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Mikan and Kaito were outside Mikan's room. Mikan had used her first three fingers to direct Kaito which way to go. Mikan used her index finger to tell him to go right, her ring finger to go left, and her middle finger to tell him to go backwards or forwards, by scrolling her middle finger back and forth, like scrolling on the mouse. And within minutes, they arrived in front of Mikan's room.
"Right…so, how do we get in?" Kaito asked himself. Before he could try anything, the door opened in front of him. Kaito looked down at the girl in his arms and raised an eyebrow at her.
"What?" she asked him innocently. Kaito shook his head.
"Stop using your Alice. You'll tire yourself out even more" he told her. They both stayed quiet as Kaito entered the room and used his leg to close the door behind him. Mikan, then, secretly used her Alice to lock the door behind them. Kaito carefully placed Mikan on the bed, sitting up. He then took off his shoes and went on the bed and examined her injury on her back, then her abdomen. Kaito grimaced at the sight.
"I could seriously kill him for this" muttered Kaito. Mikan smiled.
"Let it go. It's over" she told him quietly. Kaito heaved a sigh, not bothering to argue with Mikan. He then went off the bed and examined the injury on her abdomen. After he finished, he stood up.
"Well, the bleeding stopped, so that's a good thing, but you've lost a lot of blood. Like, a hell lot of blood" he told Mikan. "Alright, stay still while I get you cleaned up and start to heal those wounds" he spoke. Though before Kaito could take another step, Mikan grabbed his arms and pulled him down onto the bed.
"What the-!" exclaimed Kaito. "What are you doing?" he asked her, scowling.
"I need to heal your wounds first" Mikan told him. Kaito backed away.
"Nu-uh, no way, kid" he said to her. Mikan pouted.
"Please, Kaito" she pleaded him. Kaito shook his head. Mikan's head dropped and she stared at her hands in her lap. Kaito saw Mikan grip the hem of her shorts. He then saw a tear drop fall on her lap. Kaito quickly rushed to her.
"What's wrong?" he asked her, worried. Mikan looked up at him, eyes watery. Kaito sighed in defeat and sat down on the ground in front of the bed, in front of Mikan, his back facing her and took off his shirt. Mikan stared at him. Kaito looked over his shoulder and raised an eyebrow at her.
"Go on" he told her. "Go on and heal me" he told her. Mikan smiled brightly at him, as if her injuries were nothing. Kaito stared at the ground as Mikan healed him with her Healing Alice. Moments later, the numbing pain started to fade away, and soon enough, it was gone. Just as Kaito stood up and turned around, Mikan fainted. Kaito caught her before she fell onto the bed- on her injury on her back. Kaito shook his head.
"This girl…" he muttered. Kaito carefully placed Mikan on the bed, lying on her side as he went to the bathroom then find cloth and to clean his hands and to start cleaning her wounds.
Kaito came out of the bathroom with all the equipment needed and started to clean Mikan's wounds. Kaito put Mikan in a sitting position as he took off her shirt.
'It's not like it there would be a difference' thought Kaito, seeing how see through the shirt was, plus how ripped it was already. He also removed her weapons and her shoes. After he was done, Kaito took out two stones from his pocket and put them on the bedside table and started to clean Mikan's wound on her back, since she was already sitting. Kaito carefully cleaned Mikan's wounds and had to constantly remind himself to breathe every now and again since he held his breath while cleaning her wound. Kaito put a bandage over Mikan's right arm-where she had been shot, deciding that it'll slowly heal by itself, since Mikan had already started healing it when they were still at the AAO. Plus, the wound wasn't as bad compared to her other two injuries.
After he was done, Kaito carefully placed Mikan on her side, and grabbed one of the two stones on the bedside table and placed it in his hands. Kaito then closed his eyes and placed his hand over her stomach wound. He remembered Mikan telling him that she would automatically accept an Alice stone that was originally hers if it was placed where needed. Kaito's eyes opened when he saw the stone glow and start to do its magic. When the glow was gone, Kaito saw that the wound was now healed.
