Author's Note:
Here's the next chapter. I'm quiet happy with this one. Please read and review! Oh and by the way, this chapter is not proof-read so I'm sorry if you find any grammatical errors.

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Chapter Eight
-Expect The Unexpected-

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Mouri Reo is coming to the academy?

Mikan was confused. Why would Reo need to come into the academy anyway? Unless Kurai had decided that she would need some help on her mission. As if! He knew perfectly well that she of all people didn't need any assistance especially on a mission as easy as this. Speaking of the mission, Mikan had almost forgotten about it. Because of the arrival of the School Festival it has caused her to forget one of the most important things she was supposed to do.

This academy is making me way too forgetful. The auburn haired girl rolled her eyes.

The sounds of shrieking and yelling brought her back to reality. Mikan looked over the crowd of people to see the guard opening the gate to allow a large black limo in. The limo pulled to a stop and a figure stepped out, making the students of the academy yell and scream with excitement once more.

That's definitely Reo alright, Mikan thought staring at brown haired, violet eyed man who was waving at the crowd of people.

Reo's eyes then suddenly locked with Mikan's. He smirked slightly before looking away.

Mikan's eyes narrowed. What the hell does he want?

'Mikan-chan, are you alright?' Yuu asked concerned. Mikan jumped at his sudden voice. She had been so caught up with Reo that she even forgotten that Yuu and Hotaru were still next to her. Well, Yuu was anyways; Hotaru went after Reo with a black camera in her hands as her eyes flashed with dollar signs.

'I'm fine,' she answered. 'Why do you ask?'

'Because you look kind of tense and I was wondering if anything was wrong,' Yuu said.

Mikan's shoulders slumped at his comment. He was right; she was a bit too tense. Somehow, Mikan's got this strange feeling that something bad is going to happen soon. Shoving that thought out of her mind, the auburn haired girl gave the illusionist a forced smile.

'Thanks for asking but I'm fine,' she said.

'Ah, okay…' Yuu said still not really convinced but didn't say anything else.

Mikan took this as an opportunity to get away from him as fast as possible.

'I've got to go. See you later,' she said.

'Okay. Bye, Mikan-chan!'

She gave him a nod and then headed to Central Town to gather the things on the list that Tsubasa gave her. The question of why Reo is here was still present within her mind. But Mikan figured that she will have to ask him later personally about it.

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'Yo, Mikan, what took you so long?' Tsubasa said to the nullifier who walked into the classroom with two large plastics bags around her arms.

'Sorry,' she apologized, not bothering to answer his question. She dropped the two bags on the floor and rubbed her arms with a frown. Apparently they were really heavy and it had made her slightly tired.

Tsubasa noticed this and gave her a grin. 'Well, thanks for buying those. I'll let you off of work for now. We'll handle the rest; we're almost done with preparations anyways,' he said.

If Mikan had been someone else she would have jumped up with joy. Instead she just smiled and nod at him.

'Thank you, Tsubasa-senpai,' she said.

The midnight-blue haired teen grinned widely and ruffled her hair. 'No need to thank me. Now get going,' he said.

'Okay.' With a final nod, Mikan left the room.

Tsubasa soon switched into a curious expression as soon as Mikan left the room. 'Come to think of it she never answered my question. What took her so long anyway?'

Misaki then came up to him holding a paintbrush in her hand.

'It's probably because of Reo,' she said. 'He's quite popular, you know.'

Tsubasa rubbed his chin in thought. 'Reo, huh? I don't see what's so great about him. All he has is a pretty face. Personally, I think I look way better than him,' he said the last part to himself.

But Misaki heard him and smiled slyly. 'Oh, really?' she asked. Then without warning, she painted half his face red with her brush. 'Still think you're better looking than him now?'

Tsubasa clenched his teeth and gave her a death glare.

'Misaki!'

The said girl just laughed.

