Chapter 7

"Did you bring your car?" Mikan asked as they exit Sanctuary.

"Yes. Why do they call you Hunter?" Devil asked Mikan as he led her towards his car.

"As you know it's common to have an alias in our world. They merely used my alias." Mikan said without explaining further. She was impressed when she got a look at Devil's car. It was a slick black convertible Porsche. It was the new 997-model Turbo Cab Porsche.

"I realise that. What I want to know is the meaning behind it. Why is your alias Hunter?" He said as he entered his car.

"Why do you ask?" Mikan answered his question with another question as she tried to hide her reaction towards his car. Fortunately Devil didn't notice Mikan slack jawed as she got a good look of his car. She already had the idea that he would own the latest car, it just didn't occur to her that it would be the car that she longed for.

"Nothing much, just wanted to know?" He replied as he started the engine. "Where to?"

"Alice Twin Tower." She said as she buckled up. Then she spoke answering his question, "Because I'm a great hunter."

Though Devil wanted to ask more questions he had noticed that if he had pushed to gain more information about her it would be like pulling a nail with your bear hands. The drive towards Alice Twin Tower was silent. The atmosphere inside the car was filled with tension. Both did not know how to react to each other.

Mikan had a hard time keeping her guard up during the ride towards her condo. It seems that her lack of sleep these past few days had been catching up to her. Her eyelids kept on falling down on its own. No matter how hard she tried, the sleepiness just won't go away. The rocking of the car just fuelled her sleepiness. At some point during the ride, unbeknownst to her, she fell asleep.

As the stop light turned red Devil took a peek at Mikan. He saw her fighting her sleepiness. It made him smirk a little. It was adorable to see that the person that is called Hunter would show such expression to someone she barely knew. He had noticed her lack of sleep since early this evening. The bags under her eyes were getting darker. He already assumed that she hasn't been sleeping well for quite some time now. As he looked at her, he realised that her face was like that of an innocent child, you would have never guessed that she had worked in a world that was deadly.

As they approached Alice Twin Towers Mikan began to wake up. Her eyes fluttered. It was something like a princess woken up by a kiss. At first she was disoriented at where she was, the moment she realised where she was, she sat up straight.

"Shit! I fell asleep! I can't believe this. All those years of not sleeping with the presence of anyone I don't trust just got burnt into ashes." Mikan thought to herself.

As soon as the car stopped in front of her condo's lobby door she jumped out of the car. She walked straight to the guard to ask for a valet. When she realised that Devil hadn't followed her, she turned around. Her face was masked with indifference. The innocent being Devil saw sleeping in the car had vanished. Eyeing Devil, who was still standing near the car staring at the valet, she yelled at him.

"Just give him the damn keys! I'll pay you if something happens to it!" she yelled before walking inside the luxurious building. All the while berating herself for falling asleep in the company of a perfect stranger.

Before following Mikan, he threatened the valet. "If you put a scratch on my car, you die!" He took his things from the trunk including his precious guitar and followed Mikan inside. He noticed that every personnel and staff greeted Mikan with respect and fondness. He also noticed Mikan's response. She was quite happy in her surroundings. He concluded that she had been staying there for quite some time. It's either that or she's good liar or good at covering-up her emotions. Seeing her with that kind of attitude makes him doubt that she's as ruthless as people say.

They got on the elevator and Mikan said "Penthouse please" to the elevator guy. As they got off, Mikan led Devil to the door at the end of the hall way. She punched a few buttons and the door opened. When he entered her condo unit he was not shocked that it was not a typical woman's condo. It didn't have any girly designs. No picture what so ever. It was like a plain canvas. The walls were painted with colours that were cool to the eyes. It has two floors. The staircase was opposite the door and downstairs there were two rooms.

The first floor of the Condo unit was simple. As you open the door, you see one of the bedrooms. On the right side is the living room, dining room, kitchen and the veranda. All there was in the living room was a TV, DVD player, a big sofa set and a coffee table. Behind the living room is the dining room. The dining room and the kitchen were separated by a nook and in front of the kitchen there was the dining room. Parallel to the staircase were two more rooms and near the dining room was a veranda.

"You will be staying in that room" Mikan pointed at the room beside the staircase. Then she pointed out which rooms were which. "By the way, don't go up without my permission. Feel free to use the electronics and the phone lines. Oh and here's the key code for the door."

Devil took a look at what's written in the piece of paper and burned it to ashes. Before Mikan walked away Devil spoke.

"I'll be bringing Ruka over tomorrow." With no further conversation they parted ways. Devil went to his room at the first level and Mikan went up to her room.

Before going to bed Devil tried to reach Ruka but wasn't able to. He then called Olie.

"Hey Olie! Tell Ruka to come see me tomorrow as soon as he can. I'm at Alice Twin Towers. Give him this number ok."

"Yes, Young Master Natsume." Olie replied before Natsume hung up the phone.

TBC...