-1I don't own Gakuen Alice. Although I do own Kiri and Kuro.

Mikan finally regained herself and stood up on wobbly legs. She started to jingle the door knob, only to find that it was locked.

Great… Tears began to form in Mikan's eyes.

"ARF! ARF!" A dog barked outside the door.

"In here?" A male voice grunted.

Natsume! Mikan thought, relieved.

"Oi! Baka! You in there?" Natsume called from behind the door.

"Y-Yeah." Mikan still hadn't completely recovered from her shock.

"Ah. Crap. It's locked. Open it, baka." Natsume demanded.

"It's locked in here too." Mikan felt a new wave of terror fill up inside of her.

"Tch. And we're on the second floor…Huh? What are you doing, Is?" Natsume suddenly asked.

After a moment there was a soft click and the door slid open on its own.

On the other side Natsume was wearing a rather annoyed expression while Is barked at the two.

Mikan stood surprised for a moment before screaming, "Is! Oh Is! You came back!" He then proceeded to hug (nearly kill) Is.

"Uh…I don't think she can breathe…" Natsume stated bluntly, pointing to Is.

"Oh. Sorry." Mikan released Is and stared at Natsume. "Where did you find her?"

"In one of the classrooms. She was just sitting on a desk wagging her tail like an idiot." Natsume rolled his eyes.

"Awww. You a gowd Issy! Yesh you aarree! Goood good Issy!" Said in that voice people use when talking to dogs, hugging Is.

"…That's disgusting." Natsume grunted.

Suddenly they heard a voice.

"Did you find her?"

Kuro had arrived. He was panting and tottered for a moment, before leaning on the wall. His clothes were ripped and his right arm was bleeding. Dirt was all over his face and clothes.

"Find…her…" Mikan trailed off.

"Oh, no you wouldn't…your own sadness…Natsume…Dense…Stupid…Mikan-chan…"

Everything came crashing down on Mikan and she fell to her knees, shaking.

"Polkadots?"

"Wouldn't tell him…clear for you…state of mind…lose…every…"

"Stop it!" Mikan shouted, as Kiri's voice continued to penetrate her mind.

And with that, Mikan blacked out.

"Mikan?"

Mikan's eyes fluttered open to meet Natsume's crimson that were…worried?

Mikan sat up and looked around. They were in Natsume's room.

"Wha…What?" Mikan mumbled, holding her forehead. "Owww."

"You passed out, so I brought you here." Natsume said softly, avoiding her eyes.

Mikan glanced past him and saw Is chewing on one of Natsume's slippers.

"Ah…" Mikan started to giggle as both Natsume and Is looked at her in shock.

"I-Is!" Mikan said before she burst out laughing.

Natsume glanced at Is, who, at the exact second, dropped Natsume's slipper and cocked her head.

As Mikan fell into a new fit of laughter, Natsume snatched his fuzzy slipper from the dog, glaring at her.

Natsume glanced over at Mikan, who was uncontrollably laughing, and chucked his slipper at her face.

"Hey! That's not nice!" Mikan said, pouting.

Is jumped up on the bed and laid her head down on Mikan arm.

"Oh yes. Act all innocent now, you demon. But you're just itching to tear this place apart again." Natsume grunted, clutching his manga protectively. (Try imagining that. xDD)

"Honestly. We should get a muzzle for that mutt." Natsume said as he placed his manga on the highest shelf in the room.

"But that's mmmeeeeaaaannnnn!" Mikan wailed.

Natsume grunted.

And at that moment, Mikan realized something. She was in Natsume's room. They were alone. …She was on his bed.

"Eep!" Mikan squeaked and fell face first off of Natsume's bad.

Natsume raised an eyebrow at her before realizing why she was suddenly so anxious.

With a smirk Natsume said, "Oh. Look at that. We're all alone."

Mikan shuddered and said, "N-No…I..Is is here." To prove her point she lifted up Is for Natsume could see.

Natsume glared at Mikan as she stood up and dusted herself off.

"I'll…be leaving now…" Mikan said slowly.

"Hn. Good riddance." Natsume plopped himself on a chair and pulled out his manga.

"Hey! You take that back." Mikan growled.

"Nope." Natsume turned the page.

"You really think of me as a pest?" Mikan asked, sadly.

"Yeah." Natsume said absent mindedly, absorbed in his manga.

"Oh…ok…" Mikan's face had no trace of happiness on it as she slammed the door behind her.

Khaos-chan: Gomen. It's short. I know. I think I have writers block right now.

Natsume and Mikan: …….

Ruka: Please rate and review.