Mikan's POV-
This was unforgivable, I didn't care what Reo did to me, but how could he hurt Natsume like that. I went to Narumi-sensei's room and knocked on the door fiercely. I was slightly surprised when my mother answered but it didn't bother me.
"Mikan what are you doing here?" she asked startled and I just stared at her and she could see from my eyes that I was angry. I guess my eyes looked cold.
"Reo. He's on the school grounds. He's harmed Natsume. I'm going to find him, I have some...business with him, but I need your help so he doesn't take me, have the other teachers search around the school. I'm off" I said and turned around and headed towards the north woods. I wasn't prepared, but I knew I had to be in order to fight him, so I prepared myself mentally. I heard a meow and looked to my right, I saw a white cat. The cat was sitting at the foot of a tree starring at me with this weird look in it's eyes as it starred at me. She then stood up and walked around me sniffing me and then her eyes lit up and she sat down again.
"Hmm perfect" she said and I screamed.
"I-i-it s-s-s-s-s-spoke!" I said and backed away from the cat who glared at me. She then stood up and jumped sending me to the ground with her standing on my chest.
"I'm not an it I'm a human trapped in a cat's body. And if you haven't noticed, something about you interests me. Your close to the guy I want, Natsume Hyuuga. Now you might want to know how I got trapped in this form, simple, my alice is I can switch my soul with any living creature, and one day, while trying to follow Natsume, I switched into this cat, but the cat that had my body walked off and disappeared, I believe it's outside of the academy, but either way I can't get back to it. So, this is what's going to happen. I'm taking your soul" she said and before I could use my alice I was now inside the cat looking down on my body.
"Perfect!" my body said and I heard my own voice. My body lifted its arm and swung at me throwing me into a tree. "Oh and another thing" I heard my voice say. "Since you don't have this alice, you can't talk, tata!" she said before smiling and walking away.
"No! This can't be happening! She now had my body and voice, what would she do?" I thought and started following her in the shadows. As I followed her I felt arms grab me.
"What are you doing out here little girl?" someone said and I looked up to see Ruka. He smiled and pet my head which pissed me off but I didn't show it. "Don't worry I'll take care of you" he said and I sighed.
"Thanks!" I said in a happy tone even though I wasn't very happy at all. I knew Ruka would be able to understand me because of his alice.
"You sound a lot like my friend Mikan. Do you have a name?" he asked and I thought about it. What could I make my name? I decided on something simple.
"Yeah! My names Blossom. It's nice to meet you..er.." I said pretending not to know his name and he smiled.
"I'm Ruka. Lets go, I'll introduce you to Hotaru-chan, she's my girlfriend" he said and blushed and I smiled. Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as I thought, at least I could watch what the girl inside my body was doing while I figure out what to do. He carried me to Hotaru's room and positioned me so he was only holding me with one arm before knocking. Hotaru opened the door and he smiled. "Hey" he said and she eyed me.
"What's that where's your rabbit?" she asked poking me on the top of the head and he looked down and smiled.
"This is Blossom, I found her while on the way over here, she looked scared and confused so I took her in" he said and Hotaru smiled slightly.
"It's like you to pick up a stray animal. She seems friendly, just stupid, reminds me of Mikan. I like this one. Make sure you bring her with you everywhere. Leaving her alone would be cruel. Now, I have a lot of work to do on the plan so I think it's best if we both get some sleep" she said and he nodded.
"Alright, see you in the morning" he said and kissed her on the cheek making her blush before she closed the door. He walked back to his room and placed me on the bed. "Wait here, I'm going to change" he said and I nodded and smiled. His room was a lot like Hotaru's except made for a boy. It wasn't the first time I slept in a boys room, but this time I wasn't that thrilled about it, expecially in cat form. Plus I wasn't with Natsume so that was another thing that bothered me. I could tell Ruka right now what was wrong, but would he believe me. Well whether he did or not wasn't the problem, he just couldn't tell anyone, because then who knows what would happen. "I'm back!" he said as he walked in with his pajamas on.
"Ruka-Pyon...I have to tell you something" I said and he starred at me shocked because I used the same name as his friend used for him. "I'm not really a cat, I'm Mikan, some girl had the soul switching alice and got stuck in a cats body since her body disappeared and now shes in my body, she wants Natsume. Please don't tell anyone though, if they knew it would ruin what I have in mind of doing. Please keep it our secret" I said and he looked at me shocked, then went back to anger.
"A girl with the soul Switching alice..obsessed with Natsume..it must be Maki Hinorami. She moved here two years ago and made friends with me and I brought her down to meet Natsume once, my mistake because right after that all she cared about was seeing him, she didn't even want to be friends with anyone. She just wanted him. He kept rejecting her, telling her to get a life and leave him alone, he wanted nothing to do with her. But one day I saw her acting strange and brought her to the high school principle and he said she didn't have an alice and was sent out of the academy. It must not have been her soul, which means now shes in your body...this is bad. We have to watch Natsume" he said and I nodded.
