Thanks for all your reviews!! I was so happy when I found out people actually liked Chapter 1, I don't have much confidence, haha... Sry if the char are diff from the anime/manga. I just love to be rebellious and do things my way. Sry... XD Anyways, Enjoy...!!
Chapter 2: The new alice
-School Field-
"Everyone! 5 rounds around the field, GO!!" Mikan's class was having PE lesson.
"Awww" The class was groaning as usual. Most of them were fast and fit, but they HATED running.
Nearby, another class was playing soccer…
"Hey! Pass me the ball!! ...Hurry up, STUPID!!"
"FINE, I'll pass it to you!!" -PAK- The ball flew into the sky.
"Hey!! I'm over here! You blind??"
"Hey, you didn't activate your alice, did you? You might puncture someone."
The ball suddenly changed… "He did… he did… Was he trying to kill me!? Sheesh, what a hot-head…"
"Better follow it!!"
-Mikan's PE class-
"Natsume! Wait up… you're so fast, haha… Huff huff, slow… down…" Mikan was tired from running at full speed for 1 round just to catch up to Natsume. Natsume wasn't even breaking a sweat!
Natsume turned around. "Hurry up, the others will catch up soo- ...Huh?!" Natsume caught eye of a ball heading towards Mikan… with SPIKES!! "Look out!!"
"H-Huuhh…??" Mikan turned her head towards the sky. "What is that? A durian?? Aaahhhhh!! It's coming my way!!" Mikan subconsciously lifted up her hand and looked away to protect her face (Most girls would do that). She screamed… then there was a split second of pure silence.
-THUD- The 'durian' landed, everyone stared in shock. Especially Natsume, who couldn't do anything to help her. "Heeyy, h-how did you… d-do that??"
"Wha…?" Mikan picked up the durian which was now encased in ice. Mikan felt her hands getting hotter as she felt even more scared. –Drip drip- The ice slowly melted to form a small puddle, while the durian was slowly turning back into a regular ball. "I saw… this durian-ball turned a little red… Did Natsume slowly melt the ice?"
"Hey!! Are you guys alright??" The guy who kicked the ball was running up to Mikan.
"Oh, I'm… fine." Mikan was still confused.
"Sorry about that... It was all his fault!!" The guy took the ball and ran back to his classmate who was angry for being accused.
"Hey… you have another alice? The ice alice?" Natsume walked up to Mikan with surprised, concerned eyes.
"I-" Before she could reply, a teacher ran up to them, obviously worried (and angry).
"What's going on here?!"
-Faculty Room-
"So Mikan-chan has another alice??" Narumi-sensei had heard about the accident and was on his way to the classroom to see Mikan.
-Classroom-
"Wow Mikan-chan, you have 2 alices?! That's amazing!! How'd you melt the ice anyway??" Mikan was now the envy and subject of curiosity in the class. Everyone had crowded around her and flung hundreds of questions at her the moment PE class was over.
"I-I'm n-not surree if I have 2-2 alices… and I think Natsume melted the ice" Mikan was nervous at the huge crowd. She wasn't even sure if she caused it.
"Mikan-chan, I need to talk to you." Narumi-sensei stepped into the class without anyone noticing. He also didn't have his favourite long 'Good morning' greetings, he was quite serious.
"Ok-ay…" Mikan turned to face Narumi-sensei. As she walked out, "I wonder where Natsume is, I need to ask him something…"
"Uh oh, do you think Mikan-chan'll get punished??" -Whispers- The class were all wondering what would happen to Mikan.
-Dangerous Ability Class-
"Natsume, your new partner is highly interesting. Within an hour, she has become the talk of the school, including the middle and high schools."
"…I'm sure that's none of your concern, Persona… What did you call me for??"
"Yes… discovering hidden alices is nothing to be excited about here… So, here's the instruction for your next mission." Persona tossed a crumpled piece of paper to Natsume.
Natsume took it and ran off. "How'd she melt the ice?? I didn't do it." Natsume was still thinking about that accident… and Mikan.
"…discovering hidden alices is nothing to be excited about here… unless the alices could contribute to the academy…" Persona smirked to himself quietly as Natsume left.
-Faculty Room-
"Narumi-sensei, what did you want to talk to me about?" Mikan innocently asked Narumi-sensei, almost completely forgetting what had happened.
"Mikan-chan, just now… at your PE class… Did you use any alices on the ball…?"
