Chapter 1

The Startling Start

"What have they done now?" A blonde gay-looking, but extremely handsome teacher grumbled to himself while running the length of a long corridor. He stopped in front of a regal-looking door that leads to his destination. A sign saying "Faculty" is hoisted atop the huge door.

Narumi-sensei took three very deep breaths in an attempt to brace himself for the oncoming doom. And slowly he entered the room.

He was met by his miserable-looking students with an added bonus of 2 senpais and a kouhai and a strict, elderly teacher. Did I say elderly, I meant old…I mean honed by age." Narumi-sensei justified his very straight-forward mind.

A giggle broke the silence. Everybody including the "honed-by-age-teacher" looked for the source of the out-of-place burst of happiness. It was the mind-reader Kokoroyomi, with a very amused glint in his eyes, centered only on Narumi-sensei.

"Crap. He read my mind." Was the only thing Narumi-sensei could think of at the moment.

"What in this situation do you find very amusing" Jinno-sensei asked Koko. He might have looked even scarier without the adorable little frog that is always on his shoulder.

"You" the naïve mind-reader replied.

This…uhh…blunt relpy earned him a "Wow, you're so brave" compliment from Mikan. Which earned her a "wow, you're an idiot" look from her best friend Hotaru.

An unmistakable presence of a vein made the students return their attention to Jinno-sensei.

"What did you…."

"So, Jinno-sensei, why is my presence requested here in the faculty?" Narumi-sensei stopped the volcano that was about to explode.

Jinno-sensei gave an almost audible sigh to relax him but the vein is still present.

"Your students, Sakura Mikan, Hyuuga Natsume, Nogi Ruka…" Jinno-sensei began but was again cut off by the annoying blonde teacher which made the throbbing vein on his forehead multiply.

"Jinno-sensei, no need to introduce all of them really, I know each and everyone of them by heart." Narumi-sensei said sweetly. (sweetly hides behind it its twin, mockingly for safety purposes)

Another vein on the forehead.

"Well, once again, your students, whom you know by heart", he looks at Mr. Narumi at this part, "caused a ruckus in the grounds of the ALICE ACADEMY!!"

The blonde sweat-dropped at the crescendo in his co-teacher's voice. "Well, I'm sure they don't mean any harm…" His students nodded vigorously at this…"And they won't do anything like this ever again" Now, the heads stopped nodding.

"Jinno-sensei we were only trying to………" and Mikan proceeded into a long and winding explanation of how they managed to destroy a third of the western Woods into oblivion.

"You can stop now Sakura Mikan. Because even if you talk all day, I will not reconsider the punishment I have thought to give you."

A series of stinking buts erupted in the air.

"No buts. Anyway you couldn't have made a problem at a more appropriate time" the students could almost feel the sense of satisfaction their punishment gives to the sadistic head teacher.

"Your punishment is…." And as if on cue, Misaki-sensei entered the faculty room carrying tray with a whole bunch of glasses filled to the brim with disgusting looking green slime.

"Jinno-sensei, the juice you asked me to make is ready" he addressed to the teacher with the evil yet happy glint in his eye.

It's as if sweats and veins are the "in" this season as Misaki-sensei sweat dropped. He sent an apologetic look to his students.

Now the students realized how bad their punishment is. It's not everyday the halfway-sadistic Misaki-sensei is apologetic for doing something near torture to someone.

And as Mikan, being the impatient type, "Please, spare as the suspense! Just tell us what our punishment is!"

Koko, Tsubasa, Misaki, Ruka and Sumire nodded in agreement. While Anna, Nonoko and Yuu look like they would cry at anytime soon. Natsume, Hotaru and You-chan, being

Natsume, Hotaru and You-chan, just look as impassive as ever. (even though deep inside they are as apprehensive as everyone else)

With an unmistakable smile, (or maybe smirk) Jinno-sensei finally unleashed his source of joy….

"Misaki-sensei, explain."

Or, maybe it will be Misaki-sensei who will unleash Jinno-sensei source of joy.

"Well, you see, there are things troubling the grounds of the Academy, aside from you guys that is…(a vein popped on Natsume and Tsubasa's forehead(I told you they are in)) It's a plant called the Shrinking Shrub, and it has multiplied so much that it prevent other plants from growing in some parts of the Academy. So Jinno-sensei thought of a way to make some use of the shrub."

"And what better way to use the troublesome plant, but feed them to troublesome students!" Mr.Jinno interjected

Misaki-sensei cast a side-long glance at the teacher that dared to interrupt his awesome speech.

"That aside, the effects of the Shrinking Shrub on the human body is shrinking the body and turning it back to a child. What I mean is , after you drink the juice of the shrinking shrub your physical, mental and emotional capacity will return to how it was back when you were children. However we don't know when, how long, or up to what extent your body will shrink."

"when….how long…ugh….i didn't understand a single thing you said sensei…." Mikan complained, her eyes in the form of spirals.

"Well Mikan, to put it simply, you will become a child. But I don't know if you will be a toddler, a baby, or maybe you will shrink just one year. And I also have no idea if you will stay as a kid for an hour, a day, a weak, or even a month. Oh and before I forget I also don't know if you will shrink today, tomorrow, the next day or the week after"

Misaki-sensei explained slowly in order for Mikan's brain to keep up with the information.

"Oh….so that's what you meant. By the way, there are a lot of things you don't know, huh, sensei." Mikan said with a chuckle.

"Ahahaha…you are such a funny darling, Mikan-chan" Misaki-sensei said dryly while pinching Mikan's cheeks quite hard.

"For the safety of other student in the Academy, we will isolate all of you in a house in the Northern Woods. But don't be alarmed because you will still get food and other necessities you might need. We are hoping that by changing you into kids and making you take care of annoying little children, you will grow some sense of responsibility into those thick heads of yours." Jinno-sensei explained.

"Ahhh" was the students' very intelligent reply.

"Sir?"

"Yes, Harada-san?"

"Does Youichi have to drink as well, because he is a child already, we wouldn't want him to turn into a fetus after drinking that juice don't we?" Harada asked pointing to the wee little You-chan on Ruka's arm, then to the gurgling goo on Misaki-sensei's hand.

"Oh, right, of course. Yes Youichi will be exempted from drinking the juice."

"Then, Mikan should be exempted as well! If her brains will shrink even further, we might have a brain-less zombie after she drink that juice!" Koko exclaimed.

Everyone in the room laughed at this, even Jinno-sensei gave a snort.

"Hey! I have just as much brains as you have Koko!!"

Jinno-sensei made some coughing noise to get everyone's attention again. "Now then, everyone get a glass from Misaki-sensei, and let the punishment begin."