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One Way Or Another -4

Chapter 4 --

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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Hotaru headed for the dormitory, knowing Ruka would be in his room sulking. She knew he really wasn’t called by Mr. Narumi; he just wanted to get away from everything. But he won’t get rid of me easily, Hotaru thought.

She was just about to knock on Ruka’s door when it opened and revealed a blonde with gray eyes.

“Ho- Hotaru!” he exclaimed, taking a step back

“Hey” she smiled

“Wai—wait are you smiling?” Ruka asked suspiciously, “Is this just a trick of light?”

Hotaru flicked him hard “yes, I was smiling”

“Oh, it was a pretty picture” he said after rubbing his forehead “you should smile more often”

“Come on, we need to talk” Hotaru said, dismissing the compliment

“Oh okay, about what?” he asked following Hotaru

She slowed down, waiting for Ruka to catch up with her. “What did Mr. Narumi want?”

“Uh- just wanted to catch up on how Mikan’s doing” he lied

“Don’t lie to me, Ruka, I know Mr. Narumi didn’t call you,” she said smacking him on the head, she was getting more and more brutal even without her inventions, Ruka thought, “that’s why I knew you’re in your room, sulking”

“Oh”

“But what I don’t know is, why you were sulking” she admitted, sitting on one of the bench lined on the pathway, she patted the space beside her for Ruka to sit at.

“Oh, you see, it’s kind of embarrassing”

“Yeah, I know that,” Hotaru stated with a bored tone

Ruka wanted to shout the answer to her and get it straight that he was jealous. He began thinking of lying to her.

“And don’t even think of lying” Hotaru said as if she read Ruka’s mind

“IwasbeginningtobejealousofNatsume” he said mixing his words

“Pardon?” Hotaru asked raising a brow

“I. was. Beginning. To. Be. JEALOUS. Of. Natsume” he said word per word clearly but as he said each word his face began to heat up

Hotaru took a deep breath, telling herself not to hurt Ruka again because of his childishness. “And why would you be jealous of your best friend?”

“Because you asked for him earlier” he answered, his face getting redder by each word

“Oh, and you thought I liked him?” Hotaru concluded

“Yup”

“And so what if I like him?” Hotaru said, deciding to play with Ruka’s mind

When Hotaru said that Ruka’s face from red of embarrassment turned into red of anger. How could he be so stupid that Hotaru will like him instead of Natsume.

“I mean, he’s brave, wise, and handsome and has a powerful Alice” she cooed, silently laughing

“Don’t. Tell. That. To. Me.” Ruka managed to say from anger

Hotaru has had enough, she lean forward and kissed him fiercely. Ruka was taken in shock. Hotaru just said he liked Natsume and now here she is kissing him.

Hotaru opened her eyes and saw Ruka’s wide eyes. Hotaru can’t take it anymore and burst out laughing in front of him. Somehow there position shifted when she leaned forward. Currently, Ruka’s other leg is on the bench while the other was on the ground and his left arm was on the bench rest and the other on the arm rest and his back not resting on the bench, more liked arched. Hotaru’s position; her right hand was between the space Ruka’s left leg and his body while her other hand was on Ruka’s chest.

“You should have seen yourself’ she said in between her laughter

Ruka finally caught up with her, but he didn’t laugh. He was intoxicated by Hotaru’s lips and smell. So he did what any lover would do, he kissed her, this time he was the one who saw Hotaru’s wide eyes but he didn’t break the kiss he made it last and Hotaru soon followed.

When their lips parted there were grins on their face, “so does this mean you’re my girlfriend?”

“Yeah, but I think you’re the submissive one, Ruka” she smirked

“That’s not true!” he protested

Hotaru looked at him with raised eyebrows and questioning eyes. Then he realized, she really is in control of this relationship.

“Yeah, I think so” he agreed

“Good” she smiled and kissed him on the cheek

“So why were you looking for Natsume earlier?” he asked as they headed for the Hospital

“I was going to tell him something important”

“And what was that?”

Hotaru sighed and said, “Might as well tell you or you’ll be completely lost later”

“Yeah, I will be” Ruka nods

“Remember the time when Mikan asked who Natsume is?”

