I'm so sorry for the delay, everyone! Um..here is the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it and please review! Have a great summer, everyone!


"Hey! Bring the girl in here!"

The man nodded and carried the unconscious Mikan into a limo, "Boss told us to capture a rich person who has a connection with Natsume Hyuga…"The man looked closely at Mikan, "Well…she was with him a lot."

"But…is she rich?"

"Hmm…" The man squinted his eyes then gasped.

"W-What is it?!"

"S-She's wearing a 30% Polyester coat!" He shuddered, "…Which costs approximately 6000 yen! (77.4678803 US Dollars)The two men looked at each other in horror, "I-I feel kind of sorry for her…"

"She's so…poor!" He turned around to look at her, "Um…how about we let her go?"

"Boss will kill us!"

"W-What should we do?! Return her?!"

"No! You idiot! We cant do that!" The man hauled Mikan under a pile of blankets, "SHE might not be rich but Natsume Hyuga is."

~**~

Natsume had walked too quickly in the cave and turned to look at Mikan who he thought would have been trailing behind. He didn't see her so he started walking the opposite direction where he thought that she would still be walking from. Suddenly Natsume stopped. He groaned as he clutched his forehead, "Damn it!" He ran quickly down the trail, yelling her name. "Mikan!" He pounded his head against the cave wall, "I'm so stupid! Stupid! …I promised you I would never let you leave me…" Natsume took off again, as fast as he could. "Mikan?!"

In the distant, Natsume could see a faint light and started running towards it. It was Ruka and Hotaru, looking at the panting and wheezing Natsume Hyuga.

Hotaru narrowed her eyes, "Where's Mikan?"

Natsume shook his head as he rested his palms on his thighs, panting heavily.

Ruka's eyes widened as he grabbed Natsume by his shirt collar, "What?! Where's Mikan?"

Natsume covered his face with his hand, "I don't know…"

Hotaru shook her head, "Oh. It must be the serial rapists…"

"RAPISTS???!!!!!" Natsume and Ruka exclaimed, their eyes bulging out of their eye sockets.

Ruka calmed down, "Maybe she's…lost?" He tried to convince himself, "Yeah…That might be why."

Now that Natsume had gained the momentum, he ran off again, having Ruka and Hotaru following behind.

Natsume cried out as loud as he could, "MIKAN!"

~**~

"NATSUME!!!" Mikan looked around the room she had now woken up in. She was sitting in a corner of a entirely white room. Her right leg was chained to the wall and she couldn't go much farther from the wall. "Where am I?" She stared at the door across from her. How was she going to get out the room? How was she going to escape? Suddenly a tall man walked into the room, holding a tray of food.

"Who are you?! Please let me get out of here!" Mikan cried out desperately, struggling against the chain.

"Just shut up! Wait till we call your Natsume Hyuga. Right now, you're the hostage." The man growled at her.

"B-But…What will happen then?" Mikan tilted her head curiously.

"He's gonna pay up. Maybe a few million and then we'll kill both of you." The man smirked and turned to leave the room.

"H-Hey! B-But…why both of us?! C-Cant you just kill me?! Only me?!"

"What? Do you think we're stupid enough to let your guys go free and then tell the cops on us? We're not that stupid. Now shut up and just wait…" The man slammed the door behind himself.

Mikan's eyes widened in fear, "K-Kill both of us?" She shivered uncontrollably, "Natsume…Don't make the deal. Don't come for me…"

"If you come, I will never ever forgive you…"

~**~

"Ruka! Did you find her yet?" Hotaru asked, running at the same time.

"N-No! I didn't!" Ruka turned his head to see Natsume taking out his phone, "What are you doing?!"

Natsume quickly held up his cell phone to his ear, "What do you want?" (His way of saying, "Hello?")

Suddenly Natsume dropped the phone as his eyes widened.

"Natsume, what is it?"

Natsume picked up the phone again, this time his hand was shaking. "Where the hell is she?!" He yelled into the phone. Natsume quieted down to hear the person's response, "W-What? 75 million dollars? Now? …Okay. If you dare hurt her, I will kill you…Let me talk to her!" Natsume growled, "What do you mean I cant?! Let me talk to her! …Okay. I will be the only one coming. I wont tell anybody." Natsume heard the other person on the line hang up on him.

