I didn't actually think of continuing this story but somehow, last night, this fiction popped back up in my head and said "Hey idiot! Why aren't you continuing me?" And I thought why too, I think I had a writers block. Oh well, I think I've my plot back in my head and here's how the story continues.
"It's young master! He's back!" A maid called out as she peeked through the curtains of the window when she heard a car engine stopped. All the other butlers and maids even the chefs stood in an arranged line in front of the entrance doors to welcome Natsume. "Welcome back young master," Everyone bowed in cue as Natsume stepped on to the Hyuuga grounds.
Natsume ignored their hospitality and walked past them in a rush. He thought of ChiChi who showed him Mikan's point of view on him. Curious, overwhelmed, furious, and anger was all the emotions that struck him at once. He got into his new furnished bedroom which was once Reo's and burnt the bed sheet and the carpet. All those things were touched by that inhumane bastard. "Natsume, would you let me in?" Kaito Hyuuga knocked on the door.
Natsume turned around and disposed of all the ashes and opened the door. He was surprise to find Mikan's telekinetic powers within him and saw Kaito entering his bedroom with a foul aura surrounding him. I never knew Mikan could sense people's auras like this. It's as if I could already read father's mind. Natsume thought and look at his hands.
"Natsume, I have something to talk to you about," Kaito said and pulled a chair and sat. Natsume sat on his bed and looked over at Kaito. It's something about a sibling?! Natsume felt the aura. "It seems that your brother has left and caused a bad influence to the whole clan and now you're left alone," Kaito said.
"Doesn't it feel wonderful?" Natsume asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. Kaito cleared his voice and stared into Natsume's eyes which shocked him. What's…? What's going on? I can feel his pain somehow. He's in a deep black hole of sorrows. Why on earth am I picturing these odd thoughts? Natsume thought and the inner him started to question the cause over and over again.
"I want to make up with you for all the sad pains I've caused you to endure," Kaito said.
"The sad pains I have to endure, huh? If you want to make up then give back Mikan her life! If you want me to forgive you then let me stay with her for good and always!" Natsume shouted. He clenched his fists and Kaito saw the tree branch outside of Natsume's window burn in blue flame. "Bring her back or suffer the consequences!" Natsume now made the temperature rise in his room.
Using his telekinetic powers, he pulled the door closed and shut it tight. "Give her back to me!" Natsume said. You promised to let go of her and continue to live on, Natsume. Natsume suddenly heard a familiar voice in his head. He turned around and saw ChiChi resting on his window sill staring with eyes that can see right through you. "You!" Natsume snickered. "Eavesdropping on a poor boy?" Natsume chuckled.
"I'm not looking after you but I'm looking after part of Mikan-sama's soul that is resting within you," ChiChi huffed and flew away. Natsume smirked and found his father staring at him. "Forget I've ever said anything to you, just leave me alone for the night," Natsume said and Kaito nodded his head and left the room. Natsume's closed the door from his bed and sighed.
'Ne, Natsume, don't you want to come out and see the stars with me?' Natsume quote the words he heard on the first day Mikan started to hang around him.
'What for? Those things are nothing but glitters in the sky,' Natsume remembered himself answer.
'Mou Natsume. Think of it this way, they are pieces of your hearts painted in the clear sky. Each star you see is a memory you've made in your life,' Natsume smiled when he imagine how Mikan giggled. Natsume got up and walked out from his room to his balcony.
"Each star is a memory you've made in your life," Natsume repeated Mikan's words. He saw a clear and sparkly star just above his head. He heard laughter in that star, he saw another smaller star and heard whines and complaints, he found a bright star, so small yet it can outshine all the other stars. "I name you –" Natsume pointed to the star. "Mikan."
"Young master. Master Kaito would wish for you to join him for breakfast," A maid knocked on Natsume's door and left after she heard Natsume stretching.
That maid has feelings for father? How strange, Natsume thought when he felt the maid's aura. He took a fine and long satisfying shower and rinsed his hair off with a towel. He found his towel odd; it was in orange-red color which made it look very familiar to him. "My eighth birthday present from Mikan," He smiled unknowingly and folded that towel and placed it on his desk.
He felt like crying but the only times he had cried was only at Mikan's and his mother's funeral. Why now? Why cry now? Natsume heated his body temperature so that the tears dried up from inside out. "Young master, Master Kaito is waiting for you," the maid returned and said.
"Alright," Natsume replied and got out of the room. He saw all the maids busying themselves tidying the house as the butlers were rearranging some picture frames and vases.
"Natsume, please join me," Kaito grinned. Strange aura from yesterday, he still has a 'sibling' thought in his mind. Is he expecting me to visit Reo or something? Natsume thought and shook his head from odd ideas and sat down on a chair at the end of the table opposite of Kaito. "I have something to inform you," Kaito said.
"Like the thing you wanted to ask me yesterday?" Natsume asked out of boredom and received a plate of hot fresh omelet from one of the chefs.
