Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice. Gakuen Alice and all its characters are owned by Tachibana Higuchi
Natsume: Well fellow readers, it appears Mr. Has-No-Time-Management-Skills finally updated a new chapter.
Me: It's true I'm horrible at time management when it comes to college.
Mikan: Ah leave him alone Natsume, college is very important.
Natsume: Yeah, and Alice Academy is a wonderland.
Mikan: Aw you think so too Natsume?
Natsume: That was sarcasm idiot.
Mikan: Hey take that back.
*Mikan and Natsume start fighting*
Me: Haha hey everyone so I'm back with another update, to be honest, I've been losing my motivation to continue this story since I feel a little bumbed out that Gakuen Alice is coming to an end but I've decided to try to come back to this story and enjoy the few remaining moments of Gakuen Alice that we have before it ends. So please, enjoy the fanfic everyone.
Burnt out Memories
Chapter 3: Am I a bad person Mikan?
Mikan found herself alone surrounded in darkness with no one to be found. "W-where am I?". Mikan said as she then noticed a small figure in the distance. She then ran towards the figure and as she began to become closer and closer, the figure in the distance began to look more and more like a person in fact, it looked like a black haired boy. "N-Natsume!" Mikan screamed with excitement as Natsume turned around. "Sheesh polka-dots you don't have to scream so lot." Natsume replied with annoyance in his voice. "Huh, oh haha, it's good to see that you're back to normal. Mikan said with a smile on her face. "Big sister Mikan!" squeled a voice in the distance. "N-Natsume again?" Mikan yelled with shock as another frail and scared Natsume clung onto her arm. "Wah, t-two Natsumes?" Mikan screamed with disbelief of what she just said. "Mikan look at what you've turned me into." Said the cold hearted Natsume as he laid his blood red eyes on the other Natsume. "Big sister, who is that?" said the other Natsume clutching onto Mikan even tighter in fear of his scary twin. "N-Natsume I'm s-sorry." Mikan barely said to the angry looking boy choking on her own sentence. "Mikan didn't I tell you to stay away from me? If you'd only listened this would not have happened to me. You do nothing but cause me pain, stupid girl, I hate you." Said the ruthless Natsume as he turned his back to her. "Natsume no!" said Mikan as she felt her throat begin to become sore. "Mikan don't listen to him. I love my big sister Mikan." Said the sweet and kind Natsume as he squeezed Mikan tighter in a hug. "Oh Natsume." Mikan said as she hugged the gentle Natsume back, but was then stopped by a giant hand that seemed to grab both Natsume's away from Mikan. To Mikan's horror both Natsume's seemed to be in the clutches of a giant masked person wearing a black leather suit with black spikey hair.
"Persona!" Mikan screamed in fear. Yes my kitten, I thank you for bringing Natsume to me, if it weren't for your sweet charms to distract the boy I wouldn't have been able to capture him so easily, hahahaha." Persona said sinisterly. "Why didn't you just stay away from me Mikan Sakura? This would have never happened if you would have just listened to me. I'm different from the rest of you, we could never be together! For the last time, STAY AWAY FROM ME" said the Natsume in the left hand. "Big sister, please help. I don't want to be separated from my big sister Mikan!" Said the Natsume in the right hand with a heart-breaking worried look on his face. Mikan couldn't move, she simply didn't know what to do. Maybe the Natsume in the left hand was correct, maybe Natsume wouldn't be in this trouble if she would have just listened to him at the end of the Alice Festival about staying away from him. But then again she couldn't just leave the other innocent Natsume in the clutches of Persona. Mikan then ran towards the giant masked man and screamed with all her might. "Natsume I can't leave alone because, I…..I LOVE YOU." Screamed Mikan with all her might as she began to feel her heart beat like a drum. This brought a smile to the Natsume in Persona's right hand but also caused Persona to laugh hysterically. While it looked as if the Natsume in the left hand seemed to have Mikan's words go in one ear and out the other. "Natsume why don't we have this girl's smile be put to rest once and for all?" Persona said evily. "Gladly." Said Natsume with no emotion in his voice at all as he pointed his finger to Mikan causing the floor that Mikan stood on to catch fire. "BIG SISTER!" Screamed the Natsume in the right hand, only to be over heard by Persona's evil laugh. Though the Natsume in the right seemed to be as quiet as a mime, just staring at Mikan with his cold and ruthless eyes. Mikan tried to put out the fire with her nullification alice but it seemed powerless as she was engulfed in a sea of flames. Though despite the flames of Natsume's anger that she was now feeling, all she could think about was how much at fault she for Natsume suffering at the hands of Persona. "I'm sorry Natsume, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She thought as she was engulfed with Natsume's rage.
