Chapter 16: When, where and to whom?
After Mikan left Natsume, he just sits there and does some thinking.
Why does she have that earring? I couldn't have mistaken it, I'm sure of it. And…and why does she have does blue pills? Oh great!" his head started aching.
At Mikan's training…
"It seems that you already control your alice" Persona said. "I'm going to give you your first mission"
"Why is it so sudden?" she asks.
"If you want to kill that person, you should do it"
"Okay, when is it?"
"Tomorrow night, you are going to have a partner"
"Why should I have a partner, I can handle it myself"
"It is our decision"
"Who is going to be my partner?"
He smirk "Natsume Hyuuga"
"What!" she shrieked "he can't be my partner! I don't want him to know!"
"Don't worry. Wear this" he throws her blue black garments. It's a blue black tube with black mini short, then a long blue black skirt which is cut in half (I can't really explain it. It is like a long skirt that covered only her back part and you can see in the front was her mini short. Do you know Maya or Aya from Ultra Maniac? It is like that) then a long black boots below her knee.
"Wow, fashionable" she said.
"I got it for you" Eiji said "here" he handed her a white black mask with glitters on it, it will cover only the skin surrounded her eyes, not literary her eyes.
"So, what is my mission about?"
"You are going to save an alice graduate. His name is Yuuri Amano. Bring him here safe and sound"
"Okay"
"Practice you alice now. Not only your controlling alice but also your nullifying alice. I'm going to talk to someone" Persona said and leaves.
A lion appeared in front of them.
ROAR! The lion shows his claws and his big fangs.
"Mikan lets go" Eiji said to her.
"Wait a minute, I could try it" she smile 'lion be nice, lion be nice, lion be nice' she said in her mind (hehehe. What a lame lion catcher)
The lion slowly becoming nice 'now go away, go back to your home" the lion turn his back, leaving them.
Eiji claps his hand "wow! Mikan that was great"
Her heart hurts. She doesn't let him notice it. It's a cloudy day 'I can play with it' she smiles.
The sky darken, rain started pouring.
"Mikan"
"Hehehe"
At Natsume…
"What the…" Natsume said. The rain stops, the clouds go back to their old positions before "what a weird day" he whispered.
He heard footsteps pattering towards him. He stands up, it was Persona.
"What do you want?"
"I'm here to tell you your next mission. You will save Yuuri Amano; he is an elite Alice graduate. Bring him here safe and sound" Persona said.
Persona didn't go yet so Natsume thought that he was going to tell him something.
"What else?" Natsume ask Persona.
"You are going to have a partner" he said, his voice is as cold as ice.
"Why do I need a partner? I can handle it by myself" he said proudly.
"Yes, you can. I am just going to test your partner"
"I guess, he is your new toy, isn't it?" Natsume said to him.
"maybe you mean she" he smirk, he turn his back "tomorrow night at 8" he leave him there, Persona's hands are on his sides, he is grinning evilly.
Natsume's a bit shock. He was wondering, who could be his new toy be? He doesn't care anyway, as long as it isn't his friends, Most of all not Mikan. He turn his back and leave.
Back at Mikan and Eiji…
Mikan is practicing her alice everywhere. She floats the small rock, the twigs, and pieces of leaves. She was playing all around like a child.
It is already 7 and Eiji invite mikan to eat.
"I am not hungry yet. I guess I would practice my alice for tomorrow night. I don't want Natsume saving my butt, if he did I'm busted" half serious, half laughing.
She was floating the tree and make it follow them (don't worry; she can control her alice now).
Eiji said "you know what Mikan, if it is hard for you hide it to them, then why don't you just leave them"
The three suddenly falls down; it gives a mild impact on the ground.
"What do you mean!"
"Well, you don't want to tell them right?" she nodded.
"Because you don't want them to get worried about you or even worse you don't want them to stop you getting your revenge to the man who kill your parents and Natsume's family"
She nodded again; she was listening to him attentively,
"Don't you think it will be easy for you if you are not with them? They will not notice even if you get bruises or even if you don't show up to them because you are training. You are not going to be late anymore to our meeting. Do you get what I mean?" he asks her. He is not trying to separate Mikan to Natsume; he just thinks that it is the best for her.
