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"It's showtime." Mikan mouthed, and off they went.

Natsume waited for the guards to turn their backs and attacked. Mikan, using Nobara-chan's copied ICE alice, formed five ice spears and aimed them at five of the guards' backs. THUD. All five of them fell to the ground, unconscious. Mikan stalked into the building silently while Natsume stared at her dumbfounded. 'Well, at lest she's good.' Natsume snorted at the thought and trailed Mikan into the building. Mikan crouched behind a stack of crates until Natsume gave the all-clear sign. She walked in the shawdows alongside with Natsume until they came to a metal door. Mikan slipped up to it and was about to type in the password when Natsume grabbed her hand, stopping her from doing so.

"What?" she whispered irritably. Natsume jerked his head toward the vents.

"It's safer." he snapped and swung himself up with little effort. Natsume smirked at the girl standing below him, hands on her hips. "Need help?" he said sarcastically. Mikan glared at him and easily pulled herself up. Natsume shook his head in approval. "Not bad." he muttered. Mikan was about to give him the 'look' but then she realized that at that point, she wasn't Mikan Sakura. She was just an accomplice on Natsume's missions. So she just stepped in front of him and slipped through the opening. Natsume followed in short and they crawled in the cramped space until Mikan spotted a small light coming from the other end.

She beckoned to Natsume with her hand and peeked through the small space. A group of guards were walking around with guns and all of them were at least twice the height of Mikan or Natsume. Thanking the gods that the vent was on the ceiling, Mikan pushed the door open and jumped onto the carpeted floor, making no sound whatsoever. Natume followed her and one of the guards spotted them. He motioned for his fellow officers to turn around. He smirked.

"Well well. What do we have here? The Black Cat and..his girlfriend?" Natsume gritted his teeth.

"You wish." he spat. The formed a ball of fire in his hand. "But you won't live long enough to find out." The guard in response formed an ice dagger and froze Natsume's flame. Mikan took this as her cue to step in. She made another ice dagger and shattered the guard's. His smirk faltered and Natsume tossed a ball of fire at him, just as Mikan threw the dagger. The rest of them turned to face the children with murderous looks in their eyes.

"This'll teach you to mess around in adult's buisiness." He created a wall of vines which curled towards the kids and started to wrap around their legs. Mikan rolled her eyes in annoyance as Natsume burned it away.

"Is that the best you can do?" she sneered as as a bolt of lightening shot out from her, paralyzing the guard, as it hit the back of his neck. Natsume stared in shock at the girl. 'How many Alices has this girl copied?' Natsume snapped back to reality as a dagger barely missed his head. Mikan was fighting six guards so Natsume focused on the five that were trying to alert security.

'Oh I don't think so.' Natsume thought as he charged at them. He punched one of them in the gut only to be returned with a punch in his face. The fight went on for hours when finally, the pair managed to defeat the remaining guards. Mikan quickly ran over to the main system and started deleting the files Persona had asked them to do. Once the task was finished, Mikan teleported herself and Natsume back to the clearing where Persona had asked them to be once the mission was finished. He, himself, waited by the trees.

"How did it go?" Persona asked this question as if he were asking what they had for lunch the other day! But nonetheless, Mikan answered him with a straight answer.

"We got all the files deleted from the main system. There is no was that they can be retrieved." Persona nodded approvingly.

"Good. You are dismissed." He disappeared into the shadows and Mikan turned to face Natsume.

"Bye, Hyuuga." she said stoically before teleporting to her dorm room.

Mikan quickly hid her mask in a cupboard, showered, and changed into a pair of sweats and a loose T-shirt before drying her hair and walking outside. To Natsume, it would look as if she had just woken up due to her unbrushed hair and tired look. She sat under their Sakura tree and gazed up at the early morning sky. To her, the morning had been totally unbearable. Looking at Natsume as if she didn't care about him at all. Ignoring him when she would've cracked a stupid joke. And most of all, not smiling. It took hours of practicing in front of the mirror for Mikan to get the hang of showing no emotions.

She heard the silent creak of the gates and stood up. Natsume dragged his body through and noticed Mikan standing underneath their tree. She looked at him, worrying that he might have hurt himself along the mission when she hadn't noticed.

"Hey..Mikan." Natsume croaked. He started to fall over and Mikan quickly caught him.

"Did-" she took a deep breath. "Did Persona work you too hard again?" she asked, letting him lean on her for support as she walked towards the boys' dorms.

