Tobita Yuu was the class representative of his class, and was currently discussing the coming talent show with Imai-san. Their class was in charge, and Narumi-sensei, their class teacher, assigned them to hire a band for the opening and closing of the show.

Hotaru wasn't really listening to him since she was looking through the internet on her mini-laptop. On its screen displayed the website of some sort of band. Yuu thought she was a fan of the band, but in truth, Hotaru was just staring at the brunette lead singer of the band.

"Hey, did you hear??Someone's going to attempt to escape this school!", Yuu overheard someone say.

He immediately panicked in response, and said to Hotaru, "I have to tell Narumi-sensei!".

He then dashed off to find the class teacher.

"Narumi-sensei!", someone called.

A blonde teacher turned around, revealing mesmerizing violet-blue eyes, and smiled at the student running towards him.

"What is it, Tobita-san??", he inquired the honey-haired boy as he halts to a stop in front of him.

"Umm…I've heard rumors that someone is going to try escape the school..", he said.

Even if he said the word "someone", Narumi immediately caught his drift to who the culprit is most likely to be.

"Thank you, Tobita-san, I'll be patrolling the borders of the academy to stop him from leaving..", the teacher said calmly, and walked off in the direction of the school's main gates.

To himself, he said, in a worried yet determined tone, "I can't let Persona get him this time..".

Mikan and her friends crowded around the postcard in her hand to take a look at it.

The blonde drummer in the band, Nigel, instantly whined, "So you make us come here to Tokyo to perform for a school that you don't even know the exact location of??".

He had a pair of drumsticks in one hand, while a huge cheeseburger in the other.

Mikan instantly reddened in humiliation. "Well...I...we're bound to find it somehow..", she tried to reassure the rest of the team.

The red-headed bassist in the group, Gary, stared at Mikan for a while. He was pale and skinny, and had the coolest demeanor of the whole group. It's only his intelligence and his smart remarks that annoyed the rest of the band. "Mikan...", he said softly.

Mikan gulped, and immediately broke out a sweat as his bright blue eyes bore into her. "Yes??", she asked.

"Does the school even know we're performing there??", he asked.

Mikan sweatdropped, and tried to weasel her way out of the situation by saying, "Well..umm, we're quite famous, aren't we?? They're bound to let us in...right?".

Her bandmates sighed in response, as if they had already expected her to say that.

Pierre then said, "Well, in that case, follow me you guys...I know where it is...".

Mikan was mystified by his sudden knowledge of the school's location, but was even more intrigued that no one else seemed to be startled by his statement.

'What is going on??', she wondered.

Mikan stared at the colossal gates of the acadamy in awe.

Behind her, the other bandmates were having a quiet conversation amongst themselves, as if hiding something from her.

"So this is it...", Nigel said, sounding rather bored, but for once, his eyes held a solemn serious look.

"There's no point running away now...", Pierre said quietly. He too, was looking more serious than usual.

Only Gary seemed to act like himself, since he always had that steely gaze anyway.

"Hi, mister...do you mind taking us inside to see the school??", they suddenly heard Mikan say.

She was talking to a blonde guy--or lady with dazzling blue eyes, who was leaning against the wall of the academy.

The man noticed their presence and immediately brightened.

He started walking over to them, saying, "Hello, Pierre Gallagher, Nigel Jones, and Gary Mason...I am pleased to finally meet you..".

The guys bristled at his direct approach, and was freaked out that he managed to still recognize them after a couple of years.

Confused, Mikan walked over to them as well, and asked, "What's going on??".

The man turned to her and frowned sadly. 'This one'll have to go back home..", he thought to himself.

Using his pheromone alice, he told her, "Go home, little girl...".

Mikan stared at him, and after a few seconds, she said, "Are you a woman?? Is that why you're angry with me??".

Narumi fell down anime style, and forced himself to laugh at her remark.

"No, I'm not a woman...", he was saying to her, while on the inside, he was wondering how she managed to block his alice from affecting her.

"She'll have to attend the academy too.", he noted to himself.

And with that, an explosion occurred on the other side of the wall, and a boy with a cat's mask emerged from the mist of rubble and ashes.