Author: Thanks Dominiqueanne for reviewing!
Mikan: Why are there so few reviewers?
Hotaru: You should say there's only two.
Reanne: Come on, viewers! A single sentence doesn't take up much time, right Hotaru?
Hotaru: It might be for me.
Author, Mikan & Reanne: …………
Author: #ahem# Well let's just continue our conversation for this chapter.
Reanne: Man, I'm going to get angry with what's going to happen.
#temperature rises#
Mikan: Reanne… Please calm down…
Author: Please don't blame me, I only write to my own will.
Reanne: If you don't want to die, change the story!!!
Author: I can't! Everything is included!
Reanne: #grabs Author in the air by the collar# Then remake everything!!!
Author: Hotaru save me!!!!!!!!!!
Hotaru: 500000000 yen.
Everyone: …… #sweat-drop#
CHP 3: Natsume & Mikan… Who are they?
Reanne & Hotaru opened their room with a security card. They were much shocked when they saw Natsume Hyuuga was in their room!
But, what's more, Mikan is sleeping beside him! On a single bed! Hugging each other! (Sorry for the OOCness…)
Hotaru took her BAKA gun normal version & 'BAKA. BAKA.' at Natsume & Mikan.
Mikan woke up (as usual) & yelled "Owie! Hotaru! What was that for?!"
Natsume wasn't affected, & was still sleeping soundly.
Reanne pointed to Natsume, urging Mikan to notice. (But emotionless)
Mikan slowly turned her head towards Natsume.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" & she fell off the bed.
"What's he doing here?! Oh yeah…"
Mikan got up looking at the bandaged Natsume. He was sleeping soundly. He looked like he had been through a tough time.
"Look at the marks on his neck; he must have been punished because he didn't manage to catch the remaining children. Wait, why do I know all these?"
"Oh, I hope he isn't pretending to play 'dead'; he might want to catch us back to the Avalon HQ! I don't know what will happen to those children who got caught. I hope they're safe."
"What should we do if he wakes up? We definitely don't want him to throw fire or sulphur at us when we are sleeping, right Mikan?"
Mikan was staring into the air. "Mikan?"
"Hotaru…" Mikan starts to tremble.
"What's happening to me? Why do I see visions? WHAT"S GOING ON?!"
Mikan dropped her knees to the floor. She held her head & visions began to flow within her head.
She saw the children that were caught were eventually treated carefully, & they were all happy. They were even playing in a fun fair. Some of the children worked, but they were still happy with their lives.
Reanne noticed the suitcase of Mikan's Rozen Maiden doll was glowing. "Hotaru! The suitcase!"
Hotaru opened up the suitcase, the doll was glowing, too. But the glowing died out as soon as Hotaru picked it up.
Mikan then collapsed to the floor; Reanne was in time to catch Mikan from knocking her head to the floor.
"Mikan, daijoubu?!"
"Hai… But the last vision, why, did it look like that lady…? The children that were caught are all safe & happy… What is this…?"
"Mikan, you've been through a lot, you must rest."
Reanne laid Mikan on the other bed. Mikan fell asleep at once when she closed her eyes.
"Hotaru, stay on guard of that doll. It's suspicious."
"I'll make sure Mikan doesn't go through that pain again. I'll swear an oath."
Hotaru was ready to make the oath, but Reanne stopped her from doing it.
"Don't, an oath is something you know it will never happen again. So don't make the oath, just stay alert, that's enough."
Hotaru looked at Reanne. "So, where should we sleep for the night?"
O.O.O.O.O.O.O Next day O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O
The morning sunlight shone upon a boy who wishes that everything will end as soon as possible. He cursed the sun for waking him up.
He slowly got off the bed, but suddenly…
"Hands up, idiot. Unless you still want to know where you are now, taste the screaming pain of the BAKA gun X2 version. It increases the pain of the formal BAKA gun by 50percent."
Hotaru used her right hand to hold the baka gun while the other hand with a piece of strawberry mille-feuille. (It's a type of dessert with crust for layers.)
Natsume tried to melt the BAKA gun, but failed to do so.
"I almost forgot, the BAKA gun X2 version is bulletproof, fireproof, waterproof & BAKAproof."
Natsume looked at Hotaru's mille-feuille.
"…… #stomach growls#..."
Suddenly, the door flung opened widely-..
"Hotaru! I got the melon buns & strawberry shortcake for you! & strawberry mille-feuilles for Mikan & I! Plus some sweet hot chocolate for you! & bananas for the flaming prince!"
Natsume & Hotaru looked at Reanne emotionlessly.
"Was it a bad time to barge in?"
