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okay, so i know i should've waited until like...wednesday to post so i could get more reviews, but i DID promise myself, 7 reviews and i post. next time i'm aiming for 10 or 11 reviews. so...make me proud!!
Fade to Black: Hide and Seek, on with the show!
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Chapter Two
Claps flooded the gym. Mikan grinned and bowed playfully before facing the fifteen assembled boys and girls in front of her. Everyone was clapping and smiling with approval except for a blonde haired girl. She was "inspecting her nails" and frowning at nothing in particular.
"Um… from that applause I take it that you all like our new routine?" She asked over the clapping, and everyone encircled around her.
"It was amazing, but that was expected as always, Mimi." Stephanie, a girl with curly, chestnut colored hair and emerald green eyes stated, coming over and wrapping an arm around Mikan. Mikan smiled and leaned slightly into her friends embrace, her whole body relaxing when she heard murmurs of agreement. Well, all except from one girl, but she ignored that.
"Yeah, that was one kick ass routine, Michelle." Bret, one of the male cheerleaders stated with a big grin. "You must've worked really hard on it."
"Oh," Mikan said, batting her hand in his direction. "No way, I just threw it together last night." She insisted. Yeah, and she had worked six hours on it, perfecting every single detail until Natsume had to drag her to bed. Threw it together indeed.
"That's why we made you captain, Michelle. You're like Wonder Woman… you can to anything." Larissa, a cheerleader, admired with a far off look in her eyes. Mikan chuckled uneasily. It was really nice getting compliments like these, but it felt so strange. When she went to Gakuen Alice, people constantly made fun on her, so it was an odd change.
"As if," A snotty voice came from outside of the little circle. "Everyone knows that the only reason why she's captain is because she's Nate's girlfriend. That routine wasn't even that good. I could've done so much better." And then that awkward moment was over. Leave it to Ashley Robins to ruin the moment…as always.
"Well making cheers up are the jobs of the captain and her co-captain, Ashley." Stephanie snapped, crossing her arms and glaring Ashley. "And you don't have the privilege of being either, so I suggest you close your little lipstick smudged lips." Ashley's mouth snapped shut and she darted towards the benches, no doubt to reapply her lipstick. Stephanie turned back to Michelle, her eyes turning soft. "Come on, let's go watch the boys outside." She said, and Mikan gave a large smile, running out of the gym and towards the Soccer field. Everyone else took her lead, even Ashley, who threw her compact mirror in her purse before sprinting out after them.
When Mikan and Natsume first came to Abbot Academy, Ashley had actually been kind to Mikan…that was until she developed a rather gigantic crush on Natsume. She than began throwing herself all over Natsume, frowning and glaring whenever Mikan and Natsume where seen together…which was always. And then suddenly, she started comparing herself to Mikan every which way. She would begin competitions out of the silliest things, like "who could avoid going to the bathroom most for the school day". When Mikan tried out for cheerleading, Ashley tried out also. For the year that they where on it together, Ashley would always try to best Mikan in every routine that they did, but in the end, the ex-captain decided to pass on her job to Mikan and her friend Stephanie. And with Mikan's winning personality and contagious smile, Mikan won over numerous friends and gained the attention of several boys without having to dress scantily, unlike Ashley. Mikan had gained the title of the class princess; Ashley's old title. Now, she was disdainfully labeled "the drama queen". Needless to say, "Michelle Tinsley" was not Ashley's favorite person in the world.
Out on the field, Natsume raced down the field, keeping an eye out for his team mates and good friends, Rob and Landon. He was center forward, and waiting for the cue from either one of them so he could set their plan into motion. Out of the corner of his eye, Natsume spotted the cheerleaders watching the boys play. They were supposed to be practicing for the prep rally that was scheduled for the next day, but clearly Mikan dragged them all outside. When he spotted her staring intently at him, he winked at her and she blew him a kiss before he turned his attention back to the game.
