Please note before continuing on with the story.

Mikan, Natsume and the group are either 15,16 or 17.

Aoi and Youichi are both 11 years old.

Misaki and the other senpais are around their 20s

They are also more free than the actual manga/anime. They get a choice of staying at the academy or go home when they want. Unless certain circumstances make them stay at the academy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.

And, I suck at grammar (:

Ellixx- Thank you for telling me! Now, I can start typing his name without staring at the computer screen for half an hour considering whether I should spell it "Mochi" or "Mochu"

The Kookie Monster- I think… I don't know, I stared at your review for about half an hour wondering. I have no idea either… "one has ever been able to dodge one let alone twenty eight" seems right to me…

... (Sorry! I forgot who asked!) - Someone asked me whether Mikan had the nullification alice or some sort. Well, you'll just have to wait. Though … I think it'll be pretty obvious…sooner or later….

Anyhow! ENJOY! Give me any advice if you want, and correct any mistakes (:

-SIGH-

A heads up, I had links for you to see the dresses, then...I found out I can't put in the full link... HOW MEAN IS THAT? Wait, or can you? Can you tell me how to then? (:

Maybe, try copy and pasting the description of the dresses onto google?

Natsume and Mikan walked from shop to shop looking for the perfect dresses for Mikan and suitable suits for Natsume. They entered the last store to look for Mikan's dress before taking a break and look for suits for Natsume. As soon as they entered the store, Mikan rushed to a section with dresses that were probably around mid-thigh length and body hugging.

"These are so cute!" she exclaimed and started stacking her arm with dresses before disappearing for the change rooms not bothering about Natsume. Natsume slowly headed to the change room, sweat dropping, and slowly seated himself on the comfortable chair in front of Mikan's change room.

Minutes later, she came out again wearing a white, short strapless dress featuring a bouquet of embroidered floral accents with a touch of sparkle, a wide sash at the empire waist in Aqua with a sweetheart neckline . She twirled around in the dress for a while then said, "Ne, Natsume, just give a thumbs up or down and give a comment why, ne?" Natsume gave a thumbs down, making Mikan give a questioning look. You look like you're in a tutu" was all he said to make her turn straight back in to change into another dress.

She came back moments later in a colorful short semi formal dress. The strapless sweetheart bodice covered in multi-colored sequins has a slim fit with a ruche sash on the empire waist. With a super cute mini skirt with a modern print in bold beautiful colors covered with sheer layers that gave it a full sassy style. She modeled the dress again only to frown when she saw Natsume putting a thumbs down. He rolled his eyes.

"Look in the mirror" he ordered. She did as she was told. "Now, imagine the first place you would probably be going in that thing" he said. She imagined, though still couldn't figure it out, and so looked at him confused only to see him lift an eyebrow. "You look like you're going to get ready to go to the royal wedding."

With that, she raced back into the change rooms to change again.

She came back in a red, short strapless dress with strapless bodice on the dress is accented with a beautiful jeweled notch and gathered fabric across the bust line and the ruche fabric begins at the empire waist and cascades down to a mini layered skirt with a flutter hemline. She modeled the dress again for Natsume only to frown again to see him look at it disapprovingly. "What is wrong with this one, this time?" she cried out. "As much as red may be my favourite colour, it's a tad too red, you'll end up blinding the whole room if you came out wearing that." Mikan looked at herself in the mirror then left out a soft 'oh' then rushed into the change room again.

When Mikan came out and modeled the dress, Natsume quickly approved. Mikan wore a beautiful short dress in majestic purple with a figure flattering silhouette with a pleated bodice and gathered skirt. When Mikan saw the approval, she started jumping up and down. Natsume almost laughed at the way she reacted to his approval. "Why so jumpy, Polka?"

"Shut up, Pervert! It's tiring trying on all those dresses. Having to finally receive an approval is like Christmas!" she exclaimed. Natsume just chuckled at her remark.

