Sorry for the late update. I've been busy with another author, buddy cute18386; writing her story together. An 'alliance' formed when four of us authors from 4 different countries wrote that story together. So cool! LOL!

Do point out my mistakes while reading, okay? Enjoy reading readers.

Baka youjo: Stupid little girl
Shirou no baka: Stupid Shirou
Gomen ne: Sorry

My OCs available in this chapter/story:-

Shirou Sakura (Mikan's dad),
Hitomi Sakura (Powerful ancestor of Mikan's), --Hitomi means beautiful
Kyoya Hyuuga (Natsume's dad),
Ryuu Hyuuga (Vicious ancestor of Natsume's), --Ryuu means dragon
Natsumi Hyuuga (Natsume's twin), --Name taken from buddy Truc.mi/V-G/Natsumi.
Hikaru Hyuuga (Natsume's mom),
Prince Lukawa Nogi (Hitomi's fiancé) --Name taken from one of my current super fav animes; 'Slam Dunk'.
Akira twins; Arisu and Arata (Hyuuga Master's personal maids) --OCs origin from 'The Ugly Duckling' but has important role in this story too. You can find them in 'Beauty Pageant Woes', buddy Caritate's story. Thanks Dianne!!

You can use them in your stories if you like… I'll give you their details/personality too.

My Foe Is My Fiancé??

Written by Sarah Patrick

Chapter 10 Mikan is not Natsume's fiancée anymore?!

FLASHBACK (From the first chapter)

Despicable.

The twelve year old Shirou Sakura, master of the Sakura Family and also Special/Rare Alice walked away from the crimson eyes Master. He spat on the floor and crooned darkly.

"Get lost, killer," The dark haired Sakura stared at the crimson eyes boy at the corner of his hazels. The smile on Kyoya Hyuuga face was wiped off immediately. Shirou's heel tapped soundly in the shadowed corridor.

Kyoya Hyuuga just doesn't understand why Shirou Sakura hated him so much. He was the only Sakura amongst all Sakura family members who hated him, loath chimed in his tone; hatred burning in his hazel eyes, his lips carved a frown whenever Kyoya presented him a smile. He sighed deeply in frustration.

Hyuuga and Sakura had lived under the same roof for over a century; the Sakura Family had served for eternity as slaves for the Hyuuga while the Hyuuga carried a curse in their blood. To the Sakura, it was their utterly most grief that their luck had to be like this. Nothing they could do could make them to be freemen once again. Running away from the Hyuuga would make their life even worst as the bond of slavery-master curse would take place--serious brain cramp would be the resultant of their worthless freedom.

Alas, for the Hyuuga family, it was and still was their pride. Unique, they say. A person who possessed a trademark which could determine one's family name with just a glance at his/her eyes, crimson, a colour of strength and power. It was a signature of victory for defeating the once powerful yet strongest Alice Master Family in the Alice World—the Sakura Family. From a status of a ruler to a slave, the downfall of the Sakura was indeed sweet for them; especially the first ancestor who was the one who had cause it all—the vicious assassin, Ryuu Hyuuga.

With the glimpse of his crimson eyes, even the strongest man would found himself trembling. The sword which glowed even in the darkest night held firmly in his hand, a sign, he was thirst for blood. He was proud that he had killed his family. To him, Hyuuga with other colored eyes was a disgrace, especially hazels, because he hated a certain Alice Master who has hazel eyes… and he loved her too.

Her long silky hair, with beautiful curls which sometimes would cover her flawless pretty face, glowed as a smile cast upon her face. Her hazel eyes sparkled as she spoke, her voice was sweet. As beautiful as rumor had said, she was also powerful. Hitomi Sakura was a Master of Sakura Clan and Special/ Rare Alice as well as the leader of the Alice flame.

A smirk cast on the vicious assassin handsome features as he held out his sword at her. They were alone; Ryuu and Hitomi, as the veil of moonlight fell on their solid figure and cast dark shadows on the forest floor.

"Marry me, Sakura," said the man with his deep voice, almost seductively and sent her a sharp attack with his sword which she dodged it with her own. An angry pair of hazels glared back at the crimsons.

