~Crown Princess Chapter 2~
Light-chan: I forgot to mention in chapter 1 that Aoi and Youichi are already dating, same as Ruka and Hotaru, and Misaki and Tsubasa. Mikan and Natsume however love each other but they haven't confessed yet. Have fun reading chapter 2!
CHAPTER TWO: INTRODUCTION
Narumi-sensei stopped just outside a classroom in the Elementary School Division's main building. 'Please wait outside until I call you to come in and introduce yourself to the rest of the class,' he said with a smile.
'Get on with it, Naru,' muttered Hotaru. 'Oh right, I forgot how this class is like.'
'What's it like, Hotaru?' asked Aoi. Hotaru grinned. 'You'll see in a few minutes.' Narumi went inside and loud shouts from many students were heard, followed by a 'YEOW! THAT HURT! STOP THAT OR I'LL USE MY ALICE ON ALL OF YOU!!!' then there was immediate silence. This amazed the new students, except Hotaru.
'Narumi has the Human Pheromone (Attraction) Alice,' explained Hotaru to her friends, who were amazed that the threat of the sensei's Alice could be that strong.
Narumi popped his head out of the classroom, his face full of blackboard chalk soot, and he beckoned them in. 'Sorry about that commotion,' he said. 'A student threw the blackboard duster at me, so please don't ask! Now do come in.' When they were all inside, Narumi took a hankerchief out and cleaned his face, then he cleared his throat and began to speak. 'Now class, today we have-'
'-nine new students!' finished a boy seated somewhere in the middle of the class. 'Yes, Koko, you're correct,' sighed Narumi, 'but why do you keep spoiling my surprises?' The class was amazed. So many new students at one go?
Hotaru grinned and stepped forward. 'Because it's fun to be the first to know what's up, right, Kokoroyomi?' The class gasped. 'Imai-san, you're back!' cried Tobita Yuu, the class's 1st representative. Hotaru had been the 2nd class representative till she'd left the year before.
'Yes, I'm back, so watch out, whoever hasn't been blackmailed yet that I want to blackmail, you're doomed! Now, who was the last one I hadn't finished blackmailing before I left last year?' Her eyes searched the classroom, seeking out a certain platinum-haired girl in the corner, then, spotting her target, she stepped forward a little.
'Ah, there you are, Koizumi Luna,' said Hotaru, her voice full of anger. 'You were the one who dared to say that the royal family of Japan and their close acquaintances were full of crap the day we were studying the history of the royal Japanese family?'
Koizumi Luna looked at Hotaru with a face of disgust. 'Yeah, I did, so what? Isn't it true? They're all insignificant compared to those who are Alices, after all. I bet no Japanese royal has ever even been an Alice, too!' Hotaru's face darkened and she looked really pissed off.
The new students' gasps could be quite audibly heard. 'I'll deal with you later,' muttered Hotaru darkly. 'Naru, on with the program!'
'Y-Yes, Imai-san,' said Narumi uncomfortably. 'I must tell you first, class, two of the new students are, er, bodyguards to two of the new students, and the two bodyguards are about 4-5 years older that all of you. They've already graduated actually. Most of the new students are geniuses as well.'
'Huh?' gasped the class, even Luna. 'Hey!' she shouted. 'My dad owns Japan's 7th richest and most powerful hypercorporation, so how come I don't have any bodyguards? Yet, two of the new students have their own personal bodyguard? Who are they?'
Koizumi Luna's eyes glittered. She'd already decided in her mind that she would befriend these apparently extremely rich/ powerful new students and make use of them for her own purposes. She'd also taken notice of the rather handsome boys I the group of new students, especially the raven-haired one. He looked like the cutest one, followed by the one with blonde hair, carrying a rabbit.
Narumi sighed. 'I'll let the two with bodyguards introduce themselves first. Also, please leave all questions; including those about whether people are available to date you, to after all the introductions have been done. By the way, the new students are all rich. Let's get started. Hikari-san?'
