KONICHIWA MINNA-SAN!!

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AND GUESS WHAT, I PASSED ALL MY EXAMS WITH FLYING COLOURS!!

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NOW, LET'S GET ON WITH THIS CHAPTER!!

Just to give you a quick reference on the story:

"word"- talk

'word'- thoughts & flashbacks

"WORD"- SCREAM

'WORD'- SCREAM IN THOUGHTS AND FLASHBACKS

"word"- animal language

"WORD"- SCREAM IN ANIMAL LANGUAGE

"word"- emphasize a word, an object, a person, etc...

"word"- emphasize a word, an object, a person, etc... in animal language

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Tsubasa grinned and went into a fighting position. "Alrighty! Ready?"

Natsume just smirked and he himself got into a fighting position as well.

"Ready when you are, shadow freak..."

Once Natsume finished to speak, he and Tsubasa charged towards each other.

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CHAPTER 6 A FEW SCENES FROM THE PAST

"Mou... Where did that Hotaru go!?"

A fumed, yet fiery Mikan was walking, or should I say stomping, through the hall ways.

Nonoko and Anna sweat-dropped.

"Eto... Mikan-chan, maybe Hotaru-chan might be in the classroom waiting for us..." Nonoko told Mikan without thinking.

Mikan stopped walking/stomping and spunned around.

"You mean Hotaru is actually waiting for us?! IT'S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE!! WAIT FOR ME HOTARU!! I'M COMING FOR YOU!!"

With that, she sprinted off to 'God-knows-where' direction while leaving a trail of dust behind her.

Anna and Nonoko coughed and covered their eyes as the dust got into them.

"Y-you should have told Mikan-chan that we were just guessing..."

"Hehehe... Sorry, Anna-chan... I just can't help it, Mikan-chan looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE when she does that every time!!"

Nonoko clasped her hands together with shinny, starry eyes on her face while saying that.

Anna did the same as Nonoko and she too clasped her hands with Nonoko.

"You are sooooooo RIGHT!! She does look cute when she does that!!"

Both girls looked towards each other and smiled.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LUCKY TO BE MIKAN-CHAN'S BEST FRIENDS!!"

Natsume runned towards Tsubasa and used his fist to punch him.

While Tsubasa was thinking it was the right time to use his alice, he stepped onto Natsume's shadow before he could lay a finger on him.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... You should know very well that I have Shadow Manipulation Alice..."

"Hmp, whatever..." With that, Natsume used his fire alice to surprise Tsubasa.

Seeing the fire, Tsubasa took a step back and lost concertration on Natsume's shadow.

'Time to strike...' thought Natsume as he ran towards Tsubasa and landed a punch on him.

Tsubasa got hold of himself and punched Natsume back.

"Tsk, maybe we should it the hard way..." Natsume said while wiping off the blood at the side of his mouth.

"Alright, Ruben..."

"Shut up, shadow freak..."

With that, the both of them charged towards each other,baring thier fangs as if ready to sink them into the enemy's flesh.

'Just wait for me, Hotaru... I'm coming...'Mikan thought while running in the hallways.

When she finally reached the classroom, she slammed the door opened and rushed in.

Those who heard the slam had shock looks printed on their faces as usually you would hear someone entering the classroom without any noise, and that slam surprised them.

A while later, they returned to their normal looks and continued to do what they were doing.

Mikan's eyes scanned the classroom in search for the raven haired girl but saw that she was not here.

Sadness was then craved on her face as she ran all the way here to look for Hotaru but turned out that she was not here.

She was about to leave when she saw Ruka sitting in the back of the classroom, playing with his rabbit.

The sadness that was craved on her face a few minutes ago was then broke into a smile.

'Maybe Ruka-pyon might know where Hotaru is... After all, he IS her slave...'Mikan chuckled as she remembered the first day that Hotaru blackmailed Ruka.

Flashback

"So Ruka-pyon, are you auditioning for our class's play?" 10 year old Mikan asked Ruka while walking through the hallways.

Ruka slowed down his pace of walking and hung his face low enough to stare at the floor. His hair followed his actions and his bangs covered his face.

