A/N: Woohoo! I finally republished this! (To be honest, it only took this long because I'm lazy and it took me FOREVER to make a new cover that I was satisfied with. I've changed it so that they're in their last year of Middle School. So according to the Japanese school system, they'll be about 15.
WARNING: I only touched up a little, so most of this writing is from my terrible elementary/middle school years.
"Wow! Alice Academy is so big! Isn't it, Hana-chan?!" Mikan Sakura shouted. Her younger sister, Hana Sakura nodded, staring at the school.
"Oi, you girls, what are you doing here? You're not allowed here," a security guard shouted.
"Please, let us in! We're here to see a friend!" Mikan begged.
"No, just go home," he rejected.
Dejected, Mikan sighed and sat down on the ground. "Sorry for making you come with me, Hana-chan," she mumbled to her sister.
Hana smiled softly, "It's fine, Mikan, I'd do anything for you."
Mikan jumped and hugged her sister tightly, "Ahh! My little sister is the cutest sister ever!"
"M-Mikan, I'm only a couple minutes younger than you," Hana protested.
Mikan let go of Hana and laughed haughtily, "That still makes me the oldest."
"Hey." Startled by the sudden new voices, the two girls turned to see two creepy guys standing next to them. "We heard you girls came to see a friend."
"We did!" Mikan said, "but that big dummy of a security guard, won't let us in, because we're not 'authorized'!"
"Aw, you poor things," one of them said with fake pout, "We can let you in if you'd like."
"Really?!" Mikan exclaimed.
"Yup, really!" the other guy confirmed, "We go to college here."
"That's amazing!" Mikan shouted, "Did you here that, Hana-chan?! They said they can let us in!"
"Mikan...are you sure we can trust them?" Hana asked, looking at the two guys with a hint of suspicion.
"Of course you can trust us!" One of the guys said quickly, "Now then..."
"Let's go!" The two guys finished together. Hana began to squirm when they started ushering her and Mikan into their car.
"Wait," Hana protested, stopping them, "Isn't the entrance here?"
"We-well, there's a back entrance." Unconvinced, Hana stared at them with a look of disbelief.
"Come on, Hana-chan!" Mikan called. Hana looked around worriedly before letting out a defeated sigh.
"Just get in the car," One of the guys said. Mikan was about to enter when someone stopped her.
"Hold it right there." They all turned to see a blonde man standing a few feet away.
"Sorry to intrude, but..." You could practically see the roses appear behind the man as he spoke, "...just where do you think you're taking those little kittens?"
"W-who the heck is he?" The creepers said.
"Me?" the man said, "I'm one of the teachers at Alice Academy."
"That's a lie!" Mikan and the creepers shouted pointing at him.
"Eh? Why?"
The creepers resumed ushering Mikan and Hana into the car, "Come on. Let's go. There's no way someone that flamboyant can become a teacher."
Suddenly, the teacher put his hand under one of the creepers chin and started bringing it up, "You shouldn't tell lies."
To Hana's surprise, both of the creepers' faces started to get red. "Alright." "We were planning to take them away for ransom money." Still in a daze, the creepers got into their car and drove away.
When the creepers drove out of sight, Mikan and Hana turned to stare at the man.
"Well," The lady man said turning to Mikan and Hana, smiling, "That was a close one. You two should go home, okay?" Hana and Mikan continued staring at the man.
"I got it! You're a lady man!/Are you bi?" Mikan and Hana shouted at the same time
"Wha?"
"You're not?" they said.
"Not exactly..."
"But, your ear is pierced and you're wearing a ring," Hana pointed out.
"We wear these to control our powers," the man explained.
"Powers?" Mikan asked.
"Yes, It makes our everyday lives easier." the man said.
"Mikan," Hana said, tilting her head, "I was wondering. What does bi mean?"
"Heh?!" Mikan shouted, "Hana-chan, you don't know what bi mean?"
|| After explaining to Hana what bi meant... ||
"So you two came here to see a friend?" the man said.
