Hi everyone~ Neko-chan is back. I know, it's been a very very long time but I'm back! Yay! I hope you all enjoy this new story that I wrote~
Just so you all know, here is a little background!
Mikan is currently 16 and living with her mom
She has all three alices, nullification, stealing, and insertion
She joined the school like in the manga & found her mom the same way
Mikan doesn't know Natsume that well
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE (Although, how awesome would that be?!)
"RING RING RING! WAKE UP!" The alarm clock screams at the sleeping figure on the reaches her arm over to try to find the snooze button but fails.
Cursed alarm will be the death of me. She wants to burn the damn thing but figures that would be a bad idea. After several minutes of grogginess, she sits up and opens her eyes to the sun coming through the window.
She sighs. "Another 6 AM day. I don't think I can handle this!" She flops out of bed hitting the floor with a loud thunk. Ow… I probably bruised my side! She lifts up her pajama shirt and sure enough, a purple bruise was beginning to show much to her dismay.
At the sound of the thump, a voice came from downstairs asking, "Mikan, are you ok? You have to stop falling off the side of your bed honey! Hurry down soon, breakfast will get cold!"
Mikan smiles, she was so glad to be living with her mom. Mikan heads to the restroom and takes a look at herself in the mirror before gasping in horror at her hair that seemed to be all over the place. "Oh my goodness! My hair!" She quickly grabs the brush on the counter to control her hair then ties it up in her signature pigtail style before heading downstairs to her mom.
"Ohayo mom," Mikan beams at her mom, "why are you up so early?" She looks at her mom wearing a lovely heart apron while attempting to cook some pancakes for her dear daughter. Mikan knows her mom is also not a morning person so she definitely appreciates the time her mom put into making breakfast.
"Thanks for breakfast mom!" Mikan takes a huge bite out of the semi-burnt pancake and let out a loud "Yum!"
Her mom, Yuka, blushes in embarrassment, "Oh it's nothing Mikan dear! I know that you have a long day today at school so I wanted to surprise you and spend more time with you!" Yuka smiles and Mikan smiles as well. It does not take Mikan long to finish, she always had an amazing ability to vacuum all foods into her bottomless stomach.
Mikan thanks her mom once again for the meal and prepares to leave for school. Before she exits, her mom asks, "Mikan dear, don't you think you're too old for pigtails? You're almost 17 now and I think it's time for a change. Maybe let your hair down? Also, could you stop by the store later today to pick up some groceries? Here's a list."
Mikan gulps deeply, the only reason she wore pigtails was in commemoration of her dear sweet old grandpa who passed away when Mikan was just in elementary school.
FLASHBACK
"Jii-chan! I love you! See you after school today!" A younger Mikan is about to leave the house but her hair was everywhere.
Her grandpa laughs and calls her back in the house. "Mikan, you can tie your hair into pigtails to keep it out of your face. That way, everyone can see your lovely smile!" He finishes tying up her hair with her favorite hair ties and lets her take a look at herself in the mirror. "There you are Mikan, Jii-chan will always be rooting for you!"
"I love it Jii-chan! Thank you! I have to go now or else I'll be late to school!" She gives him a hug, unaware that this would be the last she would ever give him.
She runs out to the bus that stopped in front of her house. As she boards the bus, she waves bye to her grandpa who smiles at her and waves back. She loves her Jii-chan and going to school was tough but she wants to make him proud of her. She goes and works hard every day to be successful.
After the final school bell rings, Mikan walks home and sees a whole bunch of lights from police cars surrounding her house. It takes a while for the young Mikan to realize what was going on. She races home to see her Jii-chan's smile only to be blocked by police officers as she saw them wheel a person out. The body laid lifeless under the white sheet.
"Jii-chan!" Tears stream down her face while police officers look around guiltily at the young girl. "Please! Let me see Jii-chan! That's not him right?"
They wheel the body into the hospital truck and left. A police officer escorts Mikan to the police station and gave her a shock treatment blanket.
She hears whispers among the police officers about a robbery gone wrong. The only thing they found was her grandpa and a ripped string beside him. Her eyes teared up, that robber took everything from her. They even took his necklace pendant. Mikan looks down and fiddles with her pendant. Her grandpa had gotten this cheap pendant that splits into two so that he and her would always be connected.
"I just feel bad for the girl, I heard she has no family or anything besides her grandpa…" an officer says.
"What are they going to do with her?" another one asks. People around her give her pitiful looks.
All these people staring at me… what should I do now? She pauses and thinks to herself about her grandpa. All the whispers around her began to irritate her and get on her nerves.
"I'll show you!" Everyone turns, shocked at Mikan's sudden outburst. "I'll get into an amazing school like Gakuen Alice just like Jii-chan wanted and find out who did this and stop them!"
It takes awhile for the people to respond but they smile at the girl's ambitions. "Keep up the good work young girl, your grandpa will be proud of you."
After years of studying, all of Mikan's work paid off and she got into Gakuen Alice. She understood what it meant to have an Alice power after Narumi accidentally discovered her at the gate that one fateful morning. (A/N: Just like in the anime/manga)
Even to this day, she still loves Narumi-sensei like a father for taking her in and helping her with everything. She suffered through many difficult trials through the years but discovered her mom was still months of bargaining and pleading with the school, Mikan was finally able to see her mom. Since her mom had been a previous student there, she was allowed to have her own place with Mikan as long as she held a faculty position in the school.
Mikan takes a look at the groceries list her mom handed her and smiles. Howalons are the first on the list of course. The only one more obsessed with them than me is my mom.
"Bye mom! I'll see you later!" Mikan fixes her uniform and heads to the middle school campus. As Mikan is skipping along, she keeps an eye out for her best friend Hotaru but doesn't see her anywhere.
"Mou, it's not as fun walking without Hotaru-chan!" Mikan pouts.
Mikan arrives at her class safely. "Ohayo minna-san! Hotaru!" Mikan races toward Hotaru but BAKA BAKA BAKA! once again gets shot down by Hotaru's baka-gun.
"That hurt Hotaru! I just wanted to give you a hug!" Hotaru backs away into her Mikan-proof housing until class starts.
Despite Hotaru's cold welcome, Mikan is still cheery and smiles at the rest of her friends. She has made such great friends and even Natsume does not try burning her all the time anymore. Mikan remembers when she first arrived, Natsume hated her, but now, he somewhat acknowledges her.
She could not help but look at how handsome Natsume had become. From a bratty kid to a stronger teen, he really changed and became much more calm. Though she did not really know too much about him, she knew better than to disturb him when he was asleep. She takes her seat quietly next to him and Ruka.
"Ohayo Ruka-pyon!" Mikan whispers. Ruka smiles and waves back. Not only has Natsume aged well but Ruka too. He was the prince of the class with his kind spirit and gorgeous blonde locks.
The class bell rings which means class is starting. Narumi waltzes in and teaches today's review lesson about different Alice types. It was just like any other normal day. After her classes ended, Mikan waves goodbye to her friends and heads to the grocery store in Central Town.
"Time to get the groceries!" Mikan enters the store heads through the aisles grabbing items from her mom's list. Yum, looks like mom plans on cooking a lot more!
She notices a strange aisle she has never been down before. The aisle is filled with interesting jewelry like funky necklaces and strange earrings. Mikan looks at each pendant carefully to find one similar to her grandpa's had but could not. As she was looking, the lights begin to flicker then the power shuts off.
"Ahh!" Other grocery shoppers scream and panic. Mikan focuses on Natsume's fire alice and manages to make a little fire to see. Good thing I stole that Copy alice from that bad guy that one time I went on a mission! Dang, how does Natsume do this? It's so tiring.
While deep in her thoughts, her light suddenly goes out. What the? I was starting to get a grip on Natsume's fire alice… She groans in frustration. She tries to start up the fire again but fails. Grr! This is so frustrating! I guess I could ask Natsume for some help but that'd be embarrassing…
Mikan sits in the aisle waiting for the lights to come back on but then feels a chill run down her spine. Her eyes shift back and forth and her body shifts to a defensive stance.
Without a warning, something or someone threw Mikan's body against the aisle wall knocking down some jewelry. "Ow!" Mikan yelps. She tries to get up to fight but her attacker is nowhere to be found.
What have you gotten yourself into Mikan? Mikan bites down on her lip to help her concentrate but is too slow. The attacker grabs and pins her to the wall and she cannot escape.
"That's mine little girl." The voice whispers into Mikan's ear. Goosebumps race down her body.
Is that Natsume? No it can't be, he's suspended from missions right now from what I recall… Mikan struggles against her attacker but fails to escape.
Suddenly the lights flash on. The attacker curses and rushes to escape; their hand ends up leaving a small scratch on Mikan's neck. All she sees from her attacker are the heavy robes they wore.
"Wait! Who are you?" Mikan screams after the escapee. She touches the wound on her neck that was still bleeding. Who was that?!
Neko: Yayyy! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
Mikan: Please leave review for Neko-chan my friend! *holds up a Support Neko sign*
Natsume: Polka, Neko is helpless, don't even bother.
Neko: Tch! Just because you barely got any interaction with Mikan-chan doesn't mean you have to take your anger out on me Natsume!
Mikan: Yeah Natsume-kun! Be nice to Neko! *Sticks her tongue out at him*
Natsume: Hn. As if I want to be written with THAT baka.
Neko: Uh huhhh…. sureeeeeeee Natsume ;) Say what you want.
Mikan: What are you talking about Neko-chan?
Natsume: It's nothing Strawberries.
Mikan: KYAA! PERVERT! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!
Neko: *sweatdrop* Ok then… like Mikan-chan said, please read and review~ THANKS!
