Heyos! This is me here! Edited version of FOAA chapter 1… you can read through or skip through it… It's up to you.
In a traditional Japanese house in the middle of a country side…
Mikan stared out of the window, bored witless. She glanced at the girl sitting behind her who was working on a piece of embroidery. Sighing, she walked over and placed a hand on the girl's slender shoulder.
'They'll be coming for us soon,' the girl said. Mikan nodded.
'Yuki, are you sure about this? I don't want to leave Grandpa,' Mikan said reluctantly.
'If we don't abide by their orders, they'll do more than just harm us. Your Grandpa will suffer as well,' the girl whom Mikan referred to as Yuki told her bitterly. 'We have no choice but to accept this mission.' She placed the embroidery down. 'Hey, Mi-chan, do you think we'll ever come back to this town again?'
'Surely. We'll come back with Hotaru and we'll all have a sleepover,' Mikan promised. Yuki smiled and reached for Mikan's face. Mikan leaned forward and allowed her to touch her face. Suddenly, Yuki's face became sharp.
'They're here. The Alice Academy.'
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Alice Academy, Elementary School Division…
'And so, we're very lucky to have two new students joining us today!' Narumi smiled gaily. He gestured for the two girls at the door to come in. They stepped in and walked to the teacher's desk, faced the class and bowed.
'Hello, my name is Sakura Mikan and I'm 10 years old!' Mikan smiled cheerfully. Mikan whipped her pale brown hair, tied up in her usual pigtails, over her shoulder and her chocolate eyes glimmered happily.
'I'm Shirogane Yukiko, pleased to meet you,' Yuki said in a calm and collected voice. She had long, dark hair tied up in a neat and high ponytail. Her fringe framed her golden eyes, which were somehow dull and unseeing. She had a petite figure, at least an inch shorter than Mikan, but her physical build suggested that she was by far fitter than the brown-haired companion.
'So cute!' Some of the boys exclaimed. They admired their looks. 'Can I be their partner?'
Narumi chuckled. 'I've already discussed this with the teachers and they've decided that these two girls will be Hyuuga Natsume and Nogi Ruka's partner respectively.'
'That isn't fair! How can those two newbies be MY Natsume and Ruka's partner!' Sumire grinded her teeth and protested
'Hey, who said I was yours?' Natsume called lazily from the back.
'Natsume-sama! You replied!' Sumire nearly fainted from happiness.
'Hey, what's their star rank?' someone asked.
'Um… it's not decided yet since we're not too sure of their alices yet…'
'That sucks,' he complained. 'And they're supposed to be the two Elementary Division's princes' partner? Don't make me gag.'
Mikan sighed and looked around at the class. She spotted a familiar looking girl with short violet hair. Her eyes lit up with recognition as she exclaimed, 'Hotaru-chan!'
'Hota?' Yuki asked, reaching for Mikan's hand. Mikan took the hand patiently and led her to where the three-star girl sat.
Hotaru stood up. 'Mikan, Yuki.'
'I missed you so much, Hotaru-chan!' Mikan hugged Hotaru tightly.
'Hota,' Yuki smiled. Hotaru hugged Yuki too.
'Ah, so you three know each other? That's good then. You both will sit next to Imai!' Narumi announced. 'Bye!' he sauntered out of the classroom.
'Why are you two here?' Hotaru asked.
Mikan glanced at Yuki. Yuki answered, 'Isn't it obvious? We're both Alices.'
'Why though? What about your Grandpa?' she asked worriedly.
'We got the neighbors to help out. We can all go back to visit him when… when… when we all have the chance!' Mikan said bubbly.
'As if you two can go back to the lousy town you two were born in,' Sumire snorted. They turned around in unison to look at the green-haired girl. Sumire continued, 'I can see why Imai was so willing to leave that dump. There's nothing but lousy junk at that town. If she stayed there she'll never have a proper life.'
'Why you-'Mikan fumed.
'Mikan,' Yuki said cautiously. Mikan calmed down and turned away.
'For your information, we three are the best students in our town and all the neighboring towns around it. But then again, I suppose you're so horrible at studies that you don't even know the names of the towns, right?' Mikan stuck out her tongue.
