A/N Hey everyone! First things first: when I got on to FF yesterday, I looked at my story traffic, and I saw that there has been a total of 88 Hits and 38 Visitors on this story just in January! When I saw that I yelled with excitement, and I think I scared my brother by yelling lol XD thank you so much, everyone!!! Anyway, so sorry for such a late chapter, and I hope you all like it~!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice or Fruits Basket.

Mikan's POV

"Tono-senpai!" I yelled, running up to meet him.

Tono-senpai smiled at me. "Oh, hey, shorty! What's up?" he asked with a smile, ruffling my hair.

I grinned at him and gave him a hug. When I pulled back to look at him, I said, "Can I show you something?"

"Sure," he replied.

I grinned and tugged at his shirt. "Then come on!"

Tono-senpai chuckled and let me lead him.

I took him to the Sakura tree, which my friends were gathered around. It was the exact Sakura tree that had teleported Natsume and me, and also the one where Tohru and me woke up next to.

"Oh! Shorty, there you are. We were beginning to think you forgot about us!"

I looked to see who had spoken – it was Tsubasa-senpai, and he had a playful grin on his face. He walked up to me and ruffled my hair. I just giggled and grinned at him.

"So, you prepared to explain why you dragged us all here?" a familiar voice called rudely. I instantly recognized it to be Permy's voice. I just rolled my eyes at her.

Alright, here it goes . . . I thought, swallowing and taking a deep breath before I began to speak.

"So, this is going to sound a little weird, but one day, me and Natsume were sitting under this tree here, and--,"

"You and Natsume sat under the tree together?!" Permy screeched furiously.

I sighed. "Yes, but it wasn't anything. He sat on one side, and I sat on the other side," I explained impatiently. "Anyway, we were sitting under the tree, when suddenly . . ."

I continued to tell the story, from the part where we woke up on the Sohma's table all the way to the end of the day. I was about to begin telling the part where Tohru and me woke up under the Sakura tree when Permy interrupted again.

"Wait a second – how do you expect us to believe all this?" she asked me with a contemptuous snort.

I met her gaze evenly and calmly, even though I really just wanted to rip her head right off.

"I think that because I have proof," I replied simply, and motioned for Tohru to come forward out of the crowd.

"See? This is Tohru Honda. I was about to explain before Permy interrupted that, in the middle of the night, we were teleported back to Gakuen Alice. There was a Sakura Tree just outside of Tohru's room as well, so you guys can guess what my theory for all of this is . . ." I trailed off, looking around at the gathered crowd, trying to see if any of them thought I was right.

After a moment of silence, I added, "So what do you all think?"

There was a moment longer of silence, until finally Tono-senpai spoke, breaking it.

"So, lemme get this straight. If I step under here, I'll be teleported to someplace else?" he paused for a moment, then laughed. "What have you been smoking, Mikan?"

I stared at him in shock. "Whaaaat? You don't believe me?!" I exclaimed. "B-but – but this is Gakuen Alice! Anything could happen here, right? And what about that one time, with the worm—," I was cut off by a very quick but meaningful glance from Tono-senpai.

"Listen . . . I'm not sure how you exactly ended up at the bottom of the Sakura tree, but it might've just been all a dream. Who knows, maybe you fell asleep under there and didn't wake up till morning," he told me, shaking my head as though he was amused by my thinking the portal was real.

Murmurs rose in the crowd – they all sounded like they agreed with him. I glared at Tono-senpai, but I didn't argue – there was obviously some reason he doing this. I could tell that he was purposely lying about his opinions, probably to keep it from everyone else. My question was why he was trying to keep it from everyone else.

I heard Permy snort. "Well, see, there you are. You were just dreaming, and –," she began, but was cut off.

"But what about Honda-san? How do you explain that?" Ruka asked, coming to my defense.

Everyone's murmurs stopped, and they all turned to look at Ruka and then at Tohru.

For a split second, Tono-senpai looked like he wanted to kill Ruka. But he quickly regained his composure and sighed. "Look at her – isn't she wearing the school uniform? She's probably a new person in the Academy, and Mikan is just a little confused . . . maybe they met earlier and then because of that she featured in the dream," Tono-senpai reasoned, looking quite calm despite his real thoughts.