Kaito immediately grabbed the second Alice stone after examining Mikan's healed wound and climbed onto the bed and put Mikan into a sitting position. Kaito closed his eyes again and started to hope that it would work quickly. The Alice stone started to glow and Kaito felt like jumping up and down with joy. When the glow was gone, Kaito smiled with relief. He carefully placed Mikan lying down on her back, now that her wound was healed and went away to pack up the equipment he used to clean her wounds, after tucking her in under two blankets, since she wasn't wearing a shirt.
Natsume checked the time on his iPod and saw that it was almost seven, so he headed back to his room before people started to wake up and see him walking around and come out to tackle him. Just as Natsume went into his room, he could have sworn he felt a presence in Mikan's room. Natsume slowly made his way over to Mikan's door. He placed his hand on the door knob and was about to turn it when he stopped and shook it off.
'No way, Mikan's gone' thought Natsume before heading into his room.
When Natsume entered his room, the first thing he did was go into his bathroom to shower, since he was all sweaty after running. Five minutes later, he came out of the bathroom with his hair damp, and refreshed for the day after missing hours of sleep. Natsume walked out to his balcony and placed his hands on the railing and stared down at the school.
Something suddenly caught his attention. Two people-A couple to be exact. Natsume watched as they smiled at each other. Hold hands and hug each other. Natsume turned away from the sight and leaned against the railing, his back facing the rest of the school.
It had been a while since he last saw Persona. He hadn't seen Persona ever since the last mission. 'Ever since Mikan was gone' thought Natsume.
Natsume leaned off the railing and went into his room to change into some clothes, since he only had a towel wrapped around him. Though before he went into his room, he stopped and walked over to the side of the balcony, closer to Mikan's balcony and tried to look into the room. Unfortunately for him, the curtains were closed.
Running his fingers through his damp hair, Natsume went into his room and changed.
Sumire, Anna and Nonoko groaned and tried to get extra sleep on the sofa as Hotaru walked everywhere around her laboratory, checking over the final details for the Ball in the evening.
"Urgh, Hotaru…why are we here?" complained Sumire. "I could have had an extra hour or two of sleep" she mumbled. Hotaru walked over with something in her hand. Sumire tried to make out what it was. When she did, she screamed.
"AHH!" all three girls screamed. Hotaru had poured cold water on them to wake them up. Now, they were ranting on about how cold they were.
"What was that for?" exclaimed Sumire. Hotaru merely walked away for a minute while the girls tried to squeeze the water out from their shirts. When Hotaru came back, she game them each a towel.
"There. Go in and use the bathroom" she told them. All three girls obeyed and went to the bathroom.
"I never even knew this place even had a bathroom" Sumire whispered to Anna and Nonoko. They agreed.
Anna went in first to shower. Five minutes later, she poked her head out, hair damp and looked at her friends nervously.
"What's wrong, Anna?" Nonoko asked her.
"Uh…What do I wear?" Anna asked. Nonoko and Sumire stared at each other before turning around at the same time to go and call Hotaru, only to see her standing behind them.
"Son of a-" Sumire burst out. Hotaru ignored her and handed Anna a bathrobe, and then handed one to Anna and Sumire before wordlessly walking away.
"What is going on?" asked Nonoko as Anna stepped out of the bathroom wearing the bathrobe.
"I don't know, but I guess we'll find out after we shower for the day" Anna answered her. Sumire agreed before entering the bathroom.
After all three girls finished having their shower, they walked out and sat on the couch they were sleeping on a while ago and waited until Hotaru would stop and talk to them.
Finally, Hotaru stopped in front of them, though all the girls could see was the rack full of dresses- Amazing, lovely, elegant dresses.
"Hotaru, what is this?" Sumire asked her, squealing.
"They're dresses" Hotaru answered in a matter of fact tone. She then turned around and handed each person a dress that had a name tag, addressed to each other them on the plastic bag that was covering the dress.
"Where did these dresses come from?" asked Anna as she held the dress against her.
