My...New...Chapter...Hope...You...Like...It...

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Old warehouse...

After a few minutes, Mikan tried everything she could and fortunately, she loosen the rope that tied on her hands and feet a bit. They also lightened the whole room and she can see now that she's not alone. There are six men, including Kyou and the other man that she encountered earlier, that guarding her. Some of them are playing cards, while someone is eating.

Kyou is staring at her and after a few moments, he walked towards Mikan. She's startled when he is right in front of her.

"Do you know who are they?" Kyou pointed his thumb to the men behind him. Mikan shook her head.

"They're the ones who hate Natsume Hyuuga," he said.

Mikan is shocked. She didn't know that many really hates the guts of Natsume. She admit that she's a little annoyed of him but she really doesn't hate him or anything close to that. Even if he's always teasing her, she can't made herself to hate him. In fact, she really enjoy his company especially when times she's feeling down.

She's also terrified. She doesn't know what are they going to do with Natsume. Just thinking of it makes her heart aches and pump faster. She cannot bear the fact that they are going to do something really bad to him. And to do that, they really used her as a bait.

She's confused. Why are they thinking that Natsume likes her? Why are they thinking that she's important to him? Inside, she's thinking that she's just one of his toys that after using it, he will just trash her. But she's also having second thoughts because of his soft and caring actions for her.

"We are going to make his life a living hell even just for hours here. And of course, I'm not the only one who really is enjoying this. They are also," he pointed to the men once again.

"What are they gonna do to Natsume? Mikan thought.

"You just have to watch and see. Didn't you said that you really don't believe what I said earlier? Then, lets make a bet," Kyou said.

Mikan showed a confused expression. He just chuckled and continued, "If he showed up, what I told you earlier is just the truth, but if he didn't... you're nothing but just a piece of trash in his life."

Mikan's heart aches painfully when he said that she's nothing in his life. She's hoping that Natsume has some feelings towards her but she doesn't want him to showed up, just to endanger his own life.

Kyou smiled evilly at her and walked away.

~O~O~O~

A 7 year old raven haired boy is running through the rain.

"Mi-chi! Mi-chi!" he shouted.

He's playing hide and seek with his friend and he decided to passed some time before looking for her but he didn't know that it's going to rain.

He passed by the playground and look for any Sakura trees. He's sure that his playmate will hide there. He found one at the end of the playground and he run towards there. He heard sobs in the bushes nearby and stroll over there.

"Mi-chi? Mi-chi?" he called out. He walked closer and he saw a 7 year old brunette crying.

The brunette looked up and saw a raven haired boy soaked in the rain. She stood up and hugged him immediately.

"I thought you're not going to find me," the girl sobbed on his chest.

The boy hugged her back and smooth her wet hair. They are both soaking in the rain.

"Of course, I would find you. Whenever you are. But I'm sorry if I'm really that late," he said to her sincerely.

The brunette tightened her hold to him.

"Promise? Promise that you would find me," the girl looked up to him.

The raven haired boy smiled his rare smiles and said, "Promise."

~O~O~O~

Natsume tightened his grip on the wheel while driving dangerously fast.

"Mikan...Mikan..." his thoughts are only filled with her.

"I don't want to lose you... like how I lose Mi-chi. Please be ok, I would find you whenever you are."

"How long do I have to be in here?" Mikan thought. Her hands and feet is a bit loosen and she's relieved with that.

Just then, the doors slide open, revealing a man. He walk towards Kyou and the others.

"He's here," the man said.

"What? Who's here?" Mikan thought. Her heart began to pound faster in her chest.

"Guide him here," Kyou ordered.

The man nodded and walked out through the sliding doors. Kyou walked to Mikan and pulled the tape off her mouth.

"Your savior is here," Kyou said, smirking evilly.

"Who's here? W-who are you talking about?" Mikan asked, confused. Inside, she's praying that the person she's thinking is not the one who came.

"You'll see," and he walked away.

Mikan couldn't speak but just hope that the person who just came will run away now. She saw Kyou tossing hockey sticks, bats, and iron pipes to the others. She wants to cry now because she's really afraid. Afraid that the person who just came is a certain raven haired boy. The person she's having some special feelings to. The person that looks like her long lost childhood friend.

"What do I really feel about him? Am I really... in love with him?" she pondered. She's beginning to shake and teary eyed. It's her first time to encounter a situation like this.

