The Pixie Princess

Giving up your own life just to have someone else live on to be happy is a beautiful act of selflessness. But what if their happiness was you? What would they do? Would your act be classed as slefless, or selfish? NXM

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Chapter Fourteen: I...

What can you say to the person who's ignoring you... 'I'm sorry?' or maybe... 'I love you'...

"I'm so sorry, princess! I had no idea!" Kaname apologised as he stood before Mikan, amidst the palace which had just recently been restored as Mikan stood there, breathing in then smiling gently up at Kaname.

"It's fine... as long as everyone's alright, it's okay... however you hurt me, Kaname." she told him quietly as he stared at her, confused. Mikan sighed, clutching her dress skirt tightly, "You told me that there's no place in a Wizard's kingdom for a faerie like myself... a faerie with pixie wings like no other? A faerie who you think should only be accepted by yourself and this very kingdom. But... no one accepts me here but you, Kaname. In the Wizarding Kingdom, everyone accepts me. That's my true home."

"But you're a..." Kaname started, but Mikan quickly hushed him.

"I'm not just a faerie... I'm an elemental faerie. That emans I have Wizard magic, and long ago, Wizards were regular humans until the Elemental faeries taught them what they know. That means I'm just like them. I'm a Wizard, not a flower faerie. You can't change that, Kaname." Mikan told him as Kaname stood there quietly, thinking about it. He then shook his head,

"But you always wanted to be here, with the flower faeries, where you thought you belonged." he said gently. Mikan smiled, nodding.

"I thought, Kaname, and now I know that I don't belong here. If I did, then I would have grown the wings of a Guardian Faerie, just like her." Mikan whispered, pointing towards Kina who blinked, surprised as she stared at Mikan, and then at Kaname. "She's a part of your world, and I'm a part of Natsume's. I love Natsume, not you." and then Mikan handed Kaname something and smiled, nodding.

"I'm going home, and you can't stop me this time." she said before turning around and walking towards Misaki, Tsubasa and Nobara, then sprinting and smiling as she threw her arms around her friends.

Kaname stood there silently, then looked down at his closed hand, and slowly opened his palm to see what Mikan had given him. He stared at the small yellow daffodil she had pressed into his hand and shook his head slowly, then, he saw that there was a second daffodil there, but it was smaller, and yet, it was a brighter yellow colour.

Mikan then turned her head slightly, smiling as she pointed towards Kina, who stood alone, staring at her feet, her wings bright and vibrant agains the concrete walls of the palace hall. Kaname stared at her, then at the daffodil. Kina felt someone stare, and slowly looked up, blinking through her dark bangs, and was surprised to see Kaname staring right back at her.

She blushed deeply as Kaname blushed a little, too. Mikan beamed. It looked like Kaname was going to finally marry his future Queen, and Kina would get the man she had always loved since before she could even remember...

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"It's so good to have you back, Mikan!" Misaki whispered, hugging Mikan tightly the minute they returned to the Wizarding Kingdom. Misaki had been hugging Mikan a lot, and Tsubasa continuously ruffled her hair. She was glad to be back with them, but they needed to stop fussing her so much!

"I'm glad to be back with you guys too, honestly, but you really need to stop hugging me so much, Misaki! Let me breath!" Mikan laughed as Misaki smiled, then hugged Mikan again before letting the brunette rush off to her bedroom to unpack her stuff. Once Mikan escaped, she sighed and looked around her room.

She was home, and she couldn't help but smile brightly. She ran to her bed and fell on it. Her wonderful, comfy bed... and her lovely lovely room. She was back where she belonged, with no restrictions and no one to boss her around.

Mikan was once again free. Free to walk where she wanted, free to wear what she wanted, and free to see who she wanted to see. She stared up at the ceiling, smiling. Then remembered who she desperately wanted to see...

Mikan jumped up suddenly, prepared to see Natsume and hug the life out of him. She was set to run out of the bedroom, but when she spotted her reflection, she gasped and wuickly grabbed a hairbrush, and a fresh set of clothes. She wanted to look her best.

As she brushed her hair, Mikan remembered that she had never been so worried to see Natsume, nor had she ever prepared herself just to meet him. This was different, and she didn't like it one bit... but did a crush really have such an effect on one single person? If Natsume was like her, then maybe he liked her back, or maybe he liked someone else?

Mikan set the brush down and sighed, sitting in front of the mirror as she stared at her reflection just like she had done when she was under the love spell. Who was this girl sitting in front of her, nervous and trying to look more apropriate for a guy? This wasn't Mikan, this was someone else.

