Title:
My Demon Familiar
Word
Count:
1,762
Rating:
T for mild cursing
Pairings:
NatsumexMikan, and slight RukaxHotaru
Summary: My name is Mikan Sakura. I am 14 years old and currently Alice Academy's number one jinx. One of the reasons why I'm a jinx is because my summoned familiar is none other than Natsume Hyuuga...How lucky of me...
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN the anime. I only own the story
Chapter 5: My mom is so mean!
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It was a matter of life and death for Mikan Sakura. Beads of sweat started to slide down from her face. She was almost at her limit. Forcing herself to make it. And then...
TO ALL STUDENTS, PLEASE PROCEED TO YOUR CLASSROOMS NOW. I REPEAT PLEASE PROCEED TO YOUR CLASSROOMS NOW.
"Well Ms. Sakura, you made it in time today" Jin-jin smirked as he entered the classroom with Mikan breathing heavily.
Mikan was supposed to argue back unfortunately she had no more energy left to spare. She was drained from all that running from her dorm to her classroom.
"Stupid No good Swap Change" Mikan grumbled to herself as she sat in her seat at the back of the class.
Today was Swap Change, meaning the classrooms were to be placed in different places. For example if Mikan's classroom were located near the cafeteria it would now be placed somewhere in the top floor or so.
Mikan always had trouble finding her room whenever it was Swap Change day. It never occurred to her that there was always a pattern in how the school moved the classrooms.
"Stupid Natsume, I told him to wake me up around 10:30" She grumbled. She sighed, Things really don't go my way do they?
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Today in Ateria not only was it swap change day it was also 'Visit the fortune teller who resides in the library every 16th of July' day.
Mikan above everyone else detested this day the most.
"I already know I'm a jinx you know" she thought to herself sourly "You don't have to rub it in, stupid fortune teller."
In Ateria when a person turns the age of 14, he/she gets the chance to visit the famed fortuneteller of Ateria known for her accuracy in foretelling futures also known in girls' world as the best matchmaker in the whole country.
Yes and Mikan Sakura Ateria's number one jinx was meeting the famed fortuneteller today.
"First I was late this afternoon in going to class, next I found out that my dad came to my room last night and ate my puriri (1) and now this...Damn it...Aero hates me so much..." Mikan mumbled to herself angrily as she glared at all the Fleos (2) coming her way.
"You know, you don't need to glare at them to scare them right?" Natsume, Mikan's familiar, scoffed. His black wings protecting him from the intense heat of the afternoon sun.
Mikan glared at Natsume and hissed as she replied bitterly "Of course it's all right for you! You're not a jinx!"
Natsume stared at her as he leaned on a tree and crossed his arms across his chest. "So, I still don't get it"
(a/n: Alice Library is outside near the Alice garden, that's why there are a lot of trees there. Also, it is a requirement to see the fortuneteller)
Mikan's glare intensified. "Fortune tellers are evil people who want to humiliate and ruin people's lives!"
"Huh?"
"They prey on people who are unlucky and have tremendous bad luck like myself!" she stated as she raised her fist into the air angrily.
"I thought you were the only jinx in Ateria?"
"Exactly! I'm being preyed upon by the evil species of fortune tellers. Telling me what will happen next in my life! Telling me that something bad is going to happen today! Dear Aero! Do they not know that I already know that?!"
"You are freaky..." Natsume remarked as he watched his master continuously kicking and punching air.
"I hate them with every vein, blood cell, organ---"
"Ms. Sakura it's your turn to see the fortune teller" Prof. Misaki the alchemy teacher stated.
Mikan turned to him and gave him a cheerful smile. "I'm coming Prof!"
"Be quick about it..." He said as he went inside the library again.
Natsume stared at his master as he sweat dropped.
"---in my whole entire body!" Mikan stated as she finished her cut off sentence. "C'mon Natsume it's time to see the fortune teller, the evil being from the depths of the Riccaphel! (3)"
"Yep she is totally weird" he sighed.
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Mikan walked slowly inside the library with her enigmatic familiar behind her.
The Aterian library. Also known as the bank of books, as the scholars says. It is filled usually with shelves of books and computers and anything else used for researching. However today all books and research materials have been stowed away and all that can be seen are lit candles lining the way to the fortuneteller's base. Pictures of people lined the walls of the library and strange bottles of different materials were scattered on the floor.
"Well it looks neat..." Natsume remarked sarcastically.
Mikan glared at him as she walked faster trying to reach the Fortuneteller's base in a hurry.
"Better make this quick..." she said to herself.
As she came across a silhouette of a person sitting on a chair Mikan suddenly fell into a hole, a big hole.
"Kya! Natsume!" She screamed out as she suddenly dragged down Natsume with her.
"What the hell?!"
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"Ouch..." Mikan stated as she tried to get up but failed miserably. "Natsume..."
Unfortunately for Mikan when she purposely dragged Natsume down the purpose was to make him save her from feeling the pain of hitting the cold hard floor, unfortunately her plan backfired on her. In addition to feeling the pain of feeling the cold hard ground, she has to feel the pain of being squished by her familiar.
