DISCLAIMER: I do not own GA.

CHAPTER 3: Where on earth could it be?

"Where is it?" Mikan asked to herself as she was rummaging through all of the contents of her bag. "Where is it? I bring it to school every single day just in case my nosy sister get her hands on it." She mumbled as she threw all of the contents of her bag onto her bed.

Once all of her stuff was on the bed, she examined everything. All of things were there. Her books are complete, her notebooks were all there, her pens and pencils are also present, but the thing is, her diary was nowhere to be found.

"MICHIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!" Mikan yelled to call her little sis since they were staying on the same room because they are both special stars. Their room was enough to fit the both of them. Michi didn't reply so Mikan just went to the living area of their room only to see her sis watching cartoons.

Mikan stomped her way near Michi as she pulled the plug off of the TV set. "What?!" Michi asked irritated.

"Don't what me. Don't just stand there and stare at me. Where is it?" Mikan asked grumpily.

"What?" Michi asked again with an innocent face.

"Where's my diary?! Where the heck did you hide it?" Mikan asked with annoyance in her voice.

"Duh. Onee-chan, you lost your diary and then why on earth are you asking me where it is? I don't even know where you hide the damn thing." Michi answered back while Mikan blinked in disbelief.

"So you don't have it?" Mikan asked as Michi just shook her head.

"You really don't have it?" she asked again as the other shook her head again.

"You really really really really really don't have it? You didn't take it? As in no joking at all?" Mikan asked.

"How many times do you want me to tell you that I DIDN'T TAKE IT!" Michi yelled as she threw her hands in the air and then accidentally zapped some stuff since she has the spell casting alice and then she cannot control it fully. Takahashi, the dorm robot then entered their room.

"What's going on in here? What's all the noise about?" Takahashi said while examining the room.

"Nothing. I was just asking onee-chan here to help me practice my alice." Michi lied as she gave Mikan a just-play-along type of look.

"Y-yeah, Takahashi-san. Apparently, my sister doesn't get the hang of her spell casting alice and so it resulted to some things getting zapped everywhere. Hahah." Mikan added with a nervous laugh as Michi just sweatdropped. "Mikan-nee really doesn't know how to lie." Michi thought.

"Okay then. Just keep it down a little. You might disturb the other students." Takahashi reminded as she left the room. The two girls just sighed in relief.

"Now, could you leave me alone now? I'm trying to watch something until you disturbed me." Michi stated as she sat down the sofa and then turned the TV back on to the show that she was watching a while ago.

"Just look around a little bit harder. You must have misplaced it somewhere knowing that you can be an idiot most of the time." Michi added.

"But I've searched everywhere!" Mikan grunted. "I don't know where to look for it." She mumbled as she slumped herself onto the sofa beside her sis.

"Then go and look for it at the place where you last used it." Michi advised while she was still watching.

"It's only on my bag and I've searched my bag already. And it was still nowhere to be found."

"Baka, then try and go to the place where you last placed your bag. It must have dropped there accidentally."


"Place where I last placed my bag… maybe it dropped…"
Mikan thought as she remembered that she bumped into Natsume a while ago and then all of her things in her bag fell. Upon realizing her thoughts, her eyes were as big as saucers since she cannot believe what was happening.

She suddenly stood and hurried to her bed and sat there while she was still in a daze.

MIKAN'S POV

I am now tired all because I can't find my most precious possession. Where could it be? I even bothered Michi all because of it and I have just realized lately that it might have been left with Natsume when he bumped into me a while ago in the school hallways.

I sighed in desperation since I really don't know what to do. I mean, who wouldn't, right? I have my diary lost and it turns out that Natsume might have it. I guess it would be fine if Natsume was as nice as Ruka, but unfortunately, it's not. He's the most arrogant and coldest guy in this academy. Oh great. I guess luck is never really on my side ever since.

I sighed again. I don't really know what to do this time. I would definitely be screwed up if Natsume read the whole thing since all of the things that I have been keeping all to myself is in that diary. If only Natsume was nice, I guess I could get back my diary as easy as pie but I really have to do something different in order to get it back.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! What the heck will I do now?! My life is over!!!!" I screamed as Michi entered my part of the room.

"Milkan-nee? Are you alright?" she asked as I just gave her a what-do-you-think type of look. She sighed and then sat beside me and then suddenly said something. "Hey, I know that you're having a big prob right now. But please don't shout like that! You made me scared!"

"Gomen…" I mumbled. I am soooo not in the mood to talk right now. I need to find a way on how to get my diary as painless as possible without making a fool of myself and without having third degree burns in the end at the same time. And most of all, I need to get it back without my whole secret about Ruka being exposed into the whole world of Alices.

"Why don't you just get some sleep? You look pretty tired already." Michi suggested. Sleep? How on earth will be able to get to sleep when I have a major problem in here?

"No thanks. I still have some mopping around to do since my diary is missing." I mumbled. Yup. Mop around the room. That would be good. I guess it's the only thing that I could possibly do for the night since my diary is really nowhere in this room of ours.

"Mopping around and looking miserable won't help you in finding your diary, one-chan." Michi stated as she stood up. "You should just forget about it for the moment and go to sleep."

"How is sleeping at a time like this going to help me in solving my problem?" I asked with an amount of annoyance visible on my voice.

"Well if you just close your eyes and hit the sack, you can wake up earlier than usual tomorrow morning and then go to the place where you last placed your darn bag so that you may find your diary already." Michi answered back, annoyed as well. "You know, you're letting yourself be miserable just like that all because of a stupid diary. The Mikan-nee I know is something better than that. Don't get your hopes down all because you've misplaced it. In fact, someone else might have it and then return it to you tomorrow." She continued as she left.

Yeah right. Someone else has it alright. I just do not know if he would really return it to me tomorrow morning without getting my life and reputation at stake. I mean, he's Natsume. THE Natsume. Since when did a guy like him ever be nice to a girl? Even if he's my school partner he never treats me nice.

I threw myself onto my bed and then closed my eyes for a while. I stayed in silence as I was thinking of ways on how to ask Natsume on how I could have it back. All that my little mind could even think of are three methods.

The first one is blackmail. Hotaru does this most of the time so I guess I could give it a shot. I just have to think of something to blackmail on him. The second one is bribing him. I don't know if this thing is also applicable since he is also a special star so I bet that he has loads of money. But trying won't hurt me, right? And the last thing is pleading. I would do anything just to get my diary back. Even if it humiliates me in front of him, I wouldn't mind at all.

END OF POV

NORMAL POV

"Onee-chan? are you still awake? I was just going to ask if – " Michi stated as she was cut off when she saw a sleeping form of her older sister on her bed. "Oh never mind. I'll just ask you tomorrow." Michi said to herself as she went nearer and tucked her sister in.

"Good night, onee-chan. I hope you find your diary soon. I know it means so much to you." She whispered to her sister as she turned off the lights. "I also hope that you would be able to get it back without doing something stupid. You can be smart but you still do idiotic things." She thought as she also prepared for bed.