"What is it?" Hotaru asked, walking up to him.

"…Nothing."

'They want the money now. I cant get that much money this fast. I have to call my manager and my bank account.' Natsume started to fidget with his fingers, obviously nervous and panicking. 'll meet them at an abandoned house beside a Chinese restaurant called Golden Palace.. Ruka and Hotaru will be safer if they don't know. If anyone else knows about ransom, Mikan will be killed…'

"What is it?! " Ruka tried to take a deep breathe. Suddenly he punched Natsume hard on the face, "You idiot! Why did you have to leave her like that?! Tell us what happened!"

Natsume rubbed his face but didn't say anything and ran off. Ruka and Hotaru could do nothing but follow behind.

~**~

Natsume held the two suitcases of money in both hands and towards a gray house that looked like no one had lived in it for about twenty years. He looked behind to make sure that Ruka and Hotaru were no longer following behind. Taking a deep breathe, he walked into the house. He opened the door to see a large group of men wearing black sunglasses. In the center of the room was a tied up Mikan with a blindfold over her face. "N-Natsume? Natsume! Go! Leave!"

Natsume ran up to her but one of the men blocked his way. Natsume was about to fight back but he was outnumbered. He no longer had his alice. What could he do now? "Here! The money! Now ju-"

Suddenly everyone turned their heads toward the door. They could hear sirens and police cars outside.

One of the men starting swearing, "What the hell?! You said you wouldn't call the cops!" Natsume's eyes widened, "I-I didn't!" Natsume looked over to Mikan. Did Ruka call the police? That idiot! Natsume ran past the man and towards Mikan. But before Natsume could even touch her, a gunshot was heard. Suddenly, Natsume saw blood come out from a wound on Mikan's arm. They just shot Mikan… Natsume watched as her head drooped to one side of the chair. Noise seemed to escape his ears. He couldn't hear the police surrounding the house. He couldn't hear the laughing of the men. He just heard the gun shot over and over in his head, continuously repeating. "Mikan…" Tears started to come out from his eyes but he tried to hold them in, "Mikan…?"

The next second, blood was spilled across the floor as the men were flung across the room. Their bodies were slammed against the walls and old furniture. Meanwhile, Mikan was suffering from the pain in her arm. She was still alive but she couldn't speak. She was too weak to move. Soon the blindfold fell from her eyes ands she was witnessing a scary side of Natsume Hyuga.

"WHO THE HELL SHOT HER?!" Natsume's eyes still remained bright red and frightening.

"Nat…su…me?" Mikan tried to call out but it was too quiet to hear.

"WHO?!"

Mikan shivered. He was acting scary….

"I'll kill you!!!" Natsume shouted angrily.

Mikan gulped and didn't say anthing. She shut her eyes as he walked over to the man in the corner of the room who was the only one who had a gun, "It was you, wasn't it? Your little neck is calling out to me, telling me to break it!"

The man started to panic, "I-I'm so sorry!!! Please forgive me!" Natsume managed to make the man drop his gun. Natsume pointed the gun at the man's face but wasn't satisfied with the man's horrified expression so he threw it behind him.

Natsume ignored the man's pleads as he wrapped his fingers around her neck. He used his hand to lift him inches away from the ground and squeezed tightly. The man's face turned from pink to red to blue to purple.

"Natsume!"

Natsume turned around to see Mikan hugging the arm he was using to strangle the man, "S-Stop it! Natsume!"

Natsume's other hand came across Mikan's face, his nails digging into her skin. But she didn't care, she was still hugging his arm.

For some reason, a part of Natsume told him to let go. Mitsuki fell to the ground, clutching her neck painfully.

"Natsume….Stop it." Mikan was still hugging onto Natsume's arm. "I don't want you to ever be like that again! Ever! Promise me you will never be like that again!"

Natsume calmed down, his eyes turned back to their normal dark red color. He placed his hands on Mikan's shoulders and pulled her closer to him.

"I'm sorry…." Natsume placed his hands on her shoulders, "Are you going to die?"

