Facades of Mine

As promised here is chapter 2. I'm so sorry I haven't been updating for a while. I've been busy and some personal things came up, but now I have some free time so I'm going to use it and update the stories! Enjoy ^^.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice, but I do own Reiko Sakura


Chapter 2: The Picnic

Recap

Outside, they each have a role. Anna is a ninja, Nonoko is a gambler, Hotaru is a member of the FBI, Sumire is a Yankee, Reiko is an assassin as well as Mikan. Inside their house, Anna is a famous chef, Nonoko and Hotaru are the top 2 smartest people, Sumire is a model, Reiko is a famous archer, and Mikan is an actress, singer, and dancer. They all went their separate ways and headed home putting their uniforms in their bags.

End of Recap

As the six girls opened the doors of their house, they were greeted by their parents and just as soon as they saw their parents, their facial expressions changed. "Anna-chan~, how was school honey~?" asked her mother. "It was fun, Okaa-chan!! Ah! Outo-chan! Where is he?!" asked Anna. "Ugh! It was so NOT fun. I don't even care about that damn old man. Spends too much time with his work more than his family." thought Anna. "Ah?! Papa hah? He's working right now!!" squealed her mother. "I thought so." thought Anna. "Ah~" said Anna then pretending to sniff the air. "Hm~, what's that smell Okaa-chan?!" asked Anna running into the kitchen. "Oh, I made you a cheesecake!" yelled her mother. "It's your favorite, raspberries!!" "Wai~, arigatou, Okaa-chan!" yelled Anna. True, Anna loves raspberries as a child and still does. Her mother went into the kitchen after Anna. "By the way, why did you come home so late?" asked her mother. "Oh, I was hanging out with Mikan-chan and the others." said Anna already munching on her piece of raspberries cheesecake. "Ah, souka~" said her mother. The scenery changed to Nonoko.

Nonoko entered her house silently as to make sure she wouldn't wake up her father. The lights were out. When she closed the door silently, the lights suddenly turned on and there she met her father with his arms crossed. "Ehehe, hello, Outo-san." said Nonoko. He started tapping his foot. "Why are you home so late?" asked her father. "I was outside with Mikan and the others." said Nonoko nervously taking her sandals off. "Oh, ok. Are you hungry?" asked her father. Nonoko nodded her head. "Very." said Nonoko. Her father nodded his head. "There's food for you in the kitchen on the table." said her father walking up the stairs. As Nonoko walked to the kitchen, she muttered out "Stupid old man doesn't eat with his daughter." And so the scenery changed to Hotaru's house with her standing outside the gates.

She waited and waited until a man with green hair and glasses came outside the house. "Why are you out here so late?" asked the man. "Mikan dragged me." said Hotaru. "Mikan Sakura, hah?" asked the man. "Hai, Onii-san." said Hotaru. "I see, I guess you can stay out late if Mikan is related to the matter." said Subaru. Hotaru merely nodded her head. "Come inside. It must be cold out there. Now tell me of your adventures during the week." said Subaru opening the gates for Hotaru to enter. She opened her mouth about to say something. "I found out just last night." said Subaru letting her enter. Hotaru entered the house and sat on the couch with Subaru sitting on the other side whilst she began talking about her 'adventures.' It was okay for Hotaru to speak of these things since Subaru was the only guardian as their parents were on a business trip and Mikan, herself, and the others trust him dearly. The scenery changed with Sumire closing the door and started throwing her clothes out of the closet unable to decide what to wear for her 'date' tomorrow.

