Title: Did You Really Forget?
Category: Anime/Manga » Gakuen Alice
Author: ForbiddenXTemptations
Language: English, Rating: Rated: T
Genre: Romance/General
Published: 02-25-11, Updated: 04-02-11
Chapters: 4, Words: 4,198
Chapter 1: Prologue
Disclaimer: all the characters belong to the mangaka but the originals are mine.
Longer Summary: Mikan musters all of her courage to ask Natsume out, but, his selfish pride made him make a cruel remark turn her down. When he got accepted to Alice Academy, he thought he would never see her again. He thought she would greet him with a dumb smile and a 'Naa-chan~'. But what he did not expect is a totally different Mikan.
Did You Really Forget?
Prologue
Blaring lights and loud music filled the gym of Star Elementary School. It was the Final Dance for the 5th graders who attended the elementary school. Everyone was huddled in their own group, either dancing to the beat or just talking about which middle school they were going to go to. Everyone was having a good time; well everyone, besides a certain pig tailed brunette.
She was currently fussing with her hair between her fingers and tapping the ground with the tip her left shoe in a awkward manner. Her face was flushed an unusual shade of pink and her eyes were sneaking glances at a raven haired boy on the other side of the gym. At one point their eyes met, and while the blushing girl looked away with embarrassment, the boy held his stare.
He was Natsume Hyuuga. Sharp eyes, jet black hair, tall, voice husky, and quite mature looking for his age. Well, mature looking. Everyone who went to Star Elementary knew the notorious Hyuuga better than most of the naive girls who were just asking to get their hearts broken. He had a bad habit of twirling girls around his fingers. When he found a girl that interested him, he would fill them with false love and trust. And when he got tired of the girl, he would throw her away. Yet, people were still attracted to the sadistic Hyuuga.
She was Sakura Mikan. Big doe eyes, light brown hair, voice high pitched, and quite innocent and naive, even for her age. And yes, she has fallen for the playboy Hyuuga. However, unlike the other students who knew the sadistic ways of the raven, she did not. She transferred quite late in the school year, and no one really bothered to befriend her,...or warn her. She decided that today was the day. The day she would confess to him of her love.
Despite her shy personality she mustered up all her courage to tell him. The main reason being, she may not see him ever again. Well, on level ground at least. Natsume got scouted for Alice Academy.
Alice Academy is an entertainment company which is home to many big stars in the entertainment world. Once news spread, many others, hopeful in making it big, also tried out. In the end, only 20 people made it to the auditions, out of the 1,500,060,000 that applied, world wide. Yes, Alice Academy opened it's doors only when they see potential in a generation, in this case, it was the first time in 30 years. Auditions however were so rare, people just gave up on that prestigious academy. Of course there were others who made it in, but they were from other companies and were transferred because of star quality or were already a big star and decided to switch companies. Natsume was one of the 20.
Gripping her skirt, she walked, well, more accurately speaking, wobbled to her crush. Noticing the scarlet faced girl that was inching toward him she let out a brief chuckle. He held a devilish smirk on his face, and leaned lazily on the wall with his arms crossed. And while Mikan was about to open her heart to him, he only had one thought,
'Its been a while since I broke someone's heart.'
_Ummm, Hi?_
Okay so, this used to be my first ever fanfic I posted but I had to take it down because someone stole it and messed it up by hacking into my account. TT^TT So I deleted all my previous stories and moved to my current account ForbiddenXTemptations. Well this is a revised version but,when I first wrote it it was really straight to the point ( in a bad confusing way) and it swapped POV's, a lot and more. But it was easier to read but it was written in a crude(?) way -.-'. So... um yeah! XD. Hope you like it~
By the way, since this is a prologue, it's boring I know TT^TT, but I have to set the plot some how, it'll be more interesting in the later chapters xD.
Plus, reviews are awesome xD.
Chapter 2: Bad Memories
Disclaimer: all the characters belong to the mangaka but the originals are mine.
Longer Summary: Mikan musters all of her courage to ask Natsume out, but, his selfish pride made him make a cruel remark turn her down. When he got accepted to Alice Academy, he thought he would never see her again. He thought she would greet him with a dumb smile and a 'Naa-chan~'. But what he did not expect is a totally different Mikan.
Did You Really Forget?
Bad Memories.
-Mikan-
Okay, I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.
I repeated the words constantly in my head, trying to walk as normally as possible towards him. Ever since I moved here, he was the only one who would even talk to me. He was gentle, and friendly, everyone else just ignored me. When I heard he wasn't going to Star Middle School I was heartbroken, but then I got a small light of hope. Maybe, just maybe, we could be together. I looked up and I gasped. He was starring right at me. I felt my cheeks burn and ironically, I froze. I heard soft clacks and it was him. His shoes produced a clack every time it hit the hardwood floor of the gym. He was headed straight towards me! I started to turn and wished my body would move faster.
