Silver-sama's 1st ever fanfic….

The Rose and the Cat

Chapter 1: Meeting You

The great bells rang throughout the gigantic school, Gakuen Alice. Hearing this, students from all levels rushed to their respective classes; and one by one, they made it to their classrooms. Of course this is for fear of getting late and punished. However, even through this panic, a whole group of young teenagers walked as if they had all the time in the world. They were chatting happily and animatedly…well some of them.

"Hey guys! I heard we'll be having a new student!" An energetic 16 year old boy said with a huge grin on his face. He had a well built body, as he was part of the school varsity team. He was wearing the prescribed school uniform of the high school department and had the Alice of mind reading.

An 'Alice' is what they call of their supernatural powers. An Alice could range from the weirdest (Alice of Fart) to the most complex thing in the whole world (Alice of invention).

"You read someone's mind. You technically didn't hear it baka." A girl, 16 as well, with green curly hair replied. She had a nice tan body with legs that seemed like it went for miles. She is known to have the Alice of Cat-Dog personification and for the shortest temper EVER.

"Aww but Permy!" The boy, Koko, sounded hurt but he still didn't lose the grin.

"If you guys don't stop with the flirting I'll shoot you with my newest upgraded baka gun." Another girl, this time with mysterious violet eyes emotionlessly replied. She was better known as the school's 'Ice Queen'.

The two of them quickly shut up. Seeing this, another blonde boy laughed.

"Do you have a problem Nogi?" The Ice Queen glared. "Or are you just mentally retarded?" She said in a mocking tone.

"Anything for you BABE."

"Call me that again and one of your doll collections just might disappear."

"Awww I know you love me Hota-chan~."

"On the contrary I fell in love with a monkey. And don't call me that."

"Really?" Ruka grinned. "I wonder who the lucky guy is."

"You."

"And she told us to stop flirting." Sumire muttered.

"I heard that."

"What? It's true." Sumire snorted.

Hotaru then raised her 'updated' baka gun, but before she could do anything another voice rang out.

"Hey Ruka-san, where's Hyugga-san?"

"Oh, well he said he needed to 'meet' someone. I don't know the details but apparently, the new dangerous class advisor asked him to." Ruka said as he let out a chuckle. "He was cursing all the way there. Why do you ask Inchou?"

"Nothing, just curious." Inchou said with an amused voice.

"Guys! Let's get back to the topic here!" A pink haired girl squealed.

"Yup!" A similar looking young lady said, though this time she had blue hair.

The rest of the gang looked at the twins, seeing this, Nonoko (blue haired) and Anna (pink haired) took it as a sign to continue.

"We should do a welcoming party for her!" they both said at the same time. But all they received was stares.

"Oh come on!" Anna said. "It'll be fun!"

At that point however, they reached their classroom.

"We'll talk about this later." Was all the two received. But they knew that Hotaru already agreed with them.

"Yay!" They replied before they went inside their class. As soon as they went in, squeals could be heard. They were after all the most popular kids in the whole school.

"Good morning guys! I see you finally reached my class!" Narumi, their class advisor said. It's ether he ignored the screams and squeals of his students or was just oblivious to it. He looked at the newly arrived students waiting for the reply he usually got. But to his surprise they all wore smiles on their faces except, of course, for Hotaru.

"Morning Naru-sensei!" The twins chorused.

Narumi smiled in reply. "And to what do I owe this pleasant greeting?"

"Hehehe! We want…" Anna said.

"…to throw" Nonoko continued.

"A party for the new student!" The both of them finally exclaimed.

"My, my, my, a party! How fun!" Narumi exclaimed.

"Yah! We could do some games as well!"

"And of course I'll contribute to the food!" Anna added.

"Well it sounds fun. I will very much look forward to your party!"

"Yay!" the two said as they high-fived.

"Will Natsume-sama go to the party?" A girl from their class asked with shinning eyes.

"Of course!" with that said, every girl squealed.

"Where will it be?"

"At the girl's pavilion."

"What are we gonna wear?"

"Oh…casual will be fine."

"Can we bring presents?"

"Sure!"

"Hey! Can we also invite our sempai's and kohai's?"

"The more the merrier!"

"How about a big welcome sign?"

"Yah! That will be sooo cool!"

"And the guys can help out with their Alices!"

"Hey! Who said we were going?" A boy with violet hair suddenly interrupted.

"Everyone! Plus your Alice will be very useful for the preparations Mochu!" Anna said.

"Come on man." Ruka said. "You can't just leave me, Natsume and Yuu alone with the girls. It will be very torturing."

"Fine. The boys will also go."

"When will we have it?"

"Tonight!"

"WHAT? TONIGHT?" Everyone screamed.

"Is there anything wrong with tonight?" Anna and Nonoko asked, confused.

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

"Ouch Hotaru! Why did you do that?"

"Someone needs to put sense to your pathetic brains. How do you plan on finishing the food, games AND the design for the party? Not to mention the budget."

