Mikan the Alice
Chapter 7: The Seven Deadly Sins (Gluttony) Part 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.
Mikan's P.O.V.
"Oi. Mikan. Wake up." I groaned and rolled to my back, muffling the voice.
"5 more minutes mom." I moaned.
"Ha. If I were your mom, I would've suicide a long time ago." I snapped open my eyes and saw a black rabbit hybrid standing in front of me.
"Ruka pyon?! What are you doing here?" Ruka face palmed and flicked me in the forehead.
"Todays the day you start the trial." I rubbed my forehead. "Trial? What trial? Oh wait...ah~. He meant the 'Seven Deadly Sins' trial. Wait, it's already time?!" I jumped out of bed instantly.
"What?! Today? But it's just been four days! I still have much life to live!" I shouted nervously. He sighed and was about to flick my forehead again, but luckily I caught it just in time and threw it back at himself.
"Didn't we tell you last night that it'll be the trial today? And didn't you go around exclaiming to everyone that you only had three, or two, or one day left? Sheesh. How can you forget it yourself?" he asks, annoyed. I laughed nervously.
"I seem to have short term memory..." This time, my guard was off so Ruka found the opportunity to roll up a piece of paper on my desk and whacked my head.
"Get dressed already. we'll be taking you there." he said as he threw the paper back on the table. I groaned and then walked to my drawers, choosing some clothes to where.
I had decided on a black and red frilly dress with laces and thin straps, with black boots and red stripes. I wasn't sure why I chose this one but I seemed to be attracted to it. As I walked down the stairs and to the kitchen, I couldn't help thinking about what my friends were feeling now. They were probably torn that I will be leaving and might not be coming back. But they have gone through this many times with other mortals so they must already be used to it...right? No. I'm not so sure. The White Queen had said that she would always feel the pain and sadness after another innocent mortal dies from the trial. I finally made it to the kitchen and I saw Yuu handing Anna some tissues. she blew her nose into it and threw it into the trash. Nonoko just rolled her eyes and when she saw me, she nudged Anna, telling her to stop. She did, but she started hiccupping. Ruka was in the kitchen too, but he was busy playing with a loose thread on his shirt. When he heard me come in, he smiled at me and handed me my breakfast. I sat down and ate slowly. And uncomfortably because Anna was staring at me the whole time. Finally, it had really gotten to me so I looked at her and asked, "What do you want Anna?" She started sobbing all over again.
"I...want...you to...stay here...with us!" she said between her loud sobs. My face instantly fell and I did shed a tear or two. I closed my eyes, trying to stop the pain, but it just made it worse.
We were now in front of a gate made out of thorny vines. I looked back at everyone, they were all so sad. I exhaled and walked towards the gate. Suddenly, a man appeared right in front of me. It startled me so much that I fell down onto the hard ground while shrieking at the top of my lungs. The Peace Jokers had to cover their ears and grit their teeth to block out the sound, but I doubt it worked. Even the man started laughing nervously when I was done. "Oh ho ho. I'm so sorry Alice. That scares people a bit, but it doesn't actually make them scream so loud that everyone in Wonderland could've heard you." He held a hand out and helped me up.
"Sorry," I said while trying to brush the dirt off the bottom part of my dress. "I can get scared easily. Say, who are you?" I asked. He gave a wide smile.
"I have been waiting for you to ask me!" He bowed down and looked at me. "I am Narumi. But people often call me by my nickname: 'Mad Hatter'. I wasn't sure how I was named that because I'm not crazy at all! Unlike the Red Queen..." He sweat dropped.
"I know how you feel." I agreed and also sweat dropped. He continued.
"I am a Joker, like your friends. I'm like a guide for the possible Alices. I guide them to the next trials and only explain very little about the trials. It's what I live for." I lifted my eyebrow.
"Why do you do this?" I asked. He just shrugged.
"It's in my blood. My father, his father, his father, his-okay you get the point. What I meant was that they all have been guides for the possible Alices because Alices change they die. The Alice's blood will be passed down to somebody else. Like possibly, you." He pointed at me. "So, are you ready Alice? To go through the trials?" I looked through the gates, a deep and dark forest. And back at my friends. They were all waving and saying their good byes. I tried to say "yes", but I couldnt.
"No." I said. Everyone stared at me. Even Anna, who had finally stopped crying.
"Pardon?" asked Narumi. I shook my head.
"I just can't do this to them. They had suffered seeing too much children die before, and if they heard that I died, what would that do to them?" I took a few steps closer to them. "And if my soul found out that they were grieving, I would never be at ease. Even if I had met them for only four days, they had reached the special place in my heart." I smiled at all of them. Anna cried and ran into my arms. I hugged her tightly. Then Ruka came and hugged us both. Soon, Yuu joined in. And then, after sighing, so did Nonoko. We all cried and cried. Our tears would never stop.
Suddenly, we all felt a pair of extra arms hugging us extremely tight. We all looked up and saw that it was Narumi. We sweat dropped. He sobbed. "It's...just too touching! Of all my years...I've never seen such a beautiful connection between...an Alice and his/her friends!" He let us go and we gasped for air. Yuu passed him a handkerchief and after thanking him, Narumi cried really hard into it. Yuu grimaced and back away from him. We all laughed when we saw Yuu's face. After our laughter ended, we all looked at each other in the eyes.
