Chapter 13: The Unbearable Dream
It has been a week and the horrifying still hunts her. Every time she wakes up, she always feel liquid in her cheeks. Every time she remembers about it she feels pain and anger. The emotion the she don't want to escape, the emotion that she keep to herself, only to herself. Until one night she can't hold it anymore, luckily for her she didn't sleep at Natsume's room.
Mikan's dream…
"Stay away from them!" a man shout. he was protecting a woman with a baby with her.
"Just give what I need" the cold voice said "just give your wife and no one will got hurt"
"No!"
"Don't be a hardheaded" the cold voice said calmly.
Then the things around the room float in the air (Mikan's dad Alice is levitating). The flying objects start attacking the men in black but the shield protects them.
"That will be no use" the cold voice smirk and signal his men.
One of the men smirks and points a gun on him "good bye"
"Noooo!" the woman scream.
Bang!
The man fall down, blood spill from his heart, he died. The woman cried and started slapping his husband.
"Wake up, pleas wake up" the woman said, the baby cried.
The men walk closer at them. The woman hugs the baby tightly.
"Please don't hurt us" they point the gun at the baby "nit my baby. Don't kill her, pleas not my Mikan!" the woman screamed, she was pleading, she was crying, hugging her baby tightly.
"Then, come with us" the cold voice said and held his hands to her.
"I'll come with you, but please don't hurt her" the woman said.
"We won't"
Cut…another scene…
"I will not do it!" the woman shouts.
"If you don't, we will come back to your town and kill your daughter and burn your whole town as well" the cold voice said.
Her eyes rage in anger "fine! I'll do it"
The men in black push her inside the Hyuuga's mansion.
A raven haired man asked her "who are you? What are you doing hear?"
"I'm so sorry" she started crying "I can't do anything they will burn my whole town and kill my daughter" she kneeled down.
"Are you Tomoka Sakura?" a woman ask, she just nodded.
"Please save the children" she points at the two children beside them.
"Don't worry it is alright" she was calming her, rubbing her back.
Members of the family seem to pray. The four god of the family appears.
"Please protect them" the raven haired man said.
While Mikan is dreaming…
You could feel the hotness inside her room; she was starting to fire up. Her things float around her room. You can see broken things around her; the noise was so loud everybody could hear it.
Her neighborhood rooms open their rooms and check where the noise is came from... they gather around her room, knocking it hard but no one open it.
Natsume exit his room 'what's the commotion all about?' he asks himself. He notices that it was Mikan's room, he quickly went there.
"What's happening here?" he asked them nervously.
"Mikan she's not opening her door and… and we heard a very loud noise, as if something is breaking" Anna said to him, she looks like she's going to have a nervous break down.
"What!" he ran at her door and started banging it but still it didn't open. Fire appears on his palms but before he could use it a strong wind blew that break her glasses and her door. They all fell down.
Then there's Mikan lying on her bed, her room is in a real mess. Natsume ran at her. Hotaru came in with Mr.Narumi, Mr.Jinno, and Persona. They felt the heat coming in her room, they feel like burning.
They step at the broken glasses and her things that are lying on the floor.
'I am right, your alice is really powerful' Persona thought and then he smirk.
At Mikan's senses…
And then from far away, she heard screaming, terrible, terrified, cursing screams. She heard a high cold voice laugh.
"Mikan! Mikan! Are you alright?"
Someone was slapping her face.
"w-what?"
Mikan open her eyes, her ceiling was broken. Natsume was kneeling next to her, above them he could see Hotaru and her friends, Mr.Narumi, Mr.Jinno watching. A man standing at the corner catch her eyes, it was persona. He was also watching her, his hands on his sides. She felt cold sweat on her face.
"Are you okay?" Anna and Nonoko asked worriedly.
Natsume was looking at his hands. He feels hot liquids on her cheeks, it wasn't her sweats, he was sure of it 'is she crying?' he asks himself.
"Yeah" said Mikan, looking all around her room, it was in a real mess. "What happened here? Who screamed?"
"No one screamed" Hotaru said calmly but she was really worried about her.
They heard a growl it was from Persona. He looks at her, as if he was telling something to her. Then he walks out pf the room.
Mr.Narumi speak "Mikan, since your room is all been broke down. I guess, we will give you new room but that will be ready for tomorrow. You need to stay at one of your friends' room" he smiles at her. He and Mr.Jinno walk out of the room.
Natsume face Mikan "what happen to you? Are you crying?"
Before she could answer back, they heard Mr.Jinno shouting "All of you go back your room!" the students go back to their rooms, frowning at him. He turns to speak at them "All of you go back your room also" they nodded at him.
