Chapter 9 Dance, Love and Annoyance in the Air

Mizu sat there, watching the students playing around on their last day. The last day of their festival times when she saw something. Something quite abnormal. She panicked at the sight of smoke. This smoke wasn't fire smoke. This was accident smoke. She immediately teleported to where she could see the smoke. She found herself in a crowd of many people, Mikan on her bottom, somewhat complaining in pain. She could hear things, which she wasn't too surprised to hear.

"That's the first time Hotaru Imai has made a defect product." And then she heard something else.

"Hey, look. The principal group is here." She tuned out of their conversation immediately as she turned around and saw them. The two she specifically knew. She moved, running to Mikan.

"Are you alright?" She asked. Mikan turned around and faced her.

"Yeah, kind of." And she saw the cut that she was protecting on her arm.

"Ms. Please move aside." She heard the familiar voice, around her. She turned around and smiled, in some sort of relief.

"Certainly, Sakurano, Imai." And she moved back. And then she watched the rest, tuning out until…

"Move out of the way, elementary student!" A senior girl shouted.

"Wait." Subaru Imai stopped her. She looked at the two, with some sort of worried.

"Nice to meet you." Hotaru said, in a monotone voice.

"Nice to meet you." He replied back, same tone, same face, and same expression.

"Imai…" The senior girl said, breaking the outsider silence.

"I think…" And Mizu stopped him.

"Imai, she is indeed your younger sister." Mizu said, smiling. He looked at her with a slightly shocked face. Actually, everyone did. Except their reactions were more… reactive.

"Ms. You are…?" Imai asked. She laughed.

"Azumi's sister." Was all she said, waving and walking off. He got who she was immediately.


She teleported back to the staffroom, where she was fortunate enough to be there, when no one was there. She walked to the fridge and grabbed the tub of ice-cream and started to eat it. She didn't know why, but she felt like it. It was almost late afternoon, basically sunset. That was when the award ceremony was going to be held. She finished her tub quickly and left, walking towards the ceremonial area (they don't say where that is, if I'm sure…). She took the letter, which was placed on her desk, and slipped it in her jacket's secret pocket.


When Mizu made it there, the ceremony was almost over. She heard….

"And the Special Award goes to… the Special Abilities Class, for using their imagination to entertain our guests, even with low funds and lack of corporative sponsors, they still managed to make our guests happy!" Was something that went through the microphone. The class froze. And Mikan delayed reaction occurred.

"WE DID IT!" She shouted as they went onto the podium and got their trophy, award and stuff.

As they were coming down, she bumped into Narumi.

"Ah, Naru. What brings you here?"

"I don't know, actually." He said, smiling back. Mikan and the rest of them (Tsubasa and Misaki) walked down the stairs, when she saw both teachers.

"Miki, Mr. Narumi!" She shouted. The two teachers smiled.

"How was your first Alice Festival?" Narumi asked. She smiled.

"It was fun! I want it to start again tomorrow!" She said, as everyone laughed. They were joined by Hotaru and the Class Pres. Mizu walked to her and knelt down.

"I'm sorry, Mikan." She looked at her apologetically. As always, the girl was thick headed.

"What's going on?" She asked, quite confused and being herself. Mizu smiled slightly, but kept her apologetic look.

"I know this is late, but here." She said, passing on the letter. She took it and looked at the back.

"It's from your Grandfather." She said. And Mikan fell into a pool of tears.

She's the exact same as her mother, Mizu thought.


It was the Last Dance. She had already ran away from all of them high school, middle school and even elementary students. Since Ms. Selina didn't bother going, she was the only female teacher during the whole thing. She wore a light blue sparkly formal gown and her traditional black flats. Since it was just her, she had the choice of what to wear. She walked around and smiled. She looked up as she saw an arrow fly up to the bonfire thingy.

"Just like old times." She said, giggling. She walked around again and found the girls.

