Chapter Thirty – Five

Your dreams will always be broken.

The teleport was still in the library. I got a nostalgic feeling, standing there and looking in the blue lights that danced around the teleport.

"Are you ready, Mikan?" Yuka asked me, standing behind me.

"Yes, mom," I answered and held her hand. We both walked closer to the teleport.

"Close your eyes and think about our old house. Remember your childhood, sweetie." Yuka told me and closed her eyes. I did the same and started to think about our old home, about the times when I used to play hide and seek with my friends. Suddenly, something weird happen. There was a lightning outside the demon castle, making my eyes open.

In front of the teleport stood a girl, her violet eyes were glowing as she turned her head to the left. "Are you Mikan Sakura?" She asked me.

I nodded and she smiled.

"I found her, Ruka." She said to someone.

My eyes widened and I turned around as someone stepped in the library. There, in the door, stood my old best friend. He was staring at me with icy blue eyes.

"Are you leaving?" he asked, coming closer to me and my mother. He looked dangerous, making me feel not safe.

"Mom," I whispered and only then noticed that she was frozen. What? I asked myself. I tried to shake my mom away from the trance she was in but I failed. "Mom, can you hear me?"

"Don't even try, she's under my spell." The girl with violet eyes warned me.

"What did you do with her?" I asked her, crying out.

"Just froze her, that's all. She will be okay after few minutes. Now, we can talk."

"What?" I asked, not getting about what she was talking.

"My name is Hotaru Imai, it may not ring a bell for you but I have spied on you for a long time, Mikan."

"What?" I raised my eyebrow in surprise.

"Your father, Izumi Sakura, made me watch over you. He knew that having a child with a half blooded vampire will not end well. He knew that, if he and his family would have run away, you and your mother would be in a danger. That's why he sacrificed himself for both of you to live. He made me watch over you because he was scared that creatures from this world would come after you. I'm here to protect you, Mikan Sakura. If you want to leave this universe, I will follow you. If you want to stay here, I will be by your side all the time."

"Are you, like, my body guard to me?"

"I'm more like your guardian angel." Hotaru smiled at me and bowed. "It's a pleasure to be honoured with your attention, Mikan Sakura. Oh, and I'm sorry for erasing your memories."

"Wow," I murmured and glanced at Ruka who was watching us.

"My dear Mikan, can I tell you something?" He smiled politely at me.

"Sure, Ruka-pyon, go ahead."

"I want to tell you that, if you want to leave this universe, I will understand. I will be calm, knowing that you're not in the hands of Natsume Hyuuga. It's your choice, Mikan. Just know that I will be always waiting you here." Ruka told me as he came closer and hugged me. I smiled and hugged him back. It was nice to hug him again in these four years.

"Thanks, Ruka-pyon. I will remember." I said and pushed myself slowly away from Ruka. His icy blue eyes were warm and the look, the way he looked at me, made my heart beat faster. I blushed and looked at the ground.

"So, Mikan, what's your choice?"

"I want to go home." I smiled and Hotaru nodded, taking the spell away from my mom. She breathed in and looked around the room.

"Wow, I just had the weirdest dream in my life." I laughed at Yuka and hold her hand.

"Let's go home, mom."

She smiled back at me and we stepped in the teleport. The blue lights in the teleport danced all around us as we thought about our old home.

We stepped in my old room. I remembered these white walls and orange curtains. The room felt cozy. I turned around to see if Hotaru had come with us. In Hotaru's place, in all fours, stood a dog who was watching us with its violet eyes.

"Hotaru," I laughed out loud and leaned down to pat her head. "You came with us."

The dog barked and started to wriggle her tail. My mom laughed and suggested us to search for my stepfather. As we walked around the house, I found him, looking outside the kitchen's window. He was sitting in our garden.

"Father," I shouted, running toward him. He stood up and grinned, opening his hands for me to hug him. I crashed into him and we both laughed. It didn't matter that he wasn't my real father.

"Mikan, I'm so glad to see you." He smiled and held me close to him. I inhaled his perfume and smiled sweetly.

"I missed you, dad."

Unknown to me, my parents exchanged looks with each other.

"She knows everything, Dave." Yuka told her husband as they left the old house in their car. "She knows that she's a half-blooded demon but, I still haven't told her about myself."

"Doesn't she have some vampire blood from you in her?" Dave, Yuka's husband, asked. He knew that his wife was half-blooded vampire.

"She must have but it's not as strong as her demon blood. I'm afraid that in the future it will make her life be in a danger. I want to keep her by my side all my life, Dave, but I realize that I won't be able to do it." Yuka sighed and looked down at the ground.

"Darling, we will protect her. We will keep her safe." Dave smiled and grabbed softly Yuka's chin to make her look at him. "I love you as much as I love her. I don't care if she's not my real daughter, I will love her as my real daughter all my life and you should know it."

"Oh, Dave, I'm so glad that I found you." Yuka whispered and kissed Dave.

"By the way, what's that dog?"

"Izumi sent her to guard her all her life. It's a long story, darling."

"Oh, okay. I guess." Dave laughed as Hotaru, in her dog's form, barked.

In the car, riding home, I fell asleep.

I saw a dream where I was in a black dress, sitting on a red couch. My hands were in handcuffs. I looked up from them and noticed Natsume, sitting in a chair, looking at me. In his hands was a key from the handcuffs. He was twirling it between his fingers.

"It looks like I will have to move back in my plans - haunting you in your dreams. Isn't it great?" he asked sardonic, standing up from the chair. He wore blue jeans and black tee shirt.

"Why are you doing this, Natsume? I told you that I will not accept your request to be your soul mate."

"Darling," he smirked, sitting beside me and wrapping his hands around my waist. He moved one hand up my body till my chin. I shivered as he cupped my chin, turning my head to the left side. "I will never leave you as long as you don't accept my request."

I started to tremble as he brought his face closer to mine. I could feel his breath in my face. I closed my eyes very tightly and tried to wake up. Nothing happened.

"What's wrong, darling?" I heard his sickening voice. It made me feel weak.

"Stop it. You're not a part from my life anymore. I don't want to see you. Leave me alone." I hit somewhere, not looking where. I felt a pain in my knuckles what meant only one thing, I had hit Natsume.

He pushed me away on the couch and stood up. On his beautiful face was an ugly scowl. I looked up and stared at his burning red eyes.

He was such a dangerous, beautiful creature.

"We are not over." He said it fiercely and smirked.

I woke up and breathed in as Hotaru scared me, licking my face. She was in her dog form.

"Thank you, Hotaru." I told her and hugged her, still trembling.

The nightmares will never end as long as you will not be my soul mate.

Someone whispered in my head as I hid my face in Hotaru's fur.

Your dreams will always be broken.

Tears rolled down my face as I began to sob. Mom started to calm me but I knew that it will never help. I will never have a normal, ordinary life again. But I was ready to face it. This time, I will have Hotaru and my mother by my side. And this time, I will know who they are. This time, I will be stronger. There won't be any Clumsy Girl anymore.

The End

A/N- I left this story's ending as an open ending because I couldn't decide how to end it up. I hope you don't mind it. When I started this story, I wanted to write it about the weak Mikan, about how she grew up and ended out to be strong, surrounded by mythological creatures. I still doubt if I should make a sequel to this story or leave it as it is. I would like some thoughts about this idea.

And yes, I admit it, this story turned out to be very confusing and the end screams for a continuation.

Thank you for reviewing this story, your reviews made me feel very, very happy.

I hope you liked how it ended. If not, be free to write your thoughts in the review.

And again, thank you.

~LCG