The attention of the class switched from Narumi to the new students gathered in a tight bunch at the front of the classroom. Suddenly, Koko looked puzzled. Most of the boys in the class, meanwhile, were gluing their eyes on Hikari, while the girls were doing the same thing to Ryuu, Ruka and especially Natsume. Natsume, standing just behind Hikari, was feeling rather pissed at the people trying to get Mikan's attentions.
Hikari/Mikan and Ryuu/Youichi stepped forward. 'My name is Andou Hikari. I'm the older of a pair of twins, and my twin is this boy next to me, Ryuu. My older brother is Ryuu's bodyguard. My best friend is Hotaru, and my bodyguard is Harada Misaki,' said Hikari.
Suddenly, Koko asked a question. 'Hikari-chan, how come I can't read your mind?'
'Huh?' said all the new arrivals. Hotaru explained. 'That boy is Yome Kokoroyomi; he has the Alice of Mind-reading.'
'Oh,' said Hikari with a smile. 'Well, you see, I have the Nullification Alice. It canceled out the effects of your Alice. I also have the Stealing, or SEC, Alice, and I'm in the Dangerous Ability class.'
The class gasped. Even Luna looked a bit scared. 'The SEC Alice and the D.A Class?' wondered a girl aloud without realizing it. She had a head of strawberry-pink hair. Mikan looked a bit uncomfortable.
'I beg your pardon?' she asked the girl. 'Oh, sorry!' apologized the girl immediately. 'My name is Umenomiya Anna, and my Alice is the Cooking/Baking Alice.'
'Nice to meet you, but why does everyone look so amazed at the mention of my Alices?' asked a confused Mikan.
'That's because they are some of the world's most rarest Alices!' explained a boy that Hoaru had spoken to earlier, Tobita Yuu.
'Oh,' said Hikari again for the second time in the past few minutes. 'Well, to round it off, I'm a Special Star. On to my brother.'
The class gasped even more at Hikari's star ranking, then Ryuu stepped forward. 'My name is Andou Ryuu. I'm Hikari's younger twin brother and my bodyguard is Andou Tsubasa, my older brother. I'm a Special Star like my sister and brother, and my Alices are Ghost Manipulation and Age Control. Also, my ability class is the D.A one.' Ryuu paused for breath, before continuing.
'I'm passing the baton to my brother and his girlfriend now. Oh yeah, speaking of girlfriends, no one is to touch Hyuuga Aoi. She is my girl so if anyone dares to flirt with her, you'll get a taste of your worst ghostly nightmare. Understood?' he asked icily.
The class shivered with fear. 'Y-Yes!' they answered shakily in unison. 'Good.'
'My name is Andou Tsubasa, and I have the Shadow Manipulation Alice. I'm a Special Star in the D.A class, and my girlfriend is my sister's bodyguard, Harada Misaki. Your turn now, Misaki.' The class gasped yet again.
'Looks like we have a lot of D.A students in our class from now onwards,' whispered Koko to his best friend, a boy who possessed the Levitation Alice, Kitsuneme.
Misaki stepped in front to join Hikari, Ryuu and Tsubasa. 'My name is Harada Misaki. I have the Doppelganger Alice, I'm a Special Star and I'm in D.A class. As Tsubasa mentioned earlier, we're dating. So, keep your hands off him please, girls. I can see a lot of people already drooling. Oi, Hotaru, your turn.'
Hotaru simply nodded, and then she came forward. 'Most of you already know me,' she said in a bored tone, 'but for the sake of those who don't, I'll just say that I'm Imai Hotaru. I'm in the Technical Class, and I'm a Three-Star. My best friend is that baka from earlier, Andou Hikari. Oh and, for the sake of the next person who is going to introduce himself, I want the class to know, especially the girls, to keep their hands off him as he is my property.' The class's eyes widened. The Ice Queen had a boyfriend?
