Yume…ka…?
Gakuen Alice Trilogy 1-The Prologue of Faithful Destinies.
A fan fiction by Aoi Kitsukawa
Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice is belongs to Higuichi Tachibana-sensei, I only borrow the characters in the manga. Please enjoy reading it!
Author's Note: Sorry for the very late updates, everyone. When I was at home, I can't get use of the computer free for A MONTH! It's really irritating me since I always spend most of my time typing the stories (other than doing assignments). Besides, with the new semester's started and I'm be the new Treasury for my hostel's block, I had been too busy lately.
Right now, I trying to find sad song for my motivation since Yume…Ka isn't a type of humor story, and all of my spirits had gone while having one month vacation at home!
That's why I don't like to go home…
Here are the explanations on certain reviewers whom I promise to tell in the previous story.
Marrylissa: Hehehe, I tried to explain it but I only made several people. I'm not that good in making the characters' POV.
Yes, he is one of the people who keep in contact with the ESP.
Hahaha, Goshima's blushing because the way Himitsu catch him when he accidentally fell down. If he was still a child, then it is alright but since he is a teenager, it makes him feels so embarrassing.
Not that hard, if you reads a lot of manga then there is no problem to create such spell.
Lily: Wow, you can sense the mystery in this chapter. I really want to say but Shinji Usui can only be explaining in further chapters. Besides, Usui is not a part of this story and he actually a new character in the third trilogy-Crystal Chaos.
The reason why Himitsu felt tense was that he sensed something was not right when he read the name. Besides, he realized that this name and the files had something to do with the current situation, but he never mentions anything about it.
Goshima as a 'sinful character'? Well, in the real manga, he was the traitor, but since I made this story before Chapter 136-139, he is still be known as a 'traitor' but he actually was force by the ESP. Since it had caused many consequences because of his 'betrayal', which the worst was causing the HSP in coma, he felt regret and very guilty, believing that it was his entire fault.
This is the longest chapter for Yume..Ka. Sorry if it's too long; I had to make it in details or otherwise it wouldn't match with the title. I had to admit it, it was the saddest chapter in this story so…please prepare for your own tissues; I couldn't provide for you. Sorry.
Hints:
HSP-High School Principal/ Kazumi Yukihira.
MSP-Middle School Principal/ Hii-sama.
Kakitsubata-Iris Flower/ The Leading Princess a.k.a Shizune Yamaguchi.
Kuroran no Kimi-The Black Orchid Princess
Italic –Past Event
Normal –Current Event
Summary: After the ESP was captured, the school finally in peace, but several people had to pay a heavy price for the freedom. And the worst is Principal Kazumi Yukihira! Between life and death, he suddenly had a dream. The lost soul finally found, but will they be able to bring him back? What Mikan's reaction once she knew about the HSP's secrets and pasts?
Sometimes I really hope if I was not exists in this world...
What is the point of me being here?
If people treat me like I was some kind of thing
And not as a human being...
It's better if I die.
Sometimes…
Death could be more useful
Than being living…
In this kind of cursed cage...
Dream 8: Stop lying to yourself!
"When you love someone, it can make you feel sad sometimes."
"MIKAN!" Screamed Natsume.
"Natsume!"
"Just don't let go of it, OK?" Said Natsume as he tried to pull Mikan back into the shield.
BAAM!
"WHAT!"
"NO WAY!"
"NO! WE CAN'T STAY UP LIKE THIS! IT'S TOO STRONG!" Shouted Himitsu as all of them saw a very big wave suddenly came to them.
Mikan felt like her hand was about to torn apart when suddenly, she felt someone was grabbing her hand, along with a voice that gentle like a sun…
"MIKAN!"
Which she was familiar to.
This voice is…
Father?
Suddenly, she felt a pair of strong but protective arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her stronger at the back. Natsume, who was holding Mikan's hand suddenly, felt a strange heat came across his arms and body, before they were spreading throughout the entire barrier. As he was about to say something, suddenly he could felt another impact fell on his body and realized that all of them were being pulled away to the back. Everyone's screamed as all of them fell into another part of the dream, when Mikan saw a glimpse of…
A woman?
"KYAAAA!"
DEBUK!
"ARGH!"
Everyone fell on each other's body, in the middle of a grassy green field. All of them were moaned in pain as they fell on the ground, which unexpectedly, soft as cotton. Mikan and Natsume fell on the top of Tsubasa's body, Hotaru on her brother's chest, Ruka on Jinno, Yuka fell right on Narumi and Sakurano, while Tonou was under Himitsu.
All of them quickly sat off from each other, not to mention that some of them quickly fell back due to the impact of the sudden resonation that across them before.
Himitsu was the worst.
He coughed many blood from his mouth as he clenched his chest. Everyone, although still in pain, Sakurano and Jinno quickly came to him.
"Sensei! Are you alright?" Asked Jinno as he stared at the bleeding grasses.
"It's alright…" He said.
"This is the price that I have to take as being a Borrower."
"But…" Said Sakurano.
"No need to worry, young man," He said as he rustled Sakurano hair, much to his surprise.
"Sen..sensei!"
Everyone just chuckled a little while Sakurano's face was red. Mikan, on the other hand, she felt something strange right before they were pulled into another part of the dream.
Where are they just now?
She could felt the same feeling of someone pulled her from the back; arms that were strong and protective, as well as the same voice that she heard during her time-travel journey.
'It is father who save us just now? But…how…?' She thought when suddenly her eyes spotted one figure lying on the grass, under a sakura tree.
She quickly stood up; much to everyone's surprise as she ran away from them, but Tsubasa quickly stepped on her shadow and caused her to fall down.
"Ittai! Sempai, what are you doing?" She said, annoying.
"Where are you going to, Mikan?" Asked Tsubasa.
"Over there," She pointed. "Someone's there!" She said as she stood up again and tried to run, only was shot by Hotaru's Baka Canon.
BAKA!BAKA!
"Mouu~! Why are you shooting me, Hotaru? AND WHEN DID YOU BRING YOUR BAKA CANON WITH YOU?" She screamed as once again Hotaru shot her, causing everyone sweat dropped.
"Baka, try to figure out where we are, and I did bring it with me all the time," She said as she looked at her surroundings.
"Now that you mention it," Said Jinno. "Are we in the other parts of the dreams?"
"Probably," Said Himitsu. "And the reason why we're here because someone or something DID pulling us here, using Mikan as the main point. I could sense another living soul other than Kazumi-kun, and yet, I still can't trace the sign of it."
It's because you're the one who help him saving his daughter right?
Kuroran no Kimi.
Mikan just looked around, when once again she saw the same figure lying on the grass, but this time, it was a very clear view.
Lying peacefully on the grass, his light blonde hair fell to his side as his eyes closed tightly, showing that he was in his deep sleep. His face resembled the only sibling that he had; although he was a serious man, but he looked so peaceful…
Which causing Mikan to run away from the group and calling the name of her family that she had been missing for such a long time.
"UNCLE KAZU!"
"Uncle Kazu!" Mikan screamed as she ran towards the lying figure, under the sakura tree.
"What!" Shouted everyone. "Principal Yukihira!"
"Mikan wait!" Shouted Yuka as she saw Mikan once again ran away from them, and this time they were unable to stop her anymore.
Mikan did not care if any of them were trying to stop her from coming towards the lying figure in front of her. She did not care, as she knew that it was her uncle. Her instinct told her to keep running, keep coming to his side. Towards the man that she missed too much ever since the time when he closed his eyes and never woke up.
Everyone quickly got onto their feet, chasing after the young brunette who ignoring the warning that Himitsu had told them before. As the others were running for Mikan, Himitsu was help by Jinno and Sakurano, and followed the others as well.
Mikan kept on increasing her speed, ignoring everyone's call as she unconsciously cried. Her tears kept strained down her face as she ran and finally reached to the side of the lying figure under the Sakura tree.
It was her uncle.
Her uncle…
The High School Principal.
Yukihira Kazumi.
"Uncle," She said as she kneeled down next to him. "Uncle Kazu!"
Everyone went to her side as Mikan hugged the unconscious man in fron of her. Yuka and Hotaru held her shoulders while Subaru, Narumi, Tonou and Tsubasa went to Principal Yukihira's side. Subaru checked the principal's pulse, and sighed in relief that he was alive.
