Hey everyone…This is chapter 6….thx for all the reviews… well I can't say much about Ruka…you just have to keep reading the story…Gomenasai for the parts that are confuse…I'll find a way to explain things….I couldn't really say that this story has pairings…maybe…I really haven't thought of that…I'll tell you in the end of this chapter about the pairings…ENJOY…. (This is mostly a Natsume's POV)
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Chapter 6: Mikan's HUGE Secret
Natsume's POV
I followed Mr. Narumi and Sumire towards the operation room. Imai-san said that she shouldn't be in a ward with other people, afraid that the electric current might injure others. So he is now arranging a small room just for Mikan.
Sumire opened the door to reveal Mikan in her bed accompanied by Hotaru. Mikan was still unconscious.
But something's wrong with Hotaru.
I sense the aura of hatred, betrayed, anger, and revenge. Hotaru usually has a small anger aura but never hatred, revenge is usually towards the person who hurts Mikan or Yuu, even so, never this obvious.
Her eyes seem as if it's screaming to see blood and death.
Hotaru looked at me and smiled with her violet eyes that Ruka could probably melt with. "She's fine. She'll be conscious soon," Hotaru said then gazed back at the sleeping Mikan.
I sense something else; as if what she said wasn't sincere. Like she was someone else, with her cold eyes piercing through your bodies.
"Ho-ta-ru…" I heard Mikan whisper.
"Mikan. I'm here. My brother treated you. But not that much," Hotaru said reaching to touch Mikan's arm.
"OUCH!!!" screamed Hotaru.
"Daijoubu Hotaru-chan? (Are you OK, Hotaru?)" Mikan asked getting up from her bed.
"Yeah. I'm OK. Oni-sama wasn't kidding when he said the shots were painful," Hotaru said blowing on her palm that was shot.
"Gomenasai," Mikan said looking down on her arms. Electric statics were buzzing everywhere on her wounds. "I got it pretty bad, huh?" she said giggling at the thought of it.
Hotaru smiled a little. Though that smile is still suspicious to me.
"Natsume?" Mikan asked looking straight at me. I stood still. Just now she was facing Hotaru and I didn't see her face, but now she's facing me with a full face.
Her face has stitched marks over it. Burnt spots where the currents buzz. She looked like someone who has been tortured for years without recovery, more or less a revived zombie who has skin color like a human and not green.
I held up a tear in my eye. I can't cry. Hyuuga Natsume does not cry. She looks so pitiful.
"Oh, good. You're OK. I thought those slip could damage a bit of your condition (read no. 1). It did to me (read no. 2). But not a serious damage," she said smiling.
1. (referring to the fact that she keeps falling unbalanced. Because of the fact that her neck was injured, she can't face downwards to see the rocks on the ground).
2. (she falls in head first so she gets more damage than Natsume on the fall on tree branches, rocks).
I stomped straight at her. Even if she looked cute doing that face…I must not smile. I MUST NOT SMILE!!!
SLAP!!!!
"OOOUUUCCCHHH!!!!!!!" we both screamed at the same time. (Natsume and Mikan)
"Whoa! Your face is extremely painful…to look and to touch," I teased rubbing my palm.
"Darn YOU Natsume! That slap hurt," she groaned then laugh a bit.
"Ne, Natsume. Do you still have my Alice Stone?" Mikan asked.
"What Alice Stone?" I asked confusingly.
"It might have damage your memory cells last night. Mr. Narumi, I assume you have it then?" Mikan giggled and look straight at Mr. Narumi.
"Right here," Mr. Narumi said reaching in his pocket and let out a small necklace with a pale blue colored jewel hanging on it.
"Arigatou, sensei," Mikan said reaching for the necklace. As she touched the jewel it turned into a pure ultramarine color (dark blue).
"It worked a slightly bit too much, I think. It seems like you've over rest," she said smiling and putting her necklace around her neck and it glowed as if it is recharging.
"What is that necklace?" I can't help but to ask.
"Hmm? I thought you of all people should know," she said. "Well, for a fact, this necklace contains my Alice, well, the stone at least. Only a minor bit, though. And if someone is in danger and needs a Nullifying Alice to help, they could use this just by touching it. With my will power, of course. If I give them permission I mean."
