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Natsume stared at the masked crowd in front of him awkwardly. His mind was still trying to catch up with what just happened moments ago. "Well, we're in, by all means…and...-" he said, only to be cut off by Sakura.

"We need to get to work. Rose and Ken are already in and looking around" she told him quietly before quickly disappearing into the crowd of people, returning fake smiles to the people that smiled to her, leaving Natsume behind.

Natsume out his hands in his pockets and followed her from a distance as he recalled what happened a moment ago.

-Flashback-

The guard slowly approached them as if they were suspicious people- not that they weren't, of course- and eyed them carefully. Natsume studied the man in front of them, noting two guns on his belt, as well as a clipboard in his left hand. Natsume was about to ask Sakura what her next move was when she pressed the side of her body against the side of his body.

'Oh…' he realised and stopped walking mid-pace to turn Sakura around. Sakura looked up at him and let a stupid grin appear on her face as she took a step closer to him and placed her hands on his arms, which were also, currently, also holding onto her arms.

In the corner of their eyes, they both saw the guard stop walking and watch them.

"So what now?" asked Natsume in a voice low enough only for her to hear. Sakura's stupid grin stayed on her face as she tilted her head up and let go of Natsume's arms and put her arms around Natsume's waist and hooked her hands up from behind.

"Just do whatever you think is needed to be done. We can't allow those guards find out who we are and what we're doing here" she told him with her mouth hardly moving. Natsume stared at her for a long moment before shifting his gaze to his left where all three guards were watching them. He could see the other two guards making their way to them and if they came any closer, he would have no idea about what to do.

Soon, the guards came closer and Sakura and he were slowly making their way closer to them acting mindless and as if they were drunk.

'What the hell are we going to do?' Natsume wondered. He was starting to wonder if it was him who was meant to make the move. His thought was answered when he felt Sakura press her elbow against his side.

Then, everything happened in a blur. One moment, he put his arm around her waist, and the next moment, he had her mouth against his and they were kissing each other like there was no tomorrow. For some reason, Natsume always felt a familiar presence when he was with her; as if he's always with her, though he could never figure out who the person was. They continued to kiss and stumble forward/backwards- closer to the three guards.

At the moment, Natsume couldn't help but imagine Mikan in his arms. Why did the girl have to have such a huge effect on him? He never knew his feeling for her until this morning whilst he was in the bathroom. What a weird place to realise such a thing. He had finally admitted to himself that he loved the girl. He wanted to make sure that he returned to the academy tonight and see her again. He was sure that he would no way in hell tell her he loves her, but he would try his best to know more of her- To find out more things about her.

'I'll return to you soon… Mikan…' he thought as he wrapped his arms tighter around the woman that was currently in front of him at the moment and continued on with whatever business they were doing.

Mikan closed her eyes when her lips met with Natsume's. She had no idea where he got the idea from, though she couldn't find the will to protest and decided returned the kiss. She was so glad she had Natsume wear a different mask tonight. She had given him a black mask with red swirls on the right side of the mask, and it covered all of his face but the area around his mouth and chin- like hers.

Mikan squeezed her eyes tighter together as they continued kissing each other. She knew it was all business- Professional work and nothing else. But she couldn't help it. She let herself drown in Natsume's scent for a while. She felt like crying as she continued to kiss him. How long was she to lie to him? When was she going to tell him about who she truly is? She doesn't want any more people to find out. If Natsume was to find out who she is, she was sure that he would never speak to her ever again until colourful pigs can fly, rainbows were black, grey and white and Youichi has the same hair as Natsume, himself.

When Mikan finally came back to her senses, she started to try and move closer the guards. She knew Natsume knew what she was planning when he also played along. In the corner of their eyes, the saw the guards watch them in amusement, obviously enjoying the show. They had disgusting smirks on their faces. Mikan couldn't help but mentally scowl at them. She wanted to chop their heads off, but that was not allowed. She couldn't let herself kill tonight.

When they were close enough, Mikan pulled away by a millimetre and then moved back in a kissed Natsume again. He seemed to get the message because as soon as she pulled away, he knocked out the guard closest to him.

Mikan turned around and punched the guard that was in front of her, kneed him in the stomach, and then elbowed him in the back, bringing him down. She then made her way to guard with the clipboard in his hand. He tried to run away, though Mikan was faster and appeared in front of him and kneed him in the stomach, knocking the air out of him, as well as bringing him down. She then quickly knocked him out and fixed her clothes and turned around to see Natsume staring at her.

'Wow' she saw him mouth. If her mind wasn't running back to what they were doing just a moment ago, she probably would have laughed at him.

"Come on, we need to go in. Ken and Rose are right behind us. Let's go. Make sure that you note as many things in the room as possible" she told him as she walked ahead with Natsume following not far behind.

-End of flashback-

Natsume shook his head, as if trying to shake the memory out of his head. He had kissed another person other than Mikan and at the moment he felt like ripping off someone's head. He continued to stress about the familiar presence he felt whenever he was with Sakura. From the distance, he watched as Sakura gracefully made her way around the room, turning her head in every place to note details as well as some of the people.