"Open up," one of the guys shouted. The other guy opened the slide doors a bit. The man who just delivered the news earlier stepped in.

"He's already here," he said.

Kyou smiled devilishly while the sliding doors opened widely and a certain raven haired lad with furious crimson eyes showed up. His fists are clenched on his sides. He scanned the room and when he spotted the brunette, he felt relieved and calmed down a bit.

"I didn't know that you're really going to showed up without your puppies," Kyou said, referring to Natsume's friends. He walked towards Mikan.

Mikan is shocked. The fate must really hate her because did the fate just knew that Natsume might die here. And worst, right in front of her very eyes. She doesn't know what to think but the danger that she and Natsume is facing right now. The words of Kyou earlier keep ringing in her head.

"If he showed up, what I told you earlier is just the truth, but if he didn't... you're nothing but just a piece of trash in his life."

"Because... you're important to him, You're the first girl he court and the first girl he likes...or love."

"Does that mean... he loves me? I'm important to him?" Mikan's heart swelled in happiness but it stopped when she remember their current situation now.

"Y-YOU IDIOT! Why are you here?" Mikan shouted to Natsume who's standing near the door.

"YOU'RE THE IDIOTIC ONE! Everyone is worried," Natsume snapped.

"Oi! stop the lover's quarrel now! It's irritating," Kyou said.

Natsume glared hard on him and walked several steps towards Mikan.

"Who the hell are you?" Natsume asked the red-orange haired guy, his voice is full of venom.

"I'm disappointed that a smart ass like you can't even remember a long time friend," Kyou replied, acting hurt.

"Don't play dumb with me," then Natsume paused. He looked at Kyou from head to toe and his eye widen a bit. "You are that guy last year who has the guts to punch me. Kyou Yamamoto," Natsume stated.

"Woah! I'm impressed. Maybe you just can't really forget that you're the reason why someone's life became miserable," Kyou hissed.

"You're doing this to get revenge? Revenge because I got your place in the Academy and your so-called-girlfriend."

Kyou gritted his teeth and placed his hand on the nape of Mikan who flinched. Natsume felt alarmed.

"Too bad, your luck run out now Hyuuga. I have the trump card," Kyou laugh humorlessly.

"Let go of her," Natsume said between his teeth. His fists are clenched besides.

"Nah-uh!" Kyou snapped his fingers.

A guy charged towards Natsume and punched him in the stomach. Natsume held his ground. Mikan's tears flowed freely on her cheeks. Kyou grinned evilly and let go of Mikan's nape but stood beside her.

"BASTARD! STOP THIS!" Mikan yelled. She's struggling on her chair. The rope in her feet is loosen, thanks for the help of the chair that she's sitting on.

"Are you ok, Polka?" Natsume asked Mikan.

Mikan's tears continued to flow more. "This moron... he's concern about me but he's the one who's getting beaten up."

Then, someone used his bat to hit Natsume's back. Natsume almost collapse on his knees but he used his hands to support his body.

"NATSUME!" Mikan cried. Her cries are echoing in the room.

There's blood that came out from Natsume's mouth. He wiped it off and stood up again. Then, two men hit him with a hockey stick and an iron pipe. This time, Natsume finally made himself kneel on the ground.

"STOP THIS! I'M BEGGING YOU! AND YOU MORONIC NATSUME, FIGHT BACK!" Mikan shouted. She cried more, if that even possible. Watching Natsume getting beaten up is just unbearable. Her heart is pounding wildly that it might burst out from her ribcage.

"Please...Please..." she continued to beg, although her voice is cracking.

"Do you know how painful is it now?" Kyou walked to him and pull Natsume's hair up so he's looking at him.

Natsume just smirk and said, "Is that all you've got?"

"No. Actually, that's only the beginning," he let go of Natsume's hair roughly and walked back beside Mikan.

Natsume has a cut under his eyebrow and it's bleeding badly. The blood is flowing in his face. Mikan just watch him helplessly.

"Don't do this," she pleaded, still crying.

Natsume looked at her with a smirk. "I can't die like this. Don't you trust me...Mikan?"

Mikan stared at him. He called her again by her first name. She can't help but to let her tears flow on her now messed up face. "Trusting him is not enough. Trusting him won't even save him. But why did he said that?"

Then, her nightmare begins. Six of the men, excluding Kyou, charged together to Natsume. One guy hit him on the face with a hockey stick. Another one hit him in the knees with iron pipe. Some punched and kicked him in his different parts. Mikan can see that Natsume is shaking and his bleeding.

