Cough! hack! cough! hack! hac-plack! Natsume bent over, his chest heaving and his

eyes furious, he had been running for two hours straight still trying to find Mikan, his mind

screaming for her he was getting agitated because he was afraid of what she would do, was

she capable of suicide or would she do something even more drastic?. Even those ideas

seemed so far-fetched it sill didn't mean that she wasn't able to do them and that scared

Natsume more than anything. "Natsume-san?", Natsume looked over his shoulder and saw

a girl with black hair staring at him curiously, he turned and looked at her, "Are you looking

for Sakura?", he nodded she smiled and walked toward him, took his hand and started

running with him, Natsume was outraged, "What the hell are you-", she laughed, Natsume

felt his breath catch, she had the same laugh that Mikan did, he stared at her with wide eyes,

"Who-", she smiled brightlty, "You'll know in the future", she dropped his hand, and then

stared at him, he stared back, "do one thing for me okay", she said, he nodded out of instinct.

"Don't allow yourself to go mellow, the fight is still not over", Natsume opened his mouth

but she dissapeard. He stood there for a while until he heard feet tapping away fast, "Mikan",

he breathed as he remembered what he was doing, he started running not even noticing that

rain was starting to come down in huge drops, the girl he had just seen was still vivid in his

mind and her words and voice matched Mikan's who was she, and what had she meant about

he would know who she was in the future? more pressing matters was that Natsume couldn't

hear Mikan's feet anymore. "Mikan!", he called loudly, no answer he stopped running and

stopped moving, listening he couldn't hear anything he sighed, "Mikan", he whispered, his

eyes traveleing everywhere, She's over there behind that tree crying Natsume whirled around

as he heard the girls voice again, this time he didn't see her he then gasped she was inside

his head, he heard her laughter the same as Mikan's for some reason it gave him strength.

"Why are you running from me? Mikan didn't I say I would protect you", no answer.

"Mikan please don't make say what I know", he whispered to her.

"Natsume", he heard her voice whisper, the same voice as the girl he frowned. "I can't

leave", she whispered in a chocked voice, he walked toward the tree, he heard her move,

"Don't", he whispered as he sat on the other side of the tree, his eyes closing, her hand was

close by he would take it when the time was right. "I will sit here beside you, till your ready

to come back together", he opened his eyes a little and saw two butterflies sucking nector

out of a flower he smiled, "Mikan You know I will always follow you, even if you don't

choose me to go with you; Ruka will be fine he's leaving and Hotaru is strong she can

find a way to escape this school and come after us", he heard her sniff then his breath

left him as she flung around the tree and wrapped her arms around him, sobbing into his

shirt, he looked down at her then smiled a little and wrapped his arms around her,

"You cry to much polka", he said as she laughed and cried.

"Natsume sorry", she whispered he frowned and then held tighter to her, "Don't be sorry

you did nothing wrong", Mikan cried even harder, Natsume pressed his cheek in her hair

and held onto her, not even noticing that two people were watching him. Tsubasa

sighed and leaned aginst Harada who smiled at him as she looked down at their

entertwined fingers, "Hyuuga don't fail us", Tsubasa whispered as him and Harada walked

away, talking in low voices the little girl followed them with sad eyes.