Sorry for the very late update. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 18: Breathless
It's been a week since Mikan declared that she doesn't love Natsume anymore and that Hotaru and the others didn't mean anything to her anymore.
Anna and Nonoko didn't stop from crying since that day, until now they cry and cry. They wanted to talk to Mikan but the others said that it is not a good action. While Sumire is always hot tempered, she shouts at Mikan every time she laid eyes on her. However, all Mikan do is ignored her.
As for Hotaru…
Well, she's always busy. She was finding out what is this controlling alice all about but she can't find it. She doesn't attend classes, she didn't even sleep!
Good thing, she has Ruka. He was doing her assignments for her and much other stuff for her.
"Found it!" Hotaru shouts happily.
"You did? What does it say?" Ruka asks curiously.
"Well, it says that the person who possesses this kind of alice can control all things in the world, even the five elements and the time" she reads and pauses for a while.
"…the controlling alice is a very rare alice, few people possesses this kind of alice. The possessor of this alice could be the most powerful person in the world. Because this is the alice that every Alice users would want…" Hotaru stops from reading.
"that means Mikan is the most powerful Alice in this world" Ruka said thoughtfully.
However, Hotaru didn't even listen to him. Her eyes are wide open, "o h no!" she murmurs.
"what?" Ruka asks sounding confuse.
Hotaru reads it for Ruka.
"However, the user of this alice could die, slowly. He/she would die very slowly. His/her body will weaken until he/she can't move his/her body anymore. The possessor of it will suffer from great pain and stiffening of the body" while reading it, small tears pour from Hotaru's violet eyes.
"sshh, don't cry. Maybe, we've read the wrong information. We're not sure yet if that's the real effect of her alice" Ruka said and wipe the tears from her cheeks.
"no, I'm sure of it" she just said.
"then, Natsume must know it. Maybe, he could stop her from using her alice"
"Even if you call Natsume, he still can't stop her, she already made her decision and that's final"
"Do you know to whom she's going to take revenge with?" Ruka asks, she nods at him and face her computer again.
She clicks for the files…
"I do some research and I found this" she clicks for one file. A picture of a woman appears; she has a long brown hair and looks a lot like Mikan. Beside her was a man with dark hair and brown eyes.
"They are Mikan's parents" Hotaru explains to him. She clicks for another picture and a huge mansion appears.
"That is the Hyuuga family mansion" she said.
"Oh! Do you think Natsume should know about this?" Ruka asks her, asking for her permission to fetch Natsume.
She nods "yeah. It's really important. You should get the others too" Hotaru said with authority.
Ruka leaves the room, after a few minutes he came back with the others.
They around Hotaru and her computer, all look curious and happy as well because they were going to know about Mikan's secret.
Again Hotaru shows them pictures of Mikan's parents and Natsume's family mansion. She starts explaining.
"Mikan's father was killed by the anti-alice organization, they shoot him straight to the heart" Hotaru said and pause.
Everyone gasp.
"That woman" pointing at the picture "is Tomoka Sakura, she is Mikan's mother. After Mikan's father died, they tried to kill Mikan as well. But her mother begged not too…"
Natsume and the other boys fist clench. Anna is leaning to Nonoko's shoulder for comfort. Well, Sumire is just listening attentively but you can see in her face that she also felt anger to those cold-blooded murderers and pity for Mikan.
Hotaru continues…
"The master of the anti-alice organization made her do something terrible"
(For those who read my past chapters you know already what had happened. I was just lazy to tell it again. Hehehe)
Natsume's fist clench tightly.
"Do you know when the day that Mikan blown off her room. I guess it's that day when she knows what happen in the past" Hotaru was cut-off by their questioning look.
"I just thought that she might have dreamed about it. The Eiji guy has the alice of dream. Maybe he use his alice on her"
"yeah, I remember now" Natsume said "he can make you dream about what happens in the past, preset or even the future, he can make you recall all the things that had happened and the things that will just happen" he said thoughtfully "he can kill a person too, by giving them nightmares"
All of them look at him in surprise except of Hotaru.
