Here's chapter 1! Please R&R and do me a favor; enjoy!XP
Disclaimer: Higuchi Tachibana owns Gakuen Alice unless she is willing to give all that fame and fortune to me.
Mikan awoke, looking around for her friends. She was still lying on the floor of the corridors by the dorms of Gakuen Alice. Hotaru and Natsume seemed to have already left.
Mean. They abandoned me! She thought. She glanced at her watch. It was pink, with little animated fireflies dancing around it. Hotaru gave it to her for her birthday. Mikan took a moment to consider how Hotaru's birthday was coming up in two weeks. Then, her eyes widened.
The time! She was late. For math. Mikan groaned. Jinno was going to kill her. She hurriedly made her way to class.
"SAKURA!" Mikan winced. "You're LATE! You better have a good excuse for this!"
Mikan shot a look at Hotaru and was answered with a shrug. "Anou, I forgot my math homework, so I, um, had to run back to my dorm and get it. Gomen, Jin-Jin-sensei!"
Jinno glared. "It should not take you twenty-five minutes to get your homework! Detention after school." Mikan sighed. "Are we clear, Sakura?"
"Hai, sensei."
"Good. You may sit down, now."
Mikan glowered as she sat down in her seat, next to Natsume, who was, of course, snoozing in class, with his face covered by a manga. Mikan scowled as she grabbed the manga off of his head. Natsume was, in fact, awake. "Oi, polka."
"No fair!" She pouted. "Why don't you ever get a detention? You never follow the rules!" Natsume smirked.
"Cuz' you're an idiot, strawberries." Mikan held her skirt down. "MOU! Natsume, you PERV! Get a life, will you?"
"QUIET!" Jinno roared. A bolt of lightning was sent upon Mikan. Mikan winced in pain. "Ow..."
The bell rang. The students got up and left hurriedly, eager to get away from Jinno. Ruka made his way to Natsume and Mikan to Hotaru. "Hotaru!" Mikan cried. "Natsume's bullying me!" Hotaru didn't even look at her. "Whatever."
Natsume watched as Mikan complained to Hotaru about how she woke up in the hallway, alone. "I heard you talking to Imai this morning. A glitch in Eucleusia?" Natsume looked at his friend. "Yeah." Ruka laughed. "A glitch in one of Imai's inventions. Rare."
Natsume got up to walk to his next class. "Ruka... This isn't something to laugh about."
Ruka smiled apologetically. "Sorry. But I don't even know what the glitch is." Natsume was confused. "You don't?" "No."Came the reply. Natsume glanced at Ruka. "Have you played the game yet?" "I bought it, but I didn't play it yet." Natsume shot him a serious look. "Don't."
"Why not?" Wondered Ruka, while walking along with him. "I'll tell you after school."
After school, Anna, Nonoko and Mikan got together at central town. "Where are Natsume and Ruka?" Asked Nonoko. "And Hotaru?" Added Anna. Mikan smiled at them and told them that Ruka went to Natsume's house and that she couldn't find Hotaru. She saw an ice cream stand and offered to buy some for them. They agreed and stepped into the line.
Anna noticed and pointed out a poster of Hotaru's most recent invention. "Isn't that "Eucleusia"?"
Mikan giggled. "Yup! Hotaru made it! Isn't that amazing?" She bragged.
Nonoko couldn't help but smile at this. "I guess... but I heard a rumour that something was wrong with it." Mikan frowned. "No way... Hotaru's inventions are flawless! The rumour that you heard is definitely fake."
"But there could be a mistake in it. Otherwise, Hotaru would be a special star." Anna pointed out.
Mikan crossed her arms and started to argue. "But Natsume's a special star, even though his Alice drains his life away." Not wanting to talk about Natsume's Alice type, Anna and Nonoko didn't argue.
They ordered their ice cream. Mikan ordered a soft serve twist, while Anna ordered an orange creamsicle and Nonoko ordered a hot fudge sundae. They bought a box of twelve howalons and split it up, four each. Mikan finished first and started looking around for a restroom. She entered a store to use it. When she finished, she was confronted by an employee.
"Umm, excuse me, miss. If you use the restrooms here, you're expected to buy something. Shop rules." He pointed to a sign by the restroom door. Mikan silently cursed the sign. The employee blinked. "Pardon? Did you say something?" "Nah."
Mikan pointed to Eucleusia. "I want that. How much?" The employee told her.
Mikan's eyes widened. "I can't afford that! That's crazy!" The employee shook his head. "I'm sorry, miss. I can't d-" He was cut short by a hand on his shoulder. That belonged to Hotaru.
"Can't we leave in peace, sir?" Mikan shuddered at the sickeningly sweet smile that looked wrong on Hotaru's face. "I'm s-sorry, miss, but rules are rules." The employee stuttered, while looking upon Hotaru's flawless face. A blush was evident on his cheeks.
Hotaru's expression altered dramatically. She smirked. "Don't mess with me. I could put this dump out of business. Fetch your stupid little boss. Now, worker boy. Don't make me wait." She said coldly. The employee's face paled. He got his boss.
"Shoo." Hotaru waved the employee. He nodded and left the office. Then she looked at Mikan. "You too, baka."
After two minutes, Hotaru and the manager came out of the office. Hotaru had a wad of rabbits in her hand. On the other hand, the manager looked frightened. Mikan looked at Hotaru. "What did you do?" She asked hysterically. Hotaru mouthed a word. Negotiated. Mikan's jaw dropped as Hotaru left.
The employee went up to the manager. They discussed something and the manager nodded. The employee confronted Mikan and offered to give her Eucleusia. For free. "R-really?" Asked Mikan. The employee nodded. He explained that the manager wanted to get on Hotaru's good side. Mikan, bewildered, hesitated before agreeing.
She put it in her bag and left. She saw Anna and Nonoko and waved at them.
"Mou!" Anna and Nonoko said together. "Where were you, Mikan-chan? We were worried!" They looked at each other, threw their heads back and laughed. Mikan couldn't help but smile. "Gomen, Anna-chan, Nonoko-chan!" Finally, they went home together.
I'm going to tell Hotaru about the manager giving me Eucleusia today! Mikan thought, happily, as she opened the door to her dorm room. Inside, she had a white bed with a light yellow-green blanket and a fluffy pink pillow. She had a wooden wardrobe and a small, low table with photo frames and a bunch of toys, including bean bags, stuffed animals, and such, on it. She also had a wide screen television set.
She dropped her bag and took out Eucleusia. She immediately plugged the system in. She found a helmet included in the box and plugged it into the system. Quivering with excitement, she put the helmet on, and her vision went black.
Suddenly, Mikan found herself staring at two young-looking twins, who looked like they were both four, and a woman, who looked like she was about twenty-two.
The twin on the right had wavy, light blue hair that barely reached her shoulders. Her eyes were huge, with a bright and vibrant golden colour. She had a yellow headband on.
The twin to the left was a boy, with silky, short hair of the same colour. He also had the same eyes.
The woman, on the other hand, had long and wavy dark magenta hair. She had dark brown eyes and long lashes and was very tall. In other words, she was beautiful.
Mikan was startled by a message sent to her mind, that seemed to be sent from... The twins?
Greetings! Welcome to Eucleusia, a virtual paradise!
Yay! Chapter 1 complete! By the way, I made a poll on how I should update this, so please vote. Oh, and R&R, please!
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