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Chapter 15: She's possessed by a Fighting Spirit
Natsume's POV
She transformed into some different clothing which would probably means that it would suit for her style of fighting and then grew wings on the back of her body and disappeared from one's naked eye. Her words rang through my head. Aoi has arrived. Aoi has arrived.
My sister Aoi who was supposed to have the exact opposite of my personality came with the organization that is against me. The sweet innocent eyes of hers which always calms me down, is no more than a mere dream. I just have to wait until the light covers my darkened soul. Then that smile will surely come back to life.
"Natsume! Come on! We have to call in all the students!" Ruka shouted. Youichi already left to bring Akane to Mikan's room. I followed Ruka outside the building and found several students injured. I was hardly shock to see a scene. What Mikan said has brought my soul to the limit. I couldn't hear any screams or shouting. Only her words. That was it. Just those words.
"You're off to another land again aren't you?" Mikan smiled as she slapped my back gently. She appeared like someone with no soul. She crept behind me like a ghost.
"You're here? WHAT ABOUT REO?!" I shouted on top of my lungs. Then there behind her, Aoi stood scared. She was hugging Mikan from the back tightly. She had her usual short hair and same crimson eyes as mine. But even after years apart she looked like the same 4 year old Aoi I left before.
"Natsume Onii-chan?" Aoi stuttered.
"Yup, yours truly, Aoi-chan. This is your brother that dumped you long ago!" Mikan giggled. Aoi stood smiling at Mikan and gave her a small punch on her waist. Mikan pretended to feel hurt and crouched down. Then Aoi ignored her and ran towards me.
"NATSUME!" She shouted over and over. Her smile was still on her face. Running with her hands wide open, waiting for me to embrace her. This is how I used to do with her back at home. I missed this. I absolutely did.
"Natsume… Natsume? Oh for god's sake, wake up already!" Mikan shouted. Then I felt kicks on my left rib.
I opened my eyes. I could've sworn she was with Aoi and laughing. But here she is, getting all worked up because I slept. Wait a minute. I SLEPT!
I instantly got up from the tree and faced everyone. Ruka was on the ground, he looked tired and he seems to be suffocating. Persona was somehow injured pretty badly. I saw the whole Academy set on fire.
Then I saw the slash mark on Mikan's neck. It seemed to exactly the same as the one I saw before. (You remember the cut on Mikan's neck in chapter 1?)
"What happened?" I asked.
"WHAT HAPPENED?! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED! WHILE YOU WERE ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN, REO USED HIS ALICE AND CONTROLLED YOUR BODY TO DESTROY THE ELEMANTARY DIVISION!" Mikan shouted with rage.
"No, I mean, what happened to your neck?" I asked and reached to touch that part of her.
"WAIT! NO! DON'T TOUCH IT!" Persona cried out. Then my finger reached her cut and wiped away the blood coming out from it.
"No…thing happened…," Satoshi said slowly.
Mikan smiled and patted my head. She closed her eyes and started chanting.
"Kimi to hearusushochikau de, beam of light!" She shouted then my eyes saw nothing but an endless white light. This felt the same as when Mikan returned my memories. WAIT! Don't tell me she's erasing it! NO! MIKAN! STOP IT!
My vision cleared and returned. I saw Mikan lying down on the ground.
"What the hell just happened?" I asked.
"Mikan healed all the people injured in the school," Satoshi spit out his saliva in disgust.
"Isn't that good?" I asked.
"GOOD?! THE AAO ARE IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS! SHE CURED THEM AS WELL! SO WE'RE BACK TO THE START!" Satoshi shouted.
"Satoshi!" Mikan shouted. "Relax. I've done it once, so I can definitely do it again." Mikan smiled and started walking into the forest behind us.
"Answer me this, Mikan. Why didn't he dissolve from touching that wound of yours?" Persona asked sternly.
