Chapter 2

The Warning

Dear Hotaru,

I'm really sorry! I should have told you, but I was scared that you would be mad at me. I'm really sorry. Just when we're finally able to be together again I had to go, I'm sorry!

I don't know how long I'm going away for but I hope that you can wait for me to return and forgive me for not saying goodbye to you.

In this letter, I will be explaining to you why I had to leave. The AAO has found out that I have SEC Alice and they are planning to kidnap me soon. Therefore, the Academy told me that I have to train so that when they attack me I am well prepared for the situation. I am really sorry Hotaru because I have a feeling that the AAO will be attack those people that are close to me and you are one of those. That why, before I left I teleported into your room and inserted a Nullification and a Barrier Alice in you. I'm sorry that I did it without your permission; I just wanted to protect you while I'm away. You can kill me when I return. (I think I will be regretting that I wrote this)

There is one thing that I have to warn you! Luna Koizumi is spy. She's AAO's spy, I only found out today, when Persona gave me an envelope it contain information about AAO and I read it closely and found out that Koizumi as an Alice that's called Soul Sucking Alice, it means that if you are marked by her, your soul is hers. That's why I inserted a Nullification Alice on you and Ruka. Since Natsume hasn't been the same since Koizumi came, I thought that I should insert one on Ruka too.

I couldn't insert any more to the others because I didn't have time, I know that if you all of you had it the AAO will kidnap all of you guys. Therefore, I only did for you and Ruka. Don't worry the stone won't decrease to how much you use it. I put a barrier so that it won't be wasted.

I know you will be doing something to prevent Koizumi controlling our friends. I'm really happy that for once I was able to protect you Hotaru. I will come back, I promise.

Moreover, I hope that you can forgive Natsume. The past is the past, right. I may have been hurt or still hurt that he broke up with me but dwelling about the past won't let me move on, plus I want everything back to how it used to be, before Koizumi came into the picture. Natsume will be lonely, so please get Natsume and Ruka back together, they both need each other, they are best friends after all.

Here are some information's that I photocopied about AAO. I hope that they are helpful.

Your best friend,

Mikan Sakura

PS: I will come back, don't worry! Protect yourself. And please don't tell Natsume about any of these. Even the mission that I have been doing for him.

After reading the letter, Hotaru read all the information about AAO that Mikan put in the envelope. Soon after she was finish reading she started her invention, to prevent Luna sucking her friends soul. But as she was doing her invention, her mind kept wondering if she should forgive Natsume for hurting her best friend.

I could still remember the day when Natsume broke up with Mikan. I could never forget the way she looked when I opened the door for her. She was a mess and she was wounded.

Flashback (To the day that Natsume broke up with Mikan) (2 Months ago)

Hotaru's POV

I was still up trying to finish my new invention for the company. It was 1 o'clock, when someone knocked at the door. Of course, I was furious because they were disturbing my time and it was so late at night.

I opened the door to see who it was, and saw that it was Mikan. She was a mess, her eyes were fluffy I could tell that she has been crying and her face was pale. Then I looked at her closely I saw that she was holding her stomach, it was wet. Red wet. BLOOD. She looked at me with apologetic look, probably wanting to say sorry for waking me up in. When she took one-step, she lost her balance, but before she hit the floor, I caught her. I slowly bended my knees and put her head in my lap.

"Mikan, what happen?" I asked, I could tell that my voice was shaking

"Mission," was all she replied

"Let's bring you to the hospital," I said grab my phone and was about to dial Hyuuga so he can help me carry Mikan to the Hospital. But before I got to dial his number, she grab my hand. I looked at with confusion.

"Don't call Natsume, please." She looked at me and I saw tears. Something happened to those two. So instead of calling Hyuuga, I called Nogi to come to room. After five minutes, he was standing at the door breathless. He looked at the figure that I was holding and ran beside Mikan.

"Help me carry her to the Hospital," I said. He gently lifted her up from my lap, after Mikan was safely on Nogi's hand I stood up. He looked at me, and I gave him a nod.

"Let's hurry," I said. We ran out of the dorm and straight to the Hospital. When we got there, I saw my brother about to leave but when he saw us; he took away Mikan out of Nogi's hand and brought her to the emergency room.

After my brother took Mikan, I started walking back and forth. After a while I felt a pair of hands landing on my shoulders, I looked up to see where the pair of hands came from and saw Nogi looking at me with worried eyes. Then I realized that I was crying. He then wrapped his arms around me and let me cry.

