"Welcome to Gakuen Alice, Princess Mikan," Narumi-sensei gestured with open hand s as he smiled at Mikan.

"You don't need to be so formal with me Narumi-sensei," Mikan said and looked at the teachers around her, greeting her with much care and respect. "Pleased to meet you, everyone," Mikan greeted with courteousness. The teachers felt the warmth in her greeting and replied her in unison, "Pleased to meet you, Princess Mikan." The grand gate of Gakuen Alice swung open for the arrival of the awaited princes s, Sakura petals rained her way to the huge door of the academy. Narumi-sensei walked behind her as she began, "My father told me a lot about thi s school. He, too, had graduated from here. Please take care of me from now on." "We already received the letter from your father, so don't worry about it," Naru mi-sensei said with a small smile. "We will help you as much as we can, Princess." Narumi-sensei bowed humbly, plea sed by the princess's presence to their prestigious school. "Thank you very much, Narumi-sensei." Narumi-sensei handed a golden key and a white mask with a Sakura print on the ri ght side. "This is your key for your room and your mask as you requested. You ca n start the class tomorrow." "Thank you." Mikan nodded before putting the mask on. Narumi-sensei offered her another smile. "Then, see you tomorrow, Princess Mikan ." . Someone's here, Natsume thought in alarm. He looked down from the branch and gas ped. A masked girl? This place is sure a relaxing place, Mikan mused as she sat down and leaned agai nst the tree. Closing her eyes, she started humming a song, which made all the S akura petal started to gather and formed to be a small pretty fairy. The fairy s tarted to dance along the wind as she sang. Who is she? Is that her Alice? Natsume looked at Mikan curiously. When Mikan finished singing her song, she held her palm, prompting the little fa iry to seat on it. "May I know your name little one?" The fairy bowed at her. "My name is Fin. My friend, the wind, speaks about you a lot. You must be Mikan-sama, the princess of Sakura Kingdom." Did the fairy say Sakura Kingdom? Natsume thought in disbelief. The Sakura Kingdom was famous for their ability to control nature. As from the r umor said, the princess has the ability to control each and every element, and t hat gained herself a nicknamethe daughter of god. "Oh, so you already know about me. Yes, I'm Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakura Kingdom." A smile was formed upon her lips. Fin's little eyes stared at her. "Why you are wearing a mask, Princess?" Mikan smiled. "It's because I attend this school as a normal person, not as a pr incess. I heard from Narumi-sensei, its okay for me to wear a mask since some of the students here also wear one." "I'm sorry, Fin. I need to go to my room now," she said after looking at her wat ch. Before dissolving into the wind, Fin replied, "You can call me anytime when you need me, Princess." Natsume's eyes were fixed on her back as she walked away from the Sakura Tree. J umping down from the tree, he then walked back to my room. He smirked. The princ ess of Sakura Kingdom, huh? . . . "Good morning, class," Narumi-sensei greeted cheerfully, but only a few students greeted him back. "Alright, today we will have a new classmate." Narumi-sensei informed but as alw ays, the class was busy with themselves. Our fire caster covered his face with a manga while his best friend Ruka Nogi, w as busy playing with his rabbit. "Please come in, Miharu-chan," Narumi-sensei said with a sigh. Mikan walked into the class, and the student became silent at once.

A beautiful brunette with a pair of hazel eyes, walked with grace toward the tea cher. Although half of her face was cover with a white mask, everyone knew for t he bottom of their heart that she was indeed a beautiful girl. "I'm Miharu Minawa. Pleased to meet you, everyone." Her honey voice chimed as sh e introduced herself. "What kingdom you came from?" "Are you a princess?" "What's her Alice?" Darted with one question after another, the class grew noisier by the second. A certain fire caster who couldn't stand the noise, got annoyed with his fellow cl assmates. With a twitch on his eyebrow, the room got hotter. The class went rigi d because they knew who was behind this. When the room's temperature shot to nor mal again almost in an instant, the class went puzzled by the sudden change. "I'm sorry. That was my Alice. I have the Nullification Alice which cancels out other Alices." Mikan giggled nervously. "I am from Sakura Kingdom and sorry, I'm not a princess." The class looked away from her, disappointed. "What? Not a princess? That's not fun at all." "I thought she was princess since she's very beautiful." Is it really you? a certain someone with a pair violet eye thought. Her eyes nar rowed, inquiring. "Alright, who wants to be Miharu-chan's partner?" Narumi-sensei asked, but none had their hands raised up because they either got partner or they just didn't li ke the new girl. Why did it become like this? Narumi-sensei thought with a mental sigh. He then l ooked at Natsume. "Ahh How about you Natsume-san? Would you become Miharu-chan's partner?" The class gasped in disapproval. "Narumi-sensei, this girl can't be Prince Natsume's partner." "Yeah, yeah, Prince Natsume is the prince from Hyuuga Kingdom." "Even though she came from Sakura Kingdom, but she's not even a princess." Narumi-sensei was thrown with so many disagreement glares and complains. He then held up his hand to silent the class. "How about if we ask Natsume-san for his opinion?" Narumi-sensei gazed at the raven-haired prince. "What do you say, Natsume-san?" The fan girls started praying Natsume would refuse. "Whatever," Natsume replied, seeming not interested at all upon this matter, but deep inside his heart, pleasure was engulfing him. "That settled then! Miharu-chan, you will have to sit right beside Natsume-san," Narumi-sensei said. Mikan nodded her head, understood. "Okay, free period for all of you," Narumi-sensei chirped before leaving the cla ssroom. Just when Mikan wanted to go to her seat, a green-haired girl and her friends st opped her. "Hey new girl, don't think you can just sit beside Prince Natsume so easily," on e of the girls sneered. "Even I, the princess of Shouda Kingdom, Sumire Shouda, can't have a chance to b ecome Prince Natsume's partner," added the green-haired girl. She looked at Mika n in disgust. "What about you? A nobody who do you think you are?" "Don't think highly of yourself when you are only a commoner," snarled another g irl. Just as Sumire was about to open her mouth, three fists were sent across her fac e. BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! "You talk too much," the inventor stated in a monotonous tone, holding her Baka Gun. "Ah, Princess Sumire, are you alright?" one of the fan girls asked as she helped Sumire on her feet. "Princess Hotaru, how could you shot Princess Sumire like that," another fan gir

l whimpered. Hotaru gave her a glare. "Do you want to taste my Baka Gun also?" That successfully shut them from questioning her. She then dragged Mikan away fr om the classroom. The rest of the class was confused because the famous Hotaru Imai, the princess of Imai Kingdom would never help a normal person with a free of charge. Looks like Imai knows her, Natsume thought as he left the class in silence. . "You must be Princess Hotaru from Imai Kingdom, right?" Miharu confirmed politel y. Hotaru flinched a bit. "Cut the crap. You can fool others but not me, Miharu-san . Or should I say Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakura Kingdom?" "You caught me. You're still wonderful as always, Hotaru-chan." Mikan sighed as she took off her mask for a while and put them back on again. "I told you, you can fool others but not me. Why are you here Mikan? I always th ought the King will never let you out from the castle," Hotaru asked, curious by her presence in school. She knew perfectly well about Mikan's ability to contro l every element, which made her being targeted by wicked people. So, the king ne ver let her out from the castle even for a minute. "We made a deal. He will let me out if I could keep my identity from the other s tudents," Mikan explained. Hotaru nodded and muttered, "I see" "But if the other students found out about my identity, the king or should I say , my father will take me back to the castle again." Mikan sighed, and Hotaru tap ped on her shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll keep your secret but you will need to pay me a certain amount of rabbits for each month," Hotaru said with a wide grin. Mikan sweet dropped and mumbled, "Meanie." Before leaving Mikan, she said, "This school is full with baka people who always think highly of themselves. I might not be able to protect you every time Mikan , so please take care of yourself." "Arigatou, Hotaru-chan." Mikan waved at her. Instead of going back, she went to the northern forest. So she really is The Princess of Sakura Kingdom, huh? Natsume thought as he foll owed Mikan to the northern forest. . Standing in the middle of the northern forest, Mikan closed her eyes and started humming a very beautiful song. Slowly, everything around her started gather and formed into fairies from different elements. As she finished her song, she open ed her eyes, delighted to see many fairies around her and played with them. When it was getting dark, she decided to go back to her room and get some dinner. Ju st when she turned around, she met a pair of crimson eyes who were staring at he r with pure interest. "A-ano y-you must be Prince Natsume from Hyuuga Kingdom," Mikan stammered, frozen on her ground. She then walked backward because Natsume was approaching her wit h his eyes fixed on her own. "Are you afraid of me?" "N-no, it's just I-I" She started losing her mind as she didn't know what to say. "I know about your identity, your real name is Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sak ura Kingdom." He smirked, causing her to gasp in shock. "Please, please don't tell anyone about this. I want to stay here," Mikan begged as tears started to form in her eyes. He eyed her in meticulous. "I won't tell anyone, if and only if, you agree to be come my girlfriend so that stupid fan girls won't come near me anymore." "G-girlfriend?" she stuttered, confused. Obviously, this was the first time for her to have a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship. "Don't tell me you never had a boyfriend before?" he asked in exasperate, and sh e blushed. He smirked again as this was also his first time for having a girlfri end because most of the girls were annoying creatures, so he decided not to have one.

"Your answer?" he asked while looking at her closely, his eyes showed no interes t in them. However, his thoughts were doing the opposite, Say yes, say yes, say yes. "O-okay," she agreed, avoiding his gaze. He smiled a little, but she didn't notice it. He was happy, but he didn't give a ny sign on it. "Good girl. Since you are my girlfriend now, I will give you something special." He chuckled darkly, and she gave him a confuse look. He took off her mask, and thankfully, she didn't protest. He gazed at her beauti ful face. I won't let any other guy see your face, Mikan. He leaned closer to her face, and she blushed. He cupped her chin and pressed hi s lips with hers. It started with a gentle kiss and then he started bit her lips asking for entry. She froze on her ground. She tried to protest, but she couldn 't. His grip around her waist was too tight and strong for her. She gave up and slowly gave in to the kiss. She let him guide her. The kiss lasted for minutes. They broke apart, giving each other spacesair to breathe in. They looked at each other eyes. "I'll never let any guy touch you, Mikan," he whispered into her ear. "Y-yes," she stuttered before feeling weak on her knees. She fainted after that as she couldn't believe what she had done. Luckily, Nastume was there to catch her and carried her in bridal style. He kiss ed her forehead tenderly and smiled. "What a good girl, that's my Mikan Sakura." Chapter 2 ________________________________________ "Hmmm," Mikan mumbled and slowly opened her eyes. The flashback from yesterday m ade her fully awake and sat up in her bed. What happened to me? She then touched her lips. The scent of Natsume still lingered on her skin. She then looked around This is my room, she thought in relief but went horror-struck when she realized that she was in her pajama. Who changed my clothes? she thought in terror as she tried to remember what happ ened yesterday. Suddenly, she heard someone open her bedroom door. Prince Natsume! She gasped. "You're finally awake," he said coolly. She nervously began, "P-Prince Natsume, I-I" "Just call me Natsume since you are my girlfriend now." Natsume sighed in exaspe rate and sat beside her. She looked at his face, blinking innocently. "Natsume, w-who undressed me and pu t on the pajama for me?" She was terrified upon the thought. Her body went rigid when their eyes met. He smirked. "Me. Why?" She felt as though her soul was about to leave from her body, she went cold. She couldn't believe that her dignity was stolen by him. Her head started spinning in agony. This girl is so dense, Natsume mused quietly. He then laid a hand on her cheek. He patted her cheek lightly. "Just kidding, stupid. It was Imai." She sighed in relief. "You need to get ready now, I'll wait for you," he said nonchalantly as he walke d out from her bedroom. Flashback As Natsume walked out from Northern Forest, he felt some presence of other being s. Knowing who it was, he said, "You don't have to hide anymore, Imai." Hotaru came out from the bushes with his best friend Ruka Nogi, who began, "S-so rry Natsume. I didn't mean to" "Don't worry, I won't blame you," he said, interrupted him. "Remember this carefully, Hyuuga. Don't you ever let Mikan cry, or I will make y ou suffer for the rest of your life," she threatened, and Natsume rasped in repl y, "Whatever." She turned to Ruka. "You, too. Don't let anyone know about Mikan's identity or y ou will become my guinea pig for my inventions."