'Mikan,' Yuki repeated monotonously.
'You little-' Sumire raised her hand to slap her.
'Stop,' Yuki grabbed Sumire's hand and Mikan's mouth at the same time without even looking at them. 'Stop your useless argument. If you don't approve of us, we'll make you.'
'Ha, as if,' Sumire snatched her hand away and stalked back to her seat.
'Mikan, don't do that again,' Yuki said exasperatedly.
'But she-'
'Please,' Yuki insisted gently. Mikan pouted and nodded reluctantly.
'Jinno's here!' they scrambled to get back to their seats.
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Mikan could tell by the teacher's expression that he was not happy. He was furious. And Mikan had a faint idea why.
Jinno slammed his 6-inch thick book of Advance Mathematics on the teacher's table and glared at the class. His eyes travelled around until they landed on the class' two new students. Twitching, he picked up his piece of chalk and began writing down extremely hard Math problem on the board. The class took one glance at it and groaned.
'Sakura, answer this one!' Jinno pointed to the first question on the board. 987X165X555=?
Mikan stared at the board, stumped. She hastily did mental calculations in her head and answered in a small voice, '90384525?'
'Hmph,' he grunted. Pointing to another question on the board, he called, 'Shirogane, do this one.'
'Um...' Yuki squinted at the board.
'It's 445X678X9733,' Mikan whispered in her ear.
'Oh, it's 2936543430,' Yuki answered quickly.
'Sakura, what did you whisper in her ear?' he barked.
'The question?' Mikan replied.
'Can't she see it for herself?'
'Actually, I can't,' Yuki admitted. The class stared at her.
'She has had impaired eyesight since she was young and it got worse over the years,' Mikan explained.
'Ha, a handicap is sitting in a school of geniuses. What a joke,' Sumire snorted. Her "followers" chuckled as well.
'Well, at least she can solve that problem in less than 5 seconds,' Mikan retorted, standing up. 'I bet you'll take days to finish that one.'
'What?' Sumire stood up.
'Sakura, Shouda, sit down!' Jinno commanded. The two girls sat down reluctantly. Turning his back to the class, he grudgingly wrote down some more ridiculously troublesome questions on the board.
All the while, two girls were glaring at each other, with a near-blind and a genius inventor in the middle taking no notice of them.
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'Man, I'm beat. We had 3 hours of Mathematics straight and then another 3 hours of History and to top it off another 2 hours of Geography. Why are lessons so tough?' Mikan whined. She rested her head on the table. 'You're lucky, Yuki. You don't have to look at the board all day long.'
'I can't even if I wanted to,' Yuki replied. She was doing the piece of embroidery again. Hotaru looked at the piece of cloth that was being decorated very nicely.
'You've improved,' Hotaru commented, impressed. She reached out for the cloth, which Yuki handed to silently. 'Wow, it's like a professional's. No one would know that someone like you did this if they didn't see it for themselves.'
'I cheated a little,' Yuki admitted. She mouthed, 'Alice.'
Hotaru nodded knowingly but continued to examine the cloth. Money signs were going in her head.
A shadow was cast over the trio sitting in their seats. 'Hey, Shirogane, why don't you just go home to that worthless town of handicaps,' Sumire had walked over and was taunting her. Her followers backed her up.
'Yuki isn't a handicap!' Mikan protested angrily, standing up.
'Sakura is such an idiot too, right? Not to mention that she doesn't even have an Alice,' Sumire continued on.
'Shouda-san, please stop saying these things,' the class president, Yuu, pleaded.
'Come on, show us your Alice. If you don't we'll make you,' Sumire ignored him and challenged the two girls.
'Our Alice isn't something that can be shown,' Yuki told her quietly, standing up as well.
'Ha, she's just making up excuses,' she snorted. 'Kokoroyomi, read their minds.'
'I can't' he said in a strained voice. 'If I could I would have done it long time ago.'
'What?' she rounded on him.
'There's like a barrier around them. Every time I try to look into their minds, I get a splitting headache,' Kokoroyomi massaged his head.
'Mikan's alice is the Alice of Nullification,' Yuki said. 'You can't read her mind unless she lets you.'