Hours passed waiting for my brother to come out of the room. None of us was talking. Then I heard him asked

"What happen?"

"I don't know, she came to my room and she was wounded," I tried to reply in a calm voice but failed. The image of her standing by my door kept replaying and replaying.

I felt Nogi nodded his head, and then I felt his arms tightened around me. I didn't notice that I was shaking until his arms tightened.

"I was going to call Hyuuga but she stopped me, so I called you instead," I felt Nogi's arms let go and felt his hand on my shoulders. I looked up and saw him staring at me. I could tell that he knows something that I don't know. "What?" I asked

"Don't tell me Sakura-san hasn't told you," Nogi said

"Hasn't told me what?" I asked

"Natsume broke up with Sakura-san for Koizumi-san," I stared at Nogi, I looked at his eye trying to find if he was lying but I couldn't see any lies to what he said. I was really angry. My blood was boiling in anger. I couldn't take it I turned around from Nogi's glaze and stared walking. I wanted to beat the crap out of Hyuuga, I wanted to kill him. I was about to go but the emergency room door opened and my brother came out behind him I saw people pushing the bed with Mikan on it, but I didn't see how she looked like. I looked at my brother and saw that he was exhausted. He walked towards us, and said.

"We have closed the wound but…" he looked down

"But what?" I asked him in a concerned voice.

"My healing Alice won't closed the wound, so we had to stitched it just like what they did in the outside world," he explained. I frowned at him, but he just kept looking at the floor feeling helpless.

"So what do we do?" Nogi asked.

"Just make sure she doesn't do any big activity and not to stress her, or else the wound would re-open," he was looking at me and Nogi.

"What's the wound like?" my voice shaking

"She was stab, and there was burnt marks on her arm, her leg and her back," my brother replied.

My hands was shaking, I stared at the floor. I could feel tears falling down my eyes. I shut my eyes and I head kept replaying the image of her that I saw when she was standing by the door. I felt so helpless, I felt like I betrayed Mikan for not protecting her from getting hurt. My thoughts was distracted when arms went around me, I looked up and saw my brother was hugging me. I hugged him back; I cried and cried onto his lab coat. He patted my head and he kept saying that it was okay.

After a while I let go of my brother and looked up at him, his right hand was on my head and his left hand was on my right shoulder.

"Thank you, Onii-san." He nodded at me and put his arms by his side he turned around and stared ahead.

"Go down the hall and turn right. Room 355 is where Sakura-san is," he glared at Nogi, who I completely forgot that he was here ("Moe, Imai-san you're so mean- Ruka)then left us. I stared at Nogi and he looked at me. I pointed my Baka Gun him.

"Say anything to anyone that just happened here, you're dead," I warned him before walking. I heard him gulp, and then started following me. When we got to the room, I opened the door slowly and saw a figure on the bed, her arms was wrap with white bandages and her eyes was closed. She was sleeping so peacefully. I walked closer and saw many tubes attached to her. One by her noise, another one on her mouth, then more tubes on her arms. There was just too many, my eyesight became blurry, knowing that more tears was coming. I pulled a chair and sat on it I gently took Mikan's right hand and started holding it trying not to hurt her. I glazed around the room and saw that Ruka has taken another sit and sat on the other side of Mikan and taken her left hand, also holding it gently.

Without knowing, we fell asleep.

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At the barn

Dear Ruka-pyon,

I hope that you are not shock that I left. If you are, I'm really sorry. I'm just scared that you would also be mad at me if I told you that I was leaving.

I'm really sorry. I don't know how long I would be away but I hope you would still be my friend when I come back.

In this letter, I will be explaining to you why I had to leave. The AAO has found out that I have SEC Alice and they are planning to kidnap me soon. Therefore, the Academy told me that I have to train so that when they attack me I am prepared for the situation. I am really sorry Ruka-pyon because I have a feeling that the AAO will be attack those people that are close to me and you are one of those. That why, before I left I teleported into your room and inserted a Nullification Alice in you. I'm sorry that I did it without your permission, I just wanted to protect you while I'm away, you helped me a lot of time while I was there, from the time that I arrive to the times that I was down. I just wanted to repay the debt that I owe you.

There is one thing that I have to warn you! Luna Koizumi is spy. She's AAO's spy, I only found out a today, when Persona gave me an envelope it contain information about AAO and I read it closely and found out that Koizumi as an Alice that's called Soul Sucking Alice, it means that if you are marked by her, your soul is hers. That's why I inserted a Nullification Alice on you and Hotaru.

