Did you like my next chapter? Well here's the next one and I'm hoping I can finish the war part soon!
Chapter 17: Comrades and Tactics
"Wh-Where are we going?" I asked when saw her rushing into the woods with my hand in hers.
"We need to get to Underworld Central immediately. I need everyone's help now!" Mikan shouted at me as we moved like matrix around the trees. I saw all the AAO members on the ground getting them ready. Even when I see them as though it was for a long time, I'm actually moving like a wind.
We ended up stopping at the sacred rock. Mikan touched the top of the rock, then the side and then the ground. The parts she touched suddenly glowed orange and Mikan stood up straight and looked forward. She held out her hand and I took it in mine. She smiled and lowered her head.
"With my command, release the portal," Mikan chanted then a wind blew out from the rock. The rock looked as though it was in water. Mikan entered her left foot in and it disappeared. "Let's go," she said and pulled me in with her into the portal.
It's like another world in here. I see other dimensions when I was young and when other people are old. It's like time-travelling only far more interesting than the one Tono-senpai did for us.
"It's here," Mikan said we were sucked into another portal within seconds. "Ouch!" she cried when her butt fell.
"Mi-chan!" Damien came running and helped her up.
"Oh good, you're here. Round up everyone. I need to bring you guys up to the surface now!" Mikan said and Damien nodded and rushed out of the room to get to everyone.
"You alright?" Mikan held out her hand to me and I stood up while hanging on to her.
"Yeah, thanks," I said. "Hey, about Ruka -," I started.
"He'll be fine. The whole hospital is fine. I placed a barrier around it. If anyone goes out, the barrier will expand its territories so it'll help anyone as long as they have a peaceful heart," Mikan said. "I heard Damien calling out my father already. Let's go," She smiled as though there was no war going on in our home.
"Master," Lady Sinori rushed in a found me and Mikan standing around. "Oh goodness, I thought I've seen the last of you in our last meeting. Please, Master, everyone will be gathering in the Long Chambers," Lady Sinori said and escorted us to the chamber.
"Wait, aren't we wasting time? Our school is at war this very moment and we're here discussing things?" I shouted and Lady Sinori chuckled.
"The Underworld Central is also known as the Time House. All of us move according to time. Right now, if Master Mikan is here, time on earth is stopped," Lady Sinori said. Mikan was just smiling along the way and we finally reach the chamber. When I entered the room, there were same amount of people like when I was in the towers locked up.
"Master," Everyone bowed in unison. Mikan raised her hands and ball of light appeared and shone to the whole chamber. When I looked on the ceiling I just realized it was a dome shaped room.
"You will finally appear above the surface," Mikan said all high and mighty and grinned when everyone seemed to be very excited. I realized there small ones in the group, small kids running around and climbing on some people. "I need your help with this," She said and everyone nodded.
The ball of light now expanded and looked like a huge globe. The globe now turned into some kind of a crystal ball where you can see the academy being attacked. "Lady Sinori, I need you and your health team to spread into five sections and stay at these spots," Mikan said and five red dots appeared on the globe. Lady Sinori nodded and so did Miss Suzumiya.
"Damien, you and your group shall expand to twelve groups and stay within these places where you shall attack the AAO. Three kilometers away will be the health treatment spots. You meet one of Lady Sinori's apprentices and they'll heal you and you shall go back to attacking the others," Mikan said and twelve yellow spots appeared on the globe and Damien nodded.
"Master Idnos and Master Kirian, you shall bring your people around the buildings to release huge barriers around it. I don't want any of my friends to get anywhere near the war section. After you've done doing so, you shall come to these three places where Takashi and some of his comrades shall be paying much more attention on," Master Idnos and Master Kirian nodded their head when they saw the three purple dots on the globe.
"As for you, Persona, you will bring your Dangerous Ability group to the shadows beyond the woods. If any of our enemies passes through to get to their barrier to get treatment, you will kill them without hesitation, even if it is my own mother," Mikan said and Persona huffed but still nodded his head in agreement.
"Chibi-chibi!" Mikan called out and all the little kids came out from their hiding spots and rushed to Mikan. "I need you to trace their minds," Mikan said and one small girl stepped forward.