"He's still alive, don't worry Mikan," He said as he looked at the small girl who kept calling her uncle.
"But… He's not wake up," She cried. "I call him many times and he's not opening his eyes!"
"Leave it to me, Mikan," Said Himitsu as he let go of Jinno and Sakurano's grip. "Someone has casted him a spell in order to protect him within this area."
"A spell?" Asked Jinno.
Himitsu placed his hand on Kazumi's forehead, his eyes closed. He immediately said to himself, this is his real soul…no wonder why we cannot find him in the stream but later on was send here after the resonation. That girl must be feeling that this is the best way to protect him from that resonation.
Himitsu closed his eyes as suddenly his hand was glowing, shocking everyone around him. All of them felt a warm heat went up to the air, causing their hair floating together. The blue glow that came from Himitsu's hand felt like a warm sunray heating their body as well. A few seconds later, the glow and the heat were gone, leaved them with amaze expression on their faces.
As Himitsu pulled back his hand, slowly, the others stared at the unconscious man who slowly groaned and to their surprise, his eyes were slowly opened as he revealed his deep blue eyes which he inherited from his father, Yukihira Satoru.
There were certainly some voices, but he couldn't get himself to recognize them as his head felt so heavy that the words spoken seemed incoherent at the moment. His body was stiff and he couldn't seem to move, so he slowly tried to move his fingers, letting the blood circulate and making him take control of his body again.
When he finally felt a little bit of strength coming to him, he slowly opened his eyelids, then squeezed them shut again as the light reflected in his eyes was blinding that it almost hurt.
What he seen after that was rather a shocking one.
Before he could do anything or realize anything, he felt a pair of small arms were thrown around his neck, hug him tightly. He felt a small impact against his body, followed by a small voice that kept calling his name, a small, sad voice. He blinked for a moment when he slowly realized what was happened in front of him.
He saw Mikan, his only niece; hug him around his neck, cried as she kept calling his name. Jinno, Narumi and Yuka also called his name in worried. Sakurano and Subaru went to his side, held his hands, while the others were watching him as well as they watching the others with relief that obviously were seen on their faces.
"Uncle," Cried Mikan as she sobbed. "Uncle Kazu…"
"Mi…kan…" Said Kazumi groggily, finally recognizing a familiar voice. He slowly wrapped his arms around Mikan's small body, responding to her embraced. Everyone sighed in relief and Kazumi could swear that he could see tears in Sakurano and Subaru's eyes.
"Welcome back to the world of the living, Kazumi-kun."
A strong yet familiar voice was heard throughout the place and now every eye were staring at the man in black coat, sat on the grass with bleeding mouth. His eyes were soft, and yet, there were still traces of pain on his face. His eyes wide as he finally realized who the man in front of him was.
"Himitsu-sensei?" He said in shock.
"My oh my, how's your body, Kazumi-kun?" Asked Himitsu as he smiled. "It seems that you're still remembering me."
"You didn't change at all," He said, while Mikan looked at Himitsu as she leaned her head against Kazumi's neck. "What are you doing here?"
"You didn't even realized what exactly happen to you at all," He said as he sighed. "We're in the other part of your dreams."
"My dream?" He asked as he looked at the others.
"Don't blame them if they couldn't answer your question," Said Himitsu as he saw most of them leaned their head down. "This is the only way to help you who have lost in your own sub-consciousness."
"Himitsu-sensei, is everything alright?"
"Goshima?" Asked Kazumi when Himitsu pulled out Hii-sama's Alice stone and showed it to everyone.
"Don't worry, everything's fine," Said Himitsu as the glow slowly appeared and images of the people in the real world appeared.
"What fine?" Said Goshima, which was obviously in panic. "You're bleeding! And…PRINCIPAL YUKIHIRA!"
"He's alright, too Goshima. Don't worry about us too," Said Sakurano as he wiped his eyes. "Everything's fine."
"Thank goodness…" He said as he covered his mouth, tried to prevent the tears from coming out. The rest- Shiki, Hii-sama, Shizune, Misaki and others looked relief when they saw the man that they wanted to find out was finally there.
"You finally find him," Said Amano who appeared from Goshima's back. "Something must be happen in the dream that affected the principal's body in this world. Your injuries are quite bad sensei."
"That's the price that I had to pay for entering the dream," Said Himitsu as he stood up and looked at the doctor. "I'm taking the others' injuries as well."
"What is this? What's happen?" Asked Kazumi as he let go of Mikan and tried to stand up, which was help by Jinno and Narumi. "I can't understand any of it."
Himitsu looked at him, understood that his former student was in confused. Taking his breathe in; he explained everything to Kazumi which of course, leaded him into deep shock.
He was surprise to know what had happened during the time he was unconscious; many things had happen just for the sake of saving him. Mikan's determination to save him, the price that he paid for the sake of school's freedom, everyone's willingness to save him, searched for him…
And a small hope of his student for him to come back safely with everyone in front of him.
A small resonation was happen again and this time, Himitsu was manage to create a large power shield without holding everyone's hands. Kazumi stared at him with disbelieve, while Mikan looked at her uncle with worry.
"It's seems that you're afraid of something," Said Himitsu as he narrowed his eyes.
"Did something bothering you just now?"
Kazumi was silent. He leaned his head down and did not say anything. Jinno realized that it seemed that their journey was not only to find this one lost soul, but it seemed that Himitsu clearly had another intention based on his question just now.
"The sudden resonation that happen just now is actually comes from your inner self, Kazumi-kun," Explained Himitsu as he turned around, facing his old student.
"Lots of things happened in your life, especially that incident, but you seem avoiding it isn't it?"
A shook.
"Really?"
"So could you dare to tell us what exactly bothering up until now? Don't tell me that you're too afraid to tell the others about your pasts…"
"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT !" Shouted Kazumi, shocking everyone not only in the dream but also at the real world.
"Then what?" Shouted Himitsu this time. "Do you understand how much trouble you had cause because of your cowardliness? If that's not the case that what's exactly that you're worrying about?"
"I'm not a coward!" Said kazumi, angrily. Natsume slowly pulled Mikan next to him, afraid that she might be shocked as well.
"Then why?" Asked Himitsu again. "It's obviously something bothering you! Why can't you be honest with your own self? Many people are worrying you more than I was!"
"Especially 'that' person who's important to you!"
Kazumi looked at him with shock. How did he…?
"That person told me that you're still regretting something. She asked me to find the cause while traveling into your dream," He said as he looked at Kazumi.
'She? It's a girl?' Asked Mikan in her mind.
"Are you sure that you're alright? You have to remember Kazumi, you're not alone. Many people here had faced many difficulties just to find you here. You really don't care at all?"
Once again a shook.
"Principal, please…" Said Sakurano as everyone looked at him. "At least please tell us, what's bothering you. We need to know too…"
"He's right," Said Natsume for the first time. "You're not the one that I known during the rebellion. If you're the same High School Principal (he didn't even bother to call his name, that brat!) that I know then you should tell us what's going on. Do you want your beloved niece crying again because of you?"
Natsume words somehow manage to make the HSP to think in deep thought for a while. After some time, he slowly raised his head and said, "I don't know whether I could show them to you, but I hope all of you are able to face it…"
"Because it makes me feels like it's no use for me stay in this world anymore…"
"What!" Said Jinno and the others as the small shield slowly moved forward and then leaving the place that once was the place for the HSP's lost soul resided. However, after they left the placed, except Principal Yukihira, all of them had to hold each other's again since they went against the wave stream, which was dangerous if one of them lost their grips.
What exactly the HSP had said just now?
Izumi turned around as he felt a sudden feeling that came across him. He stared at the back, slowly closed his eyes while the woman next to him just kept in silent, letting him in his own world for a moment.
"Did you feel them?" She asked.
"Yes," He said. "They finally meet aniiki."
"Even so, the flow of the time in this dream will keep on moving," She said as she turned around. "We manage to suppress 'it' somehow, but there's no guarantee that it would give a positive result for your brother."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Because this is still your brother's dream," She said. "As visitors, it isn't a pleasure for us to interrupt someone's privacy like before. Besides, since he's not in the brink of death, the possibility of him to get memories confusing is quite high."