Mikan groaned but clutched her arm, "It hurts though…" She leaned her head against his shoulder, "It hurts…"

The man who had almost been strangled to death started to crawl towards the gun. All the other men were too busy thinking of a way to free themselves from the police surrounding the house. Suddenly someone walked into the house, it was Ruka.

"Mikan!" He stared at her arm, "Who shot you?!" Ruka picked up the gun that he found beside his feet and pointed it to the man crawling towards him. "I'll kill you…"

Mikan's eyes widened, "What are you thinking, Yuki?! You are not going to kill someone!"

"I-I don't care!" Ruka's hand was shaking as he lifted the gun towards the man's forehead. "I'm sorry but I can't forgive you." A loud gunshot was heard. Mikan watched in horror as the man fell to his knees right below Ruka's legs.

Natsume covered Mikan's eyes, "D-Don't look." Natsume looked up at Ruka angrilly, "Ruka…."

Mikan was about to scream before Natsume placed his hands over her mouth, "I-Its okay…"

Natsume looked up at Ruka, "You idiot! Even if y-"

Suddenly Mikan fainted from her wound and her body fell onto the floor. It had all happened to fast. The next thing Natsume saw was Ruka taking the gun and shooting his own leg. Ruka's cry was so loud, it could be even heard outside, "NATSUME!!! DON'T!!!!!!!!!!"

Natsume looked at Ruka, totally confused and worried. "R-Ruka!" Natsume ran over to his friend's aid. Why did Ruka just shoot himself?

Ruka mouthed a few words to Natsume, "I'm so sorry", before throwing the gun onto Natsume's lap.

Natsume frowned. What was happening? It was all so confusing. Suddenly the police came charging in. Someone, who Natsume suspected was the police chief, came in running towards Ruka. "What happened?!"

Ruka nodded and looked away from Natsume, "Y-Yes…He just shot me and killed that man over there." Ruka's hand was shaking as he pointed at Natsume. Directly at Natsume's face.

A few seconds later, many police men tried to handcuff Natsume. "W-What?! What are you doing?!"

A police man walked over to the man who Ruka had shot before and checked his pulse, "H-He's still alive! Bring him to the hospital! Hurry!"

Natsume looked around before his eyes laid on Ruka's guilty looking face, "Ruka, Y-You…set me up…" A couple of people brought Mikan out to the ambulance as police men tried to bring Natsume into the police car.

Natsume struggled against the men, "What the hell?! Let go of me!" Natsume attempted to punch one of them but knew that it would only make things worse. "Where are you taking me?!" Natsume glared at the police chief.

The chief's body tensed, "To jail, of course…I don't care if you're a famous actor or whatever, I'm bringing you to jail…" He looked away to wipe away his tears, "E-Even if I'm a huge fan…"

Natsume took a last look at Ruka before he got into the police car, 'Why, Ruka?'

~**~

Mikan opened her eyes to see herself in the hospital, tubes of all sorts covering her body. She yawned tiredly before remembering what had just happened. She quickly shot out of bed and started towards the door, "Natsume!" She started banging on the locked door before realizing that Ruka Nogi was standing behind her, looking as if he was going to raised her eyebrows before running over to him, "Yuki! W-What's wrong?" She looked down towards his leg to see it wrapped in many layers to stop some sort of bleeding. "Did you get shot?! Are you okay?!" Mikan frowned, "Its all my fault that I got kidnapped and caused you to get hurt. I'm so sorry."

Ruka smiled, "No! Its not your fault…I…just feel kind of…" Should I tell her? Should I tell her the truth?

"Yuki, what is it?"

"Its…nothing." Ruka tried to force a smile, "I'm glad you're okay."

"Y-Yeah, I'm okay!" She beamed but her smile slowly faded away, "Do…you know where Natsume is?"

"Huh? Oh…uh…he…" Ruka turned away, "I'm not sure if I should tell you this…But…"

"What? What happened?" Mikan sat on the bed, eager to hear her question answered.

"He…was the one who shot me…and nearly killed a man…" Ruka winced, 'Ugh…I have to keep on lying to you, Mikan…'

"WHAT?!" Mikan's eyes widened, "WHAT?!" Her jaw dropped open, "B-But why?"