"Big sister Mikan! Wake up! Wake up!" said a familiar voice as Mikan finally found the strength to open her eyes. "Argh, uh, Natsume? Oh Natsume!" Mikan said as she gave Natsume a big hug. "I'm so glad you're ok Natsume." Mikan said as she let go of Natsume and broke away from her hug. "Big sister Mikan, are you ok, you seemed to have been mumbling weird things in your sleep, it was kind of scary." Said Natsume with a worried look on his face. "Oh, I'm sorry Natsume, I just had a really bad nightmare, haha." Mikan said in an attempt to keep Natsume from being worried. "Oh, ok" Natsume said while smiling. As Mikan laid her eyes upon Natsume's smile, she couldn't help but feel her heart pound faster than usually. "What is this feeling? Mikan thought to herself but then snapped back into reality as she looked out her window and realized that class was out at this time. "Oh right, so since class is out of session now, do you want to go outside and play Natsume?" Mikan asked. "Yay, that's sounds great." Natsume as he jumped for joy. "Ok let's go but uh first we better get dressed. Um do you think you can dress on your own this time Natsume?" Mikan asked. "I don't know, but I can try." Natsume with a smile on his face. Mikan's heart began to beat fast again. "Ok well, I'm gonna change in my bathroom, you just change in here ok?" Mikan said. "Ok" Natsume replied as Mikan went inside her bathroom. As she changed into her school uniform Mikan thought to herself more about Natsume's condition, the nightmare that she just had, and why her heart was beating so fast. "Two Natsume's, what could that mean? Did I really just confess to Natsume in my nightmare, and could I have had that nightmare because I'm worried about Natsume's condition? Oh it really is my fault I should have just listened to Natsume at the Alice festival maybe all I really do is cause him pain." Mikan said as she fell to the floor in depression. But then again, the Natsume of today thinks I'm kind of cool, amazing in fact, he thinks that I'm the best person in the whole world." Mikan thought giggling to herself until reality snapped it's fingers. "But it's all a lie. The only reason Natsume thinks this way about me is because he has amnesia. Deep down inside that gentle sweet boy exists the real Natsume who thinks I'm just a stupid loud and obnoxious girl. *sigh* Wouldn't it be great if Natsume could stay kind like this forever?" Mikan thought to herself as she then quickly came back to her own senses. "Wait what am I saying? I sound so selfish right now. Natsume is suffering from a terrible condition and here I am hoping that he remains in this condition? Be gone bad thoughts, shoo." Mikan said to herself as she finished getting dressed and headed out her door to her surprise she saw Natsume fully dressed. "Wow Natsume I'm so proud you were able to dress yourself!" Mikan squelled as she patted Natsume's head. This caused Natsume to blush slightly. "Well I did have my wonderful big sister to show me how last night." Natsume said while blushing and looking down. "Oh Natsume you are so sweet." Mikan said as she embraced Natsume in a hug. Mikan could feel her heart beating like a drum again but she ignored it. "Ready to enjoy our first week out of school Natsume?" Mikan said. "Yah" Natsume replied.
