DISCLAIMER: I do not own Gakuen Alice.

J: My first fanfic... I changed some parts of it but the flow of the story is the same. I also changed some parts of the succeeding chapters so I deleted them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

It all started in that dark alley..

im-your-genie

CHAPTER 1

"It never even crossed my mind
That i would fall in love with you
You were always there behind me
But i never looked that way"

- Girlfriend by Kamikazee

Age Profiles:

Senpais: 19 y/o.
Boys: 17 y/o
Girls except Mikan: 17 y/o
Mikan: 16 y/o

My name is Mikan Sakura.

How should I describe myself? I'm a 16 year old studying at Gakuen Alice. I'm a loner yet very cheerful kind of girl. Confusing, right? I don't have any friends except for Hotaru. We've been best friends since our childhood years. No once can replace her as my best friend, ever.

Since then, I've been living by myself at an apartment owned by Hotaru's family. Don't bother asking why since all of you know that I'm an orphan… or not? Well if you didn't know that fact, then now you do.

It's the first day of school and I'm preparing the stuffs I need for today. Notebooks, books, ball pen and money… those are what I always bring at school. Too few, right? I can't shake of the fact that I'm very excited to meet him. While I was already clad in my school uniform where my skirt's longer than anyone else, I remembered something.

*Flashback*

I so love Hotaru! She taught me Math and I passed it. Who knows I would be able to pass Math even for once? Ha! I know I could do it. It's just that Jin-Jin makes it hard for me to understand everything he's teaching.

Well I'm almost home. As I turn around the corner, I saw some drunken guys laughing giddily. As I pass by them, someone held my arm. That someone is one of them, I concluded. Suddenly, I felt like I was being dragged into a dark alley where I struggled hopelessly. I shut my eyes as one of them stripped off my garment. They are going to rape me. Damn it. I was praying that someone might come and save me when I heard a groan from one of them. It's like he's pained or something. My eyes went open and I saw my savior. It's Natsume Hyuuga! He beat the hell out of those molesters until all of them were lying helplessly on the ground.

He held my arm and again, I was dragged. Not to be raped, but to escape from those guys. Who knows what they could do? They might even stand up and ran after us. Monsters! He stopped dragging me and let go of my hand. I tried uttering something but no word came out of my lips.

Fear… that's what I'm feeling at the moment. I'm trembling and without noticing, tears fell down from my eyes. I felt his hand brush my cheeks. "Next time, be careful. This placed is packed with men and you don't know the worst in us. I'm no superman who can always save you from this kind of events. You were lucky I was passing by the alley." He uttered with a hint of concern in his voice. Wait, what? Concern? He doesn't even know me, does he? We go to the same school but I doubt if he knows me. I'm his complete opposite. By that I include the popularity part. He's popular and I'm so not! I showed him a genuine smile as he left without saying another word.

*End of Flashback*

He's my hero. He's rude and all that. But deep inside, I know that he isn't. And my wish is to see that side of him.

Walking to school was my hobby since I can save money. As I continued walking or more like pacing, I saw Natsume with his long time girlfriend Luna. By long time girlfriend, I mean 6 months. He usually picks up Luna from her house every morning so they could go to school together. Sweet, right? I feel jealous whenever I see them together like that.

How I wish I wasn't Luna's neighbor so I won't always see them together. And how I wish I was Luna. Sigh. Her life's perfect… too perfect that I don't see any flaws.

As I was walking down the sidewalks of the busy city, I caught him staring at me. .God! Does he recognize me? Damn it. I hope he doesn't coz I would love to die now if he does. I'm too embarrassed of what happened a year ago. He might be mocking me in the corner of his mind saying how weak I am to be easily dragged into a dark alley or something like that.

I shrugged the thought away when I heard footsteps behind me. I saw him and his girlfriend walking happily together. Or was it just Luna who's happy?

Nevertheless, I felt pain in my chest. It pains me seeing them together. If only I could disappear from this world, I would right now.

Seeing that somehow made my feet walk faster not noticing the big rock in front of me. Unfortunately, I tripped.

"Ouch! That hurts. " I said half-shouting. I was busy minding the pain that I didn't notice them looking at me.

"Look where you're going, you bitch!" Luna shouted. What the hell did I do to receive that kind of remark? I just tripped, I accidentally pained myself physically and they're not involved with it, right?

"I'm so sorry. I didn't notice the rock in front of me." I replied calmly. It wasn't my fault that the rock tripped me. Oh, I forgot it's my fault. I didn't noticed it.

"Whatever. We both know why you're acting like that. It's to steal my boyfriend's attention." She retorted emphasizing the word boyfriend. As if that's my intention. It was an accident for goodness' sake.

"I'm not trying to get his attention nor do I want yours. I'm just telling the truth and if you're not satisfied with that, don't blame me, blame yourself for being insecure." Did I just say that? That's true anyway; it's obvious that she's insecure. I diverted my gaze away from her and found myself staring to a pair of crimson orbs.

As I was busy admiring these beautiful eyes, dizziness engulfed my head and the next thing I know,

I passed out.

END OF CHAPTER 1

J: So, that's it. Reviews?