"More like pedophile."Mikan muttered.
Youichi giggled as Natsume`s, and Ruka`s, eyes widened.
"W-What?!?" Mikan smirked.
"You heard me, Little Boy." Natsume glared at Mikan.
"Who are you calling a little boy, baka?"
Mikan laughed. "God, can`t you come up with a better comeback? If you knew me at all, you would know that I`m not an idiot."
"Look, why don`t you just drop the tough-girl charade and go back to being the daddy`s girl that you are."
Mikan`s eyes flashed, and before anyone knew what happened Natsume was on the ground with Mikan`s foot on his neck.
"Don`t you dare mention my father like that again, dickhead. You don`t know anything."
Natsume was stunned by the range of emotions in her eyes. Anger, rage…pain and sorrow?!?
Mikan got off him and left the room.
"What`s her problem? Attacking Natsume-sama like that?"Sumiere asked, no-demanded.
Hotaru answered, but her voice was strained. "Her father, he was…he was murdered. In…in front of her. A-Along with her mother."
Some gasped, others remained silent. Natsume and Ruka`s eyes widened. This time it was Nonoko who spoke.
"Why would they do that? Who would do that?"
"They were killed by the AAO, to try to get to Mikan. They would have kept her mother alive, but they didn`t know she was pregnant. With twins who had multiple Alices, no less."
The class was even more taken aback with Youichi`s statement. At this, Hotaru and Youichi left the room. A little bit later, Koko followed.
WITH HOTARU, YOUICHI, AND KOKO
"Koko, you know exactly what she meant when she said she was like us, right?"
"Yeah, but now that Mikan`s here, can I get the whole story?"
"Okay, no problem. We just need to find Mikan first." Koko nodded.
"Mikan!" They spotted the brunette sitting at a Sakura tree on a branch.
"Hey. Sorry for busting out of there. You know, you didn`t have to tell them. I don`t care how crazy they think I am. Well Koko, I think I owe you a story. Where should I start?"
"How about at the very beginning."