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disclaimer: I shall never, I repeat, never own such a cute and amazing manga/anime such as Gakuen Alice.

Let It Rain

(A Gakuen Alice Fanfiction)

CHAPTER 4: Questions to Answer

It was a dark day. The sun was hidden behind by a mass of thick black clouds. Down town Tokyo has never looked that dull before. Yet the swarm colorful lights don't seem to help at all. In fact, they even made it duller.

Why is it like that you ask me?

I don't know.

Maybe that man standing inside that huge building there knows.

He seems to be in deep thought. He lifelessly stares at the view below, scanning the whole area with just a look from here to there. His thin lips were curved into a frown and he seems aged.

He was still thinking. Until the sound of a creaking door snapped him back into reality. He looks behind him and sees a man dressed in white. His frown deepens but nevertheless, bows to him. Showing his respect.

"Sensei… How is it?" he nervously asked.

"I'm afraid it is not good. Her situation isn't improving. I doubt there will be any at all. But in any case, she is fine."

"I see." Replied the man while he sighed.

The doctor took his leave. The man sat down on his chair and buried his face under his hands. His thoughts were again interrupted when he saw a small shadow looming on the slightly opened door.

His features hardened and his eyes turned to a darker shade.

"What are you doing here?" he asked sternly, frightening the small being that cast the shadow.

"Natsume!!"

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Natsume Hyuuga opened his eyes. He was sweating hard. He wiped the sweat off his face and thought, 'Another nightmare...' he sighed, 'This is getting too frequent.' He shuffled his already messy raven hair, and got off his bed. He decided to take a quick shower to calm his nerves down.

After he got out of the shower room, his cell phone started to vibrate. He was still drying his hair with a towel when he picked it up to see who was calling at that early hour.

[ CELL PHONE SCREEN: CALLING

"tch. How troublesome."

He clicked the answer button and greeted the caller with a, "What do you want?"

"Hyuuga. It's me, Imai."

"I figured. Repeating my question earlier, what.do.you.want?"

"Isn't someone grumpier than usual. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed?"

"Shut up. Now tell me before I hang up on you."

"Don't you dare or your pictures kissing Mikan will go on every possible corner of the University."

"…"

"That's more like it. We need to talk. Later. And privately. That's all. Bye."

She hung up.

"tch. Like I said, troublesome." Then it hit him, "How the heck did she get my number?!"

But it was too late to ask or wonder. He dare not call the Ice Queen. Who knows what she's still hiding under her sleeves.

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It's another day in the National Alice University. The grounds are full of serene and tranquil vibes. Despite the many students who are currently worrying about their homework, projects, pop quizzes, exams and grades. Order could be seen all around the campus. After all, only the so-called geniuses and prodigies are able to enter this particular university.

Everything was just so normal around the campus.

In fact, it was boring. Very boring.

"OH HYUUGA YOU ARE SOOO GONNA PAY!!!"

Maybe not.

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Mikan Sakura has just stomped her way out of the library, again. Ever since Natsume arrived, the students would always hear Mikan's screams of either cursing or swearing in one time or another.

She continued to angrily walked the corridors until she came across Umenomiya Anna and Osagawara Nonoko. "MIKAN-CHAN!!" they both called.

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Meanwhile, in the library,

Natsume was pleased. He just finished teasing his favorite pet. Now his day was half-completed. He smirked and opened the book he was reading just before he saw the brunette.

"KYAA!!" screamed some annoying fan girls.

Natsume ignored the annoyingly loud fan girls and continued reading.

"Natsume-sama!!! We LOVE you!!!" they continued.

"Shut up ugly hags." he glared. But instead of the fan girls dispersing, they piled up even more in front of him. 'Darn it. These fan girls are too noisy and too revering. Tch. Where's the evil librarian when you need her?' he looked up and sweat dropped at what he saw. The librarian was among the crazy fan girls and was holding up a banner expressing her undying love for him. By that time he just had enough. He closed the book he was reading, stood up and left the library. While he was walking in the hallway his best friend called out to him, "Hey Natsume! Having a bad day?"

"tch. Ruka, where have you been?"

