Sorry about posting so late. I got so caught up in my make-up work I lost track of time. O.O The fact I've only gotten like 10 hours of sleep total the last 3 days didn't help much either. XD. Anywho, here I am now, posting! Please remember to review guys.


Chapter 9 - Return of Mikan... and Natsume.

Mikan and Natsume were running through Tokyo. They had no house, and couldn't check into a hotel without leaving a trail. The last two weeks the couple and their baby had been staying with any considerate family who would fall for their sob stories. Natsume and Mikan hated every second of it, but they allowed himself to lose their pride if it meant keeping their daughter alive. Mikan held Sakura close to her chest. The child was almost a month old, and far too early to die. Mikan was coughing up blood every once in a while, as she was continuously using three Alices to protect the three of them.

Mikan continued to assure Natsume that she was perfectly fine, but he knew it was only a matter of time. Soon enough she'd collapse from exhaustion, and wouldn't be able to use her Alices. When that happens, they will be found. They both just secretly prayed it wouldn't be anytime soon. After all, she's lasted this long, right? Those were the words the couple constantly thought. Mikan's Alices were still strong as ever, but her body was weakening, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Suddenly, Mikan felt something pierce her mind, and she winced, collapsing to one knee. She held Sakura tightly with one hand, and put the other to her forehead. Natsume began rushing towards her, but suddenly a blade was pointed to his throat. Again, the couple found themselves surrounded. As the pain faded, Mikan stood up, looking furious. "Attacking me is one thing, but now you bring my daughter and my fiance into the picture!? Show yourself, Makira!" Mikan hissed furiously, while Natsume was casting death glares at everyone, a blade to his throat still.

Makira slide from the shadows with a smile, a small black cat curled in her arms. "How did I break through your Alices. That's what your thinking, right?" She asked with a smirk. When she was answered by a glare, she smiled even wider. "You see, Kuro here is what bit you that night. She is quite the smart cat, Kuro. She held your blood in her mouth and I collected it. Using your blood and a couple of Alices, we used your own body to track you. Betrayed by your own blood!" Makira laughed crudely. However, her laughing stopped when she was suddenly sent flying into a brick wall.

"You little bitch!" Mikan hissed venomously.

"Watch your tongue. Or should I say, watch his?" Makira hissed back. Mikan shot a glance at Natsume, wincing slightly. Makira watched her reaction in amusement, but got thoroughly pissed off when Mikan suddenly snickered at her. In one fluid movement, Mikan used a super speed Alice to grab Natsume and teleport away. "...Damn." Makira muttered.


Mikan and Natsume appeared in a 5 star hotel room, thankfully unoccupied. Mikan looked at Natsume, tears trickling down her face. "I'm sorry Natsume." She muttered.

"Sorry for what?" He whispered back, but figured he knew. He prayed she wasn't going to say what he thought.

"We have to..." Mikan stopped, tears falling faster. "We have to leave her." Natsume grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace. Tears were starting to fill his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. Hyuuga Natsume does not cry! He told himself.

"I know, Mikan... I know..." He said sadly, staring at Sakura from over Mikan's head. After about two hours of tears and near-tears, the pair finally calmed down. "What's the plan." Natsume asked.

"We're going to give her to Mother... and then we will be going back to the Academy." She said strongly, but Natsume looked at her, stunned.

"We can't go back! You can't go back. He will kill you, and probably me as well." He said.

"No. No he won't. He needs me around, and I'm making sure of that. Not to mention, even if he tries, I'll just heal my wounds before he can. Same goes for you. Even if he tries, he won't kill you, because I will stop him." Mikan said, looking determined.

"Are you sure about this..? Are you sure about.." Natsume asked, glancing at Sakura, who was asleep on the sofa. Mikan nodded.

"It has to be done. It's best." Mikan said, and Natsume nodded sadly. Mikan stood up, and walked over to Sakura. She handed the baby to Natsume, who whispered a few words to her, hugged her, and handed her back. Mikan took Sakura and hugged her gently, but tightly. After a few moments, Sakura disappeared. With a teary sigh, Mikan and Natsume joined hands and teleported to the Academy Gates, and Mikan dropped all of the Alices she had been using.

The two waited outside the gates for an entire 30 minutes before one of the teachers finally got them. They were escorted to the teachers lounge, where they waited...and waited... and waited... until finally idiot Narumi waltzed through the door, threw two uniforms at the two and left. The couple blinked at each other, startled by Narumi's behavior. A guard escorted the two into theirs rooms, which were special star and right next to each other. There, they were held, more or less prisoners, for a good 4 hours.

'Natsume.' Mikan thought, using Telepathy to talk to Natsume.

'Huh?' He responded.

'Watch out.' Mikan thought, grinning. She used a gravity bending Alice to send two Alice stones flying into Natsume's room. One was orange, and one was white. Suddenly a crash was heard as the two stones flew into Natsume's room through the now broken window.

