Next Day Mikan's POV

I walked to homeroom forgetting that it was Sunday. Narumi was there reading a book.

"Mikan-chan! You should go wait for your mother by the gate. I bet she is dying to see you." Narumi said.

"Okay." I said. I walked away and waited by the gate.

"Mikan!" My mother yelled sweetly. She was flying over to me with her arms wide. When she finally got to me, she checked around her surroundings. It didn't seem like anyone was there so she turned to give me an angry face. She pulled my arm and I knelt down out of pain.

"You are going to get punished right now. Start moving!" she yelled, still wrenching my arm.

Natsume's POV

"Mikan!" a woman yelled sweetly. I saw a woman fly to Mikan with open arms. She looked around, then wrenched Mikan's arm. She pulled her arm and Mikan fell to the floor.

"You are going to get punished right now. Start moving!" she yelled angrily.

"Mom, that hurts!" Mikan said. My eyes went wide. What kind of mother would wrench her daughter's arm like that?

"I don't care if it hurts or not! Start moving!" she yelled. Mikan got up slowly and walked over to the dormitories. I was watching from the trees and as soon as I saw them walk into the dorms, I walked over to Ruka's room. I burst in on a scene I did not want to see. Ruka and Hotaru were making out and Ruka was wide eyed.

"Why did you have to burst in now?! This was the best part!" Ruka yelled.

"1. What happened to the shy Ruka I used to know and 2, I have some important news." I said quickly.

"This better be good Natsume." Ruka told me.

"I saw Mikan's mom completely twist her arm and say she was going to get punished in the dorm. She didn't even care if it hurt!" I yelled. They immediately got up and started running towards me.

We started running down the hall and were stopped by the special kid named Tsubasa.

"What are you guys in such a rush for?" he asked.

"We need to help Mikan with her mom." Ruka said. Then I couldn't move.

"What is going on?" Ruka asked. I looked down and saw that our shadows were being manipulated.

"Why are you doing this? I thought you were her friend?" I said angrily. He was shaking and looking down.

"I promised her that nobody would get involved and I would do anything I could to prevent anybody from knowing about it." He said. He looked up and I saw his eyes getting watery.

"You forced her to do stuff she didn't want to you know?! She had to do things that even you wouldn't understand! You would be scared of her. You would ignore and avoid her. She had all these problems and you didn't even notice! It has been weeks since I found out that she wore long clothing because of all the bruises she had. All of this abuse started when she was 8! It has been seven years of this that she has been dealing with. You call yourself friends and you don't even know anything about her!" he yelled. I was sad that I was supposedly not her friend.

"What did she have to do?" Imai said.

"I can't tell you that either! She bottled every one of her problems inside her! But you wouldn't know even though you are supposedly friends!" he continued yelling. I was kind of hurt hearing that.

"Why should you even care if you are not involved?!" he yelled.

"Maybe because I love her!" I yelled. He looked taken back by the words. He sighed and then let go of our shadows.

"You go and they stay. You better do this right though! I won't forgive you if she just gets hurt more." Shadow said. That was his nickname from now on. I started running off as soon as he finished. I ran up the stairs and straight to the door next to mine that I heard crying from. I busted the door open and saw Mikan's mom wrenching her arm still with a whip at hand. There was broken glass all over the floor.

"Who are you?! I am Yuka sakura." the woman said sweetly and removing her hand from Mikan's arm.

"Cut the crap and hand Mikan over." I said madly.

"Na… Natsume." Mikan said faintly reaching out towards me until collapsing because of pain.

"You bitch!" I yelled to Yuka. I started walking quickly and then she grabbed Mikan's arm again.

"Take another step and she gets it! Now answer the question." She said as Mikan continued wincing in pain.

"I'm her boyfriend." I said.

"Who ever told you that you could get a boyfriend?! You kill the love of my life and then think you can have one of your own!" she yelled furiously at Mikan. She shook her then threw her on the floor. During missions I learned to move quickly so I took the chance to grab her and run back to my spot. My plan was successful and I kneeled down and took her in my arm. She was crying continuously with her hands covering her face. I used my left hand to move her hands away.

"Mikan, it's okay. It's me, Natsume." I said gently. I heard silent footsteps and put up a ring of fire around us. Yuka backed off. She continued crying but her head was now buried in my shirt. I picked her up bridal style and walked out of the door leaving a fire preventing her from getting out. Mikan was still crying on my shirt. I went down the stairs to where Ruka, Shadow, and Imai were still waiting. They ran up to her. And I kneeled down on to the ground.

"Mikan, are you okay?!" Ruka yelled. She kept on crying on my shirt.

"Are you okay, Mikan?" I said gently. She shook her head slowly, still crying. Her sleeves were covered in blood and there were glass pieces stuck in her skin.

"Do you want to be taken to the hospital?" I asked just as gently. She shook her head again.

"Mikan, do what you did before." Shadow said gently. Mikan shook her head.

"They are your friends. You can show them." He continued. She shook her head again.

"Mikan, you can't walk around like this, or in long sleeved clothing. It gets really warm during the summer here." He said. She continued crying in my shirt.