Mikan and Natsume then headed out of the girl's dorm room and took a bus to Central Town. While on the Train students seemed to avoid sitting next to Natsume and Mikan and even gave poor Natsume rude stares due to fear from Natsume's bad reputation. Mikan didn't seem to notice this, however Natsume did which bothered him but he didn't tell Mikan. When Natsume and Mikan got off of the bus Mikan began to drool as she saw a candy shop in the distance. "Hee hee, Natsume let's go to that Candy Shop!" Mikan squealed cutely as she grabbed Natsume's arm before he could answer her and quickly ran into the shop. "Ooooh howalons!" Mikan screamed with excitement, but to her disappointment, they were priced at 35 rabbits. "Aw 35 rabbits? I should have at least enough money to cover that." Mikan said but as she searched through her skirt pocket she unfortunately only found a measly 10 rabbits. "Aw it's a real pain being a one-star and getting a small allowance. Well I guess we better get going Natsume." Mikan while pouting. " I guess so, all I have is this green paper." Natsume said sadly. "N-Natsume that's 200 rabbits, that's more than enough to buy whatever you want in this candy shop! Where did you find that?" Mikan said googly-eyed. "I just found it in this red square thing in my pocket. I didn't really know what it was though but since I had it with me yesterday when I woke up, I thought it would be important to bring it with me today too." Natsume calmly said as he showed Mikan the square red thing Natsume described which appeared to be his wallet containing his academy ID. "Wow, Natsume sure has a lot of money, it must be nice receiving the allowance of an executive student." Mikan thought to herself. "Here Mikan, you can use my money to buy those howalons if you want." Natsume said happily. "N-no, Natsume, that's your money, I can't take your money like that." Mikan replied as she felt her heart beating quickly again. "Haha, don't worry about it Mikan, I want to make my big sister happy." Natsume said with a smile on his face. "*sigh* Ok, thank you Natsume, you are so sweet." Mikan said defeated while giving Natsume a small hug. Mikan could feel her heart beating faster again so she broke out of her hug. "Ahem, but Natsume, make sure you get something for yourself too, go around the store and buy something for yourself." Mikan said. "G-go around the store by myself?" Natsume said in a scared tone, but Mikan didn't hear him as something else caught her attention. "Oooh discounted click pens for 5 rabbits!" Mikan squealed with joy as she rushed to find a pen that she wanted to buy. "Um, big sister Mikan, I'm a little scared walking around the store by myself." Natsume said while trying to get Mikan's attention. "Don't worry Natsume I'll be right here if you need me, just find something that catches your interest." Mikan said with a smile on her face. "Ok." Natsume said weakly as he turned around and looked around the store by himself for something to buy.
As Natsume looked around the store for something interesting to catch his eyes, he couldn't help but notice the fact that many students seemed to avoid eye-sight with him. He noticed two middle school girls who were talking about what candy they wanted to buy but their conversation was put to a halt when they saw Natsume and then fled the area. "Why does everyone seem so scared of me? Did I do something bad?" Natsume thought to himself. As he was thinking to himself he experienced an unexpected collapse to the ground as an elementary school boy accidently ran into him. "Gwah, I'm so sorry I wasn't paying attention to where I was goi-OH GEEZ IT'S NATSUME!" screamed the young boy as he reached into his pockets and began to toss rabbits to Natsume out of fear. "H-here's all of my rabbits, please take it just don't burn me to death." Said the young boy as he backed off and ran away. "Hm, I wonder why he ran away from me? And what he mean by burn him to death?" Natsume thought to himself, he looked around and saw that other students around him seemed scared as well and walked away from him. This gave Natsume a painful feeling in his gut. "Am I a bad person? Is that why everyone is avoiding me?" Natsume asked himself as he got back up and continued to explore the store. After a few minutes of searching something finally caught Natsume's eyes. "Ooooh chocolate turtles hee hee I bet Mikan would like these." Natsume said chuckling to himself. But then he thought back to how Mikan told him to get something that he would want. But Natsume really didn't care about making himself happy, he just wanted to see that wonderful smile of Mikan's. "As long as my big sister is happy, then I'm happy." Natsume thought to himself as he headed back to the front of the store to meet Mikan.
