Hello, everyone! I'm here, with a nice, LONG chapter for all of you! PHEW , like 2x as much as usual! I really worked hard on this so I hope you enjoy it. Lots of events happen in this chapter. But, the sad thing is that school has started so I'll only be able to update like once a week. Sorry. Well, it's Labor Day weekend, so I guess that's why I have a long chapter? Iono? Well I listened to Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru a lot while writing this. It's a REALLY good song, and i used it in this chapter. Listen to it! It's also in Hana Yori Dango 2, an awesome drama which you definetely should watch!
And on we go...
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On with the story,
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Last Chapter -
"Bring me a Triple Banana Berry Strawberry Gakuen Juice smoothie NOW!"
"Hai, Luna-chan!"
"Call me Luna-san!"
"Hai, Luna-san!"
"Do my laundry!"
"Hai, Luna-san!"
"Make me dinner!"
"Hai-Luna-san!"
Mikan panted in exhaustion. Luna-san was sure working her hard.
"HURRY UP!"
"Yes, Luna-san!"
"CALL ME KOIZUMI-HIME!"
"Hai, Koizumi-hime!"
Mikan was dressed in the typical maid's outfit – a black button up shirt, black pants, and a white frilly apron to go over it all.
If one looked closer though, there was only a frown on her face. There were bags under her eyes, and she looked really tired.
But she wasn't in her right state of mind.
Luna was controlling her.
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"I am here to question you, Imai-san."
"What? Who are you?" Hotaru asked nervously.
"That does not matter. You must do whatever we say."
"What? Why should I?" Hotaru demanded, reverting back to her usual 'Ice Queen' self.
"Because," the 6'5 bald, broad shouldered, muscular man said menacingly, "I will torture Sakura Mikan, Nogi Ruka, Shouda Sumire, Umenomiya Anna, and Ogasawara Nonoko one stab at a time, till they DIE!"
He cackled evilly.
She sighed.
"Go back to Gakuen Alice Academy. Work for us an AAO spy. Get close to Nogi Ruka, Sakura Mikan, Hyuuga Natsume, and gather information. Report to us by walkie talkie EVERY NIGHT. We will contact you when we have anything new going on."
"What? I can't betray them."
'Well," the man said, pulling out a knife, "Do you wish to die?"
"N-n-no…"
"Then, answer. Will you do it? Or die and let your friends be killed?"
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"Good. You decided to agree. Come now, we will escort you to Reo-sama for your briefing."
She nodded.
"Imai Hotaru. Invention Alice. Age 15. Height : 5' 2". Weight : 102 pounds. Appearance : Short, Violet Hair. Amethyst eyes. At Gakuen Alice Academy in Tokyo since age 10." Reo read from her files.
"Ok, your new (mission) name will be Amethyst Eyes. For the first three weeks, you will undergo the AAO training program, which all newbies must go through."
"Then you will be transported to somewhere in the middle of Tokyo, where Gakuen Alice's sensors will be able to pick you up and find you. They will take you back to Gakuen Alice, but be very careful, because they may be suspicious of you."
"Hai."
"Every night, you must report to us using this earring."
He handed her a violet stone, earring.
"When you press the red light on the back of it, you will be able to communicate with us. This will pass all security."
(A/N – Let's say Hotaru got her ears pierced before.)
"We also have another agent working at Gakuen Alice Academy : Koizumi Luna. She is one of our best. You are not to talk to her while you are there for fear of suspicion. We will contact you using this bracelet if we need you."
He handed her a black bracelet, studded with purple gems. If we ever catch you betraying us, this will send unbearable pain to you. If we need to contact you, it will send two shocks of pain, then you contact us using your earring."
"H-hai." She murmured.
"Good. You did not try to resist."
"I have to do this for them," she thought. "I have to…"
"Very good. Escort her to the training grounds. Your training instructor will meet you there."
"Ohayo. I am Serpona. Do 15 laps around the field."
The lady was tall and her eyes were highly covered in eyeliner. Her hair was black and long, and she had a menacing glare. She seemed to resemble Persona, and she was wearing tons of control devices.
She stared at the field, eyes filled with wonder. It was huge! How was she ever supposed to survive this…?
Finally, she finished, panting.
She was exhausted.
"Now do 1000 pushups, with one hand." She said menacingly.
"You've got to be kidding me," she thought.
After 5 sprints, 200 situps, 500 squats, and 300 one fingered pushups, she was done.
"Finally," she thought.
"You are excused. Meet me here tomorrow at 5:00 am SHARP. If you are late, you will be punished."
She grimaced. She didn't even want to know what the punishment was.
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Mikan blinked. Suddenly, that empty spot seemed to be coming back to her. In the blink of an eye, she remembered. Everything.
Memories flashed back to her.
Flashback :
"What are you staring at, Imai?" Mikan snarled. "Stop staring at Luna-chan. Your eyes are wrecking her beauty!"
"Just keep to yourself and your stupid inventions. Nobody needs them anyways. Who cares about you? You're a loner, and a good-for-nothing."
"Then what about you? You have the Nullification Alice, I have the Invention Alice. The Invention Alice beats nullifying. Nullifying doesn't do anything."