'Then what about yours?' Sumire asked in an arrogant way.
'I don't know…'
'Ha, as expected, she doesn't have an Alice!'
'I don't know how to explain,' Yuki repeated. Sumire stopped short of her rant. 'Although even if I do, it won't get past your thick-skinned, arrogant head.'
'Why you-'Sumire used her Alice to transform her into a cat-dog like person. She pounced on Yuki. Yuki stepped away and allowed her to fall flat on her face on the ground.
'Just because I can't see you doesn't mean I can't hear you,' Yuki stepped around her.
Natsume, who was sitting at the back with his manga, rasied his eyebrows. 'New girls, if you think you're so great, I have a dare for you. You do the dare, I'll acknowledge that you two are Alices… that is, if you're still alive,' Natsume got up. He pointed to the forest visible from the window. 'If you go through that forest, leave just one trace of you in the High School Division, and come back to the Elementary School Division in one piece, I'll acknowledge you both.' Ruka who was sitting beside him stared at him with a shocked expression.
'Time-frame?' Yuki asked.
'None,' he answered. Yuki and Mikan looked at each other and nodded,
'We'll do it,' Mikan said.
'Sakura-san, Shirogane-san, the Northern Forest is very dangerous…' Yuu tried to dissuade them.
'Let's go Yuki,' Mikan held Yuki's hand and walked out of the classroom. 'Hotaru-chan, get me some watermelon when we get back!'
Hotaru twitched. 'Fine, but you're paying for it.'
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Northern Forest…
'Yuki… it's scary…' Mikan shivered. She gazed around at the tall and dense trees and shuddered. 'I've always hated forests.'
'Yeah… remember the time when I asked you to accompany me for a walk in the forest at midnight? You were nearly wetting your pants,' Yuki chuckled. She held Mikan's hand and took the lead. 'Tell me if I'm going to hit anything.'
'Why don't you just use your Alice?' Mikan asked stubbornly.
'I don't have the conditions needed to use my Alice,' Yuki replied. Mikan pouted.
'The Alice stone-'
'Will run out after a while. I need to save it for more important purposes.'
'… You have a great Alice, Yuki. You can see anything through contact with water. It's amazing…' Mikan looked down moodily. 'If only my Nullification Alice was as useful.'
'You have the ability to protect, which I sorely lack. Sometimes, you have to look at the way the Alice is used to determine its usefulness… Hey, how're you supposed to watch out for me if you're looking downwards?' Yuki frowned.
'I thought you couldn't see…'
'I can see, just not in detail. But it's quite obvious that you're moping, judging from your tone and the height your arm is.'
'I'm not moping!' Mikan said indignantly. She straightened her back.
'Good,' Yuki quickened her pace. 'Hey… Do you think we'll spend the rest of our childhood here, in this Academy? Do you think we'll go back to…'
'I don't know…' Mikan sighed. 'But if possible, I'd like to spend more time here. I want to find out more about my family. They must surely be Alices.'
'That's true. It's nice isn't it… having a goal…' Yuki looked up at the sky. 'Up till not long ago, my only goal was to work hard as a member of the Black Halloween, the syndicate that took me in as a child and didn't shun me because of my abilities. But now that I've met you and Hota, I'm beginning to have doubts. Is that what I really want for my life?'
Mikan reached out and hugged her. 'No matter what, me and Hotaru-chan will always be there for you.'
Yuki smiled. 'That's why I was able to make the decision to do this mission. I knew that I'd never be the same after I stepped into this Academy. It was fearful to know that I'd lose my direction so easily. But my determination for the Black Halloween won't change. Mikan… it's not too late for you to turn back now,' Yuki's eyes were downcast. 'There's no turning back once you've joined the Black Halloween. But… this Academy… might just give you the chance of escaping from this life… you can still turn back…'
'I can't leave Yuki to do all those horrible stuff by herself! I told you, I'll always be there for you. So, don't try to shoulder all the pain and responsibility by yourself,' Mikan hugged her tightly. Then, moving closer to her ear, she whispered, 'Someone's coming. Act normal.'
