Yuki: Oh my god. I'm stuck. It's a writers block. I hate this. Ugh. Iknow it's been long but…I'm really stuck. I didn't know how to fill in till the match…
Mikan: This chapter isn't going to be so good…So, please forgive us.
Yuki: I'm very sorry, but I'll try my best to make it interesting…As an apology, I'm going to make this extra long! So, if you get bored halfway during the fill-in, please just continue reading! The fight is in this chapter!
Recap:
Mikan stood up gracefully. "My guardians are Jeanne and Daisuke of Nullification and S.E.C." "I'll add this in case that damm narumi ask me to say what's my form." "I have two mystical forms, black devil with Daisuke and Ribbon angel with Jeanne." Finished, she sat down and glared at Narumi.
There were a lot of murmurs. All of them were surprised. This girl could be very strong. "Sugoi! Mikan sama! I think you might be the strongest in this school! Even stronger than Retsu and Nastume san!" A boy yelled out, hearts in his eyes.
"Oh shit…" Everybody thought.
Pissed off, Natsume declared." You owe me a match, Sakura. We'll see who's the strongest. Tomorrow, after school. At the northern forest." Hell, no one was stronger than him. He was the number one.
End of recap
Natsume strode out of the classroom with a deathly aura, but not before giving a triumphant smirk to Mikan.
Sighing, Hotaru slapped her forehead. The motto was, 'never ever challenge Hyuuga Natsume or you'll end up in a pulp'. Mikan is dead. Natsume was the strongest in the academy. Noway in hell she was able to beat him. Glaring at the boy who caused this mess, she sighed. Sakura Mikan, you're in deep trouble…
"Bloody hell! I just transferred and here I have a match already? It's barely been two days! Great… Putting the fact that I can't win aside, two thing I can't stand is attention and the northern forest. That was the bloody reason I was trying so desperately to avoid him! So how did I end up in this sorry state? Oh yeah, that bastard who has a huge mouth…" Mikan thought, glaring at the boy.
"I'm gonna sew your lips together, you idiot." Mikan hissed. "Look at the mess I'm in!"
The boy squirmed in his seat under Mikan's and Hotaru's deathglare. Murmuring a small, panicky sorry, he hurriedly ran out of the classroom, his hands covering his mouth in a 'please-don't-sew-my-lips' manner.
"Is he an idiot or what?" Hotaru stated her eyes staring at Mikan.
"No idea, Hotaru…But what am I going to do? Sakura Mikan never back down from a fight. I am kinda cool about it but one thing I'm afraid of. I don't want to fight in the northern forest…The last time I went to see Mr. Bear, I tell you, it was horrible! Werewolves and arrows…Running here and there…There was no way me and Ruka was able to get rid of them. We could only count on our athletic skills…I don't want to go through that again… ."
"So, you're afraid of the werewolves and arrows, but not Natsume Hyuuga? Mikan, ever known that he is more dangerous than those stupid things? He'll kill you!"
"I'm fine with all that, I just don't want to run around again… Do you think that there is any way I can escape from that?"
"No,"
"Stingy, you just don't wanna waste your inventions on me."
"Whatever, actually, you do know that we're in lesson right, Mikan?"
'Eh?"
"Mikan Chan, please sit down, will you?" Narumi Sensei asked, sweatdropping. He had been ignored for the past 5 minutes. One even forgot that she was in a classroom with a teacher inside. Typical.
"Wait, what? Narumi Sensei, why are you here?"
"Mikan Chan…I was here from the beginning! Did you forget?"
"Well, kinda…" Mikan replied, taking her seat. "This is so troublesome…"
"Bear with it," Daisuke murmured while Jeanne watched Mikan in amusement.
"Mikan, don't worry, you're gonna smash him into bits," Jeanne comforted Mikan, or at least, in her own way.
"I'm looking forward to that…"
"Truthfully Mikan, You don't have to do anything! I mean, you already can cast spells, and you have us two alices! What more can one have? Jeanne's nullifying ability comes naturally and my alice just need a little practice. And, during the match, you can transform into your mystical being and your powers would be enhanced. So, you should head off to central town or something so that I can start copying alices," Daisuke suggested, his hands placed on his hips. They were outside the classroom block.
