"12 Days of Christmas"
Disclaimer: Didn't make the song or manga. Only the idea for this fanfiction!
December 11th
Ghost Manipulation & Age Control
"On the sixth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Six geese a laying..."
"Oh dear me, these people are so childish sometimes," Hijiri Youichi commented. He sighed. He had turn officially four years old this year, but since he was in his fourteen year old form, he was a bit more mature than the others, in looks at least. He could talk a little bit, but it was still his four year old mind that was working. Why can he talk now? Well, we'd have to find that out later.
Anna and Nonoko called him over. He asked them what did they want and they whispered into his ears, "Youichi, can you watch over them with Ruka-pyon and Mochu?"
"By them, you mean...?" he asked.
"Everyone in this room besides us two," they clarified.
"Right then, how come me and the other two?" he asked again.
Nonoko sighed, "That's because you guys have black!" Youichi shook his head in confusion. "Err...here!" The purple haired girl ripped out a piece of paper from her notepad and shoved it in his hands. "Anna and I are going to make an antidote, in case the effects don't wear out fast enough. This is the list of all of the people who had which frosting. Each frosting has a different effect, so watch out for them!"
Anna also contributed, "After a while, you'll know what the colors are, it's easy. We trust in you Youichi!" Then the two of them quickly ran out of the door, shutting it as they left.
"Oh great," Youichi moaned, but then he stood up straight and decided to take responsibility. "They entrusted me with these hooligans and I will take care of them! Well, with the help of Ruka and baldie of course..." He called the two 'blacks' over and they huddled in discussion. He explained to them what Nonoko and Anna had told him and they looked at the piece of paper that Youichi was holding.
~The Key to the Frosting~
Pink Strawberry; Increased Emotion in Love, Openly Expressing
Red Cherry; Increased Anger
Blue Blueberry; Enhanced Kindness, Giving in to others
Green Apple; Increased Jealousy in general (love, lifestyle, loneliness)
Purple Grape; Egotism
Yellow Mango; Increased Hyperness, or Randomness
Orange Orange; Becomes Childish
White [White] Chocolate; Increased Shyness, Timidness, "Emo"
Black Dark Chocolate; Becomes Mature, More Adult-like
The three of them stood there crowding around the little paper in awe. Now they knew what 'black' means. Eventually, they took noted of the second piece of paper, it had all the frosting choices documented on it.
Nonoko's Organized List of Data!!!
Group One:
Hyuuga Natsume blue&green
Sakura Mikan orange&pink
Hijiri Youichi black
Andou Tsubasa blue
Kitsuneme purple
Fukutan purple&white
Group Two:
Imai Hotaru white&red
Tobita Yuu green&orange
Mochiage blue&black
Shouda Sumire yellow&white
Narumi white
Ibaragi Nobara green
Group Three:
Nogi Ruka pink&black
Kokoroyomi green
Misaki pink&red
Harada Misaki yellow
Jin Jin blue&white
Serina yellow
Mochu stuttered, "I-I had black and blue. So I'm actually kinder than I normally am!?"
Ruka sweated nervously, "That's m-means I really do love Mikan and N-Natsume? The animals I can understand, but..."
"Calm down you two, we have to take care of these guys. Fortunately, each of us are in different groups, that means, take care of your own group, it will be easier," Youichi reassured. They overlooked the people they had to watch. Not gonna be fun...for them at least. Youichi went over to his group, probably the craziest. As he was walking over, he heard some complaints coming from there already.
"NO! I want to be with Natsuichi AND Tsubaichi!" Mikan pouted childishly.
Natsume put his arm around Mikan's shoulders, "Yeah, she wants to be with me," he rephrased.
"Natsume, I don't think that's what she meant," Tsubasa tried again patiently.
"Kage, are you trying to tell me I'm mistaken? Although I could be wrong and may have misinterpreted it just a tiny bit," Natsume replied. We can't really tell if Natsume is actually showing his blue side or if his green side had taken over when Mikan was involved, but we'll leave it up to the readers to decide. He held Mikan closer to his chest.
She sighed happily. "Yay! I'm not cold anymore!" she cried enthusiastically, "Now I wanna play in the snow!" she tugged at Natsume's shirt and gave him the puppy dog eyes, "Please?"
Here comes his blue side, "Sure," he smiled. For a moment, he stuck out his tongue, but then quickly apologized to Tsubasa at the same time.
Fukutan and Kitsuneme were arguing about who was better, their egotistic side was showing up. Youichi watched them and had only realized what Natsume and Mikan were about to do. He jumped off his seat and ran after them before they got out of the door. "Wait, Natsume!" Youichi shouted.
The fire caster turned around and looked at him, "What is it?" he asked politely.
"Y-You can't go out yet! Anna and Nonoko are preparing something else for you guys," Youichi attempted at persuasion.
Mikan started jumping up and down while holding Natsume's hand, "Really?! REAL ly? REAL ly!? SE ri OUS ly!? OH i CAN'T wait! CAN we STAY nat SU me, PRET ty PLEASE?" she begged.
He couldn't help but smile, "Well, if you insist." He let go of the door handle and went back down with the group. He avoided Tsubasa and Tsubasa respected that, since he was 'blue.'
