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You cannot protect two two things at the same time. If you don't make a decision, you will lose both.

Natsume closed his eyes as the sun shines brightly while the birds is chirping happily. The cool breeze made the Sakura petals to sway gracefully into the air. The sky is not much covered with clouds. It's really a beautiful day but not on Natsume's mind.

His mind is having an inner fight and storm because he's thinking of a certain brunette who's still has not return and their class is almost over. He's worried about her especially when earlier he became afraid and nervous. And when he let go of her hand, he's thinking that he also lose her.

"Damn! Why does that little girl always entering my head?" he thought, frustrated. He's rubbing his temples and he's getting more impatient and worried every second that is ticking by. He knows that Mikan is like a magnet...of troubles.

"That's it!" he stood up and walked to the school. He passed by the nearest bathroom but Mikan seems not to be there anymore. He's panicking so he run to his friends.

When he reached them, the gang is complete except from the person he's looking for, Mikan. Beads of sweat is strolling down on his forehead. His heart suddenly beats faster every millisecond that is passing by. He doesn't want to know that feeling. That feeling that he always feels whenever there's someone close to him is in a big trouble. That feeling of losing someone important to him.

"Like Mi-chi," he thought. He's beginning to weaken. He doesn't know why but he's expecting Mikan to pull a prank on him right now.

"Natsume," Ruka called out in a loud voice. That made Natsume to snapped out of his thoughts.

"Where's Mikan-chan?" Youichi asked. He's curious why does Natsume and Mikan is not together because he's sure that Natsume will never leave her side especially when Youichi is not around.

"She's not with you guys?" Natsume asked, panicking inside.

"She's with you earlier and you're asking us where she is?" Youichi asked incredulously.

"Look! She said she's going to the bathroom and told me to wait for her. But she didn't... didn't return and here I thought-"

"Are you trying to say that she's missing?" Hotaru butt in. Her face is emtionless but you can see worry in her amethyst eyes.

"I don't know... she didn't came back even after our class is over," Natsume told them.

He began to shake a little. He didn't know why and then, the feeling he had earlier came back.

Youichi became furious. He entrusted her to him but what did he do? He let her to be in danger again. He quickly walked towards Natsume and held him by his collar.

"What the hell? Where is Mikan?" he yelled angrily. The students in the hallways stared at them but the gang couldn't care lass.

Then, Youichi noticed that Natsume's hands is shaking a little. He knows that he's not afraid by his sudden outburst because he never did. He knows it's because of Mikan. Youichi let go of him and Natsume almost fell on his butt.

"What are you doing? Shouldn't we look for Mikan already?" Hotaru asked angrily and impatiently. She's now dead worried.

Natsume stood up and began running in hallways and places where Mikan could possibly go. The gang followed suit.

Somewhere...

Darkness. That's the only thing that she could see. But when she adjusted her eyes on her surroundings, she can see a dimmed light over her. She then noticed her position now. She's sitting on a chair with her hands tied behind her. Her feet are also tied together and there's a tape on her mouth, preventing her to talk.

She began sweating because she's terrified and nervous when flashbacks of what happened earlier played on her head. She wants to cry but she told herself that it will do nothing. Her heart is pumping inside her ribcage painfully. She couldn't even think straight.

She tried to move and struggle but it's futile. She can only move her fingers and tap her foot. Her mind is clouded but she only reached one conclusion.

"I've been kidnapped."

Parking Lot...

"Maybe she suddenly felt sick and decided to go home," Anna tried to calmed them down but she can't even calm herself.

"She will call us if that's the case but I wish that's really the situation," Misaki is also deadly worried.

"Hotaru did you have any tracking device on her or something?" Youichi asked.

"No, because last time I did try my inventions on her is when she's being idiotic and not because of nothing," she replied nonchalantly but inside she's cursing herself for not doing so.

"But didn't you think that maybe this situation like this might occur?" Tsubasa asked.

"No, because she's always with us or with Hyuuga, or with Youichi," she answered.

"I just hope she's ok," Ruka muttered.

Natsume walked to his car and opened the driver's side. He stopped for a moment at what he saw.

Somewhere...

"Oh, no! I have to get out of here," she thought to herself.

