Ages:
Mikan, Natsume, Ruka, Kaito and the gang – 16-17
Youichi, Kara, Kendo - 5
Mikan
"Today, we're working on your SCE alice. You'll have to patrol the school and copy the alices which you think are useful. Along with your SCE alice is your sensitivity to alices, just by seeing a person, you can determine whether or not he or she has an alice and what it is. I will give you until 7:30 pm to copy alices. Time starts now."
I jumped from tree to tree, scanning the grounds. I could see 3 children playing, two boys, one girl. One boyhad silver hair, and the other two were brunettes. The one with silver hair wasn't really playing and was trying as hard as he could to isolate his self from then. Spirit manipulation alice. I couldn't use that much. The two brunettes were twins, I assumed. The girl had Weather manipulation alice, the boy had Transfiguration. I smirked.
I jumped down from the tree and went to walk towards them. The three looked up at me, surprised, I think.
"Ohayou!" the girl said, bubbly. She walked up towards me and put out her hand. I smirked and shook it. Weather manipulation alice, copied.
"Ohayou. Could you show me where the faculty building is?" I asked, making my tone sound pleasant and nice.
"Ah! I'm Kendo! I'll show you the way." The brunette boy said as he jumped up and took my hand. Transfiguration alice, copied.
"By the way, this is Kara. And that kid is Youichi." Kendo gestured to the two children.
"I'm," I paused, wondering if I could give out my name, "Mikan."
"Come on, Mikan-nee! We'll show you the way." These kids were too bubbly for their own good. I noticed the silver-haired kid wasn't following and preferred to sit on the ground to play with the grass. I stopped and something compelled me to walk towards him.
"You-chan, would you like to come with us?" I asked in the most pleasant voice I could muster. The boy looked up at me with olive orbs.
"Eh, You-chan doesn't really like-" Kara started but was cut off when Youichi stood up and grabbed my other hand.
"Let's go." He said monotonously and proceeded to drag us with him.
"I know! Let's go to Central Town!" the brunette lad exclaimed, completely forgetting about the Faculty building. Kara nodded whilst I just followed them, still being dragged along by Youichi.
Natsume
I shook my head as I watched Polka being dragged along by Youichi and the two other kids. I was actually shocked. Youichi rarely let anyone touch him, never mind him touching them. I chuckled under my breath.
I was supposed to watch her. I sighed and jumped down from my perch and approached the group.
"Natsume-nii." I heard Youichi mutter as he noticed me. The two other kids noticed me too and looked as if they'd seen a ghost. Tch.
"Hyuuga-kun." I nodded towards and Polka and followed them with my hands in my pockets.
We arrived at the bus stop just when the bus arrived. We all filed in. The twins sat up front and started to babble to the driver who just smiled and chuckled.
Polka sat in the near back, Youichi followed and sat on her lap. I chuckled under my breath and followed and proceeded to sit next to Polka who only raised her brow at me.
Youichi laid his head on Polka's chest and fell asleep afterwards.
"Weird kid." I heard her mutter as she placed her chin on his head.
"What's weird is you, he barely talks to any girl, let alone sit and sleep on them." I replied and leaned my head on the chair.
She grunted in reply before falling asleep herself. Her head lolled before it finally fell on my shoulder. I smirked and laid my head on her head before falling asleep.
Normal
The group was roaming around Central Town. Mikan had Kara holding her left hand, Kendo holding her other and Youichi hanging onto her back like a koala. Natsume walked beside her, clearly amused.
"Amused, jerk?" the brunette growled as they walked around. They had each bought a box of Howalon, except for Natsume who wasn't too fond of sweets.
The lad just rolled his eyes and put his hands in his pockets.
"We're hungry!" the twins complained as she pulled on Mikan's hand dragging her to the nearest restaurant.
"Fine, we'll eat here. I'll pay, then." Mikan said as they entered the restaurant. It was a cute little bistro.
"Cute." Natsume muttered before settling on one of the tables.
Mikan just grunted in agreement. A blue-haired waitress approached them.
"Hi! I'm Nonoko Ogasawara and I will be your waitress this afternoon!" the waitress introduced in a bubbly tone before handing out the menus.
"Ah, Natsume-kun! It's surprising to see you here, let alone with a girl." The waitress giggled before she left saying she'll be back when they were ready to order.
The crimson-eyed lad just rolled his eyes as a pink tint teased his neck. He skimmed the menu before he put it down.
