He is My Master

By: Suikashan

A/N: hello everyone I've updated much faster this time! You should congratulate me for I am no longer a lazy-boned girl. Why am I being so bossy lately, summer is about to finish—though I haven't felt summer much, because of global warming, now it's summer and it's raining like hell. Last chapter was all about Mikan being the hero! Yay! Though that was quite OOC, nonetheless it made me reach my quota!

And those who are in favor of RuixMikan, how could you betray Natsume-kun like that?! Besides, it's not like Rui and Mikan are going to get married…yet. (I have no plans with Mikan and Rui yet.)

Let it start!

Suikashan

Order 12: Birthday Surprises

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"Hijiri!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I burnt the blanket that I am now holding, Hijiri Youichi who is now staring blankly at the television while hitting his controller didn't even bother to look up when I screamed, Hyuuga Natsume who's playing with the brat didn't seem to mind while I screamed my damned lungs out.

"What?" the little kid snapped irritably, he didn't peel his eyes from the television as I hurled the—oh wait, I already burnt the blanket I was holding, so instead of hurling it towards him or them I stomped away picking up trashes, mostly candy wrappers and papers filled with meaningless doodles—oh, doodles are meaningless, how could I have forgotten?

"Stop complaining there Miss peaches and just continue with your job." I whipped my head very fast to glare at Natsume's back, I can sense that he's smirking while playing and that made my blood boil even more.

"You and your goddamned cou—"

"Watch your mouth I'm your Shujun, the one you're cursing." Hijiri snapped now turning his attention to me with that cocky smirk on his face, damned 10 year old…

'Lee wins.'

"Aw damn that! I wanna rematch, you shouldn't have attacked me!" Hijiri screamed at Natsume who shrugged and placed the controller down, he stood up stretched his long arms, exposing his flesh below his waist then patted Hijiri on the head, "I'm heading out, look after Youichi, Polka—" he smirked then placed a finger on his chin, "peaches, I mean."

I scowled at him and shouted a quick counter back as I went inside Natsume's room, I stepped on something and I sighed, "Why didn't you even make up your bed?"

"I'm not a jochu!"

"Still! You can't go ordering me to do all the things you can possibly do!" I howled kicking his bunk bed which was on the floor, stupid Hijiri who decided to stay and have a slumber party here with Hyuuga for the rest of his stay which is like—forever. He and his cousin also decided that I'll be serving both of them during Youichi's stay. I snapped at the whole council, (with Persona in the room) that it was against the second rule, but nonetheless they overruled it and asked me to do my task afterwards I made an outburst but never cared, it was outrageous, the ratio in this academy should be one is to one and never one is to two, even Persona agreed to the said agreement thus making me so pissed, only for two days.

I never saw Natsume so happy before, until Youichi came to his life, he never had the chance to say no to his dear cousin, may his friends be around or may they be alone. A real smile would be on his face though it'll be quite invisible to the human's eye; I can still see it through his eyes.

"Hey Natsume can I borrow your man—" I turned around and saw the least person I would like to see today, Nogi, "Oh, he's not here as I can see, hey can you just tell him that I'll open his manga room?" he's now looking directly at me, I gave him a cold look before nodding. "Thanks."

"Welcome." I muttered, all of a sudden I want my quarrel with him to just end, though he may have forgotten about it already, at the very least I should talk to him now.

He twisted his head just to look at my face, I didn't see him smile, but I know, he's probably grateful about what just happened.

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"This is my worst day ever," Syuiichi Sakurano mumbled as he pinched his nose, stacks of papers are already covering his desk and he can't seem to find his new ball pen, the one he uses in signing. He never knew that being a Senior Council head can be this difficult, exhilarating and most of all annoying, Kaname had been getting in and out of his office, creating an annoying tape recorded banging of the door inside his mind already.

"Kaname, would you just please get in once and drop everything?" he snapped, Kaname backed away a bit, Sakurano noticed his tension, he looked up and flashed a smile, "I didn't mean to say that Kaname-kun, I'm just a little pissed off."

