JC: This is chapter 25. I am definitely writing this up to 30 or more. I can't believe the reviews I've been getting. I'm so happy that a lot appreciates this story. I'm more inspired than ever. As I've warned in the previous chapter, some characters will start to lose control. Aya and Youichi will make their appearances here. And oh, there's more trouble for Mikan.
Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice characters belong to Higuchi-sensei. Sugita Aya is a cross-over character from Kodocha. Shirasaki Yuki is from the manga, Absolute Boyfriend by Yuu Watarase. My own characters in this fic are Kawashima Kyo, Kawashima Asuka, and Hibiki Ryou.
Obsession
Chapter 25: Uncontrollable Yearning
Sakura Mikan opened her eyes. The room was bathed in the morning sunlight. Not too surprising, considering that it was already 7:30 in the morning. She stretched lazily on the futon. She was amazed that she was able to sleep well, almost well. The story about Shirasaki Yuki lingered in her mind, and even though the ghost had sinned against her, she felt sorry for him. She was never the person to hold grudges on anyone. She was too forgiving. Most girls would be enraged or traumatized for what the ghost did, but she was different. She was called innocent and naïve by others, but she was very sensitive when it comes to the feelings of another person. At that moment, she understood the pain and sadness that Yuki had to go through. She wanted to help him, so he could be at peace. But what can she do? She turned to face her mother. The futon was empty beside her. Had her mother gone out already? She remembered Yuka telling her that she would try to find a solution for Yuki and for her as well.
She sat up on the futon and released her braids, letting her brown tresses fall gracefully on her back. She folded hers and her mother's futon neatly, and fixed herself up. She padded out of the room on bare feet and head straight to the dining room.
Natsume was in front of the open dining room sliding doors, his back to her. He was wearing his kimono. Happily Mikan joined him. A quick glance from him acknowledged her presence but he didn't speak.
"What's for breakfast?" she asked. "I'm starving. Did you eat already, Natsume?"
"Go check for yourself…" He went inside and knelt down before the dining table.
Was it just her or Natsume was acting colder than usual? Something was oddly different about him, she thought. But she dismissed that thought as she sat down and saw the wonderful breakfast spread on the table. "Wow! Looks good! Time to eat!" She picked up a pair of chopsticks and began feasting on the delicious meal.
Natsume began eating as well but in a fairly slow way. His mannerism didn't go unnoticed by Mikan. As she gulped down her food, she took brief glances at him. Something was definitely up. Natsume looked weary, and he didn't possess his usual charisma and poise. She was beginning to feel worried about him.
After breakfast, the two of them went back to her room. They were excused from attending classes for the day, and Narumi-sensei promised them that he'll make up a perfectly good excuse for the class. It was imperative that they should keep the Phantom Lover a secret from the other students. Such a ghost would stir up a commotion in the academy, and it might create loopholes for the Anti-Alice Organization to strike. Mikan didn't mind being excused from class, but she wanted to see her classmates. It has been a while since she spent time with them. Well, at least Natsume was with her all the time, but the lad was acting weird for some reason. Mikan can't figure him out. He wasn't teasing her, tormenting her, or doing any perverted stuffs.
Natsume stood beside the window, his eyes focused on the trees below, as his expression remained stoic. Mikan motioned over to his side and tugged on his sleeve. As he looked at her, Mikan gave off a very cute yet worried expression. "Natsume, are you all right?" she asked. "You don't seem to be acting like your usual self."
He rolled his eyes away from her. "It's nothing."
"It doesn't look like it's nothing to me. Is this about the Shirasaki-kun?"
"Why are you willing to forgive that bastard?!" His voice was angry all of a sudden, his words an accusation.
Mikan took an involuntary step backwards. "I'm sorry… I…" The fact that she felt sorry for the ghost was one reason why she was willing to forgive him. Who could blame Yuki for being broken-hearted and sad? He was a boy with no hopes and dreams. He had seen the light after he met Yuka, and then he was sucked into the darkness again. "But you have to understand that Shirasaki-kun is—"
"Damn it! Don't say sorry to me!" He grabbed her upper arms with fingers that drilled into her skin. "I'm just frustrated… That stupid ghost touched you. He almost raped you. He hurt you! Yet, you want to help him!"
