Chapter 6

I guess I won't have much time to write so often now.. Exams are coming.. ... But I will try to upload a new chapter once a week.

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Meanwhile, Hotaru and Ruka were doing quite well. Except….

" Click!"

" HEY IMAI! STOP TAKING PHOTOS OF ME!" screamed Ruka when he found out Hotaru was talking pictures of him, when he fell down.

" Oh.. It is such a horrible photo.." she replied coldly.

True enough, Ruka looked a mess in the photo. He had mud in his mouth and all over his skirt due to the trip he had on the stone that caused him to fall into a puddle of mud. " If Mikan is here, her reaction will not be like her" Ruka thought as he picked himself up and tried to grab the photo from Hotaru.

As Hotaru ran away from Ruka, she said gleefully, " I am sure this photo can make me lots of money!" Ruka clutched his fists in frustration.

" ARGH! IMAI!"

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While Hotaru and Ruka were having fun, well, maybe not for poor Ruka, another group was having a hard time- Yuu and Permy.

They were completely lost at what to do. Snatching the map away from Yuu, Permy shouted in frustration.

" ARGH! We have been walking rounds and rounds in this stupid place which does not seems to have any life in it!"

" C-calm down.." Yuu stammered, " Oh! You can use your Alice to find the way. can't you?"

" Well, I guess so. No wonder Narumi paired us together. You seems to be a road idiot even though you are clever in your studies" sign Permy. Permy transformed into a cat-dog and sniffed around. " This way!" she said. Yuu followed her and they entered a door.

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" Natsume, where are we heading?" Mikan asked meekly.

" Who knows" He replied bluntly.

Mikan tried to lighten up the atmosphere. However, with Natsume's coldness, everything she had done seems fruitless. They had been walking for half an hour and the air in this maze was getting damper and thicker. The light was also getting dimmer. " we must have walk into a cave or something" thought Mikan.

" I wonder how's Hotaru and Ruka are doing" thought Mikan aloud.

" Who knows" came the reply again.

" ARGH! Natsume! Can you talk more?" Mikan screamed. " He seems to be such a nice guy not long ago when he rescues me" thought Mikan, " Looks like I am wrong about him."

Natsume looked at Mikan at the corner of his eyes and sigh. " If you miss your friend so much, you can talk to her with that panda ear muffs on your ears right?"

Mikan's face brightened up! She immediately operate the ear muffs and waited patiently for Hotaru to connect her ear muffs to hers.

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" Panda Panda…" Hotaru picked up the receiver and from the ear muffs, came Mikan's excited voice.

" HOTARU-Chan! I MISS YOU! You know what just happen? I almost get killed by a robot! ….. ."

Hotaru smiled and replied, " Looks like your stupidity has save you from being killed."

" HOTARU MEANIE!" came the angry but amused reply.

Ruka, who was standing beside Hotaru, was eager to hear from Natsume. " Imai, let me talk to Natsume for a while."

" Okay."

The speaker switched. Natsume voice was heard from the other side.

" Hi Ruka."

Ruka brightened up. " Hi Natsume, how are you doing? I heard from Narumi that you mission is tough. Are you alright?"

" Yar, except from some troubles created by the baka beside me." " HEY I AM NOT" came Mikan's voice from the background. Ruka laughed.

Suddenly, Natsume's voice turned serious. " Ruka, you must be careful. I sense something amiss in this mission. It is not as simple as it is."

" S-sure. You too."

They hung up.

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(Back to Yuu and Permy)

" erm.. Yuu, WHAT IS THIS PLACE!"

" I am not sure too"

Yuu and Permy entered a room. Their mission was to find the computer chip which contained the information of Alice Academy that the anti-academy association had gathered over the years. However, this room did not seem to be their destination. Looking at the map Narumi had given them again, Yuu confirmed that they had reached the place Narumi had told them to go. Furthermore, Permy's Alice was strong enough to not go wrong. They were still wondering..not realizing that the door behind them was closing slowly.

" YUU! The DOOR IS CLOSING!" shouted Permy.

" NOOO!" They shouted in unison and rushed to the door.

" BANG!"

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At the headquarters, Narumi had fallen asleep. He suddenly woke up by the ringing signal sent by Yuu and Permy. Looking at the computer screen, he located where they were.

" Oh no! Something is wrong!" he realized suddenly.

He quickly fumbled through the stacks of maps he had given out to the students. He looked through them again and again. " It cant be wrong! I has given them the correct map issue by the academy. Don't tell me…"

DONE ! This time I tried to write abit longer as I guess I will not have time to write till another 2-3 days. Hope I don't disappoint you guys with this chapters. Haha.. Actually it's the first time I write a fan fic and I never expect myself to write so many chapters Kinda get the hang of it and inspirations come quickly. HAHA.. Enjoy.