"That's my plan. I don't want her doing anything to him. He's already injured. If she does anything-" I said but he cut me off.
"What do you mean he's already injured?" he asked and I blinked before looking out the window.
"Reo is somewhere on the school grounds. He's after me, but attacked Natsume. He's in pretty bad shape" I said and tears formed in my eyes. Now how was I suppose to stop Reo? What happens if my body is caught by him and he found out I could help? Would he sell me? Would I be trapped in this cat body forever?
"C'mon lets go see Natsume" he said and picked me up before leaving the room and walking down the hall. When we got to Natsume's room, Ruka knocked and we heard a grunt.
"Who..is it" I heard Natsume demand and I could hear the pain in his voice.
"It's Ruka" Ruka called and we heard Natsume say something like come in so we opened the door. Natsume was lying on the bed just like I left him, he still looked in a lot of pain and was breathing heavily. "Natsume? What happened?" Ruka said and walked over to him and Natsume looked at him.
"Reo is on the school grounds...after Mikan, while on the way back from the meeting thing, he attacked me, then teleported me here. When Mikan woke up she heard this and got angry...I've never heard her so angry before, you could actually hear acid in her voice...I didn't like it, she seemed very dark...I wonder if shes okay. Have you seen her?" he asked and Ruka laughed nervously.
"N-no not at all" he said while rubbing his head and I jumped out of his arms and walked over to Natsume.
"Whats with the cat?" Natsume asked, putting his hand under my stomach and lifting me up and turning me around to get a good look at me. I blushed and my eyes bugged out. "Seems familiar...reminds me of someone" he said and put me down. I tried walking but I was blushing and light headed so I tripped and fell off the bed. Natsume rolled his eyes and closed his eyes and put his hands behind his head. "Reminds me of Mikan. Where'd you find it?" he asked and Ruka laughed.
"I found her on the way home from the meeting, she was lost and scared, so I took her in. I decided to care for her, like I care for my rabbit. Hey Natsume? Do you remember Maki Hinorami?" he asked and Natsume twitched before he nodded.
"Yeah, I remember her, she was a pain in the ass, glad she's gone, I really hated that chick, she wouldn't leave me alone, didn't she know I lov-" he said but Ruka laughed cutting him off. "Anyways...what about her? Don't tell me she's back" he said with a disgusted look on his face. Ruka laughed again and rubbed his head.
"I heard a rumor she was back somewhere on the campus" he said and Natsume pinched the bridge of his nose. I walked over to Natsume and looked at the bruises on his body. I felt like crying, but I couldn't, I wish I was there to protect him, but what could I do now? I couldn't take care of him, I couldn't tell him what happened, and would he even believe me if I could.
"Oh shit, don't cry" Ruka said and walked over and picked me up. "Don't worry we'll figure it out" he said and I looked at him. Natsume starred at us and then narrowed his eyes.
"What's with this animal, she's not all over you like normal animals are. And what's wrong, why's it upset?" he asked and Ruka froze.
"Uh I-I don't know why she's different, um, maybe she's a cat that has an alice. And something happened, and she doesn't know how to fix it. Oh look at the time! I have to go, good night Natsume!" he said and ran out the door. "Geez that was close" he said as we went back to his room.
"He knows somethings up" I said and he nodded. Ruka made a small bed on his couch for me and I curled up there and he went to sleep. I lied down on the make shift bed and sighed. How was I going to live as a cat?
A Week Later-
Ruka walked into the classroom caring me in his arms like he did everyday. So for Maki, the girl who stole my body, lived exactly how I would. She sat next to Natsume everyday, hung out with Hotaru, but as the week hand went on, she started seperateing herself from the others and started only hanging out with Natsume. I have to admit, even though she was in my body and Natsume thought it was me, I was very jealous seeing Natsume close to another girl. And the way she clung to him sickened me. And everyone noticed how she was clinging to him, and they constantly talked about it. One day Sumire turned around and giggled when Natsume and Maki walked in.
"They sure are getting close, they look like a couple!" she had said and I got jealous and angry and clawed her in the face, leaving 3 thin lines of blood on her right cheek. Ruka tried not to laugh, but I could tell it was difficult for him. Sumire of course had gotten angry and told Ruka to get rid of me but Ruka and Hotaru refused. A laugh brought me out of my thoughts and I looked over to see me, well Maki, clinging to Natsume's arm. He looked somewhat annoyed and shocked.
"Ne, Natsume, can you show me your alice again?" she asked smiling and he looked at her and turned away and I caught his eye. Koko who was sitting next to me and Ruka laughed.
"What is it Koko?" Ruka asked and I leaned closer to hear what he says. Koko looked at Natsume then looked back at me.
"He said 'something about that cat is so familiar, something about it's eyes' weird huh?" he asked and Ruka and I both laughed slightly and Ruka rubbed the back of his head.
