Not fated?
Chapter 4: Meet and play with Aoi!
Disclaimer: I do not own Alice Academy/Gakuen Alice and I never will.
Note/Warning: Rated for safety. Expect OOCs and bad English. I'm assuming you know all the char. Natsume, Mikan and the gang are the same age.
Sum: Natsume Hyuga and Mikan Sakura meet for the first time as normal people but are they really normal people? Nope! One is a vampire and the other is a vampire hunter, seemingly not fated to be together. And why does the vampire hunter hate vampires so much?
What will happen in Natsume's house?
I'm a little late in posting this chap... So hope you like it.
Previously
"Whatever. Get off my table and let's go."
Natsume stood up and walked out the backdoor. Ruka followed, carrying Usagi and Mikan followed behind with Kuro Neko walking beside her.
-+!!+-
Mikan kept looking around as she entered Natsume's house.
Crash Something inside the house had caused the sound.
In turn, the sound caused Natsume to run inside.
"What happened, Ruka-pyon?" Mikan asked.
"I don't know. Let's see if Aoi's hurt."
Ruka led Mikan into the house and saw Natsume and Aoi in the kitchen.
"Natsume, what happened?" He asked.
There was a broken plate on the floor. No one was hurt, although Natsume was staring at Aoi with a slightly angry expression. They were both ignoring Ruka and Mikan for the moment.
"Konnichiwa, onii-san. Gomen, I broke a plate." Aoi said politely.
"What are you doing here?" Natsume asked.
"? ...Washing the dishes. Why?"
It was silent for a moment then Aoi seemed to have realized something. She suddenly became nervous, making Mikan tilt her head in question.
"Don't you have a fever, Aoi?" Ruka asked, breaking the silence.
"That's what I would like to know too, Aoi." Natsume said coldly.
"I..." Aoi said. "I faked the fever, hoping that you won't go out late at night anymore! You're always catching them." She shouted.
Natsume seemed a little shocked for a while then he turned stoic.
"Clear up the mess." He said.
He walked past Mikan and Ruka. Aoi's crimson eyes were filling with tears, thinking that her brother was mad at her.
"...Buriko." Natsume said, just before he left the kitchen.
Aoi rubbed her tears away and smiled. 'Buriko' was Natsume's nickname for her, since she was always acting weak and cute. He would never use that nickname if he was very angry at her.
"Konnichiwa, Ruka nii-san. Who's this?" Aoi asked, smiling happily as per normal.
"Konnichiwa Aoi. This is Mikan Sakura, our new classmate."
"Konnichiwa!" Mikan greeted cheerfully.
"Mikan nee-san is such a kawaii girl!"
"Arigato, Aoi is kawaii too!"
The two girls continued chatting happily as they cleared the mess on the floor. Ruka left and sat with Natsume in the living room.
"Well, the girls are getting along really well."
Natsume kept quiet.
Sigh
"You know, Aoi's right. You shouldn't go hunting for them, at least not late at night. You're going to worry your mom and Aoi too."
Natsume continued to remain quiet. Ruka sighed again.
-+!!+-
"Come, Mikan nee-san, let's play in the backyard!" Aoi said, pulling Mikan.
"Haha, slow down, Aoi."
Backyard
"Urm, Aoi..."
"Yes?"
"Are you sure this is your backyard?" Mikan asked in disbelief as she stared at the scenery before her.
"Of course!" Aoi beamed. "Although onii-san asked otou-san to plant a lot of tall trees."
"So that's why it looks like a mini forest." Mikan sweatdropped.
"?!"
She noticed something on the trees. She walked up to the nearest one.
"What's wrong?"
"Why do the trees look as if it's been attacked?" Mikan asked as she placed her hand over the tree's 'wound'.
"Ah, never mind that, onee-san. Let's go up the trees." Aoi said as she pointed to the treetops. "The view's quite nice from up there."
"Eh? Ano, I'm not good at climbing." Mikan lied, she could get up the tree within a split second if she wanted to but because of her 'keeping a low profile' mission, she couldn't.
"I'll help you. It's really easy and fun!"
Aoi offered her hand to Mikan and Mikan gladly took it, not literally. They slowly climbed up together and sat on one of the highest branches.
"It'd be better if we're watching the sunset." Mikan commented.
Aoi smiled at Mikan. "You must be really special, onee-san. Onii-san never lets a girl into our house, not even my friends."
"Why not?"
