~An Oath to a Demon~
Hello minna-san…!Here's the chapter 4…hope you enjoy reading..!LOVELOTS!
Oops! i almost forgot to tell you guyz that i had just changed my pen name to "Tsukihara-chi"...Thank you! Thank you!
Disclaimer:I really, really love Gakuen Alice, how I wish to own it..haha!kidding! It's by Higuchi Tachibana…
~Chapter 4: "An Oath to a Demon"~
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~Hyuuga Kingdom~
"BAM!"
The throne room door flew open, debunking an opprobrious fellow about his twenties.
"Your Highness….!"he hollered.
Awe filled his face as he made his report. "Prince Natsume has escaped again."
Shido is one of the guards and the courier of Hyuuga kingdom who borne a barrier alice. More often than not, Natsume always succeeds in swindling him just to get away from the suffocating palace. It was more of a hell to him.
Persona rose from his feet. His face turned red against his white mask from the sudden ire.
"Idiot!"he bawled out, distinct frown emerged on his black-colored lips. He clenched his jaw and sharpened his gaze from the dorky guard who patently twitched as he smelled out the fire relinquished from his hand. Persona could manifestly see the way Shido's hands tremble convulsively, since he was undisputably known to be an evil when it comes to Natsume getting away.
Shido gulped thickly.
He nearly fainted from the keen restiveness on his muscles when Persona spoke again with his usual cold and hard voice.
"GO FIND HIM OR I'LL BEHEAD YOU AND ROT IN HELL!"
~at Mikan's bedroom ~
Mikan was awakened by the rays skidded beneath the surface, gently touching her face. Her eyes were still closed, but quite so, clearly imagines the reflection of the sun's rays on the shore, beautifully betokened over the lake. She felt so heavy and could still remember herself seeing a demon on her dreams, a horrifying creature that banged-up her nous.
"Night mare again." She said, and then heaved a sigh. Oh my! What a dream..It was so weird and it was like, goddamn real.
She crooked her head down and held it.
"UGH!"
She dug her fingers to her head as she felt it throbbed and ostensibly hazy. Massaging her temples with her fingers made no help at all. After a while, she opened her eyes slowly and scanned the room. She emitted a breath of relief when she found it familiar and certain it was her's.
Mikan was lying in a soft, panoptic and comfortable bed, probably similar to a queen's. It was layered with pink flaccid synthetic fibers. The room was very big that a family could even gather together and live in there.
A real velvet place…..
-huff-
Everything was all in place, even the ginormous light on the ceiling was still. She used to play it with using a remote when she was three until now. That light gave her warmth and she felt that there's happiness which plausibly lies behind it, with its different purviews in every click. She found it quite diverting especially when she can't sleep at night.
On the right side, her family picture rested in-situ on the glass table, having a touch of spring green leaves in a silver color on its surface. That was a picture of a perfect family.
Before..yeah…that's just a mere 'BEFORE'.. I really miss being with everyone….
There was a ballerina figure beside it having wings of a butterfly with loops on its wingtips. She gave it sad smile, remembering the day she had received it from her brother, Reo.
I know u wished to be, like a butterfly that's why, when I saw it by chance from one of the stores, I didn't think twice to buy it. I remember my loud and clumsy Mikan. Haha!
Mikan recalled his brother's voice.
"Oh my dear, Mikan, don't cry…it's making you uglier when you cry." She said mimicking Reo's voice.
"Brother really is appalled!" her fingers flexed on her chest and swept the tear fell from her right eye. She looked at the fancy clock on her right side; just enough to her reach and it struck ten in the morning. Then suddenly, she felt a fiddling coldness when something or may be a soul blew on her left ear.
"wheewff!",came its sound that caused a tingling on her. Her eyes widen as she slowly shifted her head to have a better view on it.
"Good morning, my princess…", a gorgeous man greeted. His gaze locked on her brown eyes. He was smiling sweetly with his messy dark brown hair.
Mikan was trapped in his jade orbs and blinked twice. Many thoughts appeared on her head.
'The Demon man…..but how? It was merely a dream, wasn't it?',she gasped.
Mikan was startled and shrieked,"AaaaaaaaaHHHhhhh!"
~At Sakura palace's ground~
Everyone was busy cleaning the whole palace and doing their assigned task when they heard a familiar sound which came out to be a shrill. Leaving all their acts upon, they beetled off up to the stairs to check on the princess's room. It is located at the second floor of the castle, third door next to Reo's room.
They banged the door open revealing a wide-eyed Mikan, psyched on the bed.
Misaki run towards her.
"Mikan-sama, what happened?" she asked as she comforted the princess.
