Sorry I took so long to update but it is not because I am lazy.
Okay…Maybe I am lazy but it was because my keyboard and mouse isn't working (I know it is weird) and if you are wondering how I am able to update now it s because I am using my laptop.
Apologies
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Chapter 1 – So the story begins…Ruka was getting worried. For several days his best friend seemed to be in a daze, by looking at his eyes he seemed to be thinking deeply about something. He has been acting like this ever since he got back from his last mission, what on earth happened to him during that time? He doesn't seem to be injured.
"Natsume?"
No answer.
"Natsume…"No answer.
"NATSUME!" Ruka finally yelled out. And he saw Natsume's head giving a little jolt due to the shock.
"No need to shout, Ruka."
"I called you three times, what's wrong?""Nothing." He replied. Ruka knew better than this but he decided not to anger his best friend by pursuing the subject, he will talk when he feels like it.
How did that thunderbolt disappear? How did my leg get healed? Was it because of that girl? Is she an Alice too?
He continued to walk towards his classroom with his best friend following close behind him, looking at him with concerned eyes.
They walked into the classroom. Usually everyone would turn their direction towards the two boys as they banged the door open. However, this time no one paid attention to them. They all huddled in a circle around the front bench.
Slightly confused of the situation the two boys slowly made their way to the big circle enveloped around a certain person…Imai Hotaru.
"Wah…Hotaru, she's so pretty!"
"Not fair!"
"Girls, are you jealous?"
"I would kill to look like her!"
"I would kill to go out with her!"
"Is this the friend you always mention?"
"So this is your best friend?"
"Hey, does she have a boyfriend?"
"Can you send a love letter to her for me?"
Ah…they get it now, they were huddled around a picture that Hotaru received.
At breakfast they saw Imai Hotaru receiving a letter from the robot. Although she is often emotionless, they saw the glint of happiness in her eyes when she looked at the name of the person who had sent her this letter.
When she opened it in class a picture dropped out and one of her classmate picked it up and when she saw the picture and shrieked others gathered around her thus…the situation now.
"Have you guys finished getting your idiot germs all over it yet?" she said, she was rather annoyed. She then started shooting all those people with her infamous Baka gun and everyone flew to different direction of the room. The only two that did not get hurt started sweat dropping, "she sure is evil."
Natsume pulled his hands out from his pockets and started bending down slowly to pick the picture from the floor. The person who was holding it dropped it when he got shot. I wonder what's all the fuss about. He thought as he slowly turned over the picture with Ruka peeking over his shoulder to catch a glimpse. Ruka let out a gasp whilst Natsume's eyes widened.
The picture showed an extremely stunning girl with long brown hair down to her waist. She was sitting under a tree, her legs stretched out and her back leaned against the tree, her eyes had an essence of distance in them as she looked at the few clouds in the clear sky, she looked so serene, she had a sense of faraway beauty about her, she seemed to differ from others. Not only was she stunning, she also seemed to be awfully familiar to Natsume…THAT girl.
Natsume looked at Hotaru straight in the eyes, his expression showed interest and was absolutely serious.
"Who is she?"
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School is so boring. Mikan thought as she yawned. She looked out of the window; I wonder what Hotaru is doing right now.She hasn't replied to my letter, I wonder if she has received it?
Sakura Mikan, a student 14 years of age and is soon turning into 15. She's a perfect role model for fellow classmates and juniors. Athletic, intelligent (although she doesn't seem to act like it), sociable and has lots of friends, favored by most teachers, extremely popular due to her beauty and great personality, which also earned her lots of admirers, a fact that most girls are jealous about but she remained absolutely oblivious.
Her mind started drifting off until she fell asleep. When she woke up she realized she was late for her part-time job.
2 years ago, when her grandpa died due to old age she felt emptier than ever. Her best friend left her when she was 10 years old. All the people she cared about had left her, her parents died when she as still little.
She decided to dwell in school and work to fight the loneliness, even though she could easily depend on the money she got from her grandpa's will if she spent it wisely. However, she still decided to apply for a part time job. It allowed her to spend more extravagantly from time to time. It allowed her to forget about her loneliness, to try to fill the hole they left her with their sudden departure. The truth is, ever since the two most important people in her life left her she decided to lock her true emotions deep within her. She didn't want people to see her looking sad so she covered it up by being ultra-cheerful which can often be mistaken as being hyperactive. Her real emotions were bottled up.
She started making her usual way back to her house, it was isolated from the rest of the houses in the village. She stopped in her tracks when she looked at the people staring at her and making their way towards her.
Flashback
She cancelled the thunderbolt heading towards the unknown boy, also known as "Natsu"
"Little girl, stay out of this."
"Who are you?"
