Not fated?
Chapter 2: Kuro Neko
Disclaimer: I do not own Alice Academy/Gakuen Alice and I never will.
Note/Warning: Rated for safety. Expect OOCs and bad English. I'm assuming you know all the char. Natsume, Mikan and the gang are the same age.
Sum: Natsume Hyuga and Mikan Sakura meet for the first time as normal people but are they really normal people? Nope! One is a vampire and the other is a vampire hunter, seemingly not fated to be together. And why does the vampire hunter hate vampires so much?
Who is Kuro Neko?
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Previously
"Ano..." Mikan suddenly said. "I've answered your question but you haven't answered mine. Who are you? And why are you here?"
"You only asked me who I was just now." He said without turning behind.
"Okay. Then who are you?"
"Natsume Hyuga."
Next day
"Hi! Mikan and Hotaru, right? I'm Yura Otonashi." A girl asked.
They were in the classroom and there was no teacher since it was free period and Fukutan was hiding somewhere. Misaki was doing her own things somewhere since she wasn't an alice. Mikan looked up at the girl, still smiling. "Ohayo, Yura-chan!"
She smiled even wider while Hotaru simply looked at the girl with her usual stoic face.
"We didn't get to ask you yesterday..." Yura started.
"We? ...Ask what?" Mikan asked as she tilted her head.
Hotaru continued what she was doing. Suddenly, almost everyone in class gathered around them. "We, as in the class, want to know what your alices are. You two are the first to enroll in Alice Academy with Triple stars." Yura continued.
The rest of them nodded.
"Ano, I have Nullification and Steal alices. Hotaru has Invention alice."
The class started talking among themselves. "No wonder they got Triple stars. Nullification and Steal alices are very rare, I've only heard about them."
"Wow! Two rare alices?" A girl said, enviously.
"I heard that the Invention alice is one of the best in the Technical Abilities class." A guy said.
"It is. She can earn a lot of money if she sells her inventions." Another guy said.
Hotaru looked up with money signs in her eyes, shocking everyone and making them sweatdrop.
"What's Technical Abilities?" Mikan asked.
"Everyone gets divided into five classes. There's the Technical, Latent, Somatic, Special and Dangerous Abilities. There's very little people in the Special and Dangerous Abilities but I heard that the Dangerous Abilities class is filled with vampire hunters." The guy said.
Mikan and Hotaru raised their eyebrows and continued listening.
"There's a rumor that the government uses the Dangerous Abilities class to get rid of vampires." Another girl said.
"Of course, there are also vampire hunters that are not from the Dangerous Abilities class. Even some non-alices are vampire hunters."
"I see... So which class am I in?" Mikan asked excitedly.
"Let's see... Nullification is in Special Abilities but Steal is in Dangerous Abilities. So most likely you'll be in Dangerous Abilities class." Yura said.
"Oh... Are there any Dangerous Abilities in this class?"
"There is only one but he usually skips classes, except free periods. Hm, I wonder why he's not here today." Yura said, looking around the classroom.
"I'll go ask Ruka-kun."
Yura walked towards a blonde sitting alone at the back of the classroom, petting and playing with his rabbit. Everyone watch quietly. After a while, Yura walked back.
"So what did he say, Yura-chan?" A girl asked.
"He doesn't know either."
"Eh?!"
Everyone got a shock, except Mikan and Hotaru. They had expected Ruka to know. Suddenly they heard screams from the girls seated at the back. "He's here." Everyone thought.
There was only one reason the girls would scream like that.
"You're late, Natsume." Ruka said.
Natsume kept quiet and sat down next to Ruka.
Meanwhile, Yura was informing Mikan and Hotaru of all the classmates' names and alices. "The two guys sitting at the back are the most popular and hottest in the whole school. Ruka Nogi is one of them, he has the Animal Pheromone alice. Apparently, he likes rabbits a lot. See that rabbit he's holding?"
Yura pointed at the Ruka. Mikan nodded her head as she looked at the cute, white rabbit.
