Chapter Four

*******With Natsume*******

They stood outside an iron gate in front of the school.

"Is this Gakuen Alice?" Tsubasa asked unsure.

"No it's a mental asylum. You idiot! Of course it's Gakuen Alice! Can't you read?" Kitsu asked sarcastically.

Mucho took out a badge with a red badge with Gakuen Alice written on it in yellow cursive surrounded by four stars on both sides.

He tapped the intercom and the security camera swivelled towards him.

"Show your I.D and state your business."

"Mochiage. Latent Ability Class, Double Star student. I need to enter. I have a few guests for the Gay Lord and I need to see Subaru."

Natsume recoiled a little bit. Gay Lord? They have a lord that is gay? And teaches children? Never mind that, latent ability class? Double star student?

"Narumi's out on a trip to the city to get some food. He rang a few hours ago and said that he would be late so best to take a seat at the office. I'll tell Misaki to go down. Subaru is at the hospital. I'll tell him your coming."

"Thanks."

The gates swung open revealing the massive towering structure of the Gakuen Alice main building. They walked up the gravel driveway and stopped where the path split off to the left, right and centre.

Kitsu turned to them, "Just go to the building in front of you. A teacher will meet you there."

The gang nodded and climbed up the stairs towards the building. They pushed the heavy doors and entered. There was no one so they decided to make themselves comfortable on the available couches.

A man entered the building and scanned the room until his gaze rested on them.

"Are you the guests that Mochiage brought?"

They nodded.

"I'm Tsubasa Andō."

"Ruka Nogi. Pleased to meet your acquaintance."

"H-hello. My name is Yuu Tobita. Nice to meet you."

"My name is Kokoro Yomi. But you can call me Koko."

"…Natsume….Hyuuga…" he hesitated unsure whether or not to tell him his last name, but in the end, realised that it would be easier to explain this now than later. And sure enough he narrowed his eyes at them.

"And what do you people want at Gakuen Alice, if I may ask, Your Highness." Misaki asked cautiously.

"We wish to enrol." Natsume stated blandly.

He did a double take, "You want to enrol? Do you even know what kind of school this is?" He immediately shut his mouth in horror at what he had just said.

"Yes we are aware. We all have," he tried to recall the word the boy had used, "Alices."

"How do I know that you're not in league with the king?" He asked stubbornly.

"Would I have asked to enrol?" he asked impatiently.

He visibly gave in and sat at the couch opposite them, "Fine! Fine. What are your alices?" He pulled a small black box from inside his pocket.

"I can control shadows." Tsubasa said.

"Shadow manipulation, triple star, special class. You're in high school right?" Misaki dropped three yellow stars into Tsubasa's hand. "Next."

"I can control animals." Ruka said calmly but what Misaki said next caused him to blush slightly.

"Animal pheromone, Somatic class and a Triple Star. Middle school by the looks of it. Next."

"I-I can make illusions." Yuu replied nervously.

"Latent Ability Class. Triple Star. Middle school. Jeez, I don't think that I've had this may triple stars attend school at the same time."

"I can read your mind." Koko grinned.

"Another mind reader? Latent Ability Class and a Single Star." Koko's face crumpled.

"Single star?" Koko muttered underneath his breath as Tsubasa patted his back.

"It'll be okay, man. You have all my sympathy." Tsubasa said condolingly.

"I don't need any sympathy! Especially coming from you!" Koko glared.

"Fire." Natsume simply stated.

"Elemental, huh? Dangerous ability class and special star." He dropped a star in a circle surrounded in red in Natsume's hand.

"Amanatsu will lead you each your dorms. You'll each start school tomorrow and your uniforms will be there. You'll meet the Gay Lord after dinner which will be brought to your rooms so come here once you finish eating."