#silence#
"Mille-feuilles! #falls onto the floor#" Mikan was dream-talking about food. She was sleeping on another the bed, but… yes that's the story. #everyone sweat-dropped#
#silence#
"… #stomach growls# …"
"Ok… here flame boy, bananas are full of fiber & vitamins! But don't eat too much; you'll run to the toilet!" Reanne said as she handed the bananas over to Natsume.
"Here, Hotaru! Fresh melon buns & chilled strawberry shortcake! They're five slices of 'em. But can I have one melon bun since you had asked me to buy eight? Pleeeeeeasse? I never tried one since we met!"
"Sure thing. #munching on a slice of strawberry shortcake# After all, if you take away one, it becomes seven, & seven is a lucky number, isn't it?"
"Yaaay! Thank you Hotaru!" Usually, if Reanne reacted like this, she would have hugged Hotaru, but since Hotaru had the BAKA gun X2 version, she dared not do so.
"#sniff# Hm… Mille-feuilles… Reanne… Are those ichigo (strawberry) mille-feuilles…? #sniff#...#tummy growls#..."
Mikan got up her bed with her eyes still closed. She rubbed her eyes gently. &…
#camera flashes#
"A-re…?"
#Reanne smirks#
"Finally!! Cute Mikan wakes up from her deep slumber!! I have inspiration!!!"
"Ne..?! Reanne!! Give me back those pictures!! Delete them!! Onegai (please)!!"
Mikan chases Reanne but was still very sleepy.
Reanne quickly did a somersault to dodge Mikan but fell on our flaming prince instead…
"Kya! Ite… A-re?" Reanne then realized she was on top of Natsume but in an awkward position.
"Oi… Get up off me, kuroi (black) short pants!"
"Gah! Sorry! & by the way! I'm not kuroi short pants! I have a name, idiotic-lame-sulphur-thrower!" (She meant by what happened in Chapter 1.)
"Tch. Whatever." Natsume starts to peel off the skin of the banana. All this noise was making him even hungry.
♦♦♦ Minutes later… ♦♦♦
"Will you hurt us, o evil prince who brought us unfortunate events?"
Reanne, Mikan & Hotaru were in a group while Hotaru held her BAKA gun & Reanne held her guitar with both hands as a shield. (Mikan was just holding a pair of scissors.)
"I wouldn't in this condition. I'm still injured. Once I'm cured, I'll go back to the Avalon HQ without taking anyone. I'm not under any orders currently. So don't look like a bunch idiots."
The girls then loosen up a little. "I'm going to change, Hotaru. Make sure he doesn't peek."
Mikan turned her head around to ask Hotaru another favour, but both Hotaru & Reanne had disappeared.
"If you were looking for kuroi short pants & kara-kuri (mechanic robot) shoujo(girl) just went out to the karaoke lounge. Don't ask for further details or I'll burn your long hair 'til you're bald."
As Natsume was still munching on his banana he'd been eating for minutes, Mikan went into the bathroom with her head up in the air. (Natsume: With all of this noise, how am I supposed to finish my banana…?)
♦♦♦ Minutes later… ♦♦♦
"Ne, Natsume?" (In bathroom.)
"Hn." (Still munching on his banana.)
"I don't care if you don't answer this or not, but I wanted to ask you something."
"Hn."
"How are the children doing?"
"They're fine. But no more further details."
"You're so mysterious. You have red eyes, why is that so? Family? Or was it because of your fire Alice…? You reminded me of … Never mind."
"Hn."
#silence#
"Ne, Natsume?"
"Hn."
"… Never mind."
#silence#
"When are you going to get out of the bathroom? It's taking you ages, ichigo-kara. (Strawberry panties)" He threw the banana skin on to the floor. (A/N: Finally he finished the banana!)
"In a min- WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY HENTAI (pervert)?!"
She stomped the floor robustly while she got out of the bathroom but…
…BANANA SKIN BIG SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mikan accidentally stepped on the banana skin Natsume threw!
#SLOW MOTION…#
Mikan was falling (Of course in slow motion)
Natsume turned his head around & saw Mikan falling. (Slow motion!)
He jumped out of his bed & managed to catch Mikan in bridal-style. (& slow motion! Please remember!)
& this is how hazel brown eyes met crimson red eyes.
But, oops!
… BANANA SKIN ACTION NUMBER TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Natsume stepped on the banana skin, too! (He needs to land his feet, right?)
All & all, Mikan fell on the floor first, followed by Natsume.
#Back to normal speed#
Natsume was on Mikan in an awkward position. (But it felt rather romantic… Tribute to the MIKANATSUME fans! Sorry to the RUKAMIKAN fans!)
