Chapter Four - My False Fate

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[One month later…]

[Mikan's POV]

My training went so well that Z smirked at me, the day before the Alice Festival, stroking his chin as he talked, "Hmm...howaito suwan you might be able to complete the mission as I thought. But in case, I am sending Reo if your plan backfires we can make another plan to get the power we need. This is one of our plans if it backfires, then come back to the AAO base and report to me." I stood tall obeying his orders…. so the time has come huh…..

I nod stiffly and mentally sigh a relief deep in my head. Maybe I can intentionally screw up his plan tomorrow, and then that could delay taking the precious Alice Stones from everyone.

I felt relieved, however didn't let Reo-sama see my relief behind my cold and impassive eyes. I don't want him butting into my issues anymore since he is as annoying as a fly to me.

He smirked at me from the sidelines and bumped me in the elbow when I spaced out just like that. Looking up at him with a hard glare, he shrugged and motioned at me to look at Z, who had been trying to get my attention the last thirty seconds. Focusing my gaze on my 'owner' I give a curt nod to him and encourage him to speak, "As you were saying…?" I hope he hasn't caught on to what I was thinking.

"I wonder why you were spacing out, howaito suwan," he was looking at me with suspicious beady eyes. But at least he didn't put any emphasis on my nickname.

"Probably it was because Reo-sama here," I jabbed an accusing finger at the idiot next to me, "doubled my training and told me to practice on 200 people instead of 100 like he promised I would today." Damn hypocrites taking advantage of my power.

"Hey, the more practicing you get, the better!" Reo-sama held his hands up in mock-horror.

"I agree with howaito-suwan. You need to stick to the schedule and not make numbers up. If you wanted to train with 200 people with her, then you should have said so in your training schedule. Making things up along the way will bring AAO's prestige down," Z glared at Reo-sama.

I smirked and inwardly sighed a huge relief when Z accepted my quick reply. I had to say, if it was one thing I improved in since joining, it was my ability to lie and cover up my inwards thinking with an external factor.

"Anyways, you are dismissed," Z looked at me, "Get some sleep tonight because tomorrow youwill be infiltrating Gakuen Alice."

The name sent daggers down my chest. It hurt to think that I will be taking advantage of the very same people that opened my horizon to newer things, the true beauty of life.

Turning on my heels, I went back to my bedroom not completely ready to face my destiny like that, hurting the people I hold dear to me. Tomorrow will be the start of the Alice Festival, and the week-long festivities.

And that marks the start of my week-long doom.

[Next day - still Mikan's POV]

Sunshine, flowers, and cool air was what I used to wake up to, a month ago. Now I wake up to machines running, people running around the place, the air smelling like chemicals, people screaming their heads off, and a loud banging, specialty by Reo-sama himself.

I got one today, and he made it extra loud to wake me up from my stubbornness, ahh just the way I love it, not like it.

He smirked on the other end of the door, "Wake up, sleeping beauty. Got ten minutes to be out of there. Or do you want me to join you in your bath? Is that how you want it?" He says giving me a sly grin and began opening the door.

My face burned up at him possibly raping me, and I banged on my door screaming, "IDIOT! THE HELL! I WANT TO KEEP MY INNOCENCE! I AM GONNA BE OUT THERE! JUST WAIT YOU DAMN PERVERT, AND WHEN WE GET BACK I AM SO HURTING YOU!"

He chuckled, and waved off by saying, "Yeah, yeah. Whatever… I don't make promises.."

I growled and then ran to the bath and took a quick cold shower before he could come in there and take my mark of innocence away from me at this age. What a revolting man I have to put up with for a month now.

I hurriedly eat milk and cereal and while combing my hair, I throw on my uniform, shirt, cargo pants, boots, gloves, beret, pin, lab coat and mask (everything) and put my hair up in a perfect high ponytail.

Making sure my uniform is perfect, I finally walk out the door. Reo-sama was leaning against a wall and just dying for me to come. Just impatent as always are we not because he kept looking at his watch and sighing.

I rolled my eyes at this and said, "So are we going or are we going to be sitting ducks?"

He scoffed and muttered incoherent things to say, underneath his breath. Once him and his little drama award like moment was over, he mumbled, "Yeah, yeah, let's go." Sometimes I really want to kill this guy but something in my mind tells me not to ever hurt my master so I don't cross the silver lining.

Too bad I am not like my mother. I bet my mother was what he pictured as his 'perfect

possible wife', but I would kill myself if he was my biological father. Never can picture myself calling him daddy or anything like that.

