yep! quick update for you guys! It's just that the next chapter is going pretty well and I finally know where I'm going with this story! I had just recently read this awesome fanfic and I'm really inspired by it so yeah! Hope you guys like this story! It's the longest chapter so far. Tee hee!

Disclaimer: refer to previous chapter

RECAP OF PREVIOUS CHAPTER:

"He's coming with us to lunch." Natsume had just stared at me and Aoi looked ecstatic to have someone with us for lunch. "I'll pay." I added. Natsume shrugged and ruffled up Youichi's hair.

"What's your name kid?"

"Youichi."

"Hn." Natsume crossed his arms behind his head and walked towards the bus that will take us to Central Town.

"That means his fine with it." I whispered to Youichi and winked at him. "Come one before he leaves us." I grabbed his hand and jogged over to catch up with Aoi and Natsume.

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What Happened To Us?

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We arrived at Central Town and headed straight to the restaurant we had agreed on. It was a quaint little establishment. The lights were all soft yellow giving of the relaxing feel. The walls were all that old kind of mossy green you'd usually find in old manors. Despite seeming to be a high end restaurant it's actually one of the cheapest places in Central Town and it's also the rowdiest.

After we told the waitress our reservation, she escorted us to a table in the far corner near the windows where our friends were. Koko and Kitsuneme were, as usual, pestering Yuu. Hotaru was working on an invention and has rallied Ruka into being her assistant. Anna and Nonoko were looking over the menu. Sumire was brushing off Mochiage again (I swear those two has some serious chemistry going on). Permy's still clinging onto the thought that she still loved Natsume and has been convincing herself that Mochiage is nothing more but an annoying baldy. Her words not mine. Honestly, that girl's just too stubborn.

As we neared them, Yuu was the first to notice us. AS a desperate attempt to get away from Koko and Kitsuneme, he cried out that we had finally arrived. "Go annoy them now instead of me!" Poor guy. Koko and Kitsuneme had gotten out of their seats, obviously with every intention of annoying us next when they noticed Youichi. They bounded over to him instead.

"Hey, who's this little guy?" Koko said.

"His name's Youichi." Aoi said.

"Is that right now?" Kitsuneme said. He stuck out his hand towards Youichi and said, "The name's Kitsuneme and this guy is Koko."

"Yo!" Koko waved.

"It's nice to meet you." Youichi bowed.

"Polite kid huh?" Sumire said over her shoulder. "Hey Koko, Kitsuneme! Maybe you guys could learn a lesson about manners from him!"

"Don't mind that witch Youichi." Koko and Kitsuneme had slung their arms on Youichi's shoulders. Youichi frantically looked from Koko, Kitsuneme and from the 'witch' that was trying to lash out at them but was only held back by Mochiage. "She's just sad 'cause she has no love life." Kitsuneme said.

"Yup! You don't need to worry about that old grouch. Call her Permy by the way." Koko waved Permy away dismissively.

"Hmph!" Permy snatched Youichi away and sat him between her and Anna. "Don't listen to them, you'll be influenced by their stupidity. My name's Sumire and NOT Permy."

"Um… Okay…." Youichi answered back, albeit timidly.

"Aw, now look what you've done Permy! You scared him!" Koko cried out.

"Yeah! Poor Youichi!" Kitsuneme cried. He and Koko had taken a seat again which was in front of Sumire.

"Shut up!"

Natsume, Aoi, and I took our seats beside Hotaru and Ruka. "I'm starting to think that bringing Youichi with us was a bad idea." I sweatdropped. "Look at the poor kid. He's being harassed by them already."

"I think he's doing fine." Natsume brushed off the topic and immediately took a menu.

"I guess you're right." And with that, we took our orders and started introducing the kid to everyone. By the time introductions were finished, our meals were served and we dug in. Yes it took us that long because distractions were just everywhere. Idle chat was passed around between us. Everything was going fine.

"Natsume!"

Not.