“Yeah”

“Well, the truth is, she really doesn’t know him”

“Okay, then wha—WHAT!” he exclaimed wide eyes, jaw dropped

“She doesn’t remember him” she answered calmly

Ruka returned back to earth when they were in front of Mikan’s room already.

“How?”

“I’ll explain later with Natsume” she answered and opened the door.

The lights were open and the blinds were closed. Natsume is sitting beside Mikan’s bed his hand holdin hers while Mikan slept.

“How did it go?” Hotaru asked sitting on the white couch, Ruka followed her actions

“She cried” Natsume answered, “then she passed out”

“Just like that?” Hotaru asked

“Well, she fainted when I told her I love her” Natsume admitted

“Oh, well, the doctor said she might’ve lost her memories due to the Memory Alice” she said. With the two questioning looks the two boys were giving her she told them what she read on the library.

“Can’t Nonoko make the potion?” Ruka asked

“I haven’t checked what kind of potion it is, but I’m definitely sure it’s hard to make and needs rare ingredients”

“You mean by rare, like it’s only to be picked up by in a full moon?”

“Much rare than that, when I say rare I mean really rare, like the ingredient only blooms once in ten years, rare” Hotaru elucidate

Ruka’s jaw dropped, “and what if we aren’t in the right year to get that plant?”

“That’s the problem isn’t it?” she drawled

The three of them stayed silent just listening to Mikan’s rhythmic breathing.

“What about her Alice? You said the nullification Alice is one way to cure it” Ruka piped

“As you know well, it is forbidden to use your Alice on yourself” Hotaru reasoned

“And besides, it can hurt Mikan, her nullification Alice can nullify anything on her body, she can even nullify her own Alice if she’s not careful or in control of her Alice” Natsume suddenly said

“So you’re telling me that the only thing possible is the potion?” Ruka asked, “We’re going to wait for another 10 years to regain Mikan’s memory back?”

“I didn’t say anything about waiting” Hotaru said

“Neither did I” Natsume agreed

“Huh? What are you thinking?” Ruka asked dumbly

“Mr. Nodacchi is a time traveler, he can easily get those kinds of ingredients involving time” Hotaru stated

“Oh, that’s right”

“We have another problem though,” Natsume said and the other two gave him questioning looks, “how do we make Nonoko make the potion? Won’t she ask questions?”

“I can do it” a voice whispered, the three looked at the source of the voice, Mikan.

“Sorry Mikan if we woke you up” Natsume apologize “We’ll leave now, so you can get some rest”

Natsume began to stand up and slowly he lets go of Mikan’s hand only to be hold on tighter by the patient on the bed, “No it’s okay, I was up anyways”

“Oh” Natsume said then seated again on his chair

“What do you mean you can do it?” Hotaru asked

“You see, during the time I was with the anti- Alice organization, I learned something about my Alice—s” she said sitting up

“Alices?” Ruka asked “you have more than one Alice?”

“Yeah, the other one is Copying or Erasing one’s Alice” the brunette explained

“I should have known most Nuliffication Alice users have two Alices” Hotaru stated, Mikan just smiled at everyone “How did you found out about it?”

“Actually I accidentally used it,” Mikan began to tell the story, “when I was being taken into a room after we arrived at the Base—it’s what they call Home Base, most of the agents are there, you see—the one leading me to the room was using his Alice, Alice of Strings, to hold me in one place. I didn’t know what came to me but I suddenly said the word, Replica aloud. He looked at me confused, and he made the mistake of looking me in the eye. He dozed off for a while so I was led by another agent to the room. This one though didn’t use his Alice, he just led me to room in a friendly manner, we were talking about why he joined the organization” Mikan frowned at the thought of never seeing a friend of hers again, “Anyway, when I got in to the room, I decided to concentrate—which was hard, as you all know I was claustrophobic when I was young—but I tried my best and I found something in me, a different kind of aura in me, I focused my attention there and all of the sudden strings came out of my hand”

“Nice” Ruka whispered nodding his head with a smile on his face

“That was the only time you used it?” Hotaru asked

“No, of course not, I was having fun, copying others Alice, I mean, duh! Won’t you like to have different kinds of Alice, I was able to copy the Barrier Alice and put it around my room so that the Barrier he created didn’t affect me at all” Mikan said joyfully

“That’s good for you, Mikan” Hotaru smiled “have you ever tried erasing one’s Alice?”

