WHAT THE TRUTH REALLY IS…

Disclaimer: I own nothing of Gakuen Alice, if you want you can take it but I surely know that what you will get is only a lawsuit from the real author, which is Higuchi Tachibana. Therefore, if I were you, I'd rather not take what isn't yours, make just story out of it, but a fiction that is- just like mine! Read and Review please. (MY FIRST FIC EVER!).

The truth never seems to be true most of the time. It's always something distant and unreachable. Once you try to catch it- it disappears from your grasps- like a mist. It blinds you from your path but then it never was there in the very beginning, you never could touch it, but only feel it. If that is what truth really is, how can we know what truth is. Well… for starters, here's a story for you to find out.

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Chapter 1: Out Cold with…HUH?!?!?

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"Oji-san… I really miss you a lot…" Mikan Sakura, a nosy, happy- go lucky Alice user of Gakuen Alice, sighed- heavily. Five years had already passed since she first entered Gakuen Alice and had made many friends inside the campus. From being a no star student, she was promoted to three star by Jinno- sensei, the very least teacher you could meet. Because of her accidental yet big help to Jinno- sensei, this lightning user had promoted her into three star and somewhat had liken her - a bit. Ever since she was small, she already had her very closest friend she might also call as a part of her family- Imai Hotaru.

Mikan positioned herself on the veranda, an exclusive adjacent space next to her room, where she sat comfortably, with blankets covering half of her upper body, watching the night sky and the brilliantly twinkling stars above her. It was a cold night, the wind swayed the leaves of the trees gently yet noisily, as the brunette found it quite lovely seeing the trees swayed to the persistent blowing of the winds.

"5 years, huh?" She sat there, in deep contemplations on things about her past, things happening in her present, and what might happen in her future. "It's quite lonely being alone in this spacious room…" she murmured to the winds as she looked back to her room, scanning around, like the first time she had entered this room 3 years ago. Scanning from left to right, a small smile was found on her face as she recalled something… funny. "Hotaru would usually come over here every afternoon for some afternoon snacks." She smiled at the thought. She really like Hotaru a lot and being her friend, she always trusted her with any actions she might do. Deep in thought, Mikan did not realize someone on one of the branches of the trees, until "it" spoke. A masculine voice.

"Sleeping, are we…?" the man spoke with such ease and calmness that shook the brunette out of her trance.

"Natsume-kun…" Mikan murmured once more to the winds, as she was quite shocked to see his masculine figure in front of her, sitting on a tree from across her veranda "- on a tree…" she injected quite nastily. Mikan was used to Natsume's surprising appearances here and there. Being his partner was somewhat an advantage to her because she get to know the fire user more. Such nasty comments spoken by each party became a way of greeting by the two and this kind of greeting is shared only by the two. "Konbanwa. What are you doing there… mind if I ask, Natsume-kun?" her tone change from being nasty to friendly.

"…" he did not respond, sitting there as if no one or "nothing" talked. Being Natsume, it was his habit of not responding to HER. That shook one of Mikan's nerves. Still, Mikan remained calm and asked the question again. He did not reply once more. POP! Another vein could be seen on the left side of Mikan's forehead. Noticing this fast change of atmosphere - and of course it was evening -, being noisy was the least thing you must do, Natsume responded with his utmost no-care-at-all-kind-of-tone. "I needed a change in my evening routine."

"a change …. In your evening routine…?" Mikan repeated Natsume's words questioningly. "I didn't kn-"

"People needed a change in what they do, right. It's only natural, LITTLE GIRL." Natsume cut her off and spoke in an as-a-matter-of-fact-tone. This only added fuel to Mikan fire. Especially on his last two words.

"I'm no little girl, you know!!! I'm FIFTEEN mind you. BAKA!" Mikan retorted. This kind of thing wasn't a big deal on Natsume but to Mikan- it was something really big. And Natsume really like that side of Mikan- it almost make him wanna laughed for her stupidity and course of actions.

"Sure you're not- on the outside onlt, that is. Looking at you- I could think likewise, but talking to you…" he stopped looked at the brunette and smirked. "…hahahah. You make me wanna laugh! You're no 15 year old student to me- in fact I might think you still as an elementary school kid with a uniform that of the middle school." Natsume teased calmly. His expression held nothing but calmness and eye glinting with mockery.

"Awwww, shut up!" Mikan was quite pissed but still found it quite fun talking to him. Looking back at Natsume's features, she laughed softly. Natsume, keeping his gaze away from her, looked at the laughing girl with astonishment. "Demo ne…" This statement made Natsume listen to. "… you were so open today. I really liked that side of you." Mikan said with utter frankness and with a bright smile on her face that even the darkness of the night couldn't hide. "It felt like, I've found another side of you." She mumbled softly but loud enough to be heard by the fire caster.

"You know, LITTLE GIRL, you shouldn't bother coming any closer to the darkness that you don't need to see…" Natsume said seriously. His face bent down making his expression unseen to Mikan. It was dark as well and the only sight Mikan could see from him is his masculine outline and nothing else.

"Because… you're different from us, right?" Mikan added calmly standing from her chair and walking toward the rail of the veranda looking only straight at Natsume, who on the other hand, didn't move at all. She smiled. "I know…" she turned around, her back leaning on the rail facing Natsume. "Because, you always tell me that…" She held her head high as she looked up at the starry night.

"Then don't bother anymore. How many times have I told you but you never seemed to understand it." Natsume replied, his head faced Mikan's back. The tension was building. "You should know already when to stop. This is something you must not know." He said silently whispering to himself but still Mikan had heard it.

"But you know… Oji-san… he told me this…" Mikan's expression became calm and was filled with passion. Oh how he missed his grandfather. She turned around once more and had come face to face with Natsume. "He told me that the truth is hidden because it wanted to be found. Now I guess I kinda know what it meant." She smiled at Natsume, who only tore his gaze away from her. "Even though you might think that you could hide something. Surely, there is someone who could really find it out and might even help you."

"Go to sleep, LITTLE GIRL… it's getting dark." Natsume ran out of words to counter Mikan. But with this words Mikan smiled once more.

"Whatever secret you may keep, I hope someday you might be able to share it with me, Natsume- kun." She said as she removed her hands from the rails and stretched her hands upward. She yawned. "Oyasumi, Natsume- kun." She smiled softly at him and went off to her room. Natsume still sat there at the tree, in deep thoughts, listening to the rustling of the wind and the swaying of the leaves, recalling the action that had just taken place.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Uwaaaah!!! At last! I managed to make my very own fic. How did you like it my dear readers. Hope you loved it. Ah yes, this isn't a oneshot and I'm hoping for a long fic. Please review this very well.

Oh yes, I have a question. I don't know the answer…. "When is the last dance held…? I know it's the last day of the festival but what month is it celebrated?" Please, needed badly and thank you again for reading.