"The things that I will say is just a theorem" Hotaru said, they all look at her. "Mikan wants to take revenge to the master of the anti-alice organization because of her parents' death and Natsume's family as well"
Natsume throw her a what-do-you-mean look.
"Everybody knows that she's stupid and fool and she cares for all the people in the world, much to her love ones. It's just an idea"
"And…Eiji, Persona might commanded him to use his alice on her so they could use her for their own intentions" Yuu said.
"That man" Natsume murmured and storm away from the room.
Teachers lounge…
"Yuuri, didn't you get any information?" Mr. Narumi asks tensely.
"No, but they have a message for her. They said that if she wants to get her grandpa back, she must be the one to save her" Yuuri replies weakly, he got bruises all over his body, blood dripping from his arms.
"We can't do that" Mr. Misaki said "they might get her"
"I think w should send Yuuri to the hospital" Ms. Serena suggested.
The teachers look at Yuuri's state, they didn't notice before that he was in a bad condition.
"I guess so" Mr. Jinno said.
Two other teachers stood up and help Yuuri go to the hospital. After they were gone…
"What are we going to do?" Mr. Narumi said problematically.
The door bangs open, persona enters the room.
"It seems that you couldn't do anything. It's time for me to act" he said calmly.
"Wait…" Mr. Misaki said but he was interrupted by Persona's voice.
"We couldn't give her more burdens, if her grandpa dies she will blame us" he said to them.
"Okay, do what you want. Just make sure they wouldn't get Mikan" Mr. Jinno said.
Persona turns his back, satisfied to what Mr. Jinno said and he exits the room with a grin on his face.
"But Mr. Jinno…" Mr. Narumi complained.
"We can't do anything" he said seriously.
Mr. Narumi bows in defeat. Why this things need to happen?!
Back to the students…
Natsume and the others are out to find Eiji; they saw him sitting on the bench. Bad thing, Mikan is not with him.
"Hey!" Natsume shouts at Eiji.
Eiji looks at them and smile.
"Did you make Mikan dream about her parents' death?" Hotaru asks angrily.
"Why?" Eiji asks his facial expression change to a worried look.
"Did you or did you not?" Natsume asks.
"What's happening here?" a familiar voce behind them suddenly asks.
They all turn their backs and saw Mikan. She has many bruises all over her body, there's no blood but one can tell that she suffers a lot. She looks a lot paler than before.
All of them already forgot what they were really up to. Natsume get even angrier.
"What happen to you?" he asks.
"None of your business" she replies coldly. Mikan was avoiding Natsume's eyes. Scared to see the pain in his ruby eyes.
"What's happening here?" she asks again and approach Eiji.
"Did you know that Eiji use his alice n you!" Sumire shouts at her, she was going berserk.
Mikan look at Eiji questioning him. He nods and the she looks back at them again.
"So? Nothing's going to change. I should thank him for letting me see how my parents look like" she said, there's a trace of anguish in her voice.
"Why are you doing this?" Yuu asks, you can tell that he already had enough "you can't have them back, even if you will kill the guy who killed your parents, you still can't resurrect them. They are already dead; they are not going to live again!"
"that's why I'm doing my revenge. Because I can't have them, because I can't have them back!" she shouts furiously.
Their anger was change into pity. They can see through her eyes the loneliness that she feels. The spark in her eyes before had gone, it is now filled with sorrow, anger and sadness.
"We are here to help you" Anna said "we are your friends. We would help you, we want to help you"
"Do you think I would let you?" Mikan said, half-laughing. She turns her back and walks away from them.
"Why? Why can't you let us help you?" Natsume asks. Tears are flowing from his ruby eyes.
"Because I can't, because I don't want to" she replies, she can't control her feelings anymore, if they will continue it she might burst out.
"Why?" a very firm voice asks "Why can't you stop your revenge? Do you think your parents will like it? Do you think they would want to see you suffering?" Koko asks.