"That's right, Mikan. Before you can bash him up, you have to master Daisuke's alice. I believe Daisuke have already copied a lot of alices already though. Your classmates alices' are pretty interesting." Jeanne commented.
"Yea! There's human pheromone, levitating alice, cooking, chemistry alice, invention, flying, cat-dog alice, hair growing alice, and the what-you-call-that-again…umm…Oh yeah, the animal pheromone too. Hilarious, that alice. Imagine all kinds of animals getting attracted to a person!" Daisuke laughed.
"Ahaha… any useful alices for attacking?" "That sounds like Ruka in the northern forest…"
"Let's see, right now, you have earth, fire, water, wind at your commands. You also have the matter alice, which allows you to create anything you want from thin air. And, you have the physical control alice. It controls the movement of your opponent to your will. That's all."
"Isn't that a lot already? Do I still have to, um, copy more alices?"
"Actually, you don't have to. Hyuuga Natsume has more experience than you. He knows how to fight too. But Mikan, you also know how to fight, and I think your fighting skills are quite good, but not as good as him. But in terms of alices, he only can use one, but you can use all sorts of alices! Even if he transforms into a wizard, you can transform into two beings! Jeanne's and my abilities allows you to move faster when you're in the mystical form. All in all, you don't have to worry about anything!"
"Really? Then, I'll win?" Mikan asked, hope in her eyes.
"That, I'm not 100% sure…"
"Well, it doesn't matter. Cause I think I'm gonna win," Smirking, Mikan returned to her dorm.
"Hmm… She's interesting…" A blonde thought, standing behind a tree, mysteriously vanishing.
"Sir, it is confirmed. She has a very powerful alice, and will be put into the dangerous ability class. Her mission will be rank A." A man with spiky black hair said, bowing.
"Very well, remember, give her the usual treatment." Another voice spoke.
"Yes, sir."
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Mikan felt a shiver run down her spine. "What the hell was that? I'm getting a bad feeling…"
"Mikan, what's wrong?" Anna asked.
"Um, nothing! I'm fine!" Mikan laughed it off. They, Mikan, Hotaru and the gang excluding Natsume were at Central town.
"Anyway! I'm sooooo glad I'm able to go shopping with you guys! I'm so happy!"
'Yea, just shut it, Mikan." Hotaru told her. Mikan had made friends with the gang. They were all now really good friends.
"Hmph,"
"Anyway, you sure you don't wanna practice? You can't underestimate Natsume, you know. Only Retsu can beat him!" Nonoko asked worriedly.
"Nah, I'll be fine. Mm…Hey guys, what's that delicious smell that's wafting everywhere?" Mikan asked, sniffing in the air.
"It's howalon…" Hotaru replied.
"Howalon? Is that some sort of sweet? Ahhh…It smells so nice…"
"Yea, it's a very popular candy that is made by a well known patisserie. It's super delicious. If you want to buy it, you better hurry. It gets sold put pretty quick." Retsu said.
"Okay, I'll go buy it!" Mikan said, and dashed off to the store that sell Howalons, tracing the scent with her nose.
"Wait, Mikan, You don't…" Hotaru started but wasn't able to continue. Mikan was already long gone. "That idiot… Have she ever realized that she have not received any currency from the School yet?" Everyone sweatdropped. "Common Sense is never in her brain…" Everyone murmured.
"Well, for now, let us go to the howalon store and find Mikan." Ruka suggested.
"Okay," Everyone agreed. Who knows what kind of trouble Mikan could get into. They walked to the store, trying to find Mikan.
"Guys, if you see her begging others for howalon, just pretend you don't know her…" Hotaru advised.
"Eh? Ignore her?" Anna and Nonoko asked in surprise.
"Well, do what you want but I'm not getting involved…" Hotaru had gotten involved with Mikan's stupid actions before and trust me, Hotaru never got involved with Mikan's actions again. Never. Hotaru shuddered. "Don't blame me if something happens. I'm not taking responsibility. Mikan is."
"Hey, I wonder what had Mikan done to made Hotaru so afraid of getting involved with her?" Anna whispered to Retsu.
"Who knows," he shrugged in reply. Suddenly he stopped walking. Out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a depressed brunette sitting alone on a bench, while some guys were hitting on her but she did not seem to notice. He raised an eyebrow. "Hey, I need to go somewhere first… You guys go ahead of me…" He said as he walked towards the Mikan. Due to his intense training with Persona, his coach, he had a superb eyesight. (Only Natsume and Retsu receives training, the others don't) It didn't occur to him that he should inform the others that he had spotted Mikan first.
