Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice. Tachibana Higuchi does.
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Natsume was NOT in a good mood.
He tried to follow Mikan and Tsubasa on their date. Unfortunately, his least favorite person appeared even before he could lecture Mikan on her choice of clothes which led to the idiotic fan boy stampede.
Persona.
"Creep." He muttered. Hearing a deep sigh from his best friend, he turned to his side.
"What's the matter with you today?" He asked Ruka.
"Nothing." The blonde boy answered non-chalantly.
"Yeah, right." He frowned. He knew something was up, but was too proud to ask what really happened yesterday.
"Ruka." Hotaru called for him and motioned him to come closer. Ruka stood up and went over to Hotaru's place and sat on the chair beside it.
Arrogant as he was, he didn't anyone to notice that he wanted to eavesdrop on the two, so he called for one of his pawns… Koko.
"What is it?" Koko asked when he got near.
His eyes averted to Hotaru and Ruka, and instantly Koko knew what to do. He relayed everything Ruka reported to Hotaru, not leaving out even a single detail. He knew better than to keep a secret to the fire wielder.
Just then, Mikan entered the room, greeting everyone as loud and as cheerful as she always does. "Ohayou, minna-san!"
"Ne, Ohayou!"
The ground trembled, and on the door appeared a crowd of boys with all sorts of gifts and flowers.
"MIKAN!!!" They all shouted. Each one trying to get in and ahead of the others, but all of them blocking the door. Some where able to go through and they crowded around Mikan. Her friends tried to help, but there were just too many of them.
"Please go. Our professor will be showing up any minute, and it'll be a lot of trouble if they see us like this." Yuu pleaded, but in vain. No one was listening.
"Idiotic fan boys." Natsume murmured under his breath. He stood up and shouted.
"Leave." he conjured a fire ball above his palm. Everyone's attention turned to him. "Or burn and die."
They made horror-stricken facial expressions and ran for dear life. Almost instantly, every fan boy was gone in a flash.
"Now that was fast." Koko practically rolled on the floor laughing.
"Thanks. I thought I was going to die." She heaved a breath.
"Don't you be getting any ideas. Who said I did that for you?" Natsume said sarcastically. He sat down and placed his manga in front of him.
Partly true.
"That's rude. I was thanking you." Mikan pouted. "Maybe you should've left me alone."
"Yeah. Maybe I should have."
"Why is it that you're like that? If I didn't know better I'd say you were jealous." She made a face.
"What makes you think I'll be jealous? For a baka like you? You don't even have anything I'm interested in, polka-dots."
"Oh yeah?" Mikan was starting to get annoyed. "Then why do you keep on peeping at me PERVERT?" she stressed the last word.
"I didn't peep. You showed me all those stuff, patterned-panties."
"I didn't show them to you! It was circumstances! And you took the liberty of looking!"
"You're fault, not mine.You're a real idiot you know that?"
"And you're a jerk you know that?" Mikan shot back.
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Mikan was on her way to the Special Abilities Class when she saw Natsume on the end of the hallway. She purposely passed him ignoring his presence, when he called her.
"Mikan." He said.
She was surprised. So he was waiting for me?
"How did you know my name?" She mockingly asked.
"I don't have time to beat around the bush." His face was serious.
He moved closer. Mikan took a step back, until she found that she was pinned to the wall. Natsume placed his arms on the wall, just beside her head.
His face moved nearer, inches away from hers. He was examining her, until his eyes looked straight unto hers.
"What do you think you're doing? Pervert!" she tried to avoid his gaze, but to no avail.
She was being absorbed by his crimson orbs, drowning in their depths. She was beginning to feel uneasy.
Eerie silence enveloped them, until he broke the ice.
"Remember this." She flinched as he spoke. His voice was cold and calm. "I don't want you too near that shadow freak. Or to those good-for-nothing, pathetic fan boys of yours, got it?"
Mikan was surprised. She tried to suppress a gasp that escaped her lips, to no avail.
He was puzzled with her reaction.
"You have a crush on Tsubasa-sempai?!" she blurted out.
"What the fuck are you saying?" he said.
"OMG!" she gasped again.
"You think I'm gay? How stupid can you get, polka-idiot?!" he practically shouted every word at her face.
"Geez. I was just kidding. No need to get all hyped up." She rubbed her ears. "Why can't you just tell me the reason anyway? Why do you hate him this much?" she asked.
Her stupidity was really getting on his nerves. "Can't you make that pea-sized brain of yours to work? Or are you really a damned air-head?" his voice sizzled of irritation.
"Fine! If we can't even have a decent conversation of you acting this weird without you harassing me or something, then LET ME GO!!!"
Tsubasa suddenly appeared on the hallway.
"Konnichiwa, Mikan." He smiled at her. "Something wrong?" he asked as he was near.
"Sempai!" Mikan detached herself from Natsume's caging arms, ran to Tsubasa's side and hid behind him "Natsume's harassing me!" She pouted.
"Oh yeah? My my, the famous Hyuuga Natsume harassing a girl? Tsk tsk." Tsubasa said in a mocking tone.
"Shut up Andou." Natsume glared at him.
"Haha. That's ok Mikan," He said as he turned to her. I won't let anyone harass you." He snaked his arm around her shoulder.
Natsume's brow twitched. He gave Tsubasa a death glare. Get your hand off her, Andou. He mentally said.
Tsubasa seemed to have caught the message in his eyes, but proceeded to tease him.
"Good thing you passed by, or this pervert would have done something nasty again." Mikan shot Natsume a sideways glance.
"Well, I was looking for you." Tsubasa told her. "Let's go together, shall we?"
"Sure!" She cheerfully walked side by side with him as they made their way to Special Abilities Class.
Tsubasa turned to look behind them, and pulled Mikan closer. He saw Natsume's eyes narrow in anger and jealousy.
Damn you, shadow freak. He said to himself. He clenched his fists tight and turned around, walking towards the Dangerous Ability Class. When he looked up, he saw a similar figure at the end of the hallway.
Persona was waiting for him, a malicious smile plastered on his face.
"I smell the rotting scent of jealousy." Persona greeted him.
"Butt out of my business." Natsume gave Persona a death glare.
"As you wish." He imitated a bowing servant, meant to mock the lad in front of him. "And speaking of business…" he stood and regained his former posture. "You are to escort someone tonight."
"What, a school official on his way to visit this damned place again?" Natsume said.
"No, but a new student." Persona replied.
"Hm. Sounds like a special one. And what's so special with this kid anyway?" he was curious.
"Maybe you'll have to find out for yourself." Persona smirked, or rather smiled, his eyes glittering with malice.
Meanwhile, Mikan and Tsubasa were met by Ruka on the other side.
"Konnichiwa, Ruka-pyon." Mikan greeted him.
"Ko-konnichiwa." Ruka tried to greet back, his face stained with tints of red.
"Something wrong?" Mika worriedly asked.
"Um… Ano…. I… uh… I…" he tried to gather the courage to say the words. I have to say this!
"What is it?" She was still worried.
"Spit it out, kid." Tsubasa was getting impatient. Why couldn't I be alone with Mikan without these kids buzzing around? He thought to himself.
"Ano- I… Could… Could you… Please, come with me to Central Town later?" There, he was able to say it amidst all the stuttering. His face shone like a bright red tomato.
Wow, this kid sure got his guts together this time.. He remembered Mikan's first Alice Festival, when Ruka couldn't even utter a single word when she asked him how she looked.
"Sure." Mikan smiled.
"Whoa… Thanks!" Ruka was relieved. His smile evidently showed his happiness.
Now that was something he really looked forward to.