"Hi Natsume, did you find something that you wanted to buy?" Mikan asked. "Uh huh, I found this." Natsume said as he showed Mikan the box of sugary delights. "Oooh chocolate turtles!" Mikan said squelling with joy barely able to keep herself from drooling. "That smile, I never want to see it go away. Whenever I see my big sister smiling suddenly world doesn't seem scary at all." Natsume thought to himself as he gave Mikan the box of chocolate turtles. Mikan then placed the chocolate turtles, the box of howalons, and a click pen in front of a female cashier. "Alright your total comes up to be 85 rabbits." Said the cashier. Natsume got out a 100 rabbit bill out of his wallet. And gave it to the cashier. Mikan was about to give the cashier her 10 rabbits to pay for her click pen but Natsume beat her to it. "Will this be enough to cover everything? To be honest I'm not so good with money." Said Natsume embarrassed. "But Natsume, you didn't have to pay for everything. I had enough money to buy the click pen myself." Mikan stated with a guilty look on her face. "Don't worry Mikan, I have more money than you. You just save your money ok? By the way 100 rabbits is more than 85 rabbits right?" Natsume asked with another embarrassed look on his face. "Y-yes Natsume, that should be enough to cover everything." Mikan said while looking to that ground. "I better teach Natsume about how to handle money, otherwise cashiers may try to rip him off." Mikan thought to herself. "Oh you are such a gentleman, paying for your girlfriend's stuff you two make such a cute couple." Said the cashier causing Mikan's face to turn red and her heart to thump quickly again. "Haha, Mikan she just called us a cute couple. But what exactly is a couple?" Natsume asked in confusion. "I-I-I'll tell you later Natsume." Mikan said look down to the ground in embarrassment. "Ok young man, here is your receipt and change, you two love birds have a good day." Said the Cashier as she handed Natsume a receipt along with 15 rabbits. Natsume then took his things and headed out the store with Mikan.
"Wow, that cashier gave me some money back after my purchase." Natsume said as he looked at the 15 rabbits he got back from the cashier. "Yes, Natsume, it's called 'cash' that's the difference that you get back between you total purchase, and the amount that you paid." Mikan stated. "Oh, I see." Natsume said as he turned to Mikan. "What's wrong Natsume?" Mikan asked with a concerned look on her face. "Here Mikan, you can have my change." Natsume said as he handed Mikan his extra 15 rabbits. "What? N-no, I can't take your money Natsume!" Mikan said nervously. "It's ok Mikan, I have plenty of money left and besides you said that you hardly get anything because you're a one-star right? It's no big deal." Natsume said while smiling. "O-ok Natsume thank you, you are so kind." Mikan said as she gave Natsume a big hug. Mikan could feel her heart beating so fast that it felt like it was going to burst out of her chest so she quickly broke out of the hug again. "So what are we going to do now Mikan?" Natsume asked. "Let's go find a tree to sit under and eat our candy." Mikan said drooling slightly. After a few minutes, Mikan and Natsume eventually found a nice and big tree on the edge of a lake to sit under to provide them with shade from the sun. Mikan and Natsume then took a seat and began to take their first bites into their candies.
