Bewildered Circumstances

by: Sorrowful Princess

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Chapter 1: Imprisoned Heart

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You can't run away from me...

"No!"

You have no choice...

"No! Get away from me!"

Obey me... That's all you have to do... That's all there is to it...

"Shut up! I don't wanna hear you anymore!"

You're mine... You only belong to me... remember that well...

"NO!!!" Mikan screamed. She's drenched in her own cold sweat. Panting heavily, she held her chest with her right hand. She could feel her heart pounding heavily.

Hoping that the uneasyness would soon fade away, she stood up from her bed and went over to her bathroom. She opened the faucet and washed her face with the cold water. Still astounded with what she had dreamed of, she looked at the mirror and stared at her reflection.

Nothing could be heard except for the sound of pouring water. Silence crept her room until...

KRRRING! her alarm clock brought up some noise. It also brought back her senses to reality.

"Oh! It's almost time!" she said to herself. "I better hurry!"

She then took a quick shower and wore her highschool uniform. She fixed her hair into two beautiful pigtails and off she went.

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"Ohayo..." Mikan greeted in such a low voice.

Everyone looked at her. Figuring out that she's not in the mood, no one dared to make fun of her. (...usually they make fun of her...)

"Ohayo Mikan-chan..." the class responded with consideration.

"W-What's with you guys! Do I look so depressed that there's such consideration on your greetings?" Mikan said.

"Well, Actually Yes." Nonoko answered.

"Eeeehhh! Me? Depressed?" Mikan replied. "What're you talking about? I'm not! See? I'm fine... Ahehehehe..." she said as she forced herself to laugh. "Don't worry, I'm fine! Okay, I'm gonna go to my seat now... You too should just continue what you're all doing before I came in here..."

She then walked towards her seat. As she walks slowly, she saw Natsume. And eventually, their eyes met.

Staring at Natsume's eyes, she felt a sharp pain on her chest; The pain of Guilt; The pain of Regret. His eyes were sharp, cold, heartless; and Nevertheless, dark with anger.

She felt it again. The Pain. But she knew she had no choice but to bear it... Her eyes were starting to feel sore.. It's as if looking in his eyes was causing such damage on her own orbs. But then again, she knew she had no choice but to bear it.

She continued to walk over to her seat and sat on it. she could still feel it; the pain... But there's nothing she could do about it. Lost in her thoughts, she rested her cheeks on her right hand.

7 years... It's been 7 long years since she came into this Academy. Everything went well. That's what she always thought but it was all ruined up.

While Mikan was lost in her thoughts, Anna, Nonoko, Kokoroyomi, Iinchou, and Hotaru were busily discussing about something.

"Mikan-chan... Ever since that day, she became like this." Nonoko said in such a low voice so that no one else in the classroom could hear them, especially Mikan.

"Even though she always face us with a smile, I can tell... We can tell... that she's just forcing herself to look happy." Anna said.

"Ever since she was discovered having the Stealing Alice and have been transfered into the Dangerous Ability Class 8 months ago, she began acting strange like this. I wonder why..." Iinchou said. "Koko-kun, can you please read Mikan-chan's mind for us to know?" he asked.

Koko shook his head.

"Unfortunately, I can't. Before I could use my alice on her, she would nullify it immediately." he explained.

All of them sighed. (Except for Hotaru) It's hard for them to see Mikan like this.

"What about you, Imai-san? Do you know what happened to her?" Iinchou asked.

"No." Hotaru answered coldly. "That baka isn't telling me anything even if I force her to."

Back to Mikan...

The words of a certain someone suddenly flashed on her mind.

'You're mine... You're mine... You only belong to me...'

The pain she was feeling was still there but this time, her deep hatred was stronger. She clenched her fists at the very thought of this but...

She knew she couldn't do anything about it. She's imprisoned. No, this is much worse than being imprisoned.

Her thoughts were suddenly cut off when Narumi came into the classroom. Flashing a bright smile to everyone, he greeted his students cheerfully as he quickly went on to his lessons.

to be continued...

A/N: Thanks for reading! Review please.

Lovelots,

-Eurice-