She threw skirts, shirts, shoes, socks, pants, anything!! Her sister was annoyed and so she threw the door open and stomped towards Sumire. "What in hell are you doing?" growled her sister. "I can't help it!! I have a date tomorrow and I don't know what to wear!!" yelled out Sumire continuing to throw her clothes everywhere. "Well, why didn't you say it earlier?! I could've let you borrow my clothes!!" yelled her sister running back to her room and back to Sumire's room with an outfit in her hands. It was a green tube top with a light green mini skirt. Sumire's eyes glittered. "Oh my GAWD!! That's perfect!!" screamed Sumire grabbing the clothes from her sister's hands. She ran into her bathroom and changed coming out wearing the outfit. Her sister's eyes glittered. "OH MY GAWD, YOU ARE SO RIGHT!! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!" yelled her sister. Thankfully, their parents weren't home. "Just don't get it dirty when you're out fighting." said her sister. Sumire gave out a confused look. "Shit, when did she find out?" thought Sumire. "Of course, from Mikan. She told me that only one person that you trust can find out and somehow she said that I was able to know of it." said her sister. Sumire bowed her head. "Onee-san, I'm sorry I didn't tell you anything." said Sumire. Truth be told, Sumire trusts her sister just as much as she trusts Jigoki Tenshis. "Hora hora, it's ok now. You must have your reasons as I have done the same you have." said her sister. "You were in a gang also Onee-san?" asked Sumire. "Of course, I still have the mark right here." said her sister pulled the right sleeve up showing a tattoo of rose, but it was black and withering. "We were the Black Roses. Those were the times, but then we were disbanded because the leader chose to leave." said her sister pulling the sleeve back down. "I didn't know you were in a gang." said Sumire fascinated. No, this ain't an act, she really IS fascinated. Her sister winked and the two of them talked about Sumire's sister's past life in the gang. And later, the scenery changed to a mansion with lovely flowers and a gate.

Reiko and Mikan were standing outside the gate just waiting. Reiko reached over and pressed the button. When they heard their maid say "Please wait, Oujo-sama." they took a deep breath, let it out, and put their facades on. They smiled at each other, but inside they were disgusted. Not because of each other, but because of their life in their mansion. The gates opened and the girls held hands and entered the mansion. They were later glomped by Yuka and Izumi, their parents, and were 'surprised.' "Hello, Okaa-chan! Outo-chan!" yelled Mikan with her bright smile on her face. Reiko nodded in recognition with a soft smile on her face. "Ah, Ruka!" said Mikan and ran over to hug him with a smile on her face. "Mikan nee-chan! Reiko nee-chan!" cried out Ruka happy to see that they came home in one piece. "Mou, I don't you not to call me that." said Mikan pouting. "He can't help it Mikan. He's being polite at least." said Reiko. "Yea, but he's an hour younger than me! And he's 2 hours younger than you." whined Mikan. Reiko sighed. "Just let the poor baby go and let ME give him a hug. You're practically suffocating him." said Reiko. "Eh?!" yelled Mikan and took a look at Ruka and saw that his soul was halfway out his body and Mikan immediately let go of him causing him to fall on the ground. Reiko grabbed Ruka and hugged him before throwing him over her shoulder and carried him to his room. "Oyasumi, Okaa-san, Outo-san." said Reiko. Yuka and Izumi nodded their heads in recognition.

"Reiko!! Come back here with MY Ruka!! He belongs to me!!" yelled Mikan. Yuka and Izumi had sweat drops on their head and the next thing they knew, or heard, were Mikan's footsteps on the stair running after Reiko yelling on and on whilst Reiko was running away forgetting that Ruka was on her shoulder. They stopped at Ruka's room and Reiko dropped him on the bed. "Ahh, finally." said Ruka in relief he was finally off of Reiko. She glared at him coldly. Then, their facades changed. "So how was the fight today?" asked Ruka seriously. Reiko shrugged her shoulders as well as Mikan. "Well, we almost got caught, but we got out one way or another." said Mikan sitting on the bed and Reiko followed after. "Oh...was anyone injured?" asked Ruka. "No one, just a few scratches and bruises here and there, but nothing too serious or life threatening." said Reiko. "Are you sure we should only allow one person from each family to know of this?" asked Ruka. Both Mikan and Reiko nodded their heads. "They're all trying so hard to keep being innocent that they don't even recognize the things that their family have done for them lately. Although in the past, they all had problems with their family, they don't recognize that all that has changed. So far, the three of us are the only who noticed." said Mikan. Reiko and Ruka raised an eye brow. "What?" asked Mikan looking at them. "That's very unlike you to say stuff like that." said Ruka. Reiko agreed by nodding her head.

