Chapter 9: The lonely boy with red eyes

"Who are you guys? And who am I?" she asked. She looked around the room, scared. How could she not know where she is? How could she not even know who she is!?

"Your name's Mikan. You are at a school called Gauken Alice. You are a student here but you also work here." explained a man in front of her. This man looked to be in his 20's. He had black hair, dark black evil looking eyes and wore a black tux.

"Gakuen alice?"

"Kids with alices come here. An alice is a gift people are born with. You have 2 alices. They are SCE and Nullification."

"SCE?"

"Steal copy and erase. You steal enemy's alices, copy classmates, and if its useless erase the alice."

"Enemy?"

"The AAO. You've delt with them before. Persona is your teacher." He then pointed to the man in the corner. He had black hair that was abit long. His eyes were covered by a white mask and he wore all black clothes.

"He will tell you everthing you need to know. Go to him if you need anything."

"Ok"

Mikan then stood up and felt very weak and hurt all over. She looked down and saw all of her bruses and cuts.

"What happened to me?" she asked.

"You just came from a mission. Persona will take you to your room, now."

Persona then walked up to her and Mikan nodded in understandment. Persona walked to the door and Mikan followed. They walked in silence.

"Um.....Persona-sensei" Mikan called. Persona looked at her but didn't stop.

"Um.....what was I like before I lost my memory?" she asked. Persona didn't say anything but he did stop.

"You.....were a trouble maker. But you worked hard in your training." Persona said when he started to walk again.

"I promise......to not disappoint you Persona-sensei." Mikan said as she walked by his side.

Persona looked at her with the corner of his eye and saw her with determination. He smilled on the inside.

They then stopped in front of a door with the numbers 666.

"This is your room. Never come out unless we come for you." Persona told her.

"Yes Persona-sensei."

Mikan then opened the door and walked in but didn't close it.

"Persona-sensei." she called.

"Yes?"

"Can I have black hair dye?"

"Why?"

"I wish to dye my hair black."

"And why is that?"

"Well......this may be stupid but...... I want to dye my hair black because you guys have black hair." Mikan told him.

"Fine. I'll bring you black hair dye in abit." Persona said when he left. Mikan smilled and closed the door. She walked in her bathroom and looked in the mirror.

"A trouble maker, huh? Well no more. Mikan. You will be different." she said. She then heard someone knock on her door and she ran to opened it. It was Persona and he had the hair dye.

"Thank you Persona-sensei!" I told him as she grabed it with a smile. He left and Mikan went back to the bathroom with some scissors.

She then cut her hair, boycut (Pic on Profile) and dyed her hair black. She finished in an hour and now looked at herself in the mirror.

"Mikan this is the new you. The old you is dead." she said to the refecltion in the mirror. As she stared at it, she saw her old self. The one with long light brown hair.

She then punshed the mirror with all her might and looked at her bloody hand.

"Why does it seem like I need to remember something important?" she asked herself. She then saw a flame in her mind.

"It was very important. But what was it?"

*Time jump to when she is 15!!* (This will be the last time jump)

It was a normal day at Gakuen alice. Just like every morning the kids would go to class and talk. Just a normal day.

KABOM!!

......or not.

Someone just crashed through the window and hit the wall. It was a girl. She had short blonde hair and purple eyes. All the kids in the classroom then looked at the girl with surprise.

"GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE, MIKAN!!!" the girl yelled with fury.

"Haha! That was funny Luna! Haha! You went flying!" laughed another girl by the broken window.

Everyone truned to look at the girl. She had boycut black hair and brown eyes. She had a black long jacket, a black skrit, a black glove on her left hand, black nail polish on her right hand, and wore a red crystal pendant (pic on profile).

"Karasu" called a cold voice by the door.

"Persona-sensei!" the girl with black hair then ran to the man and huged him.

"You made a mess again, Karasu."

"I'm sorry."

Persona then looked at the class who watched the whole the thing.

"Class. This is Mikan Sakura and Luna Koizumi. They are our new students." Persona told them all.

3 students then stood up in alert. One was a girl with black boycut hair and purple eyes. The others were a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes and the other was raven black hair and crimson eyes.

"Mikan...." mubbled the girl and the blonde.

"Yes?"

"Sit down you three. Karasu doesn't know anyone of you." Persona said.

"What?" they mubbled.

"Ha! They don't even know!" Luna mocked.

"Know what?" asked the crimson eyed one.

"My punishment." Mikan said.

"Punishment?" asked the girl.

"Karasu's memory was earsed. That was her punishment." Persona told them.

"Yes. I'm no longer the trouble maker Mikan that I was. I'm the new me. Right, Persona-sensei?"

"Yes. Now take your seat. You too Luna." Persona.

Mikan beamed and skiped to a seat that was away from the people who stood up. Luna, though, sat next to the crimson eyed boy.

The whole day was boring for everyone but Mikan. She was very happy to go to school. Ever since her memory was earsed she didn't come out of her room, unless for missions.

The bell then rang, making class over.

Mikan grabed her things and was going to case after Persona, who left, but was stopped by a hand grabing her arm. She turned around and found the crimson eyed boy, the girl from before, and the blonde.

"Mikan, do you remember us?" asked the crimson eyed boy.

"I don't even know your name." Mikan replied.

The guy then started to walk out dragging poor old Mikan with him. He walked all the way to where no one who bug them. The sakura tree. He then slamed her to the tree and traped her with his hands.

"I'm sorry." said whispered.

"Huh?" Mikan was confused. What was he sorry for? Sorry for dragging her away and slaming her to a tree?

"I'm sorry I didn't trust you that day. I thought you betrayed me but you saved me. I'm sorry. I-I don't want to lose you again. Please.....Please let me see the old Mikan." the boy begged. Mikan was shocked. He didn't look like a boy who begged.

"What's your name?" Mikan asked.

".........Natsume." he whispered.

Mikan smilled and then used her transformation alice and became the old Mikan he knew but 15. Her hair then truned light brown and grew down to her waist in pig tails and her eyes truned warm and kind.

"Natsume" she called. He looked up and he became shocked. It was like he was seeing a ghost.

"It's okay, Natsume. I should be the one to say 'I'm sorry'. I left you didn't I? I'm sorry." she said in a gentel voice.

"Mikan..." Natsume mubbled and a tear ran down his face. He leand down to her face and kissed her on the lips. Natsume was surprised when Mikan kissed him back. Mikan was too. It just felt so right.

Mikan always had dreams that she never told anyone. She dreamit of a lonely boy. A boy with red eyes. She sat next to him and told him he will no longer be alone because she would be there with him. That she would be by his side. That's when she knew it. That lonely boy was Natsume.

Natsume then pulled away and looked at Mikan's eyes with hope and loneliness.

"Natsume.....I-I remember." Mikan said when she cried.