"Uhhh….teamwork?" The two meekly said.

"Idiots." Hotaru sighed. "Narumi, I suggest that you make today a free period. All our classes today are unfortunately yours. We will do the preparations with that time."

"Hmm…well that's fine by me! And I would gladly help with the preparations as well!"

"Good. Everyone, let's get started." Hotaru emotionlessly said.

"HAI!"

A raven haired, crimson-eyed boy aimlessly walked around with a scowl on his face. He remembered a disturbing issue.

Flashback

"I can't believe that that idiot excuse for a teacher sent me to another mission. He doesn't even have a powerful Alice let alone a dangerous one. Flower Alice? Seriously, he'll end up dead. A person like that should be fired or something." A boy whose face was covered with a cat mask grumbled as he came back from his A-class mission. He was a bit ruffed up but not in a bad condition. After all he was the school's notorious Black Cat.

He continued to walk towards his Sakura tree in silence.

"I would keep my mouth shut if I were you Black Cat or maybe you want me to call you Hyugga?" A voice said in mockery.

"Show yourself." Natsume ordered with an emotionless voice.

"Well, well, well! A bit cocky are we?" The voice said as a man emerged from the shadows.

"Who are you?" Eyes slipping into slits. He made a fireball with his left hand. This was not left unnoticed by the man.

"Is that any way to greet your new advisor?"

"Keh. The old fool finally got fired?" Natsume said as he extinguished his fire ball.

"Actually, he mysteriously died." The man smiled. Silence followed.

"You didn't answer my question." Natsume finally said again, breaking the silence.

"Hmmm it seems that you're an interesting one. My name is Persona. My Alice you don't want to confront. And my being is for only one purpose." Persona said as he slowly faded into the darkness. "Come back here tomorrow. I have a mission for you, Black Cat." And as he finally disappeared, Natsume heard him whisper, "You will not fail me."

End of flashback

Now, a pissed looking Natsume waited under his Sakura tree. He remembered why he was there and was highly curious of what this Persona guy can do. His eyebrows raised in thought.

"My Alice you don't want to confront."

"My being is for only one purpose."

"You will not fail me."

'Arggg! Why is this guy so hard to figure out? There's too many questions stuck in my head right now. I can't believe this. Why did he say all those things to me? It's like he's expecting something FROM me. And I barely know the guy.' Natsume thought in vain. 'He's going to send me to a mission. Of course he's expecting something from me. It's only normal to.'

Oblivious, to his surroundings, Natsume didn't notice the two figures standing above him. One was Persona. The other person however, had long auburn hair and big beautiful hazel eyes.

'Mikan.' Persona thought.

'Yes?'

'What do you think?'

'hmmmm….Natsume Hyugga. 16. Fire Alice. Arrogant. Genius. Known as the black cat. Lady magnet?...Unknown data.'

'Will he do?'

'…yes' Mikan sighed. 'But I still stand by what I said. I don't need a partner Oni-chan.'

'It's either him or me little sis.'

'Fine. Fine.'

"You're late Black Cat." Persona smirked.

Natsume looked up in surprise but not before hiding it. "Hn." He then noticed the person beside Persona. Persona in turn, noticed Natsume's stare.

"Like what you're seeing Black Cat?" Persona sneered.

"Don't tease him, Persona." Mikan said. She had a flower mask covering her eyes, much like Persona's and her hair up in a high ponytail. She wore a one-piece short-sleeved turtleneck and black rubber shoes.

"Rose." Persona said looking at Mikan. With a nod from Mikan, he continued. "Black Cat, this is Silver Rose. Rose for short. Your mission is to find a stolen item, and retrieve it. All the information you need is in this envelope." Persona explained as he handed a pure white envelope to Natsume. "Don't fail."

Before Persona left, Natsume asked a question.

"And what if we meet anyone on the way?"

Persona let out a sadistic grin. "Exterminate."

Mikan rolled her eyes. She jumped down the tree and landed with a twirl. As she fell, Sakura petals danced around her. "Shall we?" She asked.

Natsume looked at her with amusement. "You didn't even read the envelope yet."

Mikan shrugged and said, "I don't need to." She extended her hand out, "I'll tell you the details on the way. In the mean time, I'm hungry. Let's go to McDonalds."

Natsume got even more amused. "You do know you're in a mission, right?"

"Duh. I am wearing this stupid costume." She made a sweeping gesture to emphasize her point. "So are you coming? Cause I could just meet you at the mansion."

Natsume took her hand. "I rather we go together, you might get lost, little girl."

Mikan smirked. "Whatever you say, Kitty-cat."

Author's note:

I am soooooo sorry for the (super) late update. I've just been so busy lately I didn't have the time to do my stories.

Anyway, thank you so much for supporting my story even though I didn't update for over a (almost) year.

I hope you liked this chapter! The next one would probably contain the party and the mission.

Thanks again to everyone who reviewed and alerted!

Love,

SilverWind-AF :D