Moon: Don't own any songs or Gakuen Alice.
Mikan's POV
I hate these long skirts! And these heels! Why are my costumes for the concerts always like this? As you guess I'm at the concert hall in a painful pair of heels. It's really hard not to trip in them.
"Mikan, relax. It'll only be a couple of songs and then we can go, it'll probably be only 2 or 3 hours then we can go," my older sister said trying to make it seem better. Key word trying.
"Fine what songs do I play?"
"You're only playing Goodbye my friend and One liter of tears with Nobara and me, then Departure, Romance, and Sad love story with just me, then by yourself Sorrow."
"None with Rou this time," I asked as I touched my necklace with Rou's and my note charms.
"No, he's only doing one song and that's it."
"Hey, is Mom and Dad gonna be here tonight," I asked her.
"Don't know, last time they came though. Do you want them to come?"
"Not really."
"Mikan, Misaki, I just saw your parents," Nobara said right when she open the door. "Ara? Was I interrupting something?"
"Not at all Nobara," I said. Well, there goes that thought.
"Nobara do you know why they're here," Onee-chan asked.
"No. I would assume they're here to make sure you and Mikan aren't slacking."
We're with the strictest teacher in the history of Toudon, how could we be slacking? Oh well, no one said that I had to actually talk to them.
Natsume's POV
Okay, I am in and I'm backstage. Now… How do I find Nobara? Why couldn't she have given me a map for the backstage? It's pretty big. Then someone bumped into me.
"My apologies. I wasn't watching where I was going," a woman with long brown hair said. (Pretend that Yuka didn't cut her hair.) She was with a man with White blonde hair and blue eyes.
"It's my fault," I said. Then the pair left. Who were they?
Then I heard a voice yell, "Natsume-kun!" Nobara was running toward me in a floor lengthen, pale blue gown. "There you are. I was getting worried. Um… why were you talking to those people," she asked nervously.
"Accidently bumped into them," I said giving her a look of confusion.
"Okay good. The concert will start soon and be careful not to get found by Rou, Tsubasa, or Misaki and if you do start running cause they will kill you."
"Okay?"
"Make sure you listen carefully to Mikan's music. She did compose a lot of this stuff."
"Got it. You'd better get going if it'll start soon."
"Thanks a lot for coming Natsume- kun. Oh and before I forget, please don't talk to the two you saw earlier."
"But why-"She hurried away before I could say anything. Why shouldn't I talk to those two? They seem nice. Now that I think about it, that woman… looked a lot like Mikan.
Later… Still Natsume's POV
"Everyone thank you for coming. The money for this concert will be donated to a children's hospital," Mikan said calmly. I would've thought she would be more nervous. "I hope that you will enjoy the concert. Tonight I'll be the one starting with my song Sorrow. Please listen to it."
So she's finally starting. A sad melody flowed out of her violin. It's like something painful happened. A pain that can't be forgotten and it can't be erased. You'll think about that memory all the time and it is a crack in your heart. It won't heal.
"So now do you hear? This is her sorrow and her pain," Nobara said. Her eyes were sad. "You're crying, Natsume-kun. Just like how she did that day. Through her songs she tries erased the pain that you gave her."
I touched my face. Tears… were the gift I gave her that Christmas. Now she's given the gift back to me.
"I'd better get going or it'll be a problem for others if I'm late."
She left. I think that I should go. I've heard enough. I was about to leave when those two from earlier were in front of me.
"Excuse me, but what is your name?"
"Why?"
"Oh, I was just wondering if you knew someone named Hyuuga Natsume."
"I'm him."
"Oh, really? It's nice to meet the one that Luna-san was interested in."
"Luna-san?"
"You would probably know her as Koizumi-sensei from Toudon. Well, it was nice meeting you Hyuuga-kun."
"Okay…"
They left. Now that I think about it I didn't get their names. Exactly who were they?
Nobara's POV
Looks like Natsume left already… well at least I got him to hear how Mikan changed and the good news is that he wasn't found out. Now I'd better go change out of this dress. Wait… isn't that Yukihara-san? Why are they going in that room? Who's that dude that went in with them?
Quietly I walked over there and opened the door.
"Why is he here?"
"Dear calm down," her husband said trying to calm her.
"Didn't you do the job right? He was supposed to forget about Mikan!"
Eh? Suppose to?
"I did it, I set his house on fire and the roof collapsed on him and his little sister and if that's not enough I hit him with a hammer. Unless someone told him themselves, there's no way."
I could feel my eyes widen when I heard that. Why would they want that to happen to Natsume-kun? But, that's why he forgot about Mikan. Yukihara-san made it like that. This will change everything! Then I fell down through the door and they were staring at me. Oh shit… Think of something Nobara!
"Huh? Isn't this the bathroom? So sorry I'll just go now."
I tried to run away but the man grabbed my arm tightly then threw me back to the ground. I've got to get out of here so I can tell Mikan and Natsume-kun everything!
"Nobara-chan, exactly how much did you hear," Yukihara asked in a sickly sweet voice and a too nice smile. I've never been this scared in my life…
"W-what are you talking about?"
"You know what we're talking about," the other Yukihara said in an equally scary voice.
"I don't honestly."
"This is exactly why we did this to Hyuuga because Mikan will get other thoughts. Like quitting the violin. As long as she is good she doesn't need anyone else!"
Is this a sound proof room? Because I'm pretty sure that someone would've heard by now.
"But that's not right! Mikan deserves to be free to make her own choices," I yelled back at them.
"Tch, so noisy. Hey, make sure she doesn't remember anything. We'll pay you."
The man smirked. Suddenly all I see is darkness.
Moon: And that is one of the twists that I added. So what do you think?
