Centuries of Love
Note: This story was revised, so it's only natural to expect changes
Summary: Mikan Yukihara is one of the famous pop stars of the generation, she has everything a woman could ask for, except a heart to love, when she met an accident during one of her tours, she was suddenly thrown in the purgatory for being sentenced and being decided wether she will go to heaven or hell, she was about to receive her judgement when a messenger from the mortal world brings the news of her being alive, though not exactly, since her body is in a coma.
With this in hand, the Gods then decided to let her live, but everyone who needs to go back to the mortal world needs to fix something in their bodies before they could go back, as the Gods looked from above, they observed that the one that was almost destroyed in her body was her heart, physically and emotionally.
Everything should be fine, fact is, all Mikan had to do was to find a donor that can match with her systems, but her problems goes beyond the laws of anatomy because the day of her death sparked a lot of trouble. She died exactly at midnight of St. Mark's day, the day when the souls were marching to the church for a line up to see who will die the next day.
Since souls have the capability to sense who will die next, they all went to the scene where Mikan died and grabbed apiece of her heart. The heart that gives her the existence and will to live. And according to the Gods, if a soul grabs a piece of a living mortal's heart, it will cause a lot of trouble since a piece of a living mortal's heart has the ability to render physical attributes to the soul who gets a piece of it. And if Mikan wants to live and go back to the mortal world again, she had to get all the pieces of her heart before some souls morph unto it and make it a part of their beings. If that happens, she could never get her heart back.
Seeing her difficult case, Mikan was now set on a quest and was determined to find all of her heart pieces to live again. But what she didn't expect, was that upon her journey, she will realize the value of love, its effects and its essence, and the reason why it was known as the most important feeling that humakind could ever possess as well as the treasure and gifts that it hides that caused it to be valued, for eternity...
Prologue: The Smile that was Eradicated
"Love never changes…no matter what time or age we are in… "
"There she is! " A high pitched voice screamed.
A cute pigtailed girl stopped fixing the balls when she heard her classmate's voice.
"Yes? " She asked as she suddenly turned around.
"Yukihara! How dare you to destroy the mascot that we've been working for days! " Some of her classmates shouted angrily as they stepped towards her.
"Pardon me? " She asked quizzically.
"Don't act innocent, Yukihara! You're the one who did it! We have all the evidence! " A green permed hair girl screeched.
The said Yukihara girl then stepped back as she saw her classmates glaring daggers at her.
"I didn't do anything! " She defended.
"Mikan… " A cold voice followed as she glared at her. "We've got evidence in here, why don't you just admit it and tell the truth? "
Mikan then looked at her bestfriend in disbelief. "And you believed them, Hotaru? I thought you know me better than that? "
Hotaru sighed and took out a small television from her pocket, then played a video.
Mikan gasped when she saw herself destroying and dismantling the mascot for their school's championship game. She was even dancing and smiling maliciously as she destroyed the poor thing.
But…that's impossible, it can't be her! She was just her arranging the basketballs, all throughout that time!
"But…but… I'm here all the time! I was asked to arrange the basketballs as part of my detention! " She replied. "And I'm not that kind of person! I would never destroy the works of other people! " She replied as tears started to form in her cheeks.
"Yeah, tell that to the Principal, Yukihara. " Another voice said interevened.
Mikan looked up, only to see her long time crush, Natsume Hyuuga, together with him is his bestfriend Ruka Nogi, and beside them is her enemy, Luna Koizumi who was smiling a little.
"Yukihara, didn't you know that Natsume sama worked harder for that mascot than any of us? " Luna snarled at her. "And then, what did you do? You destroyed it all at once! Didn't you know that the championship will be tomorrow? How can you be so selfish and destroy it all? "
Mikan bit her lip, but she shook her head, she might not have any witness, but Kami knows that she was innocent. And she didn't do anything at all.
"I told you, I didn't do anything! " She cried in vehemence. "I'm did not and will not destroy something that we all worked hard together! "
"Yeah, yeah, liar liar, your pants are on fire already, Yukihara! " Luna pressed as she went towards her and slapped her face.