"But Mikan Onee-san, you said reading other people's minds are prohibited," She said and all the other kids nodded their heads.
"It's ok, you have my permission to do so," Mikan said sweetly.
"Oh no we won't, Mikan Onee-san clearly said not to let us use any of our gifts unless emergency. We shall abide by that rule," A boy said and crossed his arms.
They're so stubborn. I thought and saw Mikan cracking her knuckles as if she wanted to choke them. "Alright! Do you want to follow the rules or read their minds and play with my demons?" Mikan asked and I stared at her.
"We can play with your demons? Really?" A girl squeaked and everyone stared at her with sparkly eyes.
"Yeah," She sweat dropped. "Only if you listen to my plan for you properly," Mikan said and everyone shouted 'yes ma'am'. "I need you to use your shadows and merge with the enemies shadows and control their minds. You will have a bigger body then. Once you've possessed them, come straight to their headquarters in the edge of the forest and attack all their guards," Mikan said.
"Ne, how do we know where it is?" The boy asked.
"You can smell my scent, right?" Mikan asked and they nodded. "Well, I'll be there so you can trace it there," Mikan said.
"If you're already there, why do you need us?" A girl asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Why?"
I saw the other humanoid adults laughing at the children's responses. "Just do as I say or else you'll never be able to play with my demons again!" Mikan shouted and all the kids shut their mouths.
"Good, now when you reach the headquarters, make sure you kill all the guards since they'll be wearing the same clothes as you and think you're their ally," Mikan said.
"But if all of us would be wearing the same thing, won't we kill each other?" Another girl asked.
"Look around you. You are my creation, I'm sure you can sense the good inside everyone because I can; humans have vicious thoughts so I want you to kill them! Not the ones in the barrier, they are my friends," Mikan said.
"So your friends have vicious thoughts?" The kids asked.
"Nadeshiko! Please help me with them!" Mikan cried for help and Nadeshiko (the girl who looks like Mikan) came walking towards the kids. She's like a mother, when she popped out from the group of adults, all the kids smiled and rushed to her.
"Ne, Chibi-chibi, Mikan Onee-san wants you to help her save something precious of hers. Can you help?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Yes!" All of them shouted.
"Now, she wants you to get into the minds of very bad people so you can turn them to good," Nadeshiko said childishly.
"Oh," A few kids responded.
"When you do, I'm sure you can see colored smoke above your friends' heads right?" Nadeshiko asked and everyone nodded. "So you'll know they're your friends. When your friends get into the bad people's body, you can know who they are by the colored smokes, alright?" Nadeshiko asked once again.
"Yes! We understand!" The kids shouted playfully.
"After you gather all your friends, Mikan Onee-san wants you to find her inside the woods so you can help her defeat the enemy. Like video games, when there's a big enemy, you'll be a big hero," Nadeshiko said.
"A big hero?" A few boys asked and Nadeshiko nodded. "Woah! I'm going to be a hero!"
"No, me!"
"I want to! I want to!"
"All of you will be heroes only until you defeat the bad enemy," Nadeshiko said.
"We want to fight! We want to be heroes!" The kids shouted and rushed around the room. A few boys created a sword made of wind and started playing to attack each other.
"Thank you so much, Nadeshiko," Mikan thanked and sighed.
"You're welcome, Okaa-sama," Nadeshiko bowed and returned to her spot behind the health group.
"Let's see, I've got the health department, Damien's in charge of the offensive team, father and grandfather are in change of defense and Persona and Chibi-chibi are in charge of the dark offensive team. Did I miss out on anything?" Mikan asked to herself.
"Yeah, me," I said and she smiled.
"Oh, I didn't forget you at all, Natsume. You're following me and Satoshi into the headquarters where they control all their comrades' positions," Mikan said. Ugh, that guy Satoshi again! I thought.
"We'll be controlling their positions from then on and tell them false orders, if they're smart and realizes that they're fake, I'll use the shadows on you and Satoshi and ask you to retreat to help the Chibi-chibi. You can find them by their way of fighting," Mikan said.
"Way of fighting?" I asked and she nodded.
"They fight using wind. If you sense the wind direction is odd then, they're close, they multiply the air quantity to make their weapons and they're geniuses in air combat so they'll be of great help," Mikan said. "Alright guys! We're going out!" Mikan shouted and everyone held hands.
