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One Way Or Another -3

Chapter 3 --

Mikan’s memory was tampered by the anti-organization before the others saved her. Which memory was lost? Will she regain it? On the other hand, will she just leave it at that? How far will she go to get it back?
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Ruka headed for his room and on his way, he saw Koko his head buried on his hands, he was murmuring things to himself. All of the sudden he looked up when Ruka was just meters away from him.

“Need some one to talk to? You’re probably going to need help with your problem” Koko stated smiling at the blonde

“No thanks, you seem pretty problematic yourself though” the other said

“Don’t worry, It’s my fault anyway, I haven’t been training that hard”

“Oh well, now you learned your lesson”

“I sure did” he grinned

“Well, I’ll be going now, see you around” Ruka said and Koko bid his good bye

“Everything will be sorted out soon, Ruka” Those were the last words Ruka heard from Koko

“I know” he muttered

He walked a little further and finally he arrived in front of his room. He turned the knob and entered the room. It wasn’t that big but its fine for him. Its walls were colored dark purple; his room has two windows over looking the lake. His bed is placed between the two large windows while his study table on the left of his bed and his closet inside his bathroom. His life being a three star is great.

He threw himself on his bed after turning on his CD player. He didn’t turn on the stereo that loud nor that soft, just moderate. He sighed and grabbed his pillow and puts it on his face.

How could I be so blind? Ruka thought, pulling the pillow to his face more and more, of course she would like him, everyone likes my best friend, Natsume. Everyone loves him everyone admires him and he gives no one care, only for a certain brunette and now he already has the one I like! Hotaru!

He threw the pillow out of his face straight to the wall. Of course he doesn’t hate his best friend he can never hate Natsume or even get angry at him. He just can’t do it to his friend; he has been to great a friend.

“No I do not hate my best friend because of this no; this is simply irritation to Hotaru” he concluded

Why do you blame everything on others? A voice asked in his head

Well they are to blame

Have you asked them what the reason for their actions is?

Silence

Don’t jump to conclusions, Ruka

Ruka sighed in defeat. He knew his conscious was right. And what does he have for him to hate Hotaru and Natsume. It may be just a simple misunderstanding.

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As Hotaru headed for the hospital she can’t seem to erase the image of anger present in Ruka’s eyes just before she left him. It made her mad at herself for doing that to him, even though she wasn’t the cause of it she should have been there to make him smile and happy.

Finally, she arrived at the hospital; on the way to Mikan’s room, she got her mind cover the current problem, Mikan losing memories of Natsume.

Why would someone erase Mikan’s memory of Natsume? Hotaru thought, is their hate to Natsume that strong that they would scoop that low just to make him feel pain? By erasing the memories, he had made with his love one.

Hotaru shuddered at the thought; even if that was true then the anti-Alice organization must be planning to hurt Natsume in many different ways.

She entered the room and saw that Natsume has fallen asleep. His hands holding her hand, his head tucked under his arm. Hotaru looked around the room and noticed that the food delivered here for Natsume is untouched.

Hotaru positioned her chair in front of the window, raindrops splattering on its panel. She gazed out the window thinking more thoroughly about the information she read about the Memory Alice.

Memory Alice – one of the rarest Alice known. The owner of this Alice will most likely have trouble controlling this Alice. This Alice is said to be an Alice that can erase one’s memory, change one’s memory or completely erase the memory of a person.

Controlling it is one of the reasons why it could be a threat to anyone. If this Alice gets out of control, people, within a 1-mile radius around him, memory will be erased as well as their memory they have created with another human being. Either that or the people within the 1-mile radius will forever be forgotten.

Hotaru sighed and distract herself by recalling the times Mikan and her shared before they entered the Academy. But that distraction didn’t last long, her thoughts somehow drifted again on the problem at hand. This time she read this information in another book.

The only thing that could save one’s memory is of course by the Nullification Alice or by drinking a potion called Recuperare la memoria.

Hotaru sighed and looked at Mikan, who was now awake and staring at Natsume. Mikan’s other hand was playing with his hair and her lips curled up in a small smile. Hotaru stood up and walked over to the bed and sat on the bed softly as not to wake Natsume up, heaven knows he has never left her side.

“You don’t remember him, do you?” Hotaru asked

Mikan looked at her best friend with tears in her eyes, “I don’t, but I feel like I should and I—I don’t know—know what to do” Hotaru put her hand on Mikan’s back moving it up and down soothing Mikan. “It’s like I’ve known him since I was a child and shared lots and lots of memories—but I lost it, I lost it Hotaru! I lost our memories together! And I feel like I’ve betrayed him or something!”

“Don’t worry Mikan,” a hoarse voice said. The two best friends looked at Natsume who was now awake and staring at them, “I’ll never blame you for losing your memories”

“No! You should blame me! It is my fault, Hyuu—Natsume… I should have been cautious with my surroundings… I’m really sorry…” she cried caressing his cheek

Hotaru stood up and walked away from the two, “I’ll leave you two alone, I need to do some errands”

The two looked at her and nod, Natsume climbed on the bed sitting in front of Mikan still holding her hands.

“It’s not your fault many hates me, Mikan” he said after he heard the soft click of the door closing.

“But it feels like its mine!” she cried, tears streaming down her face

Natsume thumbed away her tears sad, how he can make Mikan understand it is not her fault, he does not know.

“Mikan you need to believe me when I say this, you’re the only one I worry about, and you being sad and blaming yourself for something that isn’t your fault, I feel like I’m the one who should be blamed for not taking care of you, letting yourself be taken over by sadness and loneliness. I don’t want that, we don’t want that, Hotaru, Ruka, Yuu and everyone else never wants you to be the one who suffer when it isn’t you who should be suffering” Natsume said, caressing her cheek and brushing away her tears.

“I don’t deserve thi—“

“That’s not true, Mikan” he said kissing her tear-stained cheek, then her eyes, “we’re the one who feel that, we feel that we don’t deserve you. We feel like we’re special that you’re given to us, your smile is more than what you give credit for, your presence lingers whenever you leave, your memories with us will never fade for hundreds of years, Mikan”

Mikan stared at his crimson red eyes, slowly drowning on it. Yes, she can see he was telling the truth and meant everything he just said. Those red eyes are certainly addictive.

“Natsume, why are you doing this?” she whispered holding his hands

Natsume stared at her as if she was kidding, but flashed her a smile. “Because I love you, Mikan”

When he said that, Mikan fell limp in his arms. The last thing he saw on her eyes was realization, pain and happiness.

Natsume knew she just fell asleep, but still he called a nurse, just incase.

posted by ~*april*~ @ 5:03 AM