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Disclaimer: It never belongs to me but to… Higuchi Tachibana
Summary: Mikan is strange lately. Her smile has faded a little but it bright its entire colour now. She's different… who is she now? Please read on to find and RxR plz
Chapter 11: Fantastic or… Horror Shop.
1.47pm Central Town…
The gang arrived and they had their jaw dropped, except for Mikan, Hotaru, Natsume, Youichi and Ruka.
It was full of people. There were too many people as the shops were decorated for Halloween's event. Black sheet, malicious evil pumpkins (orange and dark), witches flying on their broom with a black cat on and laughing like crazy people, spiders' web, ghosts scaring people here and there. Central Town was full of these things, especially the colour black.
The gang was astonished except the five once again. And they had a sudden dark moody, all gloomy.
"Alright. Let's go and search for something." said Mikan all happy and energetic, her fist in the air and smiling like no tomorrow.
"Huh… Mikan… are you blind or what?" said Sumire extremely gloomy and sad.
"Huh?" was all Mikan can say turning her head to them, leaving her hand in the air.
"Yeah… if you didn't see it…" pointed Nonoko to a shop near them.
"It said: "Out of Stock"." Finished Misaki as others were nodding.
Mikan looked at them and sighed.
"I know." She looked straight at them and her hands on her hips. "You didn't think that everything was out, right?" she raised her eyebrows as everyone looked at her wondering what she meant by that.
" – Sigh – It can't be helped, right? – Sigh - ?" she turned her back to them and began to walk away. When they realized that she was almost gone, they caught her up.
"I knew that would happen. And I didn't intent to go to these shops but to one in particular." She said following by her friends and they wondered if she knew a shop where they could really find good costumes.
"It was a good thing that you showed me this place." Muttered Mikan enough for the gang to hear it. When they were about to ask her who was she talking to, they saw that they were in front of a dark alley and Mikan was walking in. They were all stopping and looked around because the place was dark and freak like hell.
'What the… she's not afraid of this place?'
'And… why are we going here, in the first place?'
They thought as sweating really hard. They were kind of afraid of it, even them, because the alley was pitch dark and…
'Is it me or… this place was smiling?'
Well, I know… an alley smiling is kind of… scary… freak… well something like that… and when they said smiling was in fact that they saw a smile sharp forming in… as if someone was laughing in… for real… huh… since it's dark… it's… really scary… Well, back to the story…
"OI. What are you waiting for?" shouted an annoyed voice coming from the alley. They came back from their dark mind as they saw Mikan in the middle of the way.
'What the… was she who just talk? If it was her, then it was really odd…'
'Why did she have a cold and pissed off voice? It's not like her?'
They then followed her as if someone was pulling them in.
"Mi - Mikan – chan… you… you're not – Gulp – afraid?" asked Yuu as he shook all over and clenched to Koko's sleeves. (A/N: no… he's not… gay.)
"Why should I?" answered coldly Mikan with a piercing look.
"Because you're an idiot!" said rudely a man voice.
Mikan stopped on her track as smoke came out from her ears. It was supposed to begin with a names fight but instead of that, she turned around, facing them with the brightest and biggest smile. But suddenly, the ally turned strangely…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH…"
"Yuu, it's not funny?"
"What?"
"STOP YOUR STUPID ALICE NOW, TOBITA YUU. OR ELSE."
"But… but I didn't do anything."
"He's right!"
"SOMEONE HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!"
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"You should let them wake up, no?"
"No."
"Demo…"
"No buts."
"…"
"How can you tolerate something like that?"
"…"
"I don't care who he is, but no one dare to say or touch you or even make you cry. I won't let it go, even if it's him."
"…"
" – Sigh – Alright. I'll let them wake up... for now. So, please don't cry, Mikan."
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"Hello… Boys… Girls… wake up. You already slept for almost 3 hours and half."
"…" (Snore sound)
"Wake up. Or you'll regret it?"
"…" (Snore sound… big one)
BOUM.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH."
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5.19 pm somewhere in Central Town…
The gang woke up all… wet and… freezy.
"What the hell…"
"I told you to wake up but you didn't… so… I was obliged to use it." Said a calm sweety yet scary voice. (A/N: it's impossible to have the two at the same time… but whatever.)
'And since she allowed me to, then I didn't deprive myself. Hehehehe.'
Koko sweatdropped at the thought as he backed off and hid behind Natsume, who wasn't yet completely waken up.
"Alright. Come with me to dry yourself."
The gang looked up and saw a woman around her twenties, with long red hair in a ponytail, and red eyes. She was wearing a…
'Maid dress?'
Yeah. It was a black maid dress with some lace here and there, till her knees. It was a short sleeve, and she wore long boots till her knees, but on them, there was a lot of white lace. Whereas there was something really strange about her physique…
'Her ears?'
'They look like to a…'
"Dog ears?"
BLINK.
"IT'S ELF EARS, YOU STUPID MORON KIDDOS." shouted she to them as they were hit by a big hammer.
They all had a big bump as she was fuming. (A/N: when I say all, it means everyone in he gang, so it includes Hotaru, Natsume and Youichi) they looked at her and… were scared of her, now.
True, she looked like to an older woman who had at most four kids and she seemed to be experienced by hitting little kids. But that wasn't the thing they were the most afraid of, it was in fact her killing aura, it was dark, really dark and at her back, we could see something that looked like to a bad and mean demon, it was a pure right demon, she could eat, kill whoever try to offence her appearance, especially her…
"What's wrong with my ears? It's easy to do the difference between elf and cat-doggy ears, no?" said a total angry girl as she turned away from them and walked out of the room leaving the astonished gang Class B.
Not yet one minute later, she came back with a mass of towel which was smoking. It scared a lot the gang as they came back from their shocking state. They backed away from her as she had an evil sign on her face. She then threw at them the towels, which immediately wrapped them and…
"What the hell was that?"