Had the Flower Faerie kingdom changed her? Mikan was worried, not knowing what to do. Then a knock came from the door, and Misaki stepped in, smiling towards Mikan who looked back at her friend.

"Oh, you look nice... let me guess, Natsume?" Misaki asked knowingly. Mikan wondered how Misaki knew, and the older female laughed as she closed Mikan's door behind her."It's no surprise, seeing as you're hopelessly in love with him."

"How do you know this stuff?" Mikan cried as Misaki sat herself down onto Mikan's bed, grinning.

"I'm a bit older than you, and I've been through this kind of stuff before hand, Mikan, so it's easy to figure it out. Anyway, those who are in love are blind, whilst the ones who observe the love are all-seeing and knowledgable. Aoi tends to use a phrase like that all the time." Misaki explained as Mikan sighed, facing Misaki fully and shrugging.

"I don't know what's happening to me! I never used to care about my appearence around Natsume! I think the Flower Faerie Kingdom has changed me!" Mikan cried out as Misaki alughed, shaking her head.

"No it hasn't, I assure you, Mikan. You've just realised that you love Natsume, and you want to impress him. When I started crushing on Tsubasa, I tried so hard to get his attention." Misaki explained. Mikan listened intently, hoping to find out some more information on what to do. "I dressed differently, wore some disgusting perfume that I hated and even practiced spells I had no interest in, and then finally Tsubasa told me to stop changing myself because he liked the old me better." Misaki beamed as Mikan became confused.

"The old you?" she asked, trying to figure out the question. Misaki sighed. Sadly, Mikan hadn't gotten any smarter during her stay in the Wizarding Kingdom.

"Myself, the me I am now... the me who always hits Tsubasa and calls him an idiot, the me who studies Fairyology. The real me. Sometimes, Mikan, it's better to stay just as you are, because then you can find the guy who really likes you for you. So you don't have to try and make yourself look more presentable, because I think that Natsume prefers the real you." Misaki told her, and Mikan smiled, nodding as Misaki went to hug her friend, then remembered the reason to as why she'd come in to see Mikan.

"Oh yes! Someone's here to see you, they're waiting in the living room." Misaki trilled happily, and skipped towards the door.

"Misaki?" Mikan called, and Misaki stopped in her tracks, turning as she looked at Mikan with a smile,

"Yes?" she asked, and Mikan then smiled back, standing up.

"Before I went away, you told me that a week isn't long enough to fall in love with someone. I think you're wrong." Mikan whispered as Misaki blinked. She turned fully and smiled, leaning against the doorway.

"Oh, yeah?" she said, a questioning tone edging her voice. Mikan nodded, suddenly beaming happily, clasping her hands together.

"Yeah... because during that week, I found out that I love Natsume... so really, a week is all it takes to fall in love with someone... to know you love him. Being away gave me to think about everything, and throughout that week, I realised how much I missed my home,a nd how much I missed my friends. But I also found out that I missed Natsume so much more. And that's how I fell in love." she explained quietly as Misaki nodded, smiling.

"I know... you find out some time in your life, but you don't need to wait forever... you need to tell him, and even if he rejects your love, just be happy for him, Mikan." Misaki whispered as Mikan nodded.

"I know... because he's important, and so is his happiness. Whatever happens, he will never see my smile falter, and he'll never see me cry." Mikan promised. Misaki raised an eyebrow. She didn't believe Mikan, but she pretended to, and chuckled.

"Good to hear. Now come on! Your visitor'll get imaptient if you don't hurry!" Misaki called, and took Mikan's hand in hers, and the two girls rushed out of Mikan's bedroom, jogging towards the living room area of the cottage, and Mikan gasped when she saw an Angel winged faerie sitting on the couch, sipping honey rose tea.

"Mom!?" Mikan cried, her voice high and squeaky as Yuka looked up, gasping. Her eyes then widened when she spotted Mikan's wings, and the cup of honey rose tea fell out of her hands and onto the ground. Yuka held out her arms and ran towards Mikan, tears in her eyes.

"Mikan! My beautiful little girl, my Mikan!" she wailed as Mikan cried as well, suddenly folded beneath her mothers arms as Yuka held Mikan there, sobbing as Mikan clutched the back of her gown.

"Mom... I've missed you." she whispered as Yuka rocked her daughter gently, smiling through her tears as she kissed the top of Mikan's head. She soon pulled Mikan away, wiping a few stray tears from her eyes, and then looked Mikan up and down, breathing in.