"Uhuh!" Mikan said, "Oh! I'm Mikan Sakura, and this is my younger sister, Hana Sakura."
"I'm Narumi," the man introduced. "Neh, Hana, Mikan, do two feel okay? You two don't feel strange, or sense anything, do you?"
Hana tilted her head, "No I don't believe so. Mikan?" Mikan shook her head.
That's strange, Narumi thought, I'm positive I used my Alice back then, but these girls...
"You can't visit your friends," Narumi said, "but, if you become a student at this academy, you might be able to see her." Mikan and Hana looked up.
"If we do that, can we really see Hotaru?" Hana asked.
"In that case, please let us take the entrance exam!" Mikan shouted.
"So, you both want to enroll?
"Yes!" Mikan shouted, "Wait, what?"
"I'll let you both in," Narumi said, "It's not something I can authorize all by myself, but you'll both be fine."
"No way!" Mikan shouted.
Narumi nodded, "It's the truth."
"But I'm not a genius! Hana-chan is, but I'm not!" Mikan shouted.
Narumi raised his hand, "Oh, that's a misunderstanding. What's makes someone an "Alice" isn't how smart they are, but rather if they have a special talent. This academy is full of individuals who all have unique natural abilities. It's the ultimate talent school in a way."
"Oh, then Hana-chan is definitely going to be able to get in. She's talented at everything." Mikan said thoughtfully.
Hana turned to her, "That's not true! I'm not that good in anything! And I think what he means something like powers, when he says talent."
"She's just modest," Mikan said to Narumi, "Anyways, so you're saying that I could have a natural talent, too?"
"Could? Of course!," Narumi said smiling, "Actually, I have a natural talent, too."
"No way! No way! What kind, what kind?!" Mikan shouted, jumping up and down.
"You're so excited, it's getting hard for me to tell you," Narumi said.
"Hurry! Hurry! Tell us!"
Suddenly, there was an explosion that sent Mikan and Hana flying. Hana landed flat on her back, whereas Mikan was sent tumbling after she landed.
"Guess the rumor of possible escape was true," Narumi mused, "Glad I was on guard."
"W-what's going on?" Mikan said, still on the ground.
Hana went over and helped Mikan up, "I don't know. Narumi-sensei, what's going on?"
"Take a look for yourself, Hana-chan, Mikan-chan," Narumi said, looking at the explosion.
Landing on the fence was a boy, in a black cat mask. "This is the youngest of our top geniuses here at Alice Academy, Natsume Hyuga."
Dear Grandpa, Mikan thought, you used to always say that aliens are out there. I think this boy is one of them.
"Though I must say," Narumi continued, "his prank has gone a bit too far." Narumi then took out a bean, which started to glow.
Hana and Mikan stared at it in shock as it started to grow. Then the boy, Natsume leaped of fence. But before Natsume could get on the ground, Narumi whipped him, sending him flying to the ground.
"I bet your cute face isn't so cute anymore." Mikan and Hana stared at Narumi in shock.
"H-how could you do such a thing to a student...?" Hana asked.
Hana ran to the boy, "Are you all right?!" The boy started to get up but Narumi stepped on his hand.
Hana gasped, "Narumi-sensei, get off his hand!"
"You can try to use your Alice to escape, but it's not going to happen. Before you can even use your Alice, you'll just end up getting getting embarrassed by my Alice again," Narumi said. Natsume glared at him.
"I find it fun," Narumi continued, "so you're more than welcome to try."
Natsume's eyes widened, "Damn you...you...you perverted teacher!"
"Why thank you for the compliment," Narumi put his hand under Natsume's chin, and then blew into Natsume's ear. Hana and Mikan stared at the two in shock as Natsume's eyes widened once again, then fell unconscious.
Narumi picked Natsume up and threw him over his shoulder, "Sorry for all the commotion. Let's get going shall we?"
Mikan and Hana could only turn and follow Narumi, still shocked from what happened before.
|| Time Skip ||
Once they went into a room, Narumi placed Natsume on a couch.
