Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.

Chapter One: A Murderer For A Father

(11 years before)

Young as Natsume Hyuuga may seem, he isn't ignorant to the fact that his mother is having an affair with a married man. The child is only six but he understands what his mother is going through right now. At first, when his mother first introduced the married man to him, it was alright. He was always with them, introducing himself as his new father. It was all fun and games until one day, someone barged into their home—a woman with a child—and hurt his mother.

The woman dragged his mother by the hair, across the floor and his acclaimed new father wasn't even there to protect them both. Natsume wanted to fight for his mother but then the woman just strongly pushed him away and all he could do was cry as he watched his mother being beaten up by an unknown woman. His mother was crying and what was more surprising to him was that his mother did not fight back, despite being known as a tough woman.

The angry woman who came to their home kept shouting curses to his mother. "You dirty whore! You home-wrecker! You should rot in hell, you and your son!" the woman was shouting while the girl in her arms just cried, probably horrified by what she is seeing right now. "Don't hurt my mummy!" Natsume managed to cry out, hoping she heard him, and even if she did hear him, he was not a threat to her. He was only a mere child.

"You!" the woman pointed to Natsume with fiery eyes. "Your mother is a bitch! People of your kind should just die." she calmed down a little, and all Natsume could hear right now is the cry of the child that the woman is carrying and the cry of his mother, including his own. Then, the woman put down the child she was carrying and fumbled for things inside her bag.

The woman threw a large amount of money to Natsume's mother's face and spat, "There. That should be enough to feed you and your child for months. Stay away from my husband and my family!" Natsume's mother did not utter a word, nor did she budge even for a bit. The woman carried her child again and stomped angrily towards the door. Before she finally exited their house, she turned her heel to face Natsume's mother and said threateningly, "Show your ugly face to me again and I'll make sure to make your life a living hell."

Then, she slammed the door shut with a loud bang. Immediately, Natsume's mother carrried him and hugged him tight. "Are you alright, baby? Are you hurt?" she asked, checking for bruises around Natsume's face. Natsume forced himself not to cry, to show his mother he was alright. "I'm okay.." he muttered as he held his mother's face in his small hands. "Mum, you're hurt here." he said, referring to the slap mark on his mother's left cheek. Natsume touched it and she winced. Seeing her reaction, he kissed it lightly to possibly relieve it from pain – just like the way she soothes him whenever he feels pain.

The next day, Natsume woke up to hear his mother and his acclaimed new father fighting over things. "Yukihara, please don't leave us. I am bearing your child!" Kaoru, Natsume's mother, pleaded as she clung onto his left arm as he attempted to leave the bedroom. "Kaoru, don't make it hard for me. I can give you monthly cash for our child, just.. just let me go." Yukihara said as he jerked his arm from Kaoru's grasp.

At once, Natsume stood up and caught up with Yukihara. "You're leaving us?" he asked loudly enough for Yukihara to hear. Yukihara turned around and knelt in front of Natsume and patted his head. "I'm afraid so, Natsume. I do not deserve to be your new daddy after all." he sadly stated. "What about the baby in mummy's tummy? Who will be the baby's father?" Natsume asked, as he rubbed his eyes of sleep. For Natsume, it did not matter if he had a father or not, but he felt sad for his new sibling who would grow up like him, no father figure at all.

Kaoru got up and pleaded to Yukihara again. That was when Yukihara got up without answering Natsume's question and Kaoru only held on to him even more tightly. Left with no choice at all, Yukihara shoved Kaoru with a bit of strength which sent Kaoru to the floor and walked away. He did not even look back at Natsume, to whom he has grown quite attached to. He left with a cab and since then, Natsume did not see a single trace of the man. To him, he was history and that's where he should be.

By the time Kaoru hit the floor, she screamed in pain. "Mummy!" Natsume cried as he ran to her side and asked, "Are you hurt mummy?" Kaoru did not answer, she was still shouting in pain. Then Natsume noticed blood running from Kaoru's legs. "Mummy, there's blood!" he shouted, alarmed. Inspite the pain, Kaoru sat right up and looked at her own blood flowing from her legs. "Oh no, the child.." she muttered helplessly and within a matter of seconds, she collapsed. Natsume stood right up and ran to the nearest neighbor to call for help. It took quite some time before a neighbor responded since most of the people in their place are working at the moment. "What happened, Natsume?" one of their neighbors asked as he answered the door. It was Mr. Nogi, whose son is a close friend of Natsume.

"My mother, she needs help. She's bleeding!" Natsume said, almost out of breath. "What? Where is she?" Mr. Nogi asked as he put on his slippers and informed the people in their house of what just happened. "She's at home, Mr. Nogi. Please help her." Natsume pleaded. "Natsume, you stay here in the house with Ruka. I'll call his mom later to take you to the hospital. Got it?" he instructed. Natsume just nodded and watched as Mr. Nogi ran to their house alone.

Natsume shut his eyes and hoped his mother would be alright, and his brother or sister too. If not, it will all be Yukihara's fault. "Come in, Natsume." his trail of thoughts was interrupted by Ruka who asked him to come inside. Natsume just nodded and went inside Ruka's house. He had a feeling things wouldn't be quite so good at all.

The next day, when the Nogi family took Natsume to the hospital to see his mother, it was too late. The doctors informed them that Kaoru had died because of some complications with the child that she was carrying. It devastated Natsume greatly. And he blamed Yukihara for it. One day, he thought, he'd take his revenge on Yukihara, who took away his mother from him and his brother or sister too who did not even have a slight chance to live with him.

Upset, Natsume ran away with no direction as fast as he could. Ruka followed him but Natsume made sure Ruka lost him and he ran away as farthest as possible, even if it means he couldn't go home. Coming to think of it, he had nowhere to go home to. He had lost his new father and his mother in one day.

Panting, he climbed up a small hill and there, he cried his heart out hoping he'd go where his mother has went. From then on, he kept himself to himself. Nobody else knew of his plan to bring destruction to Yukihara—the man who killed his mother.

He grew up to be a loner, with only Ruka as his friend. The other children looked up to him but it was him who thought too low of himself. He was still sad of the fact that he did not have parents anymore and it affected his life greatly. Later on his life, the Sakura Corporation have been very popular worldwide and it was owned by none other than Yukihara. Natsume looked at the billboard ahead of him and swore to himself, "You're going down, murderer." He did his best at school and did part-time jobs to help himself and the Nogi family who kept him because he had nowhere to go.

Chapter One done! Looking forward for your opinions :)