"Please don't say like that!" Shouted Izumi. "You know how much important he is to me, as well as others! How can you say like that?"
"I WON'T SAY IT IF IT DIDN'T BRING HARM! HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT IF THERE'S ANY CHANCES THAT SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENED WHEN THE RESONATIONS STARTED TO GET CRAZY BEFORE!" She shouted again, much to Izumi's surprise.
"Don't treat me like I didn't know anything about darkness," She said. "I've face the darkness earlier than you are, sensei, as well as Yuka-senpai and those children! That's why it must be Mikan to pay the price since I can't do it like your daughter could do!"
"Mikan?"
Kuroran no Kimi sighed as she grabbed his hand and dragged him forward.
"Like the sun that finally comes back and shining again in this awful land of darkness, she's the one who will bring him back the strength that once gone after you died," She said.
"He has to fight the fear that had been planted inside him ever since he lost two people who are important to him," She said. "It was increasing one after another and the terrible one was your death and Kaoru-senpai's as well."
Izumi just silent as he had to admit that what did her words said was true at all. Indeed, many things happened in his brother's life and yet, he also unable to know even some of his pasts; Kazumi was rarely talk about them either.
He just hoped that with this travel, he could able to open the Pandora Box that belongs to his brother, and understood what exactly had make him the person that he known when he was still alive…
"They're here."
Kazumi, Takumi, Miaka and some of the students were on mission when suddenly a group of yakuza attacked them. The group was given with one mission; they needed to investigate the secret ammunition trading between the yakuza named Sei and American mafia. The secret trading somehow threaten the country, as Japan was no longer allow to make any ammunition trading after the SCAP occupation by US government.
Actually, everything went well, however one of the student accidentally met with one of the yakuza member, blowing everything that they tried to hide. Right now, they were trying to get away from the yakuza as they hid themselves among the boxes at the port.
It was already a year since the traumatic incident happened, and Kazumi was getting use of being sending for mission. All of them were tired and some of them were injured; Kazumi's role was to make sure, if any of the mafias or yakuzas had an Alice or not, which means his role was a watcher.
One of the yakuzas shouted as they spotted them, and one of the students who was a Wind-user waved his hand and threw him away. All of them ran away as they tried to find any place to hide themselves before they teleported themselves back to the academy.
When they reached at the end of the path, all of them were panic. Miaka, regardless the pain that she felt that time, quickly created another warp hole and asked everyone to enter it.
"Hurry!" She said. "The hole can only stand for one minute!"
"Miaka-sempai?" Said Takumi and Kazumi, as they heard the time for the warp hole could stand was a minute only.
It means that her condition had turned worse than ever!
"Just get into it! Takumi, hurry and take Kazu-kun away from here!" She screamed as she pulled several students into the warp hole.
The only people who left behind were Takumi, Miaka and Kazumi. As the three of them; with Kazumi was being dragged by Takumi were about to jump in, suddenly Miaka fell down and coughed terribly.
"Miaka-sempai!" Screamed both Kazumi and Takumi.
"I'm fine," She said, weakly. "Hurry, guys.."
"What about you?" Asked Kazumi.
"Don't worry, just go!"
"NO! I WON'T!" Screamed Kazumi as he freed himself from Takumi and ran towards Miaka.
"Kazumi!" Screamed Takumi as he suddenly saw one of the yakuzas came by and aimed his gun towards the young boy.
Kazumi bent down and tried to help Miaka up, but something heavy was fallen on his body and both he and Miaka fell on the ground. At first he did not realized who was on his body. Then he heard a groan and realized that it was TAKUMI!
The warp hole was close, but using her last strength, Miaka opened up another warp hole and just like Miaka, Takumi also did the same. He was shot at his stomach, bleeding badly. Kazumi was panic as he saw many blood cam from his wound, however the three of them must leave the place since many yakuzas were coming at their place. Pulled the two teens together, Kazumi jumped into warp hole with a sound of gun shot was hear, but he hardly felt any pain as the hole sucking them too strong that he felt nothing at all.
He was unconscious when they reached the academy.
Several days after the tragic mission, the academy had to dissolve two students from the academy. The two students were both from Special Ability Class- Andou Takumi and the class's representative Kusuga Miaka.
Both of them lost their Alice after the mission was end. Their mission was actually failed as they were spotted by the yakuzas at that time. However, the news about the fail mission was spread throughout the academy since at that time, both of them were together with the Longevity Alice boy-Yukihira Kazumi.
Everyone blamed him for the students' lost Alice.
Both of them were giving two weeks to prepare for their leave. Since both of them were so popular among boys (Miaka) and girls (Takumi), they received many farewell gifts.
While they received gifts, Kazumi received curses and were bullied.
Both Miaka and Takumi knew it was no this fault since it was a normal reaction for a human to save another life. However, the treatment that he received was too terrible that he refused to go out from his room.
Miaka and Takumi came to comfort him, and told him it was not his fault at all.
Miaka understood very well that Kazumi felt he was responsible for their lost, but she actually not worried about that. What she worried actually was what will happen to him after she and Takumi left the academy?
She knew that boy was special; especially to her, Himitsu and Takumi since they always together. She knew that boy was her only hope to change the academy; a dream that she unable to fulfill due to her lost.
More terrible, her family had already arranged her marriage from another wealthy family after she left the academy, and she knew she could not refused anymore. However, she did not know Takumi would do since he did not speak about it at all. All that he concerned was Kazumi.
On the day of their leaving, many of their fans were cried and said farewell to them, but they were not care so much. What they cared most was the young boy with deep blue eyes, held his Alice stones that been make into pendant and gave to them. For Takumi and Miaka, that was the most precious gift they ever had, alongside with the others.
Takumi gave him his Alice stone turned into a pendant, which the same as Miaka. However Miaka gave Kazumi two of her Alice stones that she manage to make before she lost her Alice, together with a key in heart shape.
It was the key of the warp hole at the abandon music room at the High School Division's building.
Both Takumi and Miaka gave their advices to Kazumi, hug him, told him to get strong, cried together since they knew it was the time they needed to say good bye. Each of them was escort by their family, Miaka with her fiancée, which was actually her childhood friend, while Takumi was with his family.
Watching both of his important people left the school, Kazumi knew it was the time for him to get up on his own, and fight for his own self…
Mikan and the others watched the slide shows of HSP's memories all over; from the departure of Kusuga Miaka and Andou Takumi until the meeting of Yukihira Kazumi and his younger brother, Yukihira Izumi. Mikan had wondering if Kazumi knew about Goshima's status as Kusuga Miaka's nephew, but she decided to keep it silent since everyone was focus on the next slide shows.
Along the past memories, they finally understood why the HSP unable to leave the school ground. First, it was a decision that his Alices were dangerous if leaked out; other people who tried to use the Alice in wrong way; which actually they did not know that the ESP already done it could exploited him.
Second, the current HSP will retired from his position for some private reason and he wanted Kazumi to replace his position, since he knew Kazumi could do and protected the owner of rare Alice from being misused by other people.
Third, he wanted to keep the promise that he made with Takumi and Miaka that he will never gave up, trying to change the academy and ended the suffering that they had been faced for long time…
And to protect the people who were important to him as well.
Mikan glanced at her uncle who was silent for a moment. She started to understand what had happened, and how did he became the man that she knew right now.
Still, she was clueless about something that bothering him; other than the lost of his seniors, she felt that something more than that was actually the real reasons of his suffering.
She believed the others were trying to search for the causes as well.
She looked back at the scene in front of her, which was the scene where her uncle met with her late father Izumi, and watched it until the scene, which showed her and everyone on how did the HSP met with the mysterious person who kept on helping them to save the HSP's life, with Himitsu as her representative…
Also, how did they found out the cause of the HSP's sadness.
"Aniiki~!"
Kazumi turned around and faced his beloved brother who stood in front of him with his usual smile. In his hand, there was a file which showed that he received another student to be transfer or under his supervision. Kazumi just sighed as Izumi came to his side and hugged him from behind.
"What is it right now, you little brat?" He asked in-joke way.
"Moouu~! Aniiki, don't call me like that! I have something to ask you today!" He said as he looked at him with his puppy eyes. Kazumi just sweat dropped, as he knew he would never go against his younger brother if he were in that kind of form (puppy form).