Everyone crowded together into a huge circle and Mikan and I were in the middle holding each other's hands. "With my command and other's wishes, I demand you to switch to the Earth's portal!" Mikan shouted.
The globe above our heads expanded larger and larger and swopped us in like vacuum. Everyone was amazed at their surrounding of different portals. This is their first time of visiting the real world. "It's here," Mikan shouted and stared to a portal and it increases it's width to let all of us through. "Release," She whispered ever so softly and the vacuum sucked us into the portal.
"Welcome to earth," Mikan greeted and everyone looked around and saw real life trees, real life birds and real life fire. Satoshi was standing just opposite of Mikan and bowed. "Let's go!" Mikan shouted.
"Lady Sinori," Mikan called and Lady Sinori nodded and her health team spread out in five groups towards different locations. "Damien," Mikan called and he and his fighters got out all their weapons and rushed to their spots. "Father," Mikan shouted and Master Idnos and Master Kirian with their group flew towards the buildings. "Chibi-chibi and Persona," Mikan said in a whisper and all the kids and Persona's army nodded and disappeared within the shadows.
"Good, now it's our turn. Satoshi, Natsume, let's go!" Mikan shouted and rushed out and jumped on the trees. I looked at my palm. I don't have special powers other than fire and my brain. How am I supposed to be fast?
"Just run! You'll understand," Satoshi shouted and I ran. I past through the trees like usual, the usual black cat way. I saw Mikan jumping around with Satoshi right behind her.
Am I as fast as them or are they trying to slow down for me? Uh! I hate them if they're slowing down because of me. I ran faster and saw Mikan grinned and she kept up with my pace. "Just run your usual way!" I shouted.
"I am!" She grinned and jumped and ran on the tree branches. So I am as fast as them. Awesome! "We're almost there!" She shouted and I saw Satoshi making a barrier around him and saw Mikan doing the same. Oh great! I'm the only one without super powers!
"Use your fire!" Mikan shouted.
"What?" I shouted back and saw her and Satoshi using their barriers to get into the enemies barrier borders. I can't pass through without a barrier!
"Use your fire!" Mikan shouted again and wait inside the barrier staring at me. I made a huge fire ball and made it as big as my body and shoot it towards the barrier. Suddenly the barrier has a huge hole burst open from my fire.
"Great!" I shouted and jumped into the hole of the barrier before it closes completely.
"Good! Now let's get to the treatment centre so Satoshi can mix up their chemicals and destroy that Healing Alice guy," Mikan said and Satoshi nodded and we ran pass four to five tents and approached a tent with a red cross on it. "Satoshi," Mikan called and he nodded and went inside the tent. "Natsume, follow me," Mikan said and we left Satoshi in the tent and ran forth to a small building.
Mikan suddenly stopped running in front of me. "What? What is it?"
"I heard Ruka saying that Aoi is looking for you. What do you want me to tell her?" Mikan asked.
"I'm at war," I said solemnly.
"Done," she said and we jumped over and landed on the roof on the building.
"What is this building?" I asked.
"The control centre. They think of their tactics and strategies in here. I sense four people in her and umm…seven androids by the computers," Mikan said and I saw her staring on the surface assuming that she's seeing through it. "Good, they think they're winning. I'm glad that Persona and Chibi-chibi can nullify the Dark Community's aura so these idiots can't sense us."
"So what do you want me to do?" I asked.
"Burn those computers. I sure your cat-like senses can't detect electronics, just concentrate on the core of their sources and destroy it," Mikan said and I nodded.
I heard some weird ringing noise in my head and my mind roamed the room. I can feel about ten computers, two to three radios and a microphone. All the wires were connecting to this projector on this table which they covered with some blue prints. "I found it," I said.
"Destroy it," Mikan whispered and made a barrier around the building so those men and androids won't be able to come out.
I smiled and just snapped my fingers and we heard an explosive within the dome.
"What's going on?!" A man shouted and Mikan giggled.
"Hey! We can't get out!"
"Ugh! You stupid robots, get us out of here!"
"We're going to get burnt! All the systems are failing!"
"Get water or some dirt and pour it over the fire!"
