DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE BUT THIS STORY IS MINE.
Cinderella's Shoes
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"I really hate you!"
-Mikan Sakura
"I really love you too."
-Natsume Hyuuga
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"If the challenge is about Mr. and Ms. Beachside then we're talking about going to a..." Mikan shouted excitedly, "...beach!"
"Obviously," Hotaru muttered. She looked ahead and saw the waves gently dragging the people back and forth. The salty air that she smelled and the chirping of the birds she heard plainly told her that they were really in the beach, upon the request of their selfish co-actor Sumire Shouda.
Mikan squealed as she heard the sound of the waves rushing in and out of the seashore. The light of the sun gently touched her skin and she raised a hand to block her face from it.
"I really love the ocean," she remarked.
"You should focus on the challenge first before thinking about enjoyment idiot," Hotaru uttered. Mikan pouted and said, "I know that."
"Mikan-chan!" Nobara called to her. She spun around and faced her friend.
"What is it?" Mikan asked, smiling at her panting friend.
"You should sign up for the Mr. and Ms. Beachside contest," Nobara replied, pointing at the booth not far away from them. "The contest is this afternoon. You should bring Hyuuga-san too for the registration."
"Eh? Why should I bring a pervert with me?" Mikan screeched, shaking her head profusely.
"Because I'm your partner," a cool, velvet voice answered her question. She turned around and glowered at the handsome face of Natsume Hyuuga.
"You decide that by yourself!" Mikan retorted, crossing her arms and sent a murderous look towards Natsume.
"You don't have a choice," Natsume said. "Ruka is with Sumire now."
"So? I could choose anyone from the crew here," she answered back.
"But none of them can match my prowess," Natsume smirked, enjoying Mikan's angry face.
"Here it comes," Mikan uttered, "Natsume Hyuuga's obnoxiousness."
"Ah guys," Nobara scratched her head, "Please continue your bickering later. The registration comes first."
"Yes...Ibaragi is right," Hotaru looked at them warily, "Continue your lover's quarrel later."
"We're not lovers!" Mikan hollered, stomping away from the group. Natsume sneered and followed Mikan.
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Natsume and Mikan were walking towards the said booth silently. Mikan was still fuming with anger and Natsume was still smirking about their apparently lover's quarrel as Hotaru quoted it.
"Little girl," Natsume decided to talk to her. "I'm going to ask you for something, is that alright?"
"Since when did you ask for my permission when you ask me or talk to me?" Mikan looked at him incredulously, "If you just as me every damn time you try to talk to me then my days would be quieter because you know what? I'm not going to talk to you."
"You talk too much," Natsume commented, "I'm just going to ask you a question."
Mikan sighed and urged Natsume to go on.
"About your baby girl dog, 'she' as you put it," Natsume began then continued, "I thought you're scared of dogs. Then how in hell do you have a dog in your house for eleven months? Don't tell me you purposely portrayed to be scared of dogs to attract my attention."
Mikan scoffed to him and answered, "Back then, I'm really scared of dogs. I even tried poisoning ours but she was so smart to avoid eating the food I gave her."
"Here it comes," Natsume uttered, "Mikan Sakura's sadistic side. I can't believe you tried to end an innocent dog's life."
"Shut up," Mikan glared at him, "I'm scared that time. But now...I adore her."
"Here we go," Natsume told her when they arrived at the contest's booth.
"Hello," the woman in the booth greeted them.
Mikan smiled and greeted back. The woman gave them the registration papers and they signed it.
"Thank you," Mikan uttered. The woman nodded and said, "Good luck to you two. You're one lovely couple."
"We're not—hmmff," Mikan's words were cut by Natsume's hand on her mouth.
"Yes, thank you. We're one lovely couple, weren't we?" Natsume smirked. The woman nodded. Mikan looked at Natsume, dumbfounded.
Natsume grabbed Mikan's hand and said, "Let's go babe."
He snatched the paper with the mechanics of the contest and dragged Mikan away from the booth.