"Who did you allow to know?" asked Ruka. "Well, with Anna and Nonoko, we still haven't been able to allow anyone yet, they both don't have anyone to trust, or so they think. They don't realize that there's a person for them to trust and that's each other." said Reiko. Ruka had a confused look on his face. "What she means is that Anna and Nonoko can trust each other, but they are both half sisters." said Mikan sighing. "But I thought-" "You thought wrong. Anna and Nonoko don't even know that they're related at all. Nonoko's missing mother is Anna's mother. That's why Nonoko dislikes her father for letting her mother leave them, but really their mother was someone they could trust also, but they don't have the strength to do so." said Reiko. "I'll tell their mother about this when they realize of their relationship with each other and if they can still stay alive knowing the fact that both their father stole their mother. They would probably fight over this, but that is their decision to fight." said Mikan. "With Hotaru..." said Reiko watching Ruka blush by her name along with Mikan staring at him. "We allowed Subaru to know of it." "Sumire, well, let's just say that we allowed her sister to know since she was in a gang also." said Mikan.

They heard someone knocked on the door and put their masks on. "Come in." said Ruka politely. In entered, Yuka and Izumi. "Outo-chan! Okaa-chan! Why are you in here too?!" asked Mikan in surprise. "Is it bad for us to be with our children whom we haven't seen since a week." said Yuka. "Okaa-san, it's only been a WEEK." complained the Sakura triplets. "So a week can be a long time to us old people, ne, anata?" asked Yuka to Izumi. "Yes it is." said Izumi looking the other way. "Aren't you just saying that to please her?" asked Reiko along with Ruka and Mikan staring at him. Yuka watched Izumi in curiousity. "..." Izumi was silent. "Anata, is this true?" asked Yuka tugging on his sleeve like a child asking to be carried. In reaction, he immediately ran out the room, in chibi-mode, with chibi-mode Yuka running after him yelling if it was true or not until she couldn't find him anymore, but really he was hanging on the chandelier above her head.

The Sakura triplets decided to sleep since it was very late and voted on whose room to sleep in. As usual, majority wins in the room of Reiko. 1) because both Mikan and Ruka loves Reiko dearly, 2) Reiko's room is the biggest out of the triplets, 3) because they would always sleep and play in Reiko's room as children, and 4) because they felt like it. The three of them changed into their pajamas and entered Reiko's room. Reiko was in a big black shirt with white shorts underneath and her hair was down neatly brushed. Mikan was in a light pink night gown that reached to her knees and her hair in two low pigtails. Ruka was in his bunny pajamas with a bear. The girls look at him and he tensed. "What are you looking at?" asked Ruka. "Bear. Why is Bear sleeping with us?" asked Mikan. Ruka lifted Bear so he was right in front of his face and stared at him. For a moment, he saw Bear's eyes glittered and the next thing they knew Ruka was on the floor and Bear was standing on the floor in his stance ready to beat anyone. He turned to Mikan and Reiko. Mikan and Reiko jumped up in surprise and somehow Mikan landed on Reiko's back. Reiko took a step backwards as Bear took a step forward. All was still and silent, until Bear jumped towards the girls and Mikan let out an ear splitting scream causing Yuka, Izumi, and the maids to enter the room.

