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Mikan's jacket disappeared.

"What the?" Said Franco. "What did you do girl?! Don't play games with us!"

"I… I… didn't do anything." Mikan was shocked. How did that happen? She thought. 'Now is my chance, I got to get away.'

As Mikan turned to stand up and run, she felt something move past her. "More wind?" she was getting frustrated, she needed to get away from those two, she needed to get Hotaru and Ruka some help. "Wont you guys ever leave me alone?"

Mikan was filled with rage and frustration that she even though she couldn't, she thought that she has to stop them. her firend were in danger. As Mikan turned her head back to where the two AAO goons were, well, what she saw unnerved her.

There standing in between her and the AAO guys that were after her was none other than Persona…

"Need some help Little Kitty?" He grinned.

Flashback

2 Months Ago

Persona's POV

"Hatsuki! I have a mission for you." Persona called the boy with teleportation alice who was also in the dangerous abilities class. Persona had command of a lot of students in the said class to do his missions and everyone there was afraid of him. Well, except for our Black Cat that is and he was Persona's favorite.

"Ahhh… Yes Sir." He answered back. He walked toward Persona. He was a high school student of the academy, a little thin and lanky but looking atthe way he walked and moved you would know that he was trained for stealth. He was like one of those ninjas of the old times. He had black hair and dark eyes that suited him in the shadows. Persona always made him do reconaissance for natsume's missions and he never failed once.

"This is just a reconnaissance mission. Easy in and out. You are ordered not to encounter with the enemy, clear? You will have no back up so that means if you slip, you're on your own." Persona said as though he couldn't care less to what could happen with the boy.

"Hai, Persona sensei."

"I want you to retrieve a file from this location." Persona pointed out in the map. "Your mission starts at 10 pm." then Persona started to walk away, "that is all Hatsuki." Just before he was out of sight he heard the boy say something.

"Ahhmmm… Sir, can I borrow the map?" Hatsuki was sweating profusely. He didn't want to anger Persona of all people. Well, he thought, its better to get the mission done than not because he forgot the location.

Hatsuki was still bowing his head and his eyes closed waiting for Persona's reply or rather beating because of his lack of ability. when a few seconds passed and he didn't hear anything from Presona. 'I guess he left already' and gave out a sigh.

"Here." Persona threw the map at Hatsuki and he caught it. "Make sure you get it done Hatsuki, or else…"

Hatsuki swallowed hard. "Hai! Arigato Persona sensei". Thank goodness I didn't make him mad. Hatsuki smiled to himself.

At 3 AM the following day…

"Have you gotten what I told you to get for me Hatsuki?" Persona emerged from the bushes at the back part of the Northern Forest where they usually met.

"Yes, I have it here sensei." Hatsuki handed out a folder that he pulled from his jacket.

"Good. You are dismissed and will be contacted for your next mission." he started walking away, which was a sign that the mission was over and that he was dismissed.

"Thank you Persona sensei."

Persona took the folder from Hatsuki and read what's inside. "Looks like the AAO are planning a surprise party huh?"

"Only problem is, it doesn't say when…"

Persona then jumped from branch to branch in the enormous trees of Alice Academy and heading straight for the Headmaster's office.

The Headmaster's Office...

"Persona, if what these files say is true, then Alice Academt will be under a full blown attack from the AAO?" the Headmaster stood from his table.

"That is what I understand sir." Persona replied still calm and collected at one of the corners of the Headmaster's office. the Headmaster was sure in distress by how he looked.

"I suggest that we use the Shelter for this Headmaster."

"The Shelter? Ah yes. Right. It has been finished years before and I suppose we'll be trying it out very soon. I will organize the whole Academy so that everyone will be able to reach it safely. Thank you again Persona-san for your diligence and efficiency." the Headmaster bowed in Persona's direction.

"I'll be leaving now Headmaster." and he headed for the door to leave.

"I know you are most feared here Persona-san, but what would we ever do without you." The Headmaster whispered to himself.

Snapped out of his reverie by the seriousness of this event, the Headmaster started to formulate his plans. "I Should get to work too." He pushed a button to summon his secretary. When she appeared behind the door, the Headmaster began barking his orders for the counter-plan on AAO's attack.

"Oh, and Tokiko-san, send in all the advisers and class representatives from all the school divisions."

