Summary: Mikan Sakura, an operative- someone who works by breaking the rules to do the right thing, is given a mission to protect Natsume Hyuuga - one entitled to take over his parent's renowned company. But this mission has one side to it: "Don't fall in love or else you and everyone around you will end up dyed in blood"
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice
Chapter three
Mikan looked at her surroundings as she walked down the hallways to head to her first class. For some reason, the school looked different than it did yesterday. It looked bigger.
Yesterday, Mikan had gone through everything, looked through everything and made sure that she understood everything before getting ready for her TV session.
Mikan looked through the bag full of uniforms and found, in total, nine white, elegant fitted blouses with full length plackets, single cuff with two buttons, pointed collar and rounded tail ending- three short sleeved, three long sleeved, and three three-quarter sleeved.
Both of Mikan's eyebrows rose when she continued to look into the bag. She then looked into the bag and there were also, altogether, four skirts- one white and three black. All flat at the front, and pleated at the back. She then pulled out three blazers- two black and one white. Along with the blazers, Mikan found two silk ties, both black. She also found white, knee-high socks, as well as ankle and low-cut socks. Mikan stared the socks.
"Wow…they even gave me socks" she muttered, placing it on the bed.
Looking at all the neatly laid out uniform on her bed, Mikan couldn't help but roll her eyes. 'Damn rich bastards' she thought. She then put the bag away and looked into the other bag and took out all her books. She was glad that all the books already had labels on them so she didn't need to label them herself. She continued to dig into the bag and found her key to her locker. Mikan examined the key before placing it into the small pocket in the bag. She then took out her diary and timetable.
"The hell… this is a rather… interesting timetable" Mikan murmured. She had five periods every day, except Monday, since there was assembly. On Monday they only have 4 whole lessons and last period was half a lesson.
Mikan looked through the timetable and memorised all the classes she had for the two weeks, since there was a two week plan. After that, she placed all the books back into the bag so she could put them in her locker tomorrow.
When she finished, she tried on her uniform. When she read the booklet, it said that she was to wear her white uniform on Monday. On the other days, she was to wear the black uniform. The only uniform piece she was allowed to wear on any other day apart from Monday was her blazer.
Mikan looked at her reflection in the mirror to see how she looked in the mirror. Mikan sweat dropped.
"This school isn't very colourful with their uniform, aren't they?" muttered Mikan. She then took off her uniform and started to hang them up in her closet. When she was finished, she started to clean up her room. When she finished that, Mikan changed her clothes and headed downstairs to watch some TV after cooking up something to eat.
Mikan heaved a sigh and made her way to class behind her homeroom teacher, clutching onto the strap of her bag. She was glad she didn't have to deal with students on her first day here. She was told to arrive at school about an hour earlier, so she could meet her homeroom teacher, which was Narumi L. Anjo. At first, she had to admit, she found him out of place, since the way he was dressed was completely different to everyone else she saw in the faculty. Everyone else was dressed, well, either semi-formal or formal. But Mr Anjo was all frills, feathers and bright colours, which she had to admit, terrified her at first. But after chatting with him, he wasn't so bad. He was nice and knew when to be serious- which was probably all she cared about, apart from how good he was at teaching.
Mr Anjo stopped in front of the closed classroom door and turned around to face Mikan with a smile on his face.
"Alright, come in when I call for you" he told her before turning around to open the door, only to be stopped by Mikan.
"Wait, Mr Anjo-"
"Tut, dear one, what did I tell you?" interjected Mr Anjo. Mikan thought for a moment and remembered what the man in front of her had told her before.
"Right, Narumi" she murmured. "Uh, Narumi, how many students are in this class?" she asked him. Narumi grinned.
"Well, you'll have to wait and find out" he told her before slamming the door open and announcing his arrival to the class. Mikan sweat dropped at the sudden silence that enveloped the room as soon as Narumi had entered the room. Mikan took a deep breath in and leaned against the walk, beside the opened doors, waiting to be called in.
"Good morning my lovely students, how was your evening yesterday?" Narumi asked his students. The only answers he received were mumbles. Narumi grinned and put something in his mind and waited for a fellow student to announce it.
