I'm not sure if it has been exactly a week, but here it is. It took me forever to decide on the name of the story. If you haven't read "Pain of Life", read it. This is the sequel and Pain of Life will make this easier to understand. If you have, please enjoy this story.
Oh yeah, I'm sorry if this took over a week. I'm trying as best as I can. Also, I'm not sure if I'll post five chapters today because I don't have five chapters done. Sorry about that.
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The shadows are closing in.
"You are in charge of keeping Sakura Mikan from the AAO prior to and during the invasion."
"Hai. I'll take my leave now."
"Very well."
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"Ne, ne Kanjouinyuu-chan, where were you?" Mikan asked Oujou energetically.
Oujou groaned. She still calls me Kanjouinyuu-chan. "Nowhere."
"You had to be somewhere." Mikan whined.
As Oujou passed Natsume, she muttered, "I'm in charge of protecting her." For a month now Natsume had been training Oujou to fight. Oujou, already being partially proficient in martial arts, was a quick learner. Every night Natsume fought her without using his alice. Half the time Oujou got knocked out and the other half she could barely drag herself to bed. One thing that she did notice was that she always woke up in her bed, even after being knocked out.
When Oujou took her customary seat in front of Natsume, he took his seat as well. He leaned forward and hissed in her ear. "Training from seven to eleven." Oujou spun around. Natsume was smirking at her.
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"We have no idea when the AAO will attack, so we are switching to this training schedule. Begin." Natsume flew at Oujou and she defended herself, then attacked back.
Four hours later…"Training's over." Oujou fell over, her right arm on fire (not literally). The skin was completely ripped off and blood was pouring out. Natsume lifted her up, then took off in the trees.
"I can walk for myself."
"Fine." Natsume put her on a tree limb, the stood watching. Oujou tried to jump forward, stumbled, lurched forward, and fell. Natsume caught her, then took off again. Oujou struggled for a moment the, seeing it was fruitless, let him carry her.
After opening her window, Natsume set Oujou on the ground in a standing position, the vanished. Oujou collapsed on the floor, a pool of blood staining the carpet.
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Bring… Bring…Bring!!! Oujou's shrill alarm clock went off, waking her up. Oujou's hand gripped her covers and – COVERS? Oujou sat bolt upright, causing a stab of pain in her right arm. She looked down and saw that her arm was wrapped in bandages. Oujou got up, slipping on her other uniform (The one not covered in blood). She winced when the sleeve caught on the bandage.
Oujou walked to the classroom and still go there ten minutes early. Natsume, Ruka, Iinchou, and Hotaru were the only ones in the room.
"Thank you."
"Hn," Oujou sat down, her head hurting from the odd barrage of worry, embarrassment, and greed. Nastume was both embarrassed and worried, where as Ruka and Iinchou were just worried. Hotaru, of course, felt the greed.
Suddenly something caught Oujou's eye. A person clad in all black was standing on a tree, staring into the classroom. Oujou cursed, then spun around, mouthing the words, "Protect Mikan" to Natsume. Then she ran out of the room, followed closely by Natsume.
Protect Mikan.
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Ooh, please review. I hope you liked it. I know, it was kinda short. Gomenasai.