HIHI EVERYONE! I HAVENT UPDATED FOR SO LONG BECAUSE I'M TRAVELLING! WOOOT! Yeah, to taiwan, hong kong, vegas, mexico, and a cruise around the outer shores of asia which will take forever…AND i got a new computer and it took forever to get word installed..
I might even miss a bit of school.. -.-
Anyhoo, i hope u enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: The only thing that is mine in this story is Noelle, Morichi, and the plot…oh, and Makoto-kun! 33
Noelle
It was monday…the fun weekend with Natsume, Luca, and Mikan was over…I sighed inwardly. What were these strange feelings I felt whenever i see Luca? He wasn't as handsome as Makoto…or maybe he was, in a different way…Makoto…
"Good morning class."
I shuddered out of my daydream hearing that dreaded voice. Persona?
"As you all know I am Persona, and I am the substitute for Jinno-sensei today."
I raised my hand.
"Where's Jin Jin today?"
"That is not of your concern, Noelle-hime."
I glared at him.
"You might want to mind your manners a bit as I have a bit of something for you to do later, and you might have to give up being Shadow Angel for this time."
"Can we discuss this in a more private place, please?"
"Of course princess, but just keep in mind hat tonight, you are the Nightmare Goddess, and only the Nightmare Goddess."
Out of the corner of my eye i saw Natsume's knuckles whitening and his eye twitching. I glared at Persona and whispered threateningly to him mentally.
"We'll see."
But I suddenly had a vivid flashback Persona sent to my mind…
*Flasback*
I was chained to some kind of freak contraption, unable to move and barely conscious. The stupid ESP and Persona had drugged me! Again! What alice were they gonna shove into my body this time? They pick out a powerful alice stone I find in a village every few years and stick it in me. Gaaah i could barely think! Persona was coming over. Holding a ocher colored alice stone…I remembered admiring this one! It was photographic memory…but why would I need it? I wasn't even allowed to go to school for god's sake! He turned on the alice activation machine which sends electrical signals to my brain that activates my alice…the Insertion one…I felt wave after wave of electrical shocks and i screamed and screamed and screamed….
*End of Flashback*
I opened my eyes and I was on the ground, whimpering…I was aware of Luca and Mikan's concerned faces hovering over mine, and Natsume screaming at Persona.
"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL DID YOU DO TO HER! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP YOU BASTARD! YOU-"
A small flame appeared on Persona's robes. He brushed it off.
"Temper issues my little cat."
I then consciously realized I was still screaming and tried to stop, but couldn't. I couldn't even move! What the hell!
"Noelle-san! Noelle!"
I think I stopped screaming but I still couldn't move. Everyone's voices started buzzing and my vision was blurred….
"CPR? LUCA CPR!" Was that Mikan?
Natsume's face appeared next to Mikan's.
"Noelle!"
Luca's face was set. He leaned towards me, looking very very red indeed. What was he going to do? He leaned closer, and I closed my eyes tiredly. I couldn't move my body, and I couldn't find out what was happening around me. I felt very soft lips cover mine and someone's very warm breath being puffed into me. I opened my eyes slightly and saw Luca's face, his eyes closed tightly and his face still looking like a red blurry mess…I felt his hands on my chest….
And everything turned black.
Luca
I squeezed my eyes closed and leaned toward her, embarrassed. My lips touched hers and I felt her stir slightly, but I refused to open my eyes. I put my hands on her chest and pushed…. to no avail. I felt her heartbeat stop for a second before she turned limp under my hands. Oh god no….
"Send her to the infirmary!" I heard Natsume choke out.
I picked her up and ran as fast as I could, heading for the hospital. I out her on one of the beds the second I got in and told Imai's brother what happened.
"It was not a direct alice attack from Persona from what you've told me, my guess is Persona took use of her mind reading, you know, the one that comes with compulsion."
"What?"
"Haven't you ever wondered how she can hear your thoughts? When she's making you hear what she's thinking."
"So she…makes herself hear what I'm thinking?"
"Yes. I'm guessing her mind was open and Persona forced a memory or something that has a big impact on her into her mind."
"You didn't know that Luca?" Natsume appeared next to me, panting.
"Where's Mikan?"
"She' back in the classroom helping calm everyone down. And how the hell did you run that fast? I was always faster…"
I stayed silent. I didn't know either. Natsume was always the more athletic one.
"Natsume? Luca?" Noelle's hoarse voice called out.
We rushed to her.
"Help me up…please.."
Natsume stared at her guiltily.
"It's all my fault…if you don' have to do those missions for me then this would never have happened…"
Noelle touched his face.
"I would have had to do missions eventually anyways. So why not do it a bit earlier? Doesn't make a difference."
She looked at me.
"Thanks so much for saving me Luca."
"You're welcome." I looked away, remembering her soft lips.