"So this year's idea for the elementary schoolers is angels." She said, chuckling as her hair fell to her middle back flowed in the wind. She wore her hair down, something that she wouldn't usually be doing, but she did anyways. Her brown eyes glistened at her as she turned around and saw the flame, and…

"Misaki. How are you?" She asked, as the girl smiled.

"Fine. This year's theme is fairies for us. It's going to be harder to dance in this costume." She said, pointing to the wings. They laughed.

"That was because last year, you fell down during the last dance." Tsubasa said, as they all laughed.

"That was because you were a horrible lead." She complained back, as she dragged him away. Mizu laughed.

"I think they already act like a normal married couple." She said, laughing softly. She could hear giggles coming from below her. She then walked off, when she felt the intense intensity of the air.

"Why must it be me?" She said, looking at the stars from her seat, sighing.


Because of Suzu's male pheromones, she had people following her from many places. To get them to stop, she asked Mikan to follow her, so the effects would be negated. Mizu just looked at the bonfire, reminiscing. Hotaru kept being glutton, and Ruka was with Natsume, who was watching the dances go by. This was AFTER Ruka had danced with Mikan.

"The last dance will almost begin. All teachers must have a partner, to earn a pay rise." Was the announcement that came through the microphone. Mizu froze on the spot. She was the only potential partner, being the only female at the dance.

"……IDIOT!!!" She shouted as she ran away from the crowd of teachers rushing for her. She kept running until she actually noticed who the voice was from. It was then she used her Alice, full power.

"KAZZUUU YOU IDIOTTT!" She shouted, almost at ear-splitting volumes. He saw a rain cloud above him and then saw a shadow. A shadow of a tsunami. He got hit and was soaked to the bone. Though she kept running until she bumped into something. Or rather someone.

"Oh? Mizu? What's going on? Why are all of the teachers chasing you?" She looked up slightly to face Narumi. She screamed.

"Help me!!!!" She shouted as she ran in a different direction. Naru sighed as he used his pheromone Alice. None of them thought about taking anti-pheromone medication, apart from Mizu, who took the ones that she got from her sister.

"Thanks." She said, laughing softly. He looked at her bewildered.

"What happened?"

"The HSP said that if teachers find a partner, they get a pay rise." She said, grumbling, angry and almost of the negative feelings you can think of. He laughed pretty loudly.

"Desperate, desperate, desperate." And she walked away from him too. Before she left though, she turned back to him, red faced.

"May I in-interest you… in-in the-" She attempted to say, but the words got stuck and jumbled in her mouth. Narumi smiled.

"Sure? Why not?" Apparently, even without the mind reading Alice, she could still be read like a book. She laughed softly, and facepalmed herself.


Ruka sat by himself, watching the dances, and laughing at the occasional one. He turned around, since he felt someone's presence behind him. He immediately turned red.

"Ruka… hi…" Suzu said, smiling. He turned even redder.

"Hi, Suzu…" He said, mumbling.

"Do you want to dance, you know, for the last dance?" She asked, clearly embarrassed and quite red. And they both turned to almost the same shade of red. You could see the bonfire illuminate their skin, like some sort of anime, which made them look better than they normally were.

"…errr…umm…" She sighed. She sat there, staring at him for a few minutes.

"Thanks." She finally said, smiling and taking her hand.


Natsume sat by himself, in the forest, watching everyone else from far away. Even though he had manga to keep himself occupied, there was something that he couldn't take her mind off.

Mikan.

That girl, to him was an obnoxious little brat, who wouldn't shut her mouth. Well, that was what he thought before. Now, he thought that she was a cute, obnoxious, and little brat. And speaking of the somewhat strangely named devil…

"Natsume, is that you?" He turned around, grumpy face and all.

"What do you want, strawberry fields?"

"…uhhh… I think Ruka was looking for you." She said, making up a legitimate lie in her mind. Well, that was in her opinion. Natsume actually saw right through her.

"Liar." He said. She froze on the spot. He sighed.

