Alice Academy: Generation X
Disclaimer: I don't own Alice academy, nor its characters… I do own the new ones (especially the 10 year olds…).
AN: this is a special chapter to all my friends who are now writers in … I miss you all… ToT
Anyway, this is an important chapter… a catalyst per se…
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Description: what happens after eighteen years in the anime? Mikan has a son she left when she supposedly died, but who's the father?! What will be her son's future problems? Is Mikan really dead? RxR usual pairings.
Chapter Three: The Chase
Haru ran towards school. He ran and ran without looking ahead. The result is that he bumped to another person.
"Ouch, sorry…"
"Watch where you are going, Neko…"
It was Pods that he bumped into.
"Hey, Pods!" Xeride called calling after them. He was wearing denim shorts and a sleeveless jacket.
"Oh, good morning Neko…"
Haru looked at them from head to toe. Pods was wearing a denim mini-skirt over black, cycling shorts and a cute t-shirt with a panda print. Her shoes also have panda prints on it. Xeride has cat prints on his rubber shoes.
"Why are you not wearing your uniform?" and then Haru's face darkened, "You're not going to transfer, are you?"
"You were faster than I thought..." Pods said.
"Where are you going to transfer?" Haru said, fighting back tears.
"Mother said that we would go to Alice Academy…" Mioshi said, with a hint of guilt in his voice. They are the closest friends after all and leaving a friend behind is like lying to them. Lying to friends is one of the world's taboos, one of the seven sins, per se.
"It's good then! You would be close by your father if you're in that school!" Haru said smiling. Why is it that this school is trying hard to take my family away from me?
"So… You're leaving now?" Haru asked.
"Yes…" Mioshi said, "You know, we were thinking if you want to come with us to see us in…"
"Uh, but I have school… see you again sometime then! Take care of Pods okay?!" and he rushed in the gates.
"I don't need taking care of!" Pods yelled back at him…
The twins were left in despair and when their mother reached them, her heart broke. But she must harden her resolution. Hatsuharu's future depends on her kids…
She ushered them in the limo.
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I don't care about school! I'm following them!
Haru pressed the button on his shoes. He always wore the shoes Pods created for him. There are some situations when running or fast skating is needed. Well, he needs speed now. Need for speed…
He followed them through throngs of people, through highways, through the market and, now that they entered a type of special road, through the amazing sceneries. But Haru is persistent. He must not get distracted by the sceneries. Unless he is sure that his friends are safe, he must not get happy with all the surroundings. The shoes Pods gave her are impressive…
Pods took a peek at the side window of the car and saw Haru. He raised a finger in the middle of his lips.
"Pods, what's the matter? Is something out there?" her mother asked. Remarkably, her mother used a normal limo, not the one with a tea set in, or the one with a puppet show or the one with tatami mats on the floor, or the one with a Kotatsu (winter table set in Japan) in. Honestly, she could go on forever…
"No. I thought I saw a flying cat…"
He must not get distracted…
He must not get distracted…
He must not get distracted…
It's hard not to get distracted…
The trees are humming and the birds are twittering away. The breeze swept by and played with his hair and played with the tree leaves after. The pine trees smelled so mush of mint. Superb…
The car stopped in front of a gate. Haru caught himself and hid behind a tree. The gate opened and it showed a blond man inside spreading his arms wide. He saw his friends hug him back and he thought that maybe this is their father, Ruka Nogi. From a far, he saw a man who wore black clothing. When the man turned to his direction, he saw the mask. He dived into action.
"I missed you guys. How was your ride?" Ruka asked his children.
"Pleasant." The twins answered, monotonously.
"You must be tired," Natsume said as he neared the family.
"You can rest inside your dormitories. You will start your classes tomorrow." Then he felt it. A glare or a stare, he doesn't care. He whipped his head in the direction of the glare. And he saw a glint of brown-orange hair…
What is he doing here?
In an instant, he was in front of the twins.
"Pods, use Peggy-chan!" he said.
"Fine." And Pods procured a winged mechanical horse from inside a small capsule. In seconds they were already 50 feet in the air.
"Hatsuharu-kun…" Hotaru murmured.
"Aah… I don't know what to say… he looks like Mikan…"
Click!
"Hotaru! It's not the time to take pictures!"
"This is the first time he flew… right, Natsume-kun?" she said with dollar signs for her eyes.
Natsume sweat dropped… What is that squirt thinking?!
"I felt an unknown presence enter the grounds… I didn't expect it to be a ten year old…"
Shuichi Sakurano said as he entered the grounds with Mochiage and Yome Kokoro. Koko drew in a deep breath and cupped his hands on the sides of his mouth.
"We could scare them a bit, huh?" Mochiage said.