"You bloomed... again." Yuka whispered as Mikan nodded, then spun around so that her mother could see her wings fully. Yuka gasped, a hand to her mouth as she stared at her daughters' wings of Light, glowing brightly, especially when the sun hit it through the windows.

"My goodness... how did this happen!?" Yuka cried, and Mikan turned back to face her mother fully, sighing.

"I don't really understand either, but it has something to do with accepting my true self, and my true home... I was so clouded by my desires to be accepted by another race of faeries to see that I was already home. But then I told everyone that I wasn't a faerie on the inside, and then I tried to restore my wings... but they turned out like this. I obtained Elemental wings, mom!" Mikan whispered as she clutched her mothers' hands. Yuka just stared at her daughter in disbelief, then pulled her back into her arms.

"I'm just glad you're safe." she whispered, her head buried in Mikan's shoulder. "I was so frightened when I heard that you had been in danger, and of all the things to do, you had to give up your own life! How could you put yourself in such danger!?" Yuka's head snapped up, and she looked rather sad and angry at the dsame time. Mikan felt guilty, but Yuka smiled warmly and shook her head.

"How reckless you are... it reminds me of your father. He would do anything to help those he loved. No wonder I see so much of him when I look at you." Yuka whispere,d then hugged Mikan again, even tighter as Misaki and Tsubasa stared at each other, smiling.

Tsubasa then tapped Yuka on the shoulder, and both mother and daughter turned to stare at him,

"If I may intrude, Mikan, Mikan's mother, Mikan produced a piece of magic that brought out her wings." Tsubasa started. Mikan looked startled, and her face showed it,

"A piece of magic? Really!?" she sounded surprised, and Tsubasa nodded. Misaki looked proud as she watched Mikan and Yuka. Yuka, of course, was the most surprised. Mikan had told her nothing about magic, not even in letters or small visits. She turned to Mikan, staring at her.

"Is it true? You've been learning magic?" she whispered. Mikan bit her lip, then nodded slowly.

"Yes... I've lived here for over a year... I'm allowed to use magic because I am officially a part of this kingdom... it's my home." she explained as Yuka stared at Mikan momentarily, then sighed and ran a hand through her hair. She then turned back to Tsubasa,

"What magic was this that she produced, then?" she asked, and Tsubasa grinned, and brought out a ball of light. Yuka questioned it. She had never seen Wizard magic, so it was a little intriguing.

"Your daughter produced a ball of light, but when she threw it into the air, she produced the 'Light of Truth' which only appears when a person, or a faerie in Mikan's case, fully accepts themselves, and realises who they reall are. Mikan realised that she was never a faerie really, but something else... she realised that she was an Elemental Faerie." Tsubasa told them, and Yuka and Mikan stood in silence. Yuka then stared at Mikan, then back at Tsubasa.

"But there's no Elemental blood in our family! I've checked!" she cried out, but Misaki stepped forward, holding Tsubasa's arm and smiling.

"You can't trace back all your ancestors. There have been cases of faeries marrying angels, right? Hence your bloodline. What if one of your ancestors loved a Wizard? A baby born from a Wizard and a faerie is sure to make a child with wings and magic, the magic and wings just grow stronger through the years. There's a chance that you and Mikan are part Wizard... or maybe the Light of Truth just showed who Mikan really was. There are so many reasons to as why Mikan turned out the way she did, but right now that doesn't matter... because she's herself. She's shown her true wings." Misaki smiled as Yuka stood there, then fully turned to Mikan, looked at her wings again, and sighed.

"It's far too much for a mother to take in... it's like yesterday you were there in the palace garden, with me, and I was telling you not to care about what others said about your wings... and now look at you. You're all grown up. You have beautiful wings, and a person who loves you... my pixie princess isn't here anymore." Yuka whispered, and Mikan watched as the tears spilled down Yuka's cheeks, and her mother looked down for a second, then looked back up and smiled gently.

"Insteaed I see a faerie wizard who's all grown up... I don't even see my princess anymore. I just see you... all grown up. My little girl has gone." she said quietly. Mikan closed her eyes, trying to ward the tears away, but she couldn't help but cry. Her mother hadn't seen her change, she hadn't watched Mikan grow into the faerie she had become. She hadn't even watched from the sidelines... Yuka hadn't watched her daughter bloom, not even the first time.

Mikan then rested her hand on Yuka's shoulder as her mother cried, and tried to give her mother a warm smile.

