Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice is not mine…

Previously, on the last chapter!

Who the hell is this girl? Sumire asked herself.

Aoi looked sheepish and then bowed in the traditional Japanese way to the crowd. "Sumimasen (excuse me), I didn't fully introduce myself earlier. My name is Hyuuga Aoi, and I am Natsume's younger twin"

Project Natsume X Mikan!

"Hello? This is Ruka."

"I need your help tomorrow morning. Make sure you come early. Make sure there's nobody around." A voice, nothing more than a whisper, sounded through the telephone.

"W-Who is this?"

"Don't worry about details. Just be there tomorrow morning. I'll be waiting." There was a click, and the person on the other side hung up.

Just who was that person? Ruka thought, waking me up at this hour…should I go through with it?

Ruka sighed. I can't say that didn't sound suspicious though. Maybe I'm included in some crazy scheme. Never mind, I'll just wait till tomorrow and see what happens.

Ruka entered the classroom rather hesitantly. "You're late!" A cross voice sounded, "We were just about to start planning!"

"Yappari (as I guessed), its you, Aoi." Ruka smiled rather edgily.

"How did you know?" She demanded.

"Who else would whisper a phone call at night? I assume there was someone else in the room you didn't want to bother." Ruka explained.

Aoi blushed, "You saw right through me."

"Iinchou? You're here? And Nonoka and Anna? And you too, Tsubasa and Misaki? What's going on?" Ruka noticed, rather startled.

"Natsume-oniichan has been muttering the same words in his sleep the past few nights. He keeps saying 'Mikan, Mikan'. I was annoyed at first, but then I started thinking. I think its time we get Mikan-chan and Natsume-oniichan together." Aoi explained.

"Really? Count me in!" Ruka said eagerly.

"The first thing we've got to do is to convince Hotaru to assist us. She wouldn't help us when I tried to call her," Aoi said.

"H-Hotaru?" Ruka blushed

"Yeah. We figured we need you, since you're close to Hotaru and you're Natsume's best friend." Tsubasa winked, causing Ruka to flush all the more.

"Well, I suppose Hotaru's working at her lab. She normally works this early," Ruka's voice faded, as he turned a deep shade of red.

"Let's go then!" Nonoko and Anna chorused in unison.

"W-What's this?" Aoi was taken aback.

A ticketing machine was placed next to the front door of her lab.

-Press the button to get a ticket if you require Hotaru-sama's assistance.-

Iinchou, being the nearest, pressed the big, red button and took a ticket. It said:

-You are no. 86759403. Please wait in line. We are now serving no. 15. Have a nice day-

"W-What the hell??" Aoi shrieked

"She's always like that," Ruka sighed.

"Hey guys, look at that!" Iinchou gestured to a colourful board next to the ticketing machine.

-Prices for Hotaru-sama's assistance-

5,000 rabbits –Fee for a normal mission

50,000 rabbits –Fee for anything that requires physical strain

500,000 rabbits – Fee for anything Mikan-related

5,000,000 rabbits – Fee for anything Mikan and Natsume-related

"S-She saw right through us!" Aoi stammered.

"T-This is bad!" Misaki gasped.

"I'm going to call her!" Ruka said, taking out his phone.

"Hello. This is Imai Hotaru. Ruka-kun, if you want a discount for the mission, I will gladly give you one. The price is now reduced to 4,999,999 rabbits. But, for every day you fail to pay back, there will be an interest rate of 150 percent. Have a nice day. [click"

"I guess we have no choice then… I accept the criteria!" Aoi said, determined, much to the shock of the small party. "I know how to pay back the money. But this will only happen if we succeed. I'm counting on you, everyone. The stakes have never been higher!"

"A-Aoi-chan, what are you going to do?" Iinchou asked nervously, noticing the manic gleam in her eyes.

"Okay, and this is what we'll do." Aoi's voice lowered as she told her plan to the group, Hotaru included.

Unbeknownst to them, one person was stalking them the entire time. Hiding behind a bush, a soft, audible giggle could be heard behind the sound of rustling leaves. The spy crept to hide behind a tree. Claws stretched, whiskers in place, cat ears to complete the outlook. The spy gave a soft meow.

"Mikan and Natsume-kun? Not if I have anything to do about it. We'll see about that." Sumire grinned devilishly, "This is my revenge, Aoi. You won't succeed this time."

"Hmm…Hyuuga Aoi-san is getting quite a number of people involved in a scheme." Yamada-sensei looked through the crystal ball, and reported what it said.

"Hyuuga Aoi. Interesting." Persona said laconically.

"Wasn't she a help to Natsume-kun for yesterday's mission? They make a nice pair, don't you think?" Narumi-sensei smiled cheerfully, "If she continues helping Natsume-kun, he won't be fainting all over the place."

"Why so?" Yamada-sensei inquired, looking up from her crystal ball.

"Well, basically, both of them need only use half their energy to produce twice the result. At this rate, overuse of alice would only occur minimally. Teamwork is such a beautiful thing, isn't it?" Narumi-sensei sighed.

"But isn't Aoi-san also in the Dangerous Ability class?" Yamada-sensei asked.

Narumi-sensei kept quiet, looking rather serious. The smile was etched off his face. "Well, both Natsume-kun and Aoi-chan are about on the same level of danger, when it comes to alices. Therefore, she also needs to be careful during missions. Aoi-chan will be known as Shiroi Usagi (White Rabbit) in society."

"But why White Rabbit? Why can't it be the White Cat? That would make them seem more like a team." Yamada-sensei questioned.

"We do not want to administer any hint that Aoi-chan and Natsume-kun are related in any way. The higher ups don't know anything about the relationship between the two. To them, Aoi-chan's surname is known as Kusanagi. But if word gets out, there will be trouble."

"Trouble?"

"Aoi-chan is more trusting than Natsume-kun. If word gets out, think of what sort of horrendous experiments the higher-ups will do to her." Narumi-sensei spoke, sadly.

"Shiroi Usagi and Kuro Neko (Black Cat)…" Persona trailed off in his thoughts, "Interesting."

"Aoi-san is persistent, isn't she? She has a sunny personality, just like Mikan-san." Yamada-sensei commented, looking back at her crystal ball.

"But sometimes, she can be too persistent." Persona said, "That's why, everyone's keeping an eye on her. She's considered top priority, next to Sakura. We don't want that to happen again. If they get together, we might not even stand a chance anymore. The higher ups won't allow that. And neither will I."

Hmm….I think I made Personal seem too nice in this one. But thanks for reading the second chapter! I really appreciate it! I shall update soon! Reviews and criticism are welcome!