Natsume stood up from his position and looked at his surroundings, not even minding the pain that his master is feeling.
They landed in a small room; well actually, it looked small but felt big. Weird.
"So that's why we never saw any students going out of the front door of the library..." Natsume mumbled
"MS my foot?! He can't feel a damn thing!" she screeched. Natsume stared at her. "What's up with you?"
"Grrr..." Mikan fumed.
"My, what a daring pair..."
Natsume and Mikan turned their heads to see a woman cloaked in thick black silky cloth holding a red goblet. Her face was blocked by the cloth.
"That voice..." Mikan thought.
"Do you really let all your guest fall flat on their butts?" Natsume said nonchalantly, glaring at the woman.
The woman laughed quietly. "Actually there was a sign that points to the stairs, and there was also a sign saying 'Be careful, Big Hole here, will be repaired soon'"
Natsume glared at Mikan who in turn sweat dropped. "Well they should've repaired it sooner!"
Natsume sighed.
"Milady, what are you doing here?" Natsume asked bluntly staring at the now sweat dropping woman.
"W-what?" The woman replied.
Mikan stared at the woman in front of her waving a dismissive hand in front of Natsume, her familiar.
"Eh, I'm not her mother! You must've made a mistake."
Natsume narrowed his eyes. "You know I didn't say anything about you being her mum."
"Huh? I don't get it" Mikan stated, confused.
The woman sweat dropped. "Ah well..." she started taking a few steps back and accidentally stepping on her thick cloth she fell backwards causing the cloth that was covering her face to be pulled back showing the face of a mature looking Mikan, with waist length light brown hair that was tied in a ponytail and honey colored brown eyes.
"Mum!" Mikan screamed.
"Oops, I got discovered..." Yuka, Mikan's mum, replied sheepishly
"Milady, if you weren't a respectable Magician I would have told you how much of an idiot you are" Natsume stated. Yuka sweat dropped.
"Waa! How could you mum?" Mikan shouted as she wailed and wailed inside the room.
"Mikan, dear...umm...well...I can explain" Yuka started as she sweat dropped at the scene. "Waa! I didn't think Natsume would've recognize me immediately; I should've trusted his (Mikan's dad) instincts!"
Natsume sweat dropped at the scene before him. "Like mother like daughter..."
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After a few more minutes of crying and wailing and explaining Yuka was finally able to calm Mikan down and sit her down to get her fortune read.
"I promise Honey, nothing bad is going to happen" Yuka said at the still sniffling Mikan.
"Promise...?" Mika sniffled. "Promise!" Yuka smiled
Natsume sweat dropped again "Idiots"
"Okay then! Let's do this!"
"Yeah! Let's do this!" Mikan cheered
Yuka stood up from her chair and started to draw a magic circle on the floor. Once that was done, she asked Mikan to stand up and placed the chair in the middle of the magic circle.
"Now Honey, sit down on the chair."
Mikan a bit reluctant but still sat on the chair. "I take it back! Let's not do this!" Mikan screamed inside her head.
"Umm...Mum are you sure this is okay?" Mikan said, panicking.
"Whatever I say will come true, whatever I say is accurate, whatever I do is right. Dear Aero please guide me here tonight!"
A bright light started to surround Mikan.
"Ack! Mum!" Mikan shouted as she started to panic.
Natsume cringe. "Are you sure this is fine?" Natsume asked. Gritting his teeth.
"Yes of course, this is really normal procedure" Yuka replied with a smile.
"I see..." Natsume replied. Trying to shake of the weird feeling, he was experiencing.
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"Well she got a fleo, a poorly made book and ruler." Yuka chirped as she took the fallen items on the floor.
"What does that mean?" Natsume asked carrying Mikan bridal style, after she fainted when the light appeared around her.
Yuka took a closer look at the items. "Well a fleo stands for freedom so it means she'll get no detention slips for a while"
Natsume nodded.
"The poorly made book means she'll be receiving lower grades than usual"
"Why am I not surprised..."Natsume thought
"And the ruler means, since it's long, she's going to grow a few centimetres within this month"
"Oh is that all?"
"Yup well Natsume, please take care of Mikan for me."
"Of course Milady" Natsume replied as he bowed in front of Yuka and went on his way.
"Use the door on the left alright," Yuka said. "Didn't know Natsume could be so polite..."
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"Uhm...uh?"
Mikan awoke that night to find herself sleeping on her bed with Natsume's sleeping figure by her bed.
"Hmm...I wonder what my fortune is..."
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The next day:
"WHAT THE HELL?! MY GRADES ARE LOWER THAN USUAL!"
"Ah, be quiet Aho! You're making my ear bleed!"
"Ugh! This is why I hate fortune-tellers!"
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TBC
1) Puriri- A kind of candy in Ateria. It's like Howalon
2) Fleo- in our term it's a bird
3) Riccaphel- Is a said passageway to hell
Yuka Sakura has a different way of fortune telling. Instead of the usual tarot cards, items appear. After the bright light covers the victim (person who wants his/her fortune read), the items that correspond to the fortune drops down from the ceiling. The main reason why she stays under the library is that the library has the components needed for a successful fortune telling session.