"Hn." Mikan glanced at Natsume who was constantly wincing every time he took a step. Instead of saying anything, Mikan continued helping him until they reached his room. Mikan unlocked the door with her key that Natsume had given her and hauled him inside. She gently laid Natsume on the bed and wet a washcloth. She strode over to the bed and dabbed at the drying blood on the side of his face. Once wiping the blood off, she took a bandage and gently stuck it on his cheek. Mikan went to a cabinet and took out some gauze and cotton. She then proceeded to fix up his knee, which had been the reason he was limping. Mikan spoke to him as she worked.

"How are you feeling, Natsume? Better?" He grunted and Mikan took that as a 'yes'. She gently wrapped the gauze around his knee and helped him sit up. "I'm going to go make you some tea. Stay here." Natsume shook his head.

"No tea." he grunted. "Soda." Mikan glared at him.

"Tea."

"Soda."

"Tea."

"Soda!"

"Tea!"

"SODA!" Mikan rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen that all special stars had, ignoring Natsume's protests. She poured some water into the kettle and waited for it to warm up. A ding alerted her to the water and she poured it out into a cup. She popped in Natsume's favorite tea, orange spice (and she had a strange suspicion that it had something to do with her), and carefully carried it back to his bedroom. Mikan handed it to him.

"Here. Drink this." Natsume rolled his eyes but didn't protest. He took the cup and sipped at it. A relaxed look came over his face. "Better, right?" asked Mikan sitting on the edge of the bed. Natsume nodded and Mikan smiled that ever-so-cheerful-smile of hers. Natsume gulped down the rest and was put the cup down. Mikan grabbed it and placed it in the kitchen sink before waling towards the door. Natsume jumped off the bed and grabbed her wrist.

"St-stay." he mumbled, his face red and looking downwards. He looked so cute that she just had to agree. Mikan smiled and led him back to the bed. She sat on it in such a way so that Natsume's could lean his head in her lap. He closed her eyes and almost immediately fell asleep. Mikan looked down at his sleeping face and chuckled, brushing a few strands of hair back. He looked so angelic and innocent when he was sleeping.

She leaned against the headboard and sighed. It's been a long morning and Mikan was tired. Maybe she would just close her eyes for a bit...

Mikan winced and buried her head in the pillow at the sharp pang of light that was streaming through the window. She started to roll over but then hit something soft and...warm. Mikan snuggled against it and opened her eyes. She was looking straight at Natsume's perfect lips. Mikan stifled a scream and tried to scoot back but Natsume's arms were wrapped around her so she couldn't move. 'Oh wells.' sighed Mikan, snuggling into him. 'It won't hurt anyone.' She closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

Natsume's POV-

I cracked my eyes open and cringed at the piercing light. A soft breath blew on me and I looked down to find Mikan sleeping in my arms. My face face grew warm as she snuggled closer to me. I smirked. Life couldn't get any better than this. I actually wouldn't mind waking up like this every day. I slowly started to get up, trying not to wake Mikan, but to no avail. She yawned and sat up, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Her eyes registered to the surroundings and looked at me. Her face creased into a worried expression.

"Are you feeling better, Natsume?" I smirked and she glared at me. "Fine, don't answer." She hopped off the bed and made her way towards the door, but I pulled her into a hug.

"Yeah. Much better." Mikan's cheeks reddened and she looked at the floor. I quickly gave her a quick, light kiss before leading her out the door. "Go get ready. I'll meet you in the classroom." She nodded and gave me a cheerful 'bye' before closing the door.

Mikan's POV-

I splashed my face with water and changed into my uniform, not bothering to take another shower since I took one just a couple hours ago. Tying my hair into two pigtails, I scooped up my bag and skipped out of my room, hummed a little tune to myself while I walked to the classroom.

"Ohayo!" I called out, throwing the door open.

"Ohayo, Mikan-chan!" the class called back. I skipped to my seat and dropped my bag before jumping towards Hotaru.

"OHAYO HOOOOTAAARRRRUUUU!"

Baka Baka Baka

"Meanie!" I yelled, wincing at the baka gun. "I wanted to say hello!" Hotaru blew smoke off her gun before going on with her project. Curious, I walked over and looked at the strange object. It looked like a watch with no time. I suddenly remembered something. "Hey! Is that the thing you were talking about a a couple weeks ago but never finished. The Ruk-" Hotaru slapped her hand over my mouth, making my voice muffled. I pulled away and stalked over to Natsume who was reading a new manga.

"Ohayo, Nat!" I called out cheerfully as I stood next to his desk.

"Don't call me that, Polka." My grin faded as I gritted my teeth at the stupid nickname.

"Then don't call me POlKA!"I yelled. Natsume covered his ears.

