Revised: 7-6-10

Ah. Here I am again. Typing this story. Yup. Well, yeah. I decided to update. I got so many story alerts, but not as many reviews, but that's okay! When you alert, it means that you liked my story, right? It made me very happy, nonetheless. :D I thank you all who decided to click that button and read this. Remember, I'm updating this for all of YOU! You all rock. ^.^

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Rush

By Tsuki's Angel

~Chapter 1~

-Here She Goes Again-

It's already been three days. Persona hasn't talked to Natsume or anything. Not that he minded. He's actually kind of relieved. He isn't giving him any of those life-threatening missions lately. Natsume was much more relieved when he canceled his last mission, but he was a bit paranoid. He's sure there was a catch.

Natsume was sitting in class, his feet up on his desk like usual. Luca sat next to him, looking bored. Even though everything seemed fine at the moment, the class was giving off a very strange aura. Especially Imai. He didn't know what happened to her. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Polka hadn't been at school for some time. He hadn't seen her anywhere. He looked up from his manga. Naru just doesn't know when to shut the hell up, does he? What was he talking about anyways? Then a few words he said had caught his attention.

"—anyways, you all must be wondering where Mikan had gone…" Naru said. Natsume immediately started listening to what he was saying, as was the rest of the class. He pretended to be reading when he was really listening carefully.

"Mikan is no longer attending this school." Naru announced. "She is attending a different Alice Academy now. I am sure she will come back, but it may be years before she does so."

Nobody said anything. A different Alice Academy? Years before she returns? What's going on? Where did that girl disappear to?

"I saw her off a few days ago and she told me to tell everyone that she says goodbye," Naru finished, and then left. The entire class started to talk as soon as he did.

"Where do you think she is?" Luca asked. Natsume shrugged. Luca was looking at Imai. He looked at her too. She was just working on an invention as if there wasn't anything wrong.

But something was wrong. Very wrong. Natsume knew she didn't just leave. There must be a reason behind it.

. . .

The flight to London was very comfortable, but Mikan was upset the whole way there. She missed Hotaru. She missed everyone. She was currently in a limo on her way to her new school. Don't get her wrong—she was excited to make new friends and stuff, but still…

The limo came to an abrupt stop. Mikan looked out the window to see a woman standing outside her door. The driver got out and opened her door. She stepped out of the limousine. The woman had dark, pin-straight, black hair, and dark blue eyes that looked like you could drown in them. Her hair covered her left eye. She had very pale skin, and looked very young. She had many bracelets and necklaces on, giving her a 'don't mess with me' aura.

"Hello, Mikan. My name is Victoria. I am the Dangerous Ability Class teacher here in Alice Academy," she said giving a giggle. It wasn't a nice giggle, though. It was a scary giggle.

"H-Hello," Mikan said quietly. Somehow, she was scarier than Persona.

"I will be showing you to your class today while you get your stuff settled into your new room," she said smiling showing two rows of pearly white teeth. She scared her.

"O-okay…" Mikan said.

Victoria turned around and started walking towards the main building. Mikan took that as a signal to follow her. They entered the building, and Victoria told Mikan to wait in the lobby, and so she did. Mikan sat on one of the leather couches and waited patiently. She heard the door open and close behind her. She turned around, assuming it was Victoria. She was wrong. It was a boy who had midnight blue hair and gold eyes, and a girl with white-blonde hair and green eyes. They stared at her with a questioning look on their faces, but then smiled. Mikan smiled back. They walked up to her.

"You must be new here. My name is Ivan Owens, and this is Isabella Tarial," Ivan said.

"Hi! My name is Mikan Sakura! I'm new here, as you have guessed," Mikan said.

"Nice to meet you, Mikan," Ivan said.

"Nice to meet you too!" she said, glad to have made a new friend.

"I'm terribly sorry but, we are in a bit of a hurry, but I really hope to see you around, Mikan!" Ivan said, as he and Isabella dashed off. She waved a goodbye after them. Then Victoria entered the room. She came in with Mikan's new uniform. It was so different from her other one. The skirt was pure black with white plaid stripes and an embroidered 'A' in silver on the right side. The shirt was a silk white button up shirt with poufy, short sleeves. It had a jacket that came with it, which was also black and an 'A' embroidered on the left side. She held up the shoes. They were black leather heels. Mikan looked at the uniform overall and noticed something. It was a lot of black.

"This is the Dangerous Ability Class's uniform. In this academy, the Dangerous Ability Class wears a different uniform from everyone else. Catching on?" she asked. Mikan nodded. She handed her the uniform and ordered her to put it on in the bathroom. She did as Victoria told her. Mikan looked at herself in the mirror with the uniform on. It wasn't half bad. She walked out to Victoria. She looked at her.

