Summary: This story is set after Azumi Yuka was killed. In this story, the conditions that Mikan will be sent to training and will be under the Dangerous Ability were set in exchange for the safety her friends. In the 5 years that Mikan was gone, the Elementary School Principal was killed by the Anti-Alice Organization, Z. The dangerous ability class was dissolved but some still remain for the sake of the families of the students outside the academy.

Notes: I do not own Gakuen Alice. It is owned by Higuchi Tachibana.


Previously:

The first thing that I saw in my room was a folder at the top of my table. I sighed and walked towards it. I saw a memo at the front of the folder. It said,

"Your mission for tomorrow.

Same place: Northern Woods.

Same time: 10:00 PM.

P.S. I'm sorry about the timing; you only just came back from the hospital."

I sat down my bed and read the mission folder. I skimmed through it until I found the words that I've been looking for:

"Kill the clone of the Elementary School Principal."


Chapter 7, Central Town:

I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling of my room. Unable to sleep from last night, I stood up and got ready for school. Still early for class, I took a walk around the school until I wandered in the northern woods.

"What was that?!" I shrieked when I felt something wrap around my legs while walking. I looked down and suddenly smiled.

"Mr. Bear!" I exclaimed. I crouched and held Bear with both my hands. "I missed you so much! Come on, let's go to your house and catch up on each other!"

I walked while holding Bear towards his little house in the woods.

Inside his house, I was telling Bear about my adventures outside the academy while Bear is preparing tea.

". . . it's really good to talk to someone who can understand me, right Bear?" I beamed while drinking the tea Bear prepared for me.

"Oh, I miss Tsubasa-senpai, Misaki-senpai, and of course Kaname-senpai! You miss them too right?" I asked Bear without expecting any reply. I giggled when he lightly nodded his head.

"You're so cute! I remember when you always punch me whenever you see me. Not so good memories, right?" I laughed when bear hugged me again.

I looked at the clock inside Bear's house and saw the time. "Well Bear, it's nice to see you again. I should be going to class now. I don't want to be late." I said to him. He waved me goodbye when I left.


I opened the door to my classroom and greeted my classmates. "Good morning, everyone!" My classmates greeted me back.

On my way to my seat, Hotaru blocked my way. My other friends followed her behind. "Where were you this weekend?" She asked me with her gaze staring through me.

"Mikan-chan, we looked for you everywhere last weekend! We wanted to go with you to Central Town!" Anna, my pink-hair friend, exclaimed.

I laughed nervously and lied, "I was with my Uncle last weekend. We went somewhere." Then I weakly added at the end, "To my mom and dad…" Which I thought, only Hotaru heard.

Hotaru raised her eyebrows lightly, not believing me. She dropped down the subject and said, "Right… You're not telling the whole story. I'll figure it out on my own." And she went back to her seat.

As if right on cue, Narumi-sensei came in the room and said, "Free cut class!" Everyone cheered and I just shook my head.

Anna went back to my seat and said, "Hey! There's no class, let's go to Central Town to celebrate your return to the school!"

I looked at her and said, "Sure, why not." I looked beside me and saw Natsume reading his manga. "Come with us, Natsume."

He looked at me and said, "No."

I frowned a bit, and then smiled at him, "Come on, for me?"

He put down his manga and finally said, "Fine."


My friends and I went to Central Town. We walked around town and I felt nostalgic. "It's been so long since I came here." I said.

"Well, it's still the same!" Koko replied.

I went to shop for some things in town. After some shops, we went inside a bookstore. "Oooh, look Natsume, this stationary set looks so cute! It has a black cat design, it looks like you!" I said to Natsume.

"Buy it if you want." He just said back to me without even taking a glance at it.

"Stupid Natsume." I said as I stuck out my tongue at him.

"Don't worry, I'll buy it." I added as I went to the cashier to pay for it.

After that, Natsume sat at one of the benches near the park. "Wait, I'll just look inside one last shop okay? Just stay here and rest, I'll come back." I said to him. He grunted back at me.

