"Why I is this happening to me again?" Mikan mumbled to herself as she looked at the raven haired guys beside her. Natsume saw her staring and gave her a playful smirk.
"Something wrong Polka? Too captivated by my presence?" he said smirking. Mikan glared at him, no matter how attractive his smirk was, it was not going to melt her fury away. Why him out of all the staff in Gakuen Alice?
It was a Sunday; Mikan was in charge of setting up the school decoration for the coming festival, Alice Festival. The teachers were put in pairs to work with…unluckily her partner turned out to be her ex boyfriend. She had to spend her weekend with him; shopping… it looked like they were on a date.
"Haizzz….lets get this over and done with while I still have sanity on my side," Mikan said out loud and walked towards the nearest shop.
Something caught her eyes, her eyes widen with shock. Natsume was curious and walked towards her, Mikan quickly pulled him away from that shop.
"Hyuuga I don't think we will find anything useful there. Let's go to the other shop down the street," Mikan said pulling him faster.
"What is wrong with that girl?" Natsume thought allowing her to pull him away. He enjoyed the contact they had.
The whole day, while they were shopping Mikan seemed distant. Her thought was always drifting back to the item in that stall they first visited.
"I blame this on Hotaru. How the heck did it end up at that shop I wonder?" she thought as she passed by a rack filled with glass item. She looked at the glass ornament and saw a pretty star shaped ornament. As she was about to reach for it a little boy ran pass her and knocked the rack. Since she was incredibly lucky on that day, the rack shook violently and the ornaments started to drop one by one. With her fast reflex she quickly caught the first three ornaments that fell but she failed to reach out to the beautiful lotus ornament. A hand reached out and caught the ornament easily while steadying the rack.
"Polka, what are you trying to do?" a familiar voice said playfully.
"As you can see, I am trying to juggle around a bunch of delicate items," she replied sarcastically while placing the things back to its original place. Natsume just gave her a smirk and did the same.
He was about to retort back a smart answer when they heard a scream.
"Help me!" a girl's voice called out.
Mikan dashed out of the store and was followed closely by Natsume. They followed the cry for help and ended up at a deserted park. A small girl around 10 sat beside a man wearing normal black attire with his hood pulled up to cover his face. She didn't look hurt but fear was seen in her eyes.
"Let her go you bastard," Mikan said sending a strong gush of wind towards the kidnapper using her Alice. The man looked up and avoided the attack.
"Finally, I was starting to think you won't appear, Shiro Neko," he said letting the girl run towards Mikan.
"Shit, this guy is from that organization. Why must it be today? Why must Hyuuga be here with me?" she thought angrily as she started to form a plan.
Plan A: Act dumb…and save the girl.
"I don't know who you are talking about but since you have released the girl, I don't see any point of you staying here," she replied coolly stepping forward and pulling the girl towards her.
"Have you forgotten me, Shiro Neko? Or you are just acting in front of your boyfriend there?" the man said coldly a cold smile forming on his shadowed face.
"Damn it…he is sharp!" Mikan cursed inwardly.
"I don't usually forget people so no worries there. As for him, he is just a co-worker," Mikan replied coolly composing her irritation.
"I'm sure it is you Shiro Neko. That dangerous aura and the over flowing confidence, it can only be you," he said pulling out a cigarette.
Plan B: Threaten him…
"I don't know much about your intuition but I am damn sure you will be in bits and pieces if you don't get lost now. This guy here with me is one of the best fighter in the academy," Mikan said pointing to the silent raven head beside her.
Natsume stood there in silence watching Mikan debate with the stranger.
"This guy… he is from the anti Alice organization. How does he know her? He is over confident that he knows her and Polka seem disturbed by his presence… something is wrong here," Natsume thought.
"Ohhhh…. If it isn't the all time famous Kuro Neko. Fancy seeing both of you together… yin and yang, black and white. Good combination, the academy sure has a great way to make pairs," the man chattered on happily.
Mikan could not think of anything to retort his comment and decided to use her last resort.
Plan C: Act on Impulse.
Mikan touched the little girl and she disappeared. Natsume gave her a puzzled look but she ignored him. Instead she turned towards him and blasted him with a soothing purple glow of light. Natsume felt his vision blur and started to feel drowsy. In seconds he was on the ground unconscious.
The man clapped his hand, he looked amused.
"Well done, you manage to get rid of both of them under a minute. As expected from Shiro Neko, now there is no interference," he said pulling down his hood and revealed a scared face. A scar was visible on his left cheek; it started from the side of his eye and ended on his jaw making a crescent. Mikan glared at him.
"I am happy that you enjoyed my performance, Scar but I hope you will leave now," Mikan said coldly. Scar just chuckled happily while stubbing out his cigarette.
"Too bad kitty, I want to stay a bit longer. My master called me to bring back a certain girl. It so happens that he wanted you, so are you willing to come with me?" he said tauntingly. The smile he gave stretcher the scar on his face, making him look eerie but not enough to spoil his handsome face.
"Hmm…tough question." Mikan said feigning an innocent look as she pondered on that question. Then she dropped the act and gave him a playful smile. "On second thought, I rather kick your ass out of the academy grounds," she said as she attacks him with her fist.
Scar avoided her easily and gave a round hound kick to her abdomen which she barely escaped. Mikan used her plant alice and tried to trap him but he used his alice of pain to deflect her attack.
"You should be eco friendly and not hurt the plants you know," Mikan commented sarcastically blasting him with attacks.
Scar just chuckled at her humorless humor and dodged her attacks. "Why don't we finish this? I am getting bored," he said and moved in close to her. Mikan got careless and gave him an opening to touch her. Using his alice he inflicted pain on her, Mikan screamed. His alice didn't inflict pain onher body, instead it inflicts pain through mental torture.
Mikan started to see her worst fears and started to nullify the effect of the alice but it was too late. Scar already knows her weakness. He then gave out a creepy laugh, cold and humorless as he saw the thoughts that she feared most. Mikan quickly pulled herself away from his touch and landed roughly on the ground. Her head was spinning after the mental torture.
"This is priceless, Kuro Neko is your ex lover. Worst of all… no, the best part is you are protecting him… if he knows this I wonder how he will react," he said looking at the unconscious boy.
"No… he can't know about this. That idiot will do something stupid," Mikan thought. Her vision was getting blur from the mental pain inflicted on her. Pulling her strength together she stood up.
"You have no idea what you have just done," Mikan said dangerously. She then activated all her alice. "Let's end this now," she said to him coldly.
Before Scar could react Mikan blurred out of vision and appeared behind him, her hand gripping his neck. Her hand gave out a dark glow of purple and black, the alice of death. Scar was shocked but then he smiled a cold smile admitting defeat.
"You will be joining me soon too, Shiro Neko," Scar said before crumbling on the ground lifeless.
Mikan then flopped on the ground… her breath coming into short gasps. She was worn out but a satisfied smile was etched on her face.
"Shit…I should not have used multiple alice together. At least he won't know what I have done…" Mikan whispered before drifting into the darkness.
Natsume stood up from his position and walked towards the unconscious brunette. His face was unreadable but one thing was clear, he was worried.
"Protect me? Mikan what are you doing?" he whispered pulling the girl towards him and carried her towards the academy.
Author's note
Hey guys… I have no confidence with the story. I hope to know what you guys think about it thought…