"That'll come later. Now, I need you to try on the dresses. Go and try them on in the room next door, there are also new undergarments in there for you. There are separate cubicles for your three. Hurry up. I need to see if there is any need of changes for the dress" Hotaru told them, pointing to the room next door. Anna, Nonoko- and especially- Sumire, ran to where Hotaru was pointing and closed the cubicle doors shut. When they all came out, they all admired each other's dresses, noting how the colour really suited each of them.
After Hotaru checked all the dresses and made sure that they all fitted, she told them she change out of the dresses and hand them to her.
"There are clothes ready for you" Hotaru told them. "Meet me at the couch when you're done. Be careful when taking off the dress"
Anna, Nonoko and Sumire nodded and went into their cubical to change. Ten minutes later, they joined Hotaru at the couch, all wearing shorts and long sleeved shirts.
"So, what's the deal, Hotaru? Why did you wake us up so early? And where did you get the dresses from?" Sumire asked Hotaru, leaning forward.
"I'll give you one answer" said Hotaru. The girls waited for the answer. When Hotaru told them, they started to scream, laugh and jump around.
"No way!" squealed Anna. Nonoko squealed along with her. Sumire turned to face Hotaru.
"You're not joking, right?" asked Sumire. Hotaru stared at her for a long moment. Sumire sweat dropped.
"Right…" said Sumire. Of course Hotaru wouldn't be joking around. After all the girls calmed down, they all faced Hotaru.
"Ok, so what do you want us to do?" they asked her. Hotaru nodded.
"Now you're talking" she told them. Hotaru reached for a clipboard filled with paper and chucked it towards them. "Go and make sure you're ready. You're up for drama class, girls" Hotaru told them before escorting them to the door. The girls bid Hotaru goodbye before collecting their separate scripts. Hotaru watched as they left. When they were finally gone, Hotaru shut the door and leaned against it.
"It's all for you, Mikan. Make use of it. You asked me a favour, so here you are. I'm doing what you asked" said Hotaru. Hotaru then went back to work on her new invention.
"The things I do for that idiot" muttered Hotaru.
Mikan groaned as she slowly sat up on the bed. It took her a while until she figured out that she was in her dorm at Gakuen Alice. She then remembered Kaito.
"Kaito?" she called out, removing the blankets off her. That was when she saw that she wasn't wearing a shirt. Mikan let out a small 'Eep' and covered herself with the blankets.
"What the hell?" Mikan whispered. She then got up, wrapping a blanket around herself, to go and search for Kaito. Mikan was about to poke her head out the door to see if Kaito was outside when she heard something in the kitchen. Slowly making her way to the kitchen, Mikan peeked into the kitchen to see Kaito struggling to turn on the stove.
"What are you doing?" asked Mikan, almost giving Kaito a heart attack. Kaito cursed and placed his hands on the edge of the kitchen counter.
"Don't do that ever again. Ever" he told her. Mikan grinned and nodded before making her way into the kitchen, and in front of Kaito to turn on the stove. Kaito stared at Mikan as she easily turned on the stove without a problem.
"Uh…thanks" said Kaito. Mikan grinned at him and patted him on the shoulder before walking off to change clothes. Kaito watched Mikan leave the kitchen before continuing to cook.
A few minutes later, Mikan came back into the kitchen and asked if she could help with anything. Kaito shook his head in reply, not looking at her. Mikan shrugged and decided to clean up. Kaito also started to clean up. When he finished, he looked up to see Mikan wearing a blue Preen Independent Woman Dress, a double fabric blazer and black toe-pointed court heels.
"What's with all the get up?" Kaito asked Mikan with his eyebrow raised. Mikan spun around for him to look at her outfit.
"Do you think I would pass for someone who belongs in this school?" Mikan asked him. "Perhaps a teacher?" she said.
"You didn't answer my question yet" said Kaito, leaning against the kitchen counter. Mikan walked to the door and leaned on the door frame before answering.
"Well" she started off. "I need to get to someone. And I can't let anyone know that I'm back- apart from the person I need to see, of course" she told Kaito. Kaito stared at Mikan.
