Hey peoples~!! Long time no see, lol! anyway, I decided to fnally start this chapter and it's night time where I live right now. Acutally, it's 11:45PM... I'm not going to school tomorrow so whatever. School's still going on since it's Thursday but I have to go somewhere else~Yippee for me!! I would be asleep, but my brother has a project due tomorrow and he's a real procrastinator, so he started today and he's still working on it in the living room... and I sleep out here, so yeah... but I can't really blame him since I've done that before too~ lol~ anyway, I just started blabbing on about my personal affairs, huh? Oh well, let's start the story now!!

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"…." Means they're talking

'….' Means they're thinking

--previous chapter--

"Really? Gifts? What are they?" Mikan asked excitedly.

"Oh, some jackets, chocolates, and other things," her mother replied. "Here's the photos they sent us the ones in front are when you guys were kids and they have some pictures of them now in there so you can recognize them when we see them."

"Wow, I remember when this happened. When Mikan-onee started crying because of the haunted house," Kai said as he flipped through a few of the pictures.

Mikan looked at the pictures. "Oh! I remember these guys! They were the ones we were talking about? We were so close! I can't wait to see them again!"

--end--

Chapter 9

The next day, on Wednesday, when Mikan arrived at school, some people in black clothes with black sunglasses and black hats were waiting for her.

"Are you Mikan Sakura?" one man asked as he stepped forward. (#1)

"M-m-maybe? W-what do you want?" Mikan asked as she stepped backwards.

"We're here to escort you." another man said as he stepped closer also. (#2)

By now, people were staring.

"I-I swear I won't do it again! Please don't take me to jail! Waaaahhhh!!! I'm too young to go to jail!! I couldn't help myself! I just had to take Kai's chips! I was so hungry! I won't ever steal again!! Please, please, please show mercy!! It's my first offense!" Mikan wailed out.

"U-uh no, we're not here to take you to jail so please calm down..." the last man in black said nervously. (#3) People were starting to glare at the three figures in black.

"Noooo!! Don't play that nice cop, evil cop thing with me!" Mikan pleaded.

"Well, technically, it's called good cop, bad cop... but that's not the poi-" the man in black #1 said.

"...I've reflected on my actions... and I've decided to pay the consequences of my actions..." Mikan said calmly. Then she stuck her hands out. "I'm ready to go to jail ten years."

"Well, that's all nice and all, but we really aren't taking you to jail." man in black #2 said.

"R-really?" Mikan asked.

"Um, yeah" man in black #3 said.

"Whew! Well, why didn't you say so earlier? Haha, you got me all worried! I started a career, you know? So, I have to work hard, and I can't do that in jail!" Mikan said.

"Actually, that's the reason we're here. We're here to escort you to the School for Teenage Celebrities, in short, the STC." stated man in black #2.

"Why are you taking me there?" Mikan asked, puzzled.

"It's a request from Narumi-san. Now, please step into the car." Man in black #1 said.

"What car- WHOA!! Whose limo is that? It's all shiny and looong!" Mikan looked at it wide-eyed.

"Um, that's the car..." man in black #3 said as he sweat-dropped.

"I get to ride that? Wow!" Mikan exclaimed.

"Yes, now let's go. Narumi-san should be waiting." man in black #1 said.

"Ok!" Mikan said.

"Wait, Mikan!!"

Mikan turned around and saw Anna, Nonoko, and some of her other friends running towards her frantically.

"Don't kidnap Mikan!" Anna yelled.

"Yeah, we won't let you kidnap her!" Nonoko said.

"I'm not getting kidnapped," Mikan chuckled.

"W-what, then why are they here?" Anna asked, calming down a little.

"Ahem. We're here to take her to the School for Teenage Celebrities, or STC, for short," man in black #3 said.

"What? You're switching schools? Why?" asked Nonoko.

"Is it because you're going to be a celebrity? You don't have to switch if it's because of that. No one in school's going to attack you or anything! They all already know what an airhead you are!" Anna explained.

