Author's Note:
Thank you for your support in the first chapter. I apologize for the chapter being that short so hopefully I'll be able to make it up to you by making this one longer. Hope you enjoy! Their Alices are revealed in this chapter. Sorry if you're not satisfied with them but this is what I'm going with. I refuse to give this Alices that are overpowering. Please read and review. Thanks!
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Chapter Two
-Welcome to Hell-
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"Amu-chan…Amu-chan!"
A pair of golden coloured eyes fluttered open at the sound of the voice. Amu lifted her head and brought her hand up to shield herself from the intensity of the blinding light against her eyes.
"Amu-chan!" a familiar voice cried.
Amu's eyes grew wide. "Ran!" She looked up and saw the familiar face of the sporty Chara looking at her with an unreadable expression on her face.
"What's wrong?" Amu questioned, looking around. They were currently standing on top of the lake, which appeared to be located within the forest. Around the lake were a pattern of trees that stretched out for what seemed like miles and miles. Strangely enough, Amu couldn't hear anything; no sounds of birds, the wind, the leaves…nothing. "Where are we?"
"We're in your mind, Amu-chan," Miki's voice stated as she made her entrance. Suu followed behind quietly.
The rosette's eyes furrowed in confusion. "What are you talking about? Why are we here? …How did you guys get in here? Aren't you supposed to be in your eggs? Why-?"
"We don't know!" Ran exclaimed, cutting off her bombard of questions. "We have no idea what's going on and we can't seem to get out."
Amu's eyes widened. "No way… This is a dream, right?" she asked meekly.
Miki sighed. "I wish it was…" she muttered. "I wish it was…"
And then, all was darkness.
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Golden eyes fluttered open slowly. Amu stared up at the ceiling tiredly; her mind totally blank.
What a strange dream, she thought, but then shrugged. Ah, who cares!
"Good morning…"
She yawned as she sat up on the bed and stretched. The sunlight filtered through the silk curtains and shone brightly against her face, making her eyes sparkle brightly.
For some odd reason I feel really refreshed, Amu thought smiling. "Ran, Miki, Suu, are you guys up?"
No response.
Amu blinked and looked towards where she placed her eggs last night, only to come across nothing.
"Guys?" the rosette began to panic. "Why are you? If this is a joke, then it's not funny!" Her voice slowly rose with each word.
Where are they?! Amu thought frantically. "Ran! Miki! Suu!"
Suddenly, she froze. Could it be…that dream…it was real?!
"Will you be quiet, it's only six in the morning!" came Utau's tired but annoyed voice. The blonde idol sat up on her bed and rubbed her violet coloured orbs.
"What's the matter, Amu?" Rima asked, sitting up as well.
"My eggs!" the Joker cried. "Their gone!"
Utau raised an eyebrow. "So? They're probably playing a joke or something, right, Iru?"
No response was heard.
The blonde looked around. "Iru? Eru?" she called. "Where are you guys?"
"Kusukusu's not here either!" Rima told them. "Where could she have gone?"
"This is a joke, right?" Amu asked nervously. I refuse to believe that they have vanished overnight!
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"Where are you, Daichi?!"
Nagihiko groaned as Kuukai's voice brought him out of his sleep. Why in the world is he yelling so loudly in the morning? The Jack inwardly grumbled in annoyance. Fujisaki Nagihiko was not and never will be a morning person and all this loud screaming from Kuukai was not helping one bit.
"What's the matter, Souma-kun?" the violet haired boy asked with calmness in his tone, although, inwardly he was far from calm.
Ikuto slowly got out of bed as well, curious to what happened to the soccer player to make him go this crazy in the morning.
"Daichi is gone!" Kuukai exclaimed in panic.
Ikuto and Nagihiko glanced at each other before turning back to the frantic male.
"Are you sure he's not playing a prank or something?" Ikuto inquired, but his words just fell on deaf ears.
"Argh! Where are you?!" Kuukai flung open their bedroom door and ran out, only to come in contact with someone else.
