Chapter 1
Mikan-15 going on 16 Natsume- 16 going on 17 Rest of the gang- you'll know
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I rode my motorcycle down the street towards my destination. When I saw the alley way with the door at the end and "Satan's Den" written above it I parked. This is my father's pub. I walked in and sat down at the front of the bar.
"Arent you a little too young to walk into a pub?" the waitress asked. I looked up at her. The waitress has seen me so many times, why is she asking? So he got a new waitress?
"You look about the same age as me to be talking. Little girls should not be in dangerous places like these and get me a Bud Lite." I said. She nodded and retrieved it for me.
"Here's your Bud Lite and I won't say anything to your other statements." she said. My father came out from behind a few doors and greeted me.
"Hey Natsume. You seemed to have met Mikan, our new waitress." he said. I nodded.
"I'm gonna go look at the job board for a sec." the supposed Mikan said to my father, walking out from behind the counter. I watched her retreat and then turned to my father.
"Why'd you hire her? She's only about my age and shouldn't be handling beer or mercenaries. You know that some of the guys that walk in here are like that." I said. My father didn't answer and headed back through the doors. Damn old geezer. He left with that smirk again.
"You want another drink?" Mikan asked walking up from behind, grabbing my empty bottle and disposing of it. This girl seems way too innocent for anything in here.
"Why did my dad hire you?" I asked. She shrugged her shoulders at me and I stared at her suspiciously. She just gave me a smile and walked to serve a guy further down the counter. I stayed there for a few more hours. It seems like none of the guys mess with her in any way. Maybe it's because they don't like girls too young. Heck, forget it. I have school tomorrow. I'm surprised that I managed to sneak out so easily either way.
Next Day Natsume's POV Still
I snuck into my dorm last night without getting caught. I wonder what the guards were getting ready for and bringing in that they didn't even notice me sneaking in and out. It doesn't matter. I walked into class and sat down. The fangirls crowded around me until I burnt one of their hairs and they backed off. I pulled out my manga and put up my feet. Naru pranced in giddily in front of the classroom.
"Class we have a new student!" he yelled. Everybody gasped. Alice Academy hasn't had a new student in a while. It's always a hassle, but no matter what, there is never anybody interesting enough for me.
"You can come in." Naru said to the door. I just closed my eyes to sleep but the way whispers spread like fire caused me to take in my surroundings. Up front there was the waitress from yesterday but she had her hands behind her back with handcuffs on. She didn't even give a smile but the boys were still attracted to her.
"Mikan Sakura, pleased to meet you." she said numbly. The look on her face was familiar. It was the look of being tired from the weight of alice control devices. Out of pity I burnt the handcuffs and everybody started looking at me.
"Hyuuga, I didn't know you had an alice. You didn't have to do that." she said. I rolled my eyes.
"They put too many devices on you at the same time." I said. She shook her head.
"I'll adjust. But I might as well leave my wrists loose." she said wringing her wrists. She walked over and sat next to me and all the girls glared.
"Oh shut up, it's the only empty seat left anyway." she said, completely disrespecting and then disregarding them. We didn't talk at all through the period, just listened to the lessons as they went by. I'm sure my fangirls were happy about that since they stopped staring after a class or two, but guys were eye fucking her from the minute she walked in. I just went to sleep as she paid attention to class, though for some reason her eyes seemed more distant, colder, than the eyes I saw yesterday. They were bright and lively at the pub, or at least while she was talking to you my dad.
Lunch Time Natsume's POV
I walked to my sakura tree only to find Mikan placed on it.
"For future reference, this is my tree." I said.
"For future reference, you cant just claim a tree that is on school property." she replied. So she managed to bite back at me.
"Are you the reason that getting in and out of the academy was so easy?" I asked. She mutely nodded, keeping her position on my tree.
"If you want to lie down, all you have to do it take the other side. Besides, it's shady there. You have a less chance of being seen by fangirls." she said. I looked at the other side and decided to take her advice.
"Don't get used to me listening to you." I said, before getting comfortable and taking a nap. She didn't talk to me about anything or such.
