Hey everyone! I know that I have two other stories out, but I couldn't help it! I am just going to put up this first chapter and I want all of you, my dear, supporting readers to read the author's note at the bottom of this article. It is very important for you to do so! But, anywho, please enjoy the first chapter of my newest idea! :D

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Gakuen Alice nor do I own its characters. They both belong to the wonderful Tachibana Higuchi! :D I only own this plot line! :D

City of Runaways

~Chapter 1~

~Natsume's POV~

"Nice job, Natsume" my dad, Ioran of the Hyuuga Corporations, a world known company, congratulated me on a job well done.

"Thanks" was my immediate response as I finished collecting all the papers and important information that the company would need.

"I can't go home just yet" Dad told me as I walked out of the conference room, Dad trailing behind. "I have some paperwork to deal with and submit. Do you mind telling your Mother and sister that?"

"I don't mind" I answered, putting the papers in my office, getting my coat and brief case, and locking the office door, heading towards the elevator.

"Good. I will see you at home" Dad said as I the elevator resounded a pleasant 'ding' sound.

"See you later Dad" I said as the doors closed.

I sighed as the stress of today finally caught up to me. Being the heir of a multimillionaire company isn't easy. At the age of 15, I started working here, slowly making my way to the top. I worked long into the night and hard so that every day, when I came home, I would be completely exhausted. Now, being 17 years old, I've gained a lot of experience in the field of this company. So, when my father retires, I'd be perfectly eligible to take over the company.

As the elevator opened once more, I sighed; another day of work over. Thank Kami-sama! Now, I can just go home and relax with Mom, Aoi, and, eventually, Dad. I walked out of the building, ignoring the way the receptionist tried to flirt with me. What a creepy hag.

Once I was out of the door, I made an immediate turn towards the parking garage right next to the office building. As I walked, minding my own business and being completely stoic, a guy, approximately one year younger than me, ran out of it, running my way. He had baggy jeans and a baggy blue shirt on, a blue cap perched precariously on his head, covering his face. It seems that he didn't notice that I was there because the next thing I know, I'm lying on the cold, hard cement, groaning in pain.

"I'm so sorry" the guy said in an abnormally high pitched voice. He seemed very week, pale, and out of breath. He took a deep breath as he stood up, helping me up as well. "I'm…s-so…sor…"

And the guy fainted. What the hell? He is so lucky I'm here. I caught the dude before he could fall face first onto the cold, cruel floor and steadied ourselves. He was abnormally light and skinny for a guy of this approximate age.

"Where'd that kid go?" I heard a gruff voice yell.

"I think he went this way!" Another responded.

Instantly, I knew that it was this guy that I was supporting that they were talking about. I don't know what came into me, but I picked the guy up bridal style and ran back to the office, ignoring the weird looks I got from the people in the cubicles and the receptionist. I could hear the voices of the guys who were supposedly after this weird guy pass by the building doors as the elevator doors dinged open once more. I immediately pressed the button to floor 20, the last floor, that lead to my office.

I kept on shifting positions as I waited for the elevator to stop. My arms are getting tired. Great. Once I was at the floor, I quickly made my way to my office, quickly unlocking the door to get in. I set the boy on the couch and sat at my desk, sighing and ruffling my hair. What am I going to do with him?

I picked up the phone sitting on my desk and dialed my Dad's number.

"Natsume, why are you still in office?" He asked when he answered his phone.

"Dad, I need your help. Please come to my office ASAP" I said, not answering his question.

He sighed in exasperation and spoke into the receiver: "Fine. I'll be there in 2."

"Thanks" I said and hung up. I looked to the couch where the dude was just lying there, sleeping peacefully.

I wonder what he did.

There was a knock on my office door. That's when I realized it has already been exactly 2 minutes from the time in which I had called my Father over. I got up and walked to the door.

"Hey Dad, take a look at this guy" I said as I opened the door, motioning him in.

Dad stepped in and saw the guy sleeping on my couch.

"What the hell is this Natsume? Who is he and why did you pick him up off the street?" Dad asked in a whisper, not wanting to wake the guy up.

I shrugged. "He just bumped into me and caught my interest. He was being chased by a couple of cops. Don't ask what got into me; I don't know either" I whispered back.

"Well, what do you want to do with him?"

"I don't know…What time is it?"

Dad looked at his watch. "7:49."

"Hn…." I thought about what I was going to do with him. I can't just leave him in my office and go home. It would be wrong. Plus, how can I trust a guy I don't even know and leave him in my office alone?

"Hey, Natsume, what's up with his baseball cap?" Dad asked, pointing to the hat. I noticed that he was looming over the said boy. "A-and does he have boobs?"

