Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice. Gakuen Alice and all its characters are owned by Tachibana Higuchi Note: This Fanfic takes place right after Gakuen Alice Volume 12. Also, I know the character "Luca" goes by the name "Ruka" in the anime, but I call him "Luca" in my fanfic since that's the name that he goes by in the manga.
Me: Hello everyone, it's me Sonic-Keyblade 007 (I'm also known as Sonic Toadstool) this is my first fanfic so try not to judge too harshly. ^^; Anyway it's a Gakuen Alice fanfic about Mikan and Natsume my favorite anime couple. Mikan: *Winks* Just remember to keep us in character Mr. Author. Natsume: *Makes a ball of fire* Yeah I have a reputation to keep, and if it goes down because of this fanfic then someone's going to get scorched Me: *Gulp* Okay Mikan: Natsume quit being so mean! Natsume: Make me, ugly! Mikan: *Activates nullification alice* Natsume: Ugh, darn it stupid nullification girl. Mikan: What did you call me? Natsume: You heard me. Mikan: Say that again, I dare you. *Mikan and Natsume start fighting.* Me: Ha ha, well anyway on with the story.
Burnt out Memories
Chapter 1: Alone
It was a beautiful warm Friday afternoon in Alice Academy. Within the mysterious school we see our four heroes exiting a history class in the elementary school division of the academy. Mikan Sakura, a beautiful and kind 11 year old girl with gorgeous brown hair and brown eyes who possesses the rare nullification alice. Mikan is a one star (meaning she has the lowest student rank) and is in the Academy's Special Class. Mikan is very cheerful, a bit wet behind the ears, and often tends to over worry and cry over the most simplest of things. To the left of Mikan we see Hotaru Imai, a brilliant and cool 11 year old girl and best friend of Mikan (well best friend in Mikan's eyes anyway). Hotaru has pretty dark black hair and charming purple eyes, she possesses the invention ability alice and is in the Academy's Technical Class. Hotaru is a three star and is constantly looking for ways to bribe people of rabbits, which are coins used to purchase things at Alice Academy.
To the right of Mikan we see Luca Nogi, a caring eleven year old boy with straight blonde hair, pale grey eyes, and is often seen holding a cute white bunny in front of his chest. Luca is a three star at Alice Academy and possesses the animal pheromone alice. Fortunately for him, Luca loves animals and is in the Academy's Somatic Class. Last but not least in the group to the right of Luca is Natsume Hyuga, Luca's best friend. Natsume is a cold and ruthless eleven year old boy, with straight black hair and menacing crimson eyes. Natsume is often seen giving Mikan a hard time and often calls her "Polka-dots" to tease her since on the first day that they met eachother, Natsume saw Mikan's polka-dotted panties. Natsume is an executive star student (meaning he has the highest student rank) and possesses the deadly fire alice. He is in the Academy's Dangerous Class. Each of our heroes have pale white skin and are wearing their school uniforms.
Their uniforms contain a black shirt coming down to their waist and matching black boots coming right under their knee caps. Along with a white collar with a skinny red bowstrings on their shirt along with red striped shorts for the boys and red striped skirts for the girls. With the exception of Natsume not having a red bowstring on his collar instead having a light brown earring with a tiny red orb on his right ear and a small light brown ear cap covering a little bit of the edge of his left ear to help restrain his feared fire alice.
"Yeah, we're done with the final class of the semester! And tomorrow is the day of the Alice Academy Parade!" Mikan squealed happily while turning to her friend Hotaru. "Hotaru you'll come watch the parade with me right?" Mikan asked excitedly. "Sorry Mikan, but I plan to spend this weekend working on some new inventions as an extra credit assignment for my Technical Class." Hotaru said swiftly. "Nooooooo, Hotaru!" Mikan said while tears came running down her face, but then in a flash she turned Luca hoping that he wouldn't have anything to do that would prevent him from watching the Alice Academy parade. "Luca you wouldn't let me go see the Alice Academy parade alone would you?" Mikan cutely asked while smiling. Luca blushed and quickly looked down and regretfully said, "I'm sorry Mikan, but tomorrow is the opening of Alice Academy's petting Zoo. I can't bear to miss seeing the sweet faces of all those adorable animals taking their first steps into our school." Said Luca as he held the white bunny he was carrying and rubbed the bunny against his face, while in the distance, Hotaru was seen smiling at Luca.