"All of them sir?" the secretarty questioned wide-eyed.

"Yes, all of them. So God help us, we need all of them."

This Morning…

"BOOOOOM!!!!"

The grounds shook and the trees rattled. "So the attack is today huh? Such a waste for a beutiful day to end in bloodshed." Persona was standing outside one of the Middle School Buildings and spying on his Kuro Neko, a hobby of his that made his favorite student detest him even more. He lazily stood up from the branch where he was sitting and stole one last glance at Natsume's tense face.

"We'll be seeing each other very soon then Natsume…" He jumped through the branches heading at the sound of the explosion.

He reached the building that was right infront of the Academy gates and sat himself at the edge of the roof and looked at the scene below him. He wasn't planning on playing a part on this charade he thought.

The Dangerous Ability class was starting to form a defensive line infront of the Academy Gates. "Now, they'll be starting to play." A smile crept on Persona's lips. "This would be good training for them and I would be able to evaluate their actions. I Hope someone slips so I could punish them when I'm bored."

As the minutes passed, Persona saw that the DA class was having the upper hand of the fight. "Hmpf! Weaklings! They dare to attack Alice Academy at this manner? Pathetic! Even those lower level DA students are kikcking their ass"

Then something struck him. He looked down again at the scene below him. He scanned every mask that each DA class student wore.

"Kuro Neko is not here."

"Hmm... I wonder why..."

"So I see... It's a diversion. Good one Reo, you almost pulled it off and you almost had me that time. I must say you're getting smarter everytime you do this."

Persona went around the Academy, thinking what else Reo wanted to get. The large sacrifice of lives for their part must be due to the importance of what they will get in return for their attack. Its clear that they were not here to take down the whole of the Academy, they just wanted something. What is it?

When Persona was about to turn and head to another direction, "Not here I guess." he heard someone yell.

"Hotaru! Ruka!"

Its that girl's voice, the one always with Natsume. What is she doing here? They're supposed to be in the Shelter by now. "Oh well, better see what the Little Kitty is up to." he stepped to the edge of the Middle School building and saw Mikan Sakura with two men trying to catch her. To his right he saw two other students, Hotaru Imai and Ruka Nogi, both lying on the ground and unconscious.

To the far side of his left he saw Natsume. Encircled by a group of men obviously from AAO but their uniforms he never saw before."New uniforms? Hmm... Interesting Reo, you should surprise me like this more often." he chuckled.

His view snapped back to Mikan and her pursuers when one of them said that they were there to get her and the Black Cat.

"So, this was your plan Reo? But why the girl I wonder?"

She was gonna be caught. Clumsy girl! "Oh well, nobody touches what is mine.And everything inside Alice Academy is mine" As persona said that, he jumped down and touched Mikan's jacket and it turned to ash. His movement too fast for any of them to see.

They didn't see me. Tch. such weaklings. They haven't noticed it when I approched them. Its no fun not being acknowledged he thought so he stepped right in the middle of the girl and the two men.

Mikan's POV

"Need some help Little Kitty?

Mikan couldn't speak. She was stunned to see the most feared man in the Academy standing right in front of her and much less offering her some help. He stood in front of her with his spiky hair, his black coat, and his white mask. He materialized the word fear. His aura was menacing and frightful that could give any man that could stand before him a run for his money.

"Per… Per… Persona sensei… we need to help Natsume!" Mikan shouted. Tears started to fall, she was so afraid. She didn't know if she was afraid of Persona, of the two AAO goons, of her friends, or for the life of Natsume.

"We have to get rid of these two first, ne Little Kitty?" she was still facing his back but she could see a smirk on the side of his lips. it gave her goosebumps. How could someone think of smiling at a time like this she thought.

"Yes, well, he's wind and he's lightning." Mikan pointed out to the two.

As soon as Mikan stopped talking, Persona dashed out at the enemies. The sight was amazing. Their movements were so fast that Mikan couldn't hardly see them. Persona was like a monster. He moved so fast that if she blinked he could disappear right in front of her.

It was obvious that the two were afraid of Persona. They knew who he was. Sweat was trickling down their temples and their hands trembled at their sides.

Persona went at them again, they were only able to defend their bodies. "He's too fast. What is he a Devil?" gasped Franco. They will be soon out of breath with all this dodging. 'We have to fight back.' He thought. "Antonio use your alice together with mine!"