'What the hell, Mikan!?' Natsume yelled in anger.

'Shush, you'll give yourself a headache. Keep them with you at all times. If the Principal comes anywhere near killing you, use the white one. If you need to protect yourself from an Alice, use the orange one. White is Teleportation, Orange is Nullification.' She said through telepathy.

'Oh. uh...Thanks?' Natsume thought.

'You're welcome.' Mikan responded. She smiled softly, laying on the bed, when suddenly the door to her dorm swung open with a loud crash. She looked at the door in surprise and found a very angry looking principal. She just smirked at him. "Yes?"

"You are damn lucky I need you around." the young man hissed, charging forward and grabbing her by the neck. She was slammed into the wall with such force her vision blurred.

"Oh my. Did I hurt your feelings, my dear Principal?" Mikan whispered with a snicker, despite the pain she was feeling.

"I see your time away has made you forget your manners! I shall refresh your memories." He hissed back, throwing her to the floor. She let out a small yelp as she hit the ground. He began to walk to her slowly, getting even angrier when she stood up and glared at him.

"Hurt me all you want, but don't you dare even try to kill Natsume." Mikan hissed. He blinked at her, rage filling his eyes. Suddenly, he grabbed a picture from her desk and smashed it into her back, causing her back to get pierced by glass. She gasped in pain and kneeled down, still glaring at him.

"I will accept your offer." He said with a crude, angry smirk.


Mikan and Natsume both were tortured and beaten all night, but Mikan was a lot worse off. By the time morning came, the Principal stopped because he was getting tired. After leaving the two bleeding figures and removing the guards, Mikan dragged herself to Natsume's room. There, the two sat together and more or less cuddled for an hour, still bleeding on the floor. "We should get to class. Even something as small as being late could set that asshole off." Natsume muttered, standing up and helping Mikan stand.

"Yeah." She muttered. During the 'torture' session, the Principal had ripped out the glass shards from her back, stabbing her all over the place with them. (A/N That would hurt a lot. Owie T.T) The two pulled on their uniforms and met each other outside their dorms. They slowly walked to class, Mikan leaning on Natsume for support. They stopped outside the door.

"Are you ready..?" Natsume whispered softly to Mikan. She bit her lip in response and nodded. Natsume wrapped and arm around her waist, helping her steady, and opened the door with a loud slam. The entire class stared at the bloody couple as they walked into the class. Ruka and Hotaru were wide eyed (Yes, even Hotaru was stunned) at the sight, but no one said anything. Natsume gently escorted Mikan down the row towards their old seats, the pair casting death glares at anything and everything that breathed.

The couple sat down on their seats, with Natsume still having his arm wrapped around Mikan's waist. Natsume pulled her close, and she rested her head on his chest, crying silent tears onto his shirt, her hair draped over her face and hiding them. After a couple of minutes of everyone staring at the couple, Narumi burst through the door happy as could be. He glanced at the two in the back, but his attitude never wavered. "Hello, my class!" he chirped cheerfully.

"As you have all seen, our two favorite students have returned, and to celebrate, in a month we will be holding a concert for Mikan herself!" He said happily. "FREE DAY!" He yelled, skipping out of the classroom. Immediately, and to the shock of the class, Natsume scooped Mikan into his arms, bridal style. Now everyone could see that she had fallen unconscious against his chest. Natsume kicked one of the windows out of the frame and jumped out, running off towards the Sakura tree.

Natsume finally reached it and sat down under the branches, with Mikan laying in his lap. She had fallen unconscious right before Narumi burst into the class, and he had been waiting for the right time to take her out of said class. He sighed heavily, laying his head against the bark. Within moments, he fell asleep as well.


Mikan woke up with a jolt, sitting up and nearly smacking her face into Natsume's. She blinked when she realized that all of her wounds were healed. "You healed yourself in your sleep." Natsume said coldly. She turned and looked at him in surprise.

"Oh.." She muttered, putting a hand on Natsume's chest. Before he could ask, his wounds and pain started to fade. Natsume merely looked in a different direction as she did the healing. After a few minutes, she stopped, and he was healed to perfection. Natsume looked at her, noticing the sadness in her eyes. "Come on." He said, standing up and literally picking her off the ground, setting her back on her feet. He began walking off, and Mikan sighed before following.

"Where are we going?" She asked for the third time. Again, he ignored her and just continued walking. Finally, they reached a bus station that lead to Central Town. Mikan blinked in surprise. After about 10 minutes, the bus arrived. The couple got on it, sitting next to each other. "Why are we going to Central Town?" Mikan asked.

"To buy some clothes." Natsume muttered. Mikan blinked at him.

"We don't need any more clothes, though?" Mikan asked, but it was more of a statement then a question.

"And that is where you're wrong. Stupid Narumi decided that you are holding a concert in a month." Natsume hissed, annoyed. Mikan's eyes could have popped out of her head right then and there.