I silently make my way for the warphole, and he follows, surprised I know my way around AAO base grounds. Please, I am not a little kid anymore.

I roll my eyes, and then slide down a specific warphole along with Reo-sama that will lead us to High School Section. There I will use my multiple inserted Alice Stones to help us stay invisible, protected and what-nots. I guess you could say I am invincible when it comes to this. I really don't want to hurt those precious to me, to me it's unbearable.

I only think one thing… I won't be the same anymore if I ever hurt you, Tsubasa-senpai. Please stay safe for me. Or, try to avoid me when I steal Alice Stones. I can't let you see this dark side of me. The me they once knew is not dead but is caged under lock and key. I begin my hunt…. gomene mina-san…..

[Normal POV, where other Gakuen Alice Students Are]

Tsubasa was putting on his Aladdin costume on for Aladdin RPG for Special Ability Booth. He looked so empty since he couldn't find enough details on his beloved Mikan. Without Mikan his happiness was taken away from him leaving him to revert back to his old cold self. The database only had the fact that her name was Mikan Yukihira and not Mikan Sakura, and that she joined a month ago and has SEC alice and nullification alice.

Her alice shape doesn't even seem to be the same now. It seems she has unlimited power like Himemiya-sama's Barrier Alice. All the reason why AAO would want her.

Tsubasa's eyes hardened, and Misaki noticed this. With a sad glance she put a hand on his shoulder and whispered, "If it is about me, I'm sorry I can't return your feelings." She just doesn't understand that he loves Mikan does she.

Tsubasa snapped out of his cold glare at the ground and looked at her, before looking away and muttering, "It's not you. How can I worry about anyone or anything else when my Mikan is out there against her will helping the AAO. I am not concerned about your feelings."

Misaki was now dumbfounded and very much hurt. There was a sight of tears in her eyes butshe blinked them back. "Then what is the matter?" Then it hit her, "If you are in Dangerous Ability, then why are you in this booth?"

"Special orders from HSP," Tsubasa told her, "Hyuuga is taking a part of Somatic Abilities snow white play as the snow white."

Moments later, the kuro neko came out, donned in a flowery gown and a basket of flowers and glared at everyone like he now officially hated life, "Not funny."

Tsubasa glared at him and said, "Never planned on LOL'ing right now, comedian."

Natsume knew what he was talking about and darkened. Misaki dumbly blinked and and looked at Hyuuga and dumbly asked, "So do you know what he is talking about?" Misaki asks tilting her head in a confused manner.

Natsume scoffed and Misaki was slightly taken back at his rudeness. Sure Natsume is rude by nature. But this was new if he just scoffed and acted like nothing happened when Tsubasa was angry.

Tsubasa nearly slapped his head when he saw she still didn't get what the situation was about, "Never mind. Forget it. Stop trying to figure it out because you won't understand it was a guy thing." Tsubasa says brushing her off.

Misaki's face turned into a determined one and then her face turned dark, "It's Mikan isn't it?" Misaki asked and guessing by Tsubasa's reaction it was taken as a yes so Misaki threw a heavy 50L can of paint at Tsubasa and hitting him in the shoulder.

His eyes widened. Since when did she have such a possessive edge? He loved Mikan only and he found out when his heart beat frantically when he thought of Mikan and how cool and collected he was when he was mentioned of Misaki.

He sarcastically scoffed and said, "No shit sherlock. The once problem solver who couldn't solve problems is now a true busybody. " He said just to make her irritated and to dodge the question.

Her face turned furious but Tsubasa would have none of it. "I told you straight out why and you can't put two and two together."

She knew he was right yet she wanted to play nonchalant. Huffing, she crossed her arms and said, "I knew that. "

"Yeah sure you did. Anything you might want to add to that Mrs. Know It All?" Tsubasa asks her in a mocking tone. Just as Misaki was about to retort back they heard an ear deafening scream throughout the school.

"We are being under attack by Mikan and that Reo guy! They are taking all of your alices so if you want to keep yours then run!" I heard some somatic alice guy say running the opposite direction from the trouble.

Natsume and I run the opposite direction from where people are leaving and I spot Mikan and Reo taking people's alice stones. They ended up wiping out the whole area, when they finally spot us Mikan just stands there motionless as she stares at me.

"Oy Mikan what and the hell do you think your doing?" Natsume says towards her and I see the shine in her eyes shine dimly but enough to show she's breaking from under Reo's control.

"Mikan remember you are my marionette, you are under my control and listen to me alone." Reo says in her ear and the shine in her eyes disappeared as quick as it came back. So she really was under Reo's control…. I have to save her….

