Yes! That didn't take long to finish at all! Ok Here is *big voice* CHAPTER 3!
I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE!
"Quick! Take the first aid stuff and hide in the closet." Natsume said to me. I silently complied. "Aio, don't tell them anything, ok? Just make something up. Ok?"
"Huh? Umm…alright." The ten year old, apparently named Aio, said in a confused tone.
I shut the closet door silently and hid in the back. I didn't want to take the chance of them looking in the closet and me being in view.
"Aio? Aio? Sweetie, what is it?" The mom, obviously having rushed downstairs to her distraught daughter, asked.
"I'm sorry, Mommy. I came downstairs for a drink and I saw Natsume lying on the couch. I thought it was some burglar." The girl said in a sweet tone. I must say, she's a pretty good liar. She's ten, I think, and can already fool her parents. Not bad…
The door burst open and the guards filed in. "Go, go, go!" I heard them say. I heard the loud clunking of their shoes on the hardwood floor.
"Stop!" A powerful male voice bellowed. Must be the dad… "It was just a mistake. Aio here saw Natsume lying on the couch. No harm done. You can go back on duty."
"Yes sir. Oh, and sir? Someone shot the lock, probably trying to break in. We also heard someone trying to climb the gate earlier in the night."
"Ah, yes, I see. Well, keep a lookout. Now go." The man said again.
"Natsume, dear, what were you doing down here so late?" The mom asked, in a kind, caring voice that I could only dream of hearing someone talking to me like. I've never had a mom. Well, I did, but I would never consider her a mom. She didn't love me, she didn't even want me. She left me all alone, leaving me to die…
"Get out!" Yuka, my mom, yelled at me.
"Wh-what?" I was huddled in a corner. Being only six years old, I didn't know what to do. She grabbed my collar and yanked me up.
"Just follow me, you ungrateful child." She dragged me to the car and shoved me in. I didn't even get onto the seat, I was so scared. We drove around for about five minutes. I didn't know where we were. I knew it was the city, but I don't know the streets. I never left the house before…I've only seen outside from the window that I snuck peeks out of.
We came to a sudden stop and my head hit the back of her seat. She got out of the car and yanked my car door open. She then grabbed me again and threw me to the ground. There was some alleyway with trashcans and graffitied walls. She picked me up and threw me against a wall, causing my head to start bleeding.
"Agh!" I yelled, clutching my head in pain. She kicked me in the stomach.
"Shut up, you little bitch. Now don't you ever come back. I don't want to see your ugly face. If I ever see you again I will kill you. Do you hear me!?!" She yelled, her voice getting louder and louder with each shout.
"Mommy! Mommy! Why are you doing this to me!?!" I cried.
"Listen to me, I never wanted to be your 'Mommy.' I never wanted to have you. You were a mistake that ruined my life. I lost everything because of you. I hate you. I hope you rot out here." With those final words, she left me. She drove away, leaving me crying in the dark, with nowhere to go, and no one to love me…
"I came down for a snack and didn't feel like going back upstairs." He said in a bored tone. He's good too. Wow, it's like a family of little liars.
"Ah, well, that's fine. We're going back to sleep kids. We'll be home for dinner." The mom yawned and followed her husband upstairs.
After they went back to bed and it was all clear I came out of the closet to find Aio and Natsume, both on the sofa, looking at me.
"What?" I asked in an annoyed tone.
"Nothing. Umm…what are you doing here? Who are you?" Aio asked, more curious than anything else.
"Guh…"I grunted. "Mikan Sakura. Helped your bro get out of here, he got shot in the leg, and I brought him back here to patch up his leg." I said, not wanting to go through a background check yet again.
She looked over at Natsume who gave a small nod. "I'm Aio Hyuuga. Nice to meet you." She stuck out her hand for me to shake, but I just stared at it. She slowly took her hand back. "Uhh…well then, I'm going back to be. Goodnight Natsume." She kissed his forehead.
"Hn." Wow, he's nice…
"Umm…Mikan. Can I ask you something?" Aio questioned.
"Depends on the question. Shoot."
"Are you going to come back? Like tomorrow night?" That caught Natsume's attention.
"I don't know. Maybe. Depends." I honestly didn't know. I mean, I don't think I should come to the same place twice, but then again, I've never been caught, so that changes the circumstances.
"I think you should. Natsume enjoyed you company. You can see it in his face." Aio smiled. I looked over at Natsume, who had the same, bored expression he always has.
"Uhhuh…right." Thick sarcasm, very thick sarcasm. "Well I think I should leave. See you later. Or maybe not. I don't know. Bye." I jumped over Natsume and started to leave when Natsume grabbed my ankle.
"Come back tomorrow. You owe me that much for letting me get shot."
"Excuse me! You wanted to come with me. Hmph."
"Whatever. Just come back."
"Whatever." I jumped out the window. Security was still the same, no more guards, which is good for me. I scaled the gate and headed back to the hideout.
Well, it's not really a hideout. It's a place for us street kids to stay, since we don't have anywhere to go. The hideout is an abandoned home that's falling apart. There's no furniture except for what we bring, which is just some blankets and spare clothes we steal from homes and shit. It's been my home ever since I was six. We always take kids in.
