smiled
"I'm Ruka Nogi," the yellow-blonde girl said, her bright blue eyes twinkling a bit
"Yuu Tobita, nice to meet you," another blonde in a lighter shade than the first as the list went on, the sandy blonde girl was Kokoro Yome. What shocked Mikan the most was Sumire Shouda (who prefers to be called Sure (Sooh-reh)) and Hotaru Imai, were both boys!
"Oh my god!" Mikan cried, "Am I a boy too?"
"No, Mikan-chan?" Kokoro somehow found it as a joke and chuckled
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So at last, Natsume Hyuuga was persuaded to enter Mikan's land. Much to Hotaru's research, though a bit complicated, Natsume can enter her dream land in change that he can't get out unless the dream was over and the fact that he'll also play a role in there. And much to Mikan's wild imagination, Risou estimates that it'll take longer than usual
Because Risou wasn't the one who first decided the category (Mikan wanted drama, and whatsoever, that's why the power of the gem (later will be explained) is irregular) he can't change the category but he can see or be in it and add some little things here and there but not completely. He does know how to put something here into there but hasn't expertise it; but of course, he wasn't going to say that to Hyuuga, Hotaru's orders.
Someone else was included in this mess, but he wasn't sure of it yet and is still researching.
Hotaru had been preparing some inventions of hers that Natsume will find somehow useful later, like that necklace communicator
Invention 0283: The Necklace Tracker-Talker
It can be used as a communicator and can transfer anything from anywhere by using the other half (Hotaru held up two identical necklaces). Only 39 999.99 rabbits, bought by order to the one and only Hotaru Imai in class 2-B, middle school section.
"I think that's what you need for now," the inventor said, "is it ready Risou?"
The redhead opened his eyes and smiled before nodding, "I don't exactly know your role but it'll be somehow near the dreamer," he says as Natsume grunted
Risou slowly raised his both his hands shoulder level and closed his eyes as a glowing abnormally shaped stone flashed out of nowhere and was floating in the middle, in the color of green.
"What's that?" Ruka asked
"It's Mikan's gem stone, a stone that signs the alice user what's happening to the dreamer; usually it's just stays one shaped and one color or glows what's the dreamer's feelings," Hotaru explained, "and green means happiness, but look at its shape,"
"It's irregular," Tsubasa nodded, understanding what those two were talking of last time
"Yes," she nodded
"Hyuuga-san," Risou says without opening his eyes, "stand across me and grasp the stone with both hands," as he did what was instructed, in a second he was also glowing green and the second he was gone.
"Natsume?" Ruka, aghast a little, wondering where his best friend is
Risou clasped his hands as his features cringed slightly; he opened his eyes slowly as a smile crept to his lips, "He's in," he said as Ruka let out the air he was holding somewhat unconsciously, relieved
"I knew you could do it," Hotaru let a small smile as everyone felt relieved. Risou smiled back as Hotaru neared as he leaned a bit of his weight on her. But, though it seems oblivious to everyone on their exchange of words, it didn't go unnoticed by Ruka Nogi. Somehow, he felt a tinge of anger in him once again, but, it seems, this time he wanted to punch the guy away and have Hotaru for himself. Selfish as that seem, it was what he was feeling right now. His eyes were caught by Koko then; he thought Koko was about to smirk but thought wrong. The mind reader gave off an understanding smile, as if saying he'll keep the secret or don't give up, Ruka didn't understand but just gave a smile back.
"I think he might kill me after the dream is over," Risou said as it caught everyones' attention
"What do you mean?" asked Ruka
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"Where's Natsume?" the princess asked, curious to see a girl Natsume since everyone was in their opposite gender
They all stopped eating and looked at her weirdly, "You mean Hyuuga? Natsume Hyuuga?" it was Kokoro who asked
"Yeah, who else?" they all gave each other looks that Mikan couldn't understand as they all turned back to her
"What business do you have with Hyuuga?" it was boy Sumire, or Sure
It made Mikan wonder if Sumire here is also obsessed with the girl Natsume.
"Nothing, I just kind of wanted to see if he was here," Mikan shrugged
"Well, Natsume is famous here," Koko was somehow cute being a girl, all hyper-active and nosy on people's business, not that she'll say that to the Koko back in the academy
"More like infamous," Sure spats out, surprising Mikan a bit, "he is an official after all,"
"Official?" Mikan can't help but wonder if being an official is like doing missions back at the academy
"Being an official is that you do the dirty works of the wicked Estherian Council; which gives him a sort of bad name, and he's one of their best officials," Yuu answered thoughtfully
"Is he that bad?" Mikan couldn't believe what they were saying, but it was somehow a good sign that Ruka still haven't said anything bad
Yet.