I am completely lost.
"That's how you were saved last night, I threw my Alice Stone at you (it hit Natsume pretty bad) and it made a shield to protect you from the shot. I, on the other hand forgot to activate my shield so I got hit. It was my mistake, oops," Mikan said smiling.
"WHY DO YOU TAKE THIS MATTER LIKE A JOKE? YOU SHOULDN'T BE LAUGHING! YOU WERE HURT! INJURED! NEARLY DIED!" I shouted at her.
"You didn't give him the syrup did you, sensei?" Mikan asked looking at Mr. Narumi.
"I'm sorry. I absolutely forgot about it," Mr. Narumi said then there was a BEEP sound.
Mikan looked to the drawer next to her and reached out for her phone.
Then she smiled.
"Ne Natsume. Come here," she said.
I just followed and now I'm standing next to her. She gave me her phone and asks me to read it.
MP: Mikan, the Dark Community and I have made a suggestion and have agreed to it. On your next mission and so forth, you will be selected a partner. And as for this mission to save Nogi Ruka, The Dark Community has agreed to select Natsume Hyuuga, former member of the Underworld Central to be your partner. Seek to it. And officially tonight, we'll have the defend lessons. Inform Natsume about this. He should be at the practice too. You've taken his energy a whole lot and he has lost his sense of power.
Ja Ne
"Your partn-" I was interrupted.
BAKA!!! BOOOM!!!! (sound of the Baka Gun XXL [from chapter 1)
"Thank you, Hotaru-chan," Mikan said smiling.
"Douitashimashite (You are welcome)," Hotaru said. "We'll be leaving now. It's almost time before visiting hour's closes."
Then Hotaru, Sumire and Mr. Narumi left the operation room and in went Imai-san.
"Hyuuga-san. Please go back to your room. We're sending Sakura-chan to her room now. And I believe you'll have a check up soon," Imai-san said.
I nodded and faced Mikan. She threw her Alice Stone back at me and whispered 'I'll tell you where to meet. We can communicate with the Alice Stone. See you later tonight.'
I nodded and left.
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'Natsume! You there? I know you are!'
Yawn!!! I just fell asleep and Mikan woke me up.
I got up from my bed and reached for the Alice Stone Mikan gave me a few hours ago.
'Yeah, I'm here,' I said.
'Good! I'm leaving and I'll see you in 15 minutes. We'll meet up in front of Mr. Bear's house in the forest. The house is empty. Mr. Bear is with Kaname-sempai at the hospital. I'll see you there. And wear decent clothes and not the patient's gown.' Mikan said.
I put the necklace around my neck, wear some decent clothes as she asked and opened the window. I saw Mikan rushing into the park towards the forest.
Whoa! I'm 17 storeys high. I whispered to myself. Then the Alice Stone glowed.
So that's the other reason why she gave me her Alice Stone. I held and grasped the stone in my hand. A blue light forms in between my hold.
JUMP! A voice said.
JUMP! It said again. Hayaku!!! (Hurry!!!) It demanded.
I was shocked and just jumped out of the window.
Get ready… I was stunned from the fact that the ground is getting nearer and nearer and I'm listening to a rock.
SHOOT!!!! Just as the voice said that, I saw some kind of invincible net forming on the ground. I fell on it and it disappeared and I hit the floor with a 'bump'.
'You made it; I thought you might've not known how to use it. Even though Persona has erased your memory of the Alice Stone, you've handled it perfectly. See you at Mr. Bear's.' Mikan said through the Alice Stone.
When I take a look at the stone, it has gone pale blue like when Mr. Narumi gave it to Mikan.
'So the Alice Stone goes paler when more power is loss,' I thought.
Then I ran towards the forest to Mr. Bear's place. And I demand to have full answers to my questions when we meet.
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Mikan's POV
'Where's Natsume?' I thought glancing at my watch.
"He's coming," a voice said.
I faced back. "KYAAAAAAAAA!!!!" I shouted.
"Phew, it's just you," I got a hold of myself when I saw Persona.
I heard rustling in the trees but not because of the wind.
"He's here," Persona said.