"WE CAN'T GO DOWN BECAUSE THAT MAN IN A MASK IS A…" And Koko stopped. Then, he burst out laughing.
"AAH!" they heard from above. Haru … screamed?
"YOU'RE READING MY MIND!?" he yelled again. However, Koko just laughed aloud, clutching his stomach.
"What is he thinking about, Koko?" Ruka asked.
However, Koko only drew an imaginary zipper on his mouth and continued laughing. Above them, Haru was explaining everything to his friends.
"I saw that man once and I don't like him. I think you're in danger…"
"So that's why you followed us?" Mioshi added.
"Yeah…"
"So, the Super Sonic Shoes are working good…"
Interlude:
Invention 003: Super Sonic Shoes
It is the specially made, solar-powered, rechargeable shoes that Pods made for Haru so that he won't get late for school.
Additional information: Pods got worried when he came late for school one day. Haru wrote the phrase 'I won't be late for school again' twenty times on a grade four pad given by the teacher.
Invention 010: Peggy-Chan
It is a white steed big enough to carry three little children or two adults. It has wings which makes it applicable for air transportation. Its real name is Pegasus-san. Pods is trying to upgrade it to make it applicable for water transportation.
End of Interlude
"Really, kids, you should come down now." Sakurano said smiling sweetly at them. However, Koko just laughed harder and rolled down on the ground.
"What are you doing Koko? You're destroying my composure." Sakurano mildly said.
"You're giving him more reason to think badly about us!" Koko said as he wiped a tear that formed in his eye.
"Oh well." Mochiage said, "I'll do this my way…"
And the kids slowly went down, inch by inch.
"What's happening?" Haru panicked.
"Maybe it's the Alice of Telekinesis," Mioshi said.
"You're scaring them Mochiage-Kun," Ruka said, "Hatsuharu is getting scared."
"What do you suggest, eh, Ruka?" Mochiage answered.
"Natsume…?"
But Natsume is no longer listening. His eyes were fixed solely on the blond boy riding a who-knows-what. Seeing the boy scared didn't seem to lessen his miseries…
"Stop it!" Haru yelled.
They kept going down. But, no matter what, he will never let his friends fall prey to this school!
"I think we should go down now," Pods said at last.
"No! It's dangerous! "
"But we will be down in a minute or so, anyway," Xeride said.
"No!"
"We already lost, Haru. We can't hold out these adults." Pods added.
"No! No one dangerous will lay a hand on the two of you. We'll make a way!"
But Peggy kept going down. Nervousness snapped Haru's calm and angered him…
"STOP IT!"
And the weirdest thing happened.
Suddenly, Peggy stopped working and they fell down faster than expected. They screamed as they fell down….
"Mochiage-kun!"
"It's not me! My alice is not working on them!"
And they fell down… and down… and down…
PLOP!
Haru felt soft, warm, fur around him. He opened his eyes, slowly, and saw lots of yellow… he sat up and called out to his friends.
"Pods! Xeride!"
The twins emerged from the weird fluffy, yellow… something… and as Haru began running up to them, they turned their heads at another angle.
"Piyo!"
"Waaah!" Haru yelled. However, the HUGE chick clicked its beak and began tickling him.
"Chi-chan, Thank you!" Ruka said as he hugged the chicks legs while crying.
"Hmm… Second generation of mutated chicks, huh?" Hotaru said. She had something in her hands she quickly hid in her coat. Just as she finished talking, they saw a trail of dust clouds coming to their location…
It was a HUGE chicken!
"It's ok, Piyo-chan!" Ruka said as Piyo –chan bowed low so he can stoke her feathers.
The chick set them down as it hid under its mother.
"Something malfunctioned in Peggy-chan…" Pods whispered as their mother came near them, as well as the rest of the adults.
"Don't' make us worry like that."
"Where are you going, Natsume?" Ruka called out to Natsume's retreating back.
As usual, he didn't respond but marched on… obviously irritated…
"Hatsuharu!"
They saw a cab park by the gate and a well-known blond came out.
"Narumi-sensei…?"
"Narumi-ojii-chan?!" Haru said, confused.
"I was called by the school and they said you missed class today!" he said, making his way towards them as the cab sped off. He hugged Haru and said, "thank the gods you're all right…"
"Aah, so that's why my alice suddenly didn't affect them as it should…" Mochiage said.
"Oh, so this brat is Sakura's. No wonder he values his friends so much," and Sakurano tried to ruffle his hair. Haru slapped his hand away.
"I don't want anyone who works at a Gay house!"
'Gay House?'
All of them pointed their eyes at Narumi while Koko laughed harder.
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PS: Next… the Key…
Heck, somewhere in the story something rhymed… XD