Neko: Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing :3

Mikan: Yay! Congrats Neko-chan on your story!

Natsume: Hn. It's because I'm in your story.

Neko: Wow. Someone is very egocentric :P

Natsume: Says the one who writes herself into the story.

Neko: Excuse me? This is just the author notes section!
Mikan: Play nice now you two. *pushes us apart* Disclaimer: Neko-chan does not own Gakuen Alice!
Natsume: Thank goodness. *sigh of relief*

Neko: HEY! =_=

Mikan: Gotta go now! Enjoy the story readers~! *drags us both off stage*

** Just so you all know, here is a little background!

Mikan is currently 16 and living with her mom

She has all three alices, nullification, stealing, and insertion

She joined the school like in the manga & found her mom the same way

Mikan doesn't know Natsume that well

To my lovely reviewers, you are the best :3

AnimeMango: Ahh! I hope you enjoy this update! I'll try to update as soon as I can and the burglar will be back for more! (GO FIRST REVIEWERS!)

StarElsie: You'll find out who the burglar is eventually :) But it's a secret for now!

princessariellover876: Thank you for your support! I love Ariel too haha

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Recap:

Suddenly the lights flash on. The attacker curses and rushes to escape; their hand ends up leaving a small scratch on Mikan's neck. All she sees from her attacker are the heavy robes they wore.

"Wait! Who are you?" Mikan screams after the escapee. She touches the wound on her neck that was still bleeding. Who was that?!

"Come on! Are you serious?" Mikan tries to focus on Subaru Imai's healing alice but fails to call out the Alice power from within. What is wrong with me? Is my copy alice that weak? She sighs deeply and gives up on using the alice and places pressure on her wound.

Mikan walks to the front of the store where she sees the manager. His dark blue eyes fill up with extreme confusion and concern. "I thought we had evacuated all people from the store. Did you not hear the announcement?"

Mikan's nose scrunches up. What the heck happened back there? "I'm sorry sir, I did not hear it." She bows in apology with her hand still wrapped around the side of her neck.
His eyes zoom in on her wound. With concern he exclaims, "Oh no! Did you get hurt in the store?!"

"I'm fine, thank you." Mikan smiles and calms his nerves. On the inside though, she is trying to place all the pieces together. Mikan remembers the chills from her encounter with the attacker and flushes red when she recalls the soft whisper in her ear. The voice sounded so much like Natsume! But then again, I was focusing only on him to try to get his alice to work... makes me biased. Gah! Focus Mikan!

"Ma'am? Uhh ma'am?" The manager taps on Mikan's shoulder to grab her attention.

She flushes in embarrassment at her mini day dream. "Sorry! Yes manager-san?"

He laughs at her reaction and hands her a slip of paper. "Here, take this gift certificate from our store as compensation for this mishap."

Mikan glances at the paper but then her eyes widen at the amount on the slip. "Manager-san, I can't possibly take this! This is too much!" She attempts to return the paper to the manager but fails. "Mou, manager-san-"

"The name is Tsubasa Andou, love, and I'm not that much older than you so take it and come back and buy a lot from the store!" Tsubasa smiles brightly at Mikan and she blushes.

Wow...he is attractive. Ah! My face feels warm! Mikan mentally forces herself to stop herself from ogling at the manager. She did not really realize how young he was until he told her. "Gomenasai Andou-san, but I simply can't take this." She bows apologetically.

He sighs and moves his hand through his hair. "Fine, you win. I'll take the certificate back-"

Mikan quickly hands the paper back but he pulls his hands away and sticks his tongue out at her. Mikan pouts in frustration. "Let me finish love. I'll take it back on the condition that you let me pay for your groceries. It's the least our store could do for you."

Mikan gives him a stink face and shakes her head very clearly indicating her disdain for this option.

Tsubasa smirks. This girl is so stubborn. "How about this? You let me pay for half of your groceries and tell me your name and we'll be even." He grins playfully.

Mikan face turns pinkish when she realizes she has yet to introduce herself. Bad manners Mikan! But is he flirting with me? Hah, he's cute, two can play that game. "How about you let me pay for my groceries-"

"But-" Tsubasa attempts to argue.

She pushes a finger to his lips. "Let me finish love." She smirks and feels his lips turn up as well at the nickname. "You let me pay for my groceries on the condition that you take me out on a date." She winks at him.

