me: hey minna~!
mikan: finally you have an update!
hotaru: lazy baka...
lain: g-gomen! it's just that my mom is super...ughhhh!
mikan: okay okay...chill...
hotaru: anyways...this baka doesn't own gakuen alice
lain & mikan: please enjoy chapter 22!
Chapter 22
"youchii." I whispered, quite surprised to see, actually hear him, in a situation like this. But I didn't let it show in my voice, of course.
"oi! Don't just stand there! Get an ambulance for god's sake!" I ordered for the second time. Can these people get any slower?
Yeah, I know she's alive. But right after she fainted. I totally. Freaked. Out. Plus, she even said weird confusing things before she did! Just seeing her like this makes me want to kill anyone in my way!
"sir…"
"nani? I told you to get an-"
"w-we already d-did s-sir! It's parked right there…." He pointed. I just narrowed my eyes in the distance only to see that he's telling the truth. I just nodded and dashed directly to the van, shoving my way out of the crowd. 'damn! I don't have the time okay?'
After I got in, I closed the door quick, and we dashed away; from the reporters, the police, and most importantly, from youchii. 'tch, I'm sure he would excuse me this time right?'
Youchii's pov
Ever since we were young, I promised myself that I would keep my sister away from harm. Even if she's older than me.
But now…. What just happened?
I just stood there, gaping at the ruckus in front of me. Facing the back of the damn guy who has mikan in. his. Fucking. Arms!
I mean, of course I'm thankful that she's saved in that slim chance by that freak. But come on! My sister's finally in the arms of another man! A thief is a likely name for that bastard.
I just can't accept that my sister's in the arms of an unknown thief! Okay okay, I know I should be thankful that she's safe, but I just can't get over the fact that she's saved by that freak who stole my bike, and now, most likely, stole my sister away from me!
I have many reasons to be fucking pissed off yah know! One, I didn't have the chance to save her. Two, that guy's the one who stole my motorcycle. Three, I broke the promise that I kept for soo many years, thanks to that aniki who left us and forgot abo- errmmm ahh four, I don't even freakin' know that guy! *sigh* okay I know I sound like an overprotective freak right here. But if you ever say that aloud or even call me that, I promise that
i. would. Kill. You. with. No. mercy.
Anyways, if your brother r sister was now in the arms of another, especially if that another is an unknown thief, you'd be angry right? You'd just want to kill him for that very reason!
And if you're not angry about it, no offense, but you suck at being a caring, responsible sibling. Blehhhh!
They didn't even notice that me, the patient's brother, is right here!
"oi! The brother's right here thank you very much!" I shouted to the speeding ambulance. Then I realized what a mistake I did. 'oops'
"hey! It's mikan's brother!"
"yukihara san! When did you arrive?"
"why are you just there, when in fact your sister had an accident awhile ago?"
"youichii sama, we would like to ask you some questions!"
"do you know who saved mikan sama sir?"
'tsk, now I know why that guy's in soo much hurry.' I sweatdropped as I glared at them, which made the crowd shudder. Then, everyone silenced themselves when two police officers came and approached me. 'thank kami sama, I'm saved.' So they did the regular routine, like show their IDs, and asked me:
"sir, do you own a navy blue car?" he asked seriously.
"hai. So?"
" well, we're here to inform you that we towed your car-"
"what? You towed my car?"
"h-hai sir."
"b-but why?"
"i-it's blocking the streets and caused heavy traffic…sir."
"how dare you! you could just tell me that and I could drive it away myself!"
"b-but we didn't know you're h-here sir."
"…"
"s-so…. We would like you to come with us to the station.
"what?"
"we would like you to-"
"I heard you!"
"t-then c-come along-"
"why?"
"sir, w-we would like to ask you some questions."
"well, you could just ask me here! Why cause the trouble and talk there?"
"it's t-the protocol sir. I-if you don't come, then we you won't get your car back."
Youchii just pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed heavily in defeat. 'for the sake of stopping this senseless conversation…'
"fine." He said, but still emitted a dark aura around him. Nevertheless, the two officers escorted him to the car, but before he could lift the handle, he dashed back and snatched a microphone from a reporter, then winked at her, which made her blush instantly.
