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No, Natsume is not in this chapter, nor is he in the next one :( maybe the one after though

A Part of my World

Chapter 2

Adoption

The teacher grabbed Mikan's thin wrist and slapped it in frustration. "Why, Mikan, must you always do this? Whenever someone comes who is interested in adopting you always dress like...like trash!"

Mikan sat in the corner of the room. She wore a navy blue hoody and torn jeans, leaving her teased hair loose, some strands covering the heavy makeup she had specially applied. She looked at the carer with her earthy coloured eyes, outlined in black. "But Mrs, I dress like this because I want to make a good impression." Mikan said these words with such conviction and honesty, that if her claim wasn't so utterly ridiculous, you would have believed her. The teacher gave an exasperated sigh, all of the staff had agreed that Mikan was a lost cause, ever since that day. They had tried to talk reason, tried to tell her that being adopted wasn't such a bad thing, but she never listened. Mikan didn't understand why, but for some reason the idea of leaving the place that had been her home since she was four made her feel sick.

"Mikan, please, at least try a little, this person seems very interested." For a moment Mikan felt slightly guilty. She had been living in this place for 11 years now, without ever giving anything to the orphanage in return. But it wasn't as if she wanted to stay, there was just something holding her back. Mikan sighed and gave a slight nod, she would try.

The carer smiled, slightly amazed, before smiling and leaving the room to fetch the prospective adoptive parent. Mikan sat in silence thinking about her situation. She had been freeloading off a non profit organisation for 11 years, that probably wasn't good. Her hand tightened around the locket hanging off her neck. She had to be more independant, she had to stand on her own feet, even if it meant giving up the place where she had been most happy. She released the locket, leaving an imprint of a sakura tree on her hand. She watched apprehensively as the door slowly opened, if this person offered to adopt her, she had to say yes. And besides, they had to be alright, it's not as if the orphanage would just let any old weirdo adopt children. How wrong she was.

Mikan's first impression was that the woman being led in was a beautiful lady. Her blond hair gently curled down, coming to a stop resting on her shoulders. Her eyes were an indigo blue, like the night sea and she wore a sweet smile on her face. She wore a simple white shirt, with soft blue ruffled edges, and dark blue skinny jeans, which made her legs look long and slim. Mikan was amazed her beauty and grace, but there was something odd about the atmosphere, this person was different to others. And then Mikan realized it and her eyes widened in horror. No way. The beautiful woman was a man, a cross dressing man.

No way was Mikan going with this gay freak, even if she had promised. And at the time of the promise she was sure that people like him wouldn't even be allowed in the orphanage.

"Hello, Mikan, I've been looking forward to this day for a long time now-"

"Don't come near me, you gay cross dresser!"

"Now, now, Mikan, being homophobic at such a young age is not a good thing. And I'm not a gay cross dresser; I merely prefer to wear more feminine clothes." Mikan's eye twitched.

"Now as I was saying, Mikan, I have been looking forward to seeing you again, last time I saw you, you were a baby." This declaration puzzled Mikan.

"What are you, some sort of long-term stalker?"

"Ummm, no. I don't think I explained clearly enough, I was a friend of your parents before...the accident."

Mikan's eyes widened, her parents? But nobody knew who her parents were! She was found wandering the streets and was brought into the orphanage, everybody just assumed that her parents had left her. Even Mikan didn't remember anything about them.

"Prove it," Mikan said, "see, you can't, no one can."

"But you didn't give me time! I can prove it with this." The man said, taking out a pendant on a golden chain. Mikan's breath caught as she saw the pendant. A red sphere in a net of fine gold. The sphere was the colour of Natsume's eyes, the exact shade.

His eyes were bright red, like mummy's necklace. Mikan suddenly remembered thinking that when she first saw Natsume. Then she remembered something else.

A small girl, her eyes following the shimmering pendant swinging on a golden chain. She smiles and says "shinee, pwetty wrock" And then a silvery laugh, the laugh of her mother.

Mikan blinked, shocked at this memory.

"Do you believe me now? Your mother's name was Yuka Yukihara. She died in a car crash eleven years ago, along with you father, Azumi Yukihara." Mikan was silent for a moment, shocked at the revelation that this man knew more about her than she did. "I attended the same school as your parents, and was good friends with them. It's because of this that I would like to adopt you. You see, I am a teacher at Alice Academy, so I can guarantee you a spot...." Mikan wasn't listening to him anymore. Her mother's laugh kept on echoing in her head. Mikan opened her moth and spoke.

"I accept, I'll go with you." The man was silent for a minute before clapping his hands in delight.

"Yay! Now me and Mikan-chan can live together and be great friend and even share clothes with each other-"

"Enough, stop talking, I still don't know your name."

"Oh, yes, my name is Narumi Anjo, but you can call me Naru-sensei, everybody does." Mikan slowly nodded, aware that with that nod, life as she knew it would end.

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