natsume: tch, about time you updated...
mikan: why? you're waiting for it, ne?
natsume: n-no! it just proved how lazy she could be!
me: really, natsume, really? well, the usual, busy schedule, like every high schooler,
oi, every high schooler who are reading this should review after reading my story! woohoooo! XD
natsume: yeah right, as if they're going to follow you...
mikan: well, chapter 18 minna!
me: oh and i don't own gakuen alice~!
Chapter 18
"ahhhh…. Ohayo gozaimasu….." our favourite brunette stretched and yawned in bed. Yes, today is a perfect day for a stroll outside or maybe a trip to the amusement park, ne? But, she just chose the part where she'll have a photo shoot, and guess why,
Flashback…
"hey, mikan chan~!" anna called out to the relaxing mikan under the sakura tree.
"hai?" she asked as she continued to stare at the clouds.
"we have news for yah!" misaki told her, while the brunette stared at her with puppy eyes. nonoko went to her side and pinched her cheeks.
"kyaaa~! You're so kawaii~!" nonoko squealed as mikan showed her a cheeky smile.
"anyways, well, you have a surprise photo shoot tomorrow, it's from LV…. And the photographer, ena chan, said that you'll have a surprise guest taking that photo shoot," misaki explained as mikan's eyes glitter with excitement.
"nani? Who is it~? Who? Who?" she asked as she jumped up and down like a little girl.
"well, she wouldn't tell us, even to hotaru, too." Anna sighed as she rubbed the back of her head.
"but, I have a feeling that there'll be something weird going on tomorrow, at your photo shoot," nonoko warned her.
"so please, be careful, ne?" misaki told her.
"hai~! But wait when…." Mikan started her question.
"oh, tomorrow 11 am. There'll be someone who'll pick you up." Anna informed her as she clasped her hands together.
"hai hai~! I'm sooo thrilled~!" mikan jumped again and proceeded to her room.
End of flashback
So she quickly stood up and proceeded to the bathroom and did her morning routine. After that, she went to her closet and picked a simple loose gray polo with violet vines creeping on the hem, black leggings, and purple wedges. She also wore a pair of white shades. She didn't put make up, just lip gloss, but still, it showed her simple beauty. She then took a last glance at the mirror and smiled t her reflection. She then looked at the clock and it read, 10:30. 'great! I still have time to eat breakfast!' she said to herself as she remembered the time when she didn't and giggled to herself.
"I wouldn't want that to happen, ne?" she sighed and then went downstairs. When she reached the kitchen, the delicious aroma of food greeted her.
"ohayo mikan chan~!" all of them greeted her as she entered, all was eating their lunch while having a lively chit chat. But there's someone missing, where's –
"you noticed. Youichi got bored and decided to take a stroll or something." Hotaru explained as she takes another bite on her crab meat.
"aww, I won't get to say good bye to him… itadakimasu!" mikan said as she clasped her hands and began to eat.
"mikan, what's the photo shoot about?" yuu asked.
"well, I don't know exactly, but it's from LV, so I guess bags?" mikan pondered as she place her finger on her chin.
"ahaha so you'll be the one inside the bag! That's pretty catchy if you ask me!" koko joked as everyone laughed.
"ahaha you could put on a Chihuahua costume and bark! Nice nice!" tsubasa added as he chuckled.
"how's this? Woof woof!" mikan barked like a dog with her puppy eyes.
"that's it! Keep it up little pooch!" misaki teased her.
BEEP BEEEEEP!
"ah, your ride is here, mikan sama," maria informed me as I gave her a nod.
"hai hai, well, ja ne minna~! See you guys later!" I waved to them.
"okay, be careful!" nonoko reminded me as I closed the door behind me.
"ohayo, mikan sama, my name is ahki, your chauffeur." The guy bowed to her, he has green eyes, and raven hair. Mikan just giggled and motioned him to look up.
"please, stop the formalities! Arigatou, ahki! You can call me mikan!" she said as she waved her hand in the air.
"a-ah…. Hai hai, arigatou, mikan sam-"
"mikan only" mikan said as she opened the door and went in with a smile. Ahki returned the gesture and closed the door behind her.
"hai, mikan." He whispered as he went in the driver's seat and revved up the engine.
The ride was a bit long, but mikan made it lively by persuading ahki to tell her who is the one who'll join her for the photo shoot. But, of course, ahki kept telling her that she know who she is.
"who is it?" mikan pouted.
"I can't tell you." ahki kept his word.
"but- but-"
"no buts, we're here." Ahki announced.
"fine! I'll see for myself!" mikan decided as she pouted once again while ahki opened the door for her. Mikan looked up to the 30 story building in front of her. But, of course, she just smiled at the familiar structure.
