Please note before continuing on with the story.

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

Aoi and Youichi are both 11 years old.

Misaki and the other senpais are around their 20s

They are also freer 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 anything... But I do own the new student...s

And, I suck at grammar (:

akjupiter- Thank you for telling me what 'Life' means (:

Please enjoy, my lovely readers (:

"Alright then… my history with Watanabe…" Mikan started off. "We were in Middle School as I said before. We were also in same class. Watanabe was the 'popular guy' my friends said I was as well… Somehow, they mentioned something about boys, I think…" she trailed off. Natsume sweat dropped at her denseness. Mikan continued.

"Anyway, Watanabe was, probably, known as every girl's prince. He was extremely generous, never held grudges against anyone and was definitely not ugly- he was quite good looking. So, we were in the same class and there was a project to do for Geography- obviously with a partner-"

"-and you were told by the teacher to pick a name out of the hat because of all the commotion caused by other students wanting to be your partner. So, you picked out a name out of the hat and you were partnered with Watanabe" Natsume butted in, already knowing most of the plot.

Mikan gave him a half smile. "Yeah, I told you, didn't I? The whole story is very obvious. Anyway, so we were paired up, we were partners. Hence, that is how all the… stuff started to happen. We would often go to each other's houses to do the project. Honestly, we would have finished the whole thing in less than three hours, but we often got distracted and got off track with our work and ended up mucking around. We-" Mikan cut herself off when she looked at Natsume, who had his eyebrow raised at her.

"Hey, don't give me that look" she told him playfully. Natsume raised his hands above his head, acting innocent. After a few minutes of laughing, Mikan continued.

"Anyway, we got to know each other. We became really good friends, somewhat even best friends. Later within Middle school, I started to like him, and he liked me back. He ended up asking me out a month or so later. Very… predictable, isn't it? Anyway, we dated for about… what? Three to four months? Everything seemed perfect until I had to go away for the weekend. When I came back, one of his friends told me he had been going about making out with other girls. I was shocked about that, but then when he told me more, I felt like going up to Watanabe and punching him in the face, though, I wouldn't have dared to then. I would have been too scared."

Natsume raised his eyebrow again, "you. Scared of punching the guy in face?" he mocked. Mikan slapped his arm, laughing. "Oh, shut up. It was then, this is now."

"So, what else did he do, anyway?" asked Natsume. Mikan became quiet for a moment. After five minutes, she finally spoke.

"He, um, he never liked me. He was only using me for my popularity, not that he even needed it, anyway. But, what really ticked me off was… he used me for money. He, technically speaking, used my family. He played my feelings for m-mon-money and p-popularity" she choked out, tears slowly rolling down her cheek. Seeing this, Natsume went down and sat on the same stair as her and pulled her to him, and tried to make her feel better.

"Shh, shh, it's alright. You don't need to continue, sorry for asking" he said. After a few minutes, Mikan sat up straight and wiped her cheeks with the palm of her hand.

"Nah, it's alright" she muttered. "I don't mind. So, I found out the bastard was using me for money, popularity and, somehow, looks… um, don't tell anyone, but my parents own this big company, very well known, I won't tell you it's name is, but… yeah. I ended up telling Watanabe while we were doing our project. Big mistake, wasn't it? I swear, if you tell anyone, I promise you Natsume Hyuuga, your death will be moments after you tell someone as well as torturing and agonising. Got it?" she warned him.

"Hah, no problem, I promise. Continue" said Natsume.

"Okay, so I found out about all the shit he's been doing and all that, and I just… blew up- Bad. My grades a bit, I was pissed off as hell, about everything. I swear, I think everyone thought I was on my monthlys."

Natsume looked at her weirdly, obviously not liking the idea of mentioning the monthly thing. Mikan laughed because of his reaction and continued, "I kind of got over the Watanabe using me thing after a while, but the thing that really pissed me off was how I never knew. I never saw, blinded by all the shit he was doing to cover up. When I finally got some of my brain back, I realized that I needed to get back on track, so I did. I studied harder, my grades were better than ever, I sure showed Watanabe… Hah… Only thing was, he was still pissing me off. Coming up to me while I was studying, apologising, saying he'll never do it ever again. Ah, bullshit. Anyone would know that.

"So, after a while of putting up with it, I ended up just, needing to scream, but I couldn't, it was all locked up. I needed a break, so, I told my parents I needed to get out of school. And since I didn't want to go to another school, my parents decided for me to be home schooled, by Pe- uh, Serio Rei- my older brother. I told him what happened, he got pissed off, too, but he was always one to take it out on his training and stuff. Well, kind of. He suggested I take up martial arts or something. I thought it was interesting, so I asked him to teach me what he knew about- well, what he knew, pretty much.

