Chapter 6 - Final Confrontations
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[Next Morning - Mikan's POV]
Sunlight filtered through the window. I smiled, and opened my eyes to see my mom sleeping right next to me. I smile widely. So it wasn't a dream. Mom really was alive. I roll over to look at the time and it was early.
I hug her to wake her up, and she does, in an instant. She gives me a sad smile when she realizes what today is. It will be the day I kill the ESP. Either he goes down, or I do, and it is a risky business.
"Morning Mikan, how did you sleep last night?" she smiles sadly at me, knowing she doesn't want time to click on.
"Great mom, listen. I will survive no matter what in order to live with you peacefully in the academy. I will protect what I love the most at all costs, even if it means death. No matter what you or anyone else says I will do what is right and thats killing ESP." I say with a determined look on my face.
"I know honey….I know…" She says rubbing small circles in the small of my back to soothe me and it was working slightly.
My heart clenches and I too, want to stay little forever, time frozen to this spot where I get to stay in mom's arms forever.
A minute passed before she opened her mouth to speak again, "Oh, and who do you love? You said you would die for that person."
I opened my mouth to speak. I was supposed to love Hyuuga. His mother and mine were connected and they wanted Hyuuga and I to complete the bond but I had no feelings for him, that cold-hearted, narcissist, needy, annoying bastard…. No way in hell would I love a guy like him.
I looked away from mother and said in my best persuasive tone just to make her feel happy, "Natsume." Just saying his name makes me want to puke.
"Come, come, come. You are just trying to do it for my good. But you know I will be happy with whoever you choose. My happiness blooms from when you smile. I want to know who you truly love at the bottom of your heart," Mom looked through my heart and knew I was lying.
I sighed a huge deep breath before looking at mom's probing amber eyes before turning beet red and stammering out, "T-Ts-u-ubasa S-Senpai." I say putting my head in my hands covering my blushing face.
Mom's face softened when my face gave me away. She laughed triumphantly and hugged me happily before saying, "I knew it, I knew it! That kid with spiky blue hair, blue eyes and a star tattoo on his left cheek? He wears a beanie and his uniform slightly altered. He is such a sweetheart…. I approve..."
I blushed even harder in my hands, and nodded, and stiffened when she trailed off at the last part.
I looked up at mom and said, "But Natsume believes I still love him and he thinks I will marry him one day. I don't know how to convince him, I don't love him anymore, but he can't get that into his thick little skull."
Mom pried my hands away from my cheeks and looked at me solemnly before saying, "You know Mikan, there are hard choices in life. You have to tell him at one point or else he will forever think that you love him, when you don't. Mikan, you have to tell him or else he won't stop trying, make him get it. The truth won't be able to be restrained forever."
I blushed furiously, and nodded. I have to tell Hyuuga that he can't keep going on showing his possessive infatuation of me. He has to let me go, at some point.
I nodded and said, "I will tell him, mother. Now let's get ready." She pulls me up and we teleport to the HSP's office.
Opening the door, I come in with mother, who miraculously decked herself in her black wig and icy blue contact lenses. I look at uncle and ask him, "Keep mother here. I will go and finish him off."
Uncle nods and says, "Good luck, Mikan."
I nod and then start for the door, the dagger I used in AAO, tucked in my traditional socks that go with my dark blue kimono. I ran down the hallways, to the Dangerous Ability classroom, where I saw all the Dangerous Ability students shoot up and look at me in alarm.
I glare back at them and they shiver underneath my icy mask. A month of being brainwashed by AAO has it's upsides. They teach you to be merciless and poker-faced when you need to be. And the students were shocked when I was able to copy the face of a china doll.
In the middle of the room was the ESP.
He darkly chuckled, "Aww, look who didn't rot away with her pathetic mother. Welcome, howaito suwan. Not good to see the traitor once again."
Everyone froze at the nickname.
"White swan…?" Some student says….
"Well she does have swan-like grace…" Another…...
"Just where did she get that name…?" And another until I had enough of it.
I glared at them to shut up, and they snapped their mouths like robots.
"Leave," I furiously glare at them and they shiver at the level of my intense gaze. Everyone except Natsume and Tsubasa stayed. Luna sent me a glare and left after flipping her greasy, sticky hair which she called 'shiny' strawberry blonde hair, and pinned me down with cold eyes before saying, "Just don't get near MY NATSUME-KUN. You traitor..." She says spitting out venom from every word that came from her ugly self.
I scoffed at her and she pranced out in her cheerleader outfit, making sure to flash her panties at Natsume to probably get him aroused, but he just looked the other direction.
When she pouted and left, I looked at them two and was about to tell them to leave when two cold hands clamped down on the cheeks of my face, and brought me against a pair of cold lips.
A rough tongue forced itself inside my mouth, just abusing my mouth by exploring it and I knew this was Natsume trying to push his feelings on me. Why now of all times, especially in front of my beloved.
Tsubasa-senpai's eyes widened and then a hurt expression took over him. I tried to reach for him but the hands that clamped down on my face now pinned my hands beside me. Senpai had now fled the room and my heart torn in two.
