The Story of Us
By: Iceyicecream
Dedicated to AR
Chapter Six: Classmates
Narumi stopped at the door and smiled at Mikan. "Let me settled your classmates down and when they've quieted down, I'll call you in."
Mikan smiled and nodded her head. "Okay."
Narumi patted Mikan and then slid the door open. "Good morning my chick-a-dees~!"
"Shut up you faggot!" One of the students yelled.
"Go to one of your gay bars!"
Mikan gasped. She watched as Narumi just smiled. "Ma, ma, you guys settled down, we have a new classmate today. Mikan-Chan, please come in."
Mikan nodded her head and took a breath in and made her way to class. But once she had sight of the whole classroom she stopped in her track…stunned. There was a boy floating in the air, doodles moving on their own and everything looked chaotic in the classroom. Mikan couldn't help but let her jaw drop. "Mikan-Chan," Narumi whispered, "Introduce yourself."
Mikan snapped out of her trance and went to the board and spelt out her name and turned to her class and smiled. "Konnichiwa, my name is Mikan Sakura. It's a pleasure to meet you and I hope that we can all be friends." Mikan finished with a bow.
Narumi smiled and clapped his hands. "Now, then…you should sit…next to Hotaru-Chan. Hotaru-Chan please raise your hand."
"It's Imai."
Narumi stopped and smiled. "Imai-San…Imai-San please raise your hand."
"Baka." Hotaru said with a sigh.
Mikan smiled. "Hotaru!" Mikan said running to her.
"Oye, watch out, you're going to mess me up." Hotaru said pushing Mikan away.
"Mou Hotaru!"
Narumi smiled. "Well since I see that you two know each other, I'll leave Imai-San in charge to show you around."
"Can't you just give her a map? That's what you did for me." Hotaru said finally looking up from her work.
Narumi ignored her question. "Now, I will leave and the substitute will take over! Ja nee~!"
Narumi stepped out and a frail man who looked very clumsy came in. "Okay students, today I want us to have a fresh start. Now please open your English books to page-"
"Shut up you long haired rat." One of the boys snickered.
The sub looked taken back and on the brink of tears. Mikan's jaw dropped. "Just go back to your cage and run on your wheel, you seem to be getting a little heavy!" Another boy chimed in.
Mikan curled her hands into fist. Hotaru put her hand on top of her fist. "Just leave it, they're always like that, just leave them be. Just don't say anything and they won't mess with you." Hotaru said still working on whatever she was doing with her other hand.
"How can you say that?" Mikan asked, "That's so horrible! Even if he is a substitute, they shouldn't be saying things like that to him! And look at this classroom, it's just a whole chaotic mess."
"It's just this class that's like this, all our other classes are fine. It's because Narumi-Sensei always leave for who knows what reason that they act like this."
"But Hotaru-"
"You're my best friend Mikan," Hotaru said looking up at Mikan, "And I'm saying this for your wellbeing, just let them do what they want. It'll make both our lives easier."
Mikan's nose flared. "You know I hate bullying."
Hotaru sighed. "Do as you please, but if things turn I'm not helping you."
Mikan smiled. "Liar."
Hotaru rolled her eyes and continued her work. "I really think you should listen to her Sakura-San."
Mikan turned to see a blonde haired boy with pretty sea blue eyes looking at her. Mikan smiled. "I know but, I just can't stand to see these people treat him like that. I think it's pretty messed up."
The boy smiled…his smile dazzling. "Well don't say I didn't warned you."
Mikan couldn't help but laugh. "Thanks, I'll keep that in mind."
Mikan stood up and for a split second the class went completely silent but then the rowdiness began once more. Mikan cleared her throat. "Are you guys' savages or are you guys just messed up in the head?" Mikan asked looking around at the class, "I understand that we have a substitute and all but to act like this, what kind of people who do this? I understand you guys being a little rowdy but honestly? And to treat him so badly! You guys are pretty messed up."
"Yeah? And who made you queen of this place ugly?" Some boy snorted.
Mikan turned to the boy. "No one, but it's common sense. I'm pretty sure you're older enough to know this. Or is it that you have to go back to kindergarten to be taught these basic skills?"
Their classmates snickered at the boy. That only made the boy angry. "Yeah? What would you know about it? You ugly pig, look at the way you're dressed."
Mikan rolled her eyes. "Everyone is wearing uniform so if you're calling me an ugly pig, you're calling me and the rest of the girl population in our class that they too are ugly pigs."
This statement made all the girls (excluding Hotaru) to look up and turn to the boy glaring at him. The boy growled and stepped up to Mikan. "I'll show you to mess with me!"
He extended his hand out to Mikan and lifted it up but nothing happened. He blinked. "What?" He said and did the same lifting motion again, "Why isn't it working?"
Mikan blinked her eyes. "You look pretty stupid." She said.
He growled. "Kokoro, read her mind find out what her Alice is!"
A sandy blonde haired boy with a goofy smile turned and stared at Mikan only for Mikan to return eye contact. A few seconds of pure silence passed and then he shrugged. "I got nothin'." Kokoro said.
