A/N: OK! I AM SO sorry! But high school's really taking its toll on me! So much homework, so much tests, plus I have chores, work, tennis and argh! So, I apologize for taking so long with this update!
***IMPORTANT***: ACTIONS DURING SPEECH(ex: sigh, grumble, groan) (it's important that you do these actions when reading it or imagine the characters doing it instead of saying the actual words) will now be BOLDED, THOUGHTS will be ITALICIZED, EMPHASIS ON WORDS will be UNDERLINED, and SONGS will be BOLDED+ITALICIZED. Also, all telepathic conversations/phone calls will always be Third Person Omniscent for Point of View.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Gakuen Alice, I only own this plot, and Kotoko, Naoki, Blaine, and Kurt.
Previously on Who Are You:
I looked around and saw a figure by my window. I jumped up off my bed, into fighting stance. "Who's there?!" I yelled at the figure. But all it did was tap on the window. Slowly I went up to it, my heart rate going up each step. I open the window and…
Now:
A big hug engulfed me. A familiar scent hit my nose and I instantly knew who it was. But, as much as I wanted to just melt in his embrace, I knew I couldn't; no, I wouldn't. I stepped away from him and asked, "Sigh, what do you want, Natsume?"
"I want you to listen to me, give me the chance to explain myself."
"Na-"
"Please" he said to me with pleading eyes.
"Fine." I said after a while of glaring at him. I walked to my bed and sat; he followed along.
"Mikan, I want to apologize. I had no right to say what I said and I stepped out of line." He looked at me and I nodded telling him to keep going.
"It's just, with all these friends coming back and all this talking about the past has really made me feel left out. Then I find out you've been keeping all these secrets from me? It makes me feel so betrayed! It's like; you don't trust me or something! I just don't understand! You are my girlfriend. We are together in what was supposed to be an honest relationship. And on top of that, you won't even explain yourself to me. I told you all my secrets, why can't you tell me yours? What? Am I not trustworthy enough for you? Am I that bad of as boyfriend that you can't even tell me about your past?"
"It's not that Natsume-"
"Then what? Do you have some other asshole fucking you and listening to all your dirty secrets?"
"Natsume!" I exclaimed in disbelief.
"Sorry…" he said recognizing his temper.
"How could you even say that?!" I said with tears brimming my eyes.
"You know me…I'm defensive. I insult people and get angry when I feel vulnerable…" he said looking into my eyes.
"That still doesn't give you a reason to call me a cheating slut!" I snapped as a looked away.
"Mikan," said Natsume as he put his fingers under my chin and made me look at him, "Mikan look at me." I looked up at him glaring.
"I love you. You know that. I would never tell anyone anyof your secrets. Not if they beg me, not if torture me, not even if they killme. You can trust me. Now, if you don't want to tell me what happened, that's fine. I'll work hard until I can gain your trust. But I deserve at least an explanation of everything that's happened so far…" he said saying the last part quietly.
"Natsume, it's not that I don't trust you." I said guiltily. "It's just…I'm not ready to tell you the horrors of my past. But I am going to tell you about my friends and how I met them." I said grinning. Natsume brightened up and a light smile lit up his features.
I crawled under the blanket and laid down. Natsume did the same and we snuggled. "Okay, so, as a child, I grew up in a horrific institution. Life was horrible there but, a group of kids made it easier to bear. Some of them you know, some of them you don't. I'm only going to explain to you the ones you know because it hurts less; also, it would be less confusing. So, the first ones are Naoki and Kotoko.
Naoki and Kotoko are brother and sister, very close. And they're like brother and sister to me." I heard Natsume sigh with relief there and I rolled my eyes. "Naoki, as you know, has the Super Smart alice and the item appear alice. Kotoko has the animating alice and the weather alice. They are both the sweetest people you'll meet, both very shy but very lovely to be with. Naoki is a little braver than Kotoko, seeing as he is older and is the guy.
