Chapter 1 Alice Academy Again?
A woman. She sat at her desk, looking at some paperwork. It was the last of the lot. As she picked up her pen after a sip of coffee, her phone rang. She put the pen down and picked up the phone.
"Hello? This is Ms. Azumi speaking. How may I help you?" She was the boss of a normal Japanese company, on the business market.
"Ahh… Mizu, I need to ask you something." Mizu or Mizuki Azumi got her pen and started to spin it.
"Yes?" The man spoke clearly and almost firmly, as if he was either desperate or just forcing her to do the deed.
"I need you to return to Alice Academy. Nodacchi isn't there too often anymore and we need a moderator for the Special Abilities Class…." He trailed off, not knowing of what to say, or do.
"Are you serious? You want me to return?" The man, otherwise known as the HSP (High School Principal, for those who don't know) or better known as Kazu Yukihira sighed. Mizuki was still fiddling around with her pen.
"Yes. Nodacchi recommended I get someone to replace his spot. And you'll be teaching the new advanced class for all of the elementary students." Mizuki sighed.
"…..But I haven't used my Alice in ages…. Not ever since I ran away from the government…." The HSP smirked at this, though she didn't really know.
"The advanced class is for the gifted students who are smart. You'll be teaching the gifted ones from Class B. Only in the main subjects, English, mathematics, science and history." She almost dropped the receiver at that comment.
"A-are you serious?" She asked again. Though she wasn't really paying too much attention at that time, since she had actually started to use her pen for some work.
"Usually, the ESP would be doing this, but he hasn't been here for a while, so I've taken over the ESP spot too." Mizuki sighed and stopped working.
"You do know I have a job." Kazu chuckled.
"We have a lot of ice-cream here!" He said, in a kinda cheery voice, though Mizuki could hear the sarcasm in his voice. And Mizu almost dropped the receiver again.
"Why do you know my weaknesses? I'll be there by tonight. I'll quit this job right now." Kazu smirked. He had gotten her attention, and the empty job filled.
"Alright then." And he cut off the connection.
That day was the Wednesday. Instead of coming from that night, she came pretty early the next morning, close to midnight. She wore a light blue plain dress and her trademark flats, black. She had a bag of things and a suitcase in each hand. As expected, the HSP was standing near the gates.
"I've told everyone that a new teacher was coming to teach, though I never gave a name." He said, opening the gate, and permitting her back inside.
"……….." She had said nothing, looking at her once old school.
"How does it feel to be back?" She turned around and smiled.
"Weird. Though I think this year will be a roller coaster. I've been basically glued to a chair working for…. Four years." Kazu laughed at the comment.
"It will be one. Your room is prepared. It's in the staff block, last room, basically the one at the end of the corridor."
"You owe me ice-cream, though!" She said, jokily. He laughed again and walked towards the high school, where he went to sleep.
"…Geez… I come here, and he leaves me, expecting that I know where everything is. I mean… I haven't been here for eight years…" She muttered to herself as she walked towards the elementary school, dragging her things along the way.
It was the next morning, and she woke up at 6am, noticing that she wasn't in the busy Japan anymore. It was basically peaceful…. Wait, that's an understatement. She could hear footsteps as she changed out of her pyjamas and into her light blue dress, in which she had two of. After that, she shut her eyes and looked at herself. She was invisible.
"Hopefully my Camouflage Alice holds until the morning." She mumbled to herself as she opened the door slightly to make sure that no one was there. As she expected, no one was there, since all of the noises in the corridor had all dissipated. She slipped out, shutting the door silently before walking out of the building and into the grounds, in which she sat underneath the tree, with her things, which were in her room (e.g. roll, school supplies, etc.) doing basically nothing.
"What the time?" She whispered to herself, as she looked at her watch, which she was used to having on, due to her job in business.
"I better start walking the bell will go in a few minutes." And she got up, walking towards Class B's homeroom.
She got there within a few minutes, where she opened the door and found no one there. She smiled at the empty room and sat down on the chair, the spare chair in the room. And within a couple of minutes….
"Hey! The bell's going to go soon!" One of the students shouted as they entered the room.
"Did you hear? We're supposed to have a new teacher for the advanced classes." A girl with blue hair said.
"How do you know?" A girl with pink hair said. And the bell went off.
"I heard every class-" And the door opened, revealing a familiar face.
"Hello everyone!" The man with the familiar purple eyes and blonde hair said, smiling and waving.
"So that's why I was put here…." Mizuki whispered, though no one heard her, nor saw her, since no one was looking in her direction and it was too noisy, so her whisper was barely anything.
"Hello everyone! We have a new teacher today! Even though I don't who this person is…. Though this person is strangely late…." Narumi shouted, but mumbled the last part. Mizuki smirked and got off the stool silently before walking around the classroom. When she saw Mikan, her eyes were wide opened. She walked towards her, no one knowing she was in the room. As she approached Mikan….
"Are you ever so sure that the new teacher hasn't arrived?" She said, loud and clearly. Everyone's faces paled and looked around the room. Narumi's face was the palest, staring next to Mikan, where a figure started to appear. When Mizuki was completely normal again, everyone, apart from Natsume's eyes was wide opened. Narumi gaped with his eyes wide opened.