These eyes… It can't be…!
Those eyes… It had to be…!
Suddenly, the door sprang open.
"Mikan! Sorry we abandoned you, we-.."
Reanne was shocked while Hotaru was emotionless when they saw Natsume was on Mikan.
#silence#
"MIKAN!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH LAME-IDIOTIC-SULPHUR-THROWING-SHONEN??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Reanne said with demonic eyes that shone. (This is a cautionary warning to Natsume so that he could back off.)
#Shonen is teenaged boy
O.O.O.O.O.O BREAK TIME!!! O.O.O.O.O.O
Reanne: SEE?! THIS IS WHY I WANT TO KILL AUTHOR-CHAMA!!!!!!! (Instead of ..-sama, ..-chama is a cute way of calling ..-sama)
Author: Please calm down Reanne, please…?
Mikan: Author-chan… #calm#
Author: Hai, Mikan? #nervous#
#Mikan turns around with the devil king's eyes, & Author whites out# (Remember Ouran High School host Club's Kyouya? It happened in chapter 15 when Tamaki tried to call him up but had a scary response.)
Hotaru: I'll finish up what idiotic Author wanted to say. From the last chapter 'Imooto-chan' is the meaning of younger sister. & Kairi's name was supposed to be Kaori. Now pay me the 600000 yen you promised me.
O.O.O.O.O.O BREAK TIME OVER!!! O.O.O.O.O.O
"Ne, Reanne, it's just a misunderstanding. We're not doing anything! I accidentally slipped on a banana skin & Natsume was just-…"
"Oh?! Now you're even calling him by his first name!! Ok, spit it out, fire freak, what do you intend to do?!"
"Tch. So noisy." Natsume got up & left the room.
"Grrr… That boy has got on my nerves!!" Reanne says as she cracked her knuckles. She then left the room with her guitar.
Mikan looked at Hotaru who was still standing by the door emotionlessly.
"Ne, Hotaru-chan?"
"Hn?" Hotaru replied emotionlessly.
"Was it my fault again?" Mikan gave Hotaru her cutest puppy eyes, but failed to affect Hotaru, yet again.
"Yes, & if you don't want to meet Enma-san (Enma means by the king of Hell in Chinese, actually grabbed from Enma Ai… But her Chinese name was the same letters with the king of Hell.), better make it up. #right hand holds out BAKA gun CHASER version#"
Mikan pouted & sobbed, sniffing, she mumbled "#sniff#... Hotaru, you're a meanie…"
(Hotaru: #eyes shone brightly# Yes, I am a meanie.)
O.O.O.O.O.O Somewhere else… O.O.O.O.O.O
"Ne, you called, obasan?" a little girl's voice called out.
"#vein popping out# Yes, little girl. #teeth gritting angrily# Here, you're going on a mission. Make sure no one knows you are there. At all."
The little girl took something from the adult. She left without any sound.
O.O.O.O.O.O Back to the Natsume! O.O.O.O.O.O
Natsume was walking into a bamboo forest.
The aura it gave was peaceful, calm, serene, safe.
All he ever wanted was to have someone beside him, who knows him well; who he can spend the rest of his life with. He wished he can find that person as fast as he could. He wished she was still alive. He wished he remembered her name. He wished he could turn back time. He wished he didn't leave her, but it was an accident. He wished he knew where she was now. He had many wishes, but he knew he can never grant any of them, not even the help of HER.
All he wished for now is to see her again. Even if it was the last.
"Miao…"
A black cat with white paws went towards him. It started to purr itself against Natsume's leg.
Natsume picked the black cat up with his hands, & laid it on his arms. He patted its head, then stroking its fur gently. It seemed to like him.
Natsume smiled a little. It was rare for him to smile. But he felt peaceful. Nothing was commanding him. He hoped for a life like this. Restless. He no longer wants to be under orders. He wants to be on his own.
But he also knows he had to stay under that prison. Because of HER…
The cat erected its ears. It heard something. Someone is coming.
The bamboos were rustling. Someone IS coming. Who could it be?
"I-te… Ne, Natsume, why do you always like to into such strange places?"
It was no one but the loud-mouthed Mikan. She wore a beautiful long-sleeved orange dress which reached just above her knees. It had a darker orange lace on the hem of the dress.
"Tch. I even thought it was a giant monster who was stomping its way to me. So, polka, what do you want with me?"
"I-… What did you just call me?! Polka?!" Immediately, Mikan blushed as red as a tomato.