No! I can do this.
I planted my feet firmly into the ground and slowly lifted my head so I could meet his gaze. He stood right in front of me and spoke,
"Do you have something you want to say to me?" I flinched, his voice was ...harsh? No, I must be imagining things, he's the nicest person I have ever met! Okay, I can do this. And with a deep breath,
"...n-n-n..." I tried to speak but my voice just would come out.
"N-N-N- What?" He was...mocking me? Somehow, the Natsume I knew, the Natsume I had grown to love, didn't seem to be anywhere in the boy in front of me.
"...n-naa-chan..." I spoke softly, calling him by a nick name that I used often. Taking another deep breath I continued, "..c-can you g-go o-out with m-m-me...?" My stuttering didn't seem to improve as evidently it worsened with each word.
"Let me guess, you fell for my kindness to you right?" He paused, and looked at me. "Well, dream on, why would I date, let alone like someone like you?" He sneered at me, he sneered at me! Where did the kind Natsume go?
"...n-naa-ch-chan..." I felt tears forming in my eyes, my body trembled and I raised my hand to hit him. However the slap never made contact. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me close, whispering in my ear,
"Don't call me that!" He snapped, "And besides, your not my type, do you even try? Do you think you can get a guy to fall for you with your stupid pig tails and polka dot underwear?"
Why? Why was he being so mean, so cruel,...or is this his true self? I saw him smirking and then walking away, into the crowd. His back slowly disappearing from my view. He was smiling, clearly enjoying himself. I wiped the salty tears off my face and decided, the Sakura Mikan that everyone knew would be buried, never to be seen again.
"Naa-chan...no, Hyuuga, you broke my heart, and now...I'll break yours." And with that, I left the gym, I left Star Elementary, and...I left my old life.
_Ummm, Hi?_
So this chapter is still sorta like a prologue... _... Anyways, ahem...
Dun, Dun, DUN~! What will happen next? The auditions of course! What will Natsume do when he sees Mikan at the auditions...not like the Mikan he knew. She's attracting the attention of everyone and what's that? Natsume, THE Natsume Hyuuga jealous? And how did Mikan make it to the auditions in the first place? Review and the chapter will come out quick xD.
Wow, that was tacky _.
Seriously, I have the outline written, all I have to do it put in some more details, so... review xD! I need to know if the story is good or sucks or something...-.-'
Eheehee, for those of you who read my Chara Change Chara? Story, you'll see a reoccurring theme, Chara Change xD! I don't know why but I love it when the character that's labeled as the weak and/or innocent gets all powerful and cool and stuff xD!
Chapter 3: Bad Memories For Me Too
Did you really forget?
Bad Memories For Me Too
~Natsume~
'Today is the 14th of June.' I thought grimly. "Exactly three years, only three years.' It went by fast, much to fast for my taste. It was the 14th of September, three years ago, when I realized, there is no such thing as love, at least, not true love.
~Flash back~
"Class, we have a new student joining us today," the teacher chirped, trying to grab the attention of the class who in turn, just ignored the frantic pleads of the teacher, and were engrossed in there own little groups, talking the time away. After a few more minutes of trying to grab their attention, she just gave up. Sighing, she just sat back down in her chair, rubbing her temples. I do noticed the her, but I simply chose to stay impassive to my teacher at the moment. But, then my attention was pulled into her. Not the teacher, but the girl next to her. She was awkwardly standing by the chalkboard, glancing around. She had two low pig-tails, that curled in it's, and I quote, 'chocolaty coated glory.' Apparently, brunettes in the school made up the nickname for themselves.
~End of Flashback~
But, for some reason, I just could look away. Her large brown eyes lured me, interested me. The strange thing was, it didn't feel natural in anyway. It was like I was literally being pulled to her. I wanted to do everything she wished, anything to make her happy. I just passed it off as my supposed first love. What a horrible first love.
As the days turned to weeks, and the weeks turned to months, I grew more and more attached to the new girl. She would call me 'Naa-chi' and I'd smile back. She was someone, someone I could truly love with no strings attached, unlike the others. I had almost given up all hope after all my encounters with the female race. The sickly-bitter comments and the annoying gossip had me at my wits end. But, she knew my interests and my dislikes, and was in a way perfect... After a while, it started to get, strange... She would know things I never told her before, and it felt like she warped into another being. But she didn't change at all, I was the stupid one, being blinded by love, a fake one at that. At first, I was so happy, to find someone who supposedly wasn't like those fan girls, or those gossiping groups, but, it turns out, she was the same.
