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Chapter 13
Ms. Nobody from Loser Ville to Ms. Popularity
"Maybe sometimes you have to stop waiting for someone to come along and fix what's wrong. Maybe you have to stop feeling sorry for yourself and realize that no one else has the answer. Maybe sometimes you just have to be your own hero."
Aoi Hyuuga
Aoi was silenced. She couldn't answer him. So, she ran off. She ran just like she used to…but this time she couldn't run to Yoichi to protect her…because Yoichi himself is the one she was running away from.
She sat there in her classroom. She clutched her book in her hands. She was reading but her mind kept on drifting of to the question left by Yoichi to her. Does he really want to know or is just another one of his ways to make her stop?
The day was almost over. They have study time for the last period of the day. She was studying but she just can't. She was awaked from her trance by a knock on their door. Everybody looked up to see who it was. It was Mikan. Everybody was wondering why the new queen bee is here. Why is she here, anyway?
"I am looking for Aoi Hyuuga?" Mikan said sweetly and smiled a charming one.
Everybody snapped their eyes at Aoi and then pointed at her. Why was everybody like that? Why was everybody acting cold? It was because everybody thinks she's a social climber because of what she did yesterday: admitting she likes Reo in front of the whole school.
Mikan smiled at her and motioned her to come with her. Aoi stood up lazily and went out with her head down. Mikan pitied her. People might think that whatever Yoichi asked them yesterday was gonna be mission impossible but Mikan is an optimistic young lady. And beside this girl is a Hyuuga, Misaki said many times on their way home from visiting Yoichi, she has those genes, the oozing with confidence kind of genes.
"Hello, I'm Mikan. Aoi, right?" Mikan said sincerely as she offered her hand to shake. Aoi nodded at her and took her hand but never smiled.
"I already excused you from class." Mikan said as she grabbed her arm and headed for the elevator to go down.
"Why?" Aoi said anxiously.
"Because we're gonna help you make that Hyuuga genes of yours come out."
"Pardon?" Aoi said as she was pushed inside the elevator by Mikan.
"Listen," Mikan said as she lowered to her level. "I know what happened yesterday. And I believe you can't just let that just slip like that."
Aoi looked at her with seriousness and said, "I already let it slip."
Mikan smirked. The elevator doors opened and Aoi made a run for it but was stopped not by a hand but by Mikan's words that hit her, "What happens when he's your Prince Charming but you're not his Cinderella?"
Aoi turned around and Mikan chuckled. Mikan walked to her and stopped until their shoulders touched. The door was in front of Mikan while Aoi was still looking at the elevator doors, where Mikan was standing awhile ago. Mikan looked at her left and whispered in Aoi's ear, "Don't you wanna find the answer to that?"
Aoi blinked a few times then looked back at Mikan with wide eyes. "I do…but what do you know?" She asked.
"Its not a matter if what I know, it's a matter of what I can do to change you."
Aoi looked down again; Mikan looked ahead and started to walk. She opened the door and headed for her car. She didn't look back. Everybody was waiting for her.
Sumire looked at her with 'where the hell is she?' look. Hotaru raised a brow. The twins pouted not being able to see her. And Misaki got back into her car and growled.
The moment Mikan entered her car and started the engine with the others, Aoi came running out saying, "I'm up for it!"
Mikan smirked with Hotaru. Misaki looked at her and chuckled. The twins beamed. Sumire then said, "Once you're in, there's no way out." And with that she drove off. Aoi entered Mikan's car. Hotaru brought her car and so did the twins and Misaki and of course, Sumire.
Aoi was nervous. She doesn't know what the hell she was getting herself into. But you know what they say:
If you had a chance, take it
If it changes your life, let it
Nobody said it was going to be easy, all they said was
It was going to be worth it.
They ended up in Salon de Narumi. It was the best of the best, of course. The twins pushed Aoi in a chair and leaned over to her.
"Listen," Nonoko started. "We are gonna change your look, from Ms. Nobody to Ms. Popularity."
"We're here to change everything." Anna continued Nonoko's speech. "And when I say everything, I meant, from getting you out of loser Ville to getting you in to where Hyuuga's really belong, the top."
Aoi looked at the twins. She was still nervous. She didn't know why they were doing this but one thing was for sure, she's doing this because she wants to find the answer to Yoichi's question.
Narumi came out and gave the twins a hug. He looked at Aoi and said, "You better not tell me that this is another one of your cousins because believe me, your family is Fabulous."
Nonoko giggled. Anna then replied, "Fortunately, she isn't. Sadly, she's a Hyuuga."
To say that Narumi was surprised and horrified by what he heard is an understatement. He touched Aoi's chin and levelled himself to see her face clearly. Surely, now he can believe that she's a Hyuuga. She has that spark on her. And what he needs to do is bring that spark out of her and show that this Hyuuga is somebody and not a nobody.