"Ow…" Amu groaned as she fell down from the sudden impact. "Kuukai, what's the matter?"
Kuukai fumed in annoyance. "Daichi! He's gone!" he exclaimed.
Amu's eyes widened. "My Charas are gone as well, along with Utau's and Rima's!"
"It seems like Rhythm is gone as well," Nagihiko stated, walking out the room. As well as Temari, he inwardly added. Unlike the others, he remained calm. The Fujisaki heir had been taught to keep his cool at all times, no matter how dire the situation may be and so far, he was doing a great job.
"So is Yoru," Ikuto added with what seemed like boredom in his tone.
"How could you guys stay so calm?" Rima asked angrily, appearing at Amu's side along with Utau. "Do you not care about your Charas?"
"Of course we do, Rima-chan, and you know that," Nagihiko said softly. "But instead of panicking we should think this through."
"Fujisaki's right," Ikuto stated quietly. "Besides, we shouldn't be making such a ruckus at a place like this."
Kuukai opened his mouth to retort but one glare from Utau had frozen him completely. He gulped and nodded slowly.
"I wonder where they could have gone," Utau muttered. "Those two…"
Amu looked down unsurely. Should I tell them about my dream, she wondered but shook her head. No, they won't believe me. Besides, I doubt that it has any relevance to this…but still… Her fists clenched.
From the corner of his eye, Ikuto noticed this. He closed his violet coloured orbs and sighed mentally. She was hiding something.
"Well, what is it," he started, grabbing everyone's attention. "You've got something to tell us, don't you, Amu?"
Everyone turned their attention towards the rosette. Amu bit her lip and glared at Ikuto. How he could tell that something was bothering her, she would never know. Must be his cat senses… But she knew that she wasn't getting out of this. Sighing, she began her story…
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"So, how are they, Narumi-sensei?" the voice of a beautiful woman spoke from behind lavender silk curtains.
Narumi bowed. "They're fine, Hii-sama," he spoke. "I'm absolutely positive that they have Alices."
"Oh?" Hii raised her fan up to cover her mouth. Her sharp eyes shone with amusement. "And what might their Alices be?"
The blonde teacher faltered slightly. "I'm not sure at the moment. I'll run some tests on them as soon as they wake up," Narumi said.
"Hm…I see…" The Middle School Principle appeared to be in deep thought. "I would like you to keep a close eye on them."
Narumi raised an eyebrow. "May I ask why, Hii-sama?" he inquired.
Hii giggled slightly. "We never know if they might be spies from the Anti-Alice Organization," she said smiling.
Somehow, I doubt that, Narumi inwardly thought, recalling how Amu was easily frightened yesterday night by a certain black cat who had just returned from a mission.
"If they turn out to have any Dangerous Ability Alices, do not put them in that class. That is all I have to say."
Narumi nodded understandingly and bowed. "I understand, Hii-sama." With that, he walked out of her office.
Hm…these six might just be an interesting bunch. Hii-sama chuckled lightly from behind her fan. Very interesting, indeed…
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"I see, from what Amu-chan told us, I'm guessing that our Charas have returned back to our bodies," Nagihiko stated.
"But why?" Amu questioned.
Rima spoke up, "We may have to contact Tsukasa-san to find out."
Utau nodded in agreement. "Yeah, if anyone knows, I bet it's that cat-lover." She shifted her eyes suspiciously towards her brother.
Ikuto faltered slightly. What is she looking at?
"But for now, we should keep this a secret from the teachers," Nagihiko said. "For now, let's just concentrate on our new school."
Kuukai's eyes lit up. "Oh, I almost forgot!" he exclaimed, running back into his room. A few minutes later he walked back out but instead of wearing his old school uniform, he was dressed in the black and blue Alice Gakuen Middle School clothing. The male uniform consist of a white shirt, a blue ribbon that went around the collar, a black blazer with blue lining, blue checker pants and a pair of brown shoes.
Kuukai grinned. "Saw these on the drawer this morning," he said. "Not bad, if I must say so myself."
