Disclaimer- once again. I do not own anything that has to do with gakuen alice. yep. Thats right. Big surprise, isnt it?
before I start off this new chapter, I gotta say thanks to a few people-
Sa5m, Kylee-cat, and Kura
thank you strangers, for making my day with your comments X)
oh and Sa5m- nah, he wouldnt sleep with his teachers unless they were hot, and not all teachers are hot, so he said that to freak her out...but it wasn't a complete lie...Oh, Natsume *shakes head*
I feel uncertain by many things
and yet I still don't cry
I feel I can fly without any wings
and then fall when I try
"What are you doing here?" she asked him, already knowing the answer by the charcoal pencils that sat at his side, and the large sketchbook in his hand.
"Oh, I'm sketching the ocean's outline. Later I'll add some color when the sun is setting. What are you doing here?" He asked, looking at both Mikan and Natsume
"Oh, this is my step brother Natsume. He's the one that said he's my boyfreind," she explained
"Your step brother is your boyfreind?" Akio asked, a bit uneasy,
"no, he lied..." she told him
"then why are you holding hands?"
"Cause my mom wanted us to bond so she handcuffed us,"
"And why was the door locked yesterday? Why couldn't you come, we had plans, remember?"
"I really wanted to but my mom locked us in, once again wanting us to 'bond'"
"So your telling me that your mother handcuffed you to your brother and then locked you inside?"
"Exactly," she said, glad he understood
"...wow, your mom's crazy...so, when are you taking the handcuffs off?"
"When my mother comes back. She has the key, she's not crazy enough to throw it away," Mikan said cheerfully, "so now this whole mess is fixed. Natsume, what are you staring at?" Mikan asked, noticing he was staring intently at the shore.
"There's something very shiny on the sand... and now a kids got it..." Natsume said, looking at the kid.
"Well thats weird, nobody here should litter, since there are signs everywhere," Akio said
"Yea, well nobody should murder people yet some still do it. Maybe it is just litter. Oh well, come on, we better get going," Natsume said, walking along and pulling Mikan after him.
"Where are you guys going," Akio asked
"Yeah, where are we going?" Mikan looked surprised
"Oh you'll see. Good bye Akio," he said, in an average tone, and pulled Mikan into the path of tree that lead into the market place.
They both walked in silence for a few moments after Mikan had finally decided to ask Natsume where they were going. Of course, he stayed quiet. After around 10 minutes, Mikan noticed that there were less and less people, as well as shops. The sound of the shore was far away, and yet it still smelt of salt, the air was becoming more that of a forest. More trees were appearing as well, replacing the people.
"where are we going?" she asked again, feeling that it had been enough time since she had last asked.
"We're going to find Yuka and Senri," he finally answered. "Senri doesn't like noisy places, and Im guessing they've been keeping an eye on us, so-"
"Oh, I see. We're going up the mountain to find them," Mikan understood as she saw a tall hill ahead of them. "But we better hurry, cause there seems to be a storm coming," she looked at the sky, which was starting to get grey. But the sun was still shining.
After walking for around an hour they finally decided to take a break, and so they stopped at the base of an old oak tree.
"It's getting dark," Mikan said, breaking the silence. For the past minutes, it seemed that time had stopped. Other then the leaves rustling, it was completely quiet. The silence before the storm. Lighting bolts and thunder had ripped across the sky, but none were very near. Just then, Mikan realized something.
"Natsume, are we lost?" she asked, trying to hide the fear from her voice.
"well...not really. We're looking for them, and that means we have to get to the top of this mountain. We only need to go up, and there's bound to be cabins around here, it's not like we'll die without anyone noticing we left," he said, not an ounce of fear in his voice
Then suddenly, as if on cue, everything was covered in shadows. It was the middle of the day, yet it seemed late at night. The air was heavy, yet not one drop of rain had fallen. It was as if the storm was preparing. It was dead quiet, and dark. Not one ray of the sun shined through the cloudy sky.
"Natsume, I think we should go back...or at least somewhere sheltered, like a cave. It's getting pretty dark," Mikan said, looking with fearful eyes at the sky. Her voice came out loud, though she didn't intend it to be. It was probably the lack of noise.
"Oh, shut up you sissy, we're almost there. And a cave isn't much brighter you-
And just as if on cue, a bolt of lightning ripped across the sky, making everything as clear as daylight. A split second after the blinding light, a deafening sound was heard, making Mikan shreik. It was as if 1000 jets were flying off at the same time. It pierced the silence as if it had a sharp tip, tearing through it. The worst wasn't over yet. The sky felt heavy, yet it didnt rain, but winds brought the smell of smoke. A fire was near. The wind had started blowing, carrying the scent of ash in it. The darkened sky showed no signs of stopping, and that eerie silence returned.
"Natsume...should we run?" Mikan asked, terrified. Her hands were slightly shaking, and she had a lost look in her eye. It wasn't a really good situation to be here.
Lost in the woods with a fire near them. The ocean breeze could carry a leaf ten miles away, imagine what it could do to fire. And they were close to it.
"we can't. We don't know where its coming from. If we run, we could run right into the fire, and that would be bad. A cave. We should find a cave," he said, sounding unsure for the first time. But not scared. Not like in his dream. He showed no fear to being lost in the woods with a raging fire nearby. What could be worse then that?
"We'll walk," he said catching Mikan off guard, and because of the handcuffs, he pulled her off her feet as he started walking. She tripped over his feet, causing him to fall as well. They were at the tip of the big hill, right at the steeper edge. Of course, Mikan fell down, and rolled down. Natsume fallowed, being pulled by the handcuffs.
And in a blink of an eye, they were both plummeting down the steep hill they had both worked so hard to get on, until Mikan finally grabbed onto a root and stopped them from falling.
"Owwww," she said laying on her back, her wrist that was attached to the handcuffs was red and very swollen, even more so then they were before.
"Natsume, where are you?" she barely said, speaking through her pain.
"Get off of me!" he said as he pushed Mikan off of him.
"Woah...Natsume...I don't think your arm's supposed to bend that way," she said, sitting upright as he was.
As she had said, his arm was twisted in a pretty gruesome way, and to make things worse it was pouring.
" No duh, now stop moving so much. Oh this is so annoying," he said, noticing that the broken arm was the free one. "And we're lost. What the hell are we supposed to do?"
