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…NOTES…

This chapter will be dedicated to my best friends and the kitten we found yesterday named "Connie"

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Chapter Three

Worst-Case Scenario

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This was probably Mikan's worse scenario.

Damn that Kaito.

"Lord, what have I done wrong?" Mikan prayed.

She'd rather be stuck with a person with very bad body odor than be stuck with an assassin! He had a gun and that gun can do evil magic. It could kill her. And she was too young too die. She was only sixteen years old and she vowed that she'd actually get her first kiss before she would die. Apparently, this will NEVER happen.

She could feel the assassin slowly walk towards her. Mikan's feet seemed to be glued to the ground and she couldn't run away. She was too scared. She could hear his breath brush against her neck. Then, the gun was pointed to her back. She felt the horror.

"Please spare me" Mikan begged, her voice shaking.

"My orders wasn't to spare anyone who witnessed that certain moment"

Mikan gulped. What could she do? She had nothing to fight with…so it was unavoidable that she would be killed now.

"Would you like to say anything?" whispered the assassin.

Mikan's mind was in turmoil. She didn't want to die. No. She couldn't.

She wouldn't. No. She SHOULDN'T.

Mikan felt a burst of courage. She kicked up a stick that she was stepping on whilst pushing the assassin back. She felt him land on the floor and heard the gun pop. She lunged towards him and started beating him up with the stick.

Normally, Mikan wouldn't beat up ANYONE. She didn't like to. But desperate times call for desperate measures. And Mikan still had to go to the prom and be kissed! She wouldn't stand and just be shot and end her life just like that. Nope. She wouldn't.

"Take that! And that! And more of that!!!" Mikan screamed, hitting the assassin. Apparently, he had let go of the gun and squirming in the darkness like a little parasite.

"You little…" groaned the assassin. He was getting exhausted.

"I'm not letting go of you!"

And she spent the whole night just beating the hell out of him.

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"Hey"

The assassin opened his eyes, coming to find the pig-tailed weirdo staring at him from above.

"Daijobou?"

Natsume sat up immediately and pointed the gun at her.

"What's that for? Come on, I spared you. I was about to shoot you but then I've thought about it and I decided not to. Anyway, I hate killing people. I've never tried it but I don't like looking at blood its so…"

"Shut up!"

"Humph. I even bandaged you" Mikan said, folding her arms. The boy looked down and found himself stripped of his shirt and his chest was wrapped with bandages as well as some parts of his arms. He also had a pink band aid wrapped around his finger which he detested so.

"How dare you do that without my consent!" he yelled, blushing. He slipped on his leather jacket again and stood up.

"I take first aid as an elective you know! AND… you can at least be a bit grateful!" Mikan said, walking after him. He was such a rude person. Even assassins know their manners!

"How can I be grateful to someone who removed my shirt?" he grunted.

"You have a problem with first aid?"

"I can heal myself thank you very much"

"Well, you should've told me!"

"How could I when you beat me up?"

"Sorry!"

"God! I've never met anyone as annoying as you"

"What's your name anyway?" Mikan asked.

"Hyuuga Natsume"

"I'm Sakura Mikan"

Natsume didn't say anything.

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The clingy brunette followed this "Natsume" everywhere. She didn't feel a little bit tired and she followed him like a faithful dog following his master.

They had been probably walking for hours. Mikan checked her cell phone and it was around two o' clock in the morning. It was unbelievably dark and not a single star sparkled. Mikan didn't like the sound of her shoes against the muddy ground but she had to deal with it.

Oh Kaito, why did you have to abandon me like that? And of all the people, you had to abandon me with this guy. Not only is he an assassin…he's rude too!!! Couldn't you have at least left me with an assassin that is a gentleman? Mikan wondered.

He isn't even a little bit hot. She added and folded her arms.

"Will you please stop following me?" Natsume asked, his tone drenched with irritation.

"Well, I can't help it! I mean, I'm scared to walk alone" she replied. Yeah, she'd rather not walk with this guy but walking alone in a forest is even worse…even though he has a gun and could end her life any moment now…

"Just shut your mouth and I won't shoot"

"What's your problem anyway? Besides, if you were able to enter this forest then why can't you find your way out?"

"Because it's dark, you stupid moron! Just like your brain!"

Mikan didn't say anything.

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"Can I call you Nat or Tsume?"

"What?"

"Well, I don't like saying Natsume very much…Nat is cute…and Tsume rolls off the tongue very nicely" Mikan replied promptly.

