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Something to Talk About
Chapter One: Her Last Wish And His First Promise
"DIE!" yelled Reo. Ordering his men to fire their Alice, aiming it to a man, rather a boy and he were standing near the edge of the cliff.
That boy…he is no other than the famous Black Cat, or without the nickname, Natsume Hyuuga.
Natsume was already low in his energy, given the fact that his Alice was the cause of this since they were eating his life span, and many bruises, cuts and other injuries, can only wait for the attacks to hit him. Finishing his so called miserable twisted fate. Yet hoping so soon, the attacks never reach him.
In front of him, Natsume saw a girl that was so familiar to him.
"Little gir―" with even finishing his uttering, Natsume concerned mounting when he heard what the attacks is doing to her, to Mikan.
"What! How dare that little mukouka! Oh, since both of them are here, I might actually kill two birds with one stone... Attack them!"
As ordered, Reo's men double their efforts in blowing their attacks. Mikan put a strong nullification barrier around them, giving enough space for her to attend Natsume's wounds. She ran beside Natsume and by using her Healing Alice, Mikan managed to close Natsume's injuries that were fatal to him.
Natsume P.O.V
'Stupid little girl' I muttered in my breath.
"Natsume, are you okay? I'm sorry, I tried my best to heal all your wounds but my power isn't enough…" I saw tears swelling in her eyes.
"Stupid girl… I told you to hide while I'll distract them. And you need to improve those skills of yours if we were on a mission. Hey Polka-Dots, are you even listening to me?"
Cursing myself, she couldn't take it anymore and burst into tears. More trouble coming ahead as the barrier she created began to loose their strength. Maybe, just maybe, Mikan was right after all, she is weakening. I can sense her aura slowly disappears.
"Ignore what I said earlier about you and your skills." Sheesh… I'm not very good at apologizing to anybody. But she smiled. I mean she's smiling! What the heck wrong with her? We're in the middle of a life threatening situations and I scolded at her but she smiled?
I always thought that those grins often annoyed me, but I also find them attracting, or rather calming my dark heart and soul…
Just when I was about to save her, I mean our lives, she did something extraordinary…
End of P.O.V
Mikan P.O.V
I tried my best to heal his wounds. Natsume, how his nerve is taking me down, down enough for to sank into depression. I mean hello! Mister I-know-to-much! How could not seeing me suffering and he still manage to scold me. Hey, I'm the one saving your pretty butt here!
I know using my Copy Alice would come in handy if I copy Healing Alice. Yes, I have Alices, take note; it's Alices. I firstly know this when I started my second year at the Alice Academy. Nullification is not only what I'm good at, but I also learn to use my other specialty, which allow me to copy, shift, steal and even erase someone Alice temporarily or permanently.
But it seems that Mister smart face here doesn't seem to appreciate what I'm doing. I fought the urged to just spill my tears, 'don't cry, it just show how pathetic and weak you are', but doing this is like swallowing rock and so I cried.
Things went worse for both of us. Since I didn't have enough skill and practice, wow I really think that Natsume's comment is right after all, using both Alices at the same time just decreasing my energy twice faster than it suppose to be.
"Ignore what I said earlier to you and your skills" Am I hearing this right? I think Hotaru was right that I have a brain problem or did I just hear an almost apology from Natsume? I know how it is for him to even confessing his feelings in front of people or to even say sorry. That is something I learned from the past few years I spend with him. Even during mission he hardly showed a slightest flinched of pain in front of me.
Smile…
That's all I can do or give to him right now. Natsume seems smoothen to me a bit every time I smiled at him but he quickly hid them when he sees that I seem to notice.
I know that the barrier I put around us is breaking apart each time Reo's men attacks us. Only time will show us. Before I could think of anything, these thoughts rushing in my head, the thoughts that we will die, the happy, sad, depressing and other moments I share with Natsume, and also the facts that what will happen if the barrier was gone.
What would I do? If it was Natsume, he would probably attack the enemy using his Fire Alice. Wait, it's his fire Alice. The fifth type of Alice, it is the one that will slowly eat its owner life span when they're being used too much. Natsume will definitely worn off, and with his injuries, he's going to die!
I don't want him to die! The moments we share, they will burn into dust if he was gone! I know that being greedy to ourselves was not a good thing to do, especially when it involved someone's life, but I had it! Natsume was tortured enough to be let alone without his family and even his last sibling was held captive.
More than that, he has to waste his time doing missions that have nothing to do with him and throwing away his life.
That is when I realize something. Something that had been my reason why I keep following him from the first time we met. I want him…to be…happy.
Mr. Narumi once told me that my nullification Alice is the same as that person, which is my mother, even everyone else say so. He also told part of the used of the Alice.
Flashback
'Mikan-chan, I want to tell you something. It's about your Alice…'
'Yes what is it?'
'There is something that special with your kind of Alice…It can seal other's Alice just like the sealing Alice'
End Of Flashback
He says that I can use my Alice to seal someone's Alice for a long period. It's not the same with my other Alice because after I seal that someone Alice, he or she can no longer used their Alice but still have them. If the person has a strong will, he or she might me able to break the seal themselves.