"yow! To all reporters and viewers out there! I would just like to make an important announcement. No one I repeat, no one will bother me and my sister for the meantime, until mikan recovered from the accident. If I caught you, I promise you'll experience hell, thanks to the yukihara family. Got that clear?" he asked seriously, not expecting an answer, but nonetheless, everyone nodded with respect, and horror. Even the police officers nodded shakily!
"good." He then turned to the officers and nodded, and so they escorted him to the car.
After 5 minutes of driving…
"boss…" the police whispered to the phone.
"what is it?"
"i-i…"
"you're what?" someone cried impatiently on the other line. The officer first took a glimpse at his shuddering friend, and to youchii, who's just staring at the view outside, and emitted a dark and unpleasant aura. But when he caught sight of the two officers looking at him, he just glared back.
"I wanna go home!" the police whimpered.
"get a hold of yourself will yah!" the guy from the other line shouted irately and cut the line.
Back to the yukihara mansion…
"ohhh…." =misaki
"myy….." = anna
"kami sama!" =koko
"s-she's safe!" nonoko exclaimed, quite relieved, but still surprised of what happened.
"that's a-a close call! W-what happened?" ruka chimed in.
"well, duh. She was saved by someone at the last possible moment." Hotaru rolled her eyes, but she's relieved that her friend is safe, too.
"woah woah woah, wait a minute, saved by who?" tsubasa raised an eyebrow. With that in mind, yuu quickly typed in his laptop.
"hey yuu! Whatcha typing?" koko tiptoed to his side, while peeping onto the screen. "oh yeah…. Your father owns the most popular media studio…." He murmured to himself.
"so he could tune in with the latest reports… even before it was showed!" anna yelped happily as she hugs yuu. "you're the best!"
"ermm…..t-t-thanks…." Yuu blushed, and quickly logged in a website.
"h-here it is." He announced as he reviewed the reports, and scrolled it up and down.
"so?" nonoko asked impatiently. Anna, who's quietly peeking at his computer gasped,
"omg! They don't know who the saviour is!"
"wait nani? what do you mean they don't know?" tsubasa argued once again.
"well…it says here that when mikan's so called saviour came….. His back faced them, it's too far for them to recognize who it is. And when he ushered mikan to the ambulance, he's too fast and didn't answer even a single question." Yuu explained.
"…tsk, he sure is a secretive guy…." Ruka uttered, but still, tsubasa wasn't satisfied.
"matte! What about youchii? He set off to save mikan awhile ago right?"
"ahh….. wait….. I saw a vid on that one…where is it…ah there! Here, see for yourself." Yuu handed tsubasa the laptop, and he played the video on youchii.
"oi! The brother's right here thank you very much!" I shouted to the speeding ambulance. Then I realized what a mistake I did. 'oops'
"hey! It's mikan's brother!"
"yukihara san! When did you arrive?"
"why are you just there, when in fact your sister had an accident awhile ago?"
"youichii sama, we would like to ask you some questions!"
"do you know who saved mikan sama sir?"
'tsk, now I know why that guy's in soo much hurry.' I sweatdropped as I glared at them, which made the crowd shudder. Then, everyone silenced themselves when two police officers came and approached me. 'thank kami sama, I'm saved.' So they did the regular routine, like show their IDs, and asked me:
"sir, do you own a navy blue car?" he asked seriously.
"hai. So?"
" well, we're here to inform you that we towed your car-"
"what? You towed my car?"
"h-hai sir."
"b-but why?"
"i-it's blocking the streets and caused heavy traffic…sir."
"how dare you! you could just tell me that and I could drive it away myself!"
"b-but we didn't know you're h-here sir."
"…"
"s-so…. We would like you to come with us to the station.
"what?"
"we would like you to-"
"I heard you!"
"t-then c-come along-"
"why?"
"sir, w-we would like to ask you some questions."
"well, you could just ask me here! Why cause the trouble and talk there?"