Ruka froze. "Don't worry, I won't tell a soul." "I will handle the other one," she added quietly. Natsume began to wonder who she was talking about 'the other one.' "Kokoroyumi," Imai reminded before walking away. Natsume smirked. 'Oh, the mind reader.' Hotaru followed Natsume to Mikan's room. He carried Mikan to her bedroom and gen tly put her to bed. "Imai, change Mikan's uniform to her pajama," Natsume said. Hotaru rolled her eyes on him. "Who do you think you are? Command me like that." The black aura from Hotaru's back appeared, and the glaring competition began be tween them. Ruka sweat dropped upon our childish act. "Get out!" she exclaimed finally. Natsume walked out from Mikan's bedroom together with Ruka. "Natsume" Ruka called. He turned to look at him. "What is it, Ruka?" "Your not doing this because the king told you, right?" He hesitated for a moment and glanced away. He shrugged. "Who knows?" End of Flashback The day before Mikan came, he received a letter from the queen of Hyuuga Kingdom , or should he say, his mother. Flashback "Natsume, I got a letter for you, from the queen," Ruka informed as he handed th e letter to him. All the letters from the castle for Natsume would be passed through Ruka as he w as the only person he could trust. Letters were sent by using animals, and Ruka was the right candidate because of his ability to communicate with animals. He h elped him a lot. He owed him. Natsume, Your father asked me to tell you that the princess of Sakura Kingdom will be att ending Alice Academy tomorrow. Your task is to make her fall in love with you so that Sakura Kingdom will agree in becoming our ally. With that no kingdom can l ay their hands on our kingdom. We're looking forward to your good news, Son. Your mother, Kaoru He burned the letter right after he read it. He closed his eyes in annoyance. Ruka, who stood beside him, asked, "What would you do, Natsume?" "" "Don't follow me, Ruka," he told him and walked towards Sakura Tree. Hyuuga Kingdom was famous for their ability to control offensive power as for No gi Kingdom was famous for their ability to talk to every creatures that exist in this world. Since he and Ruka were best friends, Nogi Kingdom has become one of their allies. Meanwhile, Sakura Kingdom was the most powerful Kingdom amongst a ll Kingdoms existed. That kingdom has one ally Imai Kingdom. He heard a lot abou t their relationship, Imai Kingdom was famous for their ability in high-tech and inventions. Sakura Kingdom only considered Imai Kingdom as an ally because thei r daughters were best friends just like him and Ruka. He jumped up to one of the Sakura tree branches. He leaned against the trunk tre e, and when he was about to close his eyes, she came. Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakura Kingdom. He never thought she would be so delicate. He was taken by s urprised when he heard her humming the song and called upon a fairy. She was gor geous. His heart throbbed madly in his chest. End of Flashback Am I doing the right thing? he asked himself as he closed his eyes. He then hear d Mikan came out from her bedroom. "Are you ready?" He looked at her beautiful face, which half of it covered with her mask. "Y-yeah. Thank you for waiting for me, Natsume," she thanked quietly. He smirked. He made his way to the class, and she followed him by his side. . Each step our brunette and our fire caster took made everyone stop their activit

ies and gape at them. They started gossiping with each others. Within half an ho ur time, the whole school knew about Mikan and Natsume relationships although th ey went to school together without holding hands or whatsoever. . The door of the classroom was banged open. Revealed before the door were our fir e caster and our brunette beside him. The green-haired girl stared at Mikan with jealousy. She whispered to one of her comrade, "Teach her a lesson she would never forget. " Just as Mikan was about to sit beside Natsume, the fan girls blocked her way. "Hey, new girl, didn't I told you yesterday, you can't sit beside Prince Natsume that easily," one of the fan girls snapped and pushed Mikan away. The next thing they knew was that they were running out from the class with fire on their skirts, screaming hysterically. "Don't you dare to lay a finger on her, she's my girlfriend from now onwards," N atsume said coldly, and the class gasped in disbelief. "What did the new student did to Prince Natsume?" one of the students whispered to his friend. "She must be a witch. We must stay away from her," another student whispered. Mikan, who heard everything sat quietly beside Natsume with her hands tightly cl utched at her skirt and her bangs covered her eyes. Every single word from their mouth hurt her. A bunch of scumbag, Natsume thought and pulled Mikan closer to him before kissin g her. Her eyes widened. He gave her a very gentle kiss. The class gasped. The boys went petrified. The girls covered their mouth in disb elief. Natsume being Natsume didn't care about anything. Ignoring the stare of the crow d, he continued to kiss her. Mikan remembered in chagrin that this was all fakes and only an act. She closed her eyes and responded to his kiss. She enjoyed every moment kissing him back ev en though deep inside she felt hurt that she was being used. "Don't mind them, Mikan. I will always be with you," Natsume whispered into Mika n's ear after they broke the kiss. She smiled weakly and held his hand tightly. Again, she knew that he was saying those words for comfort. After that the news about Miharu Minawa became Natsume Hyuuga's girlfriend sprea d like a fire within the school. Unknown to our couple, someone evil was plannin g to get rid our brunette. . "That bitch, she's getting on my nerve!" "She must be a witch, we must be careful with her." "Princess Sumire, what are we going to do?" "Don't worry I have a plan," Sumire said and explained her plan to her comrade. "We will do the easy way first. If she still insists, we will do the hard way," Sumire finished darkly, and her comrades nodded in agreement. "When will we do it, Princess Sumire?" one of the fan girls asked, and Sumire sm irked. "Now." . Our sweet couple enjoyed their time under the Sakura Tree. Mikan played with Fin while Natsume's head rest on her lap. "Natsume" she called quietly and brushed his bangs from his closed eyes. "Na-tsume" He slowly opened his eyes. "It's time for us to go back, Hotaru-chan said today we will have a dinner toget her with Ruka-pyon." "I'll walk you back," he said after a moment then got up. She smiled. "Arigatou." He held her hand as they walked in to the dormitories. He was glad they were in this contract. He could take care of her without letting her know that he was re ally in love with her. His room was just beside her room since she was also a sp

ecial star. He dragged her into his room. "N-Natsume this is your room," she reminded, and he smirked. "I know," he whispered as he leaned closer to her. She blushed madly. He heartbeat got wilder each second. "N-Natsume" Natsume, who felt it beating under his touch, smirked in satisfaction. He smirke d. "Just kidding." Her face turned red. She was embarrassed, angry, and all emotions were mixed-up. "Stupid Natsume!" she exclaimed as she hit him hard on his chest. He smiled a little, pleased that he could tease her. He pulled her closer, hugge d her securely. "Don't yell like that, my princess." "Just wait here, after I'm done, we'll go to your room," he ordered and whisked away toward the bathroom. After he finished, he and Mikan walked to her room. Mikan stopped in front of the door. Someone entered my room. Natsume was confused. "What's the matter?" "The door, I thought I already locked it but now it's unlocked." He looked at her, puzzled. "Are you sure?" He opened the door, and both of them gasped in shock. Her neat room was in a mes s, even worse than a warehouse as it was covered with feathers. Everything was t orn apart; from the broken mirror on the floor, to the ripped clothes, and the c rumpled uniform, everything! Her room was shipwreck. The wall was full with scri bbling insults and curses. Mikan felt weak on her knees, and she was about to fa int any minute now. He quickly took her in his arms. "W-who did this?" she asked as tears started forming in her eyes. "What did I do" He hushed her and hugged her tightly. "You didn't do anything, Mikan" Just then, our famous inventor came in with the blonde boy. With puzzled look, Hotaru said, "What are the two of you doing here?" Hotaru walked in Mikan's room, since Mikan and Natsume were stiff on the ground like they were hiding something in the room. When she opened the door wider, her eyes widened, and Ruka gasped. "Hotaru-chan, d-did I do something bad to others?" she cried. "I'll call Narumi-sensei," Ruka informed, and ran out from the dormitories. It was dinnertime, and there were no one in dormitories except for them. Minutes later Narumi-sensei and Misaki-sensei came. They were also shocked to see her r oom. Narumi-sensei nervously began, "M-Miharu" "Quit the act sensei, they already knew about her identity," Hotaru interrupted him. Narumi-sensei sighed and worriedly asked, "Are you alright, Princess Mikan?" "I-I'm alright. It's just that I'm too shock because of this," Mikan said, sligh tly shaking. Whoever did this will pay with their life, Natsume vowed as he squeezed Mikan in his arms tighter in possessiveness. Chapter 3 ________________________________________ "Princess Mikan, we truly apologize about this. We'll find the one held responsi ble for this," Narumi-sensei apologized, and Misaki-sensei nodded in agreement. "As for now, you can stay with Hotaru Hime. We will fix your room tomorrow. Is t hat okay with you?" Narumi-sensei suggested, but Mikan shook her head. "There's no need for that, Narumi-sensei." The rest were surprised. "Where are you going to stay, Mikan Hime?" Narumi-sensei asked with puzzled look on his face. "Are you going to use that?" Hotaru hinted, as the rest looked at her, perplexed and curious. They didn't understand what she and Mikan were talking about. Mikan nodded and then asked Natsume to let her go. "Can someone close the door please?" she requested, and Narumi-sensei nodded. All of them went inside her room and lights were switched on. After a moment she closed her eyes and started to hum a very beautiful song. Slowly, fairies from every element appeared and surrounded her. She slowly lifted up to the air with

Sakura petals that started wrapping her body. Hotaru immediately put on her sung lasses. "Why you are wearing sunglasses, Hotaru-san?" Narumi-sensei asked while the othe rs sweat dropped, disbelief. Hotaru smirked. "Just wait and see." Right after Mikan's body was wrapped completely with the Sakura petals, a pierci ng bright light emitted from it. All of them had to cover their eyes with their hands because it was too bright for them to see, except for Hotaru. "This is the use of sunglasses, sensei," Hotaru said with a wide grin when the l ights began to dim. All of them gasped, except for Hotaru, who stood still like she had seen it befo re. Standing right in front of them was Mikan, clad with a light pink long gown with no fabric on her back and shoulders. Her gown fitted her body perfectly wit h a small ribbon on her neck and a Sakura print at the right side of her gown. She looks like a goddess. Natsume admired with a silent gasp, and Mikan walked t o the center of her room. Clapping her hands, she closed her eyes. "I, Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakur a Kingdom command you as your mistress, show your true form before me, Kalieda, Lady of Time." A magic circle formed on the floor with four elements symbols across in it. A pa ir of white wings sprouted within the magic circle and a very beautiful goddess appeared. The goddess slowly opened her eyes as her wings disappeared. Standing inside the magic circle, she bowed humbly at Mikan. "What I can do for you, Prin cess Mikan." "Kalieda-san, I need your help to return back everything inside this room," Mika n requested. Kalieda looked around the room before saying, "As you wish, Princess." "Arigatou." Mikan smiled. She and Kalieda closed their eyes together and started humming different song. The magic circles grew bigger and surrounded the room. Slowly, everything started to fly everywhere across the room, returning to their original place. As both finish singing their song, her room was back to normal, just like before she left. "Just call me when you need me, Princess," Kalieda said as she closed her eyes a nd slowly dissolved together with the wind. This is the second time I saw you ask Kalieda out, Hotaru thought as she saw Kal ieda, who slowly disappeared. Flashback Sakura Kingdom was their neighbor. At that time, war still existed between a few kingdoms especially their KingdomImai Kingdom which was only a small kingdom. Sa kura Kingdom never allied with other Kingdom because they were the strongest amo ngst all kingdoms. Their ability was to control nature. One would be ruined enti rely before one could step in their territory. But the best thing about Sakura K ingdom was they never liked wars nor did they want to ally themselves with other kingdoms. It happened when she heard from the guards that the king of Sakura Kingdom was v isiting their kingdom. She ran out from the castle to see if it was really true. That was the first time when she met Mikan Sakura. Smiling brightly, Mikan gree ted everyone in their kingdom. Everyone could tell that she was as kind as an an gel, somewhat like a god-sent to them who would always spread her happiness to e veryone with only a smile that touched her lips. "Hi! May I know your name?" Mikan asked innocently, and everyone giggled. Mikan didn't know that she was talking to a royalty just like herself. "Hotaru, Hotaru Imai." Mikan blinked a few times and gasped. "Oh My God, you're the princess of Imai Ki ngdom!" Everyone laughed because of her reaction, but she still smiled. "Nice to meet yo u, Princess Hotaru." "Hotaru is enough." Mikan smiled. "Then you can call me Mikan!" A week later, another Kingdom attacked them, but luckily, they could defend thei

r kingdom. But, the damage was not a little. A day after the war was over, Mikan came again with tears on her eyes and of course with 'a few' guards with her. "Hotaru, are you alright?" Mikan asked worriedly when she saw her. "I'm alright, what are you crying for?" she asked her even though she already kn ew the answer. "I am crying because everyone is hurt," Mikan said and wiped away her own tears. She smiled. "It's not your kingdom that being attacked. You don't have to cry fo r us." "No. All of you are my friends. I will protect all of you!" Mikan exclaimed. Everyone went surprised, even the guards that guarding her gasped in surprise. "Wait, I will make everything back to normal," Mikan said as she went to the cen ter of our kingdom and sang a very beautiful song. Everyone who heard her song enjoyed listening and felt safe. At that time, she could only smile. 'You surely 'heal' us, Mikan.' She was happy that Mikan had comforted them with her song. At least, now, they w ere emotionally healed. But, she guessed it wrongly when she saw everything arou nd their kingdom started forming fairies and surrounded her and Sakura petals st arting wrapping her. That was everyone's and her very first time to see her perf orming her ability. For the first time she saw Mikan called The Lady of Time Kal ieda to help their Kingdom. Starting from that day, everyone loved Mikan even more for her happiness she sha red with them, her kindness and everything she gave willingly to them. And the d ay after tomorrow, Sakura Kingdom agreed to have their Kingdom as their one and only one ally. Since that day, no kingdom dare to step their feet to their kingd om which made their kingdom became the greatest kingdom in technology. End of Flashback For the last time, Mikan closed her eyes as her gown gradually changed back to h er school uniform. She opened her eyes and all the fairies appeared. She smiled. "Arigatou, Everyone." "You're welcome, Princess." All the fairies slowly dissolved, and everyone thoug ht in unison, Amazing With the help of Kalieda, everyone already knew who did it. Natsume clutched his hands. Those stupid fan girls will pay. Narumi-sensei began, "Princess Mikan, we" "No. Please don't do anything to them, Narumi-sensei." Mikan smiled, and everyon e thought, You are truly a kind princess, Mikan. "Just act like nothing happened, ne?" Mikan requested, and Narumi-sensei sighed. "As you wish, Princess Mikan." "Then, we shall get back to our office. If you need something, just call us, Pri ncess," Narumi-sensei said as he bowed humbly and left together with Misaki-sens ei. "Everyone, please wait for a while. I need to get change." Mikan smiled, and the others nodded in reply. After she finished changing her clothes, they went to the canteen together. As usual, every eye turned to look at Mikan although it had been a whole one wee k since the news of Mikan and Natsume were going out. Unknown to them, it was on ly an act so that Natsume wouldn't be bothered about his fan girls. Natsume, Mikan, Hotaru and Ruka went to their table. The canteen was gossiping a bout Mikan. But, they stopped because of a certain someone approached the group. "Natsume-nii," a silver-haired boy called, and the group looked at him. "Can I join you?" the boy asked. Natsume grunted a reply. Youichi, who knew what actually happened, darted his eyes to everyone. "What are you looking at?" Everyone looked away and continued their dinner. Mikan felt relieved, and Youichi turned to Mikan, "You must be Miharu Minawa, Na tsume-nii's girlfriend, right?" "H-hai." Youichi smiled. "My name is Youichi, the prince of Hijiri Kingdom. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, too," Mikan returned his smile, and the group started their o wn conversation. Unaware to them, a green-haired girl stared Mikan with jealously. That bitch, sh e's really getting on my nerve. "Sumire Hime, don't you think it's strange? We already broke in to her room and messed everything. Why she still act like nothing happen?" "She must be really a witch, if not, she wouldn't be that calm." "Will we start with the 'hard way' plan, Princess Sumire?" "Not yet, we will torture her step by step." Sumire smirked, and the rest nodded . . . . "Do it now," Sumire commanded. The fan girls opened Mikan's locker and ripped all her books in the early mornin g. Today we have a test for Math from Jinno-sensei. She won't be able to study. Sum ire smirked, satisfied. But, when the test was on, Mikan and Natsume were the first who finished their p apers. The class gasped in disbelief, especially Sumire and her comrade. It can't be! She must be cheating or she might have given up halfway, Sumire con vinced herself. Unfortunately for her, five students got 100 marks. They were Iinchou, Natsume, Ruka, Mikan and Hotaru. I can't be! She must be cheating! She is a commoner, she can't be that smart! Su mire thought angrily. She and her 'comrade' made so many plans to get rid of Mik an for a month. Of course, all of them failed terribly until they couldn't belie ve themselves why Mikan could stay so composed about their prank. . . . "Are you alright?" Natsume asked with his eyes shut, his head on Mikan's lap. Sh e was twisting his hair around her finger. "What are you talking about, Natsume?" she asked innocently though deep in her h eart she knew perfectly what he was talking about. "Your wound." She smiled. "I'm fine, Natsume." A few days ago, Sumire and her comrade put razors at Mikan's table. Unfortunatel y for the girl, she got cut and it bled badly. "If they knew the truth that this was only an act" she mumbled quietly, but he st ill could hear it clearly. "It wasn't," he replied in a hushed voice. She went confused. "Eh?" "It's not an act." Her heart beat faster as she looked at him. "W-what do you mean, Natsume?" He sat up and smirked. He then mocked her, "Just kidding, stupid." Her eyes widened as she punched his chest. "Stupid Natsume!" Without second thought, he caught her hand. They stared at each other's eyes, and he slowly leaned closer. She nervously began, "N-Natsu" Her lips were locked with his. He kissed her and gently lay her down. She closed her eyes and let him guide her. The kiss ended for a few seconds. She opened he r eyes and met his crimson eyes. Slowly, he kissed her again, and she wrapped he r hands around his neck. He slipped his tongue into her mouth and kissed her pas sionately. Heat crept on their faces as the kiss got wilder. He left her lips to let her breath and started kissing her neck while his hands started unbuttoned her uniform. He stopped kissing her after he heard her moan his name. What have I done? he thought, horrified. He could see her undergarment. He could see the shape of her breast. He gulped in disbelief for he knew, he had gone to o far. Chapter 4 ________________________________________ What happened to me? she asked herself as she closed her eyes. Flashback

