Story Of A Girl by: emina25
A/N: Konnichiwa mina-san!! It's me again!! Gomenasai if it took sooooo long to update this episode 2. But at least that it's all in my mind. I'm glad that I didn't got lazy updating Chapter 2 today. Anyway, here goes!! Oh, and don't forget to submit a review. Onegai and arigato!! And, I'm really sorry if my story, "Natsume's Jealousy" isn't done yet. I just can't think of anything of how to end it. No, wait! I already thought about the last chapter. But, just what I have said, I'm too lazy to type it and update it. Hahaha. Anyway, here goes!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice. It's Higuchi Tachibana's. The only thing I own is the plot. Arigato!
EPISODE TWO: ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY
Konnichiwa! It's me again, Mikan! So, have you read what happened to me about the past? You know, when I thought that the "great" Natsume was just like any other person who looks good outside but bad on the inside? Well, anyway, I thought wrong. Now I know that Natsume's one of a kind. I think I'm the only girl who thought about the Natsume on the inside. All the girls care are Natsume's outside, which means the "looks".
Anyway, I think I'm talking nonsense here already. Things are a little bit going fine here but not yet for now. I still have problems in school and especially those girls like Luna and Sumire. Even though God made me this way, I still hope that I will become pretty someday. Wait, I have been repeating this for a million times already or am I just talking crazy now?
I'm hoping and wishing that I can be anything yet ordinary. Yeah, anything but ordinary.
"Natsume is not so bad after all."
The brunette, wearing a plain white fitted shirt with plain black tank top on it and jeans and flipflops, proudly said to the person beside her, Hotaru. They were walking through the park in the bright Sunday morning. They were going to their favorite spot in the weeping willow where there is a lake and a small bridge. It was used to be Mikan and her father's favorite spot. But now that Mikan's father was gone, she shared it to her best friend.
"Oh, so, you have watched the interview yesterday and listened to their song." Hotaru said, nonchalantly. She was wearing a plain black tank top with black blazer and long skirt just three inches below the knee and black boots.
"Well, yeah, I watched it yesterday. But, it was an accident!" Mikan retorted.
"Yeah, an accident. You turned the television on and changed the channel to the CF Channel and watched the interview and watched it long enough and that made it an accident." Hotaru nonchalantly and sarcastically said.
"Well, that can be, can't it?" Mikan unsurely asked. Absolutely………not, Mikan!! Silly you!!
"Baka, talk anything you want!" Hotaru gave up.
Until they've reached their favorite spot. Mikan sat on the edge of the bridge. She removed her shoes, put her feet in the water and swayed it like a child. She really loved that place. That place was full of her memories with her father.
"You know, Hotaru, I'm glad I shared this spot with you." Mikan smiled. She does really love her friend.
"Yeah, but never think of me as your father. Or else," Hotaru smirked. "You know what I'm going to do with you."
"Heck! Stop it! We're not children anymore. So stop playing your Baka Gun and stop hitting it on me!" Mikan pouted.
"Oh? Not a child anymore, you say? And what are you pouting for?" She glanced in the corner of her eye to Mikan.
"Well," Mikan shrugged. "Hey!! It's not fair!!"
Then, they began splashing waters towards each other. Giggles, laughter and splashing of the waters can be heard. They looked like they are having fun!! No, not look like. But, they really are having so much fun that they never wanted to stop what they are doing.
When they were all wet because of splashing each other, they removed some of their clothes and began to jump in the lake and went swimming. Mikan removed her glasses so that it won't get wet.
"You know, Mikan, why don't you try using lenses? It looks prettier on you and please never style your hair in pigtail again." Hotaru smiled and said emphasizing the word please.
"Is it wrong for me not to wear in pigtails? And besides, contact lens makes my eye itchy." Mikan told her.
Hotaru let out a big sigh and replied. "You'll get used to it. It was your first time wearing contact lens that time that's why you felt itchy."
"Well," Mikan shrugged again. Then, she smiled. "Okay."
While they were swimming in the lake, Mikan noticed Natsume and his gang walking on the street near their favorite spot.
"Mikan? What's wrong?" Hotaru asked, noticing that Mikan was out of space.
"I saw Natsume!" She blurted out.
"And so? You never cared before." Hotaru said in a bored tone.
"I used to. But now, I care!!" Mikan got up from the water and started wiping herself and put on her clothes including her glasses and fixing her hair in pigtails.
She started running towards Natsume followed by Hotaru. Well, she's not actually running. She's just walking so she was left behind.
When Mikan reached him, she waved in front of him while smiling brightly. Natsume raised his eyebrow and the gang stared at each other in a questioning look.