Mikan turned her head at the left side, directly pointing the demon guy, Yunoki, who was now leaning comfortably at the white wall, grinning. All the servants made an astonish frown, looking at where Mikan is pointing at, then looked back again at her.
Misaki leaned closer to her and spoke, "Mikan-sama, no one is there."
The other servants nodded in agreement. "May be you should take more rest, your highness, you seem troubled and deflated these days," one of the servants intimated as Yunoki exactly vanished on Mikan's view.
The door opened again, a pink-haired woman, Ana Umenomiya, entered, carrying a glass of water and handed it to Mikan. She has the alice of cooking, so, she was tasked to prepare every food to be laid out for the palace.
"Thanks….," she said in low voice.
"Your most welcome, your highness." Anna replied with a reassuring smile. "Just call me if you need help," she added and bowed before leaving. The door shut softly behind her.
Mikan suspired sadly. The worried look of the people around propelled her.
"You don't have to give me that look. You don't have to worry now. I'm sorry for giving you all trouble. I know you were all busy and I'm becoming more like a nuisance. You can go now,"she said, steepling her fingers on the blanket.
"Mikan-sama…"Misaki started. "We never think you of a nuisance. We love to serve you, so, please don't ever think of that again." Her sentence was accompanied by simultaneous nods from the servants.
Mikan felt her eyes tearing. She was touched and felt valued by these people with her. She really was close to hugging them, but she just can't, but why? She didn't even know the answer. Mikan looked at them; warmth was present on her eyes.
"Thank you, I promised,"she said softly.
The handmaidens and the guy servants gave her an affectionate smile and bowed to leave the room. She waited for the door to click.
Mikan expelled out a heavy breath.
So...it wasn't a dream at all….
"Show your face now. I know your there."
She glanced at the corner of the room, and there appeared the bishie guy, smiling again.
How could he smile like that at the sight of me trembling in fright? Darn it! He's making me mad!
Yunoki walked nigher, "I really am sorry, my princess. I just found you rather cute with that face. I didn't mean to..."He said, letting out a chuckle.
Mikan snorted at the way she had forgotten the fact that he can read minds.
"So…" he started.
"What?" she asked annoyed.
The side of his lips hiked up, forming a simper. "Have you decided about your wish?"
"No. Not yet…."She replied bluntly but solemnly.
Yunoki shifted his face to the window shutters and beguiled the birds perking on the sill.
"You have to prepare yourself for what will be in exchange for any whim of yours."
Her eyes widen.
"EXCHANGE? You didn't tell me about anything in exchange!" she said and covered her mouth right away, realizing that she was shouting and might be heard down the stairs for another time. She cast a glare and it prompted him to speak again.
"Any wish will be granted, but you can't have it without something in return."
Down-spirited, she moved her head down.
She sighed-"Then….if that's so….i'll be willing to risk everything…even if it will cost my life."
He moved closer and run a hand on her brown hair and kissed it.
She flinched.
"What the heck do you think you're doing?"Irritably, she asked and tried to hide the blush on her cheek.
"Nothing to worry, lady...It's just my way of expressing gratitude to my master,"Yunoki explained and smiled back at her.
"Well then…"he raised one hand lithely, palm up.
" My lady….just call me if you're ready to give it,"he said and vanished.
Two years after….
(Mikan had just finished her training in the field with her father and Youichi, her guard. At this point she practiced fighting with hand and sword. And her alice? She discovered that she can also read minds, but sadly, it does not take effect on Demons minds….how depressing for her…the latter helped her to master her alices.) Mikan has the fire, stealing and insertion alice. She kept her telepathy, teleportation and nullification alice only to herself, but no, of course the demon would know. There's no way she can keep a single secret from him…)
Damn that Demon!...
Yunoki stretched up and yawned.
Heaven Gods! A demon could yawn….
"Oh! I think I heard a curse just now my lady…" Yunoki said in a pretense wonder, pissing her off.
She glared at him and he sent him an annoying laugh. Oh, Lords of Darkness! He knew how close she was to burning him alive but he loves to piss her more. He grinned in return which evoked her to burn him.
Nah! He's invulnerable. She forgot.
Suddenly, her mood changed…
She snapped back. "Nee, Yunoki, ahm…I was just wondering …you know-It's not that I care, but how long where you living in both worlds? I just noticed... you seem not to age…."
Yunoki rose, so lithe and graceful. He flew near her with serious eyes and it took her a moment to realize that he was no longer distant, but instead he was there facing her eye to eye.
Mikan swallowed.
How gleaming was his jade orbs? It tantalizes her.
And Gods! She's lost in his eyes. What a great tempter of soul...tsk…tsk…tsk….poor lady…
He grinned again, wider than before. Yunoki pinch her soft cheeks and aspirated ringing, pillock laughs which fusilladed her.