When Natsume stopped kissing her, she then realized that they almost did somethi ng they must not. She quickly covered her upper body back again while he glanced away. "Sorry," he muttered, and she went silent. It was confusing. She knew it clearly that he apologized because he, too, just r ealized that they were wrong but on the other hand, she felt disappointed. When he kissed her, she felt hot inside, her heart throbbed madly, and she wanted to be with him. End of Flashback Suddenly, she cried because she just realized she loved him. She sat on the floo r and touched the floor with both of her hands. She closed her eyes and deeply t hought, Akira A gush of wind came and surrounded her and right below her feet, a Sakura symbol created. She opened her eyes and a transparent mirror came out within the Sakur a symbol. She touched the mirror with her hands and the mirror slowly showed a r eflection of a boy with the same hair color like hers. The boy opened his eyes, revealed a pair of sapphire eyes. Smiling gently at the girl, he began to ask, "Mikan, why you are crying?" "Akira, I know this is an act, I know I shouldn't feel this way. Without me real izing it, I am already in love with him so much. I love him, Akira. I don't know what I should do now." Her tears kept falling. She closed her eyes tightly as she laid her forehead on the mirror. Akira done the same thing, acting as her reflection. "Please don't cry, Mikan. I f you are sad, I will be sad. You can try to tell him how you feel about him. Lo ving someone is not a crime." "Thank you, Akira. Now I feel better." She wiped her tears and smiled at Akira. He smiled back at her. "Your happiness is my happiness, too, Mikan." "I will tell him how I feel about him, thank you for being with me." Akira closed his eyes. "Just call me when you need me, Mikan." Slowly everything went back to normal again. Smiling, she walked out from her ro om and went to her neighbor's room. . If only you and I are not a prince and princess he thought, frustrated. He startl ed for a while after he heard someone knock on his door. He walked towards the d oor lazily. "What do you want?" he snapped after he opened the door. He looked at who came t o visit him and shock came over him. Mikan "I'm sorry, I think I will come back other time," she said and when she was abou t to turn around, he grabbed her wrist immediately. "You don't have to," he said and dragged her into his room. Sitting on one of hi s couches, he asked, "Why did you come here?" "I-I I have something to ask you, no, it's not, not to ask you but to tell you," she stuttered. He frowned. "What?" "Iamfallinginlovewithyou," she blurted, and he went silent. He looked at her, deep red colored her face. Did she say she's falling in love w ith me? "What did you say just now?" He wanted to make sure that he heard it right. She looked at him and quietly said, "I-I I'm falling in love with you, Natsume." "I-I just want to let you know this" she continued before standing up to leave. Just when she was about to open the door, he shut the door. He didn't know what he should do. Silence engulfed both of them. He sighed quietly and slowly embraced her from behind. I'm falling in love with you, too, Mikan. "Natsume" "I told you just now, didn't I? This is not an act," he reminded her, but she pr otested, "But you said you were joking about it." "I'm sorry," he whispered into her ear and hugged her tightly. "I love you, too,

Mikan." She turned around and hugged him while crying. He wiped away her tears. "Please don't cry, Mikan." "I-I feel so happy, Natsume. I thought you would never love me back." He cupped her chin and gave her a gentle kiss. He carried her bridal style to hi s bedroom, laid her down on his bed and continued comfort her by hugging her ten derly. Planting a kiss on her forehead, she slowly fell asleep. He, too, fell as leep with his arms wrapped securely around her waist. Both of them slept with a small smile on their faces. . . . She felt someone was hugging her. Slowly, she opened her eyes and saw the sleepi ng face of the prince that she loved. Natsume looks so peaceful when he sleeps, not like his usual stoic face. She gasped when she saw him opened his eyes. Their eyes met, and she blushed red . It was really embarrassing. She never slept together with a boy before except for Akira. "What are you looking at, little girl." "Nothing!" She then saw his smile. She stared at him. This is the first time I saw Natsume actually smiled! "What?" "You smiled!" He denied, "No I don't." She teased him. "Come on Natsume, I know you were smiling just now although it w as only for a few seconds." "I'm not." She laughed. "Don't be shy, Natsume. You should try to smile more often." "No, I will only smile for you, my princess," he whispered. She blushed. He kissed her forehead and got up from the bed. "Just wait for me here until I'm finish bathing." "Roger that," she replied with a smile. He left to the bathroom. She got up from the bed and opened the window. She inhaled the fresh air and the n saw a beautiful red bird coming her way. When the bird reached the window, she saw a letter attached to the bird. She took the letter while the bird flew away . Curious, she opened the letter, which has a red phoenix sealed on it. Natsume, We received your good news. We were glad to know you already made the princess o f Sakura Kingdom as your girlfriend. Don't let her go, so the Sakura Kingdom wil l agree to become our ally, the Hyuuga Kingdom. We will look forward to your fur ther news, son. Your mother, Kaoru . When he finished his bath, he looked around the room and saw no one. Where has t he little girl went to? He then heard someone knocked the door. He opened the door and saw Ruka with his pale face. He looked as though he had been running to his room. "What is it, Ru ka?" "The bird, the bird flew away from me when I was about to take the letter. I cam e here to check if the bird is coming here or not since the bird know where your room is," Ruka blurted out. He sighed and went in to his room again. He went horror-struck when he saw the l etter on the floor was already flipped open and slightly crumpled. He quickly gr abbed the letter and read it. "Natsume?" Ruka asked. Before running out of his room, Natsume muttered, "Mikan." Ruka, who heard what Natsume said before, went to meet Hotaru at the classroom. .

Ruka was lucky that there was no one in the classroom. "Hotaru pant we need pant to help Natsume," Ruka said as he panting hard. "Why must I?" Hotaru asked, uninterested. Ruka dragged her away from the classroom while explaining, "Today, the queen sen t a letter to Natsume. I don't know what happened between Natsume and Mikan whic h made Mikan end up in Natsume's room. Mikan read the letter and now Natsume is looking for her." "That baka," Hotaru muttered. Both ran out from the school building to look for Mikan and ended up meeting Nat sume. "Have you found her?" Hotaru asked coldly. Natsume shook his head. "This is your fault, Hyuuga," Hotaru said again. Natsume glanced away. "You don't have to remind me." The group thought hard on where Mikan would go to and at the same time, they the n realized a fact in chagrin. Northern Forest! . They finally found her. Mikan stood alone in the middle of the forest with her b angs that covered her eyes. They stared at her while Natsume walked towards her. "Mikan, please Give me a chance to explain everything. I" "Can I ask you something, Natsume?" Without waiting his answer, she continued, " Did you approach me because you knew I was Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakura Kingdom?" Please, Natsume, say you didn't know I was Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakura Kingdom Say it was a coincidence! Mikan thought hopefully. After a moment of silence, he finally replied, "I approached you because I knew you were Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakura Kingdom. I have been asked to make you fall in love with me so that the Sakura Kingdom will agree to join us, the Hyuuga Kingdom." Mikan's eyes widened, and she started to step backward. Natsume quickly said, "But listen to me, Mikan. The feeling I have" "Stop! That's enough! I don't want to hear it! Don't hurt me anymore!" Mikan exc laimed as she cried. Covering her ears, she repeatedly said, "I've had enough, I 've had enough" "Mikan Please listen to me" Natsume pleaded desperately. Mikan stopped convincing herself and looked at Natsume before exclaiming, "I've had enough!" The ground started to shake like an earthquake, and Hotaru tried to approach her , "Mikan Please calm down." Hotaru tried to calm her down, but it too late because Mikna couldn't hear anyon e's voice anymore with the barrier she made. "This is bad. We need calm her down," Hotaru said, and the two young boys looked at her, confused and curious. "What do you mean Imai?" Natsume asked as they were trying to stand upright beca use of the unstable ground. Mikan sat on the ground as she covered her ears. Hotaru began, "If we can't calm her down, he" She didn't finish her sentence because Mikan suddenly exclaimed, "Akiraaa!" Akira? Natsume and Ruka thought curiously. The wind started to surround Mikan, and Hotaru muttered, "He's coming" Three of them watched a Sakura symbol created on the ground where Mikan stood an d a transparent mirror slowly appeared before her. She touched the mirror with b oth of hands and all elements surrounded her together with the mirror. After a f ew seconds, the elements started dissolving and revealed a brown-haired boy who was sitting on the ground. The earthquake stopped in instant as everything went back to normal again. The two young boys gasped in disbelief when the brown-hair ed boy stood up and faced the three teenagers. "Who are you? Where's Mikan?" Natsume asked at once when the brown-haired boy lo oked at him.

"Are you really that worried about her, Hyuuga?" the brown-haired boy asked him back, and Natsume flinched a bit. "How did you know my name?" The brown-haired boy smirked and turned to Hotaru. "Ru-chan, can you please take them away from here?" "No problem, but you will need to pay me later," Hotaru replied and dragged the two young boys away from the Northern Forest. Of course, the most struggled one was Natsume. "Imai, let me go. Where do you think you are dragging me to?" Natsume protested as he tried to break free from her special rope that holding him captive. "It's fire proof, Hyuuga. So it is useless to use your Alice on my invention," H otaru stated. When they reached the entrance of the forest, she stopped dragging them but didn 't release the rope. "Who is he?" Natsume asked with his bangs covered his eyes. Silence was his answer. "You must know about this, Imai." Hotaru smiked. "I do know about this, but nothing is free, Hyuuga." "1000," Natsume stated. Ruka's eyes widened because of the amounts. "It's a pleasure to work with you, Hyuuga." Hotaru grinned widely, and after a m oment she informed them, "He's Mikan's twin brother Akira Sakura." Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Akira closed his eyes and opened his right palm. Release. A rotating Sakura symbol appeared on Akira's palm. He opened his eyes and stated , "Seal everything within you." The Sakura symbol grew bigger as it went up to the sky and started creating a ba rrier around Alice Academy. . "What was that?" Ruka asked as he looked up to the sky. A Sakura symbol? Natsume thought curiously. "The seal has been activated," Hotaru said to the boys who looked at her, confus ed. Natsume repeated, "Seal?" "No one will be able to see me except you guys," Akira said as he slowly approac hed the group. "And of course, no one will remember about Mikan when this seal i s still active." Unknown by the group, Akira started charging with his fist and the next thing th at happened was that Akira punched Natsume's left cheek. "What the hell?" Natsume yelled as the edge of his lips bled. Ruka gasped in disbelief, and Hotaru stayed silent. "This is what you get when you make her cry, Hyuuga," Akira stated and walked aw ay from the group. "Imai," Natsume called with his bangs covering his eyes. Hotaru sighed mentally. "Mikan share her existence with Akira." She paused for a while before continuing, "Akira's body was weak since he was bo rn. When they turned five, Akira's health worsened, so Mikan decided to take out Akira's soul before he died. She let Akira live within her, share the same exis tence with her. The seal was activated because no one in this school knows that Mikan has a twin brother. If you want to know when Mikan will be back, you need to talk to Akira. Akira is the only one who can talk to Mikan at this state. End of explanation." With that she walked away from the two young boys. "Natsume" Ruka called as Natsume walked away from him. . "What should I do?" Natsume asked Akira, who had his eyes closed. "Imai said you are the only one who can talk to Mikan right now, so can you please tell her, t he feeling I have for her was real. I was planning to tell her the truth, but sh e already found out about it before I could tell her." "I can't do that," Akira replied as he opened his eyes.

