Chapter 9

Disclaimer: Tachibana-sama owned gakuen alice. Hers and hers alone...

Natsume's POV

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I heard Mi-ehem-Polka Dots' alarm clock ringing. I waited for her to shut it. But she didn't. shut it. That made me felt slightly annoyed. What the hell is she doing?

I opened my eyes a little and saw the proximity of her face with mine. Her forehead was also touched my forehead. I blushed seeing that she was too close to me. The alarm clock kept ringing, deafening my ears. "Ah, shut up you damn thing!!" I thought angrily and snapped my fingers. The alarm clock got burnt instantly. That darn clock really disturbed my sleep. Surprisingly, she didn't even wake up and just stirred a little and turned to the other side.

I sighed. How come this idiot never wakes up at the sound of her OWN alarm clock? If today is school day, she would be late. But fortunately the summer break already started. I sighed again. This baka is like 'sleep like a dead person' coz she didn't even wake up when her alarm clock rang.

As I slid out of the covers, I felt arms wrapped around my little body. I noticed that her arms were wrapping around me tightly and continue cuddling me. I blushed furiously as her head nuzzled against my shoulder. I felt her soft cheek touched mine. My face flushed even redder. My heart was beating wilder than ever. Her grip sucked out my breath and I nearly lost my breath.

What is she thinking? Hugging me like I'm a teddy bear... Yeah maybe I'm her teddy bear right now...

But it felt good anyhow... Mikan is so soft...

Geh! What the hell am I thinking?! Letting Mi-I mean-Polka Dots get so close to me... and even hugging me!! I must be out of my mind...

But somehow my instincts get the better of me. I just let her continue hugging me as she pleases. I'll just treasure the moment being in her arms and sleep again.

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Mikan's POV

I yawned as I woke up, stretching my body a little. Phew... that was a very good sleep.

I felt weight next to me. I opened my eyes and saw Natsume sleeping beside me, and my arms are hugging him. "Natsume...?"

Natsume!!

I started to yell again like last night, when his hand clasped over my mouth. "Don't ever wake up the whole academy again." He said, glaring at me. I gulped. I tried to take his hand away from my mouth, but he was just too strong.

"Hey, don't make a fuss early in the morning." He said emotionlessly. What the hell?! He's the one covering my mouth, and said I'm making a fuss??!

He finally let go of my mouth and I gasped for air. "Natsume, you're already awake?"

"Yeah because your body make a lot of movements and my sleep got distracted because of a baka like you,"

My anger vein popped on my head. "What did you say?!" I yelled angrily, quickly releasing him and went down from my bed. "And how come did you are in my arms?!" I pointed my index finger at him.

"Baka, you never know anything from that airhead of yours. You're the one pulling me and hugged me like some kind of stuffed animal." He said, looking away. Is it a trick of light or something? I thought somehow I saw his cheeks reddening as he was telling me these things.

"Liar!" I snapped.

"Well, depends on you whether you wanna believe it or not. But for sure, you're the one TREATING me like a teddy bear, seriously." He said as a matter-of-factly. I growled in irritation. I began to take a look at my alarm clock on the dresser and I saw it wasn't there.

"Eh?" I went over to my dresser. I'm sure I put it here... I opened my drawers and saw there wasn't any sign of my clock. Shit, where the hell is it?!

"What are you looking for, Polka Dots?" that annoying jerk asked from my back. But I had to answer him anyway.

"Looking for something..." I replied shortly.

"If you're looking for that stupid alarm clock, I have already burnt it."

SAY WHAT?!

"What?!! Why?!" I shrieked as I looked down at him. He put his hands inside his pockets.

"Because it was making too much noise and disturbing my peaceful sleep. So I had to burnt it,"

"All alarm clocks ringing, you idiot!! You don't have to burn it! Now I don't have my alarm clock to wake me up anymore!!" I wailed sadly. Seeing my beautiful alarm clock isn't on my dresser, making my life incomplete.

"Tch, you didn't even wake up the moment it rang just now..." he said, looking away. I narrowed my eyes at him and give him my infamous glare. But that didn't shake him one bit. He had got used to my attitude anyway...

"What? Trying to kill me?" he eyed me suspiciously.

"That was my birthday present from my jii-chan, you sick idiot!!!" I yelled, hitting him with my pillows angrily. I'm not in the mood to play 'pillow fight' with him right now... I just want to knock him out! That clock was my best present ever from jii-chan, and it burnt to ashes in his evil flames!!

"Hey stop it, Polka Dots!" I would never stop even if he bows to me! Never!!

Suddenly I saw tiny flames on the tip of my pillow that I held tightly in my hands. "Aaaaahhhhh!!" I shrieked in panic. "Natsume!! Why did you burn my pillow?! First my alarm clock, then my pillow!!" I screamed angrily.

