Hahaha so I guess I got more review….like 4 more, but it's OK! because I figured, eventually, if my story is good enough, I will start getting the tons of reviews that I really want.

Anyways, I'm continuing the process of going from the present to the past so that eventually you guys are all caught up with the storyline and all that shiz. Also, I want you guys to understand how the characters have developed in the last three years, which is actually as far as I go in the story age wise.

SOOOO…. here it is people! Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

HanaHime Den Entrance 3 years ago Ruka is thirteen

"Narumi-sensei, you have brought me all the way over to this place without really telling me why I'm here." said Ruka, a little nervously. He was standing outside a car door, talking to his teacher, who was sitting comfortably inside the car.

"I already told you Ruka-kun, the middle school principle didn't say why she wanted you, she just said she did, and when Hi-sama wants something, it better be done." said the teacher gravely with a hopeless tone.

SCREEECH!

"so, have a good time!" yelled the teacher from the window with a big smile on his face as the car sped away.

Ruka glared at the back of the car, but his frustrated thoughts were interrupted by a voice behind him. "Welcome Himawari-chan, I'm glad you could make it, even though Hi-sama's request was so sudden." Ruka turned around to find the gates to the HanaHime-den open with Shizune Yamanochi, Hotaru's sempai, waiting for him to move. This was the first time meeting Shizune since they found Aoi, and Ruka couldn't help but be nervous, especially when some of the memories form their first meeting went rushing through his head.

Ruka grimaced but recovered and nodded his head in greeting, "Shizune-san, why am I here?" Ruka voiced out the one question that had been plaguing his head through out the short car ride. Shizune only smiled a small smile, and beckoned Ruka to follow her. Ruka hesitated at first, unsure of the whole situation, but remembered the rumors of Hi-sama's bad temper and thought better about it.

"You have grown Himawari-chan, how old are you now?" Shizune asked, in what seemed light conversation. Ruka's eye twitched at the nickname. "I am thirteen." answered Ruka evenly. He really didn't like this place. Everything about it made him squeamish and uncomfortable. It could be that the den was like a freaking maze of rooms, or that he was walking with the woman that taught Hotaru how to be a freaking blackmailer, or maybe it was the fact that he was going to see Hi-sama, the freaking weirdo that drooled when she saw Hotaru. Ruka didn't stop his mindless ranting that was going on inside his head until he faced a big door, not even after the fleeting thought of Hotaru's name and how weird it sounded when he said it, or thought about it, crossed his mind.

"We're here. Please, go in, and wait for Hi-sama to address you." said Shizune, before leaving Ruka inside the room. Ruka was about to say something when the door was shut in his face and he was left with no option but to turn around and face the Middle School Principle. He gulped as he made his way down the long walk way of the room where they had previously celebrated the New Year's, about three years ago.

"Welcome Himawari-chan" chorused the girls that were bowing on the floor, surrounding the sides of the room, making it so that there was a straight path leading to the MSP. Ruka studied the room, which looked like it had been decorated for some kind of celebration. He noticed that there was a table full of food and plates with half-eaten meals on them.

"Forgive the circumstances Himawari no kimi; we were in the process of celebrating our latest member of the Hanahime. Although, we did try to recruit her before, she didn't accept our invitation. Now, she has finally decided to join us, but won't live with us here in the den, how disappointing." said Hi-sama in a saddened tone from behind her hand fan. Ruka tried to make sense of what she was saying when his eyes spotted amethyst from the rest of the Hanahime and he understood. Ruka's eyes widened, "Imai?"

Hotaru, who had already been staring at him, only said, "They promised good food." Ruka sweatdropped at the inventor. Trust the Ice Queen to accept a private invitation to one of the most prestigious groups to be involved in Gakuen Alice just for the food.