'Natsume won't make it…! I must do this just for him…'
And I do the unpredictable thing that I thought I wouldn't do…
End of P.O.V
Normal P.O.V
Mikan lean closer and closer to Natsume, close enough for their nose to touch. There, she whispers something but loud enough for Natsume to hear.
"I'm sorry…"
Natsume was about to ask something but was stop when he felt that his lips has touch someone's lips. More shocking is that someone is Mikan. It took him seconds to register what happened. Mind itself had been telling him to just push the girl aside but his body doing the opposite. Natsume was enjoying the kiss!
'I'm sorry…Natsume…' thought Mikan as she gave him her farewell gift. 'I know you will totally hate me after this.'
Mikan broke the kiss and stood up in font of Natsume.
Hope rise when they heard a voice from a helicopter that was hovering over them.
"MIKAN! NATSUME! ARE YOU GUYS OKAY?" shouted the voice of Mr. Narumi. He brings a rescue team to save Mikan and Natsume.
'Tch! It's about time they come to rescue us. But wait, they were hovering above us! It's vulnerable to them!' Natsume thoughts were cut off by Mikan who happily answering to Mr. Narumi.
"NARUMI-SENSEI! I'M OKAY BUT NATSUME SEEMS TO HAVE A PROBLEM HERE! HE WAS INJURED!"
"OKAY! I WILL DROP A ROPE LADDER FOR YOU GUYS! SO HANG ON TO IT!"
"What are you thinking?! They are in the middle of a danger situation here!"
"But Narumi-sensei came to saved us. You must appreciate what he was doing for you" protest Mikan. She was angry at Natsume because he didn't value the help that was sent to them.
"Things would have gone easy if you stay at the hiding place or didn't have to company me in this mission! Don't you think Reo and his men are you gonna let Narumi take us away just like that?"
"But…"
"They were in the middle of air! Reo could easily shot them idiot! If only―"
"I ADMIT IT! I MIGHT NOT BE SMART AS HO…HOTARU…OR…OR…IINCHOU…BUT I'M NOT STUPID! STOP CALLING ME THAT! I―"
Mikan wasn't able to finish her sentence when they saw Reo's men aiming the helicopter as their target. "FIRE!"
Various Alices heading their way towards the helicopter. Mr. Narumi was shocked to see the attacked was aimed at them…
Just when everyone in the copter thought they were in a place called heaven, they didn't. Mikan fast reflexes save them all because she make a barrier around the rescuers just in time the attacks was about to hit them.
"Narumi-sensei! Are you okay?" asked Mikan.
"We're seems to be fine! Now hold on to the rope I just tossed you and we'll pull you out from here!"
Natsume gets hold to the rope quickly. When he was about to reach Mikan's hand, she refuse to do so. Using her Alice of Binding, Mikan bind Natsume to the rope ladder he was clinging.
"Hey, polka-dots! What are you doing?! Let me go!" shout Natsume.
"I'm sorry Natsume…"
"What are you saying?! Let me go!"
"Natsume…this could be the last time we ever meet again…"
'Last time? What does she mean?' thought Natsume while struggling to loosen the grip.
"I know this will hurt you most… but the truth is, I really happy when we meet and spend our time together and you teasing me…and giving me compliment that I couldn't understand…and…and…" tears were falling from her brunette eyes. Mikan felt as if she was swallowing a stone when she says those words to him.
"Mikan…"
"And I would really miss you calling my name…Natsume, please… this is my last wish and our first promise okay? So keep it for me…" her voice changes into a cheerful one even though she was still sobbing.
"MIKAN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HURRY UP AND CLIMBED THE LADDER!" shouted Mr. Narumi from the helicopter.
"I give you this as my promise… I want you to live… Natsume. Have a nice life that you would never achieved in the past… I'm sorry that I'm not strong enough…"
"No you're not weak! I'm sorry for saying those words to you… Mikan"
"Natsume…remember also that I…will always love you…asked Hotaru to show you my journal that I kept in my room…read it, but as a secret…there's also something I keep for you all...please give it to them…as a goodbye token from me…"
"NO! I won't let you go and sacrifice yourself just like that! Stupid!"
There was and awkward silence between them. Mikan realize that her protecting barrier has almost reached its limit so she did the last thing she would ever do…
She kissed Natsume. Not a sealing or a faked one, but a real kissed.
"My time was almost done… I hope that you won't blame anyone for this…especially yourself… and I just want you... to live…" with those last words, she levitates Natsume to the helicopter and smiled to him for the very last time before transporting them far from the island. It was not far enough that it allows Natsume to witness how she died.
"Bye..."
"MIKAN! NNOOOOO!!!" shouted Natsume from the copter. Tears come streaming down from his eyes as he saw Mikan's barrier had been shut down and she was hit by multiple attacks.
"Live a happy live after this…"
Those are the last scene he saw her, vanishing by the attacks before everything turns to pitch black…
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