They opened the room only to find Ruka, laying on his stomach, on the floor half concious and half unconcious, Mikan, on her back, and her soul was halfway out her mouth, and Bear in between them in his stance. "Eh, where's Reiko?" asked Yuka looking everywhere for her. Suddenly, a hand reached forward and grabbed Yuka's leg. In fear, Yuka turned slowly and looked down at the hand and was about to scream until she saw who it was. It was Reiko. She looked like she came back from the dead. "Okaa-san, get Bear out of my room, NOW." said Reiko before she dropped dead on the ground. Yuka, Izumi, and the maids looked at Bear. "Bear, come here, NOW." said Izumi with authority in his voice. Bear listened and walked to Izumi and he picked it i dont know if bear is a he or a she and sat him upon his shoulder. "Why is Bear in here anyways?" asked Izumi. Yuka appeared with Ruka's real teddy bear. "Baby Ruka mistakened Bear as his teddy bear." said Yuka and with that the triplets woke up. "Okaa-chan!! I'm not a baby anymore!! I'm 16 right now!" yelled Ruka with a blush on his face. And the next thing they knew he was reaching for his teddy bear, but Yuka kept it out of his grasp. Oh how she enjoyed teasing her youngest child.

Izumi grabbed Ruka's teddy bear from Yuka's grasp and she blinked twice before looking at her hands only to see that his teddy bear was in Izumi's hands as he gave the bear to Ruka. Ruka grabbed it quickly and held onto its paw and left it hanging just as he would as a child and sat on the bed waiting for Mikan and Reiko. Reiko and Mikan pushed everyone out the room and locked the door before jumping on the bed with Reiko on Ruka's left and Mikan on his right. "Oyasuminasai, Reiko nee-chan. Oyasuminasai, Mikan nee-chan." muttered Ruka sleeping hugging his bear. Mikan and Reiko gave each other a soft smile before replying back to Ruka. "Oyasumi, Ruka." said Reiko and Mikan. "Oyasumi, Mikan." said Reiko. "Oyasuminasai, Reiko." said Mikan. And then the three of them were fast asleep.

The next morning, the three woke up only to find each other in such a weird position. Mikan was halfway on the floor head first, her legs on Ruka. Ruka was upside-down and his foot was Reiko's face whilst she was hugging his leg. Every morning, they always woke up to find the others and themselves in a weird position. They removed each other and did their morning routines. Ruka was in a white shirt and black shorts. He had black converse on. Mikan was in a red tube top and white shorts. She had white sandals on and a flower beret on her. She brought along a tote bag for a change of clothes later that night. Reiko was in a black tank top and black miniskirt with fishnets on her arms and her hair down with black sneakers. They left their own ways afterwards and met their friends. With Mikan and the others, they met at the fountain in front of the station where they all first met. This was always their meeting place for anything and it was made to be the same time when they all met also.

When Mikan and Reiko arrived, the girls went onto the train to their stop; Hokaido. The train was crowded and the girls were pressed against each other sometimes against other people. They appeared to be uncomfortable, but inside they were really disgusted. They knew that each time they were pushed into someone, horrible thoughts started to invade their minds. They knew of this because this wasn't the first time that it's happened. At last the doors opened and they were at their stop and as soon as the door opened they immediately ran out the train hoping to get away from those horrid people. They were all taking a walk around Hokaido until they were in front a a golden gate. Anna stepped forward and pushed a button that was underneath a speaker. "Hello, how may I help you?" came a voice from the speaker. "My friends and I would like to enter." said Anna. "I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you to do that." said the voice. "Do you know who you are speaking to?" asked Anna frustrated. "No, ma'am I do not and I do not care." said the voice. "Oh, but you will." said Hotaru stepping forward. "Who are you? What are you trying to do? I'm sending the securities there right now!" yelled the voice and they were surrounded by securities.

