PROLOG

You had everything – nice family, good friends, respected teachers, good marks at school and etc. And one day you just lose all these things, you go to the nearby park and sit under a Sakura tree. You say everything that happened, and your eyes will fill with bloody tears… When that time comes, you can be sure; you'll find someone who'll be the life and the death for you!


CHAPTER 1/1

It was windy and cold, thought it was august. It was about 11 o'clock in the night. Everyone was now sleeping, resting from the long and awful day. I heard screaming – a child was having a nightmare? I didn't know where I was going and wasn't sure where I was. Looking around me, I could see benches, trees, flowers, and a memory of running smiling kids. This was probably the park. I was walking and walking, until I could see the path splitting into two others, but which one to choose? I lifted my head a little bit and saw that at the split there was a Sakura tree.

"Why don't you come?" Did the tree just talked? Or did I go blank? Or was there someone?

Duh, treesdon'ttalk (!) and I dodn'tsee anybody here. So, obviously I went blank, but was that the truth?

While I was thinking, I heard some noise. My head lifted again. There was somebody there after all. One boy just jumped from the branch of the tree. He sat down and gave me a sign to sit beside him. I just went, 'cause from his 'Why don't you come?' I knew he wasn't from here and I kind of trusted him. His hair was raven-black, his eyes – bloody red and his skin – pale as snow.

"You're crying, why?" the boy started.

"Long story… this morning, when I woke up, everything was alright, tonight everything is a mess and don't have anything or anybody." I sighed. Why did I tell him? Why would I tell even this to a complete stranger?

"I have all the time in the world, so I can stay and listen." His face hasn't shown anything, but fake emotionlessness.

"All the time in the world?! You do look like vampire, but they don't exist" I saw the corners of his lips lift. I took his hand and continued "and you're so warm. You can't be." Before I met him, I could never-ever imagine a poker-face-user laugh that lightly, that freely, but now I knew it was possible.

"I'm not, baka. But I don't have anything or anybody, just like you." He looked at my eyes, his were burning. "We may go together from now on." He smiled sweet.

"Sure thing." I was really happy, that there was someone to reach his hand for me.

"Will you tell me what happened?" He looked at the sky. "Then I'll tell you my story. Deal?"

"Deal.

I come from the Sakura family. My father's work is as Sakura Company director – all the Sakura shops, Sakura mobile phones and all the other Sakura things, part of the Sakura Company. Everything was his.

I had my dad – Izumi, my mother – Yuka, my twin – Rima and little brother – Nannin."

"Nannin?" The boy lifted eyebrow.

"His first word was 'Nani? Nani?', so that's why my parents called him Nannin. And my name is Mikan" and I reached for his hand.

"Natsume," he said as he reached out and took my hand. "From the Hyuuga family."

"So, I was attending the Shino Aisu school – the one for rich, or famous, or smart children. Best – to be the three of them." I laughed.

"I attended that school, too. While the Hyuuga family was still there, you know." He looked bothered of something.

"That morning everything started as always – mom and dad were the first up, then me and Rima and last - as always, my brother Nannin. Mom and dad went to work, taking Nannin to his kinder garden and Rima went school – she was studying in the morning classes and I was studying in the afternoon classes."

"Interesting" Natsume said. He looked at my eyes once again "My family was just the same. Or in most ways is… I'll tell you later" He smiled sweet once again and… Ba-dump… Ba-dump…Did I just fall for him? Well, I don't care – he's really…

"I went to school. But something was off, it seemed like my friends were avoiding me. I went and asked my best friend – Hotaru. She said that when morning classes went to have late breakfast my twin Rima was shot and everyone thought she was dead…" I sobbed and for my shock Natsume hugged me tightly, petted my head and kissed my cheek.

"It's alright now, isn't it? She's now somewhere better, you know." He petted me again, "So don't cry, she's now alright and she might have met my twin-sister – Karu." He laughed lightly, but then looked at my face to see if he hurted me.

"I'm pretty sure, 'cause my sister likes nice people just like me, so if you're so nice, your twin is the same, right?"

"Yup, Mi-chan." Now what was that sweet tone of his?!

