hi, it`s me again with a new story. :D I hope you all like this. I promise you an interesting plot til the end. ;)
Disclaimer: I don`t own Gakuen Alice. :c
CHAPTER ONE.
Natsume Hyuuga, the Black Cat, has the Alice of Fire. The Academy sends its most powerful students into secret missions for their own privilege. The Black Cat is feared by many who know his existence. He always gets the mission done. Despite his fearsome brigade, many do not know that under that mask lies a fifteen year old boy.
How pathetic. Natsume often thinks. Scaredy cats.
Currently, the Black Cat is sitting in the Elementary School Principal`s office, waiting for the next order. He is usually sent out to secret missions that would benefit the school. Persona entered the room with a smirk on his face.
"I have your next mission." Persona said in his usual creepy voice. "It seems that part of the Z organization is forming in a warehouse near the pier. I need you to burn them all to a crisp. Apparently, they`re talking about some new secret weapon. Take that weapon and bring it here."
"Piece of cake." Natsume said as he went to accomplish his mission.
Persona doesn`t help him with the missions but he comes with Natsume just to make sure he doesn`t escape. He well knows that Natsume plans on running off. He would never allow his most prized possession to get away.
As they got to the warehouse, they observed the scene. The building looked abandoned but they could feel the presence of other Alices, the "Z." There were no barriers around the building.
Stupid. He thought to himself. Burning this place would be easy.
He readied himself and fire was at his hand, ready to be shot to the building. Persona put a hand on his shoulder. His hand was cold, making Natsume flinch.
"Wait, the secret weapon." Persona said. "We need to find out what it is."
He nodded and sneaked into the building without anybody noticing. Inside the building, there were men and women talking to each other. What surprised him was a brunette teenager sitting alone with her iPod on.
Who is she?
He took a look around, but no secret weapon was there. No machinery was present. Natsume went back to Persona and reported what he found. Everything went by so fast, Persona was speaking to somebody on the phone, then he was surprised to be told to burn the building, no more secret weapon in mind.
Natsume did as he was told. In seconds, the warehouse was up in flames. He was about to walk away when Persona stopped him again. "We`ll examine."
"Since when has that been my job?" Natsume asked sarcastically.
"Since you failed to bring me the secret weapon." Persona answered back. Natsume just rolled his eyes.
The burning didn`t last long. They were far enough from civilization that nobody would notice a fire even started. Once the flames vanished, the two went to look for the so-called secret weapon. Natsume just kicked the rubble out of his way, without even bothering to use his hands.
Nothing. He found nothing at all. Persona and Natsume were about to walk away when Natsume noticed a figure just meters away from the scene of the fire. As Natsume went closer to "examine", he distinguished a human figure, not just rubble.
Natsume`s eyes widened as he saw it was the brunette on the iPod.
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"What did you find?" Persona asked, getting impatient.
"It`s.. A girl." Natsume said.
Persona was shocked. "Why would a girl be here? She might just be any other girl. Let us leave."
Natsume shaked his head. "No."
"No?"
"I saw this girl before the fire. She was in the building."
"What was she doing there? Could she be an alice?
"Maybe. What other explanation would it be that she was able to escape from my fire?"
"You`re weak." Persona explained. Natsume winced. He did not like Persona insulting him.
Natsume was about to answer back when he heard the girl moan. "Her head is bleeding."
"That`s none of my business."
He didn`t know why, but he felt obliged to say the girl. Natsume took her into his arms and walked to the car.
"What are you doing?" Persona shouted.
"Carrying the girl, isn`t it obvious?"
"I did not order that."
"What if she`s an Alice? What if she has information on the secret weapon?"
When Persona heard Natsume`s second presumption, he couldn`t help but walk back to the car without complaining about the girl anymore.
"I would not take care of her, you picked her up, you bring her to the Academy`s hospital."
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Natsume doesn`t know what hit him but he felt a certain attraction to the brunette. He wanted to save her, he wanted to hear her speak, he wanted to know her name. Is that so much to ask?
As soon as they entered the Academy, Natsume brought the girl to the Academy`s hospital.
"What`s the matter with her?" The school`s doctor asked.
"I think she hit her head, we found her in the streets." Natsume lied. "Her head was blee-" Strange. Just a while ago, her head was bleeding, but now, it seems completely healed.
