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"You better go back to rest Hotaru. Your brother will kill me if he saw me kissing his precious sister." Ruka chuckled at the thought.
"You owe me Bunny boy." Hotaru said.
"Hai hai hai." Ruka said.
The room next to their room.
A certain brunnette is giggling, a raven haired lad smirking and a doctor with green eyes is fuming with anger listening to the new couple's conversation
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In the middle of the morning the class of Mikan are in the field with Jinno, Narumi and Misaki-sensei for their special activity.
"Okay Minna this is it. This is the day you'll first receive your familiar." Narumi said twirling like a little girl in a ballet class.
"Summoning a familiar needs a spell, I hope you studied. This is one of the spells that needs incantations not like offensive and defensive spells." Narumi said.
"Remember, a familiar is a servant to its master. Whatever you say it will follow your orders; no matter what. It's their job serve you." Misaki-sensei said.
"Your familiar shows your magical capability. If you summon a low level familiar that means you're a low level magician. In this activity you'll be graded so if you don't want to fail then do good." Jin Jin said glaring at his students as usual.
"Minna do your best!" Narumi cheered.
"First up Yuu Tobita." Misaki-sensei said.
Yuu came closer.
"State your summoning spell." Jin Jin said.
Oh, Great Familiar, Answer my call and Come Forth.
Under my name Yuu Tobita, I call thy thee. Show me.
A bright light came from Yuu's magic circle, and appeared a brown colored owl but not like those creepy owls instead a cute owl.
"Eh?" Yuu's initial reaction.
"Master, I'm here to serve you." the owl said.
"Good job Yuu-kun!" Narumi said.
"Now you have to name it and bind your contract." Misaki said.
"Hai. I name thy thee EQUINOX." Yuu said.
A latin word which corresponds to the name EQUINOX appeared in the right wing of the owl.
"Good job Tobita, as expected of the class president, you get an B+ for this." Jin Jin said scribbling some stuff on his clipboard.
"Hai." Yuu said.
"Good job Yuu-kun." Mikan whispered.
"What a cute owl!" squealed the twins.
"Arigatou." Yuu said.
"NEXT!" Jin Jin shouted.
The students began to summon different familiars. The next one is Hotaru. Hotaru summoned a white Pegasus with fading lavender wings and hair. Ruka summoned a griffin while Natsume summoned a red fire dragon which earned him an A+ as usual. Mikan on the other hand summoned two cats, she named the white one Blanca while the other one which was black "Sia." Since she only managed to summon low level familiar she received a barely passing grade of D+ much to her dismay.
_______2 weeks later: Mikan's 2 star room______
Our brunette was cooking in her small kitchen, her kitchen may not be as big as those in the 3 stars or special stars but even so she love her kitchen very much.
"la la la la la." Mikan was humming a happy tune.
"Hime-sama what are you doing?" Blanca asked.
"Making strawberry jam to add to my chiffon cake." Mikan said.
"Strawberry jam! Sia loves strawberry jam!" Sia said.
"I know that's why I'm making it for Sia-chan. Plus I'm making them with this rare wild strawberries that Okaa-chan sent me last week." Mikan said.
"Rare strawberries?" Blanca asked.
"Yep rare strawberries. These strawberries are only found on steep mountain tops. That's why they're very expensive." Mikan said.
"Steep mountains tops, you mean like Mt. Mangoria the nearest mountain from the academy?"Sia asked.
"Yep, so don't ever try to get their okay? It's very dangerous." Mikan said warning her familiars.
"Hai!" Sia and Blanca said.
"That's good." Mikan said.
The next day: Mikan's room
"What's that smell?" Sia said yawning.
Sia went to the kitchen and found the jar of the strawberries, open making her mouth water.
"I'm sure Mi-sama, won't mind if I eat one right?" Sia said getting a strawberry with her mouth.
After Sia ate the first strawberry, her instincts told her to get more because of its rare sweet taste. At first she was hesitant but after a few more strawberries, she changed her mind ate more until there was no strawberries left. She fell asleep next to jar with smudges of strawberries in her mouth. She only woke up when she heard the door opened revealing Mikan and her elder sister Blanca.
"Nee-sama, Mikan-sama!" Sia said jumping into the arms of Mikan.
"Sia, how are you? You're probably hungry leaving you here all day. I'll cook up something for you." Mikan said heading to the kitchen.
"My Strawberries!" Mikan said when she saw her jar of strawberries empty.
"Gomenasai, Mikan-sama I was really hungry." Sia said.
"Sia! Didn't I tell you not to be a bother!" Blanca scolded.
"Gomenasai Nee-sama." Sia said.