"Alright, fine. Just try on the rest that you chose and then we'll get the hell out of here" he replied.

Mikan happily skipped back into the change room and started changing. She came out again, and saw Natsume's face. Disapproved. She didn't even bother to ask and just went back in. By the time they went through half way of all the dresses, Natsume had commented on her dresses saying, "Too frilly", "Too colourful" or "Look at how long/short it is." Honestly, Mikan was thankful for Natsume being there. He gave his honest opinion and warned her about the dress being too short. She smiled at herself before stepping out to model the dress she had on.

Mikan came out looking like an angel. She was wearing a white, long, flowing dress with a cut on her right side of her dress that stopped around her mid-thigh. When she went out, she saw the glow on Natsume's face and instantly knew that the dress was approved. When Natsume gave the final nod, she twirled around happily making Natsume blush. Though he tried to hide it, she still caught him, though decided to leave it… well, at least for now….

"Ok. I think that's alright now, two dresses down, two more to go!" then, she quickly rushed into the change room to change back into her own clothes.

When she went out, she was holding the whole lot of dresses in her arms. She was about to get the two dresses she was to buy when another hand snatched it. She looked at owner of the hand only to find Natsume making his way to the cash register. "Wait! Natsume! What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I'm paying for it. You put back those dresses in your hand." Was all he replied and turned back to flash her, his famous smirk which making Mikan pout, then smile brightly. "Thank you, Natsume!" She quickly hurried back to put back the dresses correctly into place. When she came back, the dress was paid for and in its bag, she was about to grab it when the bag moved away, preventing her from getting the bag. She looked up at Natsume questioningly. He grinned at her.

"I'll be carrying this" was all he said. Mikan smiled.

"Alright, two down, two to go and… still need to find suits for you. Time for you now. Let's go." Mikan stated, then grabbed Natsume's hand and exited the shop.

They looked around for stores that sold suits in silence. Mikan thought that they would be silent for the rest of the trip when she thought about asking him a few questions. "Hey, Natsume…" she started off, and in the corner off her eye she saw him look at her questioningly. "Can I ask a few questions about you?" Natsume raised an eyebrow at this.

"Um… I mean, just… questions. You don't have to answer all of them. You can turn down some questions if you want…"

"Hn" was all he replied, though, that simple reply made Mikan's face brighten up.

"Ok! Thanks."

"But, why do you even want to ask me questions anyway?" Natsume asked. Mikan wondered off into thought, wondering herself.

"You know…" she started off, "I have absolutely no idea... oh well. Hey, what's your favourite colour?" Natsume thought for a bit before answering.

"Red…"

"Eh? Why?" Natsume turned to stare at her wondering if he should answer her of not. He decided to. "I'm not sure, I guess red is what you get from the fire alice, huh … you're warm… you like those… fire-like colours…" Suddenly, Mikan started giggling. "What's so funny?" Natsume asked, wondering if she felt alright.

"Oh, I'm good… it's just… you're making yourself sound like those werewolves in 'Twilight' With all the 'warm' stuff." Then, she giggled again. "Right… and what's so funny about that?" He asked, lifting an eyebrow.

"Alright… imagine you… with fury ears… luscious, glowing fur… you would look kind of cute, no?" she said in a thinking pose. Natsume was about to snap at her when she butted in that there was a store that sells suits up ahead, so he just dismissed it… for now.

~An hour later~

After an hour of searching for suits for Natsume, they came out of a shop two bags, one holding each suit. The one that was for Natsume to wear for the night was mixed together with a black coat, vest and pants and white dress shirt with a red tie, and the other one was for his performance with Mikan. It was the same as the black one, only opposite colour. So, it was a white coat, vest, and pants and a black dress shirt, though, the tie was still the same colour, red.

Natsume went through hell as Mikan continued to comment on every single suit, the only thing she didn't bother commenting on was the tie. After knowing his favourite colour, she had quickly gone to the rack of ties and took out two red ties and grinned stupidly at him, holding up the ties then grabbed his hand and dragged him to the suits.