"Hey! I'm not an airhead!" Mikan pouted while crossing her arms.

"We're running late, Miss." man in black #2 said.

"Oh, ok. Well, I'll be leaving guys! Don't worry because I'll still visit you guys sometimes! Bye!" Mikan waved goodbye as she got into the car.

"Well, ok. Then, good luck on your concert in case we can't see you again before!" Anna and Nonoko said.

Mikan closed the door and the limo left.

The limo arrived at the School for Teenage Celebrities.

Mikan stepped out of the car.

"Wow, it's sooo big!" Mikan said excitedly.

The school was obviously made for people who had a lot of money. Narumi stepped out from the front door.

"Mikan-chan! What took you so long?" Narumi asked.

"I'm sorry, we were having some difficulties." man in black #1 said.

"Well, it doesn't matter. Come with me, we have to get you registered." Narumi said as he ushered her towards the building.

Mikan stumbled inside and found a nice looking lady who seemed around the age of 20 at the counter.

"Cindy, I'm here to register Mikan, you know, the girl who's going to be in the idol group with Natsume-kun, Ruka-kun, and Hotaru-chan." Narumi explained.

"Oh, of course I know. I've been looking forward to meeting you, Mikan-chan. I'm so excited for your concert with the others!" Cindy said happily.

"She's a big fan of Polaris and Hotaru, and soon she'll be a big fan of yours," Narumi said.

"Hehe. Hopefully." Mikan said as she blushed.

"Here's the papers." Cindy handed them to Mikan.

Mikan stared at the big stack of papers.

"...."

"Well, Mikan, I have to go, so tell Cindy when you get done. Bye." Narumi waved goodbye as he left.

"Do I have to fill out all of these?"

"Sure do."

SIGH "Guess I'll get started." Mikan looked at the clock. It read 9:25. "I'm sure I'll get done by 10!" Mikan started on the first piece of paper.

"So, Narumi, why'd you take me out of class?" asked Hotaru.

"Mikan-chan's just transferred into STC! You can show her around," Narumi said.

"Did you forget I'm a busy person?" Hotaru asked.

"You and I both know that STC managers make sure you don't have any jobs that get in the way of school. In other words, you're as free as anybody else during school."

"........"

"Here, she should be just finished with those papers by now." Narumi said as he went in. "Mikan-chan! Guess who's here-"

"Sssshhhhhhhhhh!" Cindy said.

"Eh? Why?" Narumi whispered. "Where's Mikan-chan?"

Cindy pointed over to a table as she giggled.

Narumi looked over to find a girl sleeping, while using a pile of papers as a pillow.

"She's asleep! Did she get finished with those papers that quickly?" Narumi asked, astonished. He looked at the time. It was only 10.

"Haha, no. She finished two pages, and she was on her third when she fell asleep." Cindy said.

"Why didn't you wake her up?" Narumi asked. "School's already started, and she can't start until those papers are finished."

"B-b-but... she looked so cute, I couldn't wake her up!" Cindy exclaimed.

"... Well, Narumi. Since, you want me to show her around, I guess I better wake her up." Hotaru said. Robemat appeared and kicked Mikan hard.

"UWAAAAHH!!" Mikan fell to the floor.

"W-what's happening?" Mikan exclaimed as she jumped up. Mikan gasped, "Hotaru-chaaaan!!"

Robemat tripped Mikan. "Kyaaah!" Mikan fell flat on her face.

"Well, we'll be leaving, Narumi." Hotaru gave an evil smile to Narumi. "Don't forget to finish those papers and hand them in." Hotaru walked out with Robemat dragging Mikan behind her.

"W-wait!! Don't leave me!" Narumi pleaded as he got on his knees with his hand outstretched.

"Imai-san is still cool even when she's being evil!" Cindy said with glittery eyes.

"Cindy, do you mind doing these papers? I've got to get going." Narumi said.

"Sorry, but I've still got a lot of work to do myself." Cindy said, returning to normal.