"You can't tell me that, you don't know them" she replies back.
"Why don't you just stop it?" Nonoko shouts.
She faces them again. "Great! Now you want me to stop. Can't all of you understand that I can't stop my revenge?" strong wind blew but it feels hot when it touches your skin. It's like water and fire. "you don't feel the same way I feel. You can't feel my anger, my longing for my parents. I'm not like all of you. I can't remember the day they were taking care of me. I don't know how warm they are. I never even remember their warmth!" Mikan said angrily.
"After your revenge, what's next?" Hotaru asks, taking all her strength to face her "are you going to be happy? Look at you! You look tired, you are pale, and you are not the Mikan I know before!"
"It's my life not yours!"
"You still have your grandpa, you still have us" Ruka said.
Mikan didn't answer.
"Do you know that you could die just using your controlling alice?" Hotaru informs her.
Mikan's eyes widen, she didn't know about that. Persona just tells her that she will only get weaker.
"What!" Eiji shriek, he can't believe it. If he knows about that, he is going to stop her first. "That's not true" Eiji said to them.
"Don't pretend that you didn't know" Natsume said.
"I really don't know" he replies.
"Let's stop this. I don't want to hear anything about this anymore. And… no one can stop me" after Mikan says that she walks away from them. Eiji follows her.
As for her friends, if they can't stop her now. They will do it, some other time…
At Eiji and Mikan…
"Mikan! Wait!" Eiji calls her; however she doesn't stop from walking "I'm sorry"
"Sorry? What for? You didn't do anything wrong" she said coldly.
"Mikan" he said almost in a whisper.
"You could have at least told me!" she yells at him.
"Sorry" he said again.
"Do you know what first came into my mind when I dream about my parents' death?" she said, tears toppling from her eyes. "I... thought that... my parents want me... to take revenge for their death. My anger got me, now I'm taking my revenge. But all I've got is pain, Natsume too, Hotaru, Ruka…all of my friends. They were hurt by my false actions" she said.
"Please, don't cry. I'm sorry" Eiji hug her tightly.
"You didn't even tell me that I could die from using my alice!" Mikan said.
"I didn't know. I really don't know. Persona doesn't tell me about that. All he made me do is make you dream about your past"
Mikan cries harder.
"Mikan, please stop crying" he says while rubbing her back"you could always stop your revenge. You could, if…you just want to"
"I won't" she said in a very low voice, you couldn't even hear her.
"What?" Eiji asks.
"I said I won't" she says louder than before.
"Why?" Eiji asks, confuse. "you already said that it didn't do you any good. Why don't you stop? Why can't you stop?"
"Because I don't want to" Mikan releases herself from his embrace "because I already started it and I can't stop. Because if I stop I don't know how would I go back to my old self. Even right now, I don't know who I am anymore" she turns her back and walk. She doesn't see the tears fall from Eiji's eyes.
"You could go back to them and find yourself. Find the real you, the real Mikan they knew" he said to her.
She wipes her tears and say "and the Mikan they knew before is not the real Mikan" she walks away.
She headed straight to her room. She was really frustrated. She wants to die, to end all her sufferings. She doesn't want to cry anymore, she was already tired of crying. But she can't die yet, not now. Not until HE is dead. He will come with her to their grave. she lies on her bed and quickly falls asleep.
Mikan's dream…
"Mikan" a soft voice whispers "Mikan" the whisper is slowly becoming louder.
Mikan opens her eyes, and she could see a very beautiful paradise. There's a water falls on the right side and the place is full of different kinds of flowers.
But she wonders to whom the voice belongs.
The voice calls for her name again "Mikan"
It seems very familiar to her, the voice of a very special person in her life. She was finding that voice, excitement filled her heart.
'Jun' she thought.
"Jun" she shouts.
"Mikan" the voice came from behind her, she turns her back and a tall man with a dark green hair and emerald eyes stand in front of her.
She excitedly runs to him and hug him tightly. She was like a child longing for warmth and love.
