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AN: What's up readers? I'm back! Anyways currently i'm editing my current chapters. I was re-reading my story and I noticed a lot of grammar mistakes and stuff that didn't quite make sense, so i'm fixing that right now, once i'm done fixing these chapters, i'll have the new chapter ready to upload. So if you get any notifications about chapters that have already been uploaded just know that it's me editing. Thanks for bearing with me! - SM19
'…' Thoughts
"..." Speaking
It was dismissal time at Gakuen Alice, and the hallways were empty, void of any life. Only a certain brunette walked the hallways, in search for someone, her name is Mikan Sakura, a thirteen year old girl with mid waist-length hair and beautiful, mesmerizing hazel eyes, she was a pretty girl in her own way, her chest was plain, but her body was somewhat attractive to many guys, she has a pear shape body. Currently, she was heading toward the sakura tree, a very special place for her. She was going to meet with her boyfriend, Natsume Hyuuga. A lad with raven colored hair and beautiful crimson eyes who was also thirteen years old. He had skipped class once again. It was nothing new for Mikan.
She turned right reaching the hallway that led to the exit, but before she was able to flee the building and reach her destination, She saw something completely insane and horrifying. Stepping back, she turned back, as her back rested on the wall, her right hand clasped over her mouth in order to keep the sobs from coming out. There in front of the door that led to the exit she saw her boyfriend of four months kissing another girl. Mikan was stunned, a surge of emotions were rising up within her, shock, sadness, betrayal, but most of all an unbridadle rage. She was about to step out and say something when the girl finally spoke up. She looked somewhat familiar. That's when she realized who she was. Luna Koizumi.
"Natsume~ when are you going to break up with that girlfriend of yours? You know, I can't always be skipping Jinno's class!"
'What?!' Mikan thought shocked.
"Whatever. not like you care about his class" Natsume stated in his nonchalant voice
"Yes, that's true, I rather be with you, and have our little make-out sessions~" Luna said in a seducing voice. Mikan's eyes widened, she couldn't believe what she was hearing, he had been cheating on her for a while now. Mikan was about to leave when she heard something that spiked her interest
. "Also, here..Imai got the manga that you wanted" Luna said while handing him the manga. Natsume grabbed it and started skimming through the pages.
'Hotaru?' Mikan thought.
"I can't believe you made a bet with Imai just to get a new manga each week." Luna said flabbergasted, 'what bet?' Mikan thought, Luna as if reading Mikan's thoughts, asked that very same question.
"If I make Polka fall for me and she accepts to be my girlfriend, then Imai will have to give me a new manga every week that I'm with her, it was a pretty easy bet, she fell into my hands in a snap" Natsume shrugged his shoulder like it was no big deal while not taking his eyes of his newly acquired manga.
Mikan's breath hitched. She couldn't believe it, why would Hotaru do that to her, she didn't understand anymore. Mikan took a tentative step back. If she watched this anymore she didn't know if she could keep her emotions in check, so she ran, her vision getting blurry every passing second with tears in her eyes.
'Hotaru wouldn't do that she wouldn't! She's my best friend she wouldn't! They're lying'
Finally she stopped running and for some reason her feet led her to Hotaru's lab, she didn't know why she was there, but again her feet were leading her to the entrance. She was just a couple feet away, when it suddenly opened, Mikan panicked and she hid. Coming out of the lab was Hotaru and Ruka.
"Imai-san, don't you think that what you did was wrong?" Ruka asked
"I have no idea what you're talking about" She answered her monotone voice leaving a sour taste in Mikan's mouth.
"About the bet Imai-san. Sakura-san is bound to find out" He replied to her
"No she won't, Mikan is a complete idiot and you know it" She replied nonchalant. Mikan stared at the two of them trying hard once again to analyze the situation, but what was there to analyze. Everyone she had known and trusted, and put faith in, had just turned out to be out for her. She clenched her fists. Her nails digging into the palms of hands.
'What? So it's true! That can't be! Why didn't Ruka tell me?!' She thought to herself. Mikan had enough! She didn't want to hear anything anymore.
She ran back to her dorm and locked it, her Best friend wasn't her best friend, her friends that she trusted weren't her friends, her supposed boyfriend wasn't her boyfriend.
And that's when Mikan realized that not everything is as it seems.
Mikan woke up that morning remembering the events that had happened last night. She couldn't understand why they would do that to her. Why would her best friend make a bet that included her?
She couldn't believe it, well it didn't matter anymore.
Just as Mikan was heading towards her class to tell Narumi-sensei that she was going to head to the headmaster's office she heard a commotion in her class, it was usual for her, since her class was the loudest out of all the others, but this commotion made her stop in her tracks, they were talking about her.
'you have to be kidding me' She thought to herself
"50 rabbits that Natsume dumps Mikan next week" a classmate of her shouted clearly a girl
"100 rabbits for me" came another
"70 rabbits that Natsume and Mikan are still together by next week"
"What?! Why, would Natsume want to stay with Mikan! She's an idiot and a clumsy girl, she doesn't deserve to be with Natsume!"