"Never, Hyuuga, never," she hissed and activated one of her Alice which sent him flying ten feet away from her. He landed on the solid ground hard and he coughed. Blood spat out from his mouth. He wiped the blood of the side of his mouth and smirked again.

"Strong. I love strong woman," his husky voice muttered darkly and stood up again. His eyes were fixated on the pretty woman, thrilled by her presence, obsessed by her scent, like ecstasy, that was what he felt for her, he wanted her badly, very badly. Never in his entire life had he neither fall nor received any attack from his opponent. As an assassin, he had always won matches he encountered. She was the first who managed to bring him down. His eyes traveled to the two dead bodies not far from them. Those men were Hitomi's personal bodyguards.

"I'm owned, Hyuuga. Have you forgotten that I am Nogi's fiancée? Too busy to read the news perhaps, because you are too busy killing!" snapped Hitomi and she charged towards him. It was a taboo for Ryuu whenever he was mentioned the Japanese royal family's name. Anger took him whole.

Sharp clashing sound from the two swords filled the stiffen atmosphere of the night. Ryuu element Alices activated the same time as Hitomi's activated her special ability Alices to attack each other, but both of them were sent flying to the opposite direction as momentum took place. They panted hard and had their eyes fixed on each other.

"Baka youjo!" snapped Ryuu between his pants. As much as he loved her, he despised her to hell, too. "I'll be the next Alice flame leader, Sakura!" snarled Ryuu as he stood up again. "Baka youjo like you should stay home like other female does," he said gruffly. "It's better if you become my slave, Sakura," and he charged toward her.

To Hitomi's horror, his Alice stone glowed. Every master has a wish to be granted for eternity, and Ryuu being a master of Alice and his family, has two wishes. One he had used it to be powerful and strong, and the other… he has wished upon the Sakura to be their slaves. Hitomi dropped her sword out of dismay. She too has one more wish left. But to wish for Ryuu's wish made to fail, it was impossible.

A master wish was irreversible.

"HITOMI!" screamed a deep voice and Ryuu turned to look. Oil was poured into his burning anger. He hated to see those black eyes that stare caringly and frightfully at the same time at the woman. Prince Nogi ran towards his fiancée and took out his sword. He defended Hitomi from the charging man. The thunderous clank of the two swords filled the sky.

"Lukawa," snarled Ryuu at the prince. "Go to hell," and he gave a swing on his sword. Prince Lukawa Nogi was not ready for the sudden attack, found his sword flying and dug deep into the ground. He gasped. Ryuu Hyuuga merely chuckled before he sent a stab with his blood-thirsting sword toward the prince's heart.

His crimson eyes widen in horror. He meant to kill the prince, but he was shocked to see the woman took his place and got the blade pierced into her heart instead. A whimper escaped her parting lips and her hazels began to loss its shininess.

"No," cried the two men in unison. Lukawa broke her fall and held her in his arms.

"Hitomi! Hitomi!" Lukawa loved Hitomi dearly and to lose her felt like losing his own life. Hitomi was in pain and she knew that she wouldn't live longer anymore. The blade had wounded the wall of her heart, she had massive internal bleeding.

"Lu-kawa-py-on," she called out in difficulty. She gave him a small smile as her gentle fingers caressed his cheek lovingly. She choked as her chest began to ache even more painfully.

"Hitomi!" cried the prince again. Hitomi then turned to look at Ryuu. His crimson eyes were ferociously painted with disbelief and regret. The blood oozed out even more, flowing from her wound, dripping down to Lukawa's hand and to the ground, pooling. The sky began to darken and the rain started to fall.

"T-Tonight, a curse shall tie into your blood, Hyuuga, y-you may have us as your slave, but those demonic c-crimson eyes shall passed down to your descendants. A reminder for the c-cruelty of your life, crimson eyes, the mark of you, Ryuu Hyuuga," and she choked again. Ryuu was stunned to hear that, but it was what he always wanted. Crimson eyes for Hyuuga were much better than any other color. Bright lights emerged from Hitomi's Alice stone and the rain began to fall fiercely. Prince Lukawa was miserable.

"Baka youjo," muttered Ryuu in a hush voice. To him, her wish was a gain and she had nothing to benefit from her death. The two men could feel the eeriness of the night as they stood on the cursed land. The sight of the beautiful dead princess was formidable with her eyes still fixed upon the evil man.

