The prince and the cat
This story is inspired by the all-time children classic, the frog prince. D And obviously, Natsume is the "prince" here. My first and serious attempt.
Disclaimer: (-.-) how many times do I have to say this, I am a student in Gakuen Alice, not the superintendent who owns the school. XD (lols)
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"What? Natsume-kun is not here today? How disappointing… I was going to announce something important." The charismatic teacher flipped his hair as he continued to speak. "I wanted a class outing…"
Mikan's eyes sparkled.
"However, due to Natsume's presence, we might have to cancel it."
"Aww…" Mikan began to tear.
"Don't worry, Mikan-chan, we'll postpone until Natsume comes back."
Mikan looked up- and her mood changed drastically.
Just then, the bell rang.
Mikan packed her bag and prepared to go back to the dorm. Just then, she saw a crowd gathering outside the class under the tree. She walked closer.
"How ugly, I've never seen an uglier cat before. That is so embarrassing as a member of the feline family."
"How right, president, it looks so pathetic. Let's hurl rocks at it!"
Mikan pushed Sumire and gang away, revealing a black cat with tons of bruises on it. It seemed to be in pain and it's right leg was wounded. The worse thing is, no one actually seemed to be friendly towards it. (Of course, Ruka-pyon is not here, if not, he would have done something) In fact, Sumire took a pebble nearby and threw at it.
"WAIT!"
"What is it, ugly?"
"Can't you be a bit nicer to the poor little cat? You should care for a member of your "feline" family, isn't it?" She turned and looked at Sumire.
"Whatever. It's a disgrace that it's so ugly, I just can't stand the sight of it. Now, move aside and let me punish it."
Pushing Mikan aside, Sumire took another step towards it. Oh no…I have to do something to save that kuroneko.
"Stop it!" Mikan gave her a kick at her back, hugged the cat and ran away.
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She held antiseptic on a hand and bandage on the other. Not long later, the cat managed to bear the pain and open it's eyes painfully.
"Are you alright, kuro neko-san?"
Where am I? What's with this voice? Don't tell me its…
His vision blurred, but soon later recovered, revealing a smiling Mikan.
"Ah! You are alright! Do you want some milk?"
"MIKAN!" He tried to speak but…
"Nya!" was all he managed to say.
What's wrong with me? He look at his reflection at the window. I turned into a cat? That Persona…
"So I take it that you want some?" She poured some into a saucer and placed it beside the black cat.
"Where do you come from? Where is your owner? What is your name?"
Then, she noticed something shining hanging down from it's neck- a ring with a heart-shaped diamond.
"It's so beautiful; did your owner give you this? My, your owner must like you a lot!"
This girl just never learns to keep quiet…It's so irritating… He tried to make a flame but…nothing came out. He tried to move, but it was so heavily injured that he could feel pain just by moving one of his legs by an inch.
"Neko-san, please don't move! You're hurt!"
Just then, the clock stroke ten.
"Goodness! It's so late already! I need to rest, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
When she laid down on her bed, she noticed the poor cat was still on the floor, and on a winter night such as this, the cold was unbearable. She turned the room upside down looking for a basket for the cat to sleep in, however, she could find none.
"There's really no choice, is there, neko-san?"
What are you thinking? Just go back to sleep and stop making so much noise already, polkadots.
Mikan hugged the cat tight close to her chest (like what you would normally do with a teddy bear) and smiled to it.
"Your owner loves you so much, so I shouldn't let you sleep in the cold, should I?" With that, she turned the lights off and pulled up her blanket, the cat still in her arms.
What are you doing Polka, just let me go! It's face turned a bright red tomato, but as Mikan was already dozing off, (plus the color of the cat- it's black, so you can't really see it blush) she did not notice it.
He wanted to struggle, but at the same time, a little voice in his head told him to cherish that moment
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The next day, Mikan was looking forward to the class outing. However, she noticed that Natsume's seat was still empty.
So everyday for a week, she did the same thing- anticipated for the outing and ended up being disappointed
On the second week, Mikan began to get worried about Natsume. He was neither in his room nor in the class.
"Ruka-pyon…Did you know what happened to Natsume?" Mikan dragged Ruka to the tree and asked.
"Well, he was sent in a mission last week…but…he never returned…" Ruka said between sobs. (Ruka sobbing, strange isn't it?)
"You mean…you mean Natsume…"
He nodded. "High possibility…"
Mikan's eyes began to get hot and watery, but she still tried to maintain her composure.
"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be back!"
She held up the black cat.
"You poor lost kitty…no one posted up posters looking for a lost cat, you know?"
Of course, I'm not lost, so obviously there are no posters. Don't you understand this simple theory, idiot?
"I bet you couldn't even understand what I am talking about, do you?"
Don't put me on the same level as you, Aho. I know what you are talking about.
"If you can't understand what I'm talking about, you won't spread secrets I tell you, isn't it?"
Secrets?
"Nya!"
"Okay! So from now on, you are going to be my confidante!"
Mikan squeezed the cat tight again and rubbed it's head. He purred. (out of irritation)
"How cute!"
How irritating. The cat sighed.
The next night
"Natsume…hasn't returned yet…I wonder what happened to him…" She cried in between sobs. "Natsume might be a pervert sometimes…but…but…"
I'm beside you, baka. Stop crying.
"I miss him!" She continued sobbing.
Oi, Aho, stop crying already.
"Ur-hur-hur. Although he's an idiot…a pervert…but, He's a nice person sometimes, he cares about his friends! What's going to happen to me?"
What? The cat looked up and saw a cute, teary Mikan. You LIKE me? But…I thought…
Mikan continued hugging the cat while crying.
Eh, Polka, I'm just beside you. Stop crying
He licked Mikan's tear. (whoo Imagine Natsume in original form kissing her cheeks) It was all he could do as a cat. It was then a few minutes later he realized what he had done.
What have I done? I actually licked that Polka…
Mikan's face brightened up.
"You really are cute, aren't you?" 'D
"I know! I shall give you a name! From now on, you shall be known as Natsume!" ; She tucked in her bed with the cat in her arms and turned off the lights.
"Oyasumi, Natsume!" D
I AM Natsume, you idiot. The cat with the ruby red eyes shot her a glare.
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Ah, I wonder what's going to happen to him and Mikan too ; Please give me some moral support by giving me a review!!! XD I would be really, really grateful!!!