A/N: This is my first debut -fan fiction- story. I hope you all will enjoy it. This story will probably be done in POV of certain characters. Who are the characters is for you readers to find out. Try to ignore how the characters are rather OOC. Cheerios.

Disclaimer - I honestly DO NOT own Gakuen Alice. So please, DO NOT waste your precious rabbits to hire a lawyer.

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Prologue

How long has it been since that girl went to this school? It seems she has been here just yesterday. Ever since I got wind of her existence in this school, I took it upon myself to monitor her.

I do not understand why or how come I am doing it. Yet, I still did it. It amazes me how this clumsy little girl can have my attention, even just a little.

There is nothing about her that shows about him. She is more like that person. That person whom the academy had blacklisted. That person whom ideals and goals are being carried out by the Anti Alice Organization.

I often wonder if its really that person who is leading the AAO or just another person petty excuse to wage a war against the academy. Ah, yes. The Alice Academy seems like any other ordinary prestigious private school.

Then again, the truth lies underneath the underneath. An academy that keeps the student inside. Like a cage, being monitored 24/7 and abilities used for the academy personal amusement.

The harsh reality is only seen by certain students. Students such as Hyuuga Natsume. My so-called favourite one. I laughed at the aspect of that hot tempered brat being my favourite one.

Who in their right mind would make that brat his favourite one. He maybe a young genius but he has such a foul temper. Often that temper is misplaced on many innocent bystanders, especially that girl.

Both like night and day. Him, being night and her being day. Such differences can be seen easily but the similarities are always there. Only if one truly paid attention to one of the half. The day half.

On the outside, she looks cheerful and has a bubbly attitude. An attitude that can be considered annoying. Everyday she will be running to class trying to get there on time. She will bump into the great Hyuuga and trip. This causes her short skirt to flip upwards and the Hyuuga gets to see the panty of the day.

Of course, this causes the Hyuuga to comment on it and her to scream on top of her lungs about the Hyuuga perverseness. Upon reaching class, she will attempt to hug her so-called best friend, only to be beaten back by the infamous baka gun.

Then, she will continue on by greetings the others cheerfully. Everyday for the past five years the routine was the same. Her smile never faltered in front of her friends, she carried on being her usual self. It all seemed well to everyone and anyone around her.

That is how she is. Clumsy, noisy, annoying and always cheerful no matter what. That is how people relate to her and how they perceive her. Five years she managed to hold on to that precious mask of her. Never her intention for others to see the girl behind the mask. The girl that hides behind her own cheerfulness and clumsiness.

A girl that is breaking bit by bit into nothingness. It was pure luck when I saw a glimpse of this girl true self. Only for a moment, but my perception of her changed and the image stuck in my mind. I started to look more into her background and tried to gather much needed information on her.

For months, I worked on it. Only to come to one conclusion, this girl is strong but vulnerable. She grew up in the countryside, living with the only family she has -the grandfather-.

She grew up having no parents and no siblings. Perhaps over the years she came to accept this notion and move on.

In kindergarten, she met her destined best friend - Hotaru Imai-. An emotionless girl who loves money and a young inventor. She came to be someone who is cherished and dear to this girl. A companion, a sister she never had, someone she can turn to.

Naturally, for a mere 10 year old, when said companion left her, she went after her. Only to be discovered as an Alice user also. There she met the elusive Narumi-sensei, the ever responsible Iinchou -Yuu-, the animal loving Ruka Nogi, the weird sisters Nonoko and Anna, so on and so forth.

She affected every one of them in some ways. Still, none of them managed to see the vulnerable side of her. The fact that she feels that she is alone with no one beside her. Her best friend is never one to comfort her, the others are just there, and some of her classmates still like to bully her.

The first time I watched her, it was amusing for me. Day by day goes by with almost the same scene. Nothing important to take note for, still, as a precaution, that girl every move and behavior must be monitored.

Her lifestyle became boring, and meaningless to me, until that day. The day, dated three years ago, the day I saw a glimpse of the vulnerable girl within her. The day I saw the real Mikan Sakura.

- Tsuzuku -

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