"Huh?"
"I'm all dried?"
"How come?"
They looked at her with questioning look, even Natsume and Hotaru. She had her back on them and walked to the door.
"These towels are one of our inventions. As you can see, they can dry you without a second only by wrapping you, even if you think that you were about to chock to death."
She was already out of the room. And her head spotted in suddenly…
"What are you waiting for?" they looked at her. "You're coming or what?" said she impatiently.
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5.31 pm same place…
"Where are we?" asked Ruka.
"You are in a shop."
"Yeah we know. But… how did we end here?"
"I brought you here." Said a little voice coming from nowhere.
They looked around but found nothing, rather nobody.
"Above."
They looked above them and saw a…
"GHOST!!!!!!!" shouted Sumire, Nonoko, Anna, Misaki, Mochu, Yuu, Koko, Tsubasa and Ruka, as they all fainted. Youichi had hung himself to Natsume sleeves and shivering as he let out some ghost which played around with the ghost girl hair. (They are down so they didn't see her face.) And Natsume and Hotaru were… well… themselves…
SPLASH.
The 9 guys were wet to bone by…
"Don't. Call. Me. GHOST."
The red haired and eyes girl had a smirk on her face.
"Come down, Mai."
They saw a little girl with dark blue hair and dark intense eyes. She looked like to 6 years old, which meant her height was the same as this age. She wore a dark dress long till her feet, it even touched the ground. It was a long sleeve. Her hair was down, long till… her feet.
'What the hell was she doing on the ceiling?'
'Is she a…'
'Vampire… Bat?'
'Or what?'
"What took you so long, nee-chan?" asked the little girl.
The other girl looked at Mai, which was her name.
"I was coming but…" she looked at the gang. "they are damn stubborn." Then had a… grimace as id she was disgusted of something. Here, it was them.
Mai's mouth formed an "o" sharp as she looked at them with big eyes, all curious and sparkling.
"Well, let's go." She turned around and muttered under her breath something like "wanna eat. Wanna eat. Hungry. Hungry. Strawberry. Sweety." As her eyes were sparkled and she began to drool.
"Let's go." Said Mai all happy as she twirling round.
Everyone sweatdropped by her sudden change and reaction.
"Pig Monster." Whispered the maid girl.
While they walked to a certain door, they tried badly to not laugh at what the scary girl said to the little girl, but she looked like (day dreaming attitude) to…
'Mikan.'
They suddenly stopped leaving the two girls alone in front of a door. They were about to turn the knob door when they saw they weren't there anymore.
"What's wrong with you?" asked the two girls as they looked surprised.
"Where is she?"
"What?"
"Mikan?"
They all looked at each other. (A/N: between the two girls AND between the gang.)
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5.49pm same place, in front the door…
"You know you shouldn't have done it?"
"Yeah, whatever."
"…"
" – Sigh – Alright. I was wrong. But… it's their fault. They shouldn't have thought about you as a… huh… huh…"
"All right. All right. It's all right. I'm kind of… used to it."
"…"
"And I… changed, no?"
" – Laugh – You're right. You changed a LOT. And not a little."
"Hum… what is funny?"
"…"
"…"
"No. You didn't change at all. Always dense as ever. – Sigh – "
"Huh… Eh?"
"Don't shout will ya? Your voice is too…"
"What's wrong?"
"Someone's here."
"…"
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Where is she? Is she alright?
Everyone was too busy to think about her, they didn't see they were already in front of a big door out of proportion for the inside of a shop, since the door looked like to a castle one. They were so anxious that gave to Koko some headache.
A/N: well for the door, it's the fourth time bigger than a normal door which is normally in a normal house.)
"She's alright." Said someone who was massaged his temple.
They turned their head to the one who said that. It was Koko, he had a funny strange face/expression.
"…"
"She's alright. So please stop screaming, crying or even cursing." He massaged his temple even more.
"Don't you hear her? She's talking with someone and laughing. She even shouted… which I thought I was going to be deaf."
They looked at him with an eyebrow up and suspiciously.
"What?" he shouted at them totally pissed with their intense and suspicious gaze.
"Koko." Called Anna as her eyes filled with tears and she suddenly hugged him tightly. "Koko, you're so sweet."
"What?"
"You try to cheer us up. Thank you, Koko." Said Yuu weeping his tears away, while Koko was trying to breath and to free from her tight.
"A… Anna… le… let go… I… I… I CAN'T BREATHE AT ALL."
"Huh… Oh sorry. Koko." Said Anna blushing.
Koko breathed in and out with his hand on his heart.
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"Hihihihi… stop it. I can't bear it at all."
"Why?"
"Because – Laugh – it's too – Laugh – funny to – Laugh – imagine him like that – Laugh – "
"…"
"…" (Laugh and giggle sound)
"Yeah you're right."
"Ouch. My stomach hurt me… so badly."
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'Eh. I'm not crazy. I hear her laughing like no tomorrow.'
"Koko, you're scary when you have this face." Said Anna as the others nodded.
True, Koko's face was extremely scary. He… had the strangest yet funniest and yet scariest expression, you ever see. (A/N: do you see the expression that the Scream have… well… imagine this face and… lastly… pull it every side and way… and distort it until it have the strangest yet funniest and yet scariest expression… hehehe.)
"But I'm not crazy, I hear her… voice right now and behind this door…" his voice has calmed down as his expression frowned. His gaze turned to a distant look. The gang looked at what he look as they turned their head.
They saw two girls standing in front a big door, with gold ornament and hood, and some distinct vines were seen on each side of the door as roses were twirling on each corner, and… there was no knob door… (A/N: isn't it… ugly??? o.O hum… how many corner does it have even???? If no knob door, then how do they open it???)
'Why… why are they smirking? And have this demonic look?'
"So are you ready to go in?" asked the girls as their hands were on the door.