"We have a new student?" exclaimed his fellow mind reading student. This announcement caught everyone attention. Well, apart from the raven haired boy in the corner at the back of the room, but this was no surprise to Narumi.
"Yes, Koko, in deed we do" said Narumi. Koko leaned forward on the table with his arms crossed in front of him, along with Kitsuneme and Mochu.
"So, what's this new student like?" asked Koko. 'And why can't I read his mind anymore?' wondered Koko.
"Is he smart?" asked Mochu
"Is he at least better looking that Mochu?" asked Kitsuneme. That got him a smack on the back of the head from Mochu.
"Uh, actually, the student is a-" Narumi was then cut off by the whining of Kitsuneme, complaining about the smack on the back of his head.
"That hurt, you idiot" said Kitsuneme. Mochu rolled his eyes.
"Deal with it. Next time, think before you voice it out" retorted Mochu. Kitsuneme opened his mouth to say something when Narumi interrupted the two boys.
"WELL, why don't we have the student come in and introduce who they are to class" said Narumi. Behind the door, Mikan took a deep breath in. She looked down at her uniform, checking that it was all in place before standing up straight and entering the class looking down at the floor. Mikan heard several gasps as she walked in. Mikan looked up and her eyes widened. Immediately, and unconsciously, Mikan slapped her forehead and turned her body around to exit the room to find her brother. Only, she found herself turning around again walk back to the front of the classroom, deciding to hunt down her brother later.
Mikan touched the end of her ponytail and turned her body to face the class. She glanced at Narumi who gave her an encouraging nod for her to continue. Mikan took a deep breath in and scanned the classroom.
'What the hell is this? The whole class is filled with boys!' Mikan exclaimed in her mind, 'this is absolutely bogus-Especially when Persona didn't warn me about it beforehand. Therefore, more of the reason that I should be allowed to hurt him' thought Mikan. She then took another deep breath and spoke.
"Good morning" she squeaked out. "Hello, I'm Mikan Sakura. From now on, I'll be part of this class" she spoke, her voice slightly louder. Narumi took a step closer to her and whispered, "Why not talk more about you? Random information is fine. Don't forget to mention your Alice" Mikan nodded at him and turned to face the class.
"Um, my star sign is Capricorn, since my birthday is on the first of January. I, uh, I'm seventeen years old- recently turned seventeen, and I have the, uh…" Mikan stopped talking, which left the class in suspense. 'Crap, what Alice did I plan to tell them that I had?' Mikan panicked. When she remembered she quickly said, "And my Alice is nullification"
Narumi smiled and stepped forward. "Well, our new student is female. So that's a first, isn't it?" asked Narumi. The class agreed.
"Well, I need someone to show Mikan around the school-" Narumi stopped talking when he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Yes?" he asked Mikan.
"I already know my way around the school. I studied the school map, which was, uh, given yesterday" said Mikan.
A surprised look appeared on his face. "Alright then, what else did you do after you received everything yesterday, Mikan?" he asked her. Mikan thought for a moment.
"Well, I sorted out my uniform, remembered the dress code, my timetable, my teachers, school rules and…" Mikan stopped talking, seeing the amused look on her teacher's face. "Uh, can just know where I'll be seated, please?" she asked him. Narumi nodded and scanned the classroom. After scanning the classroom, Narumi turned around and faced Mikan.
"You know what, why don't you choose your own seat? Because from what I see, there are many vacant seats" said Narumi. Mikan nodded and walked to the middle row of seats, deciding to take the seat by the window, which was also one row away from Hyuuga Natsume's seat. Narumi smiled and turned to the rest of the class.
"Well, it's a free period, students. Bye-bye~" he said before skipping out of the classroom, slamming the doors shut behind him. Mikan's eyes narrowed at the door-the place she last saw her teacher leave. Don't they find it weird to leave a girl in a classroom full of boys? Mikan heaved a sigh and took out a book she was started reading yesterday.