"Awwww, not you too Luca!" Mikan cried out as even more tears started to come down her cute innocent face. In a last resort effort to get someone to watch the parade with her, Mikan nervously turned to Natsume in the hopes that he may go. "Uh, Natsume?" Mikan nervously asked as she approached him but before she could even ask him, Natsume coldly cut her off and said no. "Ahhhhh, you're so mean Natsume, you didn't even let me finish my question." Mikan said as she turned around and pouted. "I already know what's going on in that thick skull of yours polka-dots. You were going to ask me if I would by any chance want to see the Academy parade. Sorry but I have no intentions on watching a bunch of dorks celebrate the second term. Besides, I have some business to do in the dangerous class anyway." Said Natsume coldly. "Natsume…." Said Mikan sadly under her breath as she heard the click of a camera behind her.
"Oh yeah, this is definitely going on " Hotaru said as she took a picture of Luca with his face rubbing against the white bunny he was holding and getting on her duck-like hover craft. Luca's face then became completely red. "Hotaru, don't you dare put that on the internet!" Luca shouted while chasing Hotaru. "Hm, maybe a few rabbits would change my mind about posting this on the web for the whole academy to see." Hotaru said while chuckling and flying away being chased by Luca on the ground. Natsume didn't have much to say after seeing Hotaru and Luca's little episode.
Mikan took a quick glance at Natsume and then sighed. "Okay fine I guess I'll just go to the parade by myself tomorrow" Said Mikan sadly under her breath as she started to breath hard, her cheeks began to become red, and tears began to fall from her face as she hid her head under her right arm in an attempt to hide the fact that she was crying. Unlike when tears formed from her eyes after she was rejected by Hotaru and Luca, this burst of tears was different. She felt really hurt that her three friends Hotaru, Luca, and even Natsume weren't going to be able to keep her company at an event that she waited the entire semester for. Natsume noticed how hurt she was but didn't say anything as Mikan headed to her dorm room to go to bed for the night. Natsume did the same and headed to his dorm and got ready to go to sleep after a hard day's work.
Natsume's dorm was a giant suite fit only for someone who has the executive star rank. As the afternoon quickly became night Natsume began to lie in his fluffy soft bed and endure the safe haven of sleep where the pressures of Alice Academy could not lay a hand on him. He noticed his journal that he kept on a shelf to the right side of his bed but he felt too tired to write in it tonight.
"Mikan, why does she continue to treat me like such a nice friend? Even after all the horrible ways that I have treated her within the past year at Alice Academy she still continues to approach me with a warm heart and that stupid smile. You never feared me did you Mikan? No, you're not like the rest of the fools at this academy. You don't see me as a murderer or a juvenile delinquent. You just always thought that I needed a friend to show me the way. At first I thought you were just an annoying little girl who stupidly stumbled her way unto this prison of a school. But ever since the Reo incident and seeing you risk your life for me and Aoi-chan, I've begun to view you in a different light. Is a part of me beginning to fall in love with you Mikan? If so it doesn't matter, I don't want you to become close to me and get hurt due to my involvement in the Dangerous ability class and my service as a Black Ops agent. Besides, Luca already likes her anyway. I don't deserve to have Mikan as a life partner anyway, Mikan will be much happier with Luca. She doesn't need to see the darkness that's eating away at my heart." Natsume thought to himself in confusion. No matter how hard he tried to fall asleep Natsume just couldn't get Mikan out of his mind. Her gorgeous brown eyes, her beautiful girlish looks, her purifying warm light that seemed to pierce the darkness in his heart. Natsume's endless thoughts of Mikan were put to a halt when he heard a knock on his door.
"Who is it?" Natsume asked while yawning as he opened the door. To his horror he saw a tall skinny man with pale white skin and black prickly hair. The tall man had deathly black lipstick on and was wearing a black leather suit coming down passed his waist along with black leather pants and boots. He also appeared to have restraining items in the form of dark menacing finger rings, earrings, and a bleach white mask covering his eyes.