Aoi giggled. "Because of all his fan girls... So you're not one of his fan girls, onee-san?"
"No. I'm more of a friend than fan." Mikan chuckled.
They enjoyed their time up on the tree for a while. Mikan closed her eyes, the wind was blowing their hair nicely, away from the girls' shoulders. By the looks of it, it was already evening when Mikan slowly fluttered her eyes open.
"Buriko!" A voice called out from below.
The girls looked down and saw Natsume and Ruka.
"Onii-san! Up here!" Aoi waved.
Natsume looked up. "What are you doing up there? It's dangerous!"
"But I always come up here, onii-san."
"I meant her! She's clumsy and won't be able to get down! How'd you get her up there anyway?"
"Hey! I'm right here! I can hear you." Mikan pouted. "And I can get down perfectly!" She said as she stood up on the branch, completely forgetting to 'keep a low profile' and to not attract attention from people and vampires.
"Oi polka-dots! What are you doing?"
"I'm not polka-dots and I'll prove to you that I can get down."
"But onee-san, I thought you said you couldn't climb." Aoi said.
"But anyone can get down, right?" Mikan smiled.
Natsume heard her and shouted. "But not anyone can get down without breaking their bones!"
Mikan ignored him and jumped down. She suddenly remembered that she's not allowed to do so extreme stuff. She quickly grabbed a branch and pretended that her hand was slipping. She continued to fall and expected to feel the hard ground but Natsume won't let that happen now, would he? He caught her and glared at her.
"Are you trying to kill yourself?! I told you, you're clumsy so don't do that kind of stuff."
"Ahaha... Gomen." Mikan rubbed the back of her head.
Vzzzz vzzzzz
Everyone looked at the door and saw Kuro Neko walking towards them with Mikan's phone in his mouth. Mikan took the phone from him, still in Natsume's arms. Aoi had already got off the tree branch and was now playing with Kuro Neko, thinking that he's so cute. Kuro Neko didn't mind since it he knew Aoi was Mikan's friend.
"Moshi moshi."
"Hey~, Mikan!"
"Misaki nee-san, what is it?"
"Hotaru said one of your classmates is treating the both of you to dinner. So I was wondering if you're going to have dinner with us. If not, I could take your share. Haha..."
"Dinner? O-"
Mikan was cut off by Aoi. "No! Stay here for dinner! It's okay, right onii-san?"
Natsume shrugged.
"See?! Stay for dinner, onee-san, onegai~..."
Mikan nodded. "Ano, I won't be having dinner with you." She said into her phone.
"Oh, okay then... Bye~!"
"Bye."
Mikan hung up.
"Yay! So you'll be having dinner with us?" Aoi asked excitedly.
Mikan nodded.
"Hope you don't mind if Kuro Neko joins us too." Mikan chuckled.
"He's your pet, onee-san? He's so kawaii!"
"I prefer to think of him as a friend." Mikan smiled.
"Ano..." Aoi suddenly said.
Mikan tilted her head and stared at her.
"How long is onii-san going to carry you?" Aoi pointed at them.
"Eh?!" Mikan got a shock, she didn't realize it.
She quickly jumped off. Her face was very red. Natsume nonchalantly put his hands in his pockets and left for his room. Ruka, who had been quietly watching with Usagi in his arms, followed Natsume.
"Onee-san IS special..." Aoi thought happily.
"So is your mom going to cook dinner, Aoi?"
"No. She said she was going to be home late tonight. So we're going to Central Town for dinner!" Aoi smiled.
"Central Town?"
"Hai! It sells all sorts of food. We'll be going as soon as onii-san and Ruka nii-san change. Ruka nii-san has his own room here although he doesn't stay here much. Smiles You can borrow some of my clothes. Let's go!"
Aoi pulled Mikan to her room.
"Active, isn't she? She's so different from Natsume." Mikan thought, sweatdropping.
-+!!+-
"Buriko! Polka-dots! Hurry up!"
"Hai! Hai! Coming~!" Aoi shouted, pulling Mikan once more.
Aoi stopped at the front door. Natsume and Ruka were staring at Mikan. Mikan was wearing a light pink, spaghetti strapped tank top and a short, white mini skirt. Both were borrowed from Aoi but seemed perfect for her and it showed her curves wonderfully. Now it was obvious that she had devilish curves that went amazingly well with her angelic and innocent face.
"Ano, do I look that weird?" Mikan asked, noticing the guys' stares.
