Author's Notes: Well, this is the second chap. And yessshhh, I know this one is short too but her look at the bright side ( at least it's longer than the first one! lol) Read, Review and, most of all, Enjoy!

Kiki

Chapter 2

Fluff Puffs

"Wow…." I mumbled, unable to think of what to say. The raven haired girl in front me looked at me with what seemed to be hope in her eyes, but I shook my head sadly.

"I'm sorry. Even if you say my name is Mikan and that we've been friends since childhood and that I know all those other people because I see them at this academy every day….I really can't remember…." I sighed, laying down on the bed under me, my bed from what this girl, Hotaru, had just told me.

"I see."

I winced, easily hearing the sharpness of her tone, and sighed again.

"Hey, umm…how about you tell me about..me?" I realized how stupid that had to sound and laughed quietly. She glanced at me and sat down beside me.

"You're annoying," she started and I felt my eyebrow twitch. I wasn't really sure what I'd expected to hear but that sure was a quick way of deflating someone's ego ", and loud, and you always smile even when you don't want because you want others to be happy too. You followed me to this academy when we were kids and in the process found out that you also had an Alice, which is nullification."

"Nullification?" I repeated and looked up at her questioningly. "What's that?"

She sighed like she didn't really want to explain but did so anyway.

"Basically, other people's Alices don't work on you because you cancel them out."

I absorbed that in silence, trying to sort out all the information I'd been given in my mind. For some reason my mind drifted back to the ruby eyed boy from before, Natsume.

"What's…Natsume's Alice?" I asked, and she looked at me curiously before answering.

"Fire."

"And yours is invention," I mumbled and her head snapped towards me as her eyes narrowed.

"How'd you know that?" I blinked quickly and pointed at what lay on the floor, something she had seemed to be working on when she explained everything to me.

"That and that other guy from before, Ruka, complained about your crazy inventions when you shot him with that gun that kept screaming 'Baka!Baka!Baka!'"

"Oh." Hotaru sighed again and I sat up suddenly, sending her almost tumbling off of my bed. She scowled at me.

"Hey, how about you show me around the Academy?" I suggested ." Maybe then I'll remember something!"

"I already thought of that," she grumbled and stood, leaning down to pick up the invention she'd been working on before. "I arranged for all of us to go to Main Town together after I finished explaining the basics to you."

"What's Main Town?" I asked, wanting to know.

She simply sighed.

"Just follow me."

I grinned and followed her out the door.

"That's no fair Hotaru! You're, like, RICH!" I moaned and the girl in question simply smirked and continued to hand out boxes of some treat called 'Fluff Puffs'. I watched hungrily as Hotaru and Yuu dug into theirs happily and Ruka stared at me sympathetically. He dug his hand into his bag and held one of the treats out towards me.

I grinned happily and made to take but stopped suddenly. A reprimanding old voice rang in my head I withdraw my hand. Ruka stared at me questioningly and I smiled at him sheepishly.

"Never mind Ruka, I probably shouldn't leech off of other people."

"Idiot." I turned to face Natsume with a frown.

"Why am I an idiot?" I questioned and he flicked my forehead in response.

"You're a bigmouth too."

I opened my mouth to argue but stopped short when he flicked one of the treats into my mouth. I shut my mouth and rolled it around, smiling happily as it melted on my toungue and a giddy feeling rushed through me.

"Wow, it's so gooooodddd!"

"Hn. Here, maybe it'll keep you quiet for a while." I stared down at the bag of fluff puffs he shoved at me and then at him as he turned and walked away.

I smiled and ran up to him, tapping him on the shoulder. He turned to face me with an irritated scowl and I waited until he opened his mouth to ask what I wanted before quickly stuffing one of the treats into his mouth.

I giggled at his slightly dumbfounded look and turned and walked away, calling over my shoulder;

"Thanks."