Host Club at Alice Academy
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.
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The girls stood in the midst of the Northern Woods, gaping at the sight before them. A small part of the Northern Woods had been transformed into a construction site. There was a whole army of robots running about, examining blueprints and chopping down trees. Hotaru sat on her flying goose invention, calmly issuing orders to the robots through a megaphone. She spotted the five girls standing there, frozen to the spot, and flew over to them.
Mikan was the first to speak. "Hotaru! This is amazing! what's going on?"
Baka! Hotaru hit her with the infamous Baka Gun, and sent the brunette flying. She landed beside Mikan and hopped off the flying goose. "If you shout too loudly, my robots might malfunction."
Mikan had had tears in her eyes. "Hotaru, why did you do that?"
"Because you're an idiot."
Mikan pouted, then stood up with a smile on her face, apparently having recovered from the hit. "So what is all this, Hotaru?"
Hotaru turned to look at all the girls. "I'm building a place for our host club. It will be right here in the Northern Forest. I expect construction to be finished in less than a week."
"Wow!" The girls exclaimed.
"You built these robots, right, Hotaru-chan? Amazing, they're like a team of builders." Nonoko said, watching the robots.
"I specifically invented them for the purpose of setting up the host club. It was expensive to build them, so you all had better work hard to earn back the money." Hotaru said as she adjusted the builder's helmet on her head. It had the words, 'Goal:Money', on it.
"Um, right." The girls chorused.
"Good. Any questions?" Hotaru asked.
Anna raised her hand shyly. "Um, I was wondering, is what we're doing allowed?"
Everyone fell silent. Hotaru remained indifferent.
"I already got permission from the principals. They weren't very keen on the idea at first, but after I blackma- I mean, reasoned with them, they were more than happy to let me proceed with the plan."
No one said anything.
Hotaru climbed back onto the flying goose. As she hovered in mid-air, she said, "We need to do some advertising, so I want you all to give out some flyers."
"What flyers?" Sumire asked.
Hotaru didn't reply. Instead, she took a stack of flyers out from nowhere and dumped them on the ground.
"I expect ninety percent of the academy to know about the host club by this afternoon. Do not disappoint me." and with that, she left.
Mikan and the others were left behind, staring blankly at her, with a huge pile of flyers to be distributed within two hours. It was going to be a long day.
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"Come to our host club's grand opening, okay?" Mikan said, smiling cheerfully as she handed out a flyer.
The boy she handed the flyer to, blushed and nodded his head. Mikan waved as he walked away. She turned to look at Misaki before heaving a huge sigh.
"Misaki-senpai, this is so tiring." Mikan said as she leaned against the wall.
They had been standing in front of the middle division's entrance for almost an hour, distributing flyers. Sumire, Anna and Nonoko were wandering around the academy grounds trying to distribute the rest.
"Just a while longer Mikan," said Misaki with a smile. "We're almost out of flyers anyway."
Mikan nodded. Then she stretched herself and smiled. She spotted some students headed for their direction. Waving the flyers in the air, she shouted, "Come to Alice Academy's first host club!"
As the students approached them, Mikan could see who they were. She scowled. It was none other than Natsume Hyuuga. She still hadn't forgiven him for peeking at her underwear that morning. Luca-pyon, Mindreader, and Fox-eye were right behind him. Natsume walked up to her and stared at the flyers in her hand.
" Hello, Sakura, what are you doing?" Luca asked, as he stroked his bunny gently."
Luca-pyon! Me and Misaki-senpai are giving out flyers to tell everyone about the host club Hotaru created." Mikan replied, showing him the flyer.
"Serious? A host club?" said Mindreader, as he took the flyer from Mikan. Fox-eye peered over his shoulder, studying the flyer.
"Cool. Who- What?" he said, snatching the flyer from Mindreader to take a closer look.
"Mikan-chan," Fox-eye said, eyes wide."You're one of the hosts of this host club?"
Natsume and Luca's ears perked up, they turned to look at Mikan.
"That's right! Me, Misaki-senpai, Curly, Anna-chan and Nonoko-chan are all hosts. Hotaru asked us to." Mikan replied.
"What? Curly is a host too?" Mindreader and Fox-eye exclaimed loudly.
"Yeah, she said the host club won't succeed without her."
Mindreader and Fox-eye looked at each other, and collapsed on the floor laughing.
"T-That's hilarious! Curly… A host! Ha ha ha!" Mindreader said, laughing hysterically.
"Ow, My stomach hurts from laughing!" Fox-eye said, panting.
"I am definitely going to the host club! Can't wait to see her make a fool of herself!" Mindreader snickered. Then both he and fox-eye burst out laughing, they rolled on the ground, getting in other people's way.
Everyone stared at them. Mikan decided to ignore them. She turned to face Natsume and Luca.
"Are you two coming?" She asked, giving them each a flyer.
"Uh, sure, Sakura," Luca said, blushing slightly. "You're coming too, right Natsume?"
Natsume stared at the flyer, then at Mikan. The two looked at him expectantly.
He snorted. "Why would I waste my time just to see polka dots entertain us? Heck, how can an ugly girl even become a host?"
The flyer in his hand burst into flames, turning into ashes. He turned and began to walk away.
"Natsume!" Luca called. Natsume just ignored him.
Luca turned to Mikan with an apologetic smile. "I'll try convincing him to go, Sakura. Besides, I'm sure he didn't mean what he said."
Mikan nodded. She looked a bit upset. Then she shook her head violently, clearing away the bad thoughts. When she looked up, her face was grim with determination. She shouted, "That idiot Natsume! I'll show you I can be a great host! Just you wait and see!"
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"Natsume," Luca called. "Where are you, Natsume?"
Luca heard a rustling sound coming from the top of the biggest tree. He careful climbed up its trunk and hauled himself up to the highest branch.
Just as he had predicted, Natsume was there, leaning on the branch, eyes closed. Sensing Luca's presence, he opened his eyes.
"Natsume, I was wondering where you went." Luca said, sitting down beside Natsume on the branch.
"Hn." Was all he said.
The two sat there for awhile, not talking, just enjoying the cool breeze.
Finally, Luca spoke."Just now, you were angry weren't you? You even ignored me."
Natsume kept quiet.
Luca continued. "You were angry that Sakura joined a host club, right?"
Natsume glared at the sky.
Luca chuckled. "Don't be mad at the sky. It did nothing wrong. You know, Sakura looked a bit upset about what you said earlier. Maybe you should apologize, even if you didn't mean what you said."
Natsume ran a hand through his hair. "This is so stupid."
He leaped to the ground without making a sound. He turned back to face Luca.
"When is that idiotic host club's grand opening?"
For a second, Luca's eyes widened. Then he grinned and replied, "This Friday. Dress nicely, okay?"
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