Dark Angel: M14G8
Chapter 3: Smile
ZUKI: Gomen minna-san! I haven't updated for such a long time!
STRANGE VOICE: Plain obvious actually…
ZUKI: Oh just stop it already, I'm apologizing you know! It's just kinda hard to keep up with school and all.
STRANGE VOICE: Fine whatever. This pressured baka girl here doesn't own Gakuen Alice…at all.
ZUKI: Meanie! (stucks her tongue out), well for all readers and reviewers, I still thank you all!
STRANGE VOICE: Weirdo.
ZUKI: What was that?!
STRANGE VOICE: Nandemonai.
Recap
"Arigatou…"
Then, I left again by teleporting in front of my room, I hastily opened it and stepped inside, closed the door and went to lie on the bed but not yet sleeping, just staring at the ceiling, wondering.
'How come you're so familiar Natsume…even Ruka and Hotaru, if only I remembered...'
End of Recap
Another morning has begun and the students are getting ready for school, all except one and this person is Mikan. She was trembling uncontrollably because of a nightmare.
Inside Mikan's mind…
"Sakura-sama! Run! Don't let them get you!" A black-haired woman said as she was clutching her stomach and coughing blood while being held back with her hair by a long white-haired man.
"B-but I can't leave you and father behind Risa-nee-chan! You both need to come with me so the hospital can tend your heavy wounds!" A brown-haired 5 yr old girl cried.
The mysterious man smirked and thrown the black-haired woman, known as Risa, straight into the wall and leaving her unconscious, "You should've listen to her, little kitty."
"D-Doushite? What did we ever do to you?!" The little girl yelled, sobbing endlessly.
"Simply nothing, your mother just owed something to me," The man walked towards her.
The girl panicked, "Don't come near me! I said don't come near me!"
Then, a sudden force overthrown the man and the girl took this chance to escape to her friends' house.
Her nightmare was put to a stop when she woke up. As she woke up, her eyes quickly opened and widened.
'What was that? Is it just a normal nightmare or is it something else?' She thought while standing up slowly from her bed.
'Who's Risa? More importantly, who was that man?' Her thoughts were jumbled up as she notices her uniform is already on her study table.
After preparing, she looked at the clock but she was already late.
'Late already? Oh well,' she shrugged and continued to go out to her classroom.
In a few minutes, she arrived at the classroom. She opened the door interrupting a very stern man's class.
"I do believe you are already late M14G8," A man with a frog on his shoulders said.
Mikan glared at him, "And I do believe that I was already given a name by master…I'm no longer M14G8, besides that is only a code. As of now, call me Mikan. Mikan Sakura."
From the class, three students' face hardened. They were thinking the same thoughts simultaneously, connecting their sentences together.
'Is it really coincidence?' Hotaru suspected.
Natsume removed his manga from his face and looked at the girl intently, 'This girl…there's something about her that I can't really seem to put it together since yesterday.'
Ruka stopped feeding his bunny, 'It can be possible but those eyes…'
The three of them thought, 'Those eyes don't seem to hold the same innocence that she had.'
Koko just became more inquisitive about it but stopped before he goes beyond his limits.
"Jinno-sensei aren't I going to be introduced since I didn't introduce properly yesterday," Mikan continued.
Jinno looked at her and eyed her, like she was dangerous, well she is but still, "Alright Ms. Sakura."
Mikan turned in front of the class given that she was not facing them, "Watashi no namae wa Mikan Sakura desu. I suppose you know that I am a humanoid and in other words, if you do not want to be harmed by any means, I suggest you stay away from me except for my master and some friends of his. If you have no good intention at all, I suggest you avoid me within 10m radius. Finally, ask any question without hesitation at all but use your words wisely."
After that introduction, the class ends with a bell and the teacher left.
"Why should we follow orders from you? I, Sumire Shouda, can never be bossed around by some stupi…"
BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!
The raven-haired inventor cuts off the green-haired girl.
"What did you do that for?!" Sumire yelled on top of her lungs.