The gang nodded slowly then rapidly as they were scared, I think. The girls smirk grew even more which freaked them out.
"Then let's go in." said the girls as they opened the door, without the knob door.
'How did they open it?'
'What are they? Stupid? Moron? It's the same.'
"There is a mechanism in the door which only we can open it. That means that whoever tries to open the door will immediately…" they turned their head to them with a big grin. "Suffer to death." This time it's sure… they froze on place and shivered like a… leaf.
Then, a bright light blinded their eyes as it disappeared little by little. They saw a room, a white one, tables everywhere, circle on, a stage back the room, a big window at their left, where nothing can be seen outside but only a total darkness, a big screen on their right, flowers on the ceiling, they were roses with a candle in the middle of them, and in the middle of the room and surrounding by tables, there was a…
'Tree?' thought the gang as they had widened eyes.
'What a tree doing inside a room as small as our classroom?'
True, the room was small. It was only half size of their classroom, but there were so many things in that we couldn't think it was small.
"But… it's so beautiful!" said Anna, Nonoko, Sumire and Misaki at the same time with sparkle eyes and their hand together, as they were praying God. Hotaru had an emotionless on her face whereas her eyes sparkled its thousand of… stars (?). And no, it wasn't for money… for the first time. The boys were sweating by their thought and reaction, especially towards Hotaru, it was the first time it happened. Too bad, they don't have a camera. Even if there was, it won't do, since it's only her eyes and not her… expression. Well, back to the story…
Shhhhh. (Water sound, dunno how the sound is.)
They snapped back to reality and followed the sound. They suddenly saw a…
"Fountain?"
"So beautiful."
A fountain was dressed at the back of the room (in front of them then). The water was coming down as it surrounding the tree and dolphins were seen around.
"Eh… wait a minute. Wasn't there a stage?" asked Mochu pointing to the fountain.
The others looked at him. They suddenly frowned and turned slightly to where it is. Instead of seeing it there, they saw something else. They saw a…
"KYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
… Girl dead corpse, flying as her head was cut off her body. But her face showed something that made them freak out: 1) she was smiling evilly, 2) her eyes were shot open and looking at them with a murder desire, 3) and lastly… that must be the thing you see every time in a scary movie… her tongue was out and licked her lips, but that was nothing, the worst was… something came out her mouth as blood dripped down as they saw a stick coming as a blade was showed covered by blood…
(A/N: them means everyone, including Natsume and Hotaru, of course. And whoever watched Ghost Hunt they should have recognized the last part in the episode… 11 or 12, the ghost after Naru in a the hole with Mai.)
Yuu, Nonoko, Koko, Anna, Mochu, Sumire, Tsubasa and Misaki were shivering really hard and looked at the… ghost scary girl, as some of them knelt down and hugged each others, others prayed and most of them cried. Ruka was also shivering but he was hugging someone particular, a really protective form. And it was Hotaru. She was holding tightly his right arm until it paralyzed, as she sobbed a little. Youichi was… hugging a leg… Natsume's leg, since he was the only who didn't have a… partner. The little 10 years old boy was really scared and he cried really hard as he buried his face on his otou-san's pants.
Yeah, daddy being daddy, he protected his son. It meant that he was in front of him, he's really a daddy that son would be proud of… huh… what am I saying again… huh where was I… huh… oh yeah… dad… no… I think I'm done… Natsume stepped in front of Youichi with his almost unemotional face, he was angry and had a fighting posture, who wouldn't, as a dad he must do it or else mommy won't be happy and he will die for sure… here I go again… let's go back to Natsume… his attitude was maybe like a da… MAN… his eyes said something else. Yes, they showed how much he was panicked inside, like a storm which just passed by and destroyed everything on his way.
(A/N: YES. Finally, the two coldest guys showed their expression… well only one since the other wasn't that obvious but let's say he did also. And sorry I went really far but I couldn't stop myself to write it… it was just so… funny… my… I'm sweating a lot and the temperature just heat up in the class… I'm dead for sure…)
While the gang was fighting against their fear, the girls were trying hard to not laugh to their strange state and reaction and face. They were almost rolling on the ground. And they weren't the only one to enjoy the view.
Suddenly, the Ghosty Girl began to come near the gang, of course flying. The feeling and distance between them began to dark little by little, as the tension and temperature heated up suddenly. Well, the tension because they were scared and didn't know what will happen now; and temperature because… of fear, that all I can say for now… since Natsume letting out his Alice like that it's… quite impossible, it's only for urgent meaning or danger in view.
As she came in view, Youichi was the most afraid of it than the others, since they had whoever to protect them and they weren't kind of alone, because right now they hugged their beloved and destined one. Natsume was protected Youichi all he can do but it was impossible because he seemed to not calm down although his otou-san was beside him. It seemed that he needed one more hand. And this hand was coming to help in…
3… feet could be heard approaching them.
2… crying, giggling, screaming, laughing, fearing could be heard from the room.
1… a BOUM-ing sound was heard all over the Central Town
(A/N: I suggest you to put something on your ears to prevent to be deaf at the end of this chap, when you'll see bold and capital. Maybe not now but… keep them in… it's better then anything else. Thank you.)
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO WITH THAT, YOU STUPID MORON BAKA DEMONIC GIRLS?" shouted a voice coming from the door, which was burst and broken from that someone.
It was Mikan, she was standing right now in front of the door, breathing in and out, sweating hardly as if she just ran the 500 meters in an all. On the background, an angry not happy form could be seen behind her, it was a demon… the same as the red haired and eyes girl had before. Except this one was the more scariest and dangerous and… ugliest that one could see in his life… except maybe in the other land or world… it was even more scary than the ghost or demon Youichi could summon in his life as a bully to our favourite brunette girl.
"Oh no…"
"We're dead."
"Yeah."
