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Chapter 8

"Yey! Yuu! Hotaru! You guys said you'd come with me to central town!" I yelled to them when sensei left.

"Okay. How about at 3:00? So we can drop off our stuff and do some Homework." Yuu said and pointed to the bus stop outside the window. I nodded my head at Yuu and turned to Hotaru.

"Ne ne Hotaru are you coming?" I asked her. She looked at me for a couple of seconds then agreed. I squealed in delight.

"Bye Girls! Guys!" I yelled out to Anna, Nonoko, Sumire, Hotaru, Yuu, Natsume, Ruka, Kitsume, and Koko. I just realized that the guys were all attending my classes. Eheheh. I know that's just sad.

"Catch ya laters!" Koko said.

"See ya!" Yuu said.

"Bye bye Mikan-chan!" Anna said.

"See you tomorrow Sakura!" Ruka said.

"Shoots!" Kitsume said.

The rest just either waved or nodded at me. I skipped to my dorm room. Once I got there I opened the door, put my stuff away, ate, did homework, and changed. I wore an orange sundress the flowed just above my knees with flowers all over. I put my hair in low pigtails and put on some slippers for going out. I walked out of my dorm, locked the door, and headed to the bus stop. Once I got there I saw Yuu and Hotaru already there. Yuu was wearing a brown t-shirt that had the words DC. He had on caprice with some whit DC shoes. Hotaru wore a yellow blouse with knee length pants and scandals.

"Your 1 minute late baka." Hotaru said.

"Yeah it was just ONE MINUTE!" I said. Then she shot me with her baka gun.

BAKA

I sat up and rubbed my head.

"Nani? I didn't do anything!" I said still rubbing my poor head.

"You know how I hate late people." She said with a cold voice that made me and Yuu shiver. I held my hands in surrender and got up.

"The bus is here Mikan-san and Hotaru-san." Hotaru nodded.

"YEY!" I screamed while skipping my way into my seat. I got a lot of weird stares but I just brushed them off. Yuu chuckled at my enthusiasm. Hotaru just glared at me for being noisy. I sat on a window seat with Hotaru next to me and Yuu next her. We passed by lots of trees and plants.

"We are now in Central town. You may leave." I heard the bus person say. All the people in the bus got off including us. When my eyes landed on central town I had and expression close to this O_o. I gawked at all the shops and my gaze landed on a place that said 'Howalons'. I pointed to it and asked,

"Ne whats that?" Yuu looked at where I pointed and answered,

"That's a shop that sells a candy called Howalans. It looks like a pink cloud and the taste is long lasting." I had sparkles in my eyes. I ran to where the shop was and immediately asked for one box of howalans. The old man kindly gave one to me and smiled. I smiled at him and turned around to find Hotaru and Yuu standing there. I chuckled nervously and said,

"Eh. Its just it sounded so good I wanted to taste it and so I ran off forgetting about you guys. So-sorry?" I said.

"For that you owe me 50 rabbits." Hotaru said.

"Its Fine Mikan-san." Yuu said. I smiled happily and dragged them to all the interesting shops. Hotaru bought some things she needed to for inventing. Yuu got a cover for his cell phone while I didn't buy anything. I just looked around. By the time we were done looking around it was 6:49 pm.

"Its getting dark. We should go now." Yuu said. Hotaru and I nodded at this. We went to the bus stop and waited for a few minutes. The bus came and we went in and took our seats. I looked out the window thinking about my mom.

"Mom. How are you up there? I guess its better since you don't have to really do anything. I wonder if you watching me right now. I'm sure of it. Were you mad at what my ex friends did to me? I bet you wanted to comfort me but couldn't cause you'll just go through me. I love and miss you." I thought. I felt someone nudge me and saw Hotaru was the one. She took out a napkin and wiped my eyes. Huh I was crying? Hotaru put it away and she gave me a worried stare. I shook my head and smiled at her telling her I was fine. She looked unsure about it but didn't press it on.

"I wanna talk about this next time okay?" Hotaru said.

"Yeah." I said to her smiling sadly. She nodded and went back to…reading when did she get that?

"We're back here. Please leave and do not forget any of your things." said the bus driver. We got off the bus.

"Bye Mikan-san. Hotaru-san" Yuu said.

"Bye Yuu and thanks for bringing me to central town."

"Oh no problem Mikan-san. I enjoyed going with the both of you."

"Same here!" I said. Hotaru just nodded at Yuu and he left. Hotaru and I walked to our dorm rooms.

"My mom died Hotaru." Hotaru looked at me in surprise.

"Really?" I nodded at her. She gave me a comforting smile and hugged me. I'm speechless to what's happening.

"I'm sorry about her. She was a good person like you Mikan." That's when I started crying on her shoulder. Hotaru rubbed my back soothingly.

"S-she di-didn't di-die-e pe-peac-peacful-peacefully. S-she w-was mu-murd-murdered." I said trying to keep my voice steady. She was shocked at what she heard but didn't show it.

Hotaru's P.O.V

Who would want to kill Mikan's mom. She was a caring, loving, and kind woman. She was beautiful and young but why. I'm sure they're were ladies who were jealous of her but that's no reason to kill her. I've gotta do some research on this!

