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Star Ranks:

Special: The students who receive this rank are considered as one of the top students of the academy. They are given a very luxurious room. They receive 300 rabbits as allowance.

3 Star: The geniuses. They receive 100 rabbits.

2 Star: The students ranked above average. They receive 50 rabbits as their allowance.

1 Star: Students that are considered average are ranked as 1 Stars. They get to have 30 rabbits.

No Star: The so-called losers. The academy rarely gives a student this rank unless they have a very good reason. The place where they sleep is the attic. Their allowance is 5 rabbits only.

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Chapter 2:

Savoy Corpse Reviver

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'A drink can lead you to anyone, and anywhere.'

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It was a stormy night. Thunder was heard in almost every corner in the academy. The elementary school students shook in their beds, too afraid to go to sleep. Teachers were trying to calm students who were crying because of the thunder. Students that were outside were running, not wanting to get wet. The rain was pouring continuously. Just like the tears that Mikan Sakura had shed.

The elevator door opened as four girls stepped out. Three of those girls were guiding a still brunette out of the elevator and into her room. Fortunately, most of the Specials were already in their room. But, unfortunately for them, the girl with the three girls wouldn't move. Dead. That's what people who would have seen her would think. To say that the girl was shocked to death was an understatement. It's more like she has no hope. That she could just die at anytime accepting death like it wasn't her last resort.

To make things easier the girl with pink hair and the girl with midnight blue hair placed the girl's arms over their shoulders so that they would get to the room faster. Step by step, they walked towards a door that had a golden plate with the words 'Mikan Sakura' engraved on it. Turning the doorknob, they opened the cream door.

The room was stunning, beautiful, amazing… Hell! It was indescribable. There were white sofas and in front of it was a plasma screen TV. The bed was king-sized with fluffy pink pillows and a striped blanket. The walls were in a majestic white color. There was a kitchen in the corner, complete with a stove, an oven, a fridge, microwave and more! The bathroom was the best part! There was a Jacuzzi that could fit more or less 8 people, depending on the circumstances. The tiles were shiny, also white. Golden sinks and toilets were there too.

Three girls continued to gawk, almost dropping the dead-looking girl they were carrying. They had never seen her room before. She always told them that there's nothing to see. It's like she didn't appreciate the beauty of the room given to her! They always told her that she was lucky to be a Special Star but, to her, it was nothing special at all. Nothing.

They sat Mikan down on one of the sofas and looked at her worriedly. They decided not to question her yet, seeing as she still was not moving. Also, they didn't want to call for Hotaru since it was getting late and they knew that Hotaru sleeps before dinner, reasoning out that she didn't want to be like Mikan, a pig. They all laughed but Mikan was the only one who stayed quiet at that time. They found out later on that she acted that way because she was now going to take missions.

Anna, the mother-like one, looked at Mikan with sad eyes. "Do you want us to prepare the tub for you? I'm sure you want to take a bath since you're wet from the rain," she reasoned out but, as they expected, she didn't reply. Mikan was still staring blankly into space. 'What happened to her?' Anna just motioned Nonoko to prepare the tub.

Sumire was pacing back and forth the minute Nonoko left. She looked awful. Her make-up was ruined and her uniform was stained. This was the first time Anna saw her that way. "Mikan, what the effing hell happened to you?! We're you're friends, right? You can tell us what's wrong. Please, just talk!" Sumire exclaimed, she couldn't take her friends silence any longer!

Nonoko came back a few seconds later, realizing that Sumire's remark didn't have an effect on their friend. But as she approached Mikan, she heard her muttering things. 'She's talking!'

"Anna, Sumire-chan! Listen to her! She's talking! Mikan-chan's talking!" Nonoko exclaimed loudly. They all walked towards her and listened carefully. Mikan wasn't saying stuff in complete sentences. She was just muttering words.

"Grandpa… Dead… Can't believe… Leaving… Not allowing… Haru-sensei…" Mikan said again and again. She looked like she was oblivious to everything. She didn't mind that there were three people who were standing too close, which didn't happen too often. Mikan also didn't notice that her friends understood everything she just said. They were all shocked. The three didn't know what really happened but they now know what had caused Mikan to behave this way.

The three moved away from her and looked at each other worriedly. They stared at the girl sitting down on the couch for a few moments before deciding to let her have a bath first. Anna and Nonoko once again carried, well dragged, an unmoving Mikan towards the bathroom and shut the door with a loud 'thud' believing that Mikan will realize that she has to take a bath sooner or later. The two girls approached the other girl and sighed.

"Uhmm… Do you… Why…" Nonoko started, not able to think properly. She was too shocked, too shocked to think about anything else. Sighing, she looked down on the carpeted floor.

