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Chapter 1 Welcome to the Alice Academy
Someone knocked on the door when Mikan was loading her gun.
The door opened, and a guy in the blacksuit entered. "Sakura-san, a message from the headquarters", said the guy in a polite tone.
"Message?", she raised her eyebrows and turned around. He flinched in spite of himself when their eyes met, sensing the iciness surrounding the girl in a ponytail.
Mikan stood there glowering at him. What they were saying was true- there was something indescribable about this girl that made people freeze in front of her.
The guy broke the awkward silence that ruled between them. "Ano...Master is sending you in a new mission."
"Mission?" Upon hearing the word 'mission', she frowned.
"What mission?"
"Ano...it's the...Alice Academy..."
"Alice Academy? Where Tsubasa sempai is staying?"
"Yes! Since Sakura-san has an alice, too..." He trailed off. The guy put on the desk the envelop he was clutching so tightly, bowed to her nervously and left the room in a hurry.
'Alice Academy...?'
The brunnet tore open the envelop and began to read the documents inside.
"...get enrolled in the Alice Academy tomorrow. Wait for the next order."
'Get enrolled...? Dammit...'
She heard from Tsubasa what it meant to enter the Academy. Students were not allowed to get out until they graduated. It sounded like a prison disguised as a boarding school.
'So, are they planning to lock me up in that stupid school along with Tsubasa sempai or what?' Tsubasa sempai would be graduating in a year, but what about her? Spend four more years in there?
But who cared about the intentions of the higher-ups? She had no choice and after all, she was able to meet Tsubasa again, whom she hadn't seen for months now.
She missed him.
The brunette pulled down her hair and looked at the pink ribbon that she was wearing minutes ago.
'Tsubasa senpai...'
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"Happy 14th birthday, Mikan!"
"Tsubasa senpai...!"
She was just returning from another mission, when she saw smiling Tsubasa waiting outside her room.
Fortunately, she didn't have to kill anyone this time, but she was exhausted. What did birthday mean to her, anyway...?
But still, she was happy to see him again. She couldn't see him often after he entered that school.
"Thank you, Tsubasa senpai..."
"Here, take this."
"Oh...?" She was a little bit surprised to receive a birthday present.
She unwrapped the gift to find...
"A ribbon...? It's... I mean thanks...", she managed to smile back at Tsubasa. A fancy lacy pink hairtie for the birthday present of Mikan Sakura, a.k.a. Bloody Mermaid? True, sometimes Tsubasa senpai could be the sweetest guy on earth, but this time it went too far. Something was definitely wrong.
"But don't you think it's...too fancy for me?", Mikan was careful in choosing her words but she simply had to say that.
Tsubasa, on the other hand, wouldn't give in.
"Oh, come on, Mikan. Fancy or not, you need something to tie up your hair, don't you? Come on, try it on."
Reluctantly, she pulled her hair up to try her birthday present.
"Ah, I knew it! You look so pretty, Mikan!" Tsubasa exclaimed proudly.
Her cheeks turned slightly to pink but he didn't notice it.
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A sudden realization hit her. 'Wait, tomorrow? The paper was dated yesterday, which means I have to leave today!! Damn! Why didn't he say so?!'
There was no time for daydreaming, so she began hurriedly packing her stuffs and left her room. A new mission on such a short notice! Without so much as letting her know what its whole purpose was. She felt like slapping her Master hard on his face.
Not long after, she arrived at the Academy. So far so good. But...how should she get in there...?
She stood in front of the huge entrance gate for a while, thinking whether she should just break in or not, when she felt someone's gaze upon her.
Mikan instinctively looked up and saw a guy with a cat mask standing on the school wall.
She suddenly felt a weird sensation, something she couldn't comprehend. It was like a deja vu...
Have we met before...?
While she was lost in thought, the black cat jumped toward where she was standing. But before she could react, he was hit by a whip that came out of nowhere and fell on the ground. The catmask fell off from his face.
"No way, Nat-su-me-kun" A blonde guy with a feminine look walked toward them, holding a whip in his right hand.
"What the hell are you doing here?", Natsume muttered between gritted teeth and glowered at the person.
"Oh, I was just waiting for a new student to arrive, when I saw a precious student of mine escape, I just couldn't let him go, could I?", the guy answered playfully, smiling all along.
"YOU PERV..." But before the boy with red ruby eyes could finish his sentence, the blond smacked him on the cheek to her horror. Natsume fell unconscious upon the kiss.
Mikan couldn't hold it any more, but then the blond addressed to her. "Mikan Sakura, right?"
"Yes...?"
"You were a bit late and I was beginning to get worried about you. Well, I'm Narumi, a teacher here at Alice Academy. Shall we go inside?"
"Ha...?"
WTF, are the teachers here all freaks like him?? Mikan thought somewhat grumpily, cursing her Master once again, when something caught her eyes.
Cherry blossoms. Petals were falling from the trees, dancing along the spring breeze... A beautiful sight to watch.
"Aren't they pretty? Thanks to a blooming alice, we can see the flowers all the year around." Narumi explained.
"Oh", she responded nonchalantly.
Narumi was about to continue with his explanation when the boy he was carrying on his back hit him hard.
"Ouch, Natsume, you woke up already?"
"Shut up, you pervert!" Natsume was ready to attack Narumi, but the blond ignored him, saying, "If that person comes, I cannot help you this time, so take care, Natsume."
"You'll have to pay for this!" Natsume shouted angrily, and ran off...
Narumi and Mikan entered the faculty room, where the teachers were waiting for her.
"Is she the new student, Narumi sensei?" A teacher with a stern expression on his face and a frog on his shoulder asked.
"Oh, Yes" Narumi grinned at him.
The teacher with the frog was staring at Mikan disapprovingly. She glared back. Mikan instantly knew that for some reason, the teacher didn't like her and she was glad that the feelings were mutual. Damn the mission, but what else could she do, but obey the order?
"Mikan Sakura, welcome to the Alice Academy."