(EDITED 11/3/08: okay I edited this chapter mostly at the end everything will be different from now on. I edited the bottom so its different the way it end n I will now be trying to update this story as soon as possible all those author notes will get deleted an this story will now at least get updated once every month or month and half. Thanks to all who really like this story n encouraged me to continue so here it goes and begins. N if you do not remember what is going then I think u should go back to chapter 1 lol anyways enjoy. Remember to review ^_~)

Alwaysbtheir: Hiya guys/girls here's chapter 9. I'm glad a lot of you enjoy chapter 8.

This chapter I was helped (A lot) by my Friend starrynight3800

So thank you Starrynight3800 it means a lot that you helped me.

BTW ME and Starrynight3800 Are writing a story together more like a sequel to her one-shot once upon a time

The sequel is called "When death leaves a heartache no on can heal."

More info will be given at the end of this chapter.

But before we begin first I would like to thank to those who review in chapter 8 I really appreciate it and I hope I get more reviews in the future.

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Chapter 8

"Mikan nee is that Kelvin nii?" Aoi ask excitedly

"Yeah its the idiot." Mikan told Aoi.

"I wanna talk to him" Aoi said happily as her cheery eyes came back

Youichi notice and got "concern(CoughjealousCough)

"Who the hell is that?" Youchi thought

"OI! I can hear Ya, You know." Kelvin said through the other line

"That's the point." Mikan told him teasingly

Kelvin just sulked but of course Mikan couldn't see

It.

"I'm going to pass you Aoi and just text me later k?" Mikan told him

As she passed the phone to Aoi.

Aoi talked for a while then their stomachs started to growl it was time to go to lunch so she hanged up with Kelvin and said she was going to call him later. And then 3 left to lunchroom.

To find the old gang……..

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Mikan, Youchi, and Aoi proceeded to the lunch room area were very few people were in since it was a little early when Aoi pulled on Mikan's sleeve.

"Ne Mikan Ne-chan that's Hotaru Nee-chan right?" Aoi ask Mikan as she pointed to the inventor who was eating crab brains alone in the 3-star table.

"Yeah it is lets go get lunch then well talk to her." Mikan said as she turned to her right and began walking towards the counter to go get her lunch. Aoi Youchi followed her from behind as they also got there lunch.

A Few minutes later the 3 walked up to the inventor and sat in front of her. Hotaru then looked up expressionless as ever. Hotaru looked up to see Mikan giving her a small smile while Aoi did the same then they went back to expressionless. Youchi well lets just say he nodded at Hotaru at began eating his lunch.

"HI, Hotaru-chan you're not mad at me still are you?." Mikan ask showing a few emotions in her voice and dull chocolate orbs.

Hotaru didn't speak for a few minutes since she was still chewing her food and thinking at the same.

"I'll forgive you this time. But you have to pay up 1,000 rabbits" Hotaru plainly said as she stuffed her mouth with crab brains once more

Aoi sweat dropped as she saw Mikan give Hotaru the money

"Hotaru Nee, will be Hotaru Nee." Aoi said as she sweat dropped when she saw Mikan and surprisingly Youchi nodding their heads.

"Anyways Nice meeting you in person Hotaru Nee-chan." Said Aoi as she smiled a little towards Hotaru.

Hotaru just gave her a small Rare smile but quickly covered it Hotaru grew fond of Aoi even though she only talk to her through the phone to ask how Mikan was doing and other stuff but still she knew she was a good person.

The 4 just ate in silence till Youchi spoke up

"Mikan Nee, can I borrow Aoi I want to talk to her before classes start."

Youchi ask Mikan

Mikan nodded and then Aoi and Youchi left leaving the 2 alone

"Mikan" Hotaru said quietly

"Yes?" Mikan told her with kindness in her voice but there was no emotion on her face.

"Why don't you smile like before?" Hotaru ask looking straight into her eyes

"……." Mikan stayed silent then looked away from Hotaru gaze

"Mikan!" Hotaru called her again so she could answer

Mikan then just looked at Hotaru knowing she was worried and she didn't want that.

"I don't smile anymore because …"Before Mikan can continue Ruka came in with his pet bunny usagi.

"HI, Mikan, Hi Hotaru." Ruka said in a little rush and sat down next to Hotaru.