"P-Persona, what are you doing here?" Natsume said while hesitating. "Hello Natsume, I just wanted to let you know that I have a mission planned for you tomorrow." Said the menacing tall man. "Aoi-chan is no longer your prisoner Persona, you no longer have any control over me." Natsume stated confidently. "Are you sure about that Natsume?" Asked the wicked man. "Yes I am. After Mikan…..bravely, nearly gave her life to protect me and Aoi-chan from you. Natsume said under his breath while thinking about how much Mikan must have cared about him if she was willing to stand up to a tyrant like Persona to protect him and his sister. "Hm hm hm, you see Natsume, that little kitten is precisely the reason why you will have no choice but to submit to me. During our little mishap in the Flower Palace when your little kitten tackled me, I was able to use my death alice to implement a deadly alice virus within the girl. Consider it a second affect of my alice. Despite the fact that the girl may have been able to escape from a rotting death due to her ability to create alice stones, the virus still remains within her and cannot be removed by the creation of a simple alice stone or by the affects of her nullification alice. I'm in control of this alice virus and I can have it destroy this girl from the inside out at anytime if I come in contact with her. Of course, I won't lay a hand on the girl if you do as I say Natsume." The tyrant coldly said.
"Persona, you…." Natsume said angrily while grinding his teeth. Natsume then closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and accepted his fate. "Persona, what time is my mission?" Asked Natsume. "Report to the Dangerous Ability class by 6:00 p.m. tomorrow, I'll be waiting, Natsume. Oh and like I've said before. That sinister look that your eyes once had has greatly diminished. I hope it's not due to you hanging out with your little kitten. If you really care for the girl then I would suggest you to stay away from her and toughen up. After all, I don't want her cute little face to distract you and jeopardize your missions because if they do, then I'll just have to take matters into my own hands." Said the tall tyrant as he took off his mask and revealing his sharp horrifying red eyes to Natsume making him cringe. "You can't escape me, nor can you escape this school." Said the wicked man as he put his mask back on and exited from Natsume's dorm room and faded into the shadows.
Natsume closed his dorm room door and sat on his bed for a few minutes thinking to himself. "So even after all my hard worked efforts to finally rescue Aoi-chan from this prison of a school, I am somehow still left as a slave of this academy. Pfft whatever, I don't want to see any of my friends get hurt, I should have known that the school would find a way to get me to do their bidding again." Natsume thought to himself as he decided to write in his journal about his conversation with Persona to help calm his nerves and then went to bed.
The next day at 8:00 a.m. we find Mikan sound asleep in her dorm room. Mikan's single one-star dorm room was much smaller and more cramped up compared to Natsume's executive dorm room, and her bed was a lot less fluffy than Natsume's bed. But it is definitely a better life-style than the days when Mikan was a no star and had to sleep in the attic. "Yeah the Alice Academy parade is today, haha I'll go get Hortaru, Luca, and…." Mikan said to herself before reality clicked in and she remembered that her friends all had something important to do today. "Oh yeah that's right, Hortaru, Luca, and Natsume are all busy today. I guess I'll be watching the parade by myself then." Mikan sadly said to herself as she got out of her bed, brushed her teeth, put on her school uniform, exited out of her dorm room, and headed towards the Predisposition and Special ability area since that's where the parade was starting.
Mikan arrived at 9:00 a.m. it was a beautiful bright and sunny day. There were students cheering, music playing, stands selling snacks, and balloons flying all over the place in celebration of the end of the second quarter. "Wow this is so amazing!" Mikan said as she twirled around in excitement of everything that was going around. "Hey Mikan." "We should've known that you would be here." Said two familiar voices. Mikan turned around and to her surprise she saw two tall middle school academy students, a boy and a girl.
The boy had dark blue hair, pale white skin, blue eyes, and a little black star under his left eye. He was wearing his casual middle school uniform which includes brown boots, blue striped pants, a white shirt with a collar plus a skinny blue string bowtie wrapped around it underneath a black long sleeved shirt, and his very own dark brown beanie on his head. The girl had bright pink hair, pale white skin, and dark pink eyes. Like the young man next to her, she had on her school uniform which included brown boots, a blue striped skirt, and a white shirt with a collar plus a skinny blue string bowtie wrapped around it underneath a black long sleeve shirt.
"Tsubasa and Misaki! I'm so glad to see you here. I'm so happy that I'm not going to be alone watching the Academy parade after all!" Mikan said as she shouted for joy. "Sorry Mikan but we're not going to be able to watch the Parade with you because we're gonna be in the parade." Said Tsubasa. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?" Screamed Mikan disappointed "You see Mikan, the thing is we were asked to replace two people on the Magic Lamp float who were supposed to cosplay as Aladdin and Jasmine from the Disney movie. We're even getting paid a few rabbits from the school since it's such a last minute replacement." Explained Misaki. "Oh I love that movie. I think it's so cute when Aladdin and Jasmine sing A Whole New World together on the Magic Carpet!" Mikan squealed with joy. "Heh heh, it's funny that you mention that particular song because that's the song that we will be performing on the Magic Lamp float on top of a Magic Carpet gimmick." Tsubasa quickly explained.