"Well, I better go report to the higher-ups about both of your entries to our school," Narumi said, walking out of the room, "Please wait here with Natsume."
Hana and Mikan nodded.
'We came here to see Hotaru, but somehow we ended up transferring to this school,' Mikan thought.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Mikan? Transferring to this school?" Hana asked, nervously playing with strands of her hair.
Mikan nodded, "With this, we can actually see Hotaru!" She then walked over to the kitty mask on the table, "I wonder what this mask is for. A festival?"
"I don't think so," Hana said, walking next to her, "Maybe it's like those earrings and ring that Narumi-sensei wears. To control his powers."
"Oh! That sounds right! Leave it to Hana-chan to think of something clever like that! You're so smart, Hana-chan!"
Hana blushed, "I'm not that smart."
"But..." Mikan said, thinking of Narumi and what he did to Natsume a while ago, "Can we really trust Narumi? I mean he whips kids and sexually harasses them!"
"But, he did save us from those creepers that were going kidnap us for ransom money," Hana pointed out, "Someone who does that can't be that bad."
"You're right," Mikan agreed, "But still, I'm getting worried! I want to see Hotaru!"
"Don't forget what Hotaru said," Hana reminded, "'You're 30% uglier when you cry.'" Mikan nodded remembering that.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang of a door slamming open. "Narumi! I know it was you who stole that bean whip from the greenhouse!" Poor Mikan was scared to death by that. "Oh, sorry did I startle you?"
Hana looked up to see a man with a...kendo sword? "Um, well you didn't startle me, but you did scare my sister, Mikan," Hana said. patting Mikan's head, trying to soothe her.
"Oh, are you two the Alice candidates that Narumi brought here?" he asked.
"Yes," Hana nodded, trying get Mikan to get up.
"Hmm... I heard Narumi was here, but..." the man said, looking around, "Oh, I'm Misaki, the biology teacher." He looked around once more, "Sorry for the intrusion." He started to leave but Mikan crawled over to him and held on to his pants.
|| After Mikan's explanation ||
"So you're "super worried" about whether or not you can trust Narumi-sensei?" Misaki-sensei summarized.
"I tried to tell her that Narumi-sensei is someone she can trust," Hana said, "but I guess she's still worried."
"I am!" Mikan shouted, "I mean he sexually harassed him, he mercilessly whipped him, and he kept stomping on him! But he seems really kind. I feel bad for doubting him, but he's so weird. Hana and I trusted him and followed him here, but who knows what'll happen to us now! But we can't home yet!"
Misaki-sensei took a sip of his coffee, "I see."
"Our best friend goes to this school too," Mikan continued, starting to do her crossing pigtails habit, "I...I started thinking maybe Hotaru gets treated like that too, and I..."
"Mikan," Hana interrupted, rubbing her back, "Just calm down."
"I couldn't be calm even if I wanted to!" Mikan shouted.
"Then pose like an otter," Misaki-sensei suggested.
"An otter?" Mikan asked.
|| One minute later... ||
"As far as I can tell from your story," Misaki-sensei said, while Mikan was laying on the floor posed like an otter, "I'm sure that Narumi did that to protect Natsume. Natsume is a habitual troublemaker and escapee."
"Escapee?!" Mikan shouted, sitting up.
"Otter," Misaki-sensei and Hana both ordered.
Once Mikan was back into her otter position, Misaki-sensei continued, "If he went unpunished and hadn't fainted, then he would have been caught and handed over to the higher-ups, and they would have given him a much harsher punishment. Natsume's a handful when he's angry. If there's a possibility that he might hurt someone, then you can't really blame Narumi for being harsh on him. Personally, I'd rather not defend the guy but... I know it's easy to mistake him for a perverted freak, but there's no need to teacher who found you two isn't a bad person."
Mikan and Hana smiled. Thank goodness.
Misaki-sensei put down his cup, "By the way, do you two know what your Alice is?"
Mikan and Hana shook their heads, "No."
"I see. Then do you know what Narumi's Alice is?"
Again, the two girls shook our heads.
