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THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO IRUMI KANZAKI FOR BEING THE ONLY ONE WHO ACTUALLY GUESSED THE MONSTER RIGHT!
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MY FOE IS MY FIANCÉ?!
Chapter 19 Hold on, Crimson E
Written by Sarah Patrick
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Mikan's POV
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'After the marriage, I want a divorce,'
I buried my head in my pillow, as those words I said to him echoed in my mind. My head ached as I could hear Natsume's voice whispered in my head in such a low voice that I barely understood those words he was muttering.
As much as I loved him, I had to ask for a divorce because I don't want to be used by him. If he really hated me and just wanted to get to me in this way to ruin my life, I better step off his life for good and do nothing which involved both of us anymore.
He should be together with the person he loved, and I knew that I wasn't the one.
'I don't know what I've done to you, but I love you Mikan. I really do love you,'
It was hard for me to believe those words he said to me. I tried to ask myself on what he had made me felt so doubtful toward him… but to my chagrin, I can't recall any.
My eyes darted open in realization.
'I can't let you go without you knowing that I am,'
To my horror, I felt I did a stupid, stupid mistake. I mean, what if, WHAT IF he really does love me?
I sat up straight at the side of my bed as a sweat found its way down to my chin.But, it was Hyuuga Natsume I was thinking about now.
He – doesn't – feel.
I knew he doesn't…, or does he?
'And I can't effort losing you too,'
I gritted my teeth, my head ached so much that I swore that if it got a little more painful, I could scream in agony. Natsume was the most unpredictable person I had ever met in my entire life. With his no-emotion facial expression, it was hard to know what he truly felt and what he was thinking.
Suddenly, I couldn't breath. I began to choke and cough, gasping for air to breath. My sight darkened and when I gained it back, all I could see were blue shadings and dirty green surroundings. I could see the glaring sun shone on the surface above me, which I presumed was water, shining through the mosaic surfaces, it was beautiful. I could see tiny creatures waltzing at snail's pace as little fishes swam above me.
To my surprise, I was sinking deeper as the blue and the green got darker. The sunlight was getting dimmer before my fading eyes. I was stunned to see the large bubble that surrounding me was shrinking. Water began to fill up the spaces. I could feel my uniform was getting wet, but the problem was that, I felt that I was using boy's uniform and my long pants were soaking wet now.
"Mikan…" I felt I said in a bare whisper with a voice so deep, velvety and familiar. Panic began to wash over me. I knew that voice. The very voice which would always take my breath away, the voice which would made my heart beat so hard and so fast, the voice which never failed to make me feel like I was the only girl in the world for him. I used to hate it and now, I still do. I knew that this person was sinking deeper into a lake or a sea or somewhere I am not sure of, drowning.
'Na-tsu-me,' I muttered in difficulty. It was before a second could pass, my sight, which was also Natsume's, were engulfed into darkness.
With a jerk, I was back to senses again, back into my room, sweating.
"Oh gosh," I muttered in panic. The door to my room burst opened as six people came storming in.
"Mikan! Mikan!" cried Natsumi as he ran toward me and stared at me in worrisome. I then realized that those who were in my room were no other than the Alice Masters. I massaged my head which was aching in pain.
"It's Natsume, I know." I muttered in silent. I felt weak, I don't even know if I could even stand properly. "H-He's drowning…" my lips dried when I said those words.
"How did you know? Where is he?" asked Ruka-Pyon as he knelt beside me and rubbed my hands. My head was spinning in agony.
"I-I'm not sure," I mumbled weakly. To see through one's eyes, it drained off a lot of one's energy.
"Can you describe the surrounding, Mikan-chan?" asked Akira Mihawa, Master of Latent Alice. My eyes darted to look at his glowing Alice stone and I then realized that every of our Alice Master stones were blinking.
That, I must say, was a very, very bad sign.
"Is there a lake or a pond or a river here?" I asked as I completely gained my consciousness. The Gakuen Alice area was not small. It was enormous, as big as a large town.
"Yes, the lake in the Northern Forest. I know where that is," Pyon Pyon piped up and he stood up right.
"I-I'm c-coming," I muttered but Pyon Pyon stopped me, "No, you stay. I could feel your aura, you need to rest, Mikan-chan."