"Wow that's so cool. Haha, I'm sure you two will look adorable together on the float. Oh, but will you two be able to do a good job with singing?" Mikan asked while giggling. "Not to worry I was the best singer of my academy's elementary choir class, don't worry Mikan once you hear my voice you'll be paralyzed in amazement hahahaha." Tsubasa said while gloating. Tsubasa's gloating was quickly put an end due to a punch in the head by Misaki. "Oww, sheesh what was that for?" Tsubasa angrily replied. "Quite pulling on Mikan's chain Tsubasa." Misaki replied back. "Mikan have you ever heard of a Vocalizing Pill?" Misaki asked while turning to Mikan. "A Vocalizing Pill? What's that?" Replied Mikan. "A Vocalizing Pill is a new consumable good made by Alice Craftsmen that can be bought in Central Town. The voices of those who take the Vocalizing Pill immediately become attractive to any who listens to them." Misaki stated. "Wow that's so neat! So while on the float, you guys are pretty much going to be doing a reenactment of the A Whole New World scene where Aladdin and Jasmine fly on the Magic Carpet?" Mikan replied. "Yup, that sums it up pretty much. Although we're not going to be on a real Carpet because one of the two people who injured themselves had the telekinesis alice. So we unfortunately have to use a electrical mechanical prop of a carpet created by the technical class in replacement of a real flying carpet." Tsubasa stated.
"Oh, that's too bad." Mikan replied. "Yeah it's gonna look a bit tacky but I suppose it's better than nothing." Tsubasa replied. "Haha, yeah I guess that's true." Mikan said. "Well Tsubasa, we better get going, the parade starts at 11:00 a.m. and it's already 9:30 a.m. we need to get our costumes on and head over to the floats." Misaki said. "Yeah you're right, well it was nice running into you Mikan, keep your eyes peeled out for the Magic Lamp float that's the float that we'll be on. Of course you won't be able to recognize us by our voices so just keep your eyes peeled. Tsubasa said while winking to Mikan and giving her a thumbs up. "Haha ok I'll keep a look out for you guys." Mikan said as Tsubasa and Misaki left. However, after they left Mikan quickly realized that she was alone once again.
In order to pass the time, Mikan decided to buy some howalons from a snack stand. Mikan had to admit that despite how bad she was feeling due to all of her best friends not being able to see the parade with her, the fluffy, chewy, and delicious taste of the sweet candy did help make her feel a little better. Mikan then sat down at a table by herself and tried to finish off the rest of her howalons. "Maybe coming here was mistake, I feel so alone without my friends by my side. Maybe I should just head off back to my dorm room." Mikan thought to herself as she finished her last howalon. She then got up and started heading out of the Predisposition and Special ability area and towards her dorm room, but before she was able to walk out of the area, she saw a familiar black haired boy in the distance, and it looked as if the boy was looking for someone.
"Natsume!" Mikan shouted as she headed towards the black haired boy. "P-Polka-dots?" Natsume said in a tone that made it seem as if he didn't want to be found as Mikan headed towards him. "What are you doing here Natsume, I thought you said that you had business to do in the Dangerous Ability class." Mikan asked. "They let us out early today so I decided to check out what's the big commotion out here." Natsume quickly replied while turning his face away from Mikan. "I wasn't having much fun here since I was all by myself, Natsume, would you by any chance…" Mikan asked before being cut off by Natsume. "No, I do not want to watch the parade with you Polka-dots. This whole event is completely idiotic I don't understand why the idiots in this academy get so wrapped up in ridiculous events like these." Natsume said coldly. "Why are you always like that Natsume? Have some fun, chill out every once in awhile." Mikan urged. "No" Natsume replied. "Natsume please? I know that we don't always see eye-to-eye but I don't want to see you miserable and either. I want to see you smile just like that smile that I saw during our Alice dodgeball game or whenever you hold Hijiri" Mikan said as she slowly walked closer to Natsume. But at that instant Natsume remembered what Persona told him last about what will happen if he gets too close to Mikan, begins to become soft, and stops doing missions for the Academy.
