A/N: Konnichiwa! I decided to make this fanfic since I noticed that most of the fanfics were about mikanxnatsume, hotaruxruka, etc...And anyway this fanfic came into my mind as I was watching the show. So, I hoped you'll enjoy this fanfic.

Summary: Tsubasa, an Alice high school student. He was just taking a nap on top of a tree as usual but when he woke up he noticed that he wasn't alone. A girl he never noticed before, but she claims that she has been in the Alice Academy ever since she was 4 years old. And she won't tell him what her Alice is or what type it is. This made him very curious and so he asked his friends to help him find out more about her.

As they progress, they started to uncover shocking things about her. Then they hear rumors that a high school Alice student was seen wandering around the grounds at night. Mikan who was helping Tsubasa starts to think that Natsume knows something they don't about her.

Will they find out?

Chapter One: First Meeting

On the school grounds...

As usual, it was a fine day at the Alice Academy. All students were busy going through their school work and going to their respective classes. There was one student who wasn't doing anything at all except sleeping.

On a branch of one of the trees lay a high school student who had his cap covering his eyes as he dozed off. His name was Tsubasa, a high school student whose Alice belongs to the special-ability type. Rays of sunlight started to shine on his eyes causing him to wake up at last. Stretching first he fixed his cap and looked around.

"That was a good nap..." He thought to himself as he eased himself onto the ground. "Well, I better get going."

As he starts to go back to the school he suddenly stops in his track as when he saw something which took his breath away. There was a girl sitting under a tree. Judging from her uniform, he figured that she was in the same level as him like him. She was currently reading a book through her glasses.

She had long straight brown hair which was tied in half-ponytail. He was able to see that her eyes were brown as well. Although, he was about a meter away from her she failed to notice someone watching her.

Then she closed her book, and placed her hand in her pocket to look for something. Finally finding it, she takes out a gold pocket watch which had a long chain. Pressing the button on top she opened it and looked at the time.

"Oh dear...I better get going or else I'll be late." She whispered to herself and placed it back in her pocket.

She stood up and fixed her skirt before checking to make sure she didn't drop anything. So, she starts to walk away when she stops when she saw someone in her way.

"Um...sorry...I didn't mean to spy on you..." apologized Tsubasa, rubbing the back of his head."I was just..."

The girl smiled at him and said "It's okay, you didn't do anything wrong."

Tsubasa blushed slightly when he saw her smile and then he introduced himself. "My name is Tsubasa. May I know your name?" He held out a hand to her signaling that he wanted to shake hands.

She looked at him before taking his hand and smiled. "My name is Mei... It's nice to meet you." replied Mei as she shook Tsubasa hand. "Well, I better get going."

She bowed and begins to walk past him when Tsubasa grabs her wrist. She looked at him with a confused look but she didn't try to resist.

"Um...why don't we have tea together some time?" asked Tsubasa then he gave her a big smile and added, . "I'll bring my friends too."

"Sure, why not?" Mei accepted his offer and begins to think if she was busy or not later. "I'm not doing anything later so I can have tea with you and your friends."

"Great! How about later this afternoon?" Tsubasa suggested, excited to hear that she was available.

"Sure, well see you later." Mei waved at him and begins to walk away.

He just watched her until she was out of sight. When there was no one around Tsubasa let out a cheer and even jumped into the air. "Yes! I really want to get to know her..." Tsubasa said to himself as he goes off to look for Mikan and the others.

Inside...

"You finally came..." Persona said to the student who had just entered the room.

He didn't budge after his student closed the door. The student was a female high school student. She had long dark hair tied in a ponytail. She wore a special earring like Persona. There weren't any emotions displayed on her face at all. And it has been like that for a long time.

"At least I wasn't late..." The girl answered as she walked towards Persona.

They both were in an empty classroom with the lights closed and the curtain closed as well. However, the window which Persona was looking through had its curtains half open. She just stared at him waiting for him to give instructions. For a long time she has been obeying Persona and for one reason alone.

He finally turned to her and looks at her through his mask." Shall we begin?"

"Of course..." the girl replied softly.

