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Flashback (not trouble) part 2

Ugh...I think I ate too much. Although I was supposed to keep a gentlemanly composure, the food they make here is heavenly. To think the chefs here are even better than the ones back home. I find that almost impossible. I need to find either Rikan or Mikan to tell me where they hired the chefs.

"Wait up!" A girl's voice called me from behind.

I stopped walking and turned around. It was Rikan. Good, now I don't have to find her. "Hey Rikan!" I called out to her. She stopped running when she got in front of me. "Wassup...Hey! I don't think I ever told you my name! How did you find out?" I was about to tell her that her sister told me, but I remembered that I wasn't supposed to tell anyone that I saw her. "I heard some adults talking. That's all." I lied.

She seemed to see through my lie though. "No way! I bet my sis told you but asked you to keep it a secret right?" What? How did she know? "Y-yeah." I confessed. Sorry Mikan, but your sister is too persistent. "I knew it!" Rikan exclaimed.

Oh yeah...I needed to ask her something.

"Rikan, where did you guys hire the chefs? The cooking today was very good!" She seemed smug, like she knew some small secret that I didn't. "My SIS made all the food today. Isn't she talented?" Wait what? That little girl made all that food? Impossible! I was going to tell Rikan that, when she snickered. Don't tell me she lied! "I bet you're thinking that it is impossible, right? Well you see, my sis is a pig, so when she was like, three years old, she made the chefs teach her how to make food."

Oh. So the food wasn't her original then.

"But the food you ate today is her own original masterpieces." What? Woah girl! You really have some skill!

Rikan suddenly took my hand in hers, and started dragging me away. "Woah, hey! Slow down! Where are you taking me?"

"I wanna show you my secret hideout. Not even my sis knows where it is." She brought me to a crack in the wall, and pulled me inside. Before, we were outside, now, we were inside. "Here it is." Rikan said. Woah! There was a door in this space? We crawled through the door and then we were in a room. Not a big one, but not a small one either. It was a cozy room where you would expect a family to put a TV and a couch in.

We sat on the ground and Rikan crawled to the side of the room. I was going to follow her, but then she came back. She had a leather bag, filled with contents and dumped everything out. There was food, water bottles, a few spread-sheets, and some flashlights.

"Isn't it cool? We get to have an indoor picnic!" Although I ate a lot already, Her smile made me digest the rest of the food im my stomach at mach speed. At once, I was hungry again. So we had our little mini picnic.

"Oh yeah. Rikan, how old are you and your sister? I just turned five a few months ago." I was curious, since the sisters looked childish, but had a mature side to them.

"We are almost five years old! In a few months, we will be five. My sister is the older one, if you wanted to know."

Ah. I though Rikan was the older one. Never mind then.

I watched as she happily bit into her sandwich. My heart told me that I loved her and that I will never let anything bad happen to her...

Wait, what?

Where did that thought come from? "Is that true?" Rikan suddenly asked me. True what true? Did I say something?

"Natsume-kun, I want to tell you something. I have something called an 'Alice' It is like a magical power-ish thing. My Alice is mind reading. So I know what you thought about just now.

Alice? Wait...

"Rikan, the thing is...I have an Alice too. It is the fire Alice. Do you want me to show you?" She looked suprised that I also have an Alice. She nodded her head vigorously. Indicating that I should show her. I lit a small flame on the fingertip of my index finger and made small circle motions, to make the flame look like it is a flame wheel. She was enchanted by my alice, and we both met at her secret hideout every single day, to show each other tricks with our Alices.

THAT, was a mistake. I should have known that lighting a fire in an inclosed space would not be a smart idea. One day, I went too overboard with my Alice, and accidentally lighted the spread-sheet on fire. Although Rikan panicked, She also calmed me down, saying that it will be alright. Little did we know, a flame sucks out the oxygen from the air, and soon, we were already suffocating. We were both too scared to make a run for it. We were both naïve, and thought that if we let the fire burn, it will burn itself out.

When it was too late, we finally realized that we needed help. For some reason, the door wouldn't open. Apparently, the fire suddenly stopped. And we were finally saved, but we fainted due to lack-of-air.


When we woke up, we were in Rikan's room. I saw Yuka-san, Rikan's mother here with us. She fed us spoonfuls of porridge, and told us to rest. I was glad we weren't in trouble. When I asked who it was that found us and put out the fire, she said that is was...Mikan. She was the one who sensed a great amount of Alice coming from the crack in the wall, and used a nullifying Alice to stop it. She was also the one who pushed the door open, to let more oxygen in. When we tried to open the door before, we pushed on it in the panic, (everyone would do that) forgetting that the door opened inwards.

The fire was too much for Mikan though. Even though she stopped it enough to get us out of the room, the fire was not completely out. The fire has now spread all over the mansion, and everyone was doing their best in putting it out. When we asked if we could see Mikan, Yuka-san said no, since she was exhausted and needed her rest. I decided that it was best if we let her get her rest too.

We all gathered outside on the balcony, that's when I saw how much panic I created. And when Yuka said the ENTIRE MANSION was in flames, she actually meant that. All I could see was red, blue, white, and orange flames. I was in a trance now. Fire...this is why I have never liked my Alice. It is always trouble.

Mikan's is now hurt because of me...no...Everyone is now hurt because of me. Rikan seemed to read my mind again, because she put a hand on my shoulder. "It's alright. We are both kids. It is alright if we make some trouble sometimes, right?"

Her voice made me snap out of my trance. "Maybe. But it is still trouble." Trouble. I hate that word.

When I looked at Rikan's face again, she looked at me with such a sad face. I want to do something. I want something to happen. I hate seeing that sad face, because it is always directed to me. She read my mind, and smiled a slit of a smile.

"Yuka-sama." A messenger came in.

"Is there something wrong?" Yuka asked him.

"I am sorry to inform you that your friend and guest Kaoru-sama was killed in the fire" the messenger said apologetically.

"I-I see. Could you all please leave for a second?" She asked all of us. "Oh, but Natsume-kun? Please stay."

I stayed with her as Rikan and the messenger left.

We were both sad at my mother's death.

So we cried.


Ok! Part two of the flashback is done! Part three will be the last one. I'm so happy to get so many reviews! Thank you all! Keep reviewing!

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