"What's wrong with your student? Is it bothering you?" He asked as he took the file that handed by Izumi.
"A little bit," He said as he stared at the photo on the top of the file. "Her name is…. Age 14. She was just transferred here yesterday, but goodness, already causing us trouble!"
The sudden silent regarding of the student's name somehow attracting everyone's attention. Mikan looked at her uncle who remained silent, but still, that man was not saying anything to her, or everyone else.
"Why sensei couldn't mention the student's name?" Asked Sakurano as he looked at Himitsu.
"It must be something that related to our current situation right now," Said Himitsu as he narrowed his eyes.
'So this is what you do, right? My dear niece…'
"What?" Asked Sakurano as he continued to watch the slide show of the HSP's pasts.
"What?"
"We still not know which type of Alice she had, but she already throwing things to her classmate and having a detention after that! And the ESP asked me to supervise her as well," Said Izumi as he scratched his head.
"So you are asking my help for this matter?" Asked Kazumi.
"Yes, since that girl disappears without a trace so…Onegai, aniiki?"
Kazumi just sighed as he stared at the photo in front of him. Not long after that, he saw a small glow from the photo but what made him surprise after that was…
The glow was in blue metallic colour.
"Aniiki?" Asked Izumi.
"She has… An unusual Alice's strength," Said Kazumi as he closed his eyes and sighed.
"Unusual?"
"She's posses the strongest Telekinesis Alice, which actually only 1/1000000 chances would be happen and it might be limitless. Besides…"
"She also had another Alice, which is quite rare."
"Really? The academy still not determines which Alice type she is, and you're already known about it, aniiki," Said Izumi, quite amazed.
"It's because it's quite obvious," Said Kazumi as he looked at his brother. "Talking about this girl, what exactly she did yesterday?"
"Well, actually there's some kind of bully case in her class. One of the students was bullied and then she threw a pair of scissors to stop them. However, since it has nearly hit the other students, it caused uproar and I had to go rushing there to stop them. She's get punish by the teacher after that," Explained Izumi, in details.
"Quite a brute," Said Kazumi as he sweat dropped.
"Indeed," Said Izumi.
After some discussion between the two brothers, Izumi excused himself and leaved his elder brother alone in his office. Not long after Izumi left, Kazumi packing his belongings and walked out from his office. Along the way to his house, he looked at the sakura tree not far from his office and stared at the tree, when he saw something that attracted him after that…
A sudden resonation happened again and everyone screamed in shock. Himitsu raised his shield in case if the wave hit them again, however, what they could see after that was several shadows appeared and blocking the views of Kazumi's slideshow memories. The scene after that was covered by the shadows, and it took several minutes before all of them could be able to see the memories again.
When everything was clear again, Mikan looked at one of the glasses and raised her hand, trying to touch one of the several broken glasses that were floating everywhere. She touched one glasses with the colour of yellowish, which was actually a memory of Kazumi with his personal student…
Kuroran no Kimi.
"You're late."
A young girl with long black hair; tied up in two ponytails turned around and saw the HSP stared at her with sharp glare. Her face could not be seen (this is for those people who traveling into the dream so they could not see her face.), however there were several slight injuries on her bodies. Both of them were in front of the principal's office, ready to get into it.
Legs, hands, head…All of them were injured, but she seemed not care about it at all.
"Seriously, you already know what kind of person am I right?"
"Principal Yukihira." She said as they went into his office.
Kazumi looked at the young girl who was under his supervision now; the only student he took from Izumi since his younger brother was too busy and he also claimed that he could not able to control her, which strangely, according to Izumi that she only listened to him. However, he also had some difficulty in handling the girl since she was stubborn and refused to tell him something that related to her and her family.
"I already got your result in Chemistry," He said as he took out the test paper. The girl was twitch a bit.
"And?" She asked, in innocent way.
"HOW CAN YOU GET THE LOWEST MARK IN THE CLASS BY GETTING ONLY 25% ALL OVER THE CLASS YOU LITTLE BRAT?" Growled Kazumi as the girl could only sweat dropped.
"Seriously, what exactly did you hear after I gave you many lessons?"
"I don't remember it at all," She said.
"Liar." The young girl looked at him with challenge way.
"Aside from your Chemistry, all of your subjects are 100% score! How can this thing happen?" He asked as he leaned against his chair.
"Don't know? Maybe it's me, the questions or even the teachers?" She said as she sat down on the chair.
"Or missions?"
His question somehow stopped the girl's movement, and glared at him with such anger that obviously seen on her face.
"It's none of your business, busybody!" She said as she stood on her feet and started to walk away.
"It's my business to care about you, young lady!" He said as he grabbed the girl's hand. "And I know that lately, you took missions from the students of Special Ability Class whose supposedly do it! Do you understand that what you have done is much more dangerous?"
"So what? I did take them! I do the missions, got injured, just for the sake of you selfish people in the academy!" She screamed as she shoved away his hand.
"Why did you do that? For whose sake that makes you doing like this?" Asked Kazumi as he went closer to the young girl.
"Who? Of course, for the people who are precious to me," She said which made him stop walking.
"Principal Yukihira, I'm not as naïve as you and the others thought so. I already facing the reality of life much earlier than others do; I saw many times the ugliness behind people's masks and I know the words 'PAIN' more than those kids! I'm not just an empty-headed, lazy young middle school girl who wears loose socks and playing with her friends! I have LOTS of responsibilities that you people never know about them at all!" She screamed.
"For the sake of protecting my family, I sacrifice something very important and precious to me; causing me to be sends here; IN THIS CURSE CAGE! I'm not the type of person, who will sit around and obey the orders from others just to fulfill their damn wishes!"
Kazumi looked at the young girl, whom he never thought was so mature despite of her young age. He felt his heart was beating faster, faster enough that he could able to hear it out loud.
"What exactly do you think I am? That's the only way I could do to protect what's important to me! Why do you think of it as a wrong doing?" She said as she started to cry.
"I'M NOT A TOOL, OR ANIMAL! I'M JUST A HUMAN BEING!" She screamed as much as she want, when Kazumi came to her side and hug her tightly.
"I'm sorry," He said. "I'm sorry for not understanding you."
The young girl only cried, as Kazumi held the crying girl in his arms, him stared at the outside window…
Which was raining already.
"Who's that?" Asked Subaru as he glanced at Kazumi.
"That's my personal student," He said.
"That's Kuroran no Kimi," Said Himitsu as everyone turned around to face him in shock. "To be honest with you people, she rarely speaks about her matters in the academy. This is the first time I ever know about this thing too."
"But we can't see her face," Said Misaki from the real world.
"I don't know why she was so secrecy actually," Said Himitsu as he sighed. "But I believe there must be reasons why did she do that. That girl was a stubborn one; she didn't tell me what she paid for this power as well."
"She never changes at all," Said Kazumi, slowly.
Everyone looked at him, before they saw the scene in front of them disappeared. Sakurano raised his hand and touched one of the floating glasses, which later glowed and revealed one of the HSP's memories, much to Mikan's surprise…
"So you're conforming about this?"
Inside of her uncle's office, were the HSP, Jinno, Yuka and her late father-Yukihira Izumi, as the adults were now staring at the newcomer at the office door.
Mikan's parents; both of them seemed a little bit shocked, while Jinno looked a little bit stress, and Principal Yukihira…
His eyes were gentle, yet, contained some kind of curiosity in his deep blue eyes. The way he looked at the newcomer seemed that he already expected, but still, he was still a little bit shocked with the sudden arrival.
"Kuroran no Kimi?"
Yuka called the newcomer's name; a name of the member of Hanazono, and then she finally looked at the newcomer's face.
Her face seemed blurry, but mysteriously, she could saw an obvious scar on her right forehead; barely hidden by her black bang. She had a long, straight-shining black hair that seemed floating in the air; she was taller than her mother was and seemed a little bit shorter than her father seem. She looked thin, but for some reason, she could felt some kind of strong power and aura that surrounding that Hanazono princess.
"If you're conforming about this, then I'll also…" She said as she slowly left the door and walked to her parents.
"Support whatever decisions that you make, in the future."
Principal Yukihira walked closely to his brother's side, looking directly towards the young girl in front of him.
