Black and White
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Chapter 7 : Knowing
It's been three months since Mikan first stay with the Hyuuga's. Everything has been fine for her, she adapted perfectly and even start to help Ioran doing his work as a farmer. She has a great relationship with Aoi Hyuuga, Ioran's daughter. Turns out that the prediction of their mother about them being best friends were absolutely right.
The Black Tribe has been welcoming her. Ioran is totally right about that, there is no one in the Tribe that push her away. Everybody has been kind, and help her a lot in making her comfortable and all, except for one person of course.
Its been an impossible relationship between her and the one called Natsume Hyuuga. He really does hate her to the core and won't even talk or look at her. He always has a look of disgust everytime he meet her eyes or saw her, and he doesn't want to be in the same room as her.
Aoi told Mikan that actually her older brother, Natsume, is a really kind person. Mikan kind of want to laugh at this, since the treatment she has been receiving from him is nothing but mean. But to make Aoi happy, Mikan nodded at her statement, saying that she would someday know about his kindness too.
Mikan did feel offended for the rest of the first month, but after that, she kind of used to the treatment, and she chose to avoid Natsume as much as she can.
"Mikan? Have you eaten?" Ioran asked, placing the dirty plates on the sink and started to wash it.
"Yes, I have just finished it." Mikan responded quickly, showing him her plate. "Let me do the dishes, Uncle. You can rest." Mikan said again, swiftly move and stand beside her uncle.
"How about I handle it for both of you, then you and father can go practice or study?" A new voice said as a bouncy girl entered the room with her usual smile.
"Aoi." Mikan greeted, as Ioran only smiled at his little girl.
"You haven't learn anything about us, Mikan, and it's definitely not good." Aoi said in a mock scolding voice.
"You are not my mother," replied Mikan, smile teasingly.
Aoi rolled her eyes, but in spite that, she still smiled back. "Father, you really need to teach Mikan more often. She barely knows anything."
Ioran chuckled. "Fine, fine, Aoi, just take care of the dishes." He said, as he dried his hands. "Let's go child, to my study room, and I will tell you more about our history."
Mikan nodded as she stalked right behind Ioran, saying her thanks with a squeeze on Aoi's free hand.
"So, how much I've been telling about us, the elves?" asked Ioran, taking a seat on a leather chair.
"You have told me about my past, my parents, and the story from your side." Mikan answered quietly while taking another seat right across the old man.
"I haven't told you anything about the elves, have I?"
Mikan shook her head and smiled.
Ioran sigh. "I guess 3 months is enough for you to adapt into the Black Tribe and start to learn about yourself more."
"How would I do that?" Mikan ask, confused.
"Hear me out first, child." Ioran chuckled. "I will tell you the history about our kind."
Once upon a time, there was a god who has been travelling alone for centuries. He liked it for years, visiting many places only by himself. But after 500 years, he finally got bored and started to find a companion for him.
He found it in a human girl, as she kept up with him wherever he went.
That was the start when the god fall in love with this fragile being. He knew that being bonded to a human girl meant that he would lose his immorality, but he doesn't mind. He thought that everything was okay as long as he had the girl.
Their love bloomed, and they married a few years later.
The human woman beared the god twins. Both of them were equally strong and equally handsome.
But, there is a big diffrence between them. The older has been more manly, since he has sunkissed skin, growing beard, strong jaws and muscled body, while the younger has a deathly pale flawless skin, beautiful dark eyes and silky black hair.
The god favored the older more since he always gave his father the meats from his hunting spree, but the mother favored the younger more, since he often stay back with her mother in the kitchen to help her cooked something.
One day, the older son got back from his hunting and carried a big animal on his shoulder. He wanted to present it to his old father, and tried to make him happy.
The younger son saw this, and asked what the older son was going to do.
The older son answered shortly, that he just wanted his blessing from their father.
The younger knew that the kind of blessing his older brother wanted from their father worked only for one child, and that has to be the oldest child. Also, there was no doubt that the god's blessing would work throughly their entire lives.
Since the younger was cooking for some food, he offered it kindly to the older brother who looked tired and famished at the same time.