Attach to this letter there is a folder where I photocopied the information about AAO from the envelope that Persona gave me. I know Hotaru she will be inventing something to give our friends to prevent Koizumi to suck their souls. I just want to warn you, and be careful not to get caught by Koizumi and AAO. I didn't warn Hotaru because you know how she is; never tell her the same things twice.

Ruka-pyon, while I'm gone I want you to look after Hotaru for me, please! I know she will be sad and lonely. So please always be by her side and protect her since I can't do anything but insert an Alice stone in her and you. And I know that you are the only person that can protect he, like what you did last time. Please be careful.

And please forgive Natsume he is your best friend after all. A best friend always stays by each other's side, through bad times and good times. The past is the past, let's forget about the past and move on. I know that you are mad of Natsume because what he did to me, but all of that are in the past. Let's not bring it up anymore. I know Natsume needs someone by his side, and that is you. I'm really sorry that you had to go through this Ruka-pyon. But I know you want Natsume to be by your side too. I'm sorry that I broke the bond between you two. But l don't want to hold you back anymore, it would be nice to have everything back the same as it used too before Koizumi came into the picture.

Look after everyone for me Ruka-pyon, especially Hotaru. I'm sorry for asking to do this, I promise that once I get back, I will repay my debt to you.

Your friend,

Mikan Sakura

PS: please don't tell anything to Natsume about the missions that I've been taking from, he will hate himself.

Ruka re-read Mikan's letter to him, he wanted to make sure that he wasn't reading anything wrong, especially him protecting Hotaru, that thought just made him blush and it remind him of that time when they were in the hospital two months ago (Natsume and Luna has been going out for two months). As he re-read the letter, his eyes fell on a section; it was about him forgiving Natsume.

Flashback (The day that Natsume broke up with Mikan.) (2 months ago)

Ruka's POV

I was on my way to my dorm when I saw Sakura-san sitting under the tree crying. I looked around looking for one specific person that's always with her, but there wasn't any sign of him.

I walked towards Sakura-san.

"Sakura-san, are you okay?" I asked

"Ruka-pyon," she mumbled as she saw me, she started wiping her tears away and stood up. She dusted her skirt and she gave me a weak smile.

"Sakura-san, are you okay?" I asked again, I was really worried because as I stared at her I could tell that she has been crying for ages.

"Don't worry, Ruka-pyon. I'm okay," she replied then she started walking away.

"Where's Natsume?" I asked, I looked at her and saw that she tensed up as she heard Natsume's name.' They must have had a fight' I thought.

She turned around and saw that she was crying again, I could see from her eyes that she was betrayed and broken hearted. I ran up to her and hugged her; I hugged her until there were no more tears.

"He broke up with me, he broke up with me to be with Koizumi and he told me that he didn't love me. He told me that he was only playing with my feelings when he asked me out. He didn't love me at all! He played with my feeling Ruka-pyon. HE PLAYED WITH ME!" Sakura-san cried and cried, and I let her.

After she calmed down, she let go of me and looked at me. She gave me a weak smile, I could never forget that smile that she gave me, since then I hadn't seen the smile that she usually had, the cheerful, bright and happily smile.

"Thank you Ruka-pyon," she said I could tell that she was forcing herself give me her usual cheerful smile but failed to fool me. I just nodded and with that, she left. I stared at her as she walked away; after her figure disappeared, I ran the opposite way looking for the person that made Sakura-san cry.

I saw him by the Sakura tree reading his manga. He looked up from his book and stared at me. Knew why I was here, he smirked at me. This isn't Natsume.

"So you've heard, that me and Sakura had broken up, aren't you happy," Natsume said with a smirked on his face.

"What are you on about, Natsume? Didn't you tell me that you loved Sakura-san so why did you break up with her?" I was getting angry the smirked on his face hasn't disappeared.

"Didn't she tell you?" tilting his head on the side with a smug smile

"I don't believe it! Why would you break up with her?" I hands were shaking by my side, I just couldn't take it. Natsume then stood up and he stared at me, that smug smile was still pasted on his face, he walked towards me and said:

"I find Koizumi more attractive than Sakura. Plus aren't you happy that me and Sakura broke up? Bunny Boy," then he walked away laughing. I stared at his retreating figure he wasn't Natsume that I know. I know that Natsume isn't a jerk. That's not my best friend. I walked back to my dorm, still frustrated at Natsume and worried about Sakura's condition.