"I-I'm n-not q-quite s-sure..."

Mikan was surprised by this that she stopped walking, making Ruka to be infront of her as he continued to walk.

"Why are you shuttering, Ruka-pyon?"

Mikan saw Ruka stopped walking and saw him shivering slightly.

Confused by his actions, Mikan walked up to him and lifted her hand to put on his shoulder.

"What's wrong, Ruka-pyon?"

"N-nothing..." Ruka looked up at Mikan and gritted his teeth. "... It's just that your best friend did something to me..."

Mikan gapes and covered her mouth. "Really? What did Hotaru do? Don't tell me Hotaru hit you with her baka gun several times that you were nearly dying?"

"No..."

"She painted your rabbit black?"

Ruka sweat-dropped. "Why would Imai paint Usagi black?"

Mikan hung her head low so that her bangs could cover her face.

"That's because Hotaru once painted my teddy bear black... And for that I have to throw teddy-chan away... ARG!! IT MAKES ME SO MAD JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT I COULD KILL ANYONE WHO ANNOYS ME!!"

Ruka sweat-dropped again. "Erm... Calm down Sakura..."

Mikan looked up at Ruka, took him by the shoulder and began shaking him while screaming. "RUKA-PYON!! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO CALL ME MIKAN!! NOT SAKURA!! HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU?!"

"R-right... Sa- I mean Mikan-chan..."

'Now I know why Natsume always says that his ears will bleed and calls Mikan-chan loud-mouthed girl... She is loud...' thought Ruka while touching his ears to see if they were alive.

Mikan managed to calm down herself down and asked Ruka. "So, if Hotaru didn't hit you with her baka gun and didn't paint your rabbit black... Then what did she do?"

This time, it was Ruka's turn to shake her. So, he took her by the shoulder and started shaking her.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID, MIKAN-CHAN?! SHE TOOK A PICTURE OF ME WHILE I WAS WEARING ONE OF THE COSTUMES OF THE PLAY!! SHE TOOK A PICTURE!! OF ME!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, MIKAN-CHAN?! CAN YOU?!"

"If you keep on shaking her, she'll die of the lack of oxygen... Bunny boy..."

Ruka turned around and saw Hotaru sitting on her duck scooter while holding onto her trusty camera.

"IMAI!!"

"Hm?"

"YOU DON'T 'HM' ME!! WHERE'S THE PICTURES YOU TOOK OF ME?!"

"What are you talking about?"

"YOU DON'T ACT INNOCENT WITH ME!! WHERE ARE THEY?!"

"I seriously don't know what you are talking about..."

"STOP BEING INNOCENT, YOU-"

FLASH!

"The bunny boy holding the idiot... What a perfect match... Tomorrow, the idiot will surely be in a lot of trouble, since the bunny boy's fan girls would surely kill her... That goes the same for you too, the idiot's fan boys would surely kill you for holding their princess..."

With that, Hotaru started her scooter and left the scene.

"HEY!! COME BACK HERE!! IMAI!!"

Ruka released Mikan and chased after Hotaru.

After spending a few minutes in dream land, Mikan finally snapped out of it.

She had a blank expression across her face and finally spoke.

"O-ok... What was that all about?"

End of flashback

"Baka, stop standing infront of the classroom, you look like an idiot..."

"Hotaru..."

Mikan saw Hotaru walking into the classroom.

"HHHHHHOOOOOTTTTTAAAAARRRRRUUUUU!!"

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

"Ouch... Hotaru!! What was that for?!"

"Get away from me, idiot..."

"Where were you Hotaru? Just then, you were in the canteen and the next thing you disappeared. Like you disappeared into thin air..."

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

"Stop talking rubbish... I was in my lab working on my new project... But of course, idiots like you won't know where I usually go to if I feel bored..."

"Mou, Hotaru..."

Narumi came dancing into the classroom.

"Ohayo, my kawaii students... Now, let's settle down... Oh, Natsume-kun isn't here!"

Ruka stood up and spoke. "Natsume said that he might come later for some reasons..."

"Did he say what was the reason?"

"No, sensei."

"Oh.. Anyway, let's began class..."

To be continued...

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