I am disclaiming Gakuen Alice. My grammar also sucks. Please R&R.
Love Makes Both Sides Crazy
Chapter 3
The Surprised Test
"Ja Yuu! Hotaru, let's have lunch together ne~" Mikan said and enter the faculty room. She was shocked to see who was sitting on the couch while munching some snacks with a beautiful blond lady with them.
"Oi hag, finally, you're here. We've been waiting for you since forever." Youichi said then munches another cookie. Tsubasa drinks.
"I can see you're already here idiot!" Mikan retorted to her younger brother.
"Mikan! Are you alright?" Tono waltz towards Mikan and about to hug her when Mikan avoided him and face the beautiful blond lady.
"Hello Sensei, nice to meet you!" Mikan gives her a bow. "Sorry for being late. I was lost in my way here."
"Are you Miss Mikan Azumi?" The blond lady asked and smiled to her.
"Hai." Mikan answered.
"It's okay Miss Azumi. We're glad to have you all here in Gakuen Alice. I am Serina Yamada, I'll be your homeroom teacher. By the way, Welcome to Alice Academy."
"Thank you, Sensei." Mikan said.
"Please have a seat Miss Azumi, I'll explain the rules and regulations of this school." Serina offered.
Time skips.
"Let's proceed now to your assigned classrooms. Mr. Tonouchi Azumi and Mr. Tsubasa Azumi, your classroom is in the high school division. Ms. Mikan Azumi and Mr. Youichi Hijiri, your classrooms are in the middle school division." Serina said.
Mikan's the last one with Serina since she's her homeroom teacher. They already brought her brothers in their own classrooms.
"Please wait here Ms. Azumi. Please enter as I called you." Serina said.
"Hai Serina-Sensei!" Mikan answered. She just looks at her entering the big door. Above the door was written 3B. The 3 stand for the 3rd year and B is for Middle School. A is for elementary and C is for High School. Yoichi is in class 1B since he is a Middle School 1st year. Her twin elder brothers are in class 2C, 2nd year high school students. She can hear Serina's voice inside since the door was not totally closed.
"We have a new student. Please welcome, Ms. Mikan Azumi." Upon hearing her name, she immediately entered the classroom. Almost all the students gasped after seeing her. She was the girl this morning that kissed with the crowned prince in the school bus. Hotaru and Yuu gladly smiled after knowing that Mikan will be their classmate.
"Hello, I am Mikan… Please take care of me…" She said and bowed.
"Now, please pick the name of the student who will become your partner Mikan." Serina said. Mikan then put her hand inside a round fish tank. Inside it was folded papers of the names of each student in the class. It was their tradition to pick the partner of the new students. After picking up the name of the lucky student, Mikan wished it was Hotaru who she picked. She gave it to Serina to read its content.
Serina slowly unfolded the paper. After reading the content, she grinned. The two best students nationwide will be partnered. What will happen to these two? Very interesting…
A brunet guy with green orbs entered the office of his big brother. He immediately sits down on the couch and greeted him. "I'm here." It's been so long since he's been here Japan. The last time he visited this country was almost seventeen years ago. They came here since they are invited at the queen's birthday ball.
The big brother looks at him and smiled. Despite the old age, his older brother still looks young. He's also a brunet and has green orbs. "Who picked you up in the airport? Who's with you?" The big brother asked.
"My fiancé, her daughter and my son were with me. I left them in the palace. I came to visit my only brother. I missed you Kazu-nii." He answered. "How's sister-in-law?"
"Himemiya's in the palace. She's helping her niece to prepare for the ball tonight, the Queen's birthday celebration." Kazumi answered.
"How's my favorite niece?" Izumi asked. He's very excited to see his only niece and of course his sister-in-law.
"She's at school. You know her, she likes studying. She's one of the top 10's last year Nationwide's exams for freshmen high school level. She was the top 3. This year, she wanted to be the top 1 that's why she's studying harder than before." Kazumi proudly speaks. "She got the top 1 last year here inside the school for freshmen high school level."
