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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 (:
-Previously-
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."
Mikan raised an amused eyebrow, "Seriously? You, get me? Do you have any absolute idea about who you are talking to and about?" Akatsuki let out a soft chuckle.
"Yes, indeed I do. I'm talking to you, Mikan. Only, I never knew your last name. I bet your new boyfriend doesn't know it either. He doesn't, does he?"
"No, he doesn't. He's not my boyfriend, and don't drag him into this" Mikan snapped back. "Why the hell are you here anyway?"
Akatsuki put a hand over his chest, empathising that he was hurt. "Aw, Mikan-chan, I'm hurt that you would ask such a thing in such a mean way" he replied. Unknown to him, Mikan's patience was running extremely thin and could snap at any moment.
"Just answer the damn question Watanabe" she said sternly. Akatsuki raised both his arms up, and answered, "wow, patience running thin... ok, ok. I came here to see how you're going." Mikan narrowed her eyes. 'Like hell I'll believe him...'
"Watanabe-"
"Call me Akatsuki, would you?" he cut off.
"I'll call you anything a freaking want to" Mikan shot back. "We both know that you transferring to Gakuen Alice is for another reason. To check on me to see how I was getting on? Bullshit." Akatsuki chuckled and shook his head, having to be found out.
"Yes. Indeed. I came here, as I said before, for you." Mikan narrowed her eyes, trying to make out what he's up to. She could easily get the answers for her questions but she was always the type to play games and guess, so she just let it go and shrugged making Akatsuki frown.
"Oh, Mikan... what happened? You would usually be pestering me about this time" he said in an amused tone. Mikan just merrily started walking away from him, stopped mid pace and her looked over her shoulder.
"Hn, well, Watanabe... People change" she said calmly, turning her head forward getting ready to walk again. She then added in a cold voice, "you of all people would know that" and with that, she walked away leaving a dumbfounded Akatsuki behind.
Natsume was waiting outside the store, trying his best not to go back in the store and eavesdrop on whatever they were talking about. He decided that he will try his best not eavesdrop and just wait outside. Though, the time that Mikan was taking was really getting on his nerves. She was taking up too much time. Natsume was deep in thought for a while, asking himself lots of questions.
'Who is that guy? What does he have to do with Mikan? She doesn't seem to have much of a pleasant past with the guy... I heard her say Akatsuki Watanabe... his name, most likely...' Then he frowned, realising something else.
'Actually, thinking of which... I don't really know much about Mikan. For heaven's sake, I don't even know her last name! She didn't even introduce her full name to us. What's her past I wonder...?' Before he could start wondering deeper into thought, Mikan came out, calm front, as if she hadn't spent some time alone with the Akatsuki guy.
"So," Natsume started off, "what did you talk about?"
"Nothing much, just caught up a bit. He asked about how the school is, anything interesting happening. That was all." Mikan lied calmly, hoping that Natsume would drop the subject soon, which he did.
"Alright then, we should meet up with the group and go back now. We're spent more than enough time here, it's already half past 3. We've been here for about 5 hours" said Natsume. Mikan agreed and they both went back to the bus stop. When they reached the bus stop, the group was already there and they were greeted by the group. Mikan asked them if they were waiting her for a long time and the replied that they only just arrived and wondered how they were to contact Mikan and Natsume to meet the bus stop.
While waiting for the bus to arrive, the girls showed the dresses that they bought while the boys just stared at them going ballistic over the dresses they bought. All the boys sweat dropped at the scene in front of them. All were into their own things that they did not notice someone joining them until Mikan turned around and spoke.
"Ah... who are you?" she asked. All heads turned towards the direction she spoke to. All heads turned again, this time towards Natsume's direction when they heard him let out a hiss. The person disappeared, thought Natsume went and followed. Mikan, unable to resist her temptation, stacked her shopping bags onto Sumire and quietly followed Natsume.
The person was waiting next to a tree in a deserted area. Natsume arrive moments later with a dark look on his face.
"What do you want, Persona?" he hissed out. Persona tutted a couple of times while shaking his head before speaking.
"My, my... Little Kitten, you should be more respectful. God know what I could do..." Persona then demonstrated what he could do by pointing to a plant just a few metres from them and turned it into ashes within seconds.
"Tch. Whatever, just tell me what you want" replied Natsume, already getting annoyed.
"What an impatient Black cat you are. Alright then, you have a mission today. 7 sharp" said Persona. Nearby, Mikan went wide eyed. 'What the...' she thought, 'don't tell me that I'm going to be wit-', though, before she could think anymore Persona said the words she did not want to hear.
