Chapter 6: Kisu

Sakura Mikan was very busy that morning. Why not? Coz she had to take her new classmate to tour around the school to know all the places in Gakuen Alice. She brought Taki Ayumi to the school barn, where Ruka kept all his animals there, the school yard, the basketball court, the dining hall, the cafeteria, music room, labs, and other places.

"Huh... that was so fun and exhausting too..." Mikan sighed as she sits on the bench in the cafeteria to drink her orange juice. "Are you having fun, Ayumi-san?"

"Indeed!" the black-haired girl smiled at her. Then she drank her same orange juice.

"Where should we go next?" Ayumi asked, eyes twinkling. Mikan stared at her in awe.

"I think we should continue the tour tomorrow..." she said, amazed by the beauty of the girl in front of her.

"Okay then!" she smiled.

Just then the bell rang signaling recess time that day. All students went out of their classes to order their food at the counter.

"Mikan-chan!" Anna called a few feet away from their seat. Mikan brightened up.

"Anna-chan!! Here!" she waved. Anna was with Nonoko and Hotaru.

"How is it, Mikan-chan? You look tired," Anna said while seating herself beside Mikan.

"It was very tiring..." she sighed.

"Baka, you're never tired. You're always hyper-active, like a naughty kitten," Hotaru said nonchalantly while eating her home-made bread.

"Hotaru!! You meanie!!" Mikan wailed. Anna and Nonoko giggled. Ayumi smirked, amused at Mikan's behavior.

"Where's Natsume and Ruka-pyon?" Mikan asked, looking around.

"They got some business to do," Hotaru replied emotionlessly.

"Mikan-chan, you don't want to eat anything?" Nonoko asked, while munching her biscuits.

"I'm so tired today, I wanna sleep..." Mikan yawned and put her head on the table. Nonoko raised an eyebrow.

"Here, have some of mine," she offered Mikan some of her biscuits.

"No, I'm not hungry..." she mumbled. But unfortunately, her stomach growled. She was indeed hungry, very hungry.

She blushed, laughing nervously. Nonoko smiled. "See, you're hungry. Just take some. It's delicious, you know!"

Mikan took a heart-shaped biscuit. "Arigatou..." then she took a bite. Her brown eyes gleaming for the biscuit was very yummy.

"I... I never thought that you could bake biscuits as yummy as this, Nonoko-chan..." her eyes glimmered. Nonoko smiled widely.

Mikan was about to say something but got interrupted by the sound of bell ringing. "Oh, the recess is over. Let's go back to class," Hotaru said. The others nodded.

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Night time came. The black cat obviously couldn't have a sleep. He didn't know why, but he just couldn't. He had a bad feeling about this... about something was going to happen. He groaned in irritation and walked out of his bedroom and went to his favorite Sakura Tree.

There he saw his favorite brunette-Mikan.

"Hey," he sat beside Mikan. Mikan just nodded in reply.

The two were silence for a while. Then Natsume broke the silence. "What are you... doing here?" he suddenly got nervous around Mikan after their 'kiss'.

"I'm just... couldn't sleep, that's all... what about you? Same reason?" she asked, looking at Natsume.

He grunted in reply. Mikan sighed.

Those two were silence again. After a while, they began to speak, at the same time.

"Polka,"

"Natsume,"

"Err... you first..." Natsume said, looking far away.

"I'm... sorry," Mikan said, after she kept quiet for a while.

"For what?" Natsume said, still not looking at her.

"About yesterday," she said, blushing. She blushed more as she kept remembering the not-on-purpose-kiss. She still had the feeling of Natsume lips on hers. She bit her lower lip.

He blushed a little. "It was... nothing..."

"Eh?"

"I have... forgotten about it..." even though he said that, he still remembered. He couldn't erase that memory from his mind.

"O-oh..." she smiled a little. "Damn it, why the hell would I feel kinda... disappointed? There's no meaning in that kiss, right? He clearly hates it anyway..." she thought sadly.

Well, but she's wrong. Natsume liked it and he loved her. That's the absolute truth.

"Ne, Natsume..."

"What?"

"Do you still... work as secret undercover agent for the missions for the academy?" she asked.

"Yeah..."