Jun heard her cry.
"Sshh…don't cry. You know I hate seeing you cry" Jun said to her while touching her soft brown hair for comfort.
"Don't leave me, please, not now" she says pleadingly.
"I can't, I'm not a living person anymore"
"Please Jun, don't leave me again"
"I can't even if I want to I still can't"
"You said you won't leave me! That you are always here for me! But you are going to live me…again" she said to him accusingly.
"I never leave you, I'm always here" he said to her.
She doesn't reply back. Jun push her lightly, her head bows. He touches her chin and made her look up to him. He sweetly smiles at her and wipe her tears.
"Mikan, listen to me. I don't have any right to stop you from doing your revenge, but please, think about your actions first. Don't do things that you might soon regret"
"But I am already regretting the things that I have done" she said.
"Don't worry there is always a happy ending…"
End of Mikan's dream…
Mikan opens her eyes, she graze her cheeks and wipe the tears form on it. She sits up on her bed and starts crying, again. How can be life this hard? Why God need to give her too many sufferings? What did she do wrong to be in this kind of agony?
Someone talk out of nowhere "crying, why?"
Mikan look up and saw Persona standing in front of her.
"None of your business" she said to him sharply, she wipes her tears and stands up like nothing happens.
"Don't pretend that you're okay. I know you're not" he said to her bleakly.
"What do you want?" she asks him.
"You have your next mission, this time no one will accompany you"
"What kind of mission?"
"Saving someone"
"What if I say to you that I don't want to do it" she said. "You didn't tell me that I could die from using my alice. And for god's sake I don't want to die until HE is not dead yet"
"How did you know?" he got a look of brummagem surprise in his face.
"From my frie… from someone and that someone is someone that you shouldn't know" she said. She won't tell him that it was Hotaru who said to her about that, she might get into trouble if Persona knows.
"Don't worry; I know you will know it sooner or later. I guess, you've already know it sooner than I expected" he said.
"And I won't do it, I won't take any orders from you anymore" she said, standing proudly, telling him that she was not afraid of him.
"Well… if you won't do it, he will die. And I'm sure you will regret if he dies, because this he that you will be saving is someone who is so important and very known to you" he grins.
"Who?" she asks, bewildered.
"You will know later and that is if you will save him"
She suddenly feels restlessness "when and where?"
"Right now, because if you don't do it right now he might be dead tomorrow morning. Same place, where you and Natsume saved Yuuri Amano" after saying that he leaves her with one big question in her mind…
"Who is this he?" Mikan asks herself. '…someone who is so important and much known to you' her mind recalls.
The first person who pop-up in her mind that could possibly be kidnapped was…
"Grandpa" she whispers hoarsely.
"Oh no! Grandpa!" she quickly jumps out on her window with only one thing in her mind "I must save him!"
She doesn't that her friends were watching her every moved. Don't forget Hotaru's camera.
Hotaru's room door suddenly bangs open. It was Eiji, he was catching for his breath, sweating.
"Mikan…she was going to save her grandpa" he said breathlessly.
"What do you mean?" Hotaru asks, puzzled.
"It was her grandpa who has been kidnapped" he informs them.
All of them were at the state of shock about what they had been told.
"What!" Natsume shouts.
"We need to help her, she's going to face those cold blooded criminals all by herself and she can't use her alice anymore" Eiji said.
"Where?" Natsume worriedly asked.
"Where you and Mikan saved Yuuri Amano" he said to him.
"Me and Mikan? But that was another girl…don't tell me she's that girl" he asked, Eiji nods at him.
"We need to hurry! Talk about that later" Ruka said.
All of them leaved the room and hurriedly go at the anti-alice organization hide-out.
Mikan…
She is starting to panic, negative thoughts enter her mind. What if he is already dead? What if she can't save him anymore? What would she do now?
She run faster, far that she knows that the wind was already lifting her up. She reached her destination. There was the anti-alice already waiting for her. The master was at the center already waiting for her.
