Disclaimer: The usual.

Note: Of course, there are no changes in my grammar work. I still suck.

"It's going to be bloody fucking HELL from now on- Either for me… or for you. Either emotionally or physically, they're going to make us choose who will go through the hell that they're planning for us. And trust me on this one. It won't be pretty when we have to choose."

Natsume shook his head violently. Currently, he was seated across the room from Sakura. Her final words to him, from before, kept repeating in his mind- haunting him. Letting out a frustrated sigh as he ran his fingers through his hair, Natsume looked over at Sakura who was still in the same position since she lay down. Natsume couldn't tell if she was actually sleeping or not since her back was facing him, but he took a guess that she was.

'Seriously… what's got her so worked up with this AAO academy?' Natsume wandered as he looked around the prison cell. He had to admit, for a prison cell, it wasn't so bad. It was just like a normal room, only there wasn't exactly a wall at the door, so anyone could see what they were doing. Natsume stared at the steel bars that were in front of him. He then let his sight look past the bars and then stared at the cell that Nishimura and Arakaki were in a while ago.

'I wonder how they're doing' he thought. Natsume then rolled his eyes. 'Damn, I'm thinking to myself too much. I need something to do now' he thought as he attempted to lie down on the ground, only to shoot back up into a sitting position he was in a moment ago.

'Well, I can't sleep or take a nap, that's for sure' he added as he looked around again. Sakura had taken the ground instead of the bed that was in the cell. And there was no way he would go onto the bed, knowing that a woman can lie down on the ground and he can't.

He was about to attempt lying down on the ground again when he heard footsteps approach the prison cell. Sakura must have heard it too because she shot up from the ground and stared at the bars, where they both saw Reo walking towards them… with a smirk on his face.

"What do you want?" snapped Sakura, already losing her patience. Reo merrily tutted and faced Sakura before replying.

"I want to make a deal. You agree, and you work for us, and I'll make sure everything runs smoothly. If you disagree, we'll just have to force it upon you and I'll make everything even more difficult for you" he told her.

From the distance, Natsume watched Sakura and Reo's conversation. He was quite impressed by how Sakura was able to control herself from trying to rip off Reo's head. After Reo told her his deal, he head Sakura let out a mocking 'HAH', as if not believing it. She bobbed her head down, looking down at the ground, shaking her head and chuckling to herself.

Natsume stood up and slowly made his way towards her. He stopped when he was a couple of steps away from her. After a few moments, he saw Sakura look up at Reo straight in the eyes. Competitive

"Go screw yourself, Mouri" she snarled. Natsume looked at Reo, who looked at her in amusement.

"Hah, I would rather not. Wow, you're not going to give in, are you? You're just like that damn guy we caught a couple of years ago" said Reo. Natsume's head snapped toward Sakura when he heard her hiss. 'Does she know who the guy is?' wondered Natsume. His thoughts were pushed aside when he saw Sakura's body stiffen when she saw Reo hold up something in his hand.

Natsume looked over at reo to see him holding up a folder and smirking evilly at Sakura.

"You wouldn't happen to know what would be in this folder, would you?" he asked her slyly. Sakura let out a hiss and stood up whilst coldly glaring at Reo from behind her mask.

You wouldn't dare" she told him in a tone that was as if she were warning him that he would regret whatever it was that he planned to do.

Reo's smirk widened upon seeing Sakura's anger. "Actually, indeed I would. Now, it's either you join us, or this folder might slip out of my hand…and…uh oh" he added the last bit in a sarcastic manner.

'What the hell is going on?' wondered Natsume. 'It's still Monday night and I feel like shit already. Far out' thought Natsume.

Reo took a couple of steps closer towards their prison cell, and with the folder in his hand, he put his hand through the spaces between the bars and dangled the folder between his index finger and his thumb.

"You sure you won't change your mind?" he asked her, dangling the folder. Sakura stared at him, and from behind her mask, she raised an eyebrow.

"And are you sure you won't consider screwing yourself?" she asked him in a disrespectful manner- not that that could have any nice sides to it. Reo chuckled and within seconds, the folder hit the ground. Sakura kept her eyes on Reo as he walked away and immediately focused her attention on Natsume as soon as Reo was out of sight.

"What was that all about?" asked Natsume as he took a step closer to the folder, though still keeping his eyes on Sakura.

Behind her mask, Mikan closed her eyes and turned around to face the wall. "Find out yourself" she said, pointing over her shoulder towards the folder.

Natsume stared at Sakura for a long moment before taking a few steps closer towards the folder. Before bending down to collect the folder, Natsume took a final glance at Sakura's back. He then heaved a sigh, bent down, collected the folder and stood back up.

"So, what exactly am I to expect in this folder?" asked Natsume, holding up the folder in his hand, even though Sakura had her back facing him.

Mikan shut her eyes tightly and replied, "Probably something you wouldn't like too much" in a dull voice. Natsume's eyebrows shot up as he held the folder properly in his arm, ready to open it.

Mikan shut her eyes tightly together. Not being able to stand the atmosphere she was creating around herself, she spun around, opened her eyes just in time to see Natsume open the folder.

