Author's Note ( I guess?)

For each chapter I forgot to say thanks, sorry, appreciations, and etc... (I'm a lazy person sometime forgot a simple thing...) And I'm already reaches chapters 8... To Higuchi sensei, nothing beats your manga of 'Arisu Gakuen' and I'm just your fan which Natsume and Mikan are my favourite, hopes my fiction it's not a bother (Gomen ne~~ sensei~)... and a million thanks to a person's that follows my story... thank you (bow) thank you (bow again) (ouch! Head hits the table) and... Maybe I will upload an illustration for my stories here as the book cover... (Looking at Natsume and Mikan in other version...) until then... Zzzz...

-SIV-

Gakuen Alice/ Gakuen Arisu by Higuchi Tchibana

27th November

It's been two years since I came in this town, Dad being known as Hyuuga Sensei all over the town, his clinic now turn into private hospital, Mom just act a normal person that doing house core but eventually her books become hits of the town, if she gets this popular in this town, I don't need to tell about how her books doing in another town, just by looking all the royalties check she received every single months.

I guess all thanks to the AAR... even now I joined the elite high school in this town, wearing gakuran. (Japanese boy black school uniform that similar to Prussian army uniform) Mine are quite different from the other school's gakurans. They got golden strips around the neck, wrist and waist. It took me twenty minutes to arrive with my scooter...

I wish I got a better bike... Dad bought that for me as my transport not just went school but helping mom with her groceries... so what's she going to do with her car?

That's better compare to my feet... Whenever I wanted to go, that would be easy for me, example; I can get my manga immediately from the store, sometimes dad also take a ride with me once in a while, I just need to dropped him at his private hospital and with these couple wheels, it never fail brought me out of pinch; escaping from school girl that trying to blocked my way.

The other boys student try to form a group with me, like the other student in this school; they form a group of four or five and always you could see them hanging around, walking around or going somewhere together... But that's kind of waste of time. They are talks about studies, girls, clubs, and many more... I don't think that can fit in my routine... Well I already got someone to see every day... but she did not achieve the average marks to be qualified for the school I attend now...

That Idiot...

She did not even get forty two marks for some of her test and to enrol the same school as I am add least she need to achieve fifty two marks... and even just fifty two marks that only miracle of money that someone can attend this school. I got no problem to be here because I got no worries with my grade...

But I got my head worries thinking her studies in a different school... not like before I can keep an eye on her, I ate her lunch box, pulled her hair when I get bored... dragged her, last summer we're both fell in the river... I hope she did not get the idea that my eyes gotten a little bit wild looking at her wet shirt...

We're only can have a time together when I manage to spot her walking out from the main gate of the school. If only I could just call her and meet me after school, but she got no phone or gadget... She becomes hard to contact with... and now I'm waiting for her at the side of the road, crossing my finger and cover half of my face while my elbow rest on the top of the scooter's handle.

"If she's off without me, I let her know a little bit of my D-side (D for devil)" I'm started to feel uneasy when I noticed the student from her school especially the girl looking at me...

"Isn't he's from the elite school of Kotodama High School?... God what bring him here? He is soooo cool!"

"Let's get to know him...!" I can hear them talk about whatever they wanted to, but that ain going to happen... as they try to approach me, I give a warning glare 'talk with me or you going to be sorry.'

"Do not disturb my existent... Ugly." I don't even bother to know what the girl's reactions towards what I said are.

I've seen someone that technically must take responsible to make me wait...

"Sakura Mikan... You better noticed me here..." I won't move even a finger until she's the one who saw me 'frozen' here. She is wearing a black blazer with red mini skirt with tight length black socks. And looks like her head turn right and left as she's searching for someone.

Finally she had noticed me. She waves her hand... It's been a week I didn't saw that foolish grin of her. She rushes to me.

"Natsume! What are you doing here?" Nice question...

"Guess what?"

"What is it?"

"I'm going to torture you for not contacting me in a week..." she steps away from me and shows droopy face...

"I was waiting for you to come out from your school yesterday but I didn't see your shadow... Then I was scared when there a bunch of guy suddenly surrounded me and asking my number, lucky that I don't have one. I just ran away and head home..." I just looking at her; looking at her eyes her nose, her lips... finally her hair it's getting long and she let it down with half tied and form in a messy and curly bun. Despite that I put her complained in a second place...

Natural beauty.

I felt a bit guilty when she said she was waiting me and the fact I was waiting her yesterday on the same place which I am now... we're even but I let her win...

"Sorry. I left early yesterday, get on my back. Here, put this on first." I hand the second helmet to her and she wearing the helmet without concern her hair will get squeeze inside, careful she climb and hop at the back seat of my scooter, instead of chaining her arm around me, she hold my shoulders tightly;

"Please don't go fast."

"Hn. This is just normal scooter, if we ride Hayabusa, That's a different panorama."

"But I like your scooter..." That's why I didn't mind riding on this scooter, as long she like it; well I begin to like this scooter.

I'm riding the scooter with her across the street, shops and parks and just like always she will taps on my shoulder and asking me question about anything that would cross her mind.

"Does your school do cooking class?" she said just next to my ear and it's quite loud that because she afraid I didn't heard a thing she said to me.

"You don't have to shout... The girls always disappeared in certain period and then I can smells something burn, so yes."

"How's the cooking workshop looks like?"