"Tch." said the girls silently. "Have you any clue who we are?" asked Mikan innocently. "No and we do not care." said one of the securities. "Well, now you do. I am Reiko Sakura." said Reiko. "Doesn't ring a bell." said another security. "Have you heard of the Imais? Sakuras? Shoudas? Ogasawaras? Umenomiyas?" asked Hotaru. Half of the securities flinched and the others seemed to realized who the girls were. All the securities dropped to the ground and started bowing asking for forgiveness and the voice that was talking to Anna came outside to check the noise and saw the securities bowing to the girls. "Just what in hell is going on here?!" yelled the old hag. Mikan and the girls turned around to the hag. "Oh, I'm so sorry, have these securities bothering you?" asked the hag when she realized that this whole time she was talking to Anna. Mikan nodded her head. "We were going to the amusement park that was located in Central Town which was moved here." said Hotaru. The hag understood and opened the gates for the girls and scolded the securities even though it was her fault she sent them.

The girls entered and each went to their own stores and told each other they would meet at the fountain in an hour. Anna went to a pastry shop to watch her people bake, Nonoko went into a book store to look for something to read, Sumire entered a designer store, Hotaru went to the technology shop, Reiko went window shopping buying whatever it was she felt like buying, and Mikan went straight to the Howalon shop and went to buy some things she needed. True to their words after an hour, they all met at the fountain, with their hands and arms full. Anna had bags of sweets and recipes and had a box with a ribbon around claiming that it was a cake she bought for them to eat. Nonoko had a couple bags full of books to study for the exams coming up along with some lunch for herself and the girls. Sumire had bought some designer clothes and hair products and bought the drinks. Hotaru had a cart behind her filled with mechanic parts and had bought the blanket for them to sit on. Reiko had a new bow strapped on her back and this time it was made out of a stronger type of wood and had new arrows that were now made of iron for quicker speed along with a bigger quiver to hold more arrows. Reiko had bought the napkins, forks, spoons, knives, etc. Mikan had at least 2 or 3 bags of Howalon boxes and bags of other things. In her hands was the biggest box of Howalon to eat.

When they all met at the fountain, they raised an eyebrow at each other and laughed walking towards the farthest and most empty Sakura tree. Everyone put their bags and stuff at the trunk of the tree and prepared for lunch. Hotaru took out the blanket and the girls all helped lay it out. The girls took what it was that they bought for lunch and took their shoes/sandals off before stepping on the blanket. They stood in their formation. Going from left to right was Mikan, Reiko, Hotaru, Sumire, Nonoko, and then Anna. They all stood from one side of the blanket. Anna and Mikan took a step forward and gently put their box of Howalon and cake in the center of the blanket. They stood up and stood on the other side of the Jigoku Shoujos facing them, saluting their own salute that was given by Mikan.

Mikan stood straight and bold, her legs left no gap between them as they stood by each other, her left arm glued to her side whilst her right hand was in a fist and was over her heart, and her aura emitted a warrior's aura. Anna, on Mikan's right, was on her right knee, her head bent slightly, her left arm rested on her left knee, and her right hand over her heart. Nonoko and Reiko took a step forward and awaited for Mikan to speak. "Nonoko. Enter. Reiko. Enter." said Mikan. Nonoko walked forward followed by Reiko. Nonoko and Reiko put the food/stationary next to the boxes, knelt before Mikan and Anna and stood next to them. Reiko on the other side of Mikan, bowing so that her hair falls over her shoulders and covers her face, right hand in a fist covering her heart, and left hand holding onto her right hand. To others, this seems like Reiko was weeping, but deep inside, she really was, and the only ones to ever notice this was Jigoku Shoujos. Nonoko, standing next to Anna, left leg forward and right leg somewhat behind the left, left arm was wrapped around her body whilst her right hand was holding onto her heart as if it was shattering, and her head bent slightly. Hotaru and Sumire stood boldly and walked to Mikan. They both placed the drinks and cups next to the stationary and stood up filling in the gap. Hotaru was standing straight and her hands were both in fists staying by her sides. She looked as if she was waiting for her orders. Sumire wrapped her arms around her body and bowed slightly.