"What do we know will happen next? The anti-alice organization might use them to get you…" he was cut off by Mikan's stare, he continues.
"…just like how they use you to get your mother. Besides, you can still befriend them if all this crap is over"
"You may be right" she just said. The wind started blowing hard. She holds to her chest, it hurts like someone is crushing it.
"Where are your pills?" Eiji ask her, he was panicking.
"At….my…ro…om" she said brokenly.
"Of crap!" he gave her his pills "take it" he put it into Mikan's mouth, she swallow it.
He rubbed her back "take it easy on your alice, you might damage yourself" he said, she nodded at his chest.
"my pills is much stronger, it will make you fall asleep.
In no time she already had fallen asleep.
He carries her bridal style to her room with her costume on his hands. They reached her room (Hotaru's camera still attach on her room)
What he didn't know is that Natsume saw him. Natsume watch Eiji at Mikan's room. His blood is boiling in anger, ready to burn Eiji alive.
He saw him laid mikan on the bed while sleeping. He out Mikan's dress in her closet and he bent closer to her. He was stroking her hair.
"don't worries you still have me…" he whisper to her.
"who do you think you are?" an angry Natsume ask.
Eiji look at him. He was surprised to see Natsume standing there. He grinned.
"who the hell do you think you are!" Natsume ask again, half shouting, he don't want to wake mikan up.
"her friend" Eiji reply to him "take your time with her, it may be one of the last" after saying that, he wave good bye to him.
Natsume is going to burn him but then…
"Natsume" mikan said unconsciously.
He knelled down "I'm here" she was still sleeping. He touch her cheeks, there are tears on it. "don't cry, I'll be here" he kiss her gently on her lips and sleep with her.
Next day…
It is Saturday so it is their free day.
Mikan woke up and a bit surprise to see Natsume beside her, embracing her.
She smile, she tickle him to wake him up. He opens his eyes.
"good morning" she greets him cheerfully.
He rubbed his eyes and saw the smiling face of mikan.
She stands up and headed to the bathroom to wash up. He was still on her bed.
After 5 minutes she exited the bathroom. He stands up to go at the bathroom.
"stay here for breakfast, I still have croissants here" mikan said to him.
"okay" he replies drowsily. He was still sleepy, little miss stubborn just wake him up.
When he exited the bathroom, he smells the aroma of baked croissants.
"coffee of milk?" mikan ask him.
"coffee" he said. He sat down at the chair. She joined him and eats their breakfast. They finished eating.
""let's visit Jun" mikan says to him. He grabbed her arm she looks at him.
Memories of night when he saw Jun and Mikan kissing came back to him and the last night encounter with Eiji as well. He suddenly felt jealous. He stands up and pinned her on the wall. His bangs covered his eyes.
"what's u…" before she could continue, Natsume kissed her on the lips, not gently and not even passionate. He kissed her fiercely.
She knows what he is feeling. His hand on her waist, she kisses him back.
Natsume came back to his senses; he was already biting her lower lip "sorry" he muttered.
"that's alright" she wrap her body around his "let's visit Jun, it is his 2nd death Monthsary"
"alright"
They visit Jun at the heart of the Northern Forest; they bought a bouquet of Bergamot flowers first at the Central Town and candles as well.
They light the candles and stay there for 20 minutes.
Fast Forward…
It is already 7:30 in the evening. Mikan and Natsume ate with their friends. They finished eating and proceed at their rooms.
"I'm going to have another mission so don't go and find me at my room" Natsume informed mikan.
"okay" she said as is it was nothing to her.
She hissed him on the lips and go to her room.
'that was odd, I thought she would stop me' Natsume said to himself.
Mikan quickly close the door and search her dress. She found it in her closet and wears it.
Her hair is unfurled and wear the white glitter mask, it just cover half of her face.
She looks at her watch and it is already 7:57. she hurry up, she arrived at their meeting place. Persona and Natsume are already waiting for her.
'she's really a girl' Natsume said. Mikan really look sexy in hr dress, unluckily for Natsume, he didn't know it was her. Natsume only wear his checkered mocha uniform.
