Chapter 30: A Dangerous Attacker
Silently Mikan landed on top of the house and pulled out her gloves. With one heave, a part of the roof was gone leaving her an entrance to the room. Mikan skillfully jumped down but a sudden jolt made her look down. Before she could react, Mikan was caught in many wires, wrapping every inch of her body.
"Crap." Mikan groaned trying to escape.
"Looks like you fell right into my trap." A sudden voice boomed through the dark room, "Now the real fun will begin."
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"Who are you!?" Mikan asked feverously as she tried to release herself from the wires.
A low laugh came from the shadows as a hand appeared besides Mikan, "You should already know who I am. Aren't you on a mission to destroy me?"
Mikan gasped and watched the hand. "Is this the guy with the lightening alice?" Suddenly the hand touched her cheek. With surprise, Mikan shot back as the icy cold hand followed her, "Don't touch me!"
The hand came back and a body appeared this time. Mikan gasped as she looked into the eyes of a young boy smiling at her, "Your quite fierce aren't you." He laughed and twirled around before facing her again but with an evil smile, "You're going to be fun to play with."
Mikan just stared in confusion and frustration as the boy walked away back into the dark corners of the room. Quickly she looked down at her body and looked at all the wires surrounding her, "Damn… There's no way out unless I have Persona to back me up. Where the hell is he!"
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"Where do you plan to go Natsume? Your not aloud to go on missions anymore, and doing this will make matters worse when the principal finds out." Persona spoke up in the eerie silence between himself and the fire caster in front of him.
Natsume didn't answer. He just kept walking forward with a blank look on his face. Persona smirked and pulled out a small piece of paper that which had all the mission's information on it. Swiftly Persona pushed it into Natsume's pocket and quickly disappeared into the trees around them.
Natsume froze just as he felt a hand in his pocket leave with a force. With a fast snap he punched his elbow back hoping to hit Persona who just reached into his pants (that sounds so wrong). After missing the hit Natsume reached into his pocket and pulled up the item left behind.
"What the hell is this…" Natsume whispered with force. His eyes followed every word left on the page until he finished off with the last couple of words '40 of survival.'
Persona watched from a distance as Natsume reacted with a boom, taking off faster than ever before. With a small chuckle he jumped off the tiny branch he sat on and followed Natsume's tracks.
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This was the first time she needed help from that demon that had sent her on this mission. There was no way to get out unless she had some kind of backup. Softly Mikan stretched out, making sure not to rub the iron wires too much on her delicate skin. Time had flown by so fast she barely noticed the sun falling down under the trees in the distance. So far the small boy hadn't done anything weird or used his alice. Still Mikan was guard, always ready for a single attack at which would reflect off her own alice along with the rainbow bracelet still hanging onto her wrist.
"I'm so bored." Mikan mumbled dropping her head down. Slightly she bent her head up to once again look into the dark corners trying to find that little boy. She still couldn't believe he was so young. He had to be only at least 9 years old. Surprising when she first saw him he looked just like Natsume but with blonde hair and yellow eyes. Mikan pictured the boy in her mind remembering all the information she once read before she got caught into the trap set just for her.
"Hm… Someone's coming." The boys voice escaped from the eerie darkness. Suddenly a spark enlightened the air. Mikan gasped in surprise. The boy snapped his fingers and a small spark alighted and ran across all the wires in front of him.
Mikan grinded her teeth as she pushed her nullification out along with the rainbow bracelet. With a snap, the spark disappeared and left the wires. Mikan sighed in relief as she opened her eyes to stare at the child standing in front of her, "You can't hurt me."
The boy laughed and held his forehead in his hand, "Are you stupid!" Mikan watched in no emotion in her eyes, "I can kill you with one little touch." She kept her cool, watching him stare at her and then back out the window towards the building where she came from, "Some of your friends are coming."
Mikan huffed and giggled evilly, "Persona is not my friend. I would just like to cut of his head and throw him into a ditch somewhere."
"What about the second person?" the boy asked still staring out the window at his useless men being beat to a pulp.
Mikan lifted her head so she could peer out of the corner of the window, "Second person? What do you……"
In Mikan's view stood Natsume fighting with all his power against the groups of men rushing towards him. Mikan's mouth dropped as she watched him fight along with Persona, using his alice to burn the whole surrounding area. Quickly she bit her lip and pulled her head back into place. "Why is Natsume here!?"
"I'll be back. Stay put until I'm done with these people." The boy said leaping out the window leaving Mikan behind.
Mikan stared as the boy left and casually walked onto the battlefield. Every time a man would interrupt his path way he would grab his wrist and with a puff the man from a second go was now dust in the wind. Mikan gasped in fright as shivers roamed over her spine. "What is this kid? What is he going to do!"
Natsume panted as he dropped the last guy to the ground. Persona stood right next to him and looked around, "You know, that little girl won't be happy about this."
"Who cares." Natsume barked back stepping forward. Quickly he stopped and tilted his head up to see a little boy standing just across from him, "You better move kid or I'll kill you too."
The boy giggled and looked at Natsume with interest, "May I ask who 'you' are?"
Persona stepped forward and asked out directly, "Where did you place the girl?" Natsume looked up at Persona in shock.
"No worries. She's safe and sound." The boy answered with a smirk.
Natsume was about to run at him but Persona put an arm in front of Natsume's face, "You can't do anything from this point. This is a mission just put into Dangerous class hands."
Natsume gritted his teeth and pushed Persona's arm back to him, "You can't stop me." And with that Natsume heaved off, running at the speed of sound towards the boy.
Snap. A lightening bolt came shooting through the boy's fingers and onto Natsume's foot. Natsume stopped and let out a painful cry as the lightening pulsed through his body. Mikan sadly heard his voice and placed her head back towards the window to see what happened. Persona noticed her head coming from the window and quickly shot a sharp object towards her.
"Ep!" Mikan cried out as she ducked from the attack, "What the hell was that for! Were you trying to kill me!!" Mikan screamed out to Persona. Persona only smirked and turned around walking back the way he came. Suddenly Mikan felt a losing of her wires and quickly she fell onto the ground with a bug thud. The boy heard this and turned back to the window, away from Natsume's glaring eyes.
"Seems she escaped." The boy said looking back at Natsume, "Don't die on me, I want to finish this later."
Natsume sat up still gripping his burning foot, "You bastard stay away from her." Quickly Natsume formed fireballs around him and fired them all at the boy. As the smoke disappeared Natsume gasped as he saw the little boy wrapped in a thin sheet of lightening. Just as soon the lightening appeared it disappeared along with the boy.
"Mikan." Natsume thought fearfully as he tried to stay awake from the pain. This time he couldn't do anything. Nothing to protect the one he loved.