Summary: Mikan Sakura, an operative- someone who works by breaking the rules to do the right thing, is given a mission to protect Natsume Hyuuga - one entitled to take over his parent's renowned company. But this mission has one side to it: "Don't fall in love or else you and everyone around you will end up dyed in blood"
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.
Chapter One
Heavy breathing was heard in a dark room. In the room was a young, brunette girl, breathing heavily after a tough work out session with her trainer. Leaning over with the palms of her hands on her knees, she closed her eyes and concentrated on her breathing until the rapid thumping of her heart calmed down.
"Geez, that was too much, brother!" she complained. Nearby, a tall male dressed in black rolled his eyes.
"Get used to it. You need to improve" he told her. "Anyway, stand up properly or else you'll end up becoming a hunchback if you keep bending over like that" he added. He almost laughed at the reaction he got from the girl in front of him when he said that. As soon as the girl heard what he said, she stood up straight immediately.
Wiping the sweat off her forehead with the towel she had around her neck, she took a few steps closer to her trainer and spoke. "So, what's with the folder, Persona?" she asked, pointed towards the folder that was tucked under her brother's arm. Persona took out the folder from under his arm and held it in his hand to show her.
"This, my dear little sister, contains information for your job for the next… I don't know how long, but it will be a long time" said Persona. The young girl raised an eyebrow at her older brother before she took the folder from out of his hand.
"This isn't your first job, but it is your first job that counts, Mikan Sakura. This job is the key to the rest of your life. It's important. And so is the person" Persona informed Mikan as she opened the folder and flicked through the pages. There were all sorts of information, though all based around one particular person.
"Natsume Hyuuga?" she asked Persona, knowing that he would know what she meant. She looked back at the folder after receiving a nod from her brother. "So, what exactly am I to do with this… Natsume Hyuuga?" she asked. In the corner of her eye, she saw Persona raise an eyebrow.
"You've never heard of Natsume Hyuuga?" he asked her. Mikan shook her head in reply.
"Why? Should I?" she asked, confused upon why it is such a shock that she doesn't know who 'Natsume Hyuuga' was. She watched as Persona strolled around the basement, where she trains, before answering her question.
"Well, for a normal person- whatever normal may be- would know who he is. But then again… you were always… different" said Persona after he took a seat on the bench. Mikan pouted at what her brother said about her.
"Is that a compliment or an insult?" she demanded as she put her hands on her hips. Persona rolled his eyes.
"Neither" he told her. And before Mikan could talk, Persona continued. "Your job is to protect Natsume Hyuuga, though make sure he doesn't know it and-"
"Why must I keep it a secret from him?" Mikan butted in. Persona rolled his eyes.
"Would you like it if someone told you that they had to protect you?" Persona answered her question with a question. Mikan frowned.
"No, I wouldn't…" she replied. Indeed she wouldn't. She didn't like the idea of someone having to be in danger because of her. "I guess it makes sense then" she added.
"Alright then, Natsume Hyuuga, as you would have seen in the folder, is to inherit the large company which is owned by his family, and there have been many attempts of assassination, though the guy always got out lucky and survived" Persona told Mikan. He continued to fill her in, and Mikan would nod here and there, butt in, asking a few question here and there.
"Okay, so you need to re-read through that folder" Persona told her as he stood up from his seat, pointing towards the folder in Mikan's hand, "thoroughly. Read through every single detail."
"Yes, Sir" she saluted. Persona rolled his eyes. Mikan raise an eyebrow at her brother and said, "You know, if you continue rolling your eyes like that, they will end up rolling into the back of your head."
Persona smirk at what his sister told him. "Yeah, yeah, I'll keep that in mind" he told her as he ruffled her hair. Mikan shrieked at her brother's actions.
"OI, I've told you many times already- .HAIR!" she exclaimed as she placed both hands on her head, protecting it from her brother. Persona rolled his eyes, despite what Mikan told him a moment ago.
"Yeah, yeah, I hear you" he muttered. Persona turned away and headed towards the door. He then stopped mid-pace and looked over his shoulder. Mikan, noticing that her brother stopped walking, looked up from the folder and looked at her brother curiously.
"What is it, Persona?" she asked him as she tucked the folder away under her arm.
"You will be going to school… We are moving to Japan" he told her before quickly closing the door and headed towards the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee.
