The news ran fast, as soon as I got out of the forest. Everyone was talking about the new boy in school.
I walked slowly, figuring out where they took him.
"Did you see him? He's so cool! I wonder what his alice is."
"They say he doesn't have an alice, I don't know."
So much for falling in love. I guess everybody will, even the teaachers. Come to think of it, Natsume's rival, the only thing left for me to find out is, his name and alice.
Now, instead of searching for him, I decided to look for Hotaru and Ruka instead, to tell them the news.
I saw Hotaru, a few minutes later, clicking her camera continuously, Ruka, running.
"Hotaru" I heard him shout.
Hotaru still flashed her camera. Unfortunately for Ruka, I unintentionally blocked his path.
"Hey guys!" I said.
Hotaru stopped clicking her camera, Ruka stopped running.
"Hey Mikan!" He said as he panted.
"Have you seen the new guy in school?" I asked.
Hotaru walked beside Ruka.
"Yeah, the black-haired guy." Ruka said, still panting. "I heard that he's like Natsume."
"Huh? A pervert?" I asked.
"No, stupid." Hotaru said, Ruka laughed.
"No, his alice." Ruka said.
Wow, this is cool, a boy, who I think everyone would love and his alice is fire and he's in the same year as Natsume. This is going to be good.
"Wow." I said in amazement.
"I know, a boy just like Natsume."
We all looked at our left. Kokoroyomi walked towards us with the boy with the flying alice.
Now that I think about it.
"Maybe he's Natsume's long lost brother!" I said with a big smile on my face.
"Stupid." They said in chorus, except for Ruka.
"He can't be Natsume's brother, they don't look a like even one bit." Kokoroyomi told me.
I guess they're right.
"Let's go to class." Ruka said. "We're gonna be late."
We talked about the new boy, his similarities and differences with Natsume, on the way to class.
Since we're a little old now, we don't need partners hence, I don't need Natsume anymore. Natsume and I rarely talk nowadays, I just get lucky with the forest. Sometimes, I do miss him. He always makes me happy when I'm troubled. Come to think of it, he always listens to my problems. The thought of it made me a little sad.
After class, the whole school was asked to enter the gymnasium for the opening of the Alice Festival. I went to the gym with Nonoko and Anna as they babbled abot the new boy. I didn't find it a bit irritating unlike others, mainly because I was interested on what the rumors were.
"I head he doesn't have an alice." Nonoko informed me.
"Then why is he here?" I asked.
Nonoko shrugged.
"But Ruka told me he has fire alice!" I said.
"Maybe it's not alice." Anna concluded.
"Then what is it?"
"Something different, I guess." Anna said as we entered the gymnasium.
They gym was full of people already. I saw Natsume leaning on the right side wall. Honestly, I was rather glad to see him, it's nice to see him again. Before I could walk over to him, Mr. narumi cleared his throat on the mic to slinece the studnets. We all faced him in response.
"Alright, today is the openin of the Alice Fetsival." Mr. Narumi announced happily. "You will, of course, group yourselves again accoording to your abilities. Please line up according to your abilities. Please line up according to your types!"
As soon as Mr. Narumi finished his sentence, the students grouped themsleves. I waved Anna and Nonoko goodbye as we all separated. I went to the special abilities and met up with Tsubasa and Misaki.
"Hey Mikan!" Misaki greeted.
Tsubasa felt like being cool so he just nodded in acknolwedgement.
"Would you stop that?" Misaki demanded. as she spanked Tsubasa's arm, which was on her shoulder.
Tsubasa just laughed.
"Hey Mikan!" He said.
It's been awhile since Tsubasa and Misaki were together. I was surprised myself. Miksaki told me Tsuabsa told her he loved her since they were eleven, he told her that just three years ago. I can't believe he bottled that feeling for four years. But at leats they ended up together.
Like I said, everybody's in love right now.
"Hey Misaki, Tsubasa!" I greeted back.
"Oh, and I'm sorry to say that dangerous abilities still can't join the festival." Mr. Narumi said. "Speaking of dangerous abilities, we have a new student."
Mr. Narumi's head faced his left, the boy I wanted to see was coming up the stage.
It wasn't usual that the Academy would intruduce their new students, he must be special.
"This is Roy Mustang." Mr. Narumi intorduced.
Roy Mustang smiled a bit, that, again, almost melted me. He had this mischievous smile that I'd drool for. He's so cool!
"Roy Mustang doesn't have an alice." Mr. Narumi continued.
Everyone started to whisper as soon as Mr. Narumi finished saying those words.
"But people call him 'The Flame Alchemist'. No, I'm sorry, Roy, but since you're a Flame Alchemist just like our fire alice, the academy decided to put you into the dangerous abilities. Now, chop chop! There's a lot of work to do!"
An Alchemist? That's new.
Roy Mustang, even his name sounds cool.
So, do you know him? (winks)