At Night…..

I woke up when my phone started ringing. I flipped it opened and heard Imai's voice she was panicking making me sit up straight.

"Imai what's wrong?" I asked

"Mikan.." was all she said,

"What about Sakura?" I got out of bed, still holding the phone. I nearly dropped it when Imai replied

"She's injured"

"Where are you guys?" I grabbed my jacket and headed to the girls dorm.

When I got there I saw Sakura, her head was on Imai's lap. I ran to Sakura's side.

"Help me carry her," Imai said. I nodded and I gently lifted her up as I stood up. I looked at Sakura her face was pale, very pale.

"Let's hurry," I ran out of the room, out of the building and into the hospital. When we reach the hospital, I looked around for a doctor and a nurse. We saw Imai's brother, when he saw us he quickly ran toward me and took Sakura out of my hands.

I looked at Imai and she has been spacing out for a while, I know she very worried about Sakura. I didn't notice that I put my hands on her shoulder to stop her. When see looked at me I saw tears falling, I hugged her and her cry on my shoulder.

Hour passed.

"What happen?" I just wanted to know

"I don't know, she came to my room and she was wounded," I could tell she wanted to reply to me with a calm voice but failed because I noticed. I just nodded in response and tighten my grip around her.

"I was going to call Hyuuga but she stopped me, so I called you instead," I looked at her, shocked. I put my hands on her shoulder and said

"Don't tell me Sakura-san hasn't told you,"

"Hasn't told me what?" she asked.

"Natsume broke up with Sakura-san for Koizumi-san," I replied, she just stared at me. I could tell that she was very angry. She turned around and was about to go but her brother came out of the emergency room and walked towards us. I saw nurses pushing the bed with Mikan on it, I just stared at her while Imai's brother talked to her. When the bed disappeared as it turned to the corner, I listened to the conversation.

"We have closed the wound but…" he looked down

"But what?" Imai asked him in a concerned voice.

"My healing Alice won't closed the wound, so we had to stitched it just like what they did in the outside world," he explained. I saw Imai frowned at him, but he just kept looking at the floor feeling helpless.

"So what do we do?" I asked.

"Just make sure she doesn't do any big activity and not to stress her, or else the wound would re-open," he was looking at Imai and me.

"What's the wound like?" Imai's voice was shaking

"She was stab, and there was burnt marks on her arm, her leg and her back," her brother replied.

I looked at Imai and saw that she was shaking, her brother hugged and let her cry on his lab coat. I just stood there looking at the siblings feeling jealous. Wait? Why do I feel jealous? Urg! This is annoying. My thought was disturbed when I felt Imai's brother glaring at me while he said the room where Sakura was staying. Then he left. I looked at Imai and she was pointing the Baka Hun at me.

"Say anything to anyone that just happened here, you're dead," she warned me before she walked away.

*gulp*

Then I followed her as she walked towards Sakura's room. When we walked in, I saw Sakura wrapped in white bandages and her eyes was closed. I saw Imai walked towards the sleeping figure, she pushed for a while then she pulled a chair and sat beside Sakura's bed, taking Sakura's right hand. I then walked on the other side of the bed and did the same as what she did. Instead, I took her left hand gently. Without knowing, I fell asleep.

-the next morning-

I wanted to stay at the hospital and wait for Sakura to wake up but Imai hit me with her Baka Gun and kicked me out of the hospital.

"Urgh!"

"Ruka?" I looked up and saw Koko

"What is it Koko?" I asked him, he looked down at me with worried eyes. 'You read my mind' I thought. He nodded.

"Sorry, it just that you were screaming in your head and all the image of the what happened last night kept flashing. I just couldn't ignore it," Koko explained "Is she okay?" I nodded

"Who's okay?" me and Koko looked at a girl with pink hair, Anna Umenomiya. 'Don't tell the others' I thought, I saw him nod. She looked at us waiting for an answer but we didn't answer instead someone else answered for us.

"Probably Sakura is broken hearted since I broke with her," Natsume walked in with a smug in his face, beside him was Luna Koizumi and they were holding hands.

"You What?!" the whole class looked at Anna when she screamed.

"I don't like repeating myself," he started walking towards his chair with Koizumi following him. I couldn't stop glaring at him, what he told me yesterday kept replaying.

'I don't want to be here, I going back to the hospital,' I thought. I stood up and started walking out of the classroom.

"I'm coming with you," I looked at the person who was walking next to me and I saw Koko. I just nodded.