"Don't blame me Syuiichi-sama, papers keep coming in. I'll be taking my leave." He bowed down and made a move towards the door, Sakurano sighed, now he has an annoyed Jochu, what a great day it is.

"My, my looks like Kaicho is already pissed!" Akira Yuki said, laughing out loud. He's waving a new form in his hand which Sakurano immediately recognized, they are permission papers for Hyuuga Natsume's birthday is going to be held next week, "how many more?"

"Well," he glanced at his desk, "that's over a thousand! So there's still two times more plus their Jochus' forms too!"

"Even the Jochus?" he asked indignantly, "why don't you call their council, they should do—this!" he exclaimed pointing his finger at his desk.

"Well, if you ask them to sign Jochu papers, those Jochus will still come here to ask you to sign the already signed papers by them! That'll take more time and by the time you finished signing all these bull, it'll be Christmas already!" Yuki exclaimed smiling at the scene he is now witnessing, Sakurano's face looked really stressed and pissed off, "Well I'm off Kaicho! The Hime asked me to do something! Later!" and with that, Yuki left him looking at the stack of papers and the cool blue ceiling above him, "DAMN YOU HYUUGA!!!!!!" he slammed a fist on the table making all his paper works fly up in the air, at the exact time, Kaname opened the door and stared at him incredulously, Hyuuga Natsume is behind him, one eyebrow rising up.

"Get in, Hyuuga-san, I'll get those cleaned up." Kaname sighed and motioned him to go inside with his hand, the other hand snapped and immediately, 15 stuffed animals came scurrying inside the room and began to pick up the scattered papers.

Sakurano motioned him to sit down on one of his cushioned chairs, careful not to step on any of the papers he sat himself down. "Why did you call for me, Syuiichi?" he took one of his papers and began scanning the form, "ah, about me birthday as I can see."

"And its actually ruining my day right now, all I see is all of these stupid papers! I haven't eaten yet Hyuuga! Have you ever considered the fact that you can actually throw one of your most extravagant party here inside the campus then hire caterers, strip dancers or whatever else you need?!"

"My, I didn't know you have sexual fantasies too, Sakurano." He cast Sakurano a smirk, Sakurano's cheek flamed up immediately "besides, I know all of us wants to get out of this hellhole even once a while, just let me do as I want; after all, my family has been funding this school for—nearly half a century already."

"Try giving that load of crap to the owner Hyuuga, and not to me, I don't own this place." Sakurano leaned against his swivel chair to look outside, "all of these forms just to go out of the campus for a day or two."

"I don't do special treatments, Syuiichi, only my friends and their Jochus are allowed to have that kind of holiday.

"Where is this going to be held?"

"Yumi Empire Lofts." He said nonchalantly, "Koko managed to ask his father if I can hold my 18th birthday there this year, besides, non alice people can't enter the academy, I need opportunity this time, my father has been looking for new companies to invest in."

"Is that like your debut party?" Sakurano joked, he almost laughed at Natsume's explanation.

He scowled, "Look if you're just gonna laugh all you want right now Syuiichi, and I wouldn't care less if I burn all of these forms in front of you so that you'll have a harder time in repeating the same process."

"Do as you wish, your papers and some important people in the academy are already signed, you wouldn't want social climbers to get into you're a-list party, would you?"

"When you said important people, are you included in that list?" he leaned a bit, eyes boring over Sakurano's.

"That's for me to know and for you to find out." He gave his trademark smile and turned his swivel chair around to face the window, the smell of burnt paper went into the air. Expect all Hyuugas to be unsociable.

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"A party?" Mikan's eyes bulged out as she accidentally spooned Youichi's cake directly at his nose, the people she is with snorted into their own deserts, Mikan stared at them for a while before realizing her mistake, Youichi's eyes were burning with anger, she muttered a quick sorry while wiping off the icing. "Whose party anyways?"

"Didn't Natsume-sama tell you?" Yuu asked her, she stared at him dumbly before shaking her head.

"Hyuuga and I don't talk that much, always: 'do this and that and this! Clean this up! Prepare my bath...' So we never had a chance to talk." She threw the napkin she used then continued feeding him; she grew tired of all the rants he and Natsume were making so she just agreed to do everything as long as everything's in order, that explains why Youichi is on her lap, busy eating the cake Anna baked.

