G.O.T.H.S.
Where chaos is a fancy.
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The moon was about to appear once more in the sky as the setting sun made its way slowly, sinking behind the horizon. This phenomenon, where the sun will gradually go down and the sky turns darker, is called a sunset. You all know that. Unless you're a complete nincompoop who was just born yesterday and who just happened to tamper with a computer and happened to open this very fic.
But that won't happen. This is real life.
Real life…
Where hope and kindness is really rare. What a harsh, cruel, reality. Do you remember the time, after waking up one day; you just realized how empty your life felt. Partly because you were starving and partly because you just realized the world is not a happy place.
You can't just go around saying 'Bipity-Bopity-Boo' while carrying a magic wand and all your trouble will disappear. But that would be nice, wouldn't it?
Well, you're not Cinderella. Nor are you Timmy Turner who has two of the most idiotic fairies in the whole of the fairy world. Not that I'm complaining. They were hilarious, even.
Buy seriously; wouldn't it be nice for that Magic wand to be real? Wouldn't it be wonderful to have wings so that…
…Mikan could just fly up that wall instead of having to blow it down.
Hmm… Blowing it down would seem so much more fun than flying though.
The previously mentioned brunette stared at the line of trees, behind them, orange started to turn into indigo and eventually, the moon would show itself, coming out of the grey clouds that were also a part of the view.
The moon…
A symbol of darkness to some, an aid in light to others. It really depends how the person sees it as. Just like judging if the water in a cup was half-empty of half-full. Mikan would say it was half-full, but tonight, she saw the moon as an ominous symbol.
Besides, the moon represents the night, just as the sun represents the morning.
Tonight…
She has never been more serious about a so called 'prank' before.
Mikan turned away from the sunset she was practically glaring at and entered her room. There, innocently lying on an end table was a microscopic chip, right beside a fresh cherry blossom petal. On her way to her room a few minutes earlier, she dropped by the line of cherry blossom trees next to her dorm and picked the small, pink petal.
How innocent.
That petal, when inserted with the microscopic chip, can cause a building to blow up. Although, the leaf could do much more damage… She sat down on the sofa, put on an eye microscope and started to open the petal in half. She placed the chip inside and closed the petal.
Removing the microscope, she grabbed the remote right next to it and pushed a white button. The chip glowed green, and the petal sealed itself, looking brand new once more.
She needed to do this. God, she sounded pathetic… but she knew… She owes her father big time.
Some of you might say 'DUH!' But it's not just the fact that her father was the cause of her existence. She had so many shortcomings to her father. And she felt guilty. If he would die now, she'd regret it forever.
Like forever, forever. As in, when you start having wrinkles, kind of forever. The one where you carry to the grave with forever. Until you – I'll shut up now.
-Ehem- back to the topic… Now, where were we… Oh, yeah!
Mikan looked at her watch, a Rolex set in platinum-gold, and decided to head of to the meeting place. She grabbed the petal gingerly before pocketing it along with the remote.
Grabbing a pair of bandages, she wrapped it around her right ankle, tightly. She then wore her rubber shoes, and went outside the dorm…
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"Why?"
Hotaru stared placidly at the stars, her lilac orbs familiarizing the constellations that appeared in the night sky. The breeze blew her short hair while she waited for an answer.
Natsume raised a tentative eyebrow. Why was she bombarding her with questions all of a sudden? It's not like her to be this interested in him before.
"Why what?
Hotaru shifted her gaze towards their leader. He was smart… if he wanted to, he could have the American president begging at his knees, pleading him to spare the country.
"You changed. Ever since that girl arrived, you, as what Gutnie liked to put it, 'haven't done nil'."
Before Natsume could answer, the door leading to where they were opened, and Gutnie Chabi's head peeked in.
"Phew. No Auburn head in sight. Thank GOD!"
Both Hotaru and Natsume raised their eyebrows. Honestly, she can't be that bad.
After Gutnie shut the door, a very exasperated Yuu came in, followed by a pissed Otanashi.
"Why'd you shut the door when you knew we were behind you? Have all that food finally gone up to your brain, oh holy tub of lard?"
Gutnie scoffed at her.
"How was I supposed you were behind me when you didn't even speak up?"
"We DID! We kept on asking you why you were in such a hurry! But nooooooo, you merely zoomed past us and shut the door in our face!!!"
