8 o clock
I was waiting outside for my friends. Hotaru already informed me of the plan and I had everything set. I had to be in my geek getup though. They made their way to me and we walked together to the house next door. Hotaru rang the doorbell. Hyuuga, himself, opened the door.
"What are you doing here, Imai?" he asked.
"I wanted to have a slumber party but since my parents have guests over, they said I could stay here. You do have a guest bedroom after all." Hotaru said.
"Tch." He said, opening the door wide enough for all of us to walk in. All of his friends were sitting on the couch.
"Hey Natsume, who was it?" Andou asked. Hyuuga gestured his head to us and their eyes widened upon seeing us.
"You let fangirls in the house? Are you truly that in love with the girl to let us all die for your little auditions?" Andou whispered.
"Yes, I do like her that much." Hyuuga whispered back fiercely.
"And we are not fangirls." I added.
"As if we haven't heard that one before." Mochiage said sarcastically.
"How about using some common sense for once? If we were fangirls, don't you think we would already be all over you guys? I mean, we're in your sanctuary. A fan girl couldn't be happier like that." Misaki said.
"Some people can be very good actors though." Kitsuneme said.
"Imai's my cousin and those are her friends. I doubt they're going to do anything to us." Hyuuga said.
"I-I-Imai is your cousin?" Ruka gasped. Hotaru had a smirk on her face and took a picture.
"Hotaru, I knew you were scary but with the hell did you do to the kid?" I asked.
"I just need to sell what the public wants. If he can't handle having cameras on him 24/7, that's his problem." She answered. It's always about the money.
"Anyway. Just take us to the guest bedroom and we'll be out of your way, hopefully." Nonoko said. Hyuuga began leading the way up the stairs. There was a string hanging down from the ceiling at the end of the hall. Hyuuga pulled it down forming a staircase to the attic which was an additional bedroom.
"If that's it, I'll be leaving." Hyuuga said. Then he walked out.
Natsume's POV
I walked back downstairs.
"Are you sure they aren't going to jump us in the middle of the night?" Mochu asked.
"We have class with those girls. When have they ever jumped us?" I asked.
"I guess he's right. I mean, on our first day they were talking about us and it sounded like they didn't want to sit next to either of us or even be in the same class as us." Andou said.
"True. The fact that Sakura leaves during our conversations is enough. Any fan girl would take advantage of the seating arrangement." Ruka said. We all nodded. We heard footsteps coming our way.
"Excuse me, but do you have a large and deep water basin?" the pinkette asked. I think her name was…Unemoniya.
"What do you need a large water basin for?" Mochu asked.
"Nonoko is a chemist. We're experimenting with something." She answered. Ruka got her a water basin and she walked away with a thank you.
"Potions…" Koko muttered.
"Love Potions..." Kitsuneme muttered afterward.
"Do you think it's possible?" Ruka asked, coming back and sitting on the L-couch with everybody else.
"I don't know, but I don't think so." I said picking up a manga and beginning to read it. We heard a bump and then a crash coming from upstairs. A blue haired girl came downstairs.
"Can we have your first aid kit? Anna kind of tripped over the water basin." She said. Ruka went and got the first aid kit for her. She left upstairs with a thank you as well.
Mikan's POV
It feels so much better to limp around the place. I don't think anybody knows how much it hurts to have a sprained ankle and try to walk on it. Anna came up with a water basin filled with hot water. I was sitting in a chair by now and dipped my ankle in the water. Nonoko took the hat off of my head. She looked and felt my bandages.
"We are going to need to change these bandages and the ones on your foot." She said. Misaki came up beside her and looked at my wounds before wincing at them. Walking to the only bed in the room, she kicked its post and then knocked the clock beside it down.
"Now, Nonoko, go tell them that Anna tripped over the water basin and you need the first aid kit." Misaki said. Nonoko nodded and rushed down.
"Let's unwrap this." Anna said, removing the bandages. She looked at my wound with a worried expression. The ring the guy had on his hand when he punched me placed a pretty deep gash. Not to mention that the way I fell didn't help either. She touched it and I winced.
"Sucks, man." Misaki said. I nodded and Nonoko came in the room. The twins began replacing my bandages and wiping the dry blood off my head.
"So how are we going to get the locket?" Permy asked.
"Mikan is out of commission so we will be looking inside of Hyuuga's room through a pair of x-ray goggles I have for everybody. We are going to pass by every room in this house." Hotaru said.
"The operation starts at 12. We tell them we're going to sleep at 10, which we will do to be a little rested, and then at 12, we go." She finished.
"It's almost ten now if you wanna go tell them." I said, looking at my wristwatch. Hotaru went down to give the message this time.
Natsume's POV
The guys were still discussing the matter of the girls being in the house when Imai came down.
"What now, Imai?" I asked.
"Just to tell you that we will be going to sleep now." She said and then walked away. The guys were talking about how suspicious it was that they were going to sleep at 10.
"Guys, seriously. If you think it's that suspicious, then at 11 we'll pass by and check if they're sleeping." I said. They nodded agreeing with me and continued to watch tv.
11 o' clock
We got up from the living room silently and walked upstairs towards the attic. The stairs were pulled down so we just walked up. Before we knew it, we were scooped up in a clear garbage bag and a little glass pot fell. All the girls immediately woke up. I noticed that when Sakura woke up and sat in a kneeling position, she winced a little which caused me to raise an eyebrow, but I disregarded it.
"Imai, what's with the trap?" I asked.