Ruka blushed as he came forward. 'That was uncalled for, Hotaru!' he said. Hotaru simply shrugged. 'This class has several sluts like that Koizumi, so I did that as a warning to her to keep her nasty hands of you.' Luna flushed red but she didn't say a word, while most of the class thought, 'Serve her right!'
Ruka continued with his introduction. 'My name is Nogi Ruka, and I have the Animal Pheromone (Attraction) Alice. I'm a Three-Star, and I'm in the Somatic Type Class. My girlfriend is Hotaru and my best friend is the one who will introduce himself next, Hyuuga Natsume.'
Natsume simply replied with his trademark response of 'Hn.' The fangirls and sluts took one look at Natsume and they had hearts in their eyes immediately. 'KYYA!!' they all squealed. Natsume and everyone else not screaming put their hands to their ears. After the aftershock had died down, an irritated Natsume continued.
'I'm Hyuuga Natsume. My younger sister, born in the same year but not my twin is Hyuuga Aoi. My Alice is Fire and I'm a Special Star, belonging to D.A class. My best friend is Ruka. That's all. Aoi, your turn now.'
Aoi came forward now. 'I have the Fire Alice, and I'm in D.A class, but my star ranking is Two-Star. My onii-chan is Natsume, and my best friend is Ibaragi Nobara-chan. I'm also dating Ryuu-kun. Nobara-chan, it's your turn.'
Nobara shyly approached the front. She was the last one to introduce herself. 'My name is Ibaragi Nobara, and my Alice is the Alice of Ice. My best friend is Aoi, and if anyone so much as harms her in one way or another, including verbal abuse, I will not hesitate to put that person or people in a block of ice or blocks of ice and dump them in the polar bear enclosure in the zoo.'
Everyone swallowed. The polar bears in Japan were very scary creatures. Natsume, fully agreeing with Nobara, also added a few words. 'The same goes for me. I will not hesitate to burn your belongings and clothes so that you won't be wearing any when Ibaragi puts you in ice, so that your shame will probably be even more.' This time, the class shuddered.
'Well,' said Narumi happily, 'that's them. Any questions for Hikari-chan?'
Several boys shouted, 'Hikari-chan, are you available? I want to be your boyfriend!' Natsume gritted his teeth. He really wished he could hit them all, but he didn't want Mikan/Hikari to know yet that he loved her so he kept his mouth shut.
Then, one over-enthusiastic boy shouted, 'Hikari-chan, you're so cute! Can I marry you?' Suddenly, the boy felt his hair on fire. 'Natsume, stop it!' shouted Ruka. The fire died down. The class gasped, and several people started whispering.
The boy was extremely angry, but he said nothing and sat down. 'What about questions from the others?' asked Narumi uncomfortably. Hikari/Mikan was still confused about what had just happened (sometimes, she's smart, sometimes, she's clueless about things) but she decided not to comment.
'I have one for Hikari-chan and Ryuu-kun!' shouted Kitsuneme. 'Why do the two of them have bodyguards? Who are you exactly?' He directed the last sentence at Hikari and Ryuu.
'Er…' said Ryuu, at a loss. Hotaru cut in for them. 'They're special people,' she said bluntly. 'Huh?' went the class and the new students, except Hotaru.
'Because of their extremely powerful Alices, they have to have bodyguards to help restrain them. If you're asking why Natsume doesn't have any bodyguards then, it's because he's already wearing an Alice Limiter, but Hikari and Ryuu's parents refused to let them wear Alice Limiters of any sort. Tsubasa's Star-shaped Limiter doesn't count as it's not jewelry,' said Hotaru, trying to make her face expressionless.
The class seemed to take her words as truth and said nothing else about the matter. Then they continued with the Q & A session for the nine new students.
A/N: Well, how was it? I haven't updated my other stories (those that aren't Alice Princess) in ages, so I thought it was time I updated. I'll be updating the other stories as soon as I can. Sorry to those who have been waiting for ages for the chapters of my other stories to come out! ~Light-chan