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Gomenasai, but Ruka-pyon and Hotaru-chan will have a delayed appearance and will appear next time. Anyway, please enjoy this chapter! MxN moments will be featured.

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Chapter Five

Happiness

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Murder…

A three year old boy came running after a woman and a man who were soaking in blood.

"MOMMY!! DADDY!!!!"

Their cry was weak and not to mention their bodies.

The boy embraced his parent's dying bodies as his mother stroked his jet black hair.

"Don't leave me…"

"We know you are strong, sweet heart…"

Tears rolled down the two adults' cheeks as they bade their only son goodbye.

"Please, mom!! Dad!! Don't…!"

The woman's hand slipped from the three year old boy's hand, leaving it bloody.

"Mom…Dad?"

The boy burst into tears. They were now nothing but dead.

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Natsume sat up, his heart racing. He gasped for air and put his hand on his neck, coming to find cold sweat sliding down. He removed his jacket for it was terribly humid. He wiped the sweat with his hand and sighed. How terrible. What a nightmare.

He stood up and took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. He always did this when bothered whilst staring at the moonlight.

He sat down, getting tired of keeping his head up and found a sweet chocolate-haired girl sleeping too. Natsume sighed and observed her way of sleeping. She was curled up like a cat and she snored peacefully. He grunted and stepped on the cigarette to put it out.

He put his foot on Mikan's arm. "Oi, baka…wake up!"

Mikan tossed and turned. She finally opened her eyes.

"Get your foot off me!!" she yelled, pushing Natsume's leg.

"We're leaving"

Mikan rubbed her eyes. "Leaving? Where? To another forest clearing?"

"No. We're going to the road"

Mikan's eyes widened. "What? The road? Are you kidding me? It's going to take forever to get ourselves back to civilization"

"Get up!" Natsume said, pointing the gun at the brunette.

"Fine! Fine!" Mikan said, standing up and taking her bag.

"What time is it anyway?" Natsume questioned.

Mikan looked at her cell phone. "4:20 in the morning"

Natsume nodded and walked away. "Ah…Natsume-kun! Wait!"

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"Why do you want to go back all of a sudden?"

"Because I hate it in the forest"

"Oh, nice decision Natsume!! You probably just woke up and thought: I think I want to go back to the city today!! We could've just waited until late morning if you wanted to leave this place!!! I have a body to take care of & with this early schedule I'll die of fatigue!!"

"Listen, stupid. I've been waking up at midnight everyday of my useless life to kill people and I'm still in one piece so shut up!"

"Yesterday you were so kind and today you're just like…mean!"

Natsume didn't say anything.

"Did you have a bad dream?"

Natsume stopped walking. "This is a bad dream"

"Sometimes I don't understand you"

"My stupid life is a bad dream"

Mikan rolled her eyes. "If you're trying to lecture me Natsume or if you're trying to sound deep or wise it's not working"

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Hours passed.

"Will you walk a bit faster? Ugh. You're slower than a snail!"

"I can't help it! I'm tired and hungry!" Mikan whined. "And plus, it's going to take forever to get back to civilization! Can't we at least take a rest?"

"Look, stupid. If you want to survive then you better shut your mouth or I'll pull the trigger"

"You can't always use your dumb gun as a threat"

"I can. A coward like you is as weak as a feather"

Mikan pouted. "I want to rest!!!!"

BAM!! BAM! BAM!!!!

A figure pounced from the trees. It was another assassin, probably.

"Damn it! Why won't these people leave me alone?" Natsume said and pushed Mikan to a bush.

"Hey! What was that for?"

The figure was quite fast to have eyes set upon. Mikan watched as Natsume jumped from side to side, shooting. The sound of shooting was so terrible that the chocolate-haired girl put her hands over her ears, hoping to protect her sensitive ears from the violent sounds.

After a few minutes, the shooting stopped. The smell of gunpowder swam in the air and Mikan opened her eyes. The assassin lay on the ground, covered in blood.

"That moron is obviously from the enemy organization"

Mikan gulped. "How can you tell?"

Natsume shrugged. "Why else would he be after me?"

"You mean people are after you?"

"I am an assassin. Of course people will be after me!! I kill people so people seek…"

"Seek what?"