"Wow these chocolate turtles are really tasty!" Natsume said as each bite filled him with joy. "Oh, howalons really hit the spot on days like to today. And we're under a tree right next to the lake. I can't imagine how things could be any more perfect." Mikan said as each fluffy sugary candy she ate put a huge grin on her face. "Thank you for buying these for me Natsume." Mikan said while turning her body to face the sweet caring boy. "Oh no problem, anything to make my big sister happy." Natsume said with a smile on his face. Mikan then fell into a deep thought. Natsume seems to be so kind, was he always like this but just never showed this side to me? Or is it just the amnesia? Hee hee I never thought that Natsume could be such a polite and kind little boy." Mikan thought to herself but then snapped back to reality. "Wait this isn't a joke, Natsume is in a really critical condition and it's all my fault how dare I think kindly of this situation, Natsume is suffering right now because of me and here I am giggling about it? I'm such a terrible friend, I don't deserve to be by Natsume's side. The Natsume I know would probably think I'm a jerk that's taking advantage of his allowance, I, I. Mikan's thoughts were put to a halt when she felt cold smooth chocolate turtle touch her lips. "Big sister, do you want some turtles?" Natsume said as he sat staring at Mikan, smiling and offering her a turtle. "O, ok." Mikan said as she opened her mouth and allowed Natsume fed her the delicious candy. "Wow, I don't think I've ever had a better tasting chocolate turtle in my life." Mikan thought to herself while blushing, giggling and feeling her heart get more and more excited. "Natsume, sweety, open your mouth." Mikan said while rubbing the back of Natsume's head. "Uh, ok." Natsume replied as he opened his mouth as Mikan fed him one one of her howalons. "Mmm, wow these are really good!" Natsume said while giggling slightly. Mikan and Natsume continued to feed each other for about 15 minutes. Hardly saying a word. Just letting their sugary delights do all the talking for them. When they ran out of candy they just sat staring at each other for a few seconds until Mikan could feel her heart beating fast again so she broke into a conversation. "Haha, wow, I can't believe we ate all that candy Natsume." Mikan said. "Yah, haha." Natsume replied. "Um, Mikan." Said Natsume. "Yes Natsume? Mikan replied as she continued to rub the back of Natsume's head. "You won't ever leave me right? I think you're the best person ever. I don't know what I'd do without you." As Natsume said this it caused Mikan's heart to thump again. Mikan didn't know how to answer this question that Natsume proposed to her. "N-Natsume, you don't want to grow up depending on me right?" Mikan said nervously. "Mikan, you're amazing and the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. I may not have the memories of my past life but if anything good came out of this, it's that I got to meet you for the first once again. I….I want to spend the rest of my life with my big sister Mikan." Natsume shouted slightly embarrassed. "N-Natsume." Mikan said her heart began thump harder and harder. It was as if she had howalons rubbing and tickling her from the inside of her chest. "I, I can't hold this in any longer. I feel like my heart is about to explode." Mikan said as she quickly with thinking placed both her hands on Natsume's cheeks. "Mikan!" Natsume said in his surprise. "*gasp* *gasp* Natsume, I'm sorry." Mikan said as she closed her eyes, puckered her lips, and began to bring her face closer and closer to Natsume's. Natsume didn't fight this at all. He closed his eyes as well and began to pucker his lips and wait for contact.
"HEY IT'S THAT NATSUME JERK!" Said an unwelcomed male voice. As his obnoxious appearance snapped Mikan and Natsume back to reality and broke them out of what would have been a kiss. "Well tough guy aren't you gonna look me in the eyes?" Said the angry boy once again. The boy appeared to be in the middle school division as he appeared to be wearing a middle school outfit. He also had dark grey eyes and light blue hair. However, part of his hair looked as if it was burnt off. "Seaweed-hair guy, Sumire's older brother!" Mikan screamed in shock. Natsume looked scared and hid himself behind Mikan. "Hey don't be a coward and hide behind your girlfriend, be a man and face me. I'm not scared just because you're an executive student of the dangerous ability class!" Said the angry middle school student. "Hey you leave Natsume alone! He didn't do anything to you!" Mikan shouted. "Didn't do anything? DIDN'T DO ANYTHING?" Sumire's brother shouted in anger as he slid his left sleeve collar to show Mikan his left arm which caused Mikan to gasp in horror and put her hand over her mouth in fear. "Look at what that devil did to me, he burnt my arm!" Said the blue haired boy as he showed Mikan and Natsume his left arm with a scar so bad that it could only have been caused by a burn. Natsume felt as though his stomach was twisting and turning. He wondered, is this due to fear or guilt? "And look at my hair. It's still recovering from when Natsume set it on fire!" Sumire's brother said as he pointed to his burnt scalp. Mikan then remembered