Chapter 9

"You see when I was young.."

*Flashback*

When Narumi was about 17 years old, he was running along the big vines and trees of the forest. After a few minutes, he got out and found a very big and beautiful Sakura tree.

He stopped under the Sakura tree.

There, he relaxed along with the leaves and the winds till sun down.

When he was about to leave, he heard someone snoring. He went to check out the backside of the tree.

There he saw a very beautiful girl. He was even surprised on how beautiful she was. She had long blonde hair, fair skin, and a very calm and peaceful sleeping face. The most shocking part is she looked exactly like Narumi except for the female parts of course.

Narumi tried to put the hair on her face beside her ears. But when Narumi was about to touch her hair, she suddenly woke up and caught Narumi's wrist.

Her eyes which seemed so tired and restless. It's like she was trained to do something evil. Narumi, knowing something's up with her just smiled his gorgeous and innocent smile.

"What were you trying to do, huh!?"

Smiling Narumi replied, "Nothing. You looked so peaceful, yet your hair was in the way of your face that I couldn't see it properly. So, I attempted to fix it."

The girl tried attacking Narumi, but because of Narumi's hidden nature, he easily evaded every attack he gave her.

Narumi just smiled.

"Hey, you're good. I bet you went through extreme just to get that good. Guessing that maybe your just the same age as me." Narumi complimented.

"So what's your name, miss?"

"Why the heck would I tell you who I am!?" The girl reacted violently. Narumi just looked so amused.

With that the girl left.

A few weeks after the happening, Narumi was walking quietly until he noticed someone following him. He pretended not to notice anything.

A few minutes later, someone attacked him. He beautifull and smoothly defended himself.e Finding the girl he met a few weeks ago.

"What a beautiful greeting! So, were you planning to kill me?" Narumi smiled, taking the knife away from her hand.

"Who are you anyway!? You're not just some normal bastard you see on the streets. You're reflexes are clearly more of an ordinary human."

"Madam, I ased you the last time what is your name. You did not answer. So, why should I also answer any of your questions?" Narumi frowned.

"Okay, fine. I'm Natisha. So, who are you? What are you?"

"I'm Narumi."

Something alarmed in Natisha's pocket.

"This is not over Narumi. I will be back."

*End of Flashback*

"That's pretty much why we fight every time we see each other."

"But what about her wings? Why does she have wings?" Mikan asked.

"Well.."

*Continuation of Flashback*

When Natisha was training in the forest, someone passing by caught a sight of her.

It was none other than Narumi.

He was kind of surprised.

He went to her.

He didn't ask what she is, or why is does she have wings. He asked, "What happened to you?"

Then, suddenly Natisha went flying at him, aiming for his throat. She arrested Narumi and had a knife, right at his throat.

"You are not serious about doing that."

Narumi changed the situation. He was now the one who was holding the knife right at her throat.

"You better know your opponent first before attacking." Narumi said as his innocent and lovely expression changed into a serious face and his eyes changed into one who has been stained with blood far more than the others, and immediately, Narumi let his wings appear and they flew into a very high place.

"Are you calm enough to listem to me now?" Narumi asked in a threatening voice, still holding a knife to her throat.

"Y-y-es." She replied in fear.

They went down and Narumi retreated her wings.

"I never liked letting that out." As his wings retreated, he changed back into his normal naive self.

He let her go and smiled. Natisha's wings also retreated.

"So, let me get back to the question. What happened?" Narumi asked, sitting beside her.

"You see, my father was a scientist who was obssesed in mythical things. He experimented on me like I was an animal. He abused me. He hit me if his experiments didn't go the way he planned. basically, he was an abusive father." Natisha started.

"Okay, go on."

"Then, he let me drink a weird potion. I lost control. The only thing I knew was that I destroyed my house. And..." She gulped. She was sad.

"You don't have to go on. I think I already know."

*End of Flashback*

"And that's what happened." Narumi said.

"So, wait. So, why did she obey immediately when youo told her to stop?" I asked curiously.

"Well, I hate it when things get too serious like that. And plus, I'm actually more powerful than her. So, yeah. She doesn't want to admit it though." Narumi giggled.

"Don't you think talking about that past of other people behind their backs are a bit wrong?" An unkown voice suddeny said.

I heard Narumi giggling.

"Uh, hi. I'm Mikan." I said awkwardly.

"Hi, it seems like you already know me. So, I won't introduce myself anymore." Natisha said making her way to Narumi. She made his way to the back of Narumi and hugged him from behind.

"Wait, you didn't tell me this. Are both of you- together?" I complained.

"Well, I didn't think you would need to know." Narumi said with his evil laugh.

"Don't mind him. He's just so idiotic." Natisha said while poking Narumi's nose.

"But I think that will be our little secret. Don't you think, Natisha?" Narumi said obviously teasing Natisha.

Natisha hid her tomato face on Narumi's back, and let out a small, "Yes."

As Mikan saw them, she couldn't help but miss Natsume. She laughed but hid the sadness behind her face.

Outside the window, little did they know, there was a figure watching Mikan. The figure went to Mikan's window and there he left letter. A letter that I know Mikan wouldn't miss it for the world.