"I'm coming," I insisted and I jumped off my bed. I began to waver and felt feeble on my knees. "It's my fault that he's like this now," I muttered in silent, my eyes downcast.
"No, Mikan-chan. Stay here and get some rest." Mikan turned to meet Natsumi's cerise eyes. He was staring at me in serious. It wasn't a request. It was an order. I sighed and nodded as I sat down on my bed again.
"Let's go, guys." Youichi said fluidly and the six of them ran out of the room, leaving me alone. I felt useless, it was my fault that Natsume was going to die. I put my Alice stone into my palm and watched it as it blinked tangerine. I laid a finger on the blinking stone and muttered, "Hold on, Crimson E, help is coming,"
I clutched the stone in my hands and held it tighter into my chest. Tears rolled down my cheek, I knew the mistake I had committed wasn't tiny. It was big… and unforgivable. I was ashamed of myself.
"Hold on …Natsume,"
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Natsume's POV
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I never knew it could be so peaceful to be under water. I felt free, like I was being washed, a new life was blown into my body.
But my eyes were fading, I could see the glaring sun above me was getting dimmer by the second.
Before I knew it, the last gulp of air in the bubble that initially surrounded me, float toward the surface in a rush.
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"Search for Natsume! Quick! The birds said that he dove into the lake but never came out," Ruka shouted at his companions and pointed at the lake before them.
They knew that they were a bit too late in arriving there.
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The light was so bright, its beauty reminded me of a girl I loved so much. Sadly, she broke my heart, but I still loved her.
"Mikan…" I said and the lake water began to rush into my mouth and into my trachea, filling up my lungs. I began to choke, but I didn't bother to activate any of my Alices nor did I struggle to breath.
The pain was excruciating. My body ached so much, my heart pumped so hard and began to slow down.
Ta - thump. Ta – thump.
And slower…
Ta…-thump.
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Ta…
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End Of POV
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His heartbeat stopped. He sank in motionless down the bed of the lake. The once-still mud twirled around him as he lay on the floor, and it rested on his-lifeless figure.
The bond of the Alice Flame broke. The spell which held the union of peace was no longer in place.
After a last dance of the silvery-sapphire flame, it extinguished with a speck and a crack echoed through the dark.
The vicious creature which was always caged by the Alice flame had fully woken up from his long sleep. He stretched widely, and stared at the dark cave with his blazing red eyes. With a snap of his finger, a flick of fire danced at the tip of his finger. He noticed that he was still in his seventeen year old self and admired that he didn't aged even a bit. His head was filled with voices from the living being around the world. He concentrated hard to find a particular voice he wanted to hear and…
"Ah… Sakura," he muttered in amused as he listened to the thoughts of Sakura Mikan, descendent of the Sakura Hitomi who had imprisoned him with the so-call Alice Flame she had had created. He stood on his feet and noticed that he was naked. He took a ragged robe which he found in a dusted wooden box and put it on. A stick was in his right hand. He closed his eyes, concentrating on a certain place where he could be free from the dark place he was in.
Within second, he appeared in a new place. His red eyes scanned the area as he activated his Navigation Alice. A smirk was on his lips as he ran a hand through his messy raven hair.
Hyuuga Ryo, an unknown twin of Hyuuga Ryuu, was contented. He was in Japan, standing a couple of kilometer away from the Gakuen Alice. He breathed in the fresh air of the sweet summer. It has been over a hundred years since that so-call teenager had last breathing in fresh air.
He couldn't help to grin upon the thought of destroying the Sakura Clan.
Revenge had never tasted that sweet before.
"You made me sleep for a hundred years, put a curse on my family, and died without giving my brother your stupid position as the leader of the Alice Flame. I shall eliminate your descendants, Sakura… starting the Sakura Clan Master," He then smirked widely. He couldn't wait to see the faces of the Alice Masters if they knew that the person, who was long banished because of his deeds, was breathing and walking again on the land he forbidden to walk onto.
His eyes glinted in malice. With a swift of his hand, the tree beside the lad fell down to the ground.
"That would be you, Sakura… Mikan,"
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To be Continue
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A/N: Sorry that I updated so late. Truth be told, I'm going to stop ff soon, but starting in the fictionpress website instead… gosh. This chapter is so short too, ugh, I'll make it longer for the next so that the next will be the last chapter posted.
--Sarah Patrick