Chapter 7
Two Weeks Later Monday
Winter break has ended. I spent most of my time with Natsume and Akemi at the resort those were some of my best memories. Natsume had given me back the bracelet I left behind the night of the dance. It's adjustable so I put it on Akemi.
I've decided to go back to school today with a lot of persuading from my friends and Natsume.
I would have to stand up to Luna sooner or later.
I entered my classroom for the first time in months and head to my seat.
The only person who didn't go on the trip was Luna probably because she wanted to come back and brag about going on a more luxurious and high class vacation.
Sure enough she was talking about going to England and staying at over a dozen 5 star hotels.
As soon as I seated myself I noticed Luna giving me a snobby look and she walked toward me.
"What the fuck is your problem bitch" –Luna
I don't answer but continue reading my book.
Luna gets really angry that I'm ignoring her as if she was invisible.
Some grabs my book suddenly.
I look up to see that Luna had grabbed it and thrown it across the room.
"Answer me you bitch!"
I stare at her with boredom in my eyes.
"Answer what?"
"What are you doing here?"
"Because I am a student like everyone else and I'm here to learn" I say as if it was the most obvious thing.
And sure enough the whole class starts laughing at Luna even Flaming Stars; at how silly her question was.
"Why you stupid maid you made me look bad on purpose so you could impress Flaming Stars"
"She's not your maid and she never was or will be" –Hotaru
"Of course she is and she always will be"
"She is supposed to be your step-sister but you and your mother abused her" –Natsume
I had told him and the rest of Flaming Stars about my problems with my step-family back at the winter resort. They had looked like they would explode with anger especially Natsume.
Luna suddenly goes all cutesy and gives a flirty look at Natsume when he spoke. Her eyes started showing fake tears when he finished talking.
"Natsume how could you side with a low class like Mikan I would never abuse my only sister it's my mom who forces me to" Luna says with too much sweetness in her voice
"Terrible lie you do know that Mikan's father always had secret video cameras throughout the entire house right? And they're always recording" –Hotaru
"WHAT!" –Luna
"Yep and it's all right here" Natsume shows her a CD.
"Footage of every time she got abused and it comes with time and dates" –Anna
"Might wanna start packing cause you're going to jail" –Sumire
Luna stares at my friends and Flaming Stars with a really angry face.
When she hears jail she rushes out of class.
Don't know where she plans on going but don't care as long as she is not in my life.
Few Days later Saturday
My friends are at Flaming Stars' house watching the news on the flat screen TV in their living room.
Natsume was sitting on a couch and I was beside him with Akemi in my hands.
Hotaru and Ruka were sitting on the other side of the L-couch.
Sumire, Anna, and Nonoko were sitting with their boyfriends on another couch.
The TV news changed scene changed quickly but me and everyone else were fully paying attention when Luna and Himeko's pictures went up.
"Luna and Himeko Koizumi are reported dead due to a car crash after trying to run away from the police when trying to escape the charges that they hold for abusing their step-sister/daughter whose name will not be revealed. Surveillance tap on the highway showed that they lost control of their car during a police chase and it smashed into a wall. The car went up in flames in seconds without giving chance for the Koizumis to get out of the car. Here you see both of them trying to get out of the car but are trapped by the flames." –TV news announcer
Sure enough there was a clip of Luna and Himeko trying to escape the scene but couldn't since there was fire everywhere. The tape even shows then getting on fire and their bodies going limp.
"They died before the fire could be put out. That'll be it for now and we'll be right back after these commercials" TV news announce says before the screen switches to a car commercial.
I look at Hotaru and so does everyone else waiting for an explanation.
She glares at all of us.
"All I did was get the tapes of your abuse; ask him" she points at Natsume next to me.
We turn our heads toward him.
He smirks.
"Well it wasn't that hard. Told the police what you told me; handed a copy of the video. Got a lawyer. He fought well against the Koizumis lawyer. My lawyer won the court battle. You got all your father's wealth back and the house is all yours. The Koizumis were supposed to go to jail but as soon as they found out they lost they ran away. They packed all their clothes and belongings and ran away well until they got into the car crash that is."
Everyone went quiet even Akemi who was giggling from playing with my hair stopped.
It was minutes before someone spoke up.
"Well at least they saved you the trouble of throwing out all their thing's" –Nonoko
Everyone bursts out laughing.
Hotaru stands up quickly.
"I'll get some butlers to move your things back to your house" –Hotaru. She hurries away.
Natsume pulls me away from the living room.
"Hey can I move in with you it gets too crowded her with my gang's girlfriends always around"
My eyes widen.
He chuckles.
"That'd be awesome Akemi would have her father always around and I won't be lonely"
Hotaru has the butlers and maids move Natsume's things too.
"Oooooh lets go shopping tomorrow" Anna says while jumping slightly
"Yeah get you new clothes we'll pay!" Nonoko says equally as happy as her twin
I stare at then as me, Natsume, and Akemi were about to leave.
"Okay" I say slowly. "But why are you so excited this time?"
"Cause you never get clothes when shopping so the Koizumis don't know about your money but now we can finally see you wearing all the cute clothes we imagined you in" the twins squealed at the same time.
I sweat drop.
"Well I'll be going now bye"
"Bye Mikan, Natsume, Akemi" Sumire, Anna, and Nonoko say in unison
"See yea later man" –Koko
"See you tomorrow" –Yuu
Mikan's Mansion
The butler and maids have already unpacked our things in the master bedroom and Akemi's things in the room next to ours.
The whole house was cleaned out of Luna and Himeko's things that they left behind few days ago when they started running away so there was no sign of them living here.
The walls were framed with pictures of my parents, Natsume, Akemi, and me.
The rooms that the Koizumis once occupied looked as if no one lived there.
I was sharing the master bedroom with Natsume but there was still so much space
The room had two big walk-in closets. My clothes didn't even fill it half way while Natsume's clothes fully occupied his closest since he was a model and singer and all that celebrity stuff. I'm sure Sumire, Anna, and Nonoko would force me to throw out my old clothes when we go shopping tomorrow.
The refrigerator and pantry were filled with food thanks to Hotaru so I decided to start cooking dinner it was getting late.