"Natsume…" She was shaken by the fury in his voice and the seriousness of his crimson red eyes. "I know that he did the unthinkable to me…But I don't want to be angry at him. Please understand… Helping him is the best way to resolve this problem." There were times that she would act childish and immature. But when it comes to helping others, she acted very mature and perceptive.
Gritting his teeth, he flung her away from him. "You're unbelievable. I don't know if you're being brave or just plain stupid, but it's reckless for you to help him." His hand clamped once more on her shoulder. "Mikan, he's crazy about you. If he takes you away from me, then I don't know what I'll do."
"You're so silly, Natsume," Mikan said, her voice kind and sincere. "I'm not worried, since you're here for me. You promised that you'll protect me, right? And I believe that you will keep your promise always." She caressed his cheek with one hand and gave him a smile.
"The hell I will." He thrust his hands into her hair and held her face immobile." Dammit, you're so troublesome. From the moment I met you, I knew you were different from the rest. I can't stand it. I don't know why it always has to be you. You're wanted by everyone. Those idiotic boys from your fan club, the Anti-Alice, the higher-ups, and that ghost…" Inside, he was getting emotional, but he still kept up an almost emotionless face on the outside.
Mikan leaned her body against him and breathed deeply on his chest. "Sorry for making you so worried about me, Natsume…" It was clear to her now—the reason why Natsume had been acting so odd earlier. The amount of concern Natsume was showing her made her really happy. Even though it wasn't evident on his face, Mikan knew that Natsume was just worried about her. She knew how special she was to him.
"I don't want to hand you over to anyone," Natsume said as he hugged her tight. "You belong only to me." Call him insanely possessive and he won't care. It was a fact that he was possessive. Heck, he was crazy in love with Mikan.
"Natsume…" she muttered his name softly like the gentle wind. She gazed up at him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "You're the only guy for me and I will never exchange you for anyone."
A smirk for a smile, he tucked some hair behind her ear and brought his lips down to hers. He pulled back after a few seconds and said, "You better stay true to your word, polka-dots." He kissed her on the lips, trailed butterfly kisses down her neck, and touched her chest. Yeah, he was back to being regular, perverted Natsume, and Mikan didn't mind it though.
Just then, Natsume fell on his knees. He grabbed onto Mikan's kimono and started panting hard. He was feeling dizzy and his vision was getting all blurry. As soon as Mikan knelt down to his level, he leaned his head on her chest and clasped one of her hands. "Mikan…" he muttered.
Mikan gasped at the heat of his hand. She immediately touched his temple and found out that he was burning up. "Natsume, you have a fever!" she exclaimed. "I have to call a doctor." She tried to stand up, but Natsume brought her down to the floor.
"Don't call for anyone," he said, climbing on top of her. "I'll be fine, as long as you're here…" His cheeks were flushed red because of his fever, and his eyes were a little weary.
"What are you saying?" Mikan said, a little panicky. "You're sick and you need help. A fever isn't something that should be taken lightly, you know."
He balanced himself on his elbows and lifted his head to meet her beautiful amber orbs. "Just shut up… I don't need any help," he said nonchalantly. "You being here is enough for me."
Mikan blushed madly at what he said and tried to shake it off by shaking her head violently. "Natsume, you idiot! I don't want your fever to get worse!" She clasped onto his kimono tightly and looked up at him. "You're the one who is making me worried now!"
"Am I now?" Natsume was about to kiss her on the lips again when he suddenly felt pain in his heart. He got off of her and backed up against a wall. He held his chest and squirmed in pain. He didn't know what was happening to him. The pain he was feeling—it wasn't caused by his Alice. It was caused by something else.
"Natsume, what's wrong?" Mikan asked, getting more concerned than ever.