"Hyuuga," called a cold voice in the rain. Ryuu swiveled and saw five people in cloak looking at him.

"Imai," Ryuu nodded at the purple eyed woman. The woman merely chuckled.

"The Alice Flame leader stone has broken into pieces," she said impassively and she held her once-clutched hand in front of him. Silvery shiny sand fell dramatically from her hand. Ryuu was dumbstruck.

"We can't accept you as the leader of the flame, Hyuuga. So, we have decided not to have a leader. Instead, we prefer to have a caretaker for the Alice Flame," added the woman who was known as Imai. Ryuu fell on his knees. Though he had no longer had a chance to be the leader of the Alice Flame like he had desire, but he too had loss the woman he loved. Anger began to take over him.

"It was her fault. It was her fault! She killed herself, if she didn't take that blow… she would be… alive" his voice trailed. His teeth gritted as he stared in disgust at the dead woman. "Sakura, your family would soon be sent to hell!" he vowed.

And the torture began for the Sakura family. They were abused, forced, raped and even to be used as sacrifices for beliefs. Mercy has never once lingered in those crimson eyes. The sound of cries and the taste of their salty tears were his remedies, his heaven. Sakura women were struck in immense fear. Their bodies were used by him as his pleasure, revealing greatly a beast he was.

And Kyoya Hyuuga, the hundred and sixth generation of the Hyuuga family, wanted both curses and slavery to be over.

"HHEEELLPP!!" screamed Shirou Sakura. His voice cracked. He had slipped from the edge of the flat land, hanging dangerously over the 2500m deep brink. Tears began to run down his cheek. He knew that there would be no one there. Who would want to be at the edge of a forest during dusk?

"HHHEEELLPP!!" he cried out again, his hope traced barely in his heart. He was badly wounded and his grip which barely dug into the brown Earth was slipping, slowly. He had no energy to activate any Alices. His sight began to darken and not for long, he had decided to give up. He was about to let his hands go when a pair of hand grabbed him on his arms.

"Shirou! Don't give up!" cried Kyoya as he tried his best to pull the boy up. Shirou was stunned, but his stubbornness was even greater.

"Let me go, killer. Isn't this is your chance to kill me now?" muttered Shirou quietly.

"SHUT UP!! PULL YOURSELF UP, QUICKLY!" barked Kyoya at him. Shirou startled. He stared at the crimson eyes boy. He was full of determination to help him. Despite his weak body, he would risk it to help him. Not wanting Kyoya's hard work to go to waste, he used his remaining energy to lift himself up again… and they did.

The two boys panted hard as they lay down on the ground, worn-out. Shirou turned to look at Kyoya who was as tired as he was.

"We did it, Shirou. We did it," panted Kyoya with a smile. Shirou felt embarrassed for always calling him a killer.

"Sorry," Shirou apologized quietly.

"Ah, it's nothing, Shirou," Kyoya chuckled and held his hand at him, "Friends?" Shirou stared at his hand and placed his on Kyoya's and they shook. A smile carved on his face.

"Friends," agreed Shirou and since then, Kyoya and Shirou; formally greatest foes, become the greatest mischievous friends ever…

(A/N: Imagine OCs personality: Shirou Sakura—Tamaki Suou and Kyoya Hyuuga—Kyoya Ootori… I am TamakiXHaruhi fan! XD)

"Kyoya, Kyoya!! I found it, Kyoya. Found it!!" chirped the seventeen year old Shirou happily as he skipped towards his stoic best friend one afternoon. Kyoya Hyuuga's throat rasped in annoyance. He had lost his concentration slash mood in painting.

"What?" Kyoya snapped impassively at the hyperactive guy.

"The medicine for our curse! The medicine! Medicine! The Master of Somatic Alice told me about it!" he chirped again and jumped excitedly. Kyoya choked.

"You mean the counter-curse, Shirou," corrected Kyoya as he adjusted his askew glasses. 'Goddamit, Shirou no baka!' thought Kyoya furiously. Shirou knew very well that Kyoya doesn't like to be interrupted whenever he was painting, but Shirou being Shirou couldn't help to leave his friend alone!