Yuki took up the act immediately. Putting on a worried face, she clutched onto Mikan. 'Mi-chan, I'm scared. I can't see… are we going the right way?'
Mikan smiled and comforted her, 'I hope so. We just have to get to the other side of the forest, right? That's simple… I think.'
There was a rustling in the bushes and out came Hotaru and Yuu. They looked relieved at seeing both of them safe and sound. Hotaru rushed forward, 'I'm so glad you both are safe.'
'Why? With both of us here, there's no need to worry!' Mikan stuck out her non-existent chest.
'Look there,' Hotaru pointed to the woods behind her. Mikan turned around to see a very… big and yellow chick.
'KYAAA!'
Back in the B Classroom…
'Ruka! Where are you going?' Mochu asked. Ruka, who was on his way out of the door, froze. He turned around nervously and laughed.
'Um… my stomach hurts…' he scratched the back of his head. Mochu stiffened and shooed him away quickly. Sighing in relief, he escaped the classroom and made his way to the Northern Forest. His eyes reflected worry and apprehension.
'KYAAA!' Ruka froze and turned to the direction of the voice. He distinctly made out the large yellow chick.
'I've got to hurry!' Ruka said to himself and launched into a full sprint. He dashed through the trees only to find…
Mikan cuddling the Giant Chick. He was stumped, positive that he had heard her blood-curdling scream just now.
Or, at least, he thought it was a blood-curdling scream that was projected throughout the school (by some unknown but miraculous reason).
'Ah, Nogi-kun… is it?' Yuki turned towards him. 'What're you doing here?'
'Uh… I…' Ruka stuttered. 'I… I'm Shirogane-san's partner so I… I was worried whether you'll be safe going into the forest all by yourself…'
'Is that so…' Yuki grinned. She turned back to the Giant Chick. 'It's amazing. I never thought I'd see… well, to an extent… such an enormous chick. Is it… natural?'
'I think so…' Ruka smiled hesitantly. 'By the way, how did you know that it was me?'
'No one in class has the exact same shade of hair as you do,' Yuki said. 'I may be a half-blind, but at least I'm better at colors.'
'I see…' Ruka looked down.
'Hey, Nogi-san, would you mind accompanying us?' Mikan asked. 'It looks like we still have a long way to go and the more, the merrier!'
'What? Hey, wait, I'm just here to see that you two don't get eaten up or something…' Ruka backed away.
Mikan frowned, 'But there may be more scary creatures in the woods. Aren't you going to make sure we're safe from them as well?'
He froze, out-witted. 'I have to get back. Natsume is going to get angry…'
'If you don't come, this bird becomes food,' Hotaru took out a blow pipe. She aimed it at the chick and inserted a liquid-filled needle into it. She placed in her mouth and prepared to shoot it.
'Noooo!' Ruka cried helplessly. He reached out for the chick, pink sparkles appearing around him. 'Giant Chick!' The two ran at each out for each other in slow motion like in an anime.
PLOP! The needle struck the Giant Chick and it fell asleep. Ruka rounded on her and screamed, 'WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO?'
'I made it go to sleep so that we can proceed,' Hotaru replied rationally.
'You're lying. What kind of drug can make a GIANT Chick fall asleep in an instant!' Ruka's face was pale.
'Relax, Hota-chan isn't as cruel as to take away one's life just like that,' Yuki held Hotaru's hand and swung it. 'She may seem like an ice queen but she's actually very nice!'
Hotaru took out her Baka gun and fired a few rounds at her. Yuki dodged all except the last one. BAKA! She fell to the floor like a rag doll. Mikan hurried over and worried over the semi-conscious girl. Hotaru blushed and put away the gun.
'Anyway, let's go,' Mikan picked Yuki up and carried her on her back. Yuki looked unconscious. 'Let's get to the High School Division before sun down.'
'Understood,' Hotaru tied Ruka up with a rope and dragged him along. Ruka wept silently, rivers of tears flowing down his face. He was instantly regretting choosing to check on the two girls.
Back in Class B…
'Natsume! I heard Ruka being kidnapped by the two girls!' one of the boys suddenly barged in and said. Natsume's eyes darkened and he got up and stalked out of the classroom. The students avoided him subconsciously and stared from a distance.
