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HYUUGA CHRONICLES:
THE STORY BEHIND HIS CONFESSION
Chronicle Three: Jealous Confrontation
By: xll KUROI TSUBASA llx
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ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMER: Chiaki Nagoya is also not mine. He's already owned by the ever-famous mangaka, Arina Tanemura [Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]. I do wish that I own him though. He's one of my all-time fave bishounen!
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IMPORTANT NOTES:
"This is a dialogue."
'This, on the other hand, is a thought.'
Blocks of italicized text are flashbacks.
Sudden shifts from italic to normal or normal to italic indicate emphasis.
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Gunshots were heard and a series of bullets came speeding towards the Black Cat at amazing rates. However, with just a few swift movements, he was easily able to dodge all of them with complete ease. Then, without warning, he dashed towards the gunmen and rendered them unconscious one by one with the use of some well-aimed kicks and punches. When the deck was finally clear of enemies, he stealthily searched the cabins while fighting more men along the way. After a few attempts, he finally caught sight of the blue parcel that he was tasked to retrieve and he quickly grabs it and activates a teleportation Alice stone.
A few moments later, he arrives in a clearing in the Northern forest with the merchandise in his hand. Then a few seconds after, a masked man also appears from the shadows.
"Good work, Black Cat," the masked man congratulates him in a slightly mocking tone. However, Natsume does not even utter a single word. He merely throws the box over his shoulder and walks away without even sparing the man even a single glance. Nonetheless, the masked man didn't even look slightly put off. On the contrary, an eerie smile had graced his face.
"By the way, I saw your little friend a while ago. I wonder what she's doing out here at this hour."
Natsume jerks slightly upon hearing this and much to his misfortune, Persona notices it.
"If I were you, I'd take a close watch on that tramp."
Upon hearing this, Natsume immediately turns around in utter agitation, wanting to give the stiletto-wearing freak a piece of his mind. However, what met him as he did so was mere thin air.
"Damn that guy," he growls as he balls up his hands into clenched fists. Then a realization suddenly dawns on him that replaced the angry expression he had with a look of panic.
"Shit. Polka dots."
Without wasting another moment, he hastily dashes off towards the forest in search for the brunette. Within a couple of seconds, he sees a blur of familiar chocolate hair. He immediately follows the owner of those tassels in order to confirm his suspicion. He was about to call out to her but as he starts to part his lips, the girl interrupts him by speaking as well.
"Chiaki-sempai."
He closes his mouth once again. Now that his suspicion was confirmed, there was no need to call her attention anymore. He instantly felt relieved that the girl was safe and that Persona had not been able to lay a finger on her. However, that relief was short-lived for it finally dawned on him that the girl had just called out somebody else's name. Immediately, he scans the area in search for the third person. When he finally catches sight of him, his expression turns into a scowl and he starts to glower at the blue-haired upperclassman that was standing near Mikan. As he watches the two, he suddenly feels extremely tempted to scare off the guy but quickly dismisses the idea for it certainly isn't the right choice. He definitely did not want to make the brunette to hate him more than she did now so he simply positions himself behind the bushes and watches the scene unveil in front of him in silence.
"Ah, Mikan! You're finally here. I really thought that you stood me up," Chiaki says with a light chuckle while scratching the back of his neck slightly.
"Sorry, Chiaki-sempai," Mikan apologizes with a sheepish smile, "I kinda got lost on the way here. I'm really sorry for making you wait."
"Is that so? Well that's all right."
Mikan smiles in return. "So… Why did you call me out here?"
"I needed to tell you something," he answers while trying to avert his gaze a little bit, his cheeks reddening considerably.
"What is it?"
"I… I like you Mikan!" he blurts out as he takes her hands in his.
Startled, Mikan first stares at his hands before looking up at the teenager's face in confusion. Then suddenly, something clicks on her head and she starts blushing profusely as well.
"I… er… well I…" she stutters while looking down, unable to speak a coherent sentence. Then she takes a deep breath and firmly but gently withdraws her hand from the upperclassman's grasp.
"I'm sorry, Chiaki-sempai but I can't return your feelings," she finally says, still unable to look at him directly.
For a moment, Chiaki looks extremely downcast but there was a sudden glimmer in his amber eyes. And before Mikan could even breathe, the upperclassman had already taken a step forward and enclosed her hands in his own.
"Please! Please reconsider Mikan," he pleads with a determined expression.