I nodded.
Out comes Natsume.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to get to Mr. Bear's house in the forest at night??? I could hardly see the trees. It's EVERYWHERE!!!" Natsume complained.
"At least you made it, we were worried," I said smiling gleefully.
"We??" he asked. "Oh, him…" Natsume said 'him' with disgust in his tone.
"Hello, Hyuuga. How unfortunate to meet again," Persona said in a mocking tone.
"Same here. Tch…" Natsume said.
I held out my palm and said "Return to your owner."
In an instant, the necklace I gave to Natsume got out of his pocket and land in my palms and glowed.
I put that necklace in my pocket and went to greet Natsume.
"Come, we're gonna practice. It's going to be a lot of fun! I've never had a partner before," I said pulling on his hand. But he didn't move. Then I looked at Persona.
"What have you done with her?" Natsume asked coldly.
I looked at Persona confused. Then at Natsume, I felt an evil aura on him (Natsume). I let go of his hand and ran to Persona's arms. Hiding behind him.
"You've done something bad, not that you've done something good anyway. Tell me. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MIKAN!!!? She 'happy' to practice, YOU TORTURE ME WHEN I PRACTISE, WHO IS SHE???" Natsume shouted and he glows fiery red. Then 8 fire balls appear around him. "ANSWER ME!!!" he shouted again.
Now the fireballs turn into sharp points of arrows. Flaming arrows. Then it shoots. Moving as fast as the speed of light.
I ran in front of Persona and held out my hands in front of me screamed "MOONLIGHT SHIELD!!!"
A burst of light flows out of my palms and made an enormous invisible shield.
I concentrated on my palms and gave it more energy to prevent Natsume's power from hurting Persona. I have no idea why I'm protecting him and going against Natsume.
What am I doing? Yamete kudasai, Natsume-kun! (Stop it Natsume!)
I saw the arrows coming in for the attack and I let go of my power from my hands.
The shield disappears and the flaming arrows went through my body. All eight flaming arrows.
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Natsume's POV
"MIKAN!!!" I shouted.
Persona grabbed her after the shot.
I ran towards her. "Mikan! Daijoubu?" I asked.
"I'm fine. Give me a minute," she said. She got up and pulled all of the arrows out from her body then crushed them.
"Did he pass?" Mikan asked Persona.
He just nodded. "Yokatta," said Mikan then she fainted.
"Come on. Both of you have business with the Dark Community tonight in the Underworld Central. Let's go," Persona said carrying Mikan in his arms.
I'm confused yet calm. I'm glad Mikan's alright. I nodded and followed Persona deeper into the forest.
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"Here we are," Persona stopped walking in front of a huge rock.
"Mikan, wake up," he laid down Mikan and shook her. I just stand next to him examining the rock.
"If I remember correctly, this is not the passage to the Underworld Central," I told Persona.
"We changed the location. Miss Aniya was investigating the Academy and nearly found the portal. And because of Mikan, we manage to build a new one. Somewhere absolutely hidden," Persona said.
"I'm up. Have my wounds healed?" Mikan asked Persona and looked at her hands. I'm surprised. The wounds have all disappeared.
"How did-"
"My body's anti-cells protect every part of me. The electric currents were just a distraction so no one else would heal me from the outside. Or else their Alice would be sucked into my body and they'll die," Mikan said. "Well, I'm a whole lot better now. Let's get to work."
"After you, Mikan," Persona said leading her to the giant rock.
"But it's just a rock," I said.
"You haven't seen Mikan's true powers. She has an Alice but she also has the power of a sorceress," Persona said.
"Just watch, ne (OK)?" Mikan said smiling at me then faced back at the rock.
"Ren, Tsu, Shin, Zen, Zii, Mei. Kill all evil and lead with power. ARISE!!" Mikan said. Then she started to glow yellow again, but the light this time is too bright.
6 creatures came out of the light. They looked like demons. They all sat like dogs in front of Mikan and the light slowly fades. Saliva drooling from their mouths and sharp 3 inch claw nails.
"Awwww…Ren, you fought with Shin again didn't you. Darn you have a cut. I'll ask Lady Sinori to heal you," Mikan said crouching down to a green colored demon. All 6 of those demons are like fire burning bears but only in different colors.