When Natsume was about to ask him why, he continued, "Right now, Mikan is sleepi ng inside me. She refuses to wake up. I can't talk to her not until she's awake. If you really love her then you have to wait for her." . . . "Okay class, we will start the homeroom now," Narumi-sensei said as he began the homeroom. So, everyone really can't remember her, huh? Natsume thought as he looked up at the sky from the class window. The Sakura symbol was still rotating which gave h im a sign, it was still active. . . . "What will we do now?" Hotaru asked as she looked at Akira. He had asked her to follow him to the Northern Forest. "I will try to wake her up, Ru-chan." Akira smiled and sat on the ground. He tou ched the ground as he closed his eyes and deeply thought, Mikan A gush of wind surrounded him as a Sakura symbol appeared on the ground right be neath him. Slowly, a transparent mirror appeared within the symbol and Akira tou ched the mirror. A reflection of sleeping girl who was hugging her knees appeare d before him. "Mikan, can you hear me It's me, Akira. Please wake up" Akira said softly. Slowly, Mikan opened her eyes. "Welcome back my twin sister, have you had enough sleep?" She smiled at him. "Akira Yeah, I've had enough sleep." "How are you feeling?" Without waiting her answer, he continued, "The day before you went to sleep, you heard what Hyuuga told me right? Why don't you try to he ar him out first?" "I don't know what to do, Akira. I love him so much that I feel so much pain ins ide me," Mikan replied as she cried softly. The more you love, the more you hurt Akira thought sadly. He hushed her, "Mikan Re member, I'll always be with you because we share the same existence so you're no t alone. Ru-chan is also here so everything will be alright." "Alright" Mikan agreed hesitantly. Akira smiled and slowly, all elements surrounded Akira together with the mirror. After a few seconds, everything went back to normal, and Mikan appeared. Arigatou, Akira, Mikan thought as she slowly opened her eyes and the seal starte d dissolving. Right after the seal completely wore off, everyone in the school f ainted. . What's happening? Natsume thought because everyone suddenly fainted. "Natsume" Ruka muttered as he looked up at the sky. Natsume's eyes widened when he saw the seal disappeared. Without a second though t, he immediately jumped out of the window and went to Northern Forest. Mikan Please hear me out, Natsume thought as he ran faster to Northern Forest. Wh en he arrived, Hotaru was hugging Mikan. Mikan, who noticed Natsume, broke the hug. Right at the time, Ruka arrived. Hotaru smiled at Mikan and walked away while dragging Ruka. Silence engulfed our couple. It was Natsume, who broke the silence, "Mikan" Slowly, he approached her and when an inch between them, he embraced her and whi spered, "Welcome back." Her eyes widened and hugged him back. "I'm sorry, I should have told you the truth earlier. Trust me, the feeling I ha ve for you is real." She cried softly after she heard him whisper, "I love you." "I love you, too, Natsume" He broke the hug and looked at her. After wiping her tears away, he leaned close r. She closed her eyes when he locked her lips with his. It started with a very gentle kiss as he pulled her closer and wrapped her waist with his hands. She ki ssed him back and wrapped her arms around his neck. He deepened the kiss by expl oring her sweet cavern. The kiss broke slowly, and they stared at each other eye

s. Smiling happily, she hugged him again. . . . Natsume and Mikan became closer than before. Just like the spring season, their love kept blooming. Unknown to them, someone was planning something evil. "Get her when she's alone," the green haired girl commanded, and her comrades no dded. . I have to go back to Natsume, Mikan thought as she walked faster to the classroo m. Today, she would go to Central Town together with Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka, Koko , Yuu, Anna and Nonoko. They would all be meeting at the classroom, and she just came back from the rest room. A few more steps before she reaches the classroom area, three girls suddenly blocked her way. They started surrounding her as the y smiled evilly at her. "New girl, you sure got a lot of nerve till now." "You didn't take our advice to get away from Prince Natsume." "She's a witch so without a doubt, Prince Natsume would fall for her trap." "Get her!" the green-haired girl said. Before Mikan could get away from them, someone already made her lose consciousne ss from behind. . What's that little girl doing, taking so long? Natsume thought. He started getti ng impatient. The mind reader's also not here yet. Hotaru, Ruka, Yuu, Anna and Nonoko already arrived at class, and currently, they were waiting for Koko and Mikan. I have a bad feeling about this, Hotaru thought worriedly. Please come back quic kly, Mikan. Suddenly, the group startled by the sudden bang of the door, and they looked at who came. Before the door was Koko with his pale face, panting hard. It was obvi ous that he had been running to the classroom. "Natsume-san pant Miharu-san is pant in great danger!" He tried to breathe properly. "Sumire-san and her club members got her. I didn't know where they went to." Natsume and the rest were horror-struck and quickly ran out of the classroom and started looking for Mikan. . Slowly, Mikan opened her eyes as she gained consciousness and met so many eyes s taring at her with smirks on their faces. "Looks like you are awake," the green-haired girl said. "P-Princess Sumire, w-why?" Mikan asked and tears started forming in her eyes. "It's simple. I told you to get away from Natsume Ouji but you disobeyed my comm and," Sumire replied. "You think Prince Natsume truly loves you? Ha! Don't make me laugh! Prince Natsume will never love you, not a commoner like you." "That's a lie. We love each other. Our love doesn't have anything to do with our status," Mikan cried. Sumire's anger rose and slapped Mikan. Mikan cried harder while the rest laughed and Sumire tapped her cheek. "I really love that crying face of yours. It makes me happy. Just cry as much as you want, Prince Natsume won't come here because he can't hear your voice. No one's going to help you here." Sumire walked away from Mikan. "Teach her a lesson." The girls surrounded Mikan with sticks on their hands. "W-what are you going to do with me?" Mikan asked, scared. The girls smirked, and one of them replied, "This is what we will do!" They started hitting her with the stick. "No, please don't hurt me!" She tried to run away, but it was useless because on e of the girls has the Speed Alice who could catch her again. "Natsume Natsume " Mikan cried and grey clouds started to fill the sky. "Stupid, Prince Natsume won't come here to save you." One of the girls felt pissed and hit Mikan's leg, so she wouldn't be able to run anymore. Mikan cried harder. The girls laughed and continued torturing her, hit ting her body and head continuously. A few minutes later, Mikan already lay on t he ground with many wounds all over her body and blood everywhere. The fan girls

were also exhausted from hitting her, so they stopped hitting her. "Natsume" Mikan muttered weakly as she tried to stay awake. Slowly, the rain started falling from the sky, crying for the princess. "Ah! This rain hurts me a lot. Girls, break her mask. I would like to see how sh e looks like," Sumire ordered. Two of the fan girls held Mikan's arms and another girl hit her mask hard. The m ask broke into pieces. The one who held Mikan's arms, released her immediately w hich made Mikan fall to the ground again. Their faces become paler each second. "P-Princess Sumire. Her face D-d-doesn't she looks like M-Mikan Sakura, the princ ess of Sakura Kingdom," one of the girls stuttered as she dropped her stick. "I-i-it's impossible! She can't be a princess," Sumire said as she convinced her self. Then, she felt someone's presence from behind. When they turned around, they met murderous crimson eyes, which told them that h e was ready to kill them anytime. "P-Prince Natsume," Sumire stuttered trembling. Too afraid of Natsume's presence, their feet were glued to ground, not moving at all. With the rain still falling, Mikan's blood flowed to every part of the for est. Natsume quickly rushed towards Mikan and held her gently in his arms. Mikan slowly opened her eyes and whispered, "Natsume You came" "Shhh, don't say anything, I'm here," Natsume gushed, and Mikan smiled weakly. " Arigatou." The rain stopped falling in a few seconds. Mikan closed her eyes slowly, and Natsume gasped. "No, please don't leave me, Mi kan." Did Prince Natsume call her Mikan just now? Sumire and the group thought as they went horror-struck. Mikan lost her consciousness, and Natsume repeatedly called her, "Mikan Mikan Mika nnn!" He cried silently as he hugged Mikan carefully. In an instant, a ring of fire wa s created around the fan girls. While they cried in pain, he quickly brought Mik an to the hospital. The news about Mikan was a princess from the Sakura Kingdom spread like wildfire around the school. All students felt ashamed of themselves when they knew the t ruth because all this time they always talked ill about her. . Natsume, Ruka, Hotaru, Koko, Yuu, Anna, Nonoko and Youichi waited worriedly for Subaru Imai to begin his report. "Her wounds already healed, we only need to wait for her to wake up and see whet her she's in good condition or not," Subaru informed. Natsume's eyebrows furrowed. "What do you mean by 'in good condition'?" "Princess Mikan has been hit many times on her head. We will need to wait until she's awake then I can give a proper report about her condition." The group went silent as they didn't know what to respond. Natsume held Mikan's hands tightly. Mikan Chapter 6 ________________________________________ Iinchou as the class representative came to visit Mikan with his girlfriend Nono ko. Since Koko knew about Mikan's identity from the beginning, he also came with his girlfriend Anna. As for Ruka, Hotaru and Youichi, they stayed with Mikan si nce early in the morning, and of course, our fire prince always stayed with his princess. While staying with the sleeping princess, one bird came in to the room after another and lining inside the room. The group immediately looked at Ruka, who sweat dropped because he knew everyone suspected he used his Alice. "Ruka," Natsume called, and Ruka sighed. "I didn't use my Alice, okay?" "Why don't you try to ask the birds, Ruka-san?" Iinchou suggested, and the other s nodded in agreement. After few seconds, Ruka gasped in surprise. The group looked at him. "What did they say, Ruka-san?" "T-they came to visit Mikan." The group became amazed as they never thought the birds kept coming to visit Mik

an. Even Nature itself worried about you, Mikan. So please wake up, Natsume thought hopefully, and he felt Mikan's fingers move. The group gasped and made their way closer to the princess. "Mikan, can you hear me?" Natsume asked as the group waited for Mikan to open he r eyes. Slowly, she opened her eyes and weakly replied, "I can hear you Natsume" The group smiled, they felt relieved because the princess was finally awake. Mikan sat up slowly and blinked her eyes a few times. I try to adjust my sight b ut why can't I see anything? What happened to me? Mikan asked herself, but she then realized. I lost my sight "How are you feeling?" Natsume asked because Mikan didn't look at him. Mikan immediately turned to him and smiled. "I'm fine, Natsume." I can only use my hearing right now, I must not make them worry about me. Hotaru felt something was wrong, so she approached her. She looked at her and ga sped. Her eyes! "Mikan, do you know how many people are in this room?" Hotaru suddenly asked, an d the group became confused. "What are you talking about, Imai?" Natsume snapped. Hotaru glared at him before asking again, "Answer me, Mikan. Do you know how man y people are in this room?" What should I say? Mikan thought as she tightly clutched the blanket that covere d her lower body. The group waited for an answer from her mouth, but they heard nothing. "That fan girls will pay for this," Hotaru said at once. She was pissed and walk ed out of the room. Mikan's eyes widened and quickly replied, "No! Please, don't do that Hotaru!" Mikan quickly got up from the bed, but since she couldn't see anything, she bump ed Anna in the process as she tried to look for the door. The group gasped in horror because now they understood, why Hotaru asked that ki nd of question. Natsume's anger rose and immediately grabbed Mikan's shoulders as he looked at h er. "Why? Why do you still cover for them when they've already hurt you like thi s?" Mikan smiled. "Natsume Please understand, I don't want anyone to be hurt because of me." The group looked down sadly, and after a few minutes, Subaru Imai came. "Please let me check your eyes, Princess Mikan." After Subaru checked Mikan's eyes, he started scribbling something on his notepa d. He then looked at the group. "This is the effect from the hit I mentioned the other day, Princess Mikan lost her sight." The group stayed silent as this was a nightmare for them. "But don't worry, this is not permanent. Princess Mikan will gain her sight by i tself, but it will take time." The group felt a bit relieved because Mikan still had a chance to heal her eyes. I thought she will lose her memories because of the hit, Subaru thought but then he smiled to himself. The daughter of god, huh? *Please refer to chapter 1 if you don't understand about the daughter of god par t. The news about Mikan losing her sight spread quickly around the school. Sumire a nd her comrades didn't dare to step out of the classroom while students were sti ll around. It was because many curses and insults would be thrown at them, just like the ones they wrote when they broke into Mikan's room. . "Enter," Izumi Sakura, the king of Sakura Kingdom answered the knock on his door . Appeared before the door was Serio. "Father, Mikan's identity has been found out by other students. She was tortured by five girls, and she lost her sight tempo rarily as a result." Izumi stopped signing the documents. He looked at Serio. "Who's the leader?"