"No way" he told her. "I'm not letting you go out. Your wounds may be healed, but it doesn't mean that you've recovered from all the blood loss. You still look pale"
"Well, I've recovered well enough, and with the food you prepared, I think I'll be fine" said Mikan, noting the foods that Kaito, most likely, purposely chose to cook to help her with her blood loss. "Lots of red meat there, good job, Kaito" she told him, giving him a thumbs up before grabbing her plate of food and headed out of the kitchen to eat in the living room, followed by Kaito with his plate of food, and two mugs of orange juice.
When Kaito set down the two mugs on orange juice, Mikan spoke.
"You didn't answer my questions yet" Mikan quoted Kaito, eyeing him. Kaito sat down on the couch beside Mikan. "So?" Mikan asked. "Would I pass?"
"Definitely" he answered. "But you'll need to something to cover part of your face. Get sunglasses" he told her. Mikan smiled and nodded before eating.
"Mm, this is…wow, this is amazing. You should just be the school chef" said Mikan. Kaito laughed and thanked Mikan for the compliment.
When they finished eating, Kaito took the two plates of food and his mug, which was previously filled with orange juice, to the kitchen sink, whilst Mikan picked up her mug of orange juice and walked into her bedroom. Mikan stood in front of her mirror, examining how she looked. Mikan walked to her bedside table and put down her empty mug and grabbed a hair tie. Mikan walked back to the mirror and tied her hair in a French Boho braid (Like Blake Lively in gossip girl as Serena Van Der Woodsen (remove the spaces) - (gossipgirl. alloyentertainment. com/ files/ 2011/ 11/ 215046680 - 21181422. jpeg)
Mikan smiled at her achievement and then walked over to her cupboard and grabbed a pair of sunglasses and a folder. Mikan smiled at herself in the mirror, satisfied with her look. Mikan turned around and almost had a heart attack.
"Dear pancakes!" exclaimed Mikan. Kaito raised an amused eyebrow at her.
"Pancakes...?" asked Kaito. Mikan poked her tongue out at Kaito before announcing that she was leaving, and would be back in about half an hour or so. Kaito grabbed Mikan's arm as she walked past him. Mikan looked at him, confused.
"I'm not letting you go out there alone" he told her. Mikan used her free hand to free her arm from Kaito's grip.
"I'll be fine. I'll come back, I promise" she told him before running out the door and slamming it shut. Kaito glared at the closed door. Kaito heaved a frustrated sigh and ran his fingers through his hair. His eye then caught something.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me" muttered Kaito. "She didn't even put away for mug!" Kaito exclaimed, as he picked up the mug and went to the kitchen to put it in the sink.
Natsume had made his way to the Sakura tree after he had changed into some clothes. He was currently staring blankly at his manga when something blue caught his eye. In the corner of his eye, he saw someone walk down the hallway, in a graceful manner. Somehow, her movements reminded him of Mikan. Natsume immediately sat up from his slouching position and followed the person with his eyes as she came closer to the Sakura tree.
Natsume saw the person stop beside the tree and look at it. For some reason, Natsume's heart skipped a beat. When the person proceeded walking, Natsume climbed onto the tree branch, still having his locked on the person.
Natsume frowned when he heard someone call his name. Natsume ignored the person and shifted into a comfortable position to read his manga.
"Ah, come on, Natsume! I know you can hear me. For my sake, please come down and listen!" Ruka called out. Natsume heaved a sigh and swiftly jumped off the tree branch, landing in front of a smiling Ruka.
"Thank you" said Ruka. Natsume stared at him, waiting for him to continue talking. "Hotaru-" was all Ruka said when he was cut off by Natsume.
"No. Go away" said Natsume.
"Ah, come on!" Ruka complained. Natsume raised an eyebrow.
"Since when did you start running errands for Imai? Actually, since when did you start calling Imai by her given name?" said Natsume. Ruka blushed.
"I...w-w-well, you see... I... w-w-we...C-c-could you not ask that?" stuttered Ruka. Natsume smirked.
"Whatever" said Natsume, putting his hands in his pockets. "So, where to?" he asked Ruka. Ruka let out a sigh of relief.