"Okay," Nonoko replied, oblivious that Mikan was a few meters away from them. Hotaru smirked, her eyes glinting, which went unnoticed to Retsu.
"Let's go," Hotaru said, her voice holding a tint of amusement. "I smell money…" Hotaru smirked slightly and dragged the others away.
With Mikan
What is this? I can't believe that I actually forgot that I don't have money… I'm actually kind of depressed right now… I really wanted to try the howlaon, I've seen others eating it and it look so tasty! I've even begged them for some but they thought I was crazy! Furthermore, this two guys in front of me, blabbering some sort of nonsense, was really pissing me off.
"Hey, come on, babe. Why 'cha ignoring us?" One asked, trying to get my attention.
"Like we've said, how 'bout hanging out with us, eh? It's gonna be fun, I promise," the other said seductively. Ew. Yucks. Hey, isn't that Retsu? He's walking here… Well, if he thinks I'm weak and can't handle these idiots alone, he's wrong.
"Excuse me, would you leave me alone? I ain't in a good mood right now…" I warned them, giving them the cue to get lost before I smash them. With the help of my guardians. That Retsu probably thought that I have not noticed them flirting with me.
"Whaaat? How can we leave such a pretty woman here? Come on, just letting us have a taste of you won't hurt right?" I twitched. I saw Retsu twitched too. He must have heard that.
"say that one more time, and I'll gorge out your eyeballs and make sure your place where the sun does not shine never works properly again." I hissed. Believe me, I can be as scary as I want to be. Remember that time when I shouted at Natsume and Ruka pyon cause they pissed me off in the office? Yeah, that wasn't even half of my 100%.
"Don't get too cocky kid," They said as one grabbed my hand and the other grabbed my waist.
I saw Retsu about to charge forward to save me. Uh uh, don't butt in. I'll finish this. They're the ones who pissed me off after all and I wanted them to suffer by my hands.
"Get. Your. Hands. Off. Me" I used my fire alice and burned them. No, not their hair. I burned their arms. That quickly got their hands off me. "AHHH MY HANDS! PUT OUT THE FIRE ITS BURNING!" They yelled, running around frantically. I laughed. Pathetic. I drenched them head to toe with my water alice, of course, the water was icy cold. It had to be cold enough to quench my fire. When the fire was out they got unbelievably angry.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!" They proceeded to attack me simultaneously. I rolled my eyes.
"Still not enough?" I teased. I used my ice alice and trapped them in my ice. Settling it to disappear for half a minute since I did not want them to die because of lack of oxygen, I said, "Retsu, you may stop staring…"
Retsu pov
Oh my god. What the hell is she…? She's not even trained by Persona but she's already more ruthless than Me or Natsume! Hell… She burned them! I mean, bloody hell, she burned them! Not only that, she drenched them in -10 degrees Celsius cold water! AND TRAPPED THEM IN ICE? Is she crazy?
"Retsu, you may stop staring…"
And, she's absolutely calm and composed. No trace of anxiety. And how did she knew that I'm here? She didn't looked in my direction once!
Still, I calmed myself. I was still far more experienced than her after all.
"Mikan, that was harsh," I commented.
"Well, I personally hate guys who tries to flirt with me… Oh yeah, Retsu! Do you happen to have any money with you?"
"Well, yeah," I replied, distracted from my previous thought earlier.
She smiled brightly. Weird. What was she up to? She walked up to me. "Mind lending me some? I'll pay you back later."
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"Hey, thanks a lot, Retsu! I finally get to try this super famous candy!" She said cheerily fully, holding 3 large boxes of Howalon in her hands.
"Well, it wasn't like I had a choice…" I muttered. After seeing her acting like some sort of assassin, I can't probably refuse her, can I?
"Huh? Did you say something?"
"N-no, nothing…" She nodded her head and opened a box. There were 15 howalons inside. She held one in her palm.
"What's this small puffy thing? Is this really the famous howalon? Shouldn't it be huge? Famous candies are huge right? That way, we can eat a lot! Famous candies equals huge size! Right?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.