"So, Mikan, here we are. This is the high school division. I'll take you to your class. Let me see your schedule." Hotaru said.

Mikan handed her the schedule.

"Are there other divisions beside the high school?" asked Mikan.

"No, at least not anymore. It changed last year, actually, because finally each of the schools got big enough to be able to support themselves." said Hotaru.

"Then, was it all combined before?"

"Yeah. There was elementary, middle, and high all combined together."

"Wow, the school must've been huge!" Mikan exclaimed.

"No, even though it was considered one school, they were all separated into three different buildings."

"Oh, then-" Mikan started.

"Looks like we have the same first block. Follow me," Hotaru interrupted.

Hotaru briskly walked into the school, past corridors, and in front of a classroom.

Mikan had to run to keep up with her, but she followed close behind.

"Here we are, science class," Hotaru said as she opened the door.

"W-wait, Hotaru. I'm not ready-" Mikan said, but was too late.

"As you can see, the-" the teacher looked up at the doorway.

"Mrs. Hall, I'm sorry I'm late. Here's the new student." Hotaru explained.

"U-um, hello! Nice to meet you!" Mikan greeted unnecessarily loudly.

"Oh, so you're the new student? It's nice to meet you. Imai-san, you may take your seat," Mrs. Hall said. "And you, please come introduce yourself to the class."

Hotaru walked over to her seat and sat down. Mikan nervously walked forward to the center of the front of the classroom.

"M-my name is Mikan Sakura. It's nice to meet you all!" Mikan said, managing to form a smile.

"I want you all to be nice to her since she's first starting out in this business. Ok?"

A few "Yes, ma'am." were mumbled.

"Please work on page 57 while I get Sakura-san acquainted." the teacher instructed. The students flipped pages and got papers out as they started working.

"Now, let me see your schedule, Sakura-san. Let's see if you have the same schedule as anyone else..." Mrs. Hall said as she looked at her computer.

"Ah! Here's someone. Hyuuga-san, please come here for a second."

'Hyuuga? Now, where did I hear that name from before? Hyuuga noodles? Chocolate Hyuuga? Hyuuga the superhero?' Mikan pondered.

Natsume got up and walked to the front. "Yes?"

"Ahhhh!! Natsume-kun! What are you doing here?" Mikan said, shocked.

Natsume turned to look at Mikan. "Why are you here, polka?"

"Do you two know each other?" the teacher inquired.

"Unfortunately yes. Hmph," Mikan said.

"That's right, you two are going to be part of that new idol unit, aren't you? Moon or Crest Idols, was it?" Mrs. Hall recalled.

"Crescent Idols," Mikan said.

"Well tomato (to-may-toe), tomato (to-mah-toe). Natsume Hyuuga-san, since you have the same classes as Sakura-san, I want you to show her around the school."

"Hyuuga. Natsume Hyuuga? Oh yeah, so that's where I heard it from," Mikan remembered as a light bulb lit up.

"What are you babbling about, Polka? Anyhow, I'm not going to spend any more time with this idiot than I have to." Natsume said. "Find someone else to do it."

Mrs. Hall suddenly became very dark and a lion's roar could be heard in the distance. "Hyuuga-san," she said with an icy smile, "you did not just talk back to me, now did you? There's no way, of course. Since I am the teacher with years of experience and you're just a student. I must've heard you wrong, am I right, Hyuuga-san?" Mrs. Hall looked at him threateningly.

"..." Natsume slightly stepped away from the teacher.

After the first block class ended.

"Can you be any slower, Polka?" Natsume asked irritably.

"I'm trying, Natsume-kun, but it's hard while carrying both of our books!" Mikan complained.

"Think of it as payment for me having to show you around," Natsume retorted.

They arrived at their next class. Math class.

"Hey, what's up, Ruka?" Natsume said as he saw his best friend.

"Hey, Natsume," Ruka said. "Who's that behind you?" His view of the person was blocked by the books.

"No one."

