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Chapter Ten

A pang of queasiness rushes through her body, causing her to gag as a reflex. It was way too pink. A giggling sound catches her attention and Mikan automatically spins around and stands frozen as her mind struggles to process the scene before her.

Ashley Robins straddles Natsume on her bed, slowly leaving trails of kisses on his chest while he stares vacantly at her, running his hand through her hair. He's not reacting, yet he's not stopping her either.

"Natie," Ashley giggles. "Should I do more?"

Natsume blinks and stares at Ashley, his normally crimson eyes shaded over, and now a dark burgundy color. "You always do it so well," He said offhandedly. Ashley grinned proudly before resuming her work. A tear runs down Mikan's cheek and she forces herself to turn around, looking away.

She's now turned into a different scene altogether. She is in front of the school, standing on the steps by herself while men in familiar suits drag an unconscious Yoichi away. Her eyes widen and Mikan sprints forward, suddenly being rebounded back. She's in a glass cage, watching as Yoichi gets taken away. She screams, watching as Yoichi get's thrown in the limo. She tries activating her alices but nothing works. She's all alone now.

Jason appears on the other side of the glass wall, pressing his hand against it. Mikan presses her hand against the glass too, so that hers in mirroring his. "Mandarin Orange." He speaks. His voice should be muffled, Mikan observes, but she could hear him loud and clear. "Trust me. Let me be your hero."

"Jason…" She whispers. Jason slowly backs up, moving until he's across the street. Mikan gives a short nod and Jason sprints forwards. He slams against the cage. "JASON!" Mikan screams as glass shatters all around her.

Shooting up in bed, Mikan quivered with worry, her eyes focusing on the scene around her. She was in her room, there was no cage, no Alice Academy, no Ashley, no Jason, either. Settling back into bed she flipped over to the side and observed the black haired boy sleeping beside her. He had a slight frown on his face and Mikan wondered what he could've been dreaming about. Her hand reached out, wanting to touch him but then she drew it back, remembering what happened during her dream. In the dream Natsume had lipstick smudges all over his chest… just like he did when Mikan had saved him from Ashley's room before. Had something like this already happened between them? Was Ashley right? Was what she wasn't doing not enough?

Mikan's eyes got heavy, and they began to close, letting the drowsiness overtake her. As her breathing slow, Natsume's eyes flew open her frown still etched in his features. She called out for Jason…

-x-

Stephanie jumped up from the living room chair, and sprinted towards the door, swinging it open to reveal a sleepy Mikan. She took her hand and lead her up to her room, locking the door behind them. Mikan jumped on the bed and buried her head in the pillow. "Michelle, come on, wake up!" Stephanie yelled in her ear and Michelle sat up rubbing her eyes. She's so adorable… Stephanie thought with a small frown.

"Mou… why did I have to come here at seven, Steph? I don't even wake up till seven!" Mikan complained with a pout. "What was so urgent? And… why didn't you just call me last night!"

Shaking, Stephanie made her way over to her desk and pulled out her purple desk chair before plopping herself in it, and taking deep breaths. Okay, Steph. I can't just jump into this…Michelle's not really awake yet…"My dream. And I didn't call you last night because… I wasn't really home." She blurted out, and Mikan raised an eyebrow, and Steph could see that she was struggling to wake herself up.

"What about your dream, Steph?" Mikan pestered. "Was it dirty?"

"Dirty? No. I just need some analyzing desperately."

"Oh." Mikan said with wide eyes. "Ok, well tell me, then!"

"Um… I was with Rob, and he was teaching me baseball." Stephanie confessed. Mikan stared at her blankly. "I don't even like baseball! And neither does Rob?" Mikan's expression went blank for awhile, and Steph shuddered. This was the same face that her friend had worn when she walked out of the school building. Except, this time there wasn't an icy air to it. "…Michelle?"

Mikan seemed to snap out of her trance and smiled at her friend brightly. "Ano… was he helping you bat?" She inquired.

"Yeah…" Steph said. "He was showing me how to hold it."

"Well," Mikan said, obviously coming to a conclusion. Steph leaned forward, eager for the reply. "You want to secretly run off with Rob and learn how to play baseball." Stephanie fell off of the chair and onto the ground. "Just kidding. I think you feelings for Rob."

Steph jumped up, her eyes wide. I can't have feelings for Rob…I like Jason now! "Michelle, I don't think that that's it…I-"

"You just haven't realized it yet. Don't worry I think he likes you too…" Mikan said, batting her hand away dismissively. "Now…anything else? It's almost time for school…" She stated, jumping up from the bed and walking towards the door.

"Wait!" Stephanie exclaimed, tugging on Mikan's hand. "I have to ask you about alice-" Stephanie cut off, dropping to the ground. Mikan's training instincts jumped in and caught her friend before she fell to the ground for a second time that morning. Poor girl.

