The sixth chapter is done! I'm sorry I took so long. I had a writer's block and school gave me a truckload of stuff to do.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Gakuen Alice just the plot.
The bell for the lunch break rang. All the students grabbed their things and began to leave the classroom. One pig-tailed brunette in particular was packing up her things slower than usual, deep in thought.
Mikan POV
'What made him so moody? Was there something bad on the note?'
During Jinno's class after I finished the problem and sat down I got the chills. Natsume was sitting right there giving off a dark, menacing aura. He didn't smirk or make fun of me or call me that stupid nickname like he was earlier this morning. His mood was so bad I got a little scared from just sitting there.
I shake my head and finish packing my stuff. I shouldn't worry about him. That sneaky fox doesn't deserve my sympathy. So what if he's in a bad mood. I don't care even if it makes him less attractive.
I freeze, replaying that thought in my head over and over. Did I seriously just think he's attractive? Where did that come from? Slowly I stand up and begin to leave the classroom.
There's no way that jerk should seem attractive in any way possible. I shouldn't care even if he is. I don't think about him. I don't notice how well built he is or how good his soft looking dark hair is. It's not like those deep crimson eyes draw me in when I look.
No way, not…at…all. I pause and replay what I just thought again.
What's wrong with me? Am I sick? Did someone cast a spell? What's happening to me?
"Hey Mikan!" I let out a little yelp and spin around. Anna and Nonoko stop and stare curiously at me. Hotaru just stares at me. Anna moves first and puts her hand on my shoulder. "Are you okay Mikan?"
I wait a second for my heat to calm down. Quickly I try to fake a cheerful smile for her. " Yeah I am. I was just thinking about something." She gives me a look of concern. We all start to walk to the cafeteria. "Really? What were you thinking about?"
"Oh nothing really just some stuff." There's no way I'm telling her the truth.
"What kind of stuff?" Crap what do I tell her?
"Oh uh…" I couldn't think of anything. Hotaru is starting to pay attention. If she gets curious she'll force it out of me. I'll never hear the end of it from any of them. Thankfully Nonoko came to my rescue. " Hey Mikan have you been to central town yet?"
Central town? That shopping center on campus? "No why?" She starts grinning as we begin to enter the cafeteria. "Well since you haven't been there yet I was thinking that after school tomorrow…"
Natsume POV
The branches brush my arms and shoulders as I make my way between the trees of the forest. Bird's chirp and flutter at the top of the trees while beams of sunlight shine through the spaces between the branches. Even I would think it's a nice day today if I wasn't so pissed off.
Tch, that bastard annoys the hell out of me. Ordering me around to do his stupid dirty work. I kick a rock into a bush and send a squirrel running up a tree. Ruka would get upset if he saw me do that. Too bad he's busy.
I push aside some bush and walk into a clearing with a big sakura tree in the middle. My favorite spot for reading and taking a nap. Glancing at the sun I climb up to my usual branch. There's still plenty of time before the plant mans class.
"Tch, I wonder what that bastard is going to make me do this time." He sends me a letter during the middle of class that I'm going to do another mission and doesn't even tell what I'm doing just to mess with me. I flip through the manga I brought. He's making me get up early too. Just to piss me off even more.
Now I'm too agitated to read. I slam it shut and stare at the sky. Maybe I can bully polka a little when class starts. I feel a smirk start to creep onto my face. Teasing her is so easy yet so much fun.
Yawn I feel my eyes begin to close. Why is she so much fun to mess with? I guess it's because the simplest of things riles her up. She acts like an airhead and seems like an idiot. Yet she manages to look cute even though she's super annoying.
I yawn again and close my eyes. Stupid special someone junk.
One lunch period later…
I flip to the next page. I hear giggles coming through the doorway and peek over the top of my manga. Polka and her group of friends are chitchatting. They separate and she walks toward our desks.
She probably going to say hi to Ruka then glare at me. Upon reaching the desk she, as expected, smiles at Ruka and greets him. And then of course the simpleton will glare at me and try to ignore me. This special someone thing is starting to grow stronger and it's annoying the hell out of me. I've only known her for a few days and already I'm starting to sound like I care about her. I shouldn't, especially since she doesn't care about me either.
"Natsume are you okay?"
… Apparently she does care.
I look up to see polka staring at me. Her brown eyes focused completely on me, waiting for a response. Not a hint of annoyance or anger just light concern. "Fine." She sits down next to me still staring.
"Are you sure you're okay? You seemed upset earlier when you got the letter."
"Why do you care? You starting to like me polka-dots?"
Her cheeks turn red. She looks away with a huff. So easy "N-no of course not." Way too easy.
"Sounds like you do polka dots." Her face turns even redder making her look cuter than normal.
"I do not! I show a little concern for you and you ruin it with your jerky attitude. This is what I get for showing sympathy to a sneaky fox like you!"
Sneaky fox? No way in hell I'm taking that from an idiot like her. I snap my fingers and the end of one of her pigtails burst into flame. She screams and runs around the classroom trying to put the fire out. After a minute of running around she finally summons some water and puts it out.
Huffing she turns to me and jabs her finger at me. "That was so uncalled for you jerk! This is why I don't like you! Don't ever do that again you mean sneaky fox!"
