Hey guys, after much thought and consideration and blah I've decided to continue the story. I'm really sorry for the long wait; I've been really busy and well, yeah. So here you go, please forgive me for if its not up to satisfaction, my skills is rusty after a long time hibernating. :P

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Recap:

"Mikan? What're you doing here?"

Mikan whipped her head back to see Anna and Nonoko.

"Err, hi! I was just err—searching for something."

"Oh? Do you need any help?" Anna offered.

Mikan blushed and shook her head. "No, thanks. Hey, I have a question to ask you two."

Nonoko face filled with curiosity. "A question? Come into our dorm then, it's much more convenient, and it's just right in front of you!"

Mikan blinked. "You mean it was just right in front of me from the start?" "Oh, okay! Might as well have some tea, eh?"

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"I see…So that's what happened…" Anna held her chin in deep thought. After a moment, she placed her hands on her hips.

"No problem with it!" Anna smiled. "I'll be happy to help anytime!"

"Well, same here," Nonoko agreed, looking thoughtful. "That explains why you're almost as skilled as the teachers are."

Mikan laughed. "Nah, I'm not that good," She rubbed the back of her head humbly. "But, yeah, that's the main reason I can do stuffs. Thanks to my 'past life' eh? Anyway, you two are a really big help. Thanks a lot for agreeing to lend me a hand. To tell the truth, I was really stuck, you know. I didn't know how on earth I was going to get him to remember. Then you two pop up in my heads like a light bulb. Brilliant."

Anna grinned. "I knew it. We're the experts is these kind of matters." She looked to Nonoko for confirmation. "Right?"

Nonoko nodded. "Damn right."

Mikan laughed slightly. "So, let's get started, shall we?"

"Sure, Mikan."

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"Anna! What in the world are you doing?" Nonoko exclaimed, hurriedly placing her test tubes into the rack.

"I don't know!" Anna replied in panic and frustration as Mikan watched, bemused.

"You're supposed to make a cookie! How hard can that be? I'm the one who's doing the difficult part!" Nonoko groaned, slapping her forehead in exasperation.

Anna huffed, feeling slightly insulted. "Baking can be complicated too! Especially if you're adding bewitched ingredients!"

Nonoko rolled her eyes. "I'm trying to get the formula of the chemical mixture right, and I have to add in the Fairy powers at that. You're cooking; I'm doing science and math, as well as trying to balance the chemical equation of the substance with the Fairy power!"

Anna blinked. "Pardon?"

Nonoko sighed. "What I meant is, I'm doing guess and check. The procedure Narumi Sensei gave us needs to be modified a bit to meet the requirements of the results we want. And I don't know what exactly I need to change, so I need to do trial and error. Plus, I need to add in the Fairy powers, which is a damn pain in the ass. And, to be able to mix in the Fairy powers, the potion needs to be chemically balanced with the equation of the Fairy power! And just think about it, Fairy power contains numerous amount of unknown chemicals. Thank goodness I have Lala." Her guardian, Lala, grinned and did a victory dance beside her.

Anna's mind was spinning. "Whaaaaaat?"

Nonoko and Mikan sighed. "Never mind, you weren't one for science and math anyway."

Anna pouted. "Meanie." She blinked. "Hey, wait. Nonoko, look at your test tube."

"Why?"

"Just…look."

Nonoko whipped her head around, and stared in shock with her mouth agape. "W-Wha-"She stuttered, not able to form a comprehensible sentence. Her experiment, which was supposed to produce effervescence before cooling into a liquid-like substance, was hardening into a jelly-like substance. The substance then proceeded to form into a shape of a small Gingerbread Man, and it seemed very much alive. The small Gingerbread Man grinned cheekily at Nonoko before sprinting away into the living room.

Nonoko shrieked. "GET BACK HEREE, YOU FAILED EXPERIMENT!" Promptly, her normal clothes disappeared, and a black Lolita dress took its place with a bright flash. Dark black butterfly wings sprouted on her back and they gave a tiny flutter, the small sparks and glitter falling from the wings and into the air.

"Wow," Mikan breathed, awed. The wings. The wings. They were beautiful.

Ignoring Mikan, Nonoko lifted herself into the air. "Come help me, Anna. That thing will regret messing with me." There was a hint of malice in her tone.

Anna laughed, and turned to Mikan. "There's a reason she's a Dark Fairy. You piss her off and you're dead." Saying that, she merged with her Guardian, Lulu, and transformed into an outfit similar yet not quite similar to Nonoko's.

She had white, bright fluttering wings woven onto her back. She wore a pink and white laced dress, matched with white heels. She gave her wings a flutter, letting the silvery glitter and sparkles fall, just to impress Mikan.

And boy, was Mikan impressed. She was awed by the sheer beauty of the transformation. Never mind Nonoko's anger and malice, just the transformation itself made her look like a fairy. Or if Mikan were to be more exact, a fallen fairy. Nonoko was a dark fairy, after all.

Anna lifted herself into the air, and fluttered over to a seething Nonoko. Smiling slightly, she tried to calm her down.