"You're making my ears bleed, Polka." he muttered. Natsume flipped open his manga and started to read it again. I sulked back to my desk and sat down, wincing at the spot where one of the ice shards had punctured my during the mission. Gently rubbing my arm, I discreetly put on some ointment for the wound. I heard someone stand next to my desk and looked up. Natsume looked at me worridely.

"What did you do you do to your arm?" he asked.

"Nothing." I said nochalantly, waving my hurt arm around as if it didn't hurt, but failing when I dropped it back on the table hard. A small scream escaped from my sealed lips and Natsume pulled the sleeve of my uniform back. He gasped with surprise when he saw a deep gash,covered with dry blood and turning blue and green from where it was hit. I quickly pulled the sleeve back down before anyone else noticed.

"Natsume, I'm fine." I whispered. He was about to pull me up again when Persona walked into the room. Everyone hushed their talking and turned to look at Natsume, Persona, then back to Natsume. Persona gave a quick flick of his hand and Natsume reluctantly followed him. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. There wasn't a mission today, was there? I was about to go make sure when someone pushed me back into my seat. Shaking my head, I looked up and saw Luna. She had moved back from America yesterday and enrolled in Gakuen Alice again, much to everyone's dismay.

"Where do you think you're going?" she sneered. I gulped with terror. I had only heard some of the things Luna did to people who didn't obey her commands or listen to her when she was speaking.

"I-I'm going to my room." I mumbled, before trying to get up. But she held me back with her hand.

"Oh, I don't think so." she said, an evil smile appearing on her face. "Didn't you want to follow Natsume-kun? Hm?" I shook my head in a desperate protest, but she didn't go for it.

"DON'T LIE!" she yelled, twisting my hurt arm. There was evident pain written all over my face. Luna smirked and twisted it harder.

"I'm telling the truth." I gasped, my voice growing weak with pain. Bursts of pain shot up my arm and I struggled to get out of her grasp. could've easily twisted her arm back and make her let go, but I didn't want anyone to think that something was going on. Normally, I would just scream and beg her to let go of me until she literally had me crawling on the floor, begging for forgiveness. There was pin drop silence in the room as our classmates watched the growing tension between us.

"Just letting you know, stay away from him."she hissed, digging her long, manicured nails into my arm, unknowingly, also cutting up the scab that I had developed since I got cut. Blood leaked out and she finally let go, satisfied with the trouble she had caused. Luna and her minions stalked out of the classroom, slamming the door shut behind them. Just as the door closed, the entire class gathered around me, asking me if I would be okay or not. I smiled politely to each comment and shook my head at any offers of handkercheifs.

"I'll just go to the nurse. It'll be fine." I gestured for all of them to sit back down, which they thankfully did. Only a couple of my friends remained standing around me: Anna, Nonoko, Hotaru, and Ruka.

"It seems like she hasn't figured out that you two are officially together yet." Anna said thoughtfully, tilting her head to the side. Nonoko nodded in agreement.

"Yeah. Once she realizes that Natsume's under your claim, then she'll stop."

"Hey, hey. I don't like own him. Jeez, Nonoko." I grinned sheepishly. "We're just going out."

Nonoko winked at me. "Same thing." I groaned exasperatedly. Partially because of Nonoko's comment and partially because of the pain my arm was giving me. Hotaru's eyes widened at the sight of blood dripping down my arm. Despite my protests, she rolled up my sleeve and gently dabbed at the gash. Ruka's and twins' eyes widened.

"What happened to you?"gasped Anna, twistin her head so she could get a better look. I looked sheepishky down at my feet.

"I just tripped over my feet and fell on a knife while I was cutting some fruit for myself." I lied, my face flustered. I glanced at Hotaru, who was staring at me quite intently, and understanding registered in her eyes. She cursed Persona under her breath while everyone fussed over me. I took the rest of the day off in my room. I showed my bloody sleeve to Narumim and he immediately gave me an early leave.

I washed my wound and gingerly wrapped some gauze around it. Changing into my nightclothes, I settled under the covers and sighed. I never wanted to go back to school. My eyelids drooped and I fell into a restless, dreamless sleep.

A gust of cool air blew over me and I shivered, pulling the comforter tighter around me. Suddenly, I heard the snap of a window lock and sat straight up. Someone walked over and calmed me down.

"Shh, Polka." Natsume's voice reassured me that I was safe again. "It's just me. How are you feeling?" I mumbled a soft 'better' and snuggled down into the blanket, trying to keep myself warm. I heard the springs creak as Natsume climbed in next to me, stroking my hair the way I had done to him the night before.

Everything would be better.

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Natsume was here now.

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I was safe again.

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And boy, was I wrong!

I finally finished! Please review and tell me if it was good!

Arigatou!