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Hi again, sassgoddess here~! I'm still overflowing with inspiration so yeah, here's chapter 2! Enjoy!

Note: I updated my first chapter and extended it, because I felt it was too short. So please re-read it. Feedback and flames are always welcomed :) Again, special thanks to: chewybillabong, Carolle Royale, and AnimeMango!

"What is the music of life?"

"Silence, my brother."

-Skyrim

Mikan stepped down from the limousine Alice had sent to pick the girls up. Now in front of her is a heavily-guarded mansion. She just set her feet down when two men in suits approached her with unfriendly atmosphere. "Do you have anything to do in this place?" They asked seriously.

Mikan stuttered, but Sumire quickly took over as she stepped out of the limousine confidently. "We are from Alice, and we are hired by Mr Akira." She showed them some documents. They read through it briefly before taking out their transmitters and mumbling incoherently for a few minutes, which felt like eternity.

After that, they turned back to the girls. "Apologies for this inconvenience, Miss. We are just fulfilling our duty. This way, please. Our men will take care of your belongings."

"I'd say you're doing a good job. Keep it up," Misaki said encouragingly as the guys led them to a small entrance. The guards opened up the gate and the girls sashayed in.

"Mr Akira is waiting inside," the guards opened the door of the mansion.

Mikan gasped at the grand interior she saw. The mansion was like a palace. Red and gold velvets were spread everywhere—on the couch, on the floor, as tapestries. A huge crystal chandelier hung prettily from the high ceiling. The floor and pillars were sparkling, as if it had just been scrubbed.

"Are you from Alice?"

A man with long black hair dressed in suit walked down the carpeted spiral stairs.

"We are," Sumire confirmed. "And you must be Mr Tonouchi Akira. Pleasure to meet you." Sumire walked forward and shook the man's hand. "I'm Sumire Shouda, the head of this team."

"Just Tono, please." That man smiled. "Thank you for accepting my request."

"That's in our job description, Mr Tono—to protect people in need. And feel free to call me Sumire." She smiled back. "I would love to introduce my team, but I think it will save time to just introduce them to the band members as well, if they are here…?"

"Oh, yes, they are all here. Our tour begins tomorrow, so I would like them to have a good rest today. They're all in their rooms. I'll call them to come down now."

Mikan restlessly looked around. That band had to be very, very popular. Now it made her curious—what kind of people would they be? Especially that Natsume Hyuuga?

(Yes, as expected, Mikan disregarded the instructions to research about that…)

A raven-haired boy was reading manga lazily on his bed when someone slammed his door open. "Yo, Natsume! We're going downstairs. C'mon. And why are you naked?" A blue-haired boy stared at him from the doorway. "Oh yes, your funny habit of getting naked as soon as you go inside your room. Well, you'll need to throw that habit away, then. We're getting bodyguards."

Natsume sat on his bed, completely uninterested. "Well, I think my bodyguard can handle me walking around with boxers, at least. He's just gonna be an old, muscular man, right?" He imagined a bald man with sunglasses and suit, with a gun in his pocket. He watched too much James Bond, apparently.

"Whatever, just come. Tono insists us to come faster to meet our individual bodyguards. I'm equally unexcited as you, y'know."

"I thought you like old guys, Tsubasa?" An ash-haired guy teased as he peeked inside Natsume's room. "Hi, Nat-Nat."

"Don't call me that," Natsume glared at him.

"What the hell, Koko. I'm straight, y'know," Tsubasa defended himself.

"Yeah, that explains the abundance of girls you've been playing around with," a blonde-haired guy joined the conversation. "Natsume, put on some clothes. Let's go down faster."

Natsume grabbed a random shirt and put it on.

"It's just because we don't click, Ruka, you know that," Tsubasa said again defensively. Koko mimicked his expression sarcastically, earning him a good punch on the shoulder from Tsubasa.

Natsume stood up and walked out.

"I don't want bodyguards. It will make our lives more difficult, won't it?" Koko suddenly sighed and said.

All of them said nothing, although they all agreed silently inside their minds.

The four of them began to walked down the stairs and found their manager with…

Tsubasa rubbed his eyes. "I think my eyes are playing tricks on me."

Koko blinked his eyes several times. "Seriously?"

Ruka's jaw dropped. "You must be kidding me."

Natsume stared at those people, utterly dumbfounded for the first time of his life. "Our bodyguards are gonna be… girls?"

"Why are you guys standing there?" Tono called out. "Come! It's impolite to make ladies wait."