"Get away from me ugly!" Natsume said as he pushed Mikan down in an attempt to prevent her from getting close to him. "I already told you, I'm different from the rest of you." Natsume yelled. Natsume didn't look happy or feel that push Mikan was the right thing to do. But he knew that if Mikan were to become close him then Persona would do something far worse to Mikan. "But Natsume I just don't understand…" Mikan said as tears began to form in her eyes as she felt hurt from the fact that Natsume pushed her to the ground, but was then cut off by Natsume. "Just drop it stupid girl, I'm not like the rest of you and for the record I don't care. I don't care about idiot polka-dot panty wearing girls like you or this stupid Academy Parade." Natsume said while crossing his arms and looking away from Mikan. Mikan then got up, dusted her clothes off and then found the nerve to argue back with Natsume.
"Well for someone who doesn't care about the Academy Parade, I find it funny how I seemed to find you here right before the parade began. You say that you wanted to see what the big commotion here was but I told you about the Academy Parade yesterday so despite what you say I'm sure that you knew that all this commotion was about the Academy Parade. And not only that, but I noticed that it looked like you were looking for something or maybe someone." Mikan stated. "I-I, ugh…." Natsume hesitated and didn't know what to say. "I assure you Polka-dots, I have no interest in this meaningless parade. I'm leaving." Natsume said as he started to walk away. "Natsume wait." Mikan said. "Don't follow me, ugly. But I'll give you a little advice. Don't feel down just because your friends aren't here with you. If this parade is something that you really want to see then just have fun and try to enjoy yourself, moron." Natsume said.
"Fine I will" Mikan said while sticking her tongue at Natsume and heading back towards the big crowd of people. But then like a strike of lightening, something hit Mikan's conscience. "Wait, Natsume were you just trying to make me feel better just now?" Mikan asked herself as she remembered previous times at Alice Academy where Natsume tried to help Mikan. He always had a strange way of making Mikan feel better about herself despite how cruel his methods seemed, like the time when Mikan thought her friend Hotaru was transferring to another academy. But then again, this was the first time that Natsume used physical force to keep Mikan from coming close to him. She knew that there must be something terrible going on within his heart but refuses to tell. Mikan tried to enjoy herself before the parade started but she couldn't help but think about Natsume. His dark black hair, calm quiet personality, handsome young face, and cold ruthless eyes just couldn't get out of Mikan's mind.
It was 11:00 a.m. at the Predisposition and Special ability area. The crowd of people were going crazy with excitement as the Academy Parade was about to begin. Mikan was lucky enough to squeeze herself into the front of the crowd of students due to how small she was. In front of the crowd of students was a long narrow street for the floats to travel on. However, there was also a long rope in front of the students to prevent them from getting in the way of the floats. "Wow, I can see the first float coming." Squealed Mikan with excitement. As the parade started, joyous and exciting music filled the air. The first float that appeared was a float of the famous folk tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The float was a giant red apple with a bite mark in it. A female high school academy student was dressed up as Snow White while male elementary students played as the Seven Dwarfs. The students on the float were dancing to the spirit lifting music played in the background.
"Aww they look so cute." Mikan squealed. The second float looked like a small forest. The float was full of artificial grass and little trees. A female elementary student was seen dressed up as Little Red Riding hood, and a male high school student was dressed up as the big bad wolf. Like the students on the last float, they too were dancing and having a wonderful time. "Haha how funny." Mikan said. The third float that appeared was a Magic Lamp float. "That's the float that Tsubasa and Misaki are on!" Mikan screamed in excitement. The Magic Lamp float was a giant bronze lamp with a metal automated purple carpet where Tsubasa and Misaki could be seen sitting on while singing the song A Whole New World. Mikan had to admit that she would never have been able to recognize them by just their voices, they actually sounded like professional singers. Tsubasa was wearing a white royal palace outfit containing a white cap with a long purple feather in the middle, white baggy pants, a gold belt and overalls worn over a long white shirt, and a white cape blowing in the wind. Misaki's costume was a blue royal palace outfit which contained blue harem pants, and a blue crop top leaving her arms and stomach for everyone to see. Her outfit also contained large copper earrings, a copper necklace, and gold slipper-like shoes.
