Disclaimer: I don't own GA.

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Beauty and the Beast

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Prologue

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The rain was pouring hard outside. Such storms in Sunnyville, Kyoto are rare. This is the second time this year, and of course, the only reason why everyone need to cancel all their plans for the day.

A beautiful brunette sat by the window, her tears slowly flowing down to her rosy cheeks. Today was the day she dreaded the most. The day that she need to leave all of her loved ones, just for them to be safe. Everything they did in the past slowly came back to them. Anger, sadness, revenge. And now, it was time for her to pay.

A young man entered the room. The brunette didn't even noticed him entered, though. Until he put his hands on her shoulders and whispered things that cannot be heard by anyone else, just the two of them.

"You should be strong. We should be strong. We can't surrender. Not now," his voice sounds so calm, but tears were already forming in his eyes, "Yuka, we could do this together. We can protect them in this way. This is our chance," he paused, look outside the window for a while, and said, "Probably our last,"

For a moment, no one spoke. The silence seems so comfortable for them.

"What about our daughter?" she whispered weakly, still looking outside the window and catch a glimpse of a shadow.

"They didn't know we have a child. She will be safe. Our daughter will be safe," he told Yuka, reassuring her that their daughter will safe no matter what happened.

"But Izumi! We can't just leave her here! Who will take care of her? How will we know that she will be safe?..." her voice began to trailed off as she began to cry.

He let her cry, and embraced her.

He hesitated for a while.

She will found it out sooner or later, he thought.

"Serina will watch over Mikan," he looked away from the sad stare of Yuka, "And... Shiki too. They will stand as parents for Mikan. Subaru's father helped us with the papers that will state that Serina is the mother of Mikan," Yuka cried harder after what he said.

He knows that Yuka want Mikan to be with them. He wanted it too. To see her daughter grew into a beautiful lady like her mother, and be cheerful like him. They were happy when they found out that they will finally have a baby. The baby's room and all of the baby's things were all prepared by themselves. But when Narumi told them that ESP is on a hunt, their world suddenly turned upside down.

"But we could tell them that it's not our child!" she said a little too loud.

Yuka badly wanted Mikan to go with them. She knew that Izumi will do anything for them to be safe. She just want to have a normal life with a happy family. Not like this. Where they should be alert and be cautious always. She was tired of having a life like this. Dying was probably even a good choice! But she can't. She can't Izumi and Mikan alone.

"They will found out that she's our child. The fact that we're so protective of her. Our situation will even get worse if they found out," Izumi whispered as low as he can, but loud and clear enough for Yuka to hear. He noticed a shadow outside.

"They're here. We should get going," Izumi said, supporting Yuka as the stood up.

"Izumi, we can't leave her alone," Yuka whispered, every ounce of her strength left her body as she move.

"We will come back and meet our daughter. And then everything will be fine. Just a year or two," Izumi whispered in her ears as they reached living room.

"Izumi," Shiki greeted.

"They're here," Serina warned as she keep on glancing outside the window.

"I noticed them too. We'll go now," Izumi said, taking his and Yuka's jackets.

"Can I carry her for the last time?" Yuka said, approaching the baby playing on the ground.

"Of course," Serina said, handing Mikan to Yuka.

"Thank you," Yuka whispered before hugging her Mikan.

"We will really miss you, Mikan. We promise that we will be a happy family someday," Izumi hugged both Mikan and Yuka as Yuka said those words.

Yuka gave Mikan back to Serina, and suddenly Mikan began to cry.

"We will return," Yuka said determinedly, and for the first time, they saw her smile.

"We will wait," they all said, as Izumi and Yuka disappeared from their sight.

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17 years passed.

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And done!

So, what do you think of my first story?

I don't have a beta reader, so please do be aware of the grammatically errors and such.

Since I can't update this week, I just want to have you opinion.

Do you want the characters to have alices or not?

I should make a poll, so please do vote.

I'll be waiting patiently for you votes and reviews!

~Aslarin Stafford