Moony here! I've finally completed this chapter. I know, I know, my chapters are short so I'll try to make them longer. I don't know what exactly inspired me to write this chapter so quickly (since I started from scratch today). I might not be able to update next week since it's exams week, plus standardized tests are coming soon! Bleh! Well, I do hope you enjoy this chapter for I certainly took the pleasure of writing it. :) Silver Creek Academy was just a name that I thought of from the top of my head so...yeah
Yay! My brithday just passed up like three days ago and I'm so happy that I'm a year older! A year closer out of school, aha!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice at all, but I do own the minor original characters in this fanfiction.
WARNINGS: AU! VAMPIRE! MULTIPLE PAIRINGS! AND A BIT OF ANNA'S BRITISH TERMS!
Summary:
Nothing ever disturbed her peaceful, yet exciting life at the gifted academy.
From lab explosions to failed dates, nothing ever got her this unsettled.
Not even death.
They're only dreams, her best friend said, but why
does it leave her sick to her stomach?
Only the new boys could answer that.
From their sexy looks to their dark past,
they're the new school's heartthrobs and
just plain sexy, bad boys.
But why would they move in the middle of the school year when they
can stay in a place where they are pampered from head to toe?
Why does his blood-like eyes stare right through her as if
he knows every good and bad bone in her body?
He makes her shiver with dangerous delight.
Was he dangerous?
She doesn't want to find out.
"Just lie to me like you did many other times."
"I will lie to you over and over again, you know that."
"Tell me everything will be alright. Lie. Lie to me always. Lie to me, Natsume."
Chapter Three
Flushed
'Love is a verb.'
'You can't love without doing'
The room was filled with loud chatter, but to Mikan it was just a mere constant noise in the background. There was this distant look in her eyes, as if her mind was elsewhere rather than here. You could see the flashes of happy memories in her sad eyes.
Koko bit his lips in order to stop himself from shouting at her.
He loved the Nullifier to a point where he couldn't stand anything that even made her slightly upset, but in a way that a brother would love his little sister. He knew that she was bitter about the whole grandfather ordeal, especially when the school did not let her be part of the funeral arrangements. But she was lucky to be at the funeral at all.
Or informed her about her grandfather's well-being.
But it had been several weeks since the news had broken her. It might be selfish, but he wanted the old Mikan back. Not this quiet, broken one.
Not a broken doll.
A hand was placed on his shoulder, giving it a small squeeze of comfort. He looked behind him surprised to see Hotaru with sympathetic eyes. As the words crossed her mind, he gave her a small smile.
'She'll be fine'
Without them noticing the small smile that the brunette threw in their direction, Mikan felt something lifted from her heart. She could taste and feel a new beginning approaching.
For it was already at the door.
~xXx~
With his dark, tussled hair and guarded eyes, he faced a silent crowd. It was unnerving to the point where he wanted to bark at them for giving him unwanted stares, but being the polite gentlemen he was he settled for a small-scaled glare.
Ruka was the same, except he gave his new peers a shy, modest smile, which absolutely made many hearts go into cardiac arrest.
The teacher, who went by the name Rion, gave them a welcoming grin. He was obviously European, which made Ruka a bit surprised to see a foreigner in a school like this since the whole system was wary about new arrivals.
"Students, please welcome your new peers, Hyuuga Natsume and Nogi Ruka," he said motioning them to step away from the door. With an irritated glare, Natsume complied to the silent request and stepped closer to the middle-aged teacher.
Rion gave him a cheerful grin.
"Why don't you two tell us a little bit about yourselves?"
Ruka gave him a small nod before giving the whole room a smile.
"Hello, my name is Nogi Ruka, but please call me by my given name. I transferred here from Silver Creek Academy, England. And yes, I am the heir of the Nogi Enterprises, who is in a partnership with the Hyuuga Inc," he said, pride gleaming in his deep, blue eyes.
It made the love-stricken girls (and a few boys) out of breath, stunned with the blond's beauty.
"I'm half-American and half-Japanese; I grew up in Massachusetts, but then moved into London, England where I met Natsume," he motioned to his companion before he gave the whole class a dashing grin. Mikan had to give him credit on wooing the whole crowd. She was a bit flushed herself.
She smiled.
Which caught his attention, but for a brief moment. His eyes clashed with her earthy ones, making an instant contact, making her heart pick up the pace. It was only a quick second later he broke the eye-contact, but it left some effects on both of them.