"You're willing to support both Izumi and Yuka?" He asked.
She was silent for a while, and then grinned a little as she leaned down her head for a while. She then lifted her head and reached for her parents hands. She clasped both Yuka and Izumi's hand on each other's hands, and then pulled them closed to her face.
Somehow everyone was unable to see her eyes, but her expression was comfortable. She saw everyone looked at the girl with curiosity, as well as a worried feeling.
"I'm willing to support them if that is what they want to. Besides…"
"I'm already paying the heavy price for the sake of the people whom precious to me, important to me, people whom I loved and cared for…"
"All that I want in my life, is to see the people whom I loved and cared for live in peace and happy forever."
"Such a small wish; it's something that I couldn't able to achieve…"
Everyone's face had the worry look on them; the HSP, Jin-Jin (Jinno), Yuka and Izumi, as she slowly let go of their hands and walked away from them, towards the door. She paused at the door, and smiled with the smile that everyone was believe it was something that came from the deepest part of her heart.
"Be happy…"
Her last words seemed to support the couple, who looked at her with gentle and concern eyes. She just smiled as she opened the door and walked away, leaving the people in the principal office and went somewhere else. Deep in her heart, she hoped that both of them would found their true happiness; a whish that she believed she could not be able to get for eternity.
"This scene…" Said Mikan. "I did saw this, in my dream!"
"What?"
"Are you sure Mikan?" Asked Yuka.
"I'm positive!" She said. "It's just like in the dream; she supports mother and father, despite of what had happened before."
"Indeed, she's doing what did you just say, Mikan," Said Kazumi, as everyone now looked at him.
"However…"
"It's only a poor wish; something like a poor fairy tail would never achieve its dream…"
"Because we do lose your father after that, forever," He said as he slowly closed his eyes, and another scene appeared in front of them…
…But it should be like that.
Several days later, Kazumi and Jinno were taken into the HQ were they both found out where the missing Yukihira Izumi was, but that person was no longer be able to laugh and meet them with his usual, warmly smile.
He was found lying on the table, dead, cold and stiff.
With black sign of his skin; something that not supposedly happen to be his original skin. He slowly raised his hand, touched the face of his beloved baby brother, and with was cold and black. Slowly, a slideshow of his memories with Izumi appeared, and he found out that he was unable to resist the tears that started to gather at the corner of his eyes.
Sakurano, Subaru, Shiki, Shizune, Hii-sama, Misaki, Goshima and Himitsu were so shock to see what they saw in front of them. They never thought that the man they knew and loved; Izumi-sensei, his death was…too terrible. His skin rotten and black, found several days later after he was spot disappeared without a trace. It was so shocking that Subaru and Sakurano were shaking.
"No way…sensei…?" Said Subaru, as tears fill his eyes.
"His body…" Said Sakurano as he held his mouth, trying his best to control himself from collapsed. Jinno and Yuka went to the boys's side, trying to calm them down. Both of the adults already knew what happened to the body of Yukihira Izumi, but still, the pain from the past that they tried to forget slowly came back.
And it was really hurt.
He glared at the man that he believed to be the mastermind of everything; hatred started to boil inside him. Jinno already held his fist; shaking terribly, as the feeling of guilty and regret also were build inside him. Suddenly, the door was forcedly opened, and revealed a young girl with scar on her forehead, hair loose without being tie up.
"You..!" Said one of the people when the ESP raised his hand. Everyone stop talking although they did not agree with it.
"Suddenly come here?" He asked.
She did not say anything. Slowly, she went into the room as she stared at the lying body in front of her. Her teachers were there; both of them were shock. She slowly turned her head and glared with anger.
"Get out," She said.
"What?"
"I SAY GET OUT!" She shouted as the whole room was about to collapse. Everyone looked at the ESP who nodded his head, and slowly followed him out from the room, with fear.
Since they knew what kind of person she was.
Turning back to the place where she stood, she saw the most heartbreaking scene in front of her very eyes, which caused her to cry.
Slowly fell to his knees, Principal Yukihira lifted Izumi's body into his arms, arms that obviously shaking. Tears strained down his face, as he stared at the close-eyes face, no longer with its warm smile.
"Why?" He said, his voice cracked.
"Why it happen to be like this?"
You promise me to stay by my side…
You promise to help me…!
Always…!
"You promise to help me, stay by my side, Izumi…!" Said Kazumi as he held Izumi's cold body closer to him.
"YOU PROMISE ME THAT YOU WON'T LEAVE ME! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!"
"IZUMIIIII~!" Screamed Kazumi as much as he wanted, followed by a sad cry that echoed the whole room.
Kuroran no Kimi was crying as well.
Several days later after the death of Izumi, something big happened in the academy. The ESP had been attacked by someone, and it was appeared that Azumi Yuka was the one who attacked him. She went away from the security men who tried to capture her, and then she ended up at the High School Division building with Shiki who found her while patrolling.
Yuka and the people in the principal office were trying to help her, as the HSP looked at her and asked, will she get ready to stay out from the academy when she said, yes. As he stared at her, his eyes accidentally fell on her stomach and suddenly, he saw a faint glow appeared on her stomach.
That was the light of Alice, and it was inside her…
No…
Could it be that it was Izumi's…?
He wanting to rub at his eyes to clear the glow that was on her stomach but it was just there and at that moment, he knew, the moment she looked into his eyes, that it was Izumi's and he hadn't even had the chance to know.
He hadn't know even a little bit!
The fact that Izumi did not know about the news had make the pieces of his broken heart cracked even further.
After everything was done in order to send Yuka out of the academy, he and the others went to the warp hole to take Yuka away from the ESP's men, also, to avoid from the enemy knew that Yuka was carrying a CHILD.
Izumi's child.
Before they leaved the office, Kuroran no Kimi appeared and she said that she will became the lure so that they could have some time to let Yuka escaped from academy safely. She gave her a parting embrace; whishing her good luck, and left the office.
He only could prayed that Yuka was safe, together with the child that growing inside her, without a father to protect the mother and child from harm.
Izumi was already gone.
He felt so hopeless…
The next morning, Kazumi met with the injured Kuroran no Kimi, who stared at him with Yuka's Alice stone in her hand, eyes that looked dull. Without words, he embraced her and let the tears that had been suppress ever since he knew the fact that his doting brother had left a mark in the world, just for him to remember that he was not alone; strained down his face.
His heart was broken, he no longer felt that his life had a meaning anymore.
And he felt that it was his fault that Izumi had left him forever…
As the scene ended and slowly vanished everyone stared at the gloomy High School Principal, his eyes looked dull. Everyone was speechless; they never thought that the impact of loosing Izumi was more terrible on the HSP. He saw his body; he held him, felt the coldness of his body and cried his name. The promise that they made together was broken by Izumi's death.
Mikan felt her heart was aching; she started to understand why her uncle was so insisted to take her out of the academy, even the risks were high.
Her uncle blamed himself for Izumi's death. No. Not only Izumi, others as well. Mikan understood how much painful it was to loose someone who was important to you; just like when she saw how her father died in ESP's hand. It was too painful.
It was not ended yet, as they saw another slide shows of HSP's memories, and this time, it was after Mikan's birth, Shiki's disappearing and Kuroran no Kimi's graduation (the slide show of this somehow was skip); the most important one…
Benibara no Kimi.
Igarashi Kaoru...
Natsume's mother…
Kazumi ran across the Hanahime-den hallway, which leaded him to the main hall of the building. Came together with him was Jinno, followed by the young Yamanouchi Shizune who tried her best to catch up with the two teachers in front of her.
He received a very bad news that day; very bad news that made him ran towards the place of the MSP right away. He knew that the news will not only affected him, but also people who knew and were involve with him from the beginning also having the same effect as much as he do.
The death of the Benibara no Kimi.
Igarashi Kaoru.
When he reached towards the end of the hallway, he immediately shoved away the sliding door, and revealing the most heartbreaking scene in front of his very eyes. Even Jinno and young Shizune were stop running and stared at their front view, totally frozen.
All of the Hanahime princesses were crying.
Including her.
The Middle School Principal.
Hii-sama.
Hii-sama slowly rose her head up; her eyes stared at the wide-eyes HSP, who was shock with the scene in front of him. Her green eyes were glasses; tears already filling her eyes as she slowly spoke to the HSP with sad and deep voice.
