Hey, thanks to all those who reviewed, it really encouraged me a lot!! I got one question concerning Mikan's age, and I can tell you that they are older than in the manga. You will soon find out her age in one of the following chapters.

Anyways, here's chapter two. Enjoy!

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Previously:

'For my friends', she thought.

Then, she took hold of his hand and followed him deeper into the woods.

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Chapter Two – First Lesson

"Where is that idiot now?" Hotaru wondered loudly. "I don't want to waste my time waiting. Unlike her, I am a very busy person."

"Maybe she found Natsume and now they're having fun together" Koko answered, his eyes twinkling. At that Ruka blushed.

"Then let's give them a bit of privacy, shall we? Let's go! If they still want to come, they can catch up, I guess."

"Yeah, let's go! Central Town is waiting for us!"

"If that moron shows up, I'm going to shoot her with my Baka-gun"

The bus came, and they had a very pleasant afternoon. Only Ruka kept on thinking about Mikan and his best friend, but soon, even he forgot about it and enjoyed his time with his friends.

Meanwhile, the young brunette was deep inside of the forest with a certain masked man.

'Good thing that Natsume is on a mission today', Persona thought, 'he would have held me back. The way he sometimes looks at that girl makes me wonder…'

"Sensei!!!" He was interrupted in his thoughts by the loud voice Mikan. "Are we there yet? I'm scared…"

He tightened his grip around her arm. "Almost there."

They stopped on the borders of a meadow, not very large, but not too small either. There were traces of burnt grass and trees everywhere, and in one corner, some of the flowers were dead.

'What happened here?' she wondered, suddenly frightened of everything around her.

"What you see here are only remnants of the training a student received yesterday. Don't worry too much about, the trees here grow fast. We should start your training soon too, as I don't have much time. I am waiting for a student to return from an important…task. Do you have any questions?"

"How are you going to train my alice? My sensei in my Special Ability Class told me that there is no other method of training as practice."

"He doesn't know everything, does he?" Persona's voice was full of contempt. "I have a found a more effective way of dealing with still unknown alices, you will see very soon. Now, if you would just follow my instructions. I will use my alice and make these flowers in front of me die, just like the ones in the back. All you have to do is stop me."

Persona held his hand over the plant, and as his finger touched the blossom turned to ashes in a matter of seconds.

"What are you doing? STOP!"

Mikan threw herself at Persona, closing her eyes. He couldn't do that! Why would he kill these plants?

Some kind of wave came out of her, washing through the whole place.

The burned patches and dead flowers were gone. Instead, a fresh breeze made the flowers sway from one side to another. Everything looked peaceful.

'How interesting. Her power is far better than I had expected. Not only can she nullify the effects of an alice that is in use momentarily, but she can also reverse the outcome even if it's a day old. If I train it properly, she would be able to reverse almost everything. Good that I found her at such an early stage. They would have spoiled her with nonsense, and then she would have been no use to me.'

He looked at the girl who was lying on the ground. She seemed exhausted, but then opened her eyes. Persona forced a smile on his lips.

"You scared me, sensei! I wasn't prepared for that! Are you mad at me?"

"No, quite the contrary, that was very impressive, Mikan. You have great potential, but you seem to be very tired right now. I think that we should stop for today. I will let you know when our next lesson is very soon. Until then, don't tell anyone about this or any other meeting we shall have in future."

Even though she very tired, the little girl smiled happily.

"So did I pass the test?"

The dark man couldn't help but be amazed by the innocence of this child.

"Just look around you. You have healed all the trees and flowers in this area, even though they were already one day old. Not everyone would have been able to do that. As I told you, I am waiting for one of my students to return and report to me. You are dismissed for now. You could go get some rest in your room, don't worry about your detention today. Before I forget, have this pill. It will make you remember the way to this secret place, and it has a lot of other different uses that I will tell you sometime."

Mikan took it and swallowed it without hesitation. She felt dizzy for a moment, then regained control over her senses and smiled again.

"Goodbye!" she shouted, running off to the school campus.

'I will have to change something about this innocence of hers. This won't last for long, I already know that. The pill will make her sleep the rest of the afternoon and through the night. It will make things easier for me and teach her the basics of her power and give her some control. The rest, she will learn from me.

'I wonder how she will turn out in the end.'

With these thoughts in mind, he placed himself under the shadow of a tree, waiting for Natsume's arrival.

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That was chapter two!!

I think that I will be able to post the next one by tomorrow, so keep tuned. Any ideas or questions are very welcome.