Well, I decided to write chapter 6 again. Yayz for being productive!

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CHAPTER 6

TSUKUNE'S NEW LIFE

Corma dislodged himself from Tsukune and spun around, smoothing out his suit while his poor victim was left shaking in confusion and wondering what the heck just happened. "Stand up straight!" Corma snapped at Tsukune, who quickly complied after picking up his bag for fear of another attack. Seeing that he was obeyed, Corma knocked on the door and was told to come in by a voice that Tsukune recognized as the voice that belonged to the princess. It perplexed him, her voice; it seemed cold and somewhat emotionless, but there was an undertone of tenderness that wasn't apparently obvious. It only added to the enigma that everyone knew as Princess Moka Akashiya. Something about that mystery drew Tsukune in. But, it was not the time for musing; Corma had opened the door. Tsukune walked in and was momentarily speechless at the sight which he beheld. The princess was at the window looking out at the town. Her silky hair was draped across her back, and in the sunlight it gave off a faint glow. When coupled together with her drop-dead face, Tsukune felt like he was looking at an angel. Then, Corma cleared his throat and Moka moved away from the window and towards her new guests. Her mouth took on a smirk when she saw Tsukune.

"Ah, Tsukune!" she greeted. "How do you like the castle?" Tsukune cleared his throat.

"Um, well Princess-"

"Enough with the Princess crap Tsukune." Moka interrupted. "From now on, just call me Moka. Okay?"

Tsukune was taken aback. "Th-thank you for the honor, Prin- Moka."

"Excuze my interruption, your highness," Corma said, alarmed. "But that is highly irregular! He is a mere commoner!" Moka glared at Corma.

"Corma, do not ever speak of Tsukune that way again, do you understand me? He is living in the castle now, and that makes him far undeserving of such an insult. Do you understand?" Corma, with barely-contained anger, nodded yes. "Good. Did you follow my orders?"

"To a tee, your highness."

"Thank you, Corma. You are free to leave now." Moka said in a tone of voice theat indicated that it wasn`t a suggestion while waving her hand. Corma bowed deeply, then turned and walked away. Not, however, before shooting Tsukune what was clearly a warning look. Tsukune gulped.

"Now, Tsukune." Moka's voice rang through Tsukune's ears. "Corma didn't show you your room, did he?"

"No, he didn't." Tsukune said curiously. He hadn't noticed it before, but now he did. It was quite odd. After all, where was he supposed to sleep, the floor?

"Well, that's because I don't want him to know where you are; I don't think he likes you for some reason."

Tsukune somehow resisted the urge to say do you think so?

"Follow me." Moka said curtly, strolling out of the room. Tsukune made sure that he had his backpack, then followed her out of the room. She turned left and walked deeper the castle. Tsukune hadn't noticed it before, but apparently Moka was still wearing her nightgown, which left even less to the imagination than her dress from yesterday, because it showed off her well-toned legs. Tsukune was finding it very uncomfortable walking behind his new employer. Thankfully, the trip was short, and Moka turned around to face him when she stopped. She gestured to the door they stopped in front of. "This is your new room." Tsukune looked at the door. It was just an ordinary door, like hers; for some reason, this made him happy. "Go ahead," Moka encouraged. "Open it." She sounded quite eager, so Tsukune grabbed the handle and opened the door. He stepped inside and looked around. It was a pretty standard room; wardrobe, bed, a mirror. The material on the bed was nothing special, ordinary cotton. There was a window to the opposite side of the room as the bed, which lay in the center of the left wall. Moka cleared her throat. "It's nothing special, but I hope you like it." Tsukune turned around an made eye contact with Moka. She noticed his eyes were shining.

"This is far better than I could have ever dreamed of having, Moka. Thank you." Tsukune's voice was brimming with thankfulness, and he only proved further that he was telling the truth when he bowed deeply to his accomplice in the hallway. Moka blushed at the show of gratitude.

"Well, Tsukune," She said when he had stood back up. "Did Corma tell you your schedule?"

"Yes he did, Moka." He was supposed to wait for Corma to wake her up at 7:00 outside her door. Then, all he did was whatever the nobles wanted him to do for about nine hours. After that, he had two hours of free time. Finally, he was supposed to run the princesses` bathwater and get her bed ready at 9:00. He would then go to bed and repeat. His would get a day off every two weeks to spend with his family, but besides that, his schedule would never change.

And he was fine with that, for some reason.

"Alright then. Tsukune, you have the rest of the day off to get your things in order, but you start work tommorow. Understood?"

"Yes Moka."

"Then good day." She turned and started down the hall again, but not before she heard Tsukune call out "Good day to you too, Moka!"

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Five days later, Tsukune was pretty used to the schedule. He had gotten up at 7:00 back at his house, so that was not a big change for him. His meals were delivered to his room (Koko absolutely refused to eat with any servants), and so far he had done a pretty good job of avoiding the hateful glare of Corma and taking the place of Koko's practice dummy. Most of the work he did was for Moka and Ruby, which he didn't mind one bit. Today, though, Tsukune could feel that something was amiss when he woke up. After greeting Moka and making his way towards the main hall (which Tsukune had learned was the name of the room with the fabulous rug) his suspicions were confirmed when he saw other servants moving to and fro; much more activity than was normal he was sure. He managed to get the attention of a servant whose name he learned was Chumio, a young man who worked in the kitchen.

"Chumio, what's going on?" Chumio looked surprised.

"You mean you don't know?"

"Know what?"

"Princess Kurumu is visiting tomorrow."

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As I am guessing you figured out, Kurumu is appearing next chapter. Hope ypu enjoyed this chapter! R&R please!