"The princess of Shouda Kingdom." Shouda Kingdom Izumi thought for a while before continuing his work. "Send them a letter about this and after you get the reply from them, you know what you shou ld do." . . . In the early morning, Sakura Kingdom got a reply from Shouda Kingdom, and with t hat Serio immediately went to Gakuen Alice with his troops. . "Your Majesty, we received news from the agent," one of the king's personal guar ds reported to Ioran Hyuuga, the king of Hyuuga Kingdom. Ioran looked at the guard. "Continue." "The princess of Shouda Kingdom harmed Princess Mikan which revealed her identit y to other students. The Prince Serio already left to Alice Academy this morning ." After few seconds, Ioran ordered, "I want to visit the Sakura Kingdom in an hour ." "As you wish, Your Majesty." The guard nodded before dismissing himself. Ioran made his way to his room. You are still protective as always, Izumi. . Carrying Mikan bridal style, Natsume went to the canteen together with Ruka and Hotaru. "I can walk by myself, Natsume," Mikan said blushing. Even though she couldn't s ee anything, she could feel it. People were staring at them. "No," Natsume stated shortly. Mikan smiled as she felt safe when he was around. The group sat on their table, and after few minutes Natsume brought the lunch fo r Mikan. "Want me to feed you?" Natsume asked playfully. Mikan blushed and exclaimed, "No, you don't have to! I can" "What is it little girl?" Natsume asked, confused because Mikan suddenly stopped her sentence. A very dark cloud came towards Alice Academy, and Mikan started trembling. The d ark clouds engulfed the academy and loud sounds could be heard from the school g rounds. The sounds were like a hundred soldiers marching in to the Alice Academy . Hotaru sighed mentally. Looks like they are coming for you, Mikan. What was that? Natsume thought as he looked up at the sky which was already cove red by the dark cloud. Mikan suddenly grabbed Natsume's hands. "Natsume, take me to the classroom now." "What are you talking about?" Natsume replied curiously. Mikan begged, "Please, take me to the classroom now." Hotaru added, "Just do it, Hyuuga. You will know soon why you have to." Natsume grunted and carried Mikan out from the canteen. People started gossiping about the dark cloud that suddenly came to Alice Academ y. . The students were startled together with Narumi-sensei, who was in the middle of teaching by the loud bang of the door. A few guards came in to the classroom, m aking the class confused. A man in black suit and white mask stepped into the cl assroom. The class went rigid as they were aware that the person in front of the m was dangerous. The white-masked man gave a letter to Narumi-sensei. After Naru mi-sensei read it, he quickly bowed at the man. Then, the white-masked man scann ed the room and spotted a green-haired girl. He walked towards her slowly. "Sumire Shouda, the princess of Shouda Kingdom," he confirmed as he stood in fro nt of Sumire. Sumire replied, stuttering, "H-hai." "I'm Serio Sakura, the prince of Sakura Kingdom," he introduced himself, and the class gasped. Serio gave her a letter. After Sumire read it, she started crying quietly.

Serio began, "As what you have read, we, the Sakura Kingdom have been given perm ission to punish you for your actions against Mikan Sakura, the princess of Saku ra Kingdom." "Or should I say, my little sister," Serio added shortly. Everyone quickly walked away from Serio and left Sumire alone as no one dared to get close to them. They quietly watched what would happen from the corner of th e classroom. Serio grabbed Sumire's hands and pulled her closer at him. "Do you know how much you need to pay for what you did?" This is what you get when you mess with the princess from the most powerful king dom, everyone thought in horror. Sumire cried, frightened by Serio. Serio smirked. "Shall I tell you? You will pay it with your life." Sumire cried harder and the black mark started appearing from her body. "Serio-nii-sama!" "Princess Mikan," the guards greeted in unison. The class including Serio turned to look at Mikan as Natsume led her down. Serio let Sumire's hands go as he approached Mikan. When he looked at her empty eyes, he thought, It's my fault for letting you come here. Mikan began, "Serio-nii-sama, ple" "You must be Natsume Hyuuga, the prince of Hyuuga Kingdom. Looks like you've bee n taking care of my little sister for a while," Serio stated as he stared at Nat sume. "But, you failed to protect her. I will talk to the king of Hyuuga Kingdom later. As for now, I only need to take care of a princess from Shouda Kingdom." In an instant, Serio already stood in front of Sumire again. Mikan knew perfectly, her big brother would use his mark again. So, with her ins tinct, she ran towards him and kneeled down while clutching his black suit. "Ple ase, Serio-nii-sama, don't hurt her, she's my friend." The class gasped in disbelief. They never thought Mikan would think of Sumire as her friend when Sumire had already hurt her a lot until she lost her sight. Sum ire's comrades looked down. They felt ashamed of themselves for hurting her. "Little sister, whether she's your friend or not, the one who's guilty has to be punished. It's written in every law," Serio stated. "No, please understand, I don't want anyone hurt because of me. Please, Serio-ni i-sama, don't hurt her." Princess Mikan is truly a kind princess, the class thought as they looked at Mik an. "As you wish then," Serio agreed. Mikan smiled gratefully. "Since your identity has been found out, the deal is ended here." Natsume's eyes widened, he had totally forgotten about it. Mikan would have to g o back to her kingdom since other students found out about her identity. He look ed at Serio. "Don't take her away from me." The class stared at Natsume in disbelief. Prince Natsume really loves Princess M ikan "Do you know what you just said, young prince?" Serio smirked, and Natsume repli ed without hesitation, "Yes, I know perfectly." Serio looked at Natsume with interest in his eyes before looking at Mikan. "I wa nt to talk to the school principal now." "I will lead the way for you, Prince Serio," Narumi-sensei said at once, and Ser io continued, "Prepare yourself, little sister." Serio walked out from the classroom but when he passed by Natsume, he stated, "I will see what you will do about this, young prince." The tension in the class went down when all the guards went out from the classro om. Other students from other classes kept coming to see what happened. Of cours e, they had already learned that Mikan was a princess. What really surprised the m was that 'a few' guards from Sakura Kingdom came to Alice Academy together wit h the prince Serio Sakura. Because of the fuss from the students, Misaki-sensei arrived. "The black mark is still appearing on Princess Sumire's body," one of Sumire's c

omrades cried. "What should we do about this, sensei?" another student asked Misaki-sensei beca use Sumire seemed so tired and started losing consciousness. "Sumire-san, please hold on. We will get you to the hospital now," Misaki-sensei said as he carried Sumire. "No, it's useless!" Mikan suddenly exclaimed. No one can heal Serio-nii-sama's m ark. Chapter 7 ________________________________________ Everyone in the classroom was confused on why Mikan said it was useless to help Sumire. "The mark, the mark of the death from Serio-nii-sama can't be healed by Healing Alice," Mikan informed. The class gasped in horror because this was the first time they heard about 'the mark of the death.' "Please Please let me heal her. I'm the only one who can heal her," Mikan request ed. The class became curious, on what she would do to heal Sumire when she couldn't even heal her own sight. Furthermore, Sumire was the one who made her lose her s ight. "Mikan, don't tell me you're going to use that again?" Hotaru hinted, and Mikan nodded. "Hai." Misaki-sensei, Ruka and Natsume understood what Hotaru and Mikan were talking ab out now. But of course, the class was still confused. "Mikan-san, what can we do to help you?" Iinchou asked, and Anna prompted, "Yeah , just tell us what we can do to help you." "She needs more space to perform the healing," Koko replied them. "That's right." Mikan nodded and smiled. "You read my mind again, Koko-kun." Koko smiled nervously. "Sorry." When the preparation was complete, Hotaru said, "It's ready." "Arigatou, everyone." Mikan smiled. Everyone smiled in reply even though Mikan couldn't see it. They started wonderi ng, What will happen next? Mikan closed her eyes and started humming a very beautiful song. Everyone in the class was awed because of her beautiful voice, another gasp escaped from their lips when they saw fairies from every element appear and surround her. She slowl y lifted up to the air with the Sakura petal started wrapping her body. The grou p immediately put on their sunglasses, and everyone sweat dropped in disbelief. *The group is Misaki-sensei, Hotaru, Ruka and Natsume. This feels like when Mikan called Kalieda out, Hotaru thought playfully. Right after Mikan's body was wrapped completely with the Sakura petal, a piercin g bright light emitted from it. Everyone had to cover their eyes with their hand s because it was too bright for them to see, except the group. It's not fair! everyone thought as they realized why the group wore sunglasses. The light began to dim, and everyone gasped, except for the group. Standing righ t in front of them was Mikan, clad in a long, light pink gown with no fabric on her back and shoulders. A small ribbon was tied on her neck, and her gown was pr inted with a Sakura at the right side. No matter how many times I look at you, you still look like a goddess, Natsume t hought as he looked at Mikan. Princess Mikan looks more like a goddess than a princess, everyone admired in un ison. Mikan clapped her hands and stated, "I, Mikan Sakura, the princess of Sakura Kin gdom command you as your mistress, show your true form before me, Brigide, the H igh One." A magic circle formed on the floor with four element symbols on it. A pair of wh ite wings sprouted within the magic circle and a very beautiful goddess appeared . Brigide slowly opened her eyes as her wings disappeared. Standing inside the m agic circle, she bowed humbly at Mikan. "What can I do for you, Princess Mikan?" "Brigide-san, I need your help to heal my friend here from Serio-nii-sama's mark

," Mikan requested. Brigide looked at Sumire and looked back at Mikan again. She bowed at Mikan agai n. "My deepest apologies, Princess. She was the one who made you lose your sight . Instead of healing her, I prefer to heal you." The class gasped in disbelief because they couldn't believe that Mikan chose to heal Sumire instead of herself. "Brigide-san, I'm not in pain, so I'm alright. But my friend here, she will die if I don't remove the mark within a day. Please, Brigide-san." "As you wish then." Brigide sighed, and Mikan smiled. "Arigatou." Mikan closed her eyes together with Brigide, both of them started humming a diff erent song. The magic circles grew around Sumire and surrounded her. Slowly, the black mark disappeared. As Mikan and Brigide finished singing their song, Sumir e was healed completely from the mark. Brigide began, "Princess, about" "I'm alright, Brigide-san," Mikan said at once. Brigide sighed before closing her eyes. "Just call me when you need me, Princess ." Slowly, Brigide dissolved together with the wind, and Mikan's gown gradually cha nged back to her own clothes. She opened her eyes even though she couldn't see a nything. All the fairies appeared before Mikan. "Arigatou, everyone." Mikan smiled. Before they started dissolving, the fairies replied, "You're welcome, Princess." Everyone looked at Mikan. Amazing Right after the fairies completely dissolved, Mikan felt weak on her knees. Nats ume, who saw this, caught her in on time before she falls to the floor, and ever yone gasped in surprise. "I'm alright." Mikan smiled weakly and fainted afterwards. You are not alright, Mikan, Natsume thought as he brought her back to the hospit al. . "She's just tired. Just let her rest in here then she will be alright. I will in form this to Serio Ouji so they can postpone their departure tomorrow," Subaru s tated. The group sighed in relief. When Subaru was about to leave, Hotaru stopped him. "Arigatou, Subaru-nii." Subaru smiled in reply and continued his way out of the room. Everyone felt sad now because tomorrow they couldn't see their favorite princess anymore. . "Your Majesty, the king of Hyuuga Kingdom came to visit you," one of the guards reported. Izumi stopped his work. "Granted." The guards bowed at him and walked away. After few minutes, Ioran came in and greeted him with a smile. "It's been a whil e, Izumi." "Yeah, it's been a while," Izumi replied sarcastically. Looks like you are still angry at me. Ioran sighed. "Izumi, can you forgive me?" Izumi glared him. "Forgive you? You knew perfectly well that I despised wars the most. Do you remember what you did seven years ago? You joined other kingdoms t o attack Imai Kingdom!" "Please, let me explain this misunderstanding, Izumi," Ioran began, but Izumi lo oked away. Still, Ioran continued, "I'm also a victim. I didn't know a thing about attackin g Imai Kingdom seven years ago. I just found out about it when you broke our fri endship. Well, I don't expect you will believe me like that, but I still hope yo u could forgive me because I'm also wrong in this case." After a moment, Izumi sighed. "Tell me your purpose for coming here." Finally. Ioran smiled. "It's about our children, about Natsume and Mikan." "What about them?" Izumi asked again even though he knew perfectly what Ioran ta

lking about. "Can you please let them be together until they graduate? About her safety, just leave it to me. I will send my people to guard her so no harm will come to her. " "Evil father," Izumi muttered quietly. Ioran smiled. "Well, I already acted as an evil father so that Natsume will take care of Mikan since she joined Gakuen Alice months ago." Everyday Kaoru is alwa ys mad at me because I used her name when I sent a letter to Natsume. Ioran began again, "And about what happened to Mikan, I'm really sorry. I alread y sent a letter to Shouda Kingdom which stated that we don't want to have anythi ng to do with them anymore. So, will you grant my wish, Your Majesty?" Izumi smiled. "Yeah, I will grant your wish. After all, this year will be the la st time for her to get out of the castle." "Still protective as always, huh?" Ioran smiled before they started their reunio n. . "Reo-sama, everything is ready," one of his people reported. "Good, we will give the academy a surprise tomorrow." Reo smirked evilly, and hi s people nodded. . "Prince Serio, Princess Mikan is still tired, so I would like to suggest you to postpone your departure tomorrow," Subaru informed. Serio looked at him. "Fine with me, I want to see her now." "Show the way for Serio Ouji to Mikan Hime's room," Subaru ordered one of the nu rses. When Serio came into the room, everyone left him alone with Mikan. Serio approac hed his little sister and looked at her sleeping face. "Little sister" This is the only thing I can do for you, Mikan, Serio thought and took out a whi te stone. Flashback "Heal Mikan's eyes with the white stone," his father said. Serio nodded and took the white stone without question. "Stay two or three days at Gakuen Alice and leave a few guards with her when you leave. I don't want to hear same accident happen to Mikan again." "Understood." "That's all. Yuka wishes to see you, you can visit her now." Serio nodded and made his way to his mother's palace. "Okaa-san," he called her mother right after he arrived at his mother's palace. Yuka smiled. "Serio How's your day?" Serio smiled. "Everything's fine, Okaa-san" Yuka smiled in return before dismissing all her maids from her room. They went to the dining room. Yuka walked to her desk and came back after a few seconds. "Please take care of Mikan for a few days, Serio. Okaa-san had a dream last night, there will be an a ttack from the Anti-Alice, but Okaa-san doesn't know the exact time so be cautio us." "Don't worry, I will," he assured his mother. Yuka hugged his son, and he hugged her back. After they broke the hug, Yuka continued, "Please give this letter to Mikan. One for her and the other for Akira, please tell them that Okaa-san misses them a l ot." End of Flashback Serio started healing Mikan's eyes with the white stone. The white stone's color gradually changed to black. It took a few more seconds before the white stone c ompletely became a black stone. This presence Serio-nii-sama's, Mikan thought and slowly opened her eyes. My sigh t is healed "Little sister," Serio called softly. Mikan looked at him and smiled. "Serio-nii-sama" She saw the black stone and looked at her big brother again. "Arigatou."