"It's something else. Tsukino-san," Kaito ordered a butler to come over to him. "Please bring in the boy," Kaito said then a beautiful small boy entered the dining room. He looked around fourteen-ish so Natsume couldn't care less who he was and continued eating his breakfast. "This is Youichi Hijiri, as of today, he will be your brother." With that sentence, Natsume instantly dropped his spoon and stared at the poor boy that'll be stuck with the Hyuuga traditions.
"Brother? He'll be my brother? Are you nuts?" Natsume stood up with a wrecking noise of his chair being pushed to the back. "If he becomes my brother, you'd know what'd become of him if he pushes me to my limits!" Natsume warned.
"Your surrounding aura imitates that you are angry," Youichi said out of the blue and Natsume sweat dropped.
"Me scolding and warning you doesn't make it obvious that I'm angry?" Natsume's temperature is now rising.
"Are you going to finish that omelet?" Youichi ignored Natsume's statement and pushed him to the side and ate some of his omelet. "Needs a little bit of salt," Youichi said and poured a few drops of salt.
"Father, just kill me already!" Natsume shouted and left the dining room and rushed out from the main building to his old shack where he remembered all his possessions that were given by Mikan remain there. Nothing, Natsume didn't find any of his possessions in the shack except for gardening tools and some pots and old pans. Where is it? Natsume struggled and pushed away everything. WHERE IS IT?! Natsume shouted in his head. His temper was rising rapidly and a few of the things in his sight are burnt terribly. "WHERE IS IT?!" Natsume shouted until the birds sitting in the trees flew away due to the shock.
"WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!" Natsume shouted and slammed the door of the entrance. Everyone stared at him curiously and worriedly.
"Umm…," A maid approached Natsume slowly while being warned of the fact that she could be burnt. "Where on earth is what, young master?" the maid asked.
Natsume saw how scared everyone was so he calmed down a little and breathed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause such a commotion," Natsume apologized aware of the fact that when his temper rises, he can hear the sound of screams from hell that was probably brought by Mikan. "I'm looking…I'm looking for all the books and some scarves and small figurines that were suppose to be in the shack," Natsume said.
The maids and butlers were relieved that Natsume can control his temper well. "Young master, all those things has been transferred to the small store in your bedroom," The maid smiled sweetly. Natsume bowed and rushed upstairs to find the scarf, his most beloved scarf.
Natsume ransacked everything in the mini storeroom. He wouldn't dare to burn it since everything was given to him by Mikan. How could he burn it? He smiled ever so softly when he found the first scarf that she ever made.
'Natsume, I had sewing class today in school. I don't think it was perfect but it still suits the purpose of being a scarf!' Mikan exclaimed and gave Natsume a red scarf which wasn't sewn together properly.
'What the hell is this? This looks like shit than a scarf!' Natsume remarked and Mikan chuckled.
'Hope it'll keep you warm tonight! Winter's coming soon!' Mikan giggled and left the shack in a hurry when she saw some torchlight aiming into the shack.
'Seeing you already made me feel warm,' Natsume thought and hugged the scarf softly.
"Natsume nii-chan," Youichi popped up without Natsume detecting his aura. "You have a fallen angel following you," Youichi said suddenly.
"Excuse me?" Natsume looked at Youichi and asked.
"My name is Youichi Hijiri. I was sent to an orphanage by my parents because I can see the dead and control the souls around me," Youichi said then pointed to something above Natsume's head. He looked up and ruffled his hair but there was nothing there. "She has a sweet laugh, the fallen angel of yours," Youichi smiled.
"What are you talking about?" Natsume asked.
"She says 'Natsume, next time you brush something off your hair, make you actually brushed the thing off'," Youichi quoted. "She's beautiful." Youichi smiled.
"Mikan…" Natsume whispered the name softly.
"She's been watching you since you left her grave. She said she'll never leave you, not once, not ever," Youichi said.
Natsume looked at Youichi and smiled. "Thank you, You-chan," Natsume nick-named and ran off by jumping off from the balcony into the woods.
"It's the wish of your fallen angel," Youichi replied and smiled. His nose started twitching and his eyes widen. "Cake!" He screamed as he smelt the sweetness of a strawberry cake drifting off from the kitchen.
"Put up more posters! He can't just be missing overnight! He should still be in Japan!" Kaito shouted when he found out Natsume ran away. He ordered more of his clan members to search out. Even put up a reward of one million yen around to whomsoever can give true details or bring Natsume back to him.
"Yes sir," Some men obliged to Kaito's orders and left the building to spread the horrible news.
"Why on earth would the air to my clan refuse to claim his fate?" Kaito asked himself. Youichi walked down the stairs to find Kaito continuously asking questions.
"I told him to run away," Was what Youichi wanted to say but it wasn't him but Mikan who did. He left his head down as he passed Kaito. "Maybe instead of just rounding up your own clan into searching, why don't you spread it to the other clans so the searches rating would be higher?" Youichi asked and Kaito smiled.