"He did the wound to me. Whosoever created a wound on me will not dissolve by touching my blood. Only others," Mikan said. That shocked me seriously. I would never hurt her in my whole entire life though I did burn her a few times, and maybe threatened her and choked her. But how could I create such a massive wound on her, and she's not even dying? And by touching her blood, one person may dissolve? Is that even possible never mind logical?
A blade flew quickly from my glance towards Mikan. The blade cut her cheek a little. She frowned and crossed her arms. She tied her hair into a bun and smiled. The petals of red roses rose from the ground and danced around Mikan's body. I've seen this plenty of times to recognize what was about to happen. Maaka Sakura appears.
"Thank you for relying on me for this problem Mikan-san," Maaka smiled. She swayed her hips and checked out what she was wearing. "HEY! Your taste in outfits is getting better Mikan-san. I totally love this skirt." She started to adore her clothing more. Then three more blades came flying through the trees aiming Mikan. Maaka smiled and caught all three blades.
"What in the world?! Shurikens? Of all things? What an old style of fighting…Aoi-chan," Maaka smirked. I faced her. Aoi…chan.
Then and girl with long raven hair jumped down from a tree. She had the same red eyes as me but it felt colder. She was wearing a ninja type of outfit and had a long sword with her.
"Aoi is not my name. I am no longer who she is. I am a new born of her, I AM YUKI!" Aoi said.
"Nope! That's not it," Maaka smiled and shook her finger at Aoi. "Your name is Aoi Hyuuga. Little sister to Natsume-sama, and you can't be a new born since you're this big already."
"You're in no place to talk. You're over a hundred years old and still in your youth form," Aoi snitched.
"Blame my Master for that then. At least I'm still gorgeous and still standing in a beautiful body," Maaka started posing.
"Shut up you ol' witch!"Aoi threw those words and also more Shurikens at Maaka. Maaka dodged all of those gracefully. She then created a huge sword made of light.
"Let's fight fire with fire, or more precise, sword against sword," Maaka said and stood in a position with the sword behind her back.
"Well said, Sakura-san," Aoi smiled and ran with her sword in front of her aiming to strike Maaka with one blow. Maaka manage to quickly make a Nullifying Barrier on me and everyone around her. Aoi stabbed Maaka's shoulder.
"Oh shit. Mikan-sama, are you OK? (waits for response)…Good," Maaka smiled and rubbed her head. Blood covered her top but she didn't seem to mind one bit. Instead she seems to be enjoying the stench of it.
Maaka touched her shoulder and a yellow light glowed. It seems she healed her own wound. She held her sword with one hand and let her other hand touch the tip of the sword and it bleed. She clenched her fist which held her blood. Then another sword duplicated from her fist. Her swords shone under the moonlight.
"You're really serious, Aoi-chan. But you're still no match for me," Maaka smiled and threw her swords in the air. Aoi was distracted and looked at the swords. Maaka ran towards Aoi and punched her stomach and the impact threw her to a nearby tree trunk.
"MAAKA!" I shouted. How could she really hurt AOI?!
"I'm sorry Natsume-sama. I'm not the 'fair' type of person. Once I get the advantage, I'll use everything I've got to use it well," Maaka smirked.
"YOU BITCH!" Aoi stood up while her right hand was clutching her stomach in pain. Her lips had stains of blood. She wiped it off and looked seriously and colder towards all of us. She held her sword tighter and let it face Maaka straight. She threw her sword forwards to try and stab Maaka from the front. But I saw that she quickly grabbed some more Shurikens from her back pocket aiming to throw after Maaka dodge the sword.
Unfortunately for Aoi, Maaka easily sliced Aoi's sword in half using the Wind Alice without dodging. Aoi didn't give up either and threw her Shurikens without hesitating. Maaka jumped over the Shurikens and hid herself in the shadows of the trees.
"Come out you fake! I want to fight with the real Sakura-sama, not the one who lives in her," Aoi shouted.
Suddenly Maaka forms in the shadow behind me. I felt her presence through it and her hand was on my shoulder.
"I'm Mikan for now. Look into her feelings and emotions more thoroughly Natsume. She is definitely not Aoi," Mikan whispered.