"His birthday is going to be celebrated next week on the twenty-seventh."

"And what about his birthday?" she asked them curiously, "are you going to throw him a surprise party?" The Shujuns shared looks before wincing at the thought of giving him a surprise party.

"No, Natsume never like unorganized parties, remember when we threw him a surprise graduation party, he…" Ruka started

Hotaru cut him off, "we get it Nogi, now cut the crap."

"Then, what are you going to do?"

"Natsume's throwing a party outside, in my father's Hotel, and all of you are coming." Koko butted in, he looked at Mikan whose mouth formed a big 'o'.

"Sugoi! I've heard about your father's hotel, having its regular earnings of over half a million yen and all the facilities that the Imai's and Ibaragi's have been providing, the classy chefs who provide different kinds of dishes all over the world and all the maintenance crew who graduated themselves in Tokyo University--no wonder it is an A—ouch!" she glared at Kaito who nudged her on her rib—hard. "What's your damned problem?"

"For a jochu you sure know a lot." Tsubasa offered, he stared at her deeply.

"Eh, I think I've been reading too much." she muttered quietly, now she knows why Kaito nudged her, all the information that she knows have been taught to her when she was still 5, against her own will of course.

"Anyways, we're going to leave the Academy at least three days from the said event, Natsume and Ruka will organize everything, Anna will bake Natsume's 3 foot cake, I'll handle the caterers and—"

"Whoa, we?" Mikan repeated. "Why do we have to be in that thing too?" she whined, "and I thought it'll be vacation…"

"As a Jochu, all you need to do while we're outside is to guard us probably twenty-four-seven, and I don't care if you don't go to sleep Sakura, Hijiri is still in danger, Assassins are still waiting for him to show up, and maybe all of them are thinking that this is the right time to do so." Hotaru said casually, she unscrewed the screw of her latest mini e-phone. "Kaito, get my kit will you?"

Kaito snapped out of his thoughts and nodded in agreement, "Hai, Imai-san."

"Does he do this every year? I mean spending his birthday outside the campus?" Mikan asked staring at one Shujun to the other, Misaki chose to speak up.

"Yeah, ever since he reached 14, it actually became a tradition in the Higher Gakuen to have a day off on his birthday."

"I never knew—"

"It's because you've never had a shujun, and only Jochus with Shujuns are allowed to get out."

"But you said we'll be out of here three days before, why?"

"It's a privilege of being one of Hyuuga Natsume's friends." Tsubasa smirked, "I kinda enjoy it, at least no one to boss you around…"

"Not unless Natsume invites elders, especially our parents and some important people in the country." Ruka muttered, "I just hate them, bossing us around and scolding us almost every time we see one another." He grabbed a magazine and crumpled it easily.

Mikan glanced at Kaito; her eyes asked him a question she dreads a lot.

"I never had the chance of meeting them there during his parties, no worries, besides like they'll notice you, right?" she nodded at him, she's fearing that her parents would be there, wait they're not her parents just so called business people who spoiled their so-called 'only daughter' and never cared about the other one. But Kaito was right like they'll notice her; they wouldn't know what she looks right now anyways.

Mikan smiled, "so looks like this'll be my first time! Tell me what do you usually do when his birthday is up?"

Sumire rolled her eyes at Mikan, "don't you want to be surprised? That's for us to know and for you to find out, Sakura."

Mikan frowned. "Fine…"

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She spent half of her morning wandering through Central Town, in a reason she doesn't really know, Central Town is the only place where students can hang out and have fun during their stay inside the said Campus, but for those who have VIP passes, they can get out of the Gakuen anytime they want. In order to get inside the town one must ride either a bus (for those who don't have cars), ride their cars or walk towards the gate and ask the high security to swipe your Access card. People who stay there at early hours and after lunch are people who dare to cut their classes, not that any of the teachers can do something about it.

