Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice is written by Higuchi Tachibana.
Summary:
A 'game' that was meant to reconcilate two 'friends' turned out to bring about unexpectedly surprises (?).
The 'couples' NxM, RxH, KxS each had their own story and 'troubles' (?).
Read more to find out! =)
Chapter One: S U R P R I S E S
It was the second year of high school. A noisy couple was attracting every one's attention.
"You are loathsome! Nasty fox!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX," an angry girl yelled in the classroom.
"Shut up, ugly girl," a calm voice replied.
This was the famous and sweet Natsume-Mikan couple that people were jealous of.
Since few years ago, all their classmates had already gotten used to their everyday flirting.
"They...... they are doing their usual routine again, aren't they, Imai,' Ruka spoke hesitatingly to a beautiful girl with short black hair and purple eyes.
Judging from the way Ruka called Hotaru, you might not feel any intimacy between them.
In fact, Ruka had been working for Hotaru without whining about anything. He obviously enjoyed doing so.
Basically every one around could feel that the way Ruka looked at Hotaru was particularly gentle. However, he was also particularly shy in front of Hotaru. He expressed his love for Hotaru to every one except Hotaru.
As for how Hotaru felt, it was a mystery. The only clue was obtained from her best friend, Mikan, "Hotaru seems to get pissed more easily." Mikan's instinct thought that it had something to do with Ruka.
In summary, the relationship between Ruka and Hotaru was cryptic.
Yet, the strangest relationship in this class so far was the one between Koko and Permy.
They had not talked to each other for more than a month.
Permy was avoiding Koko in a very explicit way. Every time when Koko wanted to get near Permy, whether it was an intention to talk to her, or to give her something, Permy would leave the scene immediately before Koko could get close to her.
All classmates find this dodging very unnatural. Even though some classmates had been asking Permy about it, she always found a way to switch topics for conversation.
According to Koko, he had absolutely no idea why Permy was doing so.
(Question: aren't you the mind-reader?
Answer: I can only read minds nearby. I can do nothing when I can't even get close to her.)
Koko was still bearing his usual friendly smile on his face, however, one can sense a glimpse of sadness from his eyes. Apparently, Permy's deliberate alienation was causing hurt to Koko.
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In view of this, a certain enthusiastic brunette would definitely do something about this. Mikan gathered some classmates for a meeting to reconcile Koko and Permy. Tsubasa heard there was something interesting going on here, so he joined the discussion.
"Let's play a game called 'Exchanging Gifts'!," Mikan said excitedly, "We will draw lots to determine who we need to give the present to. Besides, the identity of the giver will remain unknown to everyone. Of course, it's up to you if you want to reveal your identity to the receiver. With this, Koko and Permy can give something to each other anonymously, it may be a means for them to start communicating!"
"But... if it's drawing lots, Koko and Shouda may not pick each other by chance," Ruka asked.
"Don't worry! I am sure Hotaru can invent a special machine for drawing lots?" Mikan beamed at Hotaru eagerly.
"Machine design fee twenty thousand dollars, usage fee twenty thousand dollars," Hotaru coldly replied.
Everyone became speechless instantly.
When every thing was ready, Mikan tried her very very best to persuade Permy to join them. Permy could not stand the persistent invitation from Mikan, so she finally joined unwillingly.
After Mikan invited Koko, she kept standing next to him, and used Nullifying Alice to prevent Koko from reading their minds.
The participants of this 'Exchanging Gifts' game were: Mikan, Natsume, Hotaru, Ruka, Yuu, Tsubasa, Koko, and Permy.
Hotaru had already planned to set the machine in such a way that she would only pick herself, so that she did not need to bother about choosing presents.
Natsume had the same thought, he glared at Hotaru, telling her through his eyes, "You understand what I want, don't you?"
Hotaru replied through her eyes, "No problem, ten thousand dollars please."
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While the eight of them were about to go to Hotaru's lab, Narumi walked towards them.
Despite being an elementary school teacher originally, he also promoted to the middle school division and then the high school division in order to accompany the students he liked. These years, he had been watching over his beloved students, seeing how they grew up, and how they began to encounter teenage problems.
"Are you guys preparing to do something interesting?" Narumi asked with a smile on his face.
Mikan explained her idea of the game to Narumi, skipping the aims of the game of course, because Koko and Permy were right next to them. After listening to the details, Narumi decided to join this entertaining game as well.
"No problem!" Mikan happily exclaimed. Since the reconciling plan targeted to Koko and Permy, it would not hurt to have more people joining.