"I told you to stop, didn't I?" he smirked. Oh, I wish I could wipe off that smirk from his brutal face. If looks could kill, he would be dead by now.

Now I couldn't take it anymore. I walked to him faster than I expected and I saw him panicked a little. I smirked widely and took hold of his body.

"What are you doing?! Just let me go, you idiot!!" he struggled to get free from my deadly grasp. I smirked at him evilly. He saw my evil expression and his eyes widened.

"This is what I am doing." I said simply and turned my doorknob. I opened the door drastically. I pecked his left cheek playfully and kicked him out of my territory. I gave him one last evil smirk and slammed my poor door really hard.

It's really hard to deal with him when you became the opponent.

(poor Natsume.. haha)

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Normal POV

The fifteen year old brunette had promised her friends to meet at the Summer Festival at Central Town. They were Umenomiya Anna and Ogasawara(now I got her family name!) Nonoko.

"Sorry, I'm late!" Mikan said, panting and bend down her knees. "Did you guys wait long?" Mikan wore a white dress with pink ribbons on her shoulders. This time she let her loose without pigtails. Nonoko wore a short-sleeved yellow shirt with yellowish green mini skirt, while Anna just wearing simple light blue blouse.

"Nuh-uh, I have just arrived," Nonoko said, smiling cheerfully.

"Me too!" Anna smiled widely.

Sakura Mikan looked up to look at her friends and smiled widely. "Glad I made it!"

The two girls giggled. "Shall we go now?"

"Yeah!" Mikan nodded happily.

Unbeknownst to her, a pair of crimson eyes and blue crystal eyes were watching her from far. Well, they were none other than our favorite bishounens, Nogi Ruka and Hyuuga Natsume.

"Natsume, are you sure you want to do this?" Ruka asked in a whispering voice.

"I don't care whether I'm doing a right thing or not. What's more important I'm taking revenge for what she did to me this morning." Natsume's anger flared up in him. Ruka sweat-dropped.

"Well, it's up to you, Natsume. I'm not on your side or Sakura's side," Ruka chuckled.

"I know. It doesn't matter to you."

Both of them walked quietly and followed them from behind. Ruka and Natsume lowered their caps, afraid of being seen by Mikan. But fortunately for them, Mikan didn't realize them as she was chattering happily with her friends and giggled. "Tch, girls..." Natsume thought, irritated.

They took the most back seat and sitting just behind them, listening to their conversations. The bus began to jerk and started to move to Central Town.

The trio's conversation went to a certain topic involving Natsume that made him listened intently.

"Hey what's up with you and Natsume?" Anna asked Mikan eagerly.

"Nothing really..." Mikan lied, obviously. She held on her fake smile.

"Ehhh.. really? You two not in lovey-dovey relationship?" Nonoko snickered with a sly face. Anna snickered too and eyed Mikan with a playful smirk on her lips.

"That's not it!!! I will never, ever make a 'relationship' that you guys described!! I seriously want to kill him right now if I ever see him!!!" Mikan screamed angrily, standing up. Her face red from embarrassment and also anger. All the people in the bus looked at her in a weird way. Some were whispering, and some were laughing quietly.

Natsume dumbfounded. Ruka still had his hands covered his ears.

"Mi-Mikan-chan, don't be so angry! We were just joking! Ehehehe..." Nonoko tried to calm Mikan down by patting her back. Mikan finally calmed down after she exhaled the air that she held for a while after screaming. She plopped down on the seat again. She still had a scowl on her face and Nonoko and Anna sweat-dropped.

She mumbled something incoherent that Anna and Nonoko could not understand.

And what about Natsume?

Well, he was still dumbfounded by what Mikan said just now. His bangs hid his eyes, his emotions. Ruka looked at him after he shifted his hands from his ears. "Natsume..."

Natsume didn't reply. He just sat quietly. "Does she really hate me?" he wondered. He sighed and looked out the bus's window to view the scenery outside. Ruka stared at his best friend and smiled a little. You wouldn't do that kind of thing such as revenge toward your own crush, Natsume...

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The bus stopped, indicating everyone in the bus had arrived at their destination. Mikan and her friends hopped down from the bus. Natsume and Ruka were the last ones hopped down the bus.

Mikan's eyes big as a saucer in awe as she scanned the now crowded place. Anna and Nonoko looked around too.

"Waaahhhh!!! This place is amazing!! Kyaaaa!!" Mikan squealed happily. Hey talk bout mood swings...

Anna and Nonoko laughed and sweat-dropped. They never thought Mikan's mood would change so fast watching events like this."Ano... Mikan-chan..." Anna called her.

"What is it?" Mikan turned around with a happy big smile on her face. Anna sweat-dropped again.

"You look very happy today."

"Eh? I'm always happy!"

"No... I mean, didn't just now you were so angry? You didn't make any conversation with us after that..."