She walked around aimlessly, noting the fact that she managed to pass at least ten cafés already in just walking towards north, some people are inside the cafés, eating cakes and pastries as a woman clothed in her usual uniform and usual expression place their orders and be right back with the same expression she has a while ago, she noticed that most of them were teachers, some students who didn't care about the said people who are dining with them. One teacher glared at her making her run for her life, not that Jochus aren't allowed to enter Central Town.

She huffed and clutched her chest, if they find her or at the very least grab her arm, they'll send her directly to Persona and her new found heaven will be old and crappy hell. As if on cue a man shouted a loud 'Oi' towards her direction, followed by screaming: 'classes are going on!' she immediately dashed for her safety and went inside a shop.

The bell rang loudly, startling an old man inside the shop, she noticed that it was gloomy, the only light that enveloped the room is the light coming from outside, most of it blocked by silly broken old telephones and dusty typewriters, she noticed that almost all of them were dusty as if never touched or at least wiped and also saw that it was really disorganized, from hourglasses sitting on a roughly made desk to another table by the middle, she would've guessed that those hourglasses range from a minute to a day, to clocks: Grandfather's Clocks sitting by the wall with their crooked roman numerals, clocks that hang on the wall that has either a bird or a couple dancing going in and out one it chimes every hour, to mirrors of all sizes reflecting her face in the most odd ways, she could've sworn that she saw a man's face in one of them and after he winked he went off, and to the ornaments, charms and chimes hanging on the wall lazily as if they are about to fall. But nonetheless she got attracted to it and probably would stay for a while.

The said old man crept behind her and tapped her shoulders quite hard, a loud 'eep' was heard before she turned around, garnet eyes wide and confused, she just noticed that the man is slightly smaller than her, perhaps it's because he is rather old and arthritic, he has a gentle face, though wrinkled, a pointed nose standing perfectly, a thin mouth placed into a smile and soft gray eyes with little specks of black, she got caught in his eyes as if casting a spell.

'Just like how Natsume does that to you.'

Immediately she snapped back and stared at the man, she fixed herself a smile.

"Don't look at my eyes too much my dear, the last time someone looked at me like that she promised me her whole life."

She shivered, "do—do you have an Alice?" she asked walking behind him.

He laughed lightly, "Dear, all of us do! Didn't you know?" he held his staff tighter and looked at her, "what brings a young woman here in my store in which only old and aged people come to?"

"I kinda—umm, I, I just passed along, people are running after me. Classes." She explained sheepishly.

"come and sit down then my dear, no I'm not an old kinky perverted man, so don't be afraid, you're probably fourteen just like Arisa." He said placing a hand on a chair by the corner. She reluctantly sat down and stared at the man.

"You flatter me too much, I am sixteen sir, and I was just surprised that you wanted to talk to me. That's why I stepped back." She didn't know why she felt so light hearted to the man in front of her, but she continued to talk and stare straightly into his eyes.

"I told you not to look at me directly my dear," he scolded, Mikan looked away immediately. "Would you like to drink something or perhaps eat?"

It's rude to say 'no' to an offer so she nodded telling him that she'll get it by herself.

"Don't make me feel so old little one! I am only seventy five!" he said indignantly, Mikan smiled, such a man is so energetic. As she waited for the old man she saw a picture hanging near the register, a woman probably in her early teens is smiling directly at her, her eyes were as green as topazes and her skin was fair white in complexion, her ebony hair was pulled back into a bun, she wore a simple red dress, accentuating her curves, and on her neck dangles a necklace with a ruby stone surrounded by little diamonds and emeralds. As the man sat down and tried to assure her that he didn't put anything in it, which made Mikan smile even more for she trusts the old man already.

"Is she Arisa?" she asked pointing to the said woman she just saw. The man gave her a crooked smile and leaned against his antique chair.

"My dear, that is my wife, Risa, no I am not lying, my son named her daughter after her mother! So childish of him, that was dated 1956, when she got engaged to me, she was twenty years old when they got that, I managed to ask them to get it colored just to remember her."

"Mind if I ask… what happened to her?"