"Yeah! And she's so annoying to! Always clingy and sticking her nose in other people business!"
"So is that all for today, then?" A monotone voice, that she recognized to be Hotaru, spoke up for the first time, but not to defend her. No. Her obsession with money is all that counts. She was furious, everybody in her class knew and everybody was betting and pitching in, and nobody, NOBODY, defended her or told them to stop.
'WHAT THE HELL!' was all that was in Mikan's mind at the moment.
She took a few deep breaths before walking inside the classroom, and tried to be cheerful when walking inside.
"Ohiyo minna-san!" Mikan shouted as she stepped inside the classroom, faking one of her bright smiles. Nobody taking notice.
As soon as the class heard Mikan they all panicked, not knowing what to do, some were about to greet her back pretending nothing had happened.
"Ohiyo minna-san~~" Narumi-sensei, their homeroom and English teacher greeted them as he bounced his way into the class. He wore a frilly white long sleeved shirt with frills at the end of the sleeves, neon-purple leggings that say princess in color pink at the thighs, with white flats that had a pink bow at the front of the shoe, and he wore a pink headband.
"Ahh! Narumi-sensei I have to ask you something!" Mikan said
"Ah, Mikan-chan~~ before you ask me anything the headmaster is asking for you~" Narumi told her in his usual cheerful tone
"The Headmaster?!" Mikan asked clearly surprised, at this she heard the whole class gasp, and one certain raven haired girl looked up, curiosity seen in her eyes
"Hai! You know the way don't you!" It was more of a statement than a question
"Hai!" She replied cheerfully, now this spiked the interest of the young raven haired girl, nobody was ever sent to the headmaster's office and Mikan ad never gone, so how does she know where to go. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the back door open and in came Natsume walking in quietly.
"See you later Mikan~~" He said cheerfully as she walked out of the class.
A raven haired girl, watched as her brunette friend walked out. Many questions danced around in that genius brain of hers, all of them related to this situation, she was intrigued or so to say. She knew she wouldn't get any answers now as her friend had already left, and she wouldn't dare go and ask the gay bastard. Making up her mind Hotaru decided that she would ask Mikan when she came back from the Headmaster's office.
Once Mikan was out of the class, she heard an uproar in her class. Questions being thrown at Narumi.
"Narumi-sensei why is Mikan going to the headmasters office? Is she in trouble?" one asked
"Is Mikan going to get expelled sensei?" another asked
And so on and so on.
Mikan chuckled a little at that statement. The Headmaster was actually her uncle, Yukihira Kazumi. Older and only brother of her father Yukihira Izumi, so if she gets called up to the headmaster's office it would be nothing bad, but she did wonder why he would call her.
She stood in front of two oak wooden doors, she knocked twice before she heard a "Come in".
She stepped inside the big room, many portraits held in the walls. She made her way towards the mahogany desk that was in the middle of the room, as she reached the desk she came face to face with a sculpture that made her smile. The sculpture had two lionesses on the sides, One was on the left and the other was on the right, right next to the lionesses were baby cubs two in each side and in the middle at the top of both of the lionesses, stood a lion keeping watch over his family protecting them. She was glad her uncle liked it, for she had given it to him on his birthday. But that was six years ago, and he still had it, she was glad.
"Mikan-chan, Ohayu" Came the voice of her uncle interrupting her thoughts
"Ah... Oji ohayu, you needed me?" She asked
"Hai your parents called" He stated.
"My parents?"
"Yes, your parents. They really miss you and want to see you. Now, Mikan I suggested to them that it would be better if you moved back in with them that way you could spend more time with them. They said it's your choice but if you decide to move back in with them they'll be really happy"
"You told them, that it would be better if I moved in with them?! Then that'll mean I'll be going to America?!" She asked shock written all over her face
"Yes"
"When will I be leaving?" She asked.
"I could schedule a flight for next week"
"Is there an earlier flight?"
"Let me see, there's one tomorrow morning"
"Great! I'll be leaving in that one!"
"But won't that be a little early I'm assuming that your parents will be expecting you next week"
"Perfect, than that way it'll be a surprise!" She said giggling
"Alright, I'll be contacting your brother then, you'll be needing an escort after all"
"Hai! Arigatou Oji!"
"Your welcome Mikan, I suggest you go pack your stuff and rest, I'll call someone so that they can take you to your house, you also have to tell Kishio-san about you moving, and if you decide she can come along, but remember you have to be at the airport early"
"Hai! But I have to go to the dorms to get some of my stuff first, Ja ne!"
"Ja"
And with that she left her uncle's office and headed to her dorm to pack. Once she packed all of her stuff which wasn't much, since most of it was back at her house. Which wasn't really a house, more like a mansion, considering who her parents were.
When she was done, she turned back around and gave the room a final look. The room looked like nobody had used it for a while, it was empty, void of any life, except for the pictures she had left behind. She made sure that she would leave anything that reminded her of them, since they wanted to be using her as toy, and a way of gaining money, she would never forgive them. She would leave all those pictures that contained memories with all of her 'friends'.