"Suits you. Now to show you to your class. Follow me," she said.

Victoria led Mikan to her class. It was on the second floor of the building. She didn't talk to her at all during the walk there. It was an awkward silence. Once they reached the door of her classroom, Victoria opened it and motioned Mikan inside after she entered the class. She whispered a few words to the teacher, and then she left. The teacher of this class was a man with dark brown hair and blue eyes. He smiled at her as she stood in front of the class. Everybody stopped what they were doing and stared at her. It was quite uncomfortable. They were all whispering things like, "She's wearing that uniform," and "She's in the Dangerous Ability Class?"

"Class, this is Mikan Sakura. She has transferred here from Gakuen Alice in Japan," the teacher said, then directed his attention to her. "I'm Mr. Talbot."

Mikan didn't speak a word. She just merely nodded. He looked at her then the class.

"Now, you will be having Ivan Owens as your partner. Please take a seat between him and Isabella Tarial over there," he said motioning to the back. Mikan walked back there receiving many intense gazes and stares, and took her seat.

"Hey, Mikan. Isn't this a coincidence?" Isabella said, obviously happy.

"I'm glad I found someone I know in my class," Mikan replied, smiling.

"Well, Welcome to Alice Academy, Mikan," Ivan said. Mikan smiled bigger.

It was now lunchtime. They were having their lunch under a tree outside the lunchroom. Mikan asked Isabella if they were allowed, and she said yes. Mikan had spent her day with Isabella and Ivan only. She kept getting stares. Nobody else talked to her. It was starting to worry her. Had she done something wrong?

"Hey, Isabella?" Mikan said, getting her attention.

"Yes?" she replied.

"Why isn't anyone else but you two talking to me?" she asked. She looked at her for a moment then exchanged glances with Ivan. After a moment, Ivan replied.

"Um, nobody talks to the Dangerous Ability students here. There are only a total of ten students in the Dangerous Ability Class. Only the most dangerous Alices get sent here, which reminds me… what is your Alice?" Ivan said. So that means she can't make any more friends here? That… is surprising.

"Mikan?" Isabella said.

"Huh? Oh, my Alice is nullification," Mikan said. They stared at her.

"Uh, cool," Ivan said. She rolled her eyes.

"Don't fake it. I know it's not the best Alice in the world, but at least it's something," Mikan said. He laughed along with Isabella, and pretty soon she joined in.

New school. New uniform. New friends. New life.

Déjà Vu.

Here she goes again.

-One Year Later-

Mikan nullified Victoria's attack. Victoria had the Alice of Earth, which means she could cause earthquakes and such. She could also throw huge boulders at you without breaking a sweat. Of course, nullifying it was a cinch. About three months ago, they found out that Mikan had the Stealing Alice. She gained many more Alices after that during her missions. Mikan gained the Alice of Weather, Ice, Possession, Fire, and many more. She was a very fast learner, too. She had gotten very good at missions. Her first mission was hard, but as she advanced they became easy as one-two-three. She also became much, much smarter at school subjects. Everything was getting easier for her, Victoria's attacks included. Mikan dodged her next attack then sent her flying into the air. Victoria landed with a thud a few yards away. She propped herself on her elbows.

"You are showing great improvement for one year, Mikan," Victoria said. Mikan shrugged.

"What mission do I have tonight?" she asked, getting to the point. She wasn't as nice as she was before. Training here in London had changed her attitude a bit.

"The AAO has sent spies to come infiltrate Alice Academy. Your mission tonight is to find them all and dispose of them. You have the Alice of Death, right?" she said. Mikan hesitantly nodded.

The Alice of Death is the most dangerous of all. She got this Alice from one of her biggest missions. The owner was a little boy. She was doing the boy a favor by taking it off of his hands. The Alice is also special because it doesn't deplete her life—not by much, anyway. It only makes her a bit weak or sick for a period of time, and so far, she's recovered from each time she's used it. Most importantly, as you may have guessed, it is the power to kill by touching someone. It only happens when she wants it to, so there is no fear of accidentally killing someone.

After Mikan received her mission, she walked away from Victoria, and to the terrace. She found Isabella and Ivan waiting for her. Ivan had the Alice of Destruction. Whenever he gets mad, something explodes or catches on fire. He can do it intentionally and unintentionally. Isabella, on the other hand, had two Alices – Fire and Ice.

"Are you hurt at all, Mikan?" Isabella asked worriedly. Mikan rolled her eyes at her.

"Oh, please. As if. That wasn't even practice. It was more like a warm-up," she said, placing her hand on her hip. Isabella worries about her too much because of her third mission. She had gotten badly injured. She still has the scar on her side from it. Ever since then, she had always worried about her. As for Ivan, he was a bit protective of her. She doesn't know why, but he was.