"SAY WHAT!?" Mikan yelled loudly, causing the entire bus to glare at them. "Oops." She muttered. Natsume just continued to glare at her. Suddenly, Mikan smirked. "Never mind. This is good." She muttered softly. Suddenly the bus pulled to a stop, and Mikan leapt OVER Natsume's lap and into the aisle. She grabbed his hand and dragged him off, with him just glaring silently. When they got to the center of Central Town, Mikan stopped. "Okay, you go get a tux. I'll go get a dress."

Natsume looked at her like she'd lost her mind. "JUST GET ONE!" She yelled at him.

"Fine, whatever." Natsume muttered, wandering off.

Mikan slid into a store filled with dresses. Immediately a long, black, ruffled dress caught her eye. The ruffled bottom (hips and down) part of the dress curved so that it was to the middle of her calves in the back, and just above her knees in the front. As soon as she took a good look at it, she was out of the store with it in hand. She already had the shoes she wanted, so she walked into a jewelery store to pass the time. She began browsing through the mens section, and a silver band caught her eye. It was silver on the inside and edges of the ring, and black diamond in the center.

A soft smile spread across her face. It was definitely a ring for a guy, and she new exactly what guy to get it for. She spent quite a bit of cash on the ring and her dress, and walked out of the store with... well, with a frown. But she was smiling on the inside! She reached the center of Central Town, finding an annoyed Natsume. He had a tux, neatly folder in his bag. She smiled softly at him and grabbed his arm, and the two silently returned to their dorms. When they finally reached them, Mikan and Natsume walked into his room to find Hotaru and Ruka waiting for them, with annoyed expressions.

"..How'd you guys..." Natsume began, but then thought, 'It's Hotaru.. she's done more impressive things then breaking into a dorm before.', and stopped himself. His scowl deepened. "What is it?" He hissed.

"What the hell happened to you two, what in the hell were you thinking walking into class like that, what the hell possessed you to come BACK to BEGIN WITH, why the hell didn't you heal yourself and him, and where the hell is Sakura?" Hotaru said all at once.

"None of your business, we weren't thinking, none of your business, too weak, and NONE OF YOUR BUISNESS!" Natsume yelled back, looking pissed at Hotaru. He didn't care about the fact that she asked so many questions, but he did care about the fact that Mikan's eyes filled with over-whelming sadness at Hotaru's last question.

Mikan's head hung, her hair hiding her face. After a few moments of silence, she looked up and smiled lightly. "It doesn't matter anyways. We're here, she's not. Simple as that." She said sadly, setting something in Natsume's hand, out of Hotaru and Ruka's sight, and left. Natsume stayed there, glaring at Hotaru, who's face shined with guilt, and Ruka. He gently squeezed his fist over whatever Mikan left in his hand.

"We did what we needed to do. Please leave." Natsume said, his voice dangerously low. Ruka nodded, and lead the stubborn Hotaru out of the dorm room. "Oh.. and be ready to run like hell in 3 weeks." Natsume whispered to Ruka as he walked by, closing the door shut behind them.

Natsume quickly went into Mikan's dorm, using a spare key she gave him to open the door. "Mikan." Natsume muttered, forgetting about the item he had his fist curled around. Mikan, who was leaning over the dress she bought, quickly spun around, grabbed Natsume's wrist, and teleported to... Rome. Into the only 7 star hotel in the world. The two appeared in the elegant, un-occupied room.

"I'm sorry, I have to talk to you where I'm sure there are no bugs." Mikan whispered.

"What's going on?" Natsume asked.

"The Academy is losing its touch. I have devised a plan for our assault on the Principal in three weeks." He blinked at her. She gently pulled the Orange Alice Stone she gave him out of his pocket, and pushed it into his chest. "Now you have my Alice. Permanently." She whispered. He remained silent, offering her the chance to continue. "Everyone is going to be at the concert except for a few people, namely, the Dangerous Class is not invited. However, since you will be joining me for a duet at the end, you and I are free to be there. I stole Reo's Alice a long time ago. When I'm singing, I will be slowly and un-noticably taking control of the students minds."

"When we sing our duet, I will use more of the Alice and take 100% control of the students. Once we finish the duet... I will tell everyone to attack the Principal. Not only that, but I will teleport into his office and use my strength to hold him still, nullifying his Alices while everyone kills him." Mikan finished.

"Why don't you want Hotaru or Ruka there?" Natsume asked, speaking up for the first time.

"I don't want them dragged into it. If things go bad somehow, I don't want them there to get hurt."


Alright. Two chapters left! Please, guys, review. I love it when you all review cause it cheers me up. Having a terribly stressful and depressing life the last few weeks. Bleh. Ah well, this story is about Mikan's and Natsume's life, not mine! So keep reading. :3

Oh, and there really is a 7 star hotel, and only one in the entire world. It's either in Italy or Rome, couldn't remember which. But, Rome is a part of Italy, so in a way, it's in Italy either way.