"You guys honestly have mental issues and it's all thanks to the frosting," Youichi sighed. He suddenly had a flashback about Natsume and him a couple of years ago. A grin formed on his face. "He was a good guy..." Then is had just occur to him. He started thinking inside of his head. What happens when he gets to be Natsume's age in real life, then he can be an adult. So if that is true...then, when he becomes elderly, he'll be even more wrinkly! He could also fake his age, to get into places or get discounts from theme parks. Maybe even ride those roller coasters with height requirements. The pros and cons of having this alice! "Arrgh! The future is so mind boggling!" he shouted out randomly.
Everyone stares at him and he just gives a signal that everything is alright. Even though Natsume was a bit busy being jealous, he still had blue in him, so the fire caster came over by Youichi. Finally letting go of Mikan to another person. "Hey, Youichi, what's wrong? You seem down in the dumps."
"Nothing much," he started, "but thinking about the future..."
"Is that so?" he asked concernly.
"Yeah, well, I don't know what my future is going to be like. I'm usually hanging around with you guys, but when i get to your age, you all will graduate. I'll have to create my own band of friendship and well...it's going to be kind of difficult...weird you can say."
Natsume was kind of taken aback, surprised to hear this coming from 'black' Youichi, he decided to press on, "And?"
"Well, my future, what does it hold for me? Am I going to go on missions like you? Am I going to find someone to love too? Am I going to find friends as strong willed as your friends? What am I going to be like in ten years, is this alice going to determine my appearance, my intelligence? Or can I control that and change it as well. This world we live in, nothing is sure fire anymore. There's always a chance for change. No matter how small it seems, it's actually bigger than we think it is," Youichi concluded. He looked towards Natsume for help.
"That black frosting really did some damage to your brain. Why would you want to worry about something a trivial as that now?" He gave a promising look to Youichi. "What happens in the future happens, nothing more to it than that. If you want to find your own friends, go ahead, Youichi, this is for you to worry about when you actually get there. Everyone has their own opinion. Like you said, there is no sure fire answer. That's why we have the ultimate power, the power of choice. So, with that said, what do you choose to do, Youichi?" Natsume waited for an answer.
Youichi gave another good deep thought to it. "I think, I'll just enjoy being with you guys for as long as I can, and then go from there. I'll find some of my answers on the way, it usually happens right? I mean...it's only been four years for me, I've got a long way to go before retirement," he laughed. The thought of retirement at his age seemed silly all of a sudden. "You're right Natsume, that frosting did do something to me. Like, knock some reality into my brain at an early age that might as well scar me for life."
"Congrats," Natsume replied simply.
"Ooh! Also, I just wanted to know, Natsume?"
"Yes?"
"Is Mikan included in your future?"
Natsume choked for a moment, but then regained his composure. "She's already in my present, I don't believe in a future until I experience it, it becomes my present."
"So it is..." Youichi looked over towards the hyper Mikan. Somehow, he could, but couldn't imagine the two of them together. The relationship seemed too weird to be true. Natsume lovey dovey? Mikan kissing up to Natsume? It was too awkward for someone of his age to comprehend it. "Hey, one last question, Natsume."
"Shoot."
"What did Mikan get you for your birthday?" he inquired eagerly.
"You do realize that there is a limit to how far my kindness goes?"
Youichi gave a disappointed moan, "It was worth a try."
As Natsume starting standing up, a bracelet with six egg shaped beads and six mini geese figurines fell out of his pocket. "Oh shi-"
"Heey, what is that?" Youichi sang in his sing song voice. He picked it up from the ground. "Could it be?"
"Give it back Youichi."
"I'm still four years old even if I am mature! This is Mikan's present right? That's cool..." He examined it carefully. Then he found a little orange and red mixed jewel right in the middle of it. Each egg and the jewel had a letter burned into it, N-A-T-S-U-M-E, it spelled out. The main band was metal, silver colored, on the inside he spotted some writing. Youichi tried to read it, but all he could make out was, You are a very dea-, when Natsume pulled it away from him. "Huh?"
"No more reading for you," he shoved it into his pocket again.
"Maybe I should start worrying for you instead..." Youichi ended.
Nonoko and Anna finally came back with the antidote. It was in the form of juice. They gave certain juice to each person. They drank it without hesitation and were immediately cured. In the end, it turned out that they didn't remember anything that happened when thy were in their enhanced forms, which was good for Nonoko's and Anna's sake. Natsume, Mikan, Sumire, Tsubasa and Misaki had found a golden ring with a jewel embedded in it, but didn't know what it was about. That was the end of a tiring day.
I'm young, no doubt about it, but what my future holds? Time to crack the egg and find out.
"...five golden rings,
four calling birds,
three French hens,
two turtledoves,
and a partridge in a pear tree."
Typer's Note-
We're halfway through the song!
I was very tired writing this chapter when I did, which I don't remember when I finished it anymore.
Don't you want to see Youichi's classmates, eh eh? -nudges- No? Okay...sorry.
Err thanks for reading to the SIXTH chapter, very special because any of my other stories stopped at five for now.
Review if you can, constructive criticism and quotage would be nice as well ;] Thanks you!
Now I have to go to school, haha.
Two Days Later -
OH MY GOODNESS!
It didn't upload? No way, no way no way no way!!!
Arrgh! I'm so sorry I didn't NOTICE Dx
(pounds self on head) I are stupid...