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Natsume was sitting under their famous sakura tree reading his manga, just a typical afternoon. He looked up when he heard someone approaching. It was Ruka Nogi, Natsume's best friend, Ruka smiled to Natsume when he reached him. Natsume gave a little grunt in return and dropped the manga on his lap. "Do you know where Sakura-san is? No one's been able to find her since she left the ceremony." Ruka asked worriedly.
"How the hell should i know where that idiot goes?" Natsume snapped.
"Oh ... It's just, she's normally with you."
"Hn."
"Well i guess if you don't know then i'll keep searching, thanks Natsume." Ruka waved with a smile and ran off.

Natsume watched him go, though he would never admit it, he liked the way Ruka assumed Mikan would be with him. 'Where has Polka got to now?' Natsume thought to himself, and at that moment a certain mind reader walked past. "Now that's new, the great Natsume Hyuuga worried about someone else? Even better, he's worried about a girl?!" Koko grinned at Natsume.
"Whatever." Natsume picked back up his manga.
"Well if it helps, I saw her get on the central town bus."
Natsume grunted and pretended to ignore him. Koko smiled to himself and as he walked away he added, "She seemed annoyed, I wonder why?" He didn't look back but if he had he may have actually seen Natsume smile.

It was late when Mikan returned to her dorm, she opened the door awkwardly; her bags were weighing her down. Luckily everyone was in bed so no one witnessed her sneaking through the corridors quietly. She closed the door quietly behind her and dumped all the bags on her bed; she then walked to the mirror and smiled to herself. 'Tomorrow should be fun!' She thought happily, she quickly got changed and went to sleep.

It was morning, birds chirped through the academy and the sun shone brightly in the clear blue sky. Natsume groaned and opened his blood-red eyes, the birds outside had woken him with their singing. He looked around for the source of the noise and when he found it her glared at the little birds. The birds got such a fright that they didn't know which way to go; some tried to fly away but ended up hitting their neighbour. The god of a boy climbed out of his bed just as a light knock came from his door. Natsume rubbed his left eye sleepily and walked over to his door, if only Hotaru had got that on film!

He pulled open the door to reveal a very smart looking Ruka. He looked the same as always except that where his red checked shorts used to be were now a long pair of light blue checked trousers. Natsume noticed this, and then noticed the light brown parcel in his hands. He raised one perfect eyebrow, "Ruka, what's that?" Ruka smiled to him and handed him the small parcel.
"It's your new uniform. I was told to bring it to you, now hurry up class starts in half an hour." Ruka smiled again then walked away. Natsume looked down at the parcel and flipped it open at the top, inside was his very own pair of trousers. 'Who picks these ugly things?' he thought to himself. Koko appeared out of nowhere, "Narumi does!" he grinned at Natsume. Natsume grabbed the fame of his door and slammed it shut so that it hit Koko in the face. "Mind your own business." Natsume muttered.

Natsume walked through his new surroundings of the middle school, all around him where screams of his rushing fan girls. "Natsume-kun! You look so amazing today!" He ignored them all and turned out into the courtyard of the school. Suddenly a lot of wolf whistling broke out. Natsume followed the noise until he found the object of attention. His whole body froze up and his eyes widened slightly.

Almost every boy in the courtyard of about a hundred were either ogling or whistling at a girl. The most surprising thing about it was that most of the boys were the seniors of the middle school. Natsume blinked a couple of times to see if he was having some bizarre fantasy or not, nope she was real.

A girl of about five foot three was making her way across the courtyard. Her light brown hair swinging freely behind her, it reached to about her hips. She had a white shirt on with the top three buttons undone showing a little cleavage. Her blue checked tie was hanging loosely just under the fourth button. The blue checked skirt she wore just reached the mid-way point of her thigh, and with each step she took it revealed a little more of her creamy white legs. To finish it off she had white knee-high socks and a pair of very high black heels on.

She looked simply perfect, not sluty like most girls, she just looked very well dressed. She was looking straight ahead of her ignoring all the boys attention to her body, confidence shone out of her. Her face was beautiful, just the right amount of make-up; rosy cheeks and thick long eye-lashes. Natsume couldn't believe his eyes, the girl he was staring at was Mikan.

