GA FIC: Last Dance

Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice. All credits to the maker of GA.

- The Last Dance -

By: 13itt3rsw33t

"Natsume-nii, have you ever experienced to have your last dance?" a 5 year old silver haired boy sat beside a 12 year old raven haired guy, who was leaning his back against his favorite Sakura Tree trying to close his eyes.

Hearing this question, he opened his crimson eyes and met those teal eyes of his kouhai as he shifted his sitting position.

He stared at him for a while before answering; the young boy's face shows that he was curious to know.

"Hate those, why'd you ask Youichi?"

"Because there are a lot of girls who asked you to dance with them ever since yet you declined." Youichi said.

"Don't want to. And besides, they're all ugly." He just answered nonchalantly and went back to his original position and started to close his eyes again.

Youichi was silent for a while and Natsume thought that he would no longer ask for more and continued to nap.

"Including Mikan nee-san?"

That sudden question made him open his eyes once again and looked at Youichi.

He wasn't able to give him an immediate answer as the boy continued.

"Haven't Mikan-nee asked you to dance with her even if it was or wasn't the last dance?"

He still wasn't even able to give an answer.

'Of course she had. I just don't want to dance around a lot of people.'

Youichi just looked at Natsume.

But still Natsume could not find the answer that would not give him away.

"Ruka-nii is going to participate this year?" Youichi said, changing the topic after hearing nothing from Natsume.

This diverted his attention, "With who?" he asked.

"I can't think of anybody else except for Mikan-nee or Hotaru-nee." Youichi innocently said.

After dinner, at Hotaru's room.

"Mikan, I want you to be my last dance again, understand?" an emotionless raven haired girl said as she fixed the hair of the brunette in front if the mirror.

"Hotaru! You really love me – " she started remembering their first Alice festival together, when the 10 year old Hotaru announced Mikan to be her last dance, as she turned to look at the girl behind her.

"It's just to keep those old men away." She bluntly said.

Mikan pouted at her remark but then smiled.

"Ok. Hotaru, let me brush your hair."

Hotaru willingly obliged as she sat herself as Mikan held her raven locks at the back, brushing it. Two years had passed and miraculously, Hotaru grew her hair longer, though she kept it 4 inches longer right after her shoulders.

As Mikan enjoyed brushing Hotaru's hair, they heard a series of soft knocks at the door.

"I'll get it." Mikan placed the brush down the table.

"Who is it?" she asked as she went to open the door, with Hotaru following her.

"Ah! Ruka-pyon!" Mikan exclaimed when the door opened.

At the other side of the door, there stood a handsome blond haired lad with gentle ocean blue eyes, clad in a white tux and a matching dark blue pants with a blue ribbon which accentuated his eyes.

"Uhm, good evening Sakura, Imai." He greeted as the girls came into view.

Hotaru went back to the seat where she was sitting as she saw who the caller is and MIkan motioned Ruka inside.

"So, Ruka-pyon, what are you doing here?" Mikan asked as she picked up the brush once again and continued to attend to Hotaru's hair.

Ruka, being the shy type of person, blushed at the question, unsure if he is doing a good thing or not.

"Uhm, I want to ask Imai…" he paused and looked at the reflection of Hotaru by the mirror as he saw her looking at him at his statement with her still emotionless face.

"…Will you pair up with me, during the last dance?" he continued.

"Huh?" Hotaru said, still with the face.

"Wow! Ruka-pyon's asking Hotaru to be his last dance, that's great!" Mikan said excitedly, "Will you Hotaru?" she turned to her best friend.

"I already asked Mikan." She looked away and looked at one of her invention at hand.

"Tsk tsk tsk. Hotaru, we've dancing ever since when we know when. You must dance with another people you know." Mikan said, pulling her from her seat.

"Come on, Ruka-pyon's asking, why not give him the opportunity to dance with you." She said, a big smile forming in her obvious face.

'Hehe, Hotaru's gonna have her first REAL last dance. I mean REAL with a REAL partner, a GUY, and it's RUKA-PYON! Yey!'

"Mikan – " Hotaru was about to say but she was stopped when Mikan stopped and pushed her a little to Ruka, smiling.

Hotaru looked at the guy she landed to and then to Mikan, "150 rabbits."

"Hotaru, you meanie! That's a week's allowance for me!"