"C-Chiaki-sempai," Mikan stutters as she takes a hasty step backwards. "I… I'm sorry. I really-" she says uneasily but was cut off when the blue-haired lad suddenly pulled her towards him and encased her in a hug.
"I beg you…" Chiaki says in a desperate tone as he buries his head on her hair. "Please just give me one chance."
"S-sempai… Please let me go…" she pleads in a muffled voice as she tries to push the upperclassman away. However, Chiaki was just too strong for her.
"No. I will not let you go until you agree to my request. Please Mikan-"
Everything that happened after that all seemed like a blur. Within a fraction of a second, the blue-haired upperclassman was suddenly yanked away from her and was tackled and punched in the face by another teenager.
Mikan, who was terribly shocked by all these, could only stand there, frozen her place and unable to comprehend the unexpected outcome of events. However, she was immediately snapped out from her daze upon hearing a familiar voice.
"Damn you bastard."
"Natsume?" she called out as she squinted towards the direction of the two males that were currently sprawled on the ground.
However, the raven-haired teenager was too preoccupied with beating their poor upperclassman into a bloody pulp and was unable to hear her. And so, she calls out his name for the second time in a much louder voice but she still wasn't acknowledged. Because of this, she irately strides over to them and quickly separates them from each other (actually, it was more like she forcefully yanked off Natsume from the already bruised and bleeding upperclassman by the collar). However, despite her attempt to separate the two, the hot-headed teenager still continued to struggle in her grasp and almost ended up hitting her as well.
"Natsume, stop that!" Mikan reprimands before she could get an actual injury from her struggling companion. Almost surprisingly, the effects of her words were instant. Natsume back suddenly stiffens then he turns to face her with a horrified expression.
"What do you think you're doing to Chiaki-sempai? You could have gotten him killed with those bloody fists of yours!" she cries out as she turns to leave him in order to assist the beaten up upperclassman. "Look at what you've done! He didn't even do anything to you!"
Natsume frowned at that. He was about to open his mouth as retort to Mikan's accusations but Chiaki beats him to it.
"Don't get so worked up Mikan. I'm fine. These are just minor wounds. At least I don't have any broken bone," he says with a grin.
"But you're bleeding, sempai! At least allow me to accompany you to the infirmary."
"I already told you. I'm fine. These are just mere scratches," he says as he points to the wound on his cheek. "I don't think that I'll die from them so you don't have to bring me to the infirmary. However, I might reconsider your offer if you treat my wounds in your room," he adds albeit a bit flirtatiously, seemingly oblivious and apathetic about the deadly aura being emitted by their other companion.
Mikan, who was also oblivious to the dark aura within the vicinity, acted all flustered upon hearing this, her face turning into a bright shade of pink. However, before she could even give an embarrassed reply to the flirtatious remark, she gets dragged away by Natsume who by now had decided that he he has already seen too much.
"Let go of me!" Mikan cries out as she desperately tries to free herself from the fire caster's firm hold. However, instead of loosening his hold like she had wanted, Natsume tightened it even more, making it impossible for her to escape as they leave their upperclassman in the clearing in order to go to a denser part of the Northern forest.
And Chiaki, who was witnessing all of these, could only give out a wry smile before plopping on a nearby bench.
"I guess it really wasn't meant to be."
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"Stop it. You're hurting me!" Mikan exclaims as she continues to struggle in Natsume's hold. However, the latter does not even give any sign of acknowledgment and continues to drag her along deeper into the woods.
She was just about to let out another cry of protest and demand for her freedom but was halted when the raven-haired lad catches her by surprise by suddenly stopping and releasing her hand. As soon as he does this, Mikan all-too eagerly reclaims the hand in question and gently massages it before turning towards her only companion and glaring at him in full force.
"Just what the hell is your problem?"
When she did not get a reply or even a single sign that showed that she was heard, her temper abruptly rose by several notches.
"Fine, don't answer. It's not as if you've been making an effort to do so these couple of weeks. Besides, I don't give a damn about it anyway," she hisses bitterly before giving out an indignant huff and turning to leave but she stops immediately when Natsume finally speaks up.
"Don't go to that bastard,"
His voice, as he said that, was barely audible. However, Mikan hears it clearly thus making her grit her teeth in annoyance.
"I think that you've gotten your facts wrong, Hyuuga. Chiaki-sempai is not a bastard. You are," she growls before continuing to walk away. However, she doesn't reach too far before the temperamental fire caster grabs her once again and pins her to a nearby tree.