"I'm still Mikan." she whispered, "I'm still your daughter... I'm just an Elemental princess, now. I'm still your little girl, and I always will be." she then wrapped her arms aroudn Yuka, and a warm light enveloped them both as Yuka sniffed and cried into Mikan's shoulder, clutching Mikan tightly to her as Mikan looked up at the ceiling.

It was then that she realised how quickly time could slip away, and if she didn't tell Natsuem her feelings, then she would lose the chance to ever tell him, just like her mother had lost the chance to see her daughter turn into an adult...

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"Aren't you going to welcome Mikan back, Natsume?" Aoi asked her brother as she walked into his room, arms folded. Aoi was wearing her best dress, as everyone was celebrating Mikan's return in the Grotto. The party was a masque, and sure enough, Aoi had a mask in her hand.

"Why bother? It's not really me she wants to see, is it?" he asked as Aoi rolled her eyes, and sat on the window seat beside her brother, staring him in the eyes sternly. He stared back, then turned to look out the window, where he could see people walking around the streets, dressed in masks with faerie wings attached to their backs, all looking merry and cheerful.

"Oh, Natsume, don't be so pessimistic! Of course Mikan wants to see you, you're her friend!" Aoi cried. Natsume's look changed from stubborn to stormy, and Aoi knew that she had said the wrong thing.

"Friend, huh? That's all I am, really." he muttered. Aoi growled, then stomped towards another window in Natsume's large bedroom. Natsume watched his sister as she walked back towards him, holding something. She then showed him the rose in the vial.

"Look at it!" she snapped, so Natsume looked. He saw the rose that Mikan had given him, still in full bloom.

"It's that rose. So what?" he muttered. Aoi sighed, then shoved the rose under Natsume's nose. He had no choice but to look closer, and he saw that a petal was missing.

"One of the petals won't come back... I think there's something that must be done to return it. Maybe there's a weight upon Mikan's heart." she explained. Natsume then looked confused, and took the vial from his sisters' hands.

"And this has something to do with me because..?" he asked. Aoi wondered how her brother could be so smart, yet so blind to how Mikan felt about him. He was a true idiot.

"Idiot! It has everything to do with you! Can't you see that Mikan cares for you, and you won't even go to her welcome back party!? She wants you there, Natsume... but you're willing to just throw everything away like that." she said to him quietly, snapping her fingers together. Aoi then stormed off as Natsume watched her, then looked down at the rose. He lifted it up, and in the dim evening sun, the glass vial sparkeled gently.

Would he go to the party, or wouldn't he...

"Wow, this place is amazing! Mikan, you never told me that the Grotto was so pretty!" Yuka cried as she and Mikan stood in the middle. They were both wearing masks, Mikan's gold with glitter, and Yuka's silver with glitter and sapphires. Yuka was amazed, but not as amazed as Mikan. Even though the brunette had been in the Grotto countless times, it still amazed her each time.

But she knew it would be better if she had been with Natsume and her mother, not just Yuka.

"I know... it's beautiful." she whispered. She had been looking for Natsume for nearly an hour, and hadn't seen him anywhere. She had seen Misaki, Tsubasa, Ruka and Hotaru, who all welcomedher back (even though Tsubasa and Misaki had already welcomed her back when she returned to the cottage) and even Nobara had shown up, amazing most of the Wizards with her wings. Yuka was also a hit, as her Angel wings were out and wide open like Nobara's.

"Mikan, there you are! It wasn't easy to find you in this crowd of winged Wizards... Holy Merlin, your wings!" cried Aoi the minute she saw Mikan's wings. Mikan turned and smiled. She had been getting a lot of wide eyed looks from her friends and other wizards, because before she had left, she had had pixie wings, and she had suddenly returned with wings of light.

Aoi was at a loss for words.

"H... how... what, who... what!?" she cried, and Mikan laughed, shaking her head.

"Long story, I'll have to tell you another time... oh, Aoi, this is my mom... mom, this is Aoi, the princess if the Wizarding Kingdom. She's the younger sister of Natsume. Do you remember him?" Mikan asked. Yuka nodded, smiling.

"The handsome boy who came to rescue you from the Faerie Kingdom... of course I remember him, Mikan. Hello there, princess Aoi. I am Mikan's mother, Yuka. The kingdom is lovely." she complimented as Aoi smiled, nodding,

"Please, call me Aoi, and thank you... Mikan, can I have a word with you?" she asked, and Mikan nodded. Yuka smiled and walked off to view more of the Grotto as Aoi took Mikan by the hand and took her to the side.

