[A/N: My first actual real fic with chapters that aren't totally random. Also my first fic in which there is an enviroment away from Gakuen Alice. I kinda got the idea from Twilight, as I had just almost finished reading the series. Some of the items in this story are related to Twilight as well. Okay, most of them. The most obvious---I'll just tell you now---is the idea for how vampires work. If you've read the Twilight series you'll know what I am talking about.]
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice nor anything in the Twilight series. If I did I would assume I was dreaming and just close my eyes and eat a brownie. But I can't, so I know that I don't. But I can still eat that brownie. ;) And I can still dream.
Equilibrium
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Pulse One: Savior
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"Someone get a medic!"
"What? What happened?!"
"It's Sakura. She fell."
Mikan Sakura's vision was blurred as she tried to focus on the faces surrounding her.
"Fell?"
"We were tracing the perimeter and she slid down the trail. She fell down at least two hundred feet."
Two hundred feet? Slid? She couldn't quite remember. All she remembered was her foot slipping and feeling like she was flying. Then next thing she knew she was here.
She saw soldiers and other personnels racing everywhere, trying to find someone to care for her. "Don't worry, Ms. Sakura," the person by her bed promised. "You'll be as good as new in no time."
And then a new voice: "Move."
Almost immediately the crowd around her cleared, and a new figure scooted into the picture. Mikan tried to focus on him. But she couldn't. Her eyes sort of slid sideways. But she heard him approach and felt a cool hand on her forehead.
"Everyone leave," the voice ordered.
"W-what are you going to do with her?"
"She might as well be dead. I'm going to go bury her."
No, Mikan wanted to protest. I'm still alive. I can heal. Don't kill me.
But she couldn't find words.
He picked her up gently---it almost felt like a whisper against her skin. But she still felt pain and almost screamed. Then she was being carried from the tent, carried far far away from her base, and then at a rocky peak.
It was then that she found her words. "No," she mumbled. "Please don't kill me. I...I'm still alive, aren't I?" She looked up as her vision slowly cleared and saw raven hair and crimson eyes.
The man snorted. "I'm not killing you," he said. "Something much much worse."
"H-huh?"
He then leaned down and whispered, "What I'm going to do to you is going to hurt, but eventually the pain will fade. But when you wake up you'll be very different, even better than your current condition."
"O-okay." Anything to cure her. Anything.
She then thought for a minute. "What's your name?" she asked. She wanted to know the name of her anonymous savior.
He sat perfectly still for a moment. Then he said, "Natsume Hyuuga," and bent down as everything went black.
That's all for the first chapter. The next chapter holds more promise ;)
Nice title, huh? It took me awhile to come up with it. And it actually MEANS something! Hallelujah, praise the Lord. It's a miracle.
For those who didn't understand: Mikan is a soldier in the military (you know how those women would enter the military), and she was wounded on the...well...tracing of the perimeter and smack. Then Natsume *squeal!* came down to save the day by...you know the rest.
By the way, I think I made Mikan seventeen (is it even legal to be in the military at seventeen?) and Natsume eighteen. I have some strange obsession with making the main characters kids, in a sense. Also a strange obsession with guys being at least a year older than girls.
I made it short on purpose because I didn't know how to begin it. The next chapter will be longer, and better, I swear. I know this one sort of sucks, and I will openly admit it.
And do not be alarmed if it takes me awhile to update. Though I update rather quickly, this one might take awhile. But it will be worth it.
All right. I shall end my rambling now.
Review and I'll have Natsume come turn you into a vampire too ;)
Thanks for readin' through this difficult first chapter. Props to you for bearing with me.
~Ariisha-chan