Mikan had read only two lines when she felt someone approach her table. Mikan looked up, seeing a boy with dirty blonde coloured hair and glasses wearing his uniform properly, unlike some of the other students in the class, only without the blazer. He was wearing the white, long-sleeved slim fit shirt which had a patch pocket at the chest with the school crest, and a button down collar with an eight button placket, pointed collar and single cuffs with two buttons, along with a black tie, like hers. The shirt was tucked into charcoal melange coloured, cotton and wool blend trousers, which was held up by a plain black belt.
Mikan closed her book and stood up, smiled at the boy. The boy smiled and introduced himself.
"Hello, I'm Yuu Tobita, the class representative. I have the Alice of Illusion. Please call me Yuu. If there are any questions that you ever want to ask, please come and see me" he said as a tint of red appeared on his cheeks. Mikan smiled.
"Thank you, Yuu" said Mikan. Yuu nodded and turned away to make his way back to his table. Mikan also sat down on her chair and opened her book again.
Mikan had barely re-read her two lines when she felt more people approaching her table. Mikan looked up from her book to see the boys that had helped her get out of the school yesterday. Mikan immediately stood up and greeted them.
"Oh, hello" she squeaked out. She then cleared her throat and said, in a clearer voice, "Sorry, um, hi"
The three boys grinned and nodded. They stood in a row in front of her table and introduced themselves starting from the left.
"Hello, I'm Mochiage, but call me Mochu. I have the Telekinesis Alice" Mochu introduced himself, holding out his hand. Mikan shook his hand and smiled at him. She then turned to the next boy, who introduced himself as Kitsuneme, who has the Flying Alice. Mikan then turned to face the last boy.
"Hello! I'm Kokoro Yome. Call me Koko. I have the Mind Reading Alice" he introduced himself. Koko went over to stand next to Mikan and slung him arm over Mikan's shoulders.
"I have a feeling we'll be gooood friends" he exclaimed, grinning at his friends. Mikan laughed and was about to continue joking around when something stopped her.
Just then, everything happened in slow motion. Mikan saw a something flash at the window. Looking at it from the corner of her eyes, she saw someone with a gun. Mikan immediately turned to the rest of the class to warn them.
"EVERYONE, GET DOWN" she yelled. Majority of the students in the class ducked down. Mikan instantly used her Speed Alice to leap over the tables to go to the back of the classroom and push the two boys at the back onto the ground just as she heard shots being fired. All three grunted at the impact of hitting the ground. Mikan stood up, first making sure everyone was down before turning her head to search for the shooter. Mikan activated her Speed Alice to chase the shooter as soon as she jumped out the window.
When Mikan was close enough, she saw that the person's face was hidden by a mask, but Mikan used her X-ray Alice to see through it and saw his face. Mikan smirked. Mikan made sure she deactivated his Alice before she used her teleportation Alice to appear in front of the shooter, stopping him in his tracks.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asked him. The man smirked behind his mask and whipped out a gun. Mikan raised an eyebrow.
"Really?" she asked him, leaning onto her right leg and placing her hands on her hip. "You're pointing a gun at a defenceless person?"
The man thought for a moment before lowering his arm. "You're right… we'll do this the fair way-" he said. Only, as soon as he let his guard down, Mikan appeared in front of him and knocked him out. Mikan exhaled deeply and called her Persona before bending down beside the poor guy lying on the ground and shook him, trying to get him to wake up.
As soon as he did, he shot up from the ground, giving Mikan a scare. The man was about to attack her when she stopped him, looking into his eyes. Mikan activated her Mind controlling Alice.
"Stay" she told him in a powering voice. The man stopped instantly. "You will not remember my face"
"I will not remember your face" the man repeated, emotionless. Mikan thought for a moment on what to say next.
"You will only remember a purple haired male, with a mask covering his face"
"I will only remember a purple haired male with a mask covering his face" the man repeated.
"You will not remember seeing me" said Mikan, making sure for the last time.
"I will…not remember seeing you" the man repeated. Mikan nodded, satisfied.
"Sleep" she ordered. Instantly, the man dropped to the ground. And as if on cue, Persona appeared. Mikan turned around to face him and glared at him. Persona walked past her, unaffected by her glare. When he couldn't take the staring anymore, he heaved a sigh and turned to face her.
"What?"