"Wow! That's good! I know she can do it! That's my niece!" Izumi proudly said.
"So how long do you want to stay here in Japan, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, one month? And how's your son?" Kazumi asked. "I hope you'll stay here longer."
"Your nephew's wandering in the palace's ground. He also got the highest rank in his own school. He's a very hard working student." Izumi paused and then answered Kazu's first and third question. "I dunno. You know I can't leave our country for long. They need me." He sips the coffee on the table. "And how about Prince Kazumi, when do you want to visit your mother's homeland?" He asked him back.
He laughed out loud. "I will go back there if you already produce your own heir to the throne, your own blood. When do you plan to marry Luna? She's been your fiancée since you're born." Kazumi asked his younger brother. The throne was supposedly to him but he doesn't want it.
When Izumi was born, he felt sorry for him to leave him such big responsibilities. He gave up the throne because he thinks he cannot handle the kingdom. He flew to Japan where his father was born. He produced his own company, the Alice Music Agency and his own school, an elite school called the Gakuen Alice. As time passes, it grew and became successful. Alice was their mother's name.
He met his wife Himemiya and they married after a year. He escaped from being a royal blood but eventually ended up in a royal family. Himemiya Igarashi is one of the princesses of Japan. King Igarashi who was the king that time was her older brother.
He was very glad that his younger brother doesn't hate him for leaving him behind even though his brother doesn't want to be a king too. But unlike him, Izumi accepted the great responsibility even though he rebelled sometimes like flying here in Japan and marrying someone. He just doesn't want to be married to the lady of the Koizumi family. He hated to be manipulated.
"You know I can't marry her yet. I am still married at another woman. I don't know where she is to file a divorce." Izumi replied. But that was a silly answer.
"You still love her, isn't it?" Kazumi asked. Izumi didn't answer. He just stared at nothing particular. Kazu doesn't know what exactly happened to his younger brother but he knows that there was something big happened to him when he went back to Europe seventeen years ago.
"You're leaving Luna hangs in the air when you don't have the intention to marry her. Our family has any means to find your wife and had a divorce with her, not to mention that I married the most powerful and influential family here in Japan. We will find her in no time." Kazumi added. They are a royal family and they are rich, finding a missing girl won't be a problem, right? But his younger brother doesn't want that to happen. He's making it a reason not to marry his fiancé which he doesn't love. But he knows there was still a reason behind it which Izumi didn't want telling him.
Izumi never told anyone about the woman who he married years ago. Even him, he doesn't know his sister-in-law's identity. What's her name or what she looks like? She was a very mysterious woman to him. Very.
"Your partner will be…" Jinno paused. Tono sweat dropped. He's hoping for a female partner. In fact, he wanted the shouldered length hair brunette girl with pink highlights and green eyes to be his partner.
"Yamanouchi Shizune… Please raise your hand." Jinno continued. Shizune wants to complain but she knows it has no use. Once the partner of the transfer student has been assigned, nobody's allowed to disagree especially when your homeroom teacher is very strict like Jinno. She admits that these new students are handsome but she only wanted for her time to be consumed with her boyfriend, Subaru Imai. He's ahead of her. He's in college now, a medical student.
"Next… For Tsubasa… your partner will be…" Jinno said whilst opening the paper. Tsubasa swallowed an imaginary lump. He doesn't want to be partnered with a guy. Tono's lucky since he's been partnered with a girl. The girl they called Shizune was pretty, only her glasses distracts her beauty.
"Misaki Yukihara." Jinno finished. "The chosen partners will guide you in this school this first semester."
"Misaki… That's a girl right?" Tsubasa asked. 'Where have I heard of Yukihara?'
Everybody laughs except the girl with green eyes. She's blushing through her anger. 'How dare he ask that? Of course I am a girl!'
"Am I wrong? Is Misaki Yukihara a guy?" Tsubasa asked again. 'Oh no! I want a girl!' Almost all the students' laugh became louder. Misaki wanted to punch Tsubasa really hard for making her embarrassed like this. She just clenched her fist. She promised that this guy would get it to her later.
