Author's Note:
Sorry for the late update. I've been really sick these last few days so I couldn't use the computer as much. But now I'm back! Here's the fifth chapter! Sorry if it's short.

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Chapter Five
-School Festival-

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The next day, Mikan walked back to the classroom and immediately was surrounded by her annoying fans. If she wasn't taught how to be patient, these boys would have been long dead by now.

'Mikan-chan!' Anna's voice came as Nonoko and she ran towards the emotionless girl.

'We heard that you collapsed in the hallways,' Nonoko said.

'Are you alright?' Anna asked with a worried expression on her face.

Mikan just nodded walked towards her seat. When she sat down, the auburn haired girl noticed the raven haired boy sitting next to her with his feet on the desk and his manga on his face. Even though his face was covered, Mikan could tell that the fire caster was asleep because of the steady rise of his chest.

'Perhaps we're not so different after all.'

Mikan jerked slightly when his voice came back into her head. Come to think of it, she never had gotten the chance to ask him about what he meant. The auburn haired girl inwardly shook her head.

Why am I getting so worked up about this? She thought as she cursed herself. She has better things to worry about than this.

The bell rang, snapping Mikan out of her thoughts. Then Narumi and the substitute teacher, Fukutan walked in and everyone in the class sat back down in their seats.

'Good morning, my wonderful students!' Narumi said happily as he clapped his hands together. And as usual, no one responded to his greeting.

'I have some wonderful news to tell you all and I'm sure you're going to like it.'

Some of the student's interest perked up while the rest remained uncaring.

'Tomorrow is the start of this year's School Festival!' the blonde haired teacher announced.

As soon as the news was announced, almost everyone in the class jumped up and cheered with excitement. The School Festival is always the most entertaining event of the year to the student of Gakuen Alice.

'Alright, please settle down,' Narumi said to the enthusiastic class. The class quieted down a bit but you could still hear whispers in the background.

'After this period, you will be asked to go to your Ability Classes and work out an event that you'll be doing. Okay, that's all. I'll leave the rest to you, Fukutan-sensei. Adieu!' Narumi waved at the class and walked out.

'Narumi-sensei, don't leave me with this violent class!' Fukutan cried, running after the blonde haired teacher, leaving just the student in the class.

The class got noisier again and began chatting to their friends about the up coming festival.

'Mikan-chan, are you excited about the festival?' Nonoko asked.

'What's it about?' Mikan asked, not really caring whether she tells her or not.

'It's an event that the academy celebrates once every year,' Anna explained. 'It usually goes on for about two week. The School Festivals include fun and games which you can enjoy with your friends and your Ability Class.'

Mikan nodded understandingly.

'And on the last night the school holds a big dance party,' Nonoko added. 'It's so exciting.'

'Sound fun,' Mikan murmured. Never once in her life has she ever had fun with friends at any type of festival before. Even though she wouldn't admit it, the auburn haired girl is a bit excited about festival. The corners of Mikan's mouth twitched up ever so slightly.

Meanwhile, the boy next to her got woken up by the loud voices of his classmates. The manga on his face began to slide off to reveal his slightly annoyed expression. Natsume never liked the School Festival. Since the Dangerous Ability Class wasn't allowed to participate in the events, their instructor would give everyone in the class twice the amount of missions just to pass up time. That was one of the main reasons he never liked the School Festival. The other reason was simply because he hated loud and annoying events.

Natsume's eyes shifted to his left and saw Mikan sitting there with Anna and Nonoko surrounding her and telling her about the festival with excitement in their tone. He inwardly rolled his eyes. Why do girls always get excited? As smart as he is, Natsume could never understand the mind of a female. Before he turned his eyes away, the raven haired boy spotted the corner of Mikan's mouth twitching up slightly as if she was smiling? Natsume was slightly taken back by this. Who knew that this girl could smile? As he looked closer, Natsume realized how good she looked with a smile on her face.

She actually looks quite beautiful. Then he inwardly shook his head. What the hell am I thinking?

The bell rang and everyone quickly piled out of the classroom excitedly leaving just Natsume and Mikan behind. Natsume gave no sign that he heard the bell and continued reading his manga but not before a voice interrupted him.

'Aren't you going?'

Natsume didn't even bother to look up from his manga. 'There's no point,' he simply said.

Mikan collected all her books and got up from her seat and stared at the raven haired boy.

'Aren't you going to your ability class to plan what you're doing?' she asked, ignoring his last answer.

Natsume looked up with a slightly annoyed expression on his face. 'I told you, there's no point. Now get out of my sight, little girl,' he sneered and gave her an evil look.

Mikan remained unfazed but she did frown a bit. 'Hn,' with that, she walked out of the classroom leaving Natsume alone.

Natsume stared at retreating back of the girl. He had actually expected her to yell at him for his rudeness but all he got was this. Natsume has never met a girl like this ever before. She just keeps getting more and more interesting.

'That was a surprise,' came a voice from the shadows.

'What do you want, Persona?' Natsume asked, not bothering to turn around.

A man with spiky black haired wearing a mask that covered his eyes and nose stepped out of the shadows from behind the raven haired teen.

'Normally you would have burnt anyone that tries to annoy you, but not this time. Why the sudden change of mood, Kuro Neko?' Persona asked as he leaned against the back walls of the classroom.

Natsume got up from his seat; still not turning around to face him. 'None of your business,' he snarled. 'What do you want?'

Persona chuckled slightly. 'Now, now, lets not get hasty, Natsume,' he said with a smirk. 'You have a mission. Here are the details.' He held out a piece of rolled parchment in his hands.

Natsume frowned and grabbed the paper and quickly put it in his pocket before proceeding out the room.

'Natsume,' Persona called, stopping the said boy in his tracks. 'You should also watch out for that strangely coloured kitten.'

This caught Natsume's attention and he immediately turned to face the Dangerous Ability teacher only to find no one there.

'Che,' Natsume gritted his teeth.

What the hell did he mean by that?

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Author's Note:
I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't that good. I was actually in a rush to post this up. So instead of asking for twenty reviews like I normally would, I'll just ask for fifteen. Of course more would be nice! No flames. I'll try and get the next chapter up faster, but I can't promise you anything. Once again, I'm sorry.

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