Chapter 3: Watching over you

The next morning, Mikan was awoken by Hotaru's baka gun.

Baka! Baka! Baka! went Hotaru's gun.

"AAAAHHHHHHH!" screamed Mikan who fell off her bed and landed flat on the floor. "HOTARU! How could you do that to me!" cried Mikan rubbing her head "It's painful!"

"Mikan-chan, are you ok?" said a worried Yuu.

"Huh? Yuu-chan why are you here too?" asked the puzzled Mikan.

"You are the one who called us to go with you to the Central Town, you idiot" Hotaru said, preparing to deliver her second round of Baka shots on Mikan.

"OH MY GOODNESS!" shouted a horrified Mikan "I totally forgot about it"

Yuu sweatdropped, "Mikan-chan…."

Another round of baka shots is given and the sound of Mikan's shrieking can be heard throughout the whole dormitory. After that, they are on their way to Central Town.

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"Hotaru Meanie!" cried Mikan who is nursing the bump on her head.

Hotaru ignored Mikan's cries and proceed to read her book.

"Calm down Mikan-chan, look we are at the Central Town now, let's go and get some food to eat" said Yuu-chan who quickly distracted Mikan from her pain.

"Hey, Hotaru what do you want to eat? All I am thinking of is Howalon!" asked Mikan who has already forgotten all about her pain and clung onto Hotaru.

"This…" said Hotaru, pointing to an expensive restaurant, "You are going to pay for my meal as well…"

"Hotaru! Are you trying to make me go bankrupt again like last month?" staring at her friend.

"Well, who knows…" replied Hotaru coldly.

"Guys, let's head over to the newly opened café. I heard that their food is nice and after that Mikan can buy Howalon too.

"Yeah! Let's go, Howalon I am coming for you" sang Mikan, dragging Hotaru and Yuu towards the new restaurant.

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After they went back to school, Hotaru wanted to work on her invention so she rode on her flying swan to get away from Mikan. As for Yuu, he has to go and help out Narumi sensei. Mikan is left all alone and all her disturbing thoughts are back, so she decided to go to somewhere that is quiet, at the Sakura tree.

"Sigh. I am all alone. So lonely!"

"Wait a minute… will Natsume be there? I don't want to see him now" blushed Mikan

Mikan took a quick peek around the tree and found no sign of Natsume.

"Phew, that's lucky. I can get some quiet time here without seeing him." thought Mikan as she makes herself feel comfortable under the Sakura tree.

"Now, what should I do? I can't act normal around him…but he acts like nothing had happened" recalled Mikan, when they are on the way back from their mission.

"I can't behave like this every time I see him, should I just forget about it and treat it like nothing has happened between us?" Mikan sigh and look up to the sky "What a lovely weather…" After a while, she falls asleep under the tree.

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A guy named Hikaru (who admires Mikan) saw the sleeping Mikan when he was passing by and he walked silently towards Mikan and observed her from a short distance.

"Seem like she is fast asleep and won't wake up at all, she looks so beautiful" he thought to himself.

Hikaru looked around and saw no one is around, so he decided to take this opportunity to get even closer to the sleeping Mikan and kiss her.

Before Hikaru can get any closer to Mikan, a wall of fire suddenly appeared that drew a line between Mikan and him.

"W…Who was that" said a startled Hikaru who backed off from the fire.

"What do you think you are doing" asked the person up at the tree.

Hikaru was shocked when he looked up and there, he saw Hyuuga Natsume sitting up at the tree and staring at him.

"No…Nothing, I am not doing a…anything" said the alarming Hikaru.

"Then leave now before I burn you" growled Natsume.

"O…ok" replied Hikaru and he ran off.

"Don't let me see you again, I won't let you off the next time round" said Natsume as he jumped down from the tree and take a look at Mikan who is still sleeping despite the loud noises that is so near to her.

"Boy… She surely can sleep like a pig. I bet she won't wake up even if I burn her hair" whispered Natsume. He turned around and saw Ruka walking towards him.

"Natsume…" said Ruka looking at him.

"You saw what happened just now?" asked Natsume.

"Yea…" replied Ruka.

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Just then, Mikan woke up and looked around with her sleepy eyes and saw Natsume and Ruka standing in front of her. She immediately jumps up but she can't find any words to say. Natsume looked at her for a second before turning around to whisper something to Ruka. "What is he saying to Ruka?" wondered Mikan.

"Don't tell her what happened just now" whispered Natsume as he walked past Ruka.

"Natsume…" whispered back Ruka

"Where are you going, Natsume?" asked the nervous Mikan

"None of your business, Strawberry" replied Natsume without looking back.

"WHAT! YOU PERVENT! You peek at my …..! shouted a furious Mikan who forgot about being nervous.

Natsume stopped in his track and turned around before he smirked at Mikan before he went into the school and closed the door. It end up making Mikan madder and she started stomping her feet and shouting at him.

"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU NATSUME!" shouted Mikan shaking her fist.

"Those two…" Ruka sigh and shake his head.

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Here is the third chapter. Please RxR. Thanks and dbzgtfan2004 for your reviews! It means a lot to me. :)