"Why don't you share some things as well, Hyuuga-san?" Rion-sensei's voice broke Mikan's string of thoughts. The other student, Hyuuga Natsume, intrigued her as well. Not only because of his striking looks that contrasted with his best friend, but he had an air of mystery around him.
And his blood-hypnotic eyes was so unique that if you stared into them long enough, you feel as if you were in a sea of spilled blood. The thought made Mikan shiver.
"The name's Hyuuga Natsume, but no nicknames," his voice was rough and husky, but at the same time it was laced with raw elegance. It was definitely sexy, Mikan thought, biting her lip from chuckling. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the many gaped mouths and dreamy smiles.
Well, she couldn't blame them.
"I'm all Japanese, but I grew up in the states. At age ten, I moved to London. Yes, as Ruka mentioned, the Hyuuga Incorporations is in a partnership with his family business, making my the heir of the Hyuuga business. I also transferred from Silver Creek Academy and my alice is Fire." he said, licking his lips.
Mikan stared at him.
That should be so totally illegal.
He gave Rion a bored look, signaling that he was finished on discussing about himself. Rion-sensei began on pondering where to put the two new, gorgeous students. There were a few spots open, but most of them were next to already crazed-fan girls/boys and he certainly did not want his new students to be groped.
And so he settled for the two least-suspecting molesters in the class: Mikan and Koko.
"Nogi-san, please take your stuff and take your place next to Kokoro," Rion said, his dark, green eyes gleaming with mischief. He pointed to the mind-reader, who gave the teacher a raised brow. Surely he was joking since Nogi-san will be placed between him and Imai.
Koko grinned. The blond will have a difficult time dealing and remaining calm with their disputes.
"And Natsume, take a seat next to Mikan-chan!" Rion-sensei chirped, grinning as he waved over to the silent brunette. Natsume gave the girl a glance, but it turned out to be a look shared between them. It was different from Nogi's quick, yet shy glance. This was entirely different.
It was penetrating gaze, sending shivers down her spine. The scary thing was that it was shivers of delight, making her more confused than she was. The two held a steady gaze as he made his way over. Not once did he take his eyes off of her.
It was as if he knew every good and bad bone of her body.
She felt her cheeks heating up when he suddenly cut of the connection, leaving her heart pounding harder than what his blond friend had done to her. She looked over to the window once more, trying to bury the memory of beautiful red eyes from her mind.
But it was difficult when they were boring into the back of your head.
~xXx~
'Strawberries are better!'
Pout.
'But you smell like tangerines.'
Smile.
'And I like tangerines.'
"-Bloody hell! So what's with the 'I-want-to-shag-you-right-here-right-now' looks in homeroom? It was so hott!" Anna asked, her eyes bright with interest, making Mikan groan. She knew that the pink-haired cook would be the first one to question her.
Heck, she didn't even touch her food yet.
Koko howled with laughter.
"That was mighty interesting! Like sexual tension much!" he howled, clutching his stomach from uncontrollable laughter. Even Hotaru seemed to be chuckling behind her tea cup. Red and pink splashed against her cheeks.
"One: I don't know what shag means! Two: It was nothing! Nothing I tell you! Nothing at all!" Mikan said through her gritted teeth, who failed to convince anyone at the table. Nonoko shook her head sympathetically, but that didn't mean she smiled at the whole situation.
"Honestly, Mikan! If you don't want him, I'll have a piece of that!" Sumire said with a grin, squeezing herself between Yuu and Kitsuneme, who both yelled out in protest. Sumire was your typical teenage Alice girl. Obsessed with the opposite sex.
Her dark, forest eyes were dancing with mirth.
It's been awhile since they had teased their friend.
And laughed about it.
~xXx~
Natsume was absolutely annoyed to say in the least.
The way that girl looked at him made him want to do something rash and completely out-of-character, and that scared him in a way that he couldn't even describe. Ruka's eyes followed his friend's frantic pacing.
"I don't know what to do," Natsume muttered, turning around so his back faced his friend. Meeting Sakura-san's eyes completely stumped; the way her large, puppy eyes widen with surprise made his blood rush faster through his veins.
He almost felt alive.
'What does love mean?'
Silence.
'It's when you sacrifice everything for one person.'
Grin.
'I love you!'
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RANTING ALERT!!: I kind of feel Mikan's feelings since I'm in a similiar yet very different situation. People are so difficult to understand, especially when they tell you one thing but instead it means something else! I've been extremely jumpy lately too since I took a Haunted History tour. Don't ask why, I just am. The subject on the supernatural intrigues me. It's a good way to pass time and all, you know reading all this stuff or in this case writing! I need to do some more research.
