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"My father?!" Mikan said as she pointed rather rudely at the man.

The guy, which I would like to call Shirou, chuckled. Then he said,

"Mikan, I came for you and your mother. I wanted our family to be complete for so long."

"b-bu-but!"

"but what?"

"You, you joined AAO! Why?" Mikan shouted. She was angry about her father joining AAO but somehow happy to see him. Shirou just smiled,

"Mikan, I joined AAO so we could gather information. When I get those information, I quickly tell Yuka so that the academy will know it. Now do you get why I joined the damn AAO?"

"but why do you appear before me now?"

"I wanted to see you my dear."

"Stop that nonsense! You could have appeared before my eyes when I needed you most! When I needed my father most! Why now in this moment? Why only now!?" Mikan cried.

Shirou was at loss for words. He could not find the right words to say to her daughter. He just couldn't say that he was experimented on at AAO. I mean, it could make things even more worse. Even Yuka doesn't know about it.

"Mikan, you must understand. It is difficult for your father to do that. He was at the enemy's side! If he sees you, he might be found out and punished." Yuka said, defending Shirou.

"Alright. I understand. I...I read your mind dad. It must be difficult for you too." Mikan suddenly said.

Shirou's eyes widened in surprise, "I should have been careful. Don't tell your mother."

"Tell me what?" Yuka demanded, her hands at her waist.

Shirou and Mikan glanced at each other and laughed. Suddenly, a beam of light passed through Shirou's chest. He shouted in pain and started to cough up blood.

"Shirou!" Yuka shouted. She and Mikan went towards him.

Mikan shouted, "Dad! Are you okay? Are you hurt? Where? Tell me!"

Shirou just smiled, "It's starting. The war really is starting. Mikan, I love you. I am sorry for missing through all those years. I wanted to be a good father. Please take care of yourself. Reo, he was responsible for this. Find him and destroy him for me."

Mikan started to cry, she said, "Alright. I will father. I will. Just stay alive. Please!"

With those last words, Shirou just looked intently at his daughter and collapsed. Yuka held him and cried. Mikan just nodded and left the site. After making sure Mikan had left, Yuka shook Shirou alive.

"Oi Shirou. She is gone now. You can wake up." she said.

Shirou sat up, placed a hand at the back of his head and smiled,

"I was good at acting right? You too. I couldn't believe you can cry like that. Maybe after this battle, we can start as actors!"

"Yeah. Let's do that"

The two of them laughed. But then, they stopped and faced each other. Yuka sighed,

"Well, I just hope Mikan's illness can handle all of these. I mean, if she's fighting Reo and the disease of her kicks on. Besides, if she overuses her alice, who know what will happen?"

"Yeah, you are right. Let's just hope she comes back to us safely."

"Shirou, I am scared. From the start, Mikan is the person that they are after. She is their target."

"Correct. The war began because of the people wanting her powers."

"You know, we could have just lived together far from here. That way, we can protect her from harm and all of these."

"Even so, don't you think its alright now? She met her true love, her best friends, and she became a strong girl. She is definitely fine."

"Yes. Let's just hope she'll stay safe."

Meanwhile, Mikan is everywhere. Fighting AAO people, healing alice students, coming to the aid of someone. She wasn't even able to rest. Then she saw him. Reo, the root of all problems.

"Reo! You are the root of everything! I hate you so much!" Mikan shouted as she charged at him.

Reo predicted this and used his alice,

"You will be under my command. Now stop."

Mikan stopped and can't seem to move her body.

'Shoot. I wasn't able to nullify his alice. Now what am I supposed to do.?' she thought.

Reo laughed out loud, "Now ALICE academy falls into my hands. Tell everyone to come here."

Mikan fought hard not to do it but in the end, she used her voice-amplifying alice and shouted for everyone to hear,

"All of you! Gather towards me. Reo says so."

Everyone was taken aback with what she just said. I mean, why would she shout Reo's name? Slowly, the students came towards the two of them. Natsume and company being the nearest.

Natsume smirked, "Oi polka. Why? Why are you beside him?"

Suddenly, Reo grabbed Mikan's upper uniform and kissed her on the lips. Natsume became shocked and so did everyone else. Tears fell from Mikan's eyes. Reo chuckled afterwards. Then he said,

"You see black cat, your beloved is now mine. Do you get it? I could do whatever I want with her."

"Mikan is being controlled by Reo, Natsume. She says that she does not intend for that to happen but it just did." a voice said.

Now, its Reo's turn to be shocked, "Who are you? Show yourself."

And now, I am glad to say that it was Kokoroyomi. Apparently, he has the alice of mind-reading. And he just read Mikan's mind. He stepped forward and with a loud voice, he said,

"Mikan says that you should all just beat up Reo. He is the root of all the problems. If he is gone, then all will be safe. As for Reo, he was thinking, who the hell is this brat and why can he read my mind? how the hell can he read my mind? why does he read my mind and stop reading my mind!"

Reo's attention shifted to Kokoroyomi and he forgot he was still controlling Mikan. That's why she became free of his control.

"Good job Koko!" she said as she gave him a thumbs up.

Koko smiled at her, "No problem. Isn't that what friends are for?"

"Yeah."

Natsume started to heat up, "Now what do you guys say beating this pulp to pieces?" 'Especially after what he did to Mikan'

The crowd cheered, Mikan smiled and shouted,

"Its time for payback. I am gonna amplify your alices guys! Get ready for some kicking."