Aoi giggled. "Iie. You look wonderful, right onii-san?" She asked with a wide smile.
"Let's go already." Natsume said, turning around.
Central Town, after dinner
"Come on, onee-san! You have to try a piece of howalon! It's delicious!"
Aoi was pulling Mikan again. Natsume and Ruka were slowly walking behind. They arrived at the howalon shop and queued up for quite a long time before they got a box of howalons. They went to a bench and sat down. Mikan took a piece and put the whole thing in her mouth.
"Oishii~!" Mikan exclaimed with sparkles in her eyes.
"Here, have another." Aoi offered.
Mikan gladly took it. After all the howalons were finished, Mikan stood up. "So where are we going now, Aoi?"
"I don't know." Aoi said, then she turned to Natsume. "Are we going home now, onii-san?"
Natsume shrugged.
"I know! Let's go to the theme park!" Aoi said, standing up.
"Ano, do theme parks open this late?" Mikan asked innocently.
"To alices they do!" Aoi beamed.
They headed towards the theme park in Central Town.
"Oh, I forgot to ask. You're an alice, right? What's your alice? Smiles Mine's Nullification and Steal."
"Wow, you have two alices, onee-san? Mine is Fire alice!"
"Ano, no offense but... by any chance... is you alice out of control, Aoi?" Mikan asked, glancing around.
"Eh? Iie. It's fine." Aoi said as she smiled at Mikan. "Why?"
"The people here seem to be very hot. It's either their hair or sleeves that catch fire." Mikan said, still glancing around.
Aoi looked left and right and sure enough, people were getting burnt somewhere on their bodies. To be more specific, guys who were ogling at Mikan were getting burnt. Aoi turned around and saw Natsume and Ruka walking behind, not close enough to hear their conversation. She noticed Natsume was glaring at all the guys that were getting burnt. She turned to the front again and giggled.
"?" Mikan stared at Aoi.
Meanwhile
"Natsume, you're going to burn down Central Town if this keeps up." Ruka said, petting Usagi.
Natsume said nothing but he kept burning the guys. For some reason that even he didn't know, he hated it when other guys were ogling at Mikan.
"Do you like Sakura?"
Natsume seemed a little surprised at first then he replied. "Those people were staring at Aoi." He lied.
Ruka sighed, not knowing whether to believe him or not. Fortunately, the number of people around the four of them was decreasing because of two reasons. One, they were afraid of Natsume and two, the theme park was at the end of Central Town and since it was only open to alices, it wasn't crowded at night.
"We're here! Onii-san, Ruka nii-san! Hurry!" Aoi shouted.
Theme park
They had rode on almost every ride in the whole theme park, except one.
"Let's ride the roller coaster!" Mikan said excitedly.
Actually, she had never been to a theme park before. Everyone got on. Each cart and fit up to four people, so it was just nice. The girls were in the front and the guys were at the back. Kuro Neko and Usagi were on their owners' laps.
After the ride was over, Mikan was walking like she was drunk. The four loops they had experienced were too much for a first timer like Mikan. She was so dizzy. Aoi chuckled and led her to a bench.
"Daijobu desu ka?" Aoi asked, still chuckling.
"Daijobu desu." Mikan replied but her eyes were still spinning like there was no tomorrow.
"Ah! Mikan nee-san! Your leg!"
Natsume and Ruka looked at Mikan's thigh. It was bleeding a lot. Mikan shook her head and blinked a few times to get her vision proper again.
"Ah, that. Kuro Neko didn't have a seat belt or anything so I let it hold onto me. I didn't want to ruin your clothes."
"But isn't it pain, onee-san?" Aoi asked worriedly.
"Only a little when I walk." Mikan lied.
She was used to injuries far worse than this but she couldn't let them know, could she? Although, she hates lying and was initially bad at it but Hotaru helped her.
"Aoi..." Natsume said. "Do you still have that Instant Teleportation alice stone?"
"Huh? Yeah."
Aoi searched her pockets and took out a baby blue alice stone. She passed it to Natsume. Aoi, like Natsume, has her own fan club although it is more like a posse. The guys in her posse are her fan boys and the girls were mostly Natsume's fan girls who were trying to use Aoi to get close to Natsume, not that Aoi minds. Natsume was quite protective over Aoi so her posse wasn't as crazy and pursuing as Natsume's fan club. One of Aoi's fan boys had left his alice stone on Aoi's table, hoping she'd accept it. Of course, Aoi accepted the guy's alice stone... but not the guy.