The gang didn't recognize her because of that but somehow manage to do so. They looked at her as if she was… an alien (?). Then turned their look to where the Ghost Girl was. But they didn't see anything. Nothing. Nada.
Suddenly they heard a noise coming from nowhere. They freaked out. They turned their head to see Mikan's reaction. There was nothing neither fear nor tears. It surprised them. She stood up as she moved away her hair behind. What do you expect from them? They were so used to her fear expression but here it surprised them a lot. She had the unemotional face she never had, before.
She walked and passed them without letting a glance. She went where the not Ghost was. She stopped, and then looked down as some moaning was heard. Her look changed suddenly from unemotional to a furious look.
From nowhere, a light appeared and seemed to have hit something, or rather someone. They heard someone screaming from the attack. And they could understand it perfectly. That must be something really painful.
Silence.
It was an eerie silence. No one dared to say a word or move, but someone had broken it. It was Youichi. He was sobbing. He couldn't stop it and it caused him to choke. Natsume tried to calm him down but couldn't.
Then here Mikan entered. She walked to him/them. She knelt down in front of Youichi. She put her hand on his shoulders. He looked up with tears flowing down as he saw before his eyes a warm yet gentlye smile he ever saw. It was the warmest smile Mikan ever did. It was a protective smile that a mother would give to her child. And it had a big impact on Youichi. He calmed down in an instant.
"It's alright, now, You-chan." Said gently Mikan to him keeping her smile on. The others were shocked how she managed to calm him, since he always acted coldly to her like Natsume did. And lastly, Youichi cried out and hugged her tightly, not wanted to let her go as he said…
"Okaa-san."
It shocked them even more, the girls put their hand on their mouth, except for Sumire who had a dumbfound face, the boys had jaw dropped and mouth wide opened, excluding Natsume who had his eyes shot open almost out of them. And lastly, Mikan's expression didn't change, neither shocked nor take aback, but happy. It was the first time he called her other than names like old hag or ugly. She hugged him back as he fell asleep. She saw that and carried him to where the tree was.
The tree was extremely huge and you could ask how it could fit inside the room. Mikan was standing in front of it. She closed her eyes and murmured something like "open". A light appeared in the middle as it cut the tree in two but remained to be one at the top. It opened and showed a…
'Room?' thought they as they saw it clearly.
A room inside a tree? You should think it's really impossible to happen but as you can see, everything is possible here. Let's zoom this part…
Inside, you can see a bed and some shield around with books and pictures, which can't be seen. There was nothing else. No chair, no table, no light, nothing. The room was clearly white as snow. It was strange that nothing was in, of course, pillows and cover were in.
Wrong… huh… it's true that there was nothing in but what I meant was the bad size was exactly the same as the trunk was. It was the perfect size for one person to sleep in… from the outside… Back to the story…
Mikan put in Youichi and the blanket on. He felt comfortable as he rolled at the other side smiling on his face. It was peaceful. As the tree closed itself, Mikan always in front of it was smiling until it closed completely. Inside was clearly calm but outside… the temperature heated up suddenly, and for once it wasn't Natsume's fault and they knew it because he won't be jealous over the young boy, right? Somehow they knew it was Mikan who did it but didn't know how she did it.
She turned around and…
"Ku… KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"
The gang hugged each others as they saw an unbelievable sight. Mikan's expression was the worst and ugliest one they ever saw… coming from her. It was even scarier than the face she did a while ago.
How should I put it? Hum... Mikan's aura was a real pitch dark with the same demon as before. It had blood coloured eyes, two big pointed corns, long teeth and long nails. It mixed with ghost, the ugliest, scariest, unattractiveness yet beautiful. These ghost were screaming from agony, crying from hurt feeling or bad experience, laughing like crazy men, and more expression was on the background. Looking at that, we could say that was her true feeling.
Things turned out off control. The ghost began to fly towards them and…
BLAK OUT.
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6.01pm Central Town… Then same place…
The sun began to set down as people began to go back home or to the Academy ground. It was a calm and peace end of day at Cent-…
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
Not really that calm and peace than that. Though all the Central Town, a shouting was heard as birds flew away and animals went to hide as id they knew what will happen, while the people looked around or stopped what they were doing to search the source of the scream. But they couldn't find it at all. Except for someone, he seemed to go where Mikan and co went to, though the alley.
Let's get back to there to know what had happened…
"Next time, it's better for you to never do it ever again or you'll die for sure." Said an unhappy girl.
Two girls and one boy were flying, twirling and… crying. They were surrounding and hanging by the ghosts Mikan had summoning mysteriously. For your information, they were extremely scary… the same description as before adding to some… deformed face.
"We're sorry, one-sama." Said the three of them.
"Hum… let me see… NO." said Mikan as she shouted the last word.
"HOW DARE YOU DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF A 10 YEARS OLD BOY?"
"We…"
"I WON'T SAY ANYTHING IF HE WASN'T HERE TOO. BUT NO YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR STUPID JOKE IN FRONT OF HIM TOO. IF I WASN'T THERE AND DON'T CALM HIM DOWN. WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE HAPPEN TO HIM, TELL ME?"
Silence. No one dared to say something and they were totally scared of her. She looked like a crazy protective mother.
"Sorry." Muttered them as they twirling around… because of the ghosts which were playing with them happily.
The three of them had a hard time to not to bring up since they turned green coloured. The gang also tried to not do it as some of them were hiding their face or had their back on them.
"Huh… Mikan-chan… I think you better – gulp – stop it." Said suddenly Yuu as his face had turned to its green colour. She turned her head to face them with a surprised look, as if she just saw them in the room.
"Yeah… Yuu's right." Said Nonoko and Anna with their hands on their mouth.
"It makes us – urgh – " said Sumire as she turened to her greenish ugliest face.