Meanwhile, Mikan stood in her spot, frozen. When she finally snapped out of it, her eyes widened.
Persona was quietly making his cup of coffee with a smirk on his face. Then, mentally, he started a countdown. Five…Four…Three…Two…One…and…
BOOM the door was slammed open, revealing a wide eyed brunette. Persona leaned against the kitchen counter as he stirred his cup of coffee with a spoon. After he finished stirring his cup of coffee, he turned and faced Mikan.
"Why, hello, little sister, what brings you here?" he asked her as if he didn't know what she was about to do.
"Cut the crap, Persona" she said as she stormed over to her brother and took the cup of coffee from him and gulped in down.
"And that is why I prepared two cups of coffee" muttered Persona as he turned around and took out another cup of coffee and quickly drank it before his little sister stole it.
"BROTHER, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME WE WERE MOVING TO JAPAN? I DON'T WANT TO! I WANT TO STAY IN AUSTRALIA!" yelled Mikan. Persona raised an eyebrow at her,
"And why not?" he asked her. Mikan crossed her arms over her chest.
"Because I don't want to move" she told him.
"Why not?" repeated Persona.
"I don't want to leave-"
"You're home schooled by me, so don't you mention school" Persona butted in. Mikan let out a 'hmph' and leaned against the kitchen counter.
"Fine, we'll move to Japan" she agreed. "But I'd prefer to stay here in Australia though" she quickly added.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever" muttered Persona. "Start packing. We leave early tomorrow. You also start school the day after" announced Persona. Mikan sweat dropped.
"Tell me now, why don't you" she murmured as she made her way towards her room to start packing. Persona watched his little sister's retreating figure as she stomped her way up the stairs to her room. Shaking his head in amusement, he put the two cups in the sink for Mikan to wash later, since he was the one that made the coffee.
"This is the one job that will change your life, dear sister. I will make sure you don't screw up this opportunity of a lifetime. I have trained you to be the best. And therefore, you shall remain the best. I will make sure of it" muttered Persona as he headed over to the couch and decided to watch some TV before going and packing himself.
"I'm so bored" complained a light blonde haired boy. Nearby, a sandy hair coloured boy stood up and plopped himself next to the spiky blonde haired boy.
"Agreed, there is nothing to do" said the sandy haired boy. On the other side of the room, someone spoke.
"Koko, Kitsuneme, you're always bored" the person said.
"Well, because there's always nothing to do, Mochu!" whined Koko.
"Yeah!" Kitsuneme agreed. Mochu rolled his eyes. There's no use arguing those two. They always have each other's backs.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just keep the complaints to yourself" Mochu told them. Koko and Kitsuneme poked their tongues out at Mochu and blew raspberries at him. Mochu rolled his eyes again before heading towards the couch and switched on the television and watched an action movie. From across the room, Koko and Kitsuneme heard the opening song of the movie and sang along to it as they made their way across the room to watch the movie.
Koko jumped onto the couch, next to Mochu, and took the remote from out of Mochu's hands and turned up the volume as Kitsuneme took a seat on the ground with his back leaning against the couch.
Halfway through the movie, Kitsuneme asked, "Hey, where's Natsume and Ruka?"
Mochu rolled his eyes. "Wow, you ask for them now? They've disappeared for- at least- an hour and a half. Seriously dude, you've got issues. You do realise that this is Natsume's house, right?'
"Yes, of course! What kind of friend would I be if I didn't know? Even so, if I did forget, I could have read your mind right there and then and… Ah, never mind" said Koko before turning around to face the TV to continue watching the movie.
A few minutes later, they heard the front door open.
"Ah, hey, Ruka!" Koko and Kitsuneme greeted in union. Ruka greeted them with a nod in reply. Mochu greeted Ruka with a nod, who replied with a nod as well.
"Hey, guys. Have you seen Natsume around? I've been looking for him but I couldn't find him" said Ruka whilst petting the rabbit in his arms. All three boys shook their heads in reply.
"No, we haven't seen him" replied Mochu.
"He's probably out buying books or something" said Koko. Then, as if on cue, they heard the door open again, and Natsume walked in with a pile of books in his hand.
"Wow… how the hell do you do that?" muttered Mochu, amazed by how people always manage to appear minutes after being talked about.
