Chapter 7: Expelled?

A/N: Hey guys! This is the second to last chapter of my first fanfic. Thank you to Kokoro Bliss, a-mystery-and-a-stranger, jdcocoagirl, Backlash 29, Meow, Mizukaze 53, and MikaNatsumeXLovers for your nice comments! Thanks for supporting my fanfic, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Special thanks to two of my best friends, DramaYue and bunnyrawr747, for always supporting me.

I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice or its characters.

Recap of last chapter's ending:

"Gomenasai!" the crowd chanted. I looked at Mikan.

"It's okay." She smiled, but she was still crying.

"I won't ever allow you to hurt the girl that I love. Never." I stated firmly.

Everyone gasped except for Ruka and Hotaru. Everyone including Mikan.

End of recap. (Mikan's P.O.V.)

Natsume likes…me? How could this be? I've known him for so long, and I had always thought it had been a one-sided love.

He started at me, waiting for a reply. The crowd cheered; a few girls moaned in disappointment that Natsume was no longer available.

"Natsume, I," I was interrupted by the yelling of the principal. (Assuming that there school only has one principal rather than three. Not her uncle.)

"What is the meaning of this Sakura-san?" he demanded.

"Excuse me?" I replied, unaware of what he was so angry about. The principal glared at me and Natsume, who was still carrying me bridal style. Natsume released me but clutched my hand, giving me his full support.

"Sumire-san told me that you had bullied her and the other girls. She said you pushed her and her friends down and began yelling."

I turned in disbelief, looking at sumire and her gang. They had purposely ripped their uniforms and dabbed some fake blood onto their faces as well as mess up their hair.

"It's not true!" someone from the crowd hollered.

"Yeah!" the rest of the crowd chanted.

"Well even if it isn't true, the two of them should be punished."

"For what?" Natsume demanded. I tugged on his shirt, trying to calm him down.

"Natsume-kun. I was informed that you were suppose to be Sakura-san's tutor this summer, am I correct?"

"Hai." We both nodded.

"Well so far we haven't seen much progress at all. Saukura-san, you're a nuisance and a distraction to everyone. Not only do you get poor grades, you constantly both our finest students, such as Imai-san and Natsume-kun. If you weren't around, I'm sure they would have accomplished a whole lot more." He glared at me once again.

"Principal, please don't be unreasonable. Mikan can be very annoying, lazy, stubborn, a big baka, lousy at sports, clumsy, forgetful, loud, not to mention bad at returning rabbits, disorganized."

Someone in the crowd coughed.

"And a million other things," Hotaru continued. "But she isn't a nuisance to our studies. Mikan works very hard and always supports us in our decisions."

"Yeah!" the crowd chanted again.

"But not only that," the principal said. "But Mikan also has the worst grades in the whole grade, she always fails her tests, and she bullied Sumire."

"Sumire-san is lying," Ruka-pyon stated.

"Is lying?" the principal said in disbelief. "Why, my niece would never tell a lie."

"Niece?"

We all looked at the principal/Sumire's uncle.

"Yes. Sakura-san has not only committed a crime, but she also has not been able to pass this grade. Therefore, I think the best option is to expel Sakura Mikan-san.

I gasped.

"Expel me? Now? But next year is my last year here in Gakuen Alice. I've made so many friends the past few years, and this academy has changed my life completely. Without this school and my friends, I have absolutely nothing. I don't even have a real place to call home. Please Principal! Please reconsider your decision!" I begged. I couldn't leave this academy. Not after so long.

"Fine." he mumbled.

"Yay!" I cheered.

"Under these conditions. First, you only get 25 rabbits a month. Second, there mustn't be a peep out of you after ten o'clock. And third," he smiled. "You have to score 100% on the next placement test."

"100?" I asked. "I've never score over 75% on the exams before. Please be more reasonable."

"Nope." he said, quite pleased with his plan. It's either this, or expulsion. Which one do you prefer?"

"I'll do it." I said.

We shook hands on it.

A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter. Sorry it's so short; I barely got any sleep at all last night. But I promise next chapter will be much longer than this one with more Mikan and Natsume. I just wanted something to lead up to the final chapter, so I thought of this just now. I think I'll finish this fanfic over the weekend.

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-RingoTart