"Why are you crying?" Natsume ask her again.
"Am I crying?" she asks him.
"Yeah" she touches her cheeks, and there still a little bit of hot liquid on it.
"What happen to your room? Why is it so hot in here? I feel like burning" Yuu asked her.
"I don't know" she said.
"You should take a rest" Hotaru said calmly.
"Yeah. Where would you sleep?" Sumire asks "Oops, I'm sorry"
"Let's go" Koko said, they all get out of the messy room.
"Can you walk?" Natsume asked her. She nodded "let's go to my room"
They reached his room. They enter inside. Natsume suddenly pull her and took her in an embrace "tell me, do you have any problem?" he said to her gently.
She hugs him back. "No, I don't have any problem. Don't worry" 'except dreaming about my parents death' She thought but she didn't tell him. Her fist clenched, she really felt anger, she want to kill that man with her own bare hands.
"You sure?"
"Yeah"
"Okay. Let's sleep. Get change first, you're wet" he let go off her and handed a white t-shirt "do you want some shorts?" Natsume asked her.
"I guess not, your shirt looks like a dress to me" she said.
He holds her waist "let's sleep" he kiss her on the lips. His right hand is on her waist; his left hand is on her buttocks. Mikan's hand wrap on his neck.
He laid her on the bed "good night my love" Natsume whispered to her. "Good night to you too, I love you" Mikan replies at him.
They fell asleep at each others embrace.
Somewhere out there…
"Good job again Eiji. You could stop now from using you alice on her" Persona said.
"Okay, but why?" the man named Eiji asked.
"Because tomorrow she will be with us and I can use her alice"
"Sir, can I just ask, what is her alice and you are so eager to have her?"
"A very powerful alice, you'll know tomorrow" he said then walks away.
Next day…
"Mikan?" he immediately stands up and washes up. He exits his room and look for her.
While in Mikan…
She was knocking on someone's door, Persona's room.
He opened his door but his mask was off and his hairs are tied in pony. He's only wearing a white long sleeve and black pants.
"What do I have here? Need my help?" he said to her.
"I…I want you to…I…teach me how to use my other alice" at first she was doubting to tell him, then she said the last sentence very quickly that you can't even catch her.
"Oh, meet me at the Northern Forest at exactly 2 p.m. later" he said to her with grin.
"May I ask, what is my other alice?" she asked him curiously.
"You'll know later"
"Okay" after saying that she walk away.
Mikan is walking along the corridor, the she saw Natsume panting.
"Where have you been?" he said, while catching his breath.
"Walking" she said simply.
"I thought something happen to you" he said with worried voice.
"Nothing will happen to me, let's have some breakfast" she said.
"Okay" she clutch to his arms.
They reached the canteen and sit beside Hotaru and the gang.
"Mikan are you alright now?" Anna asks with concern.
"Yeah. Don't worry about me, nothing will happen to me"
Hotaru just look at her, she didn't say anything.
"Why don't we go to the Central Town" Ruka suggested.
"That's a good idea" Yuu added.
"Yeah" Anna and Nonoko said in unison.
"Ahm… I can't come with you" Mikan suddenly said. 'Oh no, what should I do now? I can't tell them 'I'm meeting Persona!' she scream at herself.
"Why?" Ruka asked her.
"Going to do something" but then, she looks at her side, Koko.
She looks at him, telling him something. "Please. Don't tell them, I'm begging you" she said to him but only in her mind.
He nods at her but he doesn't give her his usual smile.
"Hey Mikan!" Sumire shouts at her.
"Huh!" she look at hem with what-did-I-do look.
"What are you going to do" Ruka asked her again.
"Talking to someone, don't worry I'll be fine. If I finished early I'm going to follow you guys" she said to them with a reassuring smile.
"I'm going with you" Natsume said.
"No. goes with them. Promise, I won't take too long"
Mr.Narumi spoke at the PR "Ms.Mikan Sakura please proceeds to the teacher's lounge. Don't accompany anyone with you"
"That was odd" the levitating boy said.
"Oh well, I'm going now. It might be my room" she said, she gave Natsume a peck on his cheek and wave them good bye. She gave Koko a pleading look not to tell them, he just nods again.
When she was out of sight.
Hotaru speak and face Koko "what did she tell you?" she asked with seriousness in her voice.
"Nothing" he plainly said.
"Okay" she replied coldly.
"Let's go. We might miss the bus. Natsume are you coming?" Yuu asked him.
"No. I'll wait for her" he said.
They bid him goodbye. Then they were out of sight Natsume go under a tree and read his manga.