Chapter 9

Contrition

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice, Shaman King or Digimon

Author's Note: Hello! I know it was forever since I wrote but here is chapter 9. Apparently I have to write more of these! :)) Hopefully I'll make more quickly.

"Hurry up you troublemakers!" Jinno shouted at the group of students. The group composed of two 6th graders and seven 9th graders. By one word alone can one be able to describe the situation of the group and that word was 'busted'.

This group was recently caught in the woods where they were to have watched a battle between three of the people among them. All of the three people who were to battle happened to be 9th graders.

One of them was Yoh who had recently just shown his affinity to the spiritual world and his ability to take the spiritual power and use it. He had his own samurai spirit called Amidamaru where he could merge with him causing him to have supernatural powers. Yoh was simply tailing behind taking deep sighs as he stared into space with his orange headphones over his ears. He actually hardly listens to his headphones wherein they would simply lie limp on his head. He decided to don his headphones now because of Mr. Jinno's ranting about how much trouble they were in.

The second boy to be part of the fight was Tai Chi. This boy was ruffling his brown spiky hair as he rolled his eyes once more at Mr. Jinno. While Yoh had access to spirits Tai Chi had access to the digital world. He had his own digital partner also known as digimon called Agumon who takes the form of a yellow dinosaur who could spout flames. Tai Chi could call on his digimon with the help of his digivice which is a device that could open the portal between this world and the digital world. Right now Tai Chi's orange colored blue buttoned digivice was simply attached to his clothes but with a quick tug it would be made accessible instantly.

The last one among the three was Natsume. Although not much can be known about Natsume for he is always known as a mysterious figure. He is a guy with a dark personality wherein with just one look he can send people running. They have every reason though for he could be dangerous when he wanted to be which most of the time he does. He controlled the power of fire where he casts flames as he pleased. This boy is something special though wherein his powers are of a great degree and his intelligence is impressive too. Natsume wasn't much of a socialist as he liked to keep his distance from people. He is the type of person who ended up with people disliking him wherein in fact it was he started the fight in the first place. Right now the flame caster simply strayed away from the group but would simply follow at a certain distance. He had heard more than enough of Mr. Jinno's ranting long before this incident.

The rest of the group consisted of their friends, the other four 9th graders and the two 6th graders. There was Sora who had short orange hair and she too had a digivice that was red in color but had yellow buttons. She was able to call on a bird digimon called Biyomon who had wind attacks. Walking closely beside her was Yamato. He had gold spiky hair that reached down to his neck. He had a blue colored white buttoned digivice on his side which could call on his wolf digimon Gabumon who could use ice attacks. Together these two digimons were called on to try to save the forest from burning down. Surprisingly though even with the two digimons they found it hard to completely extinguish the fire. They should have seen this coming since two of the people who participated in the battle did have fire powers.

Following behind Yamato were the two 6th graders. These two six-graders were simply tugging close to the older kids. One of them was named Takeru and he was the younger brother of Yamato. Like Yamato, Takeru had gold hair that was shorter then the length of his brother. Walking closely beside was Hikari. Hikari was the younger sister of Tai Chi. She had light brown hair that was cut at her shoulder.

All of them were looking down on the ground not saying a single word. They only got here and they were already in trouble. They walked quietly with the exception of the sighs and groans that would pop up once in a while.

The last of the group of their friends were Mikan and Ruka. Mikan is a girl with light brown hair which now falls past her shoulders. She has bright brown eyes that would express her emotions and right now her eyes were showing complete anxiety. Mikan is usually a talker but right now she has been completely quiet. The last of the group of friends was Ruka. He is a blond haired boy with blue eyes and he carries a rabbit on his arm at all times. He was walking right beside Mikan but Ruka's eyes which are full of worry did not stray away from the image of his best friend, the flame caster.

"Here we are." Mr. Jinno spoke up breaking the thoughts that were racing through each and everyone's minds. In front of them was a massive building. It was only stories wide but it was built widely. With numerous windows built into the walls of the building the walls seemed to glow from the reflected light of the windows. In front was a sign that held the school name and its emblem. It hung on the wall right on top of double oak doors. The doors had gold handles on them and it really was stunning how they would shine and glitter just like the windows.

Mr. Jinno looked at the group as the new students stared at it and looked at its beauty wherein those who were here in Gakuen Alice wasn't impressed at all. Mr. Jinno spoke once again. "Don't enjoy too much. You won't have any good memories of this place after you're done."