Later in the Day After All Classes Natsume's POV
"Are you a fangirl too?" I groaned turning around to face Mikan.
"I have no satisfaction in following you Hyuuga. I just need to get to my room because if you havent noticed, you're not the only special star anymore." she said. I looked at her uniform and saw the circle around her star.
"That's something new. And how did you end up a special star, not to mention with shackles around your wrists when you first came in." I said. She shrugged as if she didn't know why but I know she did from the grin on her face. She walked right past me into the only other door on the floor besides my room.
Next Day Natsume's POV Still
Narumi called ability class day so I'm just waiting for Rui-sensei. That's what he said to call him. He's been here a week and it was rumored that Persona was murdered during a mission, but nobody knows by who. I'm glad though. This guy gives less missions, though they are still tough. And he has awful punishments, which is the reason that nobody is late for his class. I sensed a dark presence. He must be arriving.
"More missions for everyo…" he started until raising up an arm to block something. I saw Mikan there attacking sensei.
Mikan's POV
I already know that nii-chan's the teacher, now all I have to do is attack him for not welcoming me back. I walked through the forest and then saw his tall figure. Perfect, an attack from the back. Let's see if he sharpened up his skills. I ran, jumped, and then kicked mid flight aiming for his head, but he blocked it with his arm. We had a quick hand to hand combat sparring match until I just landed myself on his back. He turned to the students that were all stunned, probably at how I kept up with their sensei. My hands were around his neck to keep on his back but he started prying them apart until I dropped down of my own free will.
"We need to talk later, nii-chan. About all these alice control devices and about not welcoming me back." I said walking over to Hyuuga and sitting down on the ground. He looked like he had a few questions for me.
"Nii-chan?" he asked.
"That's what you call a brother." I said. I listened and waited for the long meeting to be over until nii-chan approached me.
"Hyuuga." he said, greeting him for a sec. Hyuuga nodded in response, but stayed there unlike all the other students, probably wanting to hear the conversation.
"Nii-chan, I want all of these alice control devices off." I demanded. He shook his head.
"Taking those off are just going to give you pain." he said.
"I will crush you like when we were little nii-chan. I need to have these things off. They're weighing me down and not to mention that I took a mission tonight from a pub." I said.
"Mikan, you're still doing those missions?!" he asked sounding mad at me.
"They don't call me Satan's daughter for nothing, nii. I'm fine but these things are bringing me down. How am I supposed to live without being able to use my alice? I wont be able to make the deadlines. I wont even be able to get out of the school to get to work." I whined.
"Stop whining and where did you get a job? I doubt any sane person would hire a 15 year old girl even if you told them your birthday was next month." he said. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Strip clubs don't really have an age limit. Some guys like their women young." I teased. Hyuuga looked taken back and my brother just grabbed my wrist tightly and stared me in the eye as if threatening me to quit or be punished.
"She works at my dad's pub as a waitress and bartender, not a strip club." Hyuuga then said, before my brother could murder me.
"Why'd you have to ruin the fun, Hyuuga?" I asked.
"Cuz your brother looked like he was about to kill you and I don't doubt he would do it. He scares the fuck out of all the students in DA class." he responded. I rolled my eyes and then pinched and pulled on my brother's cheek.
"He might look killer but he's a big mush ball inside. Besides, he can't touch me. I trained him." I said. Natsume looked very tense.
"Mikan stop that!" my brother yelled fiercely, pulling my hand off his cheek.
"And you better not say shit about this." he threatened Natsume.
"Don't be mean to Natsume, nii-chan. He's very kind considering that he was worried yesterday about his father hiring me being so young to work at a pub, and unlike you he removed one of my devices. Those retards made wooden alice control handcuffs and Natsume kindly got rid of them, though I wasn't paying attention to how." I explained. He looked at Natsume.
"So, since he is so nice to you, I'm going to assign him to watch over you through your years in Gakuen Alice, I guess like a bodyguard and go with you wherever you go, he goes. If you have a mission, he has a mission. If you have to go to work, he has to watch over you at work. But, keep your hands off my sister, or I will personally dislocate them. And keep your hormones to yourself too. My sister will not be your victim." Nii-chan said.
