DISCLAIMER: I do not own GA.

CHAPTER 6: Talking to someone new

"Whoa. It's quite unusual to see a Natsume getting all confused from what he's thinking." Someone said.

"Who and where on earth are you?" asked Natsume while he was searching around the place to see if someone was around.

"You cannot find me that way, Natsume. I've been living with you ever since the day you were born. I decided to keep quiet for a while but I guess that this would be the right time to talk to you." the voice replied.

"Whatever. Just tell me who you exactly are. Guessing is something that I don't wanna do."

"Tsk, you still lack patience. Well, I am your conscience. You can give me any type of name that you want. I live here in your heart." The conscience explained.

"My conscience huh, okay. I think I'll just call you Nate. Can't you show yourself right in front of me? I look like a dimwit talking to no one here." He ordered.

"I can but there's a catch. Before I would be able to show myself to you, you will be the one to decide on what form that I will have whenever I leave your body." Nate replied.

"How?"

"Well, just think of what type of form that you want me to have and then in a few minutes, you will be able to see me."

After doing what Nate has said, and then he saw a little boy with the exact same looks of Natsume but the only difference is that Kaoru was the size of Natsume's palm. "Perfect." Natsume smirked.

"What the heck were you thinking?! How on earth can you say that this is perfect when I am only three inches tall!" Nate bellowed.

"Whatever. Don't argue. You yourself told me that I am the one to choose what your stupid form might be, and so I did."

"But why on earth did you make me this small! I like the good looks and all but how come I'm just about the size of your palm!" Nate shouted.

"Baka, I made you look like me because you're my conscience, right?" he said coolly. "And I made you small so that it won't be that hard for you to bring along and so that no one else can see you. Now don't you dare complain again if you still want to see the outside world of me for real." He explained while glaring at Nate.

"Now what the heck was your stupid reason why you decided to finally show up?" Natsume asked his quiet little conscience who was standing on his lap.

"It's because I knew that you're already confused with what you're feeling. You see, I live in your heart. And whatever you heart feels, I know it since it is my home. And every time your heart beats fast like crazy, my peaceful way of living gets distracted." Nate explained while Natsume just cocked an eyebrow.

"So? My heartbeat is fast whenever I have basketball practice. And that is almost every single day. Why did you just show up now?"

"Not that kind of fast heartbeat you baka." He said while Natsume gave him a glare. "What I meant was the same weird feeling that you get that is related to your sister, Mikan."

"What about her? She's just my younger sister." He said quietly.

"There you go again. You see, haven't you realized that you're having feelings for your younger sister? And it's not what a typical and ordinary onii-chan would feel for his sister. Your feelings for her are more special." He said while Natsume just stared at him.

"Sheeesh! And I thought that Natsume is smart." He thought as he sweat dropped. "To make it all short, you, Natsume Hyuuga, are already falling in love with Mikan."

Upon hearing this, Natsume just stared at him even more while saying "Are you nuts? I cannot fall in love with her. For crying out loud, she's my sister!"

"What do you mean that you can't fall for her? You already did you moron! You've started to fall for her even since you were young! Don't even try denying it because I know every single thing that you feel." Nate retorted.

"Prove it." Natsume shot back. "Oh boy, he's really stubborn." Nate thought. "Fine. You blush whenever Mikan does something special to you like a hug or something and then your heart beats like crazy. You get jealous whenever other guys get near her other than you and Ruka just like those Kanata and Andou guys. You hate to see her getting hurt so you do everything you can to protect her and you will do anything just to make her stop crying. Now do you believe me?" Nate explained.

This explanation made Natsume real quiet for a while until he spoke in a very low and serious voice. "Even if I already fell for her, there's nothing that I can do. She's my sister and we can never be more than that." He said while covering his face with his bangs.

"Never lose hope, Natsume. There are some things that you don't know that can change your life." Nate said. "Just like the fact that Mikan has to choose whether she really wants to be a part of the Hyuuga family when she turns 16."

"What do you mean?" asked a very puzzled Natsume.

"I am your conscience, right? Even if you're asleep, I can still know that things that are around you. That means that I can know the events around you even if you're sleeping or something like that." He explained.

"So? What does that have to deal with Mikan?"

"You'll find out soon enough when it's the right time. But here's my advice for ya, just tell her how you feel. It can't be that bad. At least you have lessened some of your dilemmas in life." He said as he vanished in an instant.

"Oi, where the heck did you go? How come you can disappear by your own will and you can't even go out of my freaking heart all alone?"

"Well, that was because I still don't have a physical from that time. And now that I have one, I can easily come out and disappear whenever I want to." He explained with a little chuckle. "Well, I gotta go now. oh, and by the way, you're sister has been looking for you everywhere. She's at the bleachers right now. you might wanna go home since already late."

With this, Natsume glanced at his wrist watch and saw that it was already 5:30pm. This surprised him too much since their dismissal time was 4:00pm. He then jumped off of the tree branch and went to the bleachers so that they could go home already. Upon reaching the bleachers, he saw Mikan approaching him.

"Onii-chan! Where have you been? I've been looking for you everywhere." Mikan asked while Natsume came near her, panting since the Sakura Tree garden was far from the bleachers. "Look at you! You look so tired and sweaty!" she continued as she took out some pocket tissue from her back and then gently wiped off Natsume's sweat trailing down his forehead.

Natsume turned his head away to the other direction to hide his blush, but to no avail, Mikan still noticed it.

"Natsume-nii? Are you sure you're alright? Your face is all red. Do you have a fever?" she asked with a concerned voice while touching his forehead. This made him blush even more.

"I'm fine. Let's go home. It's already late. Okaa-san might be worried." He said as he walked away while Mikan was trailing behind him towards the parking area.

They hopped into the car. Natsume took the wheel as always while Mikan was on the passenger seat. The drive home was silent. Once they reached their mansion, they both went to their rooms while thinking of something.

"I wonder what happened to onii-chan? I hope he's alright." Mikan thought.

"Tch. Now that I'm fully aware that I love Polka, it's going to be harder for me to act normal. Stupid Nate. He shouldn't have come out in the first place." Natsume thought.

"HEY! I heard that! And I am not stupid because if I am stupid that also means that you're stupid!" Nate yelled back to Natsume's mind.

"Whatever." He mumbled.