Narumi clapped his hands and his assistants came out. He then said, "I love your hair. It's perfectly black. What we're gonna do is simple, honey. We are gonna change it from the wavy look you have now and have a straight and then curly tips, big curls." Narumi snapped his fingers and then someone got started with Aoi's hair.
Next was her face. Narumi has examined it. "You have a nice complexion, honey. And we are gonna bring them out. Your eyes are very rare in colour. We have to put some slight eye shadow to bring them out too. And a little lip gloss. And of course a few touches." Narumi snapped his fingers again and another person started with Aoi's face. First, was the mask and then later on the make up.
Next were the nails. She had glossy nails, Narumi murmured to himself. "You don't nail bite, do you, honey?" Narumi asked.
Aoi smiled and said, "No, my brother hates that."
Narumi grinned and said, "I don't want a bitchy colour for you, you know, red. We need just a little touch. Something that won't bring your nails too much attention that they will just stare at it, so, we are gonna go with something frosty, so that its obvious that you have nail polish, but we are gonna use light pink, so that its simple yet attracting." Narumi snapped his fingers for the third time and another person started with Aoi's nails.
Nonoko and Anna smirked and went out of the salon to meet the others. They walked slowly and reached where the others were. They smiled and both said, "Phase one is on the go!"
Mikan smirked and said, "Next, Misaki, I need you to get her dressed and teach her the basics of pairing what to wear, and of course, tell her when she should wear them usually, okay?"
Misaki looked at Mikan then said in a proud manner, "Of course. But wait! Should I start now? I mean, will she take long in the salon?"
Mikan looked at the twins for some answers to Misaki's question. The twins place their pointy finger on their chins and then looked at them and said, "We suggest that you start window shopping and then meet us back here in one hour and thirty minutes!"
Misaki showed thumbs up and winked at the twins and walked off to start her mission. Phase two is now on the go.
Mikan turned to face Hotaru and said, "Okay, next. Our mission is to actually change her, right?"
Hotaru raised an elegant brow and said, "Yes."
"So, the third phase will be, of course, how to bring Reo down."
Sumire's head turned to Mikan and then she suddenly said, "Wiat, wait, wait." Mikan turned to her, waiting for her to say something. "That is not part of our mission. Yoichi only told us to change her outside. And we are not to interfere with her problems."
"I know that. But…Aoi needs a little boost."
"And showing her to Reo tomorrow is a boost? And how the hell will you convince her to see Reo?!" Sumire exclaimed.
"She won't see Reo…Reo will." Mikan said with a glint of evil in her eyes. The twins backed away and ran to the salon again. They don't like what they are seeing or hearing.
"You have a plan." Hotaru didn't ask but stated as a matter of fact.
Mikan turned to both girls that are leftb with her and said, "We need to know why Yoichi wants to change Aoi. And I think that we can do this if we present her first to Reo before we present her to Yoichi."
"I don't get you." Sumire said.
"Yoichi has enrolled back to Alice Academy. And we are gonna make sure that Yoichi will be saving Aoi again." Mikan said. Hotaru looked at her with a smirk, liking what she's thinking.
"We are gonna make the two reunite!" Sumire shouted.
"Yes. Reo won't let a hot girl just pass by, right? And of course, we are gonna teach Aoi to make Reo regret what he did to her. Yoichi, on the other hand, will just have to find his own cue to save her."
"But if we are gonna teach her to make Reo regret, why would she need saving?" Sumire questioned.
"Because," Mikan pause, "All that Aoi will do is strut not speak. Of course, Yoichi can't let Aoi be touched by Reo, right?"
"By touch you mean…?" Sumire said as she looked at Mikan to continue her sentence.
"Touch as in seduce her. And Aoi can't do anything about it. Yoichi knows that." Mikan answered.
Sumire grinned and winked at Mikan. Sumire was so in to this plan. And now all that Mikan has to do is make Hotaru say yes as well. "Hotaru?" Mikan whispered.
Hotaru looked at her and said, "Why are we gonna do this?"
"Because," Mikan started, "Yoichi really likes Aoi. And Aoi won't know it unless someone pushes Yoichi…harshly, which is why we are here, duh!"
Mikan then turned serious, "And besides, it's our turn to save him this time."
Hotaru got her cell phone out and dialled some numbers and started to concentrate. She started her mission. Phase 3 is now on the go..go..go!
Mikan smiled and Sumire then said, "What about me and you?"
"I will teach her typical popular girl stuff." Mikan said.
Sumire pointed at herself then said, "How about me?"
"You will teach her composure, and flirting." Mikan explained as she winked at Sumire, who smiled and then said, "Well we better get this over with. Hotaru, we'll meet you at Star Cross Café after Misaki's done with her mission. Mikan and I will get some books for little Ms. Aoi." Hotaru just nodded then walked to the said café.