Hana and Daichi stumbled forward on their feet from wherever they were teleported to. When they were finally able to get their heads straight, they realised they were in front of the academy. Hana and Daichi gave each other a look and both nodded. They needed to tell Persona about what had happened.

"Persona" Daichi sent a telepathic message, "a few things went wrong with the mission. We need to talk to you about it" he said. He didn't have to wait long for a reply from Persona.

"Alright then, where is Sakura?" asked Persona.

"All will be explained. Just tell us where to meet and when" replied Daichi.

"Northern Forest in five minutes" Persona told Daichi. Daichi nodded even though he knew Persona wouldn't see it.

"Alright then," he said, "See you in five." And with that, Persona cut off the line. Daichi turned around and quickly told Hana what Persona told him. Hana nodded and they both made their way to the Northern forest in a flash.

In less than five minutes, Daichi and Hana reached the Northern forest, where they saw Persona already waiting for them. As soon as Daichi and Hana were close enough, Persona spoke.

"What is it that you needed to tell me?" he asked them. "And where is Sakura?" he demanded. Daichi and Hana calmed him down before speaking.

"That's the problem" spoke Hana. Persona stayed silent, waiting for her to continue, which she did.

"The AAO set us up, and at the moment, Sakura and Kuro Neko are within the AAO right now… in a prison cell- well, the last time we saw them."

"Sakura made a deal to let all of us go and keep her, but the AAO only let us off" Daichi added whilst walking over to a tree and leaning on it.

Persona stood where he was, emotionless. After a long moment, he turned around and walked away, only to be stopped by Daichi.

'Where are you going? Are we going to do anything?" asked Daichi. Persona looked over his should and spoke.

"No. We are to leave it up to Sakura. She knows what she's doing. She knew that the AAO would only let the two of you go and not her and Kuro Neko" he said. Persona then added, "Also, you two will attend class tomorrow, since you didn't attend class today. There will be class tomorrow, so be ready to…face a couple of problems…"

Persona then vanished, leaving Hana and Daichi behind, sweat dropping.

"Sheesh… That guy" heaved Daichi as he slip down to sit down on the ground.

"Yeah, I guess so" agreed Hana. "Well, we'll just have to trust Sakura on this one, like we usually do" she said. She then walked over to Daichi and held out her hand to help him up. Daichi grabbed her hand and stood up.

"Come on, we should get some sleep before the sun comes up. It's already 3 in the morning" said Daichi. Hana nodded and they both made their way to their dorms, both still hoping the best for Sakura and Kuro Neko.

Natsume opened the folder slowly, aware that Sakura had turned around and was currently watching him. As soon as the folder was open wide enough to see what was inside it, he fully opened it within a flash and started to flick through the pages in either rage, or hope that all that was in front of him was a lie.

'No…no…no… this can't be!' he called out in his mind. Natsume looked through the folder until he saw a profile of the girl he thought he knew well. He saw a picture behind the profile, revealing 'Sakura' ready to put on her mask. Natsume flipped back to the page where it had information about Mikan.

Natsume scanned his eyes across the two pages of information quickly. He then looked up from the folder and stared at the woman that was currently a couple of metres away from him with emotions radiating off of him.

Natsume held up the folder in one hand and spoke in a calm voice, "What the fuck is all of this? Please tell me that all this fucking shit is not true" well, he tried to speak in a calm voice. When the only reply that Natsume received from Sakura was silence and a turn of her head, Natsume advanced towards her within less than four huge steps. He then grabbed her arm and forced her to look at him, and held up the folder.

"IS ALL THIS SHIT TRUE OR NOT?" he ragged. From behind her mask, Mikan felt her eyes sting.

"Oh gosh, please, I don't want to cry now…' she begged. Mikan took a deep breath and spoke.

"Find out yourself" she told Natsume as she grabbed his arm and placed it over her mask. She placed her fingers over Natsume's, and together, they took the mask off, slowly revealing her face. Mikan quickly let go of Natsume's hand, in fear that he was reject her after he saw her face.

Natsume slowly took off her mask, slowly revealing her face. His eyes widened. No, it can't be. No, all of this is just some stupid prank. He then studied her face. Natsume then dropped the mask, which was currently in his hand, onto the ground. No. All is true. Those eyes, those beautiful orbs he knows so well. They were hers- Mikan's.

"Why…" he whispered. "Why didn't you tell me? You didn't tell me that you're…Mikan Sakura, and that you're also Persona's younger sister?" he asked her, looking into her eyes.

Mikan looked away, unable to look at Natsume in the eye. She felt as if she betrayed him. Wait, what was she telling about? Indeed, she DID betray him. He can no longer trust her. She had to get him out of the AAO as soon as possible.

"I didn't think that you needed to know" she replied softly. Natsume's eyes harden upon her answer.

"What the hell do you mean by that?" he asked her. He was determined to know anything else she was hiding from him.

"It means what it means, Natsume! I didn't think that you had the need to know!" she yelled. She then tried to activate a barrier around then that allowed only them to hear their conversation. Though, when she tried, she found out that it look some time to activate her Alice.

'There must be some sort of control around the cell that's trying to stop us from using our Alice' she realised. When she finally activated a barrier around them, she continued to speak to the quite impatient Natsume.

