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Hi guys! This is my first fan fic! Please enjoy, and let me know if you have any suggestions. Originally, I had this edited to be more teen appropriate. However, after suggestions, I have changed the rating to M. So, if you are sensitive to that kind of material, please watch for warnings at the beginning of the chapter. You will be directed to a more appropriate chapter located after all the others. Thank you.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice, but I did write this story.

Surrender

Chapter 1: Partners for the Assignment

Mikan stared out the window of the classroom. Her soft honey brown hair was in pigtails like usual. Her happy hazel eyes were empty. She was daydreaming again. She wished she could glance back at him without anyone noticing. Over the past 3 years, she had grown to love him. However, she was too stubborn and innocent to say anything.

Mikan never felt remorse about staying single. She knew that he pushed away any guy that tried to court her. Also, she was satisfied with their relationship. Even though they fought all the time, she knew that it occasionally led to him being nice to her.

She closed her eyes and reflected on her first kiss. Her first real kiss. She remembered how they argued before he grabbed her by her collar and forced a kiss on her. She sighed… 'Natsume…' she thought. She relished the memory of his lips on hers. At first she had been shocked, but gradually she had kissed him back, her heart pounding. 'I wonder if he remembers…' she pondered.

The bell rang and class was dismissed.

"Hotaru!" Mikan cried as she leapt at her best friend. Hotaru glared at her with cold violet eyes.

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

"Ouch!" Mikan cried, pouting. "Don't look uglier, baka," Hotaru coldly replied. Mikan sighed as she followed her friend like a puppy. Crimson eyes silently followed her as she walked out the door.

"Mikan, did you pay attention in class?" Hotaru asked.

Mikan smiled like an idiot, "No!" She replied. "Baka," Hotaru scowled. "We have an assignment, it's due on Tuesday."

"Noooooooo!" Mikan screamed, as she fell to her knees in the hallway. "Baka, I haven't told you what it is yet." Hotaru calmly stated. Mikan's innocent hazel eyes gazed lovingly up at Hotaru.

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

Mikan's head throbbed. She sobbed silently. "The assignment is to partner up, and write a 10 page report on how your alices can help or hinder each other." Hotaru continued walking through the hall. Mikan panicked, 'A report?!'

Mikan ran to her friend's side. "Hotaru, will you be my partner?" "No! It's already Nogi." Hotaru snapped. Mikan pouted, but then a thought crossed her mind. 'Hotaru and Ruka-pyon have been spending a lot of time together recently. I wonder if they like each other?'

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

"You're spacing out again. Find a partner for the assignment." Hotaru walked outside, and left in the direction of her lab. "Hotaru?" Mikan called. She was ignored.

Mikan sulked as she turned around. "Hi, Sakura!" Mikan looked up and saw Ruka. His blue eyes smiled at her under his blonde hair. A smile beamed from her face. "Hi, Ruka-pyon!"

Ruka sighed, "Did you hear about the assignment? You weren't paying attention in class again."

"I know. Hotaru told me. Hey, Ruka-pyon, why are you partners with Hotaru?" Ruka blushed at the question. "S-She a-asked me…" Ruka stammered. Mikan smiled, 'Maybe they like each other after all.'

Ruka refocused his attention on Mikan, "So who are you going to be partners with?" He asked with only one person on his mind. 'I don't think Natsume has a partner yet, I hope they pair together… it's been years and Natsume still hasn't made his move.' It had been 2 years since Ruka gave up on Mikan. Only recently had he become fond of her ice-cold inventor friend.

Mikan pondered over his question. Immediately her mind turned to him. 'No,' she thought, 'he wouldn't want to be my partner.' She took a breath and smiled again, "I don't know, I guess I'll go ask around. See you later Ruka-pyon!" She giggled happily as she took off in search of her friends.

Leaning on a tree nearby, Natsume's crimson eyes narrowed. His black silky hair fluttered in the wind. 'God, she's an idiot. She doesn't even know that everyone already has a partner. She's already stuck with me.' Natsume smirked as the thought crossed his mind. As soon as the class had heard about the assignment, all the girls flocked over to him to ask to be his partner. He of course denied every request by simply ignoring them. And, seeming as how Imai had blackmailed Ruka into being her partner, he decided it might be fun to be stuck with Polkadots.

Since they started middle school, Natsume's popularity seemed to have grown. While many girls thought he looked hot in the red elementary uniform, most thought he looked even better in the blue middle school uniform.

"Look over there, it's NATSUME!" screamed a random fan girl when she caught sight of her idol. 'Shit!' Natsume thought as he stealthily ran off.

Meanwhile, Mikan was moping about in the woods. She had already asked everyone in the class to be her partner. But to her surprise, everyone was already paired up. Well, almost everyone. 'I have no choice but to ask Natsume,' Mikan thought as she sobbed. 'He's going to be so mad to have an idiot like me as a partner,' she thought bitterly. Mikan fondled something on a chain around her neck. 'Well, maybe it won't be too ba—.'

Mikan's thoughts were interrupted when she was suddenly tackled, and toppled to the ground.

"Ouch!" Mikan screamed with her eyes closed. She was suddenly very aware of a body lying on top of her. She opened her eyes, and found a pair of crimson eyes staring back at her.