Hi-sama looked from Hotaru to Ruka and smirked behind her fan. "Please, come forward Himawari no kimi." motioned the MSP. Ruka obeyed and walked past all the Hanahime until he reached a decent distance from Hi-sama, and sat in front of her so they were at eye-level. Hi-sama smiled at Ruka, but her words were obviously directed towards the girls. "Flowers, you may go back to your celebrations. Make sure our new member has such a good time that maybe her choice of leaving us will change." Her eyes shifted to Hotaru, who was standing up with the rest of the girls. The inventor's stoic expression turned into that of a small smile and spoke to the MSP, "I am delighted with your invitation to the Hanahime, and I have gladly accepted, but, and forgive me, my place is outside the den. I have friends that need me, otherwise they would be lost without me."

Hi-sama's eyes sparkled when Hotaru finished and she could've sworn she saw some drool coming out from the corner of her mouth. It made her shiver a little. Ruka was too distracted by Hotaru's gentle expression and words to notice this, otherwise he would've shivered along with her. "My, I certainly do know how to pick them" giggle Hi-sama as Hotaru, with one last smile turned to join the rest of the girls. With one last look she turned to Ruka and started to talk to him.

Ruka had been quietly watching the exchange, and even though he admitted to himself that he had been a little dazzled by Hotaru's smile at the moment, he hadn't fail to notice the twitch in Hotaru's eyes or how her face slightly flushed, from anger most likely, when she had to talk directly to Hi-sama. Everyone in their group of friends knew Hotaru hated being around Hi-sama because of the weird, 'attraction' she had towards Hotaru.

"…you came on such short notice. When I heard the news I just had to see Himawari no kimi. Though I am still wondering why I just heard the news after such a long time of something like this happening." Hi-sama inquired with a pretty smile, covering her true feelings of annoyance of being the last one to know. Ruka fidgeted on his spot in front of the MSP, "you found out as soon as everyone else found out principle."

"You mean everyone aside from your close friends and anyone who was witness to the first time your alice was unleashed."

Ruka sighed, as he saw no point in lying, "yes, it is true. It's been a couple of months since I found out that I had the wind alice. We weren't trying to keep a secret, we just didn't talk about it."

"Isn't it the same thing?"

"I never denied it."

A little vein popped in Hi-sama's temple, and Natsume would've been so proud to see Ruka not flinch and try to make a run for it.

"I have always liked you Himawari no kimi, I still do, your girlish features have always helped you with that," Hi-sama smirked and Ruka wanted to say something to defend his pride, but he knew that was payback, "so I will let your insolence pass this one time. I expect any of my students to report to Shizune if an event like this occurs. I always have expected this, and you are no exception." said the principle dangerously.

"Now that we have that covered, I have to ask you, have you been contacted by any of the other principles yet?" Hi-sama inquired. Ruka was surprised by the question, "no, why?" Hi-sama only looked at Ruka for a moment from behind her fan before briefly answering, "No particular reason, just a thought I had. Well, I am done bothering you with my silly questions. Now I must ask of you that you safely return my little flower to her dorm, so that I can continue my day without worries." said Hi-sama as she signaled Shizune to wrap things up.

Shizune caught Hi-sama's signal, whispered something to Hotaru and then started giving out orders to the other girls. Hi-sama turned from Hotaru, who was walking towards her and Ruka, and gave the wind alice a smile, "it's so handy that Shizune chose to stay with me as my personal attendant. She knows how to handle the girls so well."

Ruka, who was having a hard problem keeping a straight face, didn't say anything, and only gave her a nervous smile as he stood up, seeing that Hotaru was already by his side. "Hi-sama" bowed Ruka, as his word of parting, and started walking down the long, carpeted walkway that lead to the door. Hi-sama turned from the boy to Hotaru "It was a real pleasure having you Waka Murasaki, and even more knowing that you are one of us now." smiled the principle dreamingly. Hotaru did an amazing job at not letting a deathly sick feeling overpower her and she smiled back a small smile. She stayed quiet, not wanting to say anything that might make her stay any longer, and bowed her head, mirroring Ruka. Hotaru was never really the type to kiss others ass, she preferred it better when other people kissed hers. Well, not literally, although she knew plenty of people that would actually love to do that, including the person in front of her.

