urgh... can you say writer's block? it was sooo hard writing this chapter, let me tell you! Jeez, this is hard. I think this story is going to come to an end soon. Let me know how you like this chapter everyone!!
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Baby
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Chapter Eight
"Natsume, I love you…" Mikan mumbled. Yoichi sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes. "You're safe now, don't worry."
"Oi, Okaa-san." Yoichi said, poking Mikan in the side. She snorted slightly making Yoichi giggled. He gave her a little a shove and she rolled right off of the bed. With a groan she sat up, rubbing her back.
"Yo-chan?" Mikan asked groggily. "What was that for? I was sleeping."
"And dreaming of Otou-san." He said, wiggling his eyebrows, and Mikan gasped.
"T-that's not true!" She denied, and Yoichi smirked with victory.
"It is true! You told him that you loved him and everything!" Mikan now turned a deep shade of red. She shook her head, still denying the fact. "Fine then." Yoichi said standing up. "Then I guess that it won't matter if I go find him and tell him then." He said, winking at her. And then, he ran out of the room. Mikan's eye's widened and she untangled herself from the bed sheets and ran after him.
"Yo-chan get back here!" Mikan wailed. Birds flew out of nests as she chased Yoichi down the hall way. She nearly screamed as Natsume's door opened. "Whatever you do, do not tell Natsume that I-"
"That you what, Polka dots?" Natsume asked, making Mikan freeze in her tracks. Yoichi ran up and attacked Natsume with a hug.
"Otou-san! I haven't seen you in so long! Can I come to class with you today? Please?" He pleaded.
"Hn." Natsume replied, but smiled slightly at the boy. He would never admit it aloud, but he had missed spending time with Yoichi too. "Let's go." Mikan turned to walk back to her door but Natsume grabbed her hand, causing her to shiver. "Let's go together."
"But, Natsume. I-"
"Okaa-san… your dream…" Yoichi teased, and Mikan narrowed her eyes at the boy.
"Have you been spending your spare time with Hotaru?" She questioned, and Yoichi blushed slightly.
"Maybe." He said, and Mikan grinned devilishly. Maybe, with her luck, she could dig up something easy to blackmail the little boy with. She had seen him sucking his thumb last night when she came back from her mission. Her thoughts where cut off when Natsume started dragging her hand. The three of them walked to class like that: Yoichi holding on to Natsume's hand, Natsume holding on to Mikan's hand, and Mikan trying to pry her hand away from Natsume. She had decided that she wasn't going to avoid Natsume and Hotaru anymore. They hadn't tried to follow her out of the hospital last night, and Yoichi hadn't reported anyone in her room, so she would give them a chance. She was a little surprised though, that Natsume wasn't mad at her for yelling at him that way. Maybe, she figured, Natsume was holding onto her hand so tightly because he was afraid that she'd run away from him again. "So it's cherries today, huh?" he questioned, trying to get her attention. It got it alright.
"You're such a hentai!" She yelled, stomping on his foot. His cries of pain could be heard all over the academy.
As soon as Natsume, Mikan, and Yoichi entered the classroom, Hotaru stood up and strode over to Natsume. "Natsume, we need to talk." She said, and Natsume nodded.
"But not after school, I have a deal to keep. We can't talk as often, Hotaru." Natsume said, and with that he walked to his desk, pulling Yoichi behind him. Mikan watched the exchange, a little confused, but decided to walk back to her seat. A hand grabbed her wrist and Mikan found herself face to face with Sumire Shouda.
"Mikan," Sumire said. "I…I want to apologize for the way I've treated you since you've come to GA. I would like to be friends." There was a collective gasp as Mikan studied Sumire's face for any tricks. "Oh please, Mikan-chan? My birthday is tomorrow and everything!" She pleaded, giving a slight pout.
"Fine, I accept your apology. After school, let's go to central town." She said, giving Sumire a gentle smile. "Permy." Sumire smiled, skipping all the way back to her seat. She didn't even seem to mind that Mikan had called her Permy. Mikan frowned.
Mikan jumped as soon as she entered her room, surprised that Natsume was sitting on her bed with a smirk on his face. "What are you doing here?" She asked surprised. "How did you get in here?" Her surprised look crossed over into panic. "You weren't snooping around, where you?"
Natsume raised an eyebrow. "It's not like you're hiding something, are you little girl?" Mikan crossed her arms.
"I am not a little girl, Natsume. And yes, I have plenty of secrets now tell me what you're doing here, Natsume?" She asked, and Natsume stood up.
"I wanted to know how your little outing with Sumire went. I am little surprised that you actually agreed to go with her. Or, the fact that she actually wanted to be your friend."
That's because she's not really herself, lately. Mikan thought.
Flashback
"Permy, why are you doing this?"
