Host Club at Alice Academy
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.
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Hotaru was eating crab. Yes, she was sitting on a chair in her private office eating crab. And what were the hosts doing? They were still busy entertaining customers. And so while the five hosts were running around, Hotaru sat there eating crab. Some might say this was rather unfair. But Hotaru had simply gotten bored and left her duties to a robot. And she wasn't regretting her decision.
As she finished the crab and reached for the peaches, Hotaru decided to see how the hosts were doing. She decided to check on Misaki first. She typed something into her computer, and chose the camera footage from the Lily room.
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In the Lily room.
Misaki was sitting across a boy, glaring at him. They each held a few cards in their hands. Misaki bit her lip and in one swift motion, she slapped down one of her cards on the table and shouted, "I win!".
The boy threw his cards up in the air. "No one can beat you Misaki-chan."
The boys gathered around them chorused, "Nobody can beat Misaki-chan! As expected of Misaki-chan!"
Misaki grinned and shouted. "If anyone thinks they can beat me, come forward and try!"
The boys whistled and clapped. Then two people entered the room.
"Yo Misaki! Can we play?"
Misaki turned to the door. Tsubasa and Tono were standing there, grinning.
"Hey, you two. I thought you wouldn't come." Misaki said, smiling.
Tono appeared behind her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Of course we came to play Misaki-chan. You're looking a great as ever."
"Whatever, Tono. Get your hands off me." Misaki said, brushing him off.
"Hey, Misaki! Let's play. You against me." called Tsubasa.
Misaki grinned. "You're on Tsubasa, I'll take you down."
The boys clapped and cheered.
Misaki and Tsubasa sat down, facing each other. Tsubasa stared at the deck of cards Misaki was shuffling.
"Hm," he muttered. "I've never been good at this game. I've kind of forgotten how to play it."
"It'll come back to you once we start. Let's begin."
And so, they played. It seemed like neither one of them was going to back down. Tsubasa looked at his cards, a little confused.
"Hm, I choose, this one!" he said, picking a card from his stack and slamming it onto the table.
Everyone stared at the cards in disbelief. Tsubasa had just won the game.
"What the hell? Tsubasa, you won." Misaki said, not really believing it.
"Huh? I did? Yes! I won!" Tsubasa yelled, pumping his fist in the air.
Tono patted him on the back. "Good job, Tsubasa. But I thought you forgot how to play."
"I did forget. That's why I was just putting cards down at random." Tsubasa smiled cheerfully.
There was silence.
"Tsu-ba-sa!" Misaki hollered.
"Eek! What did I do?" Tsubasa squeaked.
The boys tried to hold Misaki back.
"Don't Misaki-chan! You might mess up your hair!" one said.
"Don't waste your time on that Tsubasa Andou! Play with us more!" another said.
"Misaki-chan, attack me instead!" shouted one masochist.
But Misaki couldn't hear them. She was only focused on one thing. Kill Tsubasa.
She threw a chair, then flipped a table and lunged at Tsubasa.
Poor Tsubasa just stood there shaking in fear, as the devil known as Misaki crashed down onto him. Misaki fell on top of Tsubasa and they landed on the ground in one heap.
"M-Misaki, you-" Tsubasa stuttered.
Misaki blushed. "Tsubasa?"
"Um, Misaki? Can you get off me? You're heavy." Tsubasa said.
"Huh?"
The two stared at each other. Misaki snapped.
"How dare you say I'm heavy, you idiot!" she screamed.
She got off Tsubasa and split herself into four clones, each Misaki started attacking Tsubasa, kicking, punching and pulling his hair.
"Ow, ow, ow!" Tsubasa cried.
"Hmph." the clones disappeared and Misaki stalked off in the other direction. "Don't come near me. I hate you."
The boys quickly hurried after her. Tsubasa groaned.
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Hotaru watched the drama unfold from the comfort of her office. She stared at Tsubasa through the screen and picked up her calculator.
"Hm, I need to charge him for that broken chair, table, and for affecting Misaki-senpai's performance." Hotaru muttered to herself as she punched numbers into the calculator. "Two thousand rabbits."
She signaled for a robot and gave it a slip of paper. "Here, give this to Tsubasa Andou when he leaves and tell him to pay the amount written on it."
After the robot left, Hotaru turned back to the computer. She thought for a second before choosing the camera footage from the Daisy room.
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The Daisy room.
Nonoko and Anna were weeping into their handkerchiefs. The boys were crowded around them, trying to comfort them.
Nonoko blew her nose. "So you see, I don't think Misaki-sensei really likes us."
Anna began to hiccup. "He-hic! Is such a great sensei-hic! But he never payed much attention to us. Hic!"
"I think its because we're not very good slices. He always liked Hotaru-chan more! And she's a much better alice!" Nonoko said, voice trembling.
Both girls began sobbing quite loudly. The boys hovered around, not knowing what to do. Inside her office, Hotaru sighed. She made a mental note to speak to the two girls later. They seemed to have forgotten their duties as hosts.
