Disclaimer: I do NOT own Gakuen Alice… nor do I own the BMW series… Although… I wish upon a wishing well that a wishing star would fall… but if that wish will not come true, then I wish hadn't wished at ALL. (I don't own that too!!)
Author's Note: Yeah… before we start on the "Throw-rocks-at-the-author" session… I would like to thank all those who reviewed me!! (THANKS!!!) Also, I would like to blame my computer for being useless for quite a long time… and for my brain's failure to produce even the slightest hint of imagination… therefore, I would like to utter my DEEPEST apologies for not updating for a VERY long time… (Bows head in shame and mutters "Sorry…")
OKAY! Now on with chapter 2!!! Reviews after please!!
Note: This may not be a permanent title... So please I need suggestions for a title... unless this one's okay already...
Chapter 2: Rescued by Dogs
"So what seems to be her problem, doctor?" Natsume asked, a bit irritated because he unwillingly and literally had to drag her to the hospital.
"Hmmm… well, she seems to be fine, Mr. Hyuuga. Just a bump on her head. She must've fainted from too much shock." The doctor informed him of Mikan's condition.
'Well at least I won't be feeling guilty after this.'
"That's good to know." He half-lied.
"Pardon me Mr. Hyuuga, but if you don't mind me asking, who is this girl, to you?" The doctor asked, well-aware of Natsume's reputation.
Natsume glared daggers at him for asking that question and the doctor automatically shrunk ten times his size. "Oh, I-I'm sorry… It's none of my business. I-I'll j-just be o-over there, so p-please i-i-inform the n-nurse a-about y-your p-p-payment…" He stuttered as he walked briskly out of the room.
Natsume sighed. He shot the sleeping Mikan an annoyed look. "Excuse me nurse," He called the nurse that was attending Mikan. The nurse went straight to him, "Yes sir?"
Natsume took out his business card, "Please give this to the doctor. Tell him that I'll be paying him later." He said to her as he handed the card over the nurse.
"Will do, sir." The nurse said bowing.
"I'm leaving…" Natsume said as he turned his back on her.
"Sir, aren't you going to wait for your friend to wake up?" The nosy nurse asked.
Natsume stopped and looked back at the nurse and then at Mikan with a bored expression on his face. "Not in the very least." He answered and walked away.
The nurse read the card Natume gave her. "Wow… The Hyuugas! They own The Heritage Hotel! Gee… you're really lucky to have bump in to this guy, Miss… He's loaded!" The nurse said to the sleeping Mikan.
At that very moment, Mikan stirred from her sleep. Great. I just had to fall asleep! She thought to herself as she gave a long yawn. "Where am I?" She asked when she noticed the nurse beside her.
"Oh you're in Osaka hospital, Miss! Your friend left you here!" The nurse said.
Friend? "What friend?" She asked a bit puzzled.
"Oh here's his business card, I'm sure you'll be able to recognize him with the picture." The nurse said as she gave Mikan the card.
Mikan took it and her eyes bulged in surprise. "OH YEAH!! I REMEMBER!" She blurted out, laughing.
"He's handsome isn't he?" The nurse said dreamily.
Mikan looked at her in puzzlement. Actually, she didn't know who this guy was. She just remembered what had happened before! I should thank him for bringing me here!
"Excuse me Miss Nurse, may I go out now?" Mikan asked.
The nurse shook her head. "I'm sorry, but we're still running some tests if you're really okay. Doctor's orders." The nurse said dismissing Mikan's request.
"Oh…" Mikan said. An idea popped up in her head.
"Do you mind if I ask you to get me a glass of water? I'm kinda thirsty." Mikan asked politely.
"Of course!" The nurse said as she walked out of the room.
Phew! Now that she's gone, I can get out now! Mikan thought as she climbed out of the bed and ran out of the room.
"Oh miss! I'm back with your glass of wat—" The nurse said entering the now deserted room. She halted when she found no one there. "DOCTOR!" She yelled as she ran out.