"I'll have whatever you're having." The lad said as he stood up and exited the bistro.
"Mikan-nee, I want a tuna sandwich and a raspberry cheesecake!" The little brunette girl said as she threw down her menu and ran to the little girl's room.
"I want bacon and eggs, a mango milkshake and a green grape sorbet." The other brunette said as well.
"Youichi?" Mikan inquired as the boy still continued to scan the menu.
"I want a double decker burger with a chocolate milkshake and a slice of pecan pie." The boy said stoically as he finally let go of the menu.
"Okay then, I'll just go call the waiter." The brunette gestured for the waiter to come over.
"May I have your orders, Ma'am?"
"2 cheese and bacon sandwiches, 2 strawberry and chocolate fritz, bacon and eggs, a double decker burger, a slice of pecan pie, a tuna sandwich, a raspberry cheesecake, a mango milkshake, and a green grape sorbet."
"Your order will be ready in 15 minutes." the waitress turned to leave but faced the brunette again, "May I ask what your relation is to Natsume-kun?"
Mikan just rolled her eyes before replying, "He's my partner."
"Eh? I never knew Natsume-kun had a partner already." The waitress said under breath before finally leaving.
"Have you ordered yet?"Natsume asked as he finally arrived.
"Yup. Stay here and wait for Kara to get out of the comfort room. I'm going to go have a look around." The fire wielder just nodded, knowing what she meant.
Mikan
I roamed the streets, looking for potential alices, when I noticed a flock of girls crowding over something. My curiosity took over and led me to the crowd.
They were crowding over someone who looked as if he was suffocating from it. I just sighed before bringing my mask out of my bag and placing it on my face. I knew I had to have Saiko-sensei remove it afterwards, but I couldn't risk so many people to see me saving someone I barely even knew. It might raise suspicion.
I managed to insert myself in the crowd and when I was close enough, I grabbed the boy's arm and ran out of the crowd.
"H-hey! Let go!" the guy struggled as he ran, bumping into people.
"Just trust me." I replied before leading him into an alley. I put my finger to my lips, signaling him to shut up as the flock of girls passed the alley, not noticing us.
I finally leaned on the wall and let go of the breath I didn't know I held.
"Are you a girl?" he asked me as he inquisitively stared at my face.
"Yeah." I answered before realizing he had the female pheromone alice.
"Then why aren't you affected by my alice?" I just shrugged before I turned to leave. Suddenly he grabbed my hand.
"I'm Kaito Hijiri. Since you saved me, why don't I tour you around? You seem new." He said with a bright smile.
I realized he had silver hair too, like Youichi. But he had ocean green eyes.
"I've got my partner to do that. And besides I'm here with people." I replied, nonchalant, as I glared at him.
"Then let me tag along! You can help keep the girls away."
"Whatever." We exited the alley and headed for the bistro.
Natsume
I spotted Polka from the window and I noticed she was dragging someone with her. A boy.
"Eh? Why is Mikan-nee with Kaito-nii?" One of the twins asked as the pair entered the bistro.
"Yo." Polka said as she plopped down on her chair. The Kaito guy grabbed a seat and sat next to Polka. I unconsciously clenched my fists.
"Kaito-nii." Youichi said as he looked up at the guy.
"Yo, little bro! I didn't know you were on a date with a hot chick!" he smiled and ruffled Youichi's hair. He must be Youichi's older brother.
"Hot chick?" I raised my brow at him.
"Oh, Hyuuga-san! You're here too!" He just laughed and out his hand behind his head.
"I am not some chick you picked up on the streets, Hijiri-san." Polka said. I noticed she was wearing her mask.
"Eh, w-well, you are hot, and are a girl. You didn't even tell me your name." he replied sheepishly as he tried to grab her hand. Unfortunately for him, she managed to dodge his hand.
"Then let it stay that way." I growled as I grabbed her hand, unconsciously. The hell?
"Hyuuga-kun," I stopped her.
"Natsume, damn it."
"Natsume-kun, please let go of my hand. I am not your property."
I immediately let go of her hand, blood rushing to my cheeks. Luckily, I covered it with my bangs.
"She's Mikan-nee" Youichi piped up as he climbed up on Mikan's lap. I glared at the little kid as he just stuck his tongue out at me.
"Unfair, my little brother gets all the action." That Kaito guy complained as he raised up his hands hysterically. On reflex, me and Polka both glared at him. Oh, only if looks could kill.
