Mysticlife-fh : Sorry for the late update.. Nway, don't forget to R&R both 'MYSTIFY MIKAN' and 'THE LOST MEMOIR'
Hotaru : Mikan! Where have you been???
Mikan : HOTARU!!!!! I'm 'sob' here 'sob. HELP!!
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Natsume was reading peacefully at the Sakura tree. Fed up of his fan girls who kept tailing on him, he decided to spend the rest of the day at his hideout. The Black Cat was about to doze off when he felt a slight pain at his chest suddenly. He turned his head and looked around him. There was nothing weird. Yet, he felt as though he was losing something important…
"Natsume…"
Natsume who was in a deep thinking jerked away suddenly when Ruka called him.
Apparently, Ruka has fully-prepared for the Prom Night. Wearing a blue suit that suited him perfectly, there was no doubt that he will grab every girl's attention at the party.
"Hotaru told me that Mikan has no partner for the Prom Night."
Natsume looked away. "Not my problem…"
"Is there anything I could do to change your mind, Natsume?"
"You know my answer, Ruka…" he answered shortly.
Ruka sighed in disappointment.
"Until when are you going to keep like this? You deserve to be happy. And, both of us know that Mikan is the only one who could make you feel that way."
"I don't need an idiot like her in my life." Natsume's voice shook a little.
"Another lie. It's time for you to be truthful with yourself, Natsume. I've done whatever I could to help you. I hope that when you finally realized what I meant, it won't be too late…"
With that, Ruka walked away from his best friend.
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"WELCOME TO ALICE ACADEMY'S PROM NIGHT!!!!"
Mr. Narumi's voice could be heard clearly by the whole students despite the loud music and chattering. Everyone were extremely excited at the party. Girls were gossiping about their heartthrobs while boys were started to hit on their favourite girls.
Mr. Narumi was giving his lame, boring speech when the main entrance of the hall was being opened suddenly. Everyone's attention turned to the door. Not even a single soul in the entire hall who was not feeling astonished with what they have just seen.
It is because the person who was most unlikely to attend this kind of party suddenly appeared. He was wearing a black suit that matched his dark, raven hair. His crimson eyes were wandering around the hall, searching for someone.
"Natsume!!" Ruka approached him, smiling.
Natsume walked towards Ruka, ignoring the girls who were drooling by now. They chose to sit at the furthest table, isolated from everyone.
"Did you see that moron?" Natsume asked quietly.
Ruka raised one of his eye-brows at Natsume. Seeing his best friend who was sneering at him, Natsume produced a small fire right in front of Ruka's face. Ruka was taken aback of Natsume's sudden attack and stood up quickly.
He lifted up both of his hands as a sign of surrender. "All right! All right!! I'll ask Hotaru…"
Luckily, Hotaru was made her way to their table, bringing a glass of cocktail.
"Thanks". Ruka's hand barely touched the glass when Hotaru grabbed it from him.
"Who says this is for you?? It's mine. In fact, you're the one who's supposed to bring it to me..." Hotaru glared at him.
Natsume couldn't help but to suppress a smirk at Ruka. Ruka sighed inwardly.
'Is this my bad day?'
It took Ruka a few seconds to remember Natsume's inquiry.
"By the way, Hotaru. Have you seen Mikan??" he said, while glancing at Natsume, who was serious.
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SMASH!!!!
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Miss Imai who was taking a sip of the cocktail accidentally lost her grasp of the glass, thus turning the glass into pieces of China. Her eyes were wide in shock.
"She's not here yet? I thought she is already here. I asked her to go first."
The triple sat in silent for a while, they wore a worried expression. Ruka decided to soothe the tense aura around him.
"Maybe, she's still in her room. You know, overslept… probably." He said, unconvincingly.
Obviously, Ruka was unsuccessful. Simultaneously, Natsume and Hotaru rose up from their chairs and ran with all their might out of the Main Hall. Ruka stared at his surrounding and realized that presently, everyone's eyes were on him. Without thinking much, he broke into a run as well, following Natsume.
