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Chapter 2

Mikan returned to her room earlier than she thought she would. She just couldn't take the guys gawking at her with their mouth wide open when she's outside so she, instead, went to her safe haven and decided to stay there until she's called out for the mission. Shiki decided that the operation will commence at 6 in the evening so everyone is free for the time.

'Hmm..what should I do for the mean time?', she asked herself as she looked around her room. She then spotted her shelves filled with different scented bath wash and shampoos and decided to take a long bath.

After thirty minutes, she came out the bathroom wearing black baggy pants, a grey loose tank and black sneakers. She used her towel to dry her hair and as she was doing that, her attention was captured by the folder on her desk. She opened it once again to reveal the face of a certain raven-haired lad. She went through his data once again and noticed how he's kind of similar to her. Having no parents at all, and being used by the people around them. She somehow noticed that they also share some similarities in terms of personality and abilities. 'I see. This person's smart, huh? I should be careful around him, or I'm pretty much dead..', she thought.

She then spent the rest of her time preparing her weapons. She practiced skillfully and quickly recharging her gun and pointing it to her target for several times. She also made sure to bring all the things she'll need if she ever gets injured. The last thing she did was to change into her mission outfit: a grey fitted shirt topped by a black hooded jacket, black jeans, and of course, her black military boots (I wonder if she ever gets tired of those boots!...XD). She also put on her alice-limiting earrings, bracelet, and rings.

A knock on her door told Mikan that it was time. "Come in", she commanded as she started gathering her things.

"It's time, Sakura", a young man about the same age as her informed her.

"I know. I'm coming. You can go ahead of me, Shou", she replied back with her usual emotionless tone.

She thought he had gone but when she turned, he was right behind her. He casually took her bag and carried it and with a sideways glance, he said, "You better come back alive, Sakura".

Mikan stared at him, "I'm not gonna die from a puny mission like this, ok?". She was about to walk past him but he grabbed her arms and roughly turned her around.

"Sakura, this isn't like your usual missions! I know the guy you're about to face is a monster like yourself, too. The only difference now is that he's a guy and you're a girl! He is by far stronger than you physically! That guy could kill you!", Shou said with a very concerned and furious expression at the same time.

Mikan slapped his hand away from her. They've been childhood friends since she entered AAO but she doesn't fully understand yet why he is so exaggerated and overacting when it comes to her. She sighed, "I'm not gonna die, okay? Not until I kill the person who killed my parents. So please stop you're nagging. You sounded like my mother just now", she told him.

Shou smiled, "You never change". He then playfully swung his arm around Mikan's shoulder but as he expected, she quickly brushed his arm off her shoulders. "Shut it, Shou, before I kill you". Shou laughed and playfully put his hands up, "I give up". Mikan slightly smiled before dragging Shou by the collar of his shirt until they reached the car.

When she got off the car, Mikan immediately reviewed their strategy in her head before tapping Shou's shoulders, signaling him to do what he has to. Shou nodded at her and touched the wall of the academy's gates. He concentrated his energy on it and after a few seconds, an opening in the academy's barrier was made. Mikan hurriedly entered through the hole and the hole immediately closed. After all, Shou's alice can only open it for ten seconds because if it lasted longer, they would've been found out by the school.

Mikan sneaked around the academy, practically avoiding the patrolling guards. It took her 15 minutes to reach the middle school division boys' dormitory where our raven-haired lad is currently staying in. 'Room 365..large golden star on white double door', she reminded herself as she took out a golden key that was supposed to open any kind of doors. (A/N: The golden key is door key that was made by Mikan's fellow AAO member. It's a key that's able to change its form to the appropriate form that could unlock any door).

Mikan walked through the dark eerie hallways of the academy until she found the room she was looking for. 'Room 365..this is it'. She tried opening the door and much to her surprise, it was unlocked! Now this intrigued Mikan. She entered the room cautiously and looked around. She found his bed and her eyes widened when she saw no one on it. 'It's a trap', she thought. She spun around quickly, attempting to make an escape but instead, a pair or crimson red eyes met hers. She lost her balanced and fell on her butt.

"Who are you?", the crimson-eyed lad asked her in a threatening manner. He lighted a fire in his hand, ready to burn Mikan.

Mikan stood up and brushed herself clean from dirt. "You don't need to know since you'll die any-". Before she could finish her sentence, a ball of fire flew her way. She raised a hand and the fire immediately died down. Natsume stared at her in disbelief but he created a new one anyways. However, before he could threw it, Mikan disappeared right in front of him and reappeared next to him in a flash. She touched Natsume's arm and his fire immediately disappeared.

"What the hell did you do?", Natsume asked as he glared at the person before him. 'Hmph..since fire won't work, I'll have to resort to physical strength. Never thought a day like this would come', he thought.

Mikan was about to speak but she was caught off guard when Natsume suddenly tackled her and pushed her onto the floor. Her hood, that was supposed to keep her from exposing her whole face, fell out of place. Natsume's eyes widened and narrowed at the same time after seeing a beautiful, almost angelic, face in front of him.

Mikan struggled to get away from him. She squirmed to get away from him but, just like what Shou said, he really is physically stronger than her. She then reached slowly for the weapons in her bag but before she could do so, Natsume quickly snatched her bag away from her and threw it in the corner away from them.

"Let go of me, idiot", Mikan demanded.

"Hell no, polka", Natsume retorted back.

Mikan had a confused expression on her face as she pondered on what he meant by 'polka'. She then realized that that was the underwear she was wearing today. 'How the heck did he knew?', she thought.

As if Natsume read her mind, he immediately glanced at her lower half. Mikan followed his eyes and ended up seeing her top slightly pulled up and her polka-dotted underwear slightly peeking from under her black jeans. She blushed furiously and glared at Natsume, "You…you pervert!".

Because of her extreme fury, she suddenly gained the strength to push Natsume off of her and stand up. She dashed to her weapons and reached out to one of her sharpened daggers but before she could do so, Natsume grabbed her wrist and pushed her against the wall. He held her in place with his left hand while he reached for something in his drawers using his left hands. To make sure that Mikan wouldn't be able to kneed him in the-ahem-'you know where', he pressed his knees to Mikan's thighs. Mikan's breathe hitched as she felt the proximity of his body to hers. She felt somewhat uncomfortable but at the same time, she felt something stir in the deepest part of her soul which she didn't recognize. She was snapped from her trance when the raven-haired guy pulled out a handcuff and dragged Mikan near to his bed. Mikan protested but he was really too strong for her. He handcuffed one of Mikan's hands and swung the other side of the handcuff around his bed post, and locked Mikan's other hand in it.

Mikan glared at him continuously but he just ignored it and pressed the emergency button on the side of his door, next to the light switch. All the alarms in school went on a rampage and everyone was in chaos. Mikan managed to move her hands a bit and immediately pressed a button on her watch and whispered, "Leave".


Oh my..sorry for suddenly stopping like that. Anyway, what do you think will happen to our Mikan? Please review! ^_^