"Well, I couldn't really care less. At least Natsume didn't buy as many books as last time" mentioned Ruka. All four boys shuddered at the memory when Natsume walked through the door and told them to help him carry all the books he had bought during his trip to the book store.
"Yeah, I agree. That guy is so much of a bookworm that it's not even funny" said Kitsuneme. Ruka raised an eyebrow.
"What's so funny about being a bookworm?" questioned Ruka. Koko faced Ruka and merely shrugged in reply before turning back to face the TV. Ruka was about to join the three boys to watch the movie when he heard Natsume speak from stair case, ready to head up to his room.
"OI, bring the rest up to my room" called out Natsume. All four boys groaned.
"Ah, come on, Natsume. How much books did you buy this time?" whined Koko. Natsume raised an eyebrow at Koko. All heads turned towards Koko, who sweat dropped. Koko heaved a sigh.
"Fine. How many books did you buy this time, O Wise one?" Koko asked, sarcastically bowing.
Natsume shrugged and replied, "Just enough to fill up the back seats of the car." All four boys groaned again as they made their way out to the car.
"Why do you buy so many books, Natsume?" wailed Kitsuneme.
"Because I want to. Now the quicker we finish, the quicker you can go back to that movie you're watching" stated Natsume.
While Natsume made his way up the stairs to go to his room to put the books away, Ruka, Koko, Kitsuneme and Mochu made their way towards Natsume's car. As soon as they opened the doors of the back seat, they sweat dropped.
"How is it even possible to buy so many books? Surely there are books that Natsume doesn't like!" Koko exclaimed. Beside him, Kitsuneme agreed.
"Yeah, I wonder if there are any books in the book store that Natsume hasn't bought yet" said Kitsuneme. Koko and Kitsuneme thought for a moment before facing each other and saying in union, "Probably not." They both laughed, only to start sulking when they looked back at the amount of books there were in the car. At the entrance of the house, they heard Ruka call out to them.
"OI, you carry the rest of them!" he told them before going into the house, followed by Mochu. Koko and Kitsuneme looked from Ruka, to each other, then to the books.
"Wait, WHAT?" they cried.
"Damn it… We should have gone first… now we have to carry most of the books" Koko sulked. He then bent down and piled half the amount of books in his arms and waited for Kitsuneme to pile the rest of the books in his arms before heading off into the house, after carefully closing the car door.
"We should really charge Natsume for making us do all this crap" muttered Koko. Kitsuneme agreed with a grunt.
"Ah well, it should all be better at school tomorrow" said Kitsuneme. Koko suddenly laughed.
"Yep, definitely" agreed Koko before entering Natsume's room and carefully placing the books on the bed. They have learnt from previous experience on what would happen if they are careless with the books and dumped them anywhere.
Natsume was busy placing the books onto the new shelf he had bought a couple of days ago. Ruka, Mochu, Koko and Kitsuneme sweat dropped.
So that's why he bought another shelf… they all thought.
"WELL, we'll be going then. You enjoy your time…uh… reading and stuff" exclaimed Koko before running out of Natsume's room before he asked them to do anything else.
Natsume's only reply was his usual "Hn." Ruka and Mochu headed out the door, not forgetting to close the door behind them as they exited.
When Ruka and Mochu made their way down the stairs, they heard Koko and Kitsuneme whistle. Probably because of what happened in the movie.
"What happened?" asked Mochu as he went back to his seat on the couch, where he was sitting before Natsume called them out.
"Some chick just did this awesome stunt!" exclaimed Kitsuneme as he high fived Koko.
"Seriously? Play it again" said Mochu. Kitsuneme turned around and faced Koko, who was already looking at him with a stupid grin on his face.
"We have no problem with that" Koko and Kitsuneme spoke in union. Koko grabbed the remote and pressed the rewind button.
"OHH! DAYUM" Mochu exclaimed as he raised both hands for Kitsuneme and Koko to high five. Kitsuneme and Koko high fived Mochu enthusiastically.
Ruka smiled and shook his head. He quickly checked the time on the clock that was on the wall above the television.
