Summary: A romance between a nullifier and a fire-caster goes stronger, but what if fate played with them: make them separated from each other, leaving the other one behind, then upon returning, would their Love blossom once more after learning the other one had already found someone else?
One last look
By kaho14belle
D I s c L a I m E r: I obviously don't own Gakuen Alice, it's a masterpiece of Tachibana-sama.
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Chapter 3- Permanent Monday
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Don't build castles in the air; they would always just get blown away.
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A certain woked up from her deep slumber. She felt cold … and hot at the same time her hazel eyes darted form the frames of her eyes as she tried to distinguished where she was all the time.
"Wh-where am I?" she asked weakly.
No one answered.
"This place is somewhat familiar… where could I be?" she said to herself as she tried to sat up from the bed. She grunted as her body felt pain as she move. "I can't move, my body feels sore."
Then she adjusted her head to see a raven haired person beside her. Sleeping. The person's head is on the side of the bed and was partly hidden. So she can't see the face of the person.
"Na-natsume?" she called, somehow when she mentioned his name, she felt a sting on her heart. The head stirred and looked up to see her.
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A raven haired guy jumped from branch to branch. A medium-sized bag on his bag. Then he stopped.
"I'm here." He said to no one while his crimson eyes stared at a certain place.
"Kuro Neko, it's time to go" a masked man named Persona appeared from the darkness.
"Tch. Troublesome. Promise not to hurt them." He snapped.
"My pleasure, Natsume, My pleasure"
Then they disappeared to the darkness of the forest.
'Please Mikan, I know you'll hate me for doing this to you, but I don't have any choice…'
They boarded a private plane officially owned but the Gakuen Alice. Natsume sat beside a window and looked outside.
"Can you pull some music in?" Persona suddenly asked the stewardess. Weird isn't it? Can't blame him though, it's so boring there.
"Yes, Mister."
Then strumming of a guitar was heard by the plane crew as well as the two special passengers…
'Heck, too much for sleeping' Natsume thought to himself as he was about to fall asleep when the sound came in…
Never really said too much
Afraid it wouldn't be enough
Just try to keep my spirits up
When there's no point in grieving
"Never really said too much, huh? Is this some kind of a joke? Coz I'm not laughing?!" a vein popped on his forehead.
Good thing , Persona's NOT his seatmate. Thank GOODNESS!.
'Yes, I was afraid to admit it, what to say back then… I'm such a total moron' he thought to himself, looking crestfallen.
Doesn't matter anyway
Words could never make me stay
Words will never take my place
When you know I'm leaving
'Her words… it does mean a thing! Damn it!... but should have a grip to myself, if I didn't do that, I really would have lose it back there. MY MISSION. And for them.' He leaned his head on the window. The light crosses the land makes his hope increase and it makes him relax his tensions. The evening panorama before him makes his jitters go away, as if it has it's on way of leaving all his unruly thought behind.
Try to leave a light on when I'm gone
Something I rely on to get home
One I can feel at night
A naked light
a fire to keep me warm
'The necklace' he thought as he pulled out his half, it's silver hue glittered under the light and the red stone glowed like there's a fire inside it.
Try to leave a light on when I'm gone
Even in the daylight, shine on
And when it's late at night you can look inside
You won't feel so alone
"I hope she won't throw away it away after my little heartbreaking presentation… or will she?'
That roll out underneath my heels
And you don't know how bad it feels
To leave the only one that I have ever b
'Mikan… hold on for me…' he silently prayed for her, closing his crimson eyes.
Sometimes it feels like we've run out of luck
When the signal keeps on breaking up
When the wires cross in my brain
You'll start my heart again
When I come along
'Just hold on, I didn't regret falling in love with you, you're my everything, Mikan, please don't be hard on yourself' he thought as his mind slowly drifted to somewhere… somewhere he'll be with her…
'You won't feel so alone'
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"Mikan, you're awake"
"Hotaru?..."
"Who else baka? Who do you think I am, Jin-Jin?" Hotaru said coolly, while checking her temperature.
"Oh, I thought it was▬"
"Good. You're fever is finally slowing lowering." She heard Hotaru muttered.
"Why am I here, Hotaru?" Mikan asked innocently.
Hotaru raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you don't remember because you should be the one telling me what happened to you."
The brunette just stared st her. 'No way…' the raven-haired thought, 'he really did it this time, damn'
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FLASHBACK
After the Natsume-Persona talk, Natsume walk his way back to the ball, hoping that the brunette won't notice what he was feeling at the moment.
He couldn't believe it.
He, leaving Mikan? How horrible could that be?
He couldn't do it. No way in hell, but he doesn't have any choice, does he? Now that her life is at stake, Natsume would definitely do anything to make sure she's always safe. So as his sister too.