"You are going to have a partner with this mission. As much as I think this person can do it by them self... the principal wants you to get used to having partners in missions, in case there are future important missions in need of partners. And since you always do missions by yourself, you need to get used to it. Now, is that understood?" Natsume just stiffly nodded.
Mikan, not bothered to wait and hide anymore, took a step out with a friendly smile to Persona, before putting on a confused face for Natsume. Seeing Persona looking across his shoulder in amusement, he couldn't help but look over his shoulder. His eyes widened when he saw Mikan only 6 paces away from them. When she reached them, Natsume grabbed her hand and pulled her protectively behind his back. Persona just rolled his eyes before giving him a bored look and then knocked him out. Mikan tried to catch him, but only stopped his upper back and head from hitting the ground harder than it was meant to. Persona gave a satisfied nod before complimenting Mikan. "Hmm... You're getting good at sneaking up, Mikan"
"Persona... You didn't tell me I was going to have a partner..." said Mikan in the calmest voice she could possibly do. Persona looked at her for a moment before answering, "Well... I was kind of wondering how you would react at last minute stuff... but I guess I'll have to do that next time..." Mikan pooped a vein.
"WHAT THE HELL! IT'S A MISSION YOU IDIOT! I DON'T CARE IF IT'S JUST TO GIVE SOMEONE A TOUR AROUND THE SCHOOL AND I NEED A PARTNER. I STILL NEED TO BE INFORMED!" she yelled while waving her arms up and down. Persona raised his arms up in surrender jokingly.
"Alright, calm down, I'll tell you from now on then..." Mikan let out a bright smile and hugged him, "heehee, thank you, Onii-chan" Persona's arms wailed about wondering what to do since he doesn't know what happens when a person hugs you. So, instead of hugging back, he merrily patted her head.
"Ok, I need to go before the cat wakes up and starts scratching and burning. Bye, Imotou"
"Good bye, Persona nii-chan" whispered back Mikan as Natsume began to stir. Mikan quickly ran towards the tree and sat at the trunk and pretended to be unconscious. She heard Natsume get up and quickly rush towards her. He gently shook her a couple of times, though Mikan decided to stay still for a bit more. Natsume then shook her a bit harder, and then she turned on her acting mode.
"Urgh..." Mikan let out a groan as if she had been struck on the head. "Ah..." she said groggily while rubbing her head. "Wha- what..." she trailed off. Natsume just let out a sigh, scooped her up into his arm, stood up and started walking back to the group. Mikan let out a small squeak at the sudden action, causing Natsume to almost laugh. Though, Mikan decided not to be won over and decided to act dumb as if her conversation with her older brother never happened and she too was knocked out seconds after he was. "Ne, Natsume?"
"Hn"
"Who was that? I heard you call him Persona. What's so bad about him?" she asked innocently, resting her head against Natsume's chest, looking up at him. 'He looks so gorgeous like this... Whoa! Mikan, focus... F-O-C-U-S' she thought. She observed Natsume's reaction upon her questioning of Persona. She saw Natsume frown before answering in a cold voice.
"Yes, that guy's name is Persona. He is my ability type class teacher. He is the one giving me missions and the one who trains me" Then, he looked down at Mikan and said, "You are not to tell anyone what I just told you. Though, Ruka already knows." Mikan nodded and then asked him if Hotaru knows and Natsume just replied with shrug, not caring that he was lifting Mikan up in the process as well making her cling on him when she suddenly was lifted higher.
"I think so. She knows everything going around." Mikan only suppresses a soft 'Oh' and then the rest of the trip was silent.
When they were one turn away from the bus stop, Natsume carefully let Mikan down. Mikan let out a small 'Ah' before thanking him. He replied with a 'Hn' and then walked ahead. When the group saw them, Youichi and Aoi greeted them again while the girls, apart from Hotaru, pestered Mikan about how dangerous it could have been, Sumire also added in a lecture of her own, saying that she shouldn't be handling her shopping bags so harshly. The boys didn't even bother asking Natsume what happened since they always see Natsume follow him after seeing him. From the distance, Mikan saw Hotaru looking at her, mutely telling her to tell her later. Mikan let out a small nod before looking back at Sumire who was still going on with her lecture about being more careful with the bags and the clothes.
Moments later, the bus arrived and all hopped on. Youichi wanted to sit next to Mikan again, though Mikan said she was to sit next to Hotaru to discuss a few things. Youichi, being smart and knowing what Hotaru was like, just nodded and took a seat next to Natsume and Aoi.
"So" Hotaru started off, "tell me. What happened" Mikan gave a nod, before starting off in a small voice only for Hotaru to hear.