"Whatever, but why me?" Hyuuga asked.
"Because you're one of the few operatives I trust and I can tell my sister can tolerate you. No more questions so I'll leave." he said, turning around and walking away.
"Sorry about my brother's intenseness there. He has been overprotective of me since childhood and only took the teaching job in case I was caught by the school. I hope you don't mind being around me a few hours a day. You don't have to stick me like Rui-nii says." I said.
"It's okay. You seem like an interesting person anyway. It would be nice to get to know you, though I wont be sticking to you 24/7." Natsume said. I smiled at him.
"You should be careful on my missions, though I will probably do everything. And at the pub you'll probably find out a few things about me. I usually don't tell people things about me directly and they find out by themselves. Oh and be prepared to be attacked by AAO and people a lot. You can usually rely on me to handle that though." I said. He nodded as I began to walk out of the forest, Natsume trailing right behind. We walked into the dormitory building. He led me to my room. Entering, I stopped him.
"Sleep a lot today. I have a busy schedule tomorrow seeing as it is Saturday. My life might be tough to keep up with and you agreed to a hell of challenge to guard." I said, then pushed him away from my door way with a smirk, closing the door in front of his face lightly.
Natsume's POV
I don't know if I should be insulted for getting the door closed on my face. She sounds like a seductress. I think I'm gonna like guarding this girl, despite the challenge she says she'll be . I walked to my room and went to bed.
Next Day at 6 AM Natsume's POV
I heard knocking on my door. Who the hell is up this early?! I got out of bed and walked to the door, opening it to reveal Mikan in sweats and with an ipod.
"You really shouldn't open a door like that. You need to ask who it is. Remember you are one of the most sought out operatives of the school." she said walking in. For a second I saw her looking at my chest and I noticed that I had forgotten to put on a shirt, seeing as I only sleep with my long pajama pants.
"Like what you see?" I asked when I saw the blush on her face. She immediately looked away.
"N-no! Just change into some sweats!" she said. I walked away from the doorway to head to my room.
"Sit down if you want." I called as I looked around my room for a clean white shirt and some grey sweats. After finding it at last, I changed and walked over to Mikan sitting down on the couch in the living room.
"Can you explain to me why exactly I am in sweats at six thirty in the morning?" I asked.
"Well Natsume dearest, I always go for a morning jog. I need to keep my stamina and endurance up, so since you are my guard you have to come with me. You see, the only thing I really need a body guard for is probably being attacked by a gang of guys. Now you seem like the type of person to scare off guys in a second, so you can be put to good use in that matter." she explained, getting up and walking out. I followed behind her. When we got outside she immediately started the jog.
"We're gonna jog all around the school and you're gonna have to keep up with me." she said. That's when she started picking up speed. Seeing as it was early in the morning and I don't jog everyday, it was hard for me to keep up. We jogged around the school 3 times, and let me tell you that this school is huge, explaining the two hours it took us. When we stopped, she wasn't out of breath at all.
"I think you were going easy on me." I said. She mutely nodded with an apologetic smile.
"Come on." she said, extending a hand to help me up from the tree I was slumping at.
"Let's get upstairs and take a shower, change into some clothes and head to the pub." she said. I sighed and began walking with her. She talked to me and asked me yes or no questions that I usually replied to with a nod or a shake of my head. I like this girl. She's bright and talkative, the exact opposite of me, weird enough for me, I seem to like that. Whatever, it's not like it's gonna amount to anything. After taking my shower I changed into some jeans and a regular t-shirt and walked out. Mikan was standing right at the door and seemed like she was about to twist the doorknob. She was wearing white cargo capris and an off shoulder white blouse.
"Perfect timing. Let's head to the pub." she said. She skipped down the hallway but at one point she immediately stopped and walked slowly. A person seemed to be passing by.
"Did you stop skipping because of that person?" I asked. She mutely nodded as I raised an eyebrow.
"You see, Natsume, dangerous ability class students are no supposed to show emotion, but when I'm around you, I can, seeing as you are in the same class. Besides, I don't trust others to see my real personality unless I see it fit. And trust me, I have a variety of personalities." she explained. I just shrugged and we kept walking. She approached the gate casually and slipped right through the bars, gesturing me to do the same.
