I do not own Natsume and Ruka's name, they are from Gakuen Alice, however I do own Haru's name, I recommend you guys watch or read Gakuen Alice :D
Chapter 4: Smiles, complication and Ruka's favourite food!
Ruka yelled "ERES KOTSU E KIKAN" and a rainbow portal appeared, Natsume carrying Haru went in first and Ruka followed. The three were floating down the portal until a window came up showing a dark midnight blue city, except the city's only source of light was the ground. The ground was illuminating the whole city as if it were day, yet it was a dark blue midnight colour, with little sparkling lights in the sky. Natsume and Ruka hopped out of the portal and stood looking which way to walk.
Ruka looked left and right and finally said what Natsume was hoping he wouldn't
"Natsu-niisan, we're lost, aren't we?" Natsume looked at Ruka and hit him on the head
"Well this is Midnight Castel, but this isn't any place near the Moon Mistress's castle"
Meanwhile Ruka was holding his head on the inflicted pain Natsume had caused, Haru began to move and her eyes opened, her emerald green eyes looking into Natsume's gleaming silver eyes
"Morning sun shine" said Natsume in a sly tone
"How long was I out" asked Haru with surprise
"Hmmm...let's say the whole entire time" Natsume smiled
"Sorry...I really am...wait! Who's that boy?" Haru pointed to Ruka
"Hi, it's really nice to meet you, my name is Ruka and I'm still a magician apprentice" Ruka smiled, Haru looked at him, from his golden blonde hair to his shoes
"How old are you? You're so cute" Haru said in a nice tone,
"Haru, he may look like a 10 year old, but in truth he's a year younger than us" Natsume sighed, Ruka smiled and nodded,
"ha..HUH! That can't be, he's so small and cute, he's baby faced" Haru was panicking, Natsume put his hand on Haru's mouth,
"Don't be so loud, you're going to attract unknown things" Natsume looked around
"Yeah right, like that's ever going to happen" Haru said smiling with confidence"
"It's already happened" said Natsume and Ruka at the same time, they both looked at Haru with bland faces, he showed her his skin, his skin was bruised and red from being scalded by the rain.
"Let me down" Haru said with an unhappy face
"its ok, I'm fine you don't have too, you're still..."
"I SAID LET ME DOWN!" Haru yelled
Natsume tightened his grip on her body, she looked at him with her sad eyes, he could see something was wrong, her eyes weren't usually this cold and sad,
"Not before you tell me what's wrong" He looked directly at her face, she hesitated like Natsume hit the bulls eye on the dart board, Ruka looked at them, he got the hunch why she was being stubborn,
"Be...because I don't want to see you getting hurt again because of me, wasn't the monster after me?, if it was, why did you have to be the one to get hurt?" Haru started to cry,
"Look what you did Natsu-niisan, you made her cry" Ruka glared at him,
"Shut up Ruka your making it worse" He glared back,
"Sure the monster was after you, but you were already out cold and injured, do you really expect me to leave you there to get killed? Plus it was good training for me" Natsume smiled,
"So Haru, to help Natsume heal, there is something you can do, it's the best medicine and take it from a healing apprentice, you can just smile" Said Ruka nicely with his own sort of grin, Haru nodded and gave a smile, Ruka went wide eyed, the cutest smile he had seen
"Haru-chan, you're so cute" Ruka hugged her, suddenly Ruka felt a cold chill go up his spin and he saw Natsume giving him an evil glare, telepathically he knew Natsume was saying, let go or you die, you're choice, either way I'm going to kill you. Ruka let go immediately, Haru looked at Natsume and he gave her a smile, Haru had never seen Natsume properly smile, for her it felt warm like the sun, not cold as ice as she thought he was, no he's the complete opposite of what she imagined.
"Hey Ruka, how do we get to the castle? Can you teleport us there?" Natsume asked not sure of what to do,
"Sorry Natsu-niisan, I can only teleport once a day, after that I need to recharge" Ruka apologised
"What? I thought we were there already, what's going on since I've been KO'd?" asked Haru,
"Well Ruka teleported us to the wrong spot, so now we have to wait until tomorrow to go to the castle" Natsume explained, Ruka began to cry,
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it was an accident, teacher says It needs more work, and I've been training so hard Natsu-niisan" Ruka sniffled, yet he was acting like a total 10 year old, Lolita style.
"Sheesh, way to make him cry" Haru said
"What I said he teleported us to the wrong spot, don't worry these are just one of his phases" explained Natsume,
"Well how do you cheer him up" asked Haru confidently, Natsume was thinking, he knew Ruka liked snacks and also Ruka wanted to duel him, but duelling him would be too dangerous as he was on a different level than Ruka.
"I could promise him a snack later" Natsume said finally, "Ruka just loves Moonlight Cafe, Moon Cloud Blossoms."
"What are Moon Cloud Blossoms?" asked Haru, Ruka overheard and butted in.
"What are Moon Cloud Blossoms!, If you haven't eaten them, then you haven't gone to heaven"
"You're exaggerating" said Natsume
"Anyway, before Natsume kindly butted in I was explaining that, that special treat is basically as big as you're hand not counting fingers, it's in the shape of a moon flower blossoming and is made of this puffy like substance, oh, it's also white like the moon and got these eatable sprinkles, that make it look like a moon" Ruka boasted, while Ruka was boasting Haru was day dreaming of the treat, her eyes were sparkling for the lust and texture of the food and Natsume was standing there with her in his arms, with a dull face thinking when is this lecture over.
Ruka's tummy rumbled, and he started whining,
"Natsu-niisan, I'm hungry" he complained
"Well deal with it" replied Natsume
"There should be a Moonlight Cafe here, they're so popular, and I have my apprentice ship allowance to spend" complained Ruka,
Natsume looked around,
"What are you looking for Natsume" asked Haru
"A town map, there should be one in every town" explained Natsume "But I can't see one"
"Is that one there" Ruka pointed towards a post with pictures of buildings on it,
"Why do you have all the luck in world?" Natsume asked Ruka,
"Don't know, born with it I guess" Ruka replied in a grin, "And look it has the Cafe on it"
"Well what are we waiting for, let's go" Haru said in desperation
"You just can't wait to eat one can you?" asked Natsume looking at Haru in a sly face
"Not really, no, why do you ask?" Haru replied in a straight forward answer
"No reason really, well let's go, I do want to see your face when you eat one, they are actually good" Natsume smiled,
"So it's settled then, follow me" Ruka said in confidence, walking the wrong way
"Ruka, don't forget you have bad sense of direction" Natsume said remembering the portal incident,
"Your right, we'll follow you" replied Ruka in determination, Natsume sighed and began walking and suddenly Haru's hand began to glow.
What is this strange glow? Is the town really what it seems? To be continued...dun, dun, dun
P.S Ruka's Personality is childish Lolita :3 , like honey from Ouran Highschool host club and Momiji from Fruits Basket. (I do not own these anime listed)