"She's gone…" She said. "The rose that growing that brightly…"
"Had died…"
"What?" Said Jinno and young Shizune.
"Benibara no Kimi-sama?" Shizune said.
"How…did you know…?" Asked Kazumi, his shaken voice somehow were heard throughout the hall.
THROB.
A sound.
"It was here in this paper," Said one of the princesses as she cried. "She met with unfortunate accident…"
THROB.
BA-DUM…
Another sound.
Jinno went pass the HSP and took the newspaper, and looked shock. The news was at the front paper, showed the accident that took away another innocent life from the people who were close to the dead soul. He read the news as he slowly fell on his knees, eyes fill with regret.
"He also erases her…" Said Jinno, with guilty.
"What about her family?" Asked Kazumi.
THROB!
Another sound was bumping inside him.
Hii-sama just bitten her lips. She felt so sad that silently, a tear strained down her right eyes. Young Shizune quickly went to her side and held her hands. However, just like the others, she also cried. It was true that she actually not too well-known with Kaoru, however, she somehow understood the feeling of losing someone who was so important in her life, and she knew the wound which was caused by this accident would never healed in short time. Sometimes it could take for the rest of your life just to recover from one scar that would or never heal.
"Please, Hii-sama…"
"Tell me…"
THROB!DUP!
"I don't know that much, Principal Yukihira..." She finally said, as more tears fell down. "From what I know that her family had arranged her funeral tomorrow. It was an accident, but who knows…"
"It might be 'that' person's work either..."
"Even so, her family must be fine, right?" Asked Jinno. He actually did not realized that Kazumi's eyes had already turned daze, as his hands were shaken, and his chest felt hurt.
"We'll try to figure out about her family, Hii-sama," He said as he tried to stand up. "I hope we can do something about this matter."
At the same time, Kazumi clenched his pant tightly, as his hands were sweating and he started to feel slight pain on his chest. His heartbeat was faster than usual, and he started to feel dizzy.
It hurts…
"Please do it, Jinno-sensei," She said as she wiped her tears. "I can't stand to see my princesses are crying like this. It hurts me that much…"
"Please…" Hii-sama was not able to finish her words when suddenly she saw the High School Principal suddenly fell down, shocking not only her but also everyone in the room. He fell with loud thud, and the next thing they heard was a rather shocking one.
"It hurts…!" He said, in pain as he laid on the floor, on his right side.
"My chest…! It's hurt!" He cried in pain as he held his chest, breathed hardly. "I can't…Breathe…!"
"Principal Yukihira!" Cried Jinno as he and Shizune went to his side. "Hang on!"
"Quickly call the ambulance right now!" Ordered Hii-sama as she also went to the HSP's side with worried. "Is he alright?"
"It must be a difficult breathing! Any of you, bring me the paper bag now!" Shouted Jinno as he tried to calm down the sick principal.
It took a while to bring the HSP to the hospital, and it was a relief that Jinno knew some basic knowledge of first aid. He tried his best to help the HSP as he asked him to breathe through the paper bag, in order to take out the carbon dioxide in his lungs. When the paramedic came then he was given oxygen to help him breathing.
As the paramedics were trying to treat him, he was crying…
Mikan and the others looked at the HSP as the scene in front of them vanished. His face was sad, his eyes were closed, and he was silent.
Sadness was obviously appeared on his face.
Mikan looked at her uncle with wide eyes, shocked with the scene just now. She never knew that just like Natsume, her uncle was suffering as well. He felt that it was too hard to accept the fact that another person who was important to him, suddenly gone; her life was no longer in this world.
Kaoru had died, just like his brother.
Just like Izumi…
Himitsu stared at his former student with loud beating of his heart; he too, was shock to know what had happened to Kazumi after he left the academy.
Another glass appeared and glowed, and what they saw after that was the answer of what they wanted to know, the answer of all of HSP's sadness and pain…
"Hyuuga Kaoru's had been buried yesterday, principal."
Jinno was in one of the hospital room; a room where the weak High School Principal was staying. After the sudden difficult breathing that happened at the Hanahime-den, the HSP had been send to the hospital where his former senior; Amano Akihiko was working there as a doctor. Of course, that doctor was shock with the emergency and quickly took him for a treatment.
Principal Yukihira just stared blankly at the window, letting Jinno who stood next to him watched him in silent.
Hii-sama did visited him; not much that they talked. They were talking about the late Hyuuga Kaoru; the woman who died in order to change the academy from the outside academy; the one of the people who inherited Izumi's will.
Kazumi felt that half of himself was dead; not only he lost Izumi-his beloved brother, he also lost Kaoru-his best student and somehow, a person who was important to him. It was not as he was in love with Kaoru-something impossible to him with Kaoru, it just that, she was more like a close friend of him, despite of their big gap in ages.
Jinno's voice somehow woke him from his world, but the sadness still inside him; were boiling so hard that it would explode in anytime. He did not say much; he just nodded his head and stayed silent. Jinno, already knew that the HSP was still weak and affected by the shocking news, excused himself and left the room.
Kazumi was all alone.
He was a failure.
It was his entire fault.
It was his fault that everything turned out like this!
Kazumi placed his arm on his eyes; tears silently fell and strained down his face. He cried silently as he slowly recalled on how many people had died, or lost their Alice or something important to them because of him.
He was so selfish that many people had died because of him.
It was his fault…
But he did not want this to be happen!
Never…
It should be him to die, not them…
Not them…
The images of Izumi, Kaoru, Miaka, Takumi and everyone in the past, were refreshing once again.
This is not…
What I had wanted to happen…
Everyone stared at the last scene of the pasts, as some of them shed their tears out of consciousness. Jinno, Hii-sama and Shiki were speechless; Yuka, Misaki, Shizune and Hotaru already had teary eyes, while the others were stunned on their feet, unable to say anything.
Mikan watched the scene as she saw her uncle rolled to his right side; hands covered his eyes as he slowly cried in silent. She could swear that time, she could hear her uncle's thought, loudly and clear; his thought was painful that she realized that everything that happened in his life…
Had become the sources of his sadness…
Until now.
Why it has to be like this..?
Why…?
Mikan looked at the last scene of the pasts, with tears that strained down her face. She finally realized what exactly had make her uncle into a man that she knew right now; locked all of his sadness and painful in order to protect people who were important to him.
Why?
"I really don't know if this is the right thing that I do…" Said Kazumi, to the group.
The scene in front of them was vanishing, and what left after that was pitch black.
"I thought what I did was right, every decisions, plans…"
"I thought it was the best for all of us…"
Mikan looked at her uncle, who was turning his face away from her, from the others. Jinno, Narumi, Yuka, Natsume, Hotaru, Ruka, Subaru, Tsubasa, Tonouchi and Sakurano, all of them were now looking at the man in front of them, avoiding their gaze.
While Himitsu was looking at them, he slowly leaned down his head and closed his eyes. He did not want to interfere with the matters; he knew what exactly happened.
But it was not his will to tell them…
About the heart of a man with sad and tragic pasts in his life.
"Until Izumi's death, that's when I realized how fool I was," Said Kazumi. "I was stupid…" He said, clenched his fists tightly.
Everyone looked at him worriedly, as for Mikan, she was about to cry. She never known about her uncle's dark and tragic pasts; seeing all his friends and important people, including her father and Natsume's mother Kaoru Igarashi lost their lives, given him such a hopeless and crumble hope to him.
"I was so stupid…"
"I was the one who bring all those sacrifices in this academy, for all eternity because of my Alice…"
"I'm a heartless man; all because of what I've done…Probably those people who already leave this world hate me too…"
Mikan looked at her uncle angrily, as she let go of Natsume's hand and went to her uncle, ignoring the warning that Himitsu had told them before.
"STOP LYING TO YOURSELF! YOU LOVED FATHER AND ALL OF THEM RIGHT!" Screamed Mikan as she grabbed Kazumi's left hand and cried.
"Mikan!" Said everyone.
"You don't dare to lose someone else after what had happened to you, didn't you! You also hate being used by the academy! That's why you fight against the ESP!"
Kazumi just silent. He kept avoiding from looking his niece's face.