"He was…" Ruka tried to think of what to tell her, "He was jealous of me being your boyfriend…"

Mikan tilted her head, "J-Jealous? You mean…he was really jealous?" Mikan tried to hide her smile… 'Heh. So Natsume really does…WHAT AM I THINKING?! He just shot my boyfriend! He's an sadistic and perverted guy who's just using me because I look like a girl he used to like! That jerk!'

"Mikan?" Ruka shook Mikan's shoulders to wake her up from her thinking, "Are you listening?"

"Y-Yeah!" Mikan nodded, "So…where is he?""He's in jail…I think. I think he's at the police force right now…" Ruka stopped continuing his sentence when he saw tears falling down her cheeks, "Mikan?"

Mikan covered her face, "What? I don't understand…Natsume wouldn't do something like that…"

"Mikan…" Ruka tried to wrap his hands around her but she pushed them away.

"Yuki…I…." She looked up at him, "I clearly remember seeing you shoot the other man though…Didn't you tell me that Natsume did?"

Ruka's body tensed. Damn it, she was awake that time wasn't she? "Uh…are you sure? I would never shoot anyone!" Ruka lied, praying that she would believe him.

"Okay. I was probably imagining it…" Mikan rubbed her forehead and looked at Ruka suspiciously.

"Y-Yeah, from the loss of blood." Ruka nodded in agreement.

"Is…there any way we could get Natsume out of jail?"

"Huh? Uh…I don't know…" Ruka sighed, "Mikan, that means that you don't have to pretend to be his wife anymore…right? Isn't it better that he's in jail?"

"Shut up!"

"Huh?" Ruka was suddenly shocked by Mikan's reply, "Uh…sorry."

Mikan nervously covered her mouth, "I-I didn't mean to say it that way…Just…lets just try to get him back…""Why?"

"He…I just want to." Mikan looked away, "Hey. He didn't kill anyone right? He just injured them, right? Anyway, he's a celebrity, right?"

"R-Right."

"So….if we would pay the fines and charges, he would get out of jail right?"

"Y-Yeah…" 'What? I got him in jail and now I'm helping him out of jail…?' "Mikan…What's up with you? Are you more worried about him more than me?"

"W-What?!" Mikan reached over to touch Ruka's arm, "Of course not!"

"Okay…." Ruka looked away.

~**~

It had been a week since Mikan was shot in the arm. She was finally allowed to be brought home from the hospital, "Okay! Now for my Natsume rescue plan!" She walked over to Natsume's bed and pulled her piggy bank from under the bed. She placed it on the floor and got her hammer ready to crack open the piggy bank. But before she lifted the hammer above her head, she stopped. Nasume had shot a man and shot Ruka right? Why would she want to rescue him when he did such bad things? Especially, to her boyfriend too. She hesitated, why was she doing this? Didn't she hate him? Didn't she want him to leave her? No. Things were different now. She wanted to be with me, even if he did bad things. She wanted to be with him… Mikan brought the hammer down as hard as she could and watched as her thirteen year old piggy bank smash before her eyes. She expected to see loads of gold. She moved the pieces of broken porcelain out the way to find…a load of change. She searched around for at least some paper money but all she saw was change. Tears welled up in her eyes. Was this the amount of money she saved since she was two years old?! What?! Mikan gathered the money from the piggy bank and placed it in her wallet. She looked up at the ceiling and beamed, "Its okay! This will be enough money!"

~**~

Mikan walked up to the police chief and placed the money on his desk, "C-Can you please release Natsume from his cell now?"

The man shook his head, "You're the one hundred and seventy fourth girl to come here to ask that today…"

"Huh? So…can you release him now?" Mikan pleaded him eagerly.

"The boy is already released!""EH?!" Mikan's palms slammed the desk, "What?!"

"His girlfriend, that pretty model, Mitsuki Konan, came and paid everything already." "WHAT?! HIS GIRLFRIEND?!" Mikan eyes widened in horror as she pounded her fists against his desk , "B-BUT I'M…HIS WIFE!"


I dont really like this chapter. But please review! No flames, please.