"NATSUME HENTAI!!!" Mikan forcefully pulled her dress so that it will cover her undies until no one could see it. (But Natsume just made a lucky guess, he didn't really see it.)
"Hmph. Guess it's my lucky day." Natsume said under his breath.
He then continued to tease Mikan. (A/N: Sorry Mikan!)
O.O.O.O.O.O.O Karao-ke! O.O.O.O.O.O.O
♠ "Let's welcome… The Seki twin sisters & Twin boys B!!!" ♠
A round of applause welcomed them warmly.
"Reanne, you should stay back to see how good they are. & stop chomping down those sashimi." Hotaru said.
"Hey, did you know that anything you eat during the competition is free?" Reanne said while going to the nearby sushi bar.
Hotaru's eyes shines. She began to slack off from blackmailing to eating seafood.
… Later…
"Mah… So full… Alright! I have enough energy to fight!" Reanne said confidently.
Hotaru: "Well, since now it's down to four contestants, they'll be playing spinning-the-wheel-karaoke-ing-match. So be careful. The wheel consists of: Two-on-Two match, Voice-switch match, Instruments duel, Wrap-o-Rap, Foul-Loser, Soap-Opera-Two-on-Two match & the Random selector."
"Ne, what does Foul-Loser means?"
Hotaru sighs before starting, "When one of the competitors loses in the Scissors-Paper-Rock game, he/she has to sing a song filled with Foul language. But that's just for fun. Then when you finish, you must at least score 80 points to compete again. Or else, you'll get kicked out."
"…Ouch… But I'm fine with that. I speak foul, too."
#silence, everyone looking at Reanne#
"Hey, just kidding! Eheheheheh….?"
#noisy again#
"phew"
"Do you intend to win?" a voice came out.
"You will never defeat our twin power."
It was Hikari & Kaori, the twins which are always either holding hands or hugging each other.
"We will win this competition." "Yes, together, Kaori & I will win."
"You will not crush us both." They both said, saying with their half-soulless eyes.
Reanne stood up with a tooth pick in her mouth.
"Ya' know what, seeing double makes my eyes sore. Do ya' two ever separate?" Reanne said with a smirk.
"Never! We were, we are & we will always be together!" They both screamed at Reanne.
Reanne got flamed up from this.
"Cut the yelling, BTCHES!!! I ONLY ASKED YA', NOT SCREAMED AT YA'! ALRIGHT THEN! LET THE COMPETITION BEGIIIIIINN!!!!"
Hotaru sighed at such sight. Reanne turned on her bratty attitude.
♠ "Alright! Let's give a warm welcome to the semi-finalists set A! Ai Reanne & The Seki twin sisters, Hikari & Kaori Seki!" ♠
"Reanne-sama!!!!!"
"Hikaori-sama!!!!" (mixture of Hikari & Kaori. Fans call them that.)
♠ "Yes, since we have come to the semi-final, we shall make things much more interesting! blah blah blah blah blah………… Alright, I have stated the rules & blah blah… Let's begin, bring in the karaoke wheel!!" ♠
"Do ya' wanna start first, btches?"
"HEY! DON"T CALL HIKAORI-sama BTCHES!!! YOU'RE THE BTCH!!!" Hikaori's fan girl shouted.
"HEY! CUT THAT OUT! STOP CALLING REANNE-sama BTCH!!!"
The fan clubs of Reanne & Hikaori are rumbling. But they were all asked to be quiet unless they want to get kicked out! (No!! I won't be able to see ??-sama sing!!!)
"All right, we'll spin the wheel first." Hikari said, smirked on the last word.
Reanne was quite pissed off, but luckily she wasn't being bratty, she returned tocool mode.
Hikaori grabbed one side of the wheel, together; they spun the wheel with full force.
The wheel spun lightning fast. It was making the audience dizzy. (A/N: As the wheel is quite big & almost everyone is watching it.)
Everyone was busy chattering, "I bet's the Foul-Loser," "Nah, it's the Instrument duel!" "blah blah..." & so on.
The wheel reduced some speed; it was coming to a stop. Everyone was anxious. But the semi-finalists were as calm as the peaceful clouds.
♠ "Well, what do ya' know? It's the Two-on-Two match! But semi-finalist Ai Reanne doesn't have a partner! Miss Ai Reanne, could you please pick a partner?" ♠
"Okay! I'll pick…"
"Kyaaaah!!! Reanne-sama pick me!! I'm a good singer!!" one of the fans cried out.
"No! Pick me! I'm a better singer than she is!" another fan girl cried.
"Well, I'm sorry girls, but if you really do adore me, you have to help me get first prize! And to obtain that dream, you must be a really good singer! With that, we can gain high scores, & make that dream come true!" said Reanne comically.