the early days of when she first came to the academy. She remembered how she and Natsume ran into Sumire's brother's group who picked on Natsume so Natsume decided to light the boy's arm on fire as payback. And then she remembered when the boys met again, Sumire's brother was looking for Hotaru this annoyed Natsume so he decided to light his hair on fire for no apparent reason. "That's right Natsume has hurt a lot of people who've made him angry with his fire alice. I wonder, could he someday do that to me if I get on his bad side?" Mikan thought to herself as she thought again about the nightmare she had last night. "I, I'm sorry that that happened to you but please don't bother Natsume." Mikan said as she tried to come up with a logical reason without letting him know that he has amnesia. "He's not feeling well today so maybe you can bother him on another day eh heh?" Mikan said nervously while twirling her fingers in panic. "Afraid not. I'm settling this here and now. So come on Natsume, fight me. It's payback for what you did to me, or should I pick on your little girlfriend instead?" Sumire's brother said which quickly grabbed Natsume's attention. "Do whatever you want to me but please, don't harm my wonderful big sister Mikan!" Natsume shouted in fear as he stood up to face his fate. "N-Natsume." Mikan mumbed to herself. "I don't know what you mean by 'big sister Mikan', but I'll gladly take the pleasure of beating you up like a punching bag." Sumire's brother said as he cracked his knuckles and swung a punch at the poor defenseless Natsume. "NATSUME!" Mikan Shouted in horror.
"This is for burning my arm!" said Sumire's brother as he swung another punch to Natsume's face causing Natsume to bleed a little. "This is for burning my hair!" said Sumire's brother again as he swung a punch to Natsume's stomach. Causing Natsume to fall to the ground. This is for being an undeserved executive student!" said Sumire's brother as he swung a kick towards Natsume's stomach. Mikan couldn't stand watching Natsume suffer anymore. "Stop it you big idiot!" Mikan screamed as jumped upon Sumire's brother in an attempt to stop him from hurting Natsume. "Stupid brat, get off." The angry boy said as he threw Mikan on the ground. Natsume saw this, and to the boy with amnesia, for a split second the world just stopped. Nothing mattered, the fact that he had amnesia, the fact that he was getting beat up, the fact that every student in the academy hated him. Nothing mattered anymore, the simple idea of harm coming to his friend Mikan blew his mind. Natsume didn't know how, or where it came from but he could feel something emerging from his body. Was it blood? Was it anger? Was it energy? No, it was…..fire, Fire, FIRE! "YOU BASTARD!" Natsume screamed as he unconsciously lit Sumire's brother's entire body on fire. "Waaaaaah!" Sumire's brother screamed in horror as he dived into the lake next to the tree they were under.
Natsume was breathing hard and shaking violently on the ground in fettle position. Mikan was shocked by what she just saw. She slowly walked to Natsume hoping that she could help him somehow. "Natsume, are you ok?" Mikan asked with a worried look on her face. "*cough* Mikan, am I a bad person." Natsume croaked in fettle position. "N-no of course not why would you say that Natsume?" Mikan said as she placed her hand on Natsume's back and tried her best to comfort him. But to her surprise, Natsume was doing something that she thought that she would never see. The big, bad, and scary Natsume was….crying. "Why, why does everyone hate me Mikan?" Natsume said as tears dropped from his eyes. "Is it because of this horrible power? This horrible alice? All it does is cause pain. All I do is cause pain. Maybe this academy would be better if I disappeared." Natsume said as more tears began to fall from his face. "No, Natsume don't say that. I'm glad that you came to this academy. If you didn't then I would never have met you." Mikan said as her heart began to thump again. "Natsume you're the bravest and kindest person I've ever known. Buying me candy when I was out of rabbits? Offering me your candy that you bought with your own rabbits? Even willing to put yourself in harm's way to protect me?" Mikan said with tears dropping down her face as well. Mikan's heart began to beat as fast as a ticking bomb. It felt as if Mikan's chest was on fire. "And Natsume I….I love you." Mikan said as she closed her eyes and pressed her lips against Natsume's. Mikan felt a little embarrassed to kiss Natsume at first since it was usually Natsume who would lay the first move on Mikan but this time it was Mikan who decided to kiss Natsume. Though unfortunately something felt wrong. It seemed that Natsume wasn't kissing Mikan back. "Natsume, what's wrong? *Gasp*" Mikan said as she realized that Natsume was knocked out. "Natsume! Oh no, are you alright?" Mikan asked as she checked his heart beat. "Phew, well his heart is still beating but he must have had the air knocked out of him when he was beat up by Seaweed-hair guy." Mikan said as she picked Natsume up and carried him on her back. "Don't worry Natsume, I'll get you safely to a hospital." Mikan said as she carried Natsume on her back to the nearest hospital she could find.