Amu's eyes lit up. "Oh, yeah! I totally forgot!" With that, she along with Rima and Utau went back into their rooms and began getting dressed.
Rima lifted up the female Middle School uniform and inspected it. It was relatively similar to the male uniform but instead of pants, it was replaced with a blue checker skirt that went to the mid-thigh. The blonde tried the uniform on.
It's strange how they knew our sizes. What are they? Stalkers? Rima mentally scowled.
"Hm…not bad," Utau muttered, inspecting herself in the mirror. "Amu, you done?"
"Yeah!" came the response from the bathroom. Amu stepped out.
Rima pursed her lips. Typical Amu, always altering her clothes to match her 'Cool n' Spicy' image. Amu had kept her white blouse un-tucked and had only buttoned one of the buttons on her blazer. Around her hips was a blue, black and silver belt. This outfit had sorely reminded Rima of how Amu had used to wear her Seiyo Academy uniform. Seiyo… Rima's eyes dulled at the thought of her old school.
"Rima, you okay?" Amu asked in concern.
Utau looked at her with slight curiosity.
The short blonde shook her head. "I fine," she said firmly. "Let's go. I'm sure that weird teacher is probably waiting for us outside."
Rima pulled open the door and her mouth widened. Just as she predicted, the weird teacher was standing outside their door. Nagihiko, Kuukai and Ikuto stood behind them with disgusted expressions…well, Kuukai and Ikuto did anyway; Nagihiko just looked absolutely mortified.
Narumi was currently wearing a pink gown that consisted of a lot of lace and on his feet were a pair of glass slippers. What the hell is he?! Cinderella?! That was a sight for sore eyes.
"Okay, my lovely students~!" he said in a sing-song voice. "Are we all ready to go and discover your Alices?"
All the girls could do was nod in horror.
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"Okay, then! This is how it's going to work!" Narumi led them to the teacher's facility room, which was currently devoid of people, except for a blonde haired woman with rose coloured eyes, who was gazing into a crystal ball. The woman looked up at them curiously before dropping her gaze back towards her crystal ball.
Utau towards a large machine that was current within their line of vision. It was a cylinder shape with a red door, a computer screen, a lever and only a few buttons.
"This is a machine built by one of our students at this academy which allows us to find out your Alice. Very useful but of course, not everything in life is for free…" Narumi sighed. Never again was he going to buy anything off her, the infamous Ice Queen of Alice Gakuen. This machine had cost a lot of money. Three guesses as to who had to pay for it?
"So…what do we do?" Kuukai asked, eyeing the machine with uncertainty.
Narumi giggled. "Just step in and I'll handle the rest. Go ahead, Kuukai-kun," he ushered, opening the door for him.
Kuukai backed away nervously. "Uh…I think I'll pass." And he proceeded to escape. But before he was able to move a step back, the ex-Jack froze in his tracks.
"I said go ahead, Kuukai-kun," Narumi said happily, emitting a wave of strange attractive energy from his body.
Kuukai nodded dazedly. "Yes, sir…" he slurred, walking into the machine. The door clicked shut and a few seconds later…
"Hey! What the hell?! Let me out!"
Utau's eyes widened and glanced at the grinning teacher. How in the world did he do that? Was it…his Alice?
"Oi! Let me out!" Kuukai banged his fists against the metal door but all was futile.
"Don't worry, Kuukai-kun. You won't be able to feel a thing, I promise," Narumi talked as if he was speaking to a child. Then, he waltzed up to machine and began pushing a few buttons and pulled the lever down. The screen glowed blue and began self-typing out all this information. Narumi shielded the information from their line of vision, much to Amu's annoyance.
Then, it was done. The door slid open and out came a dazed looking Kuukai. "Well…that wasn't so bad," he said bluntly.
"That's good to hear." Narumi clapped his hands together. "Who's next?"
Nagihiko volunteered. The blonde teacher repeated the same process and after fifteen minutes, Utau, Ikuto, Rima and Amu were all done as well.
"Well, what are our Alices?" Utau asked; her impatience concealing her excitement.