Ruka frowned and was about to speak again when Tsubasa-senpai quickly said, "Hey, everyone, I heard that there's going to be a dance sometime soon . . . spring dance or something."

"Eeeeeh?!" everyone said in unison, even me.

"Yeah, I overheard the teachers talking about it. Sounds pretty cool, huh?" Tsubasa-senpai replied. "Anyway, after I had overheard about it, I asked a teacher about it, and he said that it was going to be spring themed – of course – and there's a special outfit designing contest as well . . . he said all students could enter, just as long as their drawings could be made sense of . . ." Tsubasa-senpai continued, grinning, and he continued to go on about what the contest was all about and how to enter and such.

I was listening intently until someone snatched my arm and pulled me away from the crowd. I looked up to see that it was Tono-senpai. He was wearing a serious expression. I could guess what he was going to say.

"Alright, so actually, I do believe you, Shorty . . . it's just that out here in the public, it's not safe to talk about this stuff, especially when there's a crowd of kids listening. They'll spill it to the teachers, who will then act immediately in ways we might not like. They'll investigate too much, and maybe even bother -- what's her face? Tohru? -- her family or whatever they are to her," Tono-senpai explained in a very low voice – so low that no one but me and Tohru, who was right next to me, wringing her hands nervously, could hear.

"Anyway, that's why I had to do that. We just can't let these guys know about it. It's too much of a risk. Sorry about that, though, Shorty," he murmured, smiling at me apologetically.

I nodded and gave him a small smile. "It's all right. I kind of figured after a moment that there was some reason you didn't believe me . . . because this is just like that time with the worm hole and Z," I murmured thoughtfully.

Tono-senpai nodded. Suddenly another question popped into my head. "Tono-senpai? What about going back there? We need to get Tohru back to her home, and we also need to get Natsume back here as well . . ." I trailed off, frowning. I wondered how Natsume was faring over there, with Kyo-san and Yuki-san. I bit my lip at the thought. I wonder if I even want to know what is happening over there . . . I thought, grimacing.

Tono-senpai had a brooding expression on his face. He was about to reply when I saw Ruka come up to me.

"Sakura . . . what about Natsume? Where did he go? Do you know?" Ruka asked me quietly, his face set in a worried expression.

I looked over at Tono-senpai. He sighed and nodded – a signal to tell me that it was alright to tell Ruka the truth.

"I do. You remember the worm hole we used, back when we were looking for Hotaru's medicine and Z?" I asked. Ruka nodded.

"Well this is kind of like that time . . . except we think that the Sakura tree is the portal, this time," I continued quietly.

Ruka frowned. "But how do we get Natsume back? Is it the same and we have to say some sort of password to teleport somewhere?" he asked.

I blinked. I had never thought of this before – what if there was some sort of password we had to say in order to get the thing to work? I looked at Tono-senpai to see his reaction to Ruka's comment.

Tono-senpai looked thoughtful. After a moment he finally said, "Well, you know, we haven't thought of that before. It's definitely worth a try though."

I nodded. I looked over at the babbling crowd – they were all occupied with the spring dance and the costume contest. I saw Tono-senpai give Tsubasa-senpai a meaningful look out of the corner of my eye. I saw Tsubasa-senpai give him the smallest of nods, and then he called to the crowd, "How about we go somewhere and start designing outfits now? Since they haven't announced it yet, it'd be a good time to get a head start. So what do you all say?"

The crowd all shouted, "HAI!"

Tsubasa-senpai grinned and herded them away, probably toward an empty classroom or somewhere in the Junior Divison. Tsubasa-senpai looked over his shoulder for a split second and gave us a quick wink.

I sighed and turned back to Tono-senpai and Ruka, who had decided to stay with us – probably because of Natsume.

"So, do you guys have any ideas on the password?" I asked.

Tono-senpai shook his head.

Ruka looked thoughtful, then suggested, "Uhhhh maybe Sakura . . .?"

"Well, let's stand under the tree." I said. I grabbed Ruka and Tono-senpai's arms and dragged them with me under the tree. Tohru followed.

"Alright . . . here it goes!" I said, and then braced myself.

"Sakura!" I said at the tree.

Nothing happened.

"Okay . . . well, let's try 'blossom'," Tono-senpai suggested.

