Hey! I updated right away, since I quite a few reviews and it got me all excited and motivated.

Okay, so I think I may have scared a few people when I said the more reviews, the quicker the update. This DOES NOT mean that no reviews means no update. I still update withing the 3 day period I give myself. And more updates just means I get more motivated to update... Sorry if that confused/intimidated you. You are not being forced to review. They just make my day and give me a nudge to update.

Also, I got soo many reviews suggesting Mikan makes this awesomely big impact on Dangerous Ability class. The suggestions were soo good! But, unfortunately, I've written the rest (almost done!) of this and the storyline wasn't initially about this class, I just got sidetracked (which is good, actually). However! Since those ideas were so good, and I'd like to see them in action also, I'm thinking of writing an omake (side story/extra) to insert somewhere in this story where she DOES make a huge impact and stuff :) I'll probably get onto that after I finish writing the story (not long now).

Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Shout out to Gothic Neko Writer who's review made me laugh so hard and basically update... (Y)

CHAPTER 6: MY ALICE

Haruka had sped off into the maze without so much as giving me a second thought. I kept up easily of course. Seven years in constant danger gave you good running away skills (for those problems that were to be faced another time, of course). I saw her smirk and spare a glance back. She seemed shocked to see me hot on her heels. Her smirk melted away and she turned forward again. I'm not that easy to shake off. Hotaru would know.

I managed to make a quick patrol of everyone else. I could only see the tops of heads dashing around the maze. I tried to look for Natsume but I hardly had time to search for him when we hit our first Checkpoint.

Haruka and I skidded to a halt by a small stream. It was too wide to jump across, but quite shallow. Now how did that get in the middle of a room? A note was attached underneath the checkpoint symbol. It said, "Get across this stream without getting wet." I saw materials for a bridge by the post.

I knelt down beside the working materials and was about to grab a plank when Haruka started chuckling. "Man, I know the first one's always the easiest but does Tsubasa really think I'm that stupid?" she shook her head, disappointed. What did she mean? She looked at me as if I was an idiot (I get that look way to many times) and said, "Building a bridge would take way too long, moron. Or are you forgetting what my Alice is?"

Her Alice? I forced myself to remember when they were introducing themselves. Haruka-san... Haruka Megumi... "Water Alice!" That's it. Of course, this would be a walkover. She rolled her eyes at me and stepped by the stream. "Just watch," she told me.

Come on, Mikan. I'm being a fool. If I keep this up, I'll never rise up to the challenge. And despite my words of encouragement, I knelt there dumbfounded by what I saw next.

Haruka stood there, hands splayed out by her side. But though she seemed to be making little effort to do so, the waters burst into life. Excellent control. As if by Moses's staff, the waters parted. A wall of dynamic blue, perhaps a metre tall stood on either side of a perfectly dry path. Very good, indeed. The skill she displayed was of utmost quality. The last time I'd seen someone control an element so well was, well, Natsume...

"Are you coming?" Haruka asked pointedly. She was already nearing the opposite side. I quickly got up and made to follow. As I made the first few steps between the walls of water, I felt something behind me. I turned my head to find a great looming wall of water threatening to close over me and engulf me. WHAT IS THIS? I darted across the path, horrified to find that the barricade of water was following me suit. I looked towards Haruka who was walking leisurely into the rest of the maze, unable to hide her smirk. This is so not funny.

It wasn't a long stroll full of my complaining and sulking and Haruka's ignorance and smart-alec quotes before we reached our next checkpoint. We were still in the heat of our latest little argument when we realised what it was that we were up against. The was a little bundle of brownish cloth in the middle of the pathway. At least, that's what we thought it was until it adjusted itself and a snore escaped from the scrunched up figure. Now this is weird.

I read the note attached beneath the checkpoint Marker. "Sneak past the sleeping bear. I warn you now, you must beware. He is stronger than before. Especially when the beast snores." Sleeping bear? I squinted my eyes and looked closely at the heap. It wasn't a bear, this was a person.

Stronger... when he snores? Thoughts were still racing through my mind when I heard Haruka whimper, "I-I th-think, you n-need to c-come see this." I looked over at her to see her horrified. That was a surprise. I thought hardly anything would break this girl. She was staring at the face of the... beast? I stepped next to her and found that it was not, in fact a beast, but it was close enough. My heart skipped a beat.

"JIN JIN!" I retreated in shock and fear and nervousness and what not. I could hardly finish my shriek when Haruka covered my mouth, "Shut it, he might wake up." There was genuine fear in her voice. Jinno-sensei must really scare her. I nodded in silent agreement.

We watched him from a safe distance. He was curled up and sleeping quite soundly. Peacefully. God only knows what hell would erupt for the unlucky person to wake him from this slumber. Now how the hell did Tusbasa-sempai pull this off? I had a sneaking suspicion that Jinno had no idea of his current whereabouts.

"Do you hear that?" she whispered, forgetting to be mean and bossy. A soft buzzing could be heard from Jinno-sensei's general direction. It was like the buzz you would hear underneath a power line. Like an electric field. I looked at Haruka and her face told me that she assumed the same thing. "I've caught him napping before," I mumbled. "I never sensed that."

Suddenly, he snored. The most peculiar – and definitely intimidating – thing happened. Sparks began to crackle around his body. Miniature lightning bolts crackled audibly in his vicinity. The stakes had just doubled. "I've caught him napping before, too," Haruka said in a barely audible whisper, "and that has definitely never happened."

We crouched there, examining the terrifying, sleeping heap. What could possibly make his Alice do that. Even if I did nullify it, this power was so strong that it reacted even in his sleep. How were we supposed to get past him without hurting ourselves. I mean, I could try to nullify it but I have a bad feeling about that. What could possibly be amplifying his Alice so much? ...Amplify...

"Tonochi-sempai!" Haruka raised one confused eyebrow at my outburst. I continued, "Tono-sempai, he's an old friend of Tsubasa-sempai. He's got the amplification Alice." Some realisation became evident on the young girl's face. Then she asked, "But how? Is it an Alice stone? How do we take it, we don't know where it is." I grinned, stood up and told her, "Just watch. Or are you forgetting what my Alices are?"

I creeped over to Jinno-sensei, nullifying his sparks as much as I could. I knelt down, outstretching my arm. I touched his trunk, concentrated hard and extracted a dark, stone with peculiar colours that danced on the surface. This stone is very familiar indeed. In fact, it had once followed me around for a day. As soon as I had pulled the stone out, the sparks died away and the buzzing ceased. I smiled, accomplished, and beckoned Haruka over. She seemed to be quite impressed.

I found myself wondering how that stone got inside Jin Jin in the first place, unless... mother. How many contacts did Tusbasa-sempai have, really? I couldn't entertain this thought any further when we heard a groan from behind us. We froze. Slowly, stiffly, we turned our heads. The sleeping heap was groaning and shuffling. He was waking up. I looked at Haruka, who was frozen in terror, and then around the area. I saw the checkpoint sign and the next thing I knew, it was in my hand and... THWACK! Before I could even contemplate whether my actions were appropriate, I was hurriedly dragging Haruka away. I had a feeling that Jinno-sensei wouldn't be waking up in a long time.

Hahaha, I just KNEW I had to put sleeping Jinno in there as soon as I mentioned obstacle course. Now for those who thoguht Mikan would gain respect with her personality and stuff (which would be awesome too, look out for the omake), I thought maybe this was good enough :P

Once again, next chapter will be up within the next 3 days. Reviews are appreciated.