When she came up to me, her hands locked with another, she sported an all to familiar sickly-bitter smile and threw me away. It turns out, she was admitted to Alice Academy, not because of talent, or passion, but because she did the chairman's son a favor. To break Natsume Hyuuga. I remember just starring at her, the moment that name was spoken the pieces clicked. Persona.
In the beginning I blamed myself, 'What did I do wrong?' 'Did I hurt her in some way?'... After one month, I still blamed myself, but somewhere during that month, my view changed. 'Why was I so stupid,' 'There is no thing as true love' and from that incident forward, I changed, into someone, who can't get hurt, ever again. But the thing that pushed me permanently into this reality, was the one who set this up, Persona.
Years passed, and then I found myself five months from graduating, five months from chasing down the one who hurt me most. When I was picked to audition I felt the old anger rising up again, to make her pay, and most of all, make him pay. However, I was sidetracked in a spur of events, by the hurricane known as Sakura Mikan.
When I saw her I felt this wave if nostalgia hit me like a bullet. She was spitting image of the one who hurt me a few years back. I had this urge to love her, seeing her eyes, her smile, hearing her voice, then, I grew the urge to hurt her. At the dance, I knew it hurt, to be thrown away by the one you thought actually cared...I know she has no part in my revenge, but, I wasn't the old Natsume, I didn't care. I don't care about anyone but myself. I locked those useless emotions away, never to be seen again...
'Then why did it hurt so much to see her cry?'
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I know I haven't updated in a while sorry TT^TT. But, I had the outline done but, I got sidetracked, I wanted to put out a reason for Natsume' behavior and stuff but I didn't want to bore anyone so I kind of made a vague-ish chapter that I could add on to in further chapters. Note: When there are first person POV', it's mainly because it's my mood. Sometimes it's easier to write in a certain way sometimes...?
...If this still feels like a prologue-y feeling chapter... Sorry TT^TT...
It's because I don't want to rush it -.-'
So a question to you! Should there be Alices like all magical and stuff, or something like a 'amazing gift' to make it a bit more realistic. Because the girl who was hired by Persona could easily have an Alice and used that to manipulate Natsume's feelings (awww TT^TT), or just used information from Persona to do it. ALSO! (wow, I'm asking for a lot sorry -.-') I personally am okay with OC's but not as a main/important characters and/or someone with a really significant role, so should she be an actual character but put on a wig and a face mask to look like Mikan? Or used an Alice/ Alice Stone or something...?
Chapter 4: Alice's First
Did You Really Forget?
Chapter One: Alice's First
~Mikan~
If you could numb that pain, would you? If you could just ignore that sting, would you? If you could forget a bad memory, would you? I know, I really do know, that I will never forget. I will force myself to relieve those painful memories, over and over again, to strengthen my own will. So that I will never be hurt again. But more importantly, so that I could truly torture the one who made me this way. I can't, won't, and even beyond the grave, I swear that will never forgive that one person. Natsume Hyuuga.
Its been only a few days since the day I graduated. The same old ceiling, the same old gum pressed floors, the same old...Natsume Hyuuga. It infuriated me, the fact that he could go on with his life, after what he had done. There was a follow up party in the same gym we had our last dance as 5th graders. The banners still decorated the walls, and there were some remains of crumbled up napkins, crushed plastic cups, and some misplaced chairs that was stacked up awkwardly into the far left corner of the area. Of course, no really noticed this, everyone was too busy praising him. Most of my former classmates were surrounding him like he was famous...And probably because he will be soon. I don't know why I came, when I knew it'll just hurt me even more...Who am I kidding, I knew it would hurt, I knew that but I still walked into the building. Just maybe, just maybe, it was just a bad dream, and everything I saw was just a nightmare. But, of course, hope seems to fail me once more.
"Here you go." I looked up to see the crimson eyes I once loved, mocking me. He held up a piece of paper to my face, waving it twice, before placing it in my hand. "An autograph, you know, just something to remember me by." He held a fake smile.
"...Thanks, I'll treasure it." I smiled back, finding it hard to keep the irritation out of my voice. He played with the end of one of my pig tails between his fingers before walking back to the crowd of people, disappearing from my view.
I took the paper gently from my right hand, and placed it softly into my left. I positioned the feeble material between my two fingers and enjoyed the sound of the ripping sound it produced. I repeated the steps before all I had left was a pile of tattered remains of the vile name it bore only minutes before...I gasped, the sudden movement caused the pile of paper to fall from my hands and down to the floor but I ignored it. I...felt...different. I never, in a thousand years ever, thought that my mind was capable of thinking in such a way. My tone had changed, my control had changed. I would have just cried my eyes out and stomped on the signature the moment it had touched me but I had even smiled at him, calling the thing a treasure.