"Jigoku Shoujos." said Mikan and everyone knelt down, their hands reached to the center until they touched. "As the leader, I, Mikan Sakura, grant you this meal as a token of my graditude for staying with me this past week. Reiko." said Mikan. "As the co-leader, I, Reiko Sakura, accept this meal that is given by Mikan Sakura, and will forever protect her as her older sister." "I, Hotaru Imai, accept this meal that was given by Mikan Sakura. I am forever grateful for being my best friend for as long as I can remember." "I, Sumire Shouda, accept this meal as a generous offer made by Mikan Sakura. I thank you for the offer." "I, Nonoko Ogasawara, will accept this wonderful meal given by Mikan Sakura. I forever thank you when gathering me into Jigoku Shoujos." "I, Anna Umenomiya, accept this meal that was granted by Mikan Sakura. May the demons and devils watch over us and protect us." finished Anna. The girls smiled at one another and released their hands and started eating. "Mikan?" asked Nonoko. "Hm?" asked Mikan. "Nevermind. I'll tell you when we're done eating." said Nonoko smiling at Mikan. Mikan smiled in return and continued eating. After half an hour of eating, they placed their hands over the box again. The girls opened their mouths and spoke at the same time. "We thank you demons and devils for allowing us this great meal. Please continue watching over us." said the girls and released their hands again. "Now, about that question, Nonoko." said Mikan. "Oh! I was hoping that you would tell us another one of your stories again!" said Nonoko eyes glinting. "Yea!! The one with all the adventures you had as a child before you met us!!" yelled Anna. Mikan sweat dropped. "Why not have Reiko tell the story? She's a better story teller than I am." said Mikan. "Yea, but we wanna hear YOUR stories!!" yelled Anna and Nonoko. "Okay, only because you want me to." said Mikan. "Yey!" yelled Anna and Nonoko and jumped up and down in bliss.

Mikan sighed. "Don't they know that these stories never end in happy endings?" she thought to herself. Jigoku Shoujos wanted to hear Mikan's stories so they huddled around her. Reiko was sitting on the trunk of the Sakura tree with Mikan leaning on her shoulder. Their bags were in Hotaru's cart which was on the blanket. Anna's head was snug on Mikan's lap whilst Nonoko's head was snug on Reiko's lap. Sumire and Hotaru were laying on their stomach, elbows rested on the ground, head in hands, and legs were swinging waiting for Mikan.

"Long long ago, there was a young brunette girl with brown orbs who was playing with her dog, Belle. 'Belle!! Stop that!!' the girl cried out surrendering to the dreadful drools the dog made on her, yet, the dog didn't stop drooling on her until a voice called out. 'Belle! Come here, girl!!' yelled a girl with raven hair and red eyes entering the scene. 'Woof.' the dog barked in recognition and ran towards the other girl. The brunette got up and wiped her face while the other girl suffered the drools, but inside she enjoyed Belle's company. 'Belle, sit, girl. Sit.' said the raven hair. Belle obeyed and sat allowing the raven hair to stand up. 'Good girl.' said the raven hair tossing Belle a treat before the dog ran back into the house. 'Reiko Onee-chan. Tank you for helping me.' said the brunette. 'It's okay Mikan. No need for thanks. Let's go look for Ruka.' said Reiko. Mikan nodded her head vigorously and held hands with Reiko, skipping and looking for this person called Ruka. It took them 5 hours to find Ruka. They searched high and low, kitchen, veranda, porch, forest, park, yard, swimming pool, bedrooms, etc, and they found him in bed sleeping. There was a blonde boy on the bed whom had gorgeous blue eyes.

'Onee-chan, Wuka is sleeping.' said Mikan. 'Yes, I can see that and it's time for YOU to sleep, too.' said Reiko when she noticed that Mikan just yawned. 'No!! I don't need to sleep! I don't want to sleep!' yelled Mikan throwing a tantrum. 'Mikan Sakura, go to bed now.' said Reiko sternly glaring at Mikan. Mikan, who was scared, entered the bed which Ruka was sleeping on and fell asleep immediately. Reiko sighed. 'So she says. Doesn't want to sleep yet she ends up sleeping.' said Reiko before covering Mikan and Ruka with their blanket. She turned off the lights and slipped into the bed between Mikan and Ruka. Reiko stayed awake for an hour making sure that Mikan and Ruka were fine and prepared to leave the room, but two arms shot up and grabbed her. She looked behind only to see that both Mikan and Ruka reached towards Reiko muttering about not leaving them. Reiko sighed and fell back onto the bed and fell asleep with Mikan and Ruka in her arms. 'It's so hard to believe that I'm the oldest by an hour or two and yet I treat them as if I'm their parents.' were her thoughts before she fell asleep.