"Otanashi, it isn't exactly called 'zooming' when all he did was climb his fastest, as far as his humungus legs could carry him."
Whoa. Whoever thought Yuu had issues?
Their verbal fight was cut off when the door opened, and Mikan Sakura's head poked in.
I can practically see the steam going off Gutnie's ears…
Natsume gave a smirk in Mikan's direction before saying,
"Everyone's here. Operation PETAL commences."
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30 minutes later, at 6:25, everything was in place. First, they would steer the faculty members a far as possible from the main gate by creating a distraction, thanks to Hotaru Imai's new invention, disguised by Otanashi Yura to make it look like a real human being.
Gutnie Chabi had calculated the possible size of the wall and the coverage of the bomb. He also measured the distance from where they would work on their 'prank' to their target: the main gate.
Yuu Tobita had timed the duration the smoke would clear up and he will also time all the happenings (insert Mikan's sweat drop here, "You don't have to time everything, you know…").
Mikan Sakura was the one who invented the bomb and, with the remote control she made along with the chip, would maneuver the petal until it reached the wall.
And Natsume Hyuuga?
Everything else.
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"Principal! Principal!"
Narumi wiped the sweat off his eyebrow. He held on to the wall for support and panted. The principal stood up from his chair and looked at him, his expression anxious.
"What is it, Mr. Narumi?"
Narumi inhaled a large amount of air before talking urgently.
"Sir, there's a student… he's at the south border and… he says he's… he's… committing suicide unless we grant him one week's worth of freedom…"
The principal widened his eyes.
"Come Mr. Narumi, we'll use the School's transportation system, that way; it'll be 15 minutes till we reach the south border…"
"All of the teachers, students and faculty members are there sir, and I mean all of them! There isn't a single soul inside of the buildings The guards checked before rushing off… No one's watching the gate."
The principal stared at him, as if confused.
"How did the guards know of this when they're the farthest from the south border?"
"The student left a suicide note in his room… a guard was patrolling and he saw it…I guess he told all of the guards at the gate and the word spread."
"We have no time to lose… let's go."
As Mr. Kasuke Herada, the principal, grabbed the keys for the car, he felt something wasn't right… He had no idea how everything was just a setup.
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"No, idiot! I said 158 degrees east!"
After Gutnie Chabi yelled the statement above, he promptly bonked Mikan Sakura's head (with his fat hand, mind you).
"I'm doing my best to steer the petal, Gluttony!"
Yuu Tobita looked at Mikan worriedly and said, "We have 7 minutes, 48 seconds…" before he asked Hotaru Imai another question. "Hotaru, where's the petal?"
Hotaru scanned the screen of her computer before saying that the petal was exactly 157 degrees east, and132 meters from the destination. Mikan wiped the sweat that threatened to glide down her neck. She neared her finger on the remote and touched it very, very lightly.
"Where's the remote now, Hotaru?" Gutnie asked.
"It's 158 degrees east and 99 meters from the destination."
Gutnie smirked, before a thought occurred to him.
"Why do we have to steer the petal if we can just implant it there?"
"Because, doofus," Mikan retorted,
"The petal explodes the moment it makes contact with something 100 times bigger than itself or larger. Even if you saw it coming, you can't stop it, because nothing bigger than it should make contact with it or…."
She gave Gutnie a manic grin.
"…Boom."
"Are you sure no one's gonna get hurt with the explosion?"
Ahh, it was so like Yuu, the one who spoke, to worry about the welfare of the student body. Hotaru took her eyes away from the screen of her computer and looked at Yuu.
"Natsume has taken care of it. I don't know how, but all of the students are gathered at the southern border… watching my dummy kill himself."
"Speaking with Natsume, where is he?"
Gutnie asked, holding his chin and doing a thinking position.
"He's with Otanashi. They're making sure no one goes farther from this building… they're at the south border."
Another thought occurred in Gutnie's (fat) head.
"Why are we in this building again?"
Hotaru rolled her eyes.
"Really, I marvel at the fact how you managed to sneak in to this academy. Weren't you the one who measured possible coverage of the bomb? This is the building nearest to the main gate the explosion won't affect."
Yuu interrupted what Hotaru was saying.
"Where's the petal now, Hotaru?"