I laughed. "You're such a greedy pig!"
"Excuse me?" She looked at me with dark eyes. "Did you just said I was a PIG? HUH?"
"Yep, anyways, just try it. It's nice. Despite the size." She popped one into her mouth and chewed it.
Silence…
"So, it's nice right?"
She looked at me without a word. Suddenly her eyes sparked brightly.
"OFCOURSE IT IS! THIS IS SO DELICIOUS! YUMM! IT'S ALMOST AS IF I'M IN HEAVEN!" She gushed. She hurriedly gobbled down the whole box of Howalons. She sighed in happiness. Is she crazy or something?
"Ahh…This candy melts in my mouth, and, there is this sweet vanilla and milk taste! It taste like candy floss but it's different from candy floss. Uwa, this candy even gives me a happy feeling!"
"Well, you're sorta right. The person who made it included some sort of high class spell. I don't even know how to cast that spell. Only people who have a great interest in sweets would be able to master that spell…" I told her.
"Eh? I don't get what you're talking about," she said, her jaws still chewing the unfinished howalon.
"Never mind, just hurry up and finish the food in your mouth." I sighed.
"Ne, Retsu. Do you like Anna?" She asked suddenly.
"HAAAA?" I was surprised. What the hell was she talking about? I certainly—
Do you know why I've stopped thinking? Because, I felt that there was something really huge in my mouth. It melted and my tongue recognized the vanilla milky flavor. That stupid girl just poured a whole box of Howalon into my mouth. Seriously. Is she retarded or something? I shouldn't have left my mouth hanging open. Should have known it was a trick. But… Do I like her? Do I?
"Retsu, your mouth's still hanging open…"
I swallowed the howalons quickly. "What the hell was that?"
"Howalons."
"Not that, but that! That!"
"Oh, that! I seriously think you like Anna! I wasn't joking!"
"…"
SORRY PEEPS, FOR THE LONG WAIT. THE MAIN EVENT STARTS NOW, :)
Alright, I know. You guys are probably thinking, what the hell was all that fill in just now? Relax, and I'm gonna go straight to the main event.
"Ah, today is the day right? I'm so excited!" Mikan gushed, tying up her hair into a high ponytail. "Since letting my hair down would be a bother later during my fight, I'm going to tie it up!"
"Mikan. You're wearing the wrong uniform. Today is practical lessons. Right?" Jeanne asked.
"Yea and I'm wearing the witch ou—" Mikan stopped short. She looked at her clothes. "Why am I wearing normal lessons' attire?"
"Who knows, by the way, its 8.15 a.m, Mikan." Daisuke reminded.
"WHAAAT?" Mikan screeched. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO EALIER? GOT TO TAKE THE SUPER FAST BROOM AGAIN! ARGHHH!"
Mikan quickly changed into her supposed uniform before reciting the spell in a flash. Before you could say "Mikan! You're late! Hurry Up!", Mikan was already out of the house on her broom, screaming, "DAISUKE! JEANNE! HURRY UP! I'M GONNA NE LAAAAAATEEE!"
Slamming the door open, Mikan panted hardly. "So-rry I-I'm La-te!"
"Ah, Mikan Chan! It's okay, don't be late next time! Please take your seat," Narumi sensei said kindly.
The lessons went by very well for Mikan. She had already learnt how to cast spells and fly. Jeanne and Daisuke was with her all the times, which caused an uproar in the school.
"Heh, I didn't expect lessons to be that easy. Learning how to make yourself invisible and to make your size smaller is no big deal." Mikan commented, after class was over.
"You're right. Something like this is too easy. Everyone can do it without any effort." Hotaru agreed.
"Eh? Really? This is my first time casting that spell, so I'm not really accustomed to it. But, it was fairly simple," Anna said as Nonoko nodded her head in approval.
"Well, only idiots wouldn't be able to cast that spell. Super idiots," Retsu said nonchalantly.
Everyone in the classroom let their jaws drop. "Are they crazy or something… This spell is damm hard! Even Narumi had to try 4 times to get it right! But they got it right in first try…Besides, that Sakura girl just transferred here and is a total newbie! How is she able to cast that high class spell! And she has those two legendary guardians with her!"
"Hey, Hotaru…Someone just called me a newbie…" Mikan whined.