"You absolute, insolent, cruel, unbelievably and completely evil brother!" yelled Mikan. Persona rolled his eyes behind his mask.
"You do know that I take that as compliments, right?" he said. Mikan huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. Mikan looked at her surroundings.
"Uh, where are we?" she asked Persona.
"Northern Forest" he answered. "I thought you memorised the map already" he said, raising an eyebrow behind his mask. Mikan narrowed her eyes, knowing her brother had raised an eyebrow.
"I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, nor my surroundings as I passed them" she retorted. Persona grabbed the man lying on the ground by the collar and started to drag him along the ground.
"Well, then, more training it is. Come here on the weekend at five- in the morning. We'll have to work on that weakness of yours. I can't have someone who doesn't take notice of everything while on the job, doing a job" said Persona before disappearing. Mikan huffed and made her way back to her class.
"It's not that much of a weakness, stupid brother" Mikan mumbled as she slammed her classroom door open, ready to have some quiet so she could read her book. Unfortunately for her, when she entered the room, she was bombarded with questions by Mochu and Kitsuneme.
Koko appeared next to her and pulled her away from the duo.
"Oh, thank you, Koko" Mikan breathed out. Koko grinned.
"No problem. But, uh, we better go check on Ruka and Natsume" said Koko. Mikan nodded, not really caring on what Koko had said. When it had fully processed in her mind, it was too late. Koko had already pulled her over to the small group of boy. A blonde haired boy stood up when he saw her walk over to the table, while the raven haired boy continued to read his book.
"Hello, Miss Sakura. I'm Ruka Nogi. Call me Ruka" the blonde boy introduced himself, smiling as he held out his hand to shake Mikan's hand. Mikan smiled and shook his hand.
"Call me Mikan" she told him. Ruka nodded and smiled. Mikan turned to look at Natsume, who didn't seem at all interested in his new classmate. Then again, he wasn't exactly known to be one to care. Mikan saw Ruka try to secretly nudge Natsume to make him look up.
"Natsume, introduce yourself" whispered Ruka. Ruka turned to smile at Mikan. "I'm sorry for his impoliteness" Ruka apologised.
"No, it's alright. Honestly, he doesn't need to introduce himself" said Mikan. Natsume looked up from his book.
"See? She knows know who I am, Ruka" he stated.
"Who?" asked Mikan, staring at Natsume, who slowly turned his head to look at Mikan.
"Me" answered Natsume.
"Yes, you… What about you?" Mikan questioned. Natsume raised an eyebrow, trying to keep his cool, although he knew that new kid was getting on his nerves. Mikan inwardly smirked.
Ruka cleared his throat, and gave Natsume a sideward glance. Natsume heaved a sigh.
"Natsume Hyuuga" he introduced himself.
"Well, I can't say it's nice to meet you, Hyuuga" Mikan told him honestly. "Having being the first contact we had was me throwing you to the ground" she said. "You know, just for a heads up, next time, when some says anything like 'move out of the way', or 'get down'…" Mikan leaned forward. "They probably mean it" she told him.
"And?" asked Natsume in an 'I-don't-give-a-crap' tone. Mikan leaned closer of their table so their faces were inches apart.
"Next time, get down, so you won't end up having a bruise on your back from being thrown onto the ground" she whispered to him. Just then, the bell rang. Mikan stood up straight and turned to the other boys who seemed to have been holding their breath. Mikan shrugged and walked over to her table to pack up her things to head to her next class, which happened to be Gym.
Natsume glared at Mikan as she made her way out of the room. As soon as she was out the door, Mochu, Koko and Kitsuneme surrounded Natsume with a grin on their faces.
"So, what do you think of her?" Koko questioned Ruka and Natsume, his arms crossed over his chest.
"She seems nice" was all Ruka said as he packed up his things and gathered them into his arms. All heads turned to Natsume, waiting for his reply.
"She's nothing special. Not too good looking, either" said Natsume as he took his feet off the table and back onto the ground.
"Oh, come on. That's because you didn't look at her close enough" said Kitsuneme.
"She was- at the very most- four inches away from my face, Kitsuneme. I think that's fairly closer than needed on the first day of meeting" spoke Natsume as he made his way out of the room to head to their gym class.