"It's a gift from father," Serio stated. Mikan looked at him and began, "Serio-nii-sama I" "You will stay here, but I will leave a few guards with you," Serio said at once . Mikan smiled. "Will you stay here for few more days before going back, Serio-nii -sama?" "For three days, I guess. Father asked me to stay with you for a while," Serio i nformed. Mikan smile brightly and hugged him. "Arigatou! It's good to have you here, Seri o-nii-sama." Serio smiled and hugged her back. "About what happened I'm sorry, I made everyone in the castle worry about me." "Don't worry about it," Serio assured, and Mikan broke the hug. Serio handed two letters to Mikan. "For you and Akira." Mikan smiled as she took the brown envelope and left the blue envelope on her la p. She opened the letter. Okaa-san still differentiates the letter with our eyes ' color Dear, How's your day? Okaa-san misses you a lot. Of course, not only you but Akira als o since both of you are my twin children. Okaa-san heard something from the wind about you and the prince from Hyuuga Kingdom. My sweet daughter is a big girl n ow. Okaa-san felt happy about it. Well, about what happened recently please don't worry about it, just enjoy your day in Gakuen Alice. Please take good care of y ourself and don't forget, Okaa-san loves you. Your mother, Yuka Mikan held the letter to her chest and smiled. I love you, too, Okaa-san "You have to sleep now," Serio said, and Mikan nodded. "Hai Good night, Serio-nii -sama." "Night, Mikan," Serio replied as he watched Mikan went to sleep slowly. Chapter 8 ________________________________________ "Mikan-chan, your sight is healed!" Anna chirped happily. Mikan smiled. "Yes. Thanks to Serio-nii-sama." The group froze as they were still afraid of Serio since yesterday. Mikan was oblivious about it. "Hotaru-chan, where" "School grounds, he got visitors that arrived this morning," Hotaru said. "Visitors?" Mikan confused, and Ruka added, "The visitors were the guards from H yuuga Kingdom." Guards from Hyuuga Kingdom? Did something happen to Natsume's kingdom? Mikan tho ught as she tapped her chin. . "So, father sent you to guard Mikan?" Natsume confirmed after reading the letter from his father. The leader of the guards replied, "Yes, Prince Natsume." The news about Mikan being harmed by my stupid fan girls must have reached Fathe r's ears. Natsume sighed. "You don't have to follow Mikan along the way as I can protect her by myself. But for her safety, all of you will guard her when I'm n ot around. Understood?" "As you command, Prince Natsume," the leader replied and made their way to the h ospital. Natsume didn't follow them because he had to meet someone, but luckily for him, that person already stood not far from him. "Prince Serio, I would like to talk you." Natsume requested as he approached Ser io. Serio looked at him. "Continue." "I want her to stay with me," Natsume stated. Serio closed his eyes. "I don't think it's the right time to talk about that." What is he talking about? Natsume thought furiously, and Serio continued, "We ca n talk about this again when the fight is ended."

 . "You are not allowed to enter Mikan Hime's room. It's an order from Prince Natsu me," the guard said sternly. Sumire and her comrades were trying to meet Mikan, but the guard wouldn't let th em in. Because of too much struggles, the group could hear their pleading voices inside the room. Mikan looked at Hotaru for a moment. Hotaru nodded and walked towards the door. "Let them in," Hotaru said as she opened the door. The guard's eyes widened and when one of them was about to reason, Hotaru contin ued, "Leave everything to me." The guard was unsure, but obeyed her request and let Sumire and her comrades com e inside Mikan's room. Right after they went inside the room, every eye stared a t them as if they were trying to say if-you-try-to-hurt-Mikan-Hime-you-will-have -to-say-your-last-prayer. Sumire and her comrades gulped as they nervously made their way towards Mikan. Sumire nervously began, "Princess Mi" "Mikan is fine. Can I call you Sumire?" Mikan asked with a smile. Sumire felt ashamed of herself and bowed at Mikan together with her comrades. "I 'm sorry." Her 'comrade' started apologizing one by one. Mikan smiled. "Thank you for coming." "I hope we can be friends, Sumire-san," Mikan continued as held Sumire's hands, and Sumire cried. . "What?" Natsume exclaimed after hearing what Serio informed him. "You don't believe me?" "No! I didn't mean that, it's just I can't believe that they will come at this ti me," he replied quickly. "Since you already knew about this, I assume you alread y have a plan about it, Prince Serio." After a moment Serio smirked. "Of course, I do." Natsume looked at him before replying, "I'm in." . Everyone smiled when Sumire and Mikan hugged each other. Then suddenly, the scho ol alarm was heard around the school and their students started panicking. Just when the group was about to rush out of the room, Serio appeared before them. "Serio-nii-sama, what's happening?" Mikan asked worriedly. "AAO," stated Serio. Everyone gasped in horror, and Mikan was confused because she had never heard ab out AAO before. Serio gave Mikan an assured look. "Don't worry, everything will be fine. Call Ak ira." Everyone was confused when they heard Akira's name except for Hotaru and Ruka. Mikan smiled at her older brother and nodded. "Hai." Mikan sat at the center of the room. She touched the floor as she closed her eye s and deeply thought, Akira A gush of wind came and surrounded Mikan. A Sakura symbol was created right bene ath her. She opened her eyes and a transparent mirror appeared within the symbol . She touched the mirror with her hands as the other side slowly showed a reflec tion of a boy with the same hair color like hers but with a pair of sapphire eye s. The class gasped in surprise. "It's your time, Akira," Mikan said with a smile. Akira returned her smile and all elements surrounded Mikan together with the mir ror. In few seconds, everything went back to normal and everyone stared at the f igure that stood in front of them. Akira turned to look at Serio and smiled. "It's been a while, Serio-nii-sama." "Yes, come with me," Serio said at once. Akira nodded in reply, and everyone followed both of them, too. Right after they stepped out from the hospital, a big explosion was heard from the school ground s. After they reached the school grounds, Serio turned to look at Akira. "You know

what you should do." Akira nodded, understood. "Hai, Serio-nii-sama." . "The AAO came to attack us again," Narumi-sensei informed in panic when Jinno-se nsei came out from the Principal's room. "No need to worry, the Sakura Kingdom will take care of them," Jinno-sensei said , and the other teachers waited for him to continue. "Inform all students to go back to their own room and stay there until the next instruction is given," Jinno-sensei finished, and all the teachers went to their respective classes. Narumi-sensei informed the students to go back to their own room but a few of th em from dangerous ability didn't follow Narumi-sensei's instructions to go back to their rooms. They also went to the school grounds to join Serio and Natsume. They had been trained to protect the academy, so they wouldn't run away from the enemy. . Akira stood right between the dormitories and school building. Behind him were S erio, Natsume, Hotaru, Ruka, Iinchou, Koko, Nonoko, Anna and students from dange rous ability. Unknown to them, they would do nothing except watch Akira use his ability. Akira closed his eyes and opened his right palm, Release. A rotating Sakura symbol appeared on Akira's palm. He opened his eyes and stated , "Protect everything within you." The Sakura symbol grew bigger as it went up to the sky and started creating a ba rrier around the dormitories and school buildings. After the barrier was complet ed, Akira drew a Sakura symbol on the ground with his Elemental Alice. He closed his eyes. "The power that sleeps within me, I command you as your master, Akira Sakura, the prince of Sakura Kingdom, wake up from your sleep and come forth to me." The symbol on the ground was divided into four symbols. Each of it started rotat ing and slowly, revealing a pair of wings with their own element. The earth with a pair of stone wings, fire with a pair of fire wings, water with a pair of wat er wings and wind with a pair of white wings. A beautiful goddess was revealed w ithin the wings. Earth Goddess with her light brown robe, Fire Goddess with her red robe, the Water Goddess with her blue robe and Wind Goddess with her white r obe. Everyone admired every Goddess. The goddesses opened their eyes at the same time which revealed their eyes color. Earth Goddess with her hazel eyes, Fire G oddess with her ruby eyes, Water Goddess with her sapphire eyes and lastly, Wind Goddess with her emerald eyes. Standing within their own symbol, the goddesses bowed humbly at Akira in unison. "What we can do for you, Prince Akira." Akira looked at them and commanded, "We are under attack, so I need your help to keep the enemy away from this point. Please don't kill them and bring the leader to me." "As you wish, Prince." Four of them bowed at Akira again and went to their own r espective fight. Earth Goddess made an earthquake, so the enemy wouldn't have a chance to get near the dormitories or school building. Fire Goddess burned the e nemy's clothes as their running away looking for water. Unfortunately for them, when they looking for water, they would meet Water Goddess which would drown the m. Of course, it was only until they fainted because their master Akira Sakura, commanded them not to kill but to keep them away. Wind Goddess also doing the sa me thing, she blew away the enemies with her wind by creating typhoon. It's incredibly amazing! everyone thought as they watched each of goddess' abili ty in awe. In a few minutes, all the enemies were defeated, and they captured th e leader Reo. "What are you? Are you a monster?" Reo yelled at Akira. When the students was about to teach him, Hotaru stopped them. Akira smiled evilly at Reo. "Have you heard about Sakura Kingdom before?" Reo's eyes widened as he stared at Akira in disbelief. Akira smirked. "Yes, I'm Akira Sakura, the prince of Sakura Kingdom who happened to be attending this academy."

"I dare you to step into this academy again or you will never see tomorrow again ." Akira glared darkly as a black aura appeared behind him and formed a soul rea per that smiled at Reo. The students went petrified because they were also afraid of the soul reaper. Reo was terrified and quickly ran away with his troops while screaming, "You are a monster!" The tense atmosphere went back to normal again as the students laughed out loud when they saw Reo running away in hurry which made him fall countless times. Aki ra sweat dropped as he didn't mean to scare Reo like that. All goddesses gathered in front of Akira and bowed humbly. "Just call us when yo u need us, Prince." Akira smiled and thanked them. Slowly, they dissolved together with the wind and all students cheered. The enemies were defeated. Akira snapped his finger and t he barrier slowly dissolved. "Mission accomplished, Serio-nii-sama." Akira smiled at his big brother. Serio nodded in satisfaction and walked away from the students. He was pleased w ith the result. Everyone started gathering around Akira and started asking questions. "Where's Princess Mikan?" "Are you Princess Mikan's brother?" "Tell us more about you, Prince Akira." One question after another made Akira sweat dropped, he couldn't answer all ques tions at once. Because of too many questions, he decided to run away from them. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from their sight, and everyone started lo oking for him. . "How long will you stay?" Natsume asked the brown-haired boy who sat beside him. "Maybe for two or three months, why?" Natsume stayed silent. Akira sighed. "Mikan just healed her eyes, Hyuuga. She has to take a rest, and s he also wanted me to have some fun here at Alice Academy." Mikan, he misses you already, Akira thought, informing his inner twin, and he re ceived a reply, I know Are you sure that you want to stay there for two or three months? Akira confirme d. He heard Mikan chuckle. What are you talking about? Of course, I am. Well, looks like someone's going to miss you a lot, Akira thought as he stood up and faced Natsume. "She said, she's going to miss you." Natsume smirked in reply, and Akira walked away from him. Meanie Akira "Well, am I right?" Akira muttered. He heard a sigh. Yes, you are. "Just take your time to rest, Mikan," Akira said. He imagined her nodding with a hum. Good night, Akira Akira smiled to himself as he made his way to the school principal's office. Goo d night, my twin sister Chapter 9 ________________________________________ "Thank you for helping us, Prince Akira," the principal thanked Akira. Akira smiled. "You're welcome." "Narumi-sensei, lead Prince Akira to his room," the principal ordered Narumi-sen sei. Narumi-sensei nodded. "Hai." "See you, Serio-nii-sama," Akira bid, and Serio nodded. When Akira and Narumi-sensei went out from the office, the principal bowed towar d Serio. "Prince Serio, about Princess Mikan's incident, once again, we truly ap ologize about it." "Please keep in mind, no harm will come to my little sister anymore," Serio stat ed at once, and the principal immediately replied, "Understood." .

Akira hummed after looking around his room. "Narumi-sensei" "Hai?" "I don't think I need this room." Narumi-sensei went confused. "Then where are you going to stay?" Akira smiled. "Of course at Mikan's room, we were always together since we were born. I will only stay here for around two or three months so I don't think it's necessary to give me a new room." "If you insist, then it's up to you, Prince Akira," Narumi-sensei agreed as he s miled at Akira and made their way to Mikan's room. When they reached Mikan's roo m, Narumi-sensei left Akira. "Just call us when you need something, Prince Akira ." Akira nodded. "Thank you, sensei." After closing the door, Akira scanned the room and saw a blue envelope at Mikan' s desk. He smiled and took the letter. Akira, How have you been, my sapphire? Okaa-san misses you a lot. Even though both of y ou are twins, you were born before Mikan. Please take care of her and of course take care of yourself, too. Enjoy your day at Gakuen Alice, and don't forget tha t Okaa-san loves both of you. Your mother, Yuka I love you, too, Okaa-san, Akira thought with a smile. . . . "Good morning, class," Narumi-sensei chirped happily, and his students plainly r eplied him, "Morning." "Alright, please pay attention." Narumi-sensei clapped his hands. He sweat dropp ed when the students glared at him. Nonetheless, he began, "All of you must alre ady know what happened yesterday." The class went silent at once and paid their attention to their sensei. "The one who helped us yesterday was Akira Sakura, Princess Mikan's twin brother who will join us today." Akira stepped into the class and faced the class with a smile. The girls admired him with hearts on their eyes and some of them fainted. "My twin sister Mikan Sakura is taking a rest for a while because of a reason th at all of you know," Akira began as he stared coldly at Sumire and her 'comrades ' who went rigid. "For the time being, I will replace her. Nice to meet you." Just when the class was about to greet Akira, they froze instantly because they saw a person that stood before the door which was none other than Serio Sakura. Akira looked at Serio and to Narumi-sensei. After receiving a nod from Narumi-sensei, Akira smiled and left the classroom wi th Serio. . "I will go back to Sakura Kingdom now. Father asked me to leave a few guards wit h Mikan. I know you won't need it, but Mikan will need it later." "Take care of Mikan and yourself," Serio finished while looking at his little br other. Akira nodded his head and handed two letters to his big brother. "Have a safe trip, Serio Nii-sama," Akira bid. With that Serio vanished before his eyes, and he walked back to the class. . "Welcome back, Prince Akira," the girls greeted with hearts in their eyes when h e was arrived. Akira smiled in reply which made the girls fainted. Narumi-sensei started, "Okay, about your partner" "Mikan's partner will be my partner, so you don't have to pick new partner for m e, sensei," Akira said at once. The class quickly looked at our fire caster who still busied himself with readin g his manga. "Whatever," he rasped.