"shall I accompany you to the studio?" ahki suggested but mikan just showed a bright smile and declined his offer.
"but, you do know what studio you'll go to, right?" ahki grinned as mikan stopped at her tracks.
"ehehe, so, about your offer, I'll accept it!" mikan cheerfully said. As he joined her, they both entered the establishment.
By the time they're in the elevator…
"ahki, could you at least give me a clue on who is it?" mikan once again brought up the subject.
"*sigh*… well, since you are really that desperate, she's one of your rivals…." Ahki pointed out as he became nervous, 'great, this kind, innocent person is the rival of that….that….bitch?'
"nani? But everyone is my friend! No one is my rival!" mikan defended.
"yeah, but she claimed to be…." He muttered.
TING….
"ahh here we are…" ahki told her as mikan stepped out of the elevator and into a photo studio.
"okay! Arigatou ahki!" mikan waved good bye.
"hai hai, and good luck too!" ahki returned the gesture and closed the elevator doors.
"ohayo, mikan sama" every employee bowed to her, while mikan just blushed.
"pish posh! Don't bother the formality! Please take care of me!" she smiled brightly while the guys almost lost their balance in her presence.
"h-hai…mikan s-"
"mikan only, please."
"hai hai." The boys chorused. But little did they know that another model in the dressing room treats herself like a little princess.
"hey hey! Careful with the hair!" she shrieked.
"gomen," the poor hair dresser muttered, for the umpteenth time already.
"gomen what?" the girl narrowed her eyes on her.
"g-gomen hime sama…." Caira, the hair dresser whispered.
"nani? i. can't. hear. You!" the girl shouted and faced her with those scary eyes.
"g-g-gomen h-hime sama!" caira shouted as tears escaped from her eyes. No one dared to come into the picture, even though they want to, because they were too scared of the devil hime sama.
"what are you looking at? Huh?" the strawberry blonde girl dared.
"…." No one answered.
"well? Back to work you eggheads!" she bellowed as everyone scram like little rats that just saw a big black cat.
"sweetie, umm…. I think you're getting a little overboard this time…" her best friend whispered to her ears.
"tsk, who cares? They should know how to treat a princess if they see one!" she stuck her chin in the air as she turned her back to her best friend while flipping her hair with an evil grin.
"watch out,yukihara. The queen is back." The same evil girl muttered with her cold blue eyes.
In the shooting studio….
In front of a sunny city back drop, there in the middle posed a brunette with her hair in a bonnet and she's also in a baby pink turtle top with balloon sleeves and a ribbon tied around the neck part, she also wore a formal, peach-coloured skirt that reached her one inch below her knees. For her footwear, she wore brown, open toed stilettos, and some rectangle framed glasses, a wrist watch, and also, a brown, leather, Louis Vuitton bag. So in this photo shoot, she looked like a business woman. She put on her business smile, faced her left, like she was walking, and held the bag in her left hand.
CLICK CLICK CLICK!
The camera loved her, she then switch to another pose, this time, she looked at her watch as she gave a perfect view of the bag.
CLICK CLICK CLICK!
"fantastic! You look perfect! Keep it up!" the photographer commented as he took pictures of mikan.
CLICK!
CLICK!
CLICK!
CLICK! The photographer took pictures of her again and again that another employee needed to remind him that there's still another model.
"oh, gomen ne, I forgot, miss luna koizumi, please come in front." He announced as everyone shivered when the said girl did, with her seducing smile, of course.
"hai~?" she answered as she patted her eyelashes flirtatiously.
"is there something wrong with your eyes, dear?" the photographer asked as he smirked. Of course, he already knew the real side of luna. He was one of her attitude's victims, as they call everyone who already witnessed her bitchy attitude.
"wahhh! Luna chan! It's been three years! How are you?" mikan intruded their conversation as she hugged luna, while the latter make sour faces at her back. Truly, mikan is too dense for her own good.
"hai hai, well, it's been three, productive years. I've been one of the top ten models in America! Of course, it was nothing for me, well, how about you?" she bragged, obviously making mikan jealous, which didn't succeed a bit.
"wow! Well me, I've been in the top 5 models in asia, that's all I guess." She showed her a sheepish smile, but before luna could comment, their photographer took out a paper, and cleared his throat.
"sorry, for the disturbance, but allow me to inform you properly of mikan sama's achievements. Which is,
She was voted the most beautiful teenager in asia, and ranked 3rd international
Already posed for all of the well known signature products international
In gakuen alice, she's ranked two in academics, athletics, music, arts, acting, home economics, and more
she also got the leadership award
Already starred in five blockbuster movies,
But still the list goes on, although, it's truly shameful for some people, right?" he asked luna as she rolled her eyes.