-x-

"Persona…" Mikan said, walking towards a frightening looking man dressed all in black. "I can't… I can't kill anymore." Persona chuckled, throwing a knife at her. It missed Mikan's ear by an inch.

"You can and you will or…" Persona pulled out a picture, waving it tauntingly in front of Mikan's face. It was a picture of Natsume asleep on his desk with Yoichi in his lap, playing with his hair. He slowly ripped the photo in half. "That demon child will be taking over ALL of your missions, Natsume Hyuga will be placed into a slave camp, and you will be murdered, courtesy of the academy."

"You're sick." Mikan spat, outraged, and Persona smirked.

"Kuro Neko, your mission is his teleport to this warehouse and to grab this file named 'recruits', killing everyone you see with your silencer. You have an hour, if you're not back by then you are assumed dead. Understand?"

Mikan's face turned emotionless and she slipped her white cat mask over her face. "Understood. Shiro Neko, agent of Gakuen Alice reporting for duty."

"Go."

Mikan closed her eyes and teleported. A few seconds later, she was standing outside of the warehouse scanning the inside for security. They didn't have any motion sensors so she could get done with this mission easy. All of the fifteen guards where equipped with an alice and a gun so she would need to be quick, and invisible. Nodding to herself, Mikan turned invisible and pulled out her silencer. She used the alice of speed and ran towards the warehouse, shooting the surveillance camera in the lenses. There where two guards at the front and she stole their alices: pain and emotional before killing them right on the spot. Running into the building, she killed off men left and right as she looked for the folder. 'eleven, twelve, thirteen…' she counted in her head as she massacred the men. She picked up the folder and gasped as a pain went spiraling up her leg. She quickly turned around and shot blindly. 'fourteen, fifteen, teleport.' In a flash of light she was in front of Persona, throwing the folder at him. "Mission Completed."

Persona looked at her with slight discussed. "Get that healed before anyone notices." He said before stalking off. Mikan ripped the mask off her face and threw it to the ground. She hated Persona.

-x-

Ashley was too busy panicking to pay attention to her sweet little victory that her one phone call caused. She forgot something important... her birthday. First it was her maid, then her best friends, then her... birthday date? What was happening to her? She looked up from her lunch and once again saw Jason staring at her intently. She blushed and looked down. She really liked Jason, and it was pretty amazing that he had been paying attention to her lately. Maybe he knew what was going on with her...? Maybe. Maybe not.

-x-

Mikan sipped on her Coca Cola, trying her best to ignore the curious and mocking stares coming her way. Her eyes darted around her tray. From her broccoli from her sorry excuse for roast beef. Someone above her cleared her throat and Mikan lifted her head up, forcing herself to look into Rob's eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" Rob teased from his spot next to Natsume. "You look like someone's after you." Mikan frowned.

"Everyone's staring at me." Mikan whispered, and Rob gave a laugh.

"You know, most girls like to be the center of attention." He observed, and Natsume coughed lightly, catching Mikan's attention.

"It would a real skill if you had the ability to read minds and find out what they're thinking about, ne?" Natsume hinted, and Mikan nodded her head determinedly.

'I wonder if what they say is true…' One person thought.

'I never knew that she was that way…' Another thought. Mikan's eyebrows fused together and a look of confusion washed over her.

I'm what way? What is everyone saying about me?!

A hand rested on Mikan's shoulder, causing her to flinch and concentrate on not doing a defensive martial arts move. "Miss. Tinsley." A woman said, causing Mikan to spin around in her seat.

"…yes?" Mikan asked, pushing her tray back. A regal looking woman stood in front of her.

"Follow me to my office please, we need to talk." She said, and Mikan gulped, standing up and following her. Natsume and Rob shot her looks of confusion and worry, but Mikan just bowed her head and followed, listening to the thoughts of many around her.

'Oh wow, it was very brave for Ashley to turn her in…'

'Maybe now she'll get some help. That's good.'

She growled low under her breath and stalked down the hall, following the school counselor.

-x-

"MICHELLE!" Stephanie cried out, darting upwards in her bed. She wiped her tear stained face rapidly with her hands all while trying to untangle her self from the sheets. She feel out of the bed and landed with a loud thud, but the pain didn't even register. "MICHELLE!" She cried out again, slipping on the first pair of shoes and darting out of the door, only thinking of her friend.

-x-

"Excuse me?" Mikan asked, her eyes wide with shock. The counselor looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"I have been notified that you are bulimic, Michelle. Now, this is a serious desiease and you could-"

"I am NOT bulimic!" Mikan yelled, jumping up from the couch. Her face was red, not from embarrassment, but from anger.

"I must ask you to calm down, Miss. Tinsley. Now, there are some classes at the hospital that we have signed you up for to help you with your…problem." The consoler said calmly, pushing her glasses up on her nose.

"Who told you this?" Mikan growled out.