"Eh... but that doesn't matter now! I don't care bout it!"

Anna smiled seeing her happy. Nonoko called the two of them to check out the stalls in Central Town in commemoration of Summer Festival. Natsume and Ruka followed.

The Central Town was indeed very pleasant. There were flower stalls, traditional Japanese stalls, food and drink stalls, book stalls, jewellery stalls, and even a fortune teller stall. But first of all, Howalon store is Mikan's top priority. She bought a large plastic bag full of Howalons. (she has so much money) She gave Nonoko and Anna each one box of Howalons. Then they went to each stall that existed there. Mikan and her friends dropped by a traditional Japanese stall. The stall sold every kind of things regarding Japanese tradition. Mikan take a look at all the goods sold at the stall. Nonoko and Anna sweat-dropped.

Just then, Mikan's eyes caught sight of a tangerine Yukata. She asked the salesgirl to take a look at the Yukata. The Yukata is decorated with small yellow beads at the end of the sleeves. The Yukata also had the designs of wild flowers all over it. "Wow... so pretty!! I want to wear this for the Hanabi (fireworks) Festival!" Mikan said happily, eyes twinkling in delight.

"You can try the Yukata first before you buy, Mikan-chan," Anna said, smiling at her.

Mikan nodded happily.

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Natsume and Ruka enjoyed themselves while watching over Mikan. They even bought chocolate-covered banana at the food stall. Suddenly they saw a huge crowd gathering at one stall they hadn't dropped by. Natsume and Ruka wondered. "What's happening there? That place is crowded," Ruka said thoughtfully.

"Let's go take a look," Natsume said, completely forgotten about the idea of 'Mikan Supervision'.

They walked over to the stall and tried to push through the crowd. Natsume had a little time making his way through, since his body is very small. While Ruka still trying to make way through the crowd. Finally Natsume got at the front line. Familiar voices entered his ears.

"Come on everyone; take a look at these DVDs!! We made special releases for everyone for this Summer Festival!!"

Natsume looked up the owner's voice. His eyes widened in shock.

Imai Hotaru?! And Yuu?! And also Koko?! What are they doing here?!

"These DVDs are limited edition; please get them while stock lasts! These DVDs are about Hyuuga Natsume, a young teenager that became a kid due to a weird medicine, and his girlfriend, Sakura Mikan!! 6000 Yen per DVD!!" Yuu shouted. Hotaru was busy collecting money and calculating her profits. While Koko kept distributing the DVDs. Finally Ruka made his way through the crowd.

Ruka banged his palms on the table. The trio's eyes widened in shock of the impact. Ruka eyes now filled in anger. "Stop this sale right now..." he said slowly while glaring at them dangerously. The crowd became silent.

"Ru-Ruka-kun..." Yuu had his terrified look on his face. Hotaru just stared at him, emotionless. While Koko stopped distributing the DVDs to the customers. And Natsume's eyes widened in surprise as he looked up at Ruka.

"What's the meaning of this, Imai?!" he yelled angrily.

"What? I am just selling DVDs," she answered nonchalantly.

"You make things worse!" he yelled again, quite pissed off at Hotaru.

"Ruka-kun, we were just..." Yuu tried to butt in. But Ruka ignored him.

"You are just taking advantage on Natsume and make money out of that!!" he banged his fists on the table. Oh my, Nogi Ruka, the usually calm, animal-loving person, could be this angry.

Hotaru's eyebrows furrowed. "And what are you trying to do after you have known all this?"

Ruka quieted down for a little while. True, what will he do anyway? Order his animal friends to chomp down the stall? Or chase away the crowds with his mice? Anyway, that won't do. Ruka shook his head. "I will summon you and your stall, along with the DVDs,"

Hotaru smirked. "Oh, that's quite scary, Nogi Ruka-kun. But I think that won't be a problem, since I am always ready for anything."

Ruka gulped a little. "What will she do?" his mind wondered. Natsume looked at him. Imai Hotaru smirked, eyes glinting. "Anyway, please take a look at this, everyone." She turned on a big screen at the back for viewing purposes. Then she took out the DVD and placed it on the CD plate of her laptop. The big screen played the scenes of a shopping mall.

Just then, Mikan and her friends arrived at Hotaru's stall. She held big plastic bag filled in her Yukatas. She also went there to see the commotion. Her eyes caught side of a scene played on the big screen. Mikan eyes widened as she saw herself and little Natsume shopping at women's clothing shop. Natsume's eyes also widened.

Their voices and movements already recorded and edited. Ruka's appearance got erased in the DVD.

"Ne, Natsume-kun, what do you think of me in this pink dress?"

"I think you look... ugly, no... beautiful."

"Since when the hell did I say that?" Natsume and Mikan thought at the same time as they watched the big screen.