"NO!NO! NATSUME, FIGHT BACK, YOU IDIOT! STOP THIS YOU BASTARDS!" Mikan yelled. Her screams and cries are louder than ever that her throat starts to bruise.

"No! I can't lose him! Not now that I already know... I already know that... I love him.. I don't want to lose him!" Mikan thought. Her heart is shattering at the scene in front of her.

They continued to beat him up even if Natsume is already lying on the cold floor. A guy bent down and punched his face.

There's an unsatisfied look on Kyou. It's his revenge and yet, he's still not doing anything to him so he snapped his fingers once again and the men slowly backed away from Natsume. Mikan's eyes widened and the sight before her made her scream and cry louder. His body is lying lifelessly on the floor with his own blood covering his almost entire body.

Mikan is trying to untie the ropes in her hands. She doesn't have anymore problems with the rope in his feet because it's already loosen, she just have to kick the rope away and she can walk after that. She did that by hooking the rope in one of the feet of her chair.

Mikan's jaw dropped when Natsume is trying to stand up and act as if all that was nothing.

"YOU DUMB ASS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU CAN BEAT THEM UP BY YOURSELF BUT YOU... YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING BACK," she yelled angrily at him.

Natsume looked at her with his crimson orbs full of sorry and guilt. Mikan whispered, "Why.. Why are...you doing this?"

"I think it's not fair that I didn't enjoy my 'little game' now, right?" Kyou asked, smiling creepily. He walked towards a small wooden bench and lift it up. Natsume can't help himself to stand up.

"No!No! I can't let this happen!" thoughts that are running in Mikan's head right now.

"You really an idiot Mikan. I know that you're near at escaping now. Just save yourself," Natsume thought. He tried to fight the desire to black out now.

Kyou walked towards Natsume with the small bench in his hands. Mikan quickly untangled the rope that tied her hands with the chair she's sitting on.

Kyou raised the bench in the air, indicating that he's going to hit Natsume. He embraced himself for the impact. Mikan successfully untangled the rope and run towards him.

Natsume felt nothing but he heard the bench cracked. Then, he saw a shadow looming over him. Hot, crimson blood is dripping on the ground. Then, he looked up and saw Mikan. She's coughing out blood and breathing heavily. Mikan was the one who was hit by the bench. Even if it's small, it made her back and her head to ache. She cried in pain but she's relieved that she at least save Natsume from their last attack.

"Mi..kan... Why d-did..you do..that, you... bird..brain," Natsume managed to asked. He's frustrated at himself and to Mikan. She's not supposed to be in this situation if it's not because of him. He's the damn reason why she's in danger always and why she's now hurt.

"W..Why... Why didn't...y-you..fight..back?" Mikan asked between her breaths. Her head and her back aches..a lot. But she doesn't want to cry, not in front of Natsume.

Her body is over Natsume's. Her head is in the crook of his neck and her hands is around him. She doesn't care if she also soak in Natsume's blood.

Natsume wrapped his arms around Mikan even if his whole body is aching painfully. "Thank God, you're alive."

"I-if I...fight..back... I don't..know... what they...can..do..to you. They.. might...hurt you..be-because they...have you," Natsume said. His breathing is shallow.

Mikan smiled. She didn't know that Natsume will really save her in the first place. She didn't know that he's willing to sacrifice his own life for her. She didn't know that she really did held an importance to his heart.

"T-thank...you," Mikan mumbled.

Their visions start to blurry. Natsume is beaten to pulp and Mikan is very exhausted and she was also hit by a wooden bench.

"I thought.. I'm gonna lose...you. Natsume.. don't give up now..please," Mikan said, closing her eyes.

"I will..not give up... But at least..you're safe..now," Natsume replied. He's also closing his eyes. "I...I love you."

Kyou is surprised when Mikan save Natsume. She was hit instead of him. The others can't also believe what happened. Then Kyou told them, "It's time to leave."

The others walked to the sliding doors with Kyou. Before they could even touched the handle of the door, it slammed open. It revealed a very, very furious friends of Mikan and Natsume. It's Ruka and the others. Youichi is like he's going to murder someone now. Hotaru is holding her different types of guns. Tsubasa, Koko, and Kitsuneme have bats. They began to cracked their knuckles and necks.

Kyou and the others began to shivered slightly. They don't have their equipments with them. They don't have anything to use to fight at this moment.

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