Mikan laughed. The boy growled frustrated and turned to the back of the class. "Natsume do something!"
"Natsume?" Mikan said confused and gasped, it was the boy she had met before.
Mikan looked at the back of the class a face covered by a manga book with his legs propped up. He removed the manga book from his face and looked at Mikan. His dark crimson eyes glaring at her, "It's you again."
Mikan rolled her eyes, "I could say the same to you. Some stunt you pulled back there."
"Hn." Natsume said, "You should just shut up and stay out of the way little girl."
This only made Mikan angry. She hated when people said anything about her height and age wise. "Shut up, I'm not a little girl! We're the same age."
"Whatever." He said, "You're annoying."
"I'm annoying, look at the tough shot talking who destroys school property causing grief to the school."
"Good, if only they could kick me out."
"Yeah, then just leave." Mikan said.
There was silence and everyone looked at Mikan. "Mikan, let's go." Hotaru said standing up.
"Eh? But class hasn't ended ye-"
"Mikan!" Hotaru snapped, "Let's go."
Mikan could only nod her head and follow her best friend. Everyone was quiet in class. "She doesn't know." Kokoro whispered pitying her.
The boy yelped who was near Natsume and gasped. The back of his shirt had caught on fire. "Natsume put me out!" He said rolling on the floor.
Everyone moved away from Natsume a few feet. The area around Natsume was getting warmer and warmer till the point that it was unbearable. Natsume cursed and got up and left. Everyone let out a breath of relief with the room returning to its original temperature.
With Hotaru and Mikan
Mikan followed Hotaru through a series of hallways and upstairs and to an outdoor courtyard that had Sakura trees along the paved area. Hotaru stopped and turned to Mikan. "You're such an idiot."
Mikan looked at her confused. "What do you mean?"
"You just made everything worst for you."
"What did I say? If he wanted to leave then he could just go to some other school."
Hotaru looked at Mikan frustrated at the brink of almost wanting to hit her. Hotaru opened her back and drew out an airsoft gun of her own invention that looked like something similar to MegaMan's gun and shot out a large red ball at her. Mikan stumbled back a few steps. "What the heck?" Mikan asked rubbing her aching arm.
"You're such a Baka!"
"Why? You keep saying that but you don't explain why!"
Hotaru shot her again. "We can't leave! Once we're enrolled here we can't leave, not until we graduate college."
Mikan looked and her stunned. "What are you talking about?"
Hotaru shook her head, her usual stoic expression broke. "The government searches around the world for students with Alices and forces them attend this school. A law was passed long ago that all people who acquired the traits of characteristics are to be sent to a special facility until they are ready to be realized and fully capable of controlling their own Alice on their own. They had found that on average people do not gain full understanding and control of their Alice until they graduate college. Children as young as three are taken from their parents and put here in the care of the academy. We are not allowed communication outside of this school. Mikan, this is the reason why I kept changing schools. School after school, the government would find me and try to send me here. My parents already understood the pain of losing one child, they didn't want to lose another so we kept on the move. Mikan, what you said there was uncalled for. All those children who were there were taken by forced. Some of them accepted that face others are in denial while others like Hyuuga are trying to fight it. So for you to say something so stupid and idiotic like that just hurt everyone including myself."
Mikan could only look at Hotaru. Her heart started to ache. "I'm sorry Hotaru, I didn't know." Mikan whispered.
Hotaru shook her head, "The only reason why we stopped moving was because of you. I had finally found that one friend who I knew I wanted to keep forever. And I didn't want to leave you how I left everyone else."
"But that's why I'm here, it's because I want us to be together forever! Just like how we promised remember?"
Hotaru shook her head. "The people here are crazy. Now you have everyone turned against you because of what you said and you made an enemy of Hyuuga."
"I can see that Natsume is the high conch here."
Hotaru sighed, "Not only that but Hyuuga is dangerous Mikan. I don't want you to get involved with him."
"Not like I want to."
"Or any of the people he surrounds himself with and now you probably angered his fan club."
"Fan club?" Mikan said in disbelief, "You got to be kidding me."
Hotaru smiled, "I kid you not, a whole club devoted to Hyuuga and Nogi."
"Nogi?" Mikan said.
"Ruka Nogi, the guy who was sitting next to you."
Mikan gasped and his face popped into her head. "The prince charming looking guy!"
Hotaru snorted. "Is that what he looks like to you?"
Mikan rolled her eyes. "He's nice."
Hotaru shrugged, "Him and Hyuuga are friends."
Mikan's hope dropped. "But he's nice! Natsume is just plain mean and rude!"
Hotaru shrugged. "You better deal with it, though Nogi is much calmer, I think it would be alright to be friends with him."
Mikan's eyes twinkled. "Really?"
Hotaru nodded her head and looked at her watch. "It's lunch, I'm starving."
Mikan smiled and grabbed Hotaru's arm. "Crab brains again?
Hotaru nodded, "As usual."
Mikan couldn't help but smile. "I missed you Hotaru."
"Me too Mikan."
