Chapter 8 (Part 4): Can't Dodge the Past

"3...2...1...GO!" Mikan and Natsume shouted in unison as they both ran to the ball.

Mikan was the first grab the ball, "Shoot!" Natsume said as he quickly moved his legs in reverse to give himself more space to catch Mikan's assault. Mikan threw the ball with all her might but Natsume caught it without much difficulty. "So Mikan, would you prefer to start off with a maid dress or a latex suit?" Natsume teased.

"Save it, city boy! You're going to do whatever I say after this game!" Mikan shouted back.

"We'll see about that!" Natsume said as he threw the ball at his girlfriend. Mikan caught it and like a windmill effect threw the ball back at Natsume before he could back up. The ball hit Natsume's chest, bounced off and hit the ground before Natsume had time to react and catch the ball. Mikan smiled in satisfaction.

"Servant, servant, Natsume is gonna be my servant," Mikan cheered which annoyed Natsume. "That's Mikan one, and her servant zero," Mikan squealed while holding up a peace sign. Natsume growled

"Don't get a swelled hea-." Natsume shouted as he caught himself in his own rage. It was only six years ago when he said those very words to Mikan during their last dodgeball game after purposefully throwing the ball at her head. "No, I-I'm not that person anymore!" Natsume told himself.

"Huh? Natsume, what's wrong?" Mikan asked concerned as she saw that his boyfriend paused and was stuck in deep thou

"Nothing, you shouldn't be worrying about me and should be more worried about what I'm gonna make you wear after this game." Natsume replied as he threw the dodgeball towards Mikan again. Mikan caught it without much difficulty due to Natsume's concentration being interrupted by the guilt he carried of the things he did in the past. Natsume had to stay focused. If he lost to this girl, lord knows what she'd make him do. He could already feel the humiliation. Mikan giggled.

"I think you're the one who needs to stay focused Natsume," Mikan teased while sticking her tongue out followed by another throw. Natsume caught it and threw the ball back. Mikan didn't budge and easily caught the ball her boyfriend threw to her. "Aw, is the big kuro neko losing...to a girl?" Mikan asked while winking as she threw the ball.

"Hmph," Natsume replied as he caught the ball that his fiancé threw. "Think Natsume, what's Mikan's weak spot. I remember, six years ago she became pretty sloppy when I made her angry about panties comment. That's it! I need to make her mad!" Natsume thought as a smirk grew on his face. "You know what Mikan, after I win this game, I'm gonna have you do away with those baby panties and have you wear a thong that'll be exposed by the short skirts you'll be wearing." Natsume said hoping to make Mikan angry.

"Hey, my panties are not baby, wha-HEY!" Mikan was saying as Natsume threw the ball to her as she was monologuing. The ball hit her chest and fell to the ground.

"Ha, now the score is even!" Natsume said.

"Hmph, well that was cheap making me mad you sneaky fox. I'm not gonna fall for it again though!" Mikan said while sticking her tongue at her boyfriend and then furiously throwing the ball back at him. Natsume caught the ball and tossed it back to Mikan, Mikan didn't fail to seize the ball and stopped for a moment to think about the best way to strike at Natsume. "If I want to beat Natsume then I gotta play smarter, not harder. Oh man, I don't want to wear a thong, I've never even wore one in my life," Mikan thought as she began to sweat bullets.

"Hey Mikan, look on the bright side, after this game, you won't have to worry about what to wear in the morning for a whole month," Natsume teased, causing Mikan to pout.

"Think Mikan, their must be something that I can do that'll catch Natsume off his guard," Mikan thought and then something hit her. Mikan clutched her ball in her left hand, lifted her left leg up and began to throw. Natsume braced himself as Mikan began to hurl the ball towards to him but was surprised to see that Mikan actually threw the ball into her right hand. Mikan then quickly spun clockwise in a full 360 degree circle on her right foot while clutching the ball and unexpected threw the ball to Natsume. The ball hit Natsume's chest and fell to the ground.