Outside the Hospital…
Mikan ran for it. 'Whooo… I wonder what my future will be if I'll be a track star?' She thought as she chuckled to herself. She stopped momentarily to catch her breath.
"Whoooo…. I…pant… I can't do this… every… day…" she said through pants.
"Well lookie who we have here!" A man said maliciously behind her.
Mikan gulped as she heard the familiar voice. She turned around only to find the group of men who were after her. Correction, ANGRY group of men.
'Uh-oh…'
"You caused us a lot of trouble, girly." The boss said.
"Yeah! And for that, you're gonna pay!" His companion said as the other's snickered.
Mikan backed away. 'Oh no, what should I do?' She asked herself mentally. She tried to look for a way for her to escape. Then, an idea popped in her mind.
"Oh my gosh! What's that?!" She screamed as she pointed behind them.
Stupid enough to fall for it, the whole group turned their backs to see what it was she was referring to.
Mikan made a run for it while the goons were distracted by her nonexistent distraction.
"Boss, I don't see anything!" One of the goons said.
"That's because there's nothing there to see, dumbass!" Another one said.
They all turned around and saw that the girl has escaped… again.
"Dammit! Capture her!" The boss yelled as they tailed her.
Mikan panted. "I—I can't run much farther!" She breathed. 'C'mon! Where's a car when you need one?' She thought irritated.
As she ran, she saw a nearby truck that was about to leave. "Thank you Lord!" She shouted out as she climbed on the back of it as the truck moved.
"There she is!!"
"Get her!" They shouted, but alas, they weren't able to catch up with the truck.
"Hahaha!! See you, SUCKERS!" Mikan yelled to them, making funny faces as the truck brought her farther from them.
"Hey boss… she did it again…"
"I know, you idiot!" The boss said as he hit his companion with his hat.
"Hey… I think that truck's gonna be stopping at Tennoji park."
"Hmmm… well then, shall we try again?" He said grinning and his posse also grinned in agreement.
Not so far away.
A silver BMW Z4 rode through Osaka. The blonde haired man breathed in the fresh air as the wind played with his hair. "There's nothing like a cool day to go out and have some fun!" He said as he drove in a nice and smooth way.
He took out his cell phone and dialed the unit there.
He waited for his friend to pick up the phone, and finally…
"Hey Ruka, what's up?" came a man's voice.
"Hey Natsume, nothing much, I just heard that you were around, so I decided to visit you!" He said casually as he made a turn.
"Sorry Ruka, I'm still in a meeting."
"Aww, C'mon Natsume! I want to tell you about my trip!" Ruka pleaded through his cell phone. He heard Natsume sigh.
"Alright, alright, stop by the villa later. Anyway, you're free to go in and out of there as you please." Natsume said quietly.
"Thanks man!" Ruka said as he heard Natsume hang up.
'That Natsume, he never changed.' He thought as he chuckled, putting his cell phone beside him.
'I think I'll go and visit the Tennoji Zoo while I'm here!' He thought as he drove faster.
Tennoji Park.
"Wow! I thought I was gonna be caught for sure" Mikan said as the truck stopped in Tennoji Park.
She climbed off the truck and headed her way to the fountain. She sat on the edge and rubbed her tired feet. "I hope I won't run in to them again!" She said as she stood up to buy some ice cream.
"One scoop of vanilla ice cream please!"
"Here you go, miss!" The vendor said, handing the ice cream to Mikan.
"Thank you!" Mikan said as she took it.
She sat down on the edge of the fountain and started licking her ice cream, and that was when she remembered.
'Grandpa.'
She let out a heavy sigh as she remembered…
Flashback
A 5 year-old Mikan's face brightened as she licked her ice cream.
"Do you like it Mikan?" An old man asked her. Mikan nodded, giving the old man a wide smile. "It's yummy, grandpa!" her stomach growled. She touched her tummy as though covering it would make it stop its clamoring for more.
