And so we come to the last chapter of Broken Wings of an Angel. Hah, It has been a journey, 'ey? The end starts now…

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I don't own Gakuen Alice, I just own Kai. Kai you pigheaded jerk!

Dedication:

To all those who read my story, thank you.

Thanks to those who reviewed, you kept me going.

To those who loved my story so much, you are the best.

To Yume, Kari and Angela; thanks for being great roleplay buddies and getting me on Fanfiction in the first place.

Thanks to Rising Phoenix and Green Pea Soup for being the best friends in the whole entire world XD.

Broken Wings of An Angel

Chapter 13: I'm never alone

They found me on a bullet train headed to nowhere. They asked me where I was going, I told them I was going to the end. They were confused and asked me what 'the end' meant. I kept silent, they wouldn't understand if I told them I was going to the end of a story, my story. They then asked me how long I had been on the train for. I didn't know, didn't remember. Then they asked me the weirdest question, "Are you an angel?"

I was rather amused, and looked at them as if they were slightly weird and shook my head. Their names were…Natsume Hyuuga and Kai Makita.

--- Present ---

Mikan didn't turn up to the class, three days after she had woken up. Everyone was rather surprised, since Mikan had become an important member of the class. Ruka and Hotaru didn't come either. Natsume was rather surprised and…suspicious. Mikan was never absent, although he had noticed over the few days that she had seemed a little sad. Narumi stepped into the classroom and Natsume glared at him, demanding answers, as did the rest of the class. "Where's Mikan, Hotaru and Ruka?" piped up Koko.

Narumi looked surprised, "Didn't she tell you? Mikan, Hotaru and Ruka are leaving with Misaki today. They aren't coming back. They should be…well they told me that they were going to leave at the Sakura tree." Everybody stared at him like he was crazy. How could they 'leave' when they are standing next to a tree? Natsume however, knew that they were supernatural beings. He stood and with a short, sharp 'excuse me' left the room at a run.

--- Sakura Tree ---

The brunette was busy staring at the school, wistfully, wishing she could stay there. With Ruka, Hotaru, Misaki and Natsume. "Mikan," Misaki said softly, putting a hand on her sister's shoulder. "Are you ready? It is time to go home." Compared to Mikan, Misaki seemed sparkling and glittering with whiteness. Mikan glance at her own feathers, they were a dullish grey; at least they weren't black anymore. She nodded, sighing and turned to face the others. "Just wait until we get home! Mother and Father shall flower you with gifts!" Mikan doubted that very much, seeing as she wasn't quite popular with her family.

"Oi! Polka dotted panties girl!" a familiar voice startled them out of the reverie. Mikan turned around stunned as a raven-haired boy ran towards them. Mikan blushed and hid her face behind her bangs. Here he was again, and had to spoil it, it was going to be hard to go back now. His words caught her mind, polka dotted panties girl? What does he mean but that unless…

"NATSUME!! YOU PERVERT!!" Mikan punched the boy in face, sending him flying. "BAKA!! That's it! I'm leaving!" She turned around, anger emanating from her, "Right, Misaki let's go!" But she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned, was it Natsume? No it was Narumi. "Narumi-sensei!" she gasped, bowing slightly. Misaki didn't seem surprised.

"If you could come and spend a few minutes with me, Mikan," Narumi sensei led the girl over to a secluded area. The young angel stared up at him, confused. "I knew your mother. She was my idol, until she vanished a couple of months after she graduated from the Academy." What did this have to do with anything? Thought Mikan. "What I mean is, your mother was human, and so you are half human as well. And also, when you get up there, can you tell her that Narumi says 'hi'?"

Mikan's eyes grew wide, "Oh, so that's your secret! Did you know right away, when you first saw me?" When Narumi nodded she smiled softly, "I'm sure mum will be pleased to know you still think about her." Mikan sighed inwardly, it's so strange, I've changed a lot through my time here. I used to be so rebellious. I wonder if it is because of…Natsume. She glanced over Narumi's shoulder to see Natsume heading towards them. "I should be going soon Narumi-sensei, thank you for enrolling me in Alice Academy, it really has been great."

"It's alright Mikan, I should be getting back to my class, take care of yourself, alright? And you are always welcome to come back for a visit sometimes," Narumi smiled and patted Mikan's head and turned to Natsume. "I'll leave you two alone for a while, don't take all day Natsume, you do have come back to class and Mikan has to leave." He left the two standing there, all alone. Mikan hid her face so Natsume wouldn't see her blush.

"You should've told me you were leaving," Natsume said coldly and quietly, making Mikan wince ((Natsume you JERK!)). "Why did you leave me in the dark?" Mikan's eyes widened, Natsume was angry with because she hadn't told him. "You are going back to Heaven aren't you? All of you," Natsume's voice began to crack, "What about me? Am I just supposed to sit here and wait for you to come back? Well, Mikan, I'm tired of waiting." He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a giant bear hug.

