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Chapter 8: The start of the journey

Blood splashed out of Mikan's forehead. Her eyes were wide open. The AAO agent smirked. Natsume just stared with horror evident in his eyes.

"Well, Natsume. Seems like I just broke your bond. See you later!" the AAO agent said as he jumped out of an open window, Mikan still in his arms.

Natsume had only one thing on his mind, his precious Mikan. Taken away. Dead.

Somebody's POV

"Mikan. Mikan. Don't die. Please, I can't live without you. Please. You still have to fulfill that promise. Please,Mikan." I thought as I ran towards the infirmary as fast as I could.

When I reached there, I froze. Bodies were everywhere. A guy with raven black hair and crimson red eyes was staring at me. But…Mikan was not in sight.

I broke down. Mikan…

Natsume POV

I heard heavy footsteps and snapped out of my trance. I looked up and saw a guy that looked older than me. He had navy blue hair and a star tattoo under his right eye. And he suddenly broke down, crying.

….Nani? Who the heck was this guy? I walked closer to him and patted him on the back. "Hey, buddy. Stop crying. We got to get everyone to the doctor you know? And I'm not very strong."

The guy sniffed and looked up at me, teary-eyed. He nodded and wiped the tears away. Ok….is he a sissy?

I let the thought go and helped the guy to carry everyone to the doctor.

15 minutes later…

Natsume POV

"So, dude. Who the heck are you?" I asked the guy with the star tattoo. Everyone else was having treatment.

"Tsubasa Yukihara. Mikan Yukihara's other brother."

"Nice to meet you! I'm Natsume Hyuuga."

"Ne. Natsume, you….you….love Mikan don't you?"

"Well….she's okay I guess."

Before Tsubasa could say another word, The infamous Hotaru Imai ran out of the infirmary with a worried look on her face.

She grabbed the collar of Tsubasa's shirt and lifted him 5 centimeters above the ground. "WHERE THE HELL IS MIKAN?"

"Mikan…..she disappeared." I whispered under my breath, but somehow, Hotaru managed to hear it.

She let go Tsubasa and turned to me with a shocked expression on her face. "Where did she disappear to? Who took her?"

"AAO" Tsubasa answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Which direction did they go?"

"The agent disappeared into thin air."

"…"

"So what do we do now?" I asked.

"Save Mikan."

"But we don't even know where's imouto!"

"…AAO headquarters." Hotaru and I said in synchronization.

"So we're going there? To save imouto?"

"Yeah."

"Okay then. Let's leave before Naru and Noda wakes up."

"Wait wait wait! What bout' Ruka?" I asked.

"Get him, idiot." Hotaru replied.

"Oh….er….okay."

I dashed into the infirmary and pulled Ruka out before anyone could spot me.

"That was fast. Nice work, idiot."

"Er….thanks? I guess?"

"Hey, Natsume, who's this blond kid?" Tsubasa asked while pointing to Ruka.

"Ruka Nogi. Nice to meet you." Ruka introduced and shook hands with Tsubasa.

"Time to go."

"Wait, what about food? And drinks? I don't exactly want to die of hunger you know?" Ruka said.

"We're all dead. We don't need food. Other than Natsume. Got him some snacks." Hotaru replied.

"Oh…I'm just not used to being dead, I guess."

"…"

"Can we go now?" I asked with a hint of annoyance.

"Yeah." Hotaru replied and teleported us to a dark forest.

"This is the forest that lost light. From now on, we can't use magic to teleport. There's a barrier to prevent that. We have to go on foot. Natsume, during breaks, you have to train your alice. Get Tsubasa over there to help you. Ruka, you help Natsume to cook. While I, look for firewood. Is that clear? " Hotaru asked in a commanding voice.

"Yes, Madam."

"Good. Let's get moving."

Normal POV

While they walked, Ruka kept sneaking glances at Natsume with a worried look on his face.

Unlike the others, he knew what was coming for them. And what they will soon have to face.

Hey! Just wanted to say, I've been addicted to role playing games lately. Any of you guys are fans of RPGs?