"How did we get through so easily?" I asked.
"You might not have noticed but I made us invisible and then put a barrier around us so that the principals wouldn't notice when we left." she explained to me as we began walking down the sidewalk.
"Let's find an alleyway so that I can teleport us to the pub." she said. Knowing my way around the city, I found one for us quick and she teleported us in front of the pub.
"Are you sure you want to go in there? The guys in the pub on Saturdays and Sundays are a lot more brutal and perverted. And some aren't usual pub members." I said. She chuckled and grabbed my hand leading me in. It felt nice with her hand in mine. They fit perfectly together. She led me to the bar and I sat down in front of the counter. She walked through the doors and soon came back in her waitress outfit.
"So, Natsume, Bud Lite again?" she asked. I nodded and she handed me the beer. She then pulled out a whisky bottle.
"Is that for me or you?" I asked.
"Me." she answered. I raised and eyebrow as she poured some for herself in a tall beer mug.
"If you get drunk, your brother will kill me when he sees me carrying you. Not to mention the pub is pretty far from the school." I said. She took the entire glass in one gulp.
"Let me tell you now, I'm not like every girl." she said, pouring herself more. My dad came out from the doors in back.
"Hey Mikan, Natsume." he said. I nodded as Mikan gave a small wave and smile.
"Your son is my new bodyguard. I hope that you don't mind." she said.
"Hey, maybe he'll finally have a chance of getting a girl. He never lets a girl near him." he said. I looked down and growled at my father.
"You didn't have to say that." I said. Mikan gave a giggle and came out from behind the counter.
"Come on, Natsume, since you will be sticking with me during a few of my missions, you need to look at the job board with me." she said, leading me off my seat and to the board.
Mikan's POV
I led him to the board and pushed through a few people to see. I was about to grab for one but a guy grabbed it before me. He was about to turn around but I pulled his shirt sleeve.
"Excuse me sir, but I was gonna take that." I said. He looked at me.
"I know, that's why I grabbed it. This job is difficult. A little lady like you can't do these types of things." he said. I smirked.
"Really, and are you new to the mercenary business?" I asked, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean anything." he said. Everybody was looking at the two of us.
"Yo, don't mess with that girl if you wanna live." a guy far off in the pub said. The main man ignored his comment.
"My name is Satsuki. And I don't think you know any better than me." Satsuki said.
"Trust me, Satsuki, I know plenty more than you. Do you know my name?" I asked.
"No, but I hope to find it out in bed. I wanna hear you moan my name and if you do and suck me well enough, maybe I'll groan yours." he said, leaning down and beginning to kiss my neck, trying to seduce me most likely.
"Ah, isn't that sweet. You wanna take me to your bed." I said, in a mock sweet tone. I noticed his hand reaching for my breast and slapped it away. I kneed his stomach and he flew across the room.
"First thing you have to learn in the mercenary business, is who not to mess with. I'm one of those people." I said, in a cold harsh tone now.
"W-who are you?" Satsuki stuttered.
"Mikan Sakura at your service, or I guess not." I said.
"You're not normal! You're only 15 or 16, right? You're not supposed to be able to knee like that!" he yelled, clutching his gut. I didn't answer and took the paper that landed on the floor when I kneed him. Mr. Hyuuga stepped up to the board.
"Satsuki, this is Mikan Sakura, my new 15 year old waitress and the only female mercenary in the business. Some starter information for you is not to mess with her." he said. Satsuki got up and shot Mr. Hyuuga a look.
"I already heard that, old man." Satsuki said. The disrespectful shit. I gave a glance to Natsume as a signal. In a flash he had Satsuki back on the floor, in a lock.
"Let me tell you a little more about her if you absolutely need to know. She's the top assassin in China, Japan, and Korea. She is also known and nicknamed as the "Million Alice Mercenary"." Mr. Hyuuga finished.
"With my friend over there, as my new helper doesn't make it any easier for anybody. He's the top mission operative of Alice Academy." I added.