"Uh, I just arrived! Setting that aside, is it your fan club again?" he asked

"hn"

"I'll… take that as a yes." He paused for a while but suddenly thought of something, "Why don't you just give them what they want?" teased the blonde.

"And have myself torn into pieces? Tch. Shut it before I give them your baby pictures Ruka." threatened Natsume.

The blonde just sweat dropped. 'Since when did Natsume learn how to blackmail?'

"That Imai girl is really something." his best friend said out of the blue. Ruka was confused until Natsume raised the book he's been reading and threw it nonchalantly at his best friend who caught it perfectly.

"What's this? 'Blackmailing 101 written by Imai Hotaru'?!" he exclaimed.

"hn. The idiot was right after all. This will be very interesting." He smirked as he looked at his heavily sweating best friend.

Then…

His phone rang.

[ CELL PHONE SCREEN: IMAI HOTARU CALLING

"Imai how the heck did you get my number?" was his greeting this time.

He heard her smirk on the other line, "I have my sources Hyuuga. Like I said this morning. I need to talk to you, right now. And by the way, you should really know how to properly answer the phone."

"tch."

"You better come right now. If you don't. I'm sure eBay will gladly put this crispy picture up for auction."

"I have no time for these things Imai." He said, trying to sound unaffected while he blushed at the same time.

"Meet me at the newsroom. This concerns something important. So come. Or else."

"tch. Whatever." he answered before ending the call.

"Was that Imai?" asked a curious Ruka.

"Yeah. She told me you're her next blackmailing subject." He answered as he started walking away casually waving his hand to tell Ruka he's going.

"O… Oi!! Don't joke about those stuffs!!" the blonde yelled out, obviously scared out of his witts.

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"Mikan-chan is it true? It's not isn't it?" asked Nonoko as she and Anna trapped Mikan with their suffocating questions.

If Mikan were in control, she would've disappeared right then and there. She looked on the side, avoiding the inquiring girls' stares. "Mikan-chan???"

FLASHBACK

She continued to angrily walked the corridors until she came across Umenomiya Anna and Osagawara Nonoko. "MIKAN-CHAN!!" they both called.

She stopped walking and greeted them both.

"Ne Mikan-chan…" Anna started. Her voice suddenly sounded serious. Why?

"We heard about a rumor. That, you and Tsubasa-kun…"

But before they could continue someone butted in and said,

"Ara… Umenomiya-san, Osagawara-san!! You didn't know? Andou-senpai dumped Sakura-san for Harada-senpai!!"

"Sho- Shouda-san!" the two exclaimed in unison.

"The truth is that… Andou-senpai was also with Harada-senpai. He was two-timing them. So when both of them found out, they made him choose. And, well, he chose the mature and beautiful Harada-senpai over the childish Sakura-san. Face it Sakura. He never really loved you. He was just playing with you!" Sumire revealed.

The two gasped, then turned their attention to the brunette who was looking on the ground. Upon seeing that she has caused enough heartaches for this day. Sumire went on her merry way. She loved torturing Mikan emotionally. It was so much fun for her.

END OF FLASHBACK

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Natsume stood in front of the newsroom. He was still thinking if he should enter or not. Imai was someone to be careful of. He knew that. Is it Ok to trust her? But before he could think up an answer, the door opened and an emotionless voice told him, "Enter."

He still had doubts but it was too late to turn back now. He entered coolly and stood behind a large chair. The newsroom was dark, only one of the lights were open. It gave off a slight eerie aura that made him think.

Brushing off all other weird and eerie thoughts coming to him, he asked with the same amount of emotion in his voice as hers, (A/N: in other words, he also had an emotionless tone.) "What do you want Imai?"

The large chair swiveled to face him.

"Hyuuga. Are you… serious with Mikan?"

"…"

"I repeat. Are you serious with her?"

"I"

He paused and looked straight into her amethyst eyes before he continued his answer.

xx End Of Chapter xx

yamishun: So sorry guys!!! I'm having troubles thinking up what's next!! Waa!! Writer's block!!! Please give me some suggestions or ideas!! I don't want this to be in hiatus!! But, even so, please read and review! Your reviews gives my brain a boost when thinking!