"Too bad ugly." I snap my fingers again and the end of her other pigtail catches on fire. After a few more shrieks Imai throws something at her to put out my fire. Some how it's so entertaining to mess with her.
End of Natsume POV The next day…
BEEP BEEP BEEP click WHAP! "AAAGHHH"
I slam my hand on the snooze. The fan quietly went back to wherever it goes in the clock. I'm starting to wonder if Hotaru made the alarm like this just to hurt me every morning without having to be here. I stretch my arms and hop out of bed. It doesn't matter anyway. Today Anna and Nonoko are taking me to central town. Even Hotaru is coming! I won't let anything spoil that.
I let down my hair and start brushing it. As I'm doing that I notice something moving outside. I move closer to the window squinting at a shape. On a tree near the boy's dorm someone jumps from branch to branch making his way down the tree.
Slowly I put my brush down and lean closer to the glass. Is that Natsume? The dark hair looks like his. Where's he going so early? Unable to stop my curiosity I enhance my eyesight with magic. Now I could clearly see it was Natsume quickly making his way to the edge of forest near the dorms.
Standing there hidden in the shadows was a man dressed from head to toe in black except for a white mask over his eyes. Natsume goes up to him and stands there while the other guy starts talking. Then they walk farther into the forest disappearing from my line of sight. Right before they did I saw something that made me shiver.
The spell fades away as I rub the goose bumps on my arms. I can still feel the chill on my spine from what I had just seen. Right before they headed farther into the forest the man in black briefly paused. He turned and looked right at me. As if he knew where I was and that I was watching them the whole time.
Goosebumps rise all over my arms again as I hurriedly put on my uniform. That was so creepy. I hope I don't meet him soon. Even though I've never met him I feel like I should be scared of that man. Very scared.
I burst into my room grabbing clothes out of my closet. Class just ended and the ride to central town comes soon after school. I grab a pair of skinny jeans, a purple blouse, my most comfortable pair of wedges and strip out of my uniform.
Natsume wasn't in class today. I didn't care since he's a jerk but my curiosity was killing me. I asked Ruka where he was but he said that he didn't know. I tried to ask him more questions but he seemed really distracted and kept playing with his little bunny.
Whatever I need to hurry up so I don't miss the bus, carriage, carpet or whatever is driving today. Anna told me that it changes depending on what's taking us. I grab me purse and hop out the window deciding that it would be faster than the stairs. With a little wind magic I float safely to the bottom.
Making it just in time I join the others as we get on a giant bubble. As the bubble hops it way to central town Anna and Nonoko chatter nonstop about the stores the want to go to. When we finally get there I'm surrounded by stores filled with amazing clothes, cool stuff and restaurants cooking good smelling food.
"Wow this place is amazing!" Anna grins and points to the right. "There are a couple of stores here with good clothes. Then we'll go get the stuff Hotaru needs for her inventions. After that we can stop at this restaurant that serves really good tea."
We shopped till we had almost no money left. We went to the restaurant that Anna told us about and ordered some drinks. "So Mikan." Nonoko grinned at me and gestured to all of the bags clustered next to my chair. "Was this the most awesome shopping spree or what?" I grinned back at her. "It was the most fun I've had in my whole life. We defiantly need to do this again, right Hotaru?" I turned to Hotaru who was eating crab brains. Again.
"Sure but I'll need to sell more pictures first." She puts another spoonful of crab brains into her mouth. How can she eat that? "What pictures?"
"Some of Ruka, some of Natsume, but mostly the ones of your fight on the first day of school." She gestures for the waiter for more crab.
"Huh? The ones of my fight! Why are selling pictures of that?" When did she take pictures? Why would people buy those?
"I don't know but I don't care. It makes me a lot of money." I nearly fell out of my chair in disbelief. She probably still blackmails people too.
"Yes I still blackmail people too." No freaking way!
"What the heck, are reading my mind?" She looks at me and scoffs. "No you're just too predictable baka." I stare at her in shock while Anna and Nonoko laugh at us.
Hotaru looks at he watch. "We should leave or you'll be up late trying to finish the homework you didn't do Mikan." What? I'm not that stupid. "That's so mean! There was another shop I wanted to visit. Can I just make a quick stop there?" I give her the puppy eyes. She may be cold but I know she loves me.
She rolls her eyes at me. "Hurry up. We'll meet you there when we're done here." I grab my bags and run to the store where I saw a super cute dress. I got there just before they closed and had just enough money to get it. I skip out of the store happy from my luck.
I take out my wallet to check how much money I have left. I felt my foot catch on something. Weighed down by my shopping bags I fell to the ground my wallet flying out of my hands. I look up and see my wallet bounce and roll into a dirty ally. "So much for my luck."
I rush to the ally and try to push aside some loose trash with my feet.
"Hey there gorgeous." I turn to the voice to see three guys blocking the entrance of the ally. "You lose something?" He held up my wallet. Crap.
I tried to make this chapter longer since I made you guys wait so long. I also put in that cliffhanger to keep you guys in suspense mwahahaha. I planned out the next few chapters so that I could update sooner. Thanks for sticking to my story.
P.S. It's not in the next chapter but I need some suggestions for some plays you guys would like to see them act out. Try not to say Romeo and Juliet. I'll do that one if a lot you really want me to but it seems so overdone.
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