"Great. So, what mission do you have tonight?" Ivan asked.

"I have to kill some AAO spies," Mikan said nonchalantly. They looked at her with worried faces.

"So you have to use that Alice?" Isabella said, worry in her voice.

"Yeah, but so what? It's not like it's going to kill me," Mikan said, but then added to herself so that they couldn't hear, "Not yet, anyways."

"B-but remember last time you used that Alice too much?" she said.

Yes, she does remember. She got terribly weak and couldn't even stand up on her own. She was asleep for so long, that everyone thought she was dead, which was part true. She was on the verge of death. But she did wake up, and Isabella and Ivan were relieved. After she woke up, Mikan got very ill and had to skip school for a week, but then it was all over it was like nothing had ever happened. Sure, you're in mortal pain, but its okay when it's over.

"So?" Mikan said. "Look, if you're that worried, then I promise I won't use it as much, okay? I'll only use it when I have to kill someone."

Isabella nodded. The first time Mikan had to kill somebody, she couldn't do it. She just couldn't take somebody's life like that, but then Victoria reminded her that if she was to fulfill her special someone's place, then she must, or Persona will personally put an end to him. Then all her hard work would have gone to waste.

"Look, Mikan, you have to be careful alright? Don't get yourself hurt," Ivan said. Mikan rolled her eyes at him.

"Don't treat me like a baby. I'm ten times stronger than I was before," she replied.

That didn't do anything, though. They still looked very worried. They can be so overprotective sometimes. They should know by now that she can take care of herself. They started to walk back to their tree where they always eat lunch. It was nice and shady. Mikan took off her jacket and swung it over her shoulder. She didn't feel like wearing it. It was a nice autumn day. She should be able to enjoy it. She wanted to go to Central Town. She had a lot of money to blow off anyways. She was a Special Star now because she had so many Alices.

"Hey Ivan, let's go to Central Town," Mikan said. He shrugged.

"If that's what you want," he said.

"Sounds good. I needed to buy a scarf anyways," Isabella said. Mikan nodded. They turned their direction and started to walk to Central Town.

. . .

Mikan was wearing her typical mission outfit that Victoria gave her. It was some black shorts, a leather jacket, and boots. She swore this school was obsessed with black. Mikan had her gun strapped to her thigh just in case she needed it. She eliminated nineteen of the spies already. She only had one to go.

Mikan had been looking for the last one for about ten minutes now and if she doesn't find him in the next thirty seconds she thought she was going to blow her fuse. Then she saw him. He had set up a bomb near the wall. It was a very small one, but she could still see it. He was hiding behind a tree, holding a remote that probably would set the bomb off. She jumped into the tree by grabbing a branch and pulling herself up. (Yes, she has the ability to do that.) Mikan moved to the branch that was directly above his head, and swung on it so that she was hanging upside down. Her face was parallel to his.

"My, isn't this lovely? I found you," Mikan said, giving a giggle. The color on his face was replaced by fear. She knew they were scared of her. After all, she could kill them with a single touch.

"Get the hell away from me!" he yelled, dropping the remote. Mikan swung down from the tree and picked up the remote. She smirked at him.

"Aw, don't be afraid," she said. She stepped closer to him.

"Don't get any closer, or I'll kill you!" he yelled. She giggled. Was that supposed to be a threat?

"With what, sweetheart? You have to weapons," I said. He looked terrified. "Didn't I say not to be scared? It won't hurt." Mikan pondered the statement for a second before she added, "Much."

What she did next would scare anyone. Mikan quickly pressed the man against the tree with her hand over his heart. Then, she simply applied a bit of pressure. There was a faint glow, and the man was writhing on the ground in pain. After a few seconds, he was dead. Mikan sighed.

Finally, mission complete.

That was almost too easy for her. Mikan teleported the last of the bodies to Victoria. Victoria was waiting who-knows-where to dispose of it. She didn't really want to know what Victoria did with them anyways…

Mikan looked at the remote in her hands as she walked over to the bomb to defuse it. Then on the remote, she saw something that sent a little shock through her—okay, a big shock. It was counting down. She only had a second left. She wouldn't make it.

Then, it exploded.

Mikan was sent flying back and landed with a crash on the concrete. She groaned. She was thrown back pretty hard. Mikan tried to prop herself up on her elbows, and couldn't. Debris from the explosion had hit her left arm and injured it. She didn't know if it was broken or not. She had to get up, though. Victoria said she had to meet her in the clearing in the southern forest. Mikan got up, grimacing at the pain.

"Stupid bomb," she grumbled clutching her side.

