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The Alice Agency
Written by Sitting in the Silence
Case #3 : Déjà vu
THE SKY IS IN ITS afternoon form and the sun is almost setting. I ran through the corridor. I think I'm looking for something I left behind but I don't know what it is.
I'm dreaming. My surrounding's vague that's why I can tell and I just go with the flow. I searched here and there, but I can't find it. I checked more classrooms. Again, I turned my heels around and ran downstairs. I went outside and ran, ran and ran until I reached a Sakura Tree.
It's the most beautiful Sakura Tree I've ever seen. I stepped forward and touched the trunk.
"Where could you be?" I said, "I'm worried. Please come back safely."
Where could whobe? Why am I worried? Why safely? Is there any danger? I-I don't know what's happening.
The wind blew gently making all the petals of the Sakura Tree dance with the wind, the bushes joined. In the midst of the pleasant sounds, I heard one that is frightening. Footsteps. Someone's coming. I can hear the shoes walking gently on the grassy path.
What are you doing Mikan? Turn around! I mean, I need to turn around. I need to turn around!
Despite all my yelling the Mikan in my dream is not listening. I can hear him, he's coming nearer and . . . he grabbed me from behind and he covered my mouth with a handkerchief.
Mikan woke up with a yelp as she fell down on the floor from her chair.
"Ouch." She winced as she touched her aching butt. She remembered her dream. It's not really as violent as the first one but someone attacking her from behind is still bad.
She stood up and stretched. Again, she sat down on her computer chair and stared at the bunch of papers on her study table. She glanced at her wristwatch: 2:15. Seeing the time made her yawn and definitely sleepy but she needs to finish her work.
"Yosh! Work first!"
Morning came and things in AA were going smooth but a certain floor is having some problems.
"Eh? They're back?" exclaimed Anna Umenomiya, a girl with pink hair. She's one of the 4 team leaders.
"Yes." Boss said.
Mikan is sitting beside Boss while Natsume sat beside her. They were all looking at the hologram before them. It shows pictures with texts written beside it which explains the person in the picture.
Written on the header of the hologram is the name of the very dangerous gang in Japan: Neko Gang.
"They are indeed back and we – AA Agents – have to capture them." Boss said as he moved his left hand to the right and the current picture of the hologram was replaced with a video. He then clicked what seemed to be an invisible button in the air and the video played.
The video showed a bank doing it's normal and hectic business during an ordinary Sunday when a man wearing a long black trench coat and a cat mask suddenly appeared behind the two security guards. He injected something on them and the security guards fell unconscious on the ground. The clients began to scream and they all went down on their knees except for this onebraveman who is still standing but with his hands up in the air.
"I can see that you don't have any weapons. Let's settle this shall we? I know judo and it's obvious that you know it too. I win, you'll let us go. You win, you can do whatever you want." The man declared as he positioned himself. The villain cocked his head to the side. The judo-man yelled and was about to attack when he was suddenly set on fire and in a snap he turned into tiny little ashes. More screams were heard and the villain who waschallengedturned to face the one who seemed to have killed the judo-man.
"You shouldn't have wasted your energy Aoi-kun. I could've taken care of him myself." said the man wearing the green cat mask.
"You're welcome, Midori." Aoi said who also wore the same get-up as Midori's.
Aoi looked around and spoke, "Don't do anything harsh or you might get yourselves a free cremation." Aoi then approached an elderly woman, "You don't want that, do you?" Aoi asked while clutching the woman's jaw. The woman eagerly shook her head while tears of fears ran down her wrinkled cheeks.
Aoi whistled and three more guys appeared out of nowhere. They also wore the same cat mask but each has a different color. They suddenly vanished and after a few seconds they appeared again but this time they were each holding a huge suitcase.
"Let's go!" Midori said as he signaled them to move.
"Wait,teleportOrenji here. Hurry!" Aoi demanded. The three disappeared again and a few seconds later, two reappeared. Aoi pointed at someone from the hostage group. The guy with the orange cat-mask nodded and he approached the girl Aoi pointed out.
The girl who seemed to be a bank employee cried out loud while the guy made his way to her, "NO! Please don't hurt me!" she begged. Orenji knelt down as the girl sobbed more, "Please do—" Orenji touched her forehead and the girl fell unconscious. The people around the girl cried more. Orenji carried her lifeless body.
"Well ladies and gents, that's all for today. Thank you for being cooperative." Aoi said while resting her hand on Orenji's shoulder. And even though they were all wearing a mask, you could see how Aoi mockingly wink at the camera before they all totally disappeared.
The hologram went blank. "What we just saw was the scene they made in Nagasaki." Boss explained, "We have to catch them before they commit another crime."