Jinno cleared his throat to make the class in silence and then he speaks. "Raise your hand Ms. Yukihara so that the new student can see you and won't be confused about your gender." Misaki raises her right hand slowly. Tsubasa was dumbstruck by her beauty. That's the girl he wanted to be his partner, lovely and very pretty. 'Is this a dream come true?'
Tono bit his lip. 'Why is she his partner? She's my type! This idiot brother's very lucky.'
Luna's the only daughter of one of the most influential families in their country. The Koizumi's and the Yukihara's are closed families. Luna's father, Kuonji Koizumi was supposedly Princess Alice's fiancé.
But Alice runs away to Japan before they're married and met their father. Like mother like sons. All of them met their love here in Japan. Their father was the perfect example of Cinderella man. After years, Alice and their father went home to Europe with him to let the old folks see their grandson. She was pregnant that time to Izumi. Even though the King and Queen disagree, they accepted their father and made him the king because Alice and he was already married and they don't want a family shame.
The Koizumi family gets angry. But that time, Kounji's girlfriend got pregnant and bore a baby girl. They made a deal that one of Alice's children will have to marry Kuonji's daughter. Alice's parents agreed to the compensation, they can't do anything since it was Alice's fault.
When Izumi was disappeared, Koizumi got pregnant with one of her boyfriends. Kounji paid the guy to get him out of Luna's life because he wanted her to be the queen. Luna bore a baby girl named Wakoko Usami. Despites how Kounji hates it, Luna makes Wakoko's surname to Usami, Wakoko's father.
"I have to go Kazu-nii. I just passed here to see you." Izumi said. He doesn't want to talk about his wife. Yes, he wanted a divorce with her but he can't now, he still has some problem to solve before he does that. Their marriage license has still of use to him. He wondered what happen to her after leaving him. What's her life right now? Does she still think of him or she has another man after him? 'Why am I still thinking of her after what she has done to me? Stop thinking about her! She's a gold-digger!'
"Okay, see you later at the palace. You can sleep at my place if you like, you're always welcome there." Kazumi said.
"Yeah…" He answered. And then, he exited the office. He came here in Japan with Luna, Wakoko and his son. They are currently staying at the palace. They are special visitors because they're a royal family from another country. He would like to stay at his brother's place but it will offend the Palace if they do.
"Please pick your soon-to-be partner Youchi-kun." Misaki said. Youichi was actually shocked to know who will be his homeroom teacher from now on. Misaki Anjou was Narumi Anjou's younger brother and he visited them sometimes with Narumi. Now, he has to call him Misaki-sensei instead of just Misaki only. He then picked a paper in the container of the folded papers. He gave it to him.
"Your partner will be… Aoi Hyuuga." He said. Almost all their classmates gasped. How can it be? The princess will be partnered with this handsome lad. They can't complain. Some cried because their names hasn't picked by Youichi. Youichi's gray eyes look around to find who would his partner will be.
"Okay… Please settle down." Misaki told his students to behave. "Youichi-kun, Aoi-chan's not present today because of family matters and gatherings but hopefully, she will be present tomorrow. For now, please sit at that vacant seat." Misaki pointed. Youichi followed.
'Aoi Hyuuga, isn't she the youngest princess?' Youichi thought whilst walking towards the assigned seat. 'I wonder what's happening to my idiotic brothers and sister. This will be another boring day.' He yawns.
After hearing his name, the manga in his face suddenly falls. He sighs. He doesn't expect to be the new student's partner. 'So troublesome… Why must it be me of all students in class?'
"Mr. Hyuuga…" Serina called. "Please raise your hand for Ms. Azumi to recognize you." She instructed. Natsume didn't bother to look at the new student. He just returned the manga back to his face.
Serina sighs. She never expected him to follow what she says anyway. "You can sit beside the guy with a book in his face. He's your partner from now on." She said. Mikan nodded. Hotaru didn't bother to look at her whilst Yuu smiled at her, the rest was giving her a death glare especially Sumire except the boys.