Tsubasa's jaw threatens to drop at her suggestion. What a forward girl. I like her. "Deal." He smiles and they shake on it. Mikan pays for her groceries in peace and heads toward the exit. Just as she is exiting, Tsubasa realizes he never got her name. "Oi, I never got your name!"

She turns around back to face Tsubasa. "You gotta earn that one love." She enunciates his nickname, winks at him, and saunters out the store leaving a smitten Tsubasa.

Once Mikan feels the outside breeze, she realizes what she just did and her jaw drops in surprise and she lets out a quiet squeal of excitement and terror. What is wrong with you?! Don't go activating the flirting Alice all of a sudden! Of all the times for it to work! She smacks her cheeks lightly to pull herself together and zips toward the bus to go home.

Unbeknownst to her, Tsubasa saw the girl smack her cheeks and he laughs. Well this will be fun. Tsubasa pulls out his phone and dials some numbers.

"Moshi moshi?"

"I found us a fun one. She ended up in the closed off section. She's interesting."

"Good. Keep an eye on her."

"Got it." Tsubasa hangs up the phone and watches the girl quickly walk off in embarrassment.

Mikan boards the bus and her heart beat refuses to slow down. She sits down toward the front and lets out a loud exasperated sigh. I can't believe that just happened. She face palms herself for her previous actions. The least I could do is honor the agreement. At least he was pretty handsome. Tsubasa Andou eh?

After a while of being deep in her own thoughts, Mikan reaches her destination and thanks the driver for the safe trip. She steps off the bus and opens the doors to her house. She takes her shoes off and greets her mom,"Tadaima okaa-san!"

(A/N: Tadaima is a greeting used when entering a house; okaa-san is mother; okaeri is used a greeting from the person who is home)

"Okaeri Mikan dear! Did you get the- Oh! Thank you!" She plucks the box of Howalon from Mikan's hand and rips the box open and stuffs a piece in her mouth. "Yum! Still as good as I remember!"

Mikan sweat drops. You just had some yesterday… "How was work today mom?" Mikan takes her backpack off and takes a seat on the couch. Her mom joins her.

"It was good, Youichi is finally able to summon his ghosts and control them now! He also has a good grip on his Age Manipulation Alice now. He's a bright one that one." Yuka smiles as she praises the rest of her middle school class kids.

Mikan laughs at her mom's funny stories and expressions. I'm so happy mom is back and happy!

"Enough about me honey, how was your day? Meet any cute boys? Or made any moves on that Natsume boy?" Yuka nudges and winks at Mikan. Yuka knew that Mikan has never been in a relationship and wants her to experience love so she is always bothering her about relationships.

"No mom!" Mikan's face turns slightly pink.

"YOU DID MEET SOMEONE DIDN'T YOU?" Yuka asks excitedly at her cowering daughter.

Mikan knew how bad she was at lying. So she said quietly, "Yes…"

Her mom screams with excitement. "I told you that flirting Alice would be useful!"

Mikan face palms herself. "Before that though, you know that one store Munch 'Til You Drop? Something strange happened there today and I got attacked when the lights went out there."

Yuka freezes. "I've never been there but there's been some chit chat about that place. I don't know too much about it but you should be careful Mikan."

Her mom's sudden demeanor freaks Mikan out. "Yeah, I had some issues using my alices there. But I'm ok, I only got this scratch." Mikan turns her neck so Yuka could see it.

Yuka examines the scar and tries to heals it but fails. "Hmm… that's odd. I could have sworn I had the Healing Alice under my belt." A frown falls over her face.

"I thought I did too! I guess I need to practice more." Mikan sighs. "It's ok mom, it'll heal on it's own."

After a couple seconds of silence, Yuka says, "So about that boy… tell me about him."

"He's a little strange. He offered to pay for our groceries because of the accident but I turned him down. Then he wanted to know my name but I didn't tell him. He's… interesting." Mikan states for lack of better terms. "But very nice mom. I think you'd like him. He seems to be very mischievous."

Yuka stretches over and relaxes on the couch. "Very coy Mikan dear." She laughs at her daughter's embarrassment.

"I didn't even mean to use that embarrassing Alice! It just happened!" Mikan pouts at her mom's laughter. "I asked him out."

"Wow! Go Mikan! Now, I expect three grandkids-" Yuka begins listing off high priorities much to Mikan's dismay.

Mikan soars out of her seat and covers her ears to ignore her mom's grandchildren wishes. "Mom! It's just a date and nothing more! I have to go work on stuff now!" Mikan escapes into her room while her mom continues to babble on about having a nice playground for the kids to play on.

