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Summary: Mikan and Natsume's relationship through the eyes of Youichi. (This chapter uses scenes from the anime Gakuen Alice [Ep. 14])
Chapter 2~ And So It Starts
"Open the gate!"
"This isn't fair! Only they get to leave?!"
"Hurry up and return to you classrooms! You know the school regulations!"
I watched the commotion through worried eyes. It was after Central Town and the purple-eyed girl, (which Ruka-senpai said her name was Imai Hotaru), bent down to pick up something. She smiled a small smile then picked me up and carried me on her back.
"Natsume's been kidnapped? Reo did something like that?" Ruka-senpai asked skeptically. He started muttering to himself and I only caught the words "main building's hospital" and "isn't easy" and "break into".
Meanwhile, Imai-senpai was shaking a jingling toy in front of my face in an attempt to calm my nerves. Did she seriously think that could work?! I stole the toy from her.
"I don't think Mikan could have been that convincing if she was lying," she said ignoring me. She pulled the thing she picked up earlier out of her pocket. Turned out it was a recording ring. She started to play the recording.
"Natsume…Natsume!"
"Quiet! We'll be in danger if you come out now!"
"But…"
The recording stopped. "Well? Do you still think she's lying?" Imai-senpai asked. I jingled the toy. It did nothing to calm me. Stupid toy.
Ruka-senpai was silent for a moment. He then said that we should find Narumi-sensei and explain the situation to him. Then we can confirm Natsume's whereabouts. Imai-senpai agreed and we set off to find Narumi-sensei. I hope Natsume-senpai is okay, Sakura-senpai and Shoda-senpai too.
"What!? Reo kidnapped Natsume!?"
"And Mikan and Sumire went after them."
I eavesdropped at the door since Imai-senpai and Ruka-senpai didn't let me come in with them. They left me outside with the rest of my classmates so I wouldn't follow them. Hmph. I'm smarter than you guys think. And apparently, you think that I would forget about the situation easily since I'm a three-year-old… dummies.
"Why would Reo do something like that?" Serina-sensei asked. "There's no reason for Mikan to lie," Imai-senpai said. I opened the door a little bit to see what was going on. Jinno-sensei was standing up in front of Imai-senpai and Ruka-senpai. The rest of the teachers seemed to have trouble understanding the situation. I took a peek at Naru. His name is Narumi-sensei, You-chan!!
I looked around startled. The hallway was empty. It was only my imagination of Ruka-senpai. I looked at Naru-sensei and saw he was deep in thought. I wonder what he could be thinking…I thought absentmindedly.
"Reo intended to kidnap Natsume-kun from the start," Narumi-sensei said suddenly. Jinno-sensei laughed. "Ridiculous!" he said, "Reo has no motive! Why would he kidnap Natsume?"
I listened to their argument quietly. "The best way to get someone into an anti-Alice Academy organization is to find a student who feels like they're being used by the Academy and persuade them to join. More than likely Reo was…" Narumi-sensei trailed off with a sad look on his face.
"And this time, Hyuuga Natsume is the target," Serina-sensei said quietly. "Please find out where Natsume-kun is now," Naru-sensei ordered. Somewhere near the door a person replied saying, "Yes."
I quickly got up from my spot and ran down the hallway. I turned a corner and peeked. There was a teacher walking the other way. I sighed in relief and walked outside.
"We will showcase the fruits of our labor and create the greatest Alice festival yet!" Sakurano Shueichii said into the microphone. He walked off the stage and people clapped and cheered. I did neither. Instead, I escaped the crowd to find Ruka-senpai.
After walking so much I couldn't take it anymore, so I sat down. Where is Ruka-senpai? I saw Imai-senpai running towards the Special Ability type area and followed her. There, she talked to two people, one boy and one girl, both from the Middle School division.
They both had shocked looks on their faces after Imai-senpai talked to them. Then, they started running in the direction of the school. I took off after them wondering if what they were talking about had to do with Natsume-senpai.
The boy with the star on his face opened the door to the Staff Room and stepped inside. Imai-senpai and the girl stepped in behind him, forgetting to close the door. I came a little closer to hear what they were saying.
"I heard what happened."
"Let us students from the Special Abilities class go. We can save Mikan and the others!" I heard the boy with the star on his face say. "Don't be ridiculous. We can't let students leave the campus," Jinno-sensei said. So what're you going to do huh Jin-Jin? Let them die? I yelled in my mind.
"Then do you plan to let them die?!" I heard Misaki-sensei say. Thank you for voicing out my opinions, Sensei.
Jinno-sensei went speechless.
A/N: Okay then that's it for this chapter! Next one will be posted sooner or later. I'll try to get at least 5 chapters up before school starts. (which is on August 24!) Please review! (By the way, thank you to foxtrotelly and LilSugarPuppy for being my first reviewers. You made me VERY happy.) Like I said, review. If you don't, I'll forgive you anyway. :D