When he wasn't going to let me breathe at all I brought my knee up and kicked him hard, mercilessly in the place where the sun doesn't shine, not thinking how much pain must be running through him.
He cupped his private area and glared at me. I glared at him back and would pummel him to the ground had I not been in a kimono, dark blue must I add… the color of my hurt beloved Tsubasa's eyes….
Shoving him out of the door without a second and slammed the door behind the egoistic narcissist. The guy only cares about himself doesn't he….. he didn't appreciate or consider my emotions at all. More the reason to break his heart…..
Then facing the ESP, I could see that he wore a highly amused expression.
"Aww, young love. But too bad you won't be alive to experience it," he smirked as he charged at me with...cat claws? Phawhaha cat claws…. you have got to be kidding me…..
But a further inspection showed they were much longer and sharper metal ones that could kill with speed and depth.
Blocking his attack, I knew from the start that this would be a very long battle…
[Four Hours Later…]
I was huffing and puffing and was covered in a multitude of scars and open bleeding wounds and crimson ribbons daintily spilled from my sleeves of my kimono. My beautiful Tsubasa like kimono was now ruined for good…. Oh he is so going to get it now….
I regain my strength and use my last resort of it. Even though he's an adult trapped in a kids body, he sure has a lot of stamina.
I would have to say that comparing my condition to his, I would have to say that the ESP is a lot weaker than me. For some reason, he is a lot weaker, coughing and feels like someone is trying to suffocate him from behind. That is when it hit me. I killed Z, weakening him efficiently.
I smirked realizing his weak point, I take this as an advantage. Walking up to him, I poised my dagger in my hand, the same one I used to kill Z, the weapon was a damn good one. Nice and sturdy, that's the only thing I will ever keep from the AAO and that is the dagger.
He looked at me with a look of absolute horror when he saw Z's bloodstains heavily coat the metal. I smirk and say, "Yes. It is what you think. Z's blood. I murdered him, along with Reo."
He gasped. I knew he wasn't to much worried about Reo, but Z is a descendant of his clone. Killing off his clones or the descendents dramatically weakens him to the point he is vulnerable.
He chokes and gags. The end is near, and I can smell it in the air. It is near, and the tortures of the Dangerous Ability students are coming to an end. They won't have to suffer anymore. They can be free and fit in with normal kids with Alices. Never again will they be ostracized from the other class because they don't fit in or be a terrible influence to others, I will make sure of that… I will make their united wish come true….
To be accepted by all…
I knew what it is like, to be excluded. My dear classmates, I am setting you free from your cages to be free birds. I am setting you free with the final blow, you will not have to do anymore of his dirty dark work.
I raise the dagger, and he violently twitches, trying to get near something, something to save him from me, but I reach out my leg and trip him on his face.
Taking advantage of the situation, I straddle his legs (much to my disgust) and plunge the dagger deep in his back.
He screams out when the blow fatally ends his life, "I HATE YOU, YOU TRAITOR! JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER, A MERCILESS BACKSTABBER!"
My hazel eyes darken at his words but I pay no heed to his agonizing suffering. He deserves it. Putting my hand on his shoulder, I steal his alice completely ready to show it to the world as a sign of victory. He gasps, but there is nothing he can do about it.
When he finally stops kicking and screaming underneath my steel grasp on his child body, he becomes dead still and I quickly pull out my dagger, and fasten the little pouch containing his huge Alice, at my waistline of my tattered kimono. I limp towards the door, man that guy sure put up a fight.
I open the door, and worried whispers of everyone crowd towards the door. I see Hotaru and Ruka's eyes widen when they see me with a huge bloody dagger.
"The ESP is officially dead. We are all free from his evil clutches." I cheerfully say, shouting from my 4 hour long battle, I became victorious..
Several bodies thud on the ground from shock, and some people are about to faint from my 'groundbreaking news'.
I teleport to the HSP's office. I throw the bloody dagger on his desk and the bag containing his remaining alice stones. My cuts and scrapes visible from my now non-existent kimono.
Uncle nods at me and mom takes me into a huge hug, and Imai-senpai is called in to heal me of my minor injuries.
He puts a hand on my shoulder, and after five minutes, my cuts, scrapes, open wounds and even the bullet wound from yesterday heal.
Though my beautiful kimono won't be fixed… Hopefully this relationship with Tsubasa will come to an end like this kimono did….
Mom understands this and takes my hand and back to the Hana Hime Den, and Mom gives me another Kimono that Himemiya-sama happily offers.
It is dark blue again, with silver butterflies decorating the edges of the kimono to represent my desire to be free and do what I wish. I am a free spirit after all and I won't ever again be under anyones control….
The only control I am under is under Tsubasa-senpai's love spell that I wish never breaks….
She hands me a fancy butterfly clip to clip in my hair when I wash up. I let my hair drape down my shoulders and back. I decide to make it a bit curly so I curl it a little.