"To keep you sick people out." The tall girl with the reddish pinkish hair said.
"Sick? How are we sick?" Andou asked.
"You're god damn peeping on your cousin and her friends while they're sleeping. That's sick." The blue haired one said.
"We were just checking if you were sleeping comfortably." Mochu said.
"My ass." Sakura muttered.
"Let's just let them out so that they can leave. Now we're going to have to reset the trap, damn it. Do you know how long it took us to find rope and how much we paid for Hotaru's stupid clear garbage bag?"
Unemoniya said. Imai held a gun to her head.
"Did I say stupid? I meant brilliant." She corrected herself. Green haired girl got up from the bed and used a knife to cut open the bag.
"Why do you have a knife again?" Kitsuneme asked.
"We never go to a place unarmed. I know martial arts. Anna and Nonoko carry around tasers. Perms has a knife with her at all times and Hotaru always has her guns. Misaki is very talented with fighting. She fought a gang off once. It was a very funny and amusing sight. And we each specialize in using a traditional weapon. Anna and Nonoko are great when using nun chucks. Hotaru is a great archer despite her very gun liking personality. Misaki is a whiz at the spiked ball mace (the stick with a chain and spike ball attached). Permy works with daggers. And I like to use swords." Sakura said.
"They're chick with arms, man. I told you they were crazy and you shouldn't have let them in the house." Mochu whispered.
"Chicks with arms and great hearing, thank you." Sakura said.
"Well then, we'll be on our way. We're so tired that we're going to bed now." Ruka said nervously. We walked out of the room and actually went to bed like Ruka said.
Mikan's POV
"Damn." Hotaru muttered.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It seems they are on high alert at the moment. I don't think we'll be able to get your locket like that. For once my plan has failed. They are too highly suspicious of girls and probably have their own traps around their rooms." She said.
"Shit. I thought I was gonna be able to go through their drawers." Permy muttered. I chuckled.
"I guess it's alright. I'll get that locket somehow. Besides, either way I would lose. I'll probably get yelled at for forgetting ManiPedi Wednesdays." I said. My friends rolled their eyes at the Koizumis' stupidity and we went to bed.
Saturday Morning Mikan's POV
"Mikan!" I heard from my shed outside. I woke up and found all three witches standing angrily in the living room.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I don't know why and what you have been doing lately but you are obviously not doing a very good job at keeping this house maintained. You know very well that we don't want to see anything wrong! Which is why, I would like to know why my shampoo bottle is empty! You are always supposed to have one ready! Don't you pay attention when you clean the bathrooms?" Serina yelled.
"I ran out of body spray! And you completely forgot ManiPedi Wednesdays." Serah said.
"And I ran out of lotion! Not to mention that she has yet to pick up the clothes we ordered from Pink Sheik Boutique." Luna added. I really wanted to roll my eyes.
"I'll be going to the shopping center then. I needed to pick up some groceries anyway." I said. They stormed to their chambers and I walked out of the house and to the shopping center. It was a quick walk around. The mall was only a quick stop at the Bath and Body Works and then at the Pink Boutique. Really, how many pink clothes do they wear? How many do they even need to wear?…or wear at all? It doesn't matter. I walked out to the marketplace.
"Morning Hoshi. What do you have for me today?" I asked, approaching the old man.
"Oooh, Mikan. Good morning. I have plenty of tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, rice, beans, and everything. You're welcome to buy anything." He said. I took a few fish, a few pounds of rice and beans, some vegetables and fruits.
"Your eyes are saying that you have a mystery." Hoshi said as I began helping him calculate the amount of my purchase.
"I am the mystery. The mystery of the lead singer of a famous band. Not to mention he has my locket." I said with a sigh.
"It will work out in the end. I just know it." He said. My purchase was bagged by now and I smiled and gave the old man a kiss on the forehead.
"Thanks. I'll see you next time." I said. He nodded and waved me off.
Natsume's POV
I was just walking around with the guys when I spotted her.
"Guys, she's there." I said. They all looked to the tree I was pointing at.
"Let's surround her." Koko said. I nodded and we walked around to be able to surround her. From my view, I could see that she had various bags filled groceries, clothes, and hygiene products.
"Now!" Andou yelled. We all jumped out around her. She looked distressed for a second.
"Come on, give up! It's better for you!" she yelled to me. I raised my eyebrow. We all ran towards her. Right when we were about to grab her, she jumped up, stepped on Mochu's back and then whacked us all in the head with her grocery bag, which mind you was very heavy. When she landed, she fell to her knees.
"Fucking useless ankle." She cursed.
"It's not gonna help you get better to be jumping around with that ankle." I said, approaching her slowly. She was still on the floor a few feet away when I recovered from the hit she gave me.
"Listen. I know it's not going to help me, and knowing my name isn't going to help you. And also, I don't really appreciate being called a crazy acrobat chick. I don't need these two ears to hear. Plenty of people can hear for me. But since you know or think I'm crazy and acrobatic, you should know that even with a sprained ankle, I will do crazy things." She said. All of a sudden, she was gone and jumping through the trees on one foot. I walked to the first tree she jumped on and punched it.
"Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck!" I said, continuously punching the wall. My friends gathered around. Ruka placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Sorry mate. It looks like this girl will do anything to keep you from knowing her name. Maybe it is better that you forget her. You're going kind of crazy." He said. I dropped my head from the tree.
"One last try. I've got an idea." I said walking off by myself.