Hotaru replied, "You're screeching like a monkey."
(ZUKI: No offense for monkey-lovers!)
Sumire mumbled a 'humph' and walked away.
The brunette went towards the windowsill and looked outside peacefully until the almost identical twin girls interrupted her.
Nonoko asked first, "Uh…ano…"
"I told you previously that don't hesitate to ask," Mikan spoke.
"Mikan-chan, what are your alice, ability type, and star class?" Anna inquired.
Mikan answered, "Nullification, SEC or Steal, Erase and Copy. Dangerous ability type. Special star."
"Sugoi, Mikan-chan!" Nonoko said.
Then, Yuu, Koko and Kitsuneme went towards them.
"Ah, so you asked her by now," Koko told them as a sign of reading their minds.
Anna screamed, "Will you stop doing that?"
Koko replied casually, "I can't help it, it's my alice."
"Oh well," Nonoko sighed.
Then, Yuu had an idea, "Why don't we go shopping at central town, Mikan-chan?"
Mikan agreed, "The shopping district right? Well, let's go."
"Wait, we're coming with you," Hotaru interrupted while holding her crab and lobster grabber, connecting it to the two most popular boys' heads, Natsume and Ruka.
"Imai! Let us go!" Ruka tried to shook his head off while Natsume tried to burn it.
While they were struggling, the inventor yet again breaks the fourth wall. Inventions, crab and lobster grabber used for grabbing certain idiots and other kinds of things out of range. Fire-proof, water-proof and magnet-proof, only for 1000 rabbits but for you viewers I'll give you a discount, now for 999 rabbits only.
Kitsuneme spoke, sweatdropped with the others except for Mikan and Natsume, "Uh, Imai-san, who are you talking to?"
"Fans," she responded still holding the two grabbers.
"Imai! Stop it!" Ruka still thrash about.
Hotaru had a sudden evil glint on her eyes, "On one condition, let me sell more pictures of you and come with us to Central town."
Ruka nodded and she lets him go, "That includes you Hyuuga."
"Tch. Whatever." Natsume said.
Afterward, he was released from the grabber.
"Let's go," Mikan spoke leaving them behind.
On their way to the bus, they came across a three-yr-old kid with silver hair and gray eyes.
"Onii-chan," the little boy greeted to Natsume.
Natsume acknowledged his presence as Ruka carried Youichi.
"Are you going to the central town Youichi?" Ruka asked.
Youchi nodded and noticed the brown-haired girl.
Then, he looked at Mikan intently.
Mikan looked at him as well, "My name is Mikan Sakura and I am a humanoid. Your onii-chan is my master. You are Youichi Hijiri of Dangerous ability type right?"
Youichi replied with an 'ah' as yes.
"Enough with the introductions. Let's go to central town already," Hotaru interrupted.
They all agreed and entered the bus.
As they arrived in Central town, Mikan stared at it with wonder.
"Do you want a tour Mikan?" Yuu asked.
"Sure." She answered.
Nonoko suggested, "Let's split up to do our own thing then."
Anna consented, "Yeah, me and Nonoko can go together."
Yuu nodded, "Hotaru and I will tour mikan then."
"What about you five?" Hotaru stared at them.
Kitsuneme replied, "I'll be coming with Koko to that shop over there."
"Then, that leaves with the three of you," Mikan said as she looked at the three.
Ruka asked, "Well Natsume…"
"Whatever. Let's just go with them, I'm her master. I can't do anything about it," Natsume butted in.
Youichi gazed at his 'onii-chan' curiously.
Yuu broke the tension, "Well let's go and meet up by the fountain in three hours."
"Okay, see you later," The almost twin girls and boys answered in chorus.
Then, Yuu tours Mikan around central town while the others just followed. While touring, they came across a store selling sweets with a long line.
Youichi nudged Ruka, pointing at the said store.
"You want howalon, Youichi?" Ruka asked.
Youichi nodded.
