Ending and Beginning
Chapter 6 - Light can't exist without dark
"Persona-sensei, what's the mission?" asked Mikan.
"We'll go to one of the AAO's main hideouts, get as many as we can of their files and kill them."
She nodded. "So that's why you're my partner. You've got death alice right?"
"Yes."
She tossed an alice stone.
Persona looked at her questioningly."
"Nullifying alice stone so if your alice berserks, we will be save temporarily."
"I can control my alice well."
"We are considering all possibilities. And this," she tossed another alice stone to him. "Telekinesis alice stone use that, if you're in trouble or if you want to communicate with me."
Persona was quiet. It seemed that Mikan was now the commander and he, the follower. HE? PERSONA? NO WAY! He IS the commander.
"I'm not leading you; I'm just taking care of our precautions." She answered him like she was reading his mind.
"Whatever, Let's go." He said as he jumped up.
Mikan followed him.
They infiltrated their targeted building. Each used their alices. They easily sent Death to their enemies and they got the information in a disk. They were struggling to go out of the building when more backups came.
"Shit" Mikan mumbled. The backups all have alices. They were surrounded by them. 1000 AAO agents were in the building. She thought. She looked at Persona.
He was breathing heavily. It's been a long time since he used his alice in its maximum level. It began to tire him out, adding the fact that this battle is a long one. He's beginning to lose control of his alice. Luckily, the nullifying alice stone started it's effect.
'Sensei can you still do this?' Mikan asked through her Telekinesis alice.
'Yes.' He answered.
After some fighting, Mikan noticed that black markings started appearing on his body. The nullifying alice stone was overpowered by the Death alice.
Mikan began to panic though it did not show on the outside. She took off one of her earring / alice controllers. She breathed slowly. She then lifted her arms, a tremendous force gathered; she threw it to their enemies. Many fell dead, others stayed up, and many were injured.
Mikan went to Persona's side, held him and transported them outside the building. She did not wait a minute to pass, as soon as she and Persona got out, she used her Nullification to surround the building so that no one inside can use their alice. She then sent billions of ice daggers to the building. You can literally see blood dripping from windows and doors. She snapped her fingers and huge fire balls surrounded the building and burnt it down.
She looked at Persona. Not much time left. She thought.
Persona was on his knees.
Mikan held him and transported them to her room in gakuen alice. She took her mask off.
Persona lay down on the bed.
"Take off your mask." Mikan said, more like commanded.
Persona was clutching his heart for he felt the pain in his heart. He shook his head.
"If you're thinking of losing control when you take that off, don't worry you won't. Trust me."
There was a moment of silence.
"Hurry up!"
Slowly he took off his mask. His red eyes met hazel eyes.
Mikan touched him and slowly the pain and the black marks disappeared.
Persona's eyes widened.
Mikan was concentrating in stealing the alice that poisoned his body and nullifying his remaining alice. When she finished, she sighed in relief while holding a black alice stone on her right hand.
Persona saw his alice stone. "What an ugly stone." He whispered.
This, of course, was heard by Mikan. "Why do you think that?"
He was silent.
Mikan realized that he was sweating so she used her Transporting alice to transport a container of water and towel to her side. She dipped the towel and started wiping Persona's forehead.
"You don't have to do this."
"I do things that I want to do. You didn't answer my question."
"Who would like an alice that will bring death to people?"
"The higher-ups seem to love it." She said sarcastically while she continued to wipe him. She snapped her fingers and Persona was now wearing black pajamas with buttoned black polo.
"I don't like killing people." He said as he allowed her to unbutton his shirt and clean him.
"Who does? But we all know that each side has their own reasons. As long as these reasons oppose each other, death is inevitable."
"I know that but I don't like it when I lose control. When I was younger, I killed so many because of my outbursts."
"Then, atone for your sins. Make your weakness be your strength. Find the chosen people destined for you to protect. Be their shield. Be their light."
Persona was surprised.
Mikan smiled. "Think about it. I'm sure you'll find your answer. Now, you should rest." She buttoned his shirt and went outside the room. She slept on the sofa in the living room. In this cases, she is thankful that her room is huge.
She changed into her pajamas and slept.
Persona was thinking about the things she said until he fell asleep.
The next morning, when Mikan woke up, Persona was gone.
She changed into her uniform and went to the cafeteria.
She entered, as usual, the students stared at her.
She sighed and continued to her seat.
"Morning, Sakura-san." Ruka greeted.
The others except Hotaru and Natsume smiled.
"Good morning." She greeted back. She sat down and said her order to the robot.
After some minutes, her food came, she began eating. Anna and Nonoko were discussing something. Permy was eating. Yuu and Ruka were talking about animals. Koko and Kitsuneme were joking with each other. Hotaru was eating her crab brains. Natsume was reading his manga while eating.
Mikan finished and looked at her watch. 7:30 am. She decided to take a short walk.
When she was about to go back to her class, Persona came.
"Good morning, Persona-sensei."
"…"
She looked at him. "Is there something you'd like to say?"
"I've got an answer."
She looked at him with a confused expression.
"Last night."
She understood quickly and nodded her head.
"I…I can't be the light. I'm a creature of the dark. My alice stone is color black as proof. I'm afraid I might corrupt people."
"Light can't exist without dark and vice versa. Human beings all have light and darkness, though they will be the ones to decide if they will be in the dark or in the light. However, living in the dark does not say that you do not have light." She took the stone from last night out from her pocket and held it up high. The sun made the black stone shine. "Look, it's shining. Don't you think it's magnificent? This is you. You might be in the darkness but someday, someone will think that you are their light." She smiled. "Now, I need to go back. Ja sensei."