Luckily for Mikan since they were still in Central town, there was an infirmary nearby the area that Mikan and Natsume decided to eat their candies. While Mikan carried Natsume to the infirmary on her back, she couldn't help but notice how nice it felt to feel Natsume's body heat on her back and his breath flowing down her neck. "Don't worry Natsume, we're almost there." Mikan said as she finally entered the infirmary and headed to the first desk that she saw a nurse behind. "Excuse me, nurse my friend is hurt, please is there anything you guys can do?" Mikan asked with tears dropping from her face. "Oh dear, of course we'll help your friend." The nurse said as she called out called down a few doctors to bring down a stretcher to place Natsume on. The doctors then took Natsume away to be treated. "Natsume has been brought to the hospital two times in less than a week and it's all my fault." Mikan thought to herself trying to hold back tears. "Excuse me miss, you can have a seat in the waiting room if you wish to wait for your friend." Said the nurse. "Oh ok, thank you." Mikan said as she headed towards the waiting room. As she was walking she couldn't help but think about how much trouble she's caused for Natsume these past two days. "I don't believe this, yesterday Natsume got amnesia because of me. And he got beat up because I wanted to Central Town. Maybe all I really do is just cause pain for Natsume." Mikan thought to herself as her face began to become red and her eyes began to swell up.
When Mikan entered the waiting room to her surprise she Luca waiting for someone. "Luca!" Mikan called as she took a seat next to him. "M-Mikan?" Luca said surprised to see his friend in the hospital. "What are you doing here?" Mikan asked. "One of the pigs at the new petting zoo that opened broke his leg so I brought him her for the doctors to examine him. So what are you doing here? And where's Natsume? Please don't tell me something bad has happened to him." Luca said with a heart-breaking worried look on his face. "Oh Luca, I'm so sorry, it's all my fault, Natsume got beat up by Sumire's brother. He said he wanted to get back at Natsume for burning his arm and hair. Oh, it's all my fault if only I didn't want to go to Central Town today we wouldn't have run into him, then Natsume would not have gotten beaten up." Mikan said as her guilt caused her to cry. "Mikan calm down it's not your fault you can't control who you run into on a daily basis." Luca said as he rubbed his hand on Mikan's back in an attempt to calm her down. "Luca." Mikan said blushing slightly while looking behind the blonde haired boy as a clock caught her attention that read 4:00pm. "Ah, it's 4 o'clock already? Oh my gosh I didn't notice how fast the time has gone by today. Luca didn't you send me a note in Natsume's clothes last night about how you wanted me to meet you in front of the school branch today at 10am? I'm so sorry, I completely forgot." Mikan said looking downwards in shame. "Haha, don't worry about it Mikan, it's fine. No offense but I thought you'd forget anyway." Luca said while chuckling slightly. This caused Mikan to pout her face. "Anyway, I wanted to let you know about what the nurse told us about Natsume's condition last night. The thing is, Natsume getting hit in the head may not have only caused him to get amnesia, but it could have also created a second personality. As you've seen before, this second personality has caused Natsume to act very child-like and dependent of you, it's almost as if he sees you as a motherly figure. A reason for this could be due to the fact that Natsume's mother died when he was just a baby so he never really had a mother figure in his life but deep down this is something that he desperately wants as he is unintentionally showing in this second personality." Luca tried to explain, though Mikan didn't really like where this was going. "Please Mikan, I know this doesn't sound easy or fun but I'm begging you, please act as Natsume's mother, at least until his amnesia has worn off." Luca pleaded. "B-b-but I don't know anything about being a mother. "I've never even had a mother figure in my life, all I've ever had was my grandpa." Mikan replied. "I know this doesn't sound easy Mikan but please for Natsume's sake. He needs this." Luca begged. Mikan then gave into Luca's plea. It was her fault that Natsume was in this situation anyway. What right did she have to say no? "Alright Luca, you win, I'll act as a mother towards Natsume. He already calls me his big sister so we already feel pretty close to each other." Mikan said while blushing and looking down in embarrassment.