#silence#
"Well, I guess I have to go look for someone else. Hotaru, where's Mikan?"
O.O.O.O.O Natsume-kun & Mikan-chan nyaah! O.O.O.O.O
Mikan & Natsume were out of breathe to argue/tease.
Mikan sat on the soft, green grass. She stared at the blue, calm sky.
"Natsume, what do you in the Avalon HQ?"
Natsume, who was just petting the black cat, looked at Mikan's chocolate brown hair.
"… Did you mean by, what I do being Avalon Elite?"
"An Elite?! You must be famous!"
Elite : In their world, an Elite means by a special person who has great power & is usually very rich. But let's just stick to being famous, shall we?
"… Being famous means nothing. It's not like I can do anything I want. Unlike HER."
"Hm? Who's HER?"
"… You don't need to know, as long as you stay out of Elements' business."
"Elements?"
"#sigh# You don't need to know that, too."
#silence#
Mikan Sakura… Are you… her
Natsume Hyuuga… Are you… him
"Oi, polka-.." "Em, Natsu-.."
#silence#
"Um, you say first, Natsume."
"Nah, I want to hear from you first."
"Ok… Natsume, are you-.."
"MAIL! MAIL! MAIL FOR MIKAN SAKURA! MAIL! MAIL FROM AI REANNE!"
It was a flying machine, shaped like a mail box, screeching into Mikan's ears.
"Aargh! Hotaru's invention, the flying mail box! I hate it, it screeches into the addressee's ears to get attention! OK! I GET IT! OPEN SESAME!"
The mail box stopped screeching, it opened its mouth & it showed an envelope.
Mikan reached for it & teared it open.
Dear Mikan,
Please come back to the karaoke lounge ASAP!! I need your assistance!!
From, Ai Reanne.
P.S.: If you don't come by 12.15 pm, your Rozen Maiden doll will be burned to ashes.
"AAAhhh!!!!! Man, it's already 12.05pm! How am I suppose to get back to the karaoke lounge in 10 minutes when it's a 20 minutes walk from here to there??!!" Mikan screamed, comically.
"I'll give you a ride."
"What?! But how?"
"Easy, I'll just use my Alice."
"But your Alice is FIRE! It can't fly us there!"
"Oh, but it will."
Natsume shot a crisp of thin fire into the air, then turning into smoke.
Mikan was waiting for something to happen.
"Polka dots, you'd better shut your mouth about this." Natsume said as boring as ever.
"Huh? Shut my mouth for what?"
Suddenly, a fire phoenix appeared before Natsume in 'eagle' size.
"Pyu! Pyu! Natsume-pyuma! Pyu! Pyu!"
Natsume waited for Mikan's reaction.
"My GOD THAT PHOENIX IS SO CUUUUTE!!!!"
Mikan awed at the phoenix, the phoenix seemed to like her, too.
"Pyu! Are pyuu (pyuu for you) Natsume-pyuma's friend?"
"Currently, yes, Raora, can you please take us to that karaoke motel over there…?"
"Pyu! Of course, Natsume-pyuma!"
The phoenix, known as Raora, transformed into a young teenager, through the transformation, flames were licking her skin, but she was not hurt at all. Raora had beautiful auburn hair, black shining eyes, small petite lips & was overall hot.
Raora was wearing a black, shiny tube (oof, revealing the belly); a red chest-level jacket; black jean skirts, doesn't even reaches the knees by 20 cm!; sexy net stockings; a white belt with a red, heart shaped buckle; lastly, a pair of boots which are slipped on, leaving another 25 cm to reach the knees.
"Raora, you'rehot."
"Oh thanks. I actually copied the fashion from a magazine Ilani-sama had."
"Ilani?" Mikan questioned.
"No need to know. Do you want your doll to burn?" Natsume said with a smirk.
"Aah! What are we to do?! 5 minutes left!!"
Raora tapped on Mikan's shoulder, "Are you forgetting something? You still have me!"
Raora caught Natsume on the collar & Mikan, too, then disappeared into thin air.
Natsume-onii-san… Who is that girl?!
End of CHP 3
Author: Yosha!! Finally finish chapter 3!
Mikan: We're having a new friend?! Why didn't you tell me that?!
Raora: Howdy, people! My name's Raoreina, but everyone just calls me Raora!
Mikan: Konnichiwa!
Raora: Mikan you're so cuute!
Mikan: Raora you're cuter than me! (That applies to her phoenix form.)
Author: Please review! Tell me how you like our new girl, Raora!
Everyone: Review!