When we got to the room, Imai was looking at me. She has changed from the clothes that she was wearing yesterday.

"What are you doing back here?" She asked then she looked at the person that was standing at me, "And you brought company," she added. Then she started frowning as she stared at Koko, then I looked at Koko, he was pale, he was sweating too.

"Koko, what's wrong?" I asked I put my hands on his shoulder and he looked at me, his was shaking.

"Sakura's mind… I just read her mind… It's so horrible… all the things… Urgh…" Koko was now on his knees.

"What do you see?" Imai asked him

"I'm seeing the scene to how she got hurt…. she was on a mission.…She was stab but she completed her mission, when she got back, someone trapped her with fire… she's looking at that person… and it's.." Koko looked at us with wide eyes full of shocked and betrayed. Tears were falling down his eyes.

"Who is the person?" I asked, I was getting curious about the images that Koko is seeing.

"The person is…" his voice was shaking

"Hurry up Yome!" Imai was losing her patience

"It's Natsume!" He blurted out

This triggered the situation. I understand why Koko didn't want to say out loud because Imai lost control. I saw her she was shaking in anger then she started walking towards the door. I stopped her by wrapping my arms around her waist.

"LET GO NOGI!" she screamed, "I NEED TO KILL THAT HYUUGA!"

"I can't let you," I told her

"Why are you protecting Hyuuga? Look what he did to Mikan!" she cried

"I'm not protecting Natsume, I'm protecting you!" I replied, I looked at Koko looking for help but he was too focused on Mikan. He was holding her hand, and his lips were moving. I didn't notice that my grip loosen around Imai and within seconds she was out my grasp.

Then she opened the door, but she didn't go out. Instead she was staring at something. I walked behind her and tried to see why she stopped. I saw people standing by the door; it was the gang (except Natsume of course) with Andō and Harada, Sakura's sempai. I stared at them and by the look of their faces I can tell that they heard the conversation

"Is…is it ..true?" Anna asked, her voice was shaking. I nodded in response didn't know what to say.

"Can... we see her?" a person with a glass asked, his name is Yuu Tobita. The class president. Hotaru nodded and she opened the door wide so that they fit. I looked at her and saw that she has calmed down.

"Imai…" but I was distracted by Koko laughing.

Everyone looked at him as if he was insane.

"Why are you laughing?" Yuu asked Koko. Koko looked up and he pointed at Sakura.

"Why are you laughing at some that is injured?" Anna asked

"Because she was telling me about how she's back in the hospital again and how she looked like a mummy," Koko broke into another laugh

"What do you mean? How are you able to talk to her?" Hotaru asked she moved closer Koko pointing her Baka Gun at him. I moved closer to Hotaru, just when she has calmed down, something triggered her anger again. Then Koko started laughing again, vein popped on Hotaru's head

" . .?" she asked again, her tone was more like tell-me-now-or-I-will-kill-you

"Sorry, Mikan doesn't want me too, or else she will kill me," Koko said he started backing away from the bed.

"How are you and Sakura communicating?" I asked him, he looked at me and then at Sakura, he nodded at her and looked at me.

"We are kind of bonded when she inserted a Nullification Alice on my body, to protect my mind from a mind control student, and that somehow made us talk to each other with our minds, even when her Nullification Alice is activated I can still read her mind. Moreover, she somehow can read my mind. So in other word we can communicate through our heads. So call us twins," Koko explained. Then Koko started pouting at the sleeping figure.

"What is she saying?" Anna asked Koko, I looked at her and I can tell that she's jealous of Koko and Sakura. Koko looked Anna and then looked away, he then glared at Sakura. I can tell that Sakura was laughing. I laughed too. Everyone stared at as if I was in sane.

"What? Koko looked funny!" I explained, then they looked at Koko, he was still pouting at the sleeping figure. They all laughed, Imai who hasn't moved from where she was standing relaxed her shoulder and sat on the bed where Sakura was lying, she put her Baka Gun away and stared at Sakura.

'At least the bad atmosphere is gone' I thought.

"How come her wounds haven't healed yet?" Andō asked, and then Imai's brother came in

"That's because the knife that stab her has a poison that making my Healing Alice not affective, that's why her wounds haven't healed," Imai brother explained.

"Is there any cure?" Harada asked,

"No, but I believe that the poison will be out of her after two days," Imai's brother said, then he walked towards the bed and took a look at the clip and read it, after reading the clip he left the room without another word.