"I never have been there."

"Hmm... It must be really nice and complete... Today my class also got cooking class and we baked creamed puff!"

"Hn..." whenever she got cooking class she will bring it to me and let me wolfed all of it and even I said it taste bad she just smile and reply 'well someone did not waste it away'. But I did not saw any box with her that usually she would use to take away her handmade cook for me.

"Oi... Where is it? I thought I heard you say creamed puff..."

"The guys ate it..." Damn... I turn myself mute when she said the guys ate it... I get pretty angry, every time I'm the one who will get all of it and when I got empty handed from her... it's feels like she's abundant me...

Or else... That's what should I call Jealousy?

"Natsume... Are you hungry?" That's it! She is giving me exasperate feel! If I'm not on the scooter, I probably squeeze her cheeks like mochi and because of that my head suddenly swerve to something... I shouldn't think about it...

"Hu-huh... I even wanted to eat you right now..."

"Eat what? I can't hear you!"

"Tchk." Huu... that was close... I thought she heard what I had saying... Stupid Natsume.

"So what would you like to eat?"

"Anything... But if only been prepared by you." I am angry that she didn't even leave some for me.

"Hahaha~ stop~stop~stop~"

"What now?"

"Stop over there, over the gingko tree!" I don't know how to bear when she starts to shakes my shoulder and commanding me to stop and I don't know why I granted...

I stopped over the gingko tree, there nothing interesting here just this living fossil tree and she jump and moved to my side, rummage inside her bag... I just watching and wondering what exactly she wanted to show me.

"Aha~ There no way I forget about you. Here! This is not ordinary creamed puff it's strawberry creamed puff." I was shocked... she pulled a plastic wrap inside her bag, and it's contains four pieces of creamed puff with a pale pink cream and a chunks of strawberries.

"You do that... For me?"

"Sure you silly~ I hide this quickly and the plain creamed puff was just a decoy so they didn't ask for more, there is no way I will give this to other people if I baked it just for you, right Natsume?" I just look straight to her face... And then focusing at her cheek...

"You really make me..." I reached her cheek and pinch it hard and pull till my heart's content. She grabs my hand and ouch for what I do...

"Ouchhh... That's hurt!" I stopped doing that by put away my finger from her.

"What's that for?! Short eyed brows!"

"That's for tricking me about the creamed puff. You should tell me that you had been save some for me. I'm hungry you know...?" All she doing is cover her cheek and looking at the other way... sometimes she will rolls her eyes to checking me out.

"I put all of my effort to bake the creamed puff for you... and you pinched my cheek?" Haha she might plan to give me a little surprised but I ruined it. Without letting her know, I secretly smile, the way she covered her hand on her cheek like there a lot of pain doing there.

"Sorry if it's still hurt..."

"Of course! You are ann..." I replace her hand that covered her redden cheek with my hand, it's a bit warm... I take the wrapper from her other hand then I takes off my hand from her... she's stunned and that makes me smile...

"Better?" She doesn't even answer me... I just help myself with the creamed puff that given twisted of strawberry flavoured. It's delicious that I can eat the whole creamed puff.

"You know Natsume... Your hand feels so warm even it's been exposed to the chilly wind outside... and you got no glove the whole day." It's not that I forgot to wear gloves all the time, because I don't feel like I need it.

"Really...?" she realized that... My hand always felt warm, it might be have to do with my Alice as I am the Fire Alice wielder. I'm not really feeling the chills... but it's odd if she never saw me wearing gloves once within this fall season, the wind quite like icy cold because the winter will draw soon.

"... I don't like wearing any gloves... It makes my finger itchy..."

"You'll catch a cold if you let it froze."

"Not going to kill me either... well aren't you are the same? Where are your gloves?" Looks who's talking now, worrying about me not wearing gloves the whole day, and she just wearing her 'skin' on her hands.

She hides her hands at her back... acting naturally like that only works on me if she's the one does that, it makes me want to tease her more... tease her adorable and kind self.

"You better put your hands in your pocket. Cold weather can make your hand wrinkle and it going to turn your skin just like ginseng's surface."

"Ginseng?" She immediately takes a very good look on her own skin, running the tip of her finger on her hand's skin just to inspect wrinkles that might come visible. Looking at her cute-dumb reaction I push to put the last piece of the creamed puff inside my mouth, try to distract myself with those sweet treats preventing me to laugh after I made up the fact.

"Ah! Wrinkles!" Luckily I'm not get chocked...

"Oi... that just normal wrinkle every people has... I just made that thing only to watch your precious reaction...Dumbo Reaction"

"Uhrm... But I don't think you just made up that thing, my hand getting so dry lately..."

"Annoying..." As what she said, I do see her skin looks dry lately, but whenever I got the chance to hold it, her skin just like a silk that will slips from my hand, and everyone knows; everyone grows older. No matter how wrinkles she'll be, I will hold her hand... And together... Growing old.

Without worries, I lives without alarm, a years of comfortable, no more running, no more moving out, I got my life and called it freedom and peace, just as simple as ABC I don't need wealth to continue living, dad proudly happy being a help for those who need him, mom no longer worry I will face harm onward... We never need to leave from here, ever.

But good or bad things comes and goes without your knowledge and without trace, as I suddenly got a chills on the spines... A dark present warns me yet evilly approaching me slowly...