Unexpectedly, Narumi took out a piece of paper and said, "Let's start the game right now! We can cut this paper into small pieces, and then write our names on them, and begin drawing lots!"
Mikan quickly interrupted, "Wait a second! Hotaru has invented a drawing lot machine for this, let's go to her lab now!"
Permy cut Mikan short, "It's only drawing lots, right? There's no need to undergo so many troubles. Narumi sensei's suggestion is good enough."
Mikan tried to persist, "But..."
Permy said impatiently, "Why do you need to hesitate? Is it because that drawing lot machine has something special in it?" It seemed that she wanted to end the whole thing as early as possible.
Mikan nervously said, "Of course not! That machine is just a normal one for drawing lots." She got a feeling that her facial expression would betray her when she lied, so she quickly said something to distract Permy, "Okay, so let's start preparing the papers!"
Others who knew about the aim of this game jaw-dropped, and thought, "How about the original plan?"
When Narumi saw the others looking bewildered, he asked happily, "Why do you all have such a dull expression? It's such a previous opportunity to play a game together, so be happy!"
After writing their names on papers, Narumi repeated the rules for the game, "After we draw the lots, we need to give a present to the person whose name is on the paper we pick. The results of the drawing lots will not be made known, unless you want to reveal your identity yourself.
Every one of us will prepare a gift that you think your receiver needs the most, or a gift that your receiver will feel the happiest. Since it's going to be anonymous for all of us, we can somehow be impudent, hahaa!
Three days later, after writing the receiver's name of the present, bring it to the classroom and put it in a big black bag. We will take our gifts that day. Remember to be secretive!!"
Mikan was getting very excited. The so-called reconciling plan had already been thrown away from her mind.
Ruka, Yuu, Koko and Permy simply took things as they are. Tsubasa always looked forward to any kind of game.
As for Natsume and Hotaru, "Tch, that's troublesome!" was what they had in their minds.
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Once everyone picked their pieces of paper, they carefully looked at the names written on them. Each of them displayed different facial expressions.
Ruka, Yuu and Permy started thinking seriously.
When Koko, Tsubasa and Narumi saw the names, they came cross with good ideas at once. They all grinned at their clever thoughts.
Mikan stared at the paper for some time. Suddenly, she had a nice thought. She nodded with satisfaction and smiled sweetly.
When Hotaru was unfolding the paper, she kept wishing to see her own name. At the same time, she started planning, in case she picked someone else, she would just prepare that horse hoof or deer hoof. Nevertheless, she changed her mind the moment when she saw the name. She said to herself, "Maybe this time it's worth planning about this." As she was thinking this way, a smile appeared on her face without her noticing it.
Natsume reluctantly unfolded to paper. Well, he was never good at thinking what to give others, apart from certain targets of course. Since getting closer to his fellow students, he did not want to tackle the game in a perfunctory manner. However, at the same time, he was really unwilling to choose gifts carefully. Yet, he gave a huge relief when he saw the name, and said to himself, "That's really great!"
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Three days were not too long and not too short. Everyone was doing their job to prepare the gifts.
Ruka, Yuu, Narumi and Mikan contentedly looked at their gifts chosen after long and careful consideration. They said to themselves, "Hope this will be helpful for xxxxxx."
As for Koko and Tsubasa, whenever they looked at their gifts, they could not help laughing, because they could imagine how the receivers reacted once they saw the gifts. They thought, "I am sure xxxxxx will definitely like it!"
Hotaru and Permy thoughtfully wondered, "Should I really give this gift?" Both of them had never ever imagined that they would have such a frustrating day in their life.
As for Natsume, choosing this gift was way too simple, he was reading manga leisurely to kill time.
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That day finally came. All of them gathered in the classroom. After they took their own gifts, they slowly opened the wrappings. Then, they showed different reactions.
Yuu gratefully looked at the massage machine in his hand, thinking, "Ever since I became the special star student, I have been so busy and I get tired very easily. This gift is awesome!! Thank you so much!!!!"
Narumi's hand was holding a stack of coupons for a number of fashion boutiques. "Oh!! Wao!!! That's GREAT!!!! Some of them are well-known shops for ladies. I can easily increase the variety of clothes in my wardrobe!!" He got more excited as he continued to imagine.
Permy's gift was a card, with beautiful scenery on the cover. She opened the card and saw there was only one line on the card.
A line that made her stunned right away:
"He likes you too."
She unconsciously lifted up her head, and incidentally looked into Koko's eyes. She immediately felt her cheeks burning like hell, and her heart beating so hard that it was going to stop functioning soon. The feelings were so overwhelming that she fearfully rushed out of the classroom.