'Natsume's mad…'
'Those two girls are in deep shit…'
'On their first day too…'
Back to the Northern Forest…
'Yuki, are you awake?' Hotaru asked, prodding her face. Yuki mumbled something but her eyes stayed closed.
'It's alright, Hotaru-chan. She'll come to soon,' Mikan said cheerfully. 'Do you want to stop for a rest?'
'Sure, all the walking is making me tired,' Hotaru plopped down on the grass. Mikan sweat dropped and placed Yuki down on the grass before sitting down beside her.
'Hotaru-chan, are the people in class always this… pig headed?' Mikan asked out of the blue.
Hotaru chomped on an energy bar, pondering on the question. 'I don't know, but it seems like they're particularly harsh to you two… I don't know why but… I guess you don't appeal to them much… apart from your looks and brains…'
'Ah… so you're saying I should dress up like a nerd and be stupid?' Mikan said stupidly.
'Baka, how can you be stupid if you dress up like a nerd,' Hotaru's hand itched towards the Baka gun. She sighed, 'Why did you have to come, though?'
'What do you mean?' Mikan asked, her eyes darkening for a fraction of a second but no one there caught the slight change. Ruka and Yu listened on.
'Both of your Alices can be hidden away from the eyes of the Academy. Why did they find out? No, how did they find out?' Hotaru pondered over it.
Mikan looked down for a moment. 'Two days before the Academy people came, Yuki and I were featured in the newspapers for winning the national music competition. Maybe there was someone that could…' Mikan suggested.
'Impossible, there's no such Alice in this place,' Yu shook his head. 'I know almost all the Alices that are in this school and no one has the Alice to detect other Alices.'
'What about the principals?' Mikan asked. 'Do you know their Alices?'
'Well… no…' Yu looked embarrassed. 'I do know that the Middle School Division principal has the Barrier Alice, but as for the other two principals…'
'Well, the only people that have access to the outside newspapers are the higher-ups… that is to say some adult, apart from the teachers and students, has that kind of Alice,' Hotaru said as she took out a jar of crab eggs and began munching them down.
'What about the Elementary School Division principal? He isn't an adult.' Ruka argued.
'He's a higher up though. And tell me, have you seen that principal grow much? As in the rate that normal people would grow?' Hotaru argued back. 'There's evidence to show that that guy is older than he looks.'
'Ah… so noisy…' Yuki got up and rubbed her eyes. She looked around and saw Hotaru and Ruka glaring at each other.
'Yuki! You're awake!' Mikan pounced on her. Yuki struggled and pulled away before she suffocated to death. Mikan pouted and sobbed fake tears.
'Shirogane-san, are you alright?' Yu asked with genuine concern in his eyes. Yuki smiled and nodded.
'Yuki?' Mikan looked curiously at her friend. 'Is something wrong?'
Yuki picked up a rock and hurled at the woods. It hit something with a dull "thunk" and clattered to the floor. The next moment, Natsume, with a new bruise on his cheek, stepped out of the woods with a disgruntled expression. Yuki folded her arms and glared, 'Hyuuga-san, isn't it?'
'How did you know?' he grunted.
'I guessed,' she replied nonchalantly. Natsume gave her a glare. She looked away and said, 'If you're here for Nogi-san, you can take him.'
'Natsume…' Ruka said to himself.
'Don't think you can get away with hurting Ruka like that,' he stepped forward and shot a fireball at her. Mikan dashed forward and nullified the fireball.
'You will not hurt Yuki' Mikan told him firmly. Raising both her arms, she covered the girl from further attacks. 'If you want to hurt her, you'll have to go through me!'
'Fine!' he charged forward and struck her with a flame in his hand. Mikan caught the hand and nullified the Alice at the same time. Grunting, she pushed him off and pulled Yuki away to the side. She got into a basic fighting stance and beckoned him to attack. Taking the hint, he attacked again, this time creating several fireballs at a time. He fired them all at once. Mikan smirked and the fire dissolved the second it left him. Natsume gasped.