I wash up, take a nice warm bath and then change into my kimono, new pair of socks and sandals, and clip, and then I teleport into the main hall where everyone is going to lunch.
Everyone looks at me, shocked, because who wouldn't be aware of the dilemma an hour ago? I wind in the hallways, my beautiful kimono cutting the air as I helplessly try to find the one and only person that captured my heart. This is my true destiny…. when I was little my father told me something that I never forgot….
You shall grow up to be taken in….
To be kidnapped and held within…
The darkness that lies within your heart will take control…
But the one with the mark of punishment you will hold…
Forever and always embraced in the light…..
From the happiness that emits from the soul….
When I got out of the front doors to the school, not too deep in the forest, I see Tsubasa-senpai curled up on a branch of a tree. Refusing to come down, like a little child.
I laugh at the scene causing him to look down at me, and blush.
"Come on, senpai. Come down here!" I giggle. He is being such a kid!
"Or why don't you just run off to Hyuuga, the person you really love?" he mumbled hoping I wouldn't catch it, but unfortunately, I did, and my heart shattered to see him so sad right now.
"Oh senpai…" I walked over to the branches and tried to reach him from all the way up, but he was too high up. I jump high enough finally and make it up to his branch. I crouch down next to him smiling.
"Oh silly...I kicked him in the place that hurts the most when you left. I was infuriated when he tried to kiss me when I was saving it for you to take away. You managed to make me feel happy when I felt down. You managed me to feel happy when I was supposed to be angry at you. You made me feel things that I thought I would never feel. You helped unfreeze and unchain my controled heart…. You know why?"
His eyes widen knowing the answer.
I smiled softly saying, "Because I am deeply in love with you. So much it hurts to be away from you. Whenever we are together my heart starts to beat as if it might come out of my chest…and I realized it's because I love you…. My Dear T-s-u-b-a-s-a-senpai." I say touching his nose and patting his beanie.
I jump off the branch and smile sadly at him saying, "I best be going since you do not wish to see my face. I hope we can talk one day….Sayonara..."
I walked away at a calm pace when I heard someone fall of a tree and rush behind me and pull me against a chest. A chin makes a perfect nest on the crown of my head nuzzles in deep. His nose dives into my hair smelling it and caressing it slowly as if it was my lifeline. I spin around in his grip and wrap my arms around his neck and hold onto him as if I let go I might fall and break like a piece of glass.
"Silly girl, I just happened to jump to conclusions. I will never stop loving you and you know that, I love you too much to ever let you go." he chuckled, noting down how much I blushed.
"I thought you would just break it off when he forcefully kissed me…" I trailed off, loss at words I held on tighter on his neck, pushing myself more into him as if he was my lifeline.
"I didn't know what to say. I didn't have a clue as to if you enjoyed what he was doing to you, it made me jealous. I thought I was going to lose you to him..." he made a worried face.
I scoffed and said, "I was disgusted, and you, out of all people should know that. He even did a French Kiss, and you think I would kiss back. Gross..." I shivered at the disgusting memory.
His grip tightened and he growled, "He...did...WHAT?!" He wraps his arms over me tighter in a protective way and it made me blush from the close proximity.
I nodded and decided to explain it out for him, "Yes, senpai, he stole my first kiss, well not a kiss because I didn't respond back to it. He slipped his tongue inside my mouth and tasted my whole roof of the mouth and nicked my own tongue with his cat like fangs he seems to have in his mouth. Do you get it now? I….just…..never again will I let that happen, because I never liked him that way…. Instead of killing him my mom wants me to go 'talk' to him about how I never loved him."
He looked like wanted to pummel Hyuuga to his ultimate death. He was angry. Nope, let me scratch that out, he was downright furious.
"I'm gonna murder him…" he clenched his fists as the shadows dancing in happiness of their masters orders.
Out of the corner of my eyes, I sensed his presence, a good hundred feet away from me, watching me, probing me with glittering crimson eyes.
"OR…you can give me my first official kiss and seal our love," I smile at him pulling him in a hug. He snakes his arms around my hips and pulls me closer…. my chest pressing up against his chest but I don't really care because I just want Natsume to see that I don't love him, so this is my chance to prove it.
He smiled that, and tilted my chin up. I looked at his eyes, gleaming with all the happiness I could see in ten Earths, all summed up in the moment.
He doesn't give his occasional smirk, or jokey laugh. He genuinely beams at me and leans forward to connect our lips.
And when they do, I sigh against them, knowing our love had been complete. This was the sealing promise that we needed all along. I feel Natsume creep closer and closer until I see him coming into view.
"Mikan! How could you do this to me?! I love you!" Natsume says looking at me with shocked eyes.
Natsume says and he pulls me out of Tsubasa's warm embrace. Tsubasa takes my arm and Natsume takes my other arm and the two boys glare down at each other….
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Eri: Oh boy this oughta be fun… Natsume thinks he won the battle but he hasn't won the war.
Chi: Who do you want to win? PM and tell us. I won't listen if you yell, "NATSUME! NATSUME! GO GO NATSUME!"