Chapter 9: Wish
"Where am I?" Mikan asked herself. She stood up surrounded in darkness. "Why is it so dark?" Mikan panicked thinking she was dead, running around in pure blackness. Suddenly she ran into something and she fell on her butt. "I'm sorry!" Mikan cried out standing up. She gasped as Persona appeared, but along side Natsume.
"I thought we had a deal!" Mikan yelled angrily.
"So you did trust me. Stupid girl." Persona chuckled laying a hand on Natsume's shoulder.
Mikan was token back but she fought back, "Don't touch him!"
Persona laughed harder making Mikan shudder, "Our deal's off. Now go scurry away before I kill you."
Mikan's anger turned into rage forcing her to bite her lip more then usual, "Make me!" Mikan then glanced at Natsume. He wasn't moving or talking. There was only a blank look on his face like he was in a trance.
"I'm giving you a warning before I do something. Now GO!" Persona ordered with a little bit of edge, "Fine. I f you want to play along in this game I'm willing to play too." Persona turned to still Natsume, "Go get her."
Natsume's body flashed into action by running at Mikan with both hands ready to fight. Mikan gasped and held her ground. "Natsume what are you doing!"
"Die…" simple little words sputtered out of Natsume's mouth. Just as he landed a punch with a ultimate fire rush.
Mikan barely dodged, but she managed to jump a couple of feet away, "Natsume! What's wrong!!"
Natsume took his hand from the ground and ran at her again. Mikan couldn't but block as much as she could before getting Natsume to change into the normal Natsume. Natsume landed a punch to her arm causing her to fling back an inch. She sighed "I'm so lucky I've got the nullify alice…" but her words were tested against her.
Mikan felt a burning sensation on her shoulder. She looked at her top right shoulder and screamed, "AHH! FIRE!" She started to freak out until she finally pulled off her shirt.
"You shouldn't keep your eyes from battle little girl." Persona stated out walking up to Mikan. Quickly he graved Mikan's arms and held her tight so she couldn't move as he turned towards Natsume.
"Natsume snap out of it!" Mikan pleaded struggling in Persona's grip.
Natsume looked at Persona with blank eyes. Persona nodded and smirked down at Mikan, "It's over."
Mikan looked forward and saw Natsume charging at her with fists full of fire. Mikan screamed and blanked out.
"Hey Mikan! Wake up!" Hotaru's cold voice broke her away from that hellish dream.
"Wh---wha?" Mikan asked sitting up. She opened her eyes and looked around. All her friends were surrounding her on a bed. Mikan looked down and lifted her arm. A couple of tubes were in her skin connecting up to machines to her side. "Where am I?"
"You're at the hospital." Hotaru answered staring at Mikan.
"I'm so happy you finally woke up!" Anna cheered along with Nonoko.
Sumire and Yuu sighed happily. Ruka was standing by Hotaru smiling down at her as happy as could be.
Mikan rubbed her eyes and blinked a couple of times, "Why am I here?"
"You were injured on your mission." Natsume's voice butted into the uproar of happiness.
Mikan's eyes widened and she turned to her side to she the beautiful boy sitting next to her. Mikan gasped and pulled down her shirt top over her shoulder to look at her right shoulder. Yuu and Ruka quickly turned knowing that they weren't perverts and looking at some helpless girl pulling down her shirt. "It's not here…… It felt so real…" Mikan mumbled touching her pale shoulder.
"What do you mean Mikan?" Sumire asked looking at her weirdly.
"I had a dream that…" Mikan stumbled on words while glancing at Natsume in the process, "a certain someone attacked me and right before I woke up he would have killed me…"
"And who is this person?" Ruka asked turning back around knowing it was safe.
Mikan gripped the bed trying to say his name but it wouldn't come, "Do you really want to know?"
Hotaru sighed and flicked Mikan's head, "Of course. Who ever caused you to have a bad dream should be punished."
Mikan's eyes sparkled, "Hotaru."
"Now just tell us before I use force!" Hotaru sneered pointing a baka gun at her.
"Uh…well…it was Persona first…" Mikan said looking down not wanting to see Ruka's or Natsume's face, "and then…Natsume finished the job by killing me…"
Everyone's mouths dropped with shock as Mikan went on, "but I woke up before he did…"
Natsume sat there frozen with shock. Both of his eyes were wide open and both hands were gripping the chair. "And why did you look at your shoulder?" Hotaru asked.