"She said that already," I sweat dropped.
"Oh, right. Anyway, a Fast Copying Alice is behind this fight of ours," Mikan said.
"What does that do?" I asked.
"The Alice copies my, I mean Maaka's fighting skills and style. I have a sense that soon that she will counter attack Maaka with the same fighting style. I need you, Persona and Satoshi to find her weakness and destroy it immediately! Even if it might kill her," Mikan whispered solemnly.
"But I couldn't possibly kill her. There's no one in the right mind that would probably kill his or her own sister," I whispered with anger in my tone.
"I can resurrect her soon enough. Her body is being possessed by another dimension's spirit. The longer we wait, the faster it will destroy Aoi-chan's soul and gain FULL possession of Aoi-chan's body," Mikan whispered back and disappeared. I saw her appeared next to Persona and I believe she was whispering her plan to everyone. Persona nodded and had a serious expression on me.
"A-O-I CHAAAAN! I'm here!" Mikan called out in a perky tone. I recognize this side of Mikan because she let down her hair and her smile was no where near the word 'wicked'.
"So you're the real Sakura-san, I'm not wrong am I?" Aoi asked in a disrespectful manner. "Well, then, let's fight to the finish so I can finally go back to HQ and see my beloved."
Beloved… Find her beloved. I heard Mikan whispered in my head. It seems that Persona and Satoshi heard that too.
"Let's fight where there'll be more space. I'm getting butt cramped, owwie. Let's go! And follow my lead," Mikan smiled and jumped from one tree branch to another.
"WE'RE NOT PLAYING FOLLOW THE LEADER!!! HEY! LISTEN TO ME!" Aoi shouted and chased after Mikan. "HEY! I'M TALKING TO YOU!!!" That one phrase echoed the forest.
"It seems like we need someone to morph into Takashi Mimoru," Persona said. Satoshi thought about it as well.
"Why him?" I asked. Satoshi slapped his forehead and Persona shook his head.
"What an idiot," Persona muttered. "You still don't get it do you? It means that Aoi's beloved is Takashi-san."
"You mean the idiot who brought the members of the AAO together? THAT Takashi?!" Natsume shouted in shock.
"Yup. Somehow, that was the name roaming in her head moments ago," Satoshi said.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that Sakura's can read minds," Natsume sweat dropped. "So what're we going to do?"
"We need someone to pretend to be Takashi as a distraction to their fight," Satoshi said.
"Persona should be the guy," Natsume said solemnly, without even thinking twice about the consequences that would happen.
"WHY ME?! Persona shouted and faced a laughing Satoshi.
"I'm sorry. But just the thought of it drives me crazy!" Satoshi giggled.
Where the hell are you guys?! Have you found out about her weakness? What's your plan? Help me out here! I'm getting sliced! We heard Mikan cried.
The three of us nodded and rushed to the spot where Mikan was fighting. For some odd reason, Satoshi was having a wide smile on his face.
Hyuuga, I'm going to make a potion while we're running and I need you to pour it down Persona's throat. I heard Satoshi said to me.
HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO THAT?! HE HAS EYES ALL OVER HIS BODY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! I shouted in my head hoping that Satoshi would probably hear me out.
Do what you can… That was all that Satoshi said to me and he and Persona disappeared. I could no longer see them and I became curious. I looked around and saw everything was in black. Everything was shadowed, dark, in a thick purple mist and in the most horrible stench imagine. It was the stench of dead bodies and blood.
"LOOK OUT!!!" I heard Mikan scream and searched for her voice. When I looked up, I saw the usual thing I could possibly see. Strawberries. Then Mikan dropped on me. Her body was heavy yet lighter than usual.
"Get off of me, Strawberries!" I cried. "GOD YOU SMELL BAD!"
"Yipes! You didn't avoid my fall now did you?" Mikan scolded.
"It was you who fell without looking!" I shouted.
"Who the hell look where they're going to fall?" Mikan shouted.