Hmm, it doesn't look like Natsume's gang are really rude. Maybe I was mistaken. Mikan thought.
"Hey, Hyuuga and you're gang!" Mikan greeted them, still smiling and waving.
"Hi, Sakura." Ruka, one of Natsume's friends, greeted back.
Mikan turned to the other direction, covering her face. Slow down, Mikan. I know you like Nogi before. So, stop blushing!!
"Hey, Nogi too!!" Mikan greeted back, too. Yep, still waving and smiling.
"What's with this girl?" Tsubasa, one of Natsume's friends, whispered to Kokoro.
"I don't know. Maybe she's lost that's why she's here talking to us." Kokoro replied back in a whispering manner.
"Oi, little girl." Natsume finally spoke.
"Hey! I'm not a little girl anymore. I'm already sixteen years old. And please, don't call me little girl, okay?" Mikan explained.
"Hn, whatever." Natsume retorted.
"It is because you're lost, little girl!!" Tsubasa laughed. Yuu tapped Tsubasa's arm, a signal to be quiet.
"What's with your face? Are you high? Taken drugs?" Natsume asked, well actually it's not like he's questioning. But more like it's still in a bored tone.
"No!! And why would I be?" Mikan snapped, putting her arms in her waist.
"Just stop smiling! You look uglier than the usual." Natsume snapped back.
Their faces were a few inches near. But, they don't mind because they were angry at each other. While his gang were all sweat dropping.
Mikan smiled but better than before. "Hey, Hyuuga, I wanna tell you something seriously."
"I bet she's gonna confess to him..." Kokoro whispered to Tsubasa and Yuu. Tsubasa laughed while Yuu smiled a little.
"I'm not!!" She shouted at the three. Then, came back to her senses, "Well, I just wanna tell you that I'm very grateful. Thank you!"
Natsume, who was slightly annoyed, turned his face to the other direction opposite Ruka. Ruka just looked at him. It feels like he knows why Mikan is grateful. Then he looked at Mikan, "For what, Sakura?"
"Well, about yesterday night, about your interview and your song. I felt so much better." Mikan smiled more gently, like an angel.
Tsubasa's, Kokoro's and Yuu's jaw dropped real low almost like touching the ground. The three stammered all at the same time, "S-she l-looks n-nicer a-and p-p-pr-pre-pretty-prettier."
"Huh? What did you say? Sorry, I didn't understand." Mikan, rubbing the back of her head while chuckling, said.
Dense. The three thought to themselves. Idiot. Natsume thought. Sakura. Ruka thought.
"Anyway, you really cared for me. Thanks, Hyuuga." She smiled again, angelically.
"Who told you that I really cared for you?" Natsume snapped.
"Well, I can see it the way you acted yesterday on the interview." Mikan replied.
"Don't say anything stupid, polka!" Natsume got angry. "I never care. And I never will."
Mikan backed a little because she got frightened at Natsume's action. Hotaru finally reached Mikan. Upon hearing this, all she could say is, "Mikan."
The five felt sorry for her. Natsume, because of getting angry, walked away leaving all of them.
"Natsume!!" Ruka followed him, running because Natsume walked so fast.
"We're sorry if Natsume acted this way. He just doesn't want to be treated that way, Sakura. Anyway, thanks to you too. I think Natsume will get better after what you said to him." Yuu apologized, then walked off with the two.
Even though she heard Yuu said that Natsume will get better also, she felt like she added herself as a burden in Natsume's life. A tear fell in one of her eye. She turned around hoping that no one saw it. But, she was mistaken. She ran as fast as she could without turning back at Hotaru. She just ran and let her feet go wherever it could lead her.
"Mikan!" Hotaru shouted, feeling sorry for her friend. She followed her.
Mikan stopped in front of a Sakura Tree. She reached for the tree and leaned on the tree and sat and started crying out loud. Hotaru has finally found her. She bent down and touched Mikan's cheek.
"Mikan," Hotaru called her, gently.
"I'm sorry I won't do it again." Mikan cried and cried. She thought that Hotaru will scold her because she ran off without saying something to her. She repeated, "I'm sorry I won't do it again."
Mikan's eyes widened. Instead of scolding her, she was suddenly being grabbed by Hotaru and quickly hugged her.
"Mikan," Hotaru whispered. "I'm very proud for you."
Upon hearing this, Mikan smiled and hugged her back.
Murmurs, whispers and many more were heard in the class when Mikan and Hotaru entered their room. The people were gathered in Sumire and Luna's place. It's a wild ruckus. It looks like they were all fighting just so they can look at a picture Sumire and Luna are showing to them.
