Ohayo/Konnichiwa/Konbanwa minna! This is Kurenai Chou giving you Chapter 2! It's going to be busy these coming days so I thought that I should update now. Anyways, thank you to those who reviewed (even though there are only two). It gave me motivation to type faster.
This chapter is dedicated to "krishaNe" and "Vampiresango" for being the first two reviewers of this story. I hope you will continue supporting this story, and never forget to review!
Disclaimer: There is no way in hell for me to own Gakuen Alice. Everyone knows that it is owned by none other than the great Higuchi Tachibana.
NOTE: From here onwards, sentences that are italicized and bold are flashbacks.
Anyway, without further ado, here's CHAPTER 2!!
Why'd you leave me, onee-chan? I thought you love me. Why?
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"Mou, Natsume. You've been driving for hours. I'm getting kinda bored." Mikan complained as she kept on fiddling with the window.
"What do you mean hours? The race had just begun, idiot."
"But we already lost track of Hotaru's car!"
"We're not supposed to follow them. This is a race. We have to find another way to get to the beach faster. Is it me or are you getting stupider by the second?" Mikan playfully punched Natsume's shoulder. "Ouch. That hurt you know." He said sarcasm in his voice.
"Anyway, it'll take us two hours before we reach the beach. I'll just take a nap for a while so wake me up when we get there."
"Yeah. Good night, honey."
"Don't say that, sweetie, it's disgusting. You're being a flirt now, huh?" She giggled at what she said to him. Though she doesn't mean it anyway. He grunted at this.
"Just shut up and get some sleep."
"Hai hai." Mikan looked out the window before closing her eyes and going to her own fantasy called dreamland.
I opened my eyes but saw nothing. It's dark. Everywhere I look, I see nothing. Where am I? Then I suddenly heard a soft, little girl's voice calling out to me.
"Onee-chan…"
"Who…who are you?"
"Onee-chan! Help me!"
"What are you talking about? I'm not your onee-chan."
"Why did you leave?"
"Leave? Leave from where?"
"You promised me you won't."
"I don't understand what you're talking about. Where am I? Where is this place?"
"But we'll be together soon. Just… as… you…promised…"
Then, I saw a light from the distance. I heard a very much familiar voice call me.
"Mikan…"
That was definitely Natsume. I ran quickly to the light. From where I am, it looks like an exit. Fortunately, it's not getting farther like those told in some stories. I finally got out, looking around me, I find myself in an unusual yet familiar place. A big mansion, probably in the depths of the forest, obviously because of the trees that I see everywhere. But…
Where's Natsume?
I'm definite that I heard his voice here, but he is nowhere to be found. This is getting strange. First, is this place, then that girl calling me onee-chan, and Natsume is nowhere to be seen! Maybe I'm only dreaming. Yes, maybe this is a dream! There's no mistake about it.
THUD!
Huh? What was that? I leaned my ear closer to the wooden gate to see, or rather hear if someone is there. I heard mumbling sounds and sobs. Who's crying?
I pushed opened the wooden gate slowly and to my surprise, I see Natsume, kneeling on the floor, both hands covering the face, and he's…
Crying?
Am I seeing right? The Natsume Hyuuga crying?! Why? What could have made my Natsume-kun cry?
"Natsume?" I called out but no response. I walked closer to him. "Natsume, what's wrong?" I kneeled in front of him, copying his position. I reached my hand out to soothe him but before I was able to touch him, I heard a faint whisper. Fortunately, it was loud enough for me to hear.
"Mikan…" I widened my eyes in surprise. It's not every time that Natsume calls me by my first name.
"Natsume, I'm here." I whispered, my voice cracking a little. Can't he hear me?
"Why did you go?" he continued and didn't even stopped crying. I was about to touch him when I felt hands, cold, very cold hands cover my eyes. I jumped a little by surprise then tried to get out from the very tight grip. I could almost feel his or her tiny fingers claw in to my eyes.
Wait.
Tiny fingers?
A kid?
The one who's covering my eyes is a kid?
"You're not going anywhere, onee-chan." The creepy, yet small voice of a little girl said.
"Let go of me! Natsume!" I shouted out but no reply.
"We're finally together." I stopped struggling. All the hairs on my back rose. Was is it me, or was this girl's voice sounded pretty much like an old lady coming out for revenge?
