G.O.T.H.S.
Where chaos is a fancy.
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Eriesha
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"So, we finally meet."
Mikan Sakura gripped her cell phone tighter. "Who… who is this?" The person speaking on the other line laughed. To the ears of an average person, it would sound warm…
Need I remind you that auburn-haired, olive-eyed bomb-makers A.K.A. Mikan Sakura, is not normal? Guess not.
"This is Reo Mouri."
Mikan didn't know why she started feeling uneasy all of a sudden. It wasn't because she was talking to a famous celebrity; it wasn't because she was dying to find out how Hotaru was involved in all of this, nor the fact that there was a .01 over a 1,000,000,000,000 that Reo Mouri would call her… it was the fact that his laugh sounded sadistic.
Weelllmaybe all those other things were also a part of it.
"Reo… Mouri-san?" What the heck is all this about?
"Yes." His voice was warm… Mikan heard nothing but annoyance.
"Do… Do you need something, Mouri-san?" How is Hotaru involved in all of this? What do you want from me? Why in God's name are you calling me instead of what's-her-name who still isn't finished screaming your name yet? What the !!#$#$&$ is going on!?
"Actually, Sakura-san…" Mikan blanched. How much does this guy really know?
Inwardly cursing at her paranoia, she wondered why Reo hadn't said anything. "Ye-yes?"
"I'd like to meet you personally. You see, I have this upcoming movie… Me, the director and the producer decided to take some raw talent from the Alice Academy to star in the film with me."
"And what does that have to do with me?" She felt there was something more that he wanted from her… if he really did want a co-star, he could have just picked Screaming Girl.
"You star in a play in Alice Academy. You must be very good." His voice sounded complementary, to her ears, deadly.
"Not really, Minouru-san-"
"So how about it? Natsume Hyuuga will be picked, too, of course… since he also stars in the play."
"What was Hotaru doing in the earlier call?" Mikan changed the subject. She sensed Reo Mouri was getting angrier by the minute.
"Hotaru is a relative of mine. I'm the family she almost has left." There was amusement in his voice… almost sadistic.
"Almost?" She pried, hoping to avoid the earlier subject of her meeting with him. For a moment, she felt that Reo was fondly musing about some distant memory.
"Yes, almost. Anyway, I'm still going to meet you. I'm going to perform in your school… I just called to prevent shocking you about starring in a movie with me."
"Yes of course."
Liar. You plastic… I can see right through your act. You want something… bad.
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2 weeks left.
14 days, 336 hours, 20, 160 minutes and 1, 209, 600 seconds…
Make that 1, 209, 599 seconds.
He was so close! All the hard work and patience he has gone through… will finally pay off. All of it.
The G.O.T.H.S will be his. Gutnie Chabi's amazing ability to know the distance of things just by looking at it, Otanashi Yura's remarkable disguise tactics, Tobita Yuu's time perception, Hyuuga Natsume's hacking intellect and…
…The prodigy that is Sakura Mikan.
If the size of a leaf can blow up Tokyo… What if it was the size of a car?
The world.
Yes… if she could do just that, he'll own this planet in no time.
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"Hotaru-chan… what's going on?"
They were huddled around her. Her cold and calculating eyes darting from Natsume Hyuuga, with his crimson eyes boring into her… to Otanashi Yura, looking pale and worried; she looked at Yuu Tobita, his glasses glimmering eerily against the pale orange horizon of the setting sun…
Of course, I needn't tell anyone that Gutnie Chabi was looking as truck-sized as ever.
But… Mikan Sakura held an accusing glare, one that she felt uneasy of. Did she know?
"What?" Her voice sounded small and vulnerable. Damn.
Mikan's glare intensified. "How are you related to Reo Mouri?"
She knew her lines. She knew what to say, memorized them by mind… It was part of his plan.
"He's my uncle…" Oh, how she hated this truth.
"Really?" There was a disbelieving tone in Mikan's voice as everyone else inched closer to hear what Hotaru had to say.
"Yes. Violet eyes are something our family can't get rid of."
"But why did he call me, Hotaru!? I've been asking you that question over and over again!"
He wants to use you. He needs your brain to control the government. Control the world, just like he's controlling me. Stop him before he can do anything! Stop him before this gets too late…
Stop me from obeying him… please!
"Didn't he tell you, you moron, that he needed actors in his new film?"
Yes. He did. It's a lie, Mikan… a huge, deceitful lie. You can see that, can't you?
"Sure he did…" There was still that look on her face. What was it? Doubt? Skepticism?
"You've been acting strange." He said. Slowly, painfully, she looked at the never-ending crimson of Natsume Hyuuga; cunning as always and undeniably handsome.
Her heart broke like it always did when she looked at him.
"Am I not always strange, Hyuuga." Natsume.
She wondered what it was like to whisper his name in his ear with him wrapping his arms around her… Having him care for her, protecting her from harm and… loving her.
His unwavering gaze did little to lessen her heartbeat.
He blinked. "True. But what I meant to say is you're acting stranger than normal. What's eating you, Imai? Spit it out."
What's eating me? I'll tell you what: I'm being controlled by Reo Mouri. I'm being forced to do things that I hate. I'm being forced to betray you. I'm being forced to hurt all of you… that's 'what's eating' me!
"I don't know, Hyuuga. Why don't you call in a carnivore, that way, you'll be sure to know what ate me."
He glared at her: a long, angry and impatient stare. "I don't have time for your jokes."
"Neither do I."
With that said, she stood up and made her way towards the door leading downstairs since, once again, they decided to hold a meeting on the rooftop.
She just wasn't expecting the meeting was about her.
I hate myself. I hate my life. I. Hate. Reo Mori.
She lifted her left sleeve, the fresh cut marks bleeding against the white bandages she wrapped around it.
But… I love my family more.
He promised her. He promised her he would free them once she could complete her task.
Promises were made to be broken. Especially when the person who kept said promise was someone as cold and sadistic like Reo.
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Don't kill me. I still have assignments and researches to finish. ARGH! School is hard!
Eriesha
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