A/N: Heyyyyyy! A fast update! 10 days! That's a new record for me, y'know? And I bet you're all wondering what happened to Mikan, aren't you? Well, too bad. I'm not going to explain until a while later. :) This is probably one of the longest chapters I have evewr written, so you can probably guess what a crappy author I am. :) I just have trouble focusing... :( Reviews would help! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice, no matter how much pixie dust I have. :(

"... You're kidding me, aren't you."

"I'm afraid not, Mikan. They plan on going straight for you, try to get you to cooperate with them, and if that doesn't work, kill you and head towards the other members of the Dangerous Ability classes and repeat."

"This is not good. We have to prepare, train everyone, send them on missions to collect information, do whatever we can to - "

"There's not possibly enough time. They're attacking in a mere amount of weeks, and it will take months and months to prepare all the students."

I uttered several profanities and thought the whole thing through, before turning to Persona again.

"But most of the students are already well trained. I mean, why put them through more training when we can strike first - "

He sighed and shook his head in exasperation. "Like I said, there's not enough time. Most of the students are still rusty after you took over all their missions in those two years. They probably wouldn't even be able to land a single punch on even the weakest AAO agents!"

I glared at him, tsk tsk tsking him. "Don't underestimate us, Serio-Kun. Do you really think that we would forget after all that grueling, bone breaking, exausting training? Sure, they might be a bit rusty, but they pick up quickly if there's a motive, like protecting their friends here. I mean, they may not have been very... willing to do those missions after you threatened them, but if you really do give them an option, explain the situation to them, and actually be nice to them for a change, there's a big chance that they will cooperate with us. There's a 65% success rate, which isn't much, but it's better than nothing, and a hell of a lot better than the negative percentiles."

"You're sure about this? And are you willing to stay in the disguise the whole time?"

Oh, that's right, I still have to punch him in the family jewels for making me come back in a disgui -

"Don't even think about it," He said, his palms facing me in a futile attempt to defend himself.

"But why do I have to stay in the disguise anyways? I mean, what do I have to be worried about?"

He sighed - for the 5th time this day, if I was counting precisely - and turned towards me. "Everyone thinks you're dead, and if you came back, that would cause a huge uproar, and the whole school would be in turmoil, and that would be the perfect chance for the AAO to attack. Think about it."

"So you suspected it all along? Ever since you heard the rumor that they were? Which I assume, would be this morning, when you sent the note?"

"Yes, we were expecting the invasion, just not this soon. I thought that it would take a while more for them to even think about invading, at least wait until the principals had passed away, when we would least expect it, or when we are at our weakest, but I guess I was wrong."

"So we hold an emergency DA class meeting later today, - "

He cut me off and completed my sentance before I knew it. "Warn everyone, and pray that they aren't as crappy as they were back when they were beginners." He smirked at me. I grimaced at him for interrupting me.

"So we try to get this over with as soon as possible. Like removing a band-aid - "

"Fast and painless, or so we hope."

"Damn you Rei."

The PA system crackled and feedback rang loud and clear into the ears of some very annoyed students. Someone cleared their throats - a man, judging by the pitch - and he started speaking. "Would all students of the DA please report to room 573 immediately? Teachers, please excuse them from classes for the rest of the day."

It was a relief to most, as Narumi was interrupted from his very long and very annoying storytelling - he was reading his modified version of Cinderella, with 20x more frills, and 30% more fairy dust - but to those that knew, it was dangerous. Something life threatening. Something that would make a grown man cry and run home to his mother. It was something Persona-related, that was for sure, and that was definately scarier than anything else.

The students of the DA were running around in room 537 as they tried to remember how to activate the secret entrance. Suddenly, the new student, Miyu-Chan, shoved everyone out of the way, encasing their faces in water if they refused to budge. She muttered something that sounded vaguely similar to "Damn newbs..." and then proceeded to vault from a desk into the air, tapping a tile on the ceiling before doing a somersault and landing on the floor.

Nothing happened for a while, and some of the cockier students were prepared to tease her about being new and probably just guessing anyways, but then the wall slid apart, leaving a small crack barely enough to fit a dog in. Miyu then proceeded to stick her hand in the crack, entering the 7-digit password on a number pad hidden from view. The chalkboard from the opposite wall then started to distort and a warphole similar to that of the high school division opened. How the other students could have forgotten such a transcendental entrance was beyond Miyu.

One by one, they started filing into the warphole, Miyu entering last, after she made sure that the entrances were sealed. They were met by a less-than-glad Persona, who looked like he wanted to punch something.

I can't belive you're making me do this! You're going to make me look like a wuss... He told Miyu telepathically.

Just suck it up and deal with it. God, maybe you're right. You really are a wuss.

How rude.

Your point? Just go already! Before I beat you to it.

Why, be my guest.

...

You just rolled your eyes, didn't you?

...No...

I can tell that you did.

...Stop avoiding the topic. Go tell them already!

Fineeeeee... He said, exasperated and sounding completely like an angsty teen.

"Now, the reason I have called you all here is because the AAO are planning an invasion a few weeks from now. They plan on trying to convince some of you to join them, and kill you if you don't go with them. I know that you haven't been on missions for two years now, so my Trainer in... training will be helping you to get into shape. Unlike the rest of your missions, this time I am giving you an option. You can join us and help defend the academy and protect your friends, or you can leave right now, and have the AAO manage to get you to join and you yourself will be a threat to your friends. I'm not going to threaten you to join, but I would advise you so. If you do not wish to participate, then you may leave now."

No one moved an inch, as they were all willing to participate, either to defend their friends, because they were persuaded by the fact that Persona was actually being... nice for a change, or because they were itching to get back on the saddle and kick some AAO ass.

See, I told you so! You just have to be nice!

...

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I'm not talking to you... You made me wimpy...

You are such a child.

A/N: Well, that's the end of this chapter! I managed to make it exactly 1400 words this time, which is definately a big improvement if you have read any of my other stories, where the chapters are less than 500 sometimes. :) Review Please?

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