Mikan waved her pom poms weakly as Ashley bounced up and down next to her. "Mimi!" Called out a voice behind her, causing the entire cheerleading squad to turn around. Instantly, Mikan's eyes softened and she opened her arms and let the boy run into them.
"What's up Hayden?" Mikan asked, releasing Yoichi and ruffling his hair.
"Stupid detention." Yoichi mumbled, and Mikan glared at him, disapprovingly.
"We're talking about this when we get home." She said sternly. Yoichi blushed and looked away, some stray locks hanging over his eyes.
"Sorry." He apologized.
"He's so cute, Michelle!" Several girls cooed. "Your so lucky to have such a cute little guy around you all the time!" Ashley squealed in outrage next to them.
"Mi-chelle!" She shrieked. "You shouldn't be so hard on the little guy! That teacher probably just doesn't like him. She's probably just mad because he's too young to be his girlfriend. You know, Hayden looks just like Nathanial, he's bound to be a heartbreaker, just like his big brother. I'm Natie's future girlfriend and wife you know," Ashley rambled on, talking to herself, the cheer squad, Mikan, and Yoichi at the same time. Mikan clenched her fists and tried her best to refrain from using her alice.
"Oi, shut up hag." Yoichi told Ashley coldly. "The only one here that's going to be marrying Nate is Michelle. So shut up about it already. And for future reference, my teacher is a man…and married….with four kids." Mikan's face turned a crimson red.
"I-I don't know if I'll be marrying Nate, Hayden…" She stammered, looking down.
"Oh, of course you will!" Steph, said cheerfully. "You two are so in love! It's almost like a fairy tale!" Mikan sighed. There's that word again, she thought. Love. Natsume mentioned it earlier, but he said it so carelessly. 'You know you love me'. Do I love Natsume? I don't love him the same way that I love Yoichi, or Steph, or Ruka, or Hotaru, or even Otou-san. I love them… the way that I love a father, or brother and sister. But then, what's that feeling that I get with Natsume?
"Come on Mimi!" Steph cried, pulling on Mikan's hand. "Your own future husband's just made the winning shot."
Mikan glared at her friend once more for adding the husband part before turning to her cheer squad and clapping her hands together firmly. "One more, and then we're outtie!" She promised. "Number four." The girls and boys groaned, but got into position for their short but sweet victory cheer.
"V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, looks like we beat you, oh my! We beat you so bad we've made you cry! See you later guys, don't forget to wipe those tears from your eyes! Get your butts back on that bus, your really not that tough. Go Wolves!" They all shouted out in victory before running out onto to join to team's cries of joy.
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Mikan sighed and cuddled closer into Natsume. It was far after the game and the trio had walked home, deciding to skip the after party for Yoichi's sake. Now, they at where at home and Yoichi was in bed while Natsume and Mikan where watching a T.V show on MTV.
Natsume let out a snort of laughter and his fingers grazed Mikan's shoulder, leaving a trail of fire in their wake. Funny though, seeing as Natsume wasn't using his alice. "This is hilarious." He said.
"Really?" Mikan asked, a look of pure disgust on her face. "Because I think this show is just pointless. I mean, reality tv? As if, Nat-kun. I mean, those lines sound really rehearsed."
"Nat-kun?" Natsume asked, raising an eyebrow at her. "Well, that's a new one."
"I like it. It's a mix between Nathaniel and Natsume, don't you think? Plus, it's so cute, just like you." She teased, looking into his eyes. Natsume rested his forehead against hers, causing their nose to brush.
"Haven't I told you before, men cannot be cute." He told her, and Mikan smiled.
"Since when are you a man? You're not even old enough to vote-" She was cut off by Natsume tackling her backwards on the couch and tickling her senseless. "Nat…kun…stop….it…" She gasped out through fits of laughter.
"Not until you admit that you where wrong and that I am a man. And a manly man at that." He said.
"What? No!" Mikan protested, and let out a shriek when Natsume pinned both arms above her head and raised his free hand in warning.
"Fine, I guess I'll have to tickle you with Mr. Tickle-Finger…" He warned, getting closer.