"Then, you will sit next to him also, Prince Akira," informed Narumi-sensei. Akira nodded. Narumi-sensei faced his students. "Free period for all of you, adieu!" After Narumi-sensei walked out from the class, all the girls started gathering a round Akira but in a blink of an eye, he was nowhere to be found. . This place sure is relaxing Akira thought with closed eyes. "Why are you here again?" asked Natsume, who had approached him and sat beside h im. "Is it wrong for me to sit here? This Sakura Tree is not yours, Hyuuga," Akira r eplied with his still closed eyes, and Natsume started reading his manga. "This is the place where you and Mikan spent time together," Akira stated. Natsume worriedly thought, Did he know what I did a few weeks ago? "I know what you did," Akira said as if he had read Natsume's thought. Natsume went silent and stopped reading his manga. "Whatever you do, just don't make her cry, Hyuuga. The one who loves her is not only you." Akira stated and opened his eyes. "Hn," Natsume replied him. I won't make her cry because she's the one I love the most. "Akira," called a violet-eyed girl who suddenly appeared before them. The two boys looked at her. Akira smiled to the girl. "Ru-chan, what is it?" Hotaru only gave him a look 'I-need-to-talk-with-you.' Akira sweat dropped before standing up. "See you around, Hyuuga." . "I am almost done with the research," Hotaru began as she started typing somethi ng on her keyboard. After a few seconds, the floor split into two and a bed cont aining an artificial body which was covered by glass, rose up. Akira looked at the artificial body that really looked exactly like him. "I thou ght you will finish this artificial body after we graduate from this academy." Hotaru looked at him. "Well, is it wrong for me to finish it early?" Akira shook his head and smiled. "Nope, not at all. It's just you are really a gr eat inventor, Ru-chan." "After five years of research, I finally can create one." "When are you going to finish it?" "In one or two month's time, I need to make sure that this artificial body is he althy for you." Akira nodded. "Arigatou, Ru-chan." "You don't have to, it's just payback," Hotaru said as she started typing again and everything went back to normal. I'm not alone. Everyone at Imai Kingdom also worked hard to create a perfect artificial body for you, Akira. "Payback?" asked Akira, confused. Flashback After two years coming to this school, she could finally do her own research and decided to create an artificial body for Akira. What Mikan and the Sakura Kingd om did for their kingdom wouldn't be enough to pay them but at the very least, s he wanted to help Mikan. The princess who helped their kingdom a lot after the w ar and who cried for their kingdom. "Princess Hotaru, are you sure about this idea?" Amanatsu, one of her assistants , asked. "Don't make me repeat myself." Amanatsu looked to the other assistants, and they nodded. She smiled at Hotaru. "We are all in." Students were not allowed to have any contact with their family and friends. But since she was a princess and their kingdom was Sakura Kingdom's ally, she got s pecial treatment. It sounded unfair to other students, but she was really gratef ul for it, so she did research on how to create a perfect artificial body for Ak ira. End of Flashback "Yeah, it's payback," Hotaru repeated as she looked at Akira. For saving our Kin

gdom. Akira shrugged off his confusion and smiled at Hotaru. "Well, thanks for the inf ormation, Ru-chan." "You're welcome," Hotaru replied and continued her work. Akira only left her alone and went back to his or Mikan's room. With the artific ial body, Mikan won't have to share her existence with me. . . . Narumi-sensei began, "Class, I need to inform all of you, the Christmas Ball is coming in two week's time. Please choose which team you want to join and don't f orget to get a partner for the ball." The students started talking to each other and prepared a plan for the ball. Mikan Natsume thought while reading his manga. Of course, he wouldn't say it to t he world that he really missed his brunette. One month without her was like hell for him and he couldn't complain anything about it since Mikan had to take a re st and now, he was going to be alone for Christmas. . . . Flashback "Akira, the artificial body will be finished before the Christmas Ball," Hotaru informed as she thought, 'I can't stand that baka's face, he misses her but won' t say anything.' She knew that Natsume missed Mikan a lot. Of course, she also missed her, so she worked harder so that the artificial body would be completed right before the C hristmas Ball. "I think it's time to tell Mikan about this, I already informed U ncle Izumi. He said, he'll leave everything in my hands." Akira nodded. "Arigatou, Ru-chan." 'I should be the one who is saying that, Akira,' Hotaru thought as she watched A kira's retreating figure and smiled to herself. End of Flashback "Please go back to Sakura Kingdom and give this letter to my father," Akira said as he handed a blue envelope to the head of the guards. "As you wish, Prince Akira," the head of the guards said and within split second s, a very dark cloud came and surrounded them before the guards disappeared from the sight. "Why did you send them back?" Natsume asked with an uninterested tone. Akira smiled. "We are not going to need them anymore." "Please send back your guards to your Kingdom, Natsume." Natsume's eyebrow furrowed as he was curious. "Trust me. We are not going to need them," Akira repeated and walked away, leavi ng the dumbfounded Natsume. What's this guy talking about? Natsume thought and sighed. When will you be back , Mikan? . Akira sat down on the floor before touching it. Closing his eyes, he deeply thou ght, Mikan A gush of wind came and surrounded Akira and a Sakura symbol appeared beneath hi m. Slowly, a mirror appeared within the symbol. He touched the mirror and his tw in sister Mikan appeared within the mirror. "Mikan" Akira called softly. Mikan slowly opened her eyes. "Akira" "Have you had enough sleep, my twin sister?" "Yeah Why are you calling me?" "I have good news for both of us." Without waiting for Mikan's answer, Akira continued, "Hotaru is almost finished with the artificial body, so around Christmas, I will have my own body." "Don't worry, even though we are not sharing the same existence, I will always b e with you," Akira assured when he saw Mikan's sad face. "I know about that." Mikan smiled. "I have a plan." "A plan?" Mikan puzzled. Akira chuckled. "Yeah, a plan. Actually, it's a surprise."

"Surprise for?" "Of course for him. Don't you miss him?" Mikan blushed at once before asking, "How?" "Well, my plan is that both of us will attend the Christmas Ball together." Mikan's eyes widened in surprise. "Christmas Ball?" Akira smiled. "Yep, we will have a Christmas Ball in two week's time so we will attend that ball together." Chapter 10 ________________________________________ "Ready?" Akira asked while looking at his beloved twin sister Mikan. She smiled in reply. "Yep, I'm ready." Akira offered his right hand, and Mikan took it. Together, they left to the ball. . Why am I here? Natsume asked himself and looked at his best friend that was stil l busy chasing Imai because she was taking his pictures again. Flashback "Natsume, are you going to attend the ball?" Akira asked, but he decided to igno re him. He heard Akira sigh and lean on the tree trunk. "You miss her, don't you ?" 'Of course I miss her. I miss her like crazy but I can't do anything about it,' he thought silently. "It's okay to be selfish sometimes, and it's okay for you to say what you want." "I can't do that," he replied with a sigh and heard Akira chuckle. His eyebrows furrowed as he looked at Akira, puzzled. "What's so funny about it?" "So you do miss her," Akira stated proudly. 'I really hate him, he's just like his twin sister,' he thought annoyingly and a sked himself, 'Am I that easy to read?' "Just attend the ball, Natsume. I will try to convince Mikan to attend the ball, " Akira said. "Hn," he grunted and glanced away from him. End of Flashback "Prince Natsume, can you please dance with me?" a girl asked shyly, but Natsume glared at the girl which made the girl ran away, crying. Stupid girl, Natsume thought before he felt someone tap his shoulder. It was non e other than Akira. "Yo! Looks like you are in a bad mood." Natsume looked away from him. "Whatever." So Mikan isn't coming, huh? Akira walked away from him while grinning. After few minutes, everyone in the hall went silent. Natsume was puzzled because of it. He then turned to look what was happening and gaped in surprise to see his brunette standing beside Akira, smiling at him. "Princess Mikan!" the fan boys cried with joy. Natsume stood still. Am I dreaming? The Sakura's twin approached the prince who was still dumbfounded. Mikan smiled. "Merry Christmas, Natsume." Because of the silence, Akira nudged Natsume which made him snap back to reality . "Don't tell me you're going to ignore my beloved twin sister, Natsume," Akira st ated. Natsume smirked and looked at Mikan. Without a second thought, he wrapped his ar ms at the brunette's waist and whispered, "Welcome back, Mikan." Mikan smiled and whispered back, "I'm back, Natsume." It's good to have you here, Mikan, Natsume thought before inviting Mikan to danc e. The fan girls and fan boys stared at them with jealousy, but when they saw the p rince and the princess dancing happily, they couldn't help but happy for them. . "How?" Natsume asked at once when they reached Sakura Tree. Mikan smiled. "Thanks to Hotaru-chan, who helped us. She created an artificial b

ody for Akira. So, Akira has his own body now." He stayed still before leaning closer to look at her eyes. She blushed instantly because their faces that was an inch away. He embraced her tightly but without hurting her. She hugged him in return and when they broke the hug, he leaned dow n, and she closed her eyes. He kissed her lips gently. She parted her lips when he brushed his tongue at her lips. They played and fought each other's tongue wi th passion and love. Because of the heat, they could barely breathe, so they bro ke the kiss to catch some air. They looked at each other's eyes and smiled at ea ch other. . . . Time passed by so quickly as their graduation was coming in two weeks' time. Eve n though Akira already has his own body, he stayed at Mikan's room since Mikan's special star room was big enough for both of them to stay together. For Mikan's safety, Akira had been staying with her during the night since he already sent the guards back to the Sakura Kingdom. At first, Natsume disapproved the idea, b ut he couldn't do anything about it since Akira was Mikan's twin brother. After he thought about Mikan's safety, he decided to agree with the idea. . . . "What are you going to do after the graduation, Natsume?" Mikan asked softly as she closed her eyes. Natsume still had his eyes closed. He was lying down with her lap as his pillow. She felt sad. In two weeks' time, she had to go back to her Kingdom because the deal she made with the king or her father. "I will talk to my father," he muttered quietly. She opened her eyes and looked down at her prince before smiling. She didn't kno w what her prince was planning, but she trusted him with everything. She knew th at they would meet again, one day. . . . The graduation ceremony went smoothly. Everyone hugged each other as they starte d saying their goodbyes to each other. "Congratulations on your graduation, Princess Mikan," Narumi-sensei congratulate d Mikan. Mikan, who was standing between Akira and Natsume, smiled. "Arigatou, Narumi-sen sei." Natsume looked away from his homeroom teacher with his hands in his pocket. "Arigatou for everything, Narumi-sensei," Akira thanked him with a smile. "No, it's a pleasure for us to have you here, Prince Akira," Narumi-sensei said with smile on his face. Moments later, a dark cloud came towards them and stopped right in front of Mika n. In count of seconds, Serio Sakura with a few guards from Sakura Kingdom appea red before them. "Serio-nii-sama!" Mikan chirped happily as she ran towards him and hugged him. "Congratulations on your graduation," Persona stated monotonously while returnin g her younger sister's hug. He glanced at Akira and Hotaru, congratulating them without words. "Arigatou, Serio-nii-sama," Akira and Mikan replied him in unison. Hotaru nodded with a tiny smile. "Arigatou." "It's time," Serio informed, and Mikan's smile faded. "Please wait for a while, Serio-nii-sama." Without waiting for his brother's answer, Mikan ran to her prince and hugged him . She softly whispered, "I will wait for you, Natsume." "I will come for you, Mikan," Natsume whispered back. Mikan broke the hug and gave him a bright smile. She planted a simple kiss on hi s lips before running back towards Hotaru, Akira and Serio. Every teacher gathered to bid their goodbyes, and Mikan bowed at them. "Thank yo u for taking care of me, everyone." The teachers smiled at Mikan in reply. With that the dark cloud surrounded them and disappeared along the wind. I will definitely come for you, Mikan, Natsume vowed inwardly as he looked up at the sky.