"Aww… you are so smart, Kyoya. Sometimes, I think you should become a medical student instead of me!" smiled Shirou at his annoyed friend. Kyoya lips pursed. He was about to explode but he must remain calm. He must show that Hyuuga men are patient people and—

"Opps," whimpered Shirou as he trod on his foot. To Kyoya's horror, the bottle of water Shirou was holding splashed on his masterpiece.

"DIE YOU, SAKURA!! DIE!!" barked Kyoya angrily and he started to chase after the teenaged boy around the Gakuen Alice field, shooting fire ball aimlessly at him.

"GOMEN NE! KYOYA! GOMEN NE!!" cried Shirou frantically as he ran as fast he could, dodging the attack by nullifying them before it reached him.

Unaware by these two best friends, the school was watching them since the day they step foot to the academy. They had always found it comforting to see that the Hyuuga and Sakura had finally being good friends. That was the reason why; the principle of the school, also known as the caretaker of the Alice Flame had decided to help them to break the curse. The man had ordered one of Shirou's friends to tell Shirou about it.

"Marriage, Kyoya! That's the medicine!," began Shirou but Kyoya corrected him, "Counter-curse," Shirou ignored him and continued, "Masters of family have to get married!" chirped Shirou happily; ignoring the fact that Kyoya was sitting on top of him, holding his collar and wanted to punch him straight on his face. Kyoya was stunned.

"You want us to get married?! Are you insane?! We are men for heaven's sake!!" shouted Kyoya as he blushed deeply. The idea was too crazy! Shirou laughed heartily. Kyoya found this annoying and gave a smack on his head. Shirou whimpered in pain and rubbed his head miserably.

"Not us, silly," chuckled Shirou cheekily. "Our children," Kyoya paused for a while. Now, that was a brilliant idea. "But, there's a catch, Kyoya," said Shirou, suddenly sound so serious. He stared at Kyoya solemnly.

"What is it?" prompted Kyoya at once, shifted from his position. Shirou sprang on his feet.

"We have to swap wives!" laughed Shirou impishly and he bolted away as Kyoya chased after him. He wouldn't want to trade his gorgeous gentle girlfriend with Shirou's spitfire girlfriend. That auburn girl might just kill him!

"GO TO HELL, SHIROU!!"

"My wish before I pass down my post as the Master of Element Alice and Hyuuga Clan is…for the curses between Hyuuga Clan and Sakura Clan to be broken forever," vowed the twenty-seven year old Kyoya Hyuuga before the hall of Alice Flame.

"Same for me too," agreed Shirou Sakura. "My daughter and his first son who both going to be the Clan would have get married at the age of eighteen." Kyoya nudged him.

"Don't you think that's just too young?" whispered Kyoya at him.

"Let them enjoy can we?" tittered Shirou quietly. Kyoya chuckled.

"Whatever," he shook his head as he turned to look at the four year old Natsume and Mikan amongst the new candidates of Alice Master. They don't have the slightest clue of what their father had wished for. Mikan and Natsume were too busy glaring and fighting for they had hated each other since day one.

END OF FLASHBACK

PRESENT

Natsume merely gulped. He couldn't believe his eyes. No, not the fact that he and Mikan were naked on the bed; it was his pendant, his Clan Master pendant.

"What's the meaning of this, Natsume?" asked Mikan worriedly as she saw the stone had broke into two. "You…?" and she fell silent.

"I'm no longer a Hyuuga Master, Mikan," he muttered quietly. His throat began to dry. The fact that he was no longer a Family Master worried him a lot. That would meant that Mikan was no more his fiancée. Driblets of tears fell on to the bed sheet. Their eyes met. To lose her terrified him to hell. He gently pulled her into his embrace, laid her head on his bare strong chest, his chin on her head.

"I love you, Mikan," he whispered. He heard her mumbled between her sob. He knew she said the same. There was one thing which he can't figure out, winding his mind to knots after knots.

'Who's the new master?'

TBC (TO BE CONTINUED!)

Hope you'd enjoyed that, readers. My new story, 'WHAT! No boyfriend, NO PARTY?' published. Do read it!

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--Sarah Patrick