"We can't get out, smarty pants!"
Mikan I laughed when we heard their cries and screams. I know this is wrong, but the sensation of finally being able to kill them just satisfy me too much. "I'm not satisfied just yet," Mikan grinned at me when she read my mind. "I won't die till my mom does!" With that she dissolved the roof and we both jumped into the room.
"It's her! Yuka-san's child!" One of the men said with their consciousness failing them. "Must not…let her get…to the…controls," He stuttered. Mikan smiled and carried him on air with her palm. She's using her telekinesis Alice.
"Tell me how to program this thing to diffuse all the bombs you placed in the academy's buildings," Mikan said and the guy shook his head. "Never mind," She said and snickered. "Your mind has told me everything I need to know," She said and threw the guy to a broken android by the entrance.
"Ron! Ron! What happened to our navigation system? Is everything ok?" I heard Takashi's voice coming out from a walkie-talkie. Mikan grinned and picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Hello, Takashi-san," Mikan mocked. "Remember dear old me?" She joked and broke the walkie-talkie. "We have to navigate everything, now!" She said and the moment she did, Satoshi came into the tent. "Right on time, Satoshi, dislocate the positions of all the AAO members and make sure they're as near as Damien's troops as possible so we can take them down."
"Got it," Satoshi said and stared into the computer and it switched on by itself. There were numerous red colored dots on the screen and I assume it's the members. "Let's give them a piece of their own poison," Satoshi said and sent and message to each of them to get closer to some of the coordinates where Damien's troops are focusing on.
"Natsume, try and locate Chibi-chibi from the barrier. The barrier will expand once they're nearer," Mikan said and I nodded and rushed to the tent's entrance.
I saw Mikan rushed to a huge flat screen and touched it which made it switch on. "Now where's mother," She asked and started touching each part of the screen. Crap, she's on the way here," I heard her say and start clicking buttons on the keyboard.
"They're here," I called out when I saw numerous men and women rushing to us while laughing and pointed swords at each other.
"I got here first!" One of them shouted.
"Nuh-uh! I did! I passed Mikan Onee-sama's barrier first!"
"No way! I did!"
"No, me!"
"Chibi-chibi!" Mikan shouted.
"Hahaha, yes ma'am!" They said and got into position. And walked into the tent.
"You see all these spots?" Mikan asked and they nodded.
"I want you to get as close to them as possible and shoot these needles at them," Mikan said as she retrieved a lot of needles from Satoshi.
"What's it for?"
"Well, this thing will be able to make me control them. Once you shoot it, the underworld spirits will possess them and be under my command and you'll have comrades," Mikan continued.
"So we'll have more friends?" They asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah! Sure," Mikan mumbled when she saw a red dot rushing towards our position. "Come on, the faster our problem ends, the faster it is for you to get piggy-back rides from my demons!"
"Yay!" They shouted and received around a hundred needles each. "But what happens if we accidently shoot ourselves?" A man asked.
"Nothing will happen to you since you're already spirits possessing the bodies," Mikan continued and pressed more buttons.
"Awesome! So we can shoot each other?"
"Not unless you don't want to play with my demons!" Mikan shouted and they all giggled.
"Let's go!"
"Who made you our leader?"
"Just go!" Mikan shouted and they disappeared into the wind. Suddenly they appeared on the screens as yellow dots approaching our enemy.
"Wow they're fast," I said.
"As long as there wind, they're indestructible," Mikan said. "Persona!" Mikan called out. "Let my mother and Takashi through. I'll deal with them. It'll only take a few more seconds before I'm done with their position's navigation." Mikan nodded and punched the screen with her fist. "Satoshi, destroy it now! Takashi is making his move!"
Satoshi nodded and freezes the computer. "Natsume, control the amount of fire in here. When I tell you to increase the temperature, do so!" She shouted and I hid behind a small shelf to get hold of the fire more accurately. "He's here," Mikan sneered. "Let the party started."
Ok, next will be the…third-last chapter? I don't know. I'm aiming for about twenty chapters or is that too much? Uh, either way, I hope you've like what I've done so far. I'm not good at strategy games other than chess and risk and I don't really know how to put about war into words so I hope you'll understand. Thank you for reading.