"Huh… don't you dare to vomit here, Shouda. Or I'll make feel sick for your entire life." Said coldly Hotaru with the sick tone feeling. Also she had a handkerchief as she wiped out her mouth. (A/N: when you want to vomit and speak at the same time, you have certainly sometime the feeling to bring up at any time. That's how she is right now. And you'll ask me if she really did it… well I dunno since I was looking at Mikan all this time, I even forgot they were here --")
Then Sumire didn't dare to do it and swallowed it back.
"Alright, Baka. You batter stop it now, or you'll regret it for your entire life and I'll make sure it will happen till you die." Threatened Hotaru really irritated by her best friend attitude.
Mikan only looked at her a little surprised but she smirked which frowned her friends, especially Hotaru.
"Oh, no. We won't be able to come down." Said the red hair girl.
"You better we're done this time." Said the yellow long haired (till shoulder) and dark blue eyed boy. He had three earrings and a necklace which looked like to the one you put on a cat with a little bell on. He was wearing a dark shirt a little unbuttoned, a dark pant, and a chain around his waist. He sure looked handsome but a little weird in some word.
"Huh… I think I'm going to throw up." Said Mai as she was in a critical state, worsen than the others.
"HIIIIIIII… YOU BETTER NOT THROW UP, MAI OR… OR…"
"I… I can't – urgh – do it – urgh – at all – urgh – anymore… Ai-chan."
"I… I… I DON'T CARE… JUST DON'T THROW UP… I BEGGED YOU, MAI." Said Ai to Mai as she cried with her hand together in a mode praying. But it didn't do anything since Mai was about to vomit.
"AAAAAH… DO SOMETHING YOU STUPID SAI?"
"OI. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO SOMETHING SINCE I'M IN THE SAME STATE AS YOU? PLUS, DON'T CALL ME STUPID?" shouted Sai all irritated by Ai's insult.
"YOU STUPID BROTHER FOR NOTHING!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU UNHEALTHY DOGGY EARS?"
A vein popped out from nowhere as a volcano did to.
"YOU BAKA PLAYER LTTLE BOY! I'M GONNA GET YOU!"
"AH COME AND TRY TO CATCH ME, YOU DEMONIC THINGY SISTER!"
And it went on and on till…
URGH.
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6.38pm same place…
"Mai… I ask you to NOT throw up."
"Sorry… but… it's YOUR fault. If you didn't move that must there, I won't HAVE done it."
"…"
"Eheheheh. You got scold by the elder."
"And it's ALSO the same for you, Sai." Said coldly Mai with a deathly glare. And a glare war began between the three of them.
"Quit it."
They all frowned and turned blue.
"She just fell asleep. So you better not wake her up." Said the coldest and annoyed voice you ever heard… especially for the gang.
They turned their head and saw Mikan standing on the wall, her arms crossed, one of her foot on the wall. The gang couldn't recognize her at all. Her aura was the same as before but not that murderous, it intensity just cool down a little but it was as terrible as before.
She was totally angry because…
'OW… she looked awful like that.'
'Who wouldn't be angry after being bath into this…'
'Stinky room.'
True. The room was filled with a bad yet hideous odour of…
'I think I shouldn't have thrown up.'
Yeah… the room was entirely covered by vomit. Well except a part, where Mikan was standing. Everyone was covered by it except her as if she was protected by some strange force. Like everyone had a little bath, Hotaru was trying to clean herself… unsuccessful. And she began to be really irritated, even if she was already.
"Hum… here what you can clean with." Said Ai as she offered her/them a towel, a big towel.
Hotaru looked at it suspiciously thinking how a towel can clean them up. While the others took it without thinking, she looked at them to see what will happen when they will clean up. And to her surprise, they were all cleaned and then her brain began to think and mixed up with many others things:
1) Could it be that her Alice is…
2) What the hell was that Baka doing?
3) Who the hell are these guys?
4) How come she's the only one who isn't dirty?
5) Who is she talking about? Who's just asleep?
6) … (many thought came by of course.)
X-number) I will be rich with these pictures of these two being all dirt and cleaning themselves.
Ok. Hotaru being Hotaru, it was sure her thinking will fly by like that at the same time and of course the thought of money was on although the situation they were in.
"Huh… Hotaru, I think you should quit you thinking now… it gives me big headache." Said Koko who was massaged his temple sitting down. Hotaru looked at him with one of her not good look.
"And no I didn't read your mind. It only came by itself." Said he rapidly to be hit by her famous Baka Gun new generation, which was on her hands shining.
"Mai, do you have an invention which could clean this mess quickly? Because it begins to give some headache and I want also to throw up." Said Mikan really pissed of and massaged her temple.
"Huh… wait… let me see. I think I must have put it somewhere here…" Mai took her look like bag and took out many things that weren't at all small, but different size was in, small to giant. She emptied her bag, all her things were on the ground till nothing left in.
"It's not here… Where is it, then? Where…" She looked around the room and spotted something. "Could it be…" she stood up and went to the window, near it, there was a box. She opened it and began to empty it like she did with her bag. Suddenly she went in, letting her only her legs visible and flapping, as if she swam.
"Here, it was." Shouted she as she held a green ball with stars on, like she won a competition. She had a big smile and sparkling eyes. She then thrown it in the middle of the room and a bright light appeared which blinded everyone. A second later, they opened their eyes and saw a clean room. Everything was tidy like when they entered in.
"Perfect!" said Mai her eyes were sparkled their hundred time light.
The gang was amazed while Hotaru looked at the ball on the ground rolling towards the one who sent it. She was analyzed it every corner, until it stopped some meters from her. And went towards her, it startled Hotaru. Mai giggled and went to it as it stopped at it track. She picked it up and smiled at Hotaru.
"I suppose you are Imai Hotaru, right?" Hotaru nodded.