"Damn it! What the hell was that?" Natsume shouted in confusion. Mikan winked.

"That's something that Hotaru taught me. We call it, the country girl twirl, but of course, being a city boy and all, you wouldn't know anything about that." Mikan winked while sticking out her tongue. Hee hee hee, one more point and I'll have a handsome raven haired servant for a whole week!" Mikan giggled while fantasizing about Natsume giving her a massage.

"No way I'm letting that happen!" Natsume yelled.

"Hey Natsume, maybe I can find you a nice butler outfit to wear during your service for me this week," Mikan giggled.

"Shut up, I'm the one who'll be doing the outfit picking this week, outfits that you'll be wearing!" Natsume shouted back. And then he got an idea. "Ugh!" Natsume said as he collapsed to the ground.

"Huh? What's wrong Natsume?" Mikan called out, a hint of worry in her voice. Natsume didn't reply, he just kneeled over, his breathing labored. His fists gripped onto his chest.

"Oh no! Natsume, please is there anything that I can do to help maybe I should call the Gakuen Alice Medical Center, but that'll probably expose us as time travelers though, oh what should I do?" Mikan said about to cry as she was frightened that her Natsume was in danger.

"I guess there's something you can do," Natsume said tightening his grip on the ball.

"What? What can I do Natsum-oof" Mikan said as she was hit with the ball thrown by Natsume.

"You could add another point to my score, ha ha, now we're tied again," Natsume said while smirking.

"Natsume, that's not fair I was really worried about you!" Mikan said while wiping her eyes.

"All is fair in love and war Mikan. You're so gullible," Natsume said while continuing to smirk at his girlfriend. "So now the score is even, next point wins," Natsume stated.

"*Grrrr* I won't lose!" Mikan said as the two of them continued to throw the dodgeball back and forth, neither of them giving in and neither of them letting their soon-to-be-spouse earn the final point. They've been exchanging throws for at least 30 minutes, and both players were out of energy.

"*huff* *huff* Why don't you just give it up Mikan you're completely drained," Natsume said.

"*huff* *huff I could say the same for you, Natsume! I won't lose!" Mikan yelled out, determined. But despite how much she wanted to win, Natsume did have a point, both she and Natsume were out of energy. If she continued to play the way she did now then Natsume would probably probably eventually overpower her. "Think Mikan, what is Natsume's weakness?" She thought and then something came to her. "*Ehem* Hey Natsume," Mikan began to speak.

"Huh what is it? Are you ready to give up?" Natsume suggested.

"Well I was just thinking if you're going to make me wear a thong for the rest of the month," Mikan said as she put the ball down and began to lift up her skirt, "Could we at least find a thong that has strawberry print like this?" Mikan said while her face turned as red as a tomato and she willingly gave Natsume a clear view of her strawberry printed panties. Admittedly, Mikan was embarrassed at the very thought of showing Natsume what's under her skirt, but she realized that she would have to do this anyway for him if she lost due to the skimpy outfits that Natsume would have her wear, so she didn't really have anything to lose. Natsume was completely puzzled, Mikan never willingly to let him see her panties. Natsume's heart started to race and his palms started seat as he left his guard down. "GOTCHA!" Mikan squealed as she quickly bent down to grab the dodgeball and threw it to her boyfriend with all of her might.

"H-hey!" Was all Natsume could spit out as he quickly got into position catch the ball. The hurling object spun in the palm of his hands but Natsume couldn't quite obtain a full grasp of it as the ball slipped out of his hands and fell to the ground. The game was over, Mikan won.

"Hurray, I win! Now you gotta give up your end of the bargain Natsume," Mikan while winking and wiggling her right index finger.

"Wha-well that's not fair! You cheated, you used your femininity to distract me!" Natsume angrily responded.