"Let go of me, you weirdo!!" the hands slowly fell and I find myself once again, isolated into the darkness.
I tried to move my hands but I can't because my arms are tied up with chains. Chains? Why chains? Why am I tied up in the first place?
I heard footsteps coming closer. The footsteps stopped just a few feet in front of where I am, so I shut my eyes closed, even though it's already dark, and prepared myself to whatever is coming.
Three seconds passed and still nothing happened.
"Mikan…" I heard a very familiar voice said.
"Natsume! It's you! Help me get out of these chains!" I cried out. Good thing he's here, wherever 'here' is. The place started to light up because of Natsume's fire. He made a few float around me and some just above him.
"Oh, thank goodness. I thought I was going to die… Natsume? Hey, what's wrong?" Natsume was just standing a few feet away from me, his crimson eyes covered by his long fringes.
"Hey can you hear me? Help me up with these-" I stopped talking then stared at his eyes which were finally revealed. His eyes weren't the same crimson ones I know. In fact, they were much darker, maroon, maybe?
He stared back at me. I shivered upon seeing that his eyes were full of hatred and the other one I can't seem to recognize. He's giving me one of his glares, one I haven't seen before and right now, he's giving off a murderous aura.
He approached me, striding slowly like his usual self, though I doubt if he's even his usual self. He reached his right hand out to me then stopping just a few inches away from my face. His hands glowed and I closed my eyes shut not wanting to get blind.
After a few seconds, I finally opened my eyes then gasped at what my eyes saw.
"Where in God's name did you get that thing!?" I exclaimed while still staring at his out-stretched arm, holding a very long, maybe a foot, knife. But since it's long, we can consider it as a sword. A very sharp, not to mention pointed sword. He didn't reply but instead he pointed it at me, its pointed end almost touching my cheeks.
"What the hell are you doing?! Natsume! Wake up! I know you're in there!" he didn't even move an inch at what I said!
I stopped breathing for a while, afraid that one slight movement would cause me to my death. I felt hot, endless tears streaming down my cheeks.
"Stop it, Natsume. Please." At that said, his right hand fell limply to his sides but he still had that murderous aura surrounding him.
Does he want to kill me?!
I gasped for the second time when Natsume raised his right hand, the one holding the long knife, above his shoulders. And finally, I recognized that other feeling written in his eyes…
Sorrow
Everything suddenly went in slow motion. Natsume's hand quickly came down, the knife pointing directly at my heart.
This is it.
I'm gonna die.
I didn't try to scream. Why should I? This is just a dream right?
No. This isn't a dream.
This is a nightmare.
A few more milliseconds and I can probably see heaven. Any last words? I ask myself. I thought three words, three simple words which have a lot of meaning, only for Natsume to hear. Can you guess what it is?
"I. Love. You."
Mikan woke up with a start, sweating a lot even though the car's air conditioning is perfectly fine.
'What the hell was that nightmare all about?'
She looked to her side then saw Natsume in his usual self, his face filled with boredom, driving on a highway.
"Natsume." She called.
"Hm?"
"Can we stop by a gasoline station? I need to go."
"Can't you hold it on for a couple more hours?"
"No. I really need to go."
"Fine. The next gasoline station we see."
"Yeah, thanks."
"So, what's with the sweating too much? Are you sick or am I just too hot for you?" he turned his head for a while, facing her with a smirk painted on his face. He quickly looked back at the road after Mikan playfully punched him on the shoulders
"I don't know. Both, maybe?" she said then giggled. "Anyway, I just had this weird dream. Weird indeed."
"What's it about?"
"Me, dying. And you know, the one who killed me was…" she paused for a while for a dramatic effect.
A minute passed
"Who, you idiot?!"
"Oh, right. I just had a daydream. Anyway, it's you."
Silence
"Me?" Natsume finally said, breaking the long, eerie silence.
"Yeah, you. Unbelievable, isn't it?" the raven haired lad chuckled.
"You have got to be kidding me."
"I know. It's very weird."
"So, how did I kill you?"
"You used a knife. A long one. So long, it could be called a sword."
"Right. Oh look, there's a gas station."
"Uh, finally!"
Okay, that's it for Chapter 2. Please review nicely, though flames are highly acceptable.