Chapter 8: Captured

For those of you who had wondered if her team is AAO or not... well find out in this chapter

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"Then this makes things easier."

"Huh...?"

"Do you want to join us?"

"What?"

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"Why would I...?" Mikan stuttered. Tears forming in her eyes coz of her fear.

"Idiot, do you want to save Natsume or not?" Ayumi stepped closer. Mikan stepped backwards.

"I... I..." Mikan didn't know how to react and answer to her request.

"If you don't, all of your friends, including your loved ones will be killed in an instant," she smirked and stepped closer. Mikan stepped back.

Her words sunk in her head. One by one images of her important things appeared in her head. Jii-chan, Hotaru, Ruka, Natsume, Anna, Nonoko, other friends, teachers and senpais. Mikan gulped.

She would be guilty for the rest of her life if she let them get killed. She wouldn't forgive herself if that happens. But still...

"Natsume would object it if I said these things to him..." she thought, closing her eyes tightly. "No, I can't let Natsume suffer anymore."

"Well?" Ayumi threateningly stepping closer to Mikan to get her answer.

"I..." Mikan gulped again.

"Yes?"

"I will... join you," Mikan's eyes showed desperation and sadness.

"That's the answer. You are really a good girl," she smirked evilly.

Suddenly, Ayumi clapped her hands. "Guys, come out! Take this girl to our hideout,"

"Eh?" Mikan raised an eyebrow.

Two men dressed in black suits with neckties appeared. They kneed down.

"Hai, Ayumi-sama!" they answered and bowed to Ayumi. They grabbed both Mikan's arms with each of them at her side and held her.

"W-wait!" Mikan struggled. "Let go of my arms!"

"Shut up! If not I'll kill you!" one of the men growled angrily. That sentence shut Mikan up. Then they used teleportation alice to transport them to their hideout.

Ayumi smirked again after they vanished from her sight. Just then a man dressed in long black coat appeared. He wore a white mask. He wore alice-controlling devices at his ear-lobes and fingers. (guess who: Persona!)

"You did a good job, Ayumi," he praised his subordinate.

"I am honored of your compliments, Goshujin-sama," Ayumi smiled and closer her eyes in gratitude towards her master.

"I never thought you could do it without Natsume ever following you. Usually he would be cautious and started following quietly behind you,"

"Yes."

"I hope we could make good use with that girl's nullification alice."

"Yes."

"Our mission will become easier even without Natsume's fire alice. He's no use now. He became spoiled after that girl arrived to Gakuen Alice 3 years ago."

"Still, we could use him if we force him to," Ayumi smirked, tying her hair in a high-up ponytail.

"Agreed. Now let's go back,"

"Yes, Goshujin-sama,"

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Mikan and the two men appeared at an old warehouse. (a/n: diz time it's different from the last time they were at from reo's incident) The warehouse is situated right in the middle of an unknown forest. They dragged Mikan in.

The man at Mikan's right side shoved her to the ground harshly. Mikan shrieked in pain. She rubbed her now injured knees.

"Now, let's be good now, shall we? Don't make any noise and be quiet," the other man tied both Mikan's wrists and legs so that she couldn't run away.

"Hey, let me go! And don't tie me, you pervert!!" Mikan yelled. The man who tied her twitched.

"Just don't classify me as a pervert. I'm not one of them, understood?!" the man neared his face to Mikan's. Mikan winced and tried to shift backwards.

"I don't understand, and I don't want to!!" she yelled again. She tried to shift her wrists but failed.

"Hohoho... you can't move now, can you? If you call me a pervert again, I will do those perverted things to you. Since the boss had ordered me not to do anything to you, so I'll stay still," he smirked. Mikan could feel his breath on her face.

"Eww.. He stinks!! Does he not brushing his teeth everyday?!" she thought disgustingly.

"Who's your boss?" she inquired. Her brows furrowed together.

"You will see," the other man in black answered.

"What? Can't you at least tell me his name or his traits or his description?" she frowned and mumbled some incoherent words.