And so it went like that for another hour. By the end of the hour, my brain was exhausted from trying what seemed like every word in the dictionary.

"Ugh, this is pointless!" Tono-senpai finally said, throwing his hands up in the air with defeat. I nodded numbly with agreement.

I closed my eyes and hugged my knees. We were sitting down, of course, since standing still doing nothing gets tiring after a while.

I heard Ruka suddenly gasp. "Whoa! W-what was that?" he asked, sounding alarmed.

I opened my eyes and looked around, trying to see what Ruka was so worried about. When I saw that there was nothing, I glanced over at Ruka. "What did it look like?" I asked.

"Well, it was just a silhouette, and it looked like it was a human, but it was moving really fast . . . too fast," Ruka replied, looking anxious.

Tono-senpai grunted. "Maybe your mind is playing tricks on you or something. I mean, I'm kind of surprised my mind hasn't been doing that already. Something to keep myself occupied . . . I've never been this bored in such a long time . . ." he muttered.

"Well, maybe we should just call it a day and –," I began, but I was cut off by a sudden blow to my head. I yelped and swiveled around to see who had just hit me. There was a silhouette of a human there, but the person was in shadow. Before I had time to make out the person's features, another blow was delivered to my head and I blacked out, seeing and hearing no more.

~.*.~

Tohru's POV

I groaned. "Uhn . . ."

My head was throbbing painfully, and I was in a weird position that wasn't comfortable at all. What happened just now? I wondered. I had been staring at my feet, preoccupied with thinking of possible passwords and trying not to fall asleep from boredom when suddenly Mikan-chan had yelped and then I had felt a blow to my head, and then nothing after that.

I slowly opened my eyes. I was staring up at a Sakura tree. This made me wonder if I was still in the same place. My first assumption had been I had teleported back to the Sohma's house, but maybe something or someone accidently hit us, and then we blacked out . . .

I sat up to get a better look around myself and to move my stiff arms. What I saw around me was not Gakuen Alice, but what looked very familiar, indeed . . . oh! I suddenly knew exactly where we were. We were in the Sohma's inner property – and, if I was correct, someone's back yard!

I gasped and looked over to my side. Mikan-chan, her senpai – Tono-senpai, was it? – and Ruka, one of Mikan-chan's friends, were lying there, all looking like they were in pain but still just on the brink of consciousness, just like I had been.

I had to wake them up! If we were in someone's backyard, and they saw us –

"Tohru?!" a very familiar voice called.

I looked up, my eyes wide with surprise. Sure enough, standing at the back door was Momiji-kun, looking pleasantly surprised. "Yaaaay!!!" he exclaimed and ran up to me. He was about to hug me when he saw Mikan-chan and her friends. "Ehh? Who are these people, Tohru-chan?" he asked.

"E-er, well--," I began, but a loud groan from Mikan-chan cut me off.

"Tohru . . .W-what happened . . .?" she asked, her voice hoarse.

"U-um . . . well . . ." I began, not knowing what to say, since I had no idea either.

She opened her eyes and looked around. Her eyes stopped roaming when she caught sight of Momiji standing there, staring at her with a confused and surprised expression.

"Ehhhhh?!" Mikan-chan squealed, sitting upright and looking from Momiji to his back yard.

"W-we teleported back?!" she asked incredulously, blinking her eyes rapidly and rubbing them a few times with disbelief.

I nodded, sighing. I was happy to be back, but this was getting a little tiring. I wondered if I could just keep away from Sakura trees somehow, and then that way I wouldn't teleport anywhere anymore. But, of course, there's one outside my room . . . and they're everywhere around here. It'd be impossible to do that. I reasoned silently, and sighed again.

I glanced at Momiji, who was staring at me now.

"Tohru – how did you get here anyway? The only hole in my fence is way over there, and I just went inside . . ." he paused for a moment, looking me over again. "Hm . . . you have a weird outfit on, too. And there's these people, and—," he cut himself off, shaking his head. "Well, come inside, Tohru! Bring your friends, too, and you can explain in there if you like," he said, extending a hand and grinning.

I smiled at him and nodded. "O-okay. Thank you, Momiji-kun!" I replied, taking his hand and letting him help me stand up.