"Hi Ruka-pyon." Mikan replied back

"Hotaru, have you seen Natsume?" Ruka ask Hotaru worriedly

"I saw him leave after Mikan walked out the class, why Ruka?" Hotaru replied

"Hotaru calls him Ruka, Ruka calls her Hotaru." Mikan said aloud catching their FULL Attention

"Did I miss something when I was gone?" Mikan smirked as she saw both of them blushing then they looked away

"Sakura-chan did you seen Natsume on your way here?" Ruka ask her

"Natsume? No I haven't seen him why? " Mikan ask with a bored tone

"Well after you told the whole class that Luna that ugly whore was cheating on him he got up and walked away." Ruka finish saying

Mikan then got up and turn around toward the exit.

"Where are you going Sakura-chan/Mikan." Hotaru and Ruka ask at the same time

"Out." Mikan simply told them with out turning around and then she walked out

"Baka" Hotaru whispered to herself but smirked

She had a clue where she was heading to.

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Mikan then made her way to the famous sakura tree where she had most of her fun times but those were just now mere memories when she had peaceful life.

As our famous brunette made her was walking to wards the sakura tree she was thinking deeply

"Maybe I shouldn't have said anything….. but I was irritated I was so piss of at that whore, she is like freaking cheating on one of my good friends that's the reason why I got so irritated right?…..but then again I should have thought about how he would have felt… wait why do I care so much? Why am I so worried on how he is right now? It's his problem not mine…." Mikan thought as she headed towards the sakura tree but then the afternoon bell rang meaning lunch was over and it was now time for afternoon classes.

Mikan then decided to head back to classes and not worry

It wasn't her business.

So she headed back to classes. Which of course she arrived late but our dear brunette didn't give a fudge anymore if she was late or not so she just as usual slam the door open because it seam that it was stuck again.

Besides she could have used her Alice but honestly she forgot debating on her way back that she wasn't going to look for Natsume.

She was still debating in her head whether she was or not when a screamed got her out of her thoughts

"SAKURA." A certain Frog Du.. I mean Jinno-sensei screamed

Mikan just looked at him and went to her seat were she notice Ruka but not Natsume he was nowhere in sight.

Mikan just plopped herself in her seat and stared out the window trying to convince herself that she didn't care she told him the truth he didn't believe her it was his problem now.

Jinno knowing she wasn't gonna respond continue the class but then eh notice she wasn't paying attention and this got him Very VERY mad

SO he decided to test her and give her advance college problems knowing she didn't know them cause he hasn't taught it yet.

"SAKURA-SAN EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM ON THE BOARD AND SOLVE IT" Jinno told at her as he tries to threaten her with his ALICE

Mikan then turn her gaze form her window glared at Jinno look at the board

And smirked. She knew what he was trying to do but she was going to beat his own little game

She got up grabbed the marker and wrote on the erasable board the answer with a lot equations explaining in the board how she got the answer.

She explained to the whole class how to do this and how she got the answer.

Then as she made her way to her seat she looked at jinno and right in front of the whole class she told him

"How pitiful, I learned this the first month I was in America's Alice academy. What are you teaching us Jinno-sensei?" she said with a smirk on her face

"……….."

The whole class was speechless since all that was supposedly college stuff.

(Well maybe not Hotaru or Ruka they knew this already)

She then passed Jinno who jaw almost touch the floor

"Jinno-sensei Close your mouth before a fly flies in there." She told him as she went towards the window and jump out. She couldn't handle it anymore and needed to know Natsume was alright.

Mikan then started to look for him everywhere she remember he would be at until she came in the middle of the northern forest there she heard some noise in the bushes. Mikan got closer only to find a little raccoon and his mother playing around she smiled a little and then looked up to see a

(A/N God Please don't let my readers kill me )

A raven haired boy and a dirty (coughWhorecough) blond making out.

Mikan then payed more close attention and realized it was Natsume and that Whore Luna.

Mikan then just stood still right there in her spot. She was frozen to the ground she couldn't run then all of all sudden her heart started to hurt.

It felt like a mirror breaking into a million off pieces then after a minute she could move her feet she ran clutching her chest and mysterious tears started to fall down her chocolate dull orbs.

As Mikan ran to an unknown place the clouds started to overlap each other hiding the once beautiful shiny sun behind them. As Mikan kept running what looked like deeper into the forest it started to rain. It looks like the mother nature wanted to comfort her but sadly our dear brunette didn't notice. She was running as it rain and as she ran she suddenly trip clutching her chest she fell into a puddle of mud.