Back in the Daisy room, the door opened and in stepped a miserable looking Misaki-sensei. Nonoko and Anna gasped. They ran up to him, eyes shining with delight.
"M-Misaki-sensei… You came to see us?" Anna asked, smiling from ear to ear.
Misaki-sensei looked confused. "Um, I-"
Nonoko wiped away her tears. "It really is you!"
The two girls each took one of Misaki-sensei's hands and led him to the couch.
Anna picked up a piece of cake and said, "Here, sensei. I-I made it myself."
Misaki-sensei stared at the wriggling thing Anna had offered him. He looked at Anna's hopeful face and sighed. He took the plate from her and muttered a small thanks.
Anna giggled in delight and turned to the boys surrounding her. "You guys can have some too, if you don't mind."
The boys, elated that she was finally paying attention to them, immediately accepted some cake and gobbled it down.
Their faces looked a little green.
"T-that was really interesting." one said.
"Yeah! I've never tasted anything like it!" said another, giving an encouraging smile.
Anna beamed and began to chat with them.
Nonoko poured some tea into a teacup and dripped a few drops of something from a small vial. She offered it to Misaki-sensei shyly. "This is some tea mixed with a potion I made. It makes the consumer feel more happy and energetic."
Misaki-sensei accepted the tea with a nod. He took a small sip.
"H-how is it?" Nonoko asked, feeling a little nervous.
Misaki-sensei didn't say anything at first. Then he grinned. Nonoko saw this and squealed with joy. Misaki-sensei had liked it! He even grinned! Wait, grin? Nonoko turned to look at Misaki-sensei. He was smiling from ear to ear as he drank finish the tea. Then he set the teacup down and jumped out of his seat.
"Um, sensei? Is something wrong?" Nonoko asked cautiously.
Misaki-sensei turned to her and said, "I'm perfectly fine! Wow, I feel so energized, I just want to do some gardening right now!"
"Oh no, don't tell me I-" Nonoko muttered, examining the vial she used earlier.
Anna noticed the commotion and quickly ran over to them. "What happened?"
Nonoko had tears in her eyes. "I-I put too much happiness extract in my potion! Now Misaki-sensei is too happy!"
"Ehhhhhh?" Anna cried.
They turned and saw Misaki-sensei leaving the room, muttering something about the differences between dancing carrots and talking pumpkins.
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Hotaru stared at the computer screen. Not sure what to think about the events that just took place in the Daisy room. She decided to take care of it later. Hotaru took a big bite from the crab roe she was eating. In stressful times like this, it was a very comforting food. She looked at the computer again. She was almost afraid of what she would see next in the Rose room. Oh well, she thought. Better call for more crab then.
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In the Rose room.
Sumire was doing her best as a host. Trying to be nice to all the boys. It was hard though, none of them were as wonderful as Natsume and Luca.
She glanced towards the door, wondering when her dear Natsume-kun and Luca-kun would come. She sighed dramatically, and pretended to wipe a tear from her eye. Oh, Natsume-kun, Luca-kun, she thought, how I miss you. I've been waiting to entertain you both all day, sadly neither of you have come yet. Oh, my wonderful Natsume-kun, Luca-kun, why is fate so cruel to us? How I wish-
Just then the door opened. Sumire's heart did a little tap dance, surely it was Natsume and Luca this time? She turned to the door, and leaped into the air, launching herself at, who she thought would be her two princes. Sadly, it wasn't. It was Mindreader and Fox-eye. Sumire stopped in mid-air and fell onto the floor. Right at the two boys's feet. As she struggled to get up, she heard a giggle, then a laugh. Two of them.
Growling, she jumped back onto her feet and yelled, "What the hell are you two idiots doing here?"
Mindreader and Fox-eye covered their ears. "Curly is such a scary monster. She's so mean."
"Shut up! I'm gonna kill you both!" Sumire shouted as she activated her alice. Cat ears and whiskers appeared on her head and face. She charged at Mindreader and Fox-eye on all fours.
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Hotaru decided she didn't want to watch anymore of the commotion going on in the Rose room. The computer screen went blank and Hotaru munched on some cake, trying to decide how much to charge Mindreader and Fox-eye for making Sumire look bad in front of the guests.
Then she remembered that there was still Mikan left, and she smirked. Now this might be worth looking at, she thought.
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In the Sakura room.
Mikan was playing a game of checkers with Narumi-sensei. She studied the board carefully and moved a piece.
"I win!" she shouted, a huge smile on her face.
All the boys cheered. "You're so cute Mikan-san!"
Narumi sighed in defeat. "You're good at this Mikan-chan."
Mikan giggled. The door opened.
"That's probably the only thing you're good at."
Mikan turned her head and saw Natsume and Luca walking in.
She glared at Natsume. "What are you doing here you perverted moron?"
Natsume shrugged. "I just came to accompany Luca."
Mikan scowled. "Well, you didn't have to insult me the minute you came in!"