"I'm Minami Mai. I heard a lot about you. I'm really impressive that a young girl like you were able to do many things at a young age." Mai smiled at her, the same as Mikan used to have when she looked at Natsume, all kind and sweet. She tended her hand to her and Hotaru took it without thinking. They shook hand and for the first time in the gang's life, Hotaru smiled slyly and blushed at the same time.
"KAWAII!!!!!" shouted Mai and hugged Hotaru which cut her from breathing.
Everyone sweatdropped. The gang tried hard to not laugh about Hotaru's situation. It was the first time she was being hugged by someone other than Mikan, and she let her do it. Ruka had a nosebleed while Koko was on the ground and laughing like there was no tomorrow.
"BWAHAHAHAHAH… Ruka… please – Laugh – stop it – Laugh – stop these things – Laugh – in your mind – Laugh – " Koko just couldn't take anymore and harder than before.
Everyone looked at him and wondered why he was laughing. Mikan, Mai, Ai and Sai were smirked evilly.
FLASH.
"Huh." Everyone searched for the source of the FLASH thing. It was Mikan, she had in her hand a camera.
"Hum. Good. I think that would do." Said she smirked and looked at them really maliciously.
"Mikan… don't tell me you…" said Hotaru speechless.
"Hum… Oh that… don't worry… I'll use it for benefit." Mikan had the biggest evil smile she ever had and maybe in the world.
'Hum… let me use it and make lot of money. Plus she won't say anything about that, right? On contrary she will be happy to have it. Also I wanna keep it as a personal picture. And Mai's fetish cute things have a lot increasing, as I see.'
"Eh?" shouted Koko suddenly and looked straight to Mikan. She only smiled at him and turned her gaze to the two girls.
"Koko, something's wrong?" asked Anna.
"Huh… oh… nothing." He looked down and thought silently as he just remembered something.
The gang looked at each others and thought that something wasn't right with Koko. Being silent like that suddenly, meant something was bothering him a lot. And this kind of thing was surely about Mikan. They knew it but which reason? They didn't know at all.
COUGH.
"Huh… Oh yeah. Excuse for our rudeness." Said Mai with a big smile.
"I'm Minami Mai, 22 years old." She said as she bowed. The gang was shocked by her presentation.
'How can she be 22 since her look is from a 6 years old girl?'
'Here it comes.'
'I think I'm gonna make them eat till they die… maybe I should try this new invention of mine since I yet try it.'
"S-SO-SORRY!!!!" shouted Koko who bowed down many times. The gang tried to understand why he did that. But instead they looked at them and understood immediately when they saw a so-called furious little girl yet old. They bowed down and said in their mind a "sorry" in a raw.
"Hmph." She pouted and went to Mikan who was now sitting. She curled up in her arms while Mikan patted her back as she sobbed a little.
"Alright." Said Ai as she shook her head while Sai smirked. "Will you stop smirk for nothing you stupid brother?" she hit his head as he hit himself on the floor.
"YOU" and they began to fight each others.
COUGH.
They stopped and took a right posture, the same in the army did. Ai cleared her throat and stepped in front.
"I'm Minami Ai, 22 years old too." She went back to the row, as Sai took a step front.
"I'm Minami Sai, 10 years old." And he also went back to the row.
Everyone was amazed about them. They were gorgeous but also they had their own particularity about their physical. Mai looked like to a 6 years old girl, Ai had cat-doggy ears look which were in fact Elf ears, Sai was the opposite of Mai, he looked like to an older boy around his twenties in fact he was a 10 years old boy.
"Are you bro and sis?" said all of them at the same time.
"Stepbro/sis." Said they.
"Ai and I are twins." Said Mai as she appeared from nowhere in front of the two.
"You know you can stop this. She just falls asleep." Ai and Sai looked down (Mai) and looked back, and saw it was true. Mikan had her eyes closed and her legs on the table. She was sleeping peacefully and they knew that. They sighed in relief and sat down.
"I prefer when she sleeps than wakes up." Said Sai as Ai nodded. "She's sometimes scary when she's angry."
"Hum…" Mai looked at them. "Demo, she's nice." She looked down playing with her fingers. "Why don't you guys like her?" she had this time her finger on her chin. (A/N: you'll see that's Mikan's mode cuteness.)
Ai and Sai frowned by that and turned their slowly to her. They looked at her with death glare, kind of, as if they were about to kill her at anytime. They sighed in defeat as they saw her innocent smile and they laughed nervously.
"It's true that she had never been angry at you. So you don't know how it is to be the target of a… dangerous fury maniac complex girl." Said Ai.
"Hum?" Mai looked at them with question sign all over her (anime style).
"Nevermind."
'Is it me or she looks like to a certain someone?' thought everyone.
GROWL.
Everyone looked at each others.
GROWL.
They all blushed and laughed.
" – Laugh – I forgot we didn't have lunch yet." Said Tsubasa scratching his head.
"Hum… us too."
They looked at them, quite surprised.
"We were waiting for her but we end up … - gulping – " said Ai sweating.
"cleaning the shop." Finished Sai the sentences as he recalled about the cleaning thing.
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Flashback
"Mouuuu. You know you didn't have done it to them?" said Mikan pouting.
"What are you talking about? They just… they…"
"Alright. Alright. But I'm used to it by now."
"That is not a reason. How dare they call you a Baka since you're not one at all?"
"…"
"Alright. Next time I'll try to not…"
"Huh?" Mikan stopped by the door and looked inside. She was shocked by what she saw. She had her jaw dropped and shot eyes.
"OH. AH. MIKAN-NEE-SAMA!!!!" shouted Mai as she went to her and hugged her.
"I missed you soooooo badly, Mikan-nee-sama."
Mai hugged while Ai and Sai looked at the door with big shot eyes. They looked at each others and looked at the room.
'What should we do now?' thought Sai.
'I will say to clean up the room but… we are dead before we finish it.' Thought Ai.
They looked at the room and looked back to the door.