Natsume let out a small sigh. They had also been able to buy the last dress for Mikan. It was white, long and simple. It had a v-neckline with t-shirt length sleeves and a red ribbon tied into a bow on the right, at the empire waist. Though, somehow, she made the simple white dress look like it was worth a priceless jewel, like every other clothing that she wears anyhow.

When she had come out of the change room, Natsume had had gone slightly wide-eyed and lost his 'cool and calm' façade for a moment and had a slight blush. Though, he quickly recovered it, just not fast enough for Mikan to not see. Mikan grinned at the sight before her, though, for now, she decided to let it go.

~Flashback~

Mikan stepped out of the change rooms and looked at Natsume grinning and silently chuckling inwardly as she saw him lose himself for a while. She twirled around and modeled the dress for a while, as if she doesn't know that he was out of himself at the moment, until Natsume snapped out of daze.

"We're getting that dress. Hurry up and change back to your own clothes now, throw your clothes over the door when you change out of it." Was all he told her and paid attention to the book that he had quickly bought along the way while Mikan was staring at a dress. Mikan nodded and quickly headed back to the change room to hide her smile.

When she changed out of the dress, she threw the dress over the door as Natsume instructed, only to realise that he was going to pay for the dress. She quickly changed to her own clothes in a flash and ran out to catch up to Natsume who was pacing towards the register.

"NATSUME!" she yelled out. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she cried out.

"Tch, Polka, what does it seem like I'm doing? Making pizza?" he replied, earning him a bump on the head from Mikan's fist.

"Damn pervert. Why do you have to pay for it? You shouldn't pay for this as well!" she cried.

"Why? I already paid for the other two dresses, why not his one, too?" he shot back. Mikan glared at him for a moment before replying- scratch that… before shouting in reply.

"Exactly that! You have already paid for the previous dresses so I can't allow you to pay for this dress, too!"

While they were arguing, the person behind the cash register sweat dropped at the scene before him. "Um…" he started off, only to be glared at by the two, making him back down. After 10minutes, he was fed up and exclaimed, as politely as he could, having to be scared the shit out of himself by the guy in front of him, namely Natsume. "Excuse me! Why don't you just halve the price of that DRESS you're buying and get it over and done with?" Natsume glared at him making him squeak a small "please…?" He let out a relieved sigh when both parties agreed and paid.

As Mikan and Natsume were exiting the store, Mikan decided to ask Natsume a few questions, again. "Hey, Natsume, can I ask more questions? Just yes and no questions." Natsume nodded. "You have the fire alice"

"Yes"

"You're a special star"

"Yeah"

"You've got a younger sister"

"Uh-huh." At this point, Natsume was starting to wonder why she kept on asking such questions, though he dismissed them and just let his guard down.

"You're going to perform with me"

"Hn"

"And you like it when I modeled those dresses for you?" she asked innocently.

"Yes." Natsume had automatically answered, not sure what question she had asked him. It took him a while to realise. When he realised, he blushed and quickly hid it with his bangs, though, Mikan still spotted the blush. "Oh… you're blushing!" she squealed.

"I'm not, shut up, Polka dots" he growled, and thankful that his slightly warm cheeks have gone back to normal. When Mikan saw that the blush was gone, she pouted. "Mou! It's gone!" she exclaimed, "You looked so cute, too!" Making the poor boy blush again. Though, this time he managed to hide it from Mikan.

~End of flashback~

Natsume grimaced at the memory. She had caught him blush! He turned to the girl next to him. At the moment, she was turning her head towards every store they pass that had dresses on display. Noticing Natsume look at her, she turned her head towards him and smiled brightly.

"Oi, Polka dots"

"Stop calling me that, you pervert! What is it?"

"You still need one more dress to buy, don't you? You've only bought three so far, right?"