"A-Alice Academy?! You have those freak powers?!!!" he said, now struggling to get out of Natsume's iron grip.
"Oh, I guess you're one of those people that cant use their fists. Guns solve all with you people. Try punching a person to death for once, you coward." I spat at him.
"My son isn't one to play, so he isn't one to mess with either. He'll burn you to ashes in a matter of seconds." Mr. Hyuuga said.
"But, lucky for you, I always give second chances unless I'm on a job, so I'll just have Natsume let you go. But don't disrespect me, Mr. Hyuuga, or Natsume or I will kill you, slowly and painfully." I said. Natsume released him, giving him a threatening look and walking to my side without a word.
"Oh, and I'll be keeping this job." I said, flashing the paper he took before me and then walking with Natsume and Mr. Hyuuga behind me towards the bar. I got back behind the counter and took another swing of my whisky mug.
"I think you should throw creeps like that out." I said to Mr. Hyuuga with a scowl.
"I wish I could sometimes, but they rake in the money I need. Alice Academy doesn't come cheap." Mr. Hyuuga said. I agree with him completely seeing as I need to pay the bills for my family.
"So Natsume, would you like to meet the rest of my family now or wait until later?" I asked.
Natsume's POV
"I think I'll meet them later. Who knows, your brother might fire me for something before I even need to meet them." I answered.
"Well then it's settled. We're going to the park when my shift is over." she said.
"Are you drunk? Did you just say the park?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, I'm not drunk. That is such an insult. Of course I said the park. Liven up a bit. The park will bring back memories of childhood. Besides, it's good to be a kid every once in a while. With my travel between countries for jobs I never really get to enjoy myself. At least I have somebody to enjoy time with now. It gets lonely sometimes, having to be the one in the family to work and not being able to take the time to relax because your always moving around. But now that the academy has caught me, I get to settle for a while." she said. She looked upset when she mentioned loneliness. It pained my heart to see her face that way for some reason. So I did what I knew I was required to do. I lifted her over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes or rice.
"Well, I guess your shift is over. Let's go to the park." I said.
"Yay!" she said. Everybody stared in amusement as I carried her out while I heard my father give a hearty laugh. Damn, he's gonna hold this against me in the future. I led her to the closest park. Every child there stopped what they were doing when they saw how I was holding Mikan. And I could easily tell that all of the children's mothers were thinking "What the hell are young adults like them doing at a children's park?". But Mikan jumped right off my shoulder and ran to the swings, sitting herself on one of them.
"Come on, Natsume! Sit down on a swing!" she yelled across the park. This girl is so childish, I couldn't help but give a small smile before I walked over and sat on the swing next to her. I have never seen anyone like her. And to think the I just met her two days ago and she feels like a friend already. She swung to no end and looked as if she were gonna fall right into the sky when she went her highest. I just sat there making small motions, my feet never leaving the ground. I watched as she went extremely high and then jumped off. I knew she could take care of herself, so I let her land on the ground on her feet, not getting up from my seat. She walked up to me with a pout on her face.
"Natsume, don't be a party pooper. You barely moved." she said. I rolled my eyes.
"I don't need to move that much. Let's go." I said, getting up and grabbing her hand to lead her out of the park.
"Ah! Do we have to go back yet? There's not gonna be anything to do at the academy!" she whined.
"I didn't say we were going to the academy." I said. She stopped whining and began leading me somewhere.
"What the hell? How do you know where we're going?" I asked, seeing that just going the right way.
"I read your mind. The street signs over there are very helpful." she said, and I noticed them.
"I hope you can not make that a habit. I like my thoughts to be kept private." I said.
"Well, since you are taking me to an amusement park, I guess that's an okay request. I wont read your mind. I respect your privacy." she said. The amusement park came into view at that moment and Mikan jumped onto line for tickets. I walked slowly behind her.
"I think you have too much energy." I said, while we were waiting on line. She had been jumping up and down excitedly since we got there.
"I'm just happy! I've never been to an amusement park!" she said still jumping. I put my hand on her arm to keep her on the ground.
"Keep your energy for when we're inside." I said my voice as emotionless as usual.