At that moment, the pain in his heart disappeared and his eyes became blank and lifeless. He sat there, motionless for a moment, as Mikan looked at him nervously. Once he stood up, he hid his eyes under his raven locks and walked towards Mikan slowly. He moved like an undead zombie, and he appeared to be scary at that point.
Mikan was getting some bad vibes from him. Swallowing hard, she asked him if he was all right, but she didn't receive a reply. When Natsume pinned her hard on the floor, she scolded him for being so rough with her. And then she noticed his lifeless eyes. "Natsume…what's the matter with you?" she asked, and Natsume smirked in return. "Natsume?"
"It took me a while to get used to this body…" Natsume spoke in a somewhat different voice that was awfully familiar to Mikan. "My spirit couldn't leave that dorm, so I needed a body. Now that I have full control, I won't hesitate to use this guy for my benefit."
"Y-you're not Natsume!" Mikan yelled, struggling to push him away. "Let me go!"
"I don't know what you see in this Natsume guy. He's nothing. I can't believe you. First, you fell in love with a teacher, and now this bastard. Why can't you fall in love with me?"
Mikan's eyes grew wide as she realized the person above her. It was none other than Shirasaki Yuki and he was possessing Natsume's body. "Leave Natsume's body!" she said as she activated her Nullifying Alice. Much to her dismay, it didn't work. It seemed like Yuki was using his ghost attribute to posses Natsume and not his Alice. She was in big trouble. She had to think of something fast. Yuki, who was currently Natsume, was getting his hands all over her again.
"I love you so much," he said, and kissed her violently. She was dizzy when she looked at him and he nibbled on her ear, and then much to her dismay he yanked her into his arms and kissed her face. She had the overwhelming urge to blow him away, to steal Natsume's Alice and burn him, but she knew that if she used the Fire Alice, she would end up hurting Natsume. She felt herself falling backward and hit her head hard on the floor as he fell on her, and with one hand tore the top of her kimono, exposing her chest to him. "You're beautiful…"
"You don't have to do this…" she whispered, tears falling out of her amber eyes. He didn't have to rape her on the tatami floor of the Hana Hime mansion. "Please…don't…I beg you…" She was still whispering as he fondled with her.
"You'll give me what I want now…" he said, and then kissed her on the lips again.
"What can you get from doing this?" Mikan said as soon as Yuki released her lips. She looked up at him seriously and bravely, and slapped his face hard. "You can't force me to fall in love with you by doing this! Even though you're going to do it with me now, you won't be satisfied since you're in Natsume's body!"
Yuki grinned maliciously at her. "Clever girl, aren't you? You're just trying to get me out of this body. You know that once I'm out, the barrier of this place will send me away. I won't fall for your trick." She was indeed aiming for that, and she didn't expect Yuki to be able to suspect her trick right away. "And since you're being pretty stubborn, I guess I'll have to use my Alice on you."
"Your Alice will not have an effect on me," Mikan said without falter.
"Oh, yes, I'm aware of your Nullification Alice," he said. He tore a part of her kimono and used the torn clothing to wrap her wrists together above of her head. "Although you never told me that you had Nullification before…You just told me that your have the Stealing-Alice. Well, I guess it's only fair, since I didn't tell you about my third Alice."
Mikan remembered Yuka saying that Yuki had the Technopathy Alice, Teleportation Alice, and the Alice of Darkness. She had no idea what a Darkness Alice was capable of, but she was going to find out soon.
"This is strange, but I swear my Alice is working properly," young Hijiri Youichi said, his voice calm and cold as usual. He was summoned to the middle school dorm at an early hour by Azumi Yuka and Sakurano Shuuichi to do an investigation around the place. Being a student with the Spirit Manipulation Alice, his services were quite needed in order to deal with the ghost, as they told him. He didn't hesitate or refuse to help because his favorite 'Onee-chan' was involved. He would do anything to protect Mikan, so he was determined to drive away the ghost. The problem was he didn't sense the ghost's presence anywhere in the dorm. "The ghost is not here anymore."
"How can that be?" Yuka asked, cupping her chin with her hand. "Do you think it's possible for Zetsubou-kun to leave this dorm? In the past, his spirit only wandered around this place."