"Thank you, Natsume-kun! You're so sweet!"

Natsume blushed at that line. Mikan blushed too. While Anna and Nonoko were whispering to each other when they watched the big screen.

While in the big screen Mikan was paying at the counter, a big mob of Natsume's fan girls suddenly appeared out of nowhere and start chasing after Natsume. Well, the huge crowd at that time edited and replaced by fan girls.

"Natsume-kun!! Matte!!"

"Don't leave us, Natsume-kun!!"

"Natsume-kun!! I love you!!"

"You're the only one for me, Natsume-kun!!" and so on...

In the big screen...

Natsume kept running from the huge mob of fan girls till the ground floor. While Mikan was looking for Natsume after she noticed that he wasn't at the shop's entrance waiting for her. She went to the 2nd floor handle and looked down. She saw Natsume being chased by his fan girls and she quickly run down the escalator to save Natsume.

Finally Natsume got cornered by his own fan girls.

"Natsume-kun! Please go out with me!" one of the girls squealed.

"Natsume-kun, please be my date!"

"Natsume-kun, I love you with my heart, so please marry me!!"

The girls became very noisy, trying to win Natsume's heart. While Natsume couldn't do anything or run away from them.

Suddenly one of the girls got kicked in the face and flew to the wall. Her nose bleeding from the impact of the flying kick and of course the wall.

The girl collapsed and unconscious. A figure went in front of Natsume and it turned out to be Mikan.

"What the hell are you guys doing to this poor little kid!?" She shrieked angrily. Her eyes flamed in anger. The girls grimaced. Mikan quickly wrapped her arms around Natsume to protect him.

"You... You bitch!! How dare you touch Natsume!!" the girls shouted angrily. Mikan tightened her grip on Natsume's body.

"Calm down please!!" Mikan screamed to shut their mouth. The girls immediately became silent.

"Who do you guys think you are? You guys said you know Natsume? What do you guys know about him? All you guys know are just blabbing about Natsume being yours!! You guys don't know Natsume's sufferings! So don't say that you guys really love him and care for him!" Mikan finished her sentence with tears trickling down to her chin.

One of the girls stepped forward.

"So, you love him? You care for him?" she asked curiously.

"Of course! I love him and care for him!"

"Really?"

"Yes! I meant it!!"

"If so, then there's no use for us to chase after Natsume anymore. He already has someone that loves him and cares for him..." she said as she saw the determined look on Mikan's face.

"Let's go girls! We don't have to go after Natsume anymore. We will look for other guys," the girl said, motioning the others to follow her went out from the shopping mall. Mikan just watched them from afar.

End.

Directed by: Imai Hotaru

Casts: Sakura Mikan, Hyuuga Natsume, Natsume's fan girls

Sound effects by: Imai Hotaru

Cut and edit by: Imai Hotaru

Picture by: Imai Hotaru

Video by: Imai Hotaru

Publish by: Imai Hotaru

"So how do you guys think?" Imai Hotaru asked the audience.

Mikan, Anna, Nonoko, Ruka, and Natsume had their blank faces and sweat-drops on their heads. The crowd also became silent. They couldn't say anything or make any movements. Mikan is the one who recovered first. She shook her head fast.

"Hotaru!! What is this?! I never said anything like that!!" she yelled, blushing and feeling annoyed at the same time.

"Well, you were. This video is the proof," she said nonchalantly.

"You liar!! Hotaru, you're a meanie!!" she shrieked, crying anime tears. She took the DVD in Hotaru's hands and stomped on it angrily. Hotaru immediately took out her baka gun and shot her. Mikan wailed in pain. Natsume just stayed silent.

"Natsume..." Ruka stared at his best friend.

"Sakura Mikan!!" suddenly an angry female's voice called Mikan's name.

"Huh?" Mikan turned around to look at the owner's voice.

Shouda Sumire gripped her handbag string in irritation. "How dare you say like that!"

"Permy?"

"Don't call me 'Permy'! You... you man-snatcher!!"

"P-Permy... I-I didn't do anything!" Mikan tried to calm Sumire.

"You liar!!"

Sumire glared at her hard enough, and then she turned and stomped away from the crowd. Mikan and her friends stared at her. "That's strange... usually she would yell about Natsume being hers or she's the only one for Natsume... I wonder what happened when she didn't say anything..." Mikan wondered in her thoughts.

"Mikan-chan, let's go back... we need to prepare for the Hanabi Festival tonight." Anna said worriedly.

"U-umm..." she nodded, looking down the floor. She followed her friends and glanced to look at the place where Sumire had left off.

"Permy..."

While Natsume and Ruka also decided to go back too. Hotaru and the rest stared at them.

Maybe this event will be not be forgotten by Mikan...

TBC...

Next will be 'Hanabi Festival is The Best Thing in the World'

Review plz!