"Dad, I think you're just hallucinating. Just go home and do your hygiene and stuff and you can come back after you take a nap and have dinner or something. I'll stay here" I said, standing next to Dad and observing the guy.

"No, it's alright-"

"Dad, you worked harder than I did today. You worked all last night and I just got into office this morning. Just go home for a bit. Come back later."

Dad was quite for a minute, digesting what I just said. He sighed and nodded.

"I'll be back at 10 sharp. Don't get hurt and if he wakes up, call me" Dad gave in.

"Alright. Drive safely."

"See you later tonight. I'll bring you dinner."

I nodded as Dad left the office. I sat at the seat right next to the couch and sighed, my eyes drifting towards the guy who was sleeping on the couch. He looked…a little too feminine to be a guy. And why was he being chased by cops? What cause him so much exhaustion that he had to faint? And why is he wearing a baseball cap at night? Yeah, that's sooooo inconspicuous (insert sarcasm here).

I don't know when, but I dozed off, falling asleep, on the chair on which I was sitting on.

"Natsume, wake up" I heard a whisper. "Natsume! Wake up! The guy is waking up!"

With that statement, my eyes snapped open, taking in my surroundings. It was just past midnight according to my clock. I directed my eyes to the guy, instantly noticing that the guy was shifting, waking up.

"Urg…" the guy groaned as he awoke. With his stupid baseball cap on, I couldn't see his face.

He sat up and rubbed his eyes, making sure not to remove his baseball cap. He looked around the room and stopped when he saw us. The guy immediately tensed and stood up but was instantly tackled down by some of the security guards that I just noticed were in the room.

"Let go of me!" the guy struggled in their grips.

"Not until you tell us who you are and why you were running from the cops" my Dad stated firmly.

Once the guy figured out struggling was futile, he sighed and just sat there, calming his breath.

"Well?" Dad asked expectantly.

"Well…" he started in his high voice, "I sort of j-jacked up someone's car… specifically y-yours" the guy pointed a slim finger to me.

It all clicked. "What. Did. You. Do. To. My. Car?" I asked dangerously.

"I was sort of running and…I-I dented it" the guy fidgeted in his captivity.

"Hey, don't worry about it Natsume. I can always get it fixed or we could buy that new car that you wanted" Dad whispered to me. That calmed me down. Well, I don't want to buy a new car. I like my car and I don't care if I have to take it in anymore.

"How bad was the damage?" I asked one of the guards, curious as to how the guy was caught.

"There's a pretty good sized dent in the back left door and a few scratches here and there. But it's still in great condition none the less" the guard answered back. I nodded.

"Let him go" I told the guards holding him down. They complied. "You may go now."

The guards bowed and left my father and I with the mysterious guy. The guy stood up and dusted himself off.

"Well, I'm sorry I wrecked your car but I have to go" he said, standing up and heading towards the office door.

"Oh no you don't" I won't let him get away that easily.

I pulled off his cap and I gasped. Out of the hat came long, waist length, light brown hair. Shocked hazel eyes turned to look at me, shining in the light of the office. This guy's a girl?

"I told you she had boobs" Dad whispered to me, suddenly next to me.

"Shut up!" I whispered to him.

"Hey, that's my hat!" the girl said, snatching her hat away from me.

She was about to walk out of the office again but I got ahead of her and locked the door.

"H-hey, look, I have to go. Now." She said, panicking a little.

"You're staying here" I stated firmly.

"I have to leave! I can't stay here!"

"Not until I get a full story of how you came to harm my car."

The girl looked around and instantly lightened up when she saw the window.

"Would you let me go it I found another way out?" she asked hopefully.

"If you can" I answered. What was she planning?

She smirked and sauntered over to the window and opened it up, getting up on the window sill. What the hell? Is she crazy?

I ran over to her side and caught her wrist just as she was about to jump.

"Are you crazy? We're on the 20th floor! You can't possibly survive if you jumped!" I yelled.

"Oh yeah? I can survive and run off perfectly uninjured! Just let go and watch!" she yelled back.

"Now you two quit fighting" Dad said, walking over to my side and stopping right beside me. "How about we make a deal? You tell us what happened to lead you to this very event and we'll let you go."

"I-I can't tell you that…just let me go…please" she whispered.

I almost let her go, almost let her jump out of the window. The way she looked so desperate, so scared and panicked, it made me want to take all her worries and troubles away; starting with this one. I don't know why, but she gave me an affect. The only reason I didn't just heed her pleads is because she might have jumped off the window sill and plummeted towards the ground and I can't imagine it…it ….hurt too much? Why do I feel like this?