"she is a non-Alice, I married her 6 months after that, loved her like she's the most special thing in the world, treated her like a fragile glass and nurtured her like a baby. She's the only thing I've got… the only reasoned why I lived…"

Mikan opened her mouth to interrupt but the man raised his calloused hands. "I am not yet finished; we had a happy marriage for another 10 years and had my son, Satoshi. I was so happy when I had him for it took us ten years to have child and I saw that she was happy too—or so I thought.

"Later I found out—probably when Satoshi reached two that she—was having an affair with my manservant. I was furious, angered at the thought, the person whom I took care, loved as if she's the only thing I am treasuring betrayed me, stabbed me behind my back. My mind was blank and all I did was to collapse and hear her nagging me—telling me all my faults in which I have been too blind.

" 'you lied to me, used me, you hypnotized me, I have never loved an ogre like you, a man so conceited and only thought about himself, a man who controlled everything I do, lock me up when he leaves and only come back to me when he needs me--! I don't know what happened but I am pretty sure that night when you said that you loved me and I looked straight into your eyes—I knew that you have started to control me!' "

Mikan stared at him, '…made her promise her whole life.' He looked down, " don't get me wrong, I never knew I had an Alice, I never—didn't know anything about this, and for all those years while we've been together I thought she was sharing the same happiness inside of me, the same love and joy as we had our son, but no… I didn't know. And from that day I hated my Alice—it is a curse, a nuisance to me, and because of these eyes," he tapped his eyelids, "I managed to get my wife—the only one I loved die."

She gasped and stared at him, "how?"

"I looked at her, straightly, I didn't know what happened all of a sudden I just heard my self say those words, '…I thought you loved me… if you don't — if you didn't, why don't you just die or disappear with your lover?' a chill ran down my spine when I found out the next morning the two of them sprawled in his bed, covered in blood, a knife in her hands. It was so painful, for me and my son and after that I never looked straightly into any person's eye. I regret everything in my life, and all the things inside this place," he waved his hand with a smile, "are from that same house I lived in, memories and remorse. I have it here. My own little sanctuary."

Mikan stared at the man's eyes, she didn't cry… but she knows that he isn't the one to be blamed. It was his Alice, the cruelty of his own talent that made him so miserable, and made him feel resentment towards himself. He looked up to her and met her Garnet orbs, he gasped and she smiled.

"You are not to be blamed; fate is just so cruel to you and to your son. You can blame your Alice, for it caused you that." She reached for his hand, "it is both a blessing and a curse sir, you can use it to do something good, but at that time, you didn't know. Why don't you start making up for your mistakes and live a new life, I am sure that she forgave you—or if not, will forgive you. For I know—I just know that in her heart there is a part where you've always been in it and you'll stay in that place with her."

"one of the mirrors over there—I swear, I saw a man, a ghost probably staring directly at me, maybe one time, when the time comes and she is ready to face you, she would appear there and tell you that she forgives you." She removed her hand from him, "in the mean time, all I can give you is this one," she produced an Orange colored stone and placed it in the man's hand, "a nullifying alice stone, you can have it. It is a gift for you." She stood up and prepared to leave when the man grabbed her arm.

"You're the first person who came in here, miss. I am grateful that you came, I have a gift as well." He reached for it a velvet box, colored black that looked so dusty and before Mikan could say 'no' it was already shoved into her hands and he was ushering her out.

"But sir!"

"No 'buts' miss. Off you go and find what you really need." He shooed her away and she stared at the closed door, that man was so odd.

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"Oh my God!" she exclaimed loudly as she arrived in Natsume's room, she forgot to get him a gift! That's the reason why she went there! Dammit! The people inside the room stared at her, she went back to the campus before lunch and thought about her books inside the room, she got the shock of her life when she saw all of them there looking at her with curious expressions.

"Where have you been Mikan-chan?" Anna asked immediately, "We we're so worried."

"I walked a bit, Youichi stop wiping that on the couch," she grabbed him by the waist and hauled him by her arm. He squealed in protest as she hauled him on the other couch, beside Natsume, she felt the velvet box in her pocket and she sighed, 'way to go Mikan, you were supposed to get him a present but ended up having an heirloom.' Youichi grumbled words at her as she proceeded to get her things.