"Ruka, reach into her sweater for a light green stone." He commanded.

"What is it gonna do?" I asked him. I started letting go of her and she just gripped tighter onto my shirt. I smiled a little, seeing as she wanted me to stay with her. Ruka withdrew his hand quickly and handed a small light green stone to Shadow.

"Mikan, take it." He commanded gently. She didn't do anything.

"Mikan use your alice. It is only us here. Your boyfriend, sempai, and two best friends." he said. I looked down at her when he said to use her alice. Ruka and Hotaru were wide-eyed. He started poking her with the alice stone. She stopped crying, now just whimpering, but still held on to my shirt. She pushed his hand away.

"If you don't use your alice then I will take you to see Subaru at the hospital." He said. She shook her head and grabbed the alice stone from his hand. She didn't once look at them. She kept her face buried in my shirt. I saw her put the alice stone in front of her chest and then it merged into her body. I was wide-eyed.

"It's not good enough to just merge it in your body. Actually use it." Shadow said. By now she had stopped crying and whimpering and just left her head on my shirt. I observed as some of the bruises and blood stains faded away and then they stopped at a certain point. I checked and it looked like she had lost consciousness. She didn't get much healed.

"She has the healing alice?" Ruka asked. Shadow shook his head. We took another look at her and saw that more injuries were appearing on her body.

"I thought she was gonna heal them! Instead she just made them invisible to everybody?!" Shadow yelled.

"I thought she didn't have the healing alice. And she didn't say she had the invisibility alice either." Ruka said.

"She has the SCE alice." He said. He was kneeling down now, stroking her hair. I moved his hand and started stroking her hair instead of him.

"Is now really the time to be jealous?" he said. I rolled my eyes at him and looked at her with sad eyes. I heard footsteps. Narumi appeared at the stairwell.

"What happened? I heard yelling." Narumi said. Then his eyes landed on the unconscious body I was holding.

"What happened to Mikan?!" he yelled running over. He scanned his eyes over her and had a worried look on his face.

"Why is there blood and bruises all over her? What happened?" he questioned. I leaned her a little farther out from me so that I could see her face. She appeared to be deep out of consciousness, as in just a splash of water will not wake her up.

"I think this is a good time to take her to the hospital. If Imai-kun heals her she will think she did it." Shadow said. I nodded my head and carried her bridal style to the hospital. We ran to the hospital and ignored all the people staring at her. We didn't have time to wait for the bus.

"Imai-san!" the nurses said lovingly when they saw Imai.

"I need a room now and I need to see my brother." She said seriously and slamming her hand on the counter.

"Room 103 is available!" they yelled, startled. We walked there but at a slight fast pace. We lied her down on the bed and waited.

"Where the fuck is my brother?" she yelled until she saw him walking down the hall slowly.

"Get the fuck in here now!" she yelled at him. He got in the room quickly.

"I want you to heal her before she wakes up." Imai said seriously. Subaru walked over and started healing her.

"What happened to her?" he asked while healing her.

"We can't tell you." Ruka said.

"I can't finish healing her unless I have personal records on what happened to her." Subaru said, stopping.

"We'll tell you later. Just heal her before she wakes up." Imai said. Subaru started again. All of the bruises faded away, along with the blood and she was all healed.

"I need to know now, what happened. I don't want to have to inflict the pain on her again." Subaru said.

"Can we talk in a different room, just in case she wakes up?" Imai asked. Subaru nodded.

"Who witnessed the event or knew about this beforehand?" Subaru asked. Shadow and I raised our hands. Seeing as she was not part of the conversation, walked back to Mikan's side.

"How did you find out about this?" he asked.

"She was spinning around with my friend and her sleeve pulled up a bit. There was a whole lot more bruises than she has now but she told me everything once I found out. She has been abused by her mother ever since she was 8 because her father died and she thought it was her fault. When she was invited to Ruka's beach house, she healed herself so that they wouldn't suspect anything." Shadow said.

"I found out today when I saw her mom wrenching her arm and saying that she was going to get punishment even though Mikan told her it hurt." I said.

"How was she able to heal herself? I have her registered here as having the nullification alice officially." Subaru asked.

"She has an unofficial alice called the SCE alice. SCE stands for steal-copy-erase. You remember when I came here and she performed a magic trick and a light green stone appeared. That light green stone was a copy of your alice stone." Shadow said.

"SCE is not listed under her alices. Is that why she is a special star?" Subaru asked. Shadow nodded.

"She is waking up." I heard Imai say. I ran out of the office that was in the room and ran to Mikan's side.

"Mikan, are you okay?" I asked, brushing the bangs away from her face. She slowly tried to sit up but eventually just ended up back in her original position.

"You are too weak from the blood loss." I said stroking her hair. Her eyes were starting to flutter closed again, but she was fighting it.

"Don't worry about anything, just rest." I said. She closed her eyes and fell asleep right away.

"What happened to the mother and what was her name?" Subaru asked.

"I think she is still stuck in Mikan's room and her name was Yuka Sakura." I said.

