Natsume's P.O.V

The second she walked through the gate my breath hitched. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. She had done the impossible and become even prettier. Her long, brown hair reaches past her hips. Her face has became more mature. Her chocolate brown eyes were still big, but they didn't hold emotion anymore, and were framed by long, dark, lashes. Her high cheek bones were perfectly pink. Her lips were in a scowl, and her dimple couldn't be seen.

And my, oh, my did her body change. She had filled out to a godess like perfection. Her chest were the perfect size, no more flat chested little girl. Her stomach completely flat. her hipbones didn't stick out too much. She had long, creamy legs.

To put it simply. She was the definition of a super model, if not better.

How I wanted to talk to her. To apologize, and be able to hold her again and make her smile. But for some reason I couldn't move. My muscles refused to listen to me. My feet were rooted to the ground by some messed up invisible force.

And then the group was lead away to their rooms. I stayed there for a second, staring at her, before I regained the ability to move my legs and followed after her. I didn't even glance at her as I walked by. She did the same.

We were both ignoring the major problem.

Me, because of my pride.

Her, well, im not quite sure, but I think that she has changed a bit since she left us.

…

We were lead to a hotel like dorm place. We were all separated and put into rooms in groups of 3. Ruka, Koko and I all walked into the room and fell onto our beds.

"Things have changed," says Koko.

"Of course they have, but they still love each other. Somewhere deep inside her, she has to love Natsume. Right?" says Ruka.

"Of course! Happy endings…right?" asks Koko.

I didn't answer. I wonder if they truly saw the look in her eyes. It wasn't just angery, or Hate filled, it was just so empty. Like she really wanted to feel something, but she was unable too.

"The experiment," Koko whispers. Ruka, doesn't hear, but I do. I turn my head with horror in my eyes.

Persona said they were going to experiment on her. What were they planning on doing? What did they do to her? Was it….was it so awful that she turned her emotions (as many in number as they are) off?

Mikan, what did they do to you?

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Mikan's P.O.V

Hate picked me up off of the floor by the pool and carried me to our room. I lay on my bed and try to take my mind off things so the pain in my chest goes away. Noting seems to work. All I can think about is those beautiful, yet sad crimson pools, that bore right into my very Soul.

No. There was nothing there anymore. My Soul was already signed over ot hell. There was no redemption. There was no one to save me. I would drown in the darkness until the day that my heart stopped.

Nothing could stop that.

There was no way that a single boy could change me. I had four of them that had barely made a dent.

"Make it stop," I whisper silently. I didn't think that anyone heard, but I felt a hand slip into mine.

"Is he the one? The boy that you fell in love with?" asks Silver quietly. The whole room froze. Hate looked at me with angry eyes. Greed looked at me with a bewildered experssion. Thief just simply stared up at me.

"I used to love him. Never again. It was the biggest mistake I ever made. He is just a dirty, rotten-" the pain in my chest stopped me from finishing as I curled up into my sheets. Hate ran over to me and scopped me up in his arms.

"Calm down, Mikan. You need to stay calm or you will seriously hurt yourself." he says.

I push him away, and curl up on in a ball.

"I gave him everything and he threw it away. That is the end of that story. I transferred here, and met you guys." I finish, my breathing ragged.

"Did you used to be different?" asks Greed.

"Go talk to him. I need to sleep." I say as I close my eyes.

I hear them all walk out, except for one person. I open my eyes and see Thief curled up next to me, staring up at me.

"I don't love him." I whisper.

"Liar," he says back.

"You're the liar, you pretend you cant talk." I say to him as I pet his head. The pain in my chest is calming down.

"No…im just selective. I-I just don't want to waste words on people who don't deserve them," he says.

"I am unworthy. But thank you," I say, as I give him a hallow smile.

He gives me a sad look and closes his eyes.

I fall asleep, thinking of what once was.

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Hate's P.O.V

I cant believe it. She wasa in love with another guy at one time.

The Mikan I have always know has been emotionless and empty. Even before her emotions where sealed, she looked like she was in pain. She looked as if there was someone driving daggers into her heart over and over again.