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It took Natsume a few minutes to arrive at Mikan's room. He stood up in front of Mikan's door, but did not open it. Instead, he closed his eyes tightly, praying hard that once he turned the knob, Mikan will be there, sleeping soundly. And, he will be able to tease her again…
Slowly, he placed his hand at the knob and turned it. His hands were trembling hardly. He pushed the door open…
Hotaru who was having difficulty to run fast with her gown eventually managed to arrive at her best friend's room a few minutes later. She saw Natsume was standing still at Mikan's door. She approached Natsume and realized that his face was expressionless. However, his cold eyes were sufficient enough to resemble his own feeling; to tell her what has happened.
Knowing what was inside the room, Hotaru moved her legs weakly and entered Mikan's room. Looking at the condition of the room, Hotaru was unable to hold back her tears anymore. The room was totally damaged. Mikan's clothes were thrown all over the room, her books scattered everywhere. It was crystal clear that Mikan was not there. She has gone…
Tears started to roll down her cheek. Suddenly, she felt so exhausted. Ruka came in time to hold Hotaru from falling down.
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"MIIIIIIIIIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN"
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"HEY! WAKE UP! SLEEPING BEAUTY…"
Mikan tried to open her eyes but the injury in the head was killing her. Seeing there was no reaction from the brunette, the man aimed a kick at her stomach.
"AAARGHHH!!!!"
Mikan shouted loudly, expressing her pain. She eventually opened her eyes. In front of her, there were two men who had kidnapped her. She distanced herself from them instantly.
"WHO ARE YOU?? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT????"
They sniggered but remained silent.
"Relax, Sakura. We won't hurt you…" a voice behind her spoke.
She turned around. Her eyes were wide in shock when she saw a familiar person standing behind her. Her brain was working fast.
"Reo…"
The person smirked.
"So, you still remember me. It is such an honour for me to know that."
Mikan's eyes were burning with anger. It's the AAO.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME??"
"No... No… Not from you. In fact, you have nothing valuable to give us." He sneered.
"You should have known you are the most precious for him…" he said monotonously.
Mikan was bewildered. 'For him???'
"WHAT ARE YOU BLABBERING, IDIOT?"she shouted.
Reo laughed evilly. "Still that slow, ah? Let's just go straight to the point, shall we? We know that, even if there's a rumour saying Mikan Sakura is kidnapped by AAO, he will, at all cost come to save you."
Then, Mikan realized who they meant. Surprisingly, she smirked at them back.
"You're wrong. Natsume won't be that stupid to come to you."
Reo raised one of his eye-brows. "Yet, it doesn't hurt to try, don't you think?"
Mikan knew that they won't be easily fooled with her words. Quietly, she examined the place she was in. It was an old house. And, there was a door few meters away. It was her only way out.
"It's unbelievable. Natsume Hyuuga, the famous and powerful fire caster. How unfortunate it is that his only weakness is... A GIRL!"
They roared with laughter. Mikan bit her lips, unable to control her anger.
"All you have to do is to sit quietly. And, when the Black Cat arrived, there's no need for us to keep you anymore."
Despite the unbearable pain she was suffering, Mikan managed to stand up. She placed her hand on the wall for support. She was shaking madly. She suppressed a laugh at them.
"You underestimate Natsume. And, you underestimate... me. I'm not the same, naive 10 years old girl that you've seen before, Reo. Do you really think that I'm just going to sit here, crying and waiting for help to come?"
Reo sniggered. "What will you do, then?? Thinking of contacting your friends again?? Pity... I don't see any panda headphones."
Mikan smirked. "It's as simple as ABC, Reo. I'm astounded you failed to realize it. If Mikan Sakura is not kidnapped by the AAO, there's no reason for Natsume Hyuuga to come here."
The men began to move closer to Mikan, closing any free space so that she won't be able to escape.