'She has such control over her Alice…?' Hotaru gasped. She put on a pair of goggles and she saw the dome that Mikan had created. It was large enough to cover the whole Elementary Division dorms. They were all in her 'barrier'.
'You can't use your Alice now, can you?' Mikan taunted. Natsume growled and struggled to create a decent flame. It was useless.
'STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!' Jinno appeared in the small clearing, followed by Narumi and Misaki. He raised his metal stick warningly. 'Stop this right now or you'll risk being expelled from this Academy, Sakura and Shirogane.'
Mikan let down the barrier and sighed.
'What's the problem, Sakura?' Jinno asked suspiciously. Mikan shook her head.
'It's nothing, Jinno-sensei,' Mikan answered with a small smile.
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Back in the Elementary Division Dorms… in the attic…
'Right, so first you accept a stupid deal by the "prince" of the Elementary Division and then you get caught by Jinno-sensei for fighting and now you get demoted to a no-star…' Hotaru sighed. 'What's more, you dragged dear Yuki-chan down with you and now you two have to stay in an attic… a very dirty attic…'
'Jin-Jin just wouldn't listen to what I said!' Mikan pouted and wailed. Yuki patted her on the back.
'Alright, alright, let's see what we can do in the morning. Good night,' Hotaru walked out of the room.
'Hotaru!!!' Mikan cried.
'She's gone far enough. You can stop acting,' Yuki said while dipping a finger into a glass of clear water. 'We'll wait till 0100 till we commence the first stage.'
'Okay…' Mikan wiped away the fake tears she had cried and plopped down onto the bed. 'What will we be doing?'
Yuki paused for a moment as if she was listening to some invisible hand phone. 'We have to lay the offer…'
'I see…' Mikan hugged her legs.
'I got an idea.'
'Let's hear it.'
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The next day…
'Hello everybody!' Mikan skipped, in her usual cheerful self, into the classroom with Yuki trailing behind her. BAKA! Mikan got shot dead on by Hotaru's famous Baka gun.
'Mikan… haven't you heard?' Yu asked worriedly.
'Heard what?' Yuki asked innocently.
Hotaru and Yu glanced at each other. Hotaru sighed and said, 'This morning, a… threat to the Academy was found in the Middle School Division… it's said that a boy from that Division died…'
'What?' Mikan exclaimed. 'What happened?'
'I don't know about the details, but I heard that an organization called the "Black Halloween" is planning to… wage a war with the Academy. A boy was killed and his blood was used to write the message on one of the school walls…' Yuu whispered the details with fear evident in his voice.
'That's horrible,' Yuki whispered. 'Who could have done that?'
'They're investigating it now…' Hotaru pointed to Natsume's empty seat. 'All the Dangerous Ability students are involved in the investigation. We won't be seeing Natsume for a while.'
'I see…' Yuki looked down at her feet.
'Jinno-sensei is here!'
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After school, somewhere in the Northern Forest…
'That was a little overboard, wasn't it, Yuki?' Mikan folded her arms and glared at the dark-haired girl. 'How could you have killed an innocent boy?'
'I didn't kill him,' Yuki replied softly. 'I drew a bit of his blood and used it to write the message. Then, I sent him out of the Academy. Agents from the Black Halloween were contacted and they escorted him out of the Academy.'
'But still… his friends and all…' Mikan said worriedly.
'I purposely chose one that was not very well known. He has no deep ties with anyone and he had trouble coping with the Academy's standards. I sent him out so that he could live a normal life away from the Academy,' Yuki explained. 'He will experience no danger.'
'…I don't like doing this…' Mikan said bitterly. 'I don't like toying with powerless people like this. I hate lying to Hotaru-chan… I hate putting up a façade…'
'Neither do I, but this is what we have to do, since we've accepted this mission,' Yuki brushed her hair back. 'The faster we finish this, the lesser casualties there'll be.'
'What do you mean?' Mikan rounded on her.
'I've contacted the Black Halloween. Well, actually, it's more like they contacted me. The next victim… the killing… is for real…'
Hello, this is the edited version of FOAA. It's not that much of a difference but I think it'll help you understand it a bit better. Thank you to all those that have taken your time to type in your reviews!!! Muacks and I hope you will stay by to read the next chapter!