"Yup!" was all she replied. They stayed quiet for a while when Mikan broke it. "We should grab something to eat, ne?" Natsume agreed.

"Hn, we could go over there" he said, nodding towards the café just up ahead.

"Ok. Let's go! I'm hungry!" she exclaimed and grabbed Natsume's hand and ran towards the café, literally dragging Natsume along. When they reached the café, Mikan realised she was dragging Natsume the whole time. She quickly jerked her hand away and waited for Natsume to dust himself, sheepishly scratching the back of her head. She mouthed a "sorry", Natsume only replied with his usual "Hn" and headed off to join the queue to order.

After they ordered and received their food, they headed towards an empty table, sat down and ate in silence. Natsume was reading, holding his book in one hand, sandwich in the other, while Mikan was chewing slowly, staring across the distance. They ate in silence, until Mikan stood up, excusing herself to go to the ladies room.

"That's was total bullshit…. But whatever" he murmured after she was gone. He shrugged it off, continued his book and took a sip from him drink.

-While with Mikan-

Mikan walked towards a shadow figure underneath a tree and joined it herself. "What are you doing here?" The figure turned its head towards her, staring at her for a while then looked away and answered. "Ah… Shiro-neko… Expect additions to your class soon. They're on their way here." Mikan glared at the figure. "Stop calling me that stupid cat name!" she exclaimed, before realising and printing the words the shadowed figure just said to her moments ago. She unconsciously straightened her back. She stared at the figure wide-eyed.

"Wait, what?" was all she managed to squeak out.

"You heard me."

"You know what I mean! Why?"

"Can't they just come and visit because they feel like they miss you and your loud mouth?" The figure asked, sarcastically making Mikan glare at him and bump her fist on the figure's head.

"You and I know that, that would be total bullshit."

"Yeah, I know" the figure replied a split second after she made the statement, "though… they did kind of come because they missed working with you, well, they agreed to come anyhow. They are to come because they will be your cover if anything is to happen. They will also be your back up when you are to do your 'jobs' or if you have difficulties handling 'school problems'."

"Uh-huh, is that all, then?" the asked the shadow figure that was now standing up, offering to help her up. "Yes, actually, there is. Meet me at the usual spot. You've got another 'shift' tonight. Meet at 7 sharp. Don't be late" it said, while pulling Mikan off her ass. "Have I ever been late?" she asked, acting hurt. "No... but you're always on the nick of time. Plus, I know how lazy you are. So you're bound to be late someday…"

"Mou!" she cried out, making the figure smirk. "Meanie!"

"Alright, alright… geez" it said, rolling it's eyes. "Alright, I better head off before Natsume starts wondering where the heckie I am." A word caught the figure's attention.

"Heckie?" the shadow asked, raising one eyebrow. Mikan only shrugged. "Alright then" the shadow figure said at last. "Get going."

"See you tonight… Onii-chan" the figure gave out a half-small smile. "See you later, imotou", then they both went their separate ways.

Natsume was reading his book when he sensed Mikan coming towards him. He looked up from his book, unconsciously closed it and ate a chip as she sat down. "What took you so long?" he asked.

"Are you always so nosy about people going to the restroom?" Mikan asked teasingly making Natsume glare at her.

"You and I both know that you going to the restroom was just utter crap. Where did you go?" he asked firmly .

"Nowhere you need to know" Mikan shot back. They both glared at each other for a while before letting out a sigh.

"I made a quick round around the street to buy shoes that go with the dresses." She lied after a while. Natsume raised an eyebrow.

"Why? You could have just dragged me along..." he replied, feeling stupid at the same time for saying such a thing. Mikan giggled at his remark.

"Yes, I was thinking of that... but I thought you should rest for a bit. But, if you want to go... we could go now if you want, since... we're both finished with our food." She suggested. Natsume gave a stiff nod before standing up, picking up his things and heading out of the café to the direction of a shoe store he's familiar with. After a few paces of silence, Mikan started to feel awkward with the atmosphere, plus she was wondering where Natsume was taking her. So, she could help but ask.