"Really? Oh that's great. Unfortunately, Natsume doesn't trust me right now. The only person that he trusts at the moment is you so much Mikan for taking care of Natsume you have no idea how much this means to me." Luca said. "Haha, no problem." Mikan replied slightly embarrassed. With that said a nurse appeared to comment about Natsume's condition. "Mikan Sakura, Natsume Hyuuga is currently in a recovery room on the 3rd floor. He's fine for the moment he just needs to rest. You and your friend may see him now if you'd like." Said the nurse. "Ah, what a relief Mikan said placing her hand over her chest. Come on Luca, let's go!" Mikan said as she grabbed Luca's hand and headed towards an elevator to get to the 3rd floor of the infirmary. From there they searched for a few minutes and eventually found Natsume's room where Natsume appeared sound asleep. "Poor Natsume, I'm so sorry about all of this." Mikan said "Mikan, don't be so hard on yourself it's not your fault." Luca stated. Luca and Mikan then took a seat next to Natsume's bed and waited in the hopes that Natsume would wake up soon. "Oh by the way, Mikan, has Natsume shown any signs of his amnesia wearing off? Luca asked. "Not really." Mikan replied. "Oh, but there was this one moment today as I was trying to stop Natsume from getting beat up I was thrown to the ground. Natsume saw this and became angry and to my surprise he used his fire alice on Sumire's brother in order to defend me. For a moment it was as if the original Natsume awakened and wanted to protect me." Mikan said blushing slightly. "I see, so for a moment, Natsume remembered how to use his fire alice? Hopefully the next time he uses it, he'll have his memory back. There's no telling what could happen if he uses the alice again and doesn't know how to control it. Worst case scenario, he could end up accidentally burning down the entire school just as his sister burned down their entire town." Luca stated "Yeah, good point." Mikan said under her breath. Just as Mikan finished her sentence, she and Luca heard a loud knock on Natsume's door. Mikan opened the door and to her shock she saw a tall black haired man wearing a mask. "P-PERSONA!" Mikan screamed in horror. "I want my student. I have a mission for him that he has yet to complete." Said the sinister man in a heart trembling voice.
To Be Continued….
Mikan: Aw, I'm a mother taking care of my sweet baby Natsume. 3
Natsume: Call me a baby again and I'll burn your pigtails.
Mikan: *Gasp* Eeep you wouldn't dare Natsume!
Natsume: Try me polka-dots.
*Mikan and Natsume start fighting again*
Me: Haha, well everyone thanks for all your support, I'm going to try my best to continue my story as long as people would like to see it be continued. Please if you can, leave a comment saying what I can improve on or what you like so far. You guys are the best. Oh by the way, if was referring to episodes 6 and 12 of Gakuen Alice about Natsume and Sumire's brother's little conflict for those who don't remember. Well see you guys later, bye.
How will Natsume get along with the student in the Dangerous Ability Class now that Natsume has lost his memory? And how will Natsume perform in his missions in his current state. What will Mikan have to do about all of this? The answers to all these questions and more will be answered in Burnt Out Memories Chapter 4: Natsume Hyuuga, the Black Pussy-Cat.