SEE YOU AGAIN
CHAPTER I- Reviving Happy Memories
Hotaru Imai was working on her new robot invention in her classroom. Of course she preferred working in her lab, but apparently the students from the elementary to high school divisions were ordered to stay in their classroom while all the teachers have a meeting with the three principals.
Hotaru was making another robot like her first one, named Amanatsu, but taller and more mature since her first robot is the ten year old version of the person who she trusted and loved the most, her best friend, Mikan Sakura.
Mikan Sakura was, is, Hotaru's best friend, but after their elementary graduation she mysteriously disappeared. They were eleven years old and that was four and a half years ago. When her best friend left Alice Academy, she was worried and became depressed. She would invent new robots that looked like her and talked like her but she would never be satisfied because even how much they looked or talked like her, they could never replace her.
When Mikan left, Hotaru showed more emotions and the ice around her started to melt. She never hid the fact that she was sad without her best friend. She would cry if anybody talked about Mikan in front of her. But that was only during the first year, for the next years she would lock herself in her lab and not talk to anyone for days. She wasn't the only one that was sad about the mysterious disappearance of Mikan. Her other friends like Anna, Nonoko, Yuu, Koko, Sumire and Ruka were miserable without the happy brunette. Natsume, however, worried. He was worried if something bad has happened to her. He felt lost because he finally found the light of his dark life and without her, his life became like it was before, dank and lifeless. He also felt heartbroken because Mikan was the only girl he ever loved and he never got the chance to tell her how he really felt about her. The class B still had the same students since they were in elementary, so all the students knew about Mikan. They might act like they never cared or like they never noticed her disappearance, but deep inside everybody were saddened about the news and they all wished that the big mouthed and amber eyed girl would come back one day.
"I can't believe in a few months we will graduate and become high school students," Sumire told the group. Since Mikan's disappearance, Yuu, Koko, Anna, Nonoko, Sumire, Ruka, Hotaru and Natsume have stayed together. They never let anybody enter their little squad since they were the most effected with the lost of their friend.
"I hope Mikan with us again when we enter high school," said Anna with a sad voice. Everybody became quiet and Hotaru stopped fixing her robot and stared at the floor and they all had sad faces. The whole class saw the sad aura around the group and knew that they were thinking about Mikan and the thought of her made all of them quiet.
Hotaru stood up and told everybody to go back to their seats. They did as what they were told and she started installing a white screen in front of the class.
"What are you doing Hotaru?" Nonoko asked but was only answered by silence.
Hotaru placed a CD inside a projector and turned to her classmates.
"I made a small movie. It's all our memories with Mikan." The inventor told them.
They were all surprised with what they heard and they were, of course, happy to be able to see the brunette's face even if it was her ten year old face Hotaru pressed play and the screen showed them their precious Mikan
It started with her first day at school when they thought that she didn't have an Alice and was bullied by some of her classmates. Some smiled at the memory and some regretted how they treated her before. Then there was the game of dodge ball, when Mikan made all of them play but at the end they all had fun, even Natsume. Then there were scenes of how Mikan greeted the every morning, like when Mikan would shout 'Good Morning!' to everybody when she enters the classroom or when she tries to hug Hotaru but only get hit with her BAKA gun. Everybody laughed at that but the raven haired girl missed her best friend's hugs so much. Then the screen showed them the festivals, the Christmas party, and the first time (and only time) they celebrated Mikan's birthday. When they were watching the Christmas party they had when they were ten, a certain boy with raven hair and ruby eyes remembered his favorite moment with the brunette during that night. It was when the both of them kissed each other under their sakura tree. Their sakura tree was the place where they would usually spend time together. After remembering the wonderful moment, he felt a pang in his heart.
The little movie ended with their elementary graduation and with Mikan's smiling face in the screen. When the lights turned on everybody were on tears, even the ice queen, Hotaru. But Natsume's eyes were covered by his bangs to avoid showing his crying face to his classmates.
"Everybody let's put our chairs and tables together in a circle so we can take turns telling stories and our favorite moments with Mikan," Sumire told her classmates.
While reviving happy memories, laughs were heard and tears were shed. Hotaru saw that her best friend meant a lot more to them than she thought. She shared some of her memories with Mikan before to Alice Academy. They shared their stories but they were very surprised of what a certain boy confessed to them.
"I loved her. I still do," said Natsume, surprising everybody. The class went quiet once again because of the surprise revelation.
"I tried to stay away from her to keep her safe. I tried being mean to her even if she was the only girl that wasn't scared of me. She never cared about that though. She would still say 'Good Morning' to me every day. She would always be there to try to cheer me up or make me open up to others. At the end I fell for her. Despite the big mouth she have and her whining. I fell for her smile, her love for every one she knows and about how she would take care of others before herself." Natsume stopped and looked at his best friend, who was already looking at him, "Sorry Ruka. I knew you also liked her but I couldn't stop myself from falling for her." Everybody looked at Ruka.
"It's fine. I knew you had feelings for her too and I also knew that you didn't want to hurt me so you never told her. I still have them, feelings for her, I mean. But between the both of us, Natsume, you deserve her more than I do. So the next time we see her, tell her how you feel. I'll be fine being her friend. I'm sure one day I'll find someone for me too." Ruka told the raven haired boy.
"Thanks Ruka."
"You're welcome. But just because I'm telling you this that doesn't mean my feelings for her will be gone in a blink of an eye! And if she turns you down, I won't hold back on telling her my feelings too, okay?" the blond boy explained jokingly, but with a serious face.
"Yup. Sure Ruka." His best friend answered him while chuckling.
"Oi. Sorry to interfere, but you know that you have to go through me and some other bunch of people before being able to be Mikan's boyfriend, right?" Hotaru told both of the boys with a death glare. The boys shuddered while the rest of the class sweat dropped. Ruka laughed nervously while Natsume just shrugged.
"I wish we will be able to see Mikan-chan again soon," said Yuu and everyone agreed.
They restarted talking about their moments with their favorite happy-go-lucky brunette. But little did they know that a black car with three young kids, two boys and a girl entered their school.