"Okay!" she yelled. Everybody looked our way for a second but then turned back as we approached the ticket booth.
"Oh, such a rarity! We have few couples your age that stop by!" the ticket lady said.
"We're not a couple." I said, still emotionless. From the corner of my eye I saw Mikan with a small blush.
"Oh you must be pulling my leg! You two look perfect together. I remember a couple like you guys. They denied being a couple, but in the end they got together and married." the lady said. Mikan began blushing even more. Her face was completely red.
"Just hand us the tickets please." I said handing her the money. She passed it to us and waved us off. Mikan's blush stayed on her face while we were walking in.
"Hey tomato face, just don't take it into consideration." I said.
"I was not blushing!" she yelled.
"I didn't say that. I called you tomato face." I said.
"But there has to be reason behind an insult and I was not blushing!" she whined.
"I didn't say that." I said, smirking.
"I can see your face! You're not saying it, but you mean it! I can see that smirk on your face!" she whined.
"Whatever. Where do you wanna go first?" I asked.
"Hmm. According to this map, which I can read, Congo Rapids is nearby. I love water rides!" she said.
"I hate water rides." I hissed.
"Well, too bad, you bathe in water everyday. You're going with me." she said, dragging me the wrong way. I gave a small tug on her arm and she turned around.
"What is it now, Natsume?! I wanna get to the ride before the line gets long!" she whined.
"The ride is this way." I said pointing to the opposite direction she was dragging me in.
"No! Look at my map! I think something is wrong with yours." she said unfolding her map. I gave a chuckle and turned her map right side up.
"Next time, try not to read the map upside down." I said dragging her by her arm the correct way.
"Damn maps. I hate them." she mumbled while I just gave a chuckle. We went on the ride and got completely soaked during all the bumps. Mikan got off the ride with a huge smile on her face besides ignoring or liking the fact of being completely soaked while I just got off cursing the damn ride off.
"Damn shit. I hate water. If I could rid the world of damn water rides…" I mumbled.
"So what should we go on next?" Mikan asked.
"Polka dots, you can go on any ride you want. I'm taking you, you're not taking me." I said.
"Polka? Polka dots? Polka… POLKA DOTS!!!" she screamed realizing I could see through her blouse, the white with rainbow polka dots bra she was wearing.
"Y-you perv! Your supposed to be my bodyguard! Hell, I might need a bodyguard from you!" she yelled covering up her chest.
"Doesn't this amusement park have drying stuff?! I cant walk around like this!" she yelled. I couldn't help but laugh out loud and bend over clutching my stomach hearing her complain. After my laughter died down, I tugged her arms away from her chest.
"W-what are you doing perv?!" she asked.
"I'm not a perv. And I'm drying you." I said, looking around so that nobody was around to see my alice.
"Drying me? How?" she asked. I created many fireballs and had them dance around her body for a while. She looked very pleased and entertained with the fireballs.
"They're so pretty. It looks like they're dancing." she told me. I nodded.
"You have a pretty alice, Natsume. Your laugh isnt half bad either." she then added. I moved the fireballs to dry me now. I covered a small blush with my bangs. Nobody has ever told me anything positive about my alice before. They only said that it was used for destruction and killing. I've never laughed before either.
"So who's the tomato face now?" she then asked.
"No one." I said.
"What?! You don't think I can see that blush on your face?" she said. I looked up, well, down at her.
"Do you see any blush on my face at the moment, polka dots?" I asked, leaning my face close for her to see. A blush crept up to her face again.
"Tomato face returns. The tea cups will help you cool down." I said. She burst out in laughter right on the spot.
"What?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Out of all the rides in this amusement park, you chose the tea cups?!" she laughed out. I growled at her when she put a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm sorry Natsume, but you are always cold, stoic, and with this emotionless voice. I was expecting you to choose some high and crazy roller coaster." she said, reducing her laugh to giggles.
"Fine then, since you are so caught up on that, you can go on the tea cups alone and I'll just sit on this bench." I said plopping myself down on the bench right behind us.
"Ah, come on Natsume. I didn't mean it. Don't get sensitive. It's no fun without you!" she whined.