"What do you really want, ugly?' He asked, firmly and swapping nicknames for emphasis.

"………." She said nothing, though Natsume, like Naru, could read her like a book.

"….I'll go, if you stop nagging me, mentally." He said, growling, grouching and other things.


They all danced at the Last Dance, as they were told to, or in some cases asked to. Apparently, Naru actually did get a pay rise, for being the only teacher with a partner. Mizu sighed, in some sort of annoyance (well who wouldn't?). It was a starry night, slightly chilly, even next to the flame. The moon shone brightly and the lights felt stronger than before. If you played attention, you could smell the aroma of flowers and many other unnameable things.

"Idiot. What is he trying to do?" She mumbled as she danced. She wasn't too happy with the little 'prank' the HSP made, without even telling her. Naru smiled.

"C'mon, have fun. I mean, I am older than you are, meaning I do have more experience at these things." And she sighed, yet again. The song was almost over, playing its approximately ending part.

"I don't think you know what situation my sister and I are in, but, maybe this once, I'll act like myself." She said, laughing. He looked at her curious.

"Oh, so we're playing a game now?" Recap: Mizu 1. Narumi 2.

"So we are." And she hugged him, kissed him on the cheek and then leaving, smiling, waving and using her trademarked (somewhat) two fingered wave to do so, her dress sparkling in the light. All he could do was blankly stare at her, and unconsciously touch his cheek.

Mizu 2. Narumi 2.


At around the same time, Natsume sighed as he had to dance with Mikan. There were whispers in the crowd watching him. They were on the exact other of the two, so they didn't see them. They did see Suzu and Ruka, which the latter… well, that can be explained later. Mikan smiled as she danced, occasionally making mistakes. Though Natsume also made the same mistakes, so there wasn't much of a difference between their dancing styles.

"Ouch!" Mikan exclaimed, though cut herself off, when she noticed one person turn around, who was dancing with their partner, who didn't really notice.

"Natsume! What was that for?" She whispered harshly. The boy had 'accidently' stepped on her foot, in which her shoes weren't fully enclosed.

"Oh, sorry." He said his words almost full on dripping with sarcasm. She groaned.

"I don't know why I even asked you to dance with me." She muttered, as they kept on dancing, her angel wings fluttering every now and then at the gust of wind.

"It's because you like me." He said, smirking slightly and his voice, yet again, dripping with some sort of sarcasm, dipped in a horrible tasting satire sauce.

"……..NA-TSU-ME!!!" She screeched, making the music stop temporarily.

SMACK!

…Was the sound that followed it.


As I was saying. Suzu and Ruka were inbetween the two 'couples', you could say. Both sides could see them, monitoring them. Hotaru, she refused to dance with anyone, still being glutton, by eating a heck load of seafood especially. And a bit of cake every now and then. The two didn't say anything much, since… well….

Suzu had forgotten to place her bracelet back on after she changed, so…well… her pheromone Alice went nuts.

Majority of the people were smart enough to have some anti-pheromone medicine, but some were like Ruka and…

Forgot.

So he was under her control, but not at her will. You see, since having a vast group of Alices, she could only control specific ones. Mainly, her Camouflage and Mind Reading. It was a task that she had tried to complete, ever since she found out she even had it, which was at the age of seven.

So putting it simply, he was doing things that he wanted to do, on his own will, but without knowing he was doing it.

"Ruka! Snap-" And then we hear…

"NA-TSU-ME!" Which also made her spread her Alice not on purpose, since he snapped out of it.

"Huh? Why am I dancing with you?" He asked, quite confused. She sighed.

"Calm down and dance. When you were hypnotised, you did this out of your free will. Apparently Mikan's voice got to you, seeing as you're back to your normal self."


Me: As everyone knows, Natsume doesn't dance. So, I made him! YAY! =] I don't own Ga. Reviews appreciated

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Me: Oh yeah, every one in the crew is angry at me and is in studio 37 with the Abyss crew....