 . "Welcome back, Prince Serio, Prince Akira and Princess Mikan," the guards greete d in unison when they arrived at the castle. "I'm back, everyone." Mikan smiled at them. She and Akira walked towards the kin g and the queen who welcomed them with a warm hug. For the rest of the day, the two kingdoms celebrated their prince and princess' graduation. When the celebration was over, Mikan and Akira returned to their pal ace. "Don't be sad, my twin sister," Akira comforted as Mikan cried softly. He hugged her, trying to calm her down. He knew that today his beloved twin sister gave a fake smile to everyone. No one noticed this except for him. He hugged her gentl y. You better keep your promise, Natsume. . . . "Dear, tonight we'll have an important guest. You need to prepare now," Yuka sai d softly after sipping her tea. Mikan looked at her mother. "Important guest?" Yuka only smiled and the next thing that happened was Akira dragged Mikan back t o their palace. When the twins reached their room, Mikan immediately asked, "Why did you do that , Akira?" Akira smiled and ordered one of their maids, "Rin, help Mikan prepare for the di nner tonight." "As you wish, Prince Akira," Rin replied with a low bow. "I also need to prepare now," Akira told himself. Before walking away from Mikan , he turned to Mikan. "See you later." What is he planning? Mikan rubbed her chin curiously. But, she sighed and decide d to leave the thought away. Catching his twin sister's curious face before leaving her, Akira mentally told her, He's coming, Mikan. Flashback "Prince Akira, there's a letter for you," the messenger said as he handed the le tter to him. Akira took the letter and immediately read it. Akira, It's been a year, I'm sorry for taking too long. Just want to inform you, I will visit Sakura Kingdom together with my father and mother next week. Please keep this a secret from Mikan and thanks for before. Natsume 'So you will finally come, huh?' he thought before burning the letter. End of Flashback . Akira held Mikan's hands and whispered, "Please smile a bit, Mikan." Mikan looked at Akira and gave him a small smile. "The king, the queen and the prince of Hyuuga Kingdom have arrived," announced o ne of the guards. Mikan's eyes widened as soon as she heard the name Hyuuga. The door swung open a nd revealed Ioran Hyuuga with Kaoru Hyuuga. Behind them was none other than Nats ume Hyuuga. Natsume's face remained emotionless but gentler than when he was sti ll at Gakuen Alice. "I told you to smile a bit, Mikan," Akira whispered again. "Arigatou, Akira," Mikan whispered back and smiled brightly. She turned to look at Natsume and their eyes met. They looked at each other's eyes until he stood i n front of her. She gave him a smile, and he returned her with a small smile, to o. "It's been a while, Ioran," Izumi greeted. Ioran smiled. "Yeah, glad to see you again, Izumi." "It's been a while, Yuka," Kaoru said as she hugged Yuka. Yuka hugged her back. "It's good to see you again, Kaoru." "Even though you already know him, I still have to introduce my son, Natsume," I oran said, introducing Natsume.

"It's my pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty," Natsume greeted politely. After they introduced each other's children, the two kings started their own con versation accompanied by the two queens, and Akira. As for our couple, they only looked at each other eyes without saying anything. Akira, who knew this, smiled and whispered something to his mother. Yuka smiled before stating, "Boring conversation." The two kings stopped their conversation and darted their eyes to Yuka. Yuka began, "Mikan, can you please invite Natsume-kun to our rose garden. I know both of you doesn't really like to hear elders' conversation since it's really boring." Mikan turned red immediately, and Natsume glanced away to hide his embarrassment . "H-hai," Mikan shuttered out before standing up. She faced Natsume. "Please foll ow me, Prince Natsume." He nodded and followed her. After they left everyone, Akira smiled to himself. Thank you, Natsume. The gloom y face of my twin sister faded away because of you, please take care of her. "I came here not to talk about this boring conversation, Izumi," Ioran began, an d everyone paid their attention to him. "Details please," Izumi replied him even though he knew perfectly what Ioran was going to say. Ioran smiled. "I have come here to build a new relationship with you, through my son Natsume and your daughter Mikan." Chapter 11 ________________________________________ "I missed you, Natsume," Mikan cried in happiness as she hugged him. Natsume broke the hug and wiped her tears away. "Sorry for taking too long." "It's OK." Mikan smiled brightly. "I missed you, too, Mikan," he whispered into her ear. He cupped her chin and le aned down. He lightly brushed his lips with hers. She closed her eyes as he star ted giving her a gentle kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he deepene d the kiss by exploring her wet cavern. They teased each other before fighting f or dominance. In the end, she let him win. The kiss lasted for more than a minut e before they broke apart. The crimson looked into the hazel before they hugged each other again. "Mikan, you must know my purpose for coming here." He broke the hug and held her hands. She tried to avoid his intense gaze, but of course, she failed because he was st aring at her the whole time. "I don't know whether your father will let me have you or not, but I'm sure, he has no problem about it." "H-h-have me?" she stuttered, blushing. "Yes, have you as my fiance, Mikan." "Oh" she mumbled quietly. Sensing her disappointment, he grinned. "Why? You thought we will get married im mediately?" She blushed redder because he was right. He grinned wider. "I didn't know that you are such an impatient little girl." "Stupid Natsume!" She pouted and punched his chest. He caught her hands and gave her another hug. You will always be my princess, Mi kan. She smiled while hugging him. You will always be my prince, Natsume. . "Well, I came here to make an arrangement for our children. I would like to have Mikan as my future daughter-in-law," explained Ioran. "Then?" Izumi stated. Yuka nudged her husband's arms. "Anata, Ioran was talking about their engagement ." Izumi looked at his wife. "I know. I just want to know what you're going to do w ith them before the engagement. We can't ask them directly to get engaged if the

y don't love each other." Everyone smiled, and Ioran shook his head. You're still protective as ever, Izum i. "Hey, don't think of me as a protective father, I just want to make sure Mikan w ill be happy," Izumi snapped and the rest laughed. Right after the laugher ended, Mikan and Natsume were back from the rose garden. Everyone stared at couple. The couple started getting nervous because they beca me the center of attention. Natsume held Mikan's hands tighter and looked at Izumi with determined eyes. "Yo ur" "Uncle is enough, no need to be so formal," Izumi said at once. Natsume nodded and stated, "Uncle Izumi, Mikan and I love each other. We" "That's enough. If the two of you love each then it's fine for both of you to en gage," Izumi said, interrupted him for the second time. Natsume and Mikan smiled. "Then now we need to decide the date for the engagement," prompted Yuka. All of them started deciding when the right date for their children to get engag ed was while our sweet couple smiled at each other. . . . "Ah, Prince Ryusuke. Please don't" Rin couldn't finish her sentence because "Ahhh! Please put the fire out!" she screamed, but the fire went off instantly. "I'm safe" Rin ssighed in relief even though half of her skirt was already burned . "Arigatou, Ryusuki Prince." Rin thanked Ryusuki, who nodded in reply. "Who said you can put the fire out?" Ryusuke exclaimed, but Ryusuki ignored him. "Okaa-san is waiting for us," Ryusuki said as he made his way, and Ryusuke follo wed his twin while grumbling. . "Okaa-san," Ryusuke and Ryusuki called in unison when they saw their mother. Mikan turned to look at the twin boys and hugged them. Ryusuki began, "Okaa-san, Ryusuke" Mikan interrupted him with placing her index finger and smiled. "Rin, please com e here." Rin came out from behind the door with a half burned skirt. "I'm sorry," Mikan apologized, and Rin shook her head and quickly replied, "No, Prince Ryusuki helped me in time, so I'm alright, Mikan-sama." When Mikan swiftly waved her right hand on Rin's burned skirt, the skirt was bac k to normal again. She turned to look at Ryusuke. "Ryusuke, you can't use your f ire to burn Rin's skirt. She is the one who helped Okaa-san to take care of you since you were a baby." Ryusuke slowly glanced at Rin and mumbled, "Sorry." Mikan smiled and stroked Ryusuke's hair. "Let's go then, Otou-san is waiting for us now." . It's been nine years, Natsume thought and when he heard someone knock his door, he said, "Enter." Revealed before the door were two five-year-old boys that were clinging to their mother. As Natsume stood up, one of the boys ran towards him. "Otou-san!" Natsume held the boy in his arms and smiled. "Have you been a good boy today, Ry usuke?" The boy stayed silent before replying, "I'm not." "Glad to hear that," Natsume replied. Mikan coughed, and Natsume looked at her. "Well, he's being honest. Don't you th ink it's a good thing?" When Mikan stared at him, Natsume sweat dropped. "Alright, alright" He turned to his son. "Ryusuke, you need to stop your behavior from burning Rin' s skirt." Ryusuke looked down. "Hai."

"That's my boy," Natsume and faced Mikan. "Are you ready?" "Yes, I'm ready." Mikan nodded a hum. Together, they left the room. . "Nothing has changed," Natsume commented when they arrived at Gakuen Alice, and Mikan nodded in agreement. When they almost reached the school building, Mikan saw a brown-haired man with a pair of sapphire eyes. She ran towards the man. "Akira!" Mikan hugged the man tightly. "I missed you. Thanks for coming." Akira hugged her back and smiled. "I missed you, too, Mikan. And no problem." "Uncle Akira!" Ryusuke exclaimed as he ran towards him. Akira caught the boy with his arms. "Ryusuke, how have you been?" Ryusuke smiled. "I'm fine, Uncle." Akira turned to Ryusuki, who nodded at him in greeting. Akira nodded back. "Ah! Princess Mikan, you finally came," Narumi-sensei chirped as he approached t hem. Mikan smiled. "I'm not a princess anymore, sensei." "Ooops, forgot about that." Narumi-sensei grinned and sweat dropped when he rece ived a death glare from Natsume. He turned to Mikan. "Oh, yes. Mikan, have you c onsidered our request?" Mikan smiled. "Yes. I will accept the request because my twins will be here, too ." Narumi-sensei smiled. "I'm so glad to hear that." "Come on, everyone is already waiting for us," Narumi-sensei gushed, and they we nt to the school hall. . Every student in the hall went silent instantly when a brunette walked up to the stage. The boys drooled at her and the girls admired her. "Stupid students," Natsume growled annoyingly, and Akira chuckled quietly. Natsume really couldn't stand it when a guy drools at his Mikan. Even though she already gave birth to their twins, she was still beautiful like a teenager. "Everyone, please welcome our new teacher," Narumi-sensei began, and the student s gave applause. Mikan walked to the stage and smiled at everyone. "Hello, everyone! My name is M ikan. I will become your new teacher starting tomorrow. Nice to meet you!" Mikan smiled at Natsume, who was standing before the door of the hall, but he lo oked away from her because he always kept his cold image when he was outside of his kingdom. One of the girls looked at who Mikan gave her smile to and gasped in surprise. " Oh My God! It's the King of Hyuuga Kingdom, Natsume Hyuuga!" The rest of the girls looked at Natsume, and they started squealing. "Shit!" Natsume cursed under his breath, but suddenly, the girls went silent whe n they saw Akira. "I-it's Akira Sakura! The Prince of Sakura Kingdom!" one of the girls exclaimed. Akira sweat dropped. Uh-oh Before they could start approaching the two handsome guys, Ryusuke's brown eyes turned crimson and a ring of fire surrounded the four of them. Now, the fan girl s started gossiping with each other and started talking about the twin boys whic h, unknown to them, were princes of Hyuuga Kingdom. Moments later, Ryusuki's bro wn eyes turned sapphire and the flames vanished. Mikan approached them and thanked her oldest son. "Arigatou, Ryusuki." She bended down at Ryusuke and tapped his nose. "Ryusuke, it's dangerous to use your fire inside this building." Ryusuke began, "But, they" Mikan interrupted him by holding up her index finger and smiled at him. Ryusuke sighed in defeat and muttered, "I'm sorry." Mikan smiled at him. "Good boy." She then turned to Natsume and Akira. "Come on, we will go to Central Town to ha ve some fun." Before leaving the hall, she looked at Narumi-sensei. "Narumi-sensei, I will lea

ve the explanation to you." Narumi-sensei smiled and gave her a nod. After that Mikan and the rest walked out of the hall, leaving the confused stude nts. . Akira gazed at his twin. "Mikan, are you sure you about this?" Mikan giggled. "You sound like Natsume." Natsume, who also heard her, flinched. "What was that supposed to mean?" "Nothing, nothing at all." Mikan chuckled before continuing, "I just want to spe nd more time with my twin boys." Akira and Natsume sighed in unison. They looked at each other and thought the sa me thing, Mikan will be always Mikan. "Okaa-san! I want to eat Howalon!" Ryusuke whined. "Okaa-san will buy it for us, you don't have to whine like that," Ryusuki stated . Ryusuke started, "You" "Alright, alright, don't fight with each other," Natsume said, stopping them fro m arguing. He sighed. "Good thing your mother will be here when both of you atte nd this academy." Akira tapped his chin and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it's a good thing." "Well, come on. Let's have some fun!" Mikan exclaimed, and the rest of them smil ed. . All students were confused. They didn't know what was happening. One of the boys rubbed his chin. "Looks like I heard the name of Mikan before." "Stupid, of course you heard it before because she introduced herself just now," one of his friends told him. The boy was about to answer his friend, but Narumi-sensei clapped his hands whic h made all the students give their attention to him. "My dear students, I will explain everything to you now," Narumi-sensei began, a nd the students went to their seats again. Narumi-sensei smiled. "It's true that was Natsume Hyuuga, the king of Hyuuga Kin gdom and Akira Sakura, the prince of Sakura Kingdom. And the twin boys were the princes of Hyuuga Kingdom." The girls gasped as they realized the boy had the Fire Alice, just like his fath er Natsume Hyuuga. Narumi-sensei began again, "All of you must know it by now, Mikan will become th e DA tea" He was stopped by a boy that suddenly stood up from his seat. "I've got it now! But it can't be!" Narumi-sensei smiled. "Well? What's can't be?" "She can't be Mikan Hyuuga, the queen of Hyuuga Kingdom, right!" the boy said in disbelief, and the rest went petrified. "Stupid! It can't be that Mikan, it can't be Mikan Hyuuga, the queen of Hyuuga K ingdom?" a girl said as she tried to convince the others but "Yes. She is Mikan Hyuuga, the queen of Hyuuga Kingdom," Narumi-sensei affirmed. The students went silent at once before screaming, "Whatttttttttttttt!" The teachers sweat dropped. Narumi-sensei smiled as he cunderstood why the students knew nothing about this. Since Mikan graduated from Gakuen Alice, she never came out of the castle anymo re, so no one knew how she looked like. Six years ago, she officially became Nat sume's wife and the new queen for Hyuuga Kingdom. And the following year, she ga ve birth to the twins Ryusuki Hyuuga and Ryusuke Hyuuga. Both of them possessed Fire Alice, Nullification Alice and Stealing Alice, inherited from the king and the queen. WellI'm not finished yet, Narumi-sensei thought and smiled to himself. She's Mika n Sakura, Akira Sakura's twin sister or the princess of Sakura Kingdom. ________________________________________ The End