"Ouch." Mikan mumble as she tried to get back up again

After Mikan got up complete covered from the front in mud and drenched.

The mud came off as it started to rain harder. Somehow she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings and she bumped into something or someone.

As Mikan waited for the impact to fall on her butt, she surprisingly didn't. However, she felt a strong arm that grabbed her hand and thus leading Mikan to land on top of something wet. Mikan was confused for a minute...until a voice took her out of her thoughts

"Oi! Are you okay?" a deep, smooth yet gentle voice asked.

"……." Mikan said nothing as she was still trying to understand what was happening

"Hello are you okay?" the voice ask once more seeing as the girl was still on top of him

"……." Mikan said nothing as she got up and looked at the person she just fell on top off.

"Gomen nasai and arigato." she whispers as she got up bowed and started running once more.

"…….." the boy just stood there and saw the drenched girl run away.

"I hope she's okay" mumble the boy as he saw Mikan run but once more trip on a trees root and fell in another puddle off mud, but Mikan just got up and started to run again.

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"I hate it..." Mikan thought as she picked herself and continue running farther into the forest.

"Why am I so confused? Why do I care what he does it's his problem. I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care,." Mikan thought to her self as more unknown tears came down her chocolate orbs.

"I DON'T CARE." Mikan screamed to know one as she stop in front of a certain tree and slid down the tree's trunk and hugged her knees after a minute she look up to the sky it was raining hard and the clouds were dark gray. Mikan then just smiled a little as she looked up the weather somehow she felt comfort from it.

"I don't care I told him the truth he didn't believe me even though he's my friend of course it hurts to see him get cheated Right?. That's the only reason I care because he's my friend right? That's the only reason of course." Mikan mumble to herself as she clutch her chest.

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Alice Academy –

STaTuS: CLassEs

Kelvin was in the middle of classes bored and alone as usual like before he met Mikan and Aoi. he then was pretending to pay attention when he got a weird nagging feeling he felt something was wrong and that feeling had something to do with Mikan

He thought it was just his imagination and ignored it. Till a point he couldn't anymore.

So he stood up and walked out of classes well not walked lets just say he jump out the window which was 8th floor

He then walk to the place where he Mikan and Aoi would hang out most of the time By the apple tree behind the school. He then took out his phone and decided to call Mikan knowing somehow she probably wasn't in class.

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Mikan was still looking up at the gloomy sky that kept pouring rain down when there was a song playing Mikan was still deep in thought until she finally heard it and looked it for it then she took the phone out of her pocket

I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret

Who has to know
The way she feels inside (inside)
Those thoughts I can't deny (deny)
These sleeping dogs won't lie (won't lie)
And now I try to lie
It's eating me apart
Trace this life out

"Oh it's Kelvin-chan" Mikan mumble as she saw the caller Id and recognized the song she then took a deep breath and try to clean her tears.

"Hello?" Mikan answer her phone her voice was hoarse it hurt since she was crying

"Mi-chan…HI! What's up?" Kelvin told Mikan cheerily but then he notice Mikan voice, there was something wrong with her voice.

"…………"

"Mi-chan are you alright?" Kelvin ask her worriedly

"…………"

"Mi-chan?" Kelvin repeated himself

"Yes?" Mikan answer hoarsely with tears still streaming down her chocolate orbs

"What's wrong?" Kelvin ask more worriedly

"Nothing" Mikan simply replied while sobbing silently

"You're lying." Kelvin simply told her.

"I tripped and fell." She replied once more

"Mi-chan stop it." Kelvin told her seriously

"Why wont they stop?" Mikan whisper as more crystal clear tears came down her chocolate orbs.

"MI-chan tell me what's wrong?" Kelvin told her with kindness and tenderness in his voice

"Remember my friend Natsume?" Mikan told him a little bit higher than a whisper.

"Yea." Kelvin replied

"Well when I got back here I found he was in a relationship." Mikan paused for a minute to breath in.