Then, they lined up too not until a sudden fire lit on the customers' hair that was lined up before them. The customers fled, afraid of the flamecaster.
After that, Youichi bought one box and started to eat one.
"Howalon? Is it a cotton candy of some sort?" Mikan has question marks above her head.
Hotaru raised a brow, "Why? Don't have any information about it?"
"I'm afraid so," Mikan responded.
Yuu explained to her what Howalon is while Youichi continued to eat it until one was left.
Youichi nudged Ruka again, "Put me down."
Ruka abide by his request and puts him down. Then, Youichi heads toward the brunette. Mikan saw this picked him up as Youichi held his box towards her and said.
"You can have it."
Yuu gaped at them with shock while Hotaru was amused and Ruka was stunned. This also sparked Natsume's interest at the strange girl.
Whereas they were looking at them, Mikan opened the box and saw the candy. She gets the last one and eats it. Then, her dull eyes seemed to have lightened and softened up a little bit which the three took notice of it. (ZUKI: I meant by Ruka, Natsume and Hotaru.)
"A-arigatou Youichi…Not only for the candy but you also made me happy again," Mikan thanked him and smiled brightly for the very first time, making all of them stare at her with awe.
Hotaru then commented, "You should smile more often." Her eyes softened a little bit.
Youichi went down and back to Ruka, noticing a faint blush on his cheeks and the softening of his onii-chan's eyes.
Mikan stopped smiling and replied, "Arigatou demo gomen, I haven't smiled for a very long time since I felt no happiness when I became an experimental project. Maybe, before I became like this, I smiled everytime. I just wished I knew and remembered about it."
"Uhm, sorry for the interruption but we need to go back to the fountain now," Yuu said.
The atmosphere stopped. Then, they went back to the fountain and went home.
Hotaru's POV…
We finally arrived safely at the dorms. They waved goodbye went back to their rooms while I went to my lab. I opened the computer and researched more about that girl. Her smile…Is she the real Mikan? She looked a lot like her for a second when she smiled. Moreover, why does Hyuuga know Mikan even Nogi? Like, they have met before. It is possible. I need to dig deeper into this. Mikan, what really happened to you? I haven't even heard of you, as if you just vanished into thin air. In addition, what did you mean by 'I need to introduce you to my other two friends. I know you'll like them!' You're supposed to tell me everything before you vanish you baka. I sighed deeply, having a migraine. I stopped researching for 10 minutes as I recollect my memories with her.
Flashback
"Hotaru, let's play again by the swings!" A brown-haired girl in two pigtails said happily.
"Baka, I'm near. You don't have to shout." I replied.
"Mou Hotaru, meanie!" The brunette stuck her tongue out and then smiled.
She continued, "You know Hotaru, I just wanted to talk to you. It's about me since you went out with your family for the past few days."
"Did someone bully you again?" I looked at her still on my emotionless façade but with concerned-looking eyes.
"Yeah, demo while I was crying that day someone helped me and he had powers like us too! He also introduced me to his best friend! Therefore, I need you to introduce you to my other two friends. I know you'll like them!" Mikan smiled.
I answered, "Well, I'm grateful that they did my job of comforting you because you're really a handful."
"You're being mean again!" Mikan pouted.
"Remember to smile aho! I told you to smile more, you look 10x uglier when you don't smile," I said.
(ZUKI: Gomen I just copied that line from the anime! I swear I don't own it!)
"Hotaru!" She hugged me tightly like there was no tomorrow.
"Get away from me. Those baka germs…" I struggled playing with her.
End of Flashback
And I found out that there was actually no tomorrow after all.
End of Hotaru's POV
ZUKI: Yay finished!
STRANGE VOICE: Hmph, don't need to shout it to the whole world you know.
ZUKI: Killjoy! Oh well, I hoped you enjoy dear readers and reviewers! Demo gomen for the not-updating-for-a-longtime issue!
STRANGE VOICE: Just hope for the people to review…
ZUKI: I KNOW THAT! Sigh, anyways… please read and review sayonara!!