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"You're a bastard!" Mikan hollered, "Why did you agree to her that we're a couple?"
"Because it's fun," Natsume smirked, leaning down towards Mikan.
"You agree with her because it's fun?" Mikan shouted. "I really hate you!"
"I really love you too," Natsume sneered at her. "Before we continue our lover's quarrel, we need to read the mechanics of the contest."
"We're not lovers!" Mikan yelled. Natsume rolled his eyes and shared the piece of paper in his hands to her.
"Oh you two don't have to work hard you know," a voice said behind them. They turned around and saw Sumire standing there, laughing her head off.
"Because I'm going to win together with Ruka," she shouted and walked away.
Mikan glared at Sumire's retreating back. She looked at Natsume and said, "Hyuuga, we're definitely going to defeat them."
Natsume flipped his hair and uttered, "Of course. I'm the man who always wins."
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"Good afternoon!" the host shouted, "Welcome to the annual Mr. and Ms. Beachside."
The crowd cheered. Then the host called the candidates. They girls were wearing swimsuits and the guys were wearing only shirts, meaning their chest were exposed.
The girls drooled on the side when Natsume entered the stage.
"Now, we're going to our talent portion," the host said. "Let's give it up to the candidates...starting with number one, Chikako Amaya-chan and Shiro Takegawa-kun!"
The candidates gave it all with the acting, jokes, singing, dancing and everything. Then finally the host announced for Sumire and Ruka on the stage. The crowd cheered.
"We're going to act," Sumire uttered cheerfully.
Acting part:
"Ruka, are you just going to leave me?" Sumire shouted, holding Ruka's arm.
"Ah—yes?" Ruka scratched his head, you don't even tell me what to act.
"What about the baby? What are we going to do with the baby?" Sumire cried.
"Abort it?" Ruka replied.
"What?" Sumire shouted, what are you saying you blonde idiot?
"Well, er—I don't want it," Ruka said, especially if the mother is you.
"You told me you love me! Is that a lie?" Sumire hollered, you supposed to tell me you want me and the baby idiot!
"Ah—yes. It's a lie!" Ruka roared.
"B-But I love you!" Sumire yelled at him, pulling Ruka towards her and gave him a chaste kiss. Ruka's eyes widened and pushed Sumire away from him.
End of the acting part...
Natsume backed away when he saw his best friend being kissed by Sumire. Mikan was gaping at them, they kissed!
"That was wonderful acting!" the host shouted, "Very realistic. You could see the surprise look at the boy's face when the girl kissed him."
Ruka nodded glumly, because I was really surprised.
"Our next and last candidate, let's give a round of applause to Mikan Sakura and Natsume Hyuuga," the host said. Mikan and Natsume entered the stage.
"We're going to sing," Mikan uttered cheerfully. The introduction of the song filled the air. Mikan took a deep breath and started to sing.
Mikan:
We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming
What we'd have to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
Natsume:
No one told me
I was going to find you
Unexpected
What you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start
Mikan and Natsume:
Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
Mikan:
We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Natsume:
Never dreaming
How our dreams would come true
Mikan and Natsume:
Now here we stand
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you...
Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is a river I wanna keep going on...
Mikan:
Starting out on a journey
Mikan and Natsume:
Life is a road and I wanna going
Love is river I wanna keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you...
Natsume smirked when the crowd yelled, "Encore."
"Then I suppose I give you folks a bonus," Natsume said huskily. The crowd went crazy as he pulled Mikan towards him.
"What the hell are you doing?" Mikan hissed. Natsume looked at Sumire and Ruka then uttered, "This is how to kiss for real."
Natsume gave Mikan a long kiss on the lips, a kiss that Mikan couldn't help but to respond back, in short a knee-weakening kiss. He broke the kiss, smirking.
Mikan flushed for a minute then hollered, "That was my second kiss, damn it!"
And that was the end of the talent portion. Now, what will happen to them as the contest progress?
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