Mikan thought a couple of her left ribs were broken. Her right leg was bleeding. Crap, she thought. Mikan quickly jumped the wall, using her barrier-break Alice to break the invisible barrier so that she didn't get injured any further. She had a bit of energy left so she teleported to the clearing in the southern forest so she didn't have to walk all the way there. It took quite a bit of energy to teleport, but Mikan was strong. She was trained to endure this kind of damage to herself. As soon as she reached the clearing she dropped down to her knees. Victoria was waiting there. Mikan tried to breathe evenly.

"Mission…complete…" she said gasping between breaths.

"How did you get hurt? This mission should have been easy for you," she said.

"The bomb exploded. I had no idea that the man had already set it off," Mikan replied. Victoria nodded, obviously not caring that she was in so much pain.

"The mission is complete, so it doesn't matter that the bomb went off. The academy will cover it up," she said. "Goodnight."

Victoria walked away from Mikan into the forest and was gone. Mikan had no more energy to teleport anywhere. She was so damn weak after using her Alice so much. Then, all of a sudden, she heard someone speak. It sounded sweet like bells.

"I told you she was going to overdo it!"

Mikan looked up. There was Ivan and Isabella. Isabella was glaring at Ivan with fury that could've killed. And right now, she didn't care that they were spying on her. She was just so relieved that they were there—with her. Ivan crouched down beside her.

"Where does it hurt?" he asked.

"Everywhere," Mikan replied, her voice rasp.

"I told you to use the gun! You wouldn't be like this if you had listened!" Isabella scolded her. Mikan managed to laugh.

"But it's no fun that way," Mikan said, teasing.

She did use the gun, but it ran out of bullets because she had to use a ton of the bullets on a man who had the Alice of Speed. Of course she tried her best to aim, but the guy had brains, too. No wonder he was trained to be an AAO agent.

"SO?" Isabella yelled. "Mikan, you make me worry too much!"

"I'm…sorry…" Mikan said. She couldn't hold herself up anymore. She fell onto Ivan's chest. He picked her up into his arms and stood on his feet.

"Let's get you to the infirmary," was the last thing she heard him say before I drifted off into the endless darkness…

. . .

Mikan woke up feeling the sun on her face. Her arm was in a cast, and her entire torso was bandaged up along with her leg that got injured. She mentally slapped herself. How could she have been so stupid? She should have known the man had done that! There was no way that he was just standing there, waiting for her to kill him! Mikan groaned and punched the bed with her good arm.

"I think she's awake," said a voice. Mikan looked at the door. Isabella came into view. Her eyes widened then welled up with tears.

"MIKAN!" she screeched running toward said person with opens arms. She pulled her into a hug. Mikan winced. That hurt a bit, but she hugged her back anyways.

"Don't scare me like that!" she said all teary. She sniffled.

"I'm sorry. The bomb went off before I knew it," Mikan said. Ivan then came in.

"Mikan! Are you feeling better?" he asked sitting on the bed next to her.

"Yes!" she said. "Maybe we can hang out later. I don't want to go to class today."

"Yeah, right! You're staying in your room and resting." He said. She rolled her eyes.

"Whatever," she said. Secretly, she pouted. Her room was boring.

"Don't pout," Isabella said. Ah, she knew her too well.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," Mikan retorted.

Isabella and Ivan stayed with Mikan until lunch. At that time, they had to leave to get something to eat. They wouldn't be back until evening because of extensive training. Mikan told them to get her something to eat for dinner. Hospital food was icky. Later that day, Victoria visited Mikan's room. She said she had something important to tell her.

"Mikan, I've been communicating with Gakuen Alice in Japan this past week. I talked with Persona about your training." Mikan's face showed no signs of emotion, but her heart was beating fast. She was afraid of what they decided to do with her. "He and I both agreed that you are indeed one of our best pupils, and that you've learned much in the past year. You will be staying at this Academy for four more years, and then you shall go back to Japan."

Mikan smiled. Now she knew exactly how many more years she had left in London. Four more years until she saw Natsume and everyone again. She hoped he was doing okay. He mind stopped for a second. No—he better be okay! Otherwise, she was going to whip Persona's butt!

"Okay," Mikan replied to Victoria.

She nodded then left her in peace. She sighed. She hoped she got better soon. She wanted to eat ice cream in Central Town with Isabella and Ivan. Oh how badly she wished she could see what they were doing right now. Probably training, Mikan thought. But still. Mikan sighed again. Only four more years of this torture, and then she's off.

Four more years…

Well, I hope you enjoyed it! I promise in the next chapter, Mikan will be back in Japan. So don't worry. xD Please tell me how you liked it! I am started another story for Gakuen Alice, too. That will be coming out soon… So, for now, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! Nyahaha~!

July 25, 2010: Mission complete. XD I'm done editing this chapter. And I'm begging you guys to tell me the mistakes.

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