Minutes passed by and no one talked. It was silent. A word was not heard on either of the three. Several seconds later, a door opened with a bang. Mikan came out, not looking better at all although she was now clad in a white cotton towel and her hair was dripping wet. The three stared at her, waiting for her to speak. "Could you guys please leave me alone first? I'm going talk to you tomorrow and tell you everything," she spoke, her voice hoarse from all the crying she had done. The three just nodded their heads and scurried out the door, not wanting to disturb her any longer.

The door clicked signalizing that they left and Mikan sighed of relief. A few seconds later, Anna's head popped out from the door. "Mikan-chan, if you need us, we'll be in our rooms. Also, don't worry about anything because we're always here for you," Anna smiled and shut the door once again. The three went to their assigned rooms and slept.

After they left, Mikan was alone. She dressed up in her white silk nightgown which emphasizing each of her curves. She drank some water and lied down on her bed. Looking at the ceiling she wept for the last time that night and fell asleep. She slept peacefully until…

Mikan's Dream:

Mikan walked in the principal's office slowly. Each step she took resounded in the room. She was told that the principal wanted to see her for a very important matter. The principal gestured for her to sit down on the chair opposite to him. He had green eyes and black hair. He wore a very formal suit and his hair was in a messy do, giving him a formal yet boyish look. Mikan, being the model student she was, obediently followed his orders.

The principal, Haru-sensei, coughed twice indicating that he was about to speak. "Hello there, Sakura-chan. How was your day?" He asked her politely while leaning across the table to see her more clearly. He smiled in anticipation when Mikan opened her mouth but frowned after she shut her mouth again. He had already expected that, of course. Knowing Mikan, she wouldn't be as sociable as she used to be. The once bubbly girl he had known before became an emotionless freak (at times) –well, except to her friends, she was still the Mikan they had known for years.

Mikan sighed. If she wants to make this quick, she has to say whatever he wants her to say. "It was fine," came her reply. She didn't want this conversation to be long but, knowing the principal, it will be. 'God damn it!' "Why did you call for me, Haru-sensei?" She almost snapped but she tried hard not to; she knew what would happen if she angered the all-powerful Haru-sensei.

The principal's smile turned into a frown. He wanted to make this quick yet, he also wanted to make it less shocking to his student. "You see, Sakura-chan, something happened. Your grandfather, he passed away yesterday evening," he paused, looking at her reaction. Her eyes widened and she looked like she was about to break down any moment.

She wanted to run and tell herself that her grandfather didn't die without her there, but, she couldn't. It can't be done. She could just scream and cry, feeling as if the she was hit by a truck. The principal wasn't able to finish what he had to say because she spoke. "That can't be true! He couldn't have! My grandpa is a strong man! Don't lie to me, Haru-sensei… Please, tell me it isn't true," she pleaded softly but, she didn't cry. She kept all her emotions to herself.

The man looked at her sharply, telling her that he wasn't lying. How could he, if he had lied about a serious matter like this? "Sakura-chan, don't you dare say those things to the principal! Have some respect, woman!" He stopped and glared at her for a moment. "As I was saying, your grandfather died yesterday. Sadly, you won't be allowed to go to the funeral," he bit out coldly.

'What?! They didn't really expect her to believe all that and do nothing, right?!' Also, are they planning to stop her from seeing her grandpa? The only family that she had since she was a little girl?! She couldn't believe it! Hell, she shouldn't believe it! Her life had meaning because of him, her grandpa, and yet, they aren't allowing her to give him a proper end to his life. "No. No. No." She shook her head again and again, not wanting to believe it, any of it! "Why can't I go?" She asked; she felt so weak at that moment. She could just die.

Haru-sensei looked at her with sharp green eyes. "You're one of our valued students, Mikan." Wow. He gave up calling her 'Sakura-chan' after all. "We don't want you to get hurt. We, the administrators of this school, want you to be safe." he said in a very gentle voice Mikan didn't expect he had. In Mikan's eyes, he looked evil, like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

'Crap. That's what he's saying.' We just want you to be safe… blah, blah, blah! Oh boo-freakin'-hoo! If they want her to be safe, then why does she have to go do missions for this stinkin' school? She had been shot for at least 8 times! The hell of that large number! Though she was shot, they didn't even show their concern for her! She visited the school's infirmary almost everyday because of those effing missions! She was a regular patient there! "Lookie here, mister! I don't give a damn about what you think is good for me! I go to missions almost every night because you tell that bastard, Persona, to make me do them! And here I am now, perfectly healthy! Now what makes you think that I will be killed or something just by going to my grandfather's funeral?!" Mikan panted after her sudden outburst. Her eyes looked deadly and her aura turned from weak to scary. Safety. The crap of that word. If they think that it's right to keep students in a prison-like school, then they can just go to hell!