Kurt and Blaine though, are a whole 'nother story! You see, Kurt and Blaine are lovers but are totalopposites. Kurt is this outrageously amazing kid. He's bold, fearless and sassy. He has the poison alice. He can secrete different kinds of poison from any part of his body and as long as it comes into contact with you, you're dead. It eats through anything and can kill you in a second. He can also conjure it up in different forms; gasses, food, items, anything. He can control any kind of poison and heal you from it too. He also has Artist's alice. He can draw a beautiful and very detailed picture of anything and make them come to life. He can trap people, things, anything into paper. Whatever he draws, he can control if it's colored or not, 3d, 2d anything. He is the most loyal and trust worthy friend I have ever met. Once you get close to him, he's like a lioness protecting her cubs. I love him to death and I would sacrifice my life for him.
Blain is this amazingly sweet guy. He's calm, cool, and collected. But when it comes to protecting his friends, he's harder to break than a Spetsnaz soldier. He has the Portal Opener alice. This enables him to open portals a certain place to another or a billion other. He also has the Story Telling alice. It's when you write a certain detail about your life and it comes true. For example, if I were poor, I could write 'Suddenly, an unlimited credit card popped into Mikan's hand!' and it would come true. It's not hard to befriend Blaine because he has such a good heart. But, be careful not to mistreat him because there will be dire consequences; from him and our family." I said solemnly.
'Wow..." said Natsume, "seems like you really love your 'family'"
"Yep!" I say, "they were the ones who got my through that nightmarish facility and out."
We fell into comfortable silence after that and I almost fell into deep sleep when I realized something.
"Natsume?" I whispered.
"Hmm?" he said sleepily.
"Will you promise to stay this sweet when we wake up? You know, not sarcastic and teasing Natsume like you usually are?" I asked hopefully.
"Go to sleep, Polka." He said cuddling up to me. I huffed knowing it was a lost cause to ask, but I had to try. I fell asleep later and had a rare good night's sleep that night.
The next morning I woke up expecting a warm body next to mine. I rolled over thinking I would be hugged by my boyfriend but the next thing I know, I was hugging the floor. Groaning, I got up confused about where Natsume was. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 6:00 a.m. School starts at 9:00 a.m. so I have 3 hours to have breakfast with my friends. I go to the bathroom and have a quick shower. Then, I went to my vanity table to straighten my hair. I put on some foundation, light blush, lightly applied pink eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, and pink lip gloss. I put on my school uniform and grabbed my purse. I was all ready to go. I telepathically called my friends.
"Hey guys, wanna go grab breakfast?" (Mikan)
"Sure, where?" (Naoki)
"Ok!" (Kotoko)
"Sure, Mikan." (Blaine)
"Totally, I heard of this new breakfast place called "The Pancake House". It just opened and I heard it was fan-flamin'-tastic! (Kurt)
"Well okay then! I've been itchin' for a pancake for weeks anyway. D'you guys mind if I invite some of my friends?"
"Sure!" (Naoki)
"That'd be nice!" (Kotoko)
"Yeah. We can all get to know each other and finally get out of our little group in the classroom!" (Blaine)
"Ohh! Maybe I can find good gossip from them since Mikan's being VERY secretive…especially since I've found out about your new beau…" (Kurt)
"Great, at around 7:00 am let's meet, k? (Mikan)
"K" (everyone)
I contact all of my other friends through phone. I call the first four:
"Ohayo~! Do you guys want to go have breakfast with my new… well… I guess… old friends at the Pancake Hut?"