Natsume swallowed and sighed. "They seek vengeance"

"You seem pretty emotional about the whole vengeance thing, why is that?" Mikan asked.

"I won't let you into my personal life, you idiot! Now let's go!"

Natsume-kun acts like he has something piercing his heart.

"That's it! My feet are killing me!" Mikan said and plopped on the ground.

"Fine!" Natsume grunted, sitting down as well. "I suppose we can take a break from here"

Mikan dunked her head into her bag. "Oh, I had food her all this time!" she said and fished out two candy bars.

"Want one?"

"Nope. If it's from you I'll probably have a heart attack"

Mikan rolled her eyes and unwrapped the foil. She took a bite out of the candy bar and smiled with satisfaction. "Delicious"

Plip

Natsume put his hand in the air. "Rain" he muttered.

"What?"

The sky darkened & then out of the blue, big fat rain drops started pouring.

Mikan's eyes lit up. "Come Natsume-kun, let's dance!"

"Dance? What the hell?"

"Yeah!" Mikan said, taking Natsume's hands. "It's raining!! It's an opportunity to enjoy it!!"

"How can you enjoy rain?" Natsume asked, withdrawing his hands from Mikan's grasp.

Mikan twirled in the air, her hair drenched in the rain and her clothes were sticking to her body. Natsume watched her in awe. How could she enjoy something as dirty as rain? It was so weird!!

Mikan took a handful of rain and splashed it on her face. Natsume himself was soiled in wet mud but he just stared at Mikan as if she was a disgusting pig.

"You're so stupid!!" Natsume yelled.

"No I'm not! You are! You're not enjoying this moment!" Mikan laughed and took Natsume's hands. "Come on, Natsume-kun!"

Natsume gulped as Mikan took his hands. Why did he suddenly get a certain feeling? This certain feeling made his heart race. It was incredible. He had never felt something like this before…something so great that it made his face turn red.

"I need to practice for the prom anyway" Mikan grinned and twirled once more. "Dance with me!!!"

It was as if he was floating on a rain cloud. How could this… little girl make something good out of something so terrible? Dancing in the rain?

Still, this feeling made him feel so hot inside. He wanted to stop this idiotic dance but at the same time he wanted to do it forever. Because, because it made him feel…well, he didn't quite know actually.

It was a feeling he didn't have for quite sometime. And he had no idea why this moron brought it to him.

"Isn't this fun, Natsume-kun?"

Yes.

"No"

"Aren't you happy?"

Yes.

"No"

"Whatever!!" Mikan laughed and continued dancing.

Natsume stopped moving and just observed the girl who made the most out of this moment. Oh, what was this feeling? It was overwhelming.

"ACHOO!"

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"This is your consequence for making a fool out of yourself" Natsume said, watching the girl lie down on the ground with a runny nose.

"Well, it is your consequence too because now you have to take care of me!" Mikan grinned.

"I'd rather take care of a sick pig than take care of you"

Mikan sat up and felt her forehead. "I'm hot"

"You're not!"

"I don't mean it that way, Natsume!" Mikan laughed. "As in, I'm HOT…literally"

She took Natsume's hand and put it on her forehead. "Right?"

"Take care of yourself then…I've got better things to worry about than worry about a donkey"

Mikan stuck out her tongue. "You're the donkey"

"I'm getting dinner" Natsume said, standing up and lighting a cigarette. "Don't be here when I get back…"

"Whatever!"

Natsume came back carrying a dead fish. He came to find Mikan warming herself near a bonfire which she obviously made.

"I made myself useful for once" she giggled.

Natsume just hung the fish on top of the bonfire to cook it.

Mikan yawned. "I'm kind of sleepy…"

"I don't care"

When the fish was ready, Natsume ate it all. Mikan didn't seem to object about it because she had fallen asleep. She used her backpack as her pillow and she was snoring peacefully.

Natsume couldn't make it out what that feeling was awhile ago. He didn't even understand why he spent so much time pondering on it. What was that feeling? He knew it started with an H…

Oh, right.

That feeling…

It was called…

Happiness…

And he stretched and lay down on the other side of the bonfire and bade the forest good night.

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To be continued…

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