This is my 9th story and I'm so excited to write this! It will have 5 or 6 chapters, maybe even 7 just so you know. I hope you all like it! Here's The Sweet Scavenger Hunt!


Chapter 1

Will

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The young, beautiful, and kind 14 year old girl, Sakura Mikan, woke up with the unexpected alarm of her clock. She covered her ears with her pillow, but to no avail. The pillow did not block off the annoying sound. Her clock just kept ringing and ringing. The brunette sat up, stretched her arms out, and slammed the alarm clock's off button. The clock read 10:00 pm. Mikan wondered why her alarm clock was beeping. It was a Saturday which meant no school. She didn't set her alarm clock. The confused brunette than suddenly felt a cold breeze brush against her. She wandered her eyes across her bedroom until they reached the window. It was wide open. Mikan was sure she locked her window last night.

She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and then pushed herself on to the floor. Mikan sauntered towards the window and closed it. Suddenly, her eyes caught something on the windowsill. A note. How mysterious, Mikan thought. She carefully opened it and read it.

Polka Dots, you are going on a scavenger hunt today. I know you will not reject this because I know you like these childish things.

She knew it was Natsume the second she read her nickname. She continued reading.

You'll be taken to several places and to several people as well. There will be a total of 21 clues. On the back of this note, and on every other note you'll find, there's a letter.

Mikan then flipped to the other side of the note and found the letter ''W''.

When you find all of the clues you, put them together in the order you found them and they will spell something.

''Sounds easy!''

Question 1: Where is the place you can usually find me? Go there. There, you will find the second clue.

-Natsume

She thought for a moment. Suddenly a warm smile grew upon her face once she knew what the answer was. Quickly, she put on a pink tang top, a snowy white mini skirt, and a pair of flip-flops. Mikan didn't tie her hair into pigtails since she wanted to start the scavenger hunt right away. The ecstatic brunette then ran outside to go to the place where she can usually find Natsume.

Soon, Mikan was at the place. She placed her palm on the rutted bark of the tree and leaned against it to catch her breath. The eager girl ran nonstop from her bedroom all the way to the famous Sakura Tree. The sweating brunette glanced at the ground and found thousands of Sakura petals scattered on the ground. It was almost the end of spring, so this is what is supposed to happen. When after Mikan regain her energy, she circled around the tree to find the second clue. She then spotted something on one of the branches. A note. Since it was taped on a low branch, she was able to reach it. When it was in the girl's hands, she looked at the other side of the letter and it had an ''I''. She titled her head in confusion.

''So the words I got now is ''W'' and ''I''! WI?'' she said out loud. Mikan then flipped back to the other side and began to read the message.

Good job. Guess you're not so dumb after all.

''Meany, Natsume,'' she mumbled softly.

Question 2: Where is the place where we first met? Go there and you will find the third clue.

The first place we met, huh? Mikan thought. She thought for a few minutes before figuring out the answer. Mikan then clicked her heels and ran towards the front gates. As she was running, she remembered the first day she came to this academy. Natsume was trying to escape from this academy, but Narumi-sensei stopped him with Misaki-sensei's bean whip and his pheromone alice. She grinned at the image of Natsume blushing and getting high because of Narumi's alice. Sooner than expected she found herself at the gates. Mikan found a note stick to it. She took it. The young spunky girl flipped to see what was the next letter and it was ''L''. So now I have Wil? Mikan thought. She then read the third clue.

Questions 3: Where is the place you first lost to me?

Mikan repeated clue three over and over again, but she couldn't quite get the answer to this clue. She knew that she lost to him countless of time, so this one was a tricky one. In her head, she started to go back to the way beginning which was when Mikan and Natsume were in elementary school.

''Hm, well I lost to him when his team, the red team, won during the Sport's Day. But I'm sure there were more defeats before that. Oh! I lost to him when he was the first one to win at the Special Ability Class RPG during the Alice Festival. But I don't think that was the first time. Hmm…''

She walked around in circles with her fingers tapping her chin. Mikan was thinking intensely, but she just couldn't get her hand on the answer. It was on the tip of her tongue. She just knows it!

Whack!

Out of the blue, a soccer ball hit Mikan's back and she collapsed forward to the concert. She whined and moaned how painful it was to come in harsh contact with the ground. The wounded girl picked up the soccer ball and searched the area around her for someone who was likely to throw the ball at her. Suddenly, a high pitched yell filled in her ears. She twirled around and found a small girl running towards her wearing the Alice Academy's elementary school uniform. She had beige irises and her lavender curls in small pigtails. When the little girl approached her, Mikan lowered herself to her height.

''Is this your ball?'' Mikan asked sweetly.

''Mhm!'' the little schoolgirl responded with a childish, but cute smile. ''Can I have it back?''

''Sure you can! Just be careful next time. Someone could get hurt,'' Mikan said and hid the fact that she got hurt since the little girl didn't see the ball smack her.

''Kay!'' she replied and took her soccer ball from Mikan's hands. ''Thank you, Onee-chan!''

Quickly the small child gave one last smile before heading back towards her friends. Mikan grinned since it reminded her of when she was a mere child similar to that girl.

''Well, I should get back to thinking of what the answer is to clue number…ouch my back!'' Mikan whined and rubbed her back to ease the pain. ''That ball really hurt me. I wish I'd dodge that ball…wait dodge that ball?''

Mikan kept repeating those three words out loud until she realized where the next clue was. Forgetting the backache, she quickly ran towards the place. The place where Mikan, Natsume, and her classmates played dodge ball. Yes, that place was the first place she lost to Natsume. Even though she lost at that game, she smiled since everyone had a good time, even the cold and grumpy Natsume.

Mikan scaled the stairs at a quick pace and soon found herself at the sports ground. She sauntered to the court where they played dodge ball. Her hazel caught a note, identical to the others, on the line that evenly separated the court. She kneeled down and snatched it. Before reading it, she looked at the back of the letter. It had the letter ''L''.

''So, now I have the letters, W, I, L, and L. It spells,'' she pondered over the four words. Mikan isn't still very bright even now,'' will! Will? Will I what? Or is it a name? But I don't know a Will? So it must be a verb! Will huh…''

She then flipped over to the other side and began to read every word.

Good job, Polka Dots. You found the fourth clue. But you still have a long way to go.

''I'm not giving up though,'' she shouted to no one in particular. She continued reading.

Question 4: How many times did I save you and when was the first time I did? When you figure it out, go to Imai.

To be Continued