"You are a newbie, Mikan. You've only just transferred yesterday." Hotaru replied.
"Anyway, Mikan, are you sure it's alright to stay here and chat?" Ruka asked.
"It's after class already. Hyuuga's waiting." Retsu continued.
"Oh yea, I forgot… Well then, I'll be going! Are you guys coming to watch?" Mikan asked as she walked out of the classroom with the gang.
"Of course!" Anna said.
"It's a match between you two after all! Everyone in our class is going to watch!" Nonoko continued.
"Everyone? Wow, that makes me kinda nervous…" Mikan laughed.
"You should be, from the very beginning." Everyone said in unison.
Mikan sweatdropped. "Still, I wonder what our battle field looks like…" Mikan murmured as she began to imagine the place where she would be fighting.
"This isn't some kind of drama, Mikan. There's no battle field. There's just trees and grass." Retsu said, amused.
"Well, I guess so," Mikan agreed, her eyed fixed on the scene before her. Trees and Grass, and rocks, of course, There was a white line in the middle of nowhere, and behind that white line, stood many clusters of students, with a huge pig-like robot standing in the middle.
"So, bye Mikan. I'm the referee for this match. Good luck." Hotaru said, with no hint ofconcern. She climbed up the robot before entering it through a door. "This will help me not to get damaged by attacks that goes in the wrong direction."
"As expected of Hotaru…" Mikan laughed, sweatdropping. The rest of the gang quickly rushed back to the white line. "Don't die, Mikan." They told her. "We're not going to carry you back."
"Nice encouragement, guys." Mikan rolled her eyes.
"Hey! Mikan! Pay attention!" Jeanne scolded. "Your opponent's right in front of you! He tried to attack you but I nullified it! But do pay attention!"
"Ehehe, gomen…" Mikan apologized sheepishly. "Hey you! Hyuuga! That's dirty! You tried to attack me when I'm not paying attention, rather, when the match have not even started yet! That's cheap! Even if you win using that method, it's not considered winning at all! Fight with me, FAIR AND SQUARE!"
"Mikan. The match had already started. Hyuuga was just pissed at you for ignoring him" Hotaru told her, still in her robot.
"Ah, really?"
Natsume stood there, staring at Mikan. "There's something in the back of my head… This girl…Forget it, concentrate the match! We'll see who's stronger! But what's with her? She wasn't affected by my alice at all…" Natsume 'tched', and tried using his alice again. "Haiku, fire. Surround her in fire." A small guardian dressed in black nodded his head.
Whoosh
Everyone gasped. Mikan was trapped in Natsume's 120 degrees fire. The fire cackled, threatening everyone, even the gang, to back off.
"Hyuuga. What are you looking at?"
Natsume eyes widened. Haiku, his fire guardian murmured, "Chase after her," Mikan was behind Natsume. In front of him was the fire, slowly dying. Mikan had used the wind alice to carve an opening through the fires for her to escape, before using the nullifying alice to make the flames disappear. "Well, I couldn't stand the heat."
Two fireballs appeared and aimed straight for Mikan. Mikan noticed, although the swift movement made it hard, due to her sharp senses. Mikan dodged the fire balls by jumping up into the air, letting herself float there. She had casted the spell of flying. Her pink wings were slightly larger than before. Her eyes widened when the fireballs followed her up into the air.
"O water, quench their thirst," Mikan murmured. Two balls of water appeared and started to chase after the fire balls. "Go," Mikan said, eying her water balls. They water balls sprayed water ion the fire, making a sizzling sound.
Haiku stared in disbelief. His fire was quenched? Impossible. Natsume's eyes narrowed, and he mumbled, "Switch over." A red light surrounded Natsume and Haiku. Mikan stared in curiosity. "He's turning into his mystical form… Well, let's play fair then."
Mikan said, "Jeanne lets make this match fun," Jeanne nodded. "Switch over." Mikan murmured. A warm pink light embraced her, before a sharp white light shot out, causing the pink light to disappear. White feathers floated around Mikan as the light died down. At the same time, Nastume's red light had died down too. Both of them were in the air.
Yuki: I know, it was boring in the first part…But still, this chappie's looong! XD
Mikan: But I do seem overly confident for the match…
Yuki: Hehe, anyway, please review? I know this chappie isn't too good, its boring. I'm sorry. :(