Mikan was dumbfounded as he let go of her poor cheeks.
"You really think I'm quite handsome huh? My lady?"
Mikan huffed. "Oh! You crazy demon, don't flatter yourself."
"I'm a pure demon. I don't age when I reach the age of eighteen. I will grow older only when-"
He stopped and Mikan take the air.
"When-?" she asked, obviously curious. Her eyebrows raised waiting for his answer.
"It's only when I got to have the soul of the person I love."
-silence-
Yunoki rested his lean body on the tree trunk near him and breathed in the sweet air. He loved the way it smells compared to the bitter atmosphere of his world. It's so refreshing to feel it gushing through his nostrils down to his lungs.
Mikan wished he's just kidding, because, she knows….her heart doesn't beat for him.
How hateful you are ..Mikan….She abhorred herself. Nobody can say how sorry she was.
A second later, she heard a chuckle. And now, with his arms crossed together, Yunoki let out a furious laugh.
"It was only a joke, my lady! Please don't take it seriously." He jested.
…I'll be taking it as a joke for you, Mikan….I know there's no way you'll love me…
"It's been two years…"
Mikan came back to her senses as he started again.
"Yeah right…" she agreed, scrutinizing his sweet face. He doesn't really look like a Demon but more of a normal person. She feels comfortable with him, but she only likes him because he resembles her brother. He's kind of humorous too.
Then, she laughed, disturbing him from his unknown trance. He looked at her wide-eyed but sweetly.
"You look better when you laugh, my lady." he commented. "This is the first time I've seen you laughed and smiled."
"Oh!" she too, was surprised. "I just don't find it in my heart to laugh. It's making me feel sick...I-I feel so heavy."
"Then, what is it, that made you laugh, lady?"
Mikan looked at him and sighed. "Suddenly, I just remember the time how goose bumps find its way all over me, before I had my oath with you." She laughed again and so, did he.
-Flashback-
Somewhere deep within the very core of Sakura's woods…..
What is this feeling? Am I really doing this? No. God YES! I should. Remember Mikan! You're doing this for everyone, for your family, for this kingdom.
Reo-nii…..Please don't hate me for this…
"ABOMINATION….." A voice whispered on her ear, blaspheming.
Her body tightened and shivered. The cold wind struck her pale face and she could feel her skin stiffened. Was she getting scared?
Reo-nii you didn't say that. Did you? Don't kill me yet…please…..
"ABOMINATION…." She covered her ears as though it will help her not to hear anything anymore.
"YOU ARE VERY DESPICABLE MY DEAR MIKAN…."
Nii-sama….!No!
ABOMINATION. ABOMINATION. ABOMINATION.
The word continues ringing on her head until it deafened her.
She frowned. There was something amiss, she thought. She opened her eyes and another loud but elegant voice sprang up to her face and it irked her, really.
"ABOMINATION!"
Her lips twitched in annoyance as Yunoki burst out laughing after he uttered another word, perfectly frightening her with his wide eyes and his claws opened as if like attempting to scratch her. He's almost rolling on the soft ground and his stomach raving aches from the gag he did.
She folded her arms across her chest then pouted, tapping one foot.
"YOU ARE NOT FUNNY AT ALL! YOU JERK!" Mikan cried out onto him. She was completely vexed at the joke.
Yunoki fought a laugh and struggled to speak. "If you would just see your face, lady!"-(laughs)- "You would-(laughs)- burst out-(laughs)- laughing!You're face was hilarious! Hahaha!" Yunoki laughed again. He's now completely on the ground, holding his belly and swabbing his fist on the grass like a madman.
This demon! How dare he insult me…Mikan pouted and looked at him coyly.
"I'm leaving!" She shouted and backlashed, but Yunoki immediately flew after her and stopped her, arms stretched side wards.
"I'm just kidding my lady, you know…I won't do that again…promise.."
She arched a brow. Piercing gaze was almost craving to kill him.
Yunoki moved his hands forward with his palms up, showing a no-tricks gesture.
Even a crazy monkey will do that.She thought.
Mikan just snorted and stood in front of him waiting for him to budge. "Okay, okay, Fine!" She succumbed reluctantly and started heading back to where they had been. She looked back at him annoyed. "What are you waiting for you crazy demon? I'm ready for my wish!"
Yunoki grinned and he easily coped up to her with his long strides. Though, he could teleport himself, he decided to walk alongside her and it made his heart flutter.
The atmosphere darkened and the cold wind surrounded the two. Mikan firmly shut her eyes as she stood along the darkness.
Illuminating light besieged them.