Mikan and Sumire went to the bookstore to get some books for Sumire's mission. They were sure that this will work before the end of the day. Aoi won't be Cinderella and their magic spell won't end on midnight. This will last a pretty long time, they're sure about that.
After one and a half hour, Misaki met the twins to see a dazzling Aoi. Misaki smiled and said, "Now all you need is the outfit and the shoes."
Misaki told her everything. From prints to what's in. She told her that she must have some limited edition bags, shades, shoes, and even phones. When they were done, Misaki got Aoi 20 bags and new Calvin Klein high heels for school. She also got her, jewelries for special occasions and for typical days at school. And who will forget bags. She at least bought her 10 separated bags from every other store so that she can change her bag every week. When Misaki completed her mission, she received a message to meet the rest at Star Cross Café, and off they went.
Mikan, Sumire, the twins, Hotaru, Misaki and Aoi were sitting in the table with cakes and fraps for each of them. Mikan waited for Hotaru's information. It was now time to finally complete Phase three of mission impossible for these cousins.
Hotaru got out a brown envelope and slump it on the table. Mikan got the files and said, "This contains what Hotaru gathered about Reo."
The twins, Misaki and Aoi looked at Mikan for further explanation which Sumire did for Mikan. "We are going to help Aoi make Reo regret ever rejecting her and embarrassing her in front of everyone."
"Do those files include the bad stuff of Reo, Hotaru?" Misaki asked.
Hotaru looked at her and replied, "Sadly no, because I don't want Aoi here to get her hands dirty."
Misaki then just nodded in acceptance. Aoi got her hand out to Mikan, asking fpor the files. Mikan gave the files to her with a smile. Aoi opened it and read through it.
Everybody was patiently waiting for her to say something.
"So, he likes girls who belong to the in crowd or someone who is fresh or in other words hot and new." Aoi finally said.
"That's it?" Nonoko said.
"No." Hotaru said.
Aoi then looked at the papers then said, "He plays basketball during weekends in school. He has practice. He usually dates cheerleaders or pep squad members, of course, only those who are easily noticed. And he aims to always go first on a girl before anyone else does.
"He hates losers, which was me. He hates geeks or any other groups who doesn't belong." Aoi said. She wasn't done and it was obvious because she was biting her lip. The rest kept quiet.
"And he hates…" Aoi paused, "Yoichi Hijiri."
Aoi looked up at them and everyone had the same expression looks like this news was old news for them to hear. Mikan broke the silence by saying, "We know."
Aoi then asked out of concern, "Why? Why does he hate Yoichi?"
Mikan then looked at the others. Hotaru looked at Mikan and then at Sumire. Nonoko looked at Anna then at Mikan. They didn't know if they should tell Aoi or not…she does have the right to know, right?
Anna heaved a sigh and got her courage backed up. She then murmured, "Because Yoichi stole something from him which caused him to use Yoichi."
Aoi looked at Anna with big eyes. As she asked her to continue which she did, "Yoichi and Reo were best friends," Anna said emphasising the word were. "Until Yoichi stole Reo's crush, Lil, he never meant to steal her. It was just that Lil, at that time, doesn't like Reo back but she like Yoichi…a lot.
"So when Reo knew this he thought Yoichi did it on purpose. He then betrayed him or used him by getting Yoichi to get Reo a space in the modelling world. That's why he's a big model now. After that, Reo left Yoichi."
Aoi then said, "I knew Lil. We're best friends, me, Yoichi and her. But I never knew about that story. Is that why he left during the junior of middle school?"
Everyone nodded in response. Misaki cleared her throat then said, "If we are gonna get this mission impossible over with by tonight, we better get going." Misaki stood up followed by the twins.
Mikan looked at Aoi and said, "Listen, tell no one that we told you about it. The important thing here is that he came back…past is past, okay?"
Aoi nodded and tried to smile. She got up and followed the cousins.
Phase Three of Mission Impossible is finally complete. Next will be Phase Four which is Sumire's mission.
They headed for Sumire's Mansion. They got there and went straight to Sumire's room. Sumire started with walking in heels which Aoi did poorly because she looks down to make sure she won't fall. They placed books on her head and guided her to walking.
Next is the way of talking. Aoi is a silent person. They taught her about speaking louder and acting smart when she speaks.
Next were habits. Aoi has the habit of looking down always. Sumire always told her that 'the floor doesn't have answers.'
And lastly of Phase Four was flirting. Not flirting as in getting a guy as a boy friend but getting a guys attention by just smiling a bit or by just looking at taught her that she must walk straight and show confidence, that way anybody will look at her even if she doesn't look at them.
In short, Sumire's mission was all about giving her confidence.