"I can't reveal that Miss-"

"WAS IT THAT BITCH ASHLEY BECAUSE I SWEAR TO KAMI-SAMA I-" Mikan screamed out.

"Security!" The consoler yelled out over Mikan's voice. Mikan growled and yanked the door open, stalking out of the room.

"GET YOUR FACTS STRIGHT BECAUSE I'M NOT BULEMIC!" She called out behind her before breaking out into a run.

-x-

Stephanie ran down the halls, trying to think of where her friend would be. Just then, she saw a flash of red and brown fly into the girl's bathroom. Instinctively, Stephanie darted after Mikan, locking the door after her. Mikan was facing the sinks, breathing heavily and glaring in the mirror. "Oh Michelle!" Stephanie cried out, running and jumping on her friend's back with a fierce hug. "Michelle it was horrible!" She cried into her friend's shoulder. Mikan tensed and then relaxed, wrapping her arms around her friend.

"What's…wrong…" Mikan asked, and it was then that Stephanie noticed the tears streaming down her friends face too.

"You tell me…" Stephanie pressed, and Mikan shook her head, rubbing Stephanie's back.

"What happened, Stephanie?" Mikan asked, using a calming voice.

"You…You…I had…" Stephanie stuttered out, and Mikan nodded her head in encouragement.

"JasontoldmeIhavethememorysnatcheraliceandisawhispastandthenthismorningiaccidentallysawaglimpseofyourpastandohmygoodnessitwassohorriblepleasetellmethatitreallydidn'thappenandyouwhereanactressinamovieorsomething!" Stephanie blurted out. Mikan blinked, processing the information. (Jason told me I have the memory snatcher alice and I saw his past and then this morning I accidentally saw a glimpse of your past and oh my goodness it was horrible please tell me that it really didn't happen and you where an actress in a movie or something!).

"W-What…when?" Mikan asked, sitting on one of the counters. Stephanie sat up next to her.

"Yesterday… I touched Jason and then passed out, viewing one of his memories. I guess this morning the same thing happened. Michelle…" She said, looking at Mikan who had her head bowed low and was silenced. "Michelle?"

"Have you ever heard of Alice Academy?" She asked, and Stephanie shook her head. "It's a school, set up by the government, where they keep students with special powers that they call alices. My alice is Nullification and just about any other alice you can think of. It's more like a prison then. You're not aloud to talk to the outside world at all. And if you have an alice that's… useful to them, you are forced to do missions."

"Is that what I saw, Michelle?" Stephanie asked with wide eyes. "Did you have a useful alice? Did they make you go on missions?"

"Nat…Nate had an alice that took away his life span, he was the one doing missions, but if he continued, then he would probably be dead by now. And so, I stepped up to the plate and took them over." Mikan stated matter of factly and Stephanie winced at the bluntness of the statement. "If you saw missions, then you saw-"

"You killing, and stealing and-"

"It was either kill or have Nate, Hayden, and I would be brutally tortured before being murdered. I couldn't…" Mikan clenched her fists.

"I'm…I understand." Stephanie said. She understood now about the training and the fiercness that she had about her sometimes but some things where bugging her… "But where you doing these…missions? And if it was a prison, how did you escape?"

"There's an organization called the AAO, the Anti-Alice Organization. They try their best to sell the children with alices and the ones that are really useful… they train them. They plan to make an army and take down the academy." Mikan said, looking up at Stephanie with watery eyes. "Nate eventually found out that I took over his missions and was furious. He… we teleported here, to New York. Now the AAO and the academy are after us." Stephanie leaned back against the mirror, her eyes frightened.

"Michelle…" She whispered. But Mikan shrugged.

"That's the least of my worries right now, I have to figure out how to take Ashley Robin's down." Stephanie smirked and sat up.

"Now Mimi, you know that destroying people is what I do best…" Stephanie said with an evil glint in her eye. "What did Ashley do this time?"

"Told everyone that I was bulimic." Mikan commented, and Stephanie gasped.

"She…She… She's going down." She growled, and Mikan chuckled darkly.

"I think I have just the thing." Steph tilted her head to the side in question. "How would you feel about teleporting? IT would make you a little queasy the first time."

Steph laughed uneasily. "Do you have a paper bag ready for me?" She asked, and Mikan pulled one out. "Where did you get that from?" She askied, and Mikan just shrugged and shoved it forwards. "Teleporting it is! Man, I never thought I'd say that."

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ok so...

key points to this chapter:

1. according to Mikan's dream, she's going to let herself trust Jason, whom seems strangly absent from this chappie.

2. Natsume feels a tad bit intimidated by Jason...?!

3. Steph now knows Mikan and Natsume's secret, but not their real names.

4. ashley's going down... really soon. like next chapter soon.

thanks for Reading now don't forget to update! it'll help me post sooner wink, wink.

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