"And, how are you going to do that??" Reo mocked her.
Slowly, Mikan reached her pocket and found what she wanted. She gave a last smile to Reo.
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"WITH THIS!!"
She threw Hotaru's 'PASSED OUT BOMB' at the men.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mikan smiled triumphantly. Her plan to lure the men to stand together succeeded. She had only one bomb with her, so her only way to assure that none of them will be able to avoid the bomb is to make them to stay close with each other.
"Thank you, Hotaru!"
She looked at the unconscious men on the floor. The bomb was effective for only five minutes. She had to run as far as she could before they woke up.
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She went out of the house. The area was deserted. There was no single soul there. She tried to run faster, but her injuries were killing her. Mikan did not have a clue how far she had gone, but she continued running.
'I have to escape from AAO. I don't know whether Natsume will come or not if he knows I am kidnapped. What I know is that I won't give them the chance to hurt him. He has enough to cope with. I won't add more trouble to his problem. NEVER!!'
Mikan realized that her mouth was bleeding, probably due to internal injury. She could sense her energy was draining greatly. She was too exhausted. All that she wanted is a nice, comfy bed in her room.
"THERE YOU ARE!"
Mikan turned. She was startled. It was the man with teleportation alice. He was sneering at her.
"C'MON, GIRL. LET'S STOP THIS HIDE-AND-SEEK GAME."
He approached her but Mikan ran as fast as she could. Unfortunately, she stumbled onto a stone and fell, head first onto the pavement.
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THUD!!
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Mikan felt dizzy suddenly. It was so painful, as though someone just stabbed her head. She could feel blood oozing slowly from her head.
She could see blurry vision of a man approaching her. He was smirking.
"OH MY... POOR GIRL."
He was about to touch her to teleport both of them back to the old house when Mikan used her remaining strength to push him away, nullifying his alice. She quickly stood up and ran towards the road.
She saw a black, luxury car was drawing nearer. Meanwhile, few men of AAO have arrived behind her. They were laughing evilly.
"SAKURA! YOU'RE IN DREADFUL CONDITION! NOW, LET'S MAKE THIS EASIER FOR BOTH OF US." Reo moved closer, mocking at Mikan.
Mikan was unable to stand properly. She felt as though everything around her was spinning. Blood was dripping from her chin onto her uniform. Although she was staggering in pain, she perfectly knew what she is supposed to do. She smiled.
Noticing her calmness, the men were taken aback. Mikan stared at them through her brown eyes, still suppressing a smile.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I'VE TO TELL YOU? DO- NOT-UNDERESTIMATE-ME." Mikan said bravely. She moved backwards a little.
The AAO were unaware of the car that was coming nearer.
"I'LL NEVER MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU! EVER!!"
Tears started to form in her eyes. Slowly, Mikan moved her legs backwards little by little, towards the road. The car was a few meters from her.
"I'M WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO SAVE NATSUME. EVEN IF I'VE TO..."
The driver who was driving in high speed did not realize a girl was running towards the car. However, when he did, it was too late...
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BUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The impact of the accident was so huge that Mikan flew a few feet away. Blood was oozing furiously from her mouth. She coughed and spat out more blood.
The shocked driver went out of the car to check on Mikan's condition. Seeing this, Reo realized that they were left with zero chance. Still cursing angrily, he asked his man to teleport them to the house back.
Mikan closed her eyes, visions of her friends appeared.
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...HOTARU...
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...YUU...
...RUKA...
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NATSUME...
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"...EVEN IF I'VE TO... DIE..."
Mysticlife-fh : How was it?? Hope you like it... Plizz leave your comment!!!
Youichii : ...next...episode...will...be...fast...forwarded...to...five...years...later...where...natsume...onii-chan...has...graduated
Hotaru : Yup! And, by that time, you can already speak fluently, Youichii...
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Preview for next ch:
"Grandpa! I'm home!!!"
"Oh, you're finally here, Kyra!"