"Hey, babe, chill down, yeah? It's just a Gingerbread Man. It's not gonna do anything. This is our home, our lab, it can't possibly escape, girl. Yeah, so chill. You can't get anything to work when you're pissed, you know that. Am I right, hun?" Anna coaxed, as soothingly as possible as Mikan watched with large, curious eyes.

"Just a Gingerbread Man? Are you out of your mind, An! Did you see the smirk on his face when he looked at us? He was mocking us! I say we ought to exterminate it right now!" Nonoko replied, horrified and slightly hysterical.

"E-Exterminate? W-What do you plan to do to your creation?"

"I'm going to exorcise the smirking demon residing in that accursed ginger man before stabbing it into a thousand million pieces! Maybe I'll even eat his head!"

Anna flinched slightly from Nonoko's shriek. Mikan shuddered when she imagined the scene Nonoko described and blanched when Nonoko made a comment about how the ginger man might have body fluid.

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"Ew, Nonoko! That's gross!" Mikan grimaced.

Nonoko rolled her eyes and folded her arms, staring at Mikan. "That's because you have a faint heart."

Mikan's eyes widened dramatically. "Me? Faint heart?" Narrowing her eyes, she continued slowly. "Well, I'll prove you wrong. I am not weak hearted."

Nonoko grinned, as Anna stared at Mikan in amazement. Didn't Mikan planned to just watch? Anna let her lips curve up into a smile. Well, an extra pair of hands wouldn't hurt.

Jeanne and Daisuke flew out from behind Mikan, grinning widely.

"Finally! Time for some action!" Daisuke grinned widely, eyes sparkling with anticipation.

Jeanne smiled slightly. "Well, we know a spell or two to capture the Gingerbread Man. How about transforming, Mikan?"

Mikan's lips curved up into a smile. "Sure."

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Anna and Nonoko slumped onto the couch simultaneously, groaning in relief. "Finally!"

Mikan stared at the crimson red chemical swirling inside the test tube. "This is it?" She asked incredulously.

Nonoko sighed heavily as she swung her arm over the back of the couch. "Yeah, that's the final result of the potion we're aiming for."

Mikan huffed slightly. "All those troubles for just a red liquid…"

Anna shook her head, laughing at Mikan's antics. "It may look like that but it sure works perfectly!"

Nonoko rolled her eyes. "After all that trouble, you would have thought that it would look a little more…impressive."

The trio shifted their gaze almost accusingly to the gingerbread man which was frantically trying to escape from the cage. It gripped the bar handles tightly and gazed longingly outside its prison.

Jeanne, Daisuke, Lulu as well as Lala, looked at it in slight sympathy and understanding.

"It looks pitiful," Lulu commented, staring at the Gingerbread Man.

Anna stared up at her guardian before shifting her gaze back to the gingerbread man huddled in a corner of the cage.

"It must be feeling very confused right now," Jeanne predicted. "I mean, it just suddenly found itself 'alive' without any warning, and in a totally foreign place too. And if there were a bunch of strangers gaping at you in horror, well, no matter your personality, you wouldn't trust them."

Mikan blinked at Jeanne and saw Daisuke nodding his head in agreement.

"Actually," Daisuke observed. "It's sort of like us in a way. It's alive, but it's somehow not alive. It has a personality, but it's not a person. And its situation is somehow similar to ours when we have not formed a contract with our masters."

"But I guess there's no choice, huh," Lala added sullenly. "Because well, it's just a simple creation, nothing more."

Nonoko's eyes twitched as she got up from the sofa stiffly. With a slightly irritated scowl etched on her face, she reluctantly walked over to release the Gingerbread Man from the cage. She flicked open the cage with a warning glance shot at the Gingerbread Man.

The guardians grinned widely at their accomplishment. They gave a cheer and hi-fived each other cheerily.

Mikan rolled her eyes. "Always playing the guilt card," She muttered under her breath, her lips curving up in amusement.

The Gingerbread Man blinked in mild surprise before cautiously stepping out of its cage, gazing at Nonoko in wonder. Nonoko let out a huff and stubbornly darted her eyes away from the Gingerbread Man.

Mikan sighed. This was going to take quite a while.

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Mikan clutched at the test tube hidden in her pocket. She bit her lips nervously. "God damn, what was I supposed to do again?" She rasped.

Jeanne rolled her eyes in exasperation as she brought her palm to her forehead. They had gone through this time and time again! Jeanne sighed and spoke slowly, her eyes fixated on Haiku who was surprisingly separated from Natsume. "Mikan, you'll have to talk to Haiku, bring him to somewhere private, and somehow trick him into drinking the potion!"

Mikan gulped as she felt beads of perspiration forming on her palms. "That's sort of…difficult, isn't it?"

Jeanne resisted the strong urge to reach for her katana. "It's too late to back out now, Mikan," She said matter-of-factly. "Unless you want to give up?" She questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"No!" Mikan squeaked before clearing her throat in embarrassment. "No," She tried again and was pleased with the slightly less quavering voice she had used. "I don't want to give up, but it seems impossible!" She whined, close to tears.

