Summary: Death is everywhere. The casts are getting fewer and fewer. Who will survive? What lies ahead is all up to them. Are they just going to go with the flow or fight for their survival? Please read!
NOTE: I DO NOT, WHATEVER I DO, OWN GAKUEN ALICE!
Chapter Twelve
As the group readied themselves to go, they heard someone's stomach grumble. They all stopped what they're doing and looked at Mikan.
"Ahehe... I haven't eaten anything since the time Luna-chan pushed me off my chair..." Mikan scratched her head.
"Us too..." Yuu sweatdropped.
"Not Imai." said Ruka in a chibi face. "She ate jam yesterday... Or was that the other day?"
"She has food?!" Mikan started drooling. "Food..."
Hotaru hit her head with the baka gun. "You're drooling, idiot."
Mikan sat on her heels and rubbed the spot where her best friend had hit. "Who wouldn't?! I am so hungry... Nonoko-chan, feed me! Huhuhu..."
Nonoko grabbed the bottle of energy pills and said. "Will this help?"
"It always have been!" Mikan stood up and drooled again. "Give mah!"
"O-okay..." But before Nonoko open the bottle, Natsume grabbed it from her. "Natsume-san...?"
"How did you have that kind of energy if you're hungry, polkadots?" said Natsume.
"I don't know!" Mikan exclaimed. "Give me that, Natsume!" Mikan jumped and tried to reach the bottle but Natsume was just so tall. "Waaah! Food!" she cried when she stopped jumping.
Natsume returned the bottle to Nonoko.
"Arigatou, Natsume-san." Nonoko said, looking at the bottle.
"Food food food..." Mikan whined. "I'm so hungry!"
"We have to get out from this place. That's our main goal. Stop whining and let's go." said Hotaru.
"Fine, fine..." said Mikan with teary eyes.
The group went to the roof and found that the ocean is not far from the place.
"And look, a white boat is approaching." Hotaru said coldly.
"We're gonna be safe!" Mikan exclaimed.
"Don't be happy for now. We have to get there and ask for help." said Hotaru. She looked down and saw the coast is clear. "Yuu, the rope."
Yuu nodded. He tied the rope on a pole (i don't know where that came from) and dropped it on the ground. Natsume just jumped from the roof because it's not too high and he often does this on missions. Mikan flew down using Kitsuneme's Alice, and Sumire activated her Alice, jumped on a tree and went down on the ground. Yuu slided himself to the ground using the rope then followed by Nonoko, then Ruka, then Hotaru.
"Should we leave the rope like this?" asked Yuu.
"Mikan," Hotaru called.
"Yeah, Hotaru?" Mikan smiled.
"Return the rope. You can fly so that's going to be easier for you."
Mikan hesitated for awhile then flew up the roof again and fixed the rope and tossed it inside and closed the window. She flew down and sighed. "Done."
"Good." Hotaru nodded. She pulled something out from her backpack and it's one of her inventions. "Invention v098 anti-gravity shoes. It looks like a normal rubber shoes but once you hit it's tip on the ground, you can activate it's anti gravity power. You can speed up or slow down if you wish to do so and by using this, you can run away that easily from monsters around. You can even use this when you're getting late in class. Only 23,000 rabbits, buy now. It's only limited."
Everybody, except Natsume, sweatdropped.
"What useful inventions do you still have inside, Imai?" asked Ruka.
"A lot and only I can use it. Unless you buy it."
Ruka sweatdropped. "Okay then."
Hotaru put on her anti-gravity shoes and started hitting both tips of the shoes on the ground, she started floating five inches from the ground.
"How high can it get?" asked Yuu.
"You can use this going to the galaxy." said Hotaru coldly.
"You're one in a million, Hotaru!" Mikan tried hugging her but Hotaru floated higher so she fell on the ground. "Meany!" she puffed her cheeks.
"Let's jet." said Hotaru.
Sumire followed Hotaru using her Alice. Ruka, Yuu, and Nonoko started running. Natsume started hopping trees to trees (like ninjas from Naruto) and Mikan flew using Kitsuneme's Alice. (Try imagining them doing it. Isn't it cool!? Nyaw! :D)
They haven't stopped since they left the house and Nonoko was getting left behind.
Mikan stopped from where she is, still floating and when Natsume noticed it, he came back and said.
"Polka, why'd you stop?"
"May I ask a favor, Natsume?" she asked with her puppy dog eyes.
Natsume, who can't resist seeing these eyes, groaned as he rolled his eyes. "What?"
"Would you mind carrying Nonoko-chan on your back?"
"I mind."
Suddenly, they noticed Nonoko trip and she was breathing heavily.
"Nonoko-chan!" Mikan exclaimed. She looked at Natsume and pouted. "Please?"
With those pout of hers, he can't really say no now, and so he said. "Fine." He approached Nonoko who was being helped by Ruka and Yuu and said. "Ogasawara, hop on."
"E-eh? Na-Natsume-san...!"
