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This chapter might be a little too short. I'll update soon, with hopefully a longer chapter and a more interesting one. Thanks to, hana-hime-sama, mooshy3712, and Undercover Spy for the reviews.

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Natsume woke up with a headache and a ringing alarm clock that he burned up without a second thought. His windows that led to the balcony were opened, and the flowing, white material of his curtains almost danced around like the hem of his mother's gown in her wedding photo.

His mother, that thought jotted him awake as he tried to sit up, the bandaged arm next to him felt like an alien part of his body while pain shot through his stomach area. Slumping back onto his pillows he read the time on his phone; since his charred alarm clock didn't look like it was going to tell time soon.

The glowing face of his phone read 8:39. Heaving a sigh before closing his phone he decided that he was going to skip class. Not seeing the girly Narumi was one comforting thought that he had today, but even though he decided to skip, Natsume rose to his feet and rummaged through the dressers at the corner of the room. He settled for anything that was not his high school uniform and grabbed the latest manga he was reading before walking out of his room and under the Sakura tree.

The Sakura tree was Natsume's spot, unofficially. Though, it may as well have the words Natsume Hyuuga carved into its trunk. Many girls have tried to go near the tree, but Natsume wouldn't allow it. He needed a place to escape from all the worry in his head.

However, there were a lot of stories about this tree. The biggest one was about a girl who uses to "own" the tree. If he remembered the name correctly, it was Mikan, Mikan Sakura. Her name was banned from the school grounds, claiming that she was a traitor. Natsume enrolled into Alice Academy after the Mikan girl left so he didn't know what kind of person she was. Even if there was a picture of her it would have been burned.

Lost in his own thoughts about this mysterious girl Natsume didn't notice his blond friend approaching him until he yelled with a fluster face, "Natsume! I was so worried about you, but I knew I'll find you here." Ruka ran towards Natsume, his blond hair cascading over his sky blue eyes while trying to hold his rabbit. Any member of the Natsume and Ruka fan club would have whipped out their trusty cameras and taken a picture. Not that they'll have to worry about the pictures getting sent out because Natsume would burn their cameras to the ground.

Natsume grunted back. Ruka was the reason he stayed, he knew that Ruka had found out about his mission and would get worried about him the next day. On the other hand, if he didn't show up the next day it'll make Ruka even worrier.

Studying Natsume's face Ruka said accusingly, "You're skipping class again aren't you?"

Natsume rolled his eyes. "You're not in class right now are you? Narumi's class is almost half way done", he shot back.

Ruka lowered his glare. "Point taken, but you still shouldn't do that." Then he lowered his voice before saying,"You're not staying here are you?" while eyeing his anything-but-his-uniform-clothing.

Silence enveloped them before Natsume stared ahead and said, "It gets suffocating in here. No matter how large the academy is I feel constricted. The outside world is easy to blend into; besides, I might as well take advantage of my new privileges."

Ruka tried to suppress his amazement as Natsume uttered more than two sentences; it was a sight to behold. He also knew about the privileges some Dangerous Ability members were given, the ability to roam outside, in a restricted area of course. Many students inside the academy would do anything to go outside. The only reason the authorities are not worried about Natsume specifically running away is because they knew that Ruka was in their hands. Natsume couldn't do anything if they had the power to hurt any of the students (not that they would).

Natsume suddenly stood up and brushed his pants. "You should go back to class now", he said to Ruka before walking towards the back of the school towards the DA exit. "I have a feeling something is going to go wrong", he mumbled when Ruka was out of sight.