"Hey! Mikan's here!!" one of her classmates shouted, pointing at her.
"What's happening?" Mikan whispered to Hotaru.
But then, she got surprised that she was talking, or rather whispering to no one. Hotaru was already looking at the picture they're all looking at.
"I see. So, there were spies." Hotaru nodded, rubbing her chin with her index and thumb. Suddenly, she glared at the two girls who started it. "You're responsible for all of this, I see."
The two, Sumire and Luna, stared at each other in horror and looked back at Hotaru. Sumire tried to talk to her, "H-Hotaru-ru-s-sa-ma-ma, w-we d-didn't m-mean t-to s-spy o-on b-bo-bo-both o-of y-you."
Just then, Luna snapped out, "So what if we spied on you? And plus, Mikan (she glared at her), you look more than a hundred percent uglier in here."
The two started laughing. Sumire continued, pointing and poking Mikan's chest, "Remember the words that I'm going to say to you, nerdy. You will never be able to be like us, to be a beautiful girl. You will remain as an ugly girl as what you look like now."
Hotaru gave the picture to Mikan. Upon seeing this, she was really shocked. The picture showed Hotaru and Mikan having fun on the water. Mikan was very beautiful in the picture and so was Hotaru. She tore the picture to pieces. There was a loud groan. They really admired the Mikan in the picture.
"What's wrong with you people? And you Sumire? Luna?" Mikan shouted.
"Nothing," Sumire and Luna smirked.
"Shut up! Everything that you're saying are all stupid lies! You don't know anything! You never really care about the inside of a person's heart! God created me this way! I believe in God! I have faith in him! And I know God has a reason behind it all!!" Mikan shouted again. "All you care is this and that which are beautiful on the outside! I hate all of you!"
Mikan quickly ran as fast as she could. She reached for the door. Just as when she was about to open the door, Natsume and his gang opened it first. They stared at the teary-eyed running Mikan. But she didn't care. She just continued on running. She passed Narumi-sensei. Narumi grabbed both of Mikan's hands. She kept on crying.
Narumi-sensei wiped Mikan's tears. He saw Hotaru, Ruka and Yuu came. He asked Mikan, "Mikan-chan, what's wrong?"
"I can't take this anymore. I want to leave this place. I hate all of the people here. They really don't like me. They said they don't want to have a classmate who's ugly. I hate them. I HATE THEM!" Mikan shouted while crying. "Let go off of me!"
She let go and started running again.
"Mikan!" Hotaru shouted. But she was gone.
Mikan reached the entrance door of their house. She jerked it and it opened. Luckily, there was no one left in her home. She went straight to her room, locked herself, opened the radio and turned it into maximum volume.
She heard the song "Anything But Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Sometimes I get so weird
I even freak myself out
I laugh myself to sleep
It's my lullaby
Sometimes I drive so fast
Just to feel the danger
I wanna scream
It makes me feel alive
Is it enough to love?
Is it enough to breathe?
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
To walk within the lines
Would make my life so boring
I want to know
That I have been to the extreme
So knock me off my feet
Come on now give it to me
Anything to make me feel alive
Is it enough to love?
Is it enough to breathe?
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
Let down your defenses
Use no common sense
If you look you will see
That this world is a beautiful
Accident, turbulent, succulent
Opulent, permanent, no way
I wanna taste it
Don't wanna waste it away
Sometimes I get so weird
I even freak myself out
I laugh myself to sleep
It's my lullaby
Is it enough?
Is it enough?
Is it enough to breathe?
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
Is it enough?
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
Oh, I'd rather be anything but ordinary please
She kept on crying and crying. "I want to change. I want to be like anybody. I love myself but I'm still lacking something. I want to be anything but ordinary."
A/N: So, what do you think? Was it good? Tell me if you don't like it. I'll try to improve the next chapter. Again, I'm really, really, so, so sorry if this chapter took so long to update!! I was lucky that I still remember the whole story of Story Of A Girl even though I haven't been writing it for months. And the Natsume's Jealousy, I already know what will happen in the last chapter. But, as what I said before, I was really too lazy to write or type it. But, I'll try my best not to get lazy. I know all of you are already waiting for the last chapter. I'm really, really, so, so sorry!!
Let's take a great SNEAK PEEK for our next episode.
EPISODE THREE: HIGH
"Alright everybody, I want all of you to write a poem. Anything you want as long as it's a poem. Okay?"
"What is your poem all about, Hotaru?"
"I really can't think of anything!!"
"That's because you're stupid. You don't know everything in the world."
"Why don't you try wandering around somewhere and maybe you'll get interested in what you will see."
"Do what you want. I really don't care."