'How did we forget something important like that? How did we forget the fact she's coming today to pick up some clothes?' thought they as crying and praying for God's help or whoever in the world to help them from…
"GO CLEAN THIS ROOM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND ON MAKING YOU MY NEXT DINNER TIME?" shouted Mikan all her lungs out, and of course Mai didn't bother to move her hugging. In fact she was smiling and dozed off.
End of Flashback.
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"And that's how it ends." Said sadly Sai wiping his so-called tears.
"Don't make me fun."
Sai gulped and sweated hardly.
'Baka!' thought Ai.
"And he's not the only one."
Ai gulped and sweated also as hard as him.
"Ano ne. Onee-sama, don't be so hard on them. They lasted cleaning the room for four hours." said Mai as… knives had been planted through their head and heart.
Mikan looked at her and smirked at her remark. Mai was sitting on a table while Mikan was on a chair just in front of her. She played then with her hairs.
"Yeah. And four hours wasn't enough yet." She grinned and put her head on Mai's laps. Her eyes were closed.
"Oh. Before I forgot. While you guys were sleeping, I took time to choose your clothes. Ai, Sai, go pick them in the base room." Ordered Mikan in the same position with her hand pointed to the door.
They went immediately outside and didn't dare say a word, or it was the death road they will encounter in a no time.
The gang was surprised by that and they were deep in thought.
"Don't need to think too much. It's the shop I was talking about when we came here."
"Huh?"
"The shop is not as popular as the others in Central Town. It's a particular shop which is exclusively reserved to special people who we chose to be our guest. It's principally based on people on who we trust the most, like family, closed friend and even some higher up or teachers. But it's rare to see the last two categories. Most of the time, people come here just to find something that nowhere in Central Town can be found. Something that you can find here when somewhere else it's out of stock, like for tomorrow's event, we have some costume for you guys, since everything are already sold out." Said Mai playing with Mikan's hairs with a big smile on her lips.
"In fact it's a secret shop." Said Mochu.
Mai looked up and thought about it. She looked at him and smiled.
"Yes, indeed."
"The shop is only opened for special people. And as you can see around you it's also a Café, where everyone can be met and share what they want to. Talk, laugh and love are welcome here. Only betray is not accepted, so you better be trustable and say the true or…" paused Mikan and opened her eyes to show a death glare. "… your life will ruin in a no time."
Saying that, things began to fly which freaked out the gang. But everything came to normal when…
"Yeah. This shop is the most respectable establishment where secrets are kept and aren't leaked out. And it's the most romantic shop where you want to share the memorial moment in your life." Said a voice on which Natsume groaned, it was the voice he hated the most in his life.
They turned their head and saw a man in a black coat, a white mask which covered half his face and many accessories were seen. It was Persona. The gang freaked when they saw something passing under their nose as if it was a ghost.
"Aniki!!!!" shouted an excited voice.
It was Mai who had jumped into his arm and hugged him tightly. She was crying too.
"You liar! You promised me you'll come pick me last week to go to beach and you didn't even call me to tell me you won't be able to come. It's one-sama who told me it." Said a crying little 6 years old look girl.
"Sorry I couldn't call because it was at last minute I had to depart urgently." Said a sweet and smiling Persona.
While these two were in theirs own world, leaving the others blankly, Mikan stood up and walked beside them. She looked at the gang, especially to Natsume on who she smirked.
'Hum… what a great expression he has here. Well who wouldn't. it's not everyday you can see that kind of look on the famous yet dangerous teacher.' thought Mikan as she looked at Persona from the corner of her eyes, and turned back her gaze to Natsume. 'Well, it seemed that the famous blackmail Ice Queen didn't see it. Hum… what don't I just take it… like that I will have enough money to buy what I wanna?' Mikan was in her thinking no knowing that someone had read her thought, and who was now crawling down and trying hard not to laugh.
'What the hell was that? Has world gone insane or what?' thought Natsume with his wide eyes. 'How come he's all… nice to her? It's the first time… well except that time near HQ GA but… I need a camera right away. It's a best-seller this image of him smiling. I'm sure the teacher will buy them… especially that gayish room teacher of us… since buy me already for almost… 500 pitures.' And with that he suddenly grinned. He took out from his pocket a camera and took massive picture without him/them noticed it, except three persons.
'hum… since when did he become a…'
'Blackmailer. Poor him, he just let his guard down. And he's right, that yellow freak man will buy them out.'
' – Laugh – I didn't know Natsume has it in him. – Laugh – '
"Hum."
"Hum… what's wrong one-sama?" said Mai seeing Mikan anxious.
Everyone looked at her who had her gaze on the door. It's at that time Persona came back to reality and saw Natsume with a camera and a smirk on his lips. That is how they ended up having a death/mocking glare war.
Mikan had a non-cheering glare. She fixed the door intensely as if she can see through it. She stood up suddenly and took a fighting position. Persona and Mai saw it and stood beside her as they asked the gang to go near the tree.
"Mikan, what's wrong?" asked Hotaru really worried.
'I never saw her like that. What's going on?'
'Mikan, get up. We have some visitors.'
"Huh?"
The gang turned their head and saw Koko massaging his temple hardly.
'Visitors? What do you mean?'
'Yeah. Visitors.'
'You don't mean…'
'Yes.'
Koko was imitating Mikan's voice as he had a big headache. He then looked at her and concentrated on her mind.
'Alright. I get up. But you have to treat me a biiiiiig Puff Fluff, 'k?'
'Alright, alright. I'll buy it tomorrow when we'll go meet them up.'
'Yeah. I'm gonna have Puff Fluff tomorrow on Halloween's day. Yeah.'
'It's not the time to play around. Prepare yourself or we won't be able to go out and go home. I'm tired of it.'
'Hum?'
'Searching clothes in that house is kind of tired and adjust them in the right size, it's damn tired. They better gave me a good reward for that. Especially her. And you better not pout.'