"158 meters east and 10 meters to the destination."
"We only have… 15… 14… 13…"
The door burst open, with Otanashi Yuri at the entrance. Though she didn't look like the said person. Her dirty blonde hair was exchanged with a fiery orange color, her purple eyes became gray. Her small nose changed into one with a longer bridge. She really outdid herself with her disguise.
"Guys! Get ready to hop into the car. The robot Hotaru made is about to destruct!"
Yuu, who was practically sweating buckets screamed at them.
"5!... 4!... 3!... 2!..."
BOOM!
The whole academy shook under the earthquake the microscopic chip's explosion just a second ago. The door that was left open by Otanashi swung open once more as Natsume Hyuuga appeared at the entrance.
"Everyone hop into the car! We have an hour's head start before they start catching up to us."
With all of their hearts racing and their minds in turmoil, the GOTHS, with Mikan Sakura, raced down the flight of stairs and, once outside the building, all of them hopped onto the red sports car.
When the smoke cleared, Natsume stepped on the gas pedal and zoomed past the rubbles left by the bomb and…
…Out of ALICE ACADEMY.
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Freedom
This is what Natsume Hyuuga had been deprived of for 2 years. 2 years of plotting, 2 years of rebellions… it all paid off.
As he drove his fastest in the streets of Tokyo, Otanashi Yuri kept on fussing everyone with their faces. She gave each and every one of them contact lenses, custom made by her, and powder that changed hair color instantly. This was also Otanashi's innovation.
Otanashi gave Mikan Sakura green contacts and poured some black powder on her hair. At the contact, Mikan's shiny, auburn hair became a lustrous cascade of black. After that, she made sure to change the structure of her cheekbones and also made Mikan's small nose look like an American's: long bridged. I don't know how she did it, but she did.
Otanashi made sure no one noticed Hotaru Imai. This girl was famous in the outside world, known for her innovations and GPS expertise she unwillingly built up since she was just a child. Otanashi darkened her skin color and changed her hair from black with violet streaks to chocolate brown. Her eyes were changed to an intense magnitude of amber, although her hair was still short. Otanashi also lengthened her nose.
Yuu Tobita was next. His blonde hair was changed to midnight blue and his eyes a dark shade of grey, almost black. Otanashi (with much persuasion and tugging) managed to break Yuu's glasses, explaining his sulky form ("But he wouldn't let go of it! It needed to be put away!" Otanashi retorted).
Now Gutnie was a challenge. There was no denying he was fat (I'm serious), there really was. Okay, screw that. There was no denying Gutnie was the size of a whale. But Otanashi, the fr-eaky character that she was, changed his skin color from tan to dark brown, his hair from brown to black and his eyes from gray to brown. She also did something with his eyes to make it look larger.
She didn't change Natsume Hyuuga and her get up.
Once they reached the station, Natsume gave the car keys to someone before telling Otanashi he needed a change of disguise. Otanashi complied by giving him silver powder, to change his hair. She didn't bother with changing his eyes.
After that, they boarded the train heading towards their destination, each of them with a different purpose…
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"Whe…Where's Mikan-chan?"
Lara Sakura stared at her husband with a worried expression. She sent countless letters to the Academy but… Mikan Sakura hasn't replied once. She doubted it was because of school work. She told her husband to rest before turning on the television screen.
"..Alice Academy. There seems to be a huge whole in the Main Gate…"
Lara Sakura widened her eyes.
"The Guard explained that the students were responsible for such an act and told us that the students merely wanted freedom. He was then interrupted by a faculty member telling the distressed Security Guard that he was fired. Really, this school seems like a prison instead of a …"
Lara was no longer listening; she turned off the T.V. and headed straight for the door…
She had a sinking feeling Mikan had found a new way of blowing up walls without being suspected.
And she was right.
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School is so soooooooooooo hard!!!!
I've been having a hard time getting into the honor roll but unfortunately, I only ranked 10th place… how… embarrassing.
Anyway, I'm sorry I updated real slow…
But I'm glad that I at least tried my best, even though school work is at its peak of being tough since we're already in the 4th grading.
Oh yeah! Are any of you entering that international letter writing contest? If you are, please tell me…
Thank you for being very patient with this chapter… even though it was kinda bland… he he, gomen nasai, minna-san.
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