"Well, I don't care. Just leave. We don't want you here."
My throat hurt from saying such harsh words to Mikan. But really, was she in her right mind?
End Flashback –
I remembered how hard I had hurt Hotaru. No wonder she had left.
Flashback –
"I am sorry to inform you, but Imai-san is nowhere to be found. For the moment, she is assumed dead." Narumi-sensei droned on in a monotonic voice.
"Dead?"
The word rang through the whole classroom, shocking everyone with the possibility that the Ice Queen could possibly be dead.
Dead.
Dead.
Dead?
Could she actually be dead? Memories rang through all of the students. They marveled at the thought.
There was just no way Imai Hotaru could be dead.
End Flashback –
"Could it be, that because of me, Hotaru could actually be dead?" Mikan thought.
Flashback –
"Bring me a Triple Banana Berry Strawberry Gakuen Juice smoothie NOW!"
"Hai, Luna-chan!"
"Call me Luna-san!"
"Hai, Luna-san!"
"Do my laundry!"
"Hai, Luna-san!"
"Make me dinner!"
"Hai-Luna-san!"
Mikan panted in exhaustion. Luna-san was sure working her hard.
"HURRY UP!"
"Yes, Luna-san!"
"CALL ME KOIZUMI-HIME!"
"Hai, Koizumi-hime!"
"Bring me a Triple Banana Berry Strawberry Gakuen Juice smoothie NOW!"
"Hai, Luna-chan!"
"Call me Luna-san!"
"Hai, Luna-san!"
"Do my laundry!"
"Hai, Luna-san!"
"Make me dinner!"
"Hai-Luna-san!"
Mikan panted in exhaustion. Luna-san was sure working her hard.
"HURRY UP!"
"Yes, Luna-san!"
"CALL ME KOIZUMI-HIME!"
"Hai, Koizumi-hime!"
End Flashback –
It was all that Koizumi-bitch's fault. She was so going to kill her for this.
But then she remembered, she could have fought against it, she could have used her nullification alice.
She should have been stronger.
Flashback –
"Mikan, we have to talk to you."
They walked to a place alone.
"Koizumi is only using you. She has the Soul-Stealer Alice, and see that bite on your neck? She can control you because of that. She's actually twenty years old!" Anna, Sumire, Ruka, Yuu, and Nonoko exclaimed.
"No, it can't be! I don't believe you! Koizumi-hime would never do that! I trust her! She's all I have left!"
"Look, Mikan, even she has brainwashed you now. Koizumi-hime?"
"Well I don't trust you guys! You betrayed me, you all, traitors! Koizumi-hime is the only one I can trust now!"
"We never betrayed you! She's just feeding you false memories. I've seen her order you around like a slave. Look at your face in the mirror. You look tired, and there are circles under your eyes. Do you think that's really what a real best friend would do? Look at yourself? You're even wearing a FREAKIN MAID'S OUTFIT! I don't know what you've gotten into, but I don't like it. What has gotten into you, Mikan?"
End Flashback –
She hadn't believed Anna and the others, even though they were her true friends. She had been idiotic and weak.
She had to get stronger.
She felt horrible, betrayed. She let the Koizumi bitch boss her around and treat her as if she were just a servant: nothing. She should have been stronger. All of these people had suffered because of her.
"I VOW TO GET STRONGER!" she yelled!
Well, she had to start somewhere. It would be a good idea to start apologizing to everyone. Start anew, she supposed.
Who would she start with?
She could start with…everyone, actually.
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"I'm sorry, minna-san. I wasn't strong enough. I didn't believe you."
"That's ok, Mikan," Anna said nicely.
"How can you be so accepting? I hurt you guys so much and you treat it as if it were nothing!" she burst out.
She ran away- far, far, away; somewhere in the forest.
Somehow, who knows what possessed him, Natsume ran after her.
"Damn that Polka," he thought. "Where could she be?"
Mikan was actually bruised and bleeding, lying on the forest floor.
After endless wandering around, Natsume actually found her.
"Mikan. Mikan. MIKAN!" he yelled as he tried to shake her awake.
He felt her pulse. Still beating, he observed. He sighed in relief. Finally, she awoke.
"….Natsume," she murmured.
"What happened to you," he asked.
She didn't reply.
"Mikan, Mikan, don't fall asleep," he yelled, scared that she might die. She looked very scary, with blood squirting everywhere.
"Mikan, I love you!" he yelled.
"I'm sorry, Natsume, but I'm not sure if I can accept your feelings yet." She murmured, just as she passed cold, and the world turned black.
"I'll wait, Mikan. I'll wait, until you can tell me you love me." He said, but she was already gone.
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Japanese romaji – Italics
English – Bold and Italic
Regular Speaking – Regular
(A/N- Listen to Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru here! It's a really really good song and really fits with this mood. Sorry if the translation, lyrics aren't correct. I just searched them and got them from a website. Well, you get the point, anyways. So listen to it! It's an awesome song from Hana Yori Dango 2, which is a great drama btw!)
Natsume picked her up, bridal style, carrying her back to the hospital. He didn't understand why. Nande? He thought she loved him back.
Arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
When you say thank you to me, for some reason it hurts,
sayonara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horonigai
Like a magic spell that doesn't get undone even after the goodbye; a hint of bitterness
The flavor of life
The flavor of life.
"Maybe he had ignored her for too long." He thought guiltily. "He had been so mean and cruel. He didn't deserve such an innocent girl such as her."
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tomodachi demo koibito demo nai chuukan chiten de
Stuck midpoint between friends and lovers
shuukaku no hi wo yumemiteru aoi furu-tsu
like an un-riped fruit dreaming about the day of harvest
ato ippo ga fumidasenai sei de
because of being unable to move just one more step
jirettai no nan notte? baby
what's causing this frustration baby
Finally Mikan awoke. She felt sore and stiff, and tried to recall the memory of what happened in the forest.
Flashback – (A/N- about the italics, here this is regular speaking, stuff. )
"I'm sorry, minna-san. I wasn't strong enough. I didn't believe you."
"That's ok, Mikan," Anna said nicely.
"How can you be so accepting? I hurt you guys so much and you treat it as if it were nothing!" she burst out.
She ran away- far, far, away; somewhere in the forest.
She kept running. How could they be so forgiving? She had hurt them so much!
Somehow, who knows what possessed him, Natsume ran after her.
"Damn that Polka," he thought. "Where could she be?"
Mikan was actually bruised and bleeding, lying on the forest floor.
After endless wandering around, Natsume actually found her.
"Mikan. Mikan. MIKAN!" he yelled as he tried to shake her awake.
He felt her pulse. Still beating, he observed. He sighed in relief. Finally, she awoke.
"….Natsume," she murmured.
"What happened to you," he asked.
She didn't reply.
"Mikan, Mikan, don't fall asleep," he yelled, scared that she might die. She looked very scary, with blood squirting everywhere.
"Mikan, I love you!" he yelled.
"I'm sorry, Natsume, but I'm not sure if I can accept your feelings yet." She murmured, just as she passed cold, and the world turned black.
End flashback
arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
When you say thank you to me, for some reason it hurts
sayounara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horonigai
Like a magic spell that doesn't get undone even after the last goodbye
A hint of bitterness.
The flavor of life.
The flavor of life.
She felt so confused. She knew that before, she had loved Natsume, but was that true now? Would he just hurt her more? Would he ignore her? She didn't know, and she didn't know if she wanted to take the chance, to be hurt again.
amai dake no sasoi monku ajike no nai doku
Sweet talk and tasteless conversations
sonna mono ni wa kyoumi wa sosorarenai
It sparks no interest in me
itoori ni ikanai toki datte
Even when things do not go the way you want
insei suteta mon janai tte
It doesn't mean you've thrown your life away.
Life was just so, confusing. She had many things on her mind – Hotaru, Natsume, and more.
doushita no? to kyuu ni kikareru to "uun. nandemo nai"
When asked "what's wrong?", I answer "it's nothing."
The days past slowly as the thoughts rushed through her mind. She spent the time in bed alone, allowing no visitors, allowing herself to sink deeper into isolation.
sayounara no ato ni kieru egao watashi rashikunai
The smile that disappears after goodbye- It's unlike me.
sinjitai to negaeba negau hodo nandaka setsunai
The more I wish to believe in you, for some reason it hurts even more.
"aishiteru yo" yori mo "daisuki" no hou ga kimi rashii janai?
"I like you a lot" instead of "I love you" sounds more like you
The flavor of life
The flavor of life.
Did he really mean it? Or was he just fooling with her?
She remembered the times he had kissed her, once by accident, another not.
Why? Did he really love her?
wasurekakete ita hito no omoi wo totsuzen omoidasu koro
The period when you suddenly remember the scent of someone you almost forgot
furitsumoru yuki no shirosa wo omou to sunao ni yorokobitai yo
I want o be able to openly and honestly cherish the white purity of the falling snow.
daiyamondo yorimo yawarakakute atatakana mirai
A future tenderer and warmer than a diamond
teni shitai yo kagiri aru jikan wo kimi to sugoshitai
I want to grasp it, in this limited time we have, I want to spend it with you.
Finally, Mikan was well enough to be able to get out of the hospital.
On the way out, she saw Ruka-pyon.
"Ohayo Ruka-pyon," she called faintly.
"Ohayo Sakura-san," he replied.
"Oh you don't have to call me that Ruka-pyon. We've known each other for five years already."
"H-hai."
He seemed very nervous, she wondered why.
"E-eto, M-m-mikan,"
"Hai?" she answered.
"I think I'm in love with you."
"arigatou" to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
When you say thank you to me, for some reason it hurts
sayounara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horonigai
Like a magic spell that doesn't get undone even after the goodbye
A hint of bitterness
The flavor of life
The flavor of life.
Busy, busy, BUSY chapter! Soo..did anyone notice that Serpona can be scrambled to Persona?They act alike too. HINT HINT! Foreshadowing for later chapter. So Hotaru is really in for some trouble. And why did Mikan suddenly regain her memories? WHo will she choose, Ruka or Natsume?
Find out next chapter!
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