"Humph. I don't like either of them"

"So just plain Hyuuga huh? Well, can I call you Hyuu or Ga? Well Ga is too short…"

"Whatever, moron"

"Come on!! You can give me a nickname too! Like, Mi or Kan…but I don't like Kan…it sounds so…wrong. As well as Sakura, I don't want to be called Sakura since I have a classmate named Sakura and I…"

"Look, there's no point on giving you a nickname since I wont talk to you"

"Some people just call me Mi-Mi…but grandpa calls me Sweetheart. But don't call me sweetheart since we're not boyfriend-girlfriend…Yuck…"

"Is there a possibility that you will shut up?"

"Never call me Kan-Kan or…"

"UGH!! Since you won't stop talking, let's go separate ways" Natsume yelled, as they reached a fork in the forest.

"But--- I don't want to walk alone"

"Walk or I'll shoot"

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Kaito, I'm still pissed at you.

Mikan couldn't argue but simply obey the assassin's demands. She didn't want to walk alone but she didn't want to lose her life either.

Walking alone was terrible. The sound of nocturnal animals stalking their pray and the feeling of chilly wind brushing against her nape was so frightening. She would scream whenever a twig would snap. She couldn't call for help either since there was no cellphone signal in the forest.

She felt as if she was in a reality show. Only there are no rescue people and cash prizes. She had to muddle through this bloodcurdling forest filled with unimaginable deformed animals that she didn't want to imagine, evil man-eating flowers that could eat her, giant snakes and a ruby dragon.

Okay, she knew she was exaggerating but she was beginning to feel hungry, thirsty and tired. Her imagination was going wild and she had a feeling that someone was following her right now. And it wasn't Natsume.

She could hear foot steps tracking her every move and cold breath breathing down her neck. She imagined it to be a ghostly giant scorpion with twenty green eyes and a dragon's tail. Oh why did she have to suffer this torture of thinking that these hideous imaginary creatures existed?

"Mikan you're being stupid. No one's following you…it's just me and my imagination" she whispered, and to prove it she turned around.

Two muscular arms grabbed her. No, it wasn't a giant snake with human arms. It was much worse.

Mikan could see his face in the moon light. He was unusually tall and had an extremely buff body. Two muscular arms strangled her petite body as she kicked to free herself. He wore a sweaty undershirt and had tattoos all over his arms. He was a thug.

"Little girl, would you like to hand me everything you've got? Your money, your cell phone and anything you own!"

"NO!" Mikan yelled.

"Then I'll have to take your life" the man replied and reached for Mikan's neck.

Why are there so many evil people in this world? Mikan thought to herself.

BAM!

The man immediately let go of her and fell on the floor. Mikan stared in horror as blood trickled down his chest and his eyes dilated. She gasped as he twitched for a second and then finally greeted death. She gulped as a familiar face hopped on the lifeless body, examining if he was dead or just faking it.

"Why did you have to do that?!" Mikan yelled. "You could've just given him a minor injury!"

"This guy has been wanted for murder of twenty women so far. It's my duty to punish him"

"Um…hello?! There is such thing as a prison! You don't have to kill!!"

"I'm an assassin" Natsume responded quietly. "I must kill"

"That's stupid! No one has the right to kill!"

"Look, baka – you're not involved in my life so keep out of it if you want to stay alive. You're not the boss of me so don't act like you are! He's dead so there's no use in crying over it!!" yelled Natsume.

"Well, I don't believe in killing people."

"Well, people have different beliefs. Yours sucks. So keep quiet" Natsume said, turning his back.

Mikan stared at the corpse and turned back to Natsume. "Arigatou"

Natsume looked at her. "What did you say?"

"Thank you! Well, that man was gonna kill me so…I guess I have to be grateful since you tried to save me"

"I thought you don't believe in KILLING."

"Well, I don't believe in killing but I should at least be grateful!"

Natsume rolled his eyes. "Whatever, stupid"

"Hey, wait…since we're friends now…can I call you Nat?"

"NO"

"Since we're friends now, I think I should call you by first-name basis…what do you think?"

"NO"

"Right. I'll call you Natsume" Mikan said, giving a smile.

"Stop smiling. You look ugly"

"Well, whatever Natsume-kun!" she said, extending her arm. "Let's shake on our friendship."

"NO" he replied.

"Ugh. We're never going to solve this!"

"NO"

Well, it WAS Mikan's WORST-CASE SCENARIO

But now...

It's not that bad

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To be continued…

…NOTES…

The fluff, I think will begin in the next chapters. Please review! I'll be happy to hear from you!

XOXO,

Keiko