'her hair looks exactly like Mikan's. what am I thinking? Many girls look like her hair' he scolded himself.
She bowed to them for being late. Persona just nod to her.
Natsume started walking, mikan follow him.
They transfer from one tree to another until they reach their destination.
"hide" Natsume ordered her. They hide under a bush.
There were 3 men guarding the house, holding a gun.
"let me handle it" Mikan said
(wondering how Natsume did didn't notice Mikan's voice.)
Flashback…
Mikan knock on Hotaru's door.
"knock, knock" she heard footsteps pattering, approaching the door. Hotaru's open the door.
"need my help?" she asks.
"yeah. Do you have any invention that can change one's voice?" she tentatively asks.
"I have one. What for?" hotaru ask curiously.
"I just need it"
Hotaru went t inside her room and go back with a single black thing on her hands "here"
"what's this?"
"invention 0054: Voice changer: put it on your mouth but don't swallow it. you will choose if you want to lower your voice or higher" hotaru said to no one.
"boy or girl?" hotaru asks.
"girl" mikan replies. She put it in her mouth and said "hotaru" her voice change, it became much higher "thanks"
"150 rabbits" she said.
"oh hotaru! You didn't ever change a bit" she gave her 150 rabbits. Mikan smile at her, she smile back. Mikan leave immediately.
End of flashback….
'sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep' the men suddenly fall asleep.
"wow" Natsume said in is amusement; he didn't notice his companion clutching her chest.
"let's go"
They swiftly entered the house. They open the doors in the house one by one, until they found him. Yuuri amino, he has gray hair, he was lying unconsciously on the floor, no shirt, shivering in cold. His hands tied up, he doesn't have any bruises.
Natsume carry him but he was really cold. Mikan remove her long skirt and wrap it to him. Yuuri somehow feel warm.
They thought that they would go back to the academy easily. However, jumping to conclusions is not good.
When they exited the house. Many men in black surrounded them.
Natsume put down Yuuri at a safe place. Stay with him" he said to her, she nodded.
The men starts attacking Natsume but before they could touch him, they are all burn into ashes.
While in mikan…
Some men attack them too, they were using their alices on her but she nullify all of them (Natsume didn't saw her using her Alice).
In the darkness….
A man was watching them, hiding in the darkness. The he saw her, the girl that he was wanting for.
"get her" the man with a cold and high voice said.
The men beside him came near her. She just stares at them and smirk.
They use their alice on her but all of it didn't work on her. Mikan use her controlling alice, a strong wind blow. The wind was forming a hand, it crush all of the men.
Natsume was fighting the other men; he didn't know is that a stear made of ice is going to strike him.
"Natsume!" the girl shout, he turn his back and look at her. A fire appears in front of him, the stear melted. After that, he heard a man groaning in pain.
He saw a very bloody death; the man was swimming with his own blood, a very big stone fall down onto him and crushes him to death. He never does that before, he just burns his enemies alive into ashes.
He saw her, the girl who has just been save him from a near death situation. She was staring at the man with anger.
'fire? How could she have so many alice?' he asks himself. He look around, his enemies has escaped.
Yuuri amino has just woken up. They heard a cold and high voice speak.
"I'll be back to get you"
He saw the girl chill in fright. Then she tumbles down but Yuuri catch her.
Natsume walk towards them "are you alright?" he asks Yuuri.
He nodded.
"is she alright?" he asks, he doesn't know but he really felt that the girl is somewhat close to him.
"I guess so" Yuuri replies to him "let's go back now"
They reach the academy and saw Persona waiting for them. Persona smirks when he saw them.
"good job Natsume" he said to Natsume. He face Yuuri and said to him "Bring the girl back to her room, we will talk tomorrow"
Yuuri nodded.
They left first. Natsume leave alone at the academy's front gate. he saw something twinkle, it was lying on the ground, right were Yuuri and the girl stood. He doesn't see that before there, Yuuri might drop it he just thought.
He picked it up. It was a blue shaped earring. It looks familiar to him, he saw it wear by someone, but who is this someone?
He was thinking really hard. When, where and to whom did he saw it?
"mikan" he mumbled…
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