'Hmph.'
' – Sigh – Come on. Are you ready for the big show?'
'Hihihihi. Hai.'
Koko stopped his reading mind as he had a strange look on his face as if he just encountered a problem.
"I can't read…" muttered he confusing the others.
Suddenly the door opened and revealed men in black clothes and sunglasses. They had gun in hand and were about to shout at anytime.
"Oki. It's show time!" shouted Mikan with a big smile on her lips. It surprised a lot her friends. They were astonished by her sudden change of attitude.
They saw that Mai and Persona took over some men with their Alice in combination. Mai used a gun, just like Hotaru had, but this one was different because it was combined with Persona's Alice. When a bullet is shot, it immediately covered by a black smoke with went to the enemies' body and dissolved instantaneously the cells where it was touched leaving a big hole. They were also fighting, in martial combat, all kind of was seen. You could see sometimes Mai disappearing and back behind, below, above and beside them in a blink instant.
Only Mikan wasn't seen in the battle. They watched everywhere where she could be. But they suddenly saw bullets coming to them. Instead to be dead, something seemed to block its way and went back to the one who shot it.
Before their eyes, they saw a girl with long black hair floating and dancing in the air, she had a katana in her hands, she wore a long black dress (not able to see the feet) with long sleeves, she had a black flower on her dress, on her right shoulder. She had a smirk drawing on her face. Her look was a vicious glare yet murderer. She glared at them at the corner of her eyes and said:
"Stay back and together. Don't go any further than the red line.Don't ever think to com outside of here or you'll know what is life in hell." Ordered the girl as they do what she told them. They gathered around the big trunk of the tree. They hugged each others as they looked everywhere where were the so-called red line, but didn't find one. So they took as landmark the tree. Not knowing it, the line was just in front of their eyes and it circled them.
The girl went to the battle as she cut in two some guys and bullets. Of course, while she was in front, the gang was protected by a barrier that she seemed to set a while ago.
It went on for 5 minutes. Persona, Mai and the mysterious girl were in front of the gang circled by many black men, starving of blood. (A/N: they looked like more to dogs starving in front of a meat --'''').
Persona and Mai were standing in front of the girl but they decided for no reason behind her, as she had one hand on her hips and the other holding and playing with her Katana, covered by blood. They then went close to the gang and seemed to passed through an invisible wall, because it was like you threw something in the water as it made some vibration.
"You know you don't need to be that…" Mai chuckled at their position as Persona smirked at them.
They were huddled against each others with Natsume and Hotaru in the middle.
'What a priceless pic we have here. – Smirk – especially these two. They are too cute in that position, all tight.' Thought the two of them. They turned back to the scene as the gang stopped hugging each others and did as if nothing just happened.
"What do you want?" said the mysterious girl.
"We want you." Said one of the black men.
"Me?"
"Yes. You."
"And may I know why?"
"Because she asked us to."
"That's all?"
"Huh? Y-yes."
"Oh."
"What?"
"Oh no. nothing. I…"
"What?"
"I thought she would ask you to kill me and take back with you my head as a price. – Sigh – How boring!"
Everyone looked at totally astonished by her statement as she yawned and sighed desperately. The men were shaking and backed far away from her. She saw their act and raised her eyebrow. She then rolled her eyes.
"Ne. I think we better end it now because it's beginning to be really late, and tonight I have some business to attend." She looked at them with determined and annoyed eyes. "Shall we?"
The men without knowing what happened to them took a battle position as some of them had guns in hands and where about to shout. And they did. Unfortunately for them, the bullets were coming back to them and died instantaneously. Some were still alive or injured.
"Alright now it's my turn." She grinned and planted her Katana in front of her. She stretched her arms above her, then brought them down at her side. Her eyes were closed, she summoned something in another languages. No one could understand a thing even Hotaru's invention (Translation computer). She opened her eyes and grinned wildly.
"Come out my children, the meal is served." As she said that, something white came out from the wall.
"Wh-What's going on?" asked one of the men looking everywhere.
White things came out everywhere in the room. At first it looked like to ball but as it came out, it turned out to be…
"BODY?" shouted them.
Yeah. As from it was out, they went down and stretched their body. They were white with an ugly face and an evil smile and red or dark eyes. They weren't walking but floating. They went near the black hair girl as some of them kissed her or put their head on her shoulder or played with her hands, as if they asked her to stroke their head. And yes, with this kind of description, they were ghost.
"Now before it ends here, I want to know how did you come here?"
"And why should we tell you, you monster?" said a black man.
"Oh. It seems that you have guts to oppose me like that." Said sarcastically (?) the girl.
"Fool men. It was better for you to tell her what she wants to know." Said Persona all irritated. He wanted to come out and dissolved (since it was his Alice) the man.
"Don't come out." He stopped in his track and bowed his head to her. "You know that when I ask something, only one answer is accepted, right?" Persona looked at her with widen eyes and smiled at her and bowed down again his head. "Alright, since I dislike that something dare to call me THAT, then…" she closed her eyes as she took her Katana and put it in front of her as though she challenged them (she already did it). She shot big open her eyes and shouted: "DON'T HOLD YOUSELF AND DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING."
"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII…" the ghosts shouted at her ordered and went to the men. They were afraid, they tried to escape but can't because they were surrounded by them. Everything went white as the gang looked at the scene, all scared and horrified.
After one minute, everything went to normal. Nothing left as she said. The ghosts went to the girl. Only one man was left. It was hard to see if he was a human or not. He had burnt mark on his face and body, his hair was almost gone, his clothes were torn. He had a hard time to breathe.
" – Chuckle – I forgot to say that before…" she went to him and lift his chin. She said:
"Welcome to Fantastic and Horror Shop."
i will have problem with internet connection so... expect you'll understand that i won't be able to up... but here the next chap... and RxR please