Sakurano was using his Intuition Alice as well and like Youichi, he couldn't sense the ghost. "Shirasaki Yuki did commit suicide in this dorm. I don't know how he ended up here or why he chose to come to this dorm instead of the high school dorm. Yuka-san, he did know that you were a high school student before, correct?"
Yuka nodded her head. "We don't exactly know what happened to him before he committed suicide. The old teachers here don't even know him too well since he was always in the hospital." At the time she rejected him, she couldn't feel anything but pain in her heart. Her sensei's death has devastated her. She wasn't even aware that she had hurt Yuki so much. "This is really my fault."
"No, it's not your fault, Yuka-san," Sakurano said, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Shirasaki chose to end his life."
"Excuse me for interrupting," Youichi said, leaning his back against the wall, as he looked at the two adults coolly. "I just want to clarify some things about this ghost. You said that this ghost is overly obsessive with Mikan-onee-chan. This ghost is willing to do anything just to get her. Since the ghost isn't here anymore, I'm sure he's out there somewhere." He ran his hand though his unruly silver hair and sighed deeply. "Where is Onee-chan right now?"
Yuka felt her heart skipped a beat. The ghost was out of the dorm? How did Yuki managed to do get out? His spirit was bounded to the place. "Mikan is in the Hana Hime mansion," she said. "Hii-sama put up a strong barrier around the place, so she's pretty safe there."
Youichi slipped his hand into his pocket as his face darkened. "I wouldn't say that, Okaa-san," he said. Apparently, Youichi had grown to love Azumi Yuka like a mother, which was the reason why he called her Okaa-san. "In order for that ghost to leave this place, he might've possessed someone. Strong spirits can take over a body of a living person and use them at will." He was a spirit manipulator, so it was quite natural for him to be knowledgeable about ghosts.
"If that's the case, then whose body did he possessed?" Yuka asked.
"I don't have the answer to that," Youichi replied, straightening up. "But all I can say is that it's not one of the students at this dorm right now. I don't sense any ghostly aura in them."
Sakurano trusted in the words of the young student very well. Youichi may be a child, but he was smart and always composed. Sakurano knew that the Dangerous Ability Class has honed him into a fine student operative capable enough to handle a dangerous mission. Still, despite the stoic façade, Youichi can be a bit childish when it comes to Mikan and Yuka. Sakurano always noticed his change of behavior whenever he was with the two brunette girls. Going back to the serious matter at hand, he suddenly remembered the time when the ghost attacked Natsume. "Could it be…" he muttered. He looked up to meet the gaze of Yuka and said, "I think I have the answer to your question, Yuka-san…" Before he could say who, a girl appeared right behind him and gave him a big hug. Sakurano was most surprised by this.
"Wow! I can't believe I'm hugging Sakurano Shuiichi-sama! LUCKY!" the girl exclaimed with a big smile on her pretty face. She had long platinum-blue hair tied in a ponytail and heterochromatic eyes. "You're so handsome and all. You're an ideal bishounen just like Narumi-sensei!"
"B-Bishounen?" Yuka raised a brow. "What are you talking about?"
No matter how surprised he was, he managed to compose himself and say, "I believe you're Kawashima Asuka-san of the Technical Class." And Asuka nodded her head like a little girl. "I've heard so much about you. You're a Special Star student and your Alice is Materialization." He always stays updated with the prominent students of the academy.
"Coming from you, I feel so flattered," Asuka said, releasing her hold from him. "Anyway, I came here because Narumi-sensei asked me to…" Her face suddenly became serious as she looked up at Yuka. What she was about to say was indeed nerve-wrecking. As she remembered her encounter with the silver-haired girl, the moment she witnessed her eyes, her Alice and aura, she knew then that she was a force to be reckoned with.