"Hold onto me." He told Ruka and Aoi as he carried Mikan in his arms.
Aoi held Kuro Neko in one hand and Natsume's sleeve in another. Ruka did the same with Usagi.
"Eh? It's okay! I can walk!" Mikan said, panicking and blushing.
One second later, Hyugas' residence
"I'll get a wet cloth!" Aoi said, running out of the living room.
Natsume put Mikan on the couch. Mikan was too busy blushing to say anything.
"You can use the ointment the doctor gave me earlier. I don't need it and it should work..."
Ruka ran out of the living room too, leaving Natsume and Mikan alone.
"I-I'm okay, really." Mikan said.
"You have punctured thighs and you say you're 'okay'?!" Natsume snapped.
"But I am okay..." Mikan muttered to herself.
"Here's the cloth!" Aoi said, running back into the room.
Ruka had also just ran back to the room with a bottle in his hand. Mikan started wiping her legs clean from blood that was slowly dripping.
"Arigato." Mikan said as she passed Aoi the bloody cloth and took the bottle of ointment from Ruka.
Sakuras' residence
"Why isn't Mikan home yet? It's dangerous at night." Misaki asked.
"That baka will be just fine." Hotaru said, trying to seem uncaring.
"I just hope she remembers that we'll turn into vampires again at midnight. It's the end of five days already and it's 11 o'clock. Hotaru, don't you have a tracking device on her or something?"
"It only works if she's wearing her clothes. But the tracking device isn't working." Hotaru said.
"So she's not wearing her clothes?! Don't tell me she's doing it with a human!" Misaki said in horror.
Hotaru took out her baka gun. "That baka isn't that careless."
"Y-You're right..." Misaki sweatdropped.
"Anyway, I'm still worried. Even if she's not doing it with a human, being with a human is still dangerous. What if she turns into a vampire when humans are around? Worse! What if the humans she's with are vampire hunters?!"
Hotaru didn't bother to say anything.
Hyugas' residence
"Mikan nee-san, since it's so late already and you're injured... Why don't you stay here for the night? Ruka nii-san too. I'm sure onii-san doesn't mind, right?" Aoi asked hopefully.
Natsume and Ruka kept quiet.
"Demo..."
Aoi showed her sparkling puppy eyes. Mikan chuckled. "Hai."
"Buriko." Natsume mocked nonchalantly.
Aoi pouted at him.
"I guess I'll have to sneak out soon. But how will I explain to them why I left?" Mikan thought.
"I think I'll go sleep now. Ano, where do I sleep?" She stood up.
"You can take the second guest room." Aoi, once again... as usual... pulled and dragged Mikan to their second floor, where the bedrooms were.
At the top of the stairs, Aoi started pointing at the rooms. "This room in front is okaa-san's room." She turned to the right and pointed at the room nearest to her parents' room then she pointed to the one next to it. "That's onii-san and Ruka nii-san's rooms." She turned to the left and pointed to the door facing Natsume's bedroom. "This is my room; yours will be that one!" Aoi pointed at the room next to hers, which is also opposite Ruka's.
Aoi led Mikan into the room. Mikan explored a bit while Aoi went to take a nightgown for her. Aoi returned with the nightgown and Mikan went to the bathroom to change. Mikan came out of the bathroom and looked at a clock. "There's still 40 minutes."
"How will I explain to them? It takes 24 hours before I can transform again." Mikan wondered as she sat on her bed.
"Nyaa~..."
Mikan looked at her side. Kuro Neko was sitting next to her, watching her.
"You know why I'm worried, right?" She smiled. "What should I do?"
She thought for a long time then she spoke.
"I know! I can use the Doppelganger alice."
Mikan had accidentally stolen Misaki's doppelganger alice and inserted the alice stone into herself. She still hasn't learnt how to create an alice stone so she can't return Misaki her alice.
"I've tried it before and the doppelganger didn't transform back so I guess it's okay, right?"
"Nyaa~!" Kuro Neko meowed in agreement.
Mikan smiled. She closed her eyes and concentrated. Seconds later, there were two Mikans. Both of them looked at the clock. It was already 11.50pm. She had to hurry and leave the house before she starts thirsting for blood... human blood.
"Oh no! I have less than 10 minutes and I don't have my clothes."
Mikan always wore dark, more specifically, black clothes when she was in vampire form. Although in terms of appearance, there wasn't much difference between vampire and human forms.
