"You really missed me, huh?" Kazune pulled away from our long hug.

"Of course I did, Kazu-chan, I love you.." I blushed and looked away. "We're best friends.."

"I missed you, too, Karin-sama.." he whispered.

"But where have you been?" I looked back up at him, "Why did you leave so suddenly?"

"That will take a pretty long time to explain.."

"I think I have enough time before school starts."

He thought for a minute, "I'll put this in the shortest way possible.."

His icy blue eyes bore into mine, and his face became serious.

"Karin-sama. I'm actually the Ice Prince Apollo, and I'm one of the knights who trained my whole life to protect you."

Now I was confused, "Y-your real name is Apollo, Kazu-chan?" I asked.

"Prince Apollo, Karin-sama."

"You never told me that,, Kazu-chan!" I smiled up at him, but then I noticed that he was still serious, and I thought about something else.

"Are you saying you're... a prince?"

Kazune looked away, "You may not believe me, but.."

"What's wrong? What is it?"

"We come from a different planet, and your birth mother's the ruler of it... but, she's been lost, so, now you're the new ruler."

I stared at him for a long time, wondering how this all was supposed to make any sense.

"Um, Kazu-chan? This joke is kind of weird.."

"Karin-sama! I have never lied to you, and I never will! I'm being serious. I wish.. I wish I could give you more proof..."

Putting the joke aside for a second, I asked, "How did you get in here, anyway?"

My thoughts wandered off to that rabbit again, and I looked back up at Kazune, and then at his snow white rabbit ears.

He looked just like him... same ears, same eyes...

"Y-you couldn't be..." I stared at him, my eyes wide.

That's sounds crazy, but..

I expected Kazune to look at me and ask me what the heck I was talking about, but he smiled nervously and nodded.

"H-how.. in the world-" I stammered and pointed at him.

"It's sort of hard to explain... um, to put it simply, I'm not completely human."

I frowned, "Kazu-chan, what do you mean? You're scaring me a little.."

"I-I don't mean to scare you, it's just, a lot of things might happen to you today, I just thought you should know the truth..."

"What's going to happen?" I scooted closer to him.

"KARIN! HURRY UP, SWEETIE, OR YOU'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!"

I practically jumped when my aunt called me.

"Kazu-chan.. um.. will I see you this after noon?"

He looked at me seriously again, "Of course... I'm not leaving you anymore," then he smiled and touched my cheek, "I'll have to explain every thing later, I promise!"

Kazune pulled himself off from my bed and I noticed he had a fluffy, snow white bunny tail, then my eyes widened.

"Wait-"

"I'll be watching you while you're at school. I won't let any one hurt you!"

My room door opened, but Kazune had already disappeared out side my window.

I put my uniform on in a daze, my thoughts about Kazune racing.

So, Kazune was supposedly that rabbit I'd found last night, and If I wasn't mistaken, he'd mentioned something about my birth mother being the ruler of a planet that he's from? And that, since they can't find her now, I'm the new Queen?
I was SO confused.

Had my best friend returned to me completely insane, or mental, or... what?

My head started hurting just thinking about it, so I decided to focus on my regular life before I started deciding that he was crazy.

I ran out of my room with my bag and down the stairs.

"Morning Auntie! Sorry, I have to skip breakfast, or I'll be late."

"Okay, honey! I hope you have a good day, and happy birthday!"

I kissed my aunt on the cheek and waved at my cousin before grabbing some toast and running out the door as fast as I could.

I raced down the side walk and turned the corner, catching up to my friends.

I really wonder what Kazune meant by not letting anyone hurt me.. Is someone out to get me, or something?

Later, when the bell rang for a passing period, I noticed people were staring at me more than they usually did and giggling at something. I felt my cheeks flush and I lowered my head in case something was on my face.

What were they laughing at? As I got further into the hallway, their were girls giggling, pointing at me, and looking interested, while boys were staring at me with wide eyes and flushed cheeks, and pointed at me as well.

I watched my feet as they took quick steps across the floor and tried my best to focus on that and only that. I hated being the center of attention.

"HANAZONO-SAN~~!"

I yelped when an arm wrapped around me and pulled me to someone. I turned to see a familiar pair of dark blue eyes and spiky styled brown hair.

"Who- Hi-hiroki san?!"

He glanced up at my hair, "Bunny ears- nice! Pretty cute and erotic. Is that a tail?"

I frowned, "Bunny ears? Tail? What are you-"
In a flash, Hiroki pulled out a mirror and showed me my reflection.

Atop my head were two big, fluffy pink, bunny ears that moved when I moved them, and I glanced down at my backside to see a matching, fluffy pink rabbit tail.

When the heck had I put this on?!

I reached up to grab the ears and winced. They were REAL! And they HURT!

I turned on my heel and ran down the hallway and to the girls' bathroom.

I threw my binder down on the floor and looked at myself in the mirror. How could this have happened?! Did this have something to do with whatever Kazune was talking about? Oh, god, this was a little scary. I reached up to touch the ears again and whimpered. Why were they so sensitive?

I put my head in my hands, sighing. What was I going to do? I couldn't walk around like this!

"Karin-sama!"

The sound of Kazune's voice startled me and when I looked up, there he was, by my side in the mirror.

"Kazu-chan! How did you get in here?"
"I've been.. watching you. I could only get here when you were alone. Are you okay?"
"No! Why do I look like this? Why do I have a tail and ears? This is scary!"
Kazune looked apologetic, " I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you this was going to happen.."
He suddenly reached up to gently touch one of the fluffy pink ears and I shuddered as an odd, high pitched noise I'd never made before escaped my mouth."Ahhh..!"

"Wow, they're sensitive..." Kazune said as I flushed in embarrassment. "I think it's because you just got them." I covered my mouth when he touched them again.

"Here, I'll make them go away.."
I looked up at him, just as he was closing his eyes and watched his lips move quickly, his words barely audible, I couldn't even tell what he was saying. Was he casting a spell?

The ears atop my head perked up and my tail moved a little before disappearing in sparkles before my eyes. Kazune opened his crystal blue ones and smiled his lovely smile.

"There.. are you alright now? I'm sorry."
"I.. I'm fine.. but.. how do you know where I am?"
He wrapped his arms around me, "I've always been watching you."
I grinned and hugged him back, "Will we see each other after school, Kazu-chan?"
"Yes."

"Ummm... well..."
He pulled away to look at me, "Yes?"
"Ummm, Kazu-chan? Do you think after school, we could.. Do something? I want to talk to you.. I want to know how you've been."
He looked away, "I'm not sure, Karin-sama... I think it's too dangerous..."
He noticed the sad expression cross my face, "I...I'll try."
I smiled up at him before he disappeared into sparkles.