7. Natsume

The only good thing that came from the ESP gone? No more missions for me, leaving me more time to think about how I messed up. So I spent the whole night thinking about ways that I should have done to keep Mikan in the Academy. Making myself more and more guilty.

I was about to ditch class when I remembered Ruka. He's going to be worried about me and check on me - of course.

Ruka's loyalty never ceased to amaze me, he came to my room right when I was about to come out. "Are you feeling better Natsume?" I smiled, he brought Youichi with him.

"Onii-chan..." Youichi stared at me, he's such an adorable little child! I am so happy the Dangerous Ability doesn't exist anymore and he can peacefully stay in the Active Ability class.

As we walked towards the classroom, we saw Naru come out - This sensei needs to learn how to teach! He saw me glaring at him.

"WAAA NATSUME DON'T BURN ME I KNOW THAT LOOK I JUST GOT MY HAIR DONE!"

I really wonder if this idiot is hiding his gender.

"Ah, and I have something to tell you..." The irresponsible teacher began, catching my attention. Good for him too, I was about to burn his hair.

"What is it?"

"Why don't you go gather all the people Mikan inserted Alice Stones in? We just found out about something, I'll tell you guys in the office."

Does he really not know I don't follow instructions? I was just about to burn his hair again when Shadow came.

"Looking for me?" He asked, followed by Tono, good thing I don't have to search for them.

As we walked to the offices, we dropped off You-chan, and I learned theres going to be a transfer student named Kukai. I really hated transfer students now, unless the transfer student is Mikan, but that could never happen.

Whiled we made ourselves comfortable in Annoying Teacher's office, he told us the strange news.

"As you all know, Mikan had inserted Alice Stones into you," He began, "But the Alice association tested your alice shape after she left...And we found that your Alice Shapes all changed into Mikan's type."

? When did it change? Speaking of that, I didn't get any headaches lately, but could it be more than just the stopping of missions?

From their expressions, I could also tell they are stunned, but maybe there had been a mistake... "Its not a mistake" Naru said, as if reading my mind, "Yuka also has the same power, we also tested the people she inserted Alice Stones."

Does this mean I could live as a regular person? I could use up all my fire and find Mikan again? Thoughts swirled in my mind until my head is about to explode. Ruka looked me, obviously noticing something's wrong.

"Now we would have to welcome our new student! Natsume, Ruka, he is in your class, so you guys should come with me!" Annoying teacher said cheerfully, I wonder why he didn't quit after Mikan left.

The new kid looks around the age of Shadow when I met him, with spiky hair and - was that a spirit thats following him? I wonder if I should call him Spiky or Ghost.

He was introduced to us as Kukai Souma, and he doesn't know what an Alice is - hm... I'm consider calling him Idiot for now - and doesn't care. I wonder how the gakuen found him, he obviously has one of the Alices that doesn't show.

When I looked at my classmates, most girls have hearts over their eyes. I sighed, looks like Idiot is going to go through some hardships. Just when I decided to take a nap under my manga book, I was disrupted by a hissing sound. It's Permy.

What's up with her now? I guess cats do like to hiss, so I didn't give it much thought. "SENSEI WHAT'S KUKAI SAMA'S ALICE?" the instant fan group asked.

"NO IDEA~ 3" Perv Teacher replied. Its a wonder how he's never fired. "I'll leave the rest to you my dear substitute!" As he skipped out the classroom. He should seriously consider becoming a girl.

"NOO! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! THIS CLASS HATES ME AND YOU KNOW IT! AND I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANOTHER GOING INTO THE WOODS INCIDENT!"

I seriously wondered how the Academy found teachers this bad.

"Ruka lets ditch" I said as I walked out of the classroom.

Sitting on the sakura tree, I had time to think over what had happened over the past few days. I still felt sad about Mikan, then Narumi's words came to me. "we found that your Alice Shapes all changed into Mikan's type."

Does this mean we could leave the school when our alice is gone? As much as I wanted to see Mikan, I couldn't imagine being with her without threatening to burn her hair everyday. A plan slowly formed in my head...

"Ruka, remember how we used to want to escape the Academy?"

Ruka looked at me: "Natsume... you couldn't be thinking..."

Good thing he's smart. "Yes, its time to pay the High school Principle a visit."

YAY I'M SO HAPPY I GOT A REVIEW! THANK YOU CHOASROSE IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME!

Since I am told I should write my chapters longer, I tried my best, but since my writing skills sucked, this is the longest I could do. Please review and tell me what you think about the story! I would be really happy if you included you thoughts of what's going to happen next or how I could change my story or just some random comment!

and should I write Hotaru next or Mikan next?

Oh and since I actually bothered to write an author's note, I would put a disclaimer

I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE AND SHUGO CHARA - even though I want to