"I saw Watanabe just a moment ago" in the corner of her eye, she say Hotaru's eyes harden by the hearing of the boy's name. "He said, and I quote, 'I've come to get you'. He's also going to study at Gakuen Alice soon. I am not sure when, but I'm guessing that he is to study here soon."
Hotaru had here emotionless façade on, though her eyes told a different story. They were hard, murderous. Mikan quickly went onto the next subject before Hotaru did anything that could hurt anyone. "And before, I followed Natsume. Persona nii-chan met him to tell him he has a mission. But, annoying news, I've got the mission too. 7 sharp" Hotaru raised an eyebrow, obviously knowing that Natsume and Mikan were to be partners for tonight's mission.
"Yes... he's going to be my partner, Hotaru" Mikan sulked.
"And?" asked Hotaru. "Well... he's... yeah... and... you know... he's... and I'm..."
"Mikan, I do not speak gibberish nor understand it. Talk properly."
"I just don't want to be partners with him! I feel as if something's not going to go right on this mission" replied Mikan.
"Well then," Hotaru started off, "I guess you'll have to make sure that nothing goes wrong. And since you have a mission tonight, meet me at the Northern woods, the usual place, 25 minutes after we arrive back at school. Let's see how good you still are. Don't be late, or else."
Mikan let out a smile before nodding, verifying that she understood and will meet at the Northern woods. They stayed silent for the rest of the trip unless they were, well, Mikan, was asked questions about what she was going to wear and accessorise herself for the masked ball.
When they arrived back at school, they saw a lot of student getting ready to go Central Town and all were thankful for Sumire's shopping trip wisdom. All went their separate ways expect for Natsume and Mikan, who walked back together to their dorms, being special star neighbours and all.
"So, what are you going to do when you go back to your dorm?" Mikan asked.
"I don't know, I'm probably going to change out of this uniform and then go Northern woods. I have a mission today." Mikan let out a soft 'oh' and they walked in comfortable silence for the rest of the trip.
When they reached Mikan's room, they bid each other goodbye and went into their rooms. Mikan quickly refreshed herself, tied her hair up into a pony tail and went to change into her black shorts, plain white t-shirt and a black hooded jacket. She then grabbed her three golden armband alice control devices and snapped them onto her right bicep. She then took her light blue earring and hooking it into place on her right earlobe then took her other two golden earrings on her left earlobe. Finally, she went over to her locked drawer, close her eyes and opened it and took out her mask.
Her mask covered her whole face except the part of her mouth. It was white with golden swirls and Sakura petals on the right side of the mask. She quickly put her mask on, went out to her balcony, pulled her hood over her head and jumped over the railing, onto the ground and landed without a sound. And with that, she disappeared, jumping from one place to another to the Northern woods to meet Hotaru.
When Mikan reached the Northern woods, she was early by 10 minutes and decided to start her warm up by setting up a few obstacles. When she finished setting up the obstacle, she took a deep breath before running towards the obstacles and then somersaulted into the air and landed again without a sound. Then, as soon as she landed, she jumped into the air again, this time landing on the tree branch. She kept dodging and defending herself from object coming towards her.
Mikan landed back onto the tree branch only to sense something coming towards her and instinctively dodged in, when she saw what was about to hit her, a playful grin slowly crept onto her face. It was time for Hotaru to train her now. Hotaru took out her latest inventions and turned them on, and let them do their job while she set out a chair, sat down and observed Mikan. Mikan expertly dodged everything coming towards her, though, all stopped when she sensed someone coming towards their direction. Fast.
'Damn it' she thought, 'I forgot Natsume was heading towards the Northern woods to train to. I guess I'll have to meet him earlier than expected'. Mikan quickly informed Hotaru that Natsume was coming and told her to go and she will deal with Natsume herself. Hotaru just nodded, and walked away leaving her inventions there for Mikan to train with. Though, knowing Hotaru, Mikan made sure that she had enough money to pay Hotaru beforehand.
Moments after Hotaru left, Natsume came into view. Natsume saw an unfamiliar figure in black shorts and a black hooded jacket. 'Damn, who is she? She's got some good looking legs too... Whoa... where you going Natsume? Focus' he thought.
Natsume landed down onto the ground quietly and observed the new person to see what they were doing. Natsume watched in awe as the girl jumped from one place to another dodging everything coming towards her. Mikan tried to fight the smirk trying to appear on her face as she pretended to act as if she didn't know Natsume was there. Though, tired of acting, she paused all inventions with a single clap and then turned her body towards the direction where Natsume was hiding.
'Damn, so she knew I was here all along' thought Natsume. Slowly and cautiously, he approached her until he was only a few steps away from her. They stayed silent for a moment, Natsume took the time observing the person in front of him. He frowned when he realised that a mask was covering her face. Seeing Natsume frown, she let the smirk she was fighting the whole time appear on her face. Natsume's frown deepened when he saw the smirk, though he let it go and decided to talk first.