She gracefully came back up and followed Ruka towards the door. Hi-sama, not put out by this…much, only gave her a hidden smile. She watched as Hotaru went besides Ruka, who had been waiting for her in the middle of the room, and as the two teens were exiting the big gold doors, they didn't miss the MSP's parting words, subtle but audible enough, as Ruka closed the door behind him.

"Be careful Himawari no kimi"

They both ignored it, but Ruka couldn't help the weird feeling it gave him. Although, that might also be from the fact that it came from her mouth. Ruka suppressed a shiver and turned to Hotaru's yukata clad form, and asked "So why did you decide to spy on me again?"

Hotaru smirked and held out her hand. Ruka handed her the little microphone he had put in his shirt pocket and rolled his eyes at Hotaru's 'all knowing' expression. "Honestly, I was surprised at how good your reaction was when you saw me. Guess all those plays you've been in are finally doing you some good besides earning me some cash. About why I spied on you, it's simple. I wanted to know what the principle wanted to talk to you about. Apparently nothing, so that does kind of piss me off because I'm stuck in this stupid club now, but no matter. This should just show you how far I'm willing to go to get information.

Ruka watched as Hotaru walked ahead of him towards the car that had been waiting for them outside the HanaHime Den. She went in and greeted Narumi-sensei, while they waited for Ruka to reach them.

He shivered at the girl's last words.

Natsume's Special Star Room Present Time Ruka is sixteen

"Come on baby, come on"

"My finger is starting to hurt"

"What are you doing! You need to go faster!"

"I'm trying! It's hard to concentrate with you guys watching, this is my first time you know."

"Koko shut up, or you are leaving my room."

"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God"

"Mikan, take it easy, if your finger hurts, I can take over."

"Oh lincho, thank you, hopefully you can do better than me and Ruka."

"Polka, you wimp"

"Natsume-kun, I'm sorry, but I'm not as experienced as you or the others."

Feelings of dismay only came for the two girls that had come into the room, only to find all of their friends huddling close to the couch that was facing the big screen TV in one of the corners of the special star room.

"You guys are still playing that stupid video game?" Sumire snorted as she went towards the open kitchen to put all the goodies they had snuck from the cafeteria kitchen on the counter. Hotaru didn't help her, and instead just went to the group. Mikan, who had trouble ungluing her eyes from the screen, darted her eyes from the TV to her friend, who was already standing besides her.

"Hotaru, it's amazing, Natsume hasn't lost one race yet. He's like a Mario Kart Genius." gushed Mikan, as she praised her boyfriend. Hotaru rolled her eyes and looked down at the boys on the couch. The first note she made was that her secret boyfriend, for lack of better term, was the jerkiest out of the three, and she couldn't help but feel embarrassed for him, though her expression didn't show it. Then Yuu, who was on Natsume's left, did a more graceful job at controlling himself, even though he was in third place, not counting the game's players. Natsume, who was in first place, had the controller held by his hands on his lap, and his permanent bored expression etched on his face. His relaxed poise did nothing for the nerves of the other two players. Hotaru mentally shook her head and as she watched the other boys hollering at them to go faster or use a particular button that would apparently release a banana and hit the car behind them, wondered what it was that made males react in such a way to video games.

"Noooo!" yelled Ruka as he stood up and stared at the TV in shock of what had just happened. Yuu cursed as he handed the controller to Koko, who had come from the kitchen and a bag of chips in his hand to take his place. Ruka was still staring at the TV in shock, holding the cord of the controller, keeping it from hitting the floor.

"Ruka, if you can't handle it, then give the controller to someone who wants to play." said Natsume as he grabbed a couple of chips from the bag, and stuffed them in his mouth. This seemed to make Ruka come back to reality, "no dude, I'm definitely beating you this time." said Ruka, with such determination in his voice that it made the flame caster roll his eyes. "Whatever, it's just a game." he murmured as he went to grab another handful of chips, which were snatched from their place before he could take any. His eyes followed the culprit's arm until he found her glaring face.

