*Disclaimer* Most characters and the references made to the original story [excluding those Marin created based on her (scarce) imagination] rightfully belong to Higuchi Tachibana.

Chapter 1

•Three days after Mikan left the Academy•

The atmosphere in Class B was somewhat, duller. Everybody still went along with life, with some who already accepted faith and some who were still struggling to move on.

The class was never the same without Mikan, Hotaru, and Natsume. Mikan was already gone (some believed she will return), nobody knows where Hotaru went, and Natsume was hanging on the border line of life and death.

"I wonder how Mikan is doing," Nonoko sighed. Everybody cringed when Nonoko hit the word 'Mikan'. She immediately regretted it.

Yuu, gave a sad smile. "It's okay, we're all still uneasy."

Sumire was next. "What I'm wondering is how Natsume is gonna react when he finds her gone."

The small group of friends all agreed on Sumire's opinion. "He might burn the Academy to ashes," Koko joked, though it was more of a sad joke. A joke to lighten up the mood, yet to no avail.

Ruka shooked his head. "Being Natsume's best friend, I believe that he's gonna feel more of 'sad, anger and devastated' "

"Ruka's right, if anyone understands Natsume the most, it would be Ruka's," Yuu said.

"What about Hotaru? Where is she?" Anna popped in.

"Yeah! Where is she?" Sumire questioned.

Everybody gave sad shrugs, paired together with confused expressions.

"She disappeared on the same day as when Natsume supposedly died," Nonoko said quietly.

The friends' conversation was interrupted when their homeroom teacher, Narumi-sensei, walked into the classroom. Even he had a gloomy aura around him. Why wouldn't he?

The class immediately returned to their seats and quietened down.

Narumi-sensei turned to face the class, with a fake smile plastered across his face.

"Good morning class–"

The feminine teacher was interrupted when Koko raised his hand and asked,

"What happened to Hotaru?"

Narumi-sensei's face fell almost at once. He scratched his neck and stared at the floor, trying to avoid the eye contact of students who were hungry for answers.

"Well, you see, the reason why Natsume has a high chance of surviving, is because Hotaru, went back in time to change Natsume's fate, resulting in Hotaru...sacrificing her life."

Upon hearing the bone-crushing news, the atmosphere became more gloomy and lifeless than it ever was. Some students let out uncontrollable sobs of despair, knowing that another friend was lost.

"But don't worry, this does not mean she's dead," Narumi-sensei continued. "Hotaru and her brother is still alive, but they are lost in the time space."

This only answered one out of a million of the students questions.

When will Mikan be seen again?

Will Natsume be alright?

Can we save them?

Narumi-sensei decided that what his students needed the most was motivation.

"Children, never give up hope! We are working harder than ever to bring Mikan back! The more you believe, the higher the chances of Mikan returning."

"But she lost her memories!" somebody shouted.

The teacher raised his finger to his head. "In here," he said before moving his finger to his chest. "Not in here."

Sumire, tired of her teacher faking the attitude, yelled out, "Aren't you hurting too?"

Narumi-sensei looked at the distressed Sumire and gave her a sad smile.

"We all are."

A/N: HAIII! Oke so this is my first ever Fanfiction so I am still pretty amateur. This story (for now) will mainly focus on the character's affected school life after the events in Gakuen Alice, chapter 177 (I cried lmao XD). It will switch between the life in the Academy, and Mikan's life as she struggle to find out what happened during those two years that she doesn't remember. The manga did not show much events that happened in Mikan's life during those four years so the events in this story are created and made up by me.