"Mikan, if I were you, don't get close to that guy," Nonoko warned as Mikan felt a bit of anger over come her
"How could you all say that, he was you friend before he became an official," it was Ruka, standing up,
"Quiet down, Ruka-chan, you're attracting unwanted attention," boy Hotaru hissed slightly, softer than Mikan could have imagine the real Hotaru doing it
Include that he (Hotaru) called her (Ruka), Ruka-chan.
"But he was your friend too Hotaru," Ruka sat down and persisted, a bit like whining, and that's what only girls do. His face even looked crest fallen, like he was about to cry.
"Look what you guys did," Hotaru blamed them, which surprised Mikan, a lot, "apologize, now, you three," his, Hotaru's, eyes dangerously narrowed as the three did what they were instructed and Hotaru, patted her head, Ruka's, "and speak of the devil, he's here," they all looked up and saw Natsume Hyuuga walking around, as if looking for something
When Mikan and his eyes connected, chill somehow ran down her spine and he was nearing her. Mikan, alarmed, quickly turned around, her gaze back to her tray. When she looked back, there he was, in front of her, or at her back
"You need something?" Mikan smiled nervously, his eyes were the same, cold as an ice block and hard as a stone. Emotionless.
"Princess," he nod his head in acknowledge, "you need to come with me now," without any reply, he took her wrist and stood her up, carried her bridal style and ran out of the cafeteria, leaving the students astonished
"Where are you taking me, Natsume?!" Mikan demanded as he dashed of somewhere she didn't know, he stopped on a big terrace that was isolated, he put her down then
"How do you know my name, Princess?" he asked
"You look someone I know far from here, and as I guess now, you are Natsume," he nodded, not asking or complementing that fact what she said was weird. And the Natsume she knows would have started a bickering with her right about now.
"I'm Natsume Hyuuga, Princess, I'll be your protector," he kneeled down before her, "and loyally and faithfully serve you," Mikan's eyes were wide as saucers, the Natsume Hyuuga she knew would never have done that, ever
"Can you please repeat that, I think I didn't caught it clearly," she was surprised, literally
"I'll be your defender and protector, I'll let you not go to harms ways and I'll serve you with my whole body till death," his face was serious that Mikan somehow wanted to laugh, as a chuckle escape her lips,
"Are you sure you're not sick, Natsume-kun?" her smile faltered when she saw his serious façade, "Sorry, but, are sure about that?"
"With my whole body and soul," he neared his face to hers, "princess,"
"Alright," she was quite happy, "we're friends now then?" knowing the fact he'll be with her, (a/n: Mikan has realized she has a crush on Natsume when they were 13, they're 15 now,)
"Friends?" he asked slowly,
"Yes, friends, since you'll be with me for, I don't know how long, I'd be much more comfortable to be with my friend," she smiled
"As you wish then, Princess," he said
"And, oh, yeah, call me Mikan,"
"No, that won't do, Princess,"
"But why?" she argued
"Because I don't want to," a smirk form on his lips that Mikan pouted, remembering the Natsume she knew for almost six years, "Princess,"
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On the other side of the academy, a white-blonde girl walked around the hall, it wasn't that she was lost, but the fact she didn't know where to go. Add the detail of the halls were isolated. Three high school students came into her view as they whistled on her; she was fuming and it wasn't a good idea to piss her off.
"What are you looking at?!" she barked
"You and your awesome body," one coolly replied and it freaked her out, not the fact that they were complementing her, but that she was a he.
Okay, that didn't sound right, she just glared them off, "Don't mess with me if you don't what to regret anything," she hissed,
One, having the courage to do so, took her by the waist as his perverted hands went up and up, before he can even do anything else, she took his arm and fling him upside down. He groaned in pain.
The next one was about to launch to her as she dodged easily and took his hand and pulled and pushed him to the next one who was about to launch at her too. She was very, very infuriated, how dare they! Are they homos? She walked away and as she passed a mirror, she looked back, his jaws dropped on what the reflection was showing him. His old raven locks were now white and was shoulder length long, his crimson dark eyes are in the color of hot pink! His features were still the same except the fact he had boobs and was thinner, than usual. He punched the reflection, to see if he was ever dreaming, but wrong he was, his, or her fist were numbing as blood flowed out.
"Fuck," he cursed loudly,
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Just a note: Time is faster on the dream; it is after all, a dream.
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