"Well that's no different than you pretending to be in pain and then throwing the ball at me when I was distracted and I was worried about you!" Mikan said annoyed and placing her hands on her hips. She had quite a point, and Natsume couldn't argue.

"*sigh* Fine, what do you want me to do Mikan." Natsume said in defeat.

"*Ehem* That's Master Sakura to you mister," Mikan replied big headed.

"What? That wasn't part of the deal!" Natsume snapped back.

"The deal was that you'll do whatever I want for a week, and I WANT you to call me Master Sakura," Mikan said with an evil grin on her face.

"*Tff* I didn't make you call me Master Hyuuga when you became my servant after I won the Genie RPG game, heartless woman," Natsume said under his breath. Natsume sighed, took a deep breath, and accepted his fate. "What do you want me to do for you...Master Sakura." Natsume said almost gagging after realizing what he just said.

"Servant, I want you to..." Mikan's request was suddenly put to a halt as our two heroes were swallowed by another time vortex. "Ahhh! Servant, hold me!" Mikan squealed.

"*Sigh* This is getting old," Natsume replied in annoyance as he held his fiancé/master and prepared to arrive at their new destination. When Mikan and Natsume arrived at their next destination, they noticed confetti in the air, music playing all around them, and food shown as far as the eye could see. It was quite obvious where they landed, they were at the Academy Festival Dance. Luckily, no one saw them as they landed behind a few bushes but the area still wasn't a safe place to be in as they could still fall victim to someone spotting them, "Mikan, we better get out of here, someone may see us!" Natsume stated, but Mikan didn't budge.

"*Ahem*, I don't see a 'Mikan' around here," Mikan said while playing dumb, Natsume's face then began to turn red.

"Master Sakura, we need to go if we don't want to cause a time paradox!" Natsume said giving his master a deathly glare.

"Fine fine let's go, *growl* but boy, am I hungry, and all this fancy food being out is a big tease. Mikan said sadly as her stomach began to rumble. Natsume's stomach began to rumble as well while he and Mikan ran away from the festival area and deeper into the forest area.

"Well you do have a point, we haven't been able to refuel our stomachs," Natsume said while placing his hand over stomach as well. "Hey Master Sakura, I just realized something, I don't have to be your servant anymore," Natsume said with a smirk on his face.

"Huh? Why not?" Mikan asked with obvious disappointment in her voice.

"Well the deal was that I would be your servant for one week, well thanks to this time vortex that brought us to this dance festival, more than a week has passed since we made that deal so technically, I don't have to be your servant anymore. Maybe you should have been more specific and said one week within our mental time," Natsume said with a smirk on his face.

"Aww, but that's not fair!" Mikan pouted

"Don't worry, even though you didn't think out your part of the deal, because I love you so much, I'll continue to be your servant, but on one condition," Natsume said.

"Huh? What's that," Mikan asked.

"There's no way in hell that I'm going to call you Master Sakura for a whole week, I'll do any physical labor you tell me to do, but calling you master is out of the question," Natsume said taking control of their deal.

"Fine," Mikan said while pouting since Natsume will no longer be calling her master, but at least he'll still be her servant Mikan thought as she and Natsume continued to run into the darkness of the forest.

"A naive girl like you should stay in the light and out of the dark."

Natsume, heard something as they were running but to his horror he and Mikan just ran into exactly what they were trying to prevent as they saw that their younger selves were staring at them with a bewildered expression on their faces.

"Who are you two, you look familiar and I could have sworn that I saw you during this idiot's stupid dodgeball game?" The young Natsume coldly asked.

A/N: Ok, well this chapter ended up being longer than I thought it would. Well it looks like Natsume quite an interesting week ahead of him but now they he and his fiancé have ran into the exact issue that they wanted to avoid. What will happen now that their younger selves are aware of their existence? Feel free to leave a comment below of what you think will happen next. ^_^

This chapter was written by Sonic-Keyblade 007 and edited by edwardelric108 and Neverlookback756.