"You did everything that you can as long as they can live different than you! You even protect me! Mother, father, Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka-pyon, senpai and everyone else! It's because you love us! It's because you have a heart!"
Kazumi was just silent, but from what Natsume and the rest could look, there was a sign of sadness on his face.
"Then why are you saying like this uncle?" Cried Mikan as she held her uncle's hand tightly.
"You also want to be loved too, didn't you…?" Said Mikan.
Everyone, even Himitsu was shock to hear Mikan's confession. She was able to read her uncle's heart; the secret of his heart that even he himself could not able to discover.
"WE'RE NOT ANIMALS! WE'RE HUMANS…!" Screamed the tearful Mikan.
Kazumi just closing his eyes, still, unable to looked at Mikan, or everyone.
Suddenly there were shocking resonations as they quickly holding each other's hands. Mikan quickly held Kazumi's hand, and Kazumi was in guard, aware on what exactly happened.
"This isn't good! The power of Yumemi is suddenly decreased!" Said Himitsu, as he held Natsume's hand and pushed him to his side. "Mikan, you also come here! Or otherwise you'll be trapped here forever!"
Mikan and everyone were shocked. She was never thought that she couldn't meet her uncle in his dream, more than what she expected. She wanted to talk more to her uncle. She wanted to tell him everything, asking many questions to him, hugging him, wanted to tell him that he was not alone, as she and her mother were also his family.
Other resonations came again, and this time it was a bad omen to Himitsu. He suddenly felt a sudden pain on his chest, and he quickly grabbed it tightly. Sakurano and Jinno saw him, and quickly grabbed him.
"Himitsu-sensei, are you alright?"
"It's no good…My body can't hold much longer…" He said his face pale.
Natsume heard what Himitsu had say, and quickly glanced at Mikan and shouted, "Mikan! Come here now!"
Mikan was hesitating. She did not want to leave her uncle just like that, she did not want to. However, staying there also was dangerous. She can be trapped forever, and will never able be back to the real world unless another Yumemi came and rescued her.
"Mikan!" Screamed Hotaru and Yuka.
"Sakura, what are you doing the-" Jinno's shout was cut down, when suddenly all of them saw Kazumi grabbed Mikan's body and using all of his strength, threw her away from him!
"Kyaaaa~~!" Screamed the shock Mikan.
Tsubasa and Natsume came to the front and quickly grabbed her. Lucky for Mikan as both of the boys were able to catch her safely. When she looked up, she saw a HUGE SHADOW was about to consume Kazumi.
"Uncle!" She said as she rose.
Mikan was about to go to his side again, when Narumi was successfully caught her and prevented her from stay away from Himitsu's side. His power had already decreased, and all of them slowly became invisible.
"Narumi-sensei! Let go of me!"
"Mikan-chan, I can't! It's too dangerous!" Said Narumi, as he tried his best to stop the panic girl in his arms.
"But uncle…!" She cried. "He's still…"
Mikan's words stopped there, as she saw Yukihira Kazumi who was already fell on his knees, looked weak and weary, looked at her.
There was nothing in his eyes. No life, no energy, no happiness. Only sadness, pain, sorrow, and…
Hopeless.
He slowly said something to Mikan, which only Mikan, Himitsu, Jinno and Sakurano knew; before the shadow was, start to consume him.
"No…" Said Mikan. "Uncle, no~~!"
Kazumi, looked at her with his last glance, shook his head, and as the shadow was consuming him, he closed his eyes and a single tear fell from his right eye.
"UNCLE~~! IIIIYYYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHH~~!"
With her last scream, all of them were invisible and disappeared from the dream, letting the adult vanished within the dark shadow…
"Mikan! Mikan! Wake up, please…Wake up!"
Mikan felt her head was aching, as well as hearing a familiar voice that kept calling her name. She slowly opened her eyes, and saw her mother, Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka, Narumi, Tonou and Tsubasa were looking at her. Yuka was holding her hand, while Narumi held her in his arms; both of them looked like about to cry. They returned to Natsume's room, right after their journey into the dream ended.
"Thank goodness, we think that you'll not awake," Said Yuka as she kissed her hand and quickly hugged her.
"Okasan?" Asked Mikan, felt weird.
"You were faint," Said Natsume. "All of us were safely return here half an hour ago in conscious, except you."
"Then, where's uncle?" She asked.
Everyone looked down, did not answer or looking into her eyes. Mikan at first was clueless, why everyone seemed a little bit afraid to say, then she realized it already, and her eyes turned wide.
Without any words, she activated her Instant Teleportation and took herself towards the HSP's room. Yuka and the others realized that Mikan could do something reckless, quickly rushed to the HSP's room.
In the other side of the dimension, Kazumi was laid on the ground, his eyes closed. He was unable to wake up anymore; he felt no energy at all.
In his mind, the image of his crying niece suddenly pops up.
"STOP LYING TO YOURSELF! YOU LOVED FATHER AND ALL OF THEM RIGHT!"
Kazumi suddenly heard her words that time, his eyes slowly opened.
'Did I'm lying all these time?'
"You don't dare to lose someone else after what had happened to you, didn't you! You also hate being used by the academy! That's why you fight against the ESP!"
'I didn't dare to lose anyone, am I?'
"You did everything that you can as long as they can live different than you! You even protect me! Mother, father, Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka-pyon, senpai and everyone else! It's because you love us! It's because you have a heart!"
'Do I really have a heart?'
"Then why are you saying like this uncle?"
'Why?'
'Why are you angry when I say like that?'
'Why are you crying…?'
'Mikan-chan?'
"You also want to be loved too, didn't you…?"
Kazumi suddenly felt aching in his chest, as he remembered the words that Mikan said to him that time.
"WE'RE NOT ANIMALS! WE'RE HUMANS…!"
We're humans…
'Am I…a human?'
Kazumi slowly closed his aching eyes. He felt so tired and so…sad too.
There was a slide show of memories with him flashing behind his closed eyes and he realized that he was having a rather difficult time keeping the tears at bay. He slowly turned his body to his right side and as he opened his eyes, his tears voluntary strained down his face.
He was crying.
He never felt this sad before.
Never.
However, the words from his niece somehow made him felt sadder than before. She made him realized that he was actually hid all his emotions away, not even let them consumed himself. He knew that emotion sometimes could lead into distractions, so he prepared himself not to be more influence by emotions.
But losing his brother that he loved was something that he could not able to stop himself from falling into sadness.
Thinking about Izumi had already made his tears fell down more; his sadness had overwhelmed him. He felt so sad that he felt like he wanted to die. Unconsciously, he slowly curled himself as he kept thinking about what exactly he wanted, and why…
Alone.
BAAMM!
Mikan shoved the door of the room loudly where her uncle was staying. She saw Jinno, Shiki, Goshima, Sakurano, Hii-sama, Subaru, Himitsu, Misaki, Amano and Kakitsubata were inside the room, other than the HSP. All of them looked shocked when they saw her, as well as the injured Himitsu who was sitting at the end of the bed where the comatose Kazumi was lay.
"Mikan," Said Sakurano, nervously.
Mikan just stared at him, before her eyes landed on the laying figure on the bed.
Her uncle.
The High School Principal.
Yukihira Kazumi.
Yuka and the others finally reached the room, but when they saw inside the room, everyone was stop. They could see that time; Mikan was slowly walking to the bed, looked so shocked. The adults were stepped aside, as she slowly approached the unconscious man in front of her.
That man, with his eyes closed and pale face, did not show any reaction at all. Mikan's eyes seemed dull; however, when she heard the beep sound of his life machine had awakened her from her world.
"Uncle…" She said.
"Sakura…" Said Jinno, hesitated.
He actually worried if Mikan was trying to do something, as she seemed unable to accept the fact that Principal Yukihira was no longer…
Awake.
He was about to hold Mikan when he suddenly heard her words, shocking not only him, but also everyone else in the room.
"Liar…uncle's…liar…" She said her tears strained down her face.
"Mikan…" Said Hotaru.
"YOU LIAR!" Screamed Mikan as she grabbed the blanket that covered her uncle angrily.
"Mikan!" Said everyone, as Jinno and Yuka went to her side and held her.
"What do you mean by that, you liar? What are you mean it by saying 'I'm sorry'! What are you expect me to believe it!" Screamed Mikan, angrily.