"Let go of me." Mikan says with a cold voice and a hardened expression, seemingly unfazed by the fact that she was being pinned by a stronger and more threatening man.
"No."
Mikan takes a deep breath before talking once again. "I'll say this for the last time. Let go of me."
"Not until you promise me that you wouldn't go to him."
"Damn it. Chiaki-sempai is injured, you moron! He needs me more than you do."
"And how the hell do you know that? Besides, you just want to flirt with that bastard."
"Flirt?!" Mikan repeats as her expression suddenly turns into a mixture of anger and incredulity. "Is that what you think of me now? A flirt?"
When Natsume does not answer, Mikan scoffs and speaks again.
"I've had enough of this. First, you start ignoring me like the plague for no apparent reason. Then you go around punching Chiaki-sempai. And now you start accusing me of being a flirt! You have no bloody right to do these things!"
"I take it that you'd rather have that bastard molest you then."
"Why do you care? I am a flirt after all."
The next thing that Natsume did after that slightly surprised Mikan. He suddenly let go of her, turned around and started to slide his fingers through his hair.
"Look, I didn't mean it. It just came out. I take it back."
Mikan rolled her eyes like this.
"Oh sure. You can really fix things by saying that."
Upon hearing those words, Natsume instantly spun around.
"Then what do you want me to do, damn it."
"First of all, stop cursing me. Next, apologize."
There was a pregnant pause after that until Natsume finally gave in. "Fine. I apologize. Happy now?"
"Not just to me, you idiot. Apologize to Chiaki-sempai as well."
"There's no fucking way"
"He's injured because of you."
"Only because he started molesting you."
"He was not… Wait… Are you jealous?"
'Oh hell, did she really just realize that now?' Natsume thought, trying really hard not to roll his eyes at the girl's apparent obliviousness.
Nevertheless, Natsume denied with an defiant "Hell no" before hastily stomping away, making Mikan call out a "Wait for me" as she jogs after him
"So you really are jealous," she says in a rhetoric manner, making Natsume growl.
"But you really have no reason to. After all, you've been ignoring me these past couple of days."
'Damn. Does this girl have to be this thick?' Natsume mentally asks himself as he tried to restrain himself (with much effort) from simply cutting the girl from her musings and just show to her the reason why he was jealous.
"But still… You should apologize to Chiaki-sempai. You've really hurt him. You should at least-"
However, Mikan wasn't able to say what she was supposed to say because Natsume had suddenly captured her lips with his own. She struggles at first, desperately trying to break free but she quickly gives in and allows herself to simply embrace the moment. She starts kissing him back as well and before they knew it, they had to separate in order to be able to breathe properly again.
Flustered, Mikan could only look on the ground, desperately trying to ignore her palpitating heart. She wanted an explanation for the sudden act of intimacy coming from the raven-haired lad but every time that she tries to open her mouth to say something, she found herself unable to say anything.
Once again, she opened her mouth in an attempt to say something but Natsume beat her to it.
"That's the reason why I'm jealous."
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AUTHOR'S NOTES:
I'm utterly sorry. I really am. I'm so sorry for taking this long to update. It's just so difficult to write during school days. I hope that you guys understand. But at least I finally got Natsume to confess. Kinda. LOL.
By the way, I included the ever-so-hot Chiaki Nagoya from Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne [referring to the manga, not the anime. The anime is not good] in this chapter [-grins-]. Oh how I love him. He's so dreamy. He's even better than Natsume. LOL. But then again, no matter how dreamy Chiaki is, Natsume is still the only character that would match Mikan perfectly. Besides, he doesn't need Mikan for he already has Maron.
Oh gosh… I've ranted again… I do hope that you're not getting tired of these rants of mine. If you are then you don't have to for yourself to continue reading this. Wait. Scratch that. I need to promote a few things first.
Hey guys, I definitely encourage you to read 'Can You Keep a Secret' by Sophie Kinsella. That book is totally amazing. I was laughing my head off as I was reading it. In fact, even after reading it for about 7 times, I still can't get enough of it. That book is totally amazing! I highly recommend it if you're a fan of romantic comedies.
Also, please check out other Gakuen fanfiction: Not Just a Toy. And don't forget to review.
Well, I guess that's all… Oh, wait. I almost forgot to say to you guys that I'm also in the process of making another fanfiction. But this time, it will be a Shugo Chara! fic. As of now, I'm still in the process of writing chapter one but please do wait for it.
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