The man's vein appeared on his head. He stepped to where Mikan is. "You couldn't stay quiet, do you?" then he tied a piece of cloth around Mikan's mouth to shut her up. All Mikan could say is "mmh!! Mmmmmmhh!!!"

Just then the door of the warehouse opened slowly, revealed Ayumi and Persona. Mikan's eyes widened.

"Persona!!" she thought, surprised at his appearance.

"Welcome back, Persona-sama," the two men and the other men bowed in curtsy.

"You did a good job," Persona smirked. "Where's that girl?"

"She's here," one of the men in black replied and showed Mikan to Persona. Persona stared at Mikan then stepped over to her. Mikan whimpered in fear, not wanting him to get closer to her.

Persona raised her chin up and looked deeply into her eyes. He saw Mikan's eyes filled with tears and fear. He smirked.

"I never thought I would meet you again, Sakura Mikan, after you blocked my attack to Natsume with your body." (refer to manga)

Mikan's eyes widened in fear and more tears came out.

"Don't worry. I won't kill you. You still have some use to us," he said and pulled down the cloth that covered Mikan's mouth.

"What do you want with me?!" she snapped angrily.

"I want to test your nullification alice whether it's useful or not in missions," he answered and put his hands on his hips.

"What?! After what you have done to Natsume, and now you want to use my alice?!" she yelled angrily.

"Exactly. You have been quite clever there, Sakura Mikan. I wonder how Natsume, my favorite student would react if he sees your situation right now,"

"D-don't do anything harm to Natsume, you idiot!!" she yelled furiously. She struggled, trying to untie herself.

"I won't if you obey my orders."

Mikan fell silent. She really felt this man is very dangerous so she nodded to listen what he had to say.

"My favorite student used to obey me without any complaints. But after you came to the school and appeared in his life, he has changed. He is no longer the wild type student anymore. He seems to have softened to you," he said and stood up, looking at Mikan maliciously behind his mask.

"Natsume... changed because of me...?" Mikan thought deeply. "Yeah, when I met him for the first time, he was quite... dangerous and wild. He seems... unapproachable. Only Ruka-pyon could understand him. I have been a dumb when I didn't realize his sufferings until Ruka-pyon explained everything to me... and ever since I know his reasons, I've been trying to help him unconsciously. And as time flows by, I noticed a few changes in him, even though it's not shown..."

"Now you know why. He is spoiled because of you!" Persona said, a hint of angriness in his voice.

"He is not spoiled because of me, you idiot!!" Mikan yelled again angrily.

"It's his choice!" Mikan said again. "You shouldn't be after us again now that Aoi-chan is now safe and sound in her own cozy home!" she added.

"I am still after him again if I have to use force. But for now, you're my target,"

"You're really a cruel person, Persona!!!" she shrieked.

"Don't talk to Goshujin-sama like that, you dumbass!!" Ayumi suddenly yelled after she had been watching the whole thing.

"Ayumi-san... you're working with Persona?" she had just realized that Ayumi is together with Persona.

"Don't say his name like that! Yes, I'm working with him! Ya got a problem with that?!" she shouted angrily. The nice, young innocent type of girl in Ayumi disappeared just like that. Mikan never thought that she would be this aggressive.

"You have been USED, Ayumi-san! Don't you know that?!" Mikan asked.

"Nope. Of course he's not using me. I have been indebted to him ever since he saved me," she replied coolly.

"Saved... you?" Mikan said slowly. Persona smirked.

"Yes, he saved me! I won't give you full details for that! And for now on, you shall have to work with us on missions! Or else, you will see the dead bodies of your friends in front of your eyes. You don't want that, right?" she threatened.

Mikan gulped and fell silent. Yes, she realized that she had been forced. Or else she would be seeing the dead bodies of her friends, including jii-chan too.

Mikan is now in a state of helplessness and hopeless. She couldn't do anything to object them.

Maybe I should say goodbye first...

TBC

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