"Whatever" (Natsume)
"What time?"(Hotaru)
"7:00 am"
"Umm…s-sure…" (Ruka)
"As long as I can get to know that cute boy Naoki…" (Sumire)
"Sweat-drops. Whatever permy, just don't scare him…" (Mikan)
"What did you say to me?! You're one to talk with your creepy vam-" (Sumire enraged)
"Shut up, Permy." (Natsume)
"You forgave the idiot?" (Hotaru monotonely)
"Well…he sort of came over and-" (Mikan blushing slightly)
"You guys did it?!" (Permy)
"No! We-" (Mikan furiously)
"Might as well have" (Natsume smirking)
"NATSUME NO HENTAIIIII! (NATSUME YOU PERVEEERT!)" (Mikan)
"Stop screaming Polka, you did enough of did last night." (Natsume still smirking)
"AHHHHHH!" (Mikan)
"Ano…Sakura-san…did you actually…with Natsume? (Ruka blushing whispered)
"NO! NO WE DIDN'T RUKA! WAHH! HOTARU HE'S BULLYING MEEEE!" (Mikan in tears)
"Whatever" (Hotaru)
"I'm going to get ready then..." (Natsume)
"I'm going off too…y'know…to get sexy for my future beau…"
"Permy I swea-"
"beep…" (Permy's line cut off)
"sigh…" (Mikan)
"I'll go get ready too… Sakura-san…" (Ruka)
"Ruka-pyon! I told you to call me Mikan! Remember?" (Mikan)
"Umm…sorry…Sa-..ah! I mean…M-Mikan" (Ruka blushing)
"Okay! Bye Ruka-pyon!" (Mikan)
"Bye…beep" (Ruka's line cut off)
"Well…I guess it's just yiu and me now, Hotaru!" (Mikan)
"beep…" (Hotaru's line cut off)
"Hotaru?" (Mikan)
*silence*
"Aww…oh well! Time to call the next batch:
"Ohayo~! Do you guys want to go have breakfast with my new/old friends at the Pancake Hut? Natsu, Hotaru, Ruka-pyon, and Permy's coming with…"
"Of course Mikan'chan!" (Anna and Nonoko)
"K" (Kitsuneme)
"Sure" (Yuu)
"Can Mochi come?" (Koko)
"Oops! I forgot Mochi hahaha!" (Mikan)
"Idiot…" (Kitsuneme)
"Baka…" (Koko)
"We're meeting there at 7:00 am" (Mikan)
"K… beep" (Everyone)
Last round:
"Ohayo~! Do you guys want to go have breakfast with my new/old friends at the Pancake Hut? Natsu, Hotaru, Ruka-pyon, Permy, Anna, Nonoko, Yuu, Kitsuneme, Mochi, and Koko are coming with…"
"Anything for my Kouhai!" (Tsubasa)
"Sure, Mikan!" (Misaki)
"Umm…o-okay" (Nobara)
"Of course my sweet little angel!" (Tono)
"Knock it off you pervert…" (Tsubasa)
"What? She is a sweet little angel!" (Tono)
"Quit acting like Narumi-hentai!" (Tsubasa)
"Shuddup!" (Tono)
"Umm…can…c-can Persona come too?" (Nobara)
"Sure!" (Mikan)
"Are you sure about this, Mikan?" (Tono)
"Yeah… even if he's nicer he still has bad blood with a lot of people…namely your boyfriend…" (Tsubasa)
"Well… I…" (Mikan)
"Never mind…I don't think he would have come anyway…" (Nobara)
"Nobara-chan…" (Mikan)
"It's okay! Really Mikan-chan…" (Nobara)
"You sure?" (Mikan)
"Umm…I don't think I'm coming anymore…" (Nobara)
"Nobara-chan…please don't be angry…" (Mikan)
"I'm not angry Mikan-chan…I just don't like him being alone. I don't want to cause trouble anyway…" (Nobara)
"Nobara…" (Mikan)
"Really Mikan-chan…it's okay…" (Nobara)
"Well…if you're sure…" (Mikan)
"Yes…sorry Mikan-chan…have a good breakfast…beep" (Nobara's line cut off)
"sigh…" (Mikan)
"I'm sorry Mikan…I didn't try to push her into a corner…" (Tsubasa)
"Me too Mikan-chan…I'm sorry…" (Tono)
"You guys have no reason to apologize…in fact; I should be the one to say sorry. I didn't think of what would have happened if I let Persona join us. I was only thinking of Nobara's presence at the breakfast for my happiness…I was being selfish. On top of all that. If I actually would have thought about the consequences of Persona's presence, I wouldn't have gotten Nobara's hopes up, you wouldn't have to point out Persona's faults, and she wouldn't think badly of you guys…" (Mikan)
"Don't think like that Mikan! We were at fault here not you! (Tono)
"Yeah! If we wouldn't have open our big mouths-" (Tsubasa)
"We would have had to suffer the consequences later and Persone would be embarrassed in person." (Mikan)
"You're right" (Tsubasa)
"So now that we got all that sorteded out, let's get ready!" (Misaki)
"Okay! Bye guys! Beep…" (Mikan turns off call)
By the time I finished the phone calls, it was 6:45 am. I called the Pancake Hut and made reservations for 18. I waited 5 minutes before teleporting there.
