Chapter 4: The Day After the Deal

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and by the way,

the loud bang from the previous chapter

was indeed Mikan's nullification.

see how strong it is?

enjoy this chapter!

At the end of the day...the VERY SIGNIFICANT DEAL DAY...

Mikan was at her favorite Sakura tree, hanging out. She was very tired because of her fight with Natsume, and she was weak from overusing her nullification alice. Little did she know that someone was watching her from above. Beautiful crimson eyes, long, raven-black hair, and a warm smile plastered on his face.

"Why?" whispered Mikan, "why, Natsume?"

And she looked up. But no one was there. But Mikan knew better.

"Quit playing games, Natsume," said Mikan, teary-eyed.

"Mikan..."whispered Natsume. And a tear fell from those beautiful eyes.

And from where Mikan was looking, a piece of paper fell.

Written in it were a mere 5 five words.

"Mikan Hyuuga. I Love You," read Mikan. And tears of joy started to fall from her eyes.

"Natsume Hyuuga, you are the most annoying jerk I've ever met, but I have to say, I enjoyed the kiss," said Mikan, half laughing, half sobbing.

The man up the tree smiled, and he went down to the girl fo his life, hugged her, and said "I enjoyed it too. I really love you, Mikan."

And they hugged.

The First day of Mikan's deal...

"Ohayou Gozaimasu!" yelled the particularly cheerful young brunette to the whole student body of Class B.

"Hi, Mikan-chan!" said Yuu.

"G'morning, Mikan!" said Anna and Nonoko together.

"HEy, Mikan!" yelled Ruka.

Weird of all morning greetings was Hotaru.

"Good Morning Mikan," said Hotaru, ever so coldly. And what was odd, she didn't even shoot Mikan with her baka gun. (wow! that's a first!)

But most surprising was a cold, but pleasantly amused voice.

"Good morning, Polka," said Natsume.

Mikan was shocked.

"What happened to you?" asked Mikan wonderingly.

"Oh, nothing," said Natsume, smirking, "only excited by the fact that today is your FIRST day."

"What? What first--" but comprehension dawned on Mikan's face, "oh yeah...right. Well, I guess I have to start again, shall I?"

"As you wish," said Natsume, and he smirked again. Mikan left the room and entered a few minutes later.

"Well, good morning, my dear Natsume," said Mikan, hitching a stupid smile on her face, "would you like your coffee or cold?"

What's weird about this Mikan was that she was rather mechanical. It was like she was a robot. And Hotaru was suspicious...

"I'd like it hot," sneered Natsume.

"Yes, dear Natsume," and Mikan pulled a coffee-maker from under Hotaru's drawer.

'How on earth did she find out about my coffee maker? Only Am--' and Hotaru understood. And as Mikan poured Natsume's coffee in a cup, Hotaru thought, 'So..she isn't as stupid as she looks after all...' and Hotaru smiled.

Natsume noticed this weird smile, and instantly became suspicious.

"Mikan?" said Natsume warily.

Mikan ignored this comment, most significantly, ignored Natsume saying her name.

And when Mikan turned around, she spilled the whole boiling hot contents of the coffee on Natsume's shirt.

"Oops, sorry, darling Natsume, I forgot about the part where you were supposed to DRINK it," apologized Mikan. "Don't worry, I'll clean it up for you," And she took a cloth from under her own desk and wiped Natsume clean on the face.

"DAMMIT! I KNEW IT WASN'T HER!" said Natsume, standing up and heating himself, drying his shirt. After drying his shirt, he left the room. Ruka called out,

"Natsume! Where are you going?! Classes are about to begin! AND our first subject is Jinno!"

Natsume stuck his head back inside the room.

"I don't care about that stupid teacher! I am gonna find that girl and burned her to ashes!"

"Oh really?" said a soft-spoken, cold voice behind a book.

"Yes, Imai, and I don't care about your stupid baka gun!"

"Okay...that's IF you find her," said Hotaru, still not looking up from her book.

"What?! What do you mean?!" said Natsume, now panicking slightly.

Finally, Hotaru looked up.

"She's that much an idiot as you think she is, you know. And if your senses haven't caught up with reality yet, she's got a POWERFUL Nullification alice that even YOU, Hyuuga, can never compete with. And she's got the Barrier alice, too, which is stronger than most kinds of barriers. So even if you DO find her, I doubt very much you'll get within 50 feet of her vicinity," explained Hotaru.

Natsume seemed at a loss for words. But he left anyway.

"Idiot. I told him not to go," said Hotaru.

Natsume searched all over the school grounds that day. Jinno was livid that two straight A students disappeared from right under his nose, and Hotaru was smiling all day long.

Finally, Natsume had only one place left to go to.

"The dormitories," whispered a tired Natsume.

He first checked Mikan's special star room. He banged on the door thrice, and when no one answered, he threatened to burn the door down.

"Open up, Mikan!" he said.

No answer.

Natsume gave up. He sighed and said, "I'll just call it a day."

He left the corridor and turned to his bedroom. He was shocked to see someone sitting beside his door.

"Mikan?" asked Natsume.

"Huh? Oh. I've been waiting for you all day," said Mikan, still sleepy-eyed.

"What?! You've been here all day?!"

"Yep. Just waiting for you," said Mikan.

"Let's go inside, shall we?" said Natsume, clasping his hand to Mikan's.

Once inside, Mikan kissed Natsume. They kissed passionately, as if it was not gonna end.

"I'm leaving. Tonight," said Mikan after they broke apart.

"Why?" asked Natsume.

"I'm leaving for a mission," said Mikan.

"NO!" said Natsume.

"And it'll probably be my last," and Mikan was now crying.

Natsume's eyes grew wide in shock.

"Persona?" he asked warily. Mikan nodded. Natsume's worst fears were confirmed.

"Don't fret. I'll be back," said Mikan, "and sorry for this morning. That was Aminatsu."

"Don't speak a word," said Natsume, and they kissed again.

GUYS! See? There's more to the story than it seems,

but as Mikan rightly says, DON'T FRET!

The story's probably gonna last up to 15-20 chapters...

and there's gonna be a twist in the end of the next chapter. A third party from somewhere...

Ja Ne!