"Eh? I-I don't know. I don't know if I did. It s-seems that way though…"
"Hmm, it seems to me, to the teachers... that you might have 2 other alices in your hands. The Ice and Fire alices."
"Fire alice?"
"If I am correct, you did feel your hand getting hotter and saw a little red glow on the ball when you held it, didn't you? I saw it through the surveillance cameras, you were so terrified and worried that you might have subconsciously activated a Fire alice in you. And if you also possess the Wind alice… then you might have the Temperature alice, leaving you a total of 2 alices, Nullification and Temperature."
"Tem-temperat-ture??"
"Yes, the Temperature alice consists of Fire, Ice and Wind, elements that could affect the temperature. It is very rare as people usually have either one of those 3 alices… but you might have all 3. If you were special enough to get the Nullification alice, you might as well get the equally rare Temperature alice."
Narumi-sensei and Mikan talked in the faculty room for quite a while before…
"So Persona-sensei will be expecting you in the Dangerous Ability Class to test whether you have the Wind alice on the next separated abilities class. That should be your 1st time, right??" Narumi-sensei perked up a little.
"Yes…"
A few days later…
-Dangerous Ability Class-
"Hey, where's Persona?? He should've arrived with a mission by now..."
"Shouldn't you be glad that Persona-sensei's not here yet... Natsume??" Rui was mocking Natsume. Rui Amane was actually Natsume's sempai, though Natsume couldn't care less.
Natsume ignored him. "Something's not right…" Natsume was feeling very uncomfortable for no particular reason.
"Now now, Natsume, Rui-sempai is our sempai...We shouldn't ignore him. I think..."
"Tsubasa…" Natsume turned around. Tsubasa Ando was Natsume's sempai and Rui's kouhai. Natsume treated Tsubasa almost like a friend although not really.
"Aww, Tsubassaaa you stood up for me, not really necessary… but you did!! I'm so happy!!" Rui was hugging the uncomfortable Tsubasa. He liked Tsubasa more than a friend. (A/N: Rui IS a guy, but he's not what you're thinking…)
"That's why I hate Rui. He's acting all gay again." Natsume said looking away from the disgusting scene.
"WHAT!! I'm NOT gay!!" Rui protested, still holding onto Tsubasa.
Meanwhile at Northern Woods…
"Good afternoon Persona-sensei." Mikan greeted cheerfully, expecting Persona-sensei to be a 'good person' like most of the other teachers.
"Ah, Mikan Sakura. I heard I am to determine your Wind alice. Shall we get started?" Persona-sensei was trying his best to make Mikan trust him enough to reveal her alice... consciously or subconsciously, it didn't really matter.
"Okay!"
"I must warn you, it's not going to be easy…"
"O-Okayy…" Mikan was starting to get second thoughts.
After a few hours, Persona-sensei and Mikan went to the faculty room. Narumi-sensei looked at them. Persona-sensei was smiling satisfied while Mikan was panting exhaustedly.
"Mikan-chan, are you okay?? Persona-sensei, what did you make her do??"
"Just a few tests and exercises, nothing serious…" Persona-sensei's smirk could be detected without even looking. "… and it was a success. Mikan has the Temperature alice."
"!!"
"I'm so happy Narumi-sensei, I thought that I only had boring Nullification." Mikan was all smiles, even though she was practically desperate to find a chair to sit.
"From now on, Mikan Sakura will attend the Dangerous Ability 'Classes' with a star-rank of 3 stars." Persona-sensei was surprisingly smiling sincerely.
"Really!! I get to be a Triple!? Thank you Persona-sensei!!" Mikan raced out of the room to tell everyone, suddenly regaining her energy and without waiting for the teachers' instructions and add-ons.
-Next day-
"That's strange, it isn't like that Persona to not give me a mission. Something's up!" Natsume was still pondering.
"Natsume, I looked everywhere for you yesterday. What are you doing here anyway? It's almost time for school and you're relaxing under a tree?"
"What were you looking for me for?"
"Oh, yeah! I went to test for a Wind alice in me, and… I do have the Wind alice! Narumi-sensei said that now I had the Temperature alice along with Nullification!! I'm so happy!! I'm also promoted to a Triple, aren't I great?" Mikan was feeling wonderfully proud of herself.
"…Congrats." Natsume tried to sound normal but felt suspicious about the whole thing. However, he didn't suspect it had anything to do with Persona.
"Thanks. Come on Natsume, let's go to class!!" Mikan pulled Natsume away.