"Its name is Usagi. Ruka-kun loves and understands it, other animals, too."
Yura looked at Mikan again, lowering her hand. Mikan was in deep thought. Even Hotaru was shocked to see Mikan so quiet, not to mention with a serious look on her face. "I'll be right back!" Mikan shouted as she suddenly stood up and ran out of the classroom.
This caught everyone's attention.
"Chotto matte, Mikan-chan!" Yura called out but Mikan was already gone. "I haven't even told her about Natsume-kun yet." She sweatdropped.
"Isn't that the girl from last night?" Natsume thought as he kept his stoic expression.
-+!!+-
"How can I contact Subaru nii-san?" Mikan asked herself.
She was walking around a clearing in the middle of Northern Woods, in deep thought again.
"Baka. What are you doing?"
Mikan turned around. "Hotaru!"
Hotaru knew something was wrong so she followed Mikan.
"I'm trying to call Subaru nii-san!"
"Onii-san? Why?" Hotaru asked nonchalantly, as always.
"Last night... I couldn't sleep and came here. He told me Kuro Neko was sick. Maybe Ruka-pyon can find out what's wrong with Kuro Neko."
"Onii-san's alice didn't work?"
"I'll call onii-san to bring Kuro Neko here." Hotaru said, taking out an invention.
She used it like a phone and looked like she was sending a message.
"You didn't have to shock me with that thing." Subaru said, putting his hand at his nape.
He suddenly appeared but Mikan and Hotaru weren't surprised.
"You can heal yourself so get over it." Hotaru said coldly.
The siblings had a glaring contest for a while.
"Anyway, I know why you wanted me to bring him here... but he's too weak to move and he's sleeping. Carrying him among humans is dangerous." Subaru said.
"I'll take good care of him." Mikan said.
She didn't have her usual smile. Subaru knew that Kuro Neko was sick because he missed Mikan but letting him follow her around humans was dangerous, since he was sick. If someone hurt Kuro Neko and Mikan loses her temper... let's just say even hell would seem peaceful.
"Fine. But be careful." Subaru sighed.
He gently and carefully passed Kuro Neko to her.
Classroom
It was still quite a long time before free period was over.
"Where'd you go?" Yura asked.
"I... brought a friend!" Mikan said nervously.
"You left the school? Didn't the guards stop you?"
Mikan didn't what to say. Actually, she and Hotaru got in and out by jumping over the school wall, which was very high.
"Our friend came in, he's also an alice." Hotaru said, quite truthfully.
"Oh, a new student again? Where is he? What's his alice?" Yura asked.
"Sorry Yura, I have to ask Ruka-pyon something." Mikan said and rushed off to the back of the classroom.
Ruka was smiling at his rabbit while his seat partner, Natsume, was sleeping with a manga on his face.
"Ruka-pyon, can you see what's wrong with him? Onegai~..."
Mikan opened her sling bag and gently took out the sleeping Kuro Neko.
"Ruka-pyon...?" Ruka sweatdropped.
Then he looked at the sleeping animal seriously. He carefully held it. Usagi hopped onto the table and also stared at the cat. Ruka lightly shook the cat to wake it up. The cat slowly opened its eyes. Usually, it would move away or attack if it's held by a stranger but it's too weak to move and not to mention Ruka has the Animal Pheromones alice.
"What's wrong with him, Ruka-pyon?"
Ruka looked up. "He just misses you and refused to eat. That made him sick." Ruka said as he passed Kuro Neko back to Mikan.
"I see. Arigato, Ruka-pyon!" Mikan smiled very widely as she looked at Kuro Neko.
When Kuro Neko saw Mikan, it was obviously very happy.
"So what's its name?" Ruka asked.
"Well, I didn't know what to call him so I just named him Kuro Neko."
"Quite appropriate..."
Kuro Neko was a black cat, just as its name suggests.
"Eh? That's the friend you were talking about, Mikan-chan? I thought Hotaru-chan said he was an alice." Yura suddenly popped up behind Mikan.
