Author's Notes: Sorry for the late update guys...really...school days are here so i won't be able to update really fast...-cries-...i had sneaked out my mom today...well lucky for me...hahahaha...and thanks for the wonderful reviews Aaya-Aaya and AyamiLee...oh and i forgot to put disclaimer on my chapter...hahahaha...

Natsume: Tch. Typical...

Me: shut up kitty!!!

Natsume: don't call me that!!!

Me: Well i'll stop if u do the disclaimer...

Natsume: Tch. She doesn't own GA coz if she does...she's ashes now...

Me: -sweatdrops- anyway on with the story!!!

GUIDE:

Dreams/Thoughts

words of the characters

Chapter 5

The Dream

In the last day…

"Ok folks! This day is the greatest day and also the last day of your adventure. You'll gonna need to beat every person that are assigned to you." the king said.

"Where is Miss Mi…I mean Mikan? Darn it! She's late! What happened to her? Oh I better check things out." He muttered.

Then, the raven-haired boy went back to the castle. And he saw Mikan running and panting.

"What happened? Daijoubo?" the worried boy asked.

"It's today." she replied plainly.

"What the…you mean today???" he asked again, totally worried.

"Yes, you're totally right." the auburn haired girl replied.

"What happens next? What…am I supposed to do now?" he panicked, not knowing what to do.

"Gomen nasai, Natsume. But, you must fight and win this battle. Come on, Natsume, that's all you can do now. Please win this tournament. Don't you worry my friend. I'll look after you." She said.

"No!! No way!! Mikan!! Don't go!!!" he shouted, tears started to fall in his bloody red orbs. Then she smiled.

"No! Please don't go!" he shouted franticly.

"Take care of yourself." She said, still smiling.

"No!!! Don't go!!! Please no!! It's not the end!! Mmmmiiiiikkkkkaaaaannnnnn!!!!!!!!!" he shouted to the highest level.

Then...

RRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

his alarm clock rings...

"What now…What the-" he was cut off by a sudden thing that disturbed him.

There was a pillow slapped on his handsome face and he shouted.

"Hey, you really bug me there. Why are you calling my name anyway? It's like I'm going to go away somewhere and I'll leave you on your own. You're crying desperately these past few days. What has gotten into you?" She asked, worriedly.

"What the…it's only a dream? You're alive! Kami-sama! I thought that was real. Thank goodness!" he exclaimed, hugging her.

"So, what is your dream anyway? You've been dreaming a lot. And get off me!!!" she said, while drinking her coffee.

That's right...she was drinking coffee and lucky for him that she didn't spit it on his face.

"It's that weird dream again. I dreamed of you being captured by the Sorceress in your bed. The Sorceress, you and I are the only ones in the room. Then, she takes you to the Forbidden Mountain. I tried to help you but then, you kept on saying you'll look after me and I have to win the tournament. And that's why I called your name." he said.

Mikan's POV

I woke up at exactly 6:00 because I was woken up by the sound of my alarm clock. I went to the bathroom and take a nice cold bath. After I take a bath, I dressed in my pink sweater and went out to get some coffee coz it's pretty cold now that winter is here already. I'm watching the snow falls on the snow-filled ground. I was gonna drink my coffee when suddenly I heard somebody shouted...

"No!!! Don't go!!! Please no!! It's not the end!! Mmmmiiiiikkkkkaaaaannnnnn!!!!!!!!!"

I almost spit out my coffee from that ear piercing scream. I thought it was from the outside but when I heard my name, my head immediately turned towards the sleeping raven-haired boy wiht ruby eyes. He was panting and sweating hard. But I was pissed of by that scream of his that's why I slapped him with a pillow. I heard him shout...

"Hey, you really bug me there. Why are you calling my name anyway? It's like I'm going to go away somewhere and I'll leave you on your own. You're crying desperately these past few days. What has gotten into you?" I asked, worriedly.

"What the…it's only a dream? You're alive! Kami-sama! I thought that was real. Thank goodness!" he exclaimed, hugging me.

"So, what is your dream anyway? You've been dreaming a lot. And get off me!!!" I said, while drinking my coffee.

