Hey everyone! I'm back with the next chapter! Just so you all know, Aoi is NOT Natsume's sister in this story! She's just going to be….well, you'll find out sooner or later! It's a surprise you know! Hahaha! :D I hope this makes everything clear for everyone because I've been getting some people asking me if Aoi is Natsume's sister. SO, once again, the answer to that question is NO. Well, I'm not going to dilly dally and waste all of your precious time….so here is the next chappie! ;D
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My Supernatural Life
~Chapter 25~
~Mikan's POV~
"Mmmmm" I mumbled as I woke up.
I felt the sun's rays warm my skin as they penetrated through the window. Obviously it was going to be another beautiful day here at Hokkaido Inn. But the bad thing was….tomorrow, Natsume's going to be a ghost again. I groaned as I remembered the most important thing that would happen during this trip. Other than Natsume becoming my boyfriend, that was the most important thing that would happen.
My eyes fluttered open and they settled upon crimson orbs right in front of them. I have to admit I was fairly surprised, but I was a little more used to this. Natsume always seemed to wake up before me and he would always be right there when I woke up, looking at me with those tantalizing orbs filled with love.
"Good morning" I mumbled as I rubbed my eyes with my hand.
"Morning" Natsume replied. He brushed the hair out of my face so I'd be able to see clearly.
"So….what's on today's agenda?" I asked as I sat up in bed, looking around the room.
"Well, everyone is eating breakfast right now" Natsume started. "And later tonight we will be going to the Hokkaido Inn's exclusive teens only club."
"Ooooh! That sounds fun!" I said, completely awake now. I looked to Natsume who was watching me with amusement.
"What do you think it will be like, Natsume? Do you think it'll be fun?"
"We'll find out when we go there."
"Haha! Okay!"
I kissed Natsume on the cheek and hopped out of the bed. I was just wearing a tank top and some underwear again. It's not like I cared. Natsume wasn't too much of a pervert to not trust him when I wore this kind of stuff. Natsume followed my lead as he stepped out of bed. We started to fix it and we were almost done when Anna came in.
"It's time for breakfast you two!" Anna informed us. She smiled at us and walked back to the living room of the suite.
"Well, let's get dressed" Natsume said as we finished fixing the bed.
"Alright!" I replied. I quickly grabbed a long sleeved orange shirt that had the word 'Aeropostale' across the chest and a black skirt along with my toiletries and went into the bathroom first.
I brushed my teeth and fixed my hair, deciding to leave it down. I then slipped the clothes I had chosen over the clothes I slept in last night and I headed out of the bathroom. I walked over to my side of the bed and put my toiletries away. I slipped on some knee length black socks and put on my converse. Surprisingly, it all looked really good together!
"Done!" I told Natsume as he watched me do the last finishing touches on my look. "It's your turn now!"
Natsume nodded to me and headed to the bathroom. "Go to the living room. I'll meet you there" Natsume told me.
"Okay" I replied. I followed his directions and headed to the living room where all of my friends were.
"Good morning everyone!" I greeted as I entered the room.
"Oh, Mikan, so there's no 'bonding' for you and Natsume today?" I heard Sumire ask me.
"Huh? What do you mean?" I asked her, utterly confused.
"Well," Sumire started. "Usually you both would be spending a little more time in the room alone and you would start ma-"
"Shut up" I heard a deep voice cut Sumire off.
Strong arms wrapped around my waist and I instantly knew it was Natsume. The way Natsume talked to Sumire made him sound as if he were annoyed. I looked at Natsume and I saw that he was annoyed. Why?
"Ne, Natsume, what do they mean?" I asked him. I had no idea what was going on here. If this were a normal day, I'd be able to tell what my friends were talking about in a flash. But obviously, this was NOT a normal day.
"You don't get it? Wow your slow" Natsume commented.
"It's not my fault" I mumbled as I crossed my arms and pouted. "Hey, what's for breakfast?" I asked, changing the subject.
"Oh yeah," Anna remembered. She stumbled into the small kitchen and soon she came out with two parfaits. "Here you go! They're breakfast parfaits!"
"Thanks Anna" I thanked her as I grabbed a spoon.
