Author's Note: Yay! Yay! I've finally updated! I'm so sorry for the long, long, long… wait. Basta! Anyway… on with the story!

Disclaimer: I will never, ever own Gakuen Alice. If I did, then I'd be rich by now… and I wouldn't make stories like these :P

Fooled Again

Tsubame Sakura

Chapter 9: Protection, not needed

"H-hey, look at that, a cute couple… and that guy has a pretty cute girl…, let's play with her."

"Huh?"

The two strangers approached them closer, Natsume noticed they were holding bottle of beers, "They're drunk." Natsume said. He stood up and Mikan copied his actions.

"I can see that, you moron." She said. As she dusted her jogging pants.

"Oh ho ho! The guy's ready to fight, eh?" The guy wobbled, "I came here to play with the girl, not to fight with a guy, humph! W-what a-a ru –hic- de g-guy!" He said as she stumbled from side to side.

"He's so weird. For a drunkard, I mean." Mikan laughed, but Natsume only glared at her. "Do you think this is the time for jokes?"

"Of course not," She replied back, "… I'm just freshenin' up for a fight."

"What? You're gonna fight them? Ha, now that was a joke." Natsume smirked.

"I'm not joking Hyuuga, I'm used to fight men." She said as she forwarded a bit.

"So that girl's gonna fight eh? Now that's unusual." The drunkard said as his other companion nodded.

"Do not and never underestimate a girl on what she can do. You can have karma." She smirked.

"What?! Why you little--!" The guy got her on arm and Natsume was ready to punch the guy but Mikan beat him to it.

She got the guy's arm by hand and turned him around to get her arms around his waist, she then back bend to make the guy's head hit the cold hard ground.

Natsume sweat-dropped a little, and the drunkard's other companion approached Mikan with a displeasing face, Nastume ran up to him and punched his face. Mikan looked at him then smiled.

"You! You'll pay for this!" The drunkard said as they retreated. They left them alone and Mikan started to laugh, "That was so fun!" She shouted.

"Whatever." Natsume grunted but paused for a while, "Wait. Let's follow them." He said.

"Huh? Why?" She asked.

"Because, we still don't know where they came from." Natsume said as he grabbed his bag and followed their direction.

"Hurry up, let's go." He said, Mikan grabbed her bag and followed Natsume.

Minutes passed and they were still in the woods, they panted and sat on the rocks, "Are… you… sure this… is where they… went?" Mikan stuttered.

"Don't stutter, I can't understand you," Natsume said, "And you look stupid."

"I'm… not… stuttering… I'm… getting some… air." She said, as she placed her hand on her chest, she sighed and looked at him again.

"Are you sure this is where they went? Great we lost sight of them, we shouldn't have left where we landed." She said as she glared at him.

"Shhh…" He said

"What? Now you're shhushing me? I can't believe this." She said.

"Shh!" Natsume shouted.

"Arrgghh…"

"Can you hear that?"

"Huh?"

"I hear people." Natsume said.

"Ha?"

"I can hear them sing… I think it's a karaoke bar." Natsume said as he pushed away the bushes and it revealed a karaoke bar that Natsume just predicted.

"Yes! Then we can stay there for the night!" Mikan rejoiced.

"No we can't." Natsume said, he looked at her and looked down. "What? Why?" She asked.

"Because we don't have money."

"Oh! Holy--!"

"Mikan? Mikan is that you?"

"Eh?"

Author's Note: Sorry if it's short. :(( it's rushed I know.