"If you need something, you can ask your partner Mikan-chan." Serina added. After walking towards her assigned seat, she greeted her partner and seatmate before sitting down.
"Hi… I'm Mikan, nice to meet you! I'll be your partner from now so please take care of me." She said while offering her right hand for a handshake. The guy didn't bother even to move so that she can sit. Mikan withdraws her hands when she concluded that this guy won't ever introduce himself and have a handshake with her. Ruka who sits beside him just look at her.
"Hey are you deaf? Can you please move so that I can sit?" Mikan asked. She asked him again, this time, she neared her mouth to his ears and shouted, "Please move so that I can sit Mr. Who-thinks-he-owned-the-world!" After that, she takes off the manga out of his face. She was shocked to recognize who he was.
Natsume was annoyed by what she did. He opens his eyes to snap at her when he recognized her. The girl from this morning!
"It's you!" They both shouted. Both blushed after remembering what happened this morning.
'Why's my life in a mess? I don't want to see this guy ever! Kami-sama… do you hate me so much to put me in this kind of trouble?' Mikan said in her mind.
Natsume grinned after seeing her reaction. 'My life will be fun from now on...' he thought.
Serina cleared her throat to get the class' attention. "It's time for our next period. Let's proceed to the music room." She said. Everyone followed her while exiting the classroom.
"We will have a duet for the couple dance where the king and queen will dance first. I think this song is perfect for it!" Yuka exclaimed while pointing to a certain song in their list. It's one of her favorites. "You sing with me Narumi."
"Sure!" Narumi gladly said. This is his chance.
"Okay, let's start!" They started to play the instrument and Yuka sings the intro followed by Narumi in the chorus. After practicing the song trice, they moved on another song, they need at least ten songs for the ball tonight. The palace gave them the programmed and they're the one who'll choose the song. Of course, the birthday song won't be gone from the list.
"Everyone will present a song in front… This is a surprised test. I will choose four students who will get the highest score." Serina said. "Those four will get the highest grade this semester in music class. But still, the four of them are still required to go in class." Everyone gasped. Almost all of them wanted to be one of the top 4. Even if they failed at every exam, it won't affect their grade at all if they're picking on one of the best four.
"You'll sing in front and should use one instrument of your choice. Whether it's an organ, guitar, violin or whatever you wanted to play while singing." Serina added. "The song is also your choice."
"Yamada-Sensei, can you give us time to practice at least 5 minutes?" Kokoro asked.
"No. I told you that it's a surprise. And there's no more time. Now, let's start with…" Serina said. She picked up names again where they choose the partner of the new students. "… Ruka Nogi, Mr. Nogi, please come in front now." A blond boy with blue eyes walks in front. In school, the teachers don't call the royal students a prince or princess. They are just a normal student in school.
Ruka chooses the guitar. He then started to sing. Almost all the girls giggled.
I hung up the phone tonight
Something happened for the first time
Deep inside it was a rush,
what a rush…
'cause the possibility
That you ever feel the same way
About me, it's just too much,
just too much…
He looks at her, the amethyst eyes lass with an expressionless face. She has a short raven hair that reaches her shoulder. His heart's beating madly when she stares straight in his eyes. He's always speechless when it comes to her. When they accidentally saw each other on the patio of the palace or inside the school, he always blushed. He felt embarrassed and just walks away.
Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you,
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized
And I just got to know
She's not in the mood to listen to his song. She should think of her own song to sing later when her name will be called. Suddenly, her heart beats madly after looking at his eyes. His voice draws her in. There's something in his voice that wanted her to look at him and listen to his voice.
Do you ever think?
When you're all alone
That we could be
Where this thing would go
Am I crazy of falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush
She never wanted this to happen but every time he looks at her, she feels strange. She can't explain it but she feels happy whenever she saw him staring at her. Why does she feel this way towards him? Is she crazy?