"Aoi, what's wrong?" Mikan asked, then looked around, "And where is Natsume, he was supposed to be here earlier!" she stated as Aoi sighed, looking aggrivated.

"That's what I need to tell you. He's refusing to come." she told Mikan, and ikan's eyes widened.

"What, why!? I need to talk to him! He saved my neck back there, I need to owe him thanks!" Mikan cried as Aoi sighed, shaking her head.

"He's way too stubborn, he thinks that you don't like him anymore... he needs time alone, I think." Aoi stated. Mikan was beginning to get up upset, and Aoi didn't want Mikan to cry, not at her welcome back party. "You can talk to him tomorrow."

"But I want to tell him tonight! If I don't, I don't think I can tell him! I need to see him now... if I don't, I won't have anymore courage." Mikan whispered as Aoi stood there, not knowing what to do. She then remembered the rose, and stared at Mikan.

"Does this have something to do with you blooming fully again?" she asked as Mikan blinked, then shrugged.

"I... I guess so. I don't think that I can grow any more until I get an answer from him." Mikan whispered, and Aoi nodded. Then she smiled,

"Go to the palace. You should talk to him. He might speak if it's just the two of you together," Aoi smiled as Mikan blinked, then thought about it before nodding, and she smiled.

"Thanks, Aoi. You always know how to help. You're a good sister, and a great friend." Mikan whispered as Aoi smiled. Mikan then turned and ran off, out of the entrance. Aoi sighed and pressed her back against the wall. Suddenly, a tall man walked up to her in a black mask and smiled,

"She's right, you know... you're great in many ways." he stated as Aoi smiled, then wrapped her arms around the tall man's neck before lifting his mask, and staring into Youichi's teal eyes.

"You have to say that, Youichi." Aoi said with a smile, then she kissed him gently and sighed, "After all, we're going to be married." she then kissed him again as Youichi grinned. Aoi then hugged him tightly, smiling to herself.

She just hoped that Mikan and Natsume would find their happy endings soon...

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"Idiot..." Natsume mumbled as he stared at the rose that Mikan had given him over a year ago. He wondered why she had chosen the flower faerie prince over him. Sure, that fruity guy was nice and all that, and he had his own kingdom, but so did Natsume... but then again, he wasn't that nice to Mikan, in fact, he was terrible to her. No wonder she'd chosen someone else.

Natsume sighed, then sat upright when he heard a small 'tap' on his window, and he jumped from his bed, going to see what it was. He blinked when he saw nothing there, then stepped back when something small, rounded and dark his his window.

A pebble.

Natsume upened the window and stuck his head out, looking down to see who it was, when a pebble was suddenly slammed into his face. He reeled back, seething,a nd heard a loud, unforgettable gasp. Seconds later, Mikan was in front of the window, her eyes wide.

"Natsume, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for that to happen! Are you okay?" she cried, flying through the window as Natsume glared at her, his hand on his forehead. He then wondered why she hadn't flown to the window in the first place.

"Idiot... that hurt!" he snapped. Mikan looked sorry, and bit her lip. Natsume then took his hand from his forehead, and stared at Mikan. "Why didn't you fly up and knock on the window? That would have hurt a little less." he hissed. Mikan shrugged.

"Pebbles seemed like a good idea, and anyway." Mikan got another pebble, and threw it at his head. Natsume glared at her, wondering why she'd done that, because it was clearly purposeful. "I wanted to do that! What were you thinking, not coming to welcome me back!? I was waiting for you, Natsume!"

"Shut up, you stupid girl! I can come along if I want or not, and I chose not... you don't need me there, anyway. You have your Faerie prince now. I don't want him to get jealous when I stand next to you," he said in a rather bitter voice. Mikan's cheeks flushed red, and she wondered what on earth Natsume was going on about.

"Wh-what are you saying!? Kaname has nothing to do with this, Natsume! And why would he get jealous?" she asked. Natsume wondered how dense Mikan could be.

"Let me spell it out for you, dust brain; You're his fiancé, meaning you can not, and will not, frollick about with another man. Got that?" he snapped. Mikan blinked, and then suddenly started to giggle, shaking her head. Natsume wondered what she was laughing about, because this was not a laughing matter.

"What's so funny?" he asked darkly, and Mikan stopped giggling, but her cheeks were still pink.

"You! You got it all wrong... I'm not Kaname's fiancé... didn't you know that I was intoxicated by a love potion?" she asked him gently. Natsume shrugged, then stared at Mikan's bright, vibrant wings.