"My strawberries." Mikan murmured holding the jar of rare strawberries.
"Please forgive my little sister for her lack of manners." Blanca said.
"It's okay Blanca." Mikan said not facing them.
"Well I better cook now." Mikan said sending them out of the kitchen.
"Mikan-sama." Sia said.
The next day_____________
"Ohayo, Blanca." Mikan said cooking pancakes
"Ohayo Hime-sama." Blanca said.
"Blanca, have you seen Sia? I haven't seen her all morning." Mikan said.
"I'm sorry Hime-sama I didn't see her at all when I woke up." Blanca said.
"Hmmm....Do you we were to hard on her?" Mikan said.
"Of course not Hime-sama; all this time our parents spoiled her very much and I'm afraid I too spoiled her causing her to have no manners at all." Blanca said.
"If you're okay with it then I guess it's alright. But I think I'm going to cheer her up with some pancakes." Mikan said.
"If that's what you want Hime-sama" Blanca said.
"Do you where she is now?" Mikan said.
"Probably in your window seal Hime-sama." Blanca said.
"Alright." Mikan said.
"Sia, where are you?" Mikan said.
A small piece of paper was in the table next to the window seal. Mikan opened it and was shocked by its contents causing her to dropped the plate with pancakes in floor, shattering it into pieces. Blanca quickly went to Mikan's side.
"Hime-sama are you okay?" Blanca asked when she saw Mikan's hand bleeding a little.
"Sia, she went to Mt Mangoria......" Mikan murmured.
"That can't be Hime-sama! It's dangerous there." Blanca said.
"Blanca." Mikan said hugging her.
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Classroom
"Natsume-kun." Narumi said checking the attendance.
Natsume just glared at Narumi making him sweatdropped.
"Alright, I'll take that as present. Mikan-chan." Narumi said.
"Mikan-chan?" Narumi repeated.
"Is Mikan-chan not feeling well?" Narumi asked his students.
"We don't know sensei. We haven't seen her all morning." the twins chorused.
"I see." Narumi feeling down a little.
"Hey isn't that one of Mikan-sama's familiar?!" one fanboy said who was sitting by the window.
All attention was now in the window.
"It's Blanca!" Koko shouted.
"There's something red on her white fur." Yuu said.
"It's blood! Oh my Gosh!" Sumire said.
This fact made Chii jumped down from the third floor window to Blanca's side. Good thing she activated a spell before jumping or else she's going to be seriously hurt.
"Blanca." Chii said picking the cat up.
"Chii-sama, Hime-sama she's..." Blanca said.
"What happen to Polka?" Natsume who apparently jumped too. (A/N: Gosh don't they know that it's dangerous.)
"She's trying to cast a high level spell." Blanca said.
"What's with the blood in your fur." Hotaru who was smart enough to actually walk down the stairs.
"It's Hime-sama's blood." Blanca said.
"She broke a plate." Blanca continued.
"Did you say trying to cast a high level spell?" Narumi asked.
"Hai." Blanca said.
"What kind of spell?" Narumi asked.
"A Locator spell." Blanca answered.
"She can't cast a spell like that; especially with her level. Those kinds of spells send electric currents to the body of the magician if they are not experienced." Narumi said shocking his students.
Chii quickly cast a speed spell on her and ran. Hotaru and the others followed by summoning some their familiars that can fly. When they reached Mikan's room, they saw Chii holding Mikan who was unconscious. Her skirt is burned at the end and her blouse was also burned making it show a part of Mikan's stomach. A few bruises were in her arms and legs.
"Mikan-chan!" the twins said running to Chii's side.
"I'll call Imai-sensei." Inchou said.
"Mikan." Hotaru coming to Chii's aid.
"What happen to her?" Sumire said feeling kind of worried for her rival.
"She must have tried multiply times to activate the spell." Narumi said.
"Why would she do such thing sensei?" Ruka asked.
"Sia is lost." Mikan who woke up.
"Polka rest." Natsume ordered.
"I can't. I have to activate the spell to find Sia." Mikan said who was trying to stand up but can't.
"I'll find her." Natsume said.
Everyone was shock by the black cat's announcement. They always thought that Natsume was cold-hearted and didn't care for others except Ruka and his sister Aoi.
"But she's my familiar. It's my duty." Mikan said in a soft voice.
"I said I'll find her Polka." Natsume said.
"Arigatou Natsume." Mikan said.
"Don't thank me yet. I haven't found her yet." Natsume said blushing but quickly hid it.
"Hmmm.....Chii-chan, Hotaru can I sleep for a while?" Mikan said.
"Hai." Chii said tears escaping from her eyes.
"Baka, of course you can." Hotaru said.
"Thank you." Mikan whispered before falling to a deep sleep.
**************Hours later: Natsume's room ****************************************
"You're really going Natsume?" Ruka asked.
"Hn."
"Then I'll help you." Ruka said.
"You don't have too." Hotaru said.
"Hotaru, what are you doing here?" Ruka asked.
"You'll stay here with me. We'll be guiding Hyuuga with magic when he climbs the mountain." Hotaru said.
"Rouge can't fly that high. The altitude is too tense." Hotaru continued.
"I'm all set." Natsume said.
"Take this Hyuuga, it's a jar of thunder spells. Just in case you get exhausted from climbing so you can wear off wild animals" Hotaru said.
"Hn." Natsume answered.
"Good luck Natsume." Ruka said.
"Hn." Natsume said.
"Rouge!" Natsume called his familiar.
Meanwhile Mikan's room***********
"Ugggghhh." the sleeping Mikan groaned.
"Mikan-sama." Chii said.
"How is she?" Natsume who entered by the window.
"She's fine Hyuuga-san." Chii said.
"Can you leave us for just a minute?" Natsume asked not facing Chii.
"I understand." Chii said leaving Natsume with Mikan.
"Mikan." Natsume said.
"Don't worry; I'll get her back no matter what." Natsume said stroking Mikan's hair.
"Natsume....." the sleeping Mikan murmured.
Natsume smiled and kissed Mikan's forehead.
"I'll be back. I promise." Natsume said leaving.
__________A day later____________
"Natsume.........." Mikan murmured when she opened her eyes.
"Mikan!" Hotaru said hugging her best friend.
"Hotaru." Mikan said who unconsciously had tears falling from her eyes.
"Mikan-chan are you hurt somewhere?" Ruka said.
"No." Mikan said.
"Then why are tears falling from your eyes?" Ruka asked worriedly.
"I don't know." Mikan said wiping the tears.
"What happen to me?" Mikan asked.
"Why are my arms and legs covered with bandages?" Mikan continued.
"You past out from the electric shocks of the spell you were using to find Sia." Hotaru answered.
"Where's Natsume?" Mikan asked.
"He went to find Sia." Ruka said.
"What?! Why did he leave before I even wake up?!" Mikan said quickly standing up despite her injuries.
"Please rest Mikan-sama." Chii said.
"But we got to find Natsume, it's dangerous in Mt. Mangoria." Mikan said aching in the pain she's feeling right now.
"Ruka hold her." Hotaru said.
"Yes." Ruka said trying to restrain Mikan from any movement.
"Let me go Ruka-pyon, we have to find Natsume." Mikan said.
"You're still not in condition to even move Mikan." Hotaru said.
"But!" Mikan shouted.
"Hyuuga can take care of himself." Hotaru said.
"Still!" Mikan said.
"Calm down Mikan-chan." Ruka said who was holding her.
"He came from one of the most powerful family of magicians in the world. He's a powerful magician. Don't worry Mikan-chan." Ruka said assuring her.
"So Mikan rest. He would like that a lot." Hotaru said.
"Hai." Mikan said in a sad tone.
Fast Forward: Half a day past since Mikan woke up.
Hotaru and the others were at school while Mikan stayed home resting more like worrying about Natsume who still hasn't returned. She can walk but when she does its very slow. When school was over, Hotaru and the others headed to Mikan's room but when they open her room she was not there. Everyone was worried for her, trying to find her. They finally found her after an hour in the middle of the garden in the terrace. When Hotaru reached her, Hotaru slapped her face.
"You idiot! I was worried about you!" Hotaru said.
"Gomenasai." Mikan said.
Hotaru hugged her tightly.
"Waahhh it's raining already." the twins said.
"Let's go inside already!" Koko said.
"All right." Hotaru said.
Mikan didn't move at all which made Hotaru wondered what's wrong.
"Mikan what's wrong?" Hotaru asked.
"Natsume...." Mikan said casting a low level spell on herself which made her run even with an injury.
"This is your familiar, right Polka?" Natsume said smirking at Mikan while showing a sleeping Sia in his arms.
From Mikan's eyes tears began falling; she hugged Natsume not minding the rain that started falling when he arrived.
"Oi what's wrong polka?!" Natsume asked clearly worried about her.
Mikan didn't answer instead she cried while hugging Natsume. He quickly understood what Mikan was crying about. She was worried about him that's why she's crying.
"I'm here." Natsume said letting go of Sia in Chii's hands before returning the hug.
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End of Chapter.
Title: Familiar
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