The only reply was a sound of gulps and the rolling of eyes from Natsume, the red-eyed flame caster. Mr. Jinno then turned to open the door and they entered in to see a sitting area. It was as if they entered a waiting area for small clinics.

Mr. Jinno then pointed to an area with couches and tables covered with magazines. "Sit." Mr. Jinno ordered.

Everyone then scattered to sit except for the stubborn black haired, red eyed flame caster. All of them waited as they watched Mr. Jinno walk up to a girl with glasses who was frantically fixing papers that were scattered everywhere.

"Excuse me." Mr. Jinno said but his sudden statement apparently shocked the flustered girl thus causing her to throw the papers in the air and scatter on the floor.

"AHHHH!" She screamed in frustration. "This is the second time!" she said while messing her hair in anger.

Mr. Jinno then looked at the mess around him and bent to pick up some of the scattered paper on the floor. "Would you mind telling the High School Principal that I have students here who need to be punished for some grave matters?" Mr. Jinno said not changing his ever strict and annoyed face.

"Hah! The Principal? He was the reason my desk is like this in the first place!" the girl said practically screaming as her head jerked causing her glasses to droop down to her nose.

"What do you mean?" Mr. Jinno said angrily as lightning crackled on his metal stick.

"The Principal suddenly burst out his room. He gave me quite a scare sending my stuff into such a state. He looked like a mess as if he's just seen a ghost. He then had his bag at his side but the bag looked like it was just stuffed in at the last minute. Anyway he suddenly left without another word. I have no idea when he is coming back." The girl explained.

The kids then looked up happily as they were washed over with happiness and relief. The principal wasn't here. They won't have to face him. Mr. Jinno then caught them at the act of their happiness and turned towards them. He opened his mouth to speak when the door slammed open.

It was a teacher who was holding tight to the wrist of one girl and he was followed by two other girls. "I saw these girls near the site of the fire." The teacher said with difficulty as he was containing the girl who was holding by the wrist. "This one said she wasn't the one at fault but she tried running away and kicked my shin."

The rest of the kids then realized the girl being held against her will was Hitomi. She was struggling as her wavy black hair whipped along with her movements. She looked annoyed and angry. The two other girls were none other than Chihiro and Meruka. Chihiro was smiling and laughing at Hitomi's reaction but when she saw past through her oval eyeglasses and saw the other group of kids her eyes widened and her smile was instantly gone. Meruka on the other hand was staring into space again as she was placing a hand on her forehead. It was as if she was having a migraine and her face was void of any happy emotions.

"Interesting…thank you" Mr. Jinno said to the teacher. "You may go now. I'll deal with them."

"Here." The teacher said releasing her Hitomi who stumbled backwards from her release. "Watch that one. She tried biting me." he said while glaring at her and he then turned and went outside the door.

Mr. Jinno then turned to the three girl and raised his eyebrows. "Well…interesting indeed."

"Mr. Jinno we didn't…" Chihiro started to explain but Mr. Jinno interrupted her before she could.

"Sit!" he commanded to the three girls. Hitomi and Chihiro looked dumbstruck but Meruka brought her hand down from her face then crossed her arms and walked towards the empty lone seat farthest away from the group. Chihiro and Hitomi then grudgingly followed and sat in a small couch closer to the other group.

"My my…" Mr. Jinno said while looking at the group in front of him. "I didn't expect there to be so many accomplices. Funny how all the no-stars are here." The three girls all flinched including Mikan who used to be a no-star. "Is this some anti-alice group from within?"

"We didn't do anything!" Hitomi exclaimed.

"LIES!" Mr. Jinno said as lightning crackled from his metal rod. "How else did the fire start!"

Sadly the group knew how it started. There were having a battle and their power over fire got out of hand. The next thing they knew the fire had grown so big that it was practically uncontrollable. The group couldn't defend themselves they just stayed quiet.

Hitomi, Chihiro and Meruka also stayed quiet. It seemed that the three of them could tell from the tension that the group had something to do with this. Like it or not they knew they were still part of the group.

"Quiet huh?" Mr. Jinno said while looking at each one of them. "All of you guys here are part of all of this. This could have ended up horribly and you caused it. The principal may not be here." Mr. Jinno said look at each one of the students as a single jolt of electricity went through the rod. "I can still give out punishments as I please principal or no principal. In the end you guys are going to think twice before attempting something as stupid as this."