-Classroom-
"Hey!! Mikan's here!!" All of the guys (and some girls) ran up to Mikan.
"Mikan-chan, can you show us your Temperature alice?? We've never seen it before."
"Uh... but Anna, class's about to start!" Mikan already knew everyone by this time.
"Everyone, Jinno-sensei's not here today, so it's free period." A substitute announced as he walked in.
"Yay!! You can show us now, Mikan-chan… PLEASE!!"
"Sorry Nonoko, I-I…"
"Ahem…"
"Ah? ...Yes sensei??" Mikan and the others turned around.
"Mikan-chan, you have a letter." He passed Mikan a slightly crumpled envelope.
"PRIVATE… TO: MIKAN SAKURA" Someone read what was written on the envelope.
-Scatters- Everyone gave Mikan privacy.
Mikan walked to her seat and opened the letter (Natsume was sleeping). After reading it, she got up and left the classroom.
-Northern Woods-
"You wanted to see me, Persona-sensei??" Mikan looked ahead, questioningly.
"Yes, I wanted to ask if you felt the training last time was too tough."
"Oh. It was okay but it was a little tiring though, at least now I know I have the Temperature alice."
"Hmm, yes… Well, in Dangerous Ability Class, it will be much harder. You'll have to train and go on special 'trips' to test your skills... Of course, no one must know of any of this. Not even your friends or partner."
"Huh? Why not, Persona-sensei?! And how can I keep it a secret from Natsume?! We're both in Dangerous Class now..."
"If anyone found out about this, they might get hurt if they interfere. They might even be in grave danger should they try to find and help you during those special trips… As for Natsume, I won't let him know at the moment... he might distract you if he comes to watch the trainings."
"I see. Okay Persona-sensei, I can definitely do it!"
"That's what I wanted to hear." Persona-sensei let out a sly smirk. "Your training sessions are with me and a few of your Dangerous Ability sempais, at this forest. We'll train your alice 1st, then your physical abilities. You can choose the timings. However, I must see you at least once a day. Trainings are at a minimum 3 hours, without any breaks… Timings will extend just as you strengthen… Meet me here at midnight tonight with the timings."
"Y-Yes, Persona-sensei. But why must I train my physical ability?" Persona-sensei was about to slowly make his way out of the forest. "...Just in case someone with the Barrier or Nullification alice prevents you from using your alice... during the trips."
"What about during Dangerous Ability Class?"
"We'll meet here for extra training too. Also, during those classes, you are NOT allowed to go near the Dangerous Ability Class regardless of your reason. Oh I almost forgot, here's your special attire for training." -Toss- Mikan caught a small paper bag.
"Y-Yes… okay."
-The following night, 9pm-
"Hmm, let's see what I have to wear..." Mikan opened her paper bag. "What the... all black?? Sheesh, I know Persona-sensei likes black, judging from his clothes, but making me wear black too?! Oh well, I have no choice anyway, who am I to complain...? Guess I better go change, it's almost 10pm soon." Mikan met Persona-sensei at midnight the other night and agreed to train at 10pm.
-10 minutes later, 9.10pm-
"2 ribbons for hair..., check. Sleeveless shirt with long gloves almost covering my whole arms... check. Skirt... check. Long almost-knee length socks... check. High-heeled boot-like shoes... check. Jeez, these clothes are a little weird, I feel awkward in them. Skirts for training!? Weird shoes!? Super long gloves!? Persona-sensei sure has weird taste in clothes... Hmm, I actually look pretty good in these." Mikan looked at herself in the mirror.
"Oops, I almost forgot..." Mikan said as she was about to leave her room. She fished inside her paper bag and took out a mask. "I wonder why I need a mask... Is it in case someone sees us in the forest?" She put it on and looked in the mirror again. She looked like some kind of dangerous person. Her mask only covered around her eyes, like sunglasses, except that she could see as clearly as per normal. "Uh oh, gonna be late if I don't go now..."
-Northern Woods, 10.05pm-
"You're late. You're going to train 50 minutes longer." Persona-sensei was furious but remained his usual calm self.
"B-But Persona-senseeiiii, I'm only 5 minutes late. I wasn't used to this attire, it took me some time to adjust to it." Mikan tried to escape punishment but to no avail.
"No matter how late you are, I'll detain you for 10 times the amount of time you made me wait. No excuses. You even kept your dear sempais waiting." Persona-sensei faced the 2 people standing behind him.
"Oh, sorry sempais, I'm late on my 1st training session." Mikan bowed as a way of apology.
