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I don't own Gakuen Alice even the characters on it but if there are unknown characters, that maybe just maybe is mine.
Chapter One: A Million Dollar Debt
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Mikan Sakura
21 years old
Ordinary girl
Works at the House of Sweets and the granddaughter of the owner
Natsume Hyuuga
22 years old
CEO of a famous sports car company
Has a six years old son
Koko
22 years old
Works at the House of Sweets
One of Mikan and Natsume's friends
Anna
21 years old
Ordinary girl
Works at the House of Sweets
One of Mikan's best friends
_oOo_
It's five in the afternoon. The skies are already a mixture of yellow and orange colours, the air is starting to get colder and more people are starting to pour inside a cafe on the road side. It has an old American house concept. It was painted with a plain white colour and the corners are covered with brown oak wood. The furnitures are also wooden in structure and the place was fully air-conditioned making the scent of bittersweet coffee aroma linger all over the place. It was also plainly designed by hanging plants on a pot, vase of colourful flowers in each table and the counter was filled with crawling plants that end midway going to the top of it. The place was well designed to make a relaxing and calming sense for the customers to add up to it the owner of the cafe made sure that there's a good view of the sunrise and the sunset outside the shop.
It sure is perfect.
People of different ages come from time to time to have some small talks. There are also quite a number of lovers and groups of friends that came here and there. They are always happy but for one...
_oOo_
The bronze bell that hung on the upper right corner of the oak door made a small light sound when the door was pushed gently by an old man.
"GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR! WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF SWEETS!" a pink-haired girl and a brown spiky-haired boy greeted in unison to the man but he didn't even bother looking at them instead he went in one corner which has a good view of the sunset.
"D-dd-do I g--o no-w a--nd take his or--der?" the pink-haired girl stammered while saying the obvious.
"What do you think? That's your job, right?" The spiky-haired guy said while rolling his brown eyes to the girl beside her.
"B-bb-but I'm s-cared."
"Anna...we can't keep him waiting whether you like it or not you need to get his order now because his favourite girl is not yet here." Koko said while wiping a cup with a white cloth.
Anna rolled her eyes to the spiky-haired guy and started walking slowly towards the old man's table. "Oh boy! Of all people why this old man?! Hu-hu-hu, oh God help me. I don't want to be eaten alive!" she thought. She clutched the menu booklet with her two arms pressing it towards her chest. She heaved a deep breath before approaching the old man.
"G-gg-good aft—ernoon sir, ma-y I ta-ke y-our or-der?" small drops of sweat started to form on her forehead. She gave a big smile to the man while the corners of her lips started to tremble a little.
The old man didn't even care to look at her instead he just said. "I'm waiting for someone."
"Okay, sir. Just call me if you are going to order already." She said and walked back to the counter.
Of course, she knew who's he waiting for so he just let him be, because that's the same routine that happens when that certain someone is not here.
She started sobbing with a pout on her lips and started with wiping the cups like what the guy beside him is doing.
"What happened?" Koko asked a bit of sarcasm imprinted on his question. Well, actually he was asking the obvious.
"He said he was waiting for someone. Hu-hu-hu i got really really scared. I thought he's gonna devour me!" she said wile trembling.
"Too bad, you are always rejected by the oldie." He said while smirking.
"Hey! What do you mean by that?" Anna said while giving a slight punch on his shoulder while Koko snicker to the thought.
_oOo_
The bell clung a little again for the second time. It revealed a young lady in a blue baggy shirt and a pair of jeans and snickers. She has a pale white complexion. With her golden brown hair that ends to her waist down to her brown innocent chocolate orbs. Her rosy cheeks that were accentuated by the gentle smile plastered on her red lips. And, from her petite body down to her well-shaped curves that were hidden underneath her baggy shirt.
She walked towards the counter and placed the brown bag full of ingredients on it.
"MIkan, your customer is already there." Anna said while putting her hand under her chin and her elbows on the counter for support.
"Did something happen? You look sad, Anna." Mikan said it her soft voice while putting on a black apron with a gold plate that has her name imprinted on it.
"Well, because she was again rejected by her lover." Koko said before going inside the kitchen.
"Shut up, you moron!" Anna shouted back while a vein popped out her head.
"Well, it's nothing, Mikan. I'm fine." Anna said while giving Mikan a reassuring smile.
Mikan nodded and gave her a smile before going to the old man's table.
"Good afternoon, sir! May I take your order?" she said while readying her small notepad on her left hand and a pen on her right.
This time the old man faced Mikan and gave her a small smile with is wrinkled face.
"I want a cup of coffee and a slice of your chocolate coated strawberry filled cake." He said while Mikan jotted his order on her notepad.
"Well then, wait for just a minute, sir." Mikan said and dashed back to the counter area and left the paper to Anna.
"Can you prepare that and give it to him?" Mikan said before going in the kitchen. Anna smiled back to her.
_oOo_
On the other part of the world...
Kring! Kring! Kring!
--Mr. Hyuuga,
The investigator who went here the other day is here outside. Do I let him in? He has no appointments with you for this day.--
"Let him in." A velvety and masculine voice answered back on the phone.
--Right away, sir.—
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The phone call ended.