"It's Haiku you're facing, not Natsume!" Jeanne almost shrieked in annoyance. "Mikan," She nagged, as if she was reprimanding a three-year old for eating too much cookies. "You are able to do so many hardcore things, Rose or Mikan, and you can't even do this simple thing? Mikan, this is so much easier, simpler, and safer than the things that you were exposed to since young!" Jeanne rolled her eyes at Mikan's expression. Jeanne inhaled deeply in frustration. "Haiku! Would you do us a favour and get over here?" She called loudly, trying her best to keep the annoyance out of her tone. "Mikan has something she wants to tell you!"

Jeanne heard Mikan gasp loudly beside her. "Jeanne, you piece of shit!" She decided to ignore Mikan as she stared into Haiku's confused eyes. Haiku flew over to them in obvious confusion. "And what is it?" He questioned Mikan, blinking at her dumbstruck state.

"Er, well, you know, it's just—How do I say this, um, well, you see, god damn this, um, er, shit, I-I have something to say to you," Mikan spluttered out, tongue tied. "Fabulous, Mikan."

Haiku snorted jokingly. "I'm sure you do, Mikan."

Mikan inhaled deeply. "Would you come with me for a second? I have something to tell you."

Haiku raised his eyebrows in suspicion. "What would you have to say to me in private?"

"Something important," Mikan replied dumbly. "Oh, come on! Just come with me already!"

"And may I ask what is it?"

"And may I remind you that it's private and I can't say it here?" Mikan rolled her eyes. This was getting nowhere.

Haiku rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. "Well, if you put it that way. Let me get Natsume before we go, would you?" Without waiting for a reply, he floated away from them good naturedly.

Mikan's and Jeanne's eyes widened dramatically at Haiku's floating back. Jeanne, thinking quick –and also mercilessly-, brought out her sacred weapon and charged after Haiku with a determination resembling a raging bull.

Mikan sighed. "Why not just force the potion down while you're at it, Jeanne!" She called out.

"Yeah, good idea!" Jeanne yelled back from quite a distance away, hands busy with subduing Haiku.

Daisuke watched from a distance and grinned slightly. "Love knows no boundaries, huh. Those two are really similar in the way they think." He gave a small sigh at Mikan throwing the potion over to Jeanne who skillfully caught it. He could have sworn there was a maniacal gleam in Jeanne's eyes. He muttered a short prayer for Haiku. He won't hate them for this…right? This was necessary after all, although Mikan and Jeanne could have used a better method to…confront Haiku.

"Don't overdo it, Jeanne!" He called out as a warning. "You do not want to know what Hyuuga would do to you after he found out what exactly we've done to Haiku!"

Daisuke had to snort when Jeanne yelled out an agreement, with her hands clasping around Haiku's neck painfully.

"Like I said, don't overdo it!"

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"So," Luna grinned at Mikan, awaiting the results she knew was good. "How was it?"

"Great!" Mikan beamed in response to Luna. Jeanne flipped her hair, sighing tiredly. "I did all the work though. Well, I'm just awesome that way."

Nobara let her lips curve up into an amused smile. "Details?" She prompted, her eyes darting to an exasperated Daisuke and a badly bruised Haiku.

Mikan grinned, shaking her head. "Nah, nothing much, except that Haiku got his memories back."

Luna and Nobara looked to Haiku for confirmation. Haiku gave a barely noticeable nod of his head, not wanting his neck wound to act up again. He winced at the throbbing protest his neck gave out.

Mikan stuck a tongue out sheepishly as Luna rose an eyebrow at her. "Um, might have used too much force."

"Should have known," Luna murmured, feeling slightly sorry for Haiku.

Haiku rolled his eyes. "She's the same as ever," he mused. "Dim witted and rash."

"Hey!" Mikan protested feeling slightly offended. "Excuse me, but I beg to differ!" She gaped when Luna and Nobara nodded their heads in agreement. "You're siding with him?" She asked in bewilderment.

Luna casually shrugged off Mikan's exaggerated reaction. "Well?" She prompted, arching her eyebrows at Haiku who immediately understood the silent message.

"Ah, you mean Natsume," He stated. "Well, of course. I would have done this earlier if I had my memories."

Mikan grinned widely, totally forgetting the playful insult Haiku had thrown at her earlier. "Great!" She cheered.

"Well, it was about time." Nobara nodded her head in agreement. "So," She continued with an uncharacteristic grin etched on her face. "We need another plan."

"If it involves Mikan, you can throw whatever plan you're thinking of into the bin." Daisuke stated dully, reminding the others of his presence.

Mikan was about to come back with a witty retort but the door creaked open, interrupting their conversation.

"Oi, Haiku." Natsume called out monotonously, standing just outside the classroom with his right hand on the doorknob.

Mikan sweatdropped. "Natsume, you have the greatest timing known to man ever!" She clumsily grabbed Haiku with her hands and flung him carelessly to Natsume. "Srew plans! Just do it!"

Natsume's eyes visibly widened as his very own guardian formed a large fireball in his right hand.

"Sorry for this, Natsume."

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How was it? After months of not writing, or even recapping the plot, I've totally forgotten what I was supposed to do with this fiction. :/

Well, but I'll try my best. I hope this chapter at least satisfies some of you! :) See you soon! Do leave a review! :D

-Yuki