As Persona was beginning to charge at them again, he was blown back by a strong wind and saw a tornado with lightning spiraling with it. The two men behind it were grinning.

"Now let's see how you will get near us Persona! That wind will slow you down and those lightning bolts will kill you in a second! Hahahaha!" Franco laughed maniacally.

The tornado was getting closer to Persona and Mikan. "Better move back Little Kitty." he covered her with his right hand and at the same time pushed her back.

"What's your star ranking now Kitty?"

"Uh… Eh… I think this isn't the time to be asking me about that Persona sensei…"

The tornado swiftly moved closer to the both of them.

"Kyaa!" Strong arms picked up Mikan from where she was, and was now a good few meters away from the tornado.

"Don't make me ask again Little Kitty." he hissed.

Mikan trembled, he's angry she thought. Surely this is a man who always got what he asked. "Uh… I'm a three star now and I could use my alice at will."

"That's good to hear. Now when I give you the signal use your alice to nullify that tornado."

"But, Persona sensei your alice will be nullified too."

"Just the way I like it." that smirk displaying again on his porcelain face.

"Now!"

Mikan closed her eyes and blue light emanated from her. The tornado started to dwindle which confused Franco and Antonio. "Don't stop Antonio!"

"Its not me Franco, I can't use my alice!"

"Well, well, well, not so tough now without your alice huh?"

They trembled again. They knew they were helpless.They knew that their last chance for survival was gone. They knew their end was at hand.

"Lets play." Persona smiled baring his perfect white teeth.

Natsume's POV

'Tch! These people are irritating! I hope Mikan and the others are safe.' Natsume thought.

At the corner of his eye, he saw Hotaru and Ruka come out of the building. 'At least someone's out here to take her to safety.'

Then that leader of their's ordered two of his goons to go after the Baka. 'Tch! Their getting more irritating by the minute!'

Then their leader stepped up front. " I am Learson and I lead this group, come with us peacefully and we assure you that you will not be harmed."

Natsume stood up in a lazy manner and scratched his temples. But inside, he was tense his eyes took in every detail of his enemies and calculated every possible strength and weakness they had.

"You better take your minions and get the hell out of our academy instead of barking orders at me old man." Natsume stood his ground.

"Why you arrogant brat! We were giving you a choice!" A woman replied from among the group.

"What if I gave YOU a choice? Lets say you leave now and you get to take home, what, lets see, maybe your lives." Natsume smirked beneath his mask.

"I wish that we have resolved this in another way Kuro Neko-san." Learson said quite sadly.

"Brother! Let me fight him!" the woman spoke again.

"Lianna? Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, I always wanted to fight the famous Black Cat."

"Very well."

"Oi! You two done with your meeting? I still have a lot of things to do you know. Homework and stuff."

The woman gritted her teeth. "You will pay for your insults brat!" then she charged.

Along with her were four more men that followed her orders and fought with her against Natsume.

The woman had a shield alice and she was using it to defend herself and her group from Natsume's fire.

"Listen old lady, you can't use that shield forever and you can't keep on fighting in defensive mode. This isn't fighting, this more like dodging. You're boring me to death is maybe your tactic huh?"

"You haven't seen my alice yet brat!" the woman shouted back. As she did, the shield that emanated from her right arm started to change its shape. it was starting to form a scythe. "You were saying Kuro Neko? I might be just the ne to beat you and break down that pride of yours." She was grinning wildly.

"You see, we were trained to use our alices in the most possible way we could, not only for defense but for attacking as well." she spoke again. They started to attack him, only this time Natsume was the one being pushed back.

'Tch they're fast.' Natsume said to himself after about 5 mins of fighting.

He was getting hit at random parts of is body. Lianna landed a sidekick and sent Natsume skidding back a few meters. He tasted blood on his mouth while he slowly rose up.

"Not so confident now eh Kuro Neko?"

"Tch! Shut up you hag!"

Mikan's POV

He wants me to do what? She asked herself. Use my alice? But that would render Him unable to use his alice too!

He was saying something about a signal or something. My head was hurting. Im getting confused.

"Now!" I heard him say. I shouldn't hesitate. We should help Natsume! "Aahh!"

I felt energy coming from inside my body. My hair and clothes were flapping because of the force radiating inside of me. I have used my alice before but not in this situation. I have to give it my best.