Adrenaline pumping, Narumi-sensei ran along the path towards the Hana Hime mansion. After Asuka informed him about the Anti-Alice members she saw last night and the power of the silver-haired girl, he knew that Mikan was in more danger than before. He had asked Asuka to search for Yuka and Sakurano, and the heterochromatic-eyed girl immediately teleported away with her invention. And right now he was running like he was in a race. He hoped Mikan was still safe in the Hana Hime mansion. He believed in the security of the place, but his conscience was telling him otherwise for some reason. Picking up more speed, he arrived at the mansion in a few minutes. To his horror, he saw bodies lying on the ground. He almost puked. Some were completely drenched in blood; others had arms and legs torn apart, while a several few were only unconscious. It was a horrible sight to see.
He went inside the mansion and found more bodies on the floor. "This…This is too cruel…" he muttered, clenching his fists. "That girl…She's heartless." He heard screams from the next floor and raw sounds of flesh being cut. Immediately he climbed the stairs and in one big room, he saw Yamanouchi Shizune and one guard being blown away by the Alice of the silver-haired girl.
The girl locked her scarlet eyes on the blonde teacher and grinned maliciously at him. Placing one hand on the waist, she licked the blood off her other hand and let out a menacing laugh. "So good of you to come, sensei…" she said. "You got lucky the last time, but now I swear I'll kill you." Her words were serious as her eyes.
Narumi could feel her killer aura just by standing there. "You're purpose is to capture Mikan-chan, am I correct?" he said, feeling a little nervous. "So why do you have to kill so many people here? They did nothing wrong to you."
She crossed her arms and sighed. "I'm sorry for killing them, but they were in my way. They wouldn't let me in, so I had to do something." She brushed her fingers through her silver hair and placed her hand on her cheek. "Besides, killing is something that I'm really good at. I can call it a talent."
"What? A talent?" Narumi gritted his teeth and narrowed his amethyst eyes at her. "How can you call it a talent? You're crazy! Killing is not necessary! It's wrong!"
"I don't need you to lecture me, sensei, so you might as well shut the hell up!" Using her Alice, she lifted Narumi into the air and slammed him against the wall. "Don't you know its fun to kill? I've been doing it since I was little, so you can't blame me for loving it!" She activated her Alice once again and pinned him down on the floor.
He winced in pain and struggled to stand. To no avail, the power over him was too strong. From his previous encounter with her, he already knew that her Alices were Telekinesis, Barrier, and Teleportation. However, it seemed like she possessed another kind of Alice, because she was able to walk into the mansion without suffering the effects of Hii-sama's barrier.
She walked over to him and knelt down. "Everyone in this academy is so boring," she said, looking disappointed yet sadistic. "No one here is strong enough to stand against me. Oh, wait, only one person is capable of defeating me. Do you know who that person is, sensei?" She poked the blonde's chest and then his temple.
Narumi didn't need to think twice about the answer. He knew perfectly well that a strong Alice-user like her can only be defeated by another strong user. "Of course, it's none other than your target," he said in a serious tone, his expression darkening. "It's Mikan-chan…"
She traced imaginary lines on his face down to his neck and leaned down closer to him. "Bingo, you got it," she said. "And I'm glad that it's her and not some arrogant fool out there. Sakura Mikan is a very strong girl, and everything about her is admirable, especially her Alices. She's too special, and that's why I want to take her away from this academy which is full of trash."
"I don't think Mikan-chan would want that," Narumi said, maintaining calmness, as he stared straight into her scarlet eyes. "Mikan-chan loves this academy, and she would never join the Anti-Alice Organization."
The girl grabbed a handful of his hair and pulled them tight. "We'll see about that, sensei," she said. "After Shirasaki-kun is done with her, I doubt that she'll remember her love for this academy…"
Narumi's eyes grew wide. "You mean to say Shirasaki Yuki-kun is with her right now?!" he exclaimed. "How is that possible? His spirit never left the dorm before. And how do you know about him?"
She released his hair and stood up. "That's for me to know and for you to find out," she said with a sinister laugh. Snapping her fingers, she lifted Narumi with her Alice and threw him across the room. She then sensed a group of people approaching the mansion, so she looked out through the window. The moment she laid eyes on a brunette woman, her lips curved into a smirk. "Azumi Yuka… That traitorous woman is finally here." She spun around and walked out of the room in light steps and she twirled a lock of her hair with her finger. She was going to issue the next phase of her plan and that was to prepare a trap for the infamous Azumi Yuka.