"You've always been so kind to me, Mikan. And everyone seems to like you. I think I should try to get to know you too." Sumire said innocently.
"But you've always hated me because of my closeness of Ruka and Natsume. Aren't you still jealous of that, Permy?"
"No," Sumire said batting a hand. "Ruka and Natsume mean nothing to me anymore, Mikan. They're so wrapped up in you and Hotaru, I figure that they aren't even worth my time." Mikan froze momentarily, and Sumire paused to glance at Mikan, as if waiting for her approval.
"Let's go see a movie, Permy." Mikan said, putting a big smile on her face. She dragged a smirked Sumire behind her. Tonight, I will confront Persona with this. Mikan thought.
End of Flashback
"Actually, Natsume-kun, I have something to drop off at Ruka's so if you'll excuse me…" Mikan said, moving past him.
"I'll walk you," Natsume offered, and Mikan shook her head, smiling at him sweetly.
"Sorry, Natsume, but I have some stuff to do before I go. You can walk me to class tomorrow, okay?" She asked, and Natsume nodded, satisfied.
"Just make sure you're up on time, cherries." And before Mikan even had a chance to yell at him, Natsume was out the door. Mikan stayed still until the door closed with a click before diving under her bed for her box. She threw her mission clothes on, along with her mission mask and teleported to the training area, hoping to find Persona.
Ruka took a deep breathe before entering Hotaru's lab. The robot, thakfully had let him in and Ruka had found Hotaru typing viciously on her laptop. "Um... Hotaru?"
"Hotaru?" Hotaru echoed, stopping to look up at Ruka. Ruka hadn't really called Hotaru by her first name before, well, not to her face. The only girl that he called by the first name was Mikan.
Ruka looked down and blushed. "Um... yes. Is it okay if I call you that?"
"It's okay... Ruka." Hotaru said awkwardly. "What is it you want? Because I'm not giving you any of your blackmailing pictures back."
"Hotaru I...I...I...um... you do know that Mikan didn't mean any of that stuff she said in the hospital right? She's just really worried about your safetly."
"She should be more worried about my curiousity. Best friends tell eachother things like that." Hotaru told him. She looked Ruka over. "That's not what you where going to tell me before, Baka."
"I...I...I..." Ruka was once again at a loss for words.
"Well, spit it out already, Ruka." Hotaru said emotionlessly. Ruka took a deep breath.
"Hotaru Imai, I love you." Ruka announced. And then, he ran out of the lab.
Unfortunate for Mikan, Persona was not there. And so, while she waited, she decided to go through her training while she waited. Just as she was about to start her run, a surprised Persona appeared before her.
"Why are you training, Shiro Neko?" He asked. Then he smirked. "Am I rubbing off on you?"
"No." Mikan said dryly. "Listen, the AAO knows my identity." Persona's eyes grew wide with shock.
"What?"
"The fire alice," Natsume said, looking at Hotaru with awe. He had come to meet Hotaru at around one o clock in the morning, when he was sure that everyone in the academy was asleep. "How does Mikan have the fire alice?"
"I did some research on her parents. I couldn't find anything on her mother, but I did find a Yuuki Sakura. He used to be a teacher here at the academy."
"I thought Mikan didn't have any parents?" Natsume asked.
BAKA BAKA BAKA
"Baka, everyone has parents. It's only a matter is they're dead or not. Mikan's father is dead." Natsume stood up stright, having dodged all of the baka shots.
"You forget sometimes, Hotaru, that I am this academy's top agent."
"Ex-agent." Hotaru corrected, and Natsume frowned slightly. Hotaru was right, as always.
"Have you found out what Yukki's alice was?" Natsume questioned, deciding to chance the subject.
"The only thing I found was something called the S.E.C alice. It was classified as dangerous ability. "
"Dangerous ability…?" Natsume asked. "Maybe, if we did enough research in the alice library, we could find out what the letters mean."
Hotaru nodded slowly. "We'll skip class tomorrow to do it."
The next morning, Mikan was on top of her game. By the time Natsume reached her dorm room, she was already awake, dressed and fed. She let Natsume hold her hand without any protest, and she was smiling brightly without any fakeness. She even gave the ring back to Persona the night before, seeing as she didn't really need it any more.
"Mikan-chan," Narumi said with surprise when they walked into the room. "You're here on time today, and with Natsume. Ohoho, is there something I should know?" He asked, wiggling his eyebrows up and down. Mikan went to the front of the room. Hotaru and Natsume took that as their queue to sneak out to the library. Which, Mikan noticed of course. She smiled slightly, maybe it would make her plan easier.
"Yes," She said loudly, gaining the entire classes attention. She then pointed over to Sumire. "This is not Sumire Shouda. This, is an AAO spy." The entire room went silent.
Hmm... what a twist huh? Thanks for reading! Let me know how you like it!! Read and Review please!
Love,
Baby