"it's t-the protocol sir. I-if you don't come, then we you won't get your car back."
Youchii just pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed heavily in defeat. 'for the sake of stopping this senseless conversation…'
"fine." He said, but still emitted a dark aura around him. Nevertheless, the two officers escorted him to the car, but before he could lift the handle, he dashed back and snatched a microphone from a reporter, then winked at her, which made her blush instantly.
"yow! To all reporters and viewers out there! I would just like to make an important announcement. No one I repeat, no one will bother me and my sister for the meantime, until mikan recovered from the accident. If I caught you, I promise you'll experience hell, thanks to the yukihara family. Got that clear?" he asked seriously, not expecting an answer, but nonetheless, everyone nodded with respect, and horror. Even the police officers nodded shakily!
"good." He then turned to the officers and nodded, and so they escorted him to the car.
"that freakin' devil…" hotaru muttered as she smirked.
"well, at least he did the right thing to tell them to back off for a while, right?" koko shrugged.
"but…. The million yen question still wasn't answered, who is the saviour?" tsubasa countered, leaving everyone to think of an answer in one way or the other. Except for hotaru, that is.
'good. They don't know.' "oi ruka, I'll go and visit mikan-"
"fine. I'll go with you if you don't mind." Ruka cut her off, and stood up right away.
"oi! Who wants to visit mikan?" ruka shouted, as everyone's head shot up.
"me!" they all chorused. Hotaru glared at ruka and mouthed, 'this was supposed to be private you egghead.' Ruka just gulped and smiled sheepishly.
"c-c'mon everyone….. y-y-yuu, w-where's the hospital?" ruka asked as he headed towards the door.
"errrrrmmmm…..ah it's one of the andou's. it's called the joobu hospital." He replied, and stood up, too.
"hey hurry up! I want to see my cousin pronto!" tsubasa called out.
"why don't you guys go first, me and ruka will follow in his car. Is that okay?" hotaru laid a hand on tsubasa's shoulder while she asked in a sweet, yet intimidating tone.
"h-hai." He whimpered and dashed off to his car.
"good luck ruka." Koko whispered and patted his back.
And so…. After a couple discussions on what happened earlier, the group left and headed for mikan.
With mikan….
Light blue walls, white ceilings, white bed sheets, white bed, blue bed drawer and stool, white flower vase; all these you can see in a hospital room. Inside this room, lay an unconscious brunette, a pacing raven haired, and a standing doctor, talking to the young lad.
"sir, she has no major injuries, just some bruises. But, she could have been traumatized by the incident that happened. She may have to go through emotional and mental examination, then, a therapy if needed so." The doctor explained.
"how long would she be staying?" the young lad asked, facing the doctor with a sigh of relief.
"oh, well, she could leave tomorrow night." The doctor smiled reassuringly. The lad just nodded and turned to the brunette, and so the doctor left them.
"mikan…. Wake up soon…" he held her hand, and planted a kiss. Soon enough, he fell asleep, while holding her hand.
"nat kun!" a familiar voice called out to him. Only now he noted his surroundings, green fields, light blue sky, and the wind brushing him.
"nat kun!" the voice called out again. He then felt excited and followed the voice without any second thoughts.
"nat kun!" a familiar brunette called out to him under a sakura tree. As he neared the girl,he saw his childhood friend, eyes and mouth smiling. She wore her hair in her usual pigtails, and also wore a white sundress. He waved to her and ran towards her.
"mi chi!" he called out as he embraced her.
"I miss you…." he whispered to her ear.
"miss me? You miss me?" she backed away from him, tears trickling down on her face, but smiling nonetheless. Their surrounding was slowly fading… like a black and white photograph.
"you don't! you forgot about me haven't you?" she cried.
"n-no I didn't! I kept on searching for-" he stopped. He knew that it's useless. Nothing was coming out of his mouth.
"I'm closer than you think. And yet you still can't find me? Can't recognize me?" he cried and cried. Her white dress suddenly became gray. Everything faded. They're in an infinite black space. And slowly… even his friend was fading. He kept on reaching for her, but every time he did, it's like she's getting farther and farther.
