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Another Life Journey -3

Chapter 3 --

Mikan was a fast learner, Natsume noticed. She was able to jump from tree to tree at her fifth try. Natsume just wondered why Mikan’s having a hard time catching up with the lessons in class. She’s not that stupid to be called a dummy on class, if she just concentrates.


‘Maybe she’s really not interested in studies’ Natsume concludes watching Mikan at the corner of his eye. Her face was glowing, he didn’t know if it’s because of perspiration or the happiness she’s feeling.


No matter what is sent her way, good or bad, she always smiles. This made Natsume smile inwardly. Her smile can light up Natsume’s dark corners in his heart, her smile tells him everything will be fine, her smile is everything that Natsume needs in order live.


“Natsume-kun!” Mikan called from his left. He looked at her and asked “What is it?”


“Can we rest for a while?” she smiled


Natsume did feel a little tired but he never stops for a break, he just stops running or jumping, he just walks slowly. Natsume sighed audibly and jumped to the ground followed by Mikan.


“Thanks” she smiled


“We aren’t going to rest little girl,” Natsume explained “if you stop you’ll feel how tired you are, we need to go on, come on we’ll take a walk”


Mikan sighed half irritated and half grateful. She knew Natsume was right; they need to go on so as to not feel the tiredness. She hurriedly followed Natsume and walked beside him.


They were silent through out the journey just enjoying each others company. Only the birds chirp, the wind’s gentle breeze and the rustle of leaves can be heard. Their only source of light was the full moon high above them with its stars twinkling.


Their destination was only an hour away and Mikan decided to break the silence. “Why don’t you try to use your alice to light up the way?”


“And why would I do that?” Natsume asked “you never know if there’s a barrier or something… and besides you’re just afraid of the dark”


“Am not” Mikan denied but Natsume just smirked.


Finally they arrived at the place. The mission given to them was to retrieve the kidnapped girl with the alice that could control other people’s alice. She has olive green hair, and pale blue eyes with a fair complexion of skin. She was just the same age as Mikan and Natsume.


“Where do you think they’re keeping her?” Mikan whispered at the back of Natsume’s neck, sending a chill down his spine.


Natsume just glared at her and whispered back “Where do you think they’re keeping her? Probably at the back of the place!”


“Great! So where do we enter?”


Natsume looked at Mikan partly furious and partly amused at her actions. He silently jumped from tree to tree looking for the back of the place. He abruptly stops and stared at one of the covered windows by the tree’s leaves. There was the girl, pacing in panic and looking around for an escape, she was wearing knee-length shorts, a Victorian blouse and a pair of doll shoes with her hair tied in a tight bun. She looks like a teacher to Natsume.


He looked at Mikan and pointed to her the window. “Come on then! We can open the window from here!” she whispered


“What are you dumb? We can’t do that! The window must be opened from the inside so that the alarm won’t go off”


“That’s weird” she said “How come they leave her in a room with a window?”


“They didn’t noticed there was a window because light doesn’t come in because this tree is blocking it and they only come here during nights” Natsume explained, he looked below but didn’t see a anyone “Alright my guess is this; a barrier is put up so that we can’t use our alice”


“So you want me to nullify it or something?”


“Yeah, so that I can light up a small fire to attract her attention and let her open the window”


“To be honest, that plan kinda sucks” Mikan commented


“I can’t hear you giving any plans, do I?” He snapped “Alright, be ready… on three… one, two, three!”


“Nullify!” she hissed, shutting her eyes in pure concentration so as not to put too much force on the barrier or else the guy will feel it.


Through the sound waves, her voice was heard by only the two of them making it possible for Natsume to use his powers and not be detected by the barrier. He instantly lights a fire on his finger tip and puts it off and on and off.


The girl saw the flashing red light at the corner of eye and wondered if she was just hallucinating. There was no window, she thought, where does that light came from? She walked forward to the light and examined the wall closely.


Then she smiled, there was a simple lock slide covered in the same color as the walls around here. She reached up and slides it open. She carefully jump through the window and walked over to where Mikan and Natsume were now waiting.


“Hi, thanks for coming, I’m Aya” she smiled at them grateful for her rescuers, but looked confused at the same time “Did we meet before?”


“Nice to meet you, Aya, I’m Mikan and this is Natsume” Mikan smiled back “I’m afraid not, if we have I would surely remember you”


“Come on we better get going, they might check up on you” Natsume instructed


Just as he said that, they heard a door slammed loudly and a voice swearing just as loud. Natsume jumped to a nearby tree and looked at Mikan and Aya to do the same.