Youichi just clung to Mikan's waist as he fell asleep. Finally, our orders arrived.
"That took longer." Polka said as they laid down the food.
"E-eh, well Anna had a hard time looking for strawberries." The blue-haired waitress said sheepishly.
"Whatever." We all dug in our food. I noticed Youichi giving half of his burger to his brother. I raised my brow as I bit into my sandwich.
"What? I'm hungry." I just rolled my eyes before continuing to eat my sandwich.
"Hey, what time is it?" Youichi's brother piped up again.
"2:45." Polka replied as she nibbled on her strawberry fritz.
"Oh, shit. I have to go." He stood up and ruffled Youichi's hair. Just when he was about to go, he turned around kissed Polka's cheek. THE HELL?
Then Polka poked his eyes.
"Ow." He gave us a sheepish smile before finally leaving.
Normal
The group continued roaming around Central Town after they ate. Mikan held two shopping bags. She bought some décor and clothes for her dorm. Youichi was holding a stuffed bear that Mikan bought him. The twins were each holding stuffed turtles.
Mikan was able to copy 3 alices from their roaming. Water alice, Wind alice, and an X-ray alice.
"Guys, tired yet? I think we have to go, before the bus leaves us." The brunette said as she picked up the twins and let Natsume carry Youichi.
"We're all tired, Mikan-nee." The twins muttered in unison as they both yawned and fell asleep on Mikan's shoulders.
"Natsume!" a male voice called. The brunette and the raven-haired lad whipped their heads back to see a blond male with baby blue eyes.
"Ruka." Natsume acknowledged as he stopped in order for the blond to catch up.
"Natsume, fancy seeing you here of all places." The blond said as he smiled at Natsume. The latter shrugged and gestured to the girl beside him.
"O-oh! I d-didn't n-no-notice Natsume h-had s-s-someone with h-him." The blond stuttered out as he stared at the masked female holding two children
The female grunted in reply.
"I'm Ruka Nogi. Nice to meet you." Ruka introduced with a smile as he held out his hand for her to shake.
"Animal pheromone. Tch, useless." The brunette muttered before she turned to leave, "Hyuuga, I'll go ahead. Meet you at the usual."
When the brunette finally left, the animal lover's face reddened to degree.
"U-useless? How could she say tha! And how did she find out what my alice was?" The blond compained as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"You sure pick out weird friends, Natsume."
"That makes you weird too."
"Yeah, but I'm your best friend."
"Whatever." The fire caster gestured for the blond to follow him. They arrived at the bus stop.
"Oh, the bus hasn't left yet." Ruka muttered to no one as he climbed on, Natsume behind him. Sitting in front again, were the twins who just beamed at the two as they passed by.
'Guess they woke up.'
"Oh, you managed to catch up." The brunette was now holding Youichi, who was currently asleep on her lap.
The latter grunted in reply as he sat beside the brunette. He unconsciously twirled the brunette's hair as he read one of his mangas.
The blond was dumbfounded. Shocked. Frightened, even. But he got over his shock and gave a small smile but not before bringing out his phone and snapping a picture of them discreetly.
Mikan
We arrived back at the cabin a couple of hours to spare. I managed to copy two more alices along the way too. Levitation alice and Telekinesis alice.
"Want to spar while we wait for Saiko-sensei?" I asked him as I sat on one of the lounge chairs.
"Yeah, sure. I've got a mission later, anyways." So that's why he went out a while ago.
"What time?" I stood up from the chair did some stretches.
"I'm going to meet Persona later at 8." He shrugged and mimicked me, doing some stretches of his own.
"Ready?" I went into fighting stance as I smirked.
"Ready."
I started off with a sprint towards him. When I was within attacking distance, I crouched and jumped over him, grabbing his shirt and attempting to slam him to the ground. But since he was trained, he landed on his feet. He gave a smirk of his own and lunged at me with his fists. I dodged his hands gave a kick to his abdomen. We just sent each other hits, careful not to give each other mortal wounds but enough to give a bruise.
He managed to hit my right leg, my left shoulder and stomach. I procured bruises from him, just as he collected bruises from me.
I managed to land hits to his abdomen, left shoulder and shin. I also added a little kick to his crotch as payback for embarrassing me yesterday. His legs buckled and he fell to the ground, clutching his crotch.
"Unfair." He hissed at me as he tenderly held his crotch.