After a few tries, she didn't even move or untangled one of the ropes that were tied to her because it's too tight. Her wrists starts to bruise. Then, there's a shadow appeared in front of her.

"They're here," she thought. Her heart pound twice than before.

"So you are Mikan Sakura," a deep voice was heard and she figured out that it's a man.

"I didn't actually think that you really are beautiful than the other girls I met," the man said, appearing slowly from the dark.

At last, Mikan saw the man who kidnapped her. The man before her is actually handsome that he can join Natsume's gang. He has a messy red-orange hair and dark brown eyes. His skin is a little tan, he has a perfect nose, and thin lips.

"How the heck this handsome guy became my kidnapper?" she thought.

Then, there's a man who appeared beside the handsome guy. She quickly recognized the man. It was the man who asked her name outside the bathroom earlier.

Then, she remembered, "Did the others know that I'm missing? Did Natsume waits for me after I left the Sakura Garden? What are they doing now? Are they looking for me?" her thoughts was cut off when the handsome guy spoke up.

"Nice to meet you Mikan Sakura. I'm Kyou Yamamoto," he introduced himself and smile at her.

Mikan growled at him. She glared at him hardly that can compete Natsume's or Youichi's glares. Kyou just chuckle to her and walked closer. She flinched but he kept closer until his mouth is near to her ear.

"Do you know why are you here?" he asked, then he straightened himself once again.

Mikan just glared at him and thought, "If this guy wants to talk to me, he better pull this damn tape off my mouth!"

As if reading her mind, he bent down and pulled the tape off from her mouth.

"You! Why the hell am I here, huh?" she yelled.

"I will tell you if you shut up," he calmly replied.

"Damn you! How the hell did I caught up in this mess? I don't even know you bastard!" she continued to yell but stopped when the other man pulled a knife and pointed it to her.

"Didn't I tell you that you just have to be quiet?" Kyou told her.

She's scared because 1) She didn't know who are these people 2) The other man is pointing a knife to her 3) She doesn't know where she is and 4) She doesn't know if someone is going to save her and make it out alive.

"You know who's Natsume Hyuuga, right?" Kyou smiled maliciously that made her shivered. Her eyes went big when he mentioned the name Natsume Hyuuga.

"How in the world did Natsume got into this?" she pondered.

"You must be thinking how did he has something to do with this," he said. "Well, I'm going to start from the beginning."

"What? What are you talking about? And how the hell did I have something to do with this?" Mikan asked.

"Because," he paused, staring at her, " You are important to him. You're the first girl that he court and the first girl he likes...or love."

Mikan's jaw dropped a little. She couldn't believe what she just heard. Natsume likes... loves her? Impossible right? But she didn't even know her messed up feelings.

"I-impossible! W-what nonsense are you talking about? He wouldn't like me even a bit! Because... he's my mortal enemy," she told him but she's not even sure herself.

"So... it's an unrequited love, eh? How interesting, poor poor Natsume," Kyou smirked.

"Why? Why are you doing this? What did he do to made you do this?" she asked, controlling her shaking and her tears.

"Because... he stole everything from me," he replied, darkening his looks.

"S-stole? Stole everything from you? W-what do you mean?" Mikan asked cluelessly.

"I was studying at the Gakuen Alice too when that bastard Hyuuga entered my life," he hissed.

"Huh? You are studying at the Gakuen Alice?" Mikan asked..

"Yeah, I was... I have everything, fame, and a wonderful girlfriend. But everything went to ashes," Kyou gritted his teeth.

"What did he meant by that? Does Natsume has something to do with that?" Mikan pondered.

"It's started last year, he entered the Academy with his friends. They quickly got popular in the school. When they're not there yet, I was the number one popular guy in the campus but I became second to Natsume Hyuuga when he arrived. But I really didn't care about that, about him. Until one day."

~O~O~O~ Kyou's POV ~O~O~O~

"hey dude, are you going to hang out with us?" my friend asked me. We're currently outside the cafeteria, walking to the hallways because the lunch break was over.

"Yeah, I'm going to bring Aya," I replied.

Aya is my girlfriend. She's beautiful and she's also famous in our school. Everyone is envious because I'm her boyfriend and vice versa. They're always saying that we're the perfect couple. I am really pleased that they already knew that and they won't bother us. I really love Aya, we are a couple for 3 years.