She walked towards him, he thought she was going to say something, he held his breath. She was right in front of him now; she opened her mouth, but then closed it again. Natsume couldn't help but look at her confused, a small smirk spread across her face and she walked past him. Natsume racked his brain for some sort of explanation. 'Did she just smirk at me?!' his inner voice screamed at him. He regained his composure and turned around quickly to make some casual comment about her underwear. When he looked around her skirt moved, before he could say something about her undies he realised, there were none. His face went red, but he covered it with his bangs. 'IS SHE WEARING A THONG?!" he wanted to scream at someone but couldn't even move. Mikan continued to walk away until she rounded a corner.

She looked around to make sure no one could see her, her heart was racing and her face now flushed red. "That was bloody terrifying!" she told the empty corridor. "I thought I was going to die when Natsume saw me." She breathed heavily trying to calm herself. The truth was everything Mikan had just done was a total act, and it took all her courage to walk across the courtyard through the whistling. She pulled out a pocket mirror and checked her face in it, she had lost the blush and she looked composed. She sighed in relief to herself.

After she gathered together an expression to suit her 'new' self, Mikan walked to class. More boys whistled as she walked down the halls, but she took no notice. She reached her class, 'Deep breaths Mikan, you can do this!' she told herself, Mikan pushed open the door and walked in confidently. She was the last to enter the class, whispers filled the room. When she was completely in view everyone went silent, they were all stunned.

She ignored this and walked to the back of the classroom. There were three empty spaces, one was next to Natsume and Ruka, and the other two were by themselves. Mikan walked over to the two empty seats and took the one next to the window; she flicked her hair over her shoulder and gazed outside. Everyone turned around shocked, she hadn't sat next to Natsume and Ruka and she had completely ignored Hotaru! She ignored their stares and continued to gaze outside. Natsume couldn't take his eyes off her; it was like a whole new Mikan.

Ruka was simply mesmerized by Mikan, he couldn't stop looking her up and down, though neither could anyone else. A very hurt looking Hotaru stood up; she picked up her bag and walked up to where Mikan sat. Hotaru had never been so confused in her life, and she felt worse knowing that what she was about to do was extremely awkward. Mikan felt her presence and looked to her, "Yes?" Mikan's voice was lower than usual and she sounded extremely grumpy. Hotaru looked her best friend in the eyes and asked, "Can i sit here?"

Everyone fell off their seats (anime style), except of course a certain raven-haired boy who's eyes only widened a little. Sumire whispered to Koko, "It's like they've swapped characters, do you know what's going on in Mikan's head?" Koko stared at Mikan for a moment and everyone leaned in to hear his reply.
"No, she's completely blocked me with her alice."
Mikan ignored everyone's surprised reactions and focused her attention on Hotaru.

"You can sit there if you want. Just don't be too loud." Mikan drawled sounding bored. A frown appeared on Hotaru's face, she pulled out her favourite invention and...

BAKA BAKA BAKA

Hotaru's gun exploded with noise. Mikan raised her hand casually and knocked each of the pellets away one by one. Everyone sweat dropped, Hotaru then took her seat as though nothing had happened. "Impressive." She muttered quietly to Mikan while still looking straight ahead. Mikan smirked in response.
"I could have done that many times, but then that gun would have no purpose."
Hotaru smirked back, the teacher walked in then and the class reluctantly turned to face the front.

Little did they know that Mikan had grabbed Hotaru's hand under the table so no one could see it. She gave it a gentle squeeze to let her friend know she was sorry for what she had just done. Hotaru squeezed her hand back accepting the apology.

People looked around every now and then; Mikan got fed up and stood up to leave. Everyone watched her go, "Where do you think you are going Ms. Sakura?" The teacher asked i little irritated at being interrupted.
"I don't think i'm going anywhere, i know where i'm going" Mikan replied coolly.
With that she walked out of the room and slammed the door behind her, the teacher was a little shocked but turned back to the board and continued.

Natsume stood up then and walked out the door at a quick pace and slammed the door again as he went out. He knew exactly where he was going, and so did everyone else.

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