Author's note: this is basically the hunger games using gakuen alice characters with slight plot changes to better suit the flow.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE OR THE HUNGER GAMES ALL RIGHTS GO TO SUZANNE COLLINS AND HIGUCHI TACHIBANA. There, I've said it once and don't need to repeat it every chapter. So please fo back here if you want to see the disclaimer.

Chapter 1- Preparations

I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping. Groggily, I sat up yawned. After five minutes of spacing out, it hit me. Today was the day I dreaded for the past three years. The day everyone between the ages of 12 to 18 dreaded. The day of the reaping. Taking a deep breath, I put on my jacket and slippers to take a morning walk. There I saw my grandpa, sweeping the path.

"Good morning, Mikan. You're up early." he said.

"I just wanted to hang out before this afternoon." I replied.

Grandpa smiled sadly, and continued to sweep the path. "Well at least there are no evil spirits around today..." he muttered.

I think I should explain. My grandpa, you see, has the spirit sensing alice. He can sense both good and evil spirits, which is why he set up a temple, where we get the money to support ourselves. It's not much, but compared to others in District 12, our lives our good. Nothing compared to the Capitol, of course.

My alice, although rare, is pretty simple. It's nullification. If i did get picked during reaping, I'd go to the capitol to participate in the Gakuen Games. I'd be safe from all alices, but not the terrors of knives, swords, and all that whatnot.

"Bye, grandpa, I think I'll go and do some shopping." i said, skipping out the temple gates.

"Bye Mikan." He waved.

I walked through the nearly empty town browsing the shops. I could afford basic bread and soup, but mouthwatering displays at some of the restaurants looked irresistible. I hoped our tribute would win this year, so we'd get gourmet food for an entire year!

Our district had the lowest number of wins. Like, around three. Our only remaining living victor would be Narumi Anju. His alice is the pheromone alice. He can control any person, male or female. That was how he developed a lead in the beginning, until the latter contestants began using earplugs and special goggles (credits to their amazing mentors). Unfortunately for them, Narumi wasn't too bad at wielding weapons.

I heard a ring from a nearby store. It was the convenience store! I immediately knew who it was.

"Kyo!" I exclaimed, rushing to hug my childhood friend.

"Hey Mikan! You're up early!" Kyo smiled at me.

"What? 7:00 isn't that early considering most people wake up at 6:00." i shot back.

"True." He replied.

Akimoto Kyo is my childhood friend. He's 16, just a year older than me. I've always seen him as my brother since he always looks out for me, even though we're not related. He has the weather control alice. Way more awesome than mine.

"Good luck today, Kyo!" I told him. "Good luck to you too, Mikan! I'll see you later after the reaping, hopefully."

If we both survived reaping day, Kyo and his parents would come over to the Sakura temple and celebrate. If not, then... Well, I didn't want to think about that. I pushed away all the disturbing thoughts out of my mind, and walked home optimistic. If only i knew what were to happen, I wouldn't have been optimistic at all.

"I'm back, grandpa!" I said as i entered the temple gates.

"Welcome home Mikan!" grandpa exclaimed. "I've prepared your dress."

Excitedly, i ran inside the house. My mother, apparently, left me 7 fancy dresses for reaping days. I never knew my parents. All my grandpa told me was that they didn't want to leave me, but they wanted me to be safe. So they left me in grandpa's hands. Seriously though, how could i be safe with the reapings?

I entered the house to find a lovely orange dress lain in front of me. It was beautiful! Orange was my absolute favorite color! I thanked my mother wherever she was,a put on the dress. I tied my hair up in its usual pigtails. I know I'm 15, but i still liked the style.

"You ready, Mikan?" My grandfather asked me. I took a deep breath. "Yes. I'm ready." I said. Those were three words i regret ever saying.

I walked nervously to the town square. Everyone around me looked terrified. I was also terrified, but i tried to hide it. At least i only had to enter my name two extra times. So that would be six entries for me. Just six. Ryo had twelve. It seemed small compared to some, but big compared to others. Still, what was 12 out of thousands and thousands of slips? It was like a lottery. The chances of your name being drawn and winning millions of yen seemed impossible. Yet, at the same time, the possibility still existed.

The mayor took his seat on the stage, as well as his wife and Narumi Anju, our only living victor. After a few more minutes of waiting, the person from the capital arrived. Huh. At least this year she looked normal. She wore a pretty sky blue dress and had beautiful curls. She wore makeup, of course, but it didn't make her look like a clown.

"Hello, District 12! I'm Ibaragi Nobara!" She smiled.

Well she seemed a bit nice... For someone from the capitol, at least. But that isn't what i should be worrying about now!

"We usually start with the boys, but i'd like to switch things up a bit." She approached the girls giant glass case and grabbed one of the envelopes.

My brain literally turned dead. The world swirled. That was when I heard the name being read.

"Sakura Mikan." She announced.

The swirling world just swirled even more. This couldn't be happening! Was this a nightmare? Nightmare or not, i had to get on that stage. Trembling, i walked onto the stage beside Nobara.

"So Mikan, how old are you?" Nobara asked.

"15." I replied, trying to keep my voice steady.

"Any words you want to say to district 12?"

"No. Not really."

"Alright then. Onto the boys."

Nobara walked to the boys glass case. I thought of Ryo and all the other guys from school. Would they be picked?

"Hyuuga Natsume!" Nobara read.

There was a slight murmur throughout the crowd. Yes, everyone had heard of him. Hyuuga Natsume, the only son of Mayor Hyuuga of district 12. He also had an incredibly powerful fire alice. He had a thirteen year old sister named Aoi who possessed the same alice as him, though less powerful.

Great. And now my district counterpart happens to be an incredibly power alice user and manual fighter (according to people in town). Just what did these Gakuen Games hold in store for me?

so... how was my first ever fanfic? Sorry for possible typos... Please review if you have the time! No flames please, but i do accept constructive criticism! I'd like to know my good and bad points. i'll be able to update fast since it's vacation, but my updates may slow to one or two chapters a mont. Once school starts. But don't worry, i don't intend on dropping this! I will kill myself if i do.