"But why? You had saved Aoi-chan years ago, right? You shouldn't do the missions anymore anyway,"

"That's true, but that bastard Persona hadn't fully let me go yet... he still got his eyes on me..." he sighed.

"You should abandon the mission..." she said softly above whisper. Her bangs covering her eyes. Natsume glanced at her. He couldn't read her expression. But he swore that he saw Mikan's lips trembled.

"No, I can't..."

"But why?! You will suffer again! And you will shorten your lifespan more! I don't want that! I don't want to see you suffer anymore, Natsume! Just... just let me become your strength! With my nullification, I could easily nullify and attack them!" she said looking at Natsume with tears flowing out of her beautiful brown eyes.

Natsume gasped seeing her crying.

"I..."

"Promise me, Natsume! Promise me you won't do any missions again! I hate to see you hurting yourself inside!" she cried.

"I..." he couldn't say anything to Mikan.

"Natsume!" she cried his name, gripping his shoulders and looked deeply into his crimson eyes.

"I can't promise you--" but Mikan cut him off.

"I don't want that... you are one of my important people besides Hotaru and Ruka-pyon... it hurts me really badly to see you suffer by no one supporting you... you always do things yourself Natsume... why?"

Natsume's eyes widened after he heard what Mikan said. He felt happy inside that he is important in her heart.

He gripped Mikan's shoulders and held her closer to him.

"What are you..." she stopped when she saw Natsume's eyes. She saw his eyes filled with... love, passion, hurt, the will to protect his loved ones.

Mikan couldn't leave the look in his eyes. "Natsume..."

Natsume bent down to meet her lips with his own. Mikan's eyes widened. "OMG, he's kissing me!" her mind screamed. She felt that his soft lips caressing her own. Her heart thumped loudly in her chest that it was almost deafening. Her face's red. Mikan tried pushing Natsume away, but she couldn't. Indeed, she couldn't run away. So Mikan followed what her heart is telling her and kissed him back.

The kiss lasted after 1 minute. Natsume broke the kiss and they both panted for air. Mikan's heart still thumping that it wouldn't stop. Natsume remained calm, but his cheeks reddening.

They couldn't utter a single word. Mikan was still trying to calm down. After a while she finally spoke.

"Wh-wha-what was... th-that for...?" she stuttered, her cheeks red.

"Thank you," he said, bangs covering his eyes.

"Wh-what?" she raised an eyebrow.

"Thanks for worrying about me, Mikan."

Mikan stared at him. "The Hyuuga Natsume is thanking me? And he says my name too! What is happening!" she thought. Deep inside, she felt strangely happy.

"I can't promise you on that... I have to do missions, coz all my important things are here. I can't let them be in danger because of me. I have to protect them..." he said, looking at her straight in the eyes.

"Natsume..."

"I... don't want anyone to be put in the darkness as me..."

Mikan stared at him. Then she hugged him tightly.

Natsume's eyes widened. He blushed. "M-Mikan? What are you..."

"To give you comfort," she put her head on his shoulder. Natsume could smell citrus shampoo in her hair.

"..." he smiled a little and hugged her back, savoring the moment with his beloved Mikan.

Mikan broke the hug. She looked at Natsume for a moment and her lips curved into a happy smile.

"You're very nice, Natsume. You really think about other people and cared for them. Honestly, I really want you stop involving with missions, but you have made your decisions. But still, don't push yourself too hard, Natsume." She smiled her very kind smile, just for him.

Natsume smirked and stood. "Don't say like you knew me, Polka. Or should I say, Strawberries?"

"You pervert!!!!!! I shouldn't have thought those things about you!! Stupid me!!" she yelled, angry at Natsume and herself. Her face's red with fury and embarrassment.

He smirked some more and went away from his favorite place and heading to his room. Mikan glared at his retreating back hardly. "That bastard Natsume..." she fumed and stomped away to her dorm.

Unknown to them, there's a person, or indeed a girl with long black hair had been listening to their conversation and watching them on one of the Sakura tree's branches.

"Hyuuga Natsume... the Black Cat... you will soon be mine..." she smirked evilly.

TBC

Oh this one is longer... I thought I should make it shorter but my hands can't stop typing... anyway, review plz! The more reviews, the more chapters I'll make!!

p/s:u guyz can read diz story so u won't get bored waiting for my next chap of lil' natsume...