The principal glared at her for speaking to him that way. "Even if you plead we won't allow you," he looked at his watch for a while and sighed. "I'm afraid we don't have much time, Sakura-chan. We can talk again sometime but, right now is not appropriate. Well, we are done talking and I have to go. I have a meeting to attend to," he grabbed his coat and almost ran towards the door. He left Mikan sitting there angered by his words.

Mikan stood up shaking and started to walk slowly. 'An important asset of the academy cannot go away for useless things like this.' That statement repeated in her head. Though, the one that kept repeating was one word. Useless. Was the love she felt for her grandpa too little for it to be called useless?! She didn't think it was useless. Her grandpa always told her that her love for him kept him going, kept him strong and happy. Was loving a person that little of a thing? She didn't have the chance to answer that question since she was too drowned in her thoughts of her grandpa's death.

End of dream

Mikan was shaking in her bed. She didn't have a dream, she had a nightmare about what happened to her earlier that day. She didn't want to remember it! Hell, she didn't want to remember anything! She sat up on the bed and screamed. "No, no, no!" She shouted and when she opened her eyes she saw Hotaru sitting on her bed, staring at her intently. "Ho-Hotaru…" She stuttered as she started to cry again.

Hotaru smiled at Mikan, a smile of a true friend. She held her hands out to Mikan and she gladly accepted the hug. They hugged for a few minutes keeping silence excluding for the occasional sniffs Mikan made. "I'm happy." Hotaru said while looking at her best friend. Mikan looked at her with a look of curiosity and shock. Hotaru sighed, Mikan could be dense at times anyway. "I'm happy because you feel a little better. Anna, Nonoko, and Sumire told me everything that happened last night," she held on to her best friend and held her tighter. "Ruka has been worried about you, you know. He had been running to me every now and then to ask me if you were alright and I said 'I don't know.'" She giggled.

Mikan smiled in her tears. "You should've told him I was fine. I just don't have the guts to believe anything the principal told me. It was just… unexpected, you know?" Mikan's smile turned upside down. She stopped crying about a minute ago and she and Hotaru let go of each other already. "Wait a minute, do you know what I'm talking about, Hotaru?" She realized that she was talking too much and didn't care if her best friend knew what she was talking about! Stupid Mikan!

Hotaru just nodded, she looked scary at that moment. She glared at Mikan and spoke in a very monotonous voice, "Who do you think I am, Mikan? I know everything," she sighed. "But, I'm sorry that grandpa died. I mean, I know he's important to both of us. And that principal didn't allow you to go to the funeral. Damn that bastard!" She cursed and then she noticed that Mikan was looking down on the bed and that tears were falling.

Mikan cried once again, she can't believe her friend believed what that bastard had said! "Hotaru, do you think that what they're telling us is the truth? Because you know, if they are, they would allow me to go to the funeral. But, they didn't. They even told me that going there would be useless. Is my love not enough?" She asked the question she wasn't able to answer on her own. Love. Her grandpa always told her that it can move mountains, it can make you do things you didn't know you could. Did this happen because her grandpa's thoughts were wrong all along? No, it couldn't be. He was able to inspire a lot of people because of his knowledge.

Hotaru looked at Mikan worriedly. "It's not like they would lie about a thing like this, Mikan. You know, if they lie about things like that then they're stupid for doing so. They could get arrested if they do that," she paused. "About your second question, your love for your grandpa is great. It surpasses the love that other people share." she explained. She didn't want her friend to feel this way. It feels different to be with a Mikan who's depressed.

Mikan smiled at the realization. "Thank you so much, Hotaru! I feel better now, really," Mikan laughed a little. "I feel all right but, it still hurts. I have to do something to make them allow me to go to the funeral." She said in a determined voice.

Hotaru nodded at her friend's cheerful behavior. "Mikan, the gang planned a get-together to make you have some fun again and to also make you feel better. They planned it for tonight. They said that we will meet at Blue Lagoon for dinner and we'll walk around Central Town after. Ruka will pick you up at 6, alright?" Hotaru watched as Mikan nodded her head excitedly momentarily forgetting her current state. Hotaru got up and smiled at Mikan one last time and turned towards the door. She was about to turn the knob open when she said one last thing. "Be sure to not tell anyone about my smiling and laughing, alright?" She glared before stepping out of the room.

'Thanks, Hotaru.'

To Be Continued

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Author's Notes:

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