"Oh I don't know! CLEVER PEOPLE PERHAPS! AND CLEVER PEOPLE NOT TO MENTION MATURE PEOPLE DO NOT WEAR STRAWBERRY UNDERWEARS AT THIS AGE!" I snapped at her. She slapped my face with great force. When I took a clear view at her, I finally realized why she was quite pissed. Her body was covered with blood, marks of the blades slicing her skin, some bullet shots and her clothes were practically in shreds.
"Shut up, already. You're in no place to speak right now!" Mikan shouted at me.
"Here you are, Sakura-san!" Aoi smiled as she jumped down from the tree. "I didn't think you could even have the time to have a lovers quarrel. I guess you have to finish off all your regrets now before you face the other world now don't you. Can't wait to see Taka-chan's expression when I lay your dead body in front of him! KYAAA!" Aoi started to squeal. I took the opportunity to hide behind some big bush.
"Taka-chan…" Mikan thought then she had the strangest smile across her face. "So your lover was Takashi Mimoru, wasn't it?"
"Why in the world would you say 'was'? He still is! He's the love of my life and I'll never let anyone take him from me!" Aoi's aura had a bad feeling to it.
"Well, did you know he's going to be my father soon?" Mikan snickered.
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T?!" Aoi shouted in rage. Her fists clenched tightly on her sword.
"My mother is Yuka Azumi; they're a couple in the organization are they not?" Mikan smiled with victory.
"THAT WITCH?! YOU DARE TO SAY HER NAME IN FRONT OF ME?! SHE STOLE ALL THE HEARTS OF THE MEMBERS THERE! I COULDN'T BELIEVE SUCH A PERSON IS YOUR MOTHER!" Aoi shouted and threw more Shurikens towards Mikan to vent her anger.
"So you think I'm a good girl?! Oh, you shouldn't have," Mikan giggled perkily.
"You cheeky bitch!" Aoi shouted and threw some knives towards Mikan. I manage to hide behind a big tree while they were arguing a moment ago.
I watched them as they fought with each other but it seems that Mikan was really holding back her force. If I may be right, I bet that she could just stab Aoi right now without breaking a sweat.
I understand the fact that you're holding back to prevent Aoi from getting hurt for me, Mikan. But the worst that could happen is that you end up inside the coffin. I said in my head.
Too bad for you, Natsume. Sakura's don't believe in being buried in the ground and stay inside a coffin for eternity. We stay by god's side. Once we die, we need to have someone to burn our body into a crisp and let our soul peacefully reach god's palace. Mikan said in my head. I guess she really does peek into people's mind without hesitating.
Heh, it's not like you're just being my friend so that I'd be the one burning your body, right? That'll be a laugh. Or else it'll be as if your purpose in life was just to find someone to kill you. I chuckled in a low tone.
Nothing popped in my head. Just silence. Mikan… You can't be serious… I thought.
Sorry, I can't talk now. This girl's spirit is too powerful. I'll chat with you later. In the mean time, FIND SATOSHI! Mikan shouted and I hear more silence if that's even possible. She and Aoi disappeared from my sight within seconds and there were rustling noises from the top of the trees so I assume they're fighting above me.
"MIKAN!" I shouted. Satoshi? I have to find him? He's the one that left me alone. I cursed and climbed up a tree. I saw Mikan and Aoi jumping and attacking one another.
"Here you are, I was wondering where you went," Satoshi smiled from the ground. He was standing under a tree with some unknown fella.
I jumped down and regain my composure. I adjusted my hair and clothing and looked at Satoshi and the unknown man. He had loose blue hair and was wearing the AAO suit.
"Satoshi! Who's this guy? Why's he an AAO member?" I shouted.
"SEE! I told you it worked! Everyone's fooled!" Satoshi smiled and adjusted his glasses. "Now we can help Mikan-san."
"Sorry, I don't get you," I honestly said.
