Author's notes…
Sorry if This chapter took a very long time to be posted.. I'm really sorry…
anyway I can't state all of my reasons 'coz there are thousands of them…
anyway enjoy this chapter guys…
and thanks for all of the death threats I received from some of you… it's just funny…
Chapter 11: Defeated jack of Spade
"I know the day will come,
I'll meet you there
I'll meet you there
No matter where life takes me through
I'll meet you there
And even if I need you here…."
The snow began to fall from the sky as it was shaded by the red
fading sky.
"is this true" was the question that kept on wandering inside her head
as a certain deep blue eyed boy placed a ring on her finger.
"miss sakura will you accept our engagement?" he asked her like a
gentle man
the answer is already known for it was already written for her
"i..." she said but there was uncertainity upon her voice
"will you?" he asked her for the second time as his eyes were fixed
upon her
but her eyes took a glance towards the boy who sits across the table,
with his hair masking off his expression and reaction, he tilted his
head a little, pretending that he didn't felt nor saw her gaze upon him.
"natsume" she said to herself " why... I ... I'm sorry" was the
incomplete phrase she could give to him inside her head
"i accept" was the painful answer she gave out after the tension her
silence gave to them...
The two old men clapped their hands and raised up their glass half
filled with sweetened red wine
"a magnificent bonding between the hyuuga's and our family" mister
sakura said
"let's give a toast for our son and daughter" mr. Hyuuga added
but all of a sudden a loud screeching noise, took the attention of
everyone...
It was the younger son, who stood up hastily from his seat...
"there's no point staying here" was natsume's cold speech...
The high spirited room suddenly became quiet as his foot steps echoed.
In his departure, a pair of amber orbs watched him closely, as if that
will be the last time she'll be able to see him
"please forgive the rudeness of my son, he is quite impatient on this
kind of arragement" mr. Hyuuga apologized
"father will you excuse me for a moment, i have some business to
finish, i'll be back" ryuu said as his father gestured him his permission is
granted...
Outside the room on a certain pavillion in the middle of a snow covered
garden, a young raven haired boy was sitting on the marble arch.
"this is stupid, why of all people, she gets engaged with my filthy
brother" he said as he stare at the clouds where snows falls, but his
silence was disturbed when...
"who are you calling filthy, natsume" was the voice that changed his
mood
"you should know already, ryuu" was his oh so respectful reply to his
older brother
"i guess i dont" was his ironic reply as he leaned his back at the
pillar near to his brother
"hn" was natsume's simple reply, as he stare at him with eyes like a
cold blooded killer, there was an eerie silence between them
"isn't miss sakura I meant mikan since she's my fiancee, beautiful?"
ryuu suddenly said out of the blue
as natsume heard him said this, there was an unusual reaction on his
face
"it's a pity that I am the older son, right natsume?" he continued, his
words seems like the news of natsume having to confess to mikan have
reached him
"things won't stay like this forever, I am still a Hyuuga" natsume said
confidently as he stood up from his seat with his hands inside his
pocket
"is that so" ryuu said "you know my dear brother, my fiancee reminds
me of a particular girl from the past, now that i think about it she
suddenly disappeared" he continued as he placed his hand on his brother's
right shoulder
" shut up!" was natsume's quick respond as he jerked ryuu's hand hardly
this reaction from natsume made ryuu smirk, he then continued his
speech
"ah yes, now i remember, nicola, right.. She died" ryuu said as he
emphasized ther word died
"i said shut up!" natsume said almost yelling and in his mind a
terrible past threatens to be released.
He then clenched his fist tightly as he was running out of patience
"who killed her again?... "ryuu said with his eyes like a devil he
smirked "ah, yes it was..."
his voice seemed like a poisonus venom that slowly scattering inside
natsume's head, slowly smothering him...
"i told you to stop it!" he shouted as he faced him, quickly he held
him on his collar tightly, with his right fist, he was about to punch him
in his face, but he froze as his fist was just inches away from ryuu's
face when he heard him say a simple yet painful realization
"you" was the word that ryuu said which saved him from a hard blow on
his face
slowly natsume drop his hand and loosened his grip
"so you haven't forgotten what you did" ryuu said as he brushed off
natsume's hand off his collar and fixed it neatly again
"..." natsume kept silent as the fact ryuu said made him guilty
"haven't you?" ryuu questioned once again
natsume just froze on his stand, as flashes of a bitter past began to
show little by little
"shut up, you don't know anything, stop acting like you know what
happened" natsume said as he tightly clenched his fist...