"Well, I'll be heading off now. See you tomorrow" Ruka announced. Koko, Kitsuneme and Mochu bid Ruka goodbye with a nod. Ruka quickly headed upstairs to quickly tell Natsume he was heading off, though he stopped when he realised that Natsume would probably want to read his book in peace, so he headed back down the stairs and told Koko, Kitsuneme and Mochu to tell Natsume that he already headed out if Natsume were to ask where he was. The three boys nodded, though still continued to watch the movie. Ruka let out a laugh and headed out the door and headed home.
"Ah… I hope they end up having some sort of fun in their life. They're all bored to tears and movies" muttered Ruka before getting in his car and headed off home.
"Don't say no, no, no, no-no;
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah;
And we'll go, go, go, go-go.
If you're ready, like I'm ready.
Mikan danced around the room, singing as she packed up her things, unaware that someone was watching her by the doorway.
Cause it's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you"
Persona smirked and leaned off the door frame. "Thanks, but no thanks. That would just be wrong" he butt in. Mikan spun around and screams.
"SWEET PANCAKES" Mikan yelled when heard her brother. Mikan stomped over to her brother and hit him with the textbook that was currently in her hands.
"Don't do that!" she shouted, hitting him again with the textbook before storming over to her bed to put it in one of her many suitcases. Mikan continued to pack the last of her books before turning around and sitting on the edge of her bed to face her brother.
Persona entered Mikan's room and made his way out to the balcony after beckoning Mikan to follow him. Mikan stood up and followed her brother out to the balcony.
"What is it?" Mikan asked him. Persona crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the passing cars.
"This mission is important" Persona told her.
"I know…you told me" said Mikan, not quite getting the point.
"Don't screw it up" said Persona. Mikan nodded. Persona turned around to face Mikan, arms still crossed.
"Therefore, do not have any distractions. You will be going to the same school as Hyuuga. And as it was said in the folder that I gave to you- many girls easily fall for him" informed Persona. Mikan raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms over her chest as she leaned her back against the balcony railing.
"Do you mean to say that I get pulled in easily?" Mikan asked him, half joking- half serious. Persona rolled his eyes and continued- ignoring Mikan's question.
"Kid, I'll give you a fair warning" said Persona. Persona uncrossed his arms and headed towards the door, back into Mikan's room. "Don't fall in love or else you and everyone around you will be dyed in blood" Persona told her. And with that, he went in and then exited Mikan's room to go and pack his own things.
Mikan stayed where she was, unmoving. After a few minutes, Mikan leaned off the balcony railing and turned around with her eyes closed. Mikan extended her arms out and breathed in the fresh, nightly air, letting the wind play with her hair as it blew. She then opened her eyes and placed her hands on the balcony railing.
"Don't fall in love, eh?" Mikan muttered. "It shouldn't be hard. The guy goes to a co-ed school, doesn't he? The girls probably keep him busy, then" said Mikan. Mikan nodded and walked back into her room. When she walked in, she sweat dropped. I didn't realise I packed up so much already she thought. The room looks seriously… plain she added, looking around. Mikan heaved a sigh and walked over to her closet, to pack the last of her things.
Mikan threw her clothes into her suitcase, not bothered to fold them neatly. She was going to take them out again anyway. When Mikan finished zipping up all her suitcases and moved them all beside her bedroom door. Mikan walked over to her clothes rack stand and grabbed her pyjamas, which she had place earlier, and went into her bathroom to change and get ready for the night.
After brushing her teeth, Mikan lay down on her bed, and snuggled underneath her blankets regardless of the warm air because she always found it awkward to lie in bed and not be covered with a blanket. Mikan grabbed the pillow beside her and hugged it. Within seconds, she was asleep.
A couple of hours later, Persona appeared in Mikan's room and stared at his little sister, who was currently half thrown off the bed. Persona rolled his eyes and fixed his little sister back on the bed properly or else he would never hear the end of her complaints of her pain in the morning when she woke up.
Persona picked Mikan up and carefully placed her back on the bed. He then got the blanket and placed it over her. When he finished, Persona headed towards the door. Placing his hand on the doorknob, Persona looked back to take a final glance at Mikan.
"The moment we set foot in Japan, everything you do will depend on your future, Mikan. Don't mess it up by getting involved with too many people for you to handle" he said before heading out the door, closing it behind him.
Mikan stirred in her sleep and mumbled something.
"I will try my best to make you proud, brother"
End of chapter
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