"……Are you really who I think you are?" He asked no one particular. Mizuki smiled and walked around the room.
"Hello everyone. I'm the new teacher. My name is Mizuki Azumi. I'll be the advanced class's teacher." Everyone looked at her, afraid of some sort of way.
"Calling me Ms. Azumi or Ms. Mizuki will be fine." She said, answering majority of the questions. And the bell went off. Everyone stood up, bowed and left the room. The room was basically empty, when Mizuki started to walk out. Narumi walked towards her, but she stopped him.
"Talk to me in the staff room, second class, or last class. Those are my only free classes." And she walked out, walking towards the English room.
"This is the phrase is rhetorical question. Does anyone know what it means?" Mizuki Azumi asked a class, something that she hasn't done before. One student put their hand up.
"Yes, Class President?" Mizu had gotten used to saying titles instead of names, but he responded never the less.
"A rhetorical question is a question that does not need to be answered. It is usually used to make the listener or reader head think about the question." Mizuki smiled.
"Good." And the bell went.
"Bye class! I'll see you at maths after morning tea!" And everyone stood up and bowed, before leaving.
"Man this teaching thing is boring…. They better have ice-cream in the freezer…" She muttered to herself as she left the room, headed for the elementary staff room.
She sat down on the couch, with a bowl of strawberry ice-cream, looking at nothing…. Alright, she was spaced out, eating. It was footsteps that made her turn around and faced a teacher.
"Mr. Jinno?" She asked, placing her bowl on the kitchen table and smiling.
"Ahh… Mizuki Azumi, is it? I heard from Narumi that you were the new advanced class teacher…" He said, with a stern face.
"Yes. It's been a while since I've been here. It's better than my previous job." Jinno looked at her with curiosity.
"Just what job did you have before?" She looked up and smiled.
"Maybe I should tell Narumi too…" And as if it was magic, Narumi appeared.
"Ahh… Mr. Jinno, Mizuki…." He said, closing the door and taking a seat, opposite of her.
"Since you're here, I might as well tell you guys all then." And the two males listened attentively.
"It was when I graduated the government wanted me to be in the army." And there was a gasp from Narumi.
"A-army?" He stuttered out. She nodded.
"I went home to speak to my parents and then left, running away from the government, who were chasing me. It was soon after that I found myself in a busy part of Japan. I took a job as an office worker, on the stock markets, until I became boss, a year later. I always went under the alias of Ms. Azumi, or I had another first name, Asami. I worked there for a few years until now. It was yesterday when the HSP called me and offered me this job in which I gracefully accepted." She said, emphasising the sarcasm on 'gracefully' and smiling.
"How did the HSP contact you?" Jinno asked. Mizuki smiled.
"As you can see, I cut all of my ties. Well, almost. I kept in contact with the HSP for a while, getting information of the government activity of the whereabouts of their current location." And the two males nodded.
"You got it now?" She asked, picking up her bowl of almost melted ice-cream and eating it. The bell went again and she finished her ice-cream, before getting something out of the fridge.
"What are you making, Mizuki?" Narumi asked. Jinno had left before since he was on lookout.
"Just a sandwich. And you don't have to call me Mizuki. You can call me Mizu, Naru." She said, emphasising his nickname clearly.
"Alright, alright." He said, smiling. And she bit into the sandwich she just made. Narumi took the other half, eating that.
"Hey! Whoever said you could eat my sandwich!" She exclaimed playfully, while punching him playfully.
"No wone!" He shouted, with his mouth full. She looked at him disgusted.
"Hey! Don't talk with your mouth full!" She exclaimed playfully again. And the rest of the other teachers walked in, welcoming her to the staff, as if she was new.
"But, I'm not new. I was a student here…." She muttered. No one heard her though.
Her next few classes were basically boring, to say it in a few words. She smiled though, since she would make her students suspect something. A student with dark hair and piercing purple eyes put her hand up.
"Yes, Ms. Imai?" She asked.
"What are you Alices?" She had asked. The approximately eight students nodded.
"What is your Alice?" The Class President asked.
"Would you like a demonstration, or an explanation?" Almost everyone shouted…
"Demonstration!" And she sighed.
"I guess you deserve it….." And she looked at Hotaru in the eye.
"I have a Camouflage…" And she disappeared, walking around the room, touching the student's shoulders. And then she reappeared.
"I have Insertion, though I don't have any Alice stones…" She trailed off
"And I have a Water Alice" She said, holding her hand up and a vortex of water appearing.
"Wow!" Basically the whole class exclaimed. Apart from Natsume, that is.
"Does that answer your questions?" She asked. Everyone nodded.
"Good." And the bell went. For the last time that day, they bowed to her.
"Have a good day!" She shouted and smiled.
And the rest of her day was good…. Indeed.
Me: Why am I writing this?
Tsubasa: Coz you're stupid.
Me: Actually, just because I was bored.
Tsubasa: She doesnt own AA or GA (whatever you want to call it). Review appreaciated, not forced.
Me: Cya!