"I thought that everything was settled, but I was wrong, dead wrong. My mobile rang, it was Nannin, or I thought it was him. When I answered I heard some stranger's voice 'Are you a family of the owner or the phone?' I said I was. Then the voice said that he's really sorry, but my brother was shot and he just died in some hospital." I was now crying. Natsume kissed my cheek, and then hugged me gently. Now what was with that guy? And did that kiss felt so… so familiar? Why?

"I went straight to the Sakura company. I went straight to my mom's office, the secretary said 'Mikan? Go! Go in! Go!'. When I went in, my mom was crying. I asked her if she and dad were alright…" I cried and Natsume comforted me again.

"Dear, they are now in better world and they don't want you crying! Baka, I know it hurts, but…" He looked at my face. "Who cares? You're girl, you know. You can cry as much as you want, while I'm here and I'll be there for you everywhere and every when." He paused. "Do you remember when I told you that for first time?" He looked at me curios.

"Perv?" I said choky.

"Yeah, Polka?" He pressed him face to mine.

"Yup… you're the same perv as always!" I coughed choky.

"I'm not! You alright? Is freezing, maybe you're getting cold?" He looked really worried.

"Yeah. So I and mom went home, but before we got into the house, someone shot mom at her heart. She died in front of my eyes." I started crying again.

"Oi, Mi, your eyes are bleeding! I know you girls have to cry, but you should stop now. From how many hours you were crying? Five? Six?" He wiped my tears.

"Do you think I could see the damn clock?"

"No. But do you want me do something pervert, just to make you forget part of the pain?" How he was joking. Now, why did I fell for him?

"What do you mean?" I looked at him really curios – what he was talking about?

"Show ya later, Rainbows." But…

"Natsume?"

"Hn?"

"I'm with trousers you know…"

"Nope, you're with shorts, which are shallow." He laughed. Well, actually, he was right.

"So… Then I just came here and here I am. It's your turn – what happened? Why did you disappear?" I laid head my on his shoulder.

"You understood?"

"Only." Poor him – no one except me saw that he is missing!

"Well, you might not know, but my mother died in car accident before some years. My dad was left alone with me, my twin-sister – Karu, who had hearth condition, and our little sister – Aoi. Before maybe a year Aoi and dad were killed just like your relatives. And there was only me and Karu, but today… she died, 'cause of one of her fits." I saw tears on his cheeks. I wiped them and hugged him. He hugged me back.

We went somewhere. He said that no one knows about there, so we were all alone.

"Natsume, you were talking about something and told me that you'll tell me later, but you never…" I didn't continue 'cause his lips were on mine. I didn't know we were falling, before my back was on the bed.

"What?" I didn't get anything!

"Baka, I meant making love, you idiot!" He seemed like he was having fun.

"Whaaat?" What did he meant? What?!

"I mean… SEX!"

"OK?"

"I'll just show you!" He groaned. And…


EPILOGE:

News paper:

"THE LAST HYUUGA AND SAKURA ARE DEAD?

Mikan and Natsume – the last of the Sakura and the Hyuuga families are dead! Both of them died in car ancient, week after their marriage. How sad! But the companies boards agreed on the same thing – cooperating and becoming part of the Nogi company! Hotaru and Ruka Nogi agreed.

'for 24 hours Ivan Stanikov'

More information on pages 23-24"

Mikan woke up. She and Natsume were sleeping in the garden of their new house, under their Sakura tree. The last she remembered was them going back home. She heard laughing – Rima and girl, whom looked just like Natsume - Karu?, were coming from somewhere.

"Huh? I thought that they were dead!" Natsume protested.

"Just like you!" Said Karu giggling.

"So we died?" Mikan looked confused.

"Welcome to the life 'beyond'! Now all of the members of our families are here!" Said Rima, still giggling.

"We died? Happiness!" said Natsume smiling bitter. "Now I'll be always with my Mikan, so it doesn't matter!"

"WHAT?" Rima and Karu were sure confused.

"We are married!" said Mikan and all of them laughed.

THE END


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I always hoped there's life after, so this is how I see it.

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Edited: end of 2013, because of some major stile errors and many typos.