"Her head was?"
"Nevermind that. Just make sure she`s okay." Natsume said. "Please." He added in a whisper.
"But Natsume," The doctor already knew him from his repeated visits. "We`re not even sure if she`s an Alice."
At that moment, Kazumi Yukihara, the High School Principal, passed by. He was in the Academy`s hospital for he was checking up on the school.
"HSP." The doctor bowed.
"Who is this you are talking about?" He asked in a powerful tone.
"Well, Natsume brought in a girl whom they passed by in his mission." The principals know about the missions that the Elementary School Principal sends the Dangerous Ability Class to. Despite how they object, they cannot do anything for the DA class is under the ESP. "And I don`t even know if she`s an Alice."
"Let me see her." The principal demanded. He was lead to the girl. Once he saw the brunette, he was shocked at how powerful her aura was emitting. Several alices. He thought. He decided not to tell anybody of the little girl`s power for there was something familiar about her that makes him want to protect her. "She`s an Alice."
"But sir! What`s her—" The doctor was cut off when the principal walked out, trying his best not to talk about her.
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The doctor then started examining her. She was also going to be admitted to the school since she`s an Alice.
"Natsume." The doctor called out. He looked up from the manga he was reading. "Do you have any injuries? Cause if not, you don`t need to be here. Go back to your dorm."
He wanted to object but he knew it was the truth. It was past the students` curfew and so he went back to his room and left the brunette.
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"Mikan." Mother told me before she was about to leave me.
"Mother?"
Tears were forming in her eyes. She knew that she had one foot already in the grave. Mother belonged to an organization she doesn`t want to talk to me about. She said that if I knew, they might track me down and use me.
"Always take care of yourself." She kissed my forehead. "And remember, never let anybody know of your Stealing Alice unless it`s really called for. Do not let anybody use you."
"Yes, mother." I said. My voice was already getting croaky. I felt a tear on my cheek.
"I love you, Mikan."
"I love you too, mother."
And that was the last time I ever saw my mother, Azumi Yuka.
Mikan woke up in a well-lighted room. She was in hospital room, she guessed.
What am I doing here? Where am I? What happened? The last thing she ever remembers was that of her dream.
Seconds after her waking up, the doctor came into the room, as if he knew everything that was happening.
"Hello. Who are you?" She asked, straightforwardly.
"I`m a doctor." I hate doctors. She thought to herself. "And you are?"
"Mikan, Mikan Sakura." She introduced herself. "May I ask what am I doing here? Last thing I know is that mother was leaving me."
"When was this?" The doctor asked, pulling out a pen and scribbling on his pad.
"Yesterday." Mikan said, rubbing her arms. "Why is it so cold?"
The doctor just laughed. "Mikan, it`s winter, how will it not be cold?"
"What do you mean it`s winter?" Mikan asked, confused. "It`s summer."
This earned a raised eyebrow from the girl. "So, it`s true."
"What is?"
"The result of my exams."
"What is the result?" Mikan asked, getting tired of the vague answers.
"In my exam, it seemed that you have some memory loss from the impact." He said. "You see, you were brought here by a student and he tells me that you`re head was hit pretty hard. When I examined you, there were concussions but your external seemed fine!" Perfectly fine for somebody who hit her head. The doctor thought.
Mikan smirked. She knew exactly why that was, she had the alice of invincibility, meaning she heals real fast. But she wasn`t about to tell a stranger that.
"Where am I, by the way?"
"My dear, you are in Alice Academy, the school for Alices."
"I know what Alices are." Mikan said. "My mother told me all that when I was 10."
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen."
"Hm, it seems you remember your childhood and all that, except for what happened the past year. Maybe it was a stressful year for you."
"How do you feel?"
"I`m fine. So what happens now?"
"You`re gonna study here." Mikan got excited, she heard stories about this place. She always wanted to go here though her mother objected.
"Yey!" She clapped her hands. "Oh yeah, you said some student brought me in. May I know who it was so I could thank him?"
"Oh yes right."
"So?.."
"His name`s Natsume Hyuuga. About your age. Don`t forget to talk to him, he seems attached."
Mikan just smiled. The name was familiar but she just couldn`t put her damaged head into what it was.
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Terence.