The snow fall harder along with a chilly wind as it painted an evil
smirk upon the dark blue eyed lad...
"am i acting?" he asked him back once again but this time the crimson
eyed boy lost his words "you know, my dear brother, if you only showed
that you care then nothing terrible could've happened"
"..."still there was no reply from him, only a picture of a guilted
young man
"I assure you that I'm not going to hurt my fiancee or drive her doing
something you know... Natsume, you should know better... Don't worry
she's much safer with me than with you" ryuu said as he began to walk and
stopped behind natsume, their backs are facing each other...
"mikan"natsune thought "she shouldn't know"
"I know you'll make the correct decision.." he said "you know what's
good for her, you don't want to happen to her what happened to nicola"
ryuu continued
still there was no reply from natsume, he was quiet...
Ryuu then began to say words to him, as natsume heard his words he
became perplexed, then Ryuu turned his head a little to have a little veiw
of natsume, giving him his final words to him...
"you understand" he stated to him then he turned his head back and
began to walk, his foot steps echoed amongst the walls of the hallowed
pavillion
Natsume, didn't say a single word, his silence was already enough to
say he agrees but still there is a taint of doubt...
He was left in the cold pavillion all alone, he then began to walk back
and seat once again on the marble arch and leaned on his right leg,
pictures of a particular brunnet girl began to appear on his mind, as the
old forgotten film of the bitter past began to play
flash back paris,
2 years ago
the leaves of autumn were falling endlessly from their branches like
rain falling from the sky, gently a leaf landed on the skin of a fair
young lad, his face was covered by a notebook as he rests under the red
orange leaved maple tree.
"hey, wake up!" was a very cheerful voice that woke him from his
slumber
slowly he opened his eyes as it revealed a mysterious pair of crimson
orbs. He then took off the notebook from his face and sat up, as he
leaned his back upon the tree, with an annoyed expression he greeted the
girl
"what do you want now?" he said coldly to the beautiful brunnet who is
standing infront of him
"have you forgotten? You promised that you'll be in my rehersal" she
said to him quite disappointed as she sat beside him
"hn... I can't go i have band practice scheduled today" he said with an
emotionless tone
"but you prom-" she said in a very low tone but she was cut off when
"hey! Natsume, let's go now!" shouted a blonde haired boy as he
approached the raven haired lad "what's up nicola didn't notice you there, so
can you attened our band practice, its been a while since you've
practiced with us"
"hi ruka" nicola greeted back " sur-" she said but once again she was
cut off before she can say what she wants to say
"she can't, she needs to attened her rehearsal, let's go ruka" natsume
said as he stood up and dusted his pants
"hey, wait up!" nicola shouted
"talk to you later, I'll pick you up later, wait for me" natsume
replied without facing her
he wasn't good in expressing his feelings but this words from him made
her smile...
Time passed by quickly, it was already noon, as the golden sun dips
upon the waters of the blue ocean, a brunnet girl was waiting patiently
infront of an old designed building as she leaned on one of its pillars
"what's taking him so long, its been an hour since we were dismissed"
she thought, but her thoughts were distracted when she heared a familiar
voice
"Nicola, what are you still doing here?" asked a raven haired boy with
deep blue orbs
"I'm waiting for natsume, ryuu" she said as she smiled at him
all of a sudden a hand pulled her wrist, as she gaze upon the person,
to her surprise it was natsume her fiance.
"let's go" he said angrily as he gave a cold look upon his brother and
quickly drag her way from him
as they got out of the campus grounds, they began to argue, natsume got
mad at her for talking to his brother which was too unreasonable, so he
walked out on her
a month have passed, she kept on talking to him but natsume always
ignores and walks out on her
It was already midnight of the 26th of november when he recieved a
call from her and once again he hung up
"how long are you planning to ignore her?" ruka asked him as he saw
what he was doing out of unreasonable jealousy
"maybe till today"was natsume's simple reply
"so are you planning something to atone for your actions towards her?"
ruka asked
but all he recieved was a smile from natsume...