"I agree there, Kitsuneme" said Mochu. Kitsuneme turned to glare at Mochu, who held up both hands in the air in surrender.
"Yeah, but, according to the horoscope that I look at when she was introducing herself, you need to get to know them more before you see their true beauty. Plus, their looks develop more as they-"
"So you're saying that she'll be looking sexy in a bikini at 98?" asked Natsume.
"Well, no, but-"
"I think that's enough for now" Ruka butted in. "We should get changed for sport" said Ruka. All agreed and went to change. When they all came out wearing their gym clothes- which consisted of white polo shirts with the school crest and black sports- they found Mikan, already wearing her gym clothes and warming up.
When Mikan heard them come out from the change room, Mikan looked up and smiled at them. Mikan did one final stretch leg stretch before standing up straight to start stretching her arms.
"Hey, you guys sure took your time, didn't you" she said, grinning. Mikan was given her sport uniform as soon as she entered the gym. Her gym clothes consisted of either a short sleeved white polo shirt-or no sleeves- with the school crest of the left breast and black shorts. Mikan decided to go for short sleeved for today's lesson and quickly changed into the clothes.
"Alright, class. After stretching and a quick warm up… I hope you're up for a bit of climbing today" announced their Gym teacher- Mr Misaki. Mikan heard the guys in her class groan. Mikan grinned.
"So, who's ready and wants to go first?" he asked the class. No one stepped forward. Mikan turned her head to look at the guys beside her and raised an eyebrow at them. They guys took a step back. Mikan almost laughed. Mikan looked up at the ceiling, seeing that it was pretty high up. Shaking her head, Mikan took a step forward and raised her hand. Mr Misaki raised an eyebrow.
"Really?" asked Mr Misaki. "Come on, guys" he joked. Mikan's eyes narrowed.
"Well, at least I'm up for it. You should be more supportive for your student, Sir" said Mikan. The gym teacher looked at her for along moment before nodding.
"Yes, you're right. I apologise. Now, ready when you're ready, let's see if you can climb up that thing before the rest of these guys down here finish running ten laps of the gym" he said. The rest of the class groaned. Mikan threw her head back and laughed.
"Make it five, Sir" she started to bargain with him.
"Nine" said Mr Misaki.
"Six"
"Eight"
"Seven"
"Deal" he finally said after a moment of thinking. "But it could have been five. I'm up for a challenge" said Mikan. Her teacher chuckled.
"Well, I'm pretty sure you'll climb the robe pretty fast, but the boys need their working out, too" said Mr Misaki. Mikan laughed and got ready to climb the rope. "Alright, class" he called out. "Line up in a straight line" he ordered. The boys did as told, including Natsume. Mr Misaki set his whistle in front of his mouth.
"Alright, ready?" he asked everyone, mainly waiting for Mikan's answer. Mikan nodded and flexed her fingers before getting a hold of the rope. "Alright… Ready, set…" Mr Misaki blew the whistle. Mikan started to climb the rope. Mr Misaki watched Mikan. She was currently taking her time, and the boys were starting on their fourth lap. Well, all of them but Natsume. He was on his fifth lap. But as she got half way up the rope, her pace got quicker. And soon, she had reached the top and started to ring the bell with great enthusiasm. Everyone stopped and clapped.
"So, uh, Mikan, how are you going to get down?" shouted Koko. Mikan looked around.
"Don't I just climb down?" asked Mikan as she started to climb down. Everyone sweat dropped.
"What are you doing, Mikan? I'm sure Mochu could just levitate you down…" asked Ruka.
"Really?" asked Mikan. Mikan turned slightly to look at Mochu before asking, "Oh, well… are you okay with that, Mochu?"
"No problem!" shouted Mochu, making sure she could hear him loud and clear. Kitsuneme and Koko rolled their eyes and hit Mochu on the back of the head. Koko looked back up at Mikan.
"Right… but…WHOA!" shouted Koko as Mikan started to float in the air. Mochu carefully levitated Mikan down. All the guys in the class watched, ready to catch Mikan if she fell. Mochu levitated Mikan down into his arms, so he was carrying her bridal style. Mikan looked at him and smiled at him.