"He is."
"Can animals have alices?" Yura asked, staring at the cat.
"Why not? If v... I mean people can have alices, why can't animals?"
"Baka." Hotaru thought.
Mikan almost said the word 'vampires'.
"So what's its alice?"
"I'll tell you later. Smiles Now I'll go feed him something, he must be hungry."
Mikan walked off.
"Hey, Hotaru-chan... Is that cat really close to Mikan-chan?"
"Yes. They've always been together until yesterday." Hotaru said, walking back to her seat.
"I see. That cat must really like Mikan-chan to be able to fall very sick in such a short time."
-+!!+-
Mikan smiled happily as she walked into the classroom with Kuro Neko walking beside her. He was already fully cured by now.
Brriiinng The school bell rang.
"Just in time for Jinjin's lesson." Mikan said to herself.
She went to her seat and sat down. Kuro Neko jumped onto her table.
"O-Ohayo, minna." Fukutan said as he entered the classroom.
He was forced to go to class since Jinno was sick.
"Where's Jinjin?" Mikan asked.
"Jinno-sensei i-is sick t-t-t-today."
The class started laughing. "Jinno-sensei, sick?!" A guy laughed.
He laughed so hard that he had tears in his eyes.
"Haha, finally!" Another said.
"I don't get it. What's so funny?"
"Jinno-sensei is the toughest and most strict teacher in school. Everyone's just happy that he's sick. I bet they want to see what Jinno-sensei looks like when he's sick." Yura explained.
Yura sat on the other row with a gap in between her and Hotaru.
"Oh."
Mikan looked at Kuro Neko. "Let's go thank Ruka-pyon again, okay?" Mikan smiled.
"Nyaa." Kuro Neko meowed.
Mikan carried him and walked towards Ruka. "Arigato again, Ruka-pyon! Smiles Kuro Neko wants to thank you, too!"
Mikan put Kuro Neko on the table and he meowed again. Ruka smiled. Then Usagi jumped onto the table and the two pets started playing.
Giggles
"They like each other." Mikan said, watching the two.
Usagi was chasing Kuro Neko. Kuro Neko jumped onto Ruka and then onto Natsume's manga, which was still on Natsume's face. The class became quiet, shocked and some were scared as they waited for Natsume's reaction. Mikan panicked. "Gomen! Kuro Neko didn't mean it!"
Natsume slowly removed his manga and looked at Kuro Neko. He picked it up and Kuro Neko started struggling. Everyone started wondering what Natsume would do to it. Then for a while, they noticed Natsume and Kuro Neko were staring at each other. Natsume had a secret liking for cats that no one but Ruka and Usagi knew about. But now, Kuro Neko could sense it and stopped struggling. Mikan was surprised. The class was shocked when Natsume quietly put the cat down on the table.
"Oh, Natsume. You come to this school too?"
Mikan had just noticed him. Natsume didn't bother to reply.
"Hey! How do you know Natsume-sama?" Sumire pointed at Mikan.
"Huh? I met him last night in the Northern Woods."
"Last...NIGHT...?!"
Sumire was furious. "What were you doing last night?!"
"Nothing. I couldn't sleep." Mikan said innocently.
"I bet you were stalking him!"
"No I wasn't."
Everyone silently watched and sweatdropped as Sumire kept accusing Mikan. Oh and Fukutan was watching the class quietly, he didn't dare to do anything to stop the argument.
"Stop your useless argument already."
"Huh? Luna-san!" Sumire said.
Luna walked up to them. "Let's just settle this during the sports festival."
"Right! The one who wins the challenge wins the argument and will get to make the loser do anything." Sumire added.
"Eh?"
"Scared?" Luna and Sumire smirked.
"No I'm not! I'll do it!" Mikan said.
"You're going to lose for sure. Smirk I'm-"
Sumire was cut off.
Fwoom Luna and Sumire's hair caught fire.
They started panicking and tried to put the fire out.
"Shut up." Natsume plainly said.