"…….." Kelvin didn't say anything he was surprised and shocked but then he ask her

"Is this the reason you're crying.?" Kelvin asked her

"No I don't think so it's just that he, the girl he is with is cheating on him." Mikan told him as more tears started to come down. She then continue

"I told him, at first it looked like he believed me but then i left to see what happen to Aoi because the stone was glowing. when I was gone i found out he walked out of the class and nowhere to be seen. At first I didn't care I thought I didn't. but then I got worry so I went to look for him but I found him making out with that whore." Mikan stopped to take a deep breath and clear the tears away from her face with her drenched sleeve

"so then Mikan tell me the reason why you're crying?" Kelvin told her tenderly

"Because it hurts to see one of my good friends get cheated on and not believe me right? That's why I feel like I'm feeling right now." Mikan whisper the last part to him.

"Mikan You're an idiot as ever." Kelvin told Mikan teasingly to try and cheer her up and change the subject

"Hey I'm not an idiot you are, but thanks to you I feel better." Mikan told him as she looked up to see at the sky which was now crystal blue and the sun was starting to shine with more radiance.

"You're welcome And NO you're right you're not an idiot you're just plain stupid." Kelvin replied back

"Kelvin don make me come over there." Mikan replied with a vein popping in her head totally forgetting what had just happen a few minutes ago.

"You wouldn't dare." Kelvin told Mikan playfully

"Are you trying me Kelvin young? Cause you know I will so do it." Mikan replied back smirking cheerfully

"what if I am" Kelvin replied seriously

"Are you sure?" Mikan told him threatinly

"Fine I give you win as always." Kelvin told her while he was sulking

"Thought so." Mikan replied back

"Ne Mikan I got to go do something I'll talk to you later k?" Kelvin told Mikan

"Okay and thanks Kelvin you really help me a lot even if you were just listening." Mikan told him with a small smile even though he couldn't see it

"Bye ." Kelvin told her as he hanged up

Mikan then got up looked at the clear blue sky and smiled a little

She then walked away from the tree she was at feeling much better after talking to Kelvin.

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Alice Academy –

STaTuS: with Kelvin

"Bye ." Kelvin told her as he hanged up

"So I have a rival huh? Interesting I'm going to have to talk to him and do that A little bit earlier than expected"

Kelvin thought to himself as teleported to the front Door of the headmaster

Kelvin then knocked 3 times before he enter.

"Yes?" Headmaster Nicolas Ask as he turns in his big red chair to see who had enter his office.

Kelvin bowed and then told the headmaster

"Headmaster we need to speak about that."

"Yes of course please sit down."

1 HOUR LATER

"Thank you Headmaster I knew you would understand." Kelvin told the headmaster as he got up bowed and walked out making his way to his dorm.

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Gakuen Alice

StATuS: Class

Mikan was as usual silently sitting in her spot, looking outside the window while Natsume was just sitting there with a manga on his face. It was all peaceful when all of the sudden the door was slammed open and in came an ugly blonde with a frown that made her look 100x more uglier than ever before.

"Sakura Mikan, who the hell do you think you are? How dare you do something this bashful to me? I have bruises all over myself!!! Your going to get it now!" Luna said as she made her hand into a fist, she was about to swing when Mikan grabbed her fist and twisted her arm.

"You think you might have gotten the message by now, but it looks like you haven't learned one bit." Mikan said smirking mischievously as she twisted Luna's arm making her flinch in pain.

By now, the whole class was looking at her with fear and confusion in there eyes

"What had happen to their cheerful brunette? And who was this mysterious one who rarely smiles?"

Mikan could not do anything rational and let the AAO know they know something ups; all she could do was wait until she can speak with persona what she had learned. She was still holding Luna's arm when suddenly a familiar unwelcome presence made her smirk drop Luna and mumbled

"Speak of the devil"

She threw a small blade towards the door when a man dressed in black came out and was holding the blade in between his index and middle finger.

"Persona…..Mikan" Natsume mumbled

"Nice job Shiro Neko…… I need to speak with Kuro Neko and you too." He told her as he threw the blade back which Mikan expertly catched.

Something was up and it looked like it was going to be very interesting.

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Okay hi guys I edited the last part of chapter 9 so everything is a clean slate form this point on. So forgot chapter 10 lol.

I hope you enjoy a little bit of this new part n I hope to update later in the month with a brand new chapter my birthday is the 13th of November. so I decided to start this chapter b/c I'm very excited about my birthday n bored cuz I have nothing to do that's why I updated and hope to update

Soon.

Please remember to review and oh yes next chapter will be very very interesting lol ^_~

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Ja ne see you guys/girls soon n I hope you all had an awesome Halloween cuz I know I did lol bb