Mikan sighed and looked at her shoulder, "In my dream that's were I got hit and my shirt blew up in fire."
More gasps. Ruka stood there staring at Mikan clutching her shoulder shaking a bit, "but it wasn't his fault, it's a dream of course. A little weird huh?"
The room fell silent and Mikan felt very uncomfortable. Hotaru sighed and smacked her head, "Don't scare us like that baka." Mikan winced and opened one eye. Hotaru usually never smiled, but Mikan was shocked to see her cold, money loving best friend grinning at her.
"Well it was JUST a dream!" Sumire laughed sitting on Mikan's bed.
"Right!" Anna agreed smiling sweetly.
"Aren't they weird sometimes?" Nonoko giggled tapping her head.
Ruka chuckled and nodded at Mikan. Mikan shyly nodded at rubbed the back of her head. Hotaru sat back up and stood up, "Lets leave guys." Everyone agreed and followed Hotaru out saying their goodbyes to Mikan.
Mikan sighed and fell back onto her pillows and lifted her bangs from her head.
"Your weird." A fierce deep voice stated out.
Mikan shrieked and turned her body to the side it came. A sweat drop fell when she saw Natsume still sitting there glaring at her, "I thought you left!?"
Natsume sighed and crossed his legs, "No, I've got some questions for you, little girl."
"Hurry up and ask I'm tried." Mikan spit out calming down.
"What was up with that dream?" Natsume asked thinking off in space.
Mikan froze over and turned over so he couldn't see her face, "I don't know…"
"Are you afraid of something?"
"No why do say that?" Mikan asked closing her eyes.
A light pull on her covers made her jump and she weirdly turned over to see what was up, "Come out and tell me or else." Mikan sat up and punched her fist down.
"Just leave it behind! I shouldn't of even told it!" Mikan cried out looking at her shoulder once more.
"I'm glad you did." Natsume put out there putting his face close to hers, "Now I know what you're kinda afraid of."
Mikan stopped tightening her grip and pulled her face up with a twitching smile, "It wasn't like I was scared, but it was more like worry."
"Is that right." Natsume chuckled before flicking her nose, "Don't worry about me, worry about yourself."
Mikan blushed and stared into his eyes like wow-that-was-really-smart-saying. Natsume sighed and put his arm on her right shoulder making her stiffen, "Don't worry I won't hurt you."
Mikan didn't like that tone of voice he was using or his actions, but before she escape a tight grip held her in her spot and Natsume was closing in. "NaNatsume?" Mikan pressed her eyes shut blushing a rose color.
"Why is he doing this!?" Mikan thought peeking out. Natsume was kissing her on the lips with a peaceful look on his face. Mikan urged her to brake away but her body told her it felt right. Why did it have to Natsume sharing her kiss? Was it right or not? She kept asking till the hot lips left hers making her pant for air.
"Get good rest." Natsume smirked winking at her.
Mikan shuddered and flushed a bright red, "Did he just…WINK AT ME!?" Then she touched her still blazing lips. His presence had not left yet and Mikan felt a little more relaxed. Natsume always had that effect on her when he was around her, and she couldn't deny that it did feel good. Natsume was the only boy, besides Ruka, who ever laid a finger on her like THAT. Mikan rolled onto her stomach and pressed her head to the pillow, "I wish me and Natsume could be together forever…"
"That can be rearranged if you like?"
Mikan peeped and peeked from the pillow, "I thought I told you to leave!" and with that Mikan picked up her pillow and threw it at the figure with monstrous strength. The figure jumped into the room and sat on her bed.
"I can do whatever I want." Natsume's voice erupted with a bounce.
"WELL GET OUT YOU PERVERT!!!" Mikan cried out throwing herself at Natsume.
"Now what's that wish I overheard?" Natsume smirked from under her. "Fight it Natsume! FIGHT IT!" good thing Natsume had control over his urges, but this was heaven.
Mikan pinned his arms with hers and put her face close to his, "I wish you would disappear forever." Natsume chuckled and closed his eyes.
"I don't think so…" Natsume said graving Mikan's waist and pulling her down on top of him, "Don't worry I'll be here forever."
Mikan gasped and let her body stay on his hot body, "thank you Natsume…" and with that Mikan cuddled herself in on top of Natsume and fell asleep, in the protecting arms of the man she loved.