"There are many things that I have not, yet, told you. I will tell you soon" she told him. She then quietly added "that is, if you want to speak to me after this shit."

Mikan quickly deactivated her Alice when she heard footsteps approaching their prison cell. Mikan quickly walked over to her mask, which was on the ground, and collected it. Then, without looking at who approached their cell, Mikan spoke.

"What do you want, Reo" she spoke in a deadly tone. Reo tutted at the harsh tone he was given from Mikan before speaking.

"So, how was it?" he directed the question towards Natsume. "How was it, finally having to know the big secret she was keeping from you?" Natsume gave Reo a cold glare. Reo looked at Natsume in amusement.

"Alright then" said Reo. "Well, I hope you two were talking about who will start working for us" he added, letting an evil smirk appear on his face.

When Reo finished his sentence, Natsume's eyes slightly widened from behind his mask. There was no way in hell he was going to allow Mikan work for these fuckers now that he knows that she's the one in the prison cell with him at the moment. Natsume stepped in front of Mikan protectively and spoke.

"I will" he announced. From behind him, Mikan stepped aside so she was next to him and glared at him.

"What the hell?" she exclaimed. "No way are you staying here" she said with a cold glare. Natsume glared at her as well, and both went into a glaring contest and unknown to then, Reo watched the two in amusement. "I'll leave you two to it. I'll be back in ten" and with that, Reo walked away.

When Mikan was sure that Reo was out of ear shot, she spoke. "Natsume, I'll stay. You need to go back to the academy. You're not going to stay at the AAO" she told him.

"Why? You think I can't handle it?" he questioned her. Mikan shook her head.

"No, that's not it. It's just that… Geez, Natsume… just…please…"

"I'm only asking ONE thing, Polka- Why?" Natsume asked her. Mikan stared at Natsume, as he stared at her, waiting for a reply.

"Because you have NO idea on what they plan to do, whilst I DO!" she exclaimed. Natsume's eyes narrowed. He then started commenting on everything Mikan said, which started to annoy her.

A few minutes later, Reo reappeared, a smirk on his face.

'Ooooh, if only I weren't behind thee stupid son of a bitch bars, I'd wipe that smirk off that damn face of his, rip his ears off, staple them onto his neck-' Mikan's thoughts were cut off when Reo started to speak.

"I think that's more than enough time for you to decide. So, who is it?" asked Reo. Natsume took a step forward.

"Me" he announced. Mikan took two steps forwards, spun around, and faced Natsume. Mikan glared at him.

"Like I told you- You are NOT staying here" she told him.

"Like hell I'll listen" he told her. Mikan's eyes hardened upon Natsume's reply. She had to think of a plan. She spun around and faced Reo.

"Ten minutes at most. Last time" she told him. Reo rolled his eyes and walked away after replying, "Whatever."

Mikan and Natsume watched Reo retreating figure before facing each other. Mikan stared into Natsume's eyes and said, "Natsume… I'm sorry. But I'll do whatever it takes to get you back to the academy- where it's safe, and where I know people will protect you for my sake"

Natsume stared at her, confused. "What do you mean?" he asked her. He then saw Mikan take off something from around her neck and then put it around his. Natsume took it into his hand, and saw that is was a key.

"What is this for?" he asked her. Mikan didn't reply. Instead, she took off the multi crystal bangle that was around her wrist and gave it to Natsume.

"Honestly, what the hell is all of this for?" he asked her. Mikan took a step back and put her hand down her shirt and took out a pendant was around her neck as a necklace. It was a key.

Mikan could feel her eyes sting. After taking a deep breath, she spoke. "Throw them away if you want, but before I do this one thing… I'll tell you this. The key I gave you… is the key to my heart. Lose it, and my feelings will be locked forever" she told him. Natsume didn't understand anything she was saying. It didn't make sense.

"I-I don't get it. What do you mean? Why are you giving me all of this?" he asked her, taking a step closer. Mikan held out her hand, stopping him from walking any closer.

"Don't come closer" she told him. "I'm sorry. It's for the best" and with that, she closed her eyes and concentrated on activating her Alice.

'What are you doing, IDIOT?" barked Natsume when he realised what she was doing.

"I'm going to teleport you to the academy now. Bye, Natsume" Mikan replied in a quiet voice.

"NO!" yelled Natsume. When he was about to be teleported away, he heard Mikan say something in a voice that could have been barely heard that made his eyes widen.

Natsume arrived in front of the academy on his feet, only to drop onto his knees when he recalled what Mikan had whispered to him a millisecond before teleporting him away.

"I love you…Natsume"

"DAMN IT!" he yelled as he punched the ground.

A/N: Hey! Was this chapter alright?

School (term) holidays have started (for two weeks), I will, most likely, be very lazy… Well, I don't know… but yeah…

PLUS, I don't know how you all imagined how Natsume would find out about Mikan's secret, but now it's out. And if I disappointed you then…well…that…that sucks…and I'm sorry…

I hope you enjoyed this chapter(: I'll try to update the next chapter as quickly as possible...if I don't get distracted... Hehe [: