Natsume's POV

Riiiiiiing! Riiiiiiiiing! Riiiing! How annoying. I turned off the alarm and checked the time. It read 7:00, I'm very annoyed right now. I hate waking up early as much as hearing the squealing voices of infuriating girls from my class. Nonetheless, I stood up, I grabbed the nearest towel my eyes had spotted and went to take a shower.

It has been 10 years since I burned down my whole village along with my family and friends. It's not like I did it purposely, I do not hate them or anything and they were a loving family, It is just that I'm cursed.

I have the ability to make fire at will but back then I was unable to control my ability. After that incident I was taken into custody and the people who took charge explained to me that my ability is called an "Alice".

Apparently, there are several other "Alices" some has illusion, water, wind, the gift of invention it even has the weirdest ones such as travelling in mirrors and expelling enormous amount of pheromones. All the people who have these abilities are put in a school, Alice Academy. Whether it was named after a woman, a pet or the founder just likes how Alice sounds, I don't know and I don't really care.

It sounds like a sanctuary for the Alice users because this is the only place we are not called freaks but this school holds dark secrets of its own.

There are other organizations that try to oust the Academy; one is the AAO or the Anti Alice Organization. I'm not sure if their founder has a bad naming sense or is just lazy to figure a good one but anyway these guys are troublesome.

When the AAO attacks or steal something from the academy, they send the students who have strong Alice enough to protect the school and inflict harm on the enemies; they are classified as the dangerous ability type, and I'm also part of it. They call us "guardians" but I think we're more like tools and weapon for them.

Ever since they took me into custody they had been training me for missions, they even gave me a code name, Black Cat. I'm not really sure how they come up with that lame code name, we're like secret agents so they should have at least come up with a cool one such as "fire dragon" or "black assassin" even "007" sounds better but they come up with a very adorable and furry animal for a code name, a cat for god's sake. The worst part is that I have to wear a mask of a black cat. What are we? Children's costume party?

I also attend school like the normal students but I enjoy more privilege, like skipping class when I feel like it, there are a lot of perks being in the dangerous ability type. Well, our life is always on the line, might as well enjoy it while we still can.

I turned off the shower and dried myself with the towel. I went to the kitchen to get an orange juice when I saw a note on my table. 10:00 Another mission huh? I crumpled the paper and burned it to ashes. I gazed at the fire, remember me Natsume. Every time I see fire her voice echoed through my ears. How could I forget? Those eyes that looked like it knows everything about me, probably even more than I know myself. Her presence creep me out but I am drawn to her, she gives me the feeling that I have known her for so long.

I fixed myself and went out of the room, starting another tedious day. My days goes on like this every day, wake up, school, mission, sleep, its like a cycle that never ends; nothing excites me, everyday is boring as hell.

As I walked through the corridors of the dormitory, concealing my hands inside my pockets, I ran into Ruka. He's a childhood friend who has been sticking with me ever since, he has blonde hair and always holds a rabbit with him. We're already seventeen and he still has that with him, well his Alice is animal pheromone so he's close to animals.

"Natsume! Are you going to class? Let's go together." Ruka said as he walked along side with me. "Hn" I responded.

We were about to enter class when our queer teacher Narumi called me to the faculty. I told Ruka to go on without me then I proceed to the faculty. He flashed a worried look, he probably thinks that I'm off to another mission, which is not entirely false, but I gave him an assuring smile before I walked towards the faculty.

I looked at the weird teacher in his awfully chosen fashion with all those frills and pink laces, which made him look like a homosexual prince from London. "What do you want?" I asked impatiently. I was never really the patient one and I can never be with this guy.

He beamed at me the most annoying glee I have ever seen in my life, I'm really looking forward to the day I could burn this bastard in a stake along with his frilly clothes. My thoughts about burning him were interrupted when he finally said, "There's a new transfer student coming tomorrow."

"And what does that have to do with me?" I responded sounding really annoyed as I really am. "Well, you'll find out tomorrow and I want you to take care of that transfer student" He said with that annoying glee still on his face. I really want to burn that glee out of him; maybe I could burn his blonde hair instead, the punishment might not be as heavy as burning him entirely, either way it would definitely be worth it.

I walked away from him, not wanting to listen any longer. "As if I'd do that." I said before slamming the door to his face. I went back to class and continued what I usually do, going through a boring day. Little did I know that this day would be the last of it.