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This is chapter 25 as you all know. Chapter 26 will be out shortly. Sunday to be exact if I have enough time. -looks to the right-
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Chapter 25

Everything was still but the curtains in which the wind blew past. There was a bed, a desk and a chair, nothing more. Mikan walked in the room slowly. The room was cleaned and smelled clean and fresh too. It was as if no one was living there. The bed was neatly made, no wrinkles on the blanket and the pillows were aligned side by side. Mikan opened the closet, but it was empty. She opened the drawers, but they were empty too. She started to panic as she went to the washroom. She opened the door and turned on the light. No toothbrush, no toothpaste, the towel hanging by the side was clean and unused. Alas she sat in the chair by the desk, her heart feeling empty. Her mind was confused. Was he playing a joke on her? Or was he really gone? She saw a single piece of paper sitting on the desk. On top of it was addressed to: Mikan Sakura.

She grabbed the letter and opened it. The date was dated as a day after school ended. It was a letter for her which read…

Dear Mikan,

By the time you read this I will no longer be here anymore. No, I won't be dead baka! Yes, the other side of the world... in United States. I left the day summer started and the day after the school year ended as the date is written. I'm sorry I lied to you; in fact I was not supposed to leave 3 weeks into summer holiday but the day it started. Ruka's the only one that knows the truth. Others are given the same date when I was leaving, 3 weeks later. My parents wanted me to adapt to the new place and to meet friends that would go to Alice Academy: US as well. Don't worry. I'll write to you like I promised.

Like I said before… if we're fated to be together, we're bound to meet somewhere in the future. I hope to see you again soon Mikan. It was nice to have spent time with you baka.

Anyways, I have to go now. My flight leaves in 2 hours. Bye.

May fate let us be together again one day,

Natsume

Mikan's brain was in a state of shock ness to the fact that Natsume left already. She couldn't believe it, she wouldn't believe it. Tears were surrounding her eyes now.

"I see you've already found the letter Natsume left before he left…" a voice from behind said. Mikan spun around quickly.

"Ruka…" she said as Ruka came from behind the door. She tried holding the tears back.

"It's sad… I know… go ahead and cry Mikan-chan… I'll support you," Ruka said. Mikan slowly walked towards Ruka unbalanced and started crying in Ruka's chest. Ruka patted her head like she was a little child.

"So… when you said he left at 8 in the morning the first day of summer…"

"It was to catch his flight… yes…" Ruka replied calmly. Mikan reread the letter once more and held it tightly in her hand. She wiped her tears away and took a step back.

"At least he said he's going to write to me. He promised…" Mikan said. Ruka nodded and took something out of his back pocket on his jeans. He handed it to Mikan who took it.

"This is his letter to you when he got there," Ruka told her. He smiled and Mikan stared at it. She quickly opened it up and started reading.

Dear Mikan,

I hope you didn't cry baka. Don't worry, I arrived here safely and I looked around the school already. It's almost the same as Gakuen Alice except they use bucks instead of rabbits. I have no idea what bucks is… ask Hotaru for me or Yuu. I'm moving in the school the day before the school starts so I have the whole summer vacation off from and get to roam around US for a while. We're going to Florida for a week or two and come back to New York.

Anyways, I look forward to getting your letter soon. Don't forget to reply back. Just send it to 'Alice Academy' and I'll read it once I enter it

Bye Mikan.

-Natsume

"I want to start writing a letter now!!" Mikan exclaimed.

"Now?" Ruka asked.

"Yes!! I don't want to forget to write it later. Bye Ruka, matte ne!" Mikan rushed off to her room and took out a piece of paper and pen and started writing. After writing a few sentences, she reread it, crumpled it and threw it on the ground. She tried writing it again. Crumpling that letter she threw it on a ground and took out another paper. After a whole hour, there were more than 40 pieces of crumpled up paper on the ground.

"Ah! I don't know how to start it!!" Mikan yelled as she flung her hands up and threw the 41st crumpled paper on the ground. She slammed her head against her table and her arms hung loosely at the side. She sighed.

"What is she doing Ruka?" Hotaru asked. Hotaru and Ruka were watching her from her door. More like spying actually.

"She's trying to write a letter to Natsume,"

"Ah, she finally read his letter…" Hotaru said. Ruka nodded and the two of them watched Mikan who was writing again. As you can probably guess, by the day after Natsume left, everyone knew except for Mikan. Everyone was told not to tell Mikan as it was a request for Mikan to find out herself from Natsume.

"Yeah… she finally reads it…" Ruka said.

"But why does it take her so long to write a reply? I would've finished in…" Hotaru checked her watch, "45 minutes."

"This is Mikan-chan we're talking about Hotaru-chan. Anyways; I can understand why it takes her this long. She wants it to be just right!"

"AH! It's done!" Mikan cried in delight, she looked to the door and saw the two standing there watching her.

"Quick Ruka, let's run for—"

"HE-HE. Hotaru~ Ruka-pyon~"

"Too late…" Hotaru said in defeat. Mikan ran to the door and dragged them in her room. She set them on the bed and gave them her letter proudly.

"Mitte! Look! I finished it! Read it!" Mikan said as Hotaru took the letter.

"Dear Natsume… I did cry, but that's because I miss you and was hurt badly that you lied to me about leaving later. But that's okay because I know you're with me at my heart. I look forward to your other letters! I love you, Mikan," Hotaru read. Ruka and Hotaru looked at Mikan.

"Isn't it nice?!" Mikan gleamed.

"No… it's so simple… make it longer," Hotaru said.

"I find it perfect! I'm not adding anything else!" Mikan shot back. Ruka picked up one of the crumpled paper. He read it. He took another one and read it. And again, took another one and read it. He took the one in Hotaru's hand and read it.

"Mikan… they're all the same…"

"No!! The one in Hotaru's hand had an 'I love you' at the end!" Mikan told them. Her two friends stared at her again.

"You spent an hour writing the same thing over and over again and the only thing missing was a simple 'I love you'? You really are a Baka. Anatawa no baka. Mikan Sakura no baka."

"Hotaru has a point Mikan-chan… You wasted 40 other pieces of paper writing the same thing over and over again…"

"Yeah, but I always thought it was different then what I previously wrote. I never knew it always turned out the same…"

"I'm out of here," Hotaru got up and left the room. Ruka was about to follow behind and leave as well but Mikan called out to him.

"Ruka-pyon!!" he stopped half way to the door and quietly walked back to the bed and sat down again. She grinned at him.

"Hai?" he asked her.

"Would you like to come and mail this with me to Natsume-kun? Maybe you can add a letter and we can send it together!" Mikan said as she started pulling on Ruka's arm. Ruka stood up and reached for his back pocket once more.

"I'm way ahead of you. I got it right here, let's go," Ruka said. The two of them started out the door and towards Narumi-sensei.

Woot! And THAT my dear readers was chapter TWENTY.. uhh... uhhm... wait... Twenty... TWENTY FIVE! Yeah... Haha... -sweatdrops-

Ouu, next chapter's LOONGGG.. *WOOT!* And uh oh... I need to start finishing up this story. I need to finish up chapter 27 and the story! AHH!!!
Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. Look forward to chapter 26 on Sunday. ;D

xoxo,

Amulet-berriie

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Hahaha, no, I didn't forget the preview. Here:

"Yuu-kun?" Mikan said loudly, "Ruka, Yuu-kun didn't move too did he?"

There we go, the preview.

Bye!

xoxo,

Amulet-berriie