"I dream of you being captured by the sorceress and kill you in her castle. Oh I can't even bear the thought of that!" he replied.

Yep I'm worried about him. Well because he was frantically crying and shouting these past few days. I even have the idea of punching him everytime he wakes up but...nah...i'm not that bad...

Natsume's POV

In the last day…

"Ok folks! This day is the greatest day and also the last day of your adventure. You'll gonna need to beat every person that are assigned to you." the king said.

"Where is Miss Mi…I mean Mikan? Darn it! She's late! What happened to her? Oh I better check things out." I muttered.

I went back to the castle. And I saw Mikan running and panting.

"What happened? Daijoubo?" I asked.

"It's today." she replied plainly.

"What the…you mean today???" I asked again, totally worried.

"Yes, you're totally right." the auburn haired girl replied.

"What happens next? What…am I supposed to do now?" I panicked, not knowing what to do.

"Gomen nasai, Natsume. But, you must fight and win this battle. Come on, Natsume, that's all you can do now. Please win this tournament. Don't you worry my friend. I'll look after you." She said.

"No!! No way!! Mikan!! Don't go!!!" I shouted, tears started to fall in my bloody red orbs. Then she smiled.

"No! Please don't go!" I shouted franticly.

"Take care of yourself." She said, still smiling.

"No!!! Don't go!!! Please no!! It's not the end!! Mmmmiiiiikkkkkaaaaannnnnn!!!!!!!!!" I shouted to the highest level.

I was dreaming about that same dream again. Good thing my alarm clock ringed. But I never expected that the technologies today are really modern when I saw a flying pillow that slapped my face. But then, I saw Mikan holding a coffee mug while standing and holding another pillow in her other hand.

"Hey, you really bug me there. Why are you calling my name anyway? It's like I'm going to go away somewhere and I'll leave you on your own. You're crying desperately these past few days. What has gotten into you?" She asked, worriedly."What the…it's only a dream? You're alive! Kami-sama! I thought that was real. Thank goodness!" I exclaimed, and hug her.

"So, what is your dream anyway? You've been dreaming a lot. And get off me!!!" she said, while drinking her coffee.

"I dream of you being captured by the sorceress and kill you in her castle. Oh I can't even bear the thought of that!" I replied.Normal POV

"Wow, what a dream!" She commented. "Anyway, this day is a break. So you're free to do anything you wished to." She added.

"Oh I see." the raven-haired boy replied.

"So, what are you gonna do now?" she asked.

"Well, I gotta say that I must train hard to save you from the Sorceress. But first I must spend time with you today. So, come on lets go!!" he replied, happily.

"No." was her flat reply.

-insert beethoven's symphony no. 5 in C minor first movement-

Yep, she's back on being her cold, heartless and moody attitude.

"But why?" he asked while fake tears started coming out from his ruby orbs.

Mikan, noticing her teary eyed partner, said "Fine."

So, that's it she agreed to go out with him. They've gone into many places and they're really happy. They've gone into many shops and they had so much fun. At the end of the day…

"I'm really sorry for dragging you out here." He apologized.

"There's no point of me resisting since we already had gone from many places." She replied coolly.

"Well, I've gotta say that you're a nice buddy." He said.

"Thanks a lot." She replied, and smiled at him. A rare smile that no one had ever seen before, except Natsume.

"I thought of something really important. I think I don't want to continue the tournament and save you instead." He said, looking up the sky.

Then her smile turned into a frown. "Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Why would you waste such a good opportunity on a helpless, poor girl like me? It doesn't make any sense." She asked his raven-haired partner.

"I'm not wasting it you know. Besides, you're my friend. I gotta save you. Remember, I'm ready to make impossible possible for my friends. And besides, I don't give up easily. I'm gonna save you no matter what." He explained, still looking up the sky.

"But you will make a good husband to the prince-" she was cut off.

"Nobody can change my mind." He interrupted.

"Oh yeah, tomorrow is the last day. And a goodbye as well." she said with a sadness in her voice.

"I'm gonna rescue you." He replied straightforwardly.

"But, you can never turn your back now. You must go on. Come on, lets go home." She said.