The afternoon of 27th came, the first thing he did was, he went to her
dorm
he rang the bell a few times but nobody answered
"hey c'mon, open up or i'll crash this door open" he said
still nobody answered, he was waiting outside for almost an hour, he
lost his patience and call her again
but...
There was no answer, so he decided to open the door, his eyes opened
wide, as the room was a mess, his steps echoed, finally he reached the
dark part of the room. Beyond the quietness he heard water dripping,
quickly he followed the sound.
What greeted him was a girl lying inside a bathtub bathing with crimson
water with a slash on her wrist as a river of blood runs on the floor,
quickly he ran towards her, crying, pleading for her to open up her
eyes, unfortunately, the body he was holding was cold as an ice, it was
too late to even call her name for thousand of times, he held her small
and fragile body in his arms, he screamed painfully, then he heard
something dropped from her hand, as he take a look at it, to his surprise
it was the ring he gave her, the day he confessed to her
End of flashback
Only One By: Yellowcard Broken this fragile thing now, And I can't, I can't pick up the piece And I've thrown all my words around And I can't, I can't give you a reason a single tear drop fell from natsume's eyes as he tightly clutch on the ring in his necklace, he felt tons of regretions
I feel so broken up(So broken up)
And I give up (I give up)
Just want to tell you so you know but his quietness was disturbed when, he heared footsteps stopped at the opposite side of the pavillion
Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you You are my only one I let go, there's just no one that gets me like you do You are my only, my only one he then looked at the person whom arrived, to his surprise it was the auburn girl whom he loves but was not meant for him
Made my mistakes, let you down
And I can't, I can't hold on for too long
Ran my whole life on the ground
And I can't, I can't get up when you're gone
as he saw her, he remembered ryuu's advice to him "natsume, i advice you to leave right away and never come back, that's for the better" were ryuu's final advice
And something's breaking up (breaking up)
I feel like giving up (giving up)
I won't walk out until you know
he then stood up from his seat, with his mind decided on what is the
right thing to do, he walked towards her, he then took off his coat and
without a word he placed it on her shoulders and embraced her tightly as
if he never wants to let go of her
Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, there's just no one that gets me like you do
You are my only, my only one
"natsume, what are you doing?" she asked him, tears suddenly formed on
her eyes, as she felt something final and painful with that embrace
Here I go so dishonestly
Leave a note for you my only one
"this will be that last"natsume said as he tightened his embrace upon
he petite body
And I know you can see right through me
So let me go and you'll find some one
"what is he saying?"she thought but no matter how she look at things,
she can't understand what he meant
Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
slowly, he loosened his embrace of her, then he let her go, without any
good bye's or farewell he walked out on her
I let go, there's just no one that gets me like you do
You are my only, my only one
she watched him leave, she can't understand why her eyes wants to cry,
she then clutched on the coat he placed around her shoulders, she have
forgotten the reason she looked for him, and that is to say her real
feelings towards him even though it was too late
My only one
My only one
My only one
My only, my only one
a tough and painful descion was made. After that lunch date with the
Sakuras, he went somewhere to settle things for good.
The sky was dark as the stars began to twinkle, the elevator rang as he
arrived at ruka's pad.
"hey, natsume so how does your brother fiancee look?" jacques said as
he entered the room
"I bet she's ugly" freyer said as he and jacques clapped hands together
and kept on laughing like crazy people
"in what family she came from? Do we know her?" ruka asked natsume
natsume just walk straight to his room and stopped at its door
"the Sakura family" natsume said still having no expression in his
voice
"hey ruka, that's weird mikan has the same family name" freyer said
still oblivious of facts
"yeah, must be coincidence, she can't be in that family, can't she?"
jaqcues said as he asked back ruka
but it seems that it's not a coincidense as they saw ruka's reaction
"moron, of course she is, I'm her cousin isn't it obvious, try
remembering my family back ground" ruka said then he turn his gaze to natsume
"must be her older sister" jacques said
"yeah, and natsume already asked her" freyer said confidently
"no... She is the only heir..." ruka said quite disappointed "so what
are you planning to do?" ruka asked natsume, without any word natsume
tossed him his answer
"what's this, don't tell me we are bound to leave fo paris" ruka said
"first flight tommorow morning" was his answer "we have lots of
projects hanging " he said then shut the door close
"he's quite right, we left tons of work back there" freyer said as he
went to his room and pack his things
ruka can't argue more, their tickets were already bought and it's such
a waste for them not to use it...