"And you," she turned to Ruka and CLICK!

"You'll pose for my pictures for profit. You in that tux will be profitable, maybe we'll switch with the dress, me in that tux and you in this dress." She continued.

"I-Imai! Stop that!" Ruka opposed as he started to snatch the camera but Hotaru was quick enough to hide it.

"Hehehe, that settles it then. Good luck dancing with Hotaru at the last dance." Mikan said amused looking at her two friends.

At the big bonfire, most of the students were already there, chatting and drinking juices around the bonfire as the music is already played to entertain the students as some started dancing.

Away from the settling mood around the bonfire, two figures where found not far from the site, seated in one of the branches of a tree in the forest.

"Youichi said that you're participating tonight." A guy with crimson eyes said.

The other guy blushed at the sentence, and thanks to the full moon, it was evident to the other.

"So it's true. With who?"

"Sakura was first to be invited by Imai but then she said that it's about time for her best friend to dance with another person." He couldn't contain his blush further.

"Heh, I didn't know that that Ice princess would allow that idiot to let her decide for her." The crimson eyed guy said in an interesting tone.

"N-no! What made you think about it, Natsume? Do you know that Sakura's allowance for this week will fall to the hands of Imai as an imbursement for what she said and-and that I – I will become her source of income once again…" he said in embarrassment.

"Hn." Was all he replied.

Silence took over after that and both of them watched as the moon was covered by the passing clouds, darkening the skies.

After a while, the silence was broke by the ocean blue-eyed guy.

"What about you, Natsume? Why won't you dance with Sakura since she doesn't have a pair now?"

"Don't wanna."

Back at by the bonfire, at their table…

"Hotaru, why do you think that Ruka-pyon asked you for the last dance? Does it mean that he likes you? Oh my gawd! It must be it!" Mikan continued her blabbering about Ruka asking Hotaru.

"Shut it or I'll get your month's allowance." Hotaru, definitely annoyed by her continuous blabber, if she wasn't allowed to bring her inventions right now, she would have fired her recently upgraded baka gun to the brunette.

Mikan stopped at her remark and said, "How am I going to buy for my assignment materials?"

"Now, now Mikan-chan, calm down. Imai-san was just kidding you know." Yuu comforted the brunette.

Noises from the students and teachers chatting, laughing and dancing were heard as the activity went on. Then, at their table, two figures were approaching them.

"Ahh! Ruka-pyon, Natsume! You just came in time. Narumi is finally announcing the start of the last dance!" she called out.

When the two was at their table, Natsume just plopped himself down to one of the spare chairs and eyed the brunette.

"Shut up strawberries, your voice is much louder than that gay's voice with the mic."

"Hmp!" she scoffed at him and didn't snapped back at him.

'Don't let him ruin your night Mikan, he's just teasing you like the olden times.' She thought to herself.

Mikan diverted her attention to Ruka and said elatedly, "Well, Ruka-pyon, what are you waiting for?"

Ruka blushed at her statement and looked at Hotaru, who was eating her beloved crabs and was throwing glares at him which says, 'Do-it-while-I'm-still-eating-or-you'll-die'.

"Ahh, maybe later Sakura, she's still eating."

After that, Hotaru finished her crab and was about to reach out to another crab in her plate, eyeing her mount full of crabs adoringly, as Mikan snatched the plate away, leaving Hotaru dumbfounded for a split of second and threw a deathly glare to her.

"Hotaru's done." She smiled-oh-so-innocently as the gang sweat dropped at her sudden aggressiveness and the killer aura that the inventor is emitting.

The raven haired girl just stood up and bent down towards the brunette as she whispered that left the brunette paled and broke out a cold sweat then walked to the dancing area, circling the bonfire.

Ruka stood up, looking worriedly at the brunette who was still stunned even after he shook her a little then went after the girl.

"Mikan-chan, hold on, whatever may Hotaru-chan said, she maybe just joking." Anna said.

"Mikan-chan, don't worry. Imai-san, she'll just let it go." Said the worried Iinchou.

"Mikan-chan, good luck!" the metallic haired scientist, Nonoko, said.

"Seems like you've run out of luck, strawberries." Natsume commented mockingly.