"Wow they look just like Aladdin and Jasmine from the Disney movie." Mikan said in amazement as Tsubasa and Misaki finished their song. "A whole new world, a whole life, for you, and, me." Sung Tsubasa and Misaki while sitting on the metal magic carpet prop and holding hands while starring into each other's eyes. The moment between these two seemed like it could last forever, however it was quickly put to an end due to a horrifying sound beneath them. "What's that noise?" Mikan shouted as she realized that the noise was coming from underneath the magic carpet prop. The smell of smoke began to engulf the entire float "I don't like this, we need to get off Misaki." Suggested Tsubasa. "Okay" Replied Misaki, but as they were about to get off, in a flash the float exploded. Tsubasa landed safely on the ground since he was closer to the edge of the float when it exploded. However, Misaki was still in the air, in fear of his friend getting hurt, Tsubasa gained an adrenaline rush and without even thinking Tsubasa dashed and slid in order to catch Misaki and prevent her from falling on the rock hard ground. "Are you okay Misaki?" Tsubasa asked concerned. "Y-yeah." Misaki said while blushing slightly. What was left of the Magic Lamp float quickly caught fire due to the electric metal carpet prop. The joy that the crowd of student had for the parade quickly turned into fear and terror. All the students began to run away from the parade except for Mikan. She wanted to make sure that her two friends were safe and not hurt. Mikan crawled underneath the ropes preventing students from getting in the way of the parade and ran towards Misaki and Tsubasa. However before Mikan was able to approach her two friends, the metal carpet prop blew up into many little flying pieces due to the heat of the fire. A burning piece of the magic carpet prop flew straight towards Mikan. The flying piece of metal was about the size of a brick.
"MIKAN LOOK OUT!" Tsubasa and Misaki screamed at the top of their lungs. By the time Mikan realized what Tsubasa and Misaki were screaming about it was too late. Mikan was frozen in fear of the piece of metal that was flying to her. Mikan quickly closed her eyes and prepared for impact but to her surprise she felt an unexpected push by someone and a familiar voice yelling her name. "Natsume?" Mikan yelled as she opened her eyes but after she did she wished that she would have kept them closed. Mikan saw something that she would never forget. Natsume, the student that often teased her and gave her a hard time at alice academy pushed her out of harm's way and let himself be hit in the head by a piece of metal that was originally going to hit her. The flying piece of metal hit Natsume's smooth forehead. Blood started gushing from his head as he collapsed to the ground. "Natsume!" Mikan screamed as she ran towards the injured boy to see if he was alright. "Natsume, Natsume, are you alright please wake up." Mikan begged as she tried to wake Natsume up by rubbing his chest, but Natsume didn't answer. The boy was knocked out like a burnt out candle. Tsubasa and Misaki ran towards Mikan and the knocked out Natsume. "We saw everything Mikan, we need to get Natsume to the school infirmary." Tsubasa stated "Y-yeah" Mikan replied. "Don't worry Natsume, you'll be in good hands in no time." Mikan said to the unconscious Natsume. Misaki picked up Natsume and place him on Tsubasa's back to give him a piggy back ride.
Mikan, Tsubasa, and Misaki then ran with the unconscious Natsume to the school infirmary. The school infirmary was a giant white building that looked as if it was at least 12 stories high. Mikan, Misaki, and Tsubasa carrying the unconscious right behind them rushed to the front desk where they saw a nurse signing a few papers. "Nurse, a good friend of mine is bleeding and unconscious, can you guys treat him." Mikan asked with her face bright red from all her running and tears starting to form in her eyes due to worry of Natsume's health. "Oh, of course I'll send some doctors down here immediately." Said the nurse as she quickly grabbed a telephone near her and called some doctors down to treat the injured boy. When the doctors arrived they brought a stretcher for Natsume to be put on. Tsubasa gently place Natsume in the stretcher and the doctor's then took Natsume away so they can treat him. "The doctors have transported Natsume to the third floor. You may sit in the waiting room if you'd like." The nurse said. "Okay" Mikan said as she turned to look at Tsubasa and Misaki. "Wait don't you think we should head over to the Elementary Division and let Natsume's teachers and friends know that he's in bad condition?" Tsubasa suggested. "Yeah you're right Tsubasa, Natsume's teachers and loved ones need to know that he's injured, he'll be in safe hands at the hospital. We should go Mikan." Misaki implied. "No" Mikan said under her breath.
