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Chapter 2: Her arrival and her rival.

Mikan and Natsume were sitting at the back. Mikan was staring at the sky, while Natsume's relaxing, with his foot on the table and his arms on his head, when Narumi came in.

"Good Morning, my lovely students" he greeted them happily.

"Today we will be having a new student. Please come in" he added.

A girl with a light copper hair came in. The boys gasped.

"Hi, I'm Shigeru Nanako, 16 years old. Alice – Mind Controlling" she said.

Natsume and Mikan turned their gaze to her.

"She looks familiar." Natsume thought.

"She's cut!." Mikan thought.

"Okay class, please be kind and welcome Shigeru. Please sit beside Koko." Narumi said before walking out of the room.

(A/n Koko is in front of Natsume and Mikan's chair. Ruka and Hotaru being together, sit beside each other.)

Shigeru walk down the aisle gracefully.

"She is beautiful." Mikan muttered.

"Natsume, she is really beautiful, right?" She asked Natsume.

"I can't say she is, because I'm only looking at you." Natsume replied, which made Mikan blush.

Shigeru reached the seat beside Koko. She stops when she noticed Natsume. Clearly she is crushing on Natsume.

"Hi." She said, tucking her hair behind her ears.

"Hi, Shigeru-chan, I'm Mikan Sakura and this is Natsume." Mikan introduced.

"Hi, Mikan-chan. Nice to meet you." She turned to face Natsume.

"Natsume." Mikan whispered, for Natsume to hear.

Natsume looked up and said, "Hey." Then he turned back to his manga.

The rest of the class introduced their self's.

"Welcome, Shigeru. I'm Anna and this is Nonoko."

"Hello, I'm Ruka and my girlfriend Hotaru."

"Hi, I'm Yuu and this is Koko and Sumire."

"Thank you for welcoming me guys."

Then the class went on. Shigeru keeps on looking at Natsume.

After class, Mikan and Natsume walked to their Sakura Tree. Natsume is holding Mikan's hand when Mikan stumbled and fell. But luckily, Natsume catches her by the waist.

"Oi, Polka. You okay?" He asked Mikan.

Mikan scratched her head and replied, "I think I was drifting while I was walking."

"Why? Did you not get any sleep last night?"

"I slept late. But don't worry, I'm okay."

"You better be." Natsume said.

Natsume noticed that it's getting dark.

"Come on, dinner time."

"Yay! Food!" she cheered.

Natsume always loved Mikan's eyes when her smile reached it.

They walked in the cafeteria and sat with their friends. Mikan sat beside Hotaru and Natsume sat beside Ruka.

"Baka, eat, swallow then eat. You're only doing eat." Hotaru said.

But Mikan can't reply because her mouth is full so she just nodded.

Ruka chuckled and patted Mikan's head. "You're always funny to watch, Mikan" he said. He turned to Natsume and noticed his eyes full of jealousy.

"Hey, I got no intentions." He said. "Geez, lighten up!" he continued.

Apparently, Mikan didn't notice this because she was too busy eating.

Natsume saw Shigeru coming.

"Why can't I remember who she is?" He thought.

"Hi! Can I eat with you guys?" Shigeru asked.

"Of course," Mikan said.

Shigeru ate with them.

"Hey, Shigeru. Tell us more about you." Sumire said.

"Well, I'm an only child. My Father is the President of Nanako Group of Companies. I remember my dad's face when he discovered that I 'm an Alice. My Mom is an Alice also. My previous school is not much of a school. More like training school." Shigeru said, shrugging.

"Wow. That is so cool." Anna said.

"Hey, Mikan was sent to a training school too. But, we don't know what kind of Training School." Nonoko added.

"Ne… Mikan, what kind of Training School did you attended?" Yuu asked Mikan.

Mikan was about to answer when she felt her phone vibrated.

"Oops. Excuse me, guys." She said and stood up to walk to the corner.

"Hello?" she answered.

(Mikan's Mother is not dead in this story. But her Father is.)

"Mikan?"Mikan recognized that voice.

"Okaa-san? "

"Mikan, Oh I missed you. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine, Mom. Why did you call? Is there any problem?"

"Well, I was doing some kind of Mission against AAO. When I overheard that they we're going to send someone there to spy or what. So please Mikan. Be safe."

"It's okay, Mom. I can take care of myself. You should take care too."

"Okay, I will. Bye Mikan. I love you."

"Love you too, Mom."

Mikan was about to head back to the table when she lost her balance and fell.

"Ouch!" she moaned.

Her friends saw what happened. Natsume rushed over to her and helped her up.

"What are you doing? Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Natsume asked worriedly and with a little annoyance.

Mikan has those glassy looks on her face.

"Mikan? Can you hear me?" Natsume asked again, more worried now.

Mikan shook her head and smiled to Natsume.

"I'm okay." She said.

"Geez, I am really clumsy." She added.

They walked to their table and said, "I'm sorry guys. I think I want to go to my room now. See you all tomorrow."

"We'll come with you." Ruka said.

The two boys walked their girls to their dorms. Since Hotaru's dorm is besides Mikan's.

"Are you feeling fine, Baka?" Hotaru asked her best friend.

"Uh? Yeah. I'm fine." Mikan replied.

Seeing that Mikan is a little not herself, Natsume squeezed her hand a little to get her attention while Ruka bid goodbye to her girlfriend then walked back to his dorm.

"Natsume, Mikan, see you two tomorrow." He said.

After answering Ruka, Natsume turned to face Mikan. He studied Mikan's face before speaking.

"Are you really okay? I can take you to the infirmary right now."

Mikan caressed Natsume's cheek and said, "Really, Natsume. I'm okay. Go to your room and get some sleep. I don't want to see your sad eyes tomorrow, okay?"

Natsume chuckles then kissed Mikan on forehead first. Then he kissed her on the lips.

"Good Night." He said.

"Good Night."

Yay! Who is the spy? Would she hurt Mikan or anyone? What is really going on with Mikan? Find it all out by reading the following chapters. Please review.