Natsume frowned behind his mask as he stared at her.

'She has brunette hair- just like Polka Dots' he thought. He then realised they had about the same height when he suddenly remembered Mikan wearing high heels, herself.

'Great, so they have the same hair colour as well as a same height range. What the hell is going on? I swear if they have any connections with each other, I will probably punch a wall multiple times' he thought as he looked down at the ground and ran his fingers though his hair. When he looked up, he saw a man in front of him, smiling.

"Hey, Good looking, what are you doing here all alone?" he asked Natsume playfully. Natsume glared at the man for a long moment as the man sweat dropped and started to feel nervous.

"Well…" the man said, "I'm Reo Mouri… Nice to meet you… I'll be on my way…" he trailed off as he walked away. Natsume stared at the retreating figure for along moment.

'There's something not right about that guy…' thought Natsume as he out his hands into his pockets and started to stroll around, ignoring the stares, whispers and squeals from the women around him. How on earth can women go all crazy about someone without even seeing the person's face? 'That's just plain scary' thought Natsume as he looked out, searching for Sakura.

'Damn, where the hell is that girl?' Natsume thought to himself. 'I swear, leave that woman out of your sight for a second and she'll be gone the next' he added.

He was about to turn away when he caught a glimpse of long brunette hair not so far from him. Natsume frowned when he saw who was talking to the woman.

'What the hell is Sakura talking to that annoying gay guy?' wondered Natsume as he made his way towards the two of them. Before he reached them, Natsume closed his eyes and took a deep breath before continuing to make his way to his partner and the gay guy.

Mikan was looking around the area when she was suddenly stopped by someone. Mikan stared at the man for a moment before returning a fake smile to him.

"Hello, I'm Reo Mouri" he introduced himself, holding his hand out for a shake. Mikan stared at the hand for a short moment before holding out her hand and shaking in.

"Why, hello, I'm S- Kate Beckett" she introduced herself. She mentally slapped herself for having to almost stupidly give herself away.

'I've got to be more careful' she thought to herself. In the corner of her eye, she saw Natsume advancing his way towards her direction. Mikan mentally thanked him for finding her. She didn't want to spend any more time with this man alone. She replied to some of the questions to, who was known as, Reo Mouri, which were often questions regarding her clothes- thankfully. She suddenly felt a hand move around her waist and lips pressed softly against the top of her head. Mikan looked up to see Natsume next to her.

"Hey, Honey, I've been looking all over for you. Honestly, you should tell me where you're going next time, alright? You wouldn't want me to worry now, would you?" Natsume told her in a secretly threatening tone. Mikan, behind her mask, raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, Sweetheart," she replied in a sarcastic tone, "we wouldn't want you worry now, would we?" she added. "I'm so sorry for worrying you" she said as she put her arms around Natsume, tilting her head up to look at him. They both glared at each other, completely forgetting about the person that was currently watching them in bewilderment.

Mikan and Natsume continued to glare at each other until someone spoke to them, making them break away from their glaring.

"Wow, you two are together? Introduce yourself, come on! The both of you- yes, introduce yourself again, too" Reo quickly added towards Mikan.

After inwardly heaving a sigh, both Natsume and Mikan introduced themselves.

"Hello, I'm Kate Beckett and this is my-"

"I'm her fiancée- Nate Castle" Natsume butted in. Mikan looked up at Natsume and glared at him, and started to emit waves that sent out a message of, 'what the fuck, man?'

Natsume, as if feeling the message being sent to him from the person next to him, looked at Sakura and shrugged his shoulders before turning back to Reo who started to get interested in their relationship.

"Wow, really? May I see you ring, Miss Beckett- soon to be Mrs Castle?" he asked, almost in a too polite tone that made Mikan feel weird. She was about to hold out her hand when she suddenly remembered something.

'Wait, what damn ring?' she asked herself. She shot a look at Natsume, who seemed to see- somehow- her panic. Natsume merrily shrugged, again, and held out her hand. When Natsume took her hand, Mikan closed her eyes. It was only when she heard someone blurt out "wow" that she opened one eye to see what was on her finger.

'What the…? How did he…?' Mikan looked up at the man next to her that was currently holding her hand, showing it to Reo. There it was, on Mikan's finger, was a white-gold, simple, lovely, elegant-looking ring with a small diamond on her finger.

"Wow, impressive. But I must say, don't women usually love bigger rocks, though?" Reo asked curiously. Mikan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow from behind her mask before answering.

"Well, I wouldn't know about that… Everyone has different tastes" she told him. "Everyone has different tastes for certain things" she added as she stared the ring, still trying to get over the shock and wonder about how the ring got onto her finger.

"Yes, I guess so…" Reo spoke to no one in particular. "Well, why the crimson colour for the stone?" asked Reo. Mikan and Natsume raised their eyebrow as they turned to look at each other.

'This guy is asking too much' they both thought. Mikan took the honour in answering the question that Reo had asked them. As Mikan put one arm around Natsume, leaning into his body, she replied, "Well, you see… Red is Nate's favourite colour and…-"

"I want to make sure that she has something about me on her at all times" Natsume finished off for her as he, also, put his arm around her.