"Just shut up, jerk!" Mikan retorted, "Anyways, whatever she said, I don't care. Hotaru's dancing with Ruka-pyon!" she was immediately brought back, eyeing at her two friends as she pulled out a camera and started taking their pictures.

Her friends sweat dropped at her sudden revival and antics while she was smiling with her eyes sparkling.

"Though I never anticipated for this to happen. That Hotaru will accept Ruka to be her last dance." Anna said, smiling.

"Yeah, me too. What could have made her do that?" Nonoko wondered and then all of them; aside from the busy Mikan, who was still taking pictures even though Hotaru was glaring at her madly and Natsume, who was staring at the brunette; looked at Mikan.

The gang slowly dispersed to the crowd dancing with whoever they desired to dance with, leaving Mikan and Natsume at the table.

"Natsume, how are you feeling? I saw you yesterday bleeding from that stupid mission that Persona send you to." She said.

"Why strawberries, wanna nurse me?" he said with a sly smile.

"Ugh, why would I? I was just asking. And would you stop using names on me, I'm already 12 years old!" she said back.

"Heh, make me, little girl."

"Stop it, will 'ya."

"That's not gonna do."

"Natsume, please." She said and did the puppy-dog-eyes.

Natsume smirked, "Is that all?" he said while in his head was, 'Why does she have to be so cute?'

Then he stood up and went to the forest which is just behind their table, where he and Ruka came from before, leaving Mikan alone scowl at his remark. Afterwards, she then followed Natsume and saw him by a tree and sat down beside him.

"The celebration's not yet over Natsume, why did you leave?" Mikan said.

"And we're not done yet. You have to stop calling me names." She added.

Natsume, who was closing his eyes the moment Mikan arrived at the tree, opened them and looked at her hazel orbs.

"Miss me?" he said with a smirk.

"Why would I? And we just met." She answered.

Natsume just smirked at her then he closed his eyes once again.

Mikan looked at the guy next to her and just smiled. She then looked at the skies and admired the stars as she stared counting them.

After a while, with the music from the dances at their back, it seemed that it made her feel sleepy and so she stood up.

Natsume, noticed her movement, just continued to close his eyes feeling the strawberry scent that the girl beside him is emitting.

He was secretly smirking inside when his eyes shot up as she pulled him to stand.

"Come, let's dance." She said and smiled.

"No."

"Why? Come on, we're doing nothing in here and it makes me sleepy." She stated.

"Find someone else little girl." As he pulled his hand back.

"Hmp. Natsume kill joy!" she said and started to release her hold on him and started to walk.

As she was about to set another foot away, she was stopped and felt his hands wrap around her petite waist and was turned to face him.

"Give up already? I thought you said that we aren't done yet?" he said huskily.

"I – a... Natsume, too close!" she said as she pushed him, noticing their closeness but he just held on her closer.

"Hmm, I'm right, strawberries." He muttered to her ear.

Mikan blushed at his comment and thought of something to throw back at him.

She then smiled at him as she draped her arms at his neck, making Natsume smirk.

"Oh, what are you thinking? Trying to seduce me?"

"Hmm maybe, maybe not, I was joking." She said as she started to dance.

"Anyways, will you stop calling me names already?" she said.

Natsume seemed to follow her and looked away.

"Don't want to." And she smirked.

Mikan twitched at this and said, "Stubborn."

"Strawberries." He smirked.

"Pervert!"

"Cobalt blue."

"Jerk."

"Polka dots."

"Idiot."

"Little girl."

"Annoying."

"Mine."

"Self – what?" she asked.

Natsume smirked again, "Mine."

"Why? You haven't called me like that." She said.

"If you insist me to stop calling you names, then might as well call you 'Mine'. You can also call me 'Yours'."

"You know what, you really are full of yourself."

"Can't see it that way."

"Ugh, I hate the way you talk to me."

"Don't worry, I'll never talk to anyone as sweetly as I am talking to you."

"What's with the talk Natsume? It's giving me goose bumps."

"Say, will you dance with me again next year Yours?"

"Huh?"

"How about always?" he said.

"What about always?" she asked dumbly, not following him.

He sighed a little and said, "Do you remember what I've said before that?"

" 'Say, will you dance with me again next year Yours?' " she dully restated.

"Yes."

"Huh– Whatta! No!"