I walked inside jewelry shop just three shops away from Natsume. I looked at the merchandise and saw a simple chain necklace. I bought it and thought, "I hope he'll like it."

I went back to Natsume when I heard someone call to me.

"Wait, Mikan-chan! Let's go to your favorite place here, the Howalon Shop!" Anna exclaimed.

I felt excited when I remembered my favorite sweet here in the academy. I laughed inside as I remember my first howalon. It was thanks to my friends that I was able to buy my first box of howalon from selling sticks like the little match girl. I giggled at that memory.

"Hey, you look stupid smiling at yourself like that." The person at my side whispered at me while smirking.

"Stop it, Natsume! I'm just reminiscing good old memories…" I replied to him.

When I saw the shop, I ran first inside. I went to the cashier to buy a box of howalon when I saw a familiar light gray haired person in front of me.

"Yo-chan…?" I whispered.

The person in front of me suddenly turned around. His blue eyes widened at me. "Onee-chan…?"

"Onee-chan!" He shouted and then hugged me like there's no tomorrow.

"Yo-chan! You're so cute!" I said while I hugged him back.

"Hey! Stop hugging her!" I heard someone saying behind me. I looked at him and said, "Come on Natsume, I haven't seen Yo-chan for so long."

I turned back to the child in front of me and said, "You're so tall now. How old are you now?"

"I'm 8 years old now." He said.

"Are you going to buy howalon? I'll buy you some because you're so cute!" I offered to him.

"Thanks onee-chan!"


After I bought the howalons, it was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon. We went to the benches to eat the sweets. I was talking with Yo-chan while Natsume was reading his manga.

"Onee-chan, I missed you so much." He said while stuffing howalons in his mouth. "You won't leave us again, right?" He added.

I was briefly stunned by his question as I stopped my action of eating a candy from my hand. I also noticed Natsume looked at me at Yo-chan's question.

"O-of course not! I'll be here unless you guys want me to leave again." I said then covered my nervousness with a laugh.

"Nobody wants you to leave onee-chan!" He replied.

I smiled my best smile at him and just ate my howalon.

After eating, we were walking back to the dormitories when I heard someone in my mind.

"Come earlier than the specific time indicated, Tsukihime. We have additional information on the mission."

I briefly stopped walking then replied, "I'll come at 9."

"Hey onee-chan, we'll leave you if you don't start walking!" Yo-chan said looking behind.

"Ahaha, sorry about that." I replied.

After leaving Yo-chan to his room, Natsume and I went to our special star floor. We were holding hands and I was humming a song. After a while, we stopped in front of my room and I said good night to him. He didn't reply and just looked at me. He seems to be thinking about something as he stared into my eyes.

"Hey, you aren't keeping any secrets to me?" He asked me.

"What was that about, Natsume? Asking things like that." I chuckled lightly.

"Nothing…" He grunted and turned around. He stopped a bit and said, "Good night Mikan." And he walked to his room.


I readied myself for my mission tonight. I was still feeling a bit weak from my previous mission, but I think I was recharged from my outing with my friends earlier today.

I put on three new alice controller bracelets as the last one was destroyed from my previous mission. Before putting on my mask, I opened my drawer and took the mission folder again. I doubled check the contents before setting it aside. I put on my mask and teleported to our meeting place: the Northern Woods.

"Right on time." I heard Rei from behind a tree.

"As usual, so what's the extra information on the mission?" I asked.

"Always straight to the point." He said.

"The main objective in this mission is to kill the second to the last clone of the Elementary School Principal. A recon came by earlier and said that the information of the location of the final clone of the Elementary School Principal is also inside. Follow this map to find it. This additional mission is also as important as the original objective." He added.

"Finally… It's almost over." I said with determined eyes. I read and memorized the map given to me by Rei.

"This is the mission that I will not fail, whatever the cost." I said to him.

He looked at me with worried eyes and said, "Be careful."

"I will. Don't worry." I put on one last smile before teleporting out.