"His Alice is 'Pheromonal Inclination'," Misaki-sensei said.
"Huh?" Mikan asked, "'Ferromonal Inclination'?"
"By emitting his pheromones, he's able to entrance people, both male and females. Honestly... It's such a vile Alice, and it suits him perfectly," Misaki-sensei said, bitterly, "He can even use his pheromones to get people to do his bidding, if he wants. If a child who doesn't know anything about romance is subjected to his pheromones, the child will go weak at the knees, sometimes even faints.
There are a lot of students with a wide range of Alices in this school. Some have commonly-known abilities, such has telekinesis, and clairvoyance. Then again, some have Alices so ridiculous, you'd think they were jokes," Misaki-sensei continued to explain, "This Academy gathers people who have mysterious powers that separate them from regular people. It's a place that cultivates their powers and also protects them. "Alice" is a general term that refers to both special powers and its owner."
"Amazing! I had no idea I'm one of these amazing people! I mean, I'm not surprised that Hana-chan is one, but me?! It's like a comic book! Teacher! Teacher! What kind of Alice do we have?! I wonder what it could be!"
"That I don't know," Misaki-sensei said standing up, "You're going to have to ask Narumi. He's the one that found you two."
At that moment, Hana decided that it was the perfect time to ask the question that was on her mind, "Mikan-chan, Misaki-sensei, what's 'romance'?"
Mikan and Misaki-sensei stared at the girl in shock.
"Hana-chan, you don't know what 'romance' means either?!" Mikan asked in disbelief.
Confused, Hana shook her head.
Misaki-sensei was about to say something, but stopped when he got a text.
"There's an intruder in the greenhouse?" Misaki read aloud, "Sorry Hana, Mikan. There's something I need to go to."
He started to walk away, but then he remembered something, "Oh yeah, I'll tell someone to come down here. But if Natsume wakes up beofre they get here, make sure to press that emergency button immediately. Got it? Immediately!"
Mikan and Hana nodded, "Yes, sir."
Once Misaki-sensei left the room, Hana and Mikan just sat there awkwardly staring at the boy. Then, Mikan walked over to the boy.
"Mikan, are you sure it's safe to be near him?" Hana asked, slowly walking over to them.
"It's fine." Mikan pinched his nose. "See? He won't wake up,"
Natsume took up most of the space on the couch, leaving room for only one person, and because Mikan didn't want sit next to him, Hana sat down next to him. Mikan took out her photo album that had pictures of her, Hana, and Hotaru. Hana was watching her, when all of a sudden something grabbed her hair. Next thing she knew, she was laying on the couch and the boy, Natsume was on top of her, one of his hands on her hand.
"Answer in five second," he said, holding up a bunch of Hana's hair, "If you don't answer, I'll burn your hair. Who are you?!"
"Hey!" Mikan shouted, "Get off of my sister!" She was about to walk over to them, but stopped and cowered back when Natsume glared at her.
"Answer me!" Natsume shouted, "Who are you?!"
Then, there was a crash, and they all turned to see a blonde boy on the floor with shattered glass on him.
"Ow..." the boy said while getting the pieces of glass out of his hair.
"You're late, Ruka," Natsume said.
"Whose fault is that, huh?" Ruka said, getting up. His eyes widened when he saw Hana underneath Natsume, "Who's she? And what are you doing to her?"
"She was here when I woke up," Natsume said, "So was her sister, over there. She won't tell me who she is, though she's not struggling either."
"Are they Alices, too?" Ruka asked, brushing the glass off his sleeves.
"I don't know," Natsume said, looking back at Hana, "Since she's not even struggling or listening to me, I want to see what'll make her cry."
"Have you tried threatening her with your Alice, yet?" Ruka asked.
"Yeah, I threatened to burn her hair, but she didn't do anything. I've actually been trying to do it, to see her reaction, but I guess I haven't fully recovered, yet." Natsume said.
"Mikan," Hana said, turning her head to look at Mikan, "the button."
"Oh, yeah!" Mikan shouted running to the button.