"The auditorium" Ruka told him before telling Natsume he needed to go somewhere. Natsume nodded and slowly made his way to the auditorium, his mind still thinking of the person in the blue dress.
Mikan had passes the Sakura tree- where she had first asked Natsume for a favour. Mikan smiled at the memory. Her mood dropped by a mile when she saw a certain teacher in front of her approaching her.
"Hello, I'm Jinno-sensei, a math teacher. You must be new here, Miss...?" Jinno asked her. Mikan's eyes widened.
'Damn it' she thought, trying to find an excuse to leave. She was about to speak, when she felt an arm wrap around her waist. Mikan turned her head around, ready to give the person an earful when she suddenly saw who the arm belonged to. Mikan was about to lecture the person, though she was silenced when the person tightened their arm around her waist.
"Hello, I'm Yamamoto, Kaito. Pleased to meet you" greeted Kaito, as he shook Jinno's hand. Jinno nodded.
"Well, I have never seen you two around. Who are you?" asked Jinno, suspicious of the two people currently I front of him.
"Uh, we are here to see another teacher here. My, uh, partner, here is the person helping with the planning for this evening" said Kaito. Jinno nodded.
"I see" said Jinno. He then turned to Mikan. "And your partner's name is...?"
"Her name is Michelle...Michelle Kimura" Kaito blurted out. Mikan raised an eyebrow at Kaito behind her large sunglasses. Jinno leaned forward and held his hand out to shake Mikan's hand.
"Nice to meet you, Kimura-san" he greeted her. "So, who is it that you need to see?" he asked her. Kaito started to get nervous now. Mikan was about to talk, again, when someone caught her sight.
"MM!" she spoke hummed, pointing to someone. Jinno turned around.
"Ah, Narumi, of course" Jinno muttered. Jinno called Narumi over and told him about Mikan. Narumi stared at her for a short while before smiling and nodded and told her to follow him. Mikan and Kaito bowed at Jinno and then hurriedly followed Narumi. When they were out of Jinno's sight, Narumi stopped in his tracks and turned around.
"So, who are you again?" he asked them. Mikan smiled and lowered her sunglasses slightly to reveal her eyes. Narumi gasped.
"Mikan?" he whispered. Mikan nodded and put on her sunglasses on.
"Nice seeing you again" she said. Narumi nodded.
"Definitely" he agreed. He then looked at Kaito and then looked back at Mikan. "So, is he your...uh...someone you found whilst you were gone?" he asked her. Kaito and Mikan blushed.
"No, no...nooo, he's, uh, my friend" she told Narumi. Narumi nodded.
"Well then, off you go!" Narumi shooed them away. Mikan bowed and made her way to her destination. She then stopped and spun around put her hand out, stopping Kaito in his tracks.
"You" she said. "Need to go back. I have some stuff to do" she told him. Kaito opened his mouth to speak when Mikan cut him off. "Private stuff" she told him sternly. Kaito frowned and heaved a sigh.
"Fine" he grunted and turned around to walk away. Mikan smiled and grabbed Kaito hand and spun him around and a kiss on his cheek.
"Thank you, Kaito" she whispered before walking off. Kaito placed a hand over his cheek, as if keeping the lingering feeling of Mikan's kiss on his cheek. Kaito smiled and turned away and walked back to Mikan's room.
Hotaru was working on her invention when she heard a knock on her door. Hotaru frowned and continued on her invention for a while longer before finally settling down her equipment and reached for a remote that turned on the television above her lab table. Hotaru's eyes widened when she saw who was waiting outside.
Hotaru got up to open the door. Before opening the door, Hotaru closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She then swung the door open, causing the person to jump back in shock.
Hotaru stared the person in front of her. The person smiled at her.
"Hello, Hotaru. How have you been?" the person greeted. Hotaru nodded and returned the greeting.
"Hello, Mikan. You're back"
A/N: Hello! So how was this chapter? Like it? (:
I'll probably update the next chapter on Tuesday or Wednesday (26th or 27th DEC), but if I'm bothered, I might update on Saturday (24th DEC)
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