A robot came into the room and stretched out her hand. "Stars please." Her robotic voice sounded as they gave her their stars and headed down long corridors that lead to the boy's room.

~~~~~~~~With Mikan ~~~~~~~~

Hotaru entered Mikan's room after Narumi left.

"Mikan… there's something that I have to tell you…"

She smiled widely; "Sure!" she patted the space on the bed next to her.

~Time Skip because I can't be stuffed to write everything~

"If all that you just said was true then I should be on my way to reclaim my kingdom!" Mikan cried outraged.

"Mikan! You can't just march over to the King's palace and demand the king to give up his throne! He'll kill you! You don't even know how to use you powers!"

"But! My people are dying because of this man! I can't just sit here and do nothing!"

"You'll be no use to your people if you're dead!" Hotaru was now shouting.
Her face crumpled and she felt the tears that she had tried to hold back spilled over her cheeks leaving wet salty trails on her face.

"He killed my parents…and the did nothing to him to deserve it."

"Mikan. You are full fae. Do you know what that means?"

She took in a shuddering breath and nodded.

"See, once you figure out how to learn and control your powers you can go and reclaim your heritage."

Mikan wiped her eyes as determination set in, "Then I want to hurry up and go to school! Let's start tomorrow!"

Hotaru smiled, 'You look prettier when you smile. "Night, Mikan."

"Night Hotaru."

~Next Morning ~

Mikan put on Hotaru's spare uniform and checked herself out in the mirror. Out of all the pieces of the uniform, she liked the black boots the best. They reminded her of the boots grandpa used to get her. She grabbed a polka dotted ribbon that her grandpa gave her and tied it into her hair. Oh, how I missed him

Knock. Knock.

The door opened and Hotaru stepped in.

"Good. You're dressed. Put on the cloak I gave you and bring your arrows. It's never really safe in the public for someone like you. I noticed that you were missing a few arrows. What happened to them? Did somebody attack you?"

Mikan grimaced remembering what she had done to the two boys, "One a minor incident with two people on the road here. By the way, you never told me that they froze the people. What if I accidently dropped one onto my foot?"

"You can be a baka sometimes but, I know you're not enough of one to do something like that. Besides, I don't think the ice would have worked on you. I got a friend of mine, Nobara, to use her alice to charm the arrows. Your alice would have nullified or negated the effect."

She nodded, strapping on her quiver containing the arrows before slinging the bow over her back. "Shall I ask someone to bring Hinata?"

Hotaru shook her head, "We'll be going in my limo."

"What's a limo?"

*******With Natsume*******

Natsume sat on his bed with Ruka, Koko and Yuu. They were all already dressed waiting for the 'Gay Lord' to come pick them up. Tsubasa had left earlier with a guy called Rui. Natsume checked his watch. The gay lord was half an hour late. Tsk.

"Neh, Natsume?" he perked up at the sound of Ruka calling his name.

"What?"

"I was asking you what you think is taking Narumi so long." Ruka replied patiently.

"I said that he was kidnapped by one of your fathers' goons! Ruka said that he forgot and had to be all boring and say that he was busy." Koko interrupted eagerly.

"I-," Natsume was cut off by a knock at the door.

The door opened revealing Narumi and two girls.

"Yoo-hoo! Sorry I'm late everyone! I had to talk to another new student! Come now! We're already late for class!"

The boys shuffled out of the room as Narumi herded out the corridor. Natsume took the time to assess the two girls. One had dark hair and violet eyes. She carried a gun strapped to her back and was a little bit smaller than the other girl. The other girl wore a white cloak with red trimmings and he noted a small object was concealed under it. He couldn't see any of her facial features and her hair was tucked into her hood. They were talking quietly in small hushed whispers.

We stopped outside a class room and he turned to us.

"Imai-san, can you please go inside and tell the class to settle down. I know that they'll listen to you."

Imai shrugged, visibly annoyed. "¥500,000 Rabbits and don't blame me if your students harbour concussions." She unstrapped her gun and closed the door behind her. There was a mixture of muffled shouts, screams and bangs as the room shook. After a few minutes it was quite inside and she came out again. "Done."

"T-thank you Imai-san. Y-you can go to your seat n-now." Narumi stuttered.

They entered the room and stood in front of the class. Imai was sitting alone in the back row working on an object that closely resembled a bazooka. Everyone else had bruises and cuts and bumps on their bodies. No doubt from her gun.

"Everyone! We have some new students-,"

"Hey you're the girl who froze me!" A familiar cry from the middle of the classroom rang as Kitsu stood up, pointing at the girl in the cloak.

Baka!

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Imai shoot from her gun. It hit his head causing him to faint. Everyone turned to look at the girl next to Ruka. She was the one who attacked Kitsu? Hmm. His thoughts were interrupted by whispering.

"She froze Kitsu?"

"Is that her alice?"

"She has the same alice as Nobara-chan!"

"I can't see her face. Can you?"

"Why did she freeze Kitsu?"

"Enough! Now we have to let the new students introduce themselves! You can all ask question later. Please begin."

"My name is Yuu. My alice is Illusion and I am a triple star. Nice to meet you, everyone."

"My name is Kokoro! But you can call me Koko! My alice is Mind reading and I'm a single star student!"

"Natsume. Fire and special star." The prince said coolly, ignoring the whispers rising from the girls.

"My name is Ruka. Animal Pheromone and triple star." Ruka gave a dazzling smile.

"Aw! I call dibs!"

"You can't call dibs on anyone!"

"Quiet! We still have one more to go through!"

The whispers stopped.

"Hello. My name is Mikan. I can't tell you my alice and I am a special star."

Her voice was so sweet and angelic that everyone couldn't believe that this girl had frozen two people. Wait. Did she just say she couldn't tell us her alice?

There was a silent hush before the cries of outrage.

"Hey! No fair!"

"Is she allowed to do that?"

"How many times do I have to tell you people?! Be quiet before I get Jinno to come!"

An immediate silence followed. Whoever Jinno was, he seemed to leave an impression on everyone.

"All the new students will sit at the back since it is empty save for Hotaru. Free period because of the new students. Bye!" Narumi left with a cheerful wave as we walked to our seats. Natsume kept an eye on Mikan who made a bee line for Hotaru and whispered something in her ear. Hotaru spared him a glance before tugging Mikan to sit on her opposite side, forcing her into the seat nearest to the window leaving the rest of them to sit next to the purple eyed girl. Natsume grabbed Ruka's arm.

"Try to get some information out of Imai. You'll do a better job than me." Ruka nodded and Natsume took a seat next to Koko who was leaning over the desk to talk to the person next to Kitsu leaving the only spare seat next to Imai.