"Then, see 'ya again best at next year's last dance." As he was the one now guiding their dance while Mikan just recalled fully what they've just conversed at and looked down, blushing.

End...^^,

THOUGHTS: Umbrella

I kind of realized how simple and idiotic my imaginations are when I was in high school. I am kind of embarrassed how the story sounds like, soo childish. But it was indeed intended for K+ rating though. I just never thought that after reading this again that I find myself laughing on how childish this one is. Just a heads up... most of my stories were made when I was in high school, and for me to recover myself from that haitus, I am kind of re-writing my stories so it will still feel like child ish... ^_^

POT FIC: Umbrella

Disclaimer: I DoN't oWn PrInCe of TeNnIs… So let me be people…

- Umbrella –

By: 13itt3rSw33T

At the Seigaku tennis club boys locker room…

The lights were still on even it is already 8:00 in the evening. The rain continued to pour down heavily as big drops of water hit the surface of the eath. Inside, there is a girl with a very long and wavy auburn hair taking off her wet blouse. While changing, unbeknownst to her, a pair of green feline eyes couldn't help but to stare at the girl in front of him and couldn't stop his mind from drifting off to something inappropriate.

'God, what is this?' he thought as he felt her scent lingering even after being drenched by the rain. 'Damn, these hormones got up to me. We're still high school freshmen and I'm thinking of something like this. Damn this Ryuzaki. It was just 3 years ago and now she's more grown up and more beautiful as ever and….'

His thoughts stopped on running when a shy voice made him go back to reality.

"Uhm, ano… Ryoma-kun…" she was blushing like a ripened tomato for noticing her prince staring at her changing as she covered herself with a towel she found on the bench.

Felling that she had noticed him staring at her, he looked away and coldly asked, "What?"

"Uhm… Ano, no-nothing." She said as she hurriedly turned her back, her hair glided together with her movement and covered her bare back.

Suddenly, he stood up and walked towards her. The girl stiffened when she heard footsteps coming near her and as she faced him again, she was taken aback when she saw her prince a few steps away.

Her eyes widened a bit as she took some steps backwards until she bit her lip only to realized that she was already leaning against the wall, trapped.

He continued to approach her like a predator ready to eat his prey as his eyes was glued on her. She looked on to her side to look for a way to escape but she found none. When he's near, he leaned down onto her face with only a few centimeters away. He locked her with his one hand and his other hand lifted up her face to face him.

Having no choice, she looked at him and noticed that their nose's tip were already touching then she switched her gaze to his eyes and found it distracting and with desire in it.

"Let go." She tried to push him away but he stopped her and pulled her towards him to a kiss, and there was lightning followed by the roar of the thunder.

At first, the kiss was just an ordinary one with the lips of two individuals meet and wasn't that deep. But then, feeling that she just had responded to him, with his right hand, he pushed her head to his' to deepen the kiss as he started to caress her and press her body against him.

For your prince to kiss you unexpectedly and that you found it too bold, this was too overwhelming for her and as she had returned to her senses completely, she pushed him and started to walk away from him without sparing a glance at him.

Neither of them said a word but before she could walk away from him a little bit farther, he caught her by the wrist and pulled her back to him and she was caught with in arms and hugged her as if he didn't want to let her go.

She squirmed and pushed him away but she just couldn't break free, "Let me go!" she said.

He didn't listened to her and kept her under his arms, dropping the situation, she surrendered but later his hug comforted and calmed her down. Resting on his broad chest, her eyes shot up when she noticed that he has no shirt at all, she shrieked, "Let go of me you pert!" as she pushed him away.

They were quite after sometime and the rain has gradually stopped. The guy fetched his polo and put it on. Suddenly Ryuzaki spoke…

"Uhm… Ryoma–kun, a-ano… w-why did you do that?"

"A-I… nothing. Just…" He then picked up his bag and started to the door, "Just forget about it. Sorry."

"But, i-it's my… my first kiss you know." She spoke out softly but she hardly blushed remembering that she did respond to him. He was at the door by then, his hands on the door knob.

"Let me take you home. Coach Ryuzaki might be so worried about you now." He said, half of his head was turned to her.

She picked up her bag and then walked along side him after closing the lights and the door then left. While they were out in the street, illuminated by a dim yellow light, walking, they were silent as always but the girl was blushing madly when he reached her hand and intertwined his hand firmly to her hand as she looked at his face then to their hands.

