It was raining hard and under a huge Sakura Tree somewhere in the Northern Forest, a certain brunette is laying unconsciously. Her uniform nowhere to be seen, leaving her with nothing but her underwear. As she finally opened her eyes, she shrugged at what she's seeing and silent tears came down from her hazel eyes. She sat up shaking, the memories rushing back to her like a video that kept replaying continuously.
Her name is Sakura, Mikan.
She hid behind the tree as the rain continued pressing against her. Her tears were no longer silent and were now flooding fast. She can't believe Tsubasa did that to her. Tsubasa…..her trusted "papa" did that to her. The wind crept past her making her shiver even more. She tried standing up but her legs suddenly felt like jellies until she stumbled and passed out.
Meanwhile, on the near area, a bear is walking towards her area holding a lamp. He was supposed to visit his master who is still ill in the hospital but he stopped when he saw Mikan lying unconsciously under the tree.
Mikan started to wake up and find herself in bed dressed in a simple hospital nightgown. She started to recognize the place.
This is Bear's house! When and why did I end up here? The last thing she remembered was falling on the ground as her eyes dimmed. She didn't notice it but her tears are slowly streaming from her eyes. She's starting to shake up again. It's 3:30 in the morning and it's still dark…dark, shadow. She then remembered what happened to her, how Tsubasa used his alice against her and forcing her to do things against her will. More tears came but now Mr. Bear gently wiped her tears away.
"Mr. Bear? Can you please open the lights? ... You know yesterday something really bad happened to me and shadows were here and there and…." Her voice trailed away. Mr. Bear turned on the lights quickly and returned to Mikan's side. Mikan hugged Mr. Bear tightly and cried continuously while Mr. Bear wiped her tears.
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At the dorm, Hotaru is knocking on Mikan's door. Luckily it was open. She forgot to lock her door again. Baka. Idiot.Her "reason" why she's visiting Mikan is that she is going to ask Mikan to pay her debts to her but the real reason is that she is worried because she never saw Mikan again that day after she left and went to the S.A class. But even after the S.A class period she did not return for the remaining classes.
"Mikan!" She called, but no one answered. She decided to wait on the bed. It's almost midnight and she's still not here. What's taking that baka long? While she's waiting for Mikan's return she drifted to sleep.
It's already morning and Hotaru ended sleeping on Mikan's bed. She expected that Mikan would return that night but she never came. Even this morning, there is still no sign of her. Eh? Why didn't she return? That baka tch. Even though she doesn't show it, she really cares and worries for Mikan. Her baka. Maybe she's already at school? She's going to be late if she doesn't start to get going. As she opened the door to go back to her own room, she found two boys with expectant faces but turned disappointed after seeing her.
Oh. I am not the only one who is worried about Mikan huh? Hotaru's expressionless face didn't show if she is bothered or okay by this idea nevertheless Mikan is still her baka.
"Mikan's not here." Hotaru said. "Your Juliet is out there somewhere, but last night she did not return at all. Do you two Romeos know where she is?" Ruka quickly blushed but Natsume appeared not to be affected. "We don't know too. We've checked the clinic and faculty but she's not there. We figured out that maybe she's on her room but we found you instead." Ruka quickly replied. Hotaru took out her camera and took pictures of Ruka and Natsume. Natsume shot her a deadly glare from the depths of hell but Hotaru just ignored him and checked the images she just captured.
"H-Hotaru! What was that for?" Ruka shouted while trying to snatch Hotaru's camera away. "Your pouty worried looks will be a sold out and will bring me more Rabbits for my new project." She answered back. "I can't really understand Hotaru at all." Ruka said while shaking his head.
"Hn."
"Hn."
"Tss."
"Tss."
"Hotaru, if you copy me one more time I swear I'll burn that camera of yours." Natsume said. Hotaru shot him a glare and hugged her cam protectively. She took out her baka-gun and aimed it at Natsume. Natsume made a fireball while glaring at Hotaru. insert blazing fire background. Ruka's sweat dropped. The tension is rising. "You two stop acting like babies! We should really look for Mikan now. OK?" Ruka said determined to make peace between them.
"Hn. That polka-dot is really a baka." Natsume said while putting out his fire. "Yes I agree very well." Hotaru replied shortly while lowering her baka-gun. "These two can only agree on one thing." Ruka thought while shaking his head again. Hotaru and Natsume started walking towards the school, Ruka followed them but stopped. He smiled….
"Oy, Ruka! Why did you stop? Is something wrong?" Natsume called out. "Mm? Nothing. . . "Ruka smiled. "Why are you smiling? Tss. Baka. I'm going to leave you two girls alone if you want to chitchat you know." Hotaru said.
"Even though these two don't say it, they really care and love Mikan…they all do" Ruka thought while smiling. "Sorry I just spaced out. Come on! Let's all look for our Juliet!" Ruka said while smiling a toothy grin. Hotaru and Natsume looked at him suspiciously, but then continued to walk.
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On a nearby forest a certain brunette. . . . "WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
