Hello Everyone. This is my first to actually make a Gakuen Alice fiction so please go easy on me. This fanfic is purely based on the Gakuen Alice Manga which was made by Higuchi Tachibana. This story is my own continuation for the proposal of everyone with Mikan leaving the Academy with her mother Yuka. Anyway, just read and review! :D

Disclaimer: Higuchi Tachibana owns Gakuen Alice.

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The Unsung Promise

[Prologue]

"So that's your decision then, huh? Leaving us?"

"Natsume…" Mikan could only stare at him with the same eyes dripping with sorrow. They were now back to the High School Principal's Room after traveling to the past with the help of Noda-sensei.

"I don't mean to be selfish but…If I stay here, everything will worsen! I don't like that. I shouldn't have stepped into this school anyway…"

"Sakura, what are you saying?" Ruka silently asked. All heads turned to him.

"Without you, Natsume would probably still be lacking any zest to live, and Imai wouldn't be smiling, and I… I wouldn't have believed in myself if you haven't stepped foot in this Academy! Aoi wouldn't have gone back home, Ibaragi wouldn't have found a friend!"

Nobara nodded in the corner silently, her eyes concentrated on the brunette. She was clutching the hem of Tono's uniform, her bangs clearly covering her eyes.

"Ruka-pyon…." Her tears were once again streaming. Of course she didn't want to leave, but she had to do this in order to regain the prosperity and serenity the Academy possessed. For her friends to have their peaceful lives once more.

"But if I stay here... Nothing of that won't happen anymore, because, they'll be targeting us... That's for sure."

"What if we don't care?" Natsume said. He was glaring at her, like the first time they met, when he was suspicious about her identity. Mikan stared at him, yet quickly looked away. She could still remember him holding her hand, telling her that if he just had the power to turn into an adult, he would be the one taking her out of the academy. Not Narumi-sensei, not Yuka.

"Stop crying, idiot. What did I tell you about being twice as ugly?"

"Ho-hotaru…"

"Listen, Nogi, Hyuuga. I know you don't want this baka to go, but it's not us that go deciding for that. And, Ms. Azumi haven't seen her daughter since she was a baby, she wasn't even able to experience taking care of this idiot, so as Mikan who never experienced the love of a mother whom I know all of us experienced."

"And besides, in what we've seen, Ms. Azumi proved to be trustworthy and capable of taking care of Mikan. I believe that she will never bring harm to Mikan."

Ruka and Natsume's eyes widened and thought for sometime, looking away. How could have they been selfish? They had no right depriving Mikan with a mother's love. No right at all.

"Yes…"

Hotaru turned to Mikan, tears now evident in her eyes.

"Now listen baka, not because I'm giving you permission to leave this campus—"Who ever said you were the one giving out permissions?" Tono interrupted, smiling sheepishly—but once this ruckus is over. Once I go back from abroad…Please, come back." She gave a small smile. Ruka was now crying yet Natsume stayed impassive.

"I…I will." She gave a tearful smile, and with that, she threw herself on her three companions who where hiding all the sorrow inside as they hugged each other for what seemed to be the last time.

"I will be back. I promise that."

Their little moment was interrupted with a cough coming from Jinno-sensei.

"So Sakura-san, are you ready?" He said gently, for the first time, to Mikan. Mikan turned her head to her Math Teacher and nodded. Jinno averted his gaze at someone who had been quite abandoned during the fast flow of events.

It was Yuka Azumi. Mikan's mother.

"Please take care of her, sempai…" Narumi said gently, carrying Mikan on his shoulders.

"I-I will." Yuka stuttered, overwhelmed at the thought of finally being with her daughter. Her daughter with sensei, with Yukihara-sensei.

Narumi smiled and gestured to the door behind Natsume. He put down Mikan, who stared quietly at Yuka. Yuka gave a small smile and held her hand out to her daughter. Mikan took it and gave a small smile too in return. They headed for the door, passing Hotaru, Ruka… She didn't look at them anymore. She feared she might change her mind. …and Natsume.

Yuka opened the door for her, and before she could step in the light,

"I'll be waiting."

She didn't know if it was Ruka or Natsume who had said those words. Tears started to fall once again, and she glanced back, her eyes wide.

Tsubasa was waving at her with a teary smile. Jinno was nodding approvingly. The High School Principal was impassive, Misaki-sensei was smiling. Tono was waving at her happily while Nobara called out her name. Hotaru was looking away, still crying. Ruka was also crying, and was following her with his eyes.

And…Natsume was looking at the floor. And Mikan swore she saw a tear fall.

The door behind her closed. A new life was ahead… but this time, she would be with her mother. Her mother, Yuka Azumi, who was smiling at her reassuringly.

End of Prologue

A/N: Okay, so that's the prologue! Tell me what you think about it! Any suggestion, constructive criticisms are welcome.

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