"I, Mikan Sakura, is summoning Yunoki Sano, a demon from darkness! Open your power and grant my wishes. I, as the princess of Sakura Kingdom command you; bring back the serenity of my realm and resurrect the innocent lives of people who suffered. Most of all, protect my kingdom." She stopped and continued. "I unfeignedly offer my soul. It's my oath. ...Now!"
"Lord of Darkness!" he started. "I, Yunoki Sano from the Realm of Demons is here calling your greatness! Lend me your power and fulfill the Princess's wishes!"
Yunoki conjured up the darkness with his right hand lay flatly on the ground releasing a vast source of light. The mark on his forehead glowed in a red light. They both endure the over pouring power ringed them, then the same mark on Yunoki's forehead appeared on the Princess's leg, halfway above her knee.
"Time can only tell when your soul will be mine and you'll live with the Demons, my lady…" He finished.
Mikan opened her eyes. Her body loosened its grip and slowly fell on the ground.
Nii-sama…Oto-sama….Okaa-sama…..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The kingdom turned back to normal, the lives uprose and the people believe it was her, the Princess, turn it all back, but her existence remained secret to people….they believe she's dead. The King planned it for her safety.
Mikan pulled out a solemn sigh. Her fist curled.
"How come my brother won't show up? He's damn idiot!"
Yunoki followed her gaze, he thought he glimpse the sadness deeply devouring her and can't think of anything to say, but he knew, he had to say something at least.
"It's either he didn't die from the war or his soul opted not to be resurrected." He answered truthfully and drew her close to his arms.
Tears flow freely from Mikan's eyes and sobbed clasping the fabric of his cloak. "Couldn't he find it in his heart that I did this for him? Damn him!"
"Ssh…"He soothed as he tightend his embrace around her small form.
Natsume folded his fists as he looked above the sky.
"Who? Who was that person? Tch!" He asked irritably as he burned the tree beside him. Suddenly, he felt his body went stiff and he can't move.
"Damn it!" he muttered a curse.
"You still remember it? Don't you, Natsume?"
Natsume cast a glare and made a sidelong glance at the guy who just spoke.
"I wonder who made an oath-(pause) before another oath…." Tsubasa said, grinning at Natsume. There's something in his mind which provoked him. And those words he left hanging were full of meaning. This guy sure is quite witty for a right hand of the King and liaison between Kingdoms.
"Release me or I'll burn you!" He warned.
Tsubasa was manipulating his shadow. "You're so easy to catch Prince Natsume." He grinned and made Him dance like an idiot which only earned him a deadly look and then he felt his hair started burning.
"Ow!Ow!ow! tsk!...I'm just kidding you know….Easy-Natsume-easy..." He beat off the fire on his hair and swayed his hand to calm him down.
"What are you doing here, you shadow bastard?" Natsume asked veeringly.
"Your father has sent me. You have to go back."
A loud bang was heard inside the palace. The servants all squinched at once but they didn't wonder who it was who caused the noise.
They bowed to greet as if like nothing's happened.
"Welcome back Prince Natsume, the King is waiting for you."
Tsubasa walked after him. "Yo! konnichiwa!" he greeted them with a salute and winked. His up-beat and charming character always save their ass. They didn't know what to do if he leaves the palace with the wild King and Prince.
None of them, tried to neither glance on the Prince's fiery crimson eyes nor come in his way. Well, if you want to be burned alive then just try and you'll be surely whining in the burning hell.
Though his quite scary and a frown is almost fixed on his face, the females didn't fail to notice how enamoring and handsome he was. His features were fuckin' perfect for a prince. He stood like a knight in shining armor that'll save a beautiful princess, but oh! Like hell it will happen.
Not long after a loud bang, another bam of a door echoed trailing the other one. (Looks like the prince is really angry.) How thankful they are that the doors were all made up of sturdy pure metals which endure the power and every kick of the untamed prince. -Poor doors…..
"What do you want?" Natsume bawled out as he struck the door open.
Persona remained still to his seat. "Tomorrow."
"I know. You don't have to remind me of that stupid thing." He retorted coldly then turned his back on him ready to leave.
"Don't be too rude on your father Natsume." Persona pursuit but it didn't stop him.
"Take that stupid guy away from me or I won't think twice to burn his ass off."
Tsubasa flinched. He's sweating coldly. He didn't know who to follow. If he'll choose to obey the King, Natsume will surely burn him, but if he won't the King will kill him. –ho-ho-ho-
Natsume walked past him and gave him a-just-try-and you'll see- look. Then, the door slammed behind him.
Tsubasa gulped thickly and looked back again at the King who also gave him the same look.
-Poor Tsubasa-
-end of chapter 4-
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