"Hello! I'm Mikan Sakura for the table of 18?" I asked the young woman.
"Oh! Right this way Ma'am!" She said perkily. Wow! Ma'am! I like this place already! I was lead to the corner booth where I sat in the middle. I reserved a seat for Natsume to my right so I can cuddle with him after breakfast. By 6:45 am my guests started to arrive. Hotaru came first; always so punctual. She sat to my left and I hugged her before getting hit with her baka gun.
"Mou! Hotaru! You're so mean!" I pouted getting back to my seat. Ruka-pyon arrived next and sat next to Hotaru.
"Ohayo Sakura-san, Imai-san" says Ruka. I look at him sternly and he looks confused before remembering. "I-I mean…Mikan…" he whispers. Kotoko and Naoki came next and sat beside Ruka; Kotoko next to Ruka.
"Ohayo mina…"Naoki and Kotoko says quietly.
"Ohayo Kotoko! Naoki!" I say cheerfully. Sumire arrives next wearing a very tight long black dress. The dress has two long slits at the sides of her body separating the front and back of the garment and is only held together with until her waist. Waist down, there is a long huge slit showing off her shining and long legs. It was clear she wasn't wearing a bra…or any underwear for that matter.
"Come on, Permy! It's only breakfast!" I screeched. By then, my face was so red, it would put an overripe tomato to shame. Hotaru had a bored expression on, Ruka and Kotoko were blushing furiously, and Noaki has fainted from loss of blood from his gushing nosebleed.
"Pfft, virgins…" Permy said while rolling her eyes and sat next to Naoki cuddling her body as close as she can to him. Kurt and Blaine came next and Kurt looked at Permy's outfit.
"Bold and eccentric…I like…Kurt Montgomery, nice to meet you." He said to Permy, sticking his hand out to shake hers. Permy stood up and examined his clothing as well. He wore dark green skin tight jeans and paired it with a military patterned blazer. He had a light blue dress shirt underneath and topped the outfit off with a signature Hippopotamus head broach.
"Sumire Shoda. I like your outfit too, new kid. But, well, I'm just gonna go right ahead and say it, are you gay?" Permy said intrigued.
"And proud," Kurt said while his hand travelled to Blaine, "this is Blaine Evans. He's my…special friend."
"Nice to meet you" said Blaine smiling, also putting his hand up for her to shake. Permy stood there looking at them to see if they were joking. When she realized they weren't, she smiled genuinely and said, "Welcome to the group. I can tell both of you and I are going to be very good friends." Kurt squealed and hugged Permy and everyone laughed. Permy, Kurt, and Blaine sat chatting; Naoki forgotten.
Yuu, Anna and Nonoko arrived wearing their school uniforms and sat to my right. "Uhh…ano…could you guys scoot over a little? I'm saving this space for Natsume…" I whispered to them so Kurt wouldn't get even more excited and start asking questions. Nonoko smiled and whispered back, "Of course,Mikan!" She turned to Anna and Yuu who were idly chit chatting and whispered to them what I was assuming what I said. The three scooted over and Nonoko joined their conversation. Yuu, Kitsuneme, Koko, and Mochi arrived next and Mochi immediately screamed "Oi! Baka! Why did Koko have to invite me, huh?! Why didn't you invite me yourself?!"