"Let me present to you, Persona as Takashi Mimoru," Satoshi smiled and introduced 'Takashi' in front of me. I know something clearly and it's stated in front of my face. My face blushed, my eyes shrunk and I'm on my knees keeping my laugh kicking inside my stomach. Honestly, I never thought that Persona would ever be caught in another person's body. It totally ruins his image.
"Come on! Natsume, you bring Persona in the battle scene and make him look like a hostage. Then use think knife and stab the back of Persona's backbone which will make the spirit inside Aoi crush down. I've told Mikan the rest of the plans, now go," Satoshi handed a knife over to me and I took it without any hesitation.
"And what will you be doing, Satoshi?" I asked.
"Only the finale," Satoshi smiled and disappeared inside the shadows.
"Alright then, my pet dog! Follow me!" I playfully said to Persona and pulled him with a leash and led him to Mikan.
"I'M NOT A DOG DAMMIT!" Persona scowled which made me laugh out more.
Both of us approached the fight where Mikan and Aoi were in the air throwing blades and Shurikens to each other. I could've sworn that Mikan would be in a better state but the situation is totally the opposite. We rushed into the nearest unnoticed bush and hid there.
Mikan was the one breathing heavily and sweating the most whereas Aoi is just breathing heavily with tiny sweats around her but she never stop to take a long breath for even a second to launch her attacks.
"I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY!!! YOU WON'T CURE ME! YOU'LL TORTURE ME! BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF THE AAO!!!" Aoi shouted and dodged Mikan's knives. Aoi ran full speed ahead with her shuriken in her hands.
"I WILL CURE YOU! IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRUST. YOU CAN BELIEVE ME! I WON'T TORTURE YOU! I DON'T TORTURE ANYONE!!!" Mikan shouted. She held an arm in front of her face and blocked it with her other arm, then an orange shield appeared and instantly blocked away Aoi's Shurikens from hitting Mikan.
"BELIEVE IN YOU?! HAH! YOU MUST BE KIDDING! BY THE TIME I HAVE FULL POSSESION OF THIS BODY, I'LL MAKE IT LUST ALL OVER TAKASHI-KUN! I NEED TO GAIN HIS TRUST FIRST!" Aoi shouted and made a back flip in the air and made a full blast air kick towards Mikan. Mikan's body flew backwards and she fell hard on the ground. The kick gave a full air wave towards Mikan's stomach.
"Just believe me. Trusting someone is exactly like giving some part of your soul to them. It's either they take good care of it, or it's either they abuse it. Aoi, wake up! Your trust has totally been abused. Please wake up!" Mikan slowly said and her voice faded in the wind.
Mikan… I whispered. Her body vanished into thin air. Her traces were no where to be found. But her presence remains in the atmosphere. Just where the hell is she?
Stab….!!!
"Ah…shit," Aoi let out a very faint cry and falls down from a tree branch. She landed on the ground and blood came out of her in a rush.
"There we go. Now since you're in a deep sleep, I can take that stupid spirit Yuki out of you," Mikan smiled and fell from the sky. She wiped her hands on her skirt and created a huge baseball bat. The bat suddenly reformed its shape and turned into some kind of scepter with an orange like stone decorated on top. It seems like it was her Alice Stone on top of it.
"Rest in peace o' fair maiden, for heaven awaits you high above. Spread those angel wings and fly to the eternal white, Clear your mind and soul and shall everything be alright. Reborn in a new light as god would say, and remove your hatred spirit from this earth on this day.Kiss the wind goodbye and sayonara to the creatures alive, singing a prayer for thou I shall strive. REBORN!" Mikan chanted and the state of Aoi's body turned odd. Her cruel and mean expression that was laid on her face was gone and in return her sweet and pure face was placed over.
"It looks like our plan to make her weaken by looking at Takashi was a waste," Persona said and he turned back into his original form. I nodded in return and face back Mikan. I took a step out of the bushes and went straight for Mikan.