Everyone turned to look behind us. There, standing 6 feet away from us was Luna Koizumi. In case you're wondering, she's Natsume's girlfriend. Though I'd like to think that Natsume only goes out with her cause he's the most popular guy in school and she's the most popular bitch (Yep that's right she's a total bitch), but I know Natsume more than that and realize that there's something more going on. Well, Natsume told me that he'll tell me one day I just wish that that day will come sooner.

"Baby, I've been looking all over for you! I was calling your cell but you weren't picking up!" She bounced her way over to our table and headed straight for Natsume where she hung herself. Yes that's right. She BOUNCED.

Everyone was staring at her, begging for someone up there for her to take a damn hint. We don't want her here and for good reason. She's the sluttiest, bitchiest, bossiest whore in school. Okay maybe I went too far but hey. She has gone out with practically 2/5 of the male population, high school only of course. There are hundreds of rumors surrounding her. And when I said she's popular, she's popular in an infamous way.

I rolled my eyes and sighed. I checked my watch and saw that it was close to 1:30, class starts then. I was about to tell everyone when the PA turned on. Since Central Town is still practically a part of Alice Academy and the fact that all of us here are students, they also put PAs here in Central Town.

Static was the only thing coming out of the speakers when someone cleared there throat. "Classes for this afternoon are cancelled to give way for a teacher's meeting. All teachers are asked to head to the meeting hall immediately after this announcement. I repeat…"

We all stared at each other, dumfounded. Cancellation of classes hardly ever happens in Alice Academy. They only happen when there's a natural disaster like a storm or when there is something of utmost importance.

Just when I was about to open my mouth to talk, I was once again cut off by my phone. I flipped it open and saw that I had received a text message. I quickly opened it and saw that it came from Persona.

Now, contrary to what the whole student body thinks. He isn't a bad guy. It's just because he dresses like that, all black and stuff. But in truth, he's just one of those people that have a hard time conveying their feelings to people. Trust me, I'd know, I broke through that mask of his.

"Training Grounds in 5 minutes."

See what I mean by having a hard time conveying his feelings? I pocketed my phone and tried to eat whatever was left on my plate as fast as I could. After a minute or so my plate didn't even have a grain of rice left. I don't believe in wasting food see? I whipped out my wallet and counted the amount of rabbits for my meal.

"Hotaru! I have to go now. Here's my bill, pay for me will you?" I shoved that bills to her and said good bye to everyone.

Natsume caught my eye before I had run out of the restaurant. "Wait- Mikan!" He called out.

I turned around and called back, "What? I'm in a hurry!"

He tried to subtly push Luna's arm around his neck away. "Where are you going?"

I took out my phone from my pocket and waved it. "I got called!" I checked my watch and saw that I had 30 seconds left. "I really gotta go now. Bye!" And with that I ran out of the café and teleported to the training grounds.

I teleported into the middle of the training field. I scanned the area around me, checking if there was anyone around the vicinity. One of Persona's principles was to always be on-guard. He practically drilled that into us, what with coming here and always being killed by his Alice. That was exactly why I had sensed his Alice before it even reached me. I nullified it immediately and sent spears of ice into his general direction. Of course he need only jump out of the way.

"What did you need me for? My training's not until tonight." I asked him when he had come out of the shadows. A folder came flying towards me and I caught it with ease. I flipped it open and scanned the contents. Inside were lots of papers.

(A/N: guys, I know nothing about IT stuff so please bear with this stuff that I've managed to come up with)

"Those are some of the men that have been trying to copy our school's files on all the students. They've hacked into our system and had managed to get as far as the decoy files. We've managed to track down their location but it may not be correct. I want you to find them, find out what they want, who told them to do so and eliminate them. Use any means necessary to carry out this mission."

I nodded at him and hummed. According to what the ITs in school managed to get, these guys were hiding out in Singapore, kinda far from Japan if you ask me. I flipped through the pages and tried to memorize what was important which really isn't that much. I closed the folder and through it back at him.

"You're partner will be arriving at Singapore around the same time as you. I want you to leave in an hour. The school already has transpo all prepared. You're max will be 3 days. I expect you to complete this mission. Clear?"

"Clear."

"Dismissed." And with that, we teleported out of there.