"Eto…uhh…sorry Mochi…I tried to remember all my friends and scrolled through my contacts…but I guess I missed you…" I explained stupidly.
"You missed me?! You MISSED me?! Why you otta get your eyesight chescked becau-
"Oi! Stop screaming at my poor little Kouhai. At least she's nice enough to let you come" said a familiar voice.
"Yeah! You want a piece of us?!" said a female voice.
Mochi screamed as he slowly turned, "A piece of you?! Oh I want a piece of you alright! In fact, I want the whole dam-" Mochi finally turned 180 and paled at the sight of his enemies. There standing were the legendary Tsubasa-sempai, Misaki-sempai, and Tono-sempai; looking scary as ever.
"I-I mean…of course I'll stop screaming at poor little Mikan. And, you know what? I'll go get her some ice scream to make amends! Bye!" Mochi blasted of our booth and to the waitress to go order me some ice cream.
"Arigato Tsubasa-sempai. Misaki-sempai, Tono-sempai. But, you didn't have to scare him off like that…" I said sweat dropping.
"Ehh, the little runt got what he deserved, isn't that right my little angel?" Tono-sempei said while making his way to me then stroking my face intimately. He then sat me down on his lap and put his hand on my tummy. Everyone except Hotaru blushed at his actions; especially me.
"HEY! TONO! LEAVE MY INNOCENT KOUHAI ALONE!" Tsubasa screamed trying to yank me off him.
"Oww!" I squeaked when he pulled my arm too hard.
"You're the one who's really hurting her, Tsu-baka!" Tono screamed playfully before pulling down the bottom of his right eye and sticking out his tongue.
"ARGH! YOU STUPID BASTAAAAARD!" Tsubasa screamed before Misaki hit him upside the head.
"DON'T SCREAM IN A RESTAURANT, BAKA!" Misaki scolded him.
"YOU'RE SCREAMING TOO, DUMMY!" Tsubasa screamed. Hotaru shot her baka gun at them before cooly saying,
"Both of you stop screaming; you're making my head ache." Tsubasa and Misaki sat down rubbing their sore spots and pouting.
I looked around and checked if everybody was there. Yep! All but one…Natsume…where could he be?! Suddenly, the waitress came and snapped me out of my thoughts,
"Are you all ready to order?" everyone realised that they were all too busy laughing and talking to actually look at the menu.
"Uhh…could you give us a few more minutes?" I asked her.
"Sure!" the waitress said, "can I get your drinks then?"
Everyone ordered and I ordered an iced tea and some hot coffee for Natsume.
10 minutes passed and the waitress came back and took everyone's orders. I told her I'd wait for Natsume before ordering. Natsume's coffee was getting cold so I had the waitress get a new one. Where's Natsume? I wondered worriedly. Fifteen more minutes passed and everyone was getting their food. The waitress asked me if I was ready to order yet and I told her to give Natsume just a few more minutes. Everyone was halfway through their food by now and Hotaru said, "Mikan, just order, eat and get Natsume some take out."
"No way, Hotaru. I'm going to be a good girlfriend and wait for Natsume." I said stubbornly.
"Suit yourself." Hotaru said before stuffing a hot pancake covered in butted and maple syrup into her mouth. My mouth watered and my tummy grumbled and Hotaru smirked at me.
"Hmpf!" I said and looked away. I looked at the time and saw I had only 15 minutes left before school started. Natsume…where are you?
A/N: I am a HORRIBLE person for making you wait this long! I'm SO SO SO SO SORRY! But, to make it up to you, i posted a nice LONG chapter! I hope you'll sill review…it really motivates me. That's the main reason why I updated again in the first place. Anyway, I was thinking of making it another Natsume's P.O.V. What do you think?