"Ah!" Mikan said as she saw a cloak in the quite empty wardrobe.
The cloak was perfect. It was complete black, it could cover her light colored clothes and it was easy to move around in... Not to mention it had a hood. Mikan wore it and proceeded to the open window.
"Take care of her for me, Kuro Neko." Mikan said.
"Don't worry. I'll be alright!" The doppelganger smiled.
Mikan smiled back. It was 5 minutes to midnight. She put on the hood and jumped out. Little did she know that someone else was also jumping out of his bedroom. The both of them had jumped out in different directions but were headed for the same destination, the Northern Woods.
"I promise this will be the last time I come out late at night, Aoi."
Northern Woods
Mikan had transformed into a vampire again the moment she arrived at Northern Woods. She stopped running when she was in the middle of the forest. She wanted to stretch her wings and fly. Just as she was about to, she picked up a scent... a human scent. Vampires' senses were naturally much better than a human's so she sensed the vampire hunter's presence before it occurred vice versa.
After a few seconds, the two mortal enemies were face to face, vampire to vampire hunter. To Natsume, Mikan was obviously a vampire; it wasn't only his instincts and senses that confirmed it. Mikan's long, dark cloak was proof enough, she looked like a vampire from movies. Fortunately for Mikan, Natsume's mask, her hood and the night's darkness hid her face very well.
"Isn't a cloak too old fashioned?" Natsume smirked a little.
Mikan couldn't see the smirk but she could definitely sense it. And although her hearing was very sharp, Natsume's voice was colder and slightly muffled, thanks to the mask, so she didn't recognize his voice.
"What's it to you, hunter?" She snapped.
Mikan never was nice to humans who insulted her... unless she was in human form, then she wouldn't mind. Actually, Mikan never was nice to anyone when she was in vampire form, except for her family and friends.
"If you know I'm a hunter, why don't you run, leech?"
"I have no need to fear an alice werewolf, let alone a human hunter. Besides, I'm thirsty." Mikan smirked.
She was definitely different than normal. Usually, she would restraint from drinking human blood but since Natsume insulted her, she wasn't going to care now. She lunged at him but he knowingly dodged. Natsume held a fireball in his hand.
"So you're an alice... Not bad, Fire alice too, one of the most effective ways to kill a vampire... but what makes you think I don't have an alice to counter yours?"
Natsume didn't respond.
"Judging from your silence, I'm guessing you didn't know vampires and werewolves have alices, did you?" Mikan smirked. "Anyway, I'm still thirsty."
Natsume dodged her attack again. He attacked her with the fireball he held and it successfully hit her left leg. Mikan knelt down and held her leg. Although she conjured up some water and extinguished the flames, the pain was still there. She glared at Natsume. "You're going to regret that."
In a flash, Mikan was behind him, sinking her teeth into his neck. Natsume was a little shocked that she could still move so fast after being injured, especially on the leg. He quickly recovered from his little shock and jumped away from Mikan. She only managed to get two gulps of blood, that amount was too much for Natsume to stay human but also too little for him to turn into a vampire.
To be continued.
Would you consider this as a cliffy? ;D Btw, if you spot any mistakes, please inform me so that I can correct them. TY!!
Mikan's Bio (Updated): Mikan is a 16 years old vampire. Although she is young, she's the most powerful and gifted vampire. Most of her close friends are the same age as her and they're also very powerful and some are also gifted. Misaki is a year older than Mikan and she's also powerful. Mikan had accidentally stolen her alice though. She's forgetful when she's excited, anxious or upset. Mikan is very scary and dangerous when she is super angry.
Mikan comes from a pureblood family, meaning that her family members were all born as vampires. It is also said that everyone in her family were alices. She currently has the Nullification and Steal alices. Her stolen alices so far are the Doppelganger and Water alices.
'Gifted' meaning having an alice or alices.
Kuro Neko's Bio: Kuro Neko is a black cat that is one of Mikan's precious best friends. Of course, he knows about Mikan and the others being vampires. He is very active but also unsociable. He is only friendly to Mikan, her family and best friends, Natsume, Ruka and Usagi. He hates being near or touched by strangers. He is intelligent and can sense people's feelings accurately, which is quite strange for a cat. Also, he is obedient and loyal towards those he consider as friends, he is also very brave.
His alice is Big Cat alice, which allows him to transform into a big cat, making people see him as a panther. His alice also allows him to have all the abilities of all big cats such as tigers, leopards, etc.