Everyone thought Mikan wasn't burnt because of her Nullification alice. Only Mikan knew that that was not the reason.
-+!!+-
Mikan walked towards a sakura tree. "I didn't know that there was a beautiful sakura tree in school. Hm, it's quite peaceful here too."
She stopped at the tree.
"What are you doing here?" Natsume asked, looking up at the figure next to him.
Mikan put down her sling bag and sat down.
"Why did you do that to Sumire and Luna?"
Natsume looked at his manga again.
"Like I said, they were noisy."
"But you should be fair..."
Natsume looked at her and smirked. "So you want me to burn your hair too?"
"No! That's not what I meant! ...I meant 'why didn't you burn my hair?'."
Natsume kept quiet. Even he didn't know why he didn't burn her hair.
"Anyway, I wonder why Kuro Neko was so relaxed with you. Usually, he hates being held by strangers. Ruka-pyon was okay because of his alice but why was he friendly with you?"
"Ruka-pyon?" Natsume thought but shrugged it off. "Tch. Jealous?" He smirked.
"Of course not. I've been trying to help him be friendlier." Mikan said with a wide smile.
"So where is he?" Natsume asked nonchalantly.
"Dunno. He should've followed me but I don't see him anywhere." Mikan said as she looked around.
She looked at Natsume again, he was reading his manga. Suddenly, Kuro Neko fell on his head.
"That's not nice, Kuro Neko!"
Mikan panicked again but calmed down when she saw Natsume didn't react. Kuro Neko started making himself comfortable on Natsume's head. He lay down and took a nap.
"Natsume? You there?"
Mikan waved her hand in front of his face.
"What?" He asked in a pissed tone.
"Didn't you notice Kuro Neko jumped onto your head and slept on it?"
Natsume kept quiet and continued reading his manga. Mikan also kept quiet and started smiling to herself.
"What are you smiling about?"
"Nothing. It's just that I'm happy he gets along well with others. Usually, a lot of other animals are scared of him. But Usagi wasn't scared at all and so they became friends. Then he became friends with Ruka-pyon because he helped him recover. And now he's made another friend just by being friendly."
Mikan turned to Natsume and smiled even wider. "But..." She added. "Do you like animals too, Natsume? I mean, you don't seem like the kind of person to let animals sleep on your head."
Natsume kept quiet, again. Mikan sighed and changed the subject. "His alice is stable, at least. I wouldn't have to worry about him that much."
"Who?" Natsume raised a brow.
"Kuro Neko, of course."
"What's his alice?"
"I'll tell you next time." Mikan smiled.
She stood up and picked up her bag.
"I'm going home now. Ja ne, Natsume. Come on, Kuro Neko, we're going home." Mikan waved and walked away.
Kuro Neko opened his eyes and jumped off. Natsume watched as the two walked side by side.
To be continued.
I will try to update every few days but I definitely won't update unless I get at least 3 reviews for each chapter! That's not much. XD
Mikan's Bio (Updated): Mikan is a 16 years old vampire. Although she is young, she's the most powerful and gifted vampire. All of her close friends, except Misaki, are the same age as her and they're also very powerful and some are also gifted. She's forgetful when she's excited, anxious or upset. Mikan is very scary and dangerous when she is super angry.
Mikan comes from a pureblood family, meaning that her family members were all born as vampires. It is also said that everyone in her family were alices. She currently has the Nullification and Steal alices.
'Gifted' meaning having an alice or alices.
Kuro Neko's Bio: Kuro Neko is a black cat that is one of Mikan's precious best friends. Of course, he knows about Mikan and the others being vampires. He is very active but also unsociable. He is only friendly to Mikan and her family and best friends. He hates being near or touched by strangers. He is intelligent and can sense people's feelings accurately, which is quite strange for a cat. Also, he is obedient and loyal towards those he considers as friends, he is also very brave. And although Natsume was a stranger when they first met, he is friendlier and seems to like Natsume as much as he likes Mikan.
His alice is currently unrevealed.