Narumi's body hurt like hell, and he considered himself lucky to be alive. The girl didn't finish him off, and he really believed he was a goner. He was able to move again, but he felt a little weak due to the pain. As soon as he sat up, he saw a familiar person lying right beside him. "The Middle School Principal?!" he uttered, and then he quickly checked for her pulse. He sighed in relief when he felt her pulse. "She's still alive… Thanks goodness…" He heard running footsteps from outside the room and he hoped it wasn't the silver-haired girl again. He breathed the sigh of relief when he saw Yuka and Youichi entering the room.
"What happened to you, Naru?" Yuka said, kneeling down to his level. Then she saw the principal and gasped silently. "The principal… Is she all right? I saw a lot of dead bodies outside and—"
"The principal's fine, senpai," Narumi answered, touching her arm to ease her tension. "It's rather unfortunate that the others are dead, and it's all because of one girl." It was almost not possible to believe that a girl as the same age as Mikan could kill others without any remorse. Narumi almost shuddered as he recalled her piercing scarlet eyes and the sound of her sinister laugh.
Yuka held onto his hand and lowered her head a little. "A silver-haired girl with red eyes… She's the one responsible for the massacre." She looked up at Narumi, who gave a puzzled look, and said, "Kawashima Asuka told me everything. That's why I'm here right now. Sakurano-kun and Kawashima-san are helping the survivors downstairs, but I've brought Youichi-kun with me."
"Why did you bring Youichi-kun here?" he asked, shifting his gaze on the 7-year old boy. "It's too dangerous here. The girl will not hesitate to kill anyone. It's better if you escape now, Youichi-kun."
Youichi shrugged. "And why should I listen to you?" he said frostily, folding his arms in front of his chest. "I came here to help Okaa-san and Onee-chan. I'm also here for the stupid ghost that's been bothering Onee-chan."
"The ghost!" Narumi stood up in an instant and then dropped to the floor one knee. It seemed like his ankle was sprained. "Damn it! Yuka-senpai, Shirasaki-kun is with Mikan-chan! I don't know how he got out of the dorm, but you have to hurry and save her."
Yuka calmly forced Narumi to sit and lean against the wall. "The ghost probably possessed Natsume-kun in order to get out of the dorm," she said, digging her nails in her arm, as she looked at Narumi with eyes of concern. "I don't know what will happen after this, but I promise that I'll help Zetsubou-kun…"
"Senpai, let me help you," Narumi said, trying to get off his butt, but Yuka pushed him down. "Yuka-senpai, you need my help. You and Youichi-kun can't handle this by yourself. And it's very dangerous with that AAO member around."
"You're in no condition to help us, so stay here with the principal," Yuka demanded. "I'm sure Sakurano-kun will be here later to help." Patting his shoulders, she shot him an assured smile before she stood up.
"Just be safe, Yuka-senpai," Narumi told her, and Yuka nodded her head. "And do your best. Don't let the organization take your daughter."
Yuka clenched one hand as her expression changed from serene to firm. "I won't let the organization use Mikan like what they did to me," she said, spinning around on her heels. She turned to Youichi, her eyes giving him the message to go, and the lad nodded his head in perceptively. The two of them ran out of the room as fast as they could, determined to save Mikan from the AAO and the ghost.
Darkness has finally consumed her, and Yuki just smirked in delight. It was a difficult task, considering how powerful her Nullification Alice was, but he had a big advantage since he threatened to kill Natsume if she doesn't cooperate. It was disgusting for him to be in the body of Natsume. However, his body was necessary to carry out his plans. The Alice of Darkness, indeed, was a frightening Alice, and its effects on a person were deadly. He saw to it that he only unleashed enough Alice to corrupt her emotions and her mind, and not to kill her. And since she was unconscious, he took the pleasure of savoring her heavenly taste. He wished he could do it in his own body, but it was impossible for him. He just had to make do with Natsume's body.