"Calm down, Sakura. Natsume didn't mean it." Luca said, trying to calm the girl down.
Mikan looked at Luca and smiled. "Hi, Luca-pyon! Thanks for coming."
Luca blushed. "N-No problem."
Natsume watched this exchange between the two of them and looked away.
Mikan beamed. She linked arms with Luca. "Let's go sit down."
Then she remembered Natsume was there too and grabbed his hand. She dragged a blushing Luca and an annoyed Natsume to sit beside her on the couch.
"Why how nice of you to join us, Natsume-kun, Luca-kun." said Narumi-sensei cheerfully.
"I really didn't think they would come, sensei," Mikan said, munching on a cupcake. "Especially Natsume."
Natsume glared at her. She decided to ignore him. She offered Luca some cake and tea, who accepted it graciously. Then she turned to Natsume.
"Natsume, do you want some cake and tea?" she asked, though she knew his reply was going to be-
"No."
Just as she predicted. Mikan smirked, proud of how well she knew Natsume.
The three sat in silence for awhile. Unable to bear the uncomfortable silence, Mikan got up and went to talk to the other guests.
Natsume and Luca watched her carefully. Some of the boys were nice to her, but there were several perverts amongst them. One tried to put his arm around Mikan's waist. That arm was soon burning with fire and the boy cried out in alarm, running out of the room. Another tried to flip her skirt, he was soon dashing out, hair caught on fire. Slowly, the number of guests in the room decreased, having run out of the room, some part of their body burning with fire. Soon, only Narumi-sensei, Natsume and Luca were left.
Mikan looked around, for some reason, the guests had started running off in a hurry. How strange, she thought. She skipped over to where the last three guests sat. She sat down in between Natsume and Luca and sighed. She was quite tired.
Narumi-sensei looked at his watch and smiled at Mikan. "Well, I think it's time for me to leave."
He rose from his seat and patted Mikan's head. "See you later, Mikan-chan. You too, Natsume-kun, Luca-kun."
"Bye, Narumi-sensei!" Mikan called, bouncing in her seat.
Narumi waved and left the room.
Natsume was glowering at Mikan. She noticed this and raised her eyebrows.
"What's wrong, Natsume?" she asked.
"Shut up you ugly idiot." Natsume muttered. He was still pissed at the number of perverted guests she had.
Mikan pouted. "And you are a sneaky sulky fox monkey."
Mikan turned to Luca. "Luca-pyon, am I really as ugly as Natsume says?"
Luca began sweating. "Um, no, I mean- Um…"
"Luca-pyon?"
Luca sweated some more. She was a bit too close to him. He blushed and stood up.
"Um, I-I need to go to the toilet." He said, hurrying out the door.
Natsume and Mikan were left sitting on the couch, alone, in silence.
Mikan tried to break the ice. "Hey, nice weather we have today, huh?"
Natsume stared at her as if she was an idiot. Mikan bit her lip and stood up. "I-I'll go get some water."
She hurried to a table on the other side of the room and poured herself some water. She gulped it down quickly. Then she filled another cup for Natsume. She picked up the cup and went back to Natsume, thinking about what she would do after all this was over. Maybe she could go to central town and buy some howalons to share with her friends. She giggled at the thought. While she was lost in her thoughts, she tripped and fell. She shrieked and dropped the cup of water, spilling it all over Natsume.
Oh no. He's gonna kill me. She thought. Wait, why was he so close? Then she screamed. She had fallen on top of Natsume. Oh dear. She looked up to meet his eyes. He didn't look very happy. Quite the opposite in fact, he was furious.
"I'm so sorry, Natsume." she tried to get off him, but found she couldn't. His arm was around her waist.
Mikan struggled to get out of his arms. His hold on her tightened. What was his stinking problem? She wondered. Then, she made the mistake of looking up. Natsume leaned down and his lips met with hers. Mikan was shocked. She couldn't move. Natsume deepened the kiss, holding her as close to him as possible. He nibbled on her bottom lip. Not too gently either. That was when Mikan decided she had enough. She pushed Natsume away with all her might and stood up, red-faced and panting. Natsume just glared.
"What do you think you're doing you pervert!" she shouted. Loudly.
Natsume gazed at her cooly and replied, "You're still a horrible kisser."
Mikan blushed some more. "You, you-"
Natsume stood up and walked to the door. His hand rested on the doorknob. Then he turned back and said, "That's what could happen to you if you're not careful around strangers. Moron." Then he left.
Mikan slumped to the floor, looking dazed.
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Hotaru finished the last bit of shrimp. She smirked at what she just saw in the Sakura room. Then she frowned. Hyuuga had violated rule number three. She thought hard about what to do. Oh well, I'll just fine him. A very hefty sum of money. She wiped her chin with a napkin and looked at the clock. Time for dinner.
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This was such a long chapter. Yawn~ I hope you enjoyed it.
Please review and tell me whether you like it so far. :)