"How about we don't spoil our appetite before dinner, ne? Natsume-kun. I'm even making your favorite" Anna said sweetly, though it was her twitching eye that told Natsume to just let her take the chips away without a fight, but not before throwing a dirty look towards Koko, who was sitting next to him.

"Okay okay, enough of this nonsense, no, wasn't talking about your cooking dear Anna-chan. Natsume, choose a course so I can kick your ass!" exclaimed the overly excited boy as he sat back down, barely, on the right of his best friend.

"Is there a fourth controller?" asked Hotaru, who by this time was more than interested in finding out more about this particular game and it's effects on people. She had a million scientific questions, but at the moment she just wanted to play the game that had her fool of a boyfriend acting so idiotic that it could bring tears to Mikan's eyes. Everyone's eyes followed Hotaru as she went around the couch and sat by Ruka. Natsume's eyebrow rose in half disbelief, half amusement. "This should be interesting," he murmured under his breath, "It's in the right drawer of the TV stand"

"You're playing Hotaru?" asked Nonoko, who was sitting on Yuu's lap on the recliner that was to the right of the couch. Hotaru connected the controller to the Wii system and only nodded as she sat back down. Natsume smiled at this, "finally, some real competition." murmured the boy as he tucked his leg underneath him and straightened out.

"Hey!" Ruka and Koko cried out in indignation, while Hotaru's eyes glinted with the silent promise of a challenge.

- 2 Hours later –

Everyone sat by the table in Natsume's room, eating Anna's delicious cooked meal and conversing, while passing each other the stuff on the table, so they could serve themselves. Ruka sweatdropped as he watched Mikan trying to console a sulking Natsume, though if he heard Ruka saying this, he would hurt him and then tell him that he does not sulk. He gave a quick peek to Hotaru who was stuffing herself with some crabs and mindlessly listening to a story Sumire was telling her about another girl in her science class, and suppressed the hint of desire for the girl that had hit him. He had to admit that from the time that his girlfriend had started to beat his best friend in the game, he found her so much hotter for some reason.

He really had just wanted to ravish her right there and then.

Hotaru caught Ruka's eyes and saw right through him. She sent him a knowing smirk as she silently stood up and went towards the door. Yuu who had been sitting next to the inventor noticed this "You're leaving Hotaru?" asked Yuu as he ate something that Nonoko was offering him with her chopsticks. The inventor looked back as she opened the door, "yes, I need to get started on this project that just came up. The ideas for it just keep popping up in my mind." said Hotaru with a wink of her eyes; pretty sure that only one person caught it. She turned on her heels and closed the door. Ruka quickly lowered his face to hide the wide grin on it.

Ruka started excusing himself from the table, talking about how he needed to get to the library to meet with some people for a group project from one of his classes. Anna looked up at him and gave him a crestfallen look, and Ruka couldn't help but feel guilty that he was trading was trading Anna's special cooked dinner for sex with Hotaru.

It didn't mean that he wanted it any less.

Natsume, who was sitting next to his friend, noticed Ruka's reaction to Anna's look and smirked. He turned to Ruka who was eating again, after he told Anna that those people could wait for him to finish his delicious meal and smiled when the cooking alice's expression brightened. "Before, I thought that you were just whipped when it came to Mikan because of the crush you use to have, but now, I just think you can't say no to a pretty girl period." smirked the raven-haired boy. Ruka rolled his eyes at his best friend and threw a piece of pork at him, which Natsume caught with his chopsticks and popped in his mouth.

Ruka looked at the clock, and since death by Hotaru wasn't one of the top things that day, he slipped out after ten minutes of praising Anna's dinner.

As soon as he left Natsume's door, he went towards his door and thanked God for him having a special star room too. He opened the door, which he already knew would be unlocked, and slid in, closing the door behind him with a click. He turned to find a figure by his bed, which he knew to be Hotaru, even though the lights were off so he couldn't see very well.