When Reiko was asleep, a slight movement was made outside the window. A figure appeared outside the window and it reached the window ready to open it, but hid immediately when he saw Mikan made a movement. When he was sure that the Sakura triplets were asleep, he continue to open the window silently a slight squeak was made and he stopped immediately. All was still and quiet, but the chirpings of the crickets trying to get the other crickets. He stepped inside slowly left foot before right foot, his abdonimals, his chest, head, and lastly his arms. He walked towards the Sakura triplets and stepped on one of Mikan's rubber duckies. He twitched and looked down and the rubber duck and silently made his way towards the Sakura triplets. When he was only inches away from their bed, a cage suddenly fell down caging him inside, lights went on brightly into his face, and the Sakura triplets surrounding him. Mikan was holding onto a bright laser light and shined it onto his eyes, Ruka was holding onto his teddy bear yawning, and Reiko was holding onto Ruka glaring holes into the stranger.

'Well, well, well. Who do we have here?' said Reiko. 'I dunno.' said Mikan. 'I wasn't talking to you.' said Reiko emotionlessly. 'What business do you have here? And with us?' 'Heh.' the stranger said. 'I'm here to kidnap you.' 'Um, we already know that, mister.' said Ruka kindly. 'Ruka! Don't be polite to this man here!' scolded Reiko. 'But you said I had to be kind to others.' wailed Ruka. 'Only when they aren't in cages!' yelled Reiko. Ruka nodded his head and Reiko sighed in defeat. 'I guess you leave us no choice then.' said Mikan and pulled onto a rope that was suddenly by her side. Suddenly the cage was pulled back up and everyone blinked in confusion especially Mikan. 'NANI KORE?!' yelled Mikan throwing the laser behind her. 'Dou shita no?' grinned the stranger. 'Hell, we're gonna die!!' cried Ruka and with that Reiko sighed once again. A rope suddenly appeared next to her head and with her free hand, she reached towards the rope and pulled. Suddenly, the ground beneath the stranger opened and he continued walking before he realized that he was walking in mid-air and fell inside the dark hole. 'AHHHHH!!' screamed the kidnapper and Reiko lets go of the rope as the door closed up. 'Isn't it time to pick up Hotaru?' asked Mikan pointing at the clock that was hanging above the window. Reiko took a look at the clock along with Ruka and both screamed. 'HELL! WE'RE LATE!!'

Mikan, Reiko, and Ruka all ran out the room and went to get changed. 'Since when did getting rid of the shit took so long?!' yelled Mikan in her room putting on a black skirt. 'What colorful language. I wanna say some shit too.' said Ruka before slamming the door shut. 'Mind your mouth unless you want me to get some soap!' yelled Reiko down the hall getting the lunch ready. 'Hai!' yelled Mikan and Ruka and hurried down the hall. They waited patiently for Reiko to arrive at the front door. She raised an eyebrow. 'Nani, Onee-chan/sama?' said Mikan and Ruka at the same time. 'Betsuni. It's strange to see you two waiting for me patiently.' said Reiko. Mikan and Ruka stared at each other and realized they weren't themselves. Actually, none of them felt like each other anymore. It was as if...as if they all changed overnight. Reiko's eyes became more sharper, holding something new, her raven hair more darker, yet shinier. Mikan's eyes became a darker shade of brown, her hair longer and more darker. Ruka's eyes were from ocean blue to sea-green blue, and perfectly blond hair to dirty blond. They all stared at each other and realized something else. They did some things they normally wouldn't do.