Her grandfather sighed. "I'm sorry I can't provide much for you Mikan. That was the last of my dimes." He said to Mikan. "But don't worry, once we get to Tokyo, you can eat all the food you want, okay? Just bear with it." He said gently to the little girl, a hint of sadness in his tone.
Mikan had a determined look on his face. She stood up from her sitting position and faced her grandfather. "Don't worry grandpa, when I get older, I'm gonna be the one who's gonna take care of you!" She said. Her grandfather looked her in surprise before chuckling at his little granddaughter's naiveté.
"Really now Mikan, will you really go to all the trouble?" He asked her as he knelt in front of her so he was on her level. Mikan nodded. "Yes I will! And I'm gonna get you a really big house!" She said opening her arms wide, indicating the size of the house.
Old man Sakura laughed as his granddaughter fell down because of her clumsiness. He helped her up and wrapped his arms around her. "You'll do that for me?"
Mikan nodded. "It's a promise!"
End of Flashback
"That's right… it's a promise…" She whispered to herself as she tightened her fist, her eyes filled with determination. "I'm going to make a better life for both of us, grandpa! Just wait until I can get us out of this whole mess!" She said to herself, forgetting that her ice cream was already melting on her hand. "Oh my gosh! My ice cream!" She said as she felt the mass of cold liquid dripping. She started licking as fast as she could.
"Well… You should've bought some for us too." Said a husky voice from above her.
'Uh-oh…' She looked up and saw the group of goons that were after her. I knew I shouldn't have stopped for ice cream!'
Mikan laughed nervously before she tried to make a run for it. But sadly, they caught her by the arms and started dragging her. "Hey! Let go of me, let go! Let go you big gorilla!!" Her screams were noticed by the people passing by.
"Not this time! You and your gramps have a debt to pay and you're gonna be payin' it now!"
"Hey! She said let go!" A blonde haired man with blue eyes, clad in a white polo and jeans yelled.
Earlier… not so far away…
"Well I'm glad that you're all well fed my friends." He said as he patted the rabbit's head. Ruka was an animal-lover kind of guy; he cared so much for animals that the animals loved him as well… and that didn't count the amount of girls who praise him for his looks.
He stood up from his position, "Well, I'm off then my friends!" He said as he waved at the animals and went out of the zoo. He smelled the fresh air of the park. "I should take a walk here often, it's peaceful and so refresh—"
"Hey! Let go of me, let go! Let go you big gorilla!!" He heard someone yell nearby.
He saw a group of men harassing a helpless young woman.
Ruka's eyes narrowed as he saw this dismal scene. Somehow, he wanted to help this young woman…
So help he certainly did…
"Not this time! You and your gramps have a debt to pay and you're gonna be payin' it now!"
"Hey! She said let go!" Ruka yelled as he punched the dude who was harassing Mikan. He pulled the girl from them and Mikan hurriedly hid behind his back.
The Big Boss wiped off the blood from the edge of his mouth caused by Ruka's punch. "Hey now! You 'aint involved in this little spat!" He yelled.
"I don't care! Whatever your reason is, what you're doing to her is still unacceptable!" Ruka yelled as he shielded Mikan from them.
"Very well then." Big Boss said. "'sic 'em boys!"
The group of goons grinned at them evilly.
"YOU'RE DEAD MEAT!!" Goon no.1 yelled as he attacked Ruka. Ruka smirked as he grabbed the man's fist and punched him straight at the gut. Goon no.1 wailed at the twinge of pain that splayed in his stomach like an electric shock. He fell down on his knees.
"You'll pay for that!!" Goon no.2 screamed out, he was standing on the edge of the fountain. "I'm gonna kick you so hard!" He yelled as he jumped at Ruka and Mikan, determined to kick Ruka's ass for what he did to his partner.
Ruka grabbed Mikan out of the way to let the goon fall on his own behind.
Ruka and Mikan were completely surrounded by the goons. "You shouldn't have interfered, any last words?" Big Boss said as his goons snickered behind them. Ruka simpered. "No… just this." With that said he took out a whistle from his pocket and blew on it.
No sound came out.