"I went out for a walk…" she explained lamely, thinking about the old man, 'ojii-san…' she thought with a smile.

"For half a day you only walked around?" Koko ejaculated loudly, she glared at him.

"I haven't ruled it out yet, Yumi. And yes, I walked around, is that a crime in this free country?" she asked sarcastically.

"Or maybe you went to Central Town to buy Natsume-sama a gift?" Sumire screamed out, a sly grin appearing on her cat like face.

At this moment Mikan's façade dropped slightly, but then regained her composure. "I can't buy something that can satisfy his taste, so why bother?"

"You need not to buy something, Polka." Natsume piped up all of a sudden, placing his magazine down, "you can offer up yourself to me on my Birthday, and you may never know if I'll be satisfied--even just a bit." He winked at her and the boys laughed.

"You know what? I'll get you some girl in one of the clubs to pleasure you as much as you want; you're not worth my virginity you man-whore." She snapped back, anger going through her veins.

"Maybe no one decided to fuck you yet because: you're not worth it." He snapped back, it was harsh and she glared at him real hard, but he didn't look at her, they were busy sniggering about his comeback.

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"Well, as he said, I am not worth it, so why bother go?!" she angrily stomped as they walked around the Central Town, "why are we here anyways? I'm not gonna buy him any gift!" she wrinkled her nose in disgust, "the nerve of him to say that—that I'm not worth it! So what, I'm gonna get married anyways when I grow up!"

Kaito sighed, "you need to get over it already Mikan."

She snapped her head towards him with a glare, "if he told you 'you're dick is not worth it,' what'll you say?"

Kaito sighed to himself, "fine you win." Misaki lead them through a boutique and examined several racks of dresses.

"It's as if he thinks that I'm the most disgusting person on earth and that no one will ever like me!" she humph-ed in frustration while browsing through shirts.

"You never fuss over things like this." Misaki murmured while browsing through several shirts on display.

"I—I just hate the fact that he can do something to provoke me that much. I am so gonna kill him."

Both Misaki and Kaito stifled a laugh, "what's so funny?"

"He got into your nerve that easily." They both explained.

"He always gets into my nerve, always." She held on to one shirt and managed to burn a hole in it. "Oh my…" she turned her head to look for an attendant; thankfully the lady was talking to a person in a phone.

"Why what's wrong?"

"We've got to go," she pulled Misaki and began to push Kaito towards the door.

"Why?"

"Just…. Just go, or else I'll slap you." She threatened angrily. Kaito made no attempt to move; in the end she slapped him rather hard across the cheek.

Kaito's wail sounded like a girl who got herself into a pond of frogs.

"Is there something wrong?" The woman, the blondie—who was talking to the phone stared at the three of them in curiosity, a heavy French accent to be exact.

"No everything's perfectly fine until this man touched my derriere." Mikan bit out, giving Kaito a 'play along' glare.

"Should we call Gakuen Police?" this time Mikan chose to give him a wicked smile.

"Actually Madame," she turned to her giving her the most innocent look she can muster, "this man, was actually peeping into your cleavage a while ago, and some clerks have—"

"Enough miss," she cut through, "better get out they are coming, and if you move young man, I swear I'll use my pepper spray." She threatened him with a green can, Mikan giggled surreptisiously as she fled.

"Enjoy, Kaito."

"You bitch." He hissed not daring to move.

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"Where's—Kaito?" Misaki asked the moment she caught up with her, she was standing in front of the 'hottest male group' in the campus, namely Natsume and his goons—with a participation of Youichi, who's in Natsume's arms.

'For a ten year old kid to be carried…' she shook her head and gave Misaki her best cheerful smile.

"Oh, flirting with the blondie in the last shop we went in, why?" she asked, feigning innocence.

Misaki's eyes flashed, "That woma—"

"Now, now Misaki, no need to transform into a charging bull." Tsubasa scolded, taking hold of Misaki's slim and muscled waist, "may I compliment on how you look today, mademoiselle?" she glared at him hard.

"I'm wearing a tank top and a pair of jeans, open your eyes Andou."

"Ah… but the view I am having right now—" Misaki's hand made contact to his precious cheek; it swelled and had a big red mark. Koko whistled.