Meanwhile...
Inside a dark room were only a fragment of the moon's lit serves as its
only light, a raven haired boy was lyng on his bed staring at the
ceiling. His things were already packed, the only thing left to do is tn
wait for tommorow to come...
All of a suddnn he heard a cat purr just beneath his bed
"I forgot about you"he said talking to the cat "I cant take you with
me, I'll let somebody else take care of you" he said
of course a cat can't talk, so it only purred in reply
finally morning came, a young auburn haired girl was deep in her
slumber not until a loud knock on her door woke her up
"hey, what's up? Its too early eloise" she said but to her surprise it
wasn't her maid, it was akira still gasping for air "aki" she called
her by her name "what's up?" she asked him
"he's leaving, quick get change we still might be able to stop or see
him" he said to her as his back was bent down and his hands used his
knees for support
"who's leaving?" she asked him once again
"hurry up!" he shouted not minding her question
it seems important so she hurried changing even though she doesn't know
why she's doing it.
After she got changed, akira quickly drag her to his car, he is almost
over speeding, finally they arrived at the airport
"what are we doing here" she asked akira, as he was dragging her to the departure area
"don't you know? I recieved a call from my source, he told me that the
blackfire is bound for paris, it was natsume's idea" akira answered as
they were running
"so that's what he meant by those words" she thought as she remembered
his words last afternoon "he's such an idiot!" she said as this time
she was the one dragging poor akira
finally they arrivdd where the band was, only minutes until they went
inside their plane
"natsume!" she shouted as she threw her bag at him
as the raven haired boy heared her voice, he turned around to see if he
was true or just his imagination
as he turn to the source of the sound, something hit his face hardly
"what the hell" he said quite annoyed "who threw that" he said
"hey moron!" was the voice of a particular girl
"mikan what is she doing here" he thought as he stared at her quit
surprissed
"do you know how much effort I did just to get here? Akira woke me up
too early with a loud knock on my door, and here you are just standing
there not even thingking of saying something to me, and I still haven't
eaten breakfast"she said to him
"I never told you that you should come here, don't blame me for your
actions" he said to her
"that's it, you never said anything" she said as tears were nearing her
eyes "don't you know how it made me feel" she said as tears began to
fell out of her eyes
all of a sudden, the call for their flight was heard...
He then turned his back from her and replied coldly to her...
"why should I tell you? You are not an important person to me" he said
to her in the coldest way he can "I don't care how you feel" he said
hearing this made akira angry, but ruka can understand why he did that,
he wants to lessen the pain he and she is feeling in their farewell
he then placed his hands inside his pocket, mikan was surprised when
she saw that he is still wearing the bracelet she gave to him...
"I understand" she said as she wiped her tears, she then smiled and
said "so this good bye"
"don't force yourself to smile if your eyes can't stop crying" natsume
said then he began to walk as the other three followed him while waving
their hands
slowly he disappeared from their sight, she began to cry once again, it
wasn't the good bye she wanted to have
"let's go now, mikan" akira said
he then drove her back to her house, as she arrived there, she went
straight to her room and burried her head on her pillow
"madamemoiselle a package has arrived for you" eloise said as she
knocked on her door
"come in" she replied
as eloise entered her room, she was holding something
"madamemoiselle, I'll just place your package here" she said
"what could it be this time?" she asked herself
all of a sudden she heard a particular sound coming from the package
quickly she sat up frnm her bed, to her surprise it was...
Author's notes…
Hi guys I'm really sorry if I just put the continuation of the story just now, I've got tons of reason…. Please bear with me….
Any way I just want to tell you the next chapter is already done and I'll post it next week, Monday or Tuesday….
Please listen to the song meet you the by Simple plan… I'll be using it for the next chapter…
and the song I miss you like crazy by the moffats..
I assure you that The next chapter is great… see you there