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Mikan walked along the corridors with a relieved expression written on her face. She was glad that Tsubasa gave her some time off. She needed to find a way to approach Reo without gaining any suspicion from the people of Gakuen Alice. Maybe she could sneak into his room that he is currently staying in without getting caught. But that was easier said than done. The academy has heightened their security around Reo to make sure that his fans would keep away from him. One slip up and she could be sent straight to the faculty room for questioning.

Nah, too risky, the auburn haired girl thought.

As she passed by the science lab, she heard sounds of crashing a revolting smell coming from inside the lab. Curiosity got the best of her so she pushed open the door and walked in to see Nonoko dressed in a lab coat cleaning up broken pieces of a flask.

'What are you doing here?' Mikan asked as she looked around. Situated on the tables were different bottles containing different coloured liquids in them.

'Ah, Mikan-chan!' Nonoko said slightly alarmed. She didn't even sense Mikan presence when she came in. 'I'm just finishing up some of my potions for the School Festival.'

Mikan nodded and walked towards the jars of finished potions and looked at the labels. There were Truth Potions, Love Potions and others. But there was one that caught Mikan's attention. The liquid was pure black but it seems to change colour every time it's exposed to sunlight. Mikan picked it up to examine it properly. She noticed that unlike the others, this one didn't have a label.

'What's this one?' she asked Nonoko.

Nonoko looked up from her experiment when her friend asked her that question.

'That was originally supposed to be a potion that relieves stress but I sort of messed up a bit and made it into another potion,' she smiled. 'You can have it if you want. I don't really have a use for it anyway.'

'What does it do?' Mikan asked, not taking her eyes off the strange liquid.

'Well…'

The auburn haired girl listened to the explanation with growing fascination. This potion was just amazing but Mikan could understand why Nonoko wouldn't need it.

'I'm not 100 percent sure that it would work. It can also cause some really bad side affects if it's not handled properly,' the blue haired girl stated.

Mikan nodded and pocketed the potion. It could really be useful to her. 'Alright. Sorry for bothering you,' she apologized with a smile.

Nonoko smiled back. 'It's alright. See you later, Mikan-chan.'

Mikan walked out of the science lab with her thoughts on that mysterious potion. But her thoughts were cut short when she heard a chuckle coming from behind her. She turned around to see Mouri Reo leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. A smirk was present on his face.

He walked towards her and whispered in her ear, 'Come with me.'

Mikan followed him without hesitation. After all, she was planning on finding him anyway.

Reo led her towards his room and closed the door behind him when Mikan entered.

'It's been a while, Sakura,' he said as he sat down at the foot of his bed.

'Hn.'

The brown haired man smirked. 'I'd never thought I'd see you making friends. What happened to you anyways?' he asked.

Mikan glared at him. 'That's none of your business,' she said annoyed.

Reo chuckled. 'Alright, alright, no need to get so defensive. It's was just a question,' he said.

'Why are you here?'

'Kurai-san wanted me to tell you something…' he paused.

Mikan urged for him to go on.

'You are to return back to headquarters with me after I'm finished with my mission. He needs you to give him a report of what you discovered about this academy.'

Mikan inwardly cursed herself. What is supposed to tell him when she's got nothing to report? Then another question came into her mind.

'What's your mission?' she asked.

'Do you really want to know?'

Mikan nodded.

'Do you really want to know?'

The auburn haired girl that gave him a look that said 'Duh!'

'Do you really, really want to know?' Reo asked for the third time. He was deliberately doing this to get her riled up and boy was it working.

Mikan's eyes twitched in annoyance. She gave him a death glare.

Reo chuckled. 'Fine, I'll tell you,' he said. 'My mission is…'

Mikan leaned in closer to hear the rest.

'…to assassinate Hyuuga Natsume.'

Mikan's heart skipped a beat.

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Author's Note:
You didn't expect that did you? I was originally going to go with the 'kidnap Natsume mission' but decided that this is more interesting. But don't worry, this story is far from over it still has more than ten more chapters to go. Twenty more reviews please; no flames.

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