What was she before that?

Its time for us to finally find out.

We walk to the hotel-like dorms and go to the front desk. Shit, we forgot to ask what the asshole's name was. I only knew what he looked like. Well, that wont help unless I want to barge into every guys room.

I take out my phone and im just about to call Mikan when I feel a fist crash into my face.

"What the hell!" I yell to the source. My cheek hurt like hell, and the force had been enough to knock me onto my butt.

"Where is Mikan?" a raven haired boy with bloody crimson eyes asked.

"Who the hell are you?" I ask, furious, as I stand up.

"Her boyfriend," he growls.

"Good joke. That is literally impossible. Having a boyfriend would require love, or like behind the relationship. For Mikan, that is literally impossible." I snarl.

He looks at me with horror in his eyes for a brief second before the emotion disappears.

"Of course she loves me. What is she, a psychopath?" he asks.

Silver looks at him sympathetically.

"First, before we tell you what is wrong with her, can you show us what she was like before she came here? Besides the point, what is your name?" Silver asks.

The boy thinks for a moment before he nods his head. He leads us up to a room, and while he is unlocking the room, he mutters, "Hyuuga Natsume,"

"Well, Hyuuga-san, don't ask any questions until you show us who she was," says Greed.

Natsume nods and goes over to his suitcase. He takes out a black wodden box that is fairly big and sets it on the bed carefully, as if it would break. He opens it, and takes out a tape and a picture frame. He stares at the picture longingly and hands it to Silver. Silver looks at it and blushes, his whole face pink. He hands it to Greed and he does the same thing.

Finally, its my turn to look. It is a picture of Mikan, in a pink and white striped bikini with a black star on the right chest. She is smiling so brightly, that it looks as she had just swallowed sunshine. Heat rose to my cheeks, she was absolutely adorable.

"She used to always wear that idiotic smile. No matter what happened to her she just smiled. We didn't deserve her. And in the end we ruined her." says Natsume.

He closes his eyes and then opened them up and walked over to the TV in his room put the dvd in. He backed away and sat down next to us.

The video is taken place in a bedroom. The room is huge, yet messy. The walls are black and red striped. The floor is black carpeted. There is a huge canopy bed that is black. In the bed, there are black sheets and a black comforter that has 5 red stripes on the bottom. The whole bed is a tangled mess.

In the bed, there is a lump.

"Oi! Polka, wake up." says the familiar voice of Natsume Hyuuga.

The lump moved and groaned. There in the sheets lay Mikan Sakura.

"Natsu, turn that thing off," she said. Her hair was a mess, and she was wearing pink and white shorts and a white tank top that fell of one shoulder.

"Why, your not any prettier now then you are any other time." he says.

She pouts at this and crawls over to him and snatches the camera away. She turns it on him.

"This is an interview. Natsume Hyuuga, is it true that you are officially the worst boyfriend ever?" she asks him sarcastically.

"Sure you want to say something like that little girl?" he asks as he leans closer to the camera.

She turns the camera so it is facing her and rolls her eyes.

"He is just a teddy bear on the inside," she said, smiling and winking. Then the camera falls out of her hand and you hear a squeal. It fell at the perfect angle so you could see Natsume on top of Mikan, kissing her.

"Love you" she says, smiling the brightest smile she could manage.

"Hn," he says, kissing her.

Then the screen goes black.

…

Greed's P.O.V

She was a completely different person. She was happy and smiley and kind.

What happened to her?

She is emotionless now, unable to muster a true smile. Not really even feeling anything good anymore.

How did it all change?

What really happened?

I have a feeling that theyre are quite a few versions of the story.

The problem is, which one is true?

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Natsume's P.O.V

That was one of the best memories I had with Mikan. Watching that video brought back feeling that made my heart ache at the very thought. It made so many regrets float through my head.

How could I let this happen?

I had screwed everything up. No, we all did.

How? Why?

And When will it fix itself.

At that very moment, I was hit with a realization.

'This time it wont fix itself'

This is all me.

I have to fix this. No one else can.

So I will.

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