"Good luck." said Anna.
"You will survive." said Yuu.
"Just hurry and get over it so we can all stop this nonsense." said Nonoko. I had to laugh. And lastly, was Ruka.
"Ruka-pyon..." I started. But he smiled an encouraging smile and gave me a thumbs up.
"Remember! No hesitating!" I laughed and cried at the same time when he said this and hugged him tight. When I let go, he had a sad look in his eyes, I walked next to Narumi, took his hand, and let him lead me beyond the gates of thorns.
Narumi's P.O.V.
"This Alice is special. With that big heart and strong character, she would definitely get pass all the trials. Because. I believe that she's the Alice." I held the new Alice's hand more tightly and walked towards the first trial.
Mikan's P.O.V.
Leaves crunched under my boots as we walked closer and closer to the first we finally entered a clearing, Narumi faced me. "Now Alice. This is the first trial. To get pass, you must guess the sin, and survive it. To survive it, you could either out-smart the tester, make it through alive until they get bored with you, or the most obvious yet hardest one, resist it. Understood?" I nodded. "Good. Now, good luck!" He pushed me closer to the cloaked people that happen to be the first testers. I turned around to ask Narumi a question, but for some reason, he disappeared! "Well, looks like I'm going to have to get through this myself!" I walked closer to the cloaked figures. I was about to ask who they are, but they had spoken first.
"I am Misaki." said the one on the left.
"And I am Tsubasa." said the one on the right.
"And we are," they both lifted the cloaks off of them, revealing a girl with pink hair, shining pink eyes, and complete with a frilly and adorable waitress that just reached the knees, and dark red boots. I had also noticed that there was a red heart on her dress. And also a boy with black messy hair, dark yet intimidating eyes, a black star under one of his eyes, a waiter outfit that matched the girl's except it was black, and dark boots. He had a black diamond on his shirt too. "The Tea Partyers!" they both shouted in unison.
"We serve treats and sweets!" said the girl named Misaki.
"And many other things that will delight you!" said the boy named Tsubasa.
"So eat as much as you want!" they both ended at the same time. I blinked. "This is stupid." I sweat dropped.
"Psst!" whispered Misaki. "This is the part where you marvel at the wonderous thought of the sweets!" I rolled my eyes and pretended to be enthusiastic.
"Woah. Many sweets you say? I want to eat some." I said lazily.
"Of course you can!" shouted Tsubasa. "Here you go!" Suddenly, like magic, many dishes flew out of nowhere and were placed on the long table that was next to us. Cakes, lollipops, chocolate, ice cream, and many treats you could imagine was all lined up on the wide table. "Eat up!" Tsubasa winked. I dug in on the glorious food that was laid out. It was so delicious! How could this be a sin? Or anything bad? I laughed at how dumb this trial was. How did people not survive it? I thought I heard chuckling and snickering from the two, but when I looked at them, they were smiling innocently and passing more food towards me.
Ruka's P.O.V.
We were watching everything from the large monitor outside of the gates. A small crowd has already gathered to watch Mikan stuff herself with sweets. I face palmed. "No, Mikan...Don't you see? That is a sin right there! And do you even know what's in those things you're eating now?" I groaned and then thumped my head on my fist. Anna was clinging on to me because she was too scared at what was going to happen next. Yuu saw me hitting myself and patted my back. "It's okay Ruka. We'll just have to believe in her." He looked up at the monitor again with a serious look. Nonoko just shook her head, ate some bread she brought along, and continued playing on her phone. I prayed in my mind. "Please Mikan. You must live. If you don't, I wouldn't know what to do."
Natsume's P.O.V.
I watched the idiot gulped down more of those sweets. I shook my head and turned away from the monitor inside my phone. Koko and Kitsuneme grimaced and turned away too. It was a bit horrible. And they still couldn't get over it after watching it for many times already. I looked back at the screen. The fat pig was now eating a large cake. Suddenly, I noticed that her eyes were droopy. "She knows...but still. Why is she pushing herself to continue eating?" I raised my eyebrow and then placed the phone in Koko's hand so they could watch it themselves. "She's going to die soon."
Hotaru's P.O.V.
I took one glance at the poor idiot eating all that food and then let out a laugh. Full of pleasure and evil happiness. I tossed the mirror back to Wakoko. "Should we tell Sumire to come back? It seems to me that the kid is about to die." Wakoko shrugged.
"We don't know yet mam. Remember last time? There were about two mortals who had passed this trial so we'll just see if she survives. If she does, Sumire stays. If she dies, my Queen, we shall celebrate and have a big feast." A cruel smile crawls up my face.
"You're good Wakoko. If she dies, you may sit next to me at the dinner table as my greatest servant of all." She bowed and then continued to watch the mirror. The smile was still plastered on my face so I enjoyed this moment, where all my worries will come to an end, and I can finally show the Black Bastard who's boss.
A.N. Ahh! Mikan! Stop! There's something deadly behind all of this! What'll happen to poor Mikan next? Find out more in the next chapter! Review for me please!