"That was for yesterday." I smirked and settled on the lounge chair. It was 7 already. We were actually going at it for an hour and a half.
"Well done, Kuro Tenshi and Kuro Neko. But I have to say, that was a little unfair." I heard someone say from behind me until I realized it was Saiko. Then I noticed there was another presence here. It was a man who wore a black mask, and had rings on each finger. He also had 4 piercings on his left ear and 3 on the right. I winced just by looking at it. I also noticed he had a weird alice, something so deadly. My eyes widened in shock when I realized he had a Death alice.
"So this is your new, plaything, Saiko." The man drawled as he stared at me maliciously like I was ready to be served up and eaten.
His gaze sent shivers down my spine and the hairs at the back of my neck stood up. This guy was giving me major goosebumps.
"What are you doing here, Persona?" Natsume hissed with venom laced in between his words. Persona? Was that his name?
"Why, Natsume-kun, I'm here to observe our new little," he paused and smiled menacingly at me, "kitten."
"And I can say, she is a feisty little kitten, isn't she?"
"You've had your fun, Persona. Go fuck off." Saiko-sensei said dryly, completely unfazed by this lecherous man.
The man sighed and gave me another menacing grin.
"Oh, and Kuro Neko, be sure not to forget your mission later." Hyuuga just glared daggers at the man as he stalked off into the shadows.
Normal
"Well then, now that he's gone, what are the alices you've copied today, Kuro Tenshi?" Saiko asked as she circled the two with interest.
The brunette swallowed the lump in her throat before answering,
"I've managed to copy the Transfiguration alice, the telekinesis alice, levitation, wind, water, x-ray and weather manipulation." The brunette answered in one breath.
"Oh, but you lie. You also copied another one." The brunette raised her brow at this and turned to face the raven-haired lad. The lad just shrugged.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Along with meeting Kaito-kun a while ago, you also unconsciously copied his alice when he pecked your cheek. Sweet, isn't it?"
The brunette flushed at the memory but managed to keep he face straight.
"But how-"
"Didn't you notice the stares the females were giving you? Or did you assume they were staring at you because of Kuro Neko?" the brunette gulped and realized girls were staring at her. She thought it was because of the mask or because of Natsume. She admitted he wasn't an eyesore, but they were actually staring for a different reason.
"You're lucky that your female pheromone alice wasn't in full force or the females would have mobbed you."
"But why aren't you affected?"
"I'm more of a special case and can't be affected that easily. Now, instead of training those other alices, let us train your female pheromone alice. It can be put to quite good use and you can use it to manipulate females into doing your bidding. And when you enter class, we shall be using your female pheromone alice as your main alice. We can't have people knowing you're a multi-alice now, can we?"
The brunette nodded in agreement.
"Well, until tomorrow then. Both of you are dismissed."
Mikan
Natsume escorted me out of the Northern forest and towards our dorms in total silence. It wasn't a suffocating kind of silence but a comfortable kind.
I listened to the crunch of our feet on the grass and the howl of the wind. The rustle of the leaves mingled with the calm of the whole thing.
"H-hey," I started, hesitantly at first, "Thanks, for, uh, doing this and all. I know you were ordered to but, uhm, it's nice to know you're doing this without complaints."
I managed a small smile at him and I noticed that the corners of his lips tugged upward.
"You look nice when you smile." I immediately covered my mouth and mentally scolded myself for saying such a stupid thing.
"I didn't know you had the hots for me, Polka, then again, everyone does." His smile morphed into a smirk and my mood went from pleasant to immensely irritated. Oh, if only his face wasn't so pretty, I wouldn't be afraid him to maul him right there and then.
"Oh, go stuff your head in a toilet." I retorted back as I rolled my eyes and walked faster, determined to be rid of this insufferable jerk!
"I'd rather stuff my head in your pants." He replied seductively as he sent a lingering touch to my waist.
"Get your hands of me, pervert." I hissed as I struggled to remove his grip from my waist. I heard him chuckle as he let go of my waist and blew in my ear. I felt my face go a hundred shades of red.
"P-pervert." I stuttered out before I ran like hell towards the dorms. I so wanted to get away from this immensely self-absorbed, perverted bastard!
I heard him laugh as he ran along the side of me.
"Oh shut up, bastard."
"Only if you do, Ichigo." My face became even redder if that was possible.
"P-PERVERT!" I screamed bloody murder, sprinting towards the dorms and leaving him in the dust.
