Mikan sucked in her breath and gathered her courage.

She wound her bruised hand along the long golden curve and gently turned it to open the door.

Inside was her uncle, with Narumi sensei, Jinno sensei, Imai senpai, Sakurano senpai, Hii-sama, and lastly the person she hated the most in the world, even more than Natsume for his betrayal.

The ESP.

The source of all of her sufferings.

Luckily he had his malicious mouth closed and he seated himself in his corner, even facing the wall. Probably to cool off his anger. But let it all up to Mikan to tell you how STUPID he looked.

Mikan's POV~

I stood, gawking at how stupid the ESP looked. He looked like a 3-year-old baby, experiencing the first time in life that you do not always get what you want. Boy if she had a camera, she would take the snapshot and tweet it. If only twitter WAS allowed.

But that wasn't my real case for coming here.

I snapped my attention to uncle again.

I focused on uncle, who was staring at me in shock, from what happened to me.

"Mikan? What…..happened to you? How…..did you get hurt? You look…..terrible." uncle breathed, his voice tainted in concern.

I smiled weakly, but struggled in opening my mouth, since it was stinging with pain from Permy hitting me hard.

Yuu caught this from the corner of her eyes, and answered for me, "Mikan-chan got hit and slapped and cut by her own friends. Honestly I do not know what made them do such a thing. The most surprising thing is, is that I didn't see any of Luna's controlling black marks."

Uncle was worried, so he had summoned Imai senpai to heal me fast, as my body couldn't take all of the injuries.

Imai-senpai put a hand on my shoulder, and a warm blue glow spread from his hand onto my weak shoulder, and spread to the rest of my body.

The internal pain, external pain slowly erased. My cuts, stings on my cheeks, the kick from Hotaru, and even my swollen puffy bags around my eyes slowly erased, leaving me pale and beautiful. As if I had never been kicked in the first place.

I voiced my thanks to Imai senpai along with a sweet smile, and he gave a small smile and a nod of recognition before stepping back, and releasing his hand from my shoulder.

I turned my head back to uncle, and urged him to speak. Because I am sure he had other things to tell me.

"Uncle? You surely had a reason to call me down here, am I right?" I asked, with all the respect I could gather.

He nodded. "Sit down please."

I did. And Yuu took the chair next to me.

Uncle proceeded. "Mikan, you may not know it, but you have another 4 unique alices that are paired up together."

I widened my eyes. What does he mean by 4 extra alices?

All I have is the Nullification, right?

But uncle shook his head.

"Mikan, I looked at your photo and saw that not do you own the rare Nullification Alice, but you have the S.E.C.I. alice, as well." Uncle said, as if reading my mind.

NOW I am confused. WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THAT MEAN?

"The S.E.C.I. Alice stands for: Steal, Erase, Copy, and Insertion. Meaning, you can steal someone's Alice and turn it into an Alice stone, Erase someone's Alice for good, Copy someone's alice by stealing first and duplicating the Alice stone, and finally when you have an Alice stone, you can insert it into other people, giving them "temporary" Alices." Uncle continued, as if reading my mind.

Allright. But what should I do with them? Go self-destruct? Kill myself? Because no one wants to be around me except Yuu. And Rina-chan (my declared little sister who always clings to me).

"Mikan, in order to utilize these powers, I want you to go to Alice Academy America, whose school is as prestigious as here. I know that here you are detested by your friends and right now you are petrified on what to do. Don't worry. I will try to make them regret on what they said to you. But I want you to go there to practice your new powers and become stronger. Acquire more powers, and become confident. At first I was reluctant on letting you go there, because AAA is so far away. It is in America, even. But seeing you with no hope here, I can't let you go on being emotionless and sad here. I hope by going there, the main reason can help you see that you are NOT useless, and there are other people who will admire you for who you are, not just wealth, money, and status. But this is your choice. You can still stay here or you can go there. I can give you three days to find out for yourself. Give it some thought," uncle concluded.

Silence.

America, huh?

Not bad.

Maybe it can take me from a far place away from my friends who used me and hurt me. I will keep in touch with Yuu and Rina-chan, as they are the ones who held me strong while I felt apart. But for, Natsume, Hotaru, and the others, I will never forgive them.

I guess this is goodbye, my love, my Natsume.

I guess this is farwell, my dear, dear sister Hotaru-nee.

And I guess this is sayonara to everybody, because I won't see you again. Maybe I might, but you might not want to see me, as you might have your own lives, that are not built to have me as a part of it.

And with this tear, let me let you all go.

Let me say sorry for anything unnoticed action I might have committed. I breathed, one tear of regret spilled on my right cheek.

"Everyone, I am so sorry. Please forgive me. Always keep me in your hearts, because no matter what, I love all of you," I vowed in my heart.

"So what is the long wait of three days? I don't mind leaving, uncle. When is the soonest flight?" I demanded, voice shaking.

"Mikan… oh allright. The soonest flight that you can have is tomorrow night. I am sorry you have to go with this, but I will severly punish your friends. And do not argue with me on that. They do not deserve to do this to you." Uncle said, with a hard tone.

I nodded my head.

Tears threatened to slide down, but I had the will power to keep it in. Yuu gave me a concerned glance, but I assured him I was fine.

I couldn't bear letting anyone suffer. Even my so-called friends.