In the hallways

"HOTARU! Why do you have to be so mean to ME?" wailed Mikan as gushes of tears comes out of her eyes.

Hotaru sighed before answering. "I told you not to disturb me but then you decided to help me by giving those weird cookies?"

Mikan continued to cry and she cried even harder after hearing Hotaru's answer. With them was Ruka who was holding his rabbit friend as usual. He sighed as he watched Mikan cry some more. Finally he turned around and was about to walk away when he saw Tsubasa walking towards him.

Hotaru noticed Ruka looking and looked too. She noticed that he seemed to be really happy about something. Mikan who failed to notice Tsubasa approaching just kept on crying her eyes off. Finally, Hotaru took out her horse shoe contraption and punched Mikan.

"HEY! WHY DID YOU DO THAT HOTARU?" screamed Mikan and then she stopped when she saw Tsubasa. "Oh! Tsubasa! You're here!"

"Oh hi there Mikan!" greeted Tsubasa as he stopped in front of them. "Are you three busy later?" he asked, hoping that they were available, although knowing them, he was sure that they would be glad to join him.

"Why? Is there something happening?" asked Mikan and stood up. She then noticed Tsubasa's strange behavior at the moment. For some reason, he was kind of nervous and his face even lokoed a bit red.

"I just wanted to invite you three to have tea with me and..." Tsubasa blushed slightly. "With a friend of mine..." He had said that last sentence in a soft voice, a bit embarassed.

"Who is this friend?" Hotaru asked calmly, although she sould tell what was going on and who this 'friend' of his is.

Thinking the exact same thing, Ruka said, "I'm guessing it's a girl. Am I right?" He looked at Tsubasa who smiled nervously.

"W-Well...something like that...you see I just met her a while ago and I wanted to get to know her and so..." explained Tsubasa and he looked away. His face getting redder and getting even more embarassed.

Seeing that a friend of theirs needed their support, Mikan immediately made up her mind. "Okay!" Mikan shouted happily and made them look at her. Hotaru sighed knowing what was going to happen next.

"Huh?" Tsubasa stared at Mikan, a bit startled at her outburst.

"Don't worry Tsubasa! We'll go with you!" Mikan smiled at him and looked at Ruka and Hotaru. "We'll go with you right guys?"

Both of them just looked away which made Mikan start pouting again and making them to go with her. As usual, Hotaru tried to make Mikan go away with one of her inventions. Meanwhile, Tsubasa just stood there watching them. Happy that they agreed to come with him.

"I can't wait."

Later that afternoon

"Hey! Hurry up Hotaru!"

Walking along the school grounds was Mikan, Hotaru and Ruka. Both of them were looking for the place Tsubasa had asked them to go to for them to have tea. Mikan who was excited to meet his new friend was ahead of the two who were just taking their time.

"Hey! I'm over here!" Tsubasa waved his arms trying to get their attention. He had picked the spot where Mikan had tea with Mr. Narumi not too long ago.

"Tsubasa!" waved Mikan as she walked closer to Tsubasa.

When she arrived she saw that everything was set up. A lovely table cloth which had nice floral prints all over it, pretty teacups with a matching tea pot, a plate of delicious-looking cookies was placed in the middle, napkins for each of them, a sugarbowl that was filled to the rimmed with sugar cubes, and a small pot of milk for their tea.

"Wow! This looks fantastic!" a starry-eyed Mikan complimented/ She sat down and began to examine the teacups.

"So, where is you friend?" Ruka asked, as he noticed that it was just the four of them. He looked around expecting to fine her nearby but he saw no one else.

"That's right, I thought you said that you're girlfriend was going to be here." Hotaru said as she takes a seat beside Ruka, taking the napkin and gently placing it on her lap.

This made Tsubasa turn red and he exclaimed, nodding his head 'no', "Don't be ridiculous! She's not my girlfriend! I mean...I just met her earlier!" Deciding to serve them first, he took his seat and said to them, "Go ahead, help yourselves"

"Yay! This looks great!" Miakn reached for the teapot and fills her teacup before getting some cookies to eat.

The three of them began to help themselves to some tea and biscuits. While Tsubasa was busy looking for Mei who seemed to be a tad bit late. He didn't even bother to pour tea for himself or have a cookie. After a few moments, he finally saw a girl walking around who seemed to be lost.

Recognizing her, he stoop up and called out, "Hey! Mei! It's me!"

Hearing his voice she turned to his direction and smiled. "Tsubasa! I finally found you." Relieved, that she was able to find him at last although she did feel a bit guilty that she didn't come on time.

Excited, he runs over to her. Embarrased, his friend began apologizing over and over on the fact that she was late because she had gotten lost. But Tsubasa immediately forgave her and pointed at the three to indicate that they were his friends that he had mentioned earlier. She looked at them and said something to him with a warm smile on her face.

Mikan turns in her seat as the two were some distance away behind her. Just one look and she saw that their guest was a pretty one. "Wow...she's pretty...no wonder Tsubasa wanted to have tea with her..."

Following her gaze to the two he agreed, "Yeah...although...she seems kind of familiar..." He added, as he gently rubs the ears of his rabbit.

Hotaru just kept silent as she observes Tsubasa's guest. To her, she seemed to be a nice person and then something caught her eyes. Something on her collar that had caught her attention. "Her stars..."

Finally, both of them reached the table. Tsubasa did the honor of introducing her to them. "Everybody, this is Mei."

"It's very nice to meet all of you." She said, before taking her seat between Mikan and Tsubasa. Observing the tea and the biscuits on the table she turned to Tsubasa and said, "This looks lovely."

"Yeah it sure does and it taste great!" Mikan said as she smiles at Mei. "Hi, I'm Mikan. And these are my friends Hotaru and Ruka." Mikan pointed to them as each of them were introduced. Both of them just looked at her. Knowing Mikan they knew that she was going to do that anyway and they drank their tea.

Wanting to make a good impression, Tsubasa decided to pour the tea so he took the teapot and asked, "Would you like some tea?"

"Why yes thank you." Mei held out her cup for Tsubasa to pour tea into. She then started to pour some milk and put some sugar into her tea.

"Anyway, you're a high school student?" Mikan asked as she hands Mei a plate of biscuits.

"That's right, actually I'm in the same class as Tsubasa." replied Mei as she helps herself to some biscuits. "Although I never got the chance to introduce myself, you see most of the time I'm reading books."

"Really? Well, I guess most of the time I'm just taking a nap." Tsubasa shrugged as he drinks some tea. "What's your favorite subject?"

"I don't really have a favorite subject; any subject is fine with me."

Ruka continues to watch her as he drinks his tea. Then he noticed the stars on her collar. Seeing this, he knew that she indeed was a very smart student

"Y-You're a triple star student?" choked Ruka and then wiped his mouth after realizing what he had just done.

"Huh?" Mei looks at her collar. "Yeah that's right, I'm trying to get into the honor roll. That's another reason why I read most of the time." Obviously, she was being modest for she didn't try to make it obvious that she was a candidate for the honor roll.

Tsubasa suddenly gets a flashback of somebody a few rows ahead of him in class. One of his classmates always participating in class. Everyday, the same person would raise her hand whenever a teacher asks a question. And every time she would get it right.

"That's right! Now I remember! You're the one who always recite in class!" He slapped his forehead lightly feeling stupid that he didn't recognize her earlier.

"Finally..." she thought and she laughed at his silliness. "I'm glad that you remembered..." Wanting to change the subject from her and her academic status, she turned to Mikan. "How about? Are you doing well in class?

Recalling her current perofrmance in class, she immediately began to sulk. "Well...not really..." And she pointed at her collar with a sad look on her face. "And I don't have any stars yet..."

Not wanting to make her even more upset, Mei said in a kind way, "That's alright...I'm sure that you'll do better in the near future..."

"You really think so?"

"It's impossible for someone who has been in here for almost 5 months and doesn't have a star yet." Mei explained and puts her hand on Mikan's head. "Besides I heard from a teacher that a student had just entered here with a nullification Alice."