"Ruka.....-kun? Are you there?" Mikan asked.

'That voice and that pause,' thought Ruka. "Sakura-san? Is that you?"

"Yes, it's me! I'm glad I met someone I know!" Mikan chirped from behind the stack of books.

"Natsume! How could you let her carry these books all by herself?" Ruka exclaimed. "Let me get those." He took the books from her hands and set them on the desk next to his.

"Whew, thank you so much, Ruka-pyon!" Mikan said happily.

"Pyon?" Ruka sweat-dropped.

"Huh? Did I say that? Oops, it just came out. I think it's because of that girl's shirt over there. I was looking at it then-" Mikan said.

"It's ok, Sakura-san. But why are you holding Natsume's books, too?" Ruka asked.

"Someone made me carry them because they were forced to show me around," Mikan glared at Natsume.

"Oh..." Ruka said as he sweat-dropped. "Anyway, did you transfer just today?"

"Yep, I was brought here in the morning!" Mikan said.

"Now, class is starting! Everyone, return to your seats," the teacher ordered as he came in.

A few classes later, and then Lunch Time

"Hotaru-chaaan!" Mikan called. "I finally get to see you after being tortured by that monster!" Mikan said as she raced towards Hotaru.

Robemat popped out to prevent Mikan from getting near Hotaru, but was too late. Three girls got in front of Mikan.

"Hey! We had to tolerate you getting near Natsume-sama and Ruka-sama during class, because Mrs. Hall is so scary, but don't get too cocky. Hotaru-sama, Natsume-sama, and Ruka-sama are the top teen idols right now, and they don't need a pest like you near them!" a girl with a seaweed hair said.

"Yeah, Sumire-sama's right! Just because you're going to work together doesn't mean you get to be near them!" another girl said.

"Wow, Permy, your hair is really cool!" Mikan admired.

"W-what! Did she just call me 'Permy'?" Sumire fainted.

"Ah! Sumire-sama!" the two other girls picked her up and dashed off. "You'll pay for this, Mikan Sakura!" Then they were gone.

"....." said Robemat. It walked over to Mikan.

"Huh?" Mikan looked down.

Robemat stuck out its paw and hit the back of Mikan's knees.

"Waah!" Mikan fell to the ground.

Robemat jumped back into Hotaru's bag.

"Imai-san, can we sit here?" asked Ruka as he walked over.

"Sure, Ruka-pyon!" Mikan said as she hopped into the seat next to Hotaru.

"Quick recovery," Hotaru said.

"Natsume, come over here!" Ruka waved at Natsume.

Natsume paused for a moment while looking at Mikan, but walked over to the seat next to Ruka anyway.

"Why are we sitting with Polka?" asked Natsume.

"Because I thought we should get to know Imai-san and Sakura-san better." Ruka said. "It wouldn't hurt to try to get along better."

"Hmmm... You're right Ruka-pyon! I think we got off at the wrong foot, Natsume-kun. Let's start over." Mikan said. She stuck out her hand. "Hi, my name is Sakura Mikan. Nice to meet you."

"Hn. What are you doing? You have amnesia or something?" Natsume asked.

"No, I'm trying to start our relationship over, because I think it'd be better if we got along." Mikan said, trying to restrain herself.

"Relationship? You want to be in a relationship with me, Polka? Is that it?" Natsume smirked.

"W-wha-? No! Who would want to? I'm trying to get along!" Mikan said, flustered.

Hotaru and Ruka watched the amusing show before them.

"Mikan?"

Mikan and Natsume stopped quarreling. The four teens looked behind Mikan to find the owner of the voice.

So, did you guys like it? Oh yeah, and in the beginning I put those numbers in parenthesis to tell you which man it was.

I'm on break right now from school, so I decided to finish writing this chapter.

I started some time ago and now I'm finished! Yippee!!!

This chapter might seem different than the others, and if it is, it's probably cuz it's been a long time since I wrote the last one.

Don't forget to Review! Bye!