hey guys...this is a small chapter and i only got write this coz i begged like hell and only got an hour to type this...talk about pressure...but you guys have to wait till sunday till i can upload chappy four so be patient okok??? well...i hope you guys liked the second chappy...that was emotionally painful for me to write...i heard some of you cried when you read it...well thank you for being so suppotive and kind...hope you keep sending me reviews...bb 4 now...

Chapter 3: Moving On

Mikan's P.O.V.

I gazed at the clouds that drifted by slowly. In the sky, I saw the same event playing again and again. I turned to the suitcase that sat on my bed. On the desk was the blue papers that announced the distinguished offer that had given me and I had replied to on red paper.

Dear Ms. Mikan Sakura,

Due to the fact that your Alice has caught our attention and your recent grades have shown immaculate talent, we here at the Parisian branch of the Alice Academy would like to offer you a place here in our prestigious school. Here, we do not base our accommodations on star rank or grades. We are here to teach young and bright students how to effectively control Alice and to live life as not only Alice but as one with other potentials.

Please carefully consider this meagre offer and we hope you may be joining us for our spring semester. We ask that you answer this letter in the time span of a month.

Yours Truly,

Albher Roaken,

Middle School Division Principal

The answer was on the tip of my tongue. Although it meant leaving Hotaru, to escae Natsume and the seemingly never-ending game of tag, I'd go. All the way to the end if it meant forgetting him and all my pain.

I never want to see him again.

I gathered my suitcase and sling bag along with the letter in hand, the passports and forms tucked with it in a brown envelope. I zipped my bag and suitcase, drawing the windows against the window where the sun shone through.

I closed the door of my room that I had called home for three years. I was thirteen and already heartbroken. The door creaked shut and I locked the door. Just like my heart.

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Flashback

Two weeks ago…

Pain shot through me. I was in a world of darkness. Then, I saw a lean figure. I reached out for help, but all it did was sneer and disappear. I didn't understand. Then, I saw light. My world became the world of the Alices I discovered three years ago. I saw the concerned faces of Iinchou and Ho-chan and Ruka. Faces I grew to love like family. But I didn't see his face. I felt a pang in my heart. I turned back to the remedy called sleep as a single tear streaked down my face.

He doesn't love me…

Why would he?

I thought he cared…

You thought wrong…

Why?

You're so foolish…

The voice played with my emotions as I was thrust about my broken world over and over again like a broken doll with crushed limbs. I was broken and shattered.

And although it was his fault, I blamed myself…

End of Flashback

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Natsume's P.O.V.

Run faster idiot.

The sceneries of the Academy went in a blur for me. Nothing was more important at this time. The idiot had been avoiding classes or specifically me under the pretences of illness. I didn't believe it. She, according to Ruka who was talking to me at last, had wrapped herself in her own little world, allowing no admission.

Flashback

Imai, Iinchou and Ruka were suspiciously absent. "Class," Naru began, "I am sorry to say that Mikan Sakura will be leaving us today." The teacher's voice was steady but to Natsume's trained ears, you could hear the sadness and grief that was laced in between. My eyes widened in despair.

"Where is she going to?" Anna piped up.

"France," he answered. "She has been offered a scholarship there at the Parisian Alice branch. She'll be back in five years or so."

"When is she leaving?" pressed on Nonoko.

This time, he hesitated, his lilac gazed, full of hope, landing in mine. "Now," he said. Then, I vanished like the wind.

End of Flashback

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Mikan's P.O.V.

The cherry blossoms swayed lightly in the late spring breeze. Soon they would all be gone like I would be. But they would return. My comeback was still uncertain. As I walked towards the main gate where my friends were reported to be waiting, I felt my heart slowly break. I could not and would not forget him no matter how much I tried. But I wanted to. So badly. That's when I heard it.

His voice.

I turned and saw him running towards me. Probably here to call me names one last time.

"Mikan!" he cried. "Mikan!"

I stopped and whispered. "Shut up…." I felt the effects of my copied Wind Alice activating.

"Mikan!" he cried louder.

"Shut up…" I whispered again, tears coming. A light breeze picked up.

"Mikan!" he said before stopping a few feet short of me.

"Shut up!" I screamed, the breeze turning into a gale, slowly rising to a tempest. "Never call me that ever again!" I didn't realize it but tears were streaking down my face. The incoherent words whipped in my mind while the mind-blowing tempest resided until it was nothing.

He strode forward and cupped my cheek with his hand, caressing it and wiping my tears away. Two weeks ago, I would have felt all floaty and tingly inside if he did this. But now, all I felt was…

…ice.

I slapped his hand away and glared. "Don't touch me, bastard." I spat 'bastard out like it was some kind of venom that tasted awful. I turned and began to walk away. I held him down with my Weight Alice. It showed how much I've changed at only the age of thirteen. He wouldn't be able to move until I released him. I had let those mere fourteen days turn me into something that I detested but nevertheless become.

I was a clone of Natsume Hyuuga, unable to truly smile but only able to place a façade on. Cold as Antartica.

"Mikan!" I heard him call. "Wait!"

That made me freeze, stiffen and turn, a taunting and utterly cold smile plastered on my face. "No," I said simply. I walked on a few paces forward and stopped in front of him. "You know, that was my first mistake and I will never make that same mistake ever again, Hyuuga." I watched as the name cut into him. "And I'll never make another one by loving you anymore."

Natsume's eyes widened. "Y-y-you love me?"

"So much, Hyuuga, but I can't wait any longer. It just hurts too much."

I walked away.

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I hugged Hotaru, Ruka and Iinchou, my best friends for eternity. I didn't smile once. They looked at me worriedly but I smiled wanly for them. I assured them I was fine. But even I wasn't assured. I let Mr. Misaki usher me into the black limmo that would escort me to the airport.

The plane was huge. I had given the three dearest friends I had a last reminder of me. My smile. That was it. But even that smile was just a useless attempt to calm their worries. I hated myself for that. I would miss them so much.

Will I miss Natsume?

"No," I said to myself.

The boy next to me turned. "You're lying."

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A young boy, red irises shaking in water, watched as a huge airliner flew off in the sky. So many memories he had were vanquished just like that. He had let the control he had over his destiny to slip and now he was alone in the wide and hurtful world.

Mikan…

…aishiteru…

A/N: ok...that was ... sad... wahh...i actually feel sorry for Natsume...

not! this time, i think he deserved it...dont you? tell me what you think in ur reviews so tq!! uh oh...daddy's home...got to split now...bb!!

Soon to come(spoiler): Chapter 4: Right Around the Corner

i have a little time so i decided to put a little paragraph of chappy 4:

The sky never looked duler. Grey hung all around the Academy. Five years have gone by since the day Mikan left Japan. I sat under a certain cherry blossom tree, still trying to forget the girl I fell in love with but was so proud until I broke her heart.

I hated myself more after that. Once, I even tried taking my own life, trying to see if the world was better off without me. But Ruka stopped me. "Mikan wouldn't want to see you like this," he had said to me as he bandaged my slit wrist.

"Yes, she would," I replied sadly. "She hates me."

"Yes, I think she does"...

To find out more...read the next chappyy...muax!! nite!!Sleep! Sleep!