QUOTE OF THE DAY: You say psycho like it's a bad thing.

Miha-chan asked me this question: How did I get Na-chan to go into this concealed room in the first place. Here's the answer for everyone to know!

Me and Hotaru told Na-chan that Mikan wanted to have a date with him in that
room. We then locked it and started to release sleeping gas...mwahahahaahahahaha
(insert evil laughter)!

Me: He's determined isn't he!

Hotaru: He's been in there for 12 hours and he doesn't seem to mind at all.

Me: That's because he fell asleep. Wake him up.

Hotaru: Okay, turn on the sprinklers in the room and woke up Natsume. He activated his Alice instantly and the whole room was covered by steam…and then by smoke…

Me: He burnt down the room.

Natsume: Baka, do you think I would have fell for that.

Me: Well you did when Mikan's face showed up.

Natsume: You mean that wasn't her?

Me: Duh…she's been watching you for the last 12 hours on the plasma TV, and started laughing at you when you were being weird, like playing with a bouncing fireball and you are saying that you didn't fall for it. (Raises a quizzical eyebrow)

Natsume: You….

Me: What…me what? (Provoking people is fun!)

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE, I ONLY OWN MY OWN CHARACTERS – SATOU KAEDE AND SUZUKI KAZUKI

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Chapter 12 – A Beautiful Lie

Class B was having a normal school day, but recently the class has been uncomfortably silent and uncharacteristically behaved.

Someone bravely broke the silence and asked their homeroom teacher a question that has been on everyone's mind.

"Why would the Anti - Alice kidnap Mikan?"

By now, the whole school knows that Mikan was working with the Anti-Alice, but they didn't know that it wasn't Anti-Alice that she was working with.

Narumi looked pensive for a moment whilst the whole class looked at him expectantly, even Hotaru, Ruka and Natsume gave him their full attention. After a long moment he finally spoke.

"The Alice of the 5 elements – wood, water, metal, earth and Natsume's Alice - fire, are known to be strong Alices. However, there are Alices that are much stronger and can easily trump these 5 elements, and you probably remember this Alice, the ability to steal someone else's Alice. I only ever met one person who has that Alice."

He stopped for a bit to let the class remember when Yuu's illusion Alice was stolen before he continued.

"Similar Alices such as the ability to copy or the ability to permanently erase someone's Alice is also stronger than the 5 elements. But the strongest and the most rare of all Alices is the Alice of Nullification. In the history of the whole world there was only one person who had that Alice before Mikan and that's her dad, the ex-Special Ability class teacher."

Everyone gasped.

"The mere fact that she has the nullification Alice would actually allow her to be a Special star. Some people are afraid of her power so they try to suppress it by disregarding it, they don't want her to improve her Alice because she could easily beat everyone in this academy with this Alice. They are afraid that she would use this power against the school. But I cannot tell you the reason for why they think she would go against the school."

Now they know why Jin Jin always picks on her.

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"Nee-chan!"

"You can call me Mikan, I am only one year older than you!"

"But can I call you Nee-chan? You give me the feeling of someone I know."

"Aoi-chan, I don't mind, but answer me one question first."

"What is it?"

"Do you remember someone called Natsume?"

"No…am I supposed to?"

"Do you remember anything about your family?"

"I don't remember anything before I was locked up in that room."

"I see." Ruka said that the doctor had said Aoi might have a slight memory lost because of the fever caused by the red stone…she doesn't even remember Natsume.

Mikan Sighs.

"Nee-chan, are you alright?"

"Hai, don't worry, I will help you to recover your memories."

"Thanks Nee-chan." Aoi hugs Mikan.

She tears her gaze away from Aoi to the full moon shown from the view of the window.

Flashback

She unwilling nodded and soon fell back into sleep – actually, she pretended she was asleep and activated her Alice just in case.

Woman: I want to wipe her memory in Gakuen Alice before she wakes up. It's better for her this way. Puts her hand on Mikan's forehead

End of Flashback

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Flashback

"Mikan…what are you doing, come back here!"

"Mikan…"

"Idiot, what do you think you are doing!"

I'm sorry; it's for your own good. " I don't know you."

End of flashback

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She continues to stare out of the window at the new moon, Aoi lookes at her with a confused expression on her face.

"Sometimes a lie is more beautiful than the truth. Sometimes a lie can save others…sometimes a lie is better for one's conscience, a way to avoid dealing with reality and their inner demons."

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Ruka, Hotaru and Natsume couldn't sleep because of what they have seen…

"Aoi-chan…Mikan."

"Mikan and Hyuuga's little sister…"

"Aoi…Mikan…" whispered Natsume in his bed. His eyes are wide open, staring at the ceiling. "What were they doing with THAT group?"

End of Chapter 12