Reo's eyes widened, "Stop! Wait, if you are gonna beat me, not the face! No! NO! Please!"

"Shut up." Tsubasa said.

Everyone took a step forwards with evil glints on their eyes. But before they could beat up Reo, Hotaru appeared in the picture and stopped them.

Hayato asked, "Why Imai?"

CLICK!

"It's business. Let me at first take some pictures of him to sell for future use."

After some more clicks and flashes, Hotaru stopped, rode her duck invention and flew away.

Everone sweat-dropped. Then Mikan amplified their alice and Reo was wiped out from this world. Nah. Kidding. His once good-looking face is now disgusting to look at. And Hotaru says,

"Good thing I was able to take pictures of him before he became uglier. I am smelling more money now."

Ruka sweat-dropped, "Hotaruuuu-"

After Reo was beaten up, almost the rest of the AAO fighting lost their spirit and surrendered. Well, now, all is well. But do you think happy endings do not have flaws?

Everyone cheered when they learnt of what happened. As Mikan went towards them, Natsume can't help but smile. He smiled at her and mouthed an...

'I love you'

Aren't those the sweetest words a guy can say to his loved one? To the most important person in his life?

Mikan smiled at him, the brightest one she could give and mouthed the same at him too. As she neared him, she felt sudden dizziness and fainted in Natsume's arms.

78 hours later. . .

"Has she woken up?" Ruka asked the doctors.

One of them replied, "No. Not yet. But we are sorry to say that we could not say whether or not she will wake up."

"What do you mean?" Natsume demanded.

"Have you heard of her heart disease? I guess its time."

Natsume lowered his head, "Can we see her?"

Natsume, Hotaru, Hayato, Kaede, Ruka and Mikan's parents went in her room which was all white. It was very cold inside but its warm too in some way. At the center of the room is Mikan, dressed in all white, with the dextrose attached to her and some more things. Natsume went towards her,

"Oi baka. Wake up. You know I am not a patient person."

"Sheesh Natsume. As if she'll wake up like that." Hayato said.

Natsume glared at him, "Why, do you think she won't wake up anymore?"

"Baka! Of course she will wake up. What I'm saying is you need to wait for her."

"Whatever. I want her to wake up now so she should."

"Natsume-kun. Stop it, we all need to fire a baka gun at her and she'll wake up." Hotaru said.

Kaede and Ruka sweat-dropped, "Stop it everyone."

Shirou and Yuka were just staring at the 5 of them, apparently waiting for what will happen. Then they stared at their daughter.

Mikan's dream??

-Oi, baka baka wake up. baka baka wake up.-

Mikan threw the alarm clock and it hit the wall. She covered herself with a blanket and slept again. When she woke up, she noticed it was already lunch time and she had missed some of her classes. She immediately prepared for class.

"Huh? Its strange. Something is missing." she said to herself.

She shrugged the thought off and ran out of the room towards the classroom. As she entered, she saw Jinno looking ugly as usual. He did not look at her and continued teaching. Mikan sat at her seat and whispered a 'hi' at Natsume. However, he did not acknowledge her. When its time for break, Mikan ran towards Hotaru and hugged her. But then, she went pass through her. Like a ghost. The same thing happened with everyone else.

"What is happening to me?" she asked.

She was walking at the corridors, all the students passing through her. She ran and started to cry. She ended up at the Sakura Tree and saw Natsume reading his manga. Mikan sat beside him and told him what was happening to her,

"You know Natsume, all the students passed by me. Like I didn't exist. Natsume, I am scared. I don't know what I should do."

Natsume kept quiet and kept on reading. Mikan looked at him, more tears flowing from her eyes. She assumed he could not hear her nor see her too. She stood up and said,

"I guess its pointless. Bye bye Natsume. Bye bye...and I love you. . ."

End of dream.

Natsume looked at Mikan and stared at the machine indicating the person's heart beat. The rest did the same. There was silence and after a few seconds, a sound was heard throughout the room.

"tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Hotaru's eyes widened and from her eyes, tears came out. Kaede cried too. Ruka and Hayato bowed their heads. Yuka and Shirou just stood there hugging and silently crying. Natsume just kept on looking at the machine. A flat line. With a very irritating sound coming out of it.

'A flat line? No way!' Natsume thought.

At first he couldn't believe it but seeing the people around him, he did. She's gone. The doctors came pouring in the room, trying to save her life. The only sound they could hear was the sound of a flat line. Echoing throughout the room. Through their ears. Paining their heart. Then, they were ushered out of the room by the nurses. Once they were out, the room was shut and tears just kept flowing from their eyes.

Now. . .

Yes. I would like to say all is well in the academy.

Peace was back.

No more AAO. No more people going to missions.

And no more cheerful girl whose smile warms up everyone's heart.

Others say sacrifices are needed to attain peace but is this sacrifice worth it? Isn't it okay if there are no sacrifices?

Now, I would like to close this chapter with me asking,

Is it the proper ending? Or just the start of a new beginning?

To be continued

To all the readers! I am so sorry for the late..wait not late...super super late update!! I know you might have already lost trust on me. I can explain why its late but its too long.(hehe) I hope this chapter made it up to you. The next chapter will be the ending. Mou.. I hate endings. Know why? I just hate it. Its hard you know, I have grown to like writing this story and ending it means like ending something important in my life. Anyway...please don't hate me for what happened here. hehe.

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