The four guys slowly walked down the stairs, their eyes fixated on the girls, reflecting confusion and disbelief.

The girls glanced at each other, but didn't comment.

"Tono, don't tell me they're…"

"Ah, yes, they're your new bodyguards," Tono said lightly, cutting off Ruka's sentence. "Now be good gentlemen and introduce yourselves, will you?"

"You must be freaking kidding me," Natsume scoffed. "Do you think girls can protect us from"

Suddenly the pink-haired lass had a knife on Natsume's neck.

The green-haired girl smiled charmingly at Natsume. "If you have any dissatisfaction, Mr Hyuuga, I would be pleased to hear them… after we introduced ourselves, if you may."

Natsume jumped back in surprise. That was quick, he thought. And she knows me. They must have done some research. "Fine," Natsume said quietly, as his hand subconsciously rubbed his neck, where the knife had almost cut him.

"Thank you, Mr Hyuuga." The green-haired girl nodded to the pink-haired one, who retreated, keeping her knife. "My name is Sumire Shouda, the head of this team. And these are my teammates, Hotaru Imai—"—she pointed at the black-haired girl with lazy eyes—"—Misaki Harada—"—she moved to the tall pink-haired girl who almost killed Natsume—"—and Mikan Sakura." Sumire finished off with the petite brunette, who looked really dumbfounded. "And we are from Alice."

"Alice?! Do you mean—the famous corporation specialized in providing agents?! I heard they provide bodyguards as well as spies and assassins but… for real?" Tsubasa stared at them wide-eyed. Natsume had heard about Alice. It was, as Tsubasa said, a famous corporation, which produced high-class spies, assassins, fighters, snipers, soldiers, and, apparently, bodyguards too.

"Mr Tonouchi Akira here had hired us to protect you guys from Silence," Sumire continued. "We are fully trained, so you guys need not worry."

"Well, I guess they're… trustworthy. They're from Alice, after all," Ruka said, glancing to his teammates.

"Maybe they can be formidable opponents for Silence," Koko said while nodding approvingly.

Natsume said nothing. He merely stared at the girls with dislike.

"I am the so-called leader of this band," Tsubasa stepped forward, smiling an equally charming smile at Sumire. "The name's Tsubasa Ando. And as for my teammates… here we have Kokoroyomi, Ruka Nogi, and Natsume Hyuuga." Tsubasa pointed at each one of them. "Glad to have you guys… I mean, you girls here. With the threat from Silence coming, we indeed need to have some kind of… protection." His smile turned into a grin.

"As for that, we actually had made some arrangements. We're gonna protect you member-to-member, individually, 24/7."

The boys glanced at each other again. "Wait, so let me make this clear. You guys—or girls, whatever—are going to stick with us individually, twenty-four-seven?"

Sumire shrugged. "Depending on the limits you set on us. We're professionals. We can follow you inside the bathroom if you don't mind. Think of us as bodyguards, not fangirls. And we have assigned the members, actually, if you don't mind…?"

"I'm sure they wouldn't mind having pretty girls by their sides," Tono cut off.

Mikan and Misaki giggled as they eyed their own "assignments".

"So I'll be guarding Mr Kokoroyomi," Sumire said as she nodded to Koko. "Miss Hotaru Imai will be in charge of Mr Ruka Nogi."

Ruka turned his head to the black-haired girl, who paid him no attention, unlike her teammates. She finally noticed his stare and said, "Hi." Then she yawned indifferently.

"Have fun, Ruka," Koko patted Ruka's shoulder.

"I think she's pretty cool. Better than those crazy fangirls outside. Have fun to you, too."

"Dude, I'm so gonna ask her to come inside the bathroom while I'm bathing. Don't you see those curves?" Koko whispered, smirking evilly.

Ruka glared. "Maintain your hormones, will you?"

"Miss Misaki Harada will take care of Mr Tsubasa Ando."

Tsubasa locked eyes with Misaki. Misaki smiled prettily at him, while Tsubasa was silently grading her appearance. "I'll give her nine out of ten," he whispered to the others. "This may be more fun than I expected."

"And lastly, Miss Mikan Sakura is assigned to Mr Natsume Hyuuga."

Natsume sighed. Why out of all those pretty and hot girls, he had to be stuck with the least sexy one?

Aaaaand that's it for chapter 2! Please don't set the bar too high for me, I only write what crossed through my mind (tee-hee). Thanks for reading!

~sassgoddess