Yuka smiles. My daughter is so fun to tease.

Mikan releases a breath of relief once she closes the door between her room and the living room. I swear, mom goes crazy sometimes! Mikan takes a look around her room, it still takes a little getting used to after going from the dorms to a house.

Once she adjusts everything and changes out of her uniform, Mikan takes a seat and begins working on her homework. For Ji-chan, I'll do my best! It does not take her too long to finish her assignments and she gets out of her seat and flops onto her bed.

Who was that person? Why did they attack me? How dare they call me little girl?I'm almost 17! Mikan throws a pillow up in the air and catches it as she continues thinking. Gotta do some research on this place.

Mikan grabs her laptop from her backpack and types "Munch Til' You Drop" into the search bar. The top result talks about the opening day of the store and the type of merchandise the store sells. Mikan quickly scans past the general information and finds an article featuring the dashing young manager.

Mikan eagerly clicks on the link to find out more about this mysterious person. "Tsubasa is only 20 years old and the new manager for Munch Til' You Drop…" she reads aloud. She rereads it. WHAT?! He's so young! She takes another look at his picture and her mouth falls open. Wow, how amazing to get a position like that at such a young age. Looks like his family is in that business.

As she continues looking at more information on Tsubasa and the store, she loses track of time. Her mom calls her out for dinner and they enjoy a good meal together with plenty of laughs and silly stories.

Mikan excuses herself from the table and returns to her room to try to find out the deal with the grocery store. She looks through the multiple links and finds a strange site called "Bite Me." Mikan clicks on it and is greeted by an animated intricate envelope that opens itself.

"Welcome to Bite Me stranger.

For those of you who personally received an email,

thank you for being a supporter for many years.

For those curious people who stumbled on the site,

welcome.

We would like to cordially invite you to our monthly event

that will be occurring on the second week of every month.

For more information, please check out the link below.

Thank you for your support.

Have a nice day.

Mikan scrolls down and clicks on the link. I don't see why looking up Munch Til' You Drop gave me this site. How strange. Once the link opens and loads, she understands.

Location: Munch' Til You Drop

Time: 10 PM, Friday evening

Cost: 100,000 Yen (100,000 Rabbits)

Come join us for the greatest events at Gakuen Alice!

Curiosity takes over Mikan. So that's why this came up in my searches. I wonder why the store allows such late events. Her eyes skip over the cost at first but when she rereads the little section again her eyes widen at the cost.

"100,000 Yen or Rabbits?! Who has that kind of money?" Mikan screams in frustrations. Guess that means I'll be sneaking in then. I mean, how serious could their security be? So their event will be happening… She takes a look at her calendar. Oh yay! It's in two days.

"Mikan, get ready for bed!" Yuka shouts from the living room. "You have to get up early tomorrow again!"

Mikan groans. Not another 6 AM day. GAH! She brushes her teeth and jumps into bed excited for the event coming up. I wonder what will happen then. Hopefully it'll be worth it! After a couple minutes, she dozes off into a deep slumber.

Yuka walks into the room to check on her daughter. She shakes her head at the sight of the young girl sprawled out on her bed. This girl is always kicking off her blankets. She'll get sick like that. Yuka fixes and blankets for Mikan and whispers, "Good night Mikan dear, have a safe day tomorrow." Yuka flicks the light off and exits the room to head to bed as well.

"That's mine little girl." The attacker is choking her and there is no escape this time. Mikan struggles to use her Alice but it seems to have been nullified. She tries to scream but fails and eventually begins to lose sight. Dizzy… Everything turns black.

Mikan's eyes open quickly in fear. It was only a nightmare. It was only a nightmare! She sits up and walks over to the mirror to check out her neck. Mikan gasps in horror. She traces her hands over the deep red marks around her neck.

Only it wasn't a dream.

Neko: Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed that episode!

Mikan: Yay! Good job Neko-chan! Although that is kind of scary!

Natsume: Whoever that is, I'll get them. *brings up his fire Alice*

Mikan: It's ok Natsume-kun, I'll be ok.
Natsume: Hn. Yeah sure.

Neko: Sooooo, Tsubasa-kun eh? *nudges Mikan*

Mikan: Stoppppp! Don't write things like that Neko-chan! People will get the wrong idea!

Natsume: *clearly pissed*

Neko: I think a certain black cat doesn't approve either :P

Natsume: Whatever.

Mikan: Huh?

Neko: Haha, deny it all you want. Anyways, please read and review! I really love reading them~ THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT!