This story won Best Story and Second Longest Story on the previous AoGA Chain Story Game. It was combined effort by Team Applegate Mustachios (EzMouse, Vanilla Coated Love, Ridley Silverlake, Ria Lee, Hilaire, Little Cute Girl, Miharu Endou, Greentulip, AiHeartsThiefshipping, and AYUMU10).

Here were the prompts:
- Choose a member in your team to be a character in your story to have a romance with a GA character.
- There should be a love triangle—with another GA character of another member of your team.
- It must include the following words: Halloween, hamburger, and James Bond.
- Incorporate the line, "Eat me!"
- Seaweed dude must appear at least five times.
- Natsume must color his hair orange.
- Lastly, Jinno must wear a dress.

This was originally a oneshot, but we've decided to break them down into chapters, as it has reached 14K words. We hope you enjoy. :) This is a NissaxReixJinno story, with Nissa (Miharu Endou) being our OC. Do take note that Rei (Persona) is in the middle of this love triangle. Expect crack—lots of crack. :P

Disclaimer: We do not own Gakuen Alice.

Star Crossed

Chapter One

Nissa was the new girl in the Academy. She couldn't be bothered to ask for anyone's help, after all, she got her bravery and confidence from her father.

The area was foreign to her, but it felt like she knew she belonged there at some point. She discovered that the more she delved through the mysterious surroundings that made up the academy, the more she felt welcome. At last, she was home.

It was her first day there, so she decided to walk around campus for a while. She made her way to the elementary school building, and on her way there, she saw a pigtailed girl being teased about her underwear by someone who was setting her hair on fire, a feminine boy running after a dark haired girl who seemed to be holding a picture of him in a dress, and lots of other students who caught her attention. She wasn't sure if she'd want to end up like the pigtailed girl or the blonde boy, but she knew she was going to have fun.

'I can do this,' she thought. This is where she belongs. Here, she isn't a freak.

Here, she could be whoever she wants without being judged by the 'ordinary' ones. She won't stand out. For once, she thought she'd be normal, just like everybody else.

And she decided to walk to her class, located at the very end of the hall. She entered the classroom only to get hit on the face with a pumpkin pie.

"Happy Halloween!" the people shouted.

But she didn't hear them clearly as she was too busy cleaning her hair and muttering out incoherent words which expressed her utter displeasure at what just happened.

She heard someone swear, "Crap, that's the new girl."

They were right, after all. She turned her gaze to the class and tried to smile. First impression lasts, after all. But hell, they just threw a pumpkin pie at her! Her jaw dropped. She couldn't believe this! This was just ridiculous, she thought. Now why would a male teacher wear a ridiculously big and puffy dress?

She then heard a croak and, as she turned her gaze on the man with the weird dress, she realized that the frog was actually perched on top of his shoulder. It, too, was wearing a tutu. From a distance, she could see the frog's disapproving frown with the way it was dressed.

She tried to remember her schedule. Her first subject was Math. Is this Jinno? Nissa has heard rumors about a teacher dressing up like a girl, but she was sure that it was somebody named Mr. Narumi. So why was…

That's when it hit her.

It was Halloween. People were dressing up.

She was shocked. How could she forget all about Halloween? And Halloween was her favorite holiday; the costumes, the trick or treating, the Jack-o'-lanterns, everything! She slapped her forehead, not minding the remnants of the pie dangling on her hair, and sighed. This wasn't exactly the first meeting she had expected.

She shrugged everything off, the weird welcome and the pumpkin pie that tried to be a part of her face, and smiled to her classmates, "Hello everyone! My name is Nissa and I'm looking forward to getting to know you all."

The toad croaked again; the rest just grinned at her, except for Jinno. He looked murderous. 'Is he mad at me?' Nissa thought, 'But it couldn't be me. I mean, I did nothing offensive to him!'

"You're late." His voice was low, which sounded so weird considering the fact that he was wearing a dress. "Take a seat."

Feeling the urge to fight back but couldn't find the will to do so, she just shrugged and walked over to the desks, until she realized, she didn't have the slightest idea where to sit.

"Uh, Jinno-sensei?" she asked. "Where am I supposed to sit?"

The girl tried to ignore the look he was giving her, but she failed. Just when he was about to tell her where she had to sit, another teacher entered the classroom. And for the first time since she came to the Academy, she felt safe.

The whole class became quiet as the man made his way towards Nissa.

"It's Rei," a girl from Nissa's right said.

Rei. His name repeated inside the seventeen year old girl's mind. He was mysterious, with his mask on and those rings on his fingers. Was that his Halloween costume?

Once in front of her, the guy named Rei said, "Come with me."

Where the man was taking her, she didn't have a clue. All she knew was that there was something in this man that she found comforting. A strange and lonely aura exuded from him, but she didn't care. For as long as she felt comfort, she didn't give a care anymore.

The math teacher gave a curt nod to Rei, allowing Nissa to go with him. She quietly followed him on his heels while ignoring the stares everyone was giving her. The toad croaked some more, trying to gain Jinno's attention. Stares and murmurs followed them as they went from one corner to another. Nissa felt dizzy. If she were given the chance to backtrack their path, she wouldn't be able to do so. It wasn't because of her lack in any sense of direction, but it was because of the mysterious man walking with her.

Once they were out of the classroom, Rei picked out the remnants of the pie on Nissa's head and said, "You're dirty. You should clean up first and only then can we meet the principal."

She nodded dumbly, only registering his words in a hazy manner. He led her up to the third floor and left her inside the girl's lavatory without a word.

She turned to the mirror and turned on the faucet while thinking about the unexpected turn of events.

Principal? Why was she going to the principal's office? She didn't do anything wrong. She was sure about that. Nissa was just late, that's all. You don't get sent to the principal's office for that, right?

She fixed her hair, trying to get the bits of pumpkin out of her strands. She was about to leave when someone went out of a cubicle. A brunette. She saw her just this morning.

They made eye contact and the brunette girl smiled. She recognized her. "Hi, I'm Mikan. You're the new girl, right?"

Before Nissa could respond, the door flung open, revealing Jinno who was still clad in his puffy pink dress.

Why his expression was sour, it was something neither Mikan nor Nissa could comprehend. And as he made his way towards the two, his 5-inch heels tapping sternly against the floor, he put a hand on his hip and asked, "Where is Rei?"

The two girls were surprised.

"Isn't he outside?" asked Nissa. What was going on? Jinno wasn't like this before… meaning, a few minutes ago.

Mikan stiffled a laugh, "Jinjin is in a dress."

Jinno ignored Mikan. "I wouldn't be in here if he was, right?"

"Jinjin's inside the girl's bathroom." Mikan laughed so hard, her voice echoing in the women's comfort room. "Dress. Girl's bathroom. Dress. Girl's bathroom." She repeated. "Where's Hotaru when you need her?"

Nissa tried her best to ignore the brunette and ran outside. Sure enough, the masked man had left.

Leaving Jinno and Mikan in the girls' bathroom was probably not the best idea, but then Nissa thought she just had to get away. Her attempt to escape was cut short when a loud slam of the lavatory door echoed through the halls. When Nissa looked back, she found Jinno catching up to her.

"I wasn't finished talking to you, girl," he said as he stopped right in front of her.

Nissa stopped dead on her tracks at the sight of his abnormally hairy legs, and she lifted her eyes up to meet his face. "What do you want?"

"Answers," he replied. "Why did Rei come for you?"

She wasn't scared. Maybe minus the awful dress then maybe she would have been frightened. "I honestly don't know."

Her teacher took a step forward, "Keep this in mind…" He was towering over her. Is this even right? A teacher talking to his student like this? "Rei. Is. Mine."

Nissa gave him a once-over. "I didn't know that you swing that way. Have him for all I care," she huffed as she flipped her hair back and crossed her arms.

That struck a nerve.

Jinno imitated her movement and whipped his head back, only to be disappointed that he didn't have similarly long hair. In irritation, he pulled down on the neck of his dress and dug his hand inside his chest, taking out a long blonde wig a few moments later. He wore the wig on his head and whipped it dramatically; the satisfaction on his face was extremely apparent.