Mikan was taken aback when she fell on the floor.
"That was a small price to pay for destroying Natsume sama's hardwork! " She said angrily.
The poor little girl then looked at her classmates, and all of them was looking at her in disgust and pure anger. Seeing that they didn't want to add more fuel to the fire, they decided to just walk away from her silently.
"But…but guys! I swear! I didn't do it! " She screamed again as she grabbed one of her classmates, unfortunately, that one arm belonged to her crush.
"Let go of me! " Natsume snarled as he threw the annoying girl away from him.
"Please listen to me, Natsume kun! I swear I didn't do it! " Mikan begged.
"Shut up and get off of me! "
"Please! Just listen to me, Natsume kun! "
"I said, let go of me! "
"No! Please, just hear me out, Natsume kun, I beg you! "
With this, Natsume's patience snapped and glared at her.
"Little girl, if you don't let go of me…"
"No, I won't! Not unless you listen to me! "
Natsume then gritted his teeth, wanting to take the annoying girl's arm away from him, he pressed his arm towards him a bit, then putting his strength on that arm, he swung it outwards and caused Mikan to be thrown away from him.
With the sudden force that hit her, Mikan was able to let go of Natsume, and was thrown off in the air, but since she was also clumsy, instead of hitting the flat surface, her foot slipped forward, she tried to regain her balance, but failed, causing her forehead to fall and hit one of the metal baskets that houses the basketballs.
Mikan felt a surge of intense pain suddenly flow on the left side of her forehead, it was then followed by a sudden warm flow of some liquid that pooled from the side of her head.
She widened her eyes in shock, and when she touched the liquid that flowed on the bridge of her nose, her eyes dilated even more.
It was blood…
Afterwards, she felt light headed, then she suddenly found herself falling into the flat, smooth floors…
And into the dark oblivion…
"Mikan? Mikan sweetheart? Can you hear me? " A frantic voice screamed.
Mikan then slowly opened her eyes, and when she turned around, she saw her mother looking worriedly at her.
"Mikan? Oh my poor baby! Thank goodness you finally woke up! "Her mom said as she quickly jumped towards her daughter and hugged her.
Mikan just obliged without any hesitation, then suddenly, she felt a wincing, throbbing pain that pulsed on her head.
"Ow… " She muttered.
Her mother then immediately let go off her and massaged her head lightly.
"The doctors say that it will hurt a bit after the operation. " Her mom said as she kissed her daughter's forehead. "Mikan, sweetheart, what happened? Who did this to you? "
Mikan just bent her head. She might be injured in the head, but she remembered what happened to her.
Her crush injured her and the one who caused her all this, they all blamed her for something that she didn't do…
In short, they all hated her…
And for no reason at all…
Suddenly, tears started to form in her eyes.
"Mom… can I…can I ask you a favour? " She asked in a shaking voice.
"Yes, sweetie? "
"Please…please take me away from here? " Mikan pleaded as she clutched the blankets underneath her.
She felt her mom look at her in a weird manner.
"Please? " She begged as the tears suddenly dropped from her concealed face. "Just take me away from here, any place will do, as long as it will be far, far, away from here. "
She felt her mom encaging her in a hug.
"Sure, of course, my dear Mikan, if that's what you want… " She said as she hugged her tighter.
Mikan in return hugged her mom.
"Mom, get me away from here! Please! " Mikan cried. "I don't want to stay here anymore! "
"I will, hush now, Mikan, relax, I will get you out of here, okay, sweetheart? "
Mikan clutched her mom's dress. "Thanks mom, can you make it for tonight? "
"I will, honey, as long as you're ready. "
"I'm ready… " She quipped.
Her mom sighed. "Okay, stay here while I talk to the doctor and prepare our passports. " She dismissed.
Mikan nodded and smiled at her mom.
Her mom suddenly lowered her eyelids. Her daughter's sunny smile, the smile that was able to light up the darkest of hearts…the smile that was so full of life and filled with happiness…
The smile that they all loved…
Was now disappeared…
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