"Hm…hold on a sec…" Narumi waited as the page printed out. "Ah hah! Got it!"
The six new students' ears perked up, curious as to what their Alices would be. Narumi chuckled at their impatience before shifting his eyes towards the sheet of paper."
"Now then, let's see what we have…Kuukai-kun, you have two Alices actually…"
Kuukai's eyes lit up in excitement.
"You have the Super Speed and Flying Alice."
"Awesome!" Kuukai exclaimed.
Narumi smiled and continued. "Nagihiko-kun, you have quite a rare and unusual Alice…"
Nagihiko raised an eyebrow and urged him to go on.
"It appears that you have the Weapon Summoning Alice as well as one that is currently unknown."
"I see." Nagihiko nodded.
"Hoshina-san, you have the Singing Manipulation Alice. It's allows you to manipulate a person by singing," Narumi explained.
No, duh, that's why it's called 'Singing Manipulation', Amu thought rolling her eyes as Utau nodded and then began contemplating.
"Ikuto-kun, you have the Cat Predisposition and the Darkness Manipulation Alice. Cat Predisposition gives you the abilities of a cat and Darkness Manipulation allows you to manipulation darkness, although I think it will only be useable during the night."
Ikuto nodded.
"Mashiro-san, you have the Laughing and Male Pheromone Alice. Laughing Alice allows you to make anyone laugh at whatever you say and the Male Pheromone Alice makes males attracted to you."
Rima mentally sighed. Great…that means more fan-boys…
Narumi sighed and smiled at Amu. "And finally Hinamori-san, your Alice is…" He glanced down at the paper and furrowed his eye in confusion. "Hm…that's weird," he muttered to himself.
Amu looked slightly nervous. "What the matter?" she asked.
Narumi looked up. "It seems like the machine was unable to determine your Alice. No results came out…although it's absolute sure that you have one," Narumi quickly added the last part when Amu's expression dimmed.
"Okay…"
Narumi smiled at her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. I'm sure you'll be able to discover it sooner or later. You're not the only one who didn't know what their Alice was when they first came to this academy either." He chuckled at the memory.
Amu raised an eyebrow. "Really? Who else didn't know?" she inquired; disappointment now replaced with curiosity.
"That," Narumi winked at her, "Is something that you'll find out later."
Amu frowned.
Clapping his hands together, Narumi grinned at the six. "I hope you're content with your Alice or Alices. They're going to be apart of you from now on."
"Does that mean we'll be able to use these powers forever?" Kuukai asked with excitement.
"Well, it all depends…" Narumi rubbed his chin. "You can look it up in the guide I gave you. It's under the title 'Alice Shapes'. The books are in your rooms. Speaking of which, you'll probably only stay in those rooms for two more nights before you move."
"Why is that?" Rima asked.
"Look that under 'Star Levels'," Narumi winked, "Because that's enough explanation for one day."
Lazy teacher, was the thought that rang through each of their minds.
"Now then, let's go to class~!" Narumi proceeded to skip off with the six following behind.
From the back of the room, Yamada Serina shook her head. "Same old Naru…"
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The blonde teacher led the six students towards each of their classes. It turned out that Utau and Kuukai were put into the same homeroom while Amu, Ikuto, Nagihiko and Rima were in another and it just so happens that Narumi was their homeroom teacher. Oh, how awesome…
The four, Amu, Ikuto, Nagihiko and Rima, stood in front of a large brown wooden door. Amu gulped, hearing a lot of sounds coming from within the room.
This was going to be bad…
"Please go on ahead!" Narumi pushed open the door to reveal a chaotic classroom filled with flying teens, people playing pranks and people snoring. "Welcome to Class 3-B!"
More like welcome to hell…
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Author's Note:
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm going to be a bit busy for this week so don't expect the next chapter to be out any time soon but I'll try my best to get the next chapter out quicker. Since I didn't reveal Amu's Alice in this chapter that does not mean that I have not come up with one. I do have a good one in mind and that will probably be revealed in the later chapters. Thanks for reading! Please review! Flames are not accepted.
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