When they reached the part where they will take the opposite sides, Ryuzaki wanted to let go but he held it still then she stopped.

He pulled her close and bent down his head on her side as he whispered to her ear, "You are mine and I will be the only one who can touch you intimately."

Hearing this, Sakuno's face heated up much more but was stopped when he almost dragged her as they continue to walk until they've arrived at her house. She then called her obaa-san and notified that she was already at home. Her grandma walked out of the house and greeted them.

"Oh my. Sakuno, why are you wet?" Sumire asked.

"I was caught in by the rain and accidentally met Ryoma-kun near the locker room. And there we waited for the rain to stop." She replied.

"I told you to always bring you your umbrella didn't I?" she said to her, "And thanks Echizen." she continued as she faced the guy.

"You're welcome Ryuzaki-sensei. I'll be heading home now. Bye." He said and started to walk.

Inside, Sumire asked Sakuno to take a bath before eating. She obeyed and went to her room. While taking the bath, she remembered what happened at the locker room, the shower as the rain and all those that happened.

She turned off the shower and touched her lips, then her cheeks and she remembered what he said.

'You are mine and I will be the only one who can touch you intimately.'

She blushed ten shades of pink and asked herself, turning on again the shower, 'Did he just ask me to be his girl?'

Then after a few minutes, she went out of her room, changed, and went down to eat.

While at the Echizen house…

Ryoma was greeted by his mother, Rinko, who screamed at the sight of her son, "Why are you all wet? Didn't I told you to bring your umbrella?" then she called, "Nanako, could you please hand me Ryoma's towel in his room?" she asked as she get his bag.

Nanjiroh went near to them wearing a big mocking grin on his face, he asked, "Are ya with someone?"

"None of your stinky business," he coldly replied as he threw his father a glare.

"Rinko, look at our son throwing glares at me." He childishly whined at his wife.

Ryoma kept silent as Nanako came in with the towel and handed it over to him. Ryoma was drying himself when Nanjiroh teased.

"Lovers kissing in the rain surely got sick." He said and quickly dashed inside the house.

"Uncle, stop teasing Ryoma-kun" Nanako said.

"Who are the lovers kissing under the rain?" a voice came in.

"None of your business, Ryoga…" Ryoma responded, "Ryoma and maybe that old hag's granddaughter, Sakuno!" Nanjiroh shouted from the living room.

"Nanjiroh, stop it." Rinko said as she get the towel from Ryoma.

"Tch, whatever." He said and proceeded to his room.

There, he was greeted by his cat, Karupin. Karupin went to him and licked his feet. Ryoma carried her and sat down on his bed. He ran his hand on Karupin's head then he bent down closer to Karupin's ear and whispered.

"Karupin, I've already kissed her and she's mine." And Karupin's ears perked up and licked his nose in response, it seemed to understand her master. Ryoma placed Karupin down, and went in to the bathroom.

The next day was as usual as always, Sakuno went to school with her baa-chan, and her hair was in braided pigtails and always makes her baa-chan late for 2 - 3 minutes. At the tennis court, the regulars were already practicing, rallying and doing their stuffs. The freshmen's were the ones doing the cleaning, three of them were Horio, the 2-year tennis experience boy, Kachiro and Katsuko.

They were talking but as usual, Horio did the most of the talking and bragging about his 2-year experience in tennis which is still a question if he really does have.

"FfuuSshhh…" someone hissed at the back of the trio which made the three stiffened and slowly turned to face their senpai.

"What are you three still doing in here? FfuuSshhh…" he asked then hissed.

"Uh, ano, senpai…" Kachiro tried to reason out but was saved by Horio, "Se-senpai we were about to be finished on cleaning the court."

"Yahyah whatever, just shut your mouth with that 2-year experience tennis thingy." He hissed, "Ha-hai senpai!" and then the trio stormed out from his sight.

"Hoi, Hoi, Mamushi don't scare the freshmen or else we won't have any new members if you'll scare 'em" Said a red-haired regular as he passed by the guy with the green bandana.

"Ah, Eiji-senpai I just told them to shut up and continue on doing their work." He said. "Kee! But ya should be more gentle on them." Eiji reminded him, "Hai." Kaidoh replied.