"And that my dear, is what you call acting." A voice spoke, scaring me immensely. I spun around harshly, causing my footing to go off balance. I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for the cold wooden floor to greet me. But I felt a much more forgiving contact. I looked up and fought back the urge to hit the person I saw. No, he wasn't Hyuuga, but there was such a similarity in those deep crimson eyes, those dark black locks, the distant but invading aura, was all so similar, but he wasn't Hyuuga at all. Upon closer inspection, he was considerably taller, and looked to be in his later teens. His wispy raven hair was pulled loosely into a pony tail and had two hair pins on the left side of his head. Though, a large portion was dedicated to falling around face, in some type of fringe-like fashion. Multiple piercings decorated his ears, and he held a smile on his lips. In my daze, I found myself being led out of the gym and into the school's backyard.
"Ummm,...I...errr...Thank you!" I managed to blurt out, blood rushing to my face. After a good five minutes, I finally realized that this person was not Hyuuga but some kind soul who helped me from falling. I bowed my head softly, and after what seemed to be quite some time, I lifted my head to peak when I heard laughter coming from the person.
"Sorry," He said in between a few chuckles, "But you know what?" He paused before biting his bottom lip, in some anti-laughing trick I guess, before continuing, "I like you."
"...What?" I nearly screamed.
"Sorry, who must be confused." He rummaged in his left jean's pocket before pulling out a black card. It had five yellow seed shaped looking things, four green vines, three purple thorns, two white petals, and one large scarlet red rose in the far left bottom corner. In the center was in the similar scarlet color printed, 'Gakuen Alice of Preforming Arts'. The name was oddly familiar but I couldn't quite link it properly and opted to just starring at the card in confusion. I flipped it over and saw 'PERSONA' in a distressed font scripted in the back. Along the end of the card it had the same design as the front in which the seeds, vines, leaves, thorns, petals, and a rose was in the corner, but the colors seemed a lot more intense, especially the rose.
"What is this?" I whispered to really only myself, but then another voice chimed in.
"It's my name card." I jumped at the voice but nodded, asking him to continue. "It's like a student ID card. You would pin it here," He pointed to his left collar, "To identify who you are, your class rank, etc..." He then pointed to a jumble of words I missed on my scan over on the card. It read, 'Sister company of Alice Academy' Then it hit me, 'Alice Academy' the school that Hyuuga was going to go to... I gripped my other hand tightly, struggling to not do the same with the hand where the card resided.
"You see, I was sent by my president to scout Natsume Hyuuga for Gakuen Alice but it seems I got here too late. But then I saw you..."
"What?"
"I saw you, your acting was almost perfect, it was a bit awkward but it'd pass in an audition-"
"Wait, what are you talking about?" I was getting really confused at this point.
"Your acting." He replied as if that was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What acting?" My frustration was leaking into my voice by the gallons but I didn't care.
"So, your telling me, that 'I'll treasure it' was the what you were seriously feeling?"
"No...but I wasn't acting! Just...lying I guess." I finished lamely.
"No, you were acting, you'd make a fantastic actress."
"...And why are you telling me that I would make a fantastic lier?"
"Because, I am in the process of scouting you."
"...Huh? Me?" My eyes widened at the revelation.
"Yes, you."
"I have no intention of working with Hyuuga!" I spat angrily.
"See, that's what I like about you."
"What? Your not making any sense!"
"That's exactly it. You aren't such a harsh biter I presume, yet when the topic of Natsume Hyuuga pops up, you get this new flame in you."
"Even more so, why would I-"
"You're not going to be working with him, more like, your going to be competing with him."
"But, it said so on the card, Gakuen Alice is a sister company to Alice Academy."
"Yes, but we are also one of the largest rival companies as well. You see, they are going to be auditions this year, and the one selected will be moved to either Alice Academy or Gakuen Alice. And I want you to be in Gakuen Alice."
"But-"
"Think about it, you'd beat him at his own game."
"...But I won't act."
"What? Your wonderful at acting, why would you pass up such an advantage..."
"Hyuuga is going to be in a band, in the musical department, so I would never truly be able to fight with him on equal ground. If you want me to be in your company, I'm going to sing as well." I spoke firmly.
"...Fine, but I have three conditions for you if you really want this route. One, you have to pass the auditions. Two, once you pass, you have to relocate to the city, and three..."
"What?"
"You have to be in my band." He whispered into my ear, and somehow I felt as if I couldn't refuse. And I wouldn't refuse, especially when I could taste the revenge probing at my mouth.
...Hey my lovely roses~
So did you get what I was hinting at in the last line O_o ? xD. Anyway, this sums up the actual Chapter One in DYRF, 'Alice's First' xD
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