"But I-" he was cut off.

"No. you will find it boring to do those stuffs tomorrow so just continue the tournament. And besides, you must think of that first before you make a move. Got that? You might regret it." she explained, bangs covering her eyes.

"The only regret that I have is continuing the tournament, watching you die and doing nothing while you are suffering in pain!" he replied as tears start to form in his eyes.

Her eyes widened in shock. "So he cared about me? He really is a stupid idiot. But, this is the first time somebody cared about me. Arigato, Natsume-kun. You'll be one of the most important persons I met in my life." she thought.

"Alright stop crying now. Jeez, you're so emotional there. Don't get too mushy." She said as she wiped his tears away with her finger.

Then she lifted his cheek and their gazes locked. The crimson eyed boy looked at her with shock and eventually got lost in her auburn eyes.

"Wow, she's so adorable when she's this close to me. Her eyes, I'm getting lost in those eyes." He thought.

"Don't regret continuing! You haven't even tried it yet." she muttered in her lowest voice.

But he heard her, loud and clear and he snapped back to reality. "I can't let anyone die now! First is my family then my friends??? How unfair life is! It's doesn't make any sense at all! I don't' want you to die! Darn it!" he shouted.

"Natsume…you're such an idiot." She told him.

"Sometimes…Life is so against me." He muttered softly.

"Yes, I know that. But that's how life has been destined to you. You can never do anything about it." She replied.

Then he feel like crying in her arms because he cannot suppress his inner feeling anymore but, he hesitated. Then, as if she had read his mind, she smiled at him reassuringly, opened her arms wide and said,

"Come here."

Without any further hesitation, protestation and explanation, he immediately hugged her. Mikan knows how painful it was to lose a family. Such tragedy had happened to them. She let herself be soaked in his tears as he started crying. He buried his face in her chest and cried his heart out. He needed someone who could understand the way his idiotic mind works. And from the looks of the situation they are in, he probably had found the one that will pull him out of the darkness of his past.

"Poor guy, he must've been so lonely. He had not seen her parents. Even if he does, he's still too young to remember them. His bottled up feelings had finally come out." She thought.

"Oh Natsume-kun…if ever you needed arms to cry on, don't hesitate to run on me, just hug me really tight and cry your heart out. I'd be glad to offer you my arms for comfort." she muttered.

"Thanks (sobs). You're (sobs) lucky (sobs) enough (sobs) to have (sobs) spent (sobs) at least (sobs) 7 years (sobs) with (sobs) your (sobs) parents, (sobs). While me, (sobs) I never (sobs) had the (sobs) chance (sobs) to see (sobs) their faces (sobs)." He said in between his sobs.

"No, Natsume. You're wrong." She replied while resting her chin on his head, hugging him tighter with her bangs covering her eyes.

"But why?" he asked. "What do you think is more painful? Not seeing your mother since birth or seeing your mother, but then died because of you?" she asked him.

He cannot answer her because she had a point. He's speechless, again.

Back at the castle… "Hey, tell me more about the Forbidden Mountain." He said.

She raised an eyesbrow. "You're impossible! First you're angry, then you'll burst out in tears and next you'll be happy?!" She commented.

"Well, I don't wanna ruin the day!" he replied with his warm, cheery smile that somehow, melted the ice around the cold heart of hers.

"Alright then. The Forbidden Mountain is the mountain that appears only when two needles float together in the sky, as what I've said before. It is where the innocent people suffer while the sinful ones reigned. The king was so good and the Sorceress despises him so much that's why she cursed him." She replied.

"Despite of the king being so good, she gave him another chance. So that means there is a part of her where evil doesn't rules. She just cursed him instead of killing him." He said.

"Yeah that's right. But now, the evil inside her awakens and ruled over the good side. Now she's a total freak." She replied, nonchalantly.

"I know, but, I don't believe that anyone is born evil." he said.

"Well then, let's sleep now and be ready for tomorrow." She replied.

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Author's Notes: I'm really sorry for not updating so I made this chapter a longer...well..i'm expecting your review everyone!!!love lots...me...hehehehehe