I am so so so so so so so so so so sorry. If anybody reads this I am so grateful to you. I will try harder to post more often from now on I promise. If you guys want to help though…. That would be very much appreciated! I am at a loss sometimes and any suggestion can help me get back on track and remind me to write so let me know, K?

Flash back (because the author sucks and takes forever to post anything):

"Let's go now. I don't hear anything. If we wait too long he will get away."

Natsume, fearing the power that Mikan had wielded hours ago trailed her out the door and out of the building wanting nothing more than to see her smile and wished, to the same moon that they had once traded their hearts and alice stones under, that this would end well and that he could protect Mikan.

"Where are we going little girl?"

"Remember Natsume, this is the ESP's game and he believes he has already one. He is going to celebrate his victory. We are going to crash his party."

Silence cloaked the school grounds of a school called Alice Academy. Few people walked by and those who did could see a distinct difference in the schools atmosphere.

Inside the school was quiet too. Everyone was just standing still as if they were waiting for something. Or perhaps someone…

ESP had Reo. Reo was being to sing at gun point. His lyrics portrayed a message of trust in the ESP and an easy surrender. All were quiet. Listening. Some were even swaying.

In the rafters above were two small figures. The girl has a cold calculating look and the boy was peering at the girl.

"At my signal you get the gun and I will get Reo. After that… Well let's just say I am the leading lady and you are the stage hand."

"Mikan. Tell me what you are going to do."

"No Natsume. Promise me you won't interfere no matter what."

"…"

"Please…. Natsume I need to do this… I think I'm the only one who can."

"I can't promise that Mikan… I need you to live. And you sound like what you're planning is fatal."

"I won't die Natsume. Just… Stay away… get the gun and stand back."

Natsume gives in with a small nod and Mikan motions him to ready himself.

All at once they leap onto the stage. Natsume kicks the gun out of the ESP's hand and Mikan pushes Reo down and holds his head to the floor. He is unable to sing and the crowd slowly awakens. Startled shouts rise up from the crowd as people begin to recognize what is happening. Not more than a year and a half earlier this had happened, only it was Narumi-sensei doing the threatening not their high-spirited Mikan-chan.

"So what's your next move? You have any more copies hanging around or did you think that you would have won with that last stunt involving Persona?"

The venomous contempt belonged to Mikan. Natsume was still pointing a gun at the ESP's head.

ESP was literally stunned. All of his composure was lost. He was standing on the threshold of death. He knew now that nothing he did could make any difference.

Check and mate.

"Shoot."

"What did you say to me you dirty piece of scum?"

"I said Mrs. Sakura, 'shoot'."

"No. You see it would be too nice of me to kill you the quick way. I want to see you suffer. I am going to take your alice away so slowly that you can feel each and every one of your copies die. Let you lose yourself a bit at a time and then I will shoot. You have no power over me."

And with that she spit on him. It was such a "un-Mikan" thing for her to do and Natsume almost wanted to laugh. His hands were shaking. He could tell Mikan wasn't bluffing she was going to do this. And she did.

Pebble by tiny pebble the ESP's alice was extracted from him. Eventually it was just Mikan, Natsume, and the ESP kneeling on the ground. Mikan was exhausted and the ESP was writhing in pain. Eventually she got up and brushed the dirt off of her clothes.

"Step back Natsume and hand me the gun."

Her voice shook and her whole body trembled. A shot rang in the air but it wasn't Mikan who had fired it. The ESP had shot himself.

Mikan screamed.

Natsume held her and tried to soothe her soflty.

This chapter is dedicated to LadyElica because her favoriting my story is what motivated me to post this chapter. And because she has given me a signal that somebody is reading my crappy stories… :P please give me a sign… Is anybody else out there?