"Don't butt in our business! Go away and I'll spare your life."
"That I can't do. It's against my morals."
"Then you shall die because of your stupid morals, idiotic girl."
The man looked at her, she cancelled his Alice and she seemed confident that she'll win.
"Fine, you'll pay for this."
"Whatever." She gave a slight smirk as she turned around.
End of Flashback
"Ah…so you kept to your promise. And I see you have brought quite a few people with you. Are you THAT scared of me?"
The man couldn't stand her provoking and they all charged at her.
Within the gaps of a few minutes she looked down at the heap of men on the floor.
"Baka. Can't even beat a girl half your age, and to think that you have even bought others with you." She said mockingly at the unconscious bunch of men. She picked up her abandoned shopping bags and made her way back to her house. I guess I dug myself a hole, better alert my senses.
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The class started slowly standing up and dusting their uniform after the received the impact from Hotaru's Baka Gun, which was once quoted by her that she made it especially for her idiotic best friend.
"Wow…even Natsume is interested in this girl!"
"How unusual!"
"I'm so jealous of her."
"I, as the president of the Natsume and Ruka fan club will not let this girl get into the lives of my beloveds."
"Sumire, is pretty obvious that you can't compete with her."
"Shut up Koko!" (Authoress: Sumire, DON'T YOU DARE TELL 'MY' KOKO TO SHUT UP!)
Ruka shot a curious glance at Natsume whilst Hotaru looked slightly amused, this is THE Natsume who is never interested in ANY girls and to think that he is interested in her best friend who he has never seen before…she smirked.
"Why do you care, Hyuuga?"
"Don't ask. Just answer."
"Why should I?" She answered his glare with her own glare. His appeal obviously doesn't work against this girl; she's too different from the rest of the girls who would have run a mile by now.
"Fine. I'll give you 500 rabbits."
"Deal." She smirked even more; after all, she just made the famous Hyuuga Natsume give in to her.
"She's my best friend since we were 6 years old."
"Her name?"
"Sakura Mikan."
And he seemed to be deep in thought after that.
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The next day…
"Sorry class. I have an errand to run so I will disappear for a day or two."
"What you doing?" asked a curious student.
"A s-e-c-r-e-t."
"Adieu, I leave the rest up to you." Narumi said as he smiled at the pitiful substitute teacher, crying on the floor but no one cared.
Anna and Nonoko instantly flocked to Koko.
"Where is he going?" Anna asked the grinning Koko.
"Seems like we are going to have a new transfer student…he's gone to pick that person up."
Everyone gasped.
"I heard that whoever it is has a powerful Alice."
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"I'm so excited to see her." Narumi exclaimed happily as he stretched his arms and breathed in the fresh air of the countryside.
"It might not be so easy you know. She might not want to come." Misaki answered.
"Why are you here?" Narumi was puzzled. "Where's Noda-sensei. He should be here because she will be in the Special Abilities class."
"Because he's gone to another time travel and the school is scared that you will do something dodgy to her." Misaki said as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why would I want to do that?" Narumi grinned, slightly evilly.
"Whatever." Misaki looked away, uncomfortable with Narumi's expression. "Anyway, we are here now." He said as they stopped in front of a small school.
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Can the lesson be anymore dull? She thought as she yawned for what seemed to be the umpteenth time; she was starting to get on the teacher's nerve.
However, she was saved from a scolding when the door slid open to show a middle-aged teacher.
"Ms Sakura, you are wanted in the faculty room."
"Hai." She slowly made her way out of the room as people stared at her, wondering what this could be about.
I wonder what this is about. Somehow, I have a bad feeling. My eye's been twitching since this morning.
"Ah, Mikan-chan," the headmaster smiled as she saw the girl making her way through the room. She bowed respectfully at the headmaster and greeted him, "Ohayo, Headmaster."
"Do you mind if we speak to her privately?" She heard a foreign voice and she turned to see who it was. She saw two strangers in front of her, one with long blonde hair and another one with cropped black hair, they looked like they were in their twenties. Somehow…she felt this is heading towards a bad direction. Maybe that's the bad omen I have been feeling.
Still…I have to be polite towards them.
She bowed towards them and said, "Ohayo."
Both of them bowed slightly in return, "Ohayo, Sakura-san." Huh…he knows my name. She felt confused when she looked at the smiling face of the blonde man.
"Take a seat. We would like to talk to you so make yourself comfortable."
She obliged and felt tense; she didn't like the way this is heading.
"We are representatives of Gakuen Alice."
She was right because this was the bad omen she has been feeling.
"We would like you to join us." The black-haired man cut off.
"You have a rare Alice and it will be best if you come with us. You need to be protected."
Mikan stood up, "I'm sorry, I don't know what you are talking about and I don't even know what an Alice is, let alone having one."