"About time. For a second I thought that your small brain didn't catch my message." said Hotaru, who was sitting of the edge of her boyfriend's bed, with her legs crossed.

"I'll show you something that's not small" said Ruka cheekily, as he pulled his shirt over his head. Hotaru followed the shirt to the floor, and darted her eyes to Ruka's chest and abs. She smiled when he came in front of her and took a moment to appreciate her. His eyes travelled from her face to every possible spot that there was to look at of her petite frame. He especially liked the fact that she had taken the time to put on one of the shirts that he said she looked sexy in.

Oh, and how sexy she looked.

He went down and took her lips as he slowly dragged them both to the middle of the bed. Hotaru attacked back with as much intensity and no one had to ask permission for entrance for a tongue battle had already broken out. Ruka's lips parted with Hotaru's as he planted small kisses and sometimes grazed his teeth against her neck. Hotaru's eyes rolled back as he bit down and then licked on the sensitive area of her neck.

Oh, how she loved it when he bit her.

"Did you turn the sound proof system on?" Ruka whispered hotly in her ear as his hands travelled up her naked thigh, lifting the shirt in the process, and fiddling with the hem of her underwear.

"No" whispered Hotaru as she turned them both on the bed, and she assaulted his mouth with hers, forcing his open. She grabbed his face with her tiny hands as she kissed him and grinded her hip against Ruka's growing member. Ruka hissed as the friction was starting to bother him, and the solution was so close but would probably torture him for a while longer. Hotaru's hands travelled down his chest, caressing his lean figure, and she smirked after he threw his head back when she took one of his nipple into her mouth and swirled her tongue around it.

"You do know that our friends are next door right now, enjoying their dinner, and they don't want to hear sex noises while eating. Let's not even talk about the fact that they SHOULDN'T be hearing this." murmured Ruka with a dazed expression as Hotaru kissed down Ruka's stomach and glided her tongue until she reached where his pants met his hips. "Let them hear it." muttered Hotaru as she started to slowly undo Ruka's pants. She was unable to pull anything off because Ruka, in one swift motion, had her underneath him one again. Her eyes widened when she heard the tearing sound of clothes and she just knew that she was going to have to make another trip to Central Town to replace all the underwear that he had been doing the same thing to lately.

She couldn't complain at all because it turned her on to no end.

Ruka smirked down to her as he threw her undergarment on the floor, along with the forgotten shirt, and leisurely went down to catch Hotaru's ear in his teeth, which she shivered at.

"I hope you mean that, because tonight, I promise, you will scream, a lot"

And scream, she did.

- Natsume's room -

Natsume grunted as he was trying to think of a plan to get his friends out of his room. He didn't really want to leave the comfort of his lair, which was what he called his room to himself because if it wasn't for Mikan, he would live in this place, but he was seemed forced to when his keen hearing picked up some weird noises coming from his best friend's room. If his suspicions were right, he wanted to get as far away as possible before his friends heard something that was obviously supposed to be a secret, even if he still didn't understand why.

"What's wrong Natsume? You seem uncomfortable." asked Mikan as she put her hand to Natsume's forehead. He stared up from his food, forgotten already, and quickly, before he could stop himself, lifted his hand to Mikan's neck and pressed.

"Oh my gosh Mikan-chan!" yelled Nonoko as she pushed her chair back so she could stand up and catch Mikan. Between Nonoko and Natsume they prevented her from hitting the floor, and Natsume scooped her up in his arms, swiftly walking towards the door. Everyone in the table caught on with Natsume and opened the door for him as they followed him, while murmuring about Mikan's suddenly fainting. Natsume's eye twitched as he thought of an excuse to give to the group.

"I told her not to eat all that spicy food but the idiot wouldn't listen to me." said Natsume lamely, but since it came from him, the gang slowly started to nod their heads at the situation. The flame caster sighed and silently cursed Ruka and Hotaru to the deepest parts of hell for making him do something as troublesome as this.

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