"You are a great kid, Youichi," Kaito grinned and made a lot of phone calls as Youichi walked straight towards the shack that was once Natsume's bedroom.
He touched the ceiling, the walls and the floor. "His fallen angel was once alive around with him, I see," Youichi said. He stepped out of the shack and saw a nearby tree and touched it. There were short visions where the tree can see Natsume and Mikan from the window. The tree saw Mikan laughing while giving Natsume a bento box and Natsume refusing to eat it because it might be poison.
When Mikan left, Natsume smiled and ate the food peacefully. "This angel was an angel before and even after death," Youichi quoted and smiled and walked back to the main building.
"Master, we have a phone call!" A maid cried and Kaito emerged from the living room to get the call.
"Yes, hello?" Kaito answered.
"Umm…yeah, this is…uh, never mind. I saw your kid running around my neighborhood just this morning," The guy said.
"Do you have proof?" Kaito asked.
"Proof? Why on earth would I have proof? You mean I have to get that guy's DNA while he's running or something? Are you crazy?" The guy shouted. "Just give me the damn money! I at least helped you out that much!" The guy rudely said.
"You didn't give me your name, you didn't give me your name of your neighborhood," Kaito said in a pissed tone.
"Right, Suzuki Miyamoto of Jodan District," Suzuki replied.
"Good, if other people don't claim what you said was true, you're going to get hanged. If you haven't notice, you're calling the Hyuuga Yakuza group. Prepare to die," Kaito said to just threaten him to see if he's honest or not.
"Never mind! It was a lie! Forgive me!" Suzuki shouted and hung up the phone.
Kaito sighed solemnly and perked up a little when he saw Youichi coming in from the entrance. "Any luck?" Youichi asked and Kaito shook his head. "I see. Just be patient, I'm he'll come to his senses soon," Youichi said. I hope he doesn't! Youichi thought and walked into the kitchen to have his lunch.
A number of days have passed and even Youichi got tired looking at everyone running everywhere just to find Natsume. Don't they get it? Even if they did find him, he'd never want to come back! That's the point of running away.
"Another phone call, sir! If you think it's another fraud, I suggest you don't take your time with it," A butler called out and Kaito slowly and tiredly walk to the phone.
"Yes," Kaito answered.
"Stop looking for him," A female voice said sweetly. "He's not going to return, I'll always be with him," The female voice said which Kaito only know too well who it belongs to.
"Mikan? Mikan Sakura?" Kaito hurriedly say.
"Don't treat this just like any other regular phone call. Natsume is fine and happy; all he wanted was to stay out of a planned future. I'm always with him, I'll always protect him," Mikan said.
"Mikan? Where? How? Why?" Kaito shouted.
"If you refuse to believe this call then I suggest you call all your men to come to Tokyo Tower where I'll make sure that they'll die," Mikan threatened.
"Why are you doing this?" Kaito asked.
"Natsume always wanted freedom. You're treating him like any other heir, an heir to a ridiculous future. If you hurt him, I'll hurt you," Mikan ended the call in a rush.
"What is it, father?" Youichi asked when he saw Kaito's face pale and cold.
"I heard the dead," Kaito replied and started laughing.
"Was it Mikan-sama?" Youichi asked and Kaito stared at him bewildered.
"How do you know Mikan?" Kaito asked.
"It was Mikan-sama that drove Natsume out of this place. I saw her always walking behind him everywhere he goes. When he nearly fell down the staircase, Mikan-sama pushed him forward for him to regain his balance," Youichi said. "She's known as Natsume's fallen angel," Youichi smiled and left the kitchen to the garden.
"Fallen angel?" Kaito asked and rushed to his library and found a book of the dead.
The Sakura Beliefs
Plants are things that will always grow no matter what and no matter where. Our Sakura clan behaves that way as well, when one dies, our soul will be born in a new body except for the true heir of that Sakura clan. They will be stuck and remain on earth as long as their loved one (soul mate) remains.
"If a soul mate remains on earth, the heir will never rest in peace and will refuse to be reincarnated," Kaito continued reading.
"And once the soul mate dies and if he is not a member of the Sakura clan, the soul-heir will have no choice but to return to it's rightful body and live a life without a soul mate for the rest of it's generation," Youichi continued the passage. "My parents wrote that book," Youichi said.
"Why would that kind of thing happen to dear Mikan?" Kaito asked.
"She has the power to fight death and remain by Natsume Nii-chan's side. I have the feeling that she'll fight all the possibilities of him dying so she won't have to be reincarnated," Youichi replied.
"That sounds like her, alright," Kaito finally smiled. "I guess we should leave those two alone," Kaito said.
"Surely we must," Youichi smiled and left the library with Kaito.
END…
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO END IT! GOMEN GOMEN!!!!!