"We don't have much time. I don't like this idea as well but a friend of yours wants me to do this." Natsume bent his knees.
Nonoko looked at Yuu who was nodding then she looked at Ruka who was smiling at her. She rode Natsume's back. "A-arigatou, Natsume-san."
"Hn." Then they continued on their way.
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When they reached the port, everybody waited for the boat. They felt relieved to see it approach them.
As for Ruka, he stepped backwards when a zombie heard him talking to himself. I'm not supposed to speak. He thought, stepping backwards again. Suddenly, he stepped on a twig and made a noise. Oh no... he thought. He stepped backward again but his back hit a tree. Uh... Guys? He wanted to say but that would make him more in trouble. Ruka gulped. He can't run because there's not enough time now. Several questions flashed to his mind. Am I going to die? Can't I tell her I love her? He remembered the gun. He has a gun! He reached for it but before he take it out from his pocket, someone had pushed him.
"Ruka!"
Everybody turned around then Ruka shot the zombie on the head.
"I-Imai...!" Ruka widened his eyes to see a bleeding Hotaru.
"No! Hotaru!" Mikan cried as she run towards her. "Hotaru! Hotaru!"
"I'll be fine..." Hotaru held her wrist that was bitten by the zombie.
"Nonoko-chan! The medicine!" Mikan cried.
Nonoko ran towards them and opened the clear bottle containing the cure. "H-here, Hotaru-chan! I mixed some of my energy pills here so it must have a nice taste. Drink up."
"No." Hotaru slided her back on the tree trunk.
Tears streamed down Mikan's cheeks. "Hotaru, what are you saying!?"
"I'm saying that I can't make it. See my wrist? The zombie bit the part where my pulse is located... Actually it bit me near my pulse but still..."
"Hotaru!" Mikan cried. "Drink the medicine, please!"
"I said no!" Hotaru shouted.
Mikan widened her eyes.
"R-Ruka..." Hotaru looked at him.
"I-Imai...?" Ruka's eyes widened now that Hotaru's calling him by his name.
"Come here."
Ruka neared his face to hers then Hotaru whispered something to him. "Get my inventions..."
"Imai..."
"Please... Call me by my name..."
"Ho-taru?"
"Thank you. Take care of Mikan for me, okay?"
Ruka heard the gentleness of her voice. "Hotaru... You won't die, right?"
"Idiot." Hotaru let out a small smile. "I love you, Ruka." she whispered.
Tears started streaming down his cheeks after hearing her words. "Hotaru... I... I love you too... Please don't leave..."
"Everybody can, and may, die because of love." Hotaru started to breathe heavily. "Just like Koko did to Nonoko-chan..."
"Hotaru..."
"I love you, Ruka." Hotaru whispered. She held his cheek with her hand and kissed him then Ruka replied passionately then he stopped when Hotaru's hand dropped on her sides and she has stopped kissing him.
"Hotaru?" Ruka looked at her.
"Ruka." Natsume started.
"Y-yes, Natsume?" Ruka looked at him.
"Quietly leave her."
"I don't want to leave her, Natsume!" Ruka cried.
Mikan continued crying. "Hotaru!" She ran towards her but when she was about to hug her, Hotaru opened her eyes. It's not violet anymore... Her eyes had turned gray.
"Ruka!" Natsume hissed.
Nonoko covered her mouth so that she wouldn't cry so loud.
The boat has arrived then Ruka stood up slowly when Hotaru's body stood up.
"Hotaru?" He whispered.
"That's not Imai anymore! Let's go!" Natsume hissed.
Ruka suddenly hugged Hotaru's body.
Hotaru stopped walking then turned her head to Ruka's. She was quiet and emotionless. Just like the real Hotaru.
They just stood there, Ruka hugging Hotaru while Hotaru's body was just there, who doesn't know what to do. It's like this body... Is different from the others. Hotaru's hands encircled Ruka's waist then Ruka hugged her tightly.
After awhile he let go and said. "I will always love you." then he ran towards the boat.
When the boat started to sail off, Ruka looked at Hotaru one last time. She was just there, standing, then she lifted her hand, and waved at him.
When she was out of sight, he kneeled down and clenched his fists. "Why her?"
Natsume placed a hand on his shoulders and said. "At least you got to tell her what you feel for her, Ruka."
"Yeah but still..." He cried.
"Hn. It was a good thing you left her there, letting her continue her new life. I'll bet in her new life, she'll be friends with Koizumi now, and she'll get to see Koko again."
Ruka stood up and fell on Natsume's arms. Like what a little brother would do when he just lost his favorite toy. He'll come running towards his big brother for a comfortable and brotherly embrace and will say. "It's alright."
Now they're sailing off. Finishing the level of zombies. Hey, but you think this is the end of the game? You're wrong. They just finished a level and will be stepping on to the next. What will happen to the survivors of the zombie island? They have finished the first level which was the sinking ship, then the second level which was the zombie island, what's next? Let's all find out together on the next chapter. We'll see if you'll survived this game as well. See you there!
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