Natsume
Once I made sure she was in her dorm, I went back to my dorm and changed into pair of camouflage pants and a black shirt. I also donned my mask and combat boots. I creeped from out of the dorms and stalked towards the Nothern Forest. I reached a barren place with the tree stumps surrounding the area. I sat on one of the tree stumps and waited for Persona to arrive.
I heard soft footsteps come from the depths of forest. I whipped my head back to see Persona come out from the shadows.
"Early, aren't we, Kuro Neko?" he said dryly.
"Just get on with it." I hissed back and glared daggers at the monster.
"Oh, touchy. Fine, your mission is to assassinate one of the AAO Commanders who is currently on his way to the airport. You must not be detected and cannot be found out by the airport security. If you are detected, kill every witness. Wait for them by the Shanghai Road." He threw a bowie knife wrapped in leather at me, "Use this so as you won't overuse your alice. Infused in the metal is a poison which you can only activate if you manage to give at least the slightest cut to your target. The poison takes action after 3 minutes exactly. You need not worry if his people are able to send him to the hospital in that small interval for the poison is barely noticeable and cannot be removed once it has started its course. Good luck." With that, I inserted the bowie knife in my boots to hide it and I leaped to the trees.
Normal
It was 3 in the morning when the brunette woke up from a loud thump which came from the hallways. She sat up from the bed and looked around her room only to realize that the sound came from the hallway.
The brunette grabbed a robe from the bed poster seeing as she was only wearing a white spaghetti strap and blue cotton shorts. She hesitantly opened her bedroom door and surveyed her living room before walking towards the door. Silently but swiftly, she opened her door, just enough to let a small gap give her a glimpse of the hallway. She peeked through only to see a dark figure slumped on the floor. Frightened at most, she hesitantly opened the door and walked into the hallway. She realized the figure was unconscious when it didn't notice her presence in the corridor.
Slowly, she neared the person and poked its cheek. She gasped when she felt a sticky substance on her hand. She held her hand up and smelled it only to find out it was blood. The brunette was overcome by fear and hesitantly his hair from his face. It was Natsume. He was covered in blood but he only had scratches and no mortal wounds which would cause this. Then, she realized it wasn't his blood. She gasped a little louder this time causing for the lad to stir from his unconscious state but luckily not enough to wake him up.
The brunette struggled to drag the lad from the hallway into her room. She managed to make him settle on the couch all the while the fire caster was in a state of unconsciousness.
"What have you gotten yourself into." Mikan muttered under her breath as she stripped of his shirt leaving him in his pants. The hazel-orbed brunette felt blood rush to her cheeks as she saw the scene in front of her. Sure it was dark but the light coming from the window hit the lad's body in all the right places.
The scratches were nothing when she saw the dark bruises on his chest. She flinched at the sight of them.
The brunette stood up to grab a basin of water and some towels. When she got back, the lad was sitting up and was surveying the room.
"Oh, you're up." Mikan said as she entered the room and place the basin at the foot of the couch.
"Why'd you bring me here?" Natsume asked coldly as he tried to stand up but failed in doing so.
"Just lie back down, I have to clean your wounds." She replied softly and kneeled at the foot of the couch.
The lad grunted before lying back down and let the fatigue overcome him. The brunette hummed softly as she cleaned his wounds. She stood up again to grab some bandages,
Mikan dressed his wounds tenderly, careful not to touch the large bruises.
"I'm done. You can go sleep in my room." Mikan said as she stood up and turned to leave. She was stopped by a firm hand that held onto her wrist.
"Don't leave me." The lad muttered sleepily as he stared into the brunette's hazel eyes.. Mikan, blushing all over, extended the couch and was about to go to grab pillows and a blanket when the grip tightened.
"I'm just going to go grab some pillows and a blanket." Satisfied with her answer, Natsume let go of his grip and made himself comfortable on the couch, taking note that the brunette had extended the couch.
Mikan walked back to the living room with two pillows on hand and a comforter. She slipped into the couch and put one pillow under her head and another under the person beside her.
"Goodnight, Natsume." She muttered sleepily, as she unconsciously snuggled close to the fire caster and placed the comforter over both of them. She had already fallen asleep when the crimson-eyed lad had slipped his arm around her waist and cuddled closer to the brunette.
"Goodnight, Mikan." The raven-haired fire caster replied as he fell into a deep, pleasant sleep.