"Why not?" I asked in a whisper.

"I can't tell you" she answered, her voice shaking. "Just…just let me go…please?"

Since her baseball cap was back on, I couldn't see her eyes. But, I still noticed tears falling down her cheeks. I can't believe it; I made her cry! While I was in shock, the girl tugged her arm from my grasp and jumped. I gasped along with Dad and looked over the edge to see the girl jumping from ledge to ledge on her way down to the ground.

Quickly, I ran to the emergency stairwell and ran down all 20 steps, trying to make it before she reached the ground. At the first floor, I quickly ran out of the building to see the girl landing right in front of me. I was tired and out of breath but I grabbed her wrists anyway, trying to keep her in my grasp.

"Are you crazy?" I panted. "You could have died!"

"Let me go!" she struggled, panting as well. "I have to go now!"

"What's so top secret that you can't tell me?" I asked her, not letting go.

"First of all: I DON'T KNOW YOU! Second: It's a secret in which I have to hold 'til my death. I'll never tell anyone" she answered, a determined expression on the half of her face I could actually see.

I confused, I let her go and stood up strait. "What do you mean?"

"Mikan!" I heard someone call.

The girl in front of me looked around and I did to. We saw a guy with big brown eyes and dirty blonde hair, a huge grin on his face. "Mikan! C'mon! We gotta go!"

"Coming Koko!" the girl, Mikan, shouted back. "I have to go. Can't tell you where though. Thanks for helping me…though I messed up your car" Mikan said as she looked at me. "Ja ne!"

And with that, she ran away; poof, she was out of my life. She was pretty interesting I mused as the two figures ran away through the city. Wait, why am I interested in her? I shouldn't even be interested! I mean, she vandalized my car and I only knew her for, what, 10 minutes? Stupid.

I sighed as I went back to my office, taking the elevator this time. When I got there, I plopped down on my couch.

"So, what happened? I saw what happened but I couldn't hear anything" Dad asked.

I sighed and explained what happened and he made an expression that said 'oohh, so that's what happened".

"Well, no wonder that young man came and they ran away together. That makes sense…" Dad uttered.

"Hn. Let's go home already" I said.

"Alright" he sighed, "let's get home already. This will be an interesting story to tell the girls."

"Hn."

"I'll have Tom take in your car tomorrow. Just ride with me okay?"

"Yeah. Now, let's go."

Dad and I went to the garage and went to his car after calling Tom, our private butler. We drove home and walked into the house to be greeted by Mom and Aoi.

"Hey, so what happened with that 'mysterious boy' Dad was talking about?" Aoi asked as soon as we walked through the doors.

"Hey, guess what?" I started. "It was a girl."

"Whaaaaaaaat!" Aoi gasped dramatically.

"Yeah, and she ran off with another mysterious boy and disappeared within the streets of Tokyo. The end" Dad said as if her were telling her a story.

"Ooh! Ooh! Tell me all the details!" Aoi started.

"Well, once upon a time.." I didn't listen to what Dad was saying. I got too bored. I already went through all of it first hand.

I walked up to my room and got ready for bed, drifting off into oblivion.

~`,~

"Natsume! Get up! We need your help!" Dad yelled up to me.

I groaned as I woke up, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I heard my family running around as if they were in a panic.

"Natsume-nii!" Aoi poked her head into my room, freaking out. "It's that girl you met yesterday!"

I instantly got out of bed when I heard this. What the hell is she doing here? What was her name again? M, it started with an M… Mikkey, Milan… Mikan! That's it! Her name was Mikan!

I ran behind Aoi to a guest room and entered to see both of our parents in there tending to a girl, Mikan.

"What's going on?" I asked my mother.

"I've been doing research on this young lady" Mom pointed to Mikan, sleeping on the bed with a wet rag on her head, "and I've found out that she is Mikan Sakura: a wanted juvenile criminal."

~Chapter 1 End~

So what'd you think? Was it kewl? I have to know!

Anyways, I have to tell you something VERY IMPORTANT! Here is my schedule for updating: every Friday, hopefully, I will update my two stories Outside the Gates and Two Doors Down. I will update this story whenever I have the time. When Two Doors Down is over, the I will make City of Runaways my top priority along with Outside the Gates! Then once Outside the Gates is over, I will make Outside the Gates's sequel! There will be more information on the sequel in later chapters of Outside the Gates.

So, how does that sound? Well, please give me a review! I really need to know if you don't mind this schedule and if I should continue this story! I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't so good, but I swear it will get better soon! I have some sick ideas for this! I'm full of surprises! :D

So, please review! Thanks for reading!

~natsumikanluverization697 logging off! :D