Mikan felt the tears rising to her eyes again. Why, why did he have to make this harder and harder? Was it to make her see what she was leaving behind? Bastard. Why did her love life be so screwed up? "Gomen ne, Natsume," she pushed her face into his shirt, which was soon going to be drenched from her tears. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I thought you would try and stop me and it would make it harder for me to return home. I would stay if I had a choice, but if I did, you could get hurt, all of my friends could get hurt, my home could get destroyed," Natsume's eyes widened, she was doing this for him. "It hurts to leave, it hurts."

"Okay Mikan, it's okay, I forgive you," replied Natsume, soothing the upset girl. "I knew you'd have to return one day. Do you remember when we first met on the train? Kai and I seemed to know you were different straight away. You acted differently and you said the weirdest things. I…" Natsume flushed a brilliant red, "I…I think I fell…in love with you then." He hurried the last part as if it was better said fast. Mikan frowned and looked up at him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that, you were speaking too fast," she said, "I know you said you 'fell' what do you mean by that? Did you trip?" Natsume groaned inwardly, this girl was actually really dense. "Tell me Natsume! Oh hey, you are red; do you have a fever or something? Maybe you didn't rest long enough after we came back," she tutted like a worrying wife. "Mou, Nat—" she was cut off as Natsume pressed his lips onto hers. She felt her face heat up with a blush. It was kind of obvious what he had said now.

They finally broke off for air, and Natsume spoke again, "It hurts me too, to see you leave me, Mikan. And I'm not sorry for kissing you, even if you might like somebody else who is, you know, an angel as well, because this might be the last time I see you. You always acted as if—" Mikan put a finger to his mouth to stop him from speaking. She was laughing, for the first time in forever, she was laughing.

"What on earth are you talking about Natsume?" she wiped a stray tear away from her eye. "Me like some angel? I don't think so," in Natsume's eyes she seemed to be glittering and her feathers pure white. "I love you too Natsume." Those three words are weird, somehow they seem so hard to say and yet so easy…but once they are out you want to grab them and shove them back into your mouth and swallow them. "And what's this about me not coming back? Of course I'm going to come back! I don't care if anyone tries to stop me, it is just, I haven't seen mum and dad for such a long time, and I kind of miss them." She smiled, "I'm not a criminal or shunned anymore Natsume, thank you. I'll miss you, but I'll come back," she frowned, "You'd better not cheat on me."

"What are you talking about," snorted Natsume, "As if I would cheat on an angel who can pack one hell of a punch. I thought Angels were supposed to be graceful." He bent down to capture her lips in another kiss. After a few minutes, Mikan pushed away from Natsume. He was making it hard for her to leave. This would've been so much easier if she had hated him and he had hated her back. She brushed a tear from her eyes. She would miss earth, so much. Natsume took a deep breath, "I guess its time to say goodbye then, for now."

"Yeah," she nodded, "Gomen ne, Natsume, ja ne!" She ran off, trying to force down the sadness in her throat. He loved her, she loved him, but she was leaving him. Life just had to be one giant soap opera didn't it? She reached the Sakura Tree where Misaki and her friends were waiting for her. She smiled weakly, "Let's go, before I change my mind." The nodded. Hotaru began to glow purple and rise into the air as did Ruka, except he was glowing blue. Misaki glanced at Mikan and her white wings began to beat against the air as she raised into the air. Mikan was the last one left. She glanced around her one last time and too began to lift off from the ground. She glanced behind her and saw a distant figure on the ground, watching her fly away. Natsume. She tore her eyes away and quickly caught up with the others.

She was going home, at last.

--- Heaven ---

The King of Heaven rose from his throne, his old, weary eyes wide as his two daughters pushed through the doors of the Castle hall. He was shaky on his feet and his wife, the Queen, helped him stand. "Misaki," he croaked, "Mikan. They are alright, they are finally back." The guards stared at the stunning, beautiful picture before them. The Royal family's two beautiful daughters glide down the carpet towards their father and mother.

"Papa!" Mikan broke the tranquility of all as she stumbled and ran all the way over to her father and flung herself at him. "Papa, papa, I've missed you so much! I've missed mama so much as well!" She burst into tears and sobbed into her father's clothes. "Papa, you look so old…I'm sorry, I'm sorry I broke the bells." Misaki came up behind her sister. "Mama…Narumi sensei said hi."

The King grinned, brushing his daughter's auburn hair, "That is all forgotten and forgiven now my dear. Misaki, dear, thank you for bringing her back. I guess we were the reason you broke the bells in the first place, right Mikan? Because we ignored you, you broke the bells. So really it is our fault. But I see your feathers are pure white again…so you completed your task." Mikan secretly smiled.

"I'll tell you all about him, papa, I promise," she giggled. Natsume, wait for me.

That is all I can tell you now, my name is Mikan Sakura, this is my story. I can't tell you whether I kept being a good angel, or whether I saw Natsume again. But this is what I can tell you: at the end of every dark story…there is a light and a happy ending, you just have to take your first step and get off the train. My name is Mikan Sakura, I got off the train. This is just the beginning, I wonder what will come next.

The End

To be continued in Heaven on Earth