"Good. Now return to class. I know you are scared, so Narumi sensei and Yuu will go back with you so that no one will hurt you, allright?" uncle asked.

I nodded. But my nod felt forced. Like I was a marionette on strings, and my puppet master was pulling my sting to jerk my head in a nod.

Narumi sensei and Yuu gave me a concerned glance as they looked at my lifeless eyes. But nonetheless, they escorted me back to class. The class I was supposed to have English with everyone.

I tapped down the silent, marble hallway, and Narumi sensei opened the door to the English classroom. He walked in gloomily.

"Sorry I am late. I had a conference. I had to bring Mikan-chan and Yuu-kun back from the office. You two, take the two front seats." Narumi persisted in a flat voice.

We nodded and took the seats, and stared ahead, dead eyes, with no emotion.

And I could almost notice the worried eyes of Hotaru, Natsume, and the others bore onto the back of my head with questions I couldn't hear.

Hotaru's POV

Mikan?!

Oh my god, she looks like she is dead!

Is it because of what I said to her? NOOOOOO! Mikan! I am so sorry! Please hug me, please say that I am a meanie! Please tell me to buy howalon for you! But please do not look so lifeless!

I, what I did, was a bet. Luna that stupid bitch threatened me to hurt you and suck your soul out if all of us decided not to do as you said!

But Mikan! Mikan! O, what happened to my sweet little sister Mikan!

Where on this lonely planet are you! Come back! I miss you!

My violet eyes watered and let out the tears of pain, guilt, and sadness. I can sense something bad happening, a force that might take us apart.

Normal POV

Mikan went to her dorm, shuffling her little feet. She was so tired, and she couldn't hold in her pure sadness. She had decided not to cry, so she couldn't spill any tears now. It was weird, because whenever she was emotionally sad, crying silent tears and stroking her bed sheets helped.

But it was useless now. Nothing could calm her sadness.

Mikan slowly faltered her eyes shut.

And slept the night away.

NEXT DAY –

Mikan got up and stretched. She went to the bathroom and let her hair loose. What is the point in putting it in pigtails?

She got out of her room barely when she was attacked by a small chibi. Rina chan.

"Mikan-onee chan! Where are you going! Don't go to America! Don't leave me and Natsume nii! He loves you too, remember?!" Rina sobbed.

Mikan gave a sad smile and slumped down to her knees so she could meet Rina's height level. She cupped Rina's cheeks and gave in.

"Rina, I am so sorry. But Natsume doesn't love me anymore. All of my friends hate me, except Yuu. You, along with Yuu, please give me strength. When I go to America, I will think of you. When I find someone new to love, I will think you two. When I find new friends, I will think of you two. But do not cry, on my last day. What I want is smiles and hugs on my last day to spend with you.

If you want, can you help me pack? I have so many things to do and get done.

Rina silently sobbed, but eagerly nodded. She was now going to make Natsume (her former onii-chan) pay BIG time.

At the end of the day, Rina curled up into bed, to wait for Mikan to change clothes.

Mikan looked at herself.

Her hair had bangs part in the middle. She forced this part so that she could look nothing like her mother. But the moment she took the brush and brushed it down, she had identical bangs like her deceased mother, Yuka Azumi Yukihira.

She did her hair in a low ponytail and got scissors. Where the rubber band was secured at partly loosely, is where she positioned her sharp scissors slightly above and cut.

Her ponytail bundle fell and all she had was a small blob cut that looked identical to Yuka's after Yuka had cut her own hair out of grief of Igarashi Kaoru's death in a car crash.

She went to her clothing she laid out for herself. A royal blue ruffled blouse top (royal blue was Mikan's favorite color), leg hugging jeans, and her moccasin boots.

She changed, and didn't forget to put on the Pandora bracelet her mother gave to her, as a mother-daughter present on her last birthday with her mother.

She woke Rina up, and Rina slowly got down the bed and silently sobbed as Mikan got her suitcases in the limo. Yuu was there, casting a sad glance.

"Rina? I have a present for you!" Mikan exclaimed. She took a sterling silver chain that contained a huge Nullification stone. She put the stone around Rina's neck and said, "Take care of it, okay? This is my feelings and happiness, with memories of all the beautiful times we two had together as sisters. We will meet again, and when we do, I will let you move in with me, where you will live until you can lift yourself with your own wings." Mikan vowed.

Rina shook her head furiously. And smiled to Mikan big, knowing Mikan loved her smiles.

To Yuu, she gave a device that she made with Hotaru's purple Alice stone when they WERE friends.

"Here is a device. I have the paired up one. Just email me when you want to talk to me, day and time, and we can have a face-to-face talk. More like a webcam. And this comes with a mini-projector to display my screen and show me to multiple people if they want to talk to me, and I can talk to them, if you decide to use the projector. You and Rina can chat with me when I have a few hours on my hand. And I will promise to send gifts, parcels, and letters to you and the teachers and HSP and MSP. Take care, okay?" Mikan asked.

Yuu nodded, happy knowing he will have a way to talk to Mikan.

Rina tucked in the stone under her shirt and Yuu pocketed the device.

Mikan sadly went over to the two of them and gave them each a hug that lasted for a minute.

She then went into the limo.

And breathed, sayonara, everyone.

With that, Mikan bid farewell to Japan, and hello to America.

And the black sleek Limo sped off to the Airport.