"What are you doing to her?!" a high-pitched voice exclaimed loud enough to startle Yuki. Without removing his hand on Mikan's chest, he lifted his head and turned to the owner of the voice who was standing by the doorway. Yuki shot the person a death glare before he shifted his eyes back at the brunette below him. "Get away from her this instant!"
Yuki only smirked and said, "Aya-san, don't be a bother. As you can see, I'm quite busy." And he didn't want to be disturbed. He had longed for the moment to touch her and to feel her body against his. The brunette was all he needed to make him complete, and he can't let anything stop him from achieving what he wanted.
Aya gritted her teeth. "I said get away from her!" She used Telekinesis to fling him away from Mikan and pinned him against the wall. "Who gave you the right to violate her, huh? Didn't I make myself clear last time, Shirasaki-kun? I specifically told you not to harm her. She's an important asset to the organization."
"You bitch!" Yuki exclaimed, unleashing a wave of dark aura. He managed to break free from Aya's power and crumbled to the floor. "I wasn't hurting her at all. I was trying to make her mine."
"You can make her yours after we take her away from this academy," Aya said, trying her best to control the urge to send Yuki back to the world of the dead. Personally, as a girl, she herself couldn't bear seeing another girl getting molested by a guy. What Yuki was doing to Mikan was completely wrong, and it irritated Aya more since Yuki was using Natsume's body. "I know you've hurt her before. You've even tried to rape her. But in order to finish this mission, I have to pretend that those things didn't happen or else I might kill you right here." She covered up Mikan's exposed chest with the kimono and positioned the brunette's head on her lap.
"Aya-san, you're no fun at all," Yuki grumbled, ruffling Natsume's raven hair.
With the use of her Alice, Aya gripped Yuki's neck and lifted him up in the air. "Shirasaki-kun, you do remember who summoned you back from the spirit world?" she muttered in a lethal voice, and Yuki nodded his head in dismay. "You owe me big time, Shirasaki-kun, so I don't want to hear any nonsense from you. I hope you understood that."
He hated to admit it but his Alice of Darkness was useless against her. The girl was much more powerful than him. And because he was only a spirit, his Alice had certain limitations. His Darkness Alice used to be so powerful when he was still alive. However, it was also the reason why his body suffered in the past. "I got it, Aya-san…" he said. "Just put me down…"
Aya released her grip on him, and Yuki landed on the floor as he gasped for air. "I've already contacted Ani-sama and the organization. I bet they're on their way to get us." She smiled at the thought of her favorite Ani-sama, who happened to be Mouri Reo. "By the way, are you really going to bring Hyuuga Natsume's body with you?"
"You've got to be kidding me," Yuki said, folding his arms. "I'll kill this guy before we leave. I'm sure you have something to transport a spirit such as myself."
Chuckling, she flipped her silver hair and smirked at Yuki. "But of course…" she said. "Did you think I would leave you here? Even though you're not really alive, I still consider you as an accomplice."
"Why, thank you for saying that," Yuki said sarcastically. "Anyway… Aren't we supposed to escape from this place now? People might come here and try to save her, you know."
"Hmph… Who do you think you're talking to, Shirasaki-kun?" Aya said, stroking Mikan's silky hair gently. "No one will come and save her. I've set traps all over the place before I came here. As of now, I'm sure they're walking around in a deadly maze." She let out a sinister laugh. Her Alice made all the traps possible. She possessed one of the strongest Alices ever.
To be continued…
JC: Natsume got possessed, Mikan was infected by the Darkness Alice, Narumi got hurt, and many people were killed by Aya. A lot of terrible things happened here. With Aya's Alice, it's almost impossible for Yuka and Youichi to reach Mikan in time. Yuki still doesn't know that Mikan is Yuka's daughter. He thinks that Mikan is Yuka. Who will save Mikan and Natsume? I'll reveal more information about Yuki in the next chapter—the time before he committed suicide. There's also the case with Ruka. I'm saving more ideas for the future chapters. Please review. No flaming.