Author's Note:
Here's chapter six. I honestly hadn't expected to get more than fifteen reviews in the last chapter but you proved me wrong. Thanks a lot! By the way, I recently created a NatsuMikan community for all those well written NatsuMikan fics and I'm currently looking for staff members. If you're interested in becoming one please tell me when you review and I'll send you an invitation. Now then, on to chapter six!

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Chapter Six
-Disappointment-

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Mikan stood in front of the large doors of the Special Ability classroom. Her hand reached up slowly and pushed the doors open slightly to poke her head in, only to see nothing but darkness.

Perhaps this is the wrong classroom, the auburn haired girl thought. But then a sudden movement startled her slightly. Slowly, she walked into the room. As soon as she closed the doors behind her, the lights immediately switched on and students of all ages jumped up from behind the classroom furniture and yelled, 'Surprise!'

Mikan held her hands up and shielded herself from the sudden burst of brightness. Then she slowly lifted her hands down to see people crowded around her with amused expressions on their face. Behind them was a large banner hanging down from the ceiling. It said in big bold letters: Welcome Newcomer.

Mikan's eyebrow rose in confusion. 'What is this?' she asked quietly, but not quiet enough for the Special Ability students.

'What do mean?' a voice from behind her came. Mikan turned around to see Tsubasa and Misaki grinning at her.

'This is obviously a welcome party,' Tsubasa said, pushing her forward towards the other Special Ability members.

Mikan looked up at them. Judging from their height, most of them were around Tsubasa and Misaki's age. The nullifier hopes that they'll not make any annoying comments about her like how her other classmates did.

'So what's your name?' a boy a few years older than her asked.

'Sakura Mikan,' she replied monotonously.

'Mikan, huh? You're really cute, you know that?' he commented. Oh well, spoke too soon…

'Hn.'

'What's your Alice, Mikan-chan?' Misaki asked her.

'…Nullification,' she said quietly hoping that the pink haired teen would not catch what she said. After all, she was an enemy of Gakuen Alice and she shouldn't let too much people know about her Alice because it might cause trouble for the AAO. But unfortunately for Mikan, the pink haired girl was able to catch her words clearly as well as the rest of the class.

'Nullification, huh?' Tsubasa mused, rubbing his chin in thought. 'That's quite rare.'

'Why are we having a party?' Mikan asked all of a sudden. 'Shouldn't we be preparing for the School Festival?'

The smiles that used to be present on everyone's face slowly began to disappear and were replaced with a grim look.

'W-well, it's not really important to us. I-I mean the School Festival,' Tsubasa said, noticing everyone's change in mood when she asked that question. 'L-lets eat.'

'Yeah, I'm getting hungry,' Misaki exclaimed, helping Tsubasa out.

Mikan could sense that something is wrong but didn't comment on it. She allowed Misaki and Tsubasa to lead her to a long rectangular shaped table with all kinds of food placed on it. Before she knew it the mood that the class gave of earlier began to disappear and was replaced with enjoyment. Pretty soon, all the food disappeared completely.

'That was delicious!' Tsubasa exclaimed, rubbing his stomach. 'I'm stuffed!'

'That's 'cause you eat like a pig,' Misaki teased him.

'What did you say?!'

'I said that you eat like a pig!'

'Why you…!'

Mikan smiled slightly at the bickering teens. It must be wonderful to be able to freely show your emotions to others, she mused. Although she would not ever admit it, Mikan was jealous; jealous of such a simple thing that may seem meaningless. While others were able to freely express themselves by showing emotions she is just hiding behind an emotionless façade. The auburn haired girl just wished that she can be like everyone else who isn't hiding behind a mask, but she knew very well that the Anti-Alice Organization would not allow that, especially Kurai.

Deciding that she had enough of watching the two argue, Mikan decided to ask about the response that Tsubasa gave her earlier.

'What did you mean when you said that the School Festival isn't really that important?'

Tsubasa and Misaki ceased their argument and turned towards the patient auburn haired girl who was waiting for an answer.

Tsubasa sighed, deciding that he shouldn't keep this from her any longer. 'Well, because this is the Special Ability class everyone here has different types of Alices so it's hard to organize a suitable event for the festival,' he explained.

'We tried every year to make this a successful event but we end up failing each time,' Misaki added.