"Mikan! Come back to the Academy, everyone misses you…. I miss you so please…" I say my voice full of desperation and need.

"I-I don't want to hurt you so please stay away from me Tsubasa-senpai, I can't control myself anymore. AHG! M-must get away from here, lets go Reo-sama we collected only three stones anyways." Mikan says slowly backing away like a scared cat but I ran up to hug her tightly not wanting to let her go.

She flinches under my tight embrace and starts to shake tremendously. That next moment was so painful for me because of what she did.

[Mikan POV]

AHHH! My mind is being taken over by the darkness. I hear Reo-sama's voice swarming around my head and I feel myself going insane! Somebody, anybody save me from this monster I've become, I think as my subconsciousness is being drowned once more in my darkness.

"Let's go Reo-sama, we need to return to AAO Headquarters to report to Z." I turn around to glare at him with dark, cold eyes. I backflip kick out of Tsubasa-senpai's embrace to get away from him because I really don't want to see him at the moment. I guess you could say that I have a cold heart and you might be right.

I run away from Tsubasa and Natsume with Reo.

"Mikan wait, come back! Stop! Wait…..I need you…." Tsubasa screams but I ignore his pleas and continue running back to AAO Headquarters. I only have that one sentance imprinted into myhead.

I need you…. The voice echoes into my head and it makes me feel dizzy. Why did it have to turn out this way. Will this be the true end of the end. I don't want to hurt the ones that I love and if I do it only hurts me, in the end.

"But in the end it doesn't even matter, does it?" I ask myself not expecting a response.

"Howaito Sawan wait I need to talk to you. We also need to give the alice stones to Z." Reo-sama says taking hold of my right arm. I temporarily stop waiting for him to lose his tight grip because face it or not he is stronger than me. I yank my arm from him and dash to the elevator and go inside just to get away for a while.

I run into the elevator and press the button that leads to the floor of my room. I lean against the wall with my head pressed back against the wall and I sigh or relief because of the quietness in the room. That is what I needed was peace and quiet at the moment because I still felt myself losing it and now I feel like I can't control myself.

I run into my room and I go take a nice long shower. My long brown hair flowing down my back and I sigh of relaxation from the warm water hitting my body. I feel my body relaxing from the heat and my sanity vanish and be substituted with pain. I shake as my body began to sting from the boiling water.

I return into my room and I find Reo sitting on my couch. I quickly covered myself in my towel before heading out to my room to give him a piece of my mind…. more like fist.

"Reo-sama what are you doing here? Especially without my permission to be here, have you no shame?" I ask shaking my in shame on his behalf.

"Well one, I have no shame so I don't care if your naked since you look just like Yuka and it makes me want to touch you, two I came to tell you that Z wants us but for right now that can wait." Reo sama says getting up and slowly walking up to me making my back go against the wall. I blush furiously and part of my mind is saying yes but I am not that kind of person so no… just no….

"Y-you….HENTAI!" I say uppercutting him to oblivion and he soars out the now broken window and onto my balcony. He slowly sits up and looks up at my now changed into uniform figure and sighs.

"*Sigh* Missed my chance huh, anyway we must go see Z now or else he will be angry." Reo-sama says getting up to leave. Time to accept my false fate….

I walk into the room with Reo to see Z and he looked…. how do you say it, pleased. There was asomewhat evil smirk plastered on his face sent shivers down my spine. I was waiting for him to respond….. This wasn't supposed to end like this….. I remember Tsubasa-senpai's face. The wanting of my return, the need of my self being as a whole. I never knew that someone would ever want or need me…. because I always thought I was alone in my own world. Well that's how it was when I was younger.

I want to pinch myself awake and have Hotaru hit me with her Baka Gun and have Ruka-pyon hold her back and Natsume to tsk at me with disdain.

I want Jin Jin to almost zap me, and Narumi to hug and snuggle me when I feel terrible. I want all of the sweets in the world and have uncle scold me not to eat too much and Shiki-san to kindly tell me to limit myself. I want mom and dad back.

I want Misaki senpai to ruffle my hair and Tono senpai to do something perverted though I am not a playgirl myself.

But most of all, I want you by my side, Tsubasa-senpai. Why can't I? Is it because the world's safety is at the cost of our love?

I clench my heart. I'm sorry, senpai, I really am…

But I am a little marionette who can't break her strings. And it hurts to know that all my hopes of breaking free from Z's control had ultimately gone down the drain.

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