When Koko looked at his gift, he quickly shot a gaze at Permy. It was exactly the time when Permy looked up. He could not react at Permy's abrupt departure, however, before he could think rationally, his legs automatically started running at the direction where Permy had just left.
Every one else in the room was amazed at how Koko and Permy reacted. Were they lucky enough to pick each other by chance? They could no longer do anything for them at this moment, so they just hoped in the their hearts that both of them could make up eventually. They continued to unwrap their presents.
Tsubasa was VERY surprised when he saw his gift:
One ticket for "Honeymoon Theme Park"
entrance time: coming Sunday
"Honeymoon Theme Park"? It was the place where he wanted to date Misaki. He recalled his sad memory.
Last week, he tried hard to give hints to Misaki that he wanted to bring her to this park. Yet, she refused right away as she saw the word "Honeymoon".
Just when Tsubasa was thinking to himself, "who was that inconsiderate person that make such a fun of himself", he saw a note attached to the ticket saying,
Tsubasa senpai,
I have already dated Misaki senpai for you! Good luck!
Tsubasa sensed a warm feeling emerging from his heart.
Then, Tsubasa looked at Ruka, he quickly put his hand on his mouth to withhold his laughter.
Ruka's gift was a book:
"What Women Want Men to Know – Special Version"
Tsubasa and Narumi gently laid their hands on Ruka's shoulders, giving him a warm caring look and smile. Seeing Ruka's embarrassing look, Yuu and Natsume turned their head away in order not to laugh at Ruka.
After Hotaru glanced at Ruka, she maintained her attitude of "none of my business". Taking advantage of this moment when all others attention were still at Ruka, she went to a corner and looked at her gift:
a white envelop
She opened the raised her eyebrows.
Oh My God! It's CASH!! Sixty thousand dollars!! (It was equivalent to the amount of new year pocket money for special star student.)
Hotaru smiled happily, "It's really surprising that I could get such a good gift in this game."
Natsume hid his gift once he saw what it was. He did not want others to see it. But at the same time, he proudly smiled to himself,
"That's the usual brand and size. That idiot really likes that a lot!"
What Natsume received was:
Alice Brand – Pleasuremax X Performax Condoms (XL)
Natsume knew that Mikan would be in a good mood whenever she received gifts. He could not help looking forward to today's night-time, when happiness could undergo unlimited expansion. He gently looked at Mikan's direction.
Sadly, what Natsume got in return was a pair of angry, sad eyes.
"Natsume, I really HATE you!!!" Mfikan screamed madly. She picked up her gift and ran out of the classrooms, leaving all others in the room shocked.
Mikan kept running and running, tears came down silently. She recalled that night, when it was supposedly a sweet memory.
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One night, the two of them lied peacefully on bed.
Mikan asked, "Natsume, you said you will give me something soon, what are you planning to give me?"
Without second thought, Natsume replied, "Bra and panties with strawberry prints."
Mikan, "Don't you feel embarrassed when you go to the shop to buy these?"
Natsume thought to himself, "Idiot, one can order through mail or internet."
Mikan continued, "But how can you buy? You don't know my size."
Natsume replied casually, "The smallest one is well enough."
Mikan felt very offended, "You... You!!!!!!"
Before she could think of how to rebut, she heard that Natsume had fallen asleep.
It seemed to be a fact that guys like girls with exquisite sensual curves. Maybe Natsume was not an exception?
Mikan sighed at such a depressing thought, she felt her eyes getting watery. She thought to herself, "It's not my will to look like this."
However, every time when Natsume touched her, she always felt the gentle yet violent love from Natsume. Natsume should be different from other guys. He would not stop loving me simply because of my body shape. With such thoughts, she smiled her tears away.
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Unfortunately, looking at the gift she received, she felt an extremely strong sense of inferiority about her body.
So Natsume also hoped for girls with big boobs?
Mikan finally cried her heart out as she was overcome by feelings of sorrow.
Mikan was always longing for Natsume's present. However, she never thought she would get this from the game of "Exchanging Gifts":
a bra and panties with strawberry prints
The size of the bra was 36D.
Yes, it was 36D.
Worst still, there was another irritating thing in the gift:
Perfect Women Brand – Breast Enhancing Lotion Advance Formula
specially designed for women with underdeveloped breasts
allows you to reach a size of 36D or above
effective for 10 hours
to be continued...
The setting of the story is second year of high school (in case you have forgotten XD)
Can you make a guess who gives which gift to who?
Please review! ;)