The other regulars were practicing with the members when Ryoma went inside the court with his usual Fila cap and his head low, quietly amused of what he seems to see on the ground.

Eiji, having sensed that he had arrived, went to his kouhai and knocked out his breath for giving him his big bear hug. "Nya nya, our ochibi has arrived!" he sang.

Echizen, who was suffocated by the hug, cannot speak clearly and was hardly heard, "E-Eiji sen-pai, a-air, ne-ed to – uh bre-athe..." he slapped his senpai's arms while keeping up his composure.

Hearing this, he immediately freed him from his grip, "Uh, gomen, gomen ne Ochibi..."

Then, before he could say anything to Eiji, Oishi, Tezuka and Coach Ryuzaki came in. "Good morning Vice, Buchou, Coach!" they greeted as they gathered around.

Tezuka nodded and turned to Oishi then Oishi said, "I, Tezuka and Inui will be gone for a week. I will assign Fuji to be your superior for the time being and Echizen for my daily work on dismissals. That's all." he said.

"We will leave tomorrow so I want you to continue on practicing hard and don't let your guards down." Tezuka said and after that they went to continue of their practice.

After their morning practice, they went to their locker to change and went to their classes. The trio and Echizen went together, but they were on separate classes with Katsuo and Kachiro in I–C whle Horio and Ryoma in I-B. As usual, every English period, Ryoma just sleeps. His attention is always called but the teacher is always confident in him.

The bell rang, signaling that it was already lunch time. After eating with the trio at the canteen, Ryoma always go to the rooftop to take a nap.

He thought that everything was just the same routine to him but he did not anticipate the view that he was about to see. When he opened the door, he saw a particular girl with a wavy, long and braided auburn hair eating all by herself.

With a sly smirk playing with his handsome features, he walked towards the girl and sat, leaning his back on hers. He closed his eyes as as he felt her twitch a bit to rest. She, who didn't know that he usually comes in here, was of course startled but she knew that she can trust this guy because he was her prince who was with her, smiled and continued to finish her lunch.

As she finished packing up her bento, he lied on her lap playing with some locks of her hair, with his eyes closed. Then after a while, Sakuno started to talk about the things that are nagging on her mind.

"A-ano, Ryoma-kun, yesterday... did you just ask me to be your girlfriend?" she asked as she blushed as she remembered what he did.

He opened his eyes and met hers and said, "I didn't, I just said that you're mine and mine only." then he closed his eyes.

"So you did just told me that I'm your property without even telling me?" she asked, "Yeah." He simply said as a smirk formed on his lips.

That afternoon, after their usual practice, all of the regulars and the members of the tennis club had already left except for one, who is with another member of the club at the rooftop. An auburn haired girl was seated while the raven haired guy was standing beside her. As the sun came down, the girl stood up next to him.

"Isn't it pretty?" she asked, "What?" he replied as he took off her bands and freed her hair from its braids.

"The sunset." She implied as she looked at him, the wind playing with her hair.

"Hmm, no, you." he said as he pulled her close to him, his other hand playing her hair, "Ryoma-kun..." "Your hair's on the way, cut it." he cut her off.

"But I love my hair." she said, "Whatever." he simply said and then he drew his face near her to a kiss but he was stopped when she placed her hand on his lips, "Not here." then she freed herself from his arms and went to the grounds.

Not being able to catch on what she meant, he went down after her. When they passed through the gate, the rain started to fall gradually then only a matter of seconds, it poured hard. Now, having their umbrella with them, they took it out and continued to walk.

They went on walking under their umbrella when Ryoma suddenly started to play. He shoved off Sakuno's umbrella then she will retrieve it again so that she won't get wet until she did the same thing.

They continued on playing until Ryoma kept his umbrella then Sakuno, seeing this, went near him and shared her umbrella with him.

"What's wrong?" she asked, then he stopped and placed his bag down and cupped her small face, bringing it close to his.

"Ryoma-kun..." she utterred as she blushed, realizing how close their faces were.

"You're also mine right?" she asked, then instead of an answer, he planted his lips on hers. After a few gentle kisses, he was now kissing her very passionately and his hands were now caressing her body. Sakuno lost her grip on her umbrella and it fell as her hands now wrapped around Ryoma's neck as she played with his wet hair, responding and enjoying their kiss under the heavy rain.