"Why are you so intrested in my alice lately?" I heard Natsume say and I looked back and saw him glaring at Maki as he questioned her. The girl with my face giggled and put her hands on her cheeks.
"Because I like your alice, it fascinates me!" she said and he sighed and set a pile of papers on fire. Maki smiled and clapped her hands before grabbing onto his arm again and smiling. I heard Hotaru sigh and Ruka looked at her.
"What's wrong?" he asked and she looked at Maki, then at me, then back at Maki, then looked at Ruka.
"Mikan has been acting strange. I don't understand it. This cat is more like the old her then she is now. I just don't understand it, and it's weird, she started acting different ever since you got that cat. Is there something your not tell me?" she asked and dug my claws into his stomach telling him to say nothing. He sighed.
"Too bad I have to tell her" he said and my eyes widened in horror and he stood up with me in his arm and grabbed Hotaru by her hand and led her out of the classroom to Hotaru's room. "That girl isn't Mikan, it's that girl Maki Hinorami" he said and Hotaru sighed.
"No wonder I despise the new Mikan so much, that Maki girl was very annoying. So that must mean that this cat..." she said lifting my up and looking at me. "Is Mikan" she said and her eyes showed slight interest even though her expression showed bordum.
"Yup, the girl Maki switched souls with a cat in order to see Natsume, and then when I brought her to the principle that was that cats soul so he said that cat didn't have an alice and she got sent home. But her soul remanded here in the cat, and she found Mikan the day of the meeting and switched souls with her, she's been like this ever since" he said and Hotaru sighed.
"Idiot, you should have told us, we have to tell Natsume" she said and I jumped onto her chest pushing her to the ground. "I'm guessing that's a no" she said and sat up causing me to fall onto her lap. "I knew there was something familiar about you" she said and patted my head.
"We have to wait! I've been watching the girl Maki and until she doesn't something and is careless then theres nothing we can do" I said and she starred at me, just hearing a bunch of meows.
"She says we have to wait, that shes' been watching Maki and until she does something careless that theres nothing we can do" he said and she nodded before smiling.
"That's true, looks like your a little smarter huh Mikan? Oh by the way, I love what you did to Sumire the other day. It suits her, having whisker like scratches on her face" she said and I smiled before tripping and falling off her lap. Ruka laughed and Hotaru smiled. "Oh that reminds me!" she said and went over to her scrap metal bin and pulled out a collar and ear piece. She tied the collar around my neck and put the ear piece in her ear. "I made this for when I sold Ruka photos to the animals, this way I could hear what they wanted. It makes it so I can hear what you say. Now speak" she said and I blinked.
"Uh is this good?" I asked and she smiled.
"Good it still works, now we'll be able to understand each other with out anyone knowing. Mikan I have a question for you, I overheard Narumi saying that Reo attacked you while you were outside of the academy. What happened?" she asked and I looked out the window.
"We were in an ally. Taking a short cut back to Yuka's mothers house, er, my grandmother house, I was behind Yuka and Narumi who were walking hand in hand ahead of me. Then I felt someone grab me by my pony tail and slam me into the wall. Then Reo grabbed me and tried to take me away. I panicked and kicked him..er you know where, and he let me go, then the guy from before grabbed me by my pony tail again and told me that I was never to hurt Reo and threw me against the wall again, I hit my head against the brick and fell unconscious. When I woke up I was in the hospital, with Yuka sitting next to me, I can't remember much of my last couple of days at the academy because of that" I said and she frowned.
"What can you not remember?" she asked and I thought about it. All I remember was confronting the D.A class, then the trip back in time but the only part I remember is getting comforted by Natsume when my father was dieing, and that's it.
"All I remember is when I was in the D.A. room and Natsume and Nobara saved me, but thats pretty much all I remember from that, they saved me. I remember watching my dads death and Natsume comforting me, but thats it. Everything else is a complete blur and I get sad when I try to remember and I can't" I said and she sighed and nodded.
"Well after we get you back into your body, we'll work on getting your memories back" she said and I smiled. "Ruka? Would you mind if I cared for Mikan and brought her around with me?" she asked and he smiled and nodded. "Well then lets get back to class" she said and scooped me up and with that we went back to the classroom.
"Imai-san Ruka-kun where'd you go?" Anna asked and Imai shrugged and walked to her seat and sat down. Natsume was sleeping in his seat and Maki was watching him smiling. I growled under my breath and could feel my fur puffing out in complete fury.
"Mikan, calm down" Hotaru whispered in my ear and I glared at Maki.
"This is so infuriating! You don't know how much I was to kick her ass. I mean look at her, shes draped over him like...she's draped over him! it's sickening! And no one can tell a difference, am I really that bad around him?" I asked and she shook her head.
"No, they just don't pay close attention. Don't worry though, we'll fix this mess" she said and I nodded.