-line break-

The moment I teleported to my room, I grabbed my black backpack that I use for missions and start stuffing it with things that I'll need and are allowed to inside handheld baggage like my ipod and headphones. After that, I grabbed my large bright red duffel bag then started to fill that up with my toiletries, clothes, and other miscellaneous necessities like my charger.

In 30 minutes I had everything packed in my bag. I took a quick 5 minutes shower and changed into jeans and a t-shirt. I quickly slipped on my high-cut converse and grabbed my hoodie. After checking that I had unplugged everything and all that, I closed my door and headed to Natsume's room to inform him. It was a routine of ours to inform the other.

Even though the boys are banned from the girl's dormitory and vise versa, as long as you keep your doors wide or have a teacher with you, it is fine for the opposite gender to be in your room. Of course, no one's actually done the latter. Also, you can only go there between 9 am – 3pm. The only exceptions to this rule are emergencies and siblings.

I entered the boy's dormitory and headed to Natsume's room. During our earlier years here, we were constantly teased since we always went to the other's room and the frequency that we did that did not help. But when we became a part of the Dangerous Abilities they stopped. No one wanted to be on the bad side of the top 2 students of D.A.

Natsume's room was on the fourth floor and it didn't really take me that long to get there. Since it was only quarter to 2, the number of student in here was relatively few since the others were outside. I knocked on his door and waited for a few seconds then knocked again. Thinking that he must still be outside, I used the spare key that he had given me before and went inside.

The layout of Natsume's room was similar to mine. It had a small kitchen, a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom. All of the rooms were decent sizes so they weren't small. I headed straight to his refrigerator and wrote on the notepad he kept there. After that was done, I left the room and headed to the school's gates where my ride that will take me to the airport was waiting.

I arrived at the airport and received my passport from the guy that took me here. I checked in and got my tickets from the ground stewardess. I scanned the ticket and found out the Academy got me a first class, sweet. My flight to Singapore was at 3:30 pm so I still had time to spare. I turned on my music and walked around the airport, watching the different shops and their merchandise. There were a lot of convenience stores so I decided to buy some light snacks but not too much because I know that the trip had a meal.

15 minutes to boarding time I headed back to my departure gate. I sat on one of the benches around and watched the other people on the flight.

A minute into my people-watching I felt my phone vibrate in my pants pocket. I took it out and flipped it open. It was a call from Natsume. I took off my headphones and clicked 'answer'.

"Hello?"

"Where are you headed to?"

"Singapore."

"For how long?"

"At most will be 3 days."

"Difficulty?"

"I dunno." I tilted my head back and stared at the ceiling. I raised my left hand and took note of the time, a minute to boarding time.

"I see." After that, a silence came over us. I heard some shuffling on the other line then heard Aoi's voice saying something like she wasn't feeling too good. That got my attention immediately and I sat up straighter.

"Natsume? Is Aoi okay? Does she have a fever?" I anxiously waited for his reply.

"She might. Her forehead's kind of warm. Let me just get the thermometer." More shuffling and some curses came from the other line as Natsume looked for the thermometer. The PA then turned on and a lady announced that my flight was now boarding. I let the other people go first, it'll be too crowded anyways; I'll just wait for the crowd to thin out.

"Where are you guys?" I asked.

"We're just hanging out in my room. Where is i- Got it."

I looked at the line and saw that the crowd was thinner now. Time for me to go.

"Natsume, I got to go, my flight's here. Just text me what's going on and I'll call you guys back when I land there." I took a quick look around me to make sure that I didn't leave anything behind. After making sure that I had left nothing, I picked up my backpack and made my way to the gate.

"Got it. I'll inform you if she gets worse. Be careful Mikan."

"I'm always careful. Talk to you guys later." I replied. I snapped my phone shut and stuffed it inside my backpack. I gave my ticket to the lady for her to scan.

"Have a nice flight." She smiled at me. I smiled back and thanked her.

I entered the tarmac and headed into the plane where I quickly settled into my wide first-class seat as I waited for the plane to take off.

Somehow I can't believe that this is my longest chapter. It's so short. Ugh. So embarrassing. I'll do my best in the next chapter!

RXR!

April 30, 2013 : Edited for grammatical errors.