"But we've been trying to catch them for years now, we always fail." Kitsuneme, one of the team leaders, pointed out.
It was true. Even though Alice Agency has all the hi-tech gadgets and wise agents, they're just nothing compared to the Neko Gang. The gang is just too powerful - literally. They can teleport and they can set you on fire in a snap. In short, trying to catch them is a suicidal mission. But it's their job to bring them to justice, the gang's doings are wrong. They've always caused so much trouble and chaos. They kidnapped people whenever they want and they transform those kidnapped ones into one of them. They robbed banks and they kill people. They are merciless. They are evil.
Boss sighed at his frightened reaction, "That's why this time, we won't try. We will catch them."
The agents clapped and they stopped when Boss spoke again, "I received a command from Big Boss and he wants to assign Mikan and Natsume to hold this case together since it is a tough one. I'm sure you guys can catch them, you just have to cooperate with each other. So agents, if they need anything, make sure you do them."
"Yes." The agents answered in chorus.
Mikan looked at Natsume and she was confused to see that his still staring at the blank hologram with wide eyes, "Ne, Natsume-kun. . ." she whispered as she leaned a little bit closer to him but he didn't budge.
"Geez." Mikan murmured.
"Meeting adjourned." At that the agents bowed and started to leave the floor by teams.
When all the agents were gone Boss handed both Mikan and Natsume a PDA - Personal Digital Assistant. "Your schedule is programmed there. You need to follow it." Boss reminded.
"It says here that we need to visit the gang's high school." Mikan said as she read her schedule.
"What are you waiting for then?" Boss questioned out as he stared at the long table before him as if it's the most interesting thing in the world.
Natsume stood up. "Let's go." He said then he started towards the elevator. Mikan sighed and she decided it'll be better to just follow whatever it is that she needs to follow. She stood up and bowed, "I'll go now."
Soon, she was standing beside Natsume in the elevator. Slowly, the elevator's door shut tight.
"Take care of her, Natsume." Boss murmured.
Natsume is calmly driving through the busy streets of Tokyo with Mikan sitting beside him.
"Ne Natsume-kun," Mikan started, "Why'd you become an AA agent?"
Silence. Mikan's eyes darted from the window to her so-called partner's face. He looked straight – focusing on the stretching road. Mikan bit her lower lip then sighed. She joined him on looking at the road ahead.
"If it's personal then I'll rephrase the question: How'd you become an AA agent?" she asked again.
"Why do you want to know?" he asked back in his usual cold voice.
"Look jerk! I'm trying my best to start a decent conversation with you!" Mikan said, irritated.
"Look idiot! Decent conversation doesn't match me, haven't you noticed?"
"What is wrong with you? Yesterday you were a jerk then suddenly became nice and now. . . you're being a jerk again." Mikan said as she pouted.
"Welcome to my world." came in Natsume's reply.
"Mikan wake up! God Mikan, I'm so sorry." I heard a voice said.
It's dark, I can't see a thing.
"I'm so sorry… I shouldn't have left you alone. . . Mikan. . . Talk to me." The voice said again. The voice was trembling, trembling with, I don't know, fear?
I need to open my eyes so that I can see this person, this guy. But I can't open them. Ifeel so weak. Tired. He's holding me in his arms; I can feel his warm palm on my face. I want to tell him I'm fine, but I can't.
There's no way I can control this dream of mine so I subconsciously stretched my hand and there, I touched his cheek. A portion was wet – tears.
"It's not you're fault." I voiced out.
No. That's not what I wanted to tell him. Ugh! This Mikan in my dream is starting to annoy me.
"Oi baka!" a voice said – a cold and harsh one. Huh? Is this still part of the dream? Because if it is, it doesn't match up.
"Oi baka!" Natsume said as he harshly shook the sleeping brunette beside him, "We're already here."
Mikan shifted her head and slowly, she opened her eyes. She saw a pair of crimson orbs staring at her.
"Glad you made it." He said mockingly. He got out of the car followed by Mikan who did a little stretching. They sauntered towards the old and rusty gate of the school. Natsume pushed the ajar gate and they walked in.
"What are we looking for again?" Mikan asked.
"I have no idea. Anything that relates to the Neko Gang, I guess." Natsume answered with hands in his pockets. They walked in the main building and strolled through the corridor. Mikan then suddenly ran off and this caused Natsume to be alarmed, "Oi!"
But when Mikan reached a certain door, she slid it open and in she went. "Baka." Natsume muttered. When he reached the door, he was surprise to see the brunette sitting on one of the chairs at the back beside the window. She was staring outside absentmindedly, her chin resting on her palm. Natsume noiselessly sat beside the brunette. He watched her stare and when Mikan felt it, she looked at Natsume beside her then her eyes widened as if she realized something.