"Hey, Natsume, where are we going?"

"We're going to a shoe store that I am familiar with, and which should have all the shoes that will go with your dresses that you just bought. Now," Natsume said, turning around to her, "as soon as we enter this store, you leave me alone and look for your own shoes, got that?" Mikan gave a nod, assuring him that she will do what he told her. "Alright then, let's go in."

As they entered the store, in the corner of his eyes, Natsume saw Mikan's eyes sparkle with delight. 'Whoa, every girl I know seems to go ballistic over shoes...' he thought. Though, he knew that if he were to voice that out, Mikan would probably fling him to the wall. But, unfortunately for him, Mikan somehow read his mind and looked in his direction and spoke, "not every girl goes 'wha-ba' over shoes, Natsume. Watch what you think. Observe better. Look around the store and see the some of the looks on the girl's faces. Anyway, I'm off to look for my shoes!" With that, she rushed off to a pair of shoes on display. "Wha-ba?" he asked himself quietly and then, as Mikan told him to do, Natsume looked around, observing some faces of the people in the store. No doubt that some of the girls with the scowl on their faces and seeing this, he couldn't feel anything else but awkward and amused. He decided to leave the subject and found a seat and took out a book and started reading.

Every now and then, Natsume would steal a glance at Mikan who was trying on shoes. He couldn't help but think how wonderful her legs were. He blushed at his thoughts and tried to focus on the book in front of him. Moments later, a young lad strode into the store and at the same time, he heard Mikan whisper a curse. He turned around to see her making her way towards him. When she reached him, he gave her a questioning look. She just replied with a look that said 'I'll explain later'. He nodded.

"Hey, what about your shoes?" he asked. In the corner of his eye, he could see the young lad making his way towards them, and Mikan's aura getting more irritated with every inch of distance between them and the lad.

"I've already bought all the ones I need. Let's get out of here before I kill somebody." Mikan replied harshly, making Natsume shocked. She doesn't seem to be the type of girl to say those things. But hey, how much did he know of the girl? As far as he know, the look on her face is not pleasant, by all means, whoever this guy is, she doesn't have much of a pleasant experience with.

Natsume and Mikan were about to leave the store, when the lad had already reached them. He approached with a sincere smile. "Hello, Mikan. Nice to see you again" he spoke.

"Hello, it's been long, hasn't it? Why are you here?" Mikan asked harshly. If he was going to study at Gakuen Alice, she will sure as hell need 1000 dummies to bash up. The next words that came out of the lad's mouth confirmed her need of 1000 dummies.

"I'm going to study at Gakuen Alice, we'll be seeing each other more often very soon." He replied, trying to read Mikan face, and failed. It took up all of Mikan's effort not to shout and scream and tear the whole place up-side down from the announcement.

"I see. Okay then. I hope you have a good time here then." And she turned to leave, ready to grab Natsume's hand, who was silently observing the two, only to be stopped in her tracks. "Mikan, I need to talk to you. Please" the lad pleaded. Mikan stared at him for a while before turning to Natsume, silently asking him to wait outside for her. He replied with a nod, give the young lad one last look before leaving the store.

After Natsume left, a dark look appeared on Mikan's face. She turned to the guy next to her and spoke. "What do you want...Watanabe Akatsuki?" A teasing smile slowly formed on his face.

"I've come to get you."

Hello! My computer ended up getting a virus and my original chapter 6 went missing somewhere. I also have to deal with some extra homework from English. I've gotta start looking into Shakespeare. It's group work, so I have to go to the library more often... Not staying at my own computer... typing stories for you... Sad, is it not? (:

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My computer's getting really slow, and if i have lots of motivation, I also have a hell lot of patience to wait on my computer. So... REVIEWWWW! (: