CHAPTER 5

Natsume tapped his foot impatiently against his desk.

'Where the hell is Mikan? She should have been back here before me and the others.' He sent Mochou and Hotaru to go out and find her. He began to worry but then he heard Mikan's voice. He watched her talking to a strange guy. They both sat down in a corner and then that guy handed Mikan back her back pack. 'This does not look good,' thought Natsume.

Mikan looked over at Tsubasa's shoulder and saw Natsume looking at them. 'Eat your heart out Natsume.' Tsubasa had been so sweet to her. 'I wish Tsubasa was my older brother,' she thought. 'That way he can protect me from that animal Natsume.' And just then Natsume walked up to them.

"Hi. I'm Natsume Hyuuga the school's representative. And you are?" he looked at Tsubasa.

Tsubasa started to analyze Natsume. 'So this is the guy who's picking on Mikan.' Then Mikan's words came back to him.

Sigh…Tsubasa looked at Mikan. "What's the sigh for?" She looked down at the floor.

"Oh nothing."

"Come on Mikan. If you called me sempai, that means you can tell me anything."

"Well…I'm afraid I'm going to get beaten up today."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Mikan lifted up the sleeve of her uniform. "Take a look at this." Tsubasa glanced at her arms. Both of them had dark purple bruises. "And this too," she added and pointed to her head. There was also a dark purple bruise there. Tsubasa looked at her in shock.

"Who did this to you?"

"A psycho by the name of Natsume Hyuuga."

"Why? Doesn't he know guys aren't supposed to hit girls?"

Mikan glanced up at Tsubasa. "Human guys don't hit girls. Natsume Hyuuga is an animal." She sighed again. "But it's okay…I'm used to it by now."

Tsubasa squeezed her shoulder. "Well stop getting use to it. This torture is going to end today."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I'm going to teach this Natsume guy a lesson."

Mikan grabbed Tsubasa and hugged him. "Really?" He nodded.

"Yay!" she screamed. "You can do it in P.E. today. His Highness is the champion here but not anymore now that you're here Tsubasa-sempai.." Tsubasa gave her a smile and nodded.

"Let's get to class before we're late."

Tsubasa looked at Natsume who had just approached him. "I'm Andou Tsubasa. And I know who you are."

Natsume looked at Mikan. 'Must have told him about me,' he thought. Natsume shrugged his shoulders. "Fame spreads."

Tsubasa looked at him. 'Mikan was right. That conceited bastard!"

Natsume let out a fake cough. "Excuse me, Mr. Andou. I believe you're in my seat." Tsubasa gave him a look.

"I don't think so."

Natsume gave Tsubasa a glare that could freeze an entire ocean. Just then Hotaru and Mochou came in. Natsume waved for them to come over.

"Hey guys come over here and meet my new friend." Hotaru and Mochou walked over.

"Hey guys," said Natsume. "This is Andou Tsubasa. Apparently, he doesn't know where he's sitting."

Hotaru gave a little smirk. "Aww…he's new Natsume. He don't know that he's sitting in your place."

Mochou nodded and told Tsubasa, "You better move boy. You're sitting with my friend's wife."

Mikan opened her mouth in shock. "He's lying!" Tsubasa looked at all of them. He could tell that Natsume and the other two were lying. He turned around to face Natsume.

"No I don't want to move. I like sitting here."

Natsume was ticked but didn't say anything. He had to stop Hotaru and Mochou from fronting Tsubasa. Natsume just gave a fake smile and said, "I'll see how long you will like sitting there." Then he and the other two follwed.

Mikan let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks Tsubasa-sempai. Everyday that Natsume and his buddies will sit next to me so they could torture me. But now that you're here, they can't do it anymore."

"It's nothing," said Tsubasa. "I'll try my best to stop him from torturing you."