Random Facts from "The Queen of Randomness"

If you get stranded in the middle of an ocean you should never drink the sea water because it will make you more de-hydrated and you will die.

What you should do instead is catch a fresh fish, cut it open and drink its blood.

Don't ask why I know that!

(It might save your life one day – who knows, touch wood.) 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Chapter 4 – A Secret

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The class looked at the smiling girl in front of them.

"Sorry about before hand. I'll introduce myself again. My name is Sakura Mikan."

And her smile got broader.

This is the Mikan we knew from the picture we saw. The class all thought.

"What's her Alice and star rank, Narumi-sensei?" Sumire asked.

"She's a Special Star but I don't know Alice she has."

The class looked at Mikan curiously.

"Only the higher authorities knows – it's a classified file, all I know is that she is in the Special Abilities type."

They really want to know what Alice she has. What you don't know makes you want to know more.

"Also, it would be for your benefit to know that she's your new Honor and Top student and part of the School Committee alongside with Natsume."

"Natsume, you are going to be her partner." Narumi said and then turned his attention to Mikan, "Mikan, sit yourself next to him."

"Adieu class, today's a free lesson."

Yuu asked incredulously, "Again!"

But Narumi just ignored him flat-out. Narumi is such a lazy teacher. Yuu thought.

Mikan walked over to her seat obediently. As she placed her stationery on her desk a hand reached for her shoulder, "Eep," she screeched and literally jumped up.

Natsume raised an eyebrow at her. (She's still scared after 'the incident'.)

"Sorry…hehe." Mikan grinned nervously.

"Oi, what's your Alice?"

The class turned their attention to her, waiting for her answer.

She gave them a mysterious smile, "Secret."

Natsume's anger rose a bit. "If you don't want your future school life to be miserable then go to the Northern Forest and come back otherwise there will be dire consequences." He wanted to find out this way.

"I don't want to waste my time. I have better things to do."

Mikan wasn't at all affected by his threat. She knew fine well if she wants to she can go there and back within 15 seconds or maybe even less than thsat…now what fun would that be?

"Why don't you find out with your own strength if you want to know?" Mikan said as she stood up to leave the room.

"Or don't you know how to?" She finished as she closed the classroom door behind her.

Natsume didn't know why but instead of feeling angry he felt more…curious.

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"Koko, why don't you mind-read her and find out what Alice she has?" Anna whispered.

A whole group has gathered to plan on how to find out. They were all eyeing up the brunette who was next to Hotaru fixing her inventions, whilst she was there, reading.

"It didn't work." Koko answered after a moment or two.

The whole group looked disappointed.

To be honest, the whole class has been trying out different ideas to pry the answer out of Mikan…but none of them worked.

"Maybe she wants to keep it a secret on purpose," Yuu tried to reason and stop their attempts.

"Hotaru is her best friend, maybe she knows." Nonoko suddenly said.

The rest of the class murmured an agreement.

Yuu sweat dropped. No one listened to me.

The whole class gathered around Hotaru's desk (except for Ruka and Natsume at the back of the room who was eavesdropping the whole time.)

Hotaru merely looked up, "What is it?" She said as she continued to fix her inventions.

The group decided to push Yuu out of the group.

"Eh…you see…they were wondering if you knew what Mikan-chan's Alice is. Since well…you are her best friend."

"Yes I do but what do you want." Hotaru said blankly. Mikan noticed how hope flickered on her classmates' eyes. Mikan giggled softly…she saw this coming, Hotaru was their last resort.

In fact Hotaru was waiting for this chance to make some money out of it.

"Can you please tell us?" Anna said when she gained enough confidence.

"I'll give you a hint but you will have to pay me."

The class sweat dropped, "Ah…Okay." Anna said unsurely.

"Make a paycheck to my bank account."

More sweat drops.

"None of your Alices will work against her."

The class looked at her blankly.

"What? That's the clue you wanted now stop annoying me so I can finish the invention." Hotaru said, she was annoyed and she took out her Baka Gun and aimed it at them…they quickly moved away from her desk.

This time Natsume stepped forward in front of them with a fireball in his hand. "Spit it our now or else."

"Or else what?" Mikan raised an eyebrow at him.

"Or else you would be a roasted turkey." Hotaru said blankly.

Mikan laughed and then shot a playful glare at Hotaru, "So you are calling me a turkey now?"

"It's better than idiot."

"Well I guess so but still…"

The two girls continued their conversation as if Natsume wasn't even there. The rest of their class was fearing for their safety because their ignorance of Natsume's presence has hurt his ego.

Suddenly a fire ring is formed around the two of them, they continued bickering a little while before they realized that they were surrounded by fire and reacted, when they did notice they weren't even scared.

Mikan clicked her fingers and the fire just vanished.

"Who knew he had this violent streak within him?" Mikan said to Hotaru whilst grinning.