Mikan slowly revert her palm from Aoi's forehead. "She's fine. She needs her rest for now. Her soul is coming back bit by bit. Come on, we have to get back to the elementary division. Someone else needs some spirit in her self. Carry her Natsume," Mikan smiled and she faced me then she stood up and walked away. She looked like a hero which saved a whole world, walking as if everything was just a simple dream. She walks elegantly and gracefully even if she didn't really show it.
I stood next to Aoi; she looks the same even if she didn't have the same short hair and short height. And look at that! She even has bigger boobs than Mikan.
"DID YOU SAY SOMETHING, NATSUME?!" Mikan suddenly showed up before me and held a sword underneath my chin. I shivered when I saw the bloody sword. And the blood belongs to Aoi.
"No, this blood didn't belong to Aoi," Mikan said as she made the sword dissolve into thin air. "It was the other AAO members. Did you think I was going to spend my night fighting with a weak person alone? You've got to be kidding me!"
"When she had the time to escape Aoi, she went and hunt for the other AAO members," An overly familiar voice stated. Satoshi walked out of the shadows of the trees pulling Reo behind him. Here's the finale, Mikan," Satoshi bowed and threw Reo to Mikan. He was still alive it's that he wasn't really moving.
"So this is what you've been up to, Satoshi. I've been trying to locate your presence since just a few moments ago," Mikan smiled and caught the rope tying Reo up. "I'll need you to apologize to Akane-chan for killing her right now."
"That's needed and more," Reo smiled smugly.
Mikan stopped her motion and looked over to Reo with a cruel expression. "What are you saying Reo?" Reo made a foul smirk towards Mikan which boils her blood. "What happened? What was in the bullet that you shot through Akane-chan's heart?"
"It was the Spiritual Offence Bullet my dear Mikan. A spirit mixed with a powerful nuclear powder was in the bullet, once it breaks inside of someone's body and it react with liquid which obviously is the blood, it'll destroy the blood circulation and burn all of the cells in the body. The body will look like a corpse and that's when the spirit strikes. The spirit was captured by one of our members, the one that was supposed to suck your soul, but instead of putting it inside an android like body we placed it inside a bullet."
"Then…Akane-chan…She's… possessed…NO WAY! NO!" Mikan screamed and ran into the forest. There was a huge yellow glow in the midst of the shadows which I assume Mikan transported herself to where Youichi and Akane are.
"Mikan! CRAP!" I cursed and followed her lead into the forest even though I realized that I can't transport myself to other places. I'll find her presence. "SATOSHI! TAKE CARE OF AOI, PLEASE!" I shouted.
"Hey! Wait! Hyuuga!" I heard Satoshi cried out. Reo was knocked out by Mikan before she left and that should leave a big bruise.
"Mikan! Where is Youichi?!" I caught up to Mikan after running around in the forest for over 25 minutes.
"I…I don't know…," Mikan replied. She was worried. She was pale. She was in panic. But her expression remains the same. A serious expression seems to always be placed in crucial moments.
"MIKAN!!!"
Mikan looked to her left and saw Youichi running fast. His face was paler than when he arrives to tell them about Akane's death.
"Aka…Akane-chan…she's…," Youichi panicked. He couldn't speak properly.
"I know! Youichi, I know! Calm down! Where is she?!" Mikan held her hands on Youichi's shoulders. "Where is Akane-chan, Youichi?"
"She's in Natsume Onii-chan's room. Mikan nee-chan's room was burnt! So I had to bring Akane-chan somewhere else. Ruka nii is with Akane-chan now!" Youichi started pulling on to Mikan's arm. She followed his lead and instantly grabbed my arm.
"We're going now," Mikan said. She closed her eyes and the three of us were transported to my room.
"Here! Akane-chan and Ruka nii is here!" Youichi calmed down a little. He reached for my door knob and turned it. Mikan took the first step in, and the oddest thing happened.
"RUKA!!!!!" Mikan screamed. She fell down, I was still outside the door, but blood flowed out of it. Gallons of blood flowed out of it.
"RUKA!!" Mikan screamed again and she rushed into the room.
There we go. My 15th chapter.