Fin

CHANGE: A MUST READ

Starting today, this blog will become my second venue for my fanfictions. All my stories will be posted in here aside from fanfiction.net or asiafanfics, if I get to write something in the future. Still recovering from my gravest haitus in life. Hope I can get back one of these days.

Also bear my English because I am still working on it. I know right? We're not really on good terms and it is one of my goal: to make it better and accepted in the Standard English at the very least.

I am very childish in terms of writing my story so hope that you'll also bear with it, if not do leave some comments, that would really help.

These stories were made from my imagination and this goes all the way back in 2006-2009. If by any chance posted in other sites, do put the credits as mine because these are my babies and the sole reason for putting this up in the net some years ago in fanfiction was to let other people read it.

The stories in here are from my fanfiction account. The stories are being edited by moi and by some other people who I might ask to do so in the future, seeing as to there are some typographical errs and others.

Lastly, enjoy and have fun.

At the Other Side

Amidst of one of the mountain barangay in Bulacao, Cebu City, there lies the cave which happens to be connected with the cave in Guadalupe Cebu City.

This cave, as described by the people who have seen it and the people who have lived around it, has stood up like ever since the beginning, a part of God's creation. And it has this tabernacle-carved-like stone which the people from the past used as their altar.

There were, of course, who live in the cave. And these people choose to live inside the cave to serve their purposes in life.

Their lifestyle is more based on their spiritual aspects, not on physical ones. They lived in a not so likely-to-believe-in-lives that we, the people of this generation used to believe and live in. These people did some unbelievable things yet one has to know that it really did happen, like they cook their rice (corn) with the use of their clothes.

Together with them who lived in the cave were (some) unknown persons or spirits, no one knows. The people kindly asks something to these unknown creatures and their requests are immediately answered. It gives them everything that they ask for to borrow and in return, the people must return what they've borrowed.

All those things that they've asked weren't just ordinary platter or any thing that is made of normal materials... All of it were made of pure gold and silver.

Times passed, they all existed in peace. The spirits giving them what they've asked, the people uses it care and returns it after using.

But an incident happened that made the spirits angry and left them, not hearing their request anymore. A resident asked some things to the spirits and never returned the things that he or she borrowed. So angry at the resident, the spirits left the people alone, not attending to their pleas and request.

It was said that there was one man who successfully passed the cave and reached the mouth of the Guadalupe cave and went back the same way to the mouth of the cave where he lived.

His name was Bantong. He lived in the cave for all of his life doing his life's mission. Together with some of the people during that time, before the Spaniards came to the Philippines or more, they all lived in the cave.

How he came to set forth for his arduous, yet successful journey in reaching the mouth of the cave of Our Lady of Guadalupe and back to the entrance of the cave where he was from was very coincidental.

He saw a cave and approached towards the mouth of the cave as he heard some voices from the inside. And there, so much from his surprise, were 3 persons, or maybe prophets from that time, talking inside the dark cave which was only illuminated by a single book that was held by one of them.

Not anticipating someone to come inside the cave or even know about the cave, the three hurriedly left, their traces were eaten by the darkness of the cave, unknowingly dropped the book. Going after them, Bantong saw the book that was left and picked it up.

Bantong, having the book to lighten up cave, decided to take a walk deep inside the cave to see if there are other openings of the mouth that will lead to another places that is connected to theirs.

And so it was how it was. It was also said by the people from time to time, Bantong was a young lad when he decided to go on to a journey inside the cave and by the time he walked out from the mouth the cave, his hair was already white. That means he have walked for years inside that cave.

If you were to walk casually in the streets, it would take at around 2 hours or more to get to the mouth of the Guadalupe cave. But this is a cave that we're talking about. It would be very hard to cross the cave for there will be times that one can walk so casually in there, then they will gradually bend down and down until one will have to drop down on their feet for them to crawl out their way from the very little space in which one has to go through.

Today, there are no more residents inside the cave, though there are still some people who reside beside it, guarding and taking care of the cave. Though there are some people who still come and prayed inside the cave, and some even had in their mind to try to take a journey into the depths of the cave but then they would stop, that is only until where their faith is up to.

Another is said that one of the few known people to have come to the cave to perform their live's mission is the mighty Leon Kilat.

- photo from the internet