Phase Four of Mission Impossible is done. Lastly was Phase Five for Mikan's Mission.
Mikan said, "If you are gonna make him see you…you must know whoever will get in the way. And of course, you must know who is in the top, just in case, of course." Mikan got out a pile of folders and started telling her about different people in the crowd of Reo.
Next: "We are not gonna teach you to be a bitch, darling. But we are gonna teach you how to make people see that Aoi Hyuuga is no loser and that you are a Hyuuga." Mikan said.
Lastly: "You're a Hyuuga. You must show them that. You don't need to be cheerleader to let them know you're on top. You just need to show them that Hyuugas are powerful and loved by everyone." Mikan said with a smile. She doesn't want Aoi to turn into a social climber. If she's gonna reach the top, she wouldn't be climbing but she would be ascending without even doing anything like throwing somebody out.
Phase Five of Mission Impossible is finally complete.
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IS NOW COMPLETE!
They all headed out of the mansion and went have dinner at one of the most expensive restaurants. They needed to celebrate for making Aoi somebody…new.
They entered the restaurant and walked with confidence. They got a sit right away. They always say, "People like us don't wait, since people make time for us."
They ordered almost everything.
The twins were talking about how pretty Aoi was. Misaki was telling them that she did a terrific job at her outfit. Sumire was complimenting Aoi with the way she walked. She finally got used with heels. Hotaru was silent. And Mikan was saying that they did a great job.
Everything was perfect…too perfect. The scenario was broken when somebody went in the Restaurant. It was Reo Mouri with his buddies and her new girlfriend, Celine.
Everybody shut their mouth, they were speechless. Aoi was looking at Reo. He looked at the girls and not down at her lap. She then cleared her throat and said, "We came to celebrate so let us celebrate." She forced a smile, which was returned by the twins, Mikan, Sumire and Misaki…but not by Hotaru who was sitting beside her.
Theire orders came. Everyone was chatting happily. Aoi was stealing glance at Reo's table. She was crushed. She thought she already pulled herself together…but then seeing him with another girl after breaking her, it was painful.
She didn't realize that Hotaru was looking at her until she spoke, "You have tears in your eyes."
Aoi touched her eyes and wiped them with tissue. She sighed. She was still in the plan. She isn't backing down just because Reo crushed her. It was time to pull herself together just the way Mikan and the others did this afternoon. But why can't she help herself from crying? She was hurt…deeply wounded.
Aoi looked down at her lap. She knew she wasn't supposed to but…she needs to hide her tears from them. She needs to be strong…to be fully willed to continue.
Her tears were gonna fall any minute now. Then, she saw a hand on her lap with a handkerchief. It was Hotaru. She placed it on her lap and then said, "Don't waste tears on someone blind, who doesn't see what you do, who doesn't see that you care. By the time you're done with those tears, you'll see, he still won't be there."
This was enough to make Aoi accept the handkerchief from Hotaru and wipe her tears and worries. She pulled herself together and thought, 'He will never be there.'
They all went home. Aoi called her brother to pick her up. Natsume drove slowly and stopped right in front of Aoi, who was waiting ofr he rin front of the reastaurant. Aoi got in and kept silent.
Natsume looked at her. He noticed the changes. He was proud of her but…why did she change so suddenly? Did she finally found a way to make Reo notice her?
Natsume drove off. It was a silent drive. Aoi wasn't talking and so was Natsume. They arrived at their place. Aoi went in the mansion first followed by her brother.
She was ascending the stairs already when Natsume said, "You finally found a way to make him notice you, huh?"
Aoi turned to face him with a smile. She was happy he wasn't mad at her. "No." She replied proudly.
Natsume was confused. "Then why did you suddenly became a lady? Where did my little sister go?"
Aoi felt confident to make her brother see the new her. "Because…I am gonna make him regret ever turning a Hyuuga down."
Natsume was proud. He then smirked and right after that chuckled. "I think you already knew how to fight like a Hyuuga. Great job, sis. "
"Hyuuga's don't back down on a fight…and I wont. This is my fight and I want to get it through by myself." Aoi said. "Thanks…thanks for caring for me." She then whispered sheepishly.
Natsume heaved sigh then said, "Any time, sis."
Aoi face the stairs and started to ascend again. She was happy. She was proud. She was confident. She was a Hyuuga…and Hyuuga's don't back down on a fight. She then turned once again to face her brother, who was slowly walking to the stairs and said with a big confident smile, "I realized something."
Natsume just looked at her in confusion.
Aoi's eyes turned a little serious from being happy. She looked at her brother with a small smiled and said, "Maybe sometimes you have to stop waiting for someone to come along and fix what's wrong. Maybe you have to stop feeling sorry for yourself and realize that no one else has the answer. Maybe sometimes you just have to be your own hero."
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