"I-It's okay, Mikan-chan. I'm Nobara Ibaragi, I'm ss-supp-posed to help you with your Ice alice."
"I'm Hayate Matsudaichi, I'll help you with your Wind alice."
"Enough introductions, get started." Persona-sensei was impatient.
-Sakura tree, 2.30am-
Mikan finished her training and went to her dorm. She wanted to bathe and go to sleep but she was just too excited!! She bathed and left her dorm for some serenic air.
"That training was hard, but fun! I made so much progress in just 4 hours!! Nobara-sempai is so cute! Hehe, she's older than me but more shy, and cold, literally!! Hayate-sempai is cool too, he controls the air so amazingly! A little too cool though, I almost caught a cold, haha. ...BUT THEY WERE SSOOOO STRICT!! Good thing Persona-sensei decided to leave after a while, his moody face can scare the ghosts away! I would've been punished if he were there..." Mikan sat down under the tree and looked up.
"Tonight is wonderful, the Moon's even shining so brightly." -Deep breath- Mikan closed her eyes and enjoyed the fresh air.
"Yep, it sure is..."
"Huh??" Mikan turned around. "Natsume... what are you doing here at this time??"
"I was about to ask you that too."
"I was... uh... I couldn't sleep and came out for fresh air." Mikan didn't want to lie to Natsume, but that was partially true anyway.
"Same here... I couldn't sleep and felt bored, I walked around then I saw you sitting here. You looked like a ghost, you know."
"Hey... That's mean..." Mikan stood up and crossed her arms and pouted like a 3 year old.
"Just kidding, silly. You're so sensitive... What's with that childish face?? She looks so cute like that... uh... disgustingly cute."
"...Oh, Natsume, can you do me a favour?? It's really important." Mikan suddenly remembered something Persona-sensei said before she left for her dorm.
-Flashback-
"Mikan, get Natsume to train your Fire alice. I'm sure he'll be as good as a teacher like your sempais. You need to master all of your alices as soon as possible, including your Nullification which you'll have to train on your own. So if Natsume refuses, find a way to persuade him. I want you to master all of them soon..., ...to save time." Persona-sensei was partly lying, but Mikan didn't know that.
"O...kay, Perso...na-sensei... huff huff." Mikan was exhausted, try non-stop tedious training for about 4 hours and see if you'll even be able to stand!!
-End of flashback-
"What is it?" Natsume was staring at Mikan who was in deep thought.
"Can you... help me with my Fire alice?? I can't seem to control it... fire is dangerous, especially if it's controlled by someone like me." Mikan wondered whether Natsume would help her, if he declined, she wouldn't know how to persuade him. Persona-sensei would be angry!
"Dangerous...? Is that what she thinks of me?" Natsume also went into deep thought. For some reason, he felt hurt when he heard that. He didn't know why he was so easily emotionally hurt, but... "I'll... help you."
"Okay, it's okay if you don't want to, I knew you wouldn't help me anyway..." Mikan wasn't really listening, she just assumed that Natsume wouldn't help her.
"What's wrong with you?? I said I'll help you... are you deaf?!" Natsume was getting agitated. "Why would she think I wouldn't help her? Did she really believe THOSE people?? No wonder she said she'll 'fix that' (A/N: Refer to Chapter 1) but did nothing..."
"Y-You did?! Oh thank you Natsume!!" Mikan was so relieved he agreed, she went up to him and hugged him. He almost fell backwards, he wasn't expecting that.
-Blush- "H-Hey... I agreed to help you train your Fire alice, but we never even started yet!"
"Okay, let's get started! We can't sleep anyways!!" -Smiles- Mikan let go of Natsume. She was so cheerful just because Natsume agreed to help her.
They spent the rest of the early morning training. Although Natsume only TRIED to teach her how to produce a small flame using her hands and fingers, Mikan was practically fried bacon! The flame either became too big or came out on her hair! In the end, Mikan only learnt how to create a fire that burns her hair.
"After so long, you only managed to turn your hair from brown to black... We'll continue another time. Only a few more hours before class starts, you should get some sleep."
"O... kay, next time thenn. Th-Thanks for trryyying to helpp me though, I rr-really appreciate it." Mikan was tired from running around when her hair caught fire. "Is fire that hard to control? Natsume made it look so easy just now. He isn't even tired... !! ...Come to think of it, he wasn't even tired during PE class, either. Wow, he must be really fit, or... is he already used to this kind of stuff?? He was in Dangerous Class before me, he might've done the same training then... But that has nothing to do with me anyway..."
