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Warning : This chapter contains more violence and mature scenes, please note that this chapter is really for 13+ Now I told you, don't complain later on. It's rated T for a reason, you know.

Chapter 6 : Unaverage By Far


"Nothing lasts forever, so live it up, drink it down, and laugh it off.

Avoid the bullshit, take chances, and never have regrets.

Because at one point you realize, everything you did was exactly the way you wanted."


Death.

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I'll accept it if I deserve it.

Princess.

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I refuse to have a girl rescue me.

Arrogant jerk.

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No, it's just Natsume Hyuuga.

Valentine's Day.

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"I don't like chocolate." Natsume said.

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Poor chocolate giving fan girls.


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Pushing past rough bushes, running over snapping twigs, tripping over hard rocks, falling into ponds, attacked by black crows, bit by numerous bugs, Mikan and the rest of her friends stopped behind the three large blooming Sakura Trees.

"Koko," Nonoko started in a soft tone. "Why are we stopping?" Nonoko inquired in confusion. They needed to find Natsume, right? Why stop so suddenly?

"Look ahead," Koko said, his right hand pointing the few feet ahead of us. "There he is."

"Natsume," Mikan gritted through her teeth. "-Is as good as dead." Mikan growled lowly.

He had made them all worry, and what was this jerk doing?

Sleeping.

With a manga on his face.

Of course it was a manga, a manga probably on half-naked women.

Or maybe it wasn't even half-naked. Maybe even fully undressed, knowing that perverted ass of his.

"Koko," Mikan called out, already sneeking towards the asleeped prey. "-Hand me the dead fish." Mikan said, talking about the tuna fish Sumire caught earlier.

If there was one thing to know,

Natsume Hyuuga hates dead things, especially dead fish.

If Koko was going to die for even letting Mikan near him, he was going to get his money worth.

Mikan slowly walked up to the jerk in front of her and her hands began working to remove the manga entangled in Natsume's hands to replace it with the tuna fish.

Natsume's eyes shot wide open in disguist.

Grabbing the flithly tuna fish, Natsume smacked Polka in the face and then smirked.

"N.a.t.s.u.m.e. y.o.u.r. d.e.a.d." Mikan gritted through her clenched teeth, her plan backfired on her.

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Whoever came up with that plan was certainly no genius.

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By all means, remember rule out Hotaru.


If you ever wondered why people always walk a long distance ahead or behind you at one point of your life, now would be it.

Mikan and Natsume stopped their heavy glares to look around in confusion.

"Why is everyone walking behind us?" Mikan asked all-too-innocently.

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"I don't bite," Mikan said softly. "—Hard." Mikan concluded with an 'innocent' wink.

Silence again.

"Just kidding," Mikan said coldly. "Take a joke."

"S-s-sakura-san?" Sumire choked. Sakura sounded much darker then she ever seen. So much like.. Imai.

Sumire's head jerked to Imai's location to notice she wasn't there.

"Mikan!" A familiar voice came.

Arms wrapped around Mikan, Hotaru gently stroked her back.

"It's alright. I'm here." Hotaru whispered.

Her voice sounded motherly even.

"S-sakura san?"

"Leave," Mikan ordered. "Before you die."

"Wh-what a-are you ta-talking a-about, S-s-sakura san?" Ruka asked, trying to keep his calm facade.

"So it's come to this, Nogi," Mikan laughed, standing up. "So be it. I gave you a chance to leave and to think you wasted that gift. Now, come and entertain me," Mikan spoke as her lips mirrored Natsume's smirk. "Who's going to die first?" Mikan chuckled.

"Nogi or Hyuuga?"


Short, yes. Sorry! x3

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1 : Thank you for all you wonderful support in this story, yesterday was one of the highest number of people who read my stories, 4,629. Unbelievable to me, more then half of the readers go to this story. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.

2 : The next chapter will be up soon, yet not my usual update time. I have not stopped writing this story and that is not due to school. I'm working on a new story for Gakuen Alice and I'm trying to make it my best one yet. Expect the seventh chapter in a week or so.

I hope you don't stop reading "A Care In The World", I'll get the seventh chapter up as soon as I can.

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Chapter 7 : Awakened Darkness.

"You told me didn't you, Natsume?" Her voice came out soft and sweet. "Number one rule, have trust in your comrades. Unfortunately, I am not one of them." She growled as she reached behind her back. "Now, you can go or you can try to fight and lose," Mikan laughed. "Either way, you'll die one day."

It's never good to drag things out.

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