"for a loser to boast, and a winner to be humble, ne?" he smiled sweetly.
"nani? what are we talking about?" mikan asked, oblivious to the aura around the two.
"FYI, I'm not a loser, I'm also a winner!" luna shouted at him.
"oh, sorry, did somebody say anything about you being a loser, or are you just affected of the quote?" he asked her as he smiled, which irritated luna. She then turned to her best friend, who seems to get the message.
"let's go, permy, I don't need this, anyway," she then flipped her hair as she turned her back to the group, but before she exits,
"hey, yukihara, be careful from now on, because the queen is back, you bitch!" she bellowed as she let out a creepy laugh and closed the door behind her.
"b-bitch..? wh-what did I d-do?" mikan asked helplessly as she lost her balance and stumbled to the floor nad broke into tears.
"d-did…..i….do something…wrong?" she asked herself again as everyone went to her side to comfort her.
"you didn't do anything, mikan sama. She just treats everyone who's a threat to her career a bitch, well in fact, she's the original one." Caira caressed her cheek as everyone agreed with her.
"i-I'm a threat? S-since when?" mikan asked.
"well, she thought you are. Remember when you were 12, and she's 13, you posed for yuki san's teen girl clothing line, making your debut in the fashion industry, everyone saw potential in you, you shined and glowed, better than luna, much much better than her. Then, remember your first block buster movie? She was very confident that she would get the starring role, but you got it instead, and that's when she felt jealous and considered you as her no. 1 rival. So, she decided to leave for America, so she can have a new start at everything." Caira explained.
"wow, so you know that much?" mikan asked her curiously, even she didn't know any of it!
"h-hai, I'm a big fan of you gals, but, ever since luna came here, I'm sick of her!" she confessed.
"okay, and I thought she's my friend awhile ago…." Mikan murmured to herself as the photographer smirked.
"heh, she's always like that, even to me, and the next thing you know, she's backstabbing you! So you better be careful," the photographer warned him while waving his finger. Mikan just nodded in returned.
"arigatou, I promise." She smiled sincerely as she stood up.
"well, I better get dressed now, arigatou and ja ne~!" she bowed before she entered the dressing room. While dressing up, she thought about what happened earlier, 'I should be very careful from now on…' she said to herself. Then her phone rang,
"moshi moshi?" mikan answered.
"mikan! Thank kami sama! Are you alright?" hotaru asked, concern and worry evident in her voice.
"huh? Why?"
"baka. That lunatic called you a bitch, am I right?"
"ano….yeah…."
"and you cried,"
"yeah….. wait, how did you know about all of this?"
"I have my sources. I should've known that that bitch's your surprise guest! She'll pay BIGTIME!"
"I'm fine, don't worry, and please, don't take revenge on her, I don't want to cause some baka scandals."
"*sigh* fine, fine, but, I'll just do this for myself, and you wouldn't stop me from doing it."
"haha, hai hai, fine!"
"okay, please take care, ja."
"ja ne hotaru~!" she then closed her phone and sighed heavily.
'what would she do this time?'
Meanwhile….
Money money money, i-
"hai." Hotaru answered her phone,
"hello, I am the representative for gap jeans, and I want your client, mikan yukihara to model our newest line, the 'sexy black' line we would pay-"
"will she be accompanied with another models?" hotaru narrowed her eyes.
"iie, she won't"
"good, when and where?"
"two days from now, which is Tuesday. And it will happen by 10 am, in the national park. So, does that means yes?"
"hai. Expect her on Tuesday. Ja."
"ja."
Hotaru closed her phone, ending the conversation.
"Is something wrong?" ruka asked her, for now, they're having their date in an Italian restaurant and waiting for their food.
"that bitch koizumi's back."
"nani? I have to warn natsume about this," ruka quickly took his phone and decided to text natsume, but before he could, hotaru got his phone and launched a questin and answer protion with him.
"nani?"
"I'm going to warn my best friend."
"why?"
"because she's a threat to him."
"why?"
"she treid to seduce him, even if she's only 13!"
"when?"
"arghh….enough, I'll just tell you the whole story, so can I please have my phone back?" ruka flashed a sweet smile as hotaru gave him the phone.
"now, about that explanation." Hotaru reminded him as the waiter served the tea.
"well, it started out in their first photo shoot together, natsume was about to enter his dressing room, he opened the door only to find an almost naked Luna whispering to him in a seducing manner, 'hey there hottie, let's go at my place and have some fun ne~~'"
"what did that baka do?" hotaru asked with gritted teeth.
