My one and only

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice and never will… If the world were to come to an end now, I own Gakuen Alice… but since it's not the end of the world, I do not own it… T.T Enjoy the story while I cry in agony…

Summary: Every guy in Alice Academy has fallen for Mikan Sakura. But there is someone else in her mind; Hotaru Imai helps her realize that. A new student arrives who has is eyes on Mikan alone. What would happen if Natsume Hyuuga left for a mission, leaving the two alone?

Legends:

0.0.0 – Dream/ flashback

0.0.0 – change of scene/ separation of previous chapter from the present chapter

"…" – dialogues

'…' – thoughts

Ages:

Mikan's batch: all 15 years of age

Tsubasa's batch: 2 years older than Mikan's (17 years of age)

Chapter 7: Karaoke time

Previous chapter:

"Whatever." Natsume said, typical of him. He was holding Youichi's hand, not letting go.

"Alright, let's go." Mikan said, she ran ahead of everyone else.

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"Soon, Mikan, soon." A man said, looking inside a bowl of water. He could see that Mikan was running.

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Central Town: Viva Hot Club and Karaoke

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"Ne, Mikan, would you like to sing first?" Misaki asked. Mikan nodded and searched for a song she could try out. As soon as she typed in the code number, it asked for two Rb. since it was a duet.

"Hey, do any of you boys want to sing with me? I need a partner." She said, looking at the four boys.

Obviously, Ruka didn't want to, he was too, shy. Tsubasa was embarrassed since he couldn't sing well. Kokoroyumi stared at Natsume and smiled.

'Don't you dare Kokoroyumi.' Natsume said in his mind. He knew he was reading it.

"Hey, Mikan, Natsume would like to sing with you." Kokoroyumi just smiled. He knew Natsume would burn him, but with Mikan's Alice, he was safe.

"Go for it, Natsume." Ruka said. He smiled at him. Natsume didn't get it.

'I thought he liked her as well. Shouldn't he be jealous? Even Tsubasa was happy that the two of them would be singing.' He thought for a moment, but shoves it off. He got up, put Youichi down and took the microphone.

"Thank you, Natsume-kun." She smiled and looked at the big screen TV. Lucky for him, she couldn't see him blush.

The song started with a piano opening.

Mikan: We were strangers

Starting out on a journey

Never dreaming what we'd have to go through

Now here we are

And I'm suddenly standing

At the beginning with you

Natsume: No one told me I was going to find you

Unexpected, what you did to my heart

Mikan and Natsume: When I lost hope

You were there to remind me

This is the start

Life is a road, and I want to keep going

Love is a river I want to keep flowing

Life is a road, now and forever

Wonderful journey

I'll be there when the world stops turning

I'll be there when the storm is through

In the end I want to be standing at the beginning

With you

Mikan: We were strangers

On a crazy adventure

Natsume: Never dreaming how our dreams could come true

Mikan and Natsume: Now here we stand

Unafraid of the future

At the beginning with you

And life is a road, and I want to keep going

Love is a river I want to keep flowing

Life is a road, now and forever

Wonderful journey

I'll be there when the world stops turning

I'll be there when the storm is through

In the end I want to be standing at the beginning

With you

I knew there was somebody somewhere

Like me alone in the dark

Now I know my dream will live on

I've been waiting so long

Nothing's going to tear us apart

Mikan: (And Life…)

Natsume: And life is a road and I want to keep going…

Mikan: (Love…)

Natsume: Love is a river I want to keep flowing…

Mikan and Natsume: Life is a road, now and forever

Wonderful journey

I'll be there when the world stops turning

I'll be there when the storm is through

In the end I want to be standing at the beginning

With you

Life is a road, and I want to keep going

Love is a river I want to keep going on

Mikan: Starting out on a journey

Mikan and Natsume: Life is a road and I want to keep going

Love is a river I want to keep flowing

In the end I want to be standing at the beginning

With you

'Wow, she's good. Her voice is far different from when she talks.' Natsume thought. As the song ended, everyone clapped, including the other customers and the bartenders.

"You were great Mikan, Natsume." Yuu exclaimed. He moved closer to Natsume and whispered. "If I wasn't mistaken, you wanted to hold Mikan and sing it again, over and over, just so you could be with her." Natsume's eyes widened.

'How did he know? Don't tell me…' He looked at Kokoroyumi; he was smiling at him… again! 'Kokoroyumi, you did it again, didn't you?' Kokoroyumi just nodded, still, he was smiling. Natsume wanted to burn him up badly, but he couldn't. Mikan was there.

"Mikan, I'm sleepy." Youichi said. Natsume just looked at them.

"Well, you can just sleep here. Don't worry, I won't let you go." Mikan said, she made him lie down on her lap and made him rest his head on her arm. She slowly rocked back and forth, as if she were a mother, making her child sleep. This made Natsume blush. Youichi saw him as his father. I guess he has found his mother. He smiled at this. Hotaru, Ruka and Tsubasa all saw that. They nodded at each other and stood up together. They headed for the washroom and started looking around, in case someone was listening.

To be continued…

That's it… I know, it's short…the part where Mikan sings 'And Life' in the parenthesis means she prolongs until Natsume's line ends and again in the part with 'love'… and sorry for the old song… it's from Disney's original, "Anastasia"… I couldn't find any other song that fits this anime… as you can see, the song kind of shows how they feel, you know, that they're in a journey together, starting as strangers, then they become closer… if you want to hear the story and imagine the two singing, feel free to email me or PM or put it in your review so I can email it to you guys :) free of charge… anyway, review please… flames accepted :)

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