"Sakura Mikan." She felt tense when they said her full name.
"We know that you are fully aware of your own Alice and the power it can bring, and you know fine well that many people will be after you."
"In fact, that's the reason why we are here. We have found out that the Anti-Alice is after you and it seemed like you have fought them off when they tried to get you. They found out your Alice when you used your powers against them, no? We know that you know."
"Sorry but I refuse. I do not know what you are on about and I do not wish to know either. Thank you for taking your time with me." She turned to leave.
"Wait!"
"I think it is for your best interest that someone like me does not enter this school." She bowed and headed out of the school.
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She keeps thinking about what just happened as she walked back home to seek refuge. She promised that she will never step foot inside the Gakuen Alice, it was a promise she kept for the sake of her dead parents, they told her that she must never ever set foot inside the school. Even though she knew that it was a bad omen she still felt as if the danger is not yet over. It would be disastrous if the school knows my powers.
She stopped in her tracks when she realized that a large group of men circled around her. She was about to fight them when someone whipped them. Seems like the two men have been following her since she walked out of school.
"Narumi, you stole my whip beans again!"
"Hehe…gomen."
She took the chance to run away to the forest and caught her breath in a secluded spot but when she heard an evil laugh she looked around her. Oh no!
Maybe she ran away from the Anti-Alice but this is scarier. This part of the forest is infamous for the bad people that dwell in it. She wanted to run but her feet seemed to have rooted itself to the earth below her feet.
"Hey, you are pretty for a little girl." A man said whilst smirking and the rest of his gang started grinning evilly. She started stepping back in fear. There's so much she could do to defend herself but it seems like she's too scared to do anything. She tripped over on a rock and fell backwards, hitting the back of her head.
"Please…don't." She whispered.
The man smirked wider and he pinned her to the ground while 10 or more men started crowding around her. When she finally found her voice she screamed from the bottom of her lungs.
No matter how much she struggled she couldn't get out of the man's hold. She wanted to use her powers but they failed her when she needed it. She looked at the man grinning as his hand tried to make its way up her top, she bit her lip because she knew there's nothing she could do.
"Get away from her!" A man shouted.
The whole group turned around and they saw a blonde man, he looked furious. He used his whip and they all scattered off. When he made sure that they were gone he looked pityingly at the girl.
"Are you okay?" She looked at him, stunned but then something clicked. What's the point of living? No one's there for her anymore. They all left her. She can't even take care and protect herself. No one would know if she's gone, even if they did no one would even care, and she definitely did not want to go to Gakuen Alice.
She stood up and ran at top speed back to her house, the man could not catch up with her but he knew where she's heading.
She banged the front door open and ran straight to the kitchen. After rummaging through all the drawers she finally found what she wanted. A knife never looked so appealing to her.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes; she placed the blade on her wrist and started pressing it harder against the skin. I guess it's the best choice.
"NO!" She jumped in surprise out the sudden outburst of the noise and dropped the offending knife. She turned around to see that the two men have finally caught up with her. The blonde haired man ran up to her and hugged her whilst the other one just stared out her, pleadingly.
"Don't. There are better solutions." She looked into his eyes and she suddenly let go of her emotions and started bawling and crying at his chest as she hugged him closer.
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The following day…
A teenage girl who had a slight scruffy look looked at the two men. She had put her hair down even though she usually tie it up into two high pigtails, her hair was slightly fuzzy, her clothes were crumpled, she had an odd bruise here and there and her eyes were tinged red but it didn't make her beauty faze at all. "Do you mind if I just take care of some business."
They smiled and nodded. They took her luggage into the limo and followed her. First she went to her school to bid her farewells. Her classmate looked sad to see her go and they promised that they would write to her.
She used the money that Gakeun Alice gave her so that her grandpa's grave would be attended regularly. She gave some money to Hotaru's parents to help her take care of her house and she gave some to fund her old school.
Her last stop was the resting place of an important family member.
"Ji-chan, take care while I'm not here. Wish me luck and I hope I will see you again." She stared sadly at his grave; she seemed to act as if she will never see him again.
"I love you, forever and always, my dear Ji-chan." She smiled as a few tears slipped out.
She walked back to the limo just outside the graveyard where the two men were waiting for her.
"Ready?" Narumi smiled.
She gave a mere nod.
"You'll like your classmates." Misaki added.
She didn't respond, she has more important things on her mind.
They knew why she didn't want to go. They weren't sure of the reasons behind it but they knew that the high authorities are interested in her as well as the Anti-Alice. That's why they wasted no time in getting her before the Anti-Alice does. "I hope she will be fine," they both thought.
End of Chapter 1
Flame me and I'll…(aims Baka Gun). Please review!
