Ending and Beginning
Chapter 10 - Fate is so cruel
The Alice Festival ended. The fun of the students ended too. It's back to the boring classes.
The class, as always, was in their own worlds, doing whatever they want.
Mikan was staring outside through the window.
Natsume was reading his manga but actually, he was looking at Mikan.
Suddenly, the door opened. Narumi went in. "Good morning my beautiful students!" he exclaimed.
They ignored him.
He faked a cough. "We'll have a new student today!"
This got the attention of the class except Mikan, Hotaru and Natsume.
"You may come in!" he said.
The door opened. A man with silver hair and cobalt blue eyes entered.
The girls squealed except Hotaru and Mikan.
"Please introduce yourself." Narumi said.
"Akira Katoh, 16 years old, multi-alice user, DA class."
Mikan's eyes widened. She looked at the man in front. "A-Akira?"
Natsume looked at Mikan then at Akira.
Akira's eyes met hers. He smiled gently. "It's been a while, Mikan."
The whole class was confused except Hotaru who knew Akira.
"How were you, Hotaru?" Akira looked at Hotaru.
Hotaru nodded. "I've become wealthy."
He chuckled.
Suddenly, the door opened. A raven-haired girl with crimson eyes went in. She scanned the room, her eyes landed on Mikan. "Onee-chan!" she ran to Mikan and threw herself to her.
Mikan patted the girl's head. "Aoi"
"Aoi?" asked Natsume with shocked eyes.
The whole class looked at him.
"Natsuki-nii?!" Aoi asked with widened eyes. That can't be….he is DEAD!
"That's not right, Aoi." Mikan stated. "He is your other brother, Natsume. He's different from Natsuki. See? He has crimson eyes like yours."
"What?" The whole class asked.
Natsume was really confused. Why did she call me 'Natsuki-nii'?
Mikan shrugged her shoulders, masking any of her emotions. "Aoi, go back to your room." Her voice was stern and cold.
Onee-chan only uses that tone when she doesn't want to talk about something right now.
'We'll talk later under the sakura tree' Mikan used her telepathy alice on Hotaru, Natsume, Aoi, Ruka and Akira.
Aoi nodded. "Ja ne, onee-chan, onii-chan!" She went out of the classroom.
There was an awkward silence in the classroom.
Mikan sighed. "We know each other since we all came from Alice Academy in America. Natsume's parents live in America. Aoi is his sister. Don't ask any other questions. Now, please proceed to what you were telling us, sensei." She said with emotionless tone and eyes.
Narumi faked a cough. "Right!" Narumi happily shouted. "Akira-kun, who do you want as a partner?"
Akira, now, has an emotionless face. He scanned the room. He saw the girls blushing under his gaze (except Hotaru, Mikan, Nonoko, Sumire and Anna) Foolish sluts, they're red as blood. Will they get any redder? I just wonder what they'll look like when I talk to them. Maybe burst with so many blood?....that's kind of…disgusting. He thought.
Koko laughed.
The whole class turned a questioning face to him.
Akira smirked. "I'll choose that man who is laughing." He pointed at Koko.
Koko gulped.
"That's Koko! Now sit beside him. Today is free period. Ta-ta!" Narumi chirped and went out of the class.
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Hotaru, Natsume, Aoi, Ruka, Akira and Mikan gathered under the sakura tree.
They waited for Mikan to start.
She sighed. "Natsuki is Natsume's older twin brother. They did not grow up together. Natsume was sent here while Natsuki was in America. At that time, the headmasters of each school thought that it was best to separate two powerful flame casters. Gakuen Alice was not strong so the AAO were always attacking them. So Natsume was sent here even though his parents were against it, they can't say no because either way, Natsume will still be a property of the Academy."
Mikan saw that Natsume and Ruka were surprised.
"Then why did I not know that I've got a twin?" Natsume asked.
"Natsuki did not want you to know. He was ashamed. He thought that you were really lonely here by yourself while he has Aoi there in America. He wouldn't want his other half to hate him so he chose for you not to know him." Mikan's eyes were filled with sadness. She smiled bitterly. "I told him that he should just explain things to you but he was so stubborn. In the end, he will never get a chance to say those things to you."
"Mikan-nee" Aoi mumbled sadly. She held Mikan's hand.
Mikan smiled a bit then her expression turned into a frown. "What are you and Akira doing here?"
The others' attention turned towards Akira and Aoi.
Akira looked at Mikan's eyes. "We were sent here to help this branch."
Mikan's eyes widened. "…the last disk we stole…impossible" she muttered.
Aoi shook her head. "No, the AAO's plans were there. They plan to take over this Academy."
Mikan balled her fists. Then she smirked. "This is interesting. So that's why he wasn't sending me to missions lately. 'You must reserve my alice' is what he was telling me." She stood up. "I want to be alone. I won't attend classes in the afternoon. Ja!" She waved.
They looked at her as she disappeared.
"Mikan-nee still hasn't moved on…"
"She still blames herself of his death." Hotaru added. "She's really a baka. He won't be happy if she continues to punish herself."
"The headmaster in America made her come here with the thoughts that she will recover but it seems that she still punishes herself by doing those missions." Akira stated. It's clear that he was very worried for her.
"What do you mean?" Natsume asked.
Hotaru and Ruka's full attention were on Akira.
"When he died, she was really depressed. She would cry until no more tears were left. Then her sadness became hatred. She took over almost all of the missions and killed mercilessly. She was never like that before. She would spare their lives before. She would only steal their alices and make them forget everything about it, the AAO and the Academy. But from then on, she would not leave anyone alive."
Silence befell on the group.
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The full moon shone brightly. It illuminated the sakura tree.
How beautiful. Mikan thought. She sat there until sleep decided to overcome her.
Natsume stood in front of the sleeping Mikan. He knelt down and caressed her cheeks. His fingers traced her lips and slowly, gently he placed his lips on hers. "I love you, Mikan. I'll wait for you." He whispered then he went away without noticing the tears that fell from her eyes.
Mikan slowly opened her eyes and wept as she looked at his back. She placed her fingers on her lips and cried muffling the sound by covering her mouth. "I'm so sorry, Natsuki. Fate is so cruel! Why must I fall in love with your brother? Natsume…"
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(A/N) Hello! This is my first time having an author's note in this story. My friend told me that I was the first one she had seen not adding notes. I'm really happy that you guys are reading and reviewing this story! Thank you very much!
By the way, I've always been thinking who will end up with Mikan. Please state in your reviews who you want. The highest vote will of course be the one who'll end up with her! I just thought that maybe some of you would like other characters to end up with her so let the voting start now!
Oh yeah, before I forgot, please suggest some romantic scenes! I'm really trying very hard but everything seems so lame! Please I need suggestions!
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