"What's in it for me?" I asked, looking up.
"Oh you bad, bad person." she said shaking her head. I smirked at the look on her face.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"Hmm, I'll get back to you on that. But when I find out what I want, you will agree without objections." I said. She now had her arms crossed over her chest with a pout.
"Fine." she agreed. Before I could even help myself up, she grabbed my arm and began dragging me to the tea cups.
"I do have feet for a reason. I think you should let me use them." I said. Ignoring my comment, she continued to drag me. I paid no mind to the fact that people were staring at us, but instead that I actually like being dragged by this girl. I hope sticking around her doesn't change me too much. There was no line for the tea cups and from the minute we were locked in, Mikan began spinning the wheel as quickly as she could, though it wasn't quick at all.
"Natsume help me spin the wheel!" she said when the tea cups began moving.
"No." I replied shortly. She frowned at me and I sighed. I began pushing the wheel slowly.
"We'll never go fast at this rate." she said.
"I have never seen a person your age be so childish." I said.
"Well now you have. Now spin the wheel faster." she threatened. I spun it much faster until she begged me to slow down and the ride stopped.
"I am never getting on tea cups with you again." she said moving all over the place. I guess the speed got to her and now she's dizzy. I put my arms on her shoulders to get her walking straight.
"Let's just get on the rest of the rides before you pass out." I said. She immediately jumped out of her stupor and back into hyper mode, dragging me to the wrong places and every ride until it finally started becoming dark.
"It's getting dark now. The academy will start checking the rooms. We should start heading back before they start something huge." I said.
"I don't wanna go!" Mikan whined.
"Fine, one more ride." I said.
"Yay!" she screamed giving me a quick hug before dragging me like she has been doing all day.
"For once I would like to use my legs, polka dots. And where exactly are you dragging me off to this time?" I asked.
"I'm dragging you to the Ferris Wheel. I've always wanted to ride one." she said, completely forgetting that I called her polka dots again. There was a short line for it and we got on the red cart. The ride to the top was filled with Mikan looking out the windows and making comments about seeing the whole world from the Ferris wheel. When we got to the top she stopped all her moving around and her eyes grew distant.
"If I were born without an alice…" she started. Her face slowly grew into a frown.
"Mikan, I was never told what your alice is. You already know that mine is fire." I said, trying to make her happy again.
"Nullification and Steal-Copy-Erase. It's the reason all these alice control devices are left on me. The academy fears that my alice might get out of hand and do something I will regret. I have an awkward form of alice. It's the unlimited type but as I get older, my power increases. So they add more devices. But too many devices, doesn't allow me to use my alice at all and is a pain in the ass. It hurts for me to use my alice with the devices because it's forcing my alices but if I use my alice too much it hurts even more without them and it is a completely complex system and plain and simple it sucks. It took a lot for me to get us out of the academy and teleport us to the pub." she said, her voice gentle and sad.
"You shouldn't have done it then. We could've taken my motorcycle just as easily." I said. She shook her head and shrugged.
"It doesn't matter. But let's get off that topic. You are my best friend from now on." she said.
"You are so random." I said. She smiled at me and the wheel began to move and bring us back down to the bottom.
"Hey, you'll probably be the only person I talk to in the academy so you're just gonna have to deal with it." she said. She didn't stop talking from the time that we got off from the ride, to the time that we walked up to the school. We saw guards running around yelling "Where the fuck is that girl? She's so damn troublesome! And after all it took to get her here yesterday!".
"Hey! Open the gates!" Mikan called out. The guards opened the gate and immediately grabbed Mikan by her upper arm.
"You!" they said with venom in their voice.
"Me what? What are you gonna do to me? What can you do to me? Or at least, what do you think you can do to me?" Mikan said with even more venom. She roughly wrenched her arm out of their grasp. She grabbed my hand and led me in. I could tell that the guards were staring at us.
"This damn academy. Ruining my happy day." she said.
"I was expecting it. Your alices make you practically invincible. They wouldn't want you out of the academy. They're usually hard on me, so they are gonna try to be harder on you." I said.