"natsume pushed her away, saying 'how shameless of you. sorry but I'm not interested luna-tic slut/ hag like you, so if you'll excuse me, I'll be taking my leave now.' So he dashed away, not minding his clothes, and told yuu, our manager, that if he sets up another damn project with luna again, he swears his life will be hell." Ruka chuckled lightly.
"what's funny?"hotaru narrowed her eyes on him as he sat up straight in an instant.
"I just remembered natsume's freaked out face when he literally strangled yuu, I tell you, priceless!" he then started to laugh as hotaru showed a small smile, that's only meant for him, and her best friends..
"really?"
"hai!"
"so tell me, why are you so happy last night?" hotaru asked nonchalantly.
"nani? ano….. I just found out something…" ruka answered with knowing grin,
"oh really?" hotaru narrowed her eyes once again, but ruka didn't notice it.
"hai~!" he answered cheerfully nonetheless
"well, you know that I hate keeping secrets from me….." she stated her threat.
"anoo…."
"you remember the last time you did?"
"h-hai… I was chased by the FBI until I told you that….."
"that?"
"that I failed in chemistry…" he replied shamefully.
"so you do know what I hate?"
"h-hai…."
"good…" 'does he know already? Or else…. I'm going to face the embarrassing wrath of my i-hate-liars-too fiancé.
"ugghhh I give up! You remember the thing I told you about finding natsume's childhood friend, right?"
"…"
"w-well, I have a hunch, a proof, that, well, she is mikan…." He smiled sheepishly. Hotaru remained impassive, although shock was written all over her eyes.
"h-how?"
"well, you remember the questions I asked you guys about mikan? The ones when you hit me more than three times with the baka gun?" he said mockingly as he pouted.
"….yeah"
"well, it was natsume's description of her! Although the last thing made me unsure, but still, I witnessed it with my own eyes! they really are meant for each other." He exclaimed happily. 'maybe it's not her…?' hotaru tried to reason out.
"what is her name?"
"well, natsume only knew her nickname, I think it was….mickey? mitsi…?"
"is….it mi chi..?"
"hai, ha- matte, how did you know that?" ruka raised his eyebrows as hotaru looks more and more nervous by the second.
Then a realization dawned him….
"you knew about this, don't you?"
"…"
"you knew this, and you knew that fate was on their side, so you planned to bring them together….."
"…"
"dooshite? Why did you hide it from us?" ruka asked in a serious tone as he stopped eating and looked at hotaru in the eye. 'oh no, here it comes…' hotaru thought nervously.
"i-if I tell you all about it, it would ruin everything….."
"ruin how exactly?"
"well, you would be so hyped and serious about it that you want to rush into things, you want them to be together as soon as possible that you wouldn't allow their true feelings to come naturally. Plus, you would tell natsume about this, and I won't get to work on this master plan…" hotaru explained as she pouted on the last part. Ruka smiled reassuringly, he understood her, of course, being her fiancé, he knew that she really like, no, LOVE doing plans like this, especially when it's all about her friends.
"fine, I understand, don't worry, 'cuz I won't tell anyone about mi chi," he told her, 'now for my wrath.' He told himself.
"just promise me that you would tell me everything, and when I say everything, I mean, no secrets, no hidden facts, okay?" he flashed a sweet smile, while hotaru tried to escape his glance.
"h-hai…" she faced him, and he quickly planted a kiss on her cheek and patted her head.
"good…."
"…may i-I finish eating n-now..?" 'shoot! This is why I hate his wrath! It's just so unpredictable! He could at least make me do something for penance when he's mad! Instead….. argh!'
Ruka just chuckled lightly and nodded in approval, this is why he loves his so-called 'wrath', everytime he did, hotaru just acted so cute and adorable when he did.
Truly, love can change a person.
"hai, arigatou~~" luna said in her fake cute voice as she ended a call.
"who's that?" her best friend, permy, asked.
"oh, It's just one of my boyfriends, I asked him about mikan's next photo shoot." She shrugged.
"o-oh really….. well, what about it?"
"I just want to pay a little visit, of course, without her knowing, that is." She replied with an evil glint in her eyes.
"…okay…"
"but, the difference is, you're the one who'll go there…" she pointed to permy.
"m-me? Why me o-only?" permy pointed herself.
"I have something to do on that day,"
"o-okay….." she replied unconvinced.
"so, this is the plan…." And so, they discussed on what they'll do to mikan.
natsume: that bitch... if she ever do something to polka, she'll dieeee
mikan: *blush* ...
me: yiiieeee~~ well, please review! oh and remember high schoolers out there! review please!
to everyone who's reading my story, i'm going to RENAME this as: MY CHILDHOOD NECKLACE... gomen for this sudden change, hope you guys are okay with it~!