"We should tell the high school principal about this." Narumi said.

"Why does he have to know this?" I asked.

"The high school principal is Mikan's uncle." He said picking up the phone. After a few seconds of talking to the principal, he turned back to Mikan. Seconds later, the principal arrived in the room.

"Is she okay?" he asked with great concern in his voice. I nodded and he rushed over to her.

"Thank you, Natsume." I heard her say in her sleep.

"Who is Natsume?" the principal asked. I raised my hand.

"Oh, you are that kid in the dangerous ability class with the fire alice. What did you do to her?" he asked staring me straight in the eyes.

"I saved her from her abusive mother. She is still trapped in the room, just so you know." I said.

"What are you to her?" he asked me.

"What if I am her boyfriend?" I asked him. I heard a yawn and saw Mikan waking up.

"What're you doing here, high school principal?" she asked.

"I am your uncle." He said shortly.

"Mikan, is this your boyfriend?" he asked anxiously.

"What if he is?" she said in a teasing tone.

"I never gave permission for you to have a boyfriend!" he said.

"Mikan, will you be my girlfriend?" I asked gently.

"Okay. Come here and give me a hug." She said. I gave her more than expected. I walked over to the other side of the bed. She had her arms wide open but as I leaned my face closer I pulled her arms down. She seemed confused at first but then I placed my lips on hers. For one second she seemed in shock but then she responded. She pulled my head slightly closer to her. She wrapped her arms around my neck and raked her fingers through my hair. Since she was lying down, I couldn't wrap my arms around her waist, so I just used them to keep me up. We both ran out of breath after a few minutes and separated. I chuckled and looked over to the high school principal. His eyes were wide and Shadow's jaw was all the way down to the floor. Mikan giggled at their expressions.

Next Day Mikan's POV

I walked into homeroom with Natsume in some capris, a tube top, earrings, and high heeled sandals. All the stares were uncomfortable so I leaned closer to Natsume.

"Is it true that they are dating and that is Mikan?" some people whispered. I sat in my seat next to Natsume.

"Who are you and what are you doing with Natsume." Luna asked with her arms crossed.

"First, if you would like a reminder of who sits next to him during class it is me, Mikan. And second of all, he is my boyfriend, so back off bitch!" I said out loud. She looked taken back for a second and I had a smirk on my face.

"Well… well then prove it." She said stuttering. I turned to face him and kissed him full on with tongue and everything, making it very evident to the bitch in front of me.

"Okay, you can stop now!" she yelled. I smirked and licked my lips with my tongue seductively. Natsume just smirked at me.

"Mikan, why did I see Natsume rushing you to the hospital yesterday?" Anna asked.

"I got injured." I said shortly.

"How did you do that?" Nonoko asked me. I was a whole lot more confident than before.

"Well, ever since I was 8, my mother abused me, and that is why I wore long sleeved clothing. I didn't have a skin disease. And I wasn't a prostitute, like you guys said. This time she hurt me because I didn't tell her that I was going to a beach house so she was mad that she wasted her time on me. Natsume found out and then he saved me and then he rushed me to the hospital because I was in a very bad condition. Oh and by the way, I had my original bruises made invisible before I went to the beach house and just got even more by pure coincidence." I said as if it was nothing. Everyone was wide-eyed.

"Aren't you going to tell the girls your other secret? I mean you told the important ones so what is the difference." Hotaru said. I nodded my head.

"I am the only niece of Kiyoko Sakura, the owner of Sexy Sweety." I said with a smile. They all opened their mouths wide.

"You are lying about all that stuff just to get attention." Luna said in a snobby tone.

"Are you going to tell them about the other other thing?" Ruka said?

"Stop leaving us out." Permy shouted.

"I can't read her mind again." Koko said out loud.

"My alice is nullification. I render all alices harmless to me." I said.

"And no, since I don't trust them, I won't tell them the other other thing." I said. Narumi flew into the room.

"Mikan, your uncle wants to see you about something. Today is a free day." Narumi said flying into the room.

"Who is your uncle? Today is not a visitor's day." Mochiage asked.

"My uncle doesn't have to worry about visitor's day. He is the high school principal." I said getting up. I leaned over my part of the desk and gave Natsume a quick peck on the lips. Before I left, I felt his arm grab my wrist and pull me towards him. My lips landed on his and I took 5 minutes just making out with him, which was until I ran out of breath.

"Where did that come from? I already gave you a peck on the lips." I said.

"A peck is not gonna cut it for me. You are mine and I need to show you that. I took your first kiss anyway." He teased. I walked away. My uncle was talking to me about not sleeping with guys and things like that. I walked to homeroom after the lecture.

"What did your uncle want to tell you about?" Natsume asked me.

"You don't want to know, trust me." I said. He shrugged it off.

"Wanna make out at the sakura tree?" he asked.

"Sure." I said grabbing his hand and walking out of the room. Our relationship was great after that. I was glad about everything that happened. Even though I could have gone without the abuse, it was what brought my inferior complex and protective and possessive boyfriend.