The group of primates started to laugh. "What is that?!? Some kinda joke?? You're dead meat anyway! You and your busted whistle!!" Big Boss said with pure malevolence as he stepped closer.
Suddenly… the earth started to tremble… the winds started to change… and then an unexpected sound came.
"RUFF!!! RUFF!!!"
The bark of a dog…
"Gggggggggggrrrrrrr……"
Make that 10…
Ten dogs were surrounding the goons… Ten… slightly… angry dogs…
"W-What did you do??" Big Boss asked Ruka. Ruka smiled at him. He lifted the whistle in his hand. "See this whistle. It isn't any ordinary whistle… It's a dog whistle. These dogs are… shall we say… my special friends." Ruka said smugly.
"Why you little—"
"Ah-ah-ah…" Ruka said, playing with the whistle. "One more step and I promise you that you'll find yourselves in the hospital being injected with an anti-rabies vaccine."
They all gulped in fear… I'm quite sure that the whole group isn't afraid of dogs (…yet.) But being surrounded by a whole pack was a bit of... shall we say… over-the-top?
While the group of goons were all trembling in fear at the sight of the dogs' choppers (Some were foaming…. I swear.), Ruka and Mikan crept out of the scene, reaching Ruka's Z4; Mikan heard someone holler… and then came the barking. Mikan looked at Ruka.
"You didn't!" Mikan exclaimed.
Ruka shook his head and looked at the direction where they came from. "Uh-oh…" Ruka said.
"What 'Uh-oh'?" Mikan asked worriedly.
"You… better get in the car miss." Ruka said as he pushed Mikan inside the car.
"Why?" She asked, she turned to look at his direction and saw the Big Boss, who was a bit… torn and scratched up, coming their way.
"I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS YOU LITTLE $!!!"
"Oh boy we'd better get a move on!" Mikan said anxiously.
"On it." Ruka said as he started the car with ease. He backed up, purposely driving the mad man over. The man jumped on the back of the car and tried to reach out for Mikan.
"Aaahh!!!! Get away!!" Mikan screamed as she grabbed the nearest object she could find… an umbrella, and bashed the man straight on to the noggin. The man, in sheer and utter pain let go of Mikan and fell off of the Z4, cursing as he did.
"I'll get you for this PUNK!!!" He yelled.
Mikan stuck her tongue out at the unfortunate Big Boss and laughed.
"Thanks a bunch Mr.—" Mikan started to the handsome and blonde stranger.
"Ruka Nogi. And there's no need for formalities. I'm only in my twenties. Just call me Ruka." Ruka said coolly. "And what's your name… Miss?"
"It's Mikan Sakura! Call me Mikan!!" She said enthusiastically. Ruka laughed at the girl's sudden change of mood. "So why were those guys picking on you anyway?" He asked.
"Well, my grandpa and I have a lot of debts to pay… so we're on the run right now… and… and…" Mikan said, her voice lowering and the happiness in her aura wavered at the mention of her grandfather.
"You're not gonna cry in front of me… are you?" Ruka asked, carefully.
Mikan beamed at him, her cheerfulness back. "No I wasn't! My grandpa's strong for his age." She said. Ruka smiled as he kept his eyes on the road.
"Though I do worry about his recklessness." She added.
Ruka laughed. "Then you two must be so much alike." He said jokingly.
Mikan pouted. "We are so not!!" She protested before mumbling to herself…
"A bit…" Ruka chuckled to himself when he heard this. Mikan smiled, thanking her lucky stars that she was able to escape the clutches of evil… again.
TBC
Author's Note:
Aha!!! Chapter 2 is FINALLY up!!! Sorry for making it so long! I couldn't help with the action scene! I apologize if you find some errors or typos.
As you have noticed, I am a slacker.
Anyway… give me your comments and/or suggestions!! They'd really help! No flames please! Constructive Criticisms are accepted and are very helpful.
I'll update whenever I can! REVIEW and I promise the saucy part will be in chapter three!!
Ja matta ne!!