I turned and tapped the stunned Mikan-chan's shoulder. "Mikan-chaaaan! Come on – I know who lives here. His name is Momiji-kun, and he's a Sohma, too," I said cheerfully, motioning to Momiji.

Mikan-chan looked at Momiji-kun, studied him for a moment, then nodded and smiled brightly at him. "N-nice to meet you, Momiji-san!" she greeted, standing up and bowing.

Momiji grinned. "Nice to meet you, too! What's your name?" he asked.

"Sakura Mikan. You can call me Mikan, though," she added with a grin.

"Mikan-chan!" he repeated, trying out her name and grinning. "Such a cute name!"

Mikan-chan giggled. "Thank you!" she gave him another grin and added, "I'm gonna wake up my friends so they can meet you."

She turned and prodded Tono-senpai and Ruka. "Waaakeee upp!!" she exclaimed, shaking them and prodding them nonstop. Tono-senpai groaned and opened his eyes.

"What?" he muttered, blinking. "Where are we?" he asked when he opened his eyes all the way.

"At one of the Sohma's houses!" Mikan-chan replied excitedly.

When Mikan-chan said this, Ruka opened his eyes as well. He blinked his big blue eyes and looked around him, startled and confused.

"What's this you say?" he asked, looking completely weirded out now.

Mikan-chan sighed. "We teleported! Back to a Sohma house!"

Ruka and Tono-senpai looked at each other then back at Mikan-chan. Then they caught sight of Momiji.

"Well then," Tono-senpai said, clearly dumbfounded. "Did someone guess the password?"

I was about to reply when Momiji asked, "Password? What password?"

I smiled wearily and suggested, "How about we all go inside now, like you said, Momiji, and we'll explain everything inside."

Momiji nodded. "Yeah! Come on everyone – I just got a new flavor of tea, and it's really yummy. You all should try some!"

Mikan-chan nodded and grinned. She and Momiji then ran inside his house, with Momiji talking animatedly and Mikan laughing at something Momiji had just said.

I smiled and followed them inside with Tono-senpai and Ruka close behind me, still confused by everything.

~.*.~

I sighed, placing my cup down on the table. We had just finished telling Momiji everything, and he was now looking at us excitedly.

"Woooow! That's so amazing! Teleportation? A school with people filled with powers?" he exclaimed, practically bouncing up and down with excitement.

Mikan-chan grinned. "I know! I was just like that when I first came to Gakuen Alice . . . but I hadn't known anything about teleporting Sakura trees. And I thought I had seen it all when I joined Gakuen Alice!" she added, laughing. Momiji grinned.

So far, everyone had gotten along well, but for some reason Ruka didn't seem to like Momiji too well. He hadn't said much except for when someone had asked him a direct question. I wondered why. Mikan-chan and Momiji clicked instantly, though. They were constantly talking and laughing together. It was pretty cute to watch. Tono-senpai got along with Momiji as well. He was actually a very funny person — all I had seen was his serious side, since we had been dealing with serious matters. But most of the jokes he made were very . . . oh, what do you call it, crude, shall I say?

I was jolted out of my train of thought by a hysteric bout of laughter. Apparently, Tono-senpai had just told an award winning joke, and had gotten Momiji and Mikan-chan laughing so hard they were crying. Tono-senpai wore a gloating expression and was grinning at his brilliance. Ruka was hiding his laughter very well by shaking his head and planting his hand on his face as though he was exasperated, but I could tell that he was laughing.

"What? What was it?" I asked eagerly.

Mikan-chan gasped for breath, pounding her fist on the table as she let out another bout of laughter. She attempted to say something, but then just went into another bout of laughter. I just grinned and shook my head. I knew I'd probably have to ask later in order to get a straightforward answer.

I stood up and began taking everyone's empty tea cups.

"Weren't you listening, Tohru?" Tono-senpai asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Ahhh . . . I kind of spaced out . . ." I began awkwardly, rubbing the back of my head with my free hand.

Tono-senpai gasped in mock offense. "What?! You weren't listening?! I can't believe this! I am offended beyond measure!" he exclaimed dramatically, putting on a hurt face.

I sweat-dropped and was about to apologize when Tono-senpai sighed again dramatically.

"Ooooh well, I guess I'll just have to repeat myself . . ." he rolled his eyes, sighing again.