Mikan and Ruka would never use colorful language as they know what would happen to them and Reiko had never threatened her younger siblings. Ruka never slam the door, Mikan never wore black because it scared her, and Reiko would never make lunch because she was too lazy for that. Strange, they tried thinking of what happened last night. Suddenly, a thought popped into their thoughts at the same time. 'That's it! It must have been that kidnapper!!' yelled the triplets at the same time. Ruka took his cell phone, called Hotaru, and told her that they would be late and would come no later than an hour. 'Ruka, you never stuttered!' yelled Mikan. Ruka's eyes widened catching the truth that he never would thought would happen, though, it already did. 'Come on!' yelled Reiko running into their dungeon AKA their basement with Mikan and Ruka following behind her. They found the intruder in one of the cells laughing over nothing, it seemed like he was drunk. Reiko motioned to Ruka and Mikan to watch her back as she unlocked the cell and entered. 'What have you done? Why have we changed?' asked Reiko with venom in her voice. Strange, it didn't scare herself nor Mikan and Ruka. The intruder laughed some more. 'Stop it. Stop the laughing!' yelled Reiko kicking the man. 'Why I didn't do anything, and, yet, at the same time I did.' said the man. 'What are y-' Ruka spoke up and was interrupted by Reiko. 'If this is a riddle, tell me the answer. I don't LIKE riddles.' said Reiko emphasizing like. 'Of course you don't. You never enjoyed riddles.' said the man looking into her eyes.

Just for a moment, Reiko's eyes widened before they returned to its original state. 'Answer my question, asshole.' said Reiko. 'Now now, don't be so mean to your godfather.' said the stranger with a smirk on his face. 'Eh?! GODFATHER?!' yelled Ruka and Mikan in surprise. 'Tch. Looks like I couldn't keep it for too long.' whispered Reiko to herself. 'Yes, Uncle Reo.' said Reiko being silent. 'Now answer my question!' yelled Reiko. 'Nah uh uh. Say the magic word first.' said Reo. Reiko growled. 'Please answer my question, Uncle Reo.' said Reiko through her gritted teeth. 'Okay, better, but you need to lose the gritting next time.' said Reo. 'Yes, many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many-' Reo was cut off. 'Yes, we get it already!' yelled Mikan. Reo coughed. 'Yes, many many and so forth days ago. The day when you all woke up only to find yourselves light-headed. The night before that, I took you into my lab and experimented on you and now I can make everyone like me!! Bwuahahahahaha!' laughed Reo evilly. And then..."

Mikan stopped telling the story as everyone, but herself and Reiko, had fallen asleep. Mikan giggled softly and Reiko just gave her a raised brow in question. "What? They're sleeping." whispered Mikan. "Sleep." said Reiko to Mikan. Mikan shook her head furiously and when Reiko glared at her, Mikan immediately closed her eyes and fell to sleep. Reiko shook her head softly and sighed. She took Nonoko off her lap and stood up. She stuffed her hands into her bag and grabbed a blanket and 2 big pillows to hold 3-5 people each. She took the pillows and rested them on the trunk of the tree. She rested Mikan in the middle of the pillow with Anna on her right and Nonoko to her left. Next she had to carry Sumire and Hotaru towards the others slowly and carefully so she wouldn't get hit when they move around. She rested Sumire next to Nonoko and Hotaru next to Anna. She unfolded her blanket and rested it upon Mikan and the others. She leaned down and gave them each a kiss on their foreheads before walking away deeper into the woods which was hidden behind the Sakura tree. Why would she leave them behind and go straight to the woods?


Yes!! I managed to finish it, though, I really didn't mean for it to be like this. I meant for Natsume and his crew to appear in this chapter, but I ended up doing a different plot, but I promise you that Natsume and his crew WILL appear in the next chapter!! Please review and thanks for supporting me!!