Natsume had been running from his fan girls to his favorite tree when he ran into Mikan. He was shocked as he realized he was lying on top of the girl he loved. 'Shit! She's going to start yelling at me again.' Natsume thought. Becoming more aware of his position, he noticed Mikan's skirt had been pushed up her thighs, revealing white panties with a cherry pattern. Natsume's face began to heat up. As he tried to control his blush, Mikan opened her eyes.

"Natsume! You pervert!" Mikan shouted in his face as she shoved him off of her.

Natsume immediately regained his composure. "Tch—whatever Cherries. Shut up already." He scowled as he stood up and dusted himself off.

They sat next to each other under the sakura tree, both of them refusing to speak.

Mikan's POV

My heart is pounding so fast. For a minute, I thought he might kiss me… or do something perverted. Why the hell did he run into me in the first place? He's such a jerk! I can't believe we have to be partners on this stupid project. Oh no! I still have to ask him…

Natsume's POV

I should have been more careful, what if it hadn't been Mikan? It could have turned into a real mess. I still feel hot, I hope I'm not blushing. I should have kissed her… but then she'd be even madder. We're going to have to work together on this project too…

Normal POV

It was Mikan who spoke up first. "Hey, Natsume, do you have a partner for the assignment for class? It seems everyone else already does." Natsume glanced her way, and noticed she wasn't looking at him, and was blushing a bit. Natsume smirked. "My partner is you, you idiot." Mikan gaped at him.

Suddenly she started yelling, "What do you mean, 'idiot'? When did you decide we were partners? What the hell are you talking about you pervert?" Natsume held the urge to chuckle at her cute, puffed, mad face. "If everyone already has a partner, then you're obviously the partner I'm stuck with." Natsume stated matter-of-fact. Mikan sighed, and then smiled a little.

They sat at the tree for a bit, before Natsume stood up. "Meet me in my room after dinner. Don't be late." He demanded, before he walked off.

"What do you mean your room?" Natsume ignored her. 'What the hell is his problem?' Mikan thought. Once she was sure Natsume wouldn't hear her, she giggled, 'I get to work with Natsume!' She stood up and skipped to her room.

Dinner was a blast. Mikan got to see Hotaru, Ruka, and all her friends. After dinner, she quickly ran to her room to get ready to work on her homework assignment… with Natsume.

Natsume watched the silly girl leave the dining hall with a big smile on her face.

In her room, Mikan was staring at her entire wardrobe… lying across her entire room. She had no idea what to wear. 'I don't want to look fancy, like I want to look pretty, or he'll suspect something. But I don't want to wear my uniform… I don't want to look bad…' "ARG!" Mikan screamed at herself. Finally, she decided on a simple white skirt and a pink shirt. She had some growth in her chest area, but not a lot, so the shirt didn't show any cleavage. A glint of a gold chain appeared around her neck. 'Okay, I look good… Wait, isn't the skirt I wore when I met Natsume…?' Mikan pondered, but didn't remember. "Oh well." She smiled and left the room with her books.

Natsume looked in his closet and took out a regular black shirt and black pants and changed. Despite his effort to look normal, Natsume still looked in the mirror to ruffle his hair and make sure it looked good… but not like it was meant to look nice.

Mikan found Natsume's room just fine, since she had been there before. She knocked on the door. Mikan closed her eyes and sighed, 'I hope we don't fight too much over this project…' she thought. When she looked up she found she was inches from Natsume's face. A blush grew upon her face. "H-hi Natsume…" Natsume just glared at her and let her into his room. 'Like usual,' Mikan thought as she sauntered into Natsume's room.

"Sit wherever you want." Natsume coldly told her as he took his seat on the couch. Mikan pouted and sat at a chair at the table. She was still awed by Natsume's room. It had a mini library, a couch, a table and chairs… she wished she was a special star.

"Natsume…" Mikan began, "what are we going to do for our project?" Natsume looked up at her, "I don't care." Mikan grew irritated, "Natsume, we have to do something. We can either write about how our alices compliment each other, or how they hinder each other." Natsume smiled inwardly, 'At least she knows what the project is, that idiot.'

Natsume glared at her, "Obviously, we write about how stupid your alice is." Mikan stood up, face puffed up in anger, "Natsume! You're such a jerk! My alice is really useful!" Natsume smirked, "Oh really? How?" he teased her. Mikan fell for it.

Mikan ran to him and started hitting him. "Natsume, you're such a jerk! My alice can cancel dangerous alices! Also, I can take away dangerous curses from alices! You just don't appreciate me at all!"

Natsume began to fight back. He grabbed her arms and pulled her onto the couch, "Your alice isn't useful at all! So what if you can cancel other alices, it won't do you any good if you're unconscious or already hurt!"

As she was hitting him, Natsume pulled her into wrestling. Soon they were on the floor arguing and wresting around. Natsume always enjoyed wrestling, teasing, and fighting with Mikan. She was the only one he could really have fun with. Mikan was seething with anger.

Mikan began struggling as she grew tired. Natsume became aware of this, and took advantage to pin her to the ground.

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Don't think this is the end, it's only just the beginning! There are 9 chapters in all.