"Who are you?"
"Someone you don't need to know yet" Mikan replied, making sure her voice was different to her real voice. Natsume frowned again, though dropped the question and continued on. "Why are you training here?"
"I just thought I need more work. Why are you here?"
"I decided to train since I've got a mission tonight." Mikan nodded once and thought for a while. Then, she thought of an idea that would be fun. Well, fun for her. "Hey" said she, catching the lad's attention.
"You want to train, right? Then, why don't we help each other out then" she said.
"How?" using those things?" asked Natsume pointing towards the inventions, which he had not yet figured out were Hotaru's yet.
"No" Mikan simply replied. Natsume gave her a questioning look. Mikan answered his question by stepping back, allowing them to have a fighting area. Natsume raised an amused eyebrow, though merrily nodded, agreeing to her idea.
"Alright then" he spoke, "1" he counted, "2", then, Mikan joined him in counting,
"3!" then, both charged towards each other.
Mikan tried to knock him off his feet, though, he expertly jumped up into the air and then tried to kick her down, and Mikan put her arms in front of herself to block the attack. The fight went on, both taking turns attacking and defending themselves. The fight went on until half past 6. Mikan, realising the time, stopped the fight and then announced that she need to go. She was about to go when Natsume stopped her. "Wait. Where are you going?"
"Somewhere." She stated. Natsume popped a vein. "Be more specific, would you?" Mikan rolled her eyes and answered that she needed to go because she had a mission, too and then jogged off, out of the Northern woods. Natsume let out a simple 'oh' and watched the retreating figure. He let out a sigh and check his watch. 25 minutes to 7. He should get going before he's late. Then, he himself went out of the Northern woods.
It was 15 minutes to 7 when he arrived and Persona was already there, leaning against the tree. "You're early" said Natsume. Persona replied with a 'Hn' and then they both went into silence for the remaining 15 minutes. When it was exactly 7, Persona stood up straight and spoke. "Alright, Black cat. Time for your mission-"
"Wait" Natsume cut him off, "Where is my partner?"
Persona stared at him for a moment before looking past Natsume's shoulder. Natsume turned around only to go into shock. The girl he fought just a moment ago was going to be his partner!
"Judge by your expression, I see you have already met her already. Kuro Neko, I present to you, every enemy's worst nightmare" then, he paused for a moment and turned to Mikan, "no offence."
Mikan shook her head, mutely saying 'none taken'. Persona nodded, and then continued on with the introduction.
"Kuro Neko, meet Sakura Kana. Sakura Kana, meet Kuro Neko" Natsume raised an eyebrow. 'Powerful cherry blossom... interesting' he thought 'wait, I've heard of that name before...' then, Natsume's eyes widened in realisation.
"You're... Sakura. The top agent and assassin known..." said he, dumbfounded. Mikan grunted in reply. Being an assassin is not something she is proud of. People watch some cop television show or something that has an assassin in it, and they think assassins are sexy and awesome.
"Yes, I am. I see you've heard of me. Nice to meet you. Now let us move on. What is our mission, Persona?"
"The mission a rescue mission. She is in a basement at the AAO. You need to rescue a young girl, around 4 years old, has the some kind of fairy alice or something..." he said trailing off. Mikan and Natsume both sweat dropped at the scene in front of them, though they quickly went back into business mode when Persona was ready to answer questions. Mikan, out of curiosity asked, "why do you need two people for this mission for? Anyone could rescue the girl."
"Yes. Indeed. But this girl is the daughter of someone important to one of the school's higher-ups, therefore the AAO could use her for ransom or some shit. Plus, they have though security there. You'll find out when you arrive there" replied Persona, "I expect you back in 3 hours at most. Sakura, you lead the mission. The cat needs to learn how to listen. Now-" before Persona could go on, he saw something that caught his eye, and seems like Natsume did as well. Both looked at Mikan as if she had gone mad. She gave them a questioning look, not understanding why they were looking at her like that. "What?"
"Uh, Sakura... How the hell are you going to do a rescue mission in ankle boots with heels?"asked Persona. Mikan merrily looked down at her shoes and shrugged, then replied. "It's easier than you think. Plus, I like a bit of a challenge." Both men stared at her for another moment before shrugging it off. "Alright then, I expect you back here at 3 hours at most. Your mission starts now. Go" and with that, Mikan and Natsume headed off to the AAO for their rescue mission.
On their way to the AAO to rescue the young girl, both Mikan and Natsume were thinking one thing.
'This is going to be one hell of an interesting mission.'
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