Ending and Beginning
Chapter 17 – free from the clutches of the thorns
Chaos……
The academy was in chaos….
Students were running left and right…
The teachers were collecting the students to guide them into a safe place…
The DA students were fighting the AAO agents…
Blood was everywhere…
Two figures stood above the clock tower in the middle of the academy, one who was called the Black Cat and the other the Death God. Their faces were covered with their respective masks. They looked at the war below them.
"Kuro neko! Shinigami! What are you doing! Help us!" a DA student shouted. He was one of the students who would bully others and won't stop until that person was traumatized. Immediately, he dropped dead.
The other DA students stared at them. "You traitors!" they shouted.
Death God took off her earring. With a flick of her hand, the DA students dropped dead.
Death God and Black Cat took off their masks. "We have a more important mission than dealing with these students." The man said.
"We need to kill the elementary school principal." The woman added. They both jumped off to the place where they will find their target.
~sun~moon~dreams~
The gang wasn't having a difficult time in dealing with those who sided with the elementary school principal. After all, they trained under Death God, Persona and Black Cat for six months. For them, the training was already equivalent to hell. They were taught martial arts and how to control their alices, and because of the limited amount of time, they were forced to exceed their limits. Every day was very tiring that when they go back to their rooms, they immediately fall asleep.
Hotaru used her inventions to fight that she didn't even bother moving from her flying duck.
Ruka used his animals to attack their enemies.
Koko was using his mind reading alice to humiliate his opponent and to read what the opponent will do next.
Yuu used his alice to make his opponent suffer or cry.
Anna and Nonoko were using the speed alice that Mikan gave to them to put the things they made inside the mouth of their opponents without being noticed. Of course, the side effects were as they had expected. Poor enemies, they were backing out because of stomach aches and having animal parts in their body.
Sumire was using her nails and teeth to injure her opponents.
Mochu and Kitsuneme used their alice to play with their opponents.
Aoi used her fire alice.
Akira used his ice and storm alice to eliminate his foes.
Youichi was using his alice to scare his opponents. He wanted to traumatize them. Based from the continuous screams of horror, he had succeeded.
Persona was using his death alice and he was confident that he won't lose control. He had an enormous Nullification alice stone hanging around his neck.
Narumi was using his Pheromone alice to charm his opponents and make them do whatever he pleases.
The organization together with them was undefeatable. Their opponents were diminishing every second, and shortly, they are very sure that they will win. They only hope that Mikan and Natsume will win against the principal.
~sun~moon~dreams~
"Hello, Principal Kuonji" Mikan said.
Kuonji turned around, his eyes full of hatred. "Traitors!" he shouted to Natsume and Mikan.
Mikan's brow rose. "We are very aware of that, however, weren't you the one who betrayed us first?"
Kuonji snorted. "I was never by your side in the first place. You all are merely tools that I used in order to rule over the world! I was so close! But you and your mother hindered me by your useless reasons!"
Mikan was angry…very angry. "The use of this academy is to create a family for those who were casted away by the society because of their alices! You accepted the position, knowing the academy's agenda! Because of people like you, the students become twisted! Their minds know nothing but darkness, thinking that they will never escape it."
"And you think I would care for those useless alices?" Kuonji answered. "With the use of my alice, I have lived for decades. Even I do not remember my age. I could literally pass as an immortal. Ever since then, I wanted to control the world. A powerful being like me can handle the world. I will create and control the world where there are no lies, where everyone will be happy! There will be no pain and suffering. Don't you also want a world like that? Join me now."
"The world that you want isn't a true world." Natsume said. "The people will only be like a puppet. There will be no free will."
"Sadness, loneliness, anger, happiness, love...these emotions are needed by all. It makes a person whole and strong. Every problem they face makes them stronger. Every person they care for make them think that they should never give up. You only want a world where you can control all people." Mikan added.
"So what? You are already too late! Your organization can't handle those under me!" Kuonji shouted.
Mikan waved her hand and a large image could be seen at the wall behind Kuonji. It looked like an image from a projector.
Kuonji looked at the image and gasped. It was a picture of the current battleground. The organization had won with the help of those who were against Kuonji.
"You have lost." Natsume muttered.
Mikan moved forward and placed her hand on Kuonji's shoulder. "You know what I think? You are already tired. Living for many years, you have seen the ugliness of the world and you wanted it to be the perfect world where everyone is happy. But, perfect is boring. Life should be exciting so that everything would be worth living. You have been alone always. All that you care for dies because their life span had reached its limit that's why you are bitter."
"But, I think that you will remember a time when you can handle everything just because you can see a person very important for you smile." Natsume said as he intertwined his fingers with Mikan.
Kuonji closed his eyes as a memory flashed in his head. A memory so ancient yet so vivid. He smiled as tears ran down from his face. "Could you make me go wherever she went? I want to see her smile once again."
~sun~moon~dreams~
Mikan and Natsume opened the gigantic doors together. Sunshine shone brightly bathing the two.
They saw their comrades and the other students and teachers of the academy gather.
Mikan smiled. "Principal Kuonji has finally smiled."
Natsume nodded and smiled too. "He is now free from the clutches of the thorns."
All looked at them questioningly.
The two of them looked at each other then at the others. "There is nothing more to worry about." They both said.
The whole academy rejoiced and the Dangerous Ability Class has been disbanded.
~sun~moon~dreams~~sun~moon~dreams~~sun~moon~dreams~
Author's Note: Okay! I think there's only one more chapter left to go!
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