"Thanks" she said. Mochu grinned.
"No problem" he said. Kitsuneme and Koko rolled their eyes and approached Mochu. Koko carried Mikan out of Mochu's arms and settled her onto the ground while Kitsuneme put Mochu in a headlock.
"You sneaky bastard" said Kitsuneme as he started to smack Mochu's head.
"Alright, alright, I give!" shouted Mochu. "Dude, stop it. I'm losing brain cells. A lot of them"
Mikan threw her head back and laughed. "Come on, guys. We've got laps to do!" she shouted as she started to run around the gym. Soon, she was followed by the rest of the class. Mr Misaki scratched the back of his head in amazement. Usually, his class wouldn't do what he told them to do. But most of all, he was even amazed that Natsume Hyuuga had actually attended class.
'Maybe this girl will change a lot around here' thought Mr Misaki as he urged the class to go faster.
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Mikan came out of her English classroom, after the bell rang, with her arms up in the air, stretching after being seated for so long. The bell had just rung for lunch, and she was starving. Mikan spun around and ducked when she sensed the 'Ultimate Annoying Trio'- as Mr Misaki had told her when the class was watching Kitsuneme, Koko and Mochu muck around.
"Whoa, how did you know…?" asked Koko, who had tried to tackle her.
"I have a sense for people who attempt rape" Mikan joked as she turned around to head to her locker to put her things away before going to the cafeteria.
"Wait, where are you going? The food's this way" said Koko, pointing towards the opposite direction to where Mikan was heading. Mikan laughed.
"I'm going to my locker" she explained. Koko grinned and jogged towards her.
"I'll go with you, then" he said. Mikan smiled and thanked him.
Koko turned around the face the rest of the group and told them to go ahead first and then he and Mikan would catch up later.
Mikan and Koko headed towards Mikan's locker, filling the crowded hallways with their laughter.
"And then, he- he-" Koko could barely talk from all the laughter. Mikan laughed at Koko's difficulty to talk.
"Let me guess, he ended up bumping into something?" Mikan guessed. Koko fell on the ground laughing, nodding since he could barely talk because of recalling the memory. Mikan shook her head in amusement and turned to her locker to open it. Mikan quickly put her books away and slammed her locker shut. She turned around and helped the struggling Koko back onto his feet.
"Come on, let's go" she told Koko when he was finally back on his feet. "I'm starving" she said as she grabbed Koko's arm started to jog towards the cafeteria. Koko stumbled a bit before finally picking up his feet and started to jog along with her.
As soon as Mikan entered the cafeteria, her jaw slightly dropped. Next to her, Koko smirked and placed his hand under Mikan's jaw and slapped it upwards, closing her jaw. Mikan rubbed her jaw and glared at Koko for a split second before looking back at the now-silent cafeteria.
'It's like a dream come true' thought Mikan. 'It's like my own personal heaven' she added. Honestly, being surrounded by good looking guys in suits, Mikan couldn't help herself.
"I think… I just wet myself" she whispered to Koko. Koko grimaced.
"Please don't say that. It's disturbing" he told her. Mikan laughed, followed by Koko. Koko then swung his arm over her shoulders and shouted to everyone in the cafeteria, "Well, everyone, this is Mikan Sakura- A new addition to our school. Make her feel welcome!"
Mikan blushed as some of the guys started to stand up from their seats to come and greet her. Koko took his arm off Mikan's shoulders and smirked at her. He then leaned in to whisper into Mikan's ear.
"This is one hell of a first day for you, isn't it?" he asked her.
"Obviously" Mikan whispered back.
"Yes, with all the…jumping out the window and all tha-"
"Yes, obviously" hissed Mikan, glancing at Koko. She then turned to smile at the people approaching her. And before they reached her, Mikan leaned closer to Koko and whispered, "Honestly, Koko. I was joking before, but I think I will honestly wet myself soon". Koko's smirked widened- if it were possible. He then said one final thing before going away to grab some food, leaving Mikan alone to deal with the crowd.
"Welcome to your first day at Alice Academy"
End of chapter
A/N: Thank you for reading this chapter (:
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