-1 month later, Saturday morning-
"Well done, Mikan, you have mastered both Ice and Wind alice in record time!! You're a fast learner." Hayate was smiling at Mikan, who was lying on the grass, exhausted after finally mastering 2 alices.
"Y-Yes, Mikan-chan, you can control your Ice alice better than me, too."
"We'd better report to Persona-sensei. He should be surprised at Mikan's vast improvement."
They looked around the school for Persona-sensei. When they found him...
"Persona-sensei, Mikan has mastered both Ice and Wind alice, she can control and do new tricks with them better than we can, too."
"Well then, good job Mikan... Nobara and Hayate too, ...hmm, how's your Fire and Nullification coming along? I hope they're almost as good as the others by now."
"Uh... hehhe... well, my Fire is still unstable and caused a few accidents. So it's not really good, but my Nullification is doing GREAT!! ...'Cos I used it to put out the fires... hehhehe..." Mikan was nervous, it was so embarrassing and scary telling it to Persona-sensei, his face was almost as black as his clothes.
"I expect to hear of more improvements the next time. In the meantime, I'll have to train your physical strength. Just like your 2 mastered alices, I expect you to be able to defeat 20 non-alice men in 1 minute single-handedly, by next month. You're a fast learner, I'm sure you can do it. If you can't, I'll just have to double your training."
"HUH!! 20 MEN IN 1 MINUTE BY NEXT MONTH!? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!" Mikan was screaming and shouting in her head with her mouth wide open.
"Don't look at me that way, you are expected to be one of the bests once next month is over. But because you're a girl and only 10, I've already slackened your training to the expectations of 2nd best and you did amazingly well. So I'll be expecting nothing less than 2nd best for your combat training too. The top can defeat 30 men in 50 seconds. Of course... he IS a boy."
"B-But Persona-sensei..."
"No 'but's. Your training will be extended to 4 hours and Nobara and Hayate won't attend training sessions any longer." Persona-sensei walked away ignoring Mikan's whinings.
"30 men in 50 seconds!? How's that possible, who in the world can have that inhuman strength. Okay, so we alices are not really regular humans but even so, who could do that?!" Mikan was amazed to hear that such an incredibly strong person exists.
"Woah... Poor Mikan, I only had to defeat 10 in 2 minutes. She's doing 4 times harder than me!" -Whisper- Hayate felt sorry for Mikan.
"I didn't even have to do that, I only needed to train my alice..." -Whisper- Nobara felt real bad for Mikan, having to accomplish such a hard task in 1 month.
"I can hear you guys, you know..." -Sobs- Mikan overheard everything, she felt it was so unfair!!
-Sakura Tree-
"Okay, I'm ready Natsume! I'll train with all my might 'cos I've set a target, actually it was Persona-sensei who set it for me... but just in case I mess up, I can train my Nullification too!!" -GIGGLES- Mikan was so happy and determined that she started giggling at herself.
"Okay, let's get started... AFTER you stop giggling, it's creepy..." Natsume stared at Mikan like she was some weirdo on the streets or something.
Natsume and Mikan spent the entire afternoon until at night trying to improve Mikan's Fire alice.
"Okay, that's it for today, it's getting pretty late..." Natsume stopped and looked at the dark sky.
"So, how did I do today?"
"Much better, you can even control the strength of the fire. Now all you have to do is do everything blindfolded. That includes 'writing' and 'shooting' with fire. And if you want, you can also create explosions blindfolded."
"E... EVERYTHING blindfolded?! It took me so long just to master them, now I have to do them blindfolded!? How'll I master it in a month?!" Mikan fell backwards in shock and sprained her ankle (Somehow). "O-OOUUCHHH!!"
"Careful!! Are you okay?!" Natsume rushed over to Mikan who was lying on the ground. Mikan sat up. Natsume tried to help her stand, she could stand... but couldn't walk.
"Ouch!! That hurts!!" Mikan screamed as she tried to walk. She sat down again and rubbed her ankle.
"Huh??" Mikan looked at Natsume.
To be continued...
End of Chapter 2. I hope you think it was nice!! To tell you the truth, it took me weeks to plan this, even b4 Chapter 1 was out, I finally finished it but I changed my mind last minute and rewrote everything on the spot. Haha!! XD (P.S I just noticed that I so far ended the chapters with "Huh"...)