"Yeah, what he said…" Mikan muttered as she looked around the place, her arm still around Natsume.

Reo slowly nodded, as he put himself in a thinking position. "I see, well… that's very nice…"

Mikan couldn't hear anything else as she blocked Reo's voice out of her head. She was about to end the conversation with him when she suddenly heard a telepathic message from Daichi.

"SAKURA, get out of there. It was a trap. All of this is an illusion. The person you're talking to at the moment- he knows who you are. Get out of there. NOW"

Mikan frowned. "Wait… wha-?" she sent back, only to be cut off by Daichi.

"No, don't ask anything else, we have to get out of here before something hap…- Oh shit…" she heard Daichi think.

Mikan frowned. Though, she wouldn't waste any more time. She turned around to face Natsume then to Reo. Though, when she looked at Reo's face she realised what Daichi had told her.

A few steps away from Mikan and Natsume, Reo stood still with an evil smirk on his face.

"Ah… fuck" cursed Mikan as she pulled away from Natsume and gripped onto his arm. Natsume didn't move a muscle, as if waiting for something to happen. Then, suddenly around them, the room started to change.

Mikan looked around and searched for Daichi and Hana. When she found them, she called out to them. "Are you alright?" she asked them. They both nodded in reply, though they seemed more worried about her and Natsume then themselves.

When the room finally changed into the original room, Mikan looked around to find herself in a prison-looking room, and across from her prison cell were Daichi and Hana.

"What the hell is going on?" she heard Natsume ask her from beside her as they both watched Reo take his time making his way closer to their cell.

"I have no idea, but I have a feeling it will be hell" Mikan muttered in reply. She then heard Natsume give out one final grunt as Reo spoke.

"Well, it's nice of you to join us today. You put up a really… a fantastic show for us to watch. I must say… your aliases were… quite interesting. Kate Beckett? Castle? You think we wouldn't know?" he mocked them. Mikan scowled from behind her mask.

"Well, we never thought you would be the type to watch such a show" she snapped at him. She then added, "What do hell do you want, for you to go through all this trouble just to trap us?"

Reo let out a half hearted laugh before answering. "Well, there are many things we want. But our the one thing we want most…is you"

Natsume frowned. "No way. Go screw yourself" he told Reo as he stood in front of Sakura protectively. Only, Sakura stepped in front of him and spoke.

"It all depends. Let the three go free and we will decide" she told him. Reo tutted.

"What sort of deal is that? Alright. But Kuro Neko is no exception. He must stay. The other two may go. Tell the academy if you want. But you won't be able to do anything. Not while two of the most powerful ones are in our grasp" and with that, Reo snapped his fingers.

From the distance, Mikan saw a man walk up to them and teleported them somewhere- hopefully the academy. After they were gone, Mikan hissed out, "I told you 'let the THREE go free' not let the bloody TWO go free"

Reo tutted again. "Well, dear one. I apologize, but that could not be done. Now, I guess all we're going to have to do now is to force you to allow us to use your power then" he stated as he turned around to walk away.

Mikan let out hiss. Reo stopped mid-pace and looked over his shoulder and spoke.

"Oh yeah, enjoy the time together while you can… before you have to make your own choices… Nate Castle and Kate Beckett. Or should I say… Natsume Hyuuga and… Sakura Kana?" he told them as he faced forward again and proceeded walking away.

Mikan walked to the front of the cell, where the bars where and kicked them multiple times. Hard. She then let out a frustrated sigh as she grabbed a fistful of hair.

Reo had stared her right in the eye when he said her cover up name. 'Damn, if that son of a bitch knows… I'm screwed' she thought as she let out another frustrated sigh.

Natsume stepped forward and tried to calm the woman in front of him down before she decided to rip herself into pieces.

"Calm down, it's not like you could have seen this coming" he told her. Mikan let out a low chuckle- a scary one.

"No… no… you have no idea. I should have seen this coming. You have absolutely no idea what they're going to do now" she snapped at him. Natsume frowned.

"What?" he asked in confusion. Mikan eyed him from behind her mask and shook her head.

"You have no idea, do you, Hyuuga" she stated more than asked as she walked to the back of the cell and leaned her back on the wall.

"No, I don't get any fucking word, meaning or explanation that's coming out of that damn mouth of yours" he snapped at her. Mikan narrowed her eyes and snapped back at him one finally thing before moving to a corner to sit down.

"It's going to be bloody fucking HELL from now on- Either for me… or for you. Either emotionally or physically. They're going to make us choose who will go through the hell that they're planning for us. And trust me on this one. It won't be pretty when we have to choose."

A/N: HELLOOOOOOS~

Did you enjoy this chapter? I hope so. Well, I'm not too good at describing stuff, but I hope you got a fair idea upon what I was talking about.

Anyways, holidays are coming up soon... and I have no idea if I will be bothered to type up the next chapter at the usual times that I usually...type...chapters. Yeah. So...yeah... But I'll try to update soon.