Hotaru just looked at Natsume, "I told you your Alice wouldn't work against her."

"Can't you just tell us what your Alice is!" Yuu said suddenly as his curiosity of Mikan peeked up.

Mikan took a look at all her classmates and they all looked at her as if begging her for the answer too.

"Geez…why is everyone so interested anyway?"

"Okay…it's nullification."

"At least one of them is anyway." Mikan muttered under her breathe.

"What did you just say?" Natsume raised an eyebrow at her.

"Nothing."

Hotaru smirked at her best friend and gave her a playful glare.

Maybe Mikan's a better liar than she thought she was.

Hotaru wasn't planning on telling her classmate the whole truth anyway.

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Her classmates accepted her presence and she made lots of friends. But then, something brought her back to some bad memories.

It was early in the morning, for once she is not late for class and she walked into the classroom to find that no one is there. She shrugged it off.

Her classmates started piling into the classroom a little while before the bell rang and she decided to take out her school books and so on.

"Oh Shoot…I forgot to bring my homework. Hotaru…I'll be back." Mikan waved to her friend. She wasn't watching where she was going so when she opened the classroom door to go out she bang into a certain boy and making him fall on top of her.

"Oi…watch where you going." Natsume growled at the person who made him fall. But when he took the chance to look at the person it shocked him.

The figure beneath him was shivering and he saw the fear in her eyes.

She pushed him off her violently, "GET OFF ME!"

Mikan then backed up against the wall and her figure started trembling. Natsume felt guilty when she started crying…but he didn't even know what he did wrong.

The class looked at Mikan. They felt sorry for her by looking at her state; they didn't even know what triggered her.

Some people who just came in thought Natsume tried to do something…indecent to her…because it looked that way so they gave Natsume a hard glare.

Hotaru sighed, closed her book and walked up to Mikan. She stroked her back, "Don't worry. Let's go to the hospital."

And they both walked out of the hospital.

It took for the rest of the class to snap out of their daze.

"What did she think she was doing? Natsume didn't even do anything wrong." Sumire snapped.

"Maybe something happened to her before she came here." Anna suggested.

Koko looked at Natsume, he was resting with his head on his hand and his elbow on the desk. He looked bored but Koko knew what he was thinking about.

"Natsume, it wasn't your fault but it wasn't really her fault either."

And then Koko turned to Sumire with a sad look and looked down, "And you shouldn't blame it on her either. She had a hard time."

Natsume looked at him, threatening him to give him an answer…he was thinking deeply about what triggered her to be like that because his conscience wouldn't stop bugging him.

Koko stuttered, not sure if it is something he should share, "This is what I read off Hotaru. Well…um…you see…before she got here…Narumi sensei….saved her when a gang…tried to….r..rape her!" He managed to say the last line with much difficulty.

"And the situation you two were in kind of reminded her of it." Koko concluded.

The room was covered in a sad aura for a while and no one had the courage to speak.

They felt their judgment has been too harsh on Mikan.

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In the Hospital…

Hotaru handed her a cup of water that Mikan thankfully took from her and drank it.

Hotaru looked at her best friend with a pair of apologetic eyes, "You know it's okay, they aren't bad people."

Mikan looked back at her guiltily, "I'm sure they are, but still…I felt scared and insecure."

When Mikan came back with Hotaru to the classroom all of her classmates rushed up to her.

"Are you okay Mikan?"

"Do you feel better?"

"Mikan, It's okay."

Mikan looked at them and said bluntly, "So you know?"

It was more like a statement.

The room was covered in silence once again.

She walked straight up to Natsume and bowed down.

"I'm really sorry, Hyuuga-san."

All of them are nice people, I'm sure they wouldn't hurt me. It was wrong of me to act like that…but it was my basic instinct.

"Whatever polka dots."

Polka dots…why do that ring a bell?

That reminds me…I'm wearing polka dots pants today!

"PERVERT!" Mikan exclaimed as she whacked Natsume at the back of his head.

The class restrained the both of them from starting a fight.

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Okay, the beginning chapters are just to build up the story and the characters' relationships.

Everything about Mikan has an explanation, including why she's treated this well in this school and why she doesn't want to come in the first place and so on. Also, what happened to her before she came helps with later story plots. And her secret isn't that easy to work out (mwahahahahaha) also there are a lot of twists (some you probably won't see it coming at all!)

The drama and so on comes later and I can assure you, from all the things that I have plotted in my mind it WILL be full of suspense but then…

This will be "in hiatus" for a while because the school term is starting and I don't think I will have the time to continue this during school time…and it probably will be quite hard to upload - I go to school abroad. I'm sorry and please understand.

Again, sorry – I will update a.s.a.p.

Daisy xxx

Please don't give up on me and this story. (Cries waterfall)

Be patient – "Patience is a Virtue".

In the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger from "The Termintor" (which I haven't actually watched – sweatdrops.)

"I'LL BE BACK!"

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