"You should go ahead. I'll teleport. My brother is probably waiting for me in my room. We wouldn't him to blame you. Though I would probably have to tell anyway." she said. I nodded and headed out in front of her.
Mikan's POV
I teleported into my room and I was greeted by my brother's glare.
"Where the hell were you?! I was looking for you all over this damn campus and couldn't find you anywhere!" he yelled at me. I rolled my eyes.
"Natsume took me to the amusement park after my shift at work." I answered.
"On a date? He's not your boyfriend is he?" he asked, looking at me suspiciously.
"No! I just see Natsume as a friend." I said.
"You're not supposed to leave this school unless it's for missions or something worthy of leaving the school. Not having fun at an amusement park." he scolded me. It made me extremely upset that he wouldn't think of my feelings and my past.
"Well I'm sorry nii-chan. I'm sorry if I'm the one who has to do everything in this family! I'm sorry that I want to relax for a while! I'm sorry that nobody cares about how I feel! I haven't had fun in my life! I haven't had a fucking childhood yet!" I yelled. His eyes softened.
"Mikan, I just don't want you to get hurt. The outside world is a painful place. I don't make much and we cant really do anything about dad." Rui-nii said sitting me on the bed.
"I cant really do much now that I have all these alice controllers. My alice grows with age. I'm only 15 and the academy overdid it with the devices. They're weighing me down. I do everything off of my alice." I said. He sighed.
"Fine." he said, lifting up my hand. He took off various of the rings that were my alice control devices, only leaving me with the one on my middle finger, my earrings that have two each, anklet that has six, armbands which are three, and bracelet that has one. I'm glad that weight is off.
"Thank you nii-chan." I said, giving him a kiss on the cheek. He looked agitated.
"You should leave before you put them back on me." I said. He got up and headed for the door.
"Mikan, just so you know, you can remove those devices on your own, but it takes a lot of force, and I want you to promise me only to remove them during emergencies." he said.
"I promise." I said with a smile and he walked out.
Meanwhile in Natsume's Room
I walked into my dorm and flicked on the light. It was the same as when I had left and I walked to my bedroom. I changed into my pajama pants until I felt a presence. Before I could speak, I was handcuffed and on the floor. Surrounding me were guards of the school and the elementary school principal.
"Fuck." I cursed under my breath. The elementary school principal smirked.
"Natsume, Natsume, Natsume." he started.
"What do you want?" I asked roughly.
"Didn't I tell you that you can never escape me? I'm just punishing you for taking away my new favorite student." he said.
"She's not your student. She's in middle school and she'll never be under your control." I said.
"Oh dear Natsume, did I forget to tell you that I own both positions, sharing the second with Hime?" he mocked me.
"She's too bright for you and you cant drag her down into the darkness like you did me. Her brother would never do the bidding that Persona did either." I said.
"Oh but I chose Rui because he was her brother. I knew eventually we would catch her, so I hired her brother. Rui is very weak against mind control alices." he said.
"If you have a damn mind control alice why not use it on her. It will save you a whole lot of trouble." I said.
"How stupid you are. She has the nullification alice, it wont work. She would never hurt her dear brother. And if she could, she has plenty of other weak family members I can kill until she bends to my will." he said.
"You devil. I wont let you." I said.
"It doesn't matter what you think you will do. Now let's get this punishment started." he said. Each guard pulled out a whip and began whipping me. After an hour of that, they began kicking and punching me. Then they began slicing me with knives, some digging deep and others not. And after an hour of that, they literally added salt to my wounds, but I wouldn't give them the pleasure of hearing me cry out in pain.
"Now don't you dare tell the girl about this, or we will be back. And the next time, she'll get hurt too." he said. The pulled the handcuffs off me and marched out. Getting up, I muttered many colorful words. Damn, shitty principal. I wouldn't have told her anyway. Who would? Just to have her run rabid because her only friend got injured because of her. Any person would be like that. I wonder if I really am her only friend. And I think she had some sort of bad childhood. Always getting sad and talking about the past with a distant look in her eyes. I'll find out in the future. Until my wounds heal I have to wear a shirt to sleep and jogging that isn't so tight and not white.