"Ok, see ya' dude. Make sure to show us your new car, Kyou," one of my friends told me.

"yeah, I won't forget," I said.

Then, we began to separate our ways to our classes. When I turn to a corner, I heard a very very familiar voice. This voice is always calming me down and making me love the owner of it.

But whatever it's saying right now, didn't calm me down a bit now and want to see its owner. It just did the opposite. It made me furious and hate whoever owns that voice.

"Please, Hyuuga-sama. One kiss wouldn't hurt, right?" the owner of that voice pleaded.

That once beautiful voice is owned by my one and only girlfriend, Aya. I eavesdropped a little bit to what are they talking abouot.

"I said, no," a deep cold voice replied.

I know who it is, it is Natsume Hyuuga, the most famous guy now in the Gakuen Alice.

"But! I want to. You said I'm pretty but you wouldn't even kiss me," my so-called-girlfriend whined.

"You already have a boyfriend," Hyuuga stated. His refusal really did calm me a bit but Aya's next words made me ballistic.

"But I don't even love him. I'm in love with you," the b*tch said.

I quickly showed up and grabbed Aya. She was shock, but maybe shock is an understatement, and didn't even know what to say. I'm going to slap her but the bastard Hyuuga stopped me. So I let go of that slut and I punched Hyuuga in the gut. He fell on his ass and glared icily at me but I just glared back.

Aya seems to snapped out from her shock and stood between me and Hyuuga.

"You! I thought everything is alright between us! Am I not enough for you? Why the hell did you chose him over me? We're together for 3 years and you're throwing that away?" I yelled at Aya angrily.

"You thought, Kyou, you thought!" she shot back.

That made my blood boiled more in anger so I slapped her real hard that she went flying to her right side. She hit the wall and she blacked out, I guess. But I don't care anymore. Who would care to that slut who lied to you for friggin 3 years?

~O~O~O~ End of POV ~O~O~O~

"And after that, I got kicked out from the Gakuen Alice. That...woman transferred schools. It's also the same to what happened to you, right?" Kyou asked.

Mikan is surprise. She didn't know that Kyou went through all that. She's also surprise that he knows what happened last week.

"How do you know about that?" she asked, confused.

"Because I've been watching you since Natsume Hyuuga had laid his eyes on you. Actually, every girl that his eyes had laid on. I'm just waiting for a opportunity like this," he told her.

"WHAT?" she asked incredulously.

Kyou chuckled and smirked evilly.

"Do you know what will happen next to my 'little game'?" he asked, amused.

"What do you mean?" Mikan asked.

"I'll let that bastard..to feel what I felt. I'm going to get my revenge on him... using you," he said.

MIkan is horrified. "He wouldn't do that!" she thought. She slowly shook her head.

"He wouldn't come here, I will tell you! He wouldn't because I'm... nothing to his life," her voice cracked at her last sentence.

When she said that, there's twinge of pain in her heart. She's hoping that she's just not nothing to his life. She's hoping that she filled even a little space in his heart. She's hoping that he would come to save her. But she can't be selfish right now. Not right now.

"Yes, he would. You just have to watch and see," Kyou smiled a creepy smile and walked away but before he's completely out of sight, he ordered the other guy to tape Mikan's mouth again. She struggles but it's useless.

"Somone... Please save me," she thought as she let her tears to flow down on her cheeks. The other man disappeared in the darkness.

Parking Lot...

There's a white envelope that has Natsume's name on it. He picked it up before getting inside his car.

"What's this?" Natsume asked himself.

Then, he opened the envelope only to see a photo. His eyes widen and anger filled his body. He began to shake.

"No! This is not true!" he thought, convincing himself.

Inside of the envelope is a photo of Mikan. She's tied on a chair and she's not awake.

Natsume flipped the photo and saw a message.

If you wanna see her again

Come to the old warehouse near the Daisuke River.

Don't you dare bring any companions

Or I'm going to hurt your precious Mikan Sakura.

Natsume quickly starts the engine and drove away, leaving his other friends confused and arguing.

"Where is Natsume going to? Ruka asked, staring at the car of Natsume.

"I dunno," Tsubasa said.

"Mikan, I'm going to save you. Wait for me."

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