OHAYO/KONNICHIWA/KONBANWA DEAR READER! SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE, I HOPE YOU WOULD STILL REVIEW. DON'T GET MAD; I HAD A LOT TO DO SO THE STORY CAME LATE. VER VERY LATE. BUT ANYWAYS, JUST READ IT AND I HOPE YOU REVIEW. I WON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU DON'T.

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Dark. It's dark in here. I don't want to be alone.

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-NATSUME'S POV-

I woke up, feeling a slight headache. What the hell happened? I blinked my eyes a few times so they would adjust to the darkness. It must be nighttime already. When they finally did, I saw the front of my car, smashed by a tree just standing there. Why my car? I shook my head slightly. It may be the reason why my head hurts a lot, and why the side of my head is bleeding.

I looked to my side to see if Mikan is alright but I saw no Mikan sitting there. I panicked. I looked around then at the back seat but she wasn't there. Even her bag was missing! Where the hell is she?!

I got out of the car to search for Mikan. With my bag with me, I set off in to the dark forest ahead. I lit a small fire ball, so small for me to not get tired easily but big enough to light my path.

Be safe, Mikan.

-NORMAL POV-

As Natsume was walking, he kept on calling Mikan's name. But all he got as a reply was silence. He tried to remember what happened earlier but he just can't. Remember later, search now. His first priority is to find Mikan and get the hell out of there. Is that a hard thing to do?

Natsume is still walking, getting a little tired. How long has he been walking anyway? But no matter how tired, he won't give up easily. He continued to walk until he reached a long, wooden bridge that leads to a very big village of some sort. He squinted his eyes a little and saw a figure walking towards the village. After looking closely, he realized that it was Mikan.

"Oi! Mikan!" He called out then started running. She didn't even look back when he called her. As he ran, he let the fireball he lit burn out.

What the fuck?! It's like this bridge is continually extending! True enough, after running half a minute, he still hasn't reached Mikan. And I'm telling you, Natsume is a very, very fast runner.

Finally, Natsume was able to catch up. When he touched her shoulder, she suddenly disappeared and was replaced by hundreds of crimson butterflies.

What the hell?!

The butterflies flew towards the village and Natsume then realized that a large wooden door was being opened by Mikan.

That idiot! Natsume ran again, but this time, he had finally caught her wrist and turn her around to face him. He was shocked for awhile to see her beautiful, brown eyes had actually lost its color.

"Mikan. Mikan snap out of it!" he gently slapped her face and continued to shake her shoulders. "Mikan!" he continued shaking her when she started to talk incoherent words.

"Th-the lost…village. Crimson… Butterflies… Blood… Sacrifice."

"Mikan, what are you saying?! Snap out of it! Wake up!"

"Everyone… died!" an ear-piercing scream was heard coming out of her mouth. Then, insane laughter. After a few seconds, silence came. Mikan fainted. He removed his bag from his back then placed it under her head to serve as her pillow.

"Mikan? Mikan, wake up!" after completely forgetting where they were for a few minutes, Natsume stood up; leaving Mikan on the floor then checked the surroundings.

No sign of people or any animals. Where is this place? He walked forward, following the path made by putting rocks at both sides of the road. It was very foggy and dark in the place but he could tell that there were five houses, two at the left, two at the right, and the last one, a very big manor, at the very end of the path. Maybe this is a very big land owned by a very rich family who has many family members and invited them to live with them.

With a closer inspection, you could immediately say that the houses were built in the 50s, if not in the 60s. Abandoned, all of them were dilapidated and desolate, getting old and fragile in each passing year. Nobody has lived here for 10 years or even less.

While checking out the place, Natsume heard a soft whimper then saw that it came from Mikan. He quickly went and kneeled beside her then hugged her.

"Oh God. Thank goodness you're awake. How are you? Are you feeling good?" he asked, concern evident in his voice.

"Huh? Wh-what happened? Where are we?!" she was shaking uncontrollably now. Tears running down her face, already making Natsume's shirt wet.

"It's okay. Calm down. I don't know where we are but I feel like I've been here before."

"I'm scared. I can't take it anymore! Let get out of here! You won't leave me here right?! 'Cause if you leave me, I don't know what to do!"

"Sshh! I said calm down right? If you really want to get out that much, stop the talking and start walking. Now let's go." They both stood up, dusted their clothes, then started to walk toward the big wooden door when they realized it was closed tightly.

"Hmm. Weird. I don't remember closing this stupid door." Natsume calmly stated, looking at the door up and down.

"Oh no! We're locked up in here!" Mikan started to panic again.

"No, we aren't. You're forgetting one important fact that we are alices, and you're with someone with a very strong alice who could easily burn that door with a flick of the wrist. Now stand back. This could get pretty dirty." She obeyed then moved a few steps back.

He looked at the door for another moment before raising his hand, palms facing the door, then let his alice out. But there was one slight problem,

Nothing came out.

"Oh-kay. You could let it out now, Natsume. This place is getting creepier every passing second."

"Just wait, okay?" he tried again but now with two hands. Still, nothing came out. "There's something wrong here. Are you using your nullifying alice on me?"

"No. I don't think I am. Am I?"

"Argh! It just won't wok!" and with that said, he suddenly kicked the door with all his might. The impact was so strong it could have destroyed the door, but it didn't. Instead, dust could be seen floating off of the door and they could clearly see a beautifully painted butterfly with its wings spread open.

"A…butterfly?" Mikan said. She was in a thinking position when she remembered something. "That's right! I remembered Hotaru saying something of Butterfly Hills? Maybe that's where we are." As she was saying this, she slowly walked towards the door, her right arm stretched out to touch it. When her hand did touch it, her body became stiff and she felt all the hairs at the back of her neck stand. Her visions became suddenly blurred. She was feeling light-headed. Then she hear her name being called before being swallowed up in darkness.

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"You finally came."

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay then! That's the end of this chapter! Next chapter would be about Mikan's past life. Why were they in Butterfly Hills? What's with the butterfly symbol? What's with the freaky little girl? What's with the Mikan-look-alike? All these questions would be answered in the following chapters. Just patiently wait for it.

I won't be promising that I would update soon. It's really hard keeping this story alive. Maybe it would be on hiatus again. But let's hope it's not for a very long time like what happened to this chapter. I'm very sorry for the late update by the way. Well, at least I did update, right? Right?

Anyways, I hope you'd still read my story. And don't forget to review! Reviews inspire me to continue :]

PS: I got this story from a survival/horror game I really love. It's a game in the PS2. If you know what it is, then tell it to me by a review! I would appreciate it very much. Oh, and if someone gets it right, then the prize is a virtual cookie! I love cookies! Or maybe pie? It's your choice! And the second prize would be a faster update! I'll try, okay?

Thanks very much!

Signed,

-Kurenai Chou :]