Natsume did the same and we went to sit down on a free spot on the couch. While eating, we talked about random stuff like how the campfire was and how funny it was to see all of the visitors in Hokkaido Inn in total shock as Koko's dare took place. When Natsume and I were done with our breakfast, I went into the kitchen to wash the dishes. And when I came out, I noticed my one and only little brother, sitting in the corner of the room, looking out of the window smiling to himself.
"SO" I said 'casually' getting a great idea. "How was your date with Aoi, Youichi?"
I watched as Yo turn crimson red as he kept his gaze off of me. I smirked. "Oh, so it went good eh?" I said, reading him like an open book. "Oh, and you have another date tonight?"
Youichi's head snapped up to meet my gaze. "How the hell did you know all of that? Were you spying on me?" Youichi asked me, well, accused me.
"Of course not!" I replied, laughing at his assumption. "I was with the gang the whole time!"
"Then how'd you know?" Youichi asked me once more, speaking slower as the suspicion in his voice became more and more evident.
"Well, you could say that I can read my brother like a book" I replied, snickering at the look of disbelief on his face.
"Wow Mikan, you must be a really great sister" Anna and Nonoko chimed together.
"Why thank you girls!" I said. "It's just all part of the job!"
"So there's going to be a huge club for teens opening tonight" Youichi tried to change the subject. And guess what? It worked!
"PARTY!" Tsubasa, Koko and Kitsu exclaimed, jumping off of their seats and punching their fists in the air. They started to laugh and high five each other like total maniacs. It was the funniest thing to watch!
"C-calm down guys!" Yuu said, sweat dropping at their weirdness.
The guys paid no attention to Yuu while they kept on being total weirdoes going psycho over the idea of a young teen club.
"You know," Misaki stated when she noticed that Yuu was still trying to calm them down after three minutes, "That'll never work. You just have to wait until their craze goes down a bit."
Yuu sighed and since he was a little bored, he joined the mini party. I watched them quite amused at the show they were putting on. It was pretty hard to just sit there and watch them have so much fun, that the rest of us calm people decided to party along with them.
The 'mini party' lasted until six. And that was the time that the teen club would be opening. Anna, Nonoko, Sumire, Misaki, Hotaru and I went into the bedroom while the guys waited outside so that we could change into some better dancing clothes. Once we were in there, we started giggling, trying to find out what was best to wear to the club. (A/N: I've never been to a club in my life so don't hate me for this part of the chapter!)
The girls went to Hotaru's duffel bag and started to pull out some really nice looking clothes. "Mikan" Hotaru called out to me. She tossed me some bundled up clothes with something oddly shaped as heels in the center of it. "Go change into that. If you don't…..you know what I'll do" Hotaru said, showing me some pictures of me and Natsume that day when her and the others crowded around the bed and took pictures of me and Natsume together. (A/N: you remember that day right?)
"H-hey! I thought you weren't allowed to blackmail anyone for a day!" I remembered the dare from a couple of days ago.
"Koko didn't tell me a specific date did he?" Hotaru asked.
"Good answer" I mumbled begrudgingly.
I went to the bathroom and locked the door. I took a look at what Hotaru gave me as I slipped the outfit on. It was a black off the shoulder top that ended the sleeves at the elbows that went with a red one inch strapped tank top that you would wear underneath. The shirt hugged me, accenting my curves and the tank top's strap was fully visible due to the black shirt being off the shoulder. I had black skinny jeans on and had three inch black strappy heels on. The outfit was hot, yet comfortable. Well, what would you expect from Hotaru. I pulled two bunches of hair from either side of my head and joined them at the back with a red ribbon that matched my tank top.
I stepped out of the bathroom, surprised to see the rest of the girls dressed. Sumire was wearing a sea foam green t-shirt with white skinny jeans and green sea foam strappy heels. Anna wore a bubble gum pink tank top under a blue denim jacket which length's ended at mid back. She had a blue denim skirt on and bubble gum pink flats on too. Nonoko wore something similar but everything that was bubblegum pink on Anna was baby blue on Nonoko. Misaki wore an off the sleeved hot pink long sleeved shirt with black skinny jeans and black strappy heels. Hotaru wore a violet v-neck t-shirt with a black skirt and black strappy heels.