After hearing those kind words from Mei made Mikan happy again. "You know what? You're a really nice person."

Glad that she was able to make her smile again, she said sincerely, "Thank you and you are nice as well."

The she turns to Ruka and Hotaru who had been sitting quietly. "How about you two?"

Feeling kind of left out, Tsubasa took over this time. "Oh, it's Hotaru who is the triple-star student among these three. And she's the one who invents all kings of gadgets!"

"Why yes, I remember you...but then, practically the whole school knows you because of you amazing Alice!" Mei praised Hotaru who wasn't affected at all by what they were saying.

Then all of them began asking Mei all kinds of questions. Mei told them her favorite colors, books, food, etc. In exchange, she asked the three of them the same questions.

"So what's your Alice?" asks Mikan.

Finally asking the question everybody looks at Mei and waits for her to answer. She just sat there as first with her bangs hiding her eyes. Now this was a question that she didn't want to answer that easily, she came up with an idea. Slowly, she looks, showing the smile on her face, she replied, "It's...a...secret..."

This made all of them except for Hotaru to fall anime-style for they were anxious to hear what she can do. But she had convinced them for moment that she was serious and was going to tell them.

"Come on, why don't you tell us?" Tsubasa asked as he eases himself back on his chair.

"Yeah, we promise we won't laugh." added Mikan as she goes beside Mei who just smiled at them. "Come on, please tell us."

"It won't hurt to tell us would it?" Hotaru asked holding a weird contraption. "Unless, you want me to use this."

"Hey Hotaru aren't you going a bit too far?" Ruka asked anxiously, holding onto to his animal friend. "You don't have to do that you know..."

Hotaru, not listening pressed a button and aimed at Mei who just sat there. She smiled at Hotaru, being confident that nothing will happen. This made Hotaru a bit annoyed.

"Stop it Hotaru! You don't have to do this!" Mikan jumped between Hotaru and Mei, not wanting her to do anything to their new friend.

Annoyed but her idiocy she ignored Mikan. "Idiot." said Hotaru and pressed a button.

"NO!" the three of them shouted.

Mikan just stayed where she was as a blue ball came out of the gun and headed towards her. Although she had a nullifying Alice, it was too late. When it hit her blue smoke surrounded her and they rushed away from the table. Blue smoke suddenly engulfed the three of them.

"Hey Mei!" shouted Tsubasa as he tries to look for her amidst the smoke.

"Mikan!" called Ruka, worried that she might be hurt or something.

The smoke soon cleared and they saw that they were all right except for the fact that Mikan was blue. Sweat drops appeared on their faces except for Hotaru and Mei. Immediately Mikan burst into tears and started screaming at Hotaru.

"YOU'RE SO MEAN!"

Hotaru just stood there making deciding whether or not she should bring out her baka gun. Seeing this, Mei stood up and walked to Mikan. She kneeled down and handed Mikan her handkerchief. Mikan just looked at her, being confused and all.

"Here, you can use this." Mei said with her kind voice. "Don't cry, we can wash it off."

Mikan looked at Mei with some tears in her eyes and smiled as she accepts the handkerchief. "Thank you very much Mei."

"Wow, you're a really nice person." Tsubasa said as he approaches them. "Looks like the party is over."

"Yeah...I guess..." Ruka said as he looks at the mess and he was amazed that Mei doesn't have any trace of the blue powder on her. "Could it be because of her Alice?"

Mei takes Mikan's hand and looks at Ruka. "Are you going to help us?"

"Um...sure..." Ruka follows the now blue Mikan and Mei. "So, how are we going to wash it off?"

Mei looks up as she thinks of something. "We could try and give her a bath..."

Tsubasa watches them walk away. Although it was over, he was still glad to be able to get to know her. But, there was still something he couldn't stop thinking about.

"I wonder why she won't tell us her Alice." He thought to himself and then he smiles. "I guess a little persuading will do."

In the distance a certain boy was watching them. It was Natsume, at first he was just reading his comic under a nearby tree. Then he heard the explosion and decided to check it out. He was not surprised to see Mikan involved. And then he saw Mei with them.

"What is she doing with them?"