'And because of that, we get labeled more and more as drop-outs and good for nothings,' Tsubasa sighed. 'So this year, we've decided to just skip this event. Even if we did make our event successful, no one would bother to try it out.'

'They'll just mostly go to the Latent and Technical Ability areas,' Misaki stated.

'There's no point in trying to come up with something,' Tsubasa said, summing up his point.

'So are you just going to plan on giving up?' Mikan asked monotonously.

'Well, yeah…'

Without her knowing it, Mikan's fist clenched together slightly. 'How pathetic,' she muttered.

Misaki and Tsubasa both looked shocked. 'Mikan, what are you-?'

'The lack of motivation is why we always get picked on,' the auburn haired girl stated cutting Tsubasa off.

'I really had expected a lot more from you guys than just that. You guys are really pathetic.' Mikan knew that she was being harsh but she's just speaking the truth. The nullifier got up from her seat and headed towards the door without sparing a glance at the Special Ability students.

'I'm really disappointed in you, Tsubasa-senpai, Misaki-senpai,' she whispered before walking out completely, leaving the silent class to stare at the door.

It was a while before anyone spoke up.

'She sure is nosy.'

'Yeah…'

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Natsume panted slightly behind his Kuro Neko mask as he dodged the bullet fired off from the enemy's gun. He blocked the next rain of bullets by creating a huge wall of fire. Natsume inwardly cursed at Persona for giving him such a mission. It is a lot more difficult than he had originally thought it would be. Sneak into the warehouse by the docks and steal the secret documents of the AAO but the fire caster didn't expect to run into twenty AAO guards as he made his way back towards the academy. So here he is, jumping from tree to tree while dodging the bullets fired of from their guns.

Natsume cringed in pain as a bullet grazed his right arm. With his uninjured hand, the Black Cat shot a large fireball the last remaining member, killing him instantly. He clutched in right arm in pain as he jumped through the forest. The skies grew dark signaling that it was night.

Sweat poured down his face despite the cold temperature. Natsume sighed as he finally reached the academy. With his last remaining strength he leaped over the fence and walked towards the school buildings. The raven haired lad felt as if all his strength had left him. His arm bled furiously as he staggered forward. Natsume leaned against a large tree for support.

Damn you, Persona… were his last thoughts before his body gave in and went tumbling towards the ground.

Dark clouds loomed across the skies and a loud rumbling sound was heard, followed by droplets of water raining down from the grey skies.

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Mikan made her way towards her dorm room slowly while thinking of today's event. The auburn haired girl had really been looking forward to the Alice Festival but thanks to the Special Ability class, it had ruined her mood completely. Mikan had really thought that they were the type of people to never give up and would always fight for what they want, but after witnessing what had happen today it had left her disgusted and disappointed.

'This day just can't get any worse,' she muttered to herself.

As if on queue, water fell from the dark and grey skies and onto her body.

Mikan frowned in annoyance. Great~ Even Mother Nature's being evil, she thought annoyed. Upon spotting a large tree a few meters away from where she is standing, Mikan quickly made her way over there, hoping that it could provide her with some shelter until the rain stops.

Mikan sighed and sat leaned against the thick trunk. Hopefully it stops soon, she thought to herself. She definitely did not want to get sick. The auburn haired girl made a move to sit down but before that she put her hand down to feel whether the grass is dry or not. When her hand made contact with the grass she expected it to feel dry but instead felt something wet.

'Water?' she asked herself, lifting her palm up to have a look. Instead of it being transparent it was red and warm.

Blood?

Mikan quickly got up and ran to the other side of the trunk only to widen her eyes slightly at the sight. On the ground lying in his own pool of blood was the unconscious form of a boy wearing a black cat mask. The nullifier reached towards the mask and pulled it down to reveal the face of the boy.

Mikan's eyes hardened. Hyuuga Natsume, huh?

Deciding that this isn't a good time to be wondering what had happened, Mikan grabbed his arm and hauled him up and proceeded towards the hospital with great difficulty.

You better owe me for this, Hyuuga.

Unbeknownst to her, a figure stood in the branch of the tree, watching her every movement. His black lips were pressed together in a straight line while his eyes were concealed behind a mask.

Sakura Mikan, you really are interesting.

His lips curved up slightly to form a smirk before he disappeared off into the night.

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