The older brother quickly agreed, since he was really hungry and he felt like he could eat a pot if he wanted to. But the younger didn't directly give his cooking, he made sure that if the older brother wanted the soup, he would have to let go his right ;to receive the blessing.
The older brother, who has always been dumber than the younger one, pay no heed to the privilege and throw it to his brother face by saying that he didn't even need it.
The younger brother was really excited, as he gave out the entire soup he has made and quickly prepared.
The god was already so old that his sight was kind of blurred because of the age. So he had to touch his son to make sure which of his son is it since each of his son has different features.
The younger one was smart, he covered himself so that when his father touch him, he could feel muscled arms, and a light beard on his chin.
Then, without waiting any further, the god gave his son the blessing, which contain of a happy life.
The older son, who has realized a bit late that he was being deceived by the younger became furious as hell. He caught up to his younger brother, and force him to gave back his right, but the younger one told him that he already received the blessing and he could do nothing about it.
The older was ready to kill the younger, when their mother stopped them and told the younger in secret to ran away as fast as he can.
The older came to the father, half begging to gave him another blessing that supposed to be his. Their father only shook his head sadly, saying that the blessing only work for one son, but the older son didn't give up, he told his father that any blessing would do, so finally the god gave another blessing to the older one but the blessing wasn't as powerful as the younger has received.
The prophecy which has been told before the boys were born came true. It was said that two tribes are in the mother's womb, two people shall be seperated from the mother's body, one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.
"That is... the start of the White and the Black tribe?" Mikan ask slowly.
Ioran nodded. "Yes. The younger one became our ancestor, the Black Tribe. While the older became the ancestor of the White's."
"So, from the start the White's has already stronger than us."
Ioran chuckled. "You caught up fast, child. Yes, indeed. They are stronger than us in strength. But in terms of brain, we are smarter than them."
"Alright, Uncle. I understand now the origin of the Tribes, and why we keep fighting with each other."
"That's not all. I hope that you catch something in the story." Ioran look at Mikan with mysterious smile.
Mikan frowned, having a thinking expression. "Hm. What would it be?" She mumbled to herself.
"It connected to you being a blend." Ioran said lightly.
Mikan's eyes widen as her mouth gape a bit. She takes a sharp intake of breath. "Does... Does it means that I have both of their excellence?"
Ioran smiled widely. "Good guess child, and that is right. Research has shown that each child who is a blend would have both the strength and the brain, because of that the White Tribe always killed anyone who is a blend since they saw it as a threat."
"Why did the Black don't?" Mikan replied softly.
"Because we are not afraid of someone who is superior than us. A blend like that still could be defeated by us if we use our brain to the max."
Mikan frowned a bit. "But what if the blend used the brain and the strength to the fullest?"
"It still fine. Technically speaking, if we befriend them, the people who are like that would be our friend and automatically will protect us." Ioran answered while chuckling.
Mikan pouted. "So you teach me everything just because I am a blend?"
Ioran shook his head. "No, of course not. I want to fulfill my promise to my late wife, and I already thought you as my daughter, child. That is just technically speaking."
Mikan blink back her tears. She doesn't know why, but everytime Ioran spoke with love and care, she always can't hold back her own tears.
She really want to meet her father.
But no, she cannot think about that right now. She better focus on the matter on hand.
Mikan takes a deep breath to calm herself as she opens her mouth to ask another question. "So uncle, what other things connected with the history?"
Ioran's eyes sparkled with michevious glint as a small smile grace his lips. "There is one thing child, the elves have been blessed by a unique power that other kinds didn't have."
"What is it, uncle?" Mikan ask curiously.
"A power to control elements, which is being called an Alice." Ioran smiled.
SUPER BIG THANKS TO :
pennYnnep : *chuckle* Sure, that could happen ;D Let's just wait for the truth XD No, I never stated that electronics exists in their realm, but you could assume that there are, since based on the conversation its kind of using the phone ;)
newroz : You are welcome XDD xoxoxoxo
Anilissa : Yes, absolutely since Aoi and Mikan are in the same age :D Yup, that would be a painful life living with the Hyuuga if it happens x_x
Miamu-chan : I can't wait to put Hotaru in too! XD
Derp1Derp2 : Nope, she doesn't ;D since she is a pure hearted one lol.
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