"What about those? You must've needed something to gain them." he muttered as Mikan blinked, then realised that he was talking about her wings, and she smiled.

"I grew this wings with the intention of restoring them to their former pixie state, but... I kinda opened my heart a bit more. I revealed myself to be a Wizard and no longer a faerie. And what's a faerie and wizard make?" she asked him in a whisper as Natsume blinked,

"An elemental faerie," he muttered. Mikan nodded, then suddenly wrapped her arms around Natsume's shoulders and sighed, breathing in deeply.

"If I wanted to be with Kaname, my wings wouldn't be like this... but I like someone else. No, wait... I kinda love him, but I'm scared that he won't like me back." she muttered. Natsume stiffened. She liked someone else? Okay, he could handle someone who wasn't in his kingdom, but if this guy was another wizard... well, he'd just blow a fuse and a volcano, too.

"Why would he not like you back? You may be an idiot, and you're not really the sort of person to make a wife," Natsume started, and Mikan gave him a stern look, pushing him away gentle as she frowned. He then continued, "But you're kinda... nice, I guess, and tolerable. You're always happy and you've got an okay smile... whoever you like is lucky, I guess."

Mikan then beamed, and jumped towards Natsume, bowling him over as she hugged him, smiling and stopping her crush's breathing. Natsume struggled to pull her away, and when he finally did, he coughed and spluttered for breath,

"Oh... sorry, but you made me happy. You've never said anything like that to me, even if it isn't that nice and it's blunt, it's still sweet of you... but what I really wanted to say was," Mikan was then cut off by Natsume, who was staring at her intently.

"Who's the guy you like? Is he a wizard?" he asked. Mikan blinked, and realised that Natsume didn't know it was him. She nodded slowly,

"Yeah, but he's great! I really really like him! In fact, he's right in..." she was then cut off again. Natsume was getting jealous, she had only just started to see it, and it was quite cute to see Natsume so flustered.

"Maybe you should go to him, then... before someone else gets his hand." he muttered, and stood up, brushing off invisible dust as Mikan sat there. She blinked, and then realised that she was crying. She gasped, shaking her head, and gulped.

"Natsume, please, listen." she whispered, but he was walking away. Mikan sat there, then saw a pebble on the floor and picked it up. She stood, pebble in hand, and held her arm high,

"Natsume, listen to me!" she screamed, and with a powerful throw, hurtled the pebble towards him, and it slammed into the back of his head, bouncing back off again. Natsume stood there for a minute, then cursed under his breath and turned to glare at Mikan.

She then ran towards him, and threw her arms around his shoulders, pressing her lips to his.

Mikan's wings started to glow brighter and fill the both of them with a warmth that was indescribable. Natsume closed his eyes, forgetting his anger towards Mikan and starting to wonder just why she was kissing him, but that didn't matter, she was kissing him!

After a few seconds, Mikan pulled away, her cheeks dark red as she smiled, looking up at Natsume with those pretty eyes of hers, brighter than he had ever seen her.

"Idiot... I love you. Why would I want someone else when I have my prince by my side?... Why would I give up my life to save yours if I didn't love you so much?" she asked gently, taking one hand in hers as Natsume blinked, then tried to think of something to say to her, but he was at a loss for words. She liked him.

It was all he could do to contain himself from jumping for joy. He contained himself, though, and stood there, staring at Mikan.

"Are you sure?" he then asked in a quiet voice. Mikan nodded, then leaned up and kissed his cheek.

"Of course! I've never been surer! Kaname was never going to be the right prince for me, and this is my home as well as yours." she whispered as Natsume blinked,

"But what about the flower kingdom? You've always wanted to be there." he muttered. Mikan smiled, then hugged him tightly and sighed, breathing in deeply.

"I thought I did, but if I lived there, I'd miss you so much... I can't be without you." Mikan then stopped hugging Natsume, and held his hand in hers tightly, starting to drag him down the halls, smiling. "Anyway, we need to go to the party. Everyone'll be wondering where I am." she smiled, and started to run as Natsume followed.

Not even in his dreams did he think that this would happen, Mikan, that stupid little pixie he had once known, the one he had met in a field of flowers, never had he thought that he would fall in love with her, and that she would return his love...

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Okay, I hope y'all liked it! I think it's okay, but it's not perfect... anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I hope you review, because I get so happy when someone reviews the story I am writing/have written. Anywhoo, thanks for reading, love you all!!!

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