The one Mikan called 'Ren' turned in to a small hound when she touched its nose but still glow in green.
"Shin, come," Mikan command. Instantly the one Shin, which is in red color, stood up and walked to Mikan. Mikan touched its nose and it too turned into a hound with floppy ears. Mikan tugged on one of those ears and the hound wiggled and turned over as if playing with Mikan.
There was a strip of blood on the fur of the hound named Shin.
"So you did fight with Ren. How many times do I have to tell you to keep safe? A small scent of your blood, your old master could probably find you and kill you," Mikan said and got up.
"Tsu, Zen, Zii and Mei. Return to your mortal form," Mikan said. The demons (which haven't been transformed into dogs) stood up and glowed with each color and transform into humans (With the colors of their demon form as necklaces to see who is who from the demon color).
The two hounds followed the demons lead and turned human too. Ren (green) and Shin (red) were females and the others were male. All of them looked like over 200 years old.
"Master, who is this boy?" A 'human' who has a yellow necklace asked.
"Tsu. Don't ask questions in a rude way. Master thought us that," snapped a blue colored necklace human said.
"Is this boy meant to know us, Master?" Tsu asked.
"This boy is a friend of mine and my partner in the Dark Community. I expect you to be gentle and not to harm him," Mikan said.
"Master, would you mind?" A 'human' with a purple necklace asked.
"Not this one. You may only have the blood of the Anti-Alices. None of my allies will be your meal. In the mean time, this will do," Mikan said and giving each of those 'humans' a small bottle.
"With the scent of it, this is your blood Master," the one with an orange necklace asked.
"I have no other blood to give you, and I need you to live. We need to save an ally of mine," Mikan said then faced me.
"Oh Natsume. I haven't introduce them to you, have I?" Mikan asked smiling at me.
I was stunned, I couldn't say anything. These 'humans' drink blood. They're drinking Mikan's blood. I just shook my head.
"Natsume. This is Ren (green), Tsu (yellow), Shin (red), Zen (blue), Zii (orange) and Mei (purple). They're demons of the Anti-Alices creation," Mikan said.
"Why would the Anti-Alices create demons? And how did they?" I asked.
"Shin is my creation," Mikan said smiling at Shin. "The others are the creation of Father."
"Father? Your father?" I couldn't help but to ask.
"You will be fully briefed when we get to the Underworld Central. Persona," Mikan said looking at Persona.
"Hai (Yes)," Persona said and lead everyone into the opposite side of the rock.
Mikan touched one side of the rock, then another, and then touch the ground.
"With my command, release the portal," as Mikan said that, a gust of wind blew in our direction and made a hurricane around us. I couldn't open my eyes. The wind was too strong.
"Natsume! HAYAKU (Hurry Up)!!!" Mikan shouted. I opened my eyes a little to see a hand reaching for me.
"Grab my hand. I don't want you to be transported into another dimension," Mikan said. I grabbed her hand as soon as I can and everything around me disappeared.
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I woke up.
"He's coming around Sakura-san," an unfamiliar voice said.
"Arigatou, Lady Sinori. I'll handle it from here," I heard Mikan said.
I got up. "What happened to me?" I asked scratching my head and felt a small bump.
"You grabbed my hand a little too late and when we reached the Underworld, your hand slipped from mine and you hit your head on one of our huge poles. Quite hard I must say," said Mikan then she started to giggle the usual way she giggles.
"The new members of the Dark Community await your presense Natsume. I'll give you a grand tour of the new Underworld I built while waiting for the other members to arrive," Mikan said.
"Shall we go?" Mikan handed her palm. I smiled and took it without hesitation.
It feels nice to do something with her once in a while…
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So this is my 6th Chapter. Reviews please. So fine….I guess it's a NatsumeXMikan pairing. Tell me if I should put Ruka with Hotaru…give me pairings and rate it up people. Tell me with reviews kay, or message me. Which ever. So the next chapter would most likely reveal about the past. Mainly about what happen 3 years ago before Miss Aniya shows up. Read it, OK?
Ja ne…..BloodyHolly