What's this? There's something funny with my alice. I looked down at the rest of my body. As always, I was giving off a blue light. But what is this cold I'm feeling. Its coming from my chest. I clutched my uniform trying to find the source of the cold.

Black light!?

Black light was coming out of my chest.What the?! What's happening to me?! It's traveling down to my arms and legs. I started to panic, i couldn't breathe.

"No! Stop!"

All the light that was coming out of me was suddenly sucked back inside again. I felt weak. What was that black light?

Sweat was forming at her forehead and temples. She was breathing heavily while clutching her chest.

I was snapped out of my trance when I heard someone speak, I looked up and saw Persona, and all the memories of the last hour came flooding back.

"Not bad Little Kitty." He told me.

I saw the two bodies ahead of me. They were dead. They weren't gonna stand up now and brush off the dust just like nothing happened would they? Just like what they did when Ruka and Hotaru attacked them.

I hated them and I didn't regret what Persona did to them.

"Natsume?!"

I stood up and ran back to where Natsume was.

What I saw shocked me. Natsume was standing in the middle of five people and he had cuts and bruises everywhere.

"No, Natsume…" I looked for Persona and found him a few yards back.

"We have to help him Persona sensei! Or else he's gonna die!" I pulled at one of his sleeves that earned me a death glare from the man. i quickly took my hands off him.

"No, this is his fight. And I'd like to watch." Persona showed his sinister smile to Mikan.

"You won't help him?! Why?! He's your student! I hate you!" Mikan started to cry. Her hope of saving Natsume dwindling.

Helpless… Why am I so helpless? Mikan asked herself.

I don't want to be helpless anymore!

With a new resolve Mikan ran to Natsume's direction.

Natsume's POV

Natsume was again pushed back and skidded to the ground with one of his knees nearing the ground and his left hand holding on the grass for added balance.

'Tch. They're good and I'm getting beat up.'

"So how does it feel Kuro Neko to fight against someone with the same level of your skill? Hahaha!"

"I thought I told you to shut up old hag!" my body hurts. I should finish this soon or I'm gonna pass out from all these wounds.

"Tsk tsk tsk. You should be a little more nicer to us now Kuro Neko coz you'll be working with us after we beat you up senseless. Get him."

"No! Stop!"

That voice. No it can't be. Mikan, I told her to get out of here!

"Stop it! Don't hurt him!" Mikan shouted again.

"Too late for that now girl!" the woman sneered back. "Get them both!"

As the AAO group was advancing on Mikan, as Persona was swooping down to get her, as Natsume stood to snatch her away from the advancing enemy… Blue light blinded them.

It was coming from Mikan. Once Natsume's eyes adjusted to the light he saw that something black was creeping up on Mikan's body.

"Oi Polka! What are you doing?"

Mikan turned her head slowly and smiled at him. "Run Natsume, please. Get away from me."

"No, I won't leave you!"

"Please, Natsume its my alice, there's something else in it. I don't want you to get hurt."

"No." Natsume's words were cut short. Persona rendered him unconscious.

"Arigato sensei, please get away as far as you can."

Without a word Persona left with Natsume. He knew something was wrong. The day he saw that girl he knew her alice wasn't ordinary. She had those funny colors around her and now those colors were combining to form one color… Black.

"Hey girl! What are you even thinking? We know you could only nullify alices, what you are doing is useless coz we could still fight without our alice."

"I know." Mikan replied and gave a sad smile. ' I hope Natsume's far enough. I can't hold it in much longer.'

The black light traveled to her entire body and started spreading outwards through her back looking like black feathered wings covering her initial blue light.

Learson saw this and dread filled his heart. 'this wasn't what we knew about her alice, she's supposed to be just a nullifier!'

"Lianna get out of there! Its dangerous!"

"Don't be kidding brother she's just a nullifier, the AAO will have what they came for."

"No Lianna!"

Black light devoured the shining blue light. It radiated. It was powerful. It bent the tress that were standing at the sides. In the middle of it was a girl. Hair flying in the air, she looked like a black angel…

Learson and his other troops were able to evade the incoming black light but it was too late for his sister and her squad…

Persona dropped Natsume to the ground. They were far enough from the black light. "What exactly did you do little Kitty?"

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