Yuki: Heya all! How are you doing? School just started for me and it ain't going very well…

Mikan: Althoug it was expected of her!

Yuki: It was not! I found out during physical education that I had –growls- failed my 2.4 km run and I had to re-do it again...And guess what, since they didn't tell me before hand, I didn't eat breakfast! Argh! After the run, -I failed the re-test again- I wasn't able to even eat or drink or walk. Argh.

Mikan: Now you know how I felt when trained just for the damn run in the other chapter.

Yuki:That was different, you're a imaginary character!

Mikan: …Yuki, I'm taking that as a compliment…

Yuki: I never said it was one... Hey, by the way, as an apology for taking so long, I'm updating two chapters! Enjoy it!

Recap:

Mikan said, "Jeanne lets make this match fun," Jeanne nodded. "Switch over." Mikan murmured. A warm pink light embraced her, before a sharp white light shot out, causing the pink light to disappear. White feathers floated around Mikan as the light died down. At the same time, Nastume's red light had died down too. Both of them were in the air.

End of recap

Everyone gasped at the sight of the two before them. No one said a word. Beautiful.

Mikan stared at Natsume, getting lost in his tantalizing crimson eyes. In her form with Jeanne, her pure white wings lifted her up in the sky, flapping gently. Natsume was floating in the air, staring at Mikan's deep hazel eyes. A silence ensued them and nobody spoke a word. Natsume and Mikan were getting lost in each other's looks, carefully memorizing their features. The audience too, did not speak a word. Amazed by Mikan's beauty with Jeanne, they couldn't help but feel that even Luna, the so-called prettiest in the school, couldn't beat Mikan's beauty.

"Natsume…" Mikan murmured. "I'm feeling this nostalgic feeling again…Do…Do I know Natsume in the past?" Mikan questioned herself.

"Mikan! Don't go spacing out! You're in the middle of a match!"

"Huh? Oops! Sorry, Jeanne!"

Seeing Mikan suddenly say that out loud and got all flustered, Natsume snapped out of his trance. "I…lost my concentration during a match? T-This have never happened before! Why?"

"Natsume, this girl is strong, we might not win…"

"What?"

"This girl has both Daisuke and Jeanne. They are the strongest guardians in the world while I'm only the second strongest."

"That's shit, Haiku. I'll win. She's just a newbie."

"But she was able to extinguish our fire. AND, Natsume, you just spaced out just now. You weren't paying attention."

"…"

"Hey, Hyuuga, what's up? You chatting with your guardian?" Mikan called teasingly. "You shouldn't, you know…"

Natsume's eyes widened. Before he was able to react, Mikan flew towards him swiftly. The audience could only see the blur movement of Mikan flying to Natsume. Natsume found himself thrown backwards, after being punched and kicked by Mikan.

Mikan grinned. "Wow. That was refreshing. I haven't practiced my fighting skills in ages…"

"Tch…" Natsume wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth, trying to stand up.

"Oh, look, Jeanne, Daisuke. He's standing up. How about the finishing blow?"

"Sure."

Mikan smirked. How about fire? Fire against fire. Mikan waited for Natsume to fully stand up, waiting for him to use his fire alice.

Natsume looked at Mikan in the eye. She had just punched him on his face and kicked him on his side. Hard. Damn, she didn't hold back. Natsume contemplated on returning the punch, but decided against it. "I can't; she's too fast… I have to use my alice…"

Natsume 'tched' and used his fire alice. He created a stream of fire and directed it to Mikan. Mikan nodded her head. "Good Idea, Jeanne. I'm glad I copied this alice earlier."

Mikan created another stream of fire, identical to Natsume. But in a way, it was different. There were Sakura petals swirling around her stream of fire.

"Sakura petals? What is she thinking? It won't help in attacking me at all…" Natsume thought, while watching the two streams of fires collide.

The two streams of fire blazed as they collided. Natsume's fire was larger, so it swallowed up Mikan's fire.

Natsume smirked.

"What are you smirking at Hyuuga?" Mikan called out. "Don't you get it?"

Natsume eyes widened as his fire slowly disappeared.

"The Sakura petals are not just for decoration. My sakura petals can repel your fire. It is acting as a shield against your fire. Don't forget, I have the nullification alice."

"Shit," Natsume cursed. He wasn't able to use his alice, nor was he able to fight physically against her. "But I am still a wizard. I can cast spells." He murmured to himself.

"Too slow, Hyuuga. You should have casted it earlier."

Natsume gasped. She was right. He was too slow. Mikan's fire were aiming straight at him, not giving him a chance to either cast a spell or to dodge it.

Mikan's fire encircled Natsume, trapping him in her fire. After a few seconds, her fire died down and Natsume was crouching on the ground in exhaustion and pain.

"Well, I guess the winner's decided. Game over, Natsume." Mikan heaved a sigh of relief. "I'm glad I had planned this fight out earlier. How was it, Jeanne, Daisuke?" Mikan asked as she lowered herself to the ground.

"Terrific," Daisuke replied.

"Mikan, have you ever been…in a battle before?"

"Well, no… What makes you think so, Jeanne?"

"You were fighting like a deadly assassinator."

"Was I? Is that good?"

"No." "Yes."

Mikan could feel Jeanne twitch inside her.

"Daisuke, that's definitely not good. Mikan will become a bloody emotionless girl. And have no hesitation in killing people. Like our previous masters."