"Déjà vu!" Mikan exclaimed. "Hate to admit it but I used to go here. It's just that, the Neko Gang had this high school club in here so they had to shut this school down and relocate. Though I don't remember knowing anything about them - it's just my grandfather who provided me with the information – but I can't help but hate that gang."
Mikan stared again outside, "Jii-chan also said that the reason I can't remember most of my high school life is because of them. He said they tried to kidnap me many times and I always fought back. But on their last attempt of kidnapping me, I fought so hard that I hit my head and I had a concussion. But still," she paused then she stared at Natsume, "I remember the days when I sat here, but I still wonder . . . because no one ever sat beside me yet when I looked at you, it really felt like a déjà vu."
"Maybe you forgot about your seatmate too." Natsume proposed.
Mikan smiled, "That's impossible, that's not how memories are lost. If you lose a memory, you really won't know anything about it. Not remembering a seatmate is way out of memory loss. I remember all my classmates back then, but that chair has been empty my whole high school life and I don't know why."
"But teleporting was possible, right?" Natsume asked as he tried to avoid eye contact with her.
"No, teleporting was impossible, up until the Neko Gang did it. Besides, that's not the point, amnesia and teleportation are two diff—" Mikan was cut off when a loud noise was heard from the far side of the corridor. Natsume quickly stood up, "Stay here and wait for me, I'll go check it out." he said as he grabbed his gun and slowly sauntered outside of the room. Natsume walked with caution and soon he was out of Mikan's sight.
Natsume slowly approached the room on the far side of the building, he held his gun just below his chin he used his left hand to slide open the door and when it opened , he pointed his gun on a. . . black cat, which seemed to have created such a mess. Natsume smirked as he inserted his gun back in his shoulder holster. He went out the classroom and walked coolly back to Mikan when he noticed something when he passed by a window.
Standing outside was what seems to be like a storage room and the door was ajar. He slid open the window and jumped through it. He made his way to the storage room and he went inside. He looked around to see the place in such a mess. There are disarranged chair and crumpled papers all over the place, a broken computer and a file cabinet. Natsume moved toward the computer, he opened the casing of the CPU and he unscrewed the hard disk drive.
He also walked to the file cabinet and found every drawer empty except for the fourth and final drawer wherein he found a brown neko mask. He looked at it then he let out a deep sigh. Unbeknownst to him, a shadow is lurking outside the door. The door slowly moved and when it creaked, Natsume looked and ran behind him but it was too late, the door shut tight.
"Shit." He cursed. He saw the dancing leaves of the tree through the small window above, "It must've been the wind."
He pushed and pushed the door but it was shut tight and it made him speculate – how could the door be locked like that when the lock of the knob was inside? He then remembered the padlock hole in front of the door.
"Shit." He muttered. It came to him like a lightning. Someone intentionally locked him inside. He rested his back on the wall and he slid down against it. He raked his raven hair and as he thought of ways on how to get out he suddenly remembered one person. . .
Mikan tapped her foot nervously as she waited for Natsume to come back. She kept glancing at her wristwatch; it's almost an hour since he left. What the hell's wrong with him?She thought. She frantically stood up and ran through the corridor, she reached the far side of the hallway and when she slid open the door, there was no Natsume in sight. She was greeted by which seems to be fallen books and stuffs – she then presumed that the fallen things caused the sound earlier. Now, where the hell is Natsume?
The sky is already in its afternoon form and the sun is almost setting. She ran through the corridor and this time she knows what she is looking for, who she's been looking for the past three minutes.
She searched here and there and she can't find him. She checked more classrooms. Again, she turned her heels around and ran downstairs. She went outside and ran, ran and ran until she reached a Sakura Tree.
It's like she's reliving this moment. She remembered dreaming about it but it also felt like it happened to her before – in reality.
The Sakura Tree – it really is still the most beautiful Sakura Tree she has ever seen. How could a tree live so beautifully in this old and ugly place?
"Where could you be?" she said as she stepped forward and touched the trunk, "I'm beginning to worry."
The wind blew gently making all the petals of the Sakura Tree dance with the wind, the bushes joined. In the midst of the pleasant sounds, she heard one that is frightening.
Footsteps.
Someone's coming. She can hear the shoes walking gently on the grassy path. Without further ado she pulled her combat knife out of the strap that slung across her shoulder, she turned around and pointed the knife's edge near the face of the intruder.
A surprised pair of dark blue eyes greeted her amber ones and the knife's dangerous tip almost made contact with his nose.
~Edited: May 23, 2010
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