Dedicated to Annaoj (For being the 100th reviewer).
Author's Notes: Thank you for all the reviews! I feel so hanging because I left Chapter 10 with a cliffie, but if I didn't divide it, it would be too long. And you have to consider I was typing that all at around 10:00 pm and well, I had to sleep. So here's the 11th chapter.
Dream Prince
Chapter 11
The siblings' eyes widened as they saw a familiar face.
"How did you get here?" Natsume asked.
Mikan remained tied up, and this time she was in pain. Her back had hurt too much that she didn't have the strength to listen, no matter how interesting the conversation sounded.
"Your father is looking for you. And you're here, partying the night away with your little sister, and this idiot girl," The stranger said.
"Azuma-san, you're not supposed to be here," Aoi said.
"Your father wants both of you back into the Dream World," Azuma said.
"It is not the right time to go back yet, Azuma-san. Surely mother explained that this will take quite some time?" Aoi asked.
"But your mother did not include an explanation for you. Only for Natsume."
"If I am the one to suffer for it, I will be the one to pay for it in the end. I wouldn't care about the 'grave' consequences."
"I was told that if you did not comply, I will have to take some physical action."
Azuma still pointed the gun at the two, completely not caring about Mikan. Natsume knew that Mikan would beat this guy up if she were free so he lit up a little flame, which freed Mikan from the rope. But it seemed Mikan was unconscious due to the impact of being thrown against the wall.
Wake up, baka.
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Mikan, eventually, recovered and remembered that they were in danger from whats-his-name and quickly grabbed this broom that was lying down harmlessly beside her. Then, she quickly charged to the guy and hit him on the head.
"Let's go, Mikan-nee," Aoi said.
Mikan just gave a simple nod as the three ran back to the gym, while they still had the chance.
"Could you guys explain to me this whole prince and princess thing that guy mentioned to me back there in the basement?" Mikan asked, panting in between her words.
"We'll explain once were in a safer situation. As of now, all we have to do is run away from that maniac," Aoi said.
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She didn't want to go back.
But let's face it. She wasn't supposed to go there either. So what was her purpose here? But she had learned to somehow like this world because she was actually real, and people actually treated her like a person, not like some kind of upper class snob who doesn't know how to live independently (when in fact, she knew how to survive on her own).
"Is something wrong?"
Aoi looked up at the person speaking to her. Even with his mask on, she could recognize that it was Youichi. 'Unusual how he began the conversation' was Aoi's first thought since she was usually the one who started these long conversations. But it seemed, this was going to be longer than all the others.
"Nothing much, except for the fact that I don't want to go back to where I really came from."
"Which is where exactly?"
"Can't tell you. It's classified information, and very few are supposed to know. And unfortunately, you aren't part of those few."
"I see. Why don't you want to go back then?"
"That place is one of the most horrible places. I'm not even free there!"
"Why did you go here?"
"To follow onii-chan."
"Why?"
"I just had to. He's too dense to realize stuff sometimes."
"And you have to help him realize those stuff?"
"Yeah. That's why my mother sent me here, since I'm kind of good at reading between the lines."
"I see."
There was some silence between the two as they both noticed Natsume trying to comfort the traumatized Mikan.
"Why did Natsume go here?"
"That will remain a secret."
"So..."
Aoi looked at Youichi's eyes and practically read his mind.
"Sure, I'd love to dance."
How did she know that?
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Aoi and Youichi were silently gliding across the floor. They were just dancing as friends but many had been curious about what their 'real' relationship is when in fact, they were really just friends. But this whole dance thing just made their curiosities hungry for information as they spotted Aoi and Youichi just dancing and looking into each other's eyes. It was silent, yes, but it seemed as if there was some kind of communication going between only the two wherein no one could decipher whatever they were telling each other. It was some sort of secret code they had.
The music played, and the two danced until they stopped, due to exhaustion.
"So, are you going to stay?"
"No matter what the consequences."
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"Just who are you, Natsume?" Mikan finally asked.
He knew she wanted answers, real answers. Not lies but rather she wanted the truth.
"Where did you come from? How did you do that thing in the beach? How did you know that guy a while ago? And why did you come here?"
More questions spilled out and Natsume was holding in his answers. How can he trust this girl in front of him? But then again, she had not told anyone yet about the whole accident in the beach. He could trust her, but he was doubting it.
So he led her out of the gym, into the school grounds. They sat on the swings of the playground, which was made for the elementary students, and just for the sake of fun. The playground was empty, but if you listened closely, children's voices resonated in that whole area. This was their world; and two teenagers just had to invade that childish world. It felt like trespassing for some reason, but they didn't feel guilty at all.
"I came from a different world," Natsume began, "And that incident you saw on the beach was no magic trick."
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Author's Notes: I was in the mood to leave you guys with a cliffie, since I believe that I update faster when I leave a cliffie. Well, I know it's super duper annoying but it's my only motivation to update! Because I want to continue this story. I always feel guilty when I leave a cliffie, but then again, if I want fast updates, I guess I have to do them -.- Harsh reality :( Anyway, the chapter you guys have been waiting for will be coming up next and will reveal some stuff about Natsume and Aoi's origins (Just wanted to give you guys a clue about what you'll see next xD). Felt kind to give you a super, unrevealing sneak peek since I don't want to make excerpts down there :D It wouldn't be so exciting anymore.
Oh...And if there's a grammatical error and stuff, forgive me. I was using WordPad to type this since my brother was using the computer with the MSWord. :) Just tell me if there's some sort of grammatical error since I'm kind of lazy to find a beta reader (Even if I have a classmate who betareads ((Serii-pyon a.k.a. Celz. Know her? Yep. She's my classmate :) )))) and well, I'm too lazy to edit it myself. But Chapter 12 won't come in as fast as this one though since I still have to start on my project due on Tuesday, and I have to start thinking about my story for Creative Writing Class (sighs)
Just tell me if the grammar sucks, okay? I'll edit it as soon as I get the urge to edit my stories.
Whoa. Long note xD
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