"T-That's true but in fights like this, if she shows hesitation, she'll be defeated! It's actually good and bad. I don't want her ending up like our previous masters. Though I am over that."

"I don't get what you are saying, you know…" Mikan murmured.

"Then don't."

"Meanie…"

Mikan walked to Natsume and held out her hand.

"Umm, are you alright? Can you stand?"

"…Yea…" Natsume slowly stood up. "Sakura. I'll admit that you might be stronger than me. You. Where did that come from? The Sakura petals."

"Well, Jeanne suddenly said about creating sakura blossoms from my nullification alice and flower alice. So, my fire wouldn't be swallowed up by yours because of the nullifying sakura petals." Mikan smiled.

"Tch…"

"So, Natsume,can we be friends?" Mikan smiled even wider.

"No."

"Eh? Why?"

Instead of replying, Natsume walked away from her, going back into his normal form.

"H-Hey! Wait, Natsume!" Mikan flew over to him, high up in the sky.

Natsume raised an eyebrow and looked up.

"Why can't we be friends?" Mikan asked.

"Why must we be friends?"

"Uh… Because… I won the match?"

"Hn. Whatever." Natsume walked away.

"Ja, Bye! Natsume!" Mikan waved. "At last I'm on his good side. He seems so familiar. If I get become friends with him, I might be able to remember what about him makes me feel like this…"

"Oi Mikan. What was that? What were you doing since I left you for alice academy?" Hotaru asked threateningly, stepping up from behind her.

Mikan sweatdropped and looked back at Hotaru. "I was…training my fighting skills?"

"Since when did you fight?"

"S-Since you left…"

Hotaru sighed. "You really do weird things, Mikan…"

"Ehehe, gomen. But it comes handy in times like this…"

"Well, that's true… First you tell me you have an alice, next you tell me you have two guardians, then you won a match against Hyuuga Natsume, and you say you can fight. Next, you are probably going to tell me you carry a pocket knife with you everyday."

Mikan sweatdropped again. "Actually…Hotaru, I do…"

"…"

"H-Hotaru? You there?"

"Mikan. Don't kill yourself with it, please. Knowing you, you'll probably accidentally stab yourself with it. Or else you are going to curse me to hell with you. I just know it."

"Hotaru…Your impression of me really sucks…"

"Everyone else have the same impression of you. Come, let's go. They're waiting."

"Huh? Uh, Okay."

Mikan fastened her pace to catch up with Hotaru.

"Mikan. Are you familiar with this school yet?"

"Not really…" Mikan replied.

"Meet me at five. I'll bring you around." Mikan stopped walking at stared at Hotaru's back. She was shocked. Her eyes were bulging out and her jaws was touching the ground. "I must be working too hard," She thought to herself. "Even IF I heard correctly, she'll probably send her robot or something…"

Hearing that, Hotaru stopped walking and turned around to face her.

"Mikan. I know that my invention is superb, but tell me, do I look like a robot to you? I did say 'I' right? Are you implying that I think of myself as a robot?" Hotaru raised her eyebrow.

"Yes, I mean, no."

Hotaru nodded her head and continued walking. "Mikan. There will be a lot of rumors about you as you defeated Hyuuga. You better get used to it."

"Huh?" Mikan asked, not understanding Hotaru's words. "Get used to…what?"

"Everything."

Mikan finally understood what Hotaru had told her. "I better get used to this." She murmured to herself. Everyone, including the 3 year olds that have magical powers, were talking about her.

"Hey, hey, did you know? I heard that a newbie by the name of Sakura Mikan defeated Hyuuga!"

"Oh my god, really?"

"Yes! And I heard that she's really hot!"

Mikan sighed. There had been a lot of comments, both good and bad. During the one hour tour with Hotaru, Mikan had been approached by others approximately twenty four times already. Even Hotaru, who usually did not show a tint of emotion, began to get fed up for getting interrupted by other students every 2

"Man, this sucks. I bet even the teachers have heard about this." Mikan whined.

"Well, that's only natural, Mikan Chan," Anna replied.

"Yea, you defeated him, after all." Nonoko added.

"Still!"

"Oh, okay, just shut up, Mikan." Retsu murmured.

The gang was at central town again, but his time, to buy Mikan's school supplies.

"You guys talk as if the said person isn't here," Mikan stated, pointing to Natsume, who was forced to come along too. Since she had won the match, Natsume had to do whatever she says for three days.

"Tch,"

"Oh my gosh!" Mikan squealed suddenly. "Look at that! It's so cute!" Mikan ran over to a shop that sells pencils and pens. "Just look at it! It's so cool!" Mikan gushed.

"Mikan. Don't go running off everywhere. You'll get los—" Hotaru said, but was interrupted by a hyper excited Mikan.

"—Look at this! This school bag is so cool! It's a branded one too!"

"Mikan. Shut up. You're giving me a headache." Natsume said curtly.

"HEY THEY'RE SELLING MARSHMALLOW ICE CREAM! I WANT IT!"

Hotaru sighed while Natsume let out a bottled breath. Today was going to be a long, long day.

Yuki: Yep, short, but there'll be two chappies.

Mikan: Yea, and, Yuki told me something very disturbing.

Yuki: Yeah, truthfully, I don't really have a solid plot in my head yet. I don't have this story planned out that well. So I need your help, tell me. Do you want those action kinds where the bad guys come in or just romance between Natsume and Mikan? Tell me, okay?