Mikan's P.O.V

I cried for a little longer and pulled away from Hotaru. I wiped my eyes and mumbled,

"Sorry about your shirt."

"Its okay. You'll pay 30 rabbits for it." I gaped at her and she just shrugged. Well Hotaru is still Hotaru even though something tragic happened. Though I was quite surprised when she hugged me but couldn't help but to smile at this. We kept walking until we reached Hotaru's dorm room. Her room was next to mine! Yey! I'm so happy!

"Goodnight Hotaru!" I said to her and smiled forgetting what happened earlier. She looked at me and nodded to tell me she heard me. Hotaru doesn't really do greetings so when a greeting is thrown her way she just nods to let them know she heard them. I unlocked my door and looked at the clock I hanged yesterday. It read 7:51 pm. I went to my fridge and got out some ingredients to cook me some dinner.

When I was done cooking omelet (My Favorites!), I sat down on the dining table and ate it peacefully. I finished eating and went to wash the dishes. I grabbed some juice from the fridge and sat in front of the T.V. I on the TV while drinking my juice. I flipped the channels till one caught my sight. Misaki Harada murdered, that's what the news said. Misaki Harada isn't she the famous daughter of the Yukihira's?

"Daughter of the Yukihira's was murdered at 6:43 pm today. The murderer left no clues as to who did this. The cops are investigating as we are speaking. What was strange is that the murderer took nothing else but the life of Misaki Harada. We'll be right back after this commercial." The news reporter said. Huh? Ho come her last name is Harada? I'll go look it up. I off the TV and went into my room. I opened my laptop and waited for it to load. I typed in my password and searched Misaki Harada. I clicked the first one about her and read till I found my answer.

"Misaki Harada got her last name from her step mom, Yuziko Harada whom married Izumi Yukihira but she fell ill causing her to die. Misaki decided to change her last name from Yukihira to Harada because she wanted to keep her mothers last name alive. It is said that Misaki had a younger sister. Her father and original mother broke up for some unknown reason. The public never knew who Izumi Yukihira's first wife is. Some say it was just a one night stand. Others say they kept their relationship a secret. The public always wondered how Misaki Harada came to life." I read out loud.

"Wow that was off topic but it still interesting. Now why kill someone without taking anything valuable. Hey! That's just like mom's case! They just killed her and took nothing valuable. Strange and why does she have pink hair? I'll just keep scrolling." I thought. I kept scrolling till I found what I was looking for.

"It was said that Misaki's hair was pink when she ever since she was born and that was confirmed when she answered this question when she was out with her boyfriend, Tsubasa Hyuuga the first heir to the Hyuuga Company." I read out loud again.

"I never knew Natsume had a brother interesting!" I thought. I shut off my laptop and looked at my cellphone.

"What 9:01 already? I guess I should get ready to sleep." I said. I brushed my teeth and undid my pig tails. I put on my pajamas and went to sleep.

I love you you love me. We're a happy family! With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you. Won't you sa-

"Ugh!" I groaned and pressed the snooze button on my phone. I rubbed my eyes and stretched.

"Stupid alarms! That's so gay!" I whined and got off my bed. Those stupid alarms did justice to wake me up. No wonder I never change them. It annoys me to the point of waking up! I headed to wash my face then shower. I dried my hair and body then put on a magenta tang top and a white skirt 2 inches above my knees with white nice slippers. I put my hair in high pig tails then ate the left over omelet I had fro last night. I got my bag and headed to class.

"Ohayo!" I yelled to the entire class when I opened the door. Some replied while others just smiled at me. I went to the girls and the smiled at me.

"Ohayo Mikan-chan!" Sumire, Nonoko, and Anna said to me. Jotaru just looked at me then waved. I waved back.

"Ohayo Sakura-san" said Ruka.

"Ohayo Sakura!" Koko and Kitsume said.

"Ohayo Mikan-san!" said Yuu.

"Morning Natsume-kun!" I said to Natsume. He glanced at me and grunted. I sighed at him and looked at the girls. They were talking about the death of Misaki Harada and I joined in.

"I can't believe some one killed Misaki!" Sumire whined.

"I know and she was our senpai 2 years ago and up until now!" Anna agreed.

"Yeah we just talked to her yesterday after school!" Anna said sadly.

"Wait she attended this school?" I questioned.

"Yeah she did. She graduated last year and is now helping out with their company or at least was." Hotaru answered. The rest nodded their heads in agreement.

"Oh! What was she like if its okay with you guys." I said playing with my fingers.

"Haha its okay Mikan-chan. She was always the aggressive type but can handle jokes. Misaki is a sweet girl once you get to know her. A lot of people feared her cause she got irritated fast so we befriended her and became the best of friends. Misaki always stuck up for us whenever we were in trouble." Said Sumire. I nodded my head taking in the information.

"Huh? Only if I were here maybe we would've got along. She sounds pretty awesome!" I said pumping my fist in the air. The rest of them chuckled and smiled sadly.

"Oh she would've loved you just like how she loved us as sisters" Anna said sadly her eyes somewhere far away.

KRRRIIING

All of us went to our rightful seats and in came Nodacchi-sensei. Classes went on as normal. We learned about all kinds of stuff like ; the functions of a robot, the human brain, crocheting, how to use correct words and etc.

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