The glass door swung open revealing a guy in a brown fedora hat, black sunglasses, long brown coat and his suit underneath. He entered the room of the Mr. Hyuuga according to the lady on the phone.
The room was carpeted with a red carpet. On the middle there hung an enormous chandelier that light up the whole room and on the middle was a big table with a plate on the middle. Mr. Hyuuga, Chairman of the Executive Office.
"Did you find it?" the same velvety and masculine voice said. The big black leather chair that was turned facing the big windows turned 180 degrees and revealed the so-called Mr. Hyuuga.
He's 22 years old. He has a fair white complexion that goes with his messy raven hair, he's wearing the rectangular type of glasses with thick black edges that hide the colour of his eyes and he wears with him an expressionless face. He was wearing a baggy long sleeved shirt and black pants with matching black shoes. Honestly, he was boring from his room to his own style everything was collared with white and black but despite this he still has a sense that can make a girl faint just to see him.
"Yes, Mr. Natsume Hyuuga, he's the owner of the well-known café in South Street. It's called the House of Sweets. He is a widow and only lives with his 21 years old granddaughter, Mikan Sakura. She's currently working at the said café. And according to her back ground, she lost both of her parents when she was still an infant-" The investigator said.
"Good, that's enough. Get the granddaughter and give her to me." He said.
"Yes, sir." The investigator said and went out of the room.
"It's payback time, Sakura." He thought.
_oOo_
It's already passed eight and the cafe is almost about to close, everyone was already done cleaning up, Mikan started to fix her things inside the employee's room.
"Mikan let's go. Koko and Anna are waiting for us outside." An old man in a gray baggy shirt and pants peeked form the half-opened door.
"I will follow you outside, just a minute grandpa!" she said while quickly packing her things.
"Okay." The old man said and went outside with the two, Koko and Anna.
"Where's Mikan, uncle?" Anna said.
"She's just packing her things, she'll be out soon." Grandpa said.
"I wonder what's taking her so long." Koko said while putting both his arms up at the back of his head.
After a minute of waiting, everything inside the cafe went black.
"Hey! What happened?" Koko asked.
"I think there's something wrong again with the powerhouse. I'll go check it up at the back." Grandpa said. "Will you check for Mikan inside?"
"Okay!" Anna said.
Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!
From the road at the side of the cafe a rushing red sports car popped out in a split second and dashed in front of Anna and Koko.
"What the hell was that?!" Koko said while looking at the retreating figure of the car.
"People nowadays don't really know what to do with their lives." Anna said before dragging Koko inside the dark cafe.
Anna walked before Koko and halfway going to the counter she tripped into a thick stick which is more likely one of the legs of a table.
"Ah!" Anna readied herself for the hard and painful impact of the floor but nothing happened. A pair of strong arms from her back caught her on act, inches before hitting the cold floor.
"Be careful next time, here stay at my back." Koko said and reached for one of Anna's hands while Anna blushed to his sudden actions but it was hidden by the darkness that engulfs the area.
After minutes of walking slowly they got inside the room where Mikan was and then the lights started to blink a little and it went steady revealing an empty room and a piece of paper in one of the tables.
"Where's Mikan?" Koko asked and then from the opened door it revealed grandpa who was smiling.
"Kids these days sure is naughty, there was a paper stuck on one of the wirings." He said while going inside. "Where's Mikan?"
"Uncle, Mikan's not here but she left a note." Koko said wile handling the note to the old man.
Grandpa,
I will be out for a month.
Sorry it was abrupt. My friend stopped by and got me.
Mikan.
_oOo_
I opened my eyes but everything was blurred, I tried to adjust my eyes to the bright light that was against me. And then, I started to feel the pain inside my head. It hurt so much and my eyes flinched and twitched by it. And then, I started to feel the impact on the right side of my head. It was hit by something really hard.
Ouch!
What the hell?! What happened?!
Well, you were hit on your head that's why it hurts.
Wait! Who are you?!
Hello! I'm your conscience.
Wait! Can you tell me where I am?
You're really stupid. How will I know that? We were both sleeping when you were sent here, remember? I'm just your conscience whatever happens to you happens to me, idiot!
Flashback...
"Oh god, where's my shoes?" Mikan opened every locker inside the room and looked here and there searching for her shoes and then everything went black.
"What the-" and then she heard footsteps from outside coming closer to the room where she is currently standing.
Badump! Badump! Badump!
"Who's there?" Mikan tried her hardest not to make a trembling and nervous voice. "Grandpa?!"
The lights flicker and there on the doorway, a stranger was standing. He's wearing a coat and his hat was covering almost half of his face. And then the lights flickered again.
And everything went black in my sight…
End of Flashback…
After some time, I've already adjusted with the light against me. I was inside a room sitting in a red couch. It was a big one and on my side was a glassed shelf full of different types of manga books and on the other side of the room which is the middle part were a table and a black cushioned chair. And the whole place was also carpeted with red carpet.
"So you're finally awake. Mikan Sakura." A crimson-haired lad went in front of Mikan standing.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?" Mikan said almost trembling from fear.
"Well, your grandfather just owes my father big time." He said while smirking evilly.
"What?!" Mikan said.
To be continued...
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