Yo, Minna-san! It's Nessie-chan again! I hope you like this one.

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Discovery of an Alice

A Gakuen Alice Story

Chapter One

"Mommy!" yelled my daughter, Mina, running into the room with her little brother, Kai, chasing her.

"What's wrong, Mina?" I asked kindly.

"You can't tell her!" Kai said fiercely, looking daggers at his sister.

"Kai-chan cut my hair!" she said, pulling a chunk out to show me. It was almost a full inch shorter than the rest of her hair. I had to stifle my laughter, but I managed it and put on my "you're in trouble" face.

"Kai," I said, my voice scolding. "I've told you not to pick on your sister, so why do you keep playing tricks on her?"

"I didn't!" Kai exclaimed indignantly. I looked at him, then at Mina's hair, then back to him, disbelievingly. "It wasn't me," said Kai. "It was Miki-chan!"

Miki-chan was Mina's best friend, and I knew for a fact that she wasn't over right then. "Kai, please, stop lying to me," I said. He was three, and didn't quite know a believable lie from an obvious one yet. Mina was five. Kai began to say something, but I cut him off. "Right now, what I care about is that you're lying about having cut your sister's hair. So, please, tell me the truth."

Kai let out the breath that he'd been holding since I cut him off, and mumbled. "I'm sorry for lying. I cut her hair."

"Thank you," I said. "Now...sit on the couch for ten minutes. I'm going to set the timer." Kai sighed and went to sit on the couch in the den. "Mina, is it alright if Grandma Yuka cuts the rest of your hair so it's even?"

Mina nodded, and I yelled for my mother. She yelled an answer back, and came down the stairs.

"What is i- Oh my God, Mina-chan, what happened to your hair?" she yelled in surprise.

"Kai-chan cut it," she said.

"What a bad little boy. I hope he got a proper scolding." She looked at me and I nodded. "Good. Here, let me get some scissors so I can fix your hair."

I didn't even have to ask her, I thought to myself. I wondered when Natsume would be home. Even though I'd seen him that morning, I already missed him. It was almost six thirty, so he should be home soon, I reasoned.

And speak of the Devil, I heard the key turn in the lock.

"I'm home!" Natsume called from the foyer. He was taking off his shoes when I came running at him and hugged him hard. He staggered back a little, but caught himself, and hugged me back, gently. "I was only gone for the day, just like every other day," he half grumbled, but I knew he didn't mind me glomping him.

I thought about play-arguing with him, but instead I said the simple (and obvious) truth. "I missed you," I said. He pulled away and kissed me softly, and only when we pulled apart from that did I realize that Natsume had found Narumi-sensei and brought him home with him. I blushed softly, realizing he'd seen all of that, and Narumi smiled.

"Hello, Mikan-chan," he said in his usual voice. "Can I come in?"

"Of course," I said. "You do technically live here, you know."

"I only wish," he said as we walked into the kitchen.

Mom was cutting Mina's hair, but stopped and looked up as we walked in. She froze and slowly put the scissors down when she saw Narumi. Mina looked up, too, and smiled in surprise. "Grandpa Narumi!" she yelled happily, and ran to hug him. He scooped her up as she came and hugged her.

"Mina-chan, what happened to your hair?" he asked by way of greeting. I could tell Mina was liking all the attention.

"Kai-chan cut it, so Grandma Yuka was just fixing it."

"Ah," Narumi said, putting her down and walking to Mom. "Hello, Yuka-senpai."

Mom looked at him for another second then hugged him hard. "Idiot, Naru!" she said, hugging him tightly to her. "You couldn't have gotten off work sooner? I missed you, idiot!"

"Sorry...sorry," he said to her as she continued to berate him.

Mina was looking both happy and a little confused, so I cleared my throat audibly, so that Mom and Narumi would disengage from their hug and pay attention to their surroundings again.

Mom looked a tiny bit flustered when she looked up, and then she noticed Mina. "Ah, I have to finish your hair, don't I?" she said, and Mina nodded. "Well come over here so I can finish." Mina went and sat in the chair, and Narumi sat in the one next to her, so that he could talk to her and Mom.

I smiled at them and the timer went off. "You can get off the couch now, Kai," I said.

"YAY!" he yelled, coming in to greet Narumi-sensei.

I smiled and shook my head at my children, and at my mother and step-father. I turned to look at Natsume, who was smiling down at me.

"What?" I asked, a little self conscious.

"You're even more beautiful when you smile," he whispered into my ear, making me blush even more.

"Ah, mou! Natsume!" I said, blushing furiously, and hitting him on the arm. He smiled at me again, before kissing me. I automatically kissed him back, and the world disappeared. That is, until I heard Kai say, very loudly, "EWW!" I disengaged from our kiss, blushing, and looked at Natsume. He smirked evilly, before looking at Kai.

"Come here, you little brat," he said teasingly to our son. Kai screamed in pretend fear and ran away. Natsume pretended to run after him, and they ran through the house, until I heard Kai scream again, then start to giggle.

I smiled at my little family. I couldn't believe how happy we were. I was twenty six, my husband and I hadn't been chased by the Academy after we left. Mom didn't have to hide anymore, and as far as we could tell, neither of our children had an Alice. Mom had also been happily married to Narumi-sensei since we'd run out of the Academy. I sighed happily.

Little did I know that my happy little world would soon be shattered.

Enter epic music! Okay, yeah, I know. Nothing really happened here. For some reason the first chapters of all my multi-chapter stories start out with nothing happening. Then again, so do many stories. The first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone only sets the stage for the rest of the books. Although, it introduces so many characters that it's really interesting anyway...

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