This time Mikan bowed her head and her body began to shake, Natsume climbed on the bed and hugged her tightly, “I didn’t mean it, its just that he was hurting me, I didn’t know what to do, his Alice was Invisibility, and I was so frightened, I didn’t know what to do, then when I screamed he got blown back and his Alice became mine, he was thrown off the Base and was forced to lived as anyone with out an Alice”

“Just like that?” Hotaru asked, “I mean, they didn’t erase his memory?”

“They did, because he was called on the main office before he was let go… and when he came back he didn’t knew anyone…”

“Oh…” Ruka sighed

“So you can copy Nonoko’s Alice?” Hotaru asked

“Yeah, when do you want to do it?” Mikan beamed

“Later perhaps, besides we still need ingredients” Hotaru said, “Now that we’ve got ourselves plan A what about plan B?”

“What for?”

“Incase Mr. Nodacchi doesn’t want to help us, we need another plan, don’t you agree?” Hotaru reasoned

“What about the nullification Alice?” Natsume asked

“I don’t know anyone else with the same Alice as hers” Ruka stated

“Neither do I” Hotaru sighed defeated

“What, can’t I do it on my own?” Mikan asked the three

The three of them looked at her as if she has grown another head. Mikan just stared at the three.

“It can hurt you, Mikan, your nullification Alice can nullify anything on your body, you can even nullify your own Alice if you’re not careful or in control of your Alice” Natsume explained once again

“But don’t you trust me? I can manage and besides it’s just a small risk”

“A small risk?” Natsume chuckled humorlessly “Small? You can nullify your own brain, heart… it can cause you your own life, and you call it small? No, I definitely don’t agree on this plan” he repeated much slowly this time

“Me too” Hotaru agreed

Mikan looked at Ruka who shook his head.

“You don’t trust me?” Mikan asked “All I need to have is your trust in me and I’ll be fine!”

The three almost believe the smiling teen in front of them, she seems confident and sure of herself, they almost agreed… almost.

“We have trust in you and we’re sure that you can do it…” Natsume said “It’s just that… we aren’t going to take the risk…”

“I once remember hearing this line from one of my friends before,” Mikan stated then recalled her past, “’Those who risk… wins’”

Natsume flinched, he was the one told her that, but how could she possibly remember that? Could it be possible that she regained her memories just now? “Can you remember who said that?”

“I don’t… all I can recall is that I’m sitting alone under a tree staring out at the setting sun and a voice in my head told it to me”

“Voice? What voice?”

“It’s like the one the computer, you know, the echo-y type” Mikan explained “Why?”

“Nothing much” Natsume answered, Hotaru gave him a look while Ruka just stared at Mikan. The whole school knows that was his motto, before Mikan got kidnapped.

They were quite for awhile thinking of the possibilities when a voice announced on the speakers that visiting hours are over. The three of them left, bidding their good-byes to Mikan, she smiled at them.

“Don’t try anything stupid, Mikan” Hotaru warned

The door closed and Mikan was left alone in the room, she knew she had to do things herself now. She knew others won’t allow her to do it but after what Natsume said to her, that he loves her, she just can’t take on living her life without knowing who he is to her. When he told her that she loves him, she felt something in her heart, a tugging feeling. It felt like she drank water after walking in the desert for the longest time. She felt relieved and somehow happy (not knowing why) that he still loves her aside from everything that was thrown their way.


Making that decision, she stood up and got ready to nullify the Alice that’s holding memories of Natsume and her together. After securing the place, she stood beside her bed, incase she fall the bed will catch her.

“Nullify” she whispered

--- End of chapter 4


Liked it??? Tell me… I know its not very satisfying... hehe… but you’ll find out what will happen next on the next chapter… wuhahaha!!! And sad to say I think this fanfic is near on its end… I didn’t really plan on making it so short… but I got run out of ideas I guess…

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