"Okay, okay!" Mikan shouted, squirming under grasp. "I was wrong and you are the manliest man to ever walk this Earth please don't tickle me!" She rushed out, squeezing her eyes shut as if bracing for some sort of impact. Natsume smirked and leaned towards the now cowering Mikan. He stopped right in front of her face.
Mikan felt the body heat raiding off of him and wondered why he hadn't began to tickle her yet. Slowly, one eye opened and then the other. His face was so close…his lips where so close. "Nat-kun…" Mikan breathed, staring at Natsume's lips. Natsume pressed his mouth against hers, and the two began kissing passionately, with Natsume's tongue grazing Mikan's lips. She opened her mouth slightly and Natsume thrust his tongue in, starting a tongue war. The two battled it out, not even noticing the sound of a door opening…
Yoichi had been awakened from his slumber by the sound of what sounded like Mikan's shrieking and screaming. Worried, he quickly pulled on his slippers and made his way towards Mikan's room, which he found to be empty. Closing the door, he headed towards the couch where their TV was, to see his okaa-san and otou-san making out on the couch.
"My virgin eyes!" He wailed, causing the two to fall off the couch. Mikan turned a deep shade of red while Natsume glared at Yoichi from his spot on the floor.
"Aren't you and your 'virgin eyes' supposed to be asleep?" He bit out, and Yoichi smiled innocently as both teenagers picked themselves up off of the ground.
"Well I was, but then I heard Okaa-san screaming so I thought you where hurt. But now that I'm awake, I'm not sleepy anymore. Can you come read me a story?" He asked, wanting to get away from Natsume's glare as fast as possible.
"Oh Yo-chan…" Mikan cooed, wrapping her arms around Yoichi. "You're so sweet. You don't mind, do you Nat-kun?" She asked.
Natsume, who was still glaring at the boy gritted his teeth together. "Not at all, baby." His mind was swirling of things that he and Mikan could've been doing on the couch. But instead they where interrupted by their 'curious that isn't so cute anymore' "son". No more Mikan for him. Knowing Mikan, she would probably fall asleep while telling the story to Yoichi.
Mikan gave him a bright smile before Yoichi pulled her towards his room, them both disappearing from Natsume's view for the night… until Mikan's nightmares came to haunt her.
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"HOTARU!" Mikan shouted, clasping her hand over her mouth. Woken up from her reoccurring nightmare, Mikan was quick to realize that she had fallen asleep next to Yoichi after reading Robin Hood aloud to him the night before. She quickly glanced over to the boy, happy to find that he was still asleep. The only thing Mikan had done was cause him to roll over. Flipping the covers off, Mikan hurried over to Natsume's room. This time the dream was exactly the same as the last one, so even though it was heartbreaking, it didn't cause her to get quite as shaken up.
Pushing open the door, she could hear the familiar light snore. Smiling, she closed Natsume's door softly before climbing over to his bed and yanking the pillow off of his head, watching amused as he sat up, ready to attack. He sighed with relief when he noticed with her, and even sported a soft smile when he noticed that she wasn't sobbing uncontrollably. Tossing the pillow beside him, Natsume patted the bed and Mikan climbed onto it, resting her head comfortably on Natsume's chest and closing her eyes. Natsume reached over to her waist long hair and began stroking in, his eyes halfway closed. Mikan herself was barely awake herself, dosing of from the rhythmic pattern of Natsume's stroking. "That dream again?" He asked, and Mikan nodded into his chest. "Imai's too tough to cry." Mikan let out a little laugh, allowing herself to be comforted by Natsume, as always. Slowly, they slipped off to dream land together.
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okay, so i didn't show anything about the AAO or GA, which means we're getting an earful of it next chapter... dun, dun, dun... ah... well maybe, i actually don't know yet. i did write the next chapter, but i'm probably going to re-re-write it. stay tuned and remember 10 or 11 reviews and i'll be forced to post, and less and you get the silent treatment. wink
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