Then everything went blank.
Then a girl about 16 appeared in front of him. Looking at the floor, her face downcast, her dress the same white dress mi chi was wearing earlier. As he squinted at her, he finally noticed her brunette hair, tears trickling down endlessly. And she's also wearing a necklace.
The same necklace that he gave to mi chi.
He ran towards her, but still he can't reach her.
"he forgot about me. I can't take it anymore! The distance between us is deafening!" she cried as she lifted her head.
She fell to her knees, face in her hands.
"why can't you recognize me? I'm tired of all this confusion!" she muttered. Natsume wanted to comfort her, but he can't. he's glued to the ground, his efforts to move were useless. Her head then slowly looked up. And his eyes widen in surprise.
He saw a familiar pair of chocolate hazel eyes.
He felt like he saw it more recently, more recent than mi chi.
Then an earthquake shook the ground.
OI!
"nat kun…." She whispered.
OIIIOOOIIIII!
"I lo-"
OI WAKE UP!
"urrggghhhh… the hell with it." Natsume woke up.
"oh…. So you're the mystery saviour huh?" tsubasa smirked at him.
"…"
"but at least we're thankful you're the one who saved her not some old creepy guy! We'll totally freak out!" anna chipped in.
"yeah!" misaki and nonoko chorused.
"…"
"you got it all hidden! They didn't let us in so easily! We have to tell them that the owner's son is with us!" koko said. Natsume then noticed that they're all panting, except for tsubasa and hotaru.
"you told the staff to guard this room. You even told the doctor not to tell anybody who you are!" hotaru reminded him, still holding her baka gun.
"…"
"what? So you'll just sit there? What's with the mystery?" tsubasa asked him seriously.
"…because I know that if they knew who I am… things will start heating up."
"baka! They already did! Sooner or later they'll find out who you are and start asking questions!" hotaru countered.
Natsume just smirked and said:
"then I'll make sure they would know bigger news than this one."
"what do you mean by that?" yuu narrowed his eyes on him.
"you'll see." He smirked again, and looked at the sleeping mikan. Hotaru already knew what he's talking about and reminded him:
"you should gain his approval first."
"yeah…I know…." He whispered. But then something hit him.
The dream he had….. it scared him…. What if it's…?
"I'll just get something for her to eat. If you'll excuse me." He then turned to the door. 'wait… if they see me then…..' he changed his mind and walked towards the window, and opened it.
"huh? I thought you'll buy-" anna asked.
"yeah, he will." The guys chorused.
"I'll just use a shortcut." Natsume replied with his sly grin. He then climbed on the window sill and jumped.
"kyaa! Why did he jump like that?" nonoko asked frantically. Koko sighed and ushered her to the window.
"look." He pointed to natsume, jumping, and balancing swiftly, quietly and carefully on every roof and window like a cat.
"he'll sure do anything for her huh?" nonoko sighed dreamily.
"heyy! I would do anything for you too you know!" koko countered as he hugged her from behind.
"yeah…. Could you give the moon to me?" nonoko joked around, batting her eyelashes.
"I can give you a moon cake! Haha" koko grinned.
"you're hopeless!" anna taunted.
While everyone joined in the fun, a guy was eavesdropping in their conversation awhile ago. He smirked and said,
"all he needs is my approval? We'll see….." he then walked away.
Meanwhile outside the hotsiptal….
"yes….. you did well darling! Way to go!...pish posh! Don't feel guilty! We'll show them who's the queen right sumire?...good good! Ta ta for now!" the girl then closed her phone and chuckled evilly.
"the plan's sooo working! Time to get back what you took from me you bitch!" she then walked towards her car and got in.
"or my name isn't luna koizumi." She smirked. And with that, she drove to the hyuuga mansion with a scheme up on her sleeves.
hotaru: that psycho...
mikan: *sweatdrop*
lain: ohh please oh please do review! and look a that, 110+ reviews! thanks a million you guys! i sooo loovvveee yoooouuuu!