disclaimer: I own... lot's of things, but Gakuen Alice isn't one of them. But if i did... would i be proud & rich! Which... i'm not.
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Prologue:
Mikan shivered from the gust of wind that blew softly against her skin. She wished that she could move, but where ever she was, it was completely dark. Mikan couldn't even make out her own form.
"Boo." Came voice behind her. Mikan screamed and jolted forwards, only to begin falling into nothingness. Her stomach was jerking around from the sudden drop and Mikan felt queasy and fearful. She recognized that voice. It was the voice of Persona, one of the many she had come to fear. "You can't run for too long, Shiro Neko. We're catching up to you, and one day you're going to fall and we'll catch you and never let go."
And then suddenly she hit the ground with a 'thud'. Mikan groaned, standing up. Her head was pounding with pain and her body was sore from the drop.
"Mikan…" Another voice whispered in the darkness, causing Mikan to gasp.
"Ho-Hotaru…" Mikan cried out weakly.
"Why did you leave me Mikan?" Hotaru spoke. "You made me sad Mikan, you made me cry Mikan…" Tears welt up in Mikan's eyes as she dropped to the ground.
"I'm so sorry Hotaru… I won't leave you again Hotaru…" Hotaru's voice faded away.
"My voice isn't high pitched anymore, Mikan…" Another voice said, and Mikan felt the tears that she fought so hard to keep in pour down her cheeks. "But you wouldn't know because you're gone!" The voice screamed.
"Ruka-pyon! We did it to be safe, please understand!" Mikan screamed back. Suddenly a spot light and a cage appeared, and inside of it where Ruka and Hotaru, chained down. Ruka was crying and Hotaru was passed out on the ground, blood gushing from her head.
"You ran away Mikan, you didn't stay to protect us any more. Because of you HOTARU'S DEAD! THEY DECIDED TO PUNISH US AND HOTARU'S NOW DEAD! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED MIKAN? HUH?" Ruka began yelling hysterically.
"HOTARU!" Mikan Sakura sat up screaming, tears running down her pale cheeks. She looked around, panting heavily, her eyes adjusting to the darkness of her room. Mikan took a large gulp of air before leaning against the backboard of the bed, beginning to calm down. "…" Mikan wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead before swinging her legs over the side of her bed. Just a dream… She chanted in her head. I'm not in that dark place, anymore. I'm at… I'm at home…in my own room inside the hotel suite. What time is it anyway? Mikan glanced at the clock. 3 AM. Four more hours until I have to actually be up and ready for school. I should go back to sleep. But… I can't. The sixteen year old bit her lip before standing up and slipping on her house slippers, stretching slightly. Dragging her feet against the carpet, she made her way into the main part of the suite, until she came to the room next to hers.
Pushing the door open slightly, she smiled when she heard a soft snore. Mikan pushed the door open all the way and made her way over to the bed, pulling the spare pillow off of the noise maker's head. The snoring stopped and Natsume sat up, rubbing his eyes, automatically alert and ready to attack. His crimson orbs softened when he came face to face with a tear streaked Mikan, who was slightly trembling and held his pillow in hand. "That dream again?" Natsume asked, and Mikan threw the pillow next to where Natsume was laying before sliding in the bed herself.
Mikan didn't need to say anything because Natsume knew the answer. It had been that way ever since he, Mikan, and Yoichi had escaped from the academy. Just over two years. "This time it was different," Mikan spoke, her voice cracking. Natsume sighed and flipped her so that she was facing him. His heart broke at the sight of her crumpled face and watery amber eyes wide at him. His hand reached out and he stroked her cheek, wiping away the wet tears on her face. Mikan's hand reached out and caught his, taking it in her own and throwing it over her back. She moved even closer so that her body was pressed up against his. "This time Persona…Persona was in it too. He said that he would find us Natsume, that he'd find us really soon." Mikan broke out into sobs, burying her head into Natsume's chest.
"As long as we're together, nothing bad will happen to you." Natsume told her fiercely. He absentmindedly began rubbing circles on her back, where her pajama top had ridden up slightly.
He knew that this entire scene was his fault. He knew that if he would've just let Mikan fight the AAO without forcing her to leave Tokyo and Japan all together, Mikan wouldn't be clinging to him, sobbing. He and Yoichi wouldn't be all the family that she had. But, it was. Natsume and Hotaru had discussed what Natsume had done way before Natsume put his plan into motion…they had to get Mikan out of the Academy and fast. They couldn't just stand around and let Mikan get turned into some mindless, heartless, emotionless puppet. Natsume had been there, done that, and it was horrible. It was horrible until Mikan came and freed him, and now it was his turn to free her. Hotaru, although she wouldn't admit it, was sad for leaving her friend for that long, but knew that it was for the best. After all, Mikan looked prettier when she smiled, and Hotaru hadn't seen that real trademark Mikan smile in a long time.
And Natsume, with the help of Yoichi, had brought the smile back. Despite the nightmares, Mikan was generally a happier person. Nothing about her was fake any longer. She no longer had to fear pills being forced at her, or having to lie to the people she loved most, or hiding important things, or even being mocked for being a previous no star. The only condition was that she couldn't contact anyone from the academy, or use her alice unless it was an emergency. It was hard, not keeping in touch with her best friends, but she did it. If her friends where suffering, then it was because they wanted for her to be happy, and that made her smile the widest.
Natsume sighed in content when he heard Mikan's breathing begin to even out, and knew that she would be sleeping. His eyes fluttered closed, and his breathing slowly fell into rhythm with hers.
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Okay... that wraps up the first chapter, i'm most def going slower in this chapter so um... beware. Please, read & review, it motivates me to actually write instead of just stare at Word. So um... i hope this story gets as much feed back as the first one. Maybe even more? I just don't know... that of course is up to you!!
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