I observed the girls after I finished looking at their outfits. They were looking me up and down, most likely trying to see if there was anything they'd need to add to me so I could look better. All of a sudden, all of their heads snapped up and they all looked me in the eyes.
"Make up" they all said simultaneously.
All of them surrounded me as if I were their next victim of a crime. All at once, they started to work on my make up, scaring me half to death. What the hell? It took a few minutes for all of them to get away from me, finished with their so called mission.
"Wow! Mikan your….your" Anna and Nonoko stuttered.
"Hot!" Misaki and Sumire finished for them.
"More like sexy" I could faintly hear Hotaru mumble.
I blushed at their comments and decided to look in the mirror and see for myself. I was surprised to see a very beautiful yet casual girl staring right back at me with the same surprised eyes. I was wearing a natural looking brown eye shadow along with some blush and red lip stick. Wow, these girls really did a good job! After thanking them, we all headed out of the room and saw the guys had dressed up too while we were in the bedroom.
I paid no attention to the other guys as I stared at Natsume. He wore a black t-shirt and dark blue denim jeans. On his feet were the regular converse he would wear and his hair was messy as always. I guess he didn't need to change that much….Okay he didn't change at all. It's just, somehow, he looks way better than he did earlier today. I wonder why that is.
"I guess we're all ready" Yuu said, looking at Anna's outfit while slightly blushing. Awww! How cute is that?
"Yup" Koko replied. "Let's go!"
The group went out of the room and headed out the door. I noticed that Natsume wasn't moving, so I stayed behind with him until we were the only ones left inside of the suite. As the door swung closed, I looked to Natsume with somewhat of a worried look.
"Natsume? What's wrong?"
~Natsume's POV~
Ever since Mikan and the other girls had come out of the bedroom, I couldn't help but think that Mikan look hot in what she wore. The way her shirt hugged her curves was intoxicating. I must have looked like a total weirdo but it seemed like no one noticed. I just kept on staring at Mikan for who knows how long and the next thing I knew, everyone in the room except for Mikan and I had left; most likely to the club. Well, everyone but Youichi. He's got a date.
"Natsume?" She called out to me with her angelic voice. "What's wrong?"
She looked at me with confused and worried eyes. I shook my head, clearing all thoughts from my brain and pulled her into a warm embrace.
"Nothing" I told her, nestling my head into the crook of her neck.
"Then….what…." Mikan started but was unable to finish. My best guess was that she decided that asking me questions would get her no where; which was partially true.
Mikan hugged me back hesitantly as if wondering what was up with me. I could feel the confused expression on her face and I chuckled lightly at the thought of it.
"It's nothing, let's just go" I told her. I let her go and held her hand, leading her out of the suite door.
It didn't take long for us to get to the club and once we were in, we immediately started to look for our friends. We found them in the corner of the club, just chatting with each other, talking about some random things that randomly came to mind.
"So where have you two been?" I heard Sumire ask, smirking as she said this.
"Talking" I replied nonchalantly. She frowned at my blunt response but I could care less. I pulled out a chair and sat down, pulling Mikan onto my lap.
As the others started to resume their conversations, I looked around the club. It was a large and open spaced room. I had no idea what color the walls were but I'm pretty sure they are black. The lights were off and there were a whole bunch of different colored flashing lights everywhere, shooting into the crowd of dancing teens.
Suddenly, Koko got up and out his chair, pulling Sumire with him.
"LET'S DANCE!" Koko exclaimed as he dragged Sumire off to the dance floor.
Mikan laughed her angelic bell like laugh and got up off of my lap. She took my hands in hers and helped me to stand up. When I was up, she led me to dance floor. An upbeat song was being played and it was hard NOT to dance. While we danced, I stared at Mikan the whole time. She didn't really notice until half of the song was up. And it was then that I noticed I hadn't really been dancing at all.
"Hey, you gotta loosen up" Mikan giggled, entwining her hands with mine as she 'helped' me dance.
