Barrier Alice | ✔

[56]

"... the rumour of the ghosts, that's why we're here"

Natsume said as he steps forward. Maintaining his glare to his senpais. He continues,

"You all, have probably figured out why we're here. If you want to report us, then go ahead, but know that we will report you and the wormhole. Of course, having them investigating will only make things messy"

Sakurano face darkened "How much do you know?"

Natsume challenged him, "What do you think?"

Seeing them so strain, Amy was about to resolve the tension, when mikan immediately intervened, as she desperately explains, their intention, and their plan to secure the antibiotics- begging them to tell if they know where is the warp hole.

Sakurano reaches out, trying to touch mikan's forehead as he denies mikan's words, claiming she misunderstood when another hand stop Sakurano's from reach out to mikan. Amy, who was quiet since earlier, said,

"It best if you don't... senpai," she said, smiling while maintaining a stern gaze with him.

"What's the meaning of this, amy... you of all people"

"I know what you want to say senpai, but I know what I'm doing and..."

"Liar!" Mikan shouted. Tears stream down her face as she shouted that word to Sakurano and Amy. Mikan look at them as she continued,

"You obviously know something! And you too amy, since earlier you seem to know everything that will happen- as if you've expected it. Why, why must you hide about all of this? About the warp hole! Are you actually protecting those Z people?! Are you perhaps the spies? I want to believe that, as your younger sibling in the hospital, perhaps, both of you are not the spies. Perhaps you're all... just worried. But now things are like this..."

Amy just stared at Mikan.

Ahh, I have made her cry again.

She swallows the candy and her body slowly reduced to her original size- with her clothes shrunken to fit her physical body. She then held Mikan tightly and said,

"Mikan, i, for one, hated them thoroughly. From the bottom of my heart because... they were the one who killed my parents. The reason why four of us were orphaned when we start our life in this academy."

Silence immediately ensued due to her sudden revelation- something no one in this room ever knows- except for Ruka when he accidentally overheard the other day when Amy, Natsume and the rest were kidnapped.

Amy then continued, she said,

"I understand why you're suspicious of me, and I... I can't tell you everything yet. But I promise one day I will. But not today... can you trust me on this, mikan?"

She said as she looked mikan straight into her eyes. Mikan never expected to suddenly listen to Amy's dark history all of a sudden, and felt really bad about it. She couldn't understand, just why this person keeps everything to herself.

But at least, mikan's know one thing.

"I trust you... and I'm so sorry"

"Don't be. You deserved to be mad. Everyone will feel that way if things that matter life and death was hidden from them..."

She then looks at sakurano, who already hide away his shocked expression when he heard the unexpected story. Amy said, with a sad smile,

"I know, there's no proof that they went through that warp hole... but at least, it will give us clues. Could you help us, please?"