"Ruka! Stop her!" Natsume shouted. but it was too late. Mikan had already pressed the button.
"Damn it." Natsume said.
"Someone's coming," Ruka said.
Natsume looked up, "Shoot."
The door slammed open, to see Narumi-sensei, and Misaki-sensei.
"Hana-chan! Mikan-chan! Are you two all right?!" Narumi-sensei shouted.
Mikan ran over to Narumi-sensei, crying, while Hana just calmly sat up on the couch.
"Natsume! Ruka!" Misaki-sensei shouted.
"See ya, C-cup," Natsume said, looking at Hana, "oh and I suggest getting a new bra, that B-cup bra's too small for you." After that Natsume and Ruka jumped out the window.
C-cup? Hana looked over to see Narumi-sensei's and Misaki-sensei's faces, red, and Mikan was screaming at the top of her lungs. Confused, Hana looked down to see that her dress was unbuttoned and revealing her bra. Huh, Natsume was right, my bra too small for me.
|| A little while later... ||
Mikan was crying her face on the table, while Hana was sitting next to her trying to calm her down.
"Now, now... stop crying, Mikan," Narumi said, "It's not that big of a deal."
"Obviously, it's that big of a deal," Misaki said, "But why are you crying, Mikan. Shouldn't it be Hana crying?"
"Huh? Really?" Hana said, looking confused, "Why should I be crying?"
"Because, that molester, Natsume, saw your bra and chest!" Mikan shouted!
"Is it really that bad?" Hana asked.
"Yes it is, Hana-chan! No one will want to marry you now!-Well actually lots of people still will want to marry you-, but now you lost your innocence!"
"My innocence?" Hana said confused.
"She seems to still have her innocence to me," Misaki muttered.
Narumi held up two uniforms in front of Mikan and Hana, "Here. These are your uniforms." Mikan looked up. "A crying face doesn't suit you, Mikan-chan. Stop crying and you two go try them on."
|| Time Skip ||
"You two look so adorable!" Narumi said.
"Yeah, it looks good on you both," Misaki agreed.
"Really?!" Hana and Mikan asked excitedly.
"Yup! Really!" Narumi picked Mikan up and started spinning her around.
"Higher! Higher!" Mikan shouted. Hana smiled at the sight.
"You two are the cutest girls in the whole wide world!" Narumi shouted.
|| Time Skip ||
"About your enrollments to this school," Narumi said, setting Mikan down on the couch, "Everything's all set! You both got accepted!"
Mikan grinned, "Yay! Hana-chan, we did it!"
"Yay!" -Hana
"Banzai!" -Mikan
"Yay." -Misaki
"Yay, yay!" -Mikan
"Yay!" -Hana
"Banzai." -Misaki
"But only temporarily," Narumi said ("Banza-Oh." -Misaki), "In order to officially enroll into Alice Academy, you both need to pass a certain test during your one-week probationary period."
"Oh," Mikan said, now depressed, "Hana, be sure to visit me back at home."
"Oh, don't worry," Narumi said, "It's simple. You'll both soon be joining class B of the middle school division. All you two have to do is cooperate with, get along with, and be accepted by your classmates. The academy will watch how both of you do, and determine your Alice level."
"Is that it?" Hana asked.
"Yep!" Narumi gave them a thumbs up, "That's it!"
"Yay!" Mikan shouted, "Piece of cake! Piece of cake!"
"Class representatives from class B, middle school division, coming in," a voice said, as the door opened.
"Oh, here they are!" Narumi said.
"Did you call us?" The voice said again.
"Yes," Narumi said, "Hana-chan, Mikan-chan, these two are the class representative of your class."
Hana diverted her sights from her cheering sister to the two class representatives.
"Mikan." Hana tugged her sister's sleeve.
Mikan stopped cheering and turned to see what her sister wanted her to see. Her eyes widened when she saw who one of the class representatives was.
"H-Hotaru."
A/N: Also, Hana's face claim is Ayumu Uehara from Love Live! Dream Project. I know, she doesn't look much like the girl on the cover, but let's just pretend please.