Wail of the banshee~ more bad news
Two chaps for making you wait so long! W I hope you've got some time to drop constructive critic xD
Natsume sat outside under a sakura tree; next to him there was his bestfriend Ruka Nogi. It was rather cold, since there was still fluffy snow lying arround everywhere, and Ruka played arround with his snow-white rabbit Usagi-chan.
The snow-white snow almost blurred with Usagis outlines so that Natsume couldn't see the little rabbit from afar. He didn't have bad eyes, the snow only irritated him. And it was not as if he'd bother about it, either, it just looked like Ruka was talking to himself if the rabbit was not visible.
From time to time, the cold snowflakes made Natsume look up from his manga. When that happened, he would grab a hand of snow and melt it with his fire-alice so that the cold water ran down his fist.
He'd smile lightly if his gaze met Ruka who was happily and carefree playing arround, but Ruka would only chide him if he saw Natsume using his alice carefree and non-necessarily. Natsume knew using his alice shortened his life. He knew from the very beginning.
But it was like a bad habit he couldn't control at all; like a monster inside him which wanted to break out – it demanded sacrifices to be satisfied and calmed. As if something inside him craved for destruction. He didn't want to destroy. His sister destroyed.
And sometimes the monster inside him was mad that he took the responsibility for her mistakes and that he was in her place and received her punishment. But he loved her dearly.
He didn't want the people he loved to look down on him with worried eyes.
He wanted to be strong; a modell for his younger sister. He sighed. This reflections just made him worry about the past, and he didn't want to worry about the past, the things he had to go through taught him some important things.
The superficial things other people laughed about made him sad.
Maybe because his life wasn't as carefree as theirs. But most people in Gakuen alice were not like that. Well, most of the people. He found some good examples for superficial people here, though.
His reflective reflections were suddenly stopped, when a bunch of snow met his face from a short distance.
Fuck, somebody just suceeded in conning him with snow. The culprit even dared to take more snow and to rub it into his face. Natsume coughed and dodged away now, rubbing his temples and removing the snow from his face. He glared up, and his red eyes met green orbs.
"Natsume nii-chan... I thought you were daydreaming. A softie-expression like the one before doesen't suit you at all". Damn, if that boy in front of him wouldn't be the little boy he was, he'd surely gotten mad.
But this little kid in front of him had been torn apart from his family in a young age, and Natsume knew, how he felt. "You're right, it doesen't suit me at all. I ain't no damn girl". He smirked.
The brunette-girl behing Youichi "hmmpf-ed" and Natsume shot her a glare, although he didn't intend and want to. He didn't even notice her a while ago. That made her pout, and Ruka stopped playing with Usagi to greet her.
"Why did you come Polka? Do you seek male companionship that badly?"
Mikan pouted even more and grabbed Youichis arm protectively, in order to remove him from Natsumes lap. "Mou, you idiot! As if I wanted to! I had to accompany You-chan! He'd possibly be an easy victim for the kidnappers and we have to follow the guidelines!"
A fierce expression appeared on her face. Ruka grimaced and Natsume burst out in laughter, rolling on the floor. "I think you imposed your protection on him. And I think Youichi gets allong pretty well with his alice, you're the one who'd rather need protection." Ruka jerked.
"Noo, nii-chan, I asked her to accompany me." Youichi tagged Mikans skirt. Natsume thought that she'd probably freeze in an outfit like that and raised his brow.
"You could have at least asked her to put on a proper outfit. I don't want to see her ugly legs. And now that she's here, you'll even have to accompany her back and protect her Youichi- that's if you don't want her to get kidnapped." Mikan's head turned red; she was really mad at Natsume. He was so ridiculous everytime they met!
Youichi saluted and dragged Mikan along, before the volcano could explode.
Why was it easier for Natsume to hurt than to please others? Maybe because it doesen't hurt that much to disappoint them in the end?
"Wait You-chan! What are you doing?" Mikan was already rather exhausted and tried to catch her breath. Youichi had quickly increased the distance beetween her and Natsume.
"I'm saving you". He didn't look at her. "Saving me from what?"
Youichi galopped faster and dragged the stumbling Mikan along. She didn't know that he had so much power before.
"From the cold". Mikan giggled nervously, she really was shaking – especially her teeth were gnashing violently.
"Oh, You-chan, I'm not cold. We can stay outside and build a snowman together".
"Li-ar, I know you are. You're trembling like a leaf. And your legs are blue". He didn't comment the snowman-thing, probably because he didn't want to disappoint Mikan.
Mikan had opened her mouth to reply, but she noticed her legs really felt cold. So she just continued to stumble allong and bend her back because Youichi was quite small.
She had offered him a piggyback-ride, but he declined out of spite. Mikan sighed and picked him up, but he didn't want that either, since he transformed into his older form to escape her grasp. Mikan landed on her back, but Youichi was skilled enough to make an elegant jump. He extended his arm to help her up, but she pouted.
"Nee-chan, it's embarassing if a man get's carried arround by a woman". "You are no man yet, you are still a boy You-chan." " But I don't look like a boy, do I?" He looked down on his body and shook his arm impatiently- that was a firce invitation to grab it.
She sighed and grabbed it-finally. Youichi helped her up and frowned when they heard a group of people approach. "Omg, xyz, did you hear the latest rumors? That's so unbelievable! You have to buy the newspaper, abc!" Youichi searched for Mikans gaze.
"Let's buy a newspaper, Mikan-nee"."Huh, why?" He departed without an answer and Mikan had to speed up to catch up with his fast pace. She followed him to a place, where newspapers were sold. Youichi bought one and unfolded it, to point at the title."That's why." Mikan stared at it with widely opened eyes.
It said: "Thirteen Years Ago a Dark Underground- Motion in Gakuen Alice Caused a Ruckus- are the Black Widows Back?" WTH?
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