I grinned and danced along with her, watching her as she moved. It was amazing how she was able to dance to the song and have it look so natural. The way her hips moved from side to side and how she was able to dance in sync with me was incredible. We danced until 11:45, since that was about the time that I would be turning back into a ghost. When it was 11:45, I dragged Mikan off the dance floor and out of the club.
"Where are we going?" Mikan asked behind me. I looked back at her to see that she was looking at me with a confused look.
I flashed her a small smile and continued to lead her, not bothering to answer her question. A few minutes later, we were at the suite in front of the wall made of windows, looking at the moon and forest. I looked at Mikan and watched as she stared out the window.
"Mikan" I called out to her. I watched as she turned to me at the sound of her name. "I'm gonna turn back into a ghost at about one a.m." I informed her.
Her eyes grew sad and weary. I could tell that she didn't like the idea of me turning back into a ghost. "I know" she whispered.
She looked like she was in so much pain that it was unbearable to watch. So, I slipped my hands around her waist and pulled her close to me, sealing her lips with mine. What I meant to do was give her a quick kiss, but it ended up far from that. The kiss lasted about a minute and when we parted, Mikan looked at me with loving eyes filled with a lot of happiness. But there was a small trace of sadness evident in her eyes.
"Let's make a promise" I told her, staring into her eyes seriously.
"What type of promise?"
"I promise…..that when I reach the afterlife, I'll get reincarnated and we'll be together again." As I said this, I looked her square in the eyes, telling her nothing but what I planned to do.
I couldn't just leave her. I really did want to be with her for the rest of her life. Just, not in this form I wanted to be alive again. I wanted to live longer than just a week at a time. This renewed my determination to come back to her, to find her once I reach the afterlife and live once more. I just hope that it is possible to do that.
Mikan nodded and sent me a dazzling smile. She gave me a quick peck on the lips and stood back, noticing that I started to glow a bit. It took a few minutes for the light that enveloped me to die down. And once it did, I took notice that I was once again a ghost. No one except for Mikan and the others could see me now. I walked up to Mikan once more and hugged her. She closed her eyes, hugging me back.
"Do you really mean it?" Mikan asked me, her voice soft.
"Yeah" I replied while nestling my head into the crook of her neck.
"Then I'll hold onto that promise" She told me, resting her cheek on the top of my head.
"And I'll keep it."
The two of us stayed like that for a little bit until we heard the door open. I looked to the door, expecting Hotaru, Ruka, Koko, Kitsu, Sumire, Anna, Nonoko, Yuu, Misaki, and Tsubasa. But what I saw surprised me. It was actually Youichi and his date Aoi standing in the doorway. Aoi seemed to be looking at me and Mikan surprised while Youichi was staring at Aoi. He was probably wondering what she saw.
The room was silent for a few minutes. Nobody dared to make the first move, obviously startled on what was happening. I had no idea if Aoi saw me or not, but I didn't dare speak up or move to find out. Aoi rubbed her eyes to see if the scene in front of her was real. That much I could tell. If she saw me or not was unnoticeable to me.
"W-what's going on?" Aoi started. "W-why is there…..a…a GHOST hugging her?"
Oh, so she CAN see me. Well that sure makes sense. Why else would she be looking in my direction if she couldn't see me?
"Y-you could see him?" Mikan asked, unwrapping her arms from around me and taking a step towards Aoi.
"How can I not? He's right there!" was Aoi's oh so intelligent answer.
"So you're a medium?" Youichi asked, walking to the side of his sister.
"Wait, what's a medium?" Aoi asked, a confused look plastered on her face.
"It's somebody who can see ghosts" I told her, going to Mikan's other side. I slipped my arm around Mikan's waist, making her blush.
"So, what's your story of meeting….him?" Aoi asked, her tension decreasing by just a bit.
"Well," Mikan started, "His name is Natsume Hyuuga and Youichi and I met him at our house back in Tokyo. He had been staying there for as long as he can remember and now my friends, Youichi, and I are going to help him reach the afterlife. We already have all of the preparations set and we know when we are going to recite the ceremony and everything so all we have to do is wait for the right time."
Aoi stood there for a minute, digesting what Mikan had just told her. All of a sudden, Aoi straightened up and she gave us a determined expression.
"I want to help"
~Chapter 25 End~
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