The flame-caster made his way to a certain raven-haired girl who was busily munching on her crab dishes on her plate, which looks, from a far, was a mountain ready to blow off.
"Imai" he called.
"What do you want? I'm busy can't you see?" Hotaru said not even looking at Natsume.
"I have a favor to ask to you" he said calmly which surprised him too, but didn't let show it.
"Favor? The Hyuuga Natsume came to me to ask a favor?" Hotaru looked at him with the same old, stoic face of her, a glint of curiousness is clearly seen on her amethyst orbs.
Natsume now looked pissed. "A Favor you couldn't even say no"
Now, Hotaru looked serious as ever, 'Is this a scheme?'… "Let's hear it."
He released a tired sigh, she's the one he can trust to always take care of Mikan for him. "Take care of her"
"Aoi? Mikan's there for her, besides I'm too busy to babysit stupid little girls" she replied as she turned her back on him and continued eating her buffet style crab foods.
"No, not Aoi, but in a way yes…." Hotaru stiffened, 'could it be?'
"What do you mean? Don't tell me you're going to leave her?"
" Yes."
"You an your stupid jokes, you know, you don't have the taste with choosing your own jokes, better stick with your 'Hn', it's far more cooler than your supidity" she said nonchalantly, but deep inside she was silently praying that what she was feeling won't happen to her beloved bestfriend. She was also afraid of what will happen to her.
"Imai, this is a serious business, her life is at stake if I wouldn't do what was told to me." He said gruffly while eyeing the dancing group, his crimson orbs looking for the brunette.
" Take care of Mikan, you mean? I shouldn't have let Mikan fall for you, I always knew you'll hurt in some other way"
"I know."
"You are so stupid"
"I know."
"You are such a moron"
"I know"
"You are ▬"
"I didn't say that you could insult me, you haven't even accepted it, besides you know the consequences if I didn't do it..." he trailed slowly.
"Well, that's my early payment for you, but I would definitely kill you after this stupid event" she said surely as she continued chewing her food lazily and not even minding her stupid customers and a certain Hayate whom were staring at her for... dunno... hours?
Yes, The Imai Hotaru, the Ice Queen, the Stoic Inventor, is worried, worried for her best friend, Sakura Mikan, the infamous No-Star, the girl with the Nullification Alice.
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'Oh God forbid..' Hotaru thought to herself, slightly shocked by her conclusions.
"Ne, Hotaru?" Mikan waved her hands in front of the spacing out inventor.
"Mikan, what do you remember before you passed out at the Sakura Tree?" the raven-haired girl inquired.
Mikan thought deeply. "Well, first, I wake up pretty early this morning, then went to school, got detention from Jin-Jin, then Natsume And I talk…" Mikan fell silent; her heart suddenly felt pain as she tried to remember what really happened.
"Talk about what?"
"Wait, I'm still trying to …" the brunette stop as she focused hard to do her task given by her best friend.
Then a surge of a painful sensation enveloped her heart that brought back the painful memories when he … broke her heart.
Tears welled up on her hazel eyes, which her bangs hid successfully; she jumped form the bed, and went to the door. Koko, Yuu and Ruka, suddenly opened the door, giving her the chance to escape. Then she run through the corridors like hell would break loose any moment.
"Mikan…" Hotaru sighed while staring at the back of the unwell figure who was running through the hall. 'Should I be surprised?'
"Mikan! You're not well yet!" the three cooed then run to catch her.
Mikan ran to the boy's dorm, fortunately or not, the robotic guard wasn't at his post for he was busy checking the other corridors of the building, then she run her way to a certain room where a raven-haired guy with crimson eyes live. She was already panting.
'Natsume'
"Please, you're only lying right?" she said to herself. Then finally, she reached it. A door with a name "Hyuuga Natsume", carved in a gold plate and plastered to the door.
She held the doorknob and turn it slowly. 'Good thing it's open.'
But who would leave an unlocked door? At the middle of the night?
She turned on the light. "there he was' she said with relief while making her way to the bed where a figure was 'sleeping' under the bed covers.
She was crying out of happiness. 'So Natsume didn't left me!!' she happily thought as she got near the bed.
"Hey, Natsume" she called softly, then tried to shake the figure.
And then she saw it.
The bed cover rolled up and a pillow was revealed under it.
Her mouth hang. "What on earth - ?"
Natsume wasn't there. he's not at the room.
He left.
forever?
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Now, I know that this is a crappy chapter, but hey, it's still a part of the story so it really have to be posted.
sorry if this wasn't your expectation. gomene, minna-san!
so, what do you think will ahppen to our beloved brunette? will Natsume ever come back?
well, as the authoress of this story, it's up to you guys if you'll review or not, better review so I'll continue this story!!
please!!
Thank you for reading!
p.s. whoa, this is my longest chapter so far...
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