Do you catch your breath?
When I look at you
Are you holding back?
Like the way I do
'cause I try and try to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away
His heart's jumping fast. He can't believe it. She's actually looking at him for a moment now. Does it mean she likes him too? He never wanted to hope but deep inside him, he's very hopeful that the feeling is mutual. He finished the song and went back to his seat. Everybody gives him a round of applause. Serina smiled and write his grade in her score sheet. "The next to present will be… Ms. Sumire Shouda, and will be followed by Ms. Hotaru Imai." Sumire stands up and presents in front. After presenting, Hotaru followed. She gets the guitar.
If you laugh with a big, big voice
The copycat would have laughed along with you right away
This song was her favorite. Mikan and her sing this in a contest when she has her summer at Mikan's hometown. They won the first prize. This is the first song that comes to her mind after thinking many times.
The road we walked, hand in hand
Today, let the two of us run together
When I am with you, any world will shine brightly
Mikan and she met because of her uncle. Her uncle is a band member of Z where Mikan's mom and step-dad are the lead vocalists. They learned to play musical instruments because of them. Eventually, they became best friends because she likes Mikan's personality even though Mikan has annoying brothers like Tono and Tsubasa.
Being next to you like that
Each little happiness like this
Will change into a smile as we embrace each other
Her uncle is no other than Narumi. He was her mother's younger brother. Her mother has two younger brothers, Narumi Anjou and Misaki Anjou who's a teacher here in Gakuen Alice. The two are still bachelors. But her uncle Misaki has a long time girlfriend which is her homeroom teacher, Serina Yamada. They are already engaged and they planned to marry next year.We went by bicycle, like that rainbow
Let's live in happy colours forever
The song has just ended but Ruka's still dumbfounded by her angelic voice. He can still hear her voice singing to him. Natsume tap his shoulder to snap out of it. He felt embarrassed towards his cousin. But he knows Natsume understands his feelings. Everybody gives her a round of applause.
After Hotaru, there are still many students after her who presented. And finally, it's Mikan's turn. She chooses the piano and started to play it while closing her eyes.
When the fireworks suddenly explode in the air...
I couldn't keep my eyes off from your face...
I gazed at you quietly...
This was the first song she learnt from her mother from teaching her the piano when she was seven, a very special song for her mother. Her mother always cried after singing this song. She never knows why and she didn't tell her the reasons whenever she asked her. Yuka's very talented. Almost all the Z's songs were composed by her like this one. The others are composed by her late stepfather.
It'd be so much easier if I was able to hate you...
Because I always remember you, in situations like this...
I can't help but think about the times we spent together.
The crimson eyes lad was mesmerized by her beautiful voice. He never expects her to sing this good. It's not only him but almost all were mesmerized. She's one of the best voices they ever heard after some students like Hotaru. She plays the piano well too.
I'm ready to forget you...
It's just my tears at my heart too much.
I wonder... why did we meet each other?
When I close my eyes...
It's like you are here.
While singing, Mikan can imagine Yuka's tears falling down her cheeks. That's why she can't stop her feelings. They can feel the emotions very much. They give her a round of applause like the previous presenter but hers is louder. Sumire gets irritated after seeing Koko and the others were amazed of her voice. She clenched her fist. 'Why does this girl always get everybody's attention?'
"Okay, last but not the least… Our last performer will be Mr. Natsume Hyuuga." Serina announced. The only folded paper left was his. He walks in front. He knows how to play many musical instruments but he chooses the guitar. He's best at playing string instruments.
He then strummed the guitar started to sing. This is the best song he thinks for the girl who caught her attention since this morning.
To Be Continued . . .
Author's Note:
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Here are the title of the songs:
Title: Crush / Artist: David Archuleta - sang by Ruka
Title: Shiawase no Niji / Artists: Kana Ueda & Rie Kugimiya - ENGLISH LYRICS - sang by Hotaru
Title: Utakata Hanabi / Artist: Supercell – ENGLISH LYRICS - sang by Mikan
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