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Chapter 12: Confusion

Mikan snapped her gaze to Narumi and glared angrily at him. "Stop using your Alice!" she shouted. "Stop it!"

Narumi smiled and stopped his Alice. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to anger you. I mean no harm." He said to her, getting up from his seat.

Natsume slowly got up and groaned. "I really feel like killing you now, bastard!" he growled.

"Natsume! You're okay!" Mikan cried happily, hugging him.

Narumi smiled at them and walked towards the door. "Come." He said. "I'll show you around the school. Once you see that the school isn't bad at all, I'm sure you'd love to stay. None of the students here feel imprisoned."

Uncertain of what to do, Mikan and Natsume got up from their seats and decided to follow Narumi anyway. He led them to the bathrooms, the classrooms and some bedrooms. Mikan noticed that almost all the students in the school were smiling happily. They weren't fake smiles either; they were genuine. Natsume and Mikan saw that the students in the school really liked Narumi. As they passed by students, the students stopped to greet Narumi, while Narumi waved back happily. 'Is this really a school that's like a prison?' Mikan asked herself, thinking she might have been wrong all along.

"Would you like to know some things of the school system?" Narumi asked. "I think it would be better if you did, since I believe that one day, you guys will be joining us in this fair academy."

"Well… I guess it wouldn't hurt… but we've got a career already and we can't stay locked up in a school." Mikan told him. "And I hear this school is like a prison, something that Natsume and I aren't too fond of."

"Ah, yes, yes, it's true that you're not allowed to leave the school grounds whenever you want, but there may be exceptions if needed. It's also true that you're not allowed to send mails out, but I suppose sending mails aren't necessary." Narumi said. "Now, the school doesn't use yen, like the outside world does. It uses something called rabbits."

"Rabbits? Why are they called rabbits?" Natsume asked confused with the silly name for money.

"There isn't really a reason why… but this is how it looks like." Narumi said, holding up some rabbits. "Rabbits are given to the students as allowance every month, depending on their rank."

"You even have ranks in this school? Now that's just stupid." Natsume snorted. "Who cares about ranks? Just beat the idiot and you're definitely higher ranked."

"Yes, I suppose… Well, the ranks are, Special Star, Triple Star, Double Star, Single Star and No-Star." Narumi explained. "A Special Star student are considered the best. They have to be very good with their Alice and might be geniuses as well. The Triple Star students are one rank under the Special Stars. They better than most, but not the best. The Double Stars are just a little above average, while the Single Stars are just average. Now, the No-Star students are for those who are below average, but it's mainly used for younger students."

"That's so complicated…" Mikan sighed.

"Yes, now as for how many rabbits are given to each group, it's three hundred rabbits for Special Stars, one hundred rabbits for Triple Stars, fifty rabbits for Double Stars, thirty rabbits for Single Stars and 5 rabbits for No-Stars." Narumi continued on with the explanation. "The students are able to use these rabbits to buy food, or just things they need in Central Town."

"Central Town? Is that somewhere in the Academy grounds?" Mikan asked. "It seems to me that there are a lot of Academy grounds."

"Yes, you are correct." Narumi replied, smiling.

"Is there any time to play?" Mikan asked. "Like, do the students slave away at work all day or do they have time to play?"

"There are plenty of free time. Classes only take up to 3 hours at most." Narumi told her. "But if you don't pass the exams, you might have to attend extra classes or even left back."

"That's so harsh!" Mikan exclaimed.

"Who cares, Mikan?" Natsume asked. "It's not like we're stupid."

"I guess…?"

"Now then, would you two like to rest for the rest of the day?" Narumi asked happily. "You may decide if you still don't want to stay tomorrow, but health comes first."

"Alright." Mikan said.

"Great! Then I'll show you to your rooms now." Narumi smiled. "Come on, follow me."

When they got to their rooms, they sat of their bed sighing. "Ne, Natsume, for some reason, I don't think this school is all that bad after all…"

"Me too, Mikan, me too…" Natsume told her shaking his head. "Be careful though, he could just be tricking us."

"Alright." Mikan said. "I want to go home… We need to apologize to Kamsi-chan."

"Yeah, you're right." Natsume sighed. "Let's go."

"Okay."

Mikan and Natsume got up from their beds and jumped out the windows, landing safely on their feet. They raced quietly to the gates of the academy and climbed the gate, but as they reached the top of the gate, the alarm went off.

"Shit!" Natsume cursed, as he saw academy teachers rushing out of the building, screaming at them. "Come on, Mikan! Hurry!"

But as they tried to jump over the gates, a few teachers surrounded them and grabbed their feet, pulling them down back to the floor. "Let go!" Mikan shrieked, kicking her legs. "Stop it!"

Now, they were on the floor again, backed up against the gates, with a bunch of teachers surrounding them. "Where do you think you're going, missy?" the teachers growled. "Students are to be in bed at this time! Sneaking out of school grounds are prohibited!"

"Well too bad!" Natsume snarled. "We're not students of this school! You have no right to keep us locked up in this trash of a place!"

"Then you're spies!" the teachers concluded. "Any person who enters this school's grounds are either students or spies!"

"We're neither!" Mikan declared. "We were kidnapped by you no good teachers! Kidnapping is strictly forbidden by the laws, jerk!"

"Kidnap!" Jinno laughed. "Did you hear that? We, honorable teachers, would NEVER kidnap!"

"Yeah? Well it's true." Natsume scoffed. "In fact it's done by that guy peeking out the window over there!"

Natsume pointed at Narumi who was standing in front of a school window watching the commotion. As the teachers turned to look at who was standing at the window, Natsume used this moment to his advantage. He shoved the teachers out of the way and started burning some of them. "MOVE!!" he shouted as the continued to burn them.

"N-Natsume!" Mikan squeaked. "I don't think it's a good idea to burn them…"

"Well too bad!" Natsume shouted. "We've got to get out! And fast!"

Mikan who could do nothing, stood and watched the scene horrified, but noticed that none of them were burning since there was a cloud above the group of teachers, pouring rain down. Then, all of a sudden, she felt someone grab her arm. It was a teacher! He was pulling her towards the school. "Help! Natsume!" Mikan cried out, trying to pull free.

Natsume, hearing Mikan cry his name out turned to look at what was happening to Mikan, when he realized there was a teacher pulling her. "Let go of her!" Natsume hollered as he ran towards Mikan with his arm stretched out as if reaching for her. But, after a few steps, some teachers grabbed hold of him too!

"NATSUME!!!" Mikan cried, tears welling in her eyes. Just then, a blue light surrounded her and the teacher who was pulling on her was trapped in ice. Natsume, who was also furious, screamed out Mikan's name as well. Just like Mikan, a light surrounded him, but it was a sharp golden light. There were large thunderbolts above the teachers as it zapped each and every one of them who were near him.

Noticing what had just happened, the two innocent children gasped surprised. "Did I just do that?" they asked, hardly believing what had just happened. Then, they turned to look at each other. "Natsume…"

"Mikan…"

They ran to each other, grabbed their hands and ran out of the school grounds quickly. There were still some teachers screaming after them, but Narumi tapped them on their shoulders and said quietly, "Don't worry, they'll be back one day."

"But…"

"I said don't worry. They won't be able to hide their Alices any longer." Narumi told them smiling.

End of Chapter