Nissa wasn't the type to back down from a challenge, and for the next ten minutes, they had a vigorous hair-whipping battle.

Both were dizzy already. Jinno was about to give up, but out of nowhere Willow Smith's 'I Whip My Hair' started to play. This gave him the motivation to go on. He'd do anything for Rei. Nissa wasn't going to give up without a fight. Both of them whipped their hair back uncontrollably to the beat of the music.

"Go for it! Whip that hair!" a voice came from behind.

Startled by the voice, Jinno stopped whipping and turned to the source. A middle-schooler with oddly permed hair was cheering from behind with a boombox over his shoulder.

At that exact moment, Jinno's wig flew off his head and landed to God knows where.

'So that's where the music was coming from,' she thought. Nissa smirked. "So I win, huh?"

The frog, which amazingly survived all the whipping, croaked. Jinno glared at Nissa. "Detention."

"Detention for what?" Nissa asked angrily. She wasn't the one who started the hair whipping and the Rei chasing. "If anyone needs detention, it's you, for being a creepy teacher," she tried hard not to laugh.

There. Talking back to a teacher. A valid reason." He told her. "I am not creepy. I'm a man who's in love." With that he stormed off.

"A man in love with another man, I say."

Nissa nearly jumped. She almost forgot about the Seaweed Head Dude.

"I never knew that Jinno was such a… Narumi." He continued. He put his boombox down and nodded at Nissa.

"Who's Narumi?"

"Oh, you'll see," with that, the Seaweed Head Dude left while smirking.

Just when her thoughts drifted to the thought of who this Narumi person was, she remembered she still had to go to the Principal with Rei.

"Where was the Principal's Office again?"

She wandered around the Academy's grounds, looking for the Principal's office. Minutes later, she bumped into the brunette again. What was her name again? The one in the girl's room? Right. Mikan.

She was running and stopped once she saw Nissa. "Hey, have you seen Natsume?"

"Who?"

"My boyfriend. You know, red eyes, raven hair?"

Nissa made no response.

"You see, he needs to color his hair orange."

What is with this Academy? "Orange? Why?"

"He promised this kid, Youichi, that they'd dress up as pumpkins. So yeah," Mikan explained, "orange hair."

"I haven't seen him," Nissa answered. "But I do remember seeing a crimson-eyed guy lurking around earlier outside campus."

"That's him!"

"He was carrying some sort… case," Nissa said thoughtfully, recalling what she saw. "It was very suspicious."

"Oh, please. Don't tell me he's going to act all 007 for Halloween." Mikan rolled her eyes.

"Well, it is Halloween," Nissa remarked.

"No way. No 007," Mikan said, "He promised Youichi! Wait 'til I get my hands on him. Hey, want to come with?"

Nissa was about to say yes, but she stopped and said, "Wait. But, have you seen… uhh… what's his name again…?"

"What are you talking about?" Mikan asked.

"Ah! Rei. He told me to go to the principal's office, but I don't know where that is since I am a new student," Nissa said.

"I'll go with you! I wanna see the principal's costume! Someone told me he's going to dress up as Piyo!"

"Who's Piyo?" Nissa asked, looking at Mikan with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, she's a yellow chick. She's huge, so it's not hard to notice her. Just thinking how the principal would look in a yellow, puffy costume makes me giggle!" Mikan giggled and Nissa just smiled. Mikan sure was kind of weird.

"A giant… chick?" Nissa twitched. "I have this fear of…"

"Giant objects?" Mikan looked at her. "It's fine. A lot of people do, too. But once you get to know Piyo, she's actually really nice. You may suffocate from her hugs, though."

"No, not giant objects…" Nissa gulped, "…yellow creatures."

"Yellow creatures?" Mikan inquired. "Well, don't worry, it's Halloween! We can paint Piyo a different color and pretend she's a giant hamburger."

Nissa then concluded that Mikan wasn't the brightest person in the school.

TO BE CONTINUED.

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