“I can’t do that” Aya admitted


“It’s alright… we’ll be running below him” Mikan smiled and grabbed Aya’s hands and started to follow Natsume.


After a few minutes of running, Natsume was sure a search party was looking for them. He began to travel faster and the two ran faster to keep up with him.


“There they are!” someone screamed from their right. Mikan looked at her right and saw that a guy was in good 80 feet away from them.


“Hurry up, you two!” Natsume shouted


“We’re trying!” Mikan shouted back furious. She instructed Aya to hold on her tighter and ran faster with her.


As they travel, concentrated on escaping, they didn’t notice that someone got ahead of them and was already waiting for them to arrive. Natsume jumped down and threw a fireball at the man in front of them. He quickly jumped out of the way and threw series of paper in their direction.


When the paper touched their skin the received a lot of paper cuts around their body. Mikan and Aya screamed in pain while Natsume just growled and sent fire balls on the papers. The papers stopped in mid air while they caught on fire, after a second, burning paper were passing through them, cutting their skin as well as burning.


Mikan and Aya screamed louder not having the chance to fall down in pain because papers were also below them. Natsume tried his best not to scream. If fire can’t destroy it, water must, Natsume thought angrily. He grabbed Mikan’s hand and pulled her along with Aya. They ran hard toward their east ignoring the pain they’re feeling all over their body, the burning papers were still trailing after them.


Finally they arrived at a cliff and if you looked down a river was seen.


“On three we jump” Natsume hastily explained


“What?!” Mikan screamed looking horrified. She seems to think of her chances at the papers behind them which was a good few feet away and will be coming to them fast.


“Come on, no time to think idiot!” Natsume said and push her off with Aya. He followed half a second after. He grabbed Mikan’s hand as well as Aya tightly shouting louder than the two girls screams, “Don’t let go!” He looked at his back and saw the papers still after them. Finally they reached the water where they were plunged into the deep and the papers got wet and join the flow off the water harmlessly.


Natsume lift up his head for air and soon Aya did the same. Natsume looked around but there was no sign of Mikan. He suddenly felt something heavy clinging in his hand and pulled it up. Mikan was unconscious.


“Help me drag her to the river bank” He said to Aya. Obediently she swam to Mikan’s other side and grabbed her shoulder; together they drag her body to the riverbank.


“What do we do to her?” Aya asked in the dark when they were just staring at Mikan


“I don’t know… do the CPR thing…” he suggested


“Why me?”


“Oh yes! Good idea! She would be so pleased when she finds out I did it!” Natsume said each word with sarcasm.


Aya just looked at him like he was crazy and glanced at Mikan’s lifeless body. “Yeah I think she will…”


“What?!” he cried “are you crazy?”


“Well, you do look good with each other!” she protested “I really thought you were an item back there”


“Will you stop arguing with me! She isn’t getting better with us arguing!” he said pointing at Mikan’s body with a tint of pink on his cheeks, for once he was thankful for the dark that surrounded them


“Oh shush will you” she said exasperated, “She’ll be alright”. She leaned over her body and did the CPR on her.


Natsume watched Mikan the whole time feeling quite stupid, irresponsible, confused and amazed. He never thought he and Mikan looked good together.


When Mikan started to release water and gasp for air, Natsume smiled inwardly while Aya smiled knowingly at Natsume’s direction, her eyes with a twinkle of mischievous.


“What happened?” Mikan asked sitting up with her hand cupping in front of her heart as if she’s having a heart attack or something.


Natsume looked up at the cliff they just jumped and smirked. Good thing it was dark, he thought, they probably didn’t see us on the riverbank with the darkness.


“You fell unconscious after we jumped” Aya explained


“Oh yeah… we jumped” Mikan recalled


“Like you prefer burning to death,” Natsume snapped “Why didn’t you go up for air when you can’t didn’t have breath anymore?”


“I thought we weren’t supposed to” Mikan admitted


“It’s a freaking survival instinct, idiot” he half screamed and half hissed at her


“What do you mean?,” Aya asked confused “she didn’t faint while in the air?”


“She faint under water” Natsume said. Aya just looked at Mikan as if she were a joke but didn’t say anything.


“Okay done yet with the criticizing?” Mikan asked irritated at their gazes “we should get going. They would probably follow us down here”


“They won’t,” Natsume said knowingly “they probably think we drown or something”


“Well then, let’s get going… I want to sleep” Mikan said “I don’t want to be late for class tomorrow”


~~ End of chapter

Hey thanks everyone for reading and reviewing my first fanfic to be posted here. I really appreciate it.

posted by ~*april*~ @ 9:46 AM