"What took you so long?" he asks.
"I just know now" she replies back, anger was eating her again. Two lives is enough reason for to kill him. Doesn't he dare to add more. "Where is my grandpa?" she asks furiously, her fist clenched.
"Inside, he is already waiting for you"
"Give him back to me!" she said with a firm tone of voice.
"Ah, ah, ah, not too fast young miss. I will give him to you, that is if you will agree with me" he said.
"What?" she asks calmly.
"You join our organization and I'll give you back your grandpa"
"Are you insane? I'm not crazy yet" she said half-laughing.
"That's your decision" he said smirking.
"Where is my grandpa" she asks again.
"Get him" the anti-alice master commands to his men.
Two of his men moved, after a minute they appear with Mikan's grandpa. He was in a very horrible state. He got no shirt and his body is mark by the beating they did to him.
"Granpa!" Mikan shouts "What did you do to him?" Mikan ask enrage, she was starting to fire up.
"He did something he shouldn't and if you don't agree with us I'll kill him and your friends"
"What friends?" she asked, confoundingly.
"Them"
A man appears and he was holding a badly ill Natsume and Hotaru, she got a slapped on her face.
"Natsume! Hotaru! Where are the others?" she asks furiously.
"Inside"
"That couldn't be Natsume, he couldn't be beaten that easily"
"But he was already beaten, take note, so easily beaten" he said smirking.
"Release them" she said threateningly.
"Why would I do that? Agree with me first"
"I said release them" they didn't know that she was already using her alice. Her eyes were fixed on the man who was holding her grandpa. 'Release my grandpa, release my grandpa'
Little by little the man is walking forward to her.
"What are you doing?" one of his allies asks him.
Instead of answering back, he punched him straight on his face.
"What the?!" the master alice said with his cold voice. He looked at Mikan "you little scumbag!" he shouts at her.
Little did she knows that she was already been attacked. She was hardly hit on her tummy; it was like an arrow that hit her. She kneeled in pain and her connection with the man has been cut.
The man was not bewitched anymore, he was surprise when three of his allies were holding him and stopping him to do something…what? He was holding Mikan's grandpa no more.
Mikan was kneeling in pain. What was that thing that hits her? She can't find anything anywhere. Darn it! Why does she let her guard down? Darn it! She's really an idiot.
"Does it hurt? Now you made me angry!" he tells her angrily.
Mikan looked up at him not with fear but with courage. She forced to stand up and faced him.
"Did I?" she asks sarcastically "Don't worry; I'm loosing my patience too!"
It starts raining hard; a blue dragon appears behind Mikan.
"Using your alice huh? You know its consequences everytime you use it"
"Of course I know, I'm not an idiot"
"You're such a strong woman like your mother" after saying that a strong wind blew "…but you're still no match to me" then, a blue colored swallow appears (I know that swallows are colored black, just for the sake of the story its colored blue.hehehe.)
"That's what you're blustering about?" she said half-laughing. "That's nothing compare to my alices"
"Don't be so proud of yourself, you don't know what my alice can do"
The swallow flutter its wings, making a gale (a gale is a strong wind, that's what I know)
She can't breath, it is like someone or something is stroking her. She was clenching her neck, trying to get hold of her breath.
"Mikan!" her grandpa shouts.
"Shut up! You filthy old man!" one guy punch him on his stomach.
"Granpa!" she constrained herself to call out his grandpa's name "Natsume…"
The last thing she heard was someone called out for her name…
"Mikan!"
Finished it! It took me a very long time to upload this one. It's not worth the wait, I know it isn't and I am not expecting many reviews. I guess there would be just one or two. Nevertheless, there would be nothing.
Sorry if I haven't post the next chapter of The Game. But I'm going to make sure that the next chapter would be next Saturday, I'm thinking of deleting it.
For When You Feel It, I'm going to delete it already so don't wait for next chapters.
As for the next chapter of this one, it would be dreadful. Someone is going to die.
Bye bye…