"Well, if you don't like a bull in front of you, might as well as transform into a slapping chimpanzee. Mikan let's go." She grabbed her arm and pulled away from the group.

"Stop." Natsume's monotone filled the air; Mikan held her breath and stood there in her position. Damn his stupid commands.

"What's wrong?"

"I can't move." She said dryly. Natsume strode beside her gallantly and placed Youichi in her arms, "what the—this kid's heavy!" Youichi glared at her hard.

"You're fault, you didn't even ask for my permission." He snapped looking away.

"And who are you, my dad?" she asked sarcastically.

"I am your Shujun, at least in form me about your whereabouts." He spat out.

She huffed indignantly, "well sorry, my dear master. Next time I would try to strive to become a perfect Jochu, a Jochu who licks the floor when her Shujun walks around, a Jochu who says 'yes' to every command even though its just too much to herself, a Jochu who just lets her master do what he wants her to do as if he owns her."

"I do own you. In case you've forgotten."

"I am not your property Hyuuga!"

"I bought you. Using my money, I gave you the scholarship—"

"Whoa! Don't go rubbing it into my face already!" she held up a hand at him, "I get the point, and I told you I'll try my best—"

He gave her a slight smirk, "I don't want you to try, Polka. Just do it."

Isn't that from Nike's commercial? Just as I thought he's not that worst, he changes his actions and mood. She thought grimly, following her so called master as he walked into a shop.

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A/N: thank you for all the reviewers, this chapter is quite short, I'm sorry. Classes are about to start and I'll be heck busy. Next Chapter will be Natsume's birthday. Please drop a review somehow.

Sorry because Rui isn't in this Chapter. He doesn't require an appearance here anyways. I'll be updating Poker Face this week probably. Thank you to those who have already read my other fic.

Hey have you read chapter 111 of GA??? Its so cool, I never imagined Narumi to be that 'straight.'

Special Mentions:

ToS-fanatic15-why do you know so much about my plot? Just kidding.

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MeeDooRii-just obsessed with Natsume.

xXaoi-to-midoriXx-thank you

XxX NaTsUmE x MikAn XxX-yes of course we can be friends.

xSapphirexRosesxFanx-thanks

niceladysakura-yeah Mikan and Rui were supposed to be engaged.

07-sweet? Hope he really is like that in person.

SPECIAL: valorkairi- Oh my freaking God! You're a fan of Code Geass too?! Hey no offense but I really love that one, I even cried when Rolo decided to kill Shirley just like that. I like it when Lelouch is paired up with Kallen, so cool.

animerulezgirl-thank you

Sparklillian-thank you, I want everyone to be weird! LOL. It's kinda cute anyways.

pinkblossom13-aww that sucks, I mean your PC.

Angelakawaii-here comes Youichi anyways. Rui and Mikan? That'll be my secret.

AnnaOj-And what the heck are you my beta-reader? LOL. It sucks, next week its school time again. Damn it. Wanna wear the rubber shoes of our school? Its action only in that Chapter! Duh. LOL. Miss you.

comicworm-why were you off for a long time?

c0de R-umm, Rui is already in the picture and Youichi too. Isn't that enough? I haven't planned to put another guy in the story anyways. Thank you for the suggestion.

Ochibi-san117-yeah mainly it was just fluff—the latter part. So it's really corny.

chris3169512-that line just came into my mid all of a sudden, maybe I'm into humor-.

thundra18-thank you

lovin'my'music-thank you.

dominiqueanne-thank you

ChinenYuri4eva-wow, is that a compliment thanks!

XxXKoNo MiHaRuXxX-I've updated! haha

CYN'CHArrr-thanks

hecate0808-thanks

hime04-wow, yeah Mikan sucks when she's stupid or something, let's change her. LOL

natsume_tsubasa-thanks and love you too. :D

BTW: I've reviewed in a CCS fiction, I really don't know if she's famous, coz I believe MS absolutefluffiness and the sort are the famous ones, but that writer is so into her self, god, reviews can inflate people's egos, ne?

Ja,

Suikashan.