"Why hasn't she woken up yet?" Nonoko asked, she has blue hair and she's like Anna's twin.

"Yeah, Koko. Why hasn't she woken up?" Anna asked.

"I don't know, she said. Her body is apparently won't move when she's telling it to move," Koko explained.

"Paralyzed," I heard Andō mumbled

"I understand," Anna said then she looked at Yuu and Nonoko and said, "We will find a cure for Sakura," Yuu and Nonoko nodded and then they looked at us, we nodded.

"Thank you from Mikan," Koko said. They looked at Koko and smiled. Anna when to hugged Koko, making him blush. I couldn't help but chuckled.

Then they left. I looked at Koko who was still blushing and was staring at the door then turned to Sakura san and started pouting again. I bet Sakura is teasing Koko about Anna hugging him, I just couldn't help but smile. I looked at Imai and saw that she was also smiling. Then the happy atmosphere turned upside down when Koko said:

"Persona," everyone turn to the person that was standing by the door. I saw Imai holding her Baka Gun and then I Andō and Harada step forward.

"Stand back, guys." Koko said, everyone looked at him and then said, "Mikan's order." We all nodded and stepped backwards except Imai.

"I'm sorry," Persona said at the sleeping figure. "I wasn't there when Kuro Neko attack you last night, there wasn't any order of attacking you anyway," Persona explained. It was the first time I saw Persona looking very worried, his face would always have don't touch or your death facial.

"I know," Koko said, "that's why I didn't attacked back." Persona looked at Koko, I saw him tense up and move a step back. "I'm just interpreting the words Mikan is saying," Koko said his voice was shaking. Persona nodded.

"Thank you," he said to Koko and then looked back at Sakura, "I will deal with Kuro Neko, and…" but was disturb when Koko spoke

"Don't, just watch Koizumi's every step," Koko said, I looked at Sakura shocked. I saw Persona nodded and left the room.

"What does she mean by watch Koizumi's every move?" Imai and Andō asked Koko

"She said she doesn't know, but she has a bad feeling about Koizumi," he interpreted

Everyone just nodded.

It was lunchtime, when Anna, Nonoko and Yuu came into the room with Imai brother behind them. I looked at Koko and saw him blushed. 'Ha-ha, he stills remember the what happened before, who wouldn't.'

"We have the cure for Sakura," Nonoko announced

"Will it work?" Imai asked she was still sitting by the bed then moved out of the way when her brother moved to Sakura's left side.

"Yes," Anna said with a confident voice

Imai's brother injected the liquid (the cure) into the tube that were attached to Sakura's left hand. We waited for the cure to take effect.

Imai's brother looked at Koko and asked, "Can you ask Sakura if she can move her left arm." Koko nodded and stared at Sakura, the next we knew was that her left arm was moving. All of moved closer to the bed, staring at Sakura. She then opened her eyes and looked at each of our faces.

"Thank you, Anna, Nonoko, Yuu and Dr. Imai." She said

"What about me?" Koko complained

"What about you?" she asked with a teasing voice

"Aren't you going say 'thank you' to me? Your twin? I interpreted for you the whole time," he protested

"You already got you 'thank you' when Anna hugged you," Sakura said. I couldn't help but chuckle and I think everyone chuckled too. I looked at Koko who was trying to hide his blushing face, and saw that Anna was doing the same.

After the chuckling we kept asking Sakura of what happen that night. But she didn't say anything, and I know why, she didn't what Anna, Nonoko and Yuu to get involve with was happening. And I think they understand that. Koko already knew since he and Sakura have that bond, Sakura's sad that the bond will only break if one of them is killed, and hearing that news made us shiver.

Flashed back end

Still Ruka's POV

After the incident, we stood by Sakura's side. None of us talked to Natsume or Luna Koizumi, even Youichi didn't talk to Natsume at all, he heard about the accident from Persona. He went to talk to Natsume but was shooed away. All Natsume's friends left him and he didn't seem to care at all. I tried to talk to him a few time in the first month but he just repeatedly kept saying the same things to me. That made me give up after the next month. I could tell that Sakura still love Natsume and that she's still going to missions, if she's not in the classroom she's either in the hospital or her room.

I am still mad at Natsume, but Sakura is right, I think? I have to forget about the past and move on.

Should I forgive Natsume? I should ask Imai if she's going to do the same. I'll ask in the morning. She's going to get pissed of I ask her now.

I left the barn.

Ruka's POV ends.