Summary: This story is set after Azumi Yuka was killed. In this story, the conditions that Mikan will be sent to training and will be under the Dangerous Ability were set in exchange for the safety her friends. In the 5 years that Mikan was gone, the Elementary School Principal was killed by the Anti-Alice Organization, Z. The dangerous ability class was dissolved but some still remain for the sake of the families of the students outside the academy.
Notes: Some quotations are from the manga chapter 140. I do not own Gakuen Alice. It is owned by Higuchi Tachibana.
Chapter 1, The Arrival:
I was riding the limousine back to the academy when I rested my head to the window of the car. Remembering the past when I was still part of the academy brought a twinge in my heart.
Flashback
All students around the area please return to your classroom at once. Please return to your respective classrooms...
That drowning noise of the school speakers was echoing in my mother's funeral. I wasn't even able to cry. My uncle touched my shoulder and said,
"Mikan, it's time for the funeral procession. Come now."
I was clutching my mother's casket. I remembered Shiki's promise after all that happened.
"It will be alright. I promise you. Yuka's remains, together with your father's grave… I will cast a barrier and protect it with all my life. No one, except the permitted, can come near, nor find their graves. So that Yuka can peacefully rest together with your father. It's painful to be apart now, but someday you can meet again. I promise you."
I stood up when Shiki said it's time to go to Elementary School Principal. I was ushered to the ESP when my classmates, my friends shouted after me.
"Mikan-chan!"
"Don't go…!"
"Sakura-san!"
"Where are they taking you?!"
I managed to put up one last smile and waved to them, "Everyone! See you again."
I walked through the crowds when I saw you... I heard you inside me, Natsume.
You called out to me, "Mikan, I will definitely… I will definitely find you."
My tears suddenly fell; I smiled to you when I was finally taken away from all of you.
End of Flashback
I suddenly jerked when I felt a burning sensation in my chest. I clutched my chest when I coughed harshly to my hands. I suddenly felt hands touched my back, encircling it to help me feel even a little bit of relief. I looked up after the pain in my chest subsided.
"Rei, thank you."
The person I called Rei was Serio Rei. He is known as Persona in the academy. After what happened in the academy, Rei was sent with me for my trainings. We came to understanding after I saw his past through our time-travel with Noda-sensei. Rei swore his life to protect me as atonement for what he did to my father, Izumi Yukihira. I consider him now as my older brother.
"Mikan, are you alright? The doctors told you not to be stressed out. Going back to the academy might trigger bad memories that will aggravate your situation."
"I'm fine Rei, just remembering some things. Do you know what is going on in the academy right now?"
"According to your uncle, Principal Yukihira, the remnants of Z still undergoes kidnapping of parents of the students and children with alices that are still not part of the academy. The dangerous ability class was dissolved when the Elementary School Principal was killed but we still need somebody to undergo rescue missions."
"And that's where I come in, right?"
"Mikan, you don't need to do this."
"I want to. Rei, I want the students in the academy to live like real students. They do not need to know about the happenings outside the academy. I want the students in the dangerous ability class to live like normal students. I want them to be happy." Especially Natsume…
"What about you? What about your happiness, Mikan?"
Our conversation was cut short when we arrived at the gates of the academy. The gates are still as big as I remembered. I looked at Rei and ended our conversation.
"You worry too much."