I was left crying in the dark. Who would I live with? How would I survive? I'm going to die out here…
"Hey shorty, why you crying?" A figure emerged from the darkness. He only looked about nine.
"Mommy left me…I have no home!" I burst into even more tears. He came over and hugged me.
"Nah shorty, you can stay with me! I don't got a home either. Me and some kiddies all live together!"
"Re-Really?" This was too good to be true!
"Yeah! Come on, let's go. It's not good for a kiddie like you to be out here at this time. Lots of mean big people go around here…"
We started walking through the streets with me clinging onto his arm the entire way. We ended up in front of an abandoned old apartment.
"Here it is!" The boy said, seeming proud of this…this thing.
"Where? I don't see it!" I said looking around.
He just started laughing. "Relax, shorty! This is the place. Follow me." We made our way up some wobbly stairs into the building. "Hey guys! I'm back! And I brought a kiddie too!"
Suddenly there were stampedes of footsteps on the stairway. Actually, it was only three others. There was a boy, probably the leader, who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old. There was also a girl with red hair who looked tough, and around the same age as the boy who brought me here. Finally, there was I girl about my age walking calmly down the stairs.
"Come on upstairs. We have some lights and you can see everyone better. And it's much better than standing in this nasty stairway." The oldest boy said.
Upstairs there was a dusty couch and a bunch of cushions and pillows thrown on the floor with blankets piled around. They had some lanterns around the room so I could see everyone clearly.
"Ok, shorty. The big one is Tonouchi, but we just call him Tono for short. He's the one who found us all and brought us to live here." He had long, black hair and dark eyes.
"Sup?" He asked. He seemed laidback.
"Umm…Hi?" I wasn't really certain around these people.
"The redhead is Misaki. She has a mean punch, but she won't hurt you. Just me and Tono." This got 'bring-me-here-boy' a hit to the head.
"Shut up, loser." I giggled a little. She's funny. I think I want to be like her when I get older.
"Guh…The last one is Hotaru. She's about your age. Six right?"
"Yeah, I am." I glanced over at Hotaru. She had purple eyes and short, choppy black hair. She had a blank expression on, just staring at me. "Hi." She then just looked away.
"Oh, don't worry about her. She doesn't talk much, not very open. Anyway, I'm Tsubasa. Nice to meet ya." He stuck out for me to shake, which I hesitantly took. "Welcome to your new home."
I walked in the door. "Hey bitches! I'm home!" Tsubasa came down the stairs to greet me.
"Isn't bitches like, a girl term?" He asked.
"Yeah. So it totally works for you. Duh."
"Fucking asshole…" He muttered under his breath.
"Heard that, bitch!" I followed him up the stairs.
"Where the Hell were you?" Thank you, Hotaru…
Brr…I was freezing. I had one blanket on, and it was just a throw. I was sitting up, holding my knees to my chest, shivering.
"Hey. You cold?" A voice said in the dark. It was easy to tell it was that Hotaru girl because she had a voice like mine. She started walking towards me, two blankets in tow. "It's hard, the first night here."
"How long have you lived here?" I asked in a soft voice. I didn't want to wake the others.
"About two years…Here, take some blankets." She handed them to me and walked back to her spot, where she lied down with no blankets.
"Huh? You gave me all your blankets?"
"Yeah, guess I did."
"Come over here. We can share."
"Thanks…you know you never told us your name."
"Oh, it's Mikan."
"Well, goodnight, Mikan."
"Goodnight, Hotaru."
"Out." Simple response, but it got groans from everyone.
"We figured that! Where exactly?" Misaki was always impatient…
"Hyuuga Mansion. Had to hide. Some bastards with gun were all on me and it was the only place I could get to. But it's like, so easy to get in. So lame. It wasn't even fun to sneak in."
"That would be lame." Tono suddenly popped out of nowhere with some snacks.
"Yes! Food! I'm starved." I grabbed a bag of chips and tore it open.
"Lame-ass food mart down the street?" Hotaru asked.
"Where else? Security suck there."
"So, anyway I was thinking of doin' a raid of some houses. We could use some more supplies." Tsubasa said while stuffing his face full of everything we had to eat. "I got some houses laid out. We can hit tomorrow."
"Umm…I can't do tomorrow." I said. I got to tell them sometime, now or never.
"Why?" That was Hotaru asking. Usually I was the one who snuck in first and let everyone else in because I'm so tiny and light, I can easily get through second story windows.
"Well…after I broke into the Hyuuga Mansion, I kinda got caught…"
"What!?! By who?" Misaki that time.
"Not the guards. Natsume Hyuuga. Came down for a midnight snack and caught me snoozing on the couch. Heehee…Anyway, he didn't call the guards or anything, he just wanted my name and what the Hell I was doing there. That's all." …Silence. Then Misaki exploaded.
"That's all!?! You gave away your identity! You fucking retard!"
"Relax! He's not going to tell! Anyway, tomorrow I'm going back. He wants out. I took him out tonight and he wants out again I think…but that's what I'm doing."
"Well, because of you this raid is a bust…so you need to do something for us." Tsubasa said. Oh no, I didn't like that voice…
"Umm…what exactly?"
"Bring him to us. I wanna meet him. And I'm pretty sure the rest of us wanna meet him too." Damn, I knew that that voice would bring nothing but trouble.
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