'Screw all of them, they don't deserve to be forgiven, and I won't forgive them anytime soon! Or will I ever forget what they did, those Bastards!' She thought mad at what they had done.
With one last look at the room she turned and closed the door behind her, not once looking behind her. She got to the gates and there she saw a black car waiting for her.
'Mikan is still not back, what's taking her so long? i swear when i see her i'm going to kill her for making me worry' A certain raven haired girl thought to herself, but she wasn't the only one worried.
'where is polka? she better be back soon or else i'll burn all of her hair' Natsume thought worried, even though he had his manga on his face, he would've known if Mikan was there.
'I wonder if Sakura-san is alright, she's taking really long in the headmaster's office' Ruka thought
Classes went by smoothly, and no Mikan had appeared, this made everybody feel uneasy.
"Oi! Narumi, where's Mikan?" Hotaru asked, Natsume and Ruka behind her.
"EH? you mean she's still not back" he asked shocked that she was still not back.
"That's why were asking, baka!" Hotaru said
"They sure are taking a long time...I wonder~" Narumi mumbled low enough for nobody to hear, that is except the three that were standing right in front of him, Hotaru and Natsume raised a questioning brow at him but he paid no heed to it.
"Narumi! what do you mean?" Ruka asked.
"Huh!..Nothing..nothing at all" He mumbled as he exited the room with his pointer finger in his chin, he knew something but they didn't want to ask him.
They all made their way to their seats, worrying if Mikan was all right. They all just waited until Mikan would come to them and tell them a stupid thing like there was nothing to worry.
"Yukihira-sama, I am Yamamoto Nagihiko, and I'll be at your service for today" The chauffeur said, bowing his head towards Mikan.
"Yoroshiku Yamamoto-san" Mikan said while giving him a curt nod.
With that out of the way they made their way to the Yukihira residence, Mikan went inside and headed towards her room packing all of her stuff, with Akane, her babysitter, helping her. After they were done Akane went to pack her own stuff, leaving Mikan in her room, she took all of the stuff that reminded her of her so called friends and threw them or either ripped them. Most of the things were Hotaru's. Her so called best friend since the 3rd grade. Inventions, pictures, souvenirs that she had given her after some of her trips, she threw them away not caring anymore at all.
She was almost done throwing all of Hotaru's gifts away, when she spotted a picture frame on her coffee table. In the frame there wasn't a picture, but a note. Curious, she picked it up and started scanning over the lines of sloppy kanji.
Hi, I'm Hotaru, I'm new here, and I wanted to make some friends, you seem nice. What's your name?
It was the first time they had ever met. Hotaru used to sit behind Mikan in the third grade. She was always passing notes. When the teacher's back was turned Hotaru would toss a crumpled note to Mikan. This. This was their first note.
Mikan looked at her trash can and flung the message in, picture frame and all. Glass broke as steady tears began to pour down her face. That was the last of Hotaru. She took a moment to straighten herself out. No use getting on a plane in tears. She would take her new life in stride. No regrets. No mistakes. She would succeed where she failed here. Mikan would make something of herself yet. With one last sniff she sat down on her bed. Akane wrapped her arms around her, they didn't say anything, they just sat there, enjoying each other's company.
Finally done with everything, she went straight to bed and knocked out as soon as her head hit the pillow.
The next morning she was up and early. She was wearing high waisted camo pants, with black caged heels, a black halter crop top, and an army green bomber jacket, and a pair of black sunglasses that laid in her hair to finish off her look, simple but cute. She was with Akane in the back seat of the car heading towards the airport, Akane was wearing a long sleeved burgundy shift dress with black knee high boots, her black waist length hair was done into a french braid, with two strands of hair loose to frame her face perfectly, making people mesmerize themselves into her beautiful baby blue eyes. They both had the same idea, that if they were going to see the Yukihira's again after a couple years they had to be dressed properly.
They were already at the airport with Mikan's uncle too see them off.
"Sayonara, Mikan-chan, take care and greet your parents for me" Mikan's uncle said.
"Hai, I will" she said, and gave him a hug and a peck in the cheek, once he let her go he turned to Akane.
"Kishio-san, Please take care of Mikan you know how she can be"
"Yes, too true" She chuckled at that statement "Don't worry I'll take care of Mikan-chan, Yukihira-san" she smiled.
"Thank you, and you take care also" He said.
"I will, same goes for you, you old coot" she gave him a small smile "Now, Mikan-chan, our flight is about to leave so we should go now" She suggested staring at Mikan.
"Hai!" She replied and then gave her full attention to her uncle "Sayonara Oji" she gave him one last hug and ran to the entrance of her flight.
Once there both Akane and Mikan turned and waved goodbye to Kazumi. They boarded the plane and left, while the old Mikan stayed back in Japan, and the New Mikan flew to America.
Never once turning her head back as soon as those doors closed, she had made her decision, and now she couldn't go back, and she wouldn't go back. She made the right choice. She was sure of it.