"Huh? Mikan, Natsume will be safe here. The doctors are treating him there's no need to worry." Tsubasa said while Misaki nodded her head in agreement. "It's not that, the reason why I want to stay is because Natsume was willing to risk his life in order to make sure that I was safe from harm. I can't…" Mikan said as she began to cry. "I can't call myself a friend if I'm not at the very least willing to wait for him in the hospital to make sure that he's alright." Mikan said as tears began to fall from her face. "She sure is stubborn isn't she?" Misaki whispered to Tsubasa. "Despite the way that they seem to show their feelings for each other, Mikan and Natsume must have a really strong friendship, what right do we have to keep these two from each other." Tsubasa whispered back. "You certainly are quite the romantic Tsubasa." Misaki whispered as she winked at him. "Hehehe well I try." Tsubasa whispered back. "Alright Mikan you win, me and Misaki will go and tell all of Natsume's friends and teachers that he's injured. Just try not jynx Natsume's health with your presence." Tsubasa said while laughing. "Hey what's that supposed to mean?" Mikan said defensively. Misaki and Tsubasa then began to laugh and Mikan laughed as well. Mikan gave Tsubasa and Misaki a hug goodbye as they headed out of the school infirmary. Mikan then headed to the elevator inside the school infirmary.
Mikan saw a big red door and a white button to the side of it. Mikan pushed the white button and waited for the door to the elevator to open. As Mikan waited for the red door to open Mikan thought to herself about something Luca told her awhile ago. "Luca told me that if Natsume thinks of someone as a friend, he will always put that person before himself. But what Natsume did for me today could have possibly killed him. Does he really care this much about me?" Mikan asked herself. When the door to the elevator finally open, Mikan quickly got in and went up to the 3rd floor. As soon as she got out of the elevator she saw the waiting room to the right side of her. Mikan took a seat and waited for the doctors to tell her how Natsume is doing. "Natsume, I hope that you're alright." Mikan said to herself under her breath as she put her hands together as if she was praying. Mikan waited for a few minutes, a few minutes soon turned into a few hours. After 3 hours of waiting a nurse finally came in the waiting room to speak to Mikan. "Young lady, who may I ask are you waiting for?" The nurse kindly asked. "Nastume Hyuga, how is he? Is he hurt? Ohh, it's all my fault." Mikan said as she put her hands over her eyes and began to cry. "Oh no no no no, the boy named Natsume Hyuga is doing fine. He hasn't woken up yet but he doesn't seem to be in any serious danger, so far he just has a bruise on his head that's all, you can come in his room to see him if you'd like." The nurse happily said.
"O-okay." Mikan said with relief in her voice. Mikan followed the nurse as she guided her to the room Natsume was resting in. The room Natsume was resting in was a small white and stuffy room with a bed and a window next to it. "Here he is, we're just waiting for him to wake up so we can make sure there's nothing wrong with him." The nurse said as she left the room. Natsume laid safely within a soft fluffy hospital bed. The bed covers came up to his neck. Natsume had a large white bandage around his forehead where the piece of metal hit him in order to patch his bleeding. The mysterious young boy with the deadly fire alice seemed so innocent and peaceful when he was asleep. "Heehee, Natsume is actually kind of cute when he's sleeping." Mikan said to herself while smiling. However, at that moment, Natsume began to open his eyes and rise from his bed. "Oops, I hope I didn't wake him up due to my voice." Mikan thought as she put her hands over her mouth. As he woke up, Mikan noticed that he seemed to have completely lost that cold look in his eyes that he usually had, he actually looked confused and scared. Natsume sat up and looked around the stuffy white room as if he had no idea where he was. He then turned to face Mikan. "Who am I?" He asked with confusion in his voice and a frightened look on his face.
To Be Continued…
Me: So what did you guys think about the first chapter? Natsume: Meh, it was okay I think it focused a little too much on Strawberry Print. Mikan: *Blushes and puts her hands over her skirt* Quite looking Natsume! Natsume: Well I wouldn't see them if you would just where longer skirts, or better yet, put some shorts on! *Mikan and Natsume start fighting again* Me: Oh boy, well anyway, thank you everyone for reading my first fanfic. I'll work on the next chapter right now. In the mean time. Please leave a comment or a review and explain what you liked about my fanfic, what you didn't like, and what I can improve on, thank you.
What's going to happen to Natsume if he can't remember who he is? And will Persona come after Mikan if Nastsume doesn't remember to do his assigned mission? And will this loss of memory cause certain feelings to sprout between Mikan and Natsume? The answers to all these questions and more will be answer in, Burnt out Memories: Chapter 2: I depend on you.