All of them, except Jinno, Himitsu and Sakurano were shock. Principal Yukihira apologized to Mikan but why?
Could it be because of what had happened that Principal Yukihira could not forgive himself and said sorry?
Or, could it because he no longer felt to live, he had lost his reason to live, that he felt guilty towards the people who was waiting for him to come back, and said sorry?
"If you say sorry to me, then why did you save me back then? Why are you save me from that place!" Cried the tearful Mikan.
"Are you saying that you're a heartless man? If you're so cruel then you shouldn't save me!" Mikan cried as she spoke.
"You shouldn't save me…"
She no longer felt any energy as she slowly fell on her knees, if not because of Jinno who caught her and held her quickly in his arms. Still, her right hand clenched the blanket tightly, as she did not want to let go of him. Yuka wiped away her daughter's tears, although she also was about to cry, while everyone slowly gathered again near the bed, watching the crying child in concern.
And that was when Subaru started to realize it.
"Mikan…" He said. "Look."
Everyone looked at the direction where Subaru was pointing to, and then they realized what had happen.
Tears strained down from Kazumi's eyes as he was crying, and yet, he was still unconscious. His face showed a sign of sadness and pain, and his tears kept falling down on his face.
"Principal…did him…?" Asked Sakurano, when Himitsu rose from his seat and came near to Mikan.
"He was, indeed, crying, Mikan-chan," He said as he placed his hand on her head, softly patted her.
"What…?" She asked.
"Sometimes, it is says that the people in coma or in a drug sleep can hear the voices of their friends and loved ones talking to them."
"I believe I already told you Mikan-chan, about this?" He said, gently.
Mikan nodded. Indeed, she did hear about it. When her uncle was suddenly stopped breathing, Himitsu had mention it when he finally breathing again.
Himitsu slowly hugged the crying girl and said softly to her, "I'm also a father. I also have children…"
"And you uncle is also a child, Mikan-chan. A lost child. He has nobody to depend when he was alone. No parents, no siblings to share everything. You are his life now, his only living family, together with your mother."
Mikan kept on crying, and Himitsu wiped her tears away.
"So don't say something that can hurt his heart. He is already fragile, and what he needs is love and comfort from his family. Nothing more…"
He loves you more than you know, and risks his life to save you. He really loves you as much as he loves your father…
Huh? Mikan thought. Who are you?
I'm someone from his past…
Himitsu seemed to realize that someone had talk to Mikan, but he acting like the one he did not know about it as he hugged the poor girl. Mikan tried her best to stop crying. Still, when she looked at her uncle, she was not able to stop herself from crying.
"Even so…" She cried. "I don't want to lose uncle anymore…I don't want to…"
"Just like father…"
"Mikan…" Said Hotaru.
"Why it must be uncle? Why he must be the one who suffering the most? Why he didn't bother to share the burdens with any of us? It's not that we hate him…" Cried Mikan as she sobbed.
"I don't know Mikan, why it must Kazumi-kun who paid the most painful price for the sake of the people that he love and care for…" Said Himitsu as he tried to explain to Mikan.
"But believe me, there must be good reasons behind everything that happened in our lives; whether it was a bad or happy one, every things that happen in our live have their own reasons why it has to be like that."
"But…" Said Sakurano, as all the eyes were staring at him now.
"Like Mikan-chan said, why he didn't share his burden with us? I mean, he trusts us but not as much as he trust Himitsu-sensei who knows some of his pasts."
"Like knowledge, certain secrets must be hidden on certain levels," Said Goshima as everyone looked at him.
"Certain levels?" Asked Ruka.
"It's not about trust; it's not about bother to share with…" Said Goshima as he closed his eyes. "It means that, no matter how close someone with one another, there will be certain secrets that only some people can know about, and it's not must be the one that they're close to."
"Just like you keep the secret about the warp hole's creator, isn't it?" Said Hii-sama as he nodded his head.
"What he did experience in the past…"
"Weren't the things that he wishes to be fall on us, that's what I'm sure of it," Said Goshima.
"Because I really understand…"
"The feeling of losing someone who's important to you, right in front of your very eyes…"
Everyone just silent, while Mikan just let Jinno held her tightly with him. She felt very sad, she felt lost, and she really did not know what she should do to return everything back to normal.
Not when her own uncle decided to sacrifice everything, and leaved all of them alone…
Yuka laid down her daughter on the bed, as she sighed a little. She looked at her back and saw Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka, Sakurano, Subaru, Tonouchi, Himitsu, Jinno, Shiki, Narumi and Goshima looked at her with concern. Yuka understood what they tried to say; they were worried about Mikan, as well as herself. She just smiled and said that she was all right.
"Maybe you should stay with her, Yuka," Said Jinno.
"Maybe, but I wonder if it's alright," She said. "Plus, with what had happened today, I guess many people are worrying about Mikan more than I do."
"It's really sad," Said Ruka as everyone looked at him. "Principal Yukihira sacrifices himself right in front of her eyes, and yet, he still not wake up. It's hard to believe for someone like him can end up like that."
"It's not impossible," Said Himitsu. "As for someone like him who carrying all the sadness within him all for himself, it's not unusual if he's reaching his limit and ends up like that."
"A human being is still a human being," He said as everyone. "We never know for sure, what is unfortunate and what fortune is."
Everyone was silent, as one by one, excuses themselves and returned to their room. Yuka stayed with Mikan, while the others returned to their own room. Sakurano, Tonouchi, Subaru and Goshima walked together back to their dorm. It was pitching black already, the air was cold and their surrounding was silent. No one dared to say something, all of them were silent when suddenly they heard a ring tone and found out it was coming from Goshima.
Goshima took out his cell phone and ended the tone, and put it back into his pocket. All of them were staring at him before they walked back together, did not said anything. Sakurano, however, he realized that the ring tone that Goshima had used somehow…
Reminds him of something nostalgic, but he did not remembered what kind of nostalgic it was.
Everyone separated themselves to their own room once they reached the High School Dormitory.
Goshima closed the door of his room, slowly sliding down to the floor. He leaned against the door, silently listening to his own breathe. He then pulled out his cellphone, pushed some buttons on it and then, a slow, sad song was hear, echoing his special room type…
Which somehow, it reflected his own heart at that time.
Who are the little girls in pain?
Just trapped in castle of dark side of moon
Twelve of them shining bright in vain,
Like flowers that blossom just once in years
They're dancing in the shadow like whispers of love
Just dreaming of place where they're free as dove
They've never been allowed to love in this cursed cage
It's only the fairy tale they believe.
They're dancing in the shadow like whispers of love
Just dreaming of place where they're free as dove
They've never been allowed to love in this cursed cage
It's only the fairy tale they believe.
(It's Only A Fairy Tale- Miyamura Yuuko; My-HiMe OST)
"It's only a fairy tale, huh…?" He whispered as he got up and walked to his bed, before stumbled on it.
It's finally done! I'm very sorry for the late chapter although I promise it will be send after a month! I was too busy this semester, and I was sick for a week! Hopefully for the reviews since I tried my best to finish this chapter; sorry if any of you are crying after read this story. I really didn't mean it.
I also made some preview for the next chapter, but it will be send later. By the way, the song that Goshima listened was taken from My-HiME's OST-It's only a fairy tale. I only borrowed its lyrics, did not own it.
I'm too busy lately so next chapter will be kind of late. Please read and review. Thank you.
-Aoi Kitsukawa-
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It's like a dream…
Where the violet flowers that I like so much…
Fall down, as they are floating…
You make me sense it…
The feeling that you are going to disappear someday…
Then why did you…
Make me returning to their side?
In this world…
Why don't you let me stay at your side?
Why…
Izumi…
"Kuroran no Kimi has return back to the living world." –Reiko
"You people had wonder why, huh?" –Hii-sama
"Aniiki, why are you saying like that?" –Izumi
"Why you also disappear like that…?" –Kazumi (HSP)
You have been waiting for him… -Unknown.
"Thank goodness, you're alive. I'm so scared that you'll be leaving us…" –Subaru
"It does not change the fact that I had commit many sins with or without of my own consciousness." –Himitsu.
"What is her relationship with Principal Yukihira, and Himitsu-sensei?" –Goshima.