"No! Please, Tono-senpai! My stomach hurts!" Mikan-chan gasped, still trying to stop laughing. Momiji was gasping for breath and massaging his cheeks.

I grinned. "Maybe if you told it when I got back from putting away these dishes, you'll have recovered," I said.

Tono-senpai sighed loudly again, but couldn't keep a straight face this time. "Fine, fine. Geez. What weaklings," he scoffed.

I giggled and picked up the last cup on the table. I began walking towards the kitchen. Suddenly a cup slipped out of my hands and I gasped, reaching out to try and save it. In my attempt to save it, I tripped and fell over, right on top of Momiji.

I yelped and leaped back. Nonononononono please may it not be too late—

It was. I was on top of a pile of clothes – Momiji's clothes, to be exact. And sure enough, there was a rabbit, blinking and looking up at me.

"Whoa! Tohru, you all right?" he asked, not realizing what had happened yet.

I just stared at him, not daring to look up at Mikan-chan, Tono-senpai, and Ruka's expressions.

Momiji blinked, slowly realizing what had just happened.

"Uh oh . . ." he murmured, looking at his paws and the clothes pile below him. He slowly looked up to see our friends' reactions. I followed his gaze, looking at Mikan-chan, Ruka, and Tono-senpai.

Mikan-chan was shocked stiff. Tono-senpai looked a little freaked out. Ruka had an expression identical to Tono-senpai's – freaked out.

Mikan-chan blinked slowly, and then asked in a quiet voice that surprised me. ". . .Did you just now hit him . . . in the wrong place? And he turned into a rabbit?" she asked slowly, staring at him.

I raised my eyebrows, surprised. That had been the exact same thing that I had said when I had first discovered the Sohma secret.

"Um . . . sort of like that . . ." I began.

Mikan-chan finally let the full shock sink through. "Ehh?!?!?! D-does he need help?! Should we take him to the hospital?!" Mikan-chan screamed, looking at me with huge eyes.

Momiji suddenly began laughing. "I thought you wouldn't be surprised, Mikan-chan! What, with you living in a school with people with powers?" he laughed. I was surprised – his voice was so relaxed.

Mikan-chan blinked, clearly not having thought of this. "Oh. Good point," she murmured.

Momiji just laughed again. He looked over at Tono-senpai, who was still eyeing him weirdly. Ruka, however, looked like he was trying to control himself. Like he was exerting lot of effort. Sweat drops rolled down his cheeks as he stared at Momiji.

Mikan-chan looked over at Ruka and suddenly comprehension appeared in her eyes. She giggled and glanced from Ruka to Momiji. "Oh boy . . ." she giggled again. She picked up Momiji and placed him in front of Ruka.

"Aaaah!" Ruka exclaimed, pushing himself backwards a foot or so. "Don't do that!" he shouted. "You know what'll happen!"

Mikan-chan nodded. "But I want to show them your Alice! Come on! You know it'll work," she pleaded, grinning.

Ruka shook his head. Mikan gave him the puppy dog face. "Come on! Please? I'll stop your Alice when you want me to or before it gets too bad," she offered.

Ruka met her gaze stubbornly for another moment, then finally sighed and nodded, agreeing reluctantly. "Fine. But just this once."

He met Momiji's rabbit gaze and relaxed. A weird expression came over Ruka's face – one of wonder and bliss.

Then, something extrodinarily weird happened. Momiji's expression mimicked Ruka's – except for Momiji's face being a rabbit – and he leaped into Ruka's arms. Ruka began petting him and smiling weirdly.

Mikan-chan giggled and Tono-senpai got an evil expression on his face. He leaned back in his chair and had a concentrating look for a moment, then the evil expression got eviler.

Ruka stood up and began hugging Momiji with a blissful laugh. He began twirling around in a circle. Tono-senpai cracked up and Mikan-chan went into a bout of barely suppressed giggles.

Now it was my turn to be weirded out.

A/N Hehe :D I was laughing the whole time I was writing the end of this chapter lol x3 I felt this chapter was kind of boring[at least to me], so I decided to add a little spice to it in the end. Lol xD Well I hope you all liked this chapter :D Thank you all for reading and please review and/or fave if you liked! :D

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