"So, he taught me all he- well, most of all he knew. He never liked the idea of me being better than him, since he knew I was a fast learner." Natsume chuckled at her statement. He knew how that felt like- not wanting anyone to be better than you.

"Anywho, yeah... I got through Middle school-kind of, started High School- kind of. Decided to go back to an actual school, met your guys, the Masked Ball stuff, went Central town with you, met him again, wanted to kill him, but obviously, I couldn't, all the stuff about headmaster, new student, Watanabe, I scream inside, job to take him to his dorm, you follow, fast forward, he's in his dorm, I told you about my history with Watanabe, and... NOW" she spoke, all in one deep breath.

Natsume and Mikan sat in silence until Natsume broke it, deciding to ease up the mood. "Wow, you really like to brag about yourself, don't you?" Mikan narrowed her eyes at him.

"What do you mean?"

Natsume raised an eyebrow at her, "Seriously? 'Amazing grades', 'fast learner'? Wow, you sure are full of yourself." Mikan cracked up laughing, leaning onto Natsume's arm. She leaned away and playfully slapped it.

"Shut up. Anyways, I'm off, bye Natsume!" and with that, she quickly headed off to her next destination- the Sakura tree. Natsume watched Mikan's retreating figure until it was out of sight before he stood up and headed to his room.

"NII-CHAN~ I'M SOORRYYY~" yelled out Mikan when she arrived at the Sakura tree. Persona grunted in response, obviously annoyed by her lateness, plus, about have she said before. Mikan pouted, though smiled when she thought of something that will have her brother forgiving her in no time.

Mikan pounced on Persona, giving him a big bear hug. She looked up to him and gave him puppy dog eyes, hopeful for forgiveness. Persona rolled his eyes before speaking. "Alright, alright, get off me." Mikan quickly leaped off Persona and stepped back. "I called you hear because I have news for you" said Persona.

Hearing this, Mikan groaned. Persona raised an eyebrow, though dropped it moments later, and mutely asked her what was wrong. Mikan heaved a sigh before speaking.

"Please, don't tell me there aren't new kids that you want me to greet. I've had enough of them already" whined Mikan, recalling the moment when the Headmaster announced that he wanted her to 'make sure Watanabe fits in'.

"What could possibly be so bad?" asked Persona, amusement evident in his voice. Mikan scrunched (?) up her nose and glared at her older brother. She then let her face return back to normal and let out an exasperated sigh.

"No, I don't have any problems with new kids- It's just that a certain someone had me hate them for the rest of the week. New kids aren't so bad, but they are when it's someone you used to really care about, but they ended up ripping your heart out from your chess then played ping-pong with it and then put in into the shredder" she said, face showing no emotion.

Persona stood still, as if he had not been affected by what Mikan had said, though, up close, he was glaring hard with dark, cold eyes- obviously knowing who his little sister was talking about. After a moment, he finally spoke.

"Watanabe, eh?" he stated. Mikan gave a stiff nod, while Persona sighed. He then pushed the subject aside and went back to what he called her for.

"Anyway, back to topic- New students. I want you to-" Persona stopped speaking when he heard Mikan let out a depressed sigh. He turned around to see Mikan messing up her hair like a madwoman, causing him to sweat drop.

"Mikan" he said, sternly, effectively catching her attention. "I'm sure the new students will be quite upset if they hear that you aren't too happy to see them" he added.

Mikan gave him a questioning look, confused about who the new students are that her older brother would actually be bothered to introduce them to her. Her eyes widened when she remembered the time when she went Central town for her dresses for the Masked Ball and when her brother came to tell her about her mission.

"The new additions to the class?" she squealed, jumping around Persona. Persona waited for her to calm down until he spoke again.

"Alright, how long do you plan to make her wait?" he called out. As soon as he finished speaking, a boy and girl casually landed right in front of Mikan and Persona, as if they had dropped from the clouds.

Mikan's eyes widened. Persona was greeted by the two people greeted, who greeted back. "Daichi Nishimura, Hana Akaraki" greeted Persona. Next to him, Mikan stood still, with a huge smile on her face. She had her eyes locked on Hana Akaraki, as Hana had her eyes locked on Mikan with a huge smile on her face. They quickly ran and hugged each other and murmured how they missed each other. They then giggled like little girls, as if a hilarious joke had been told in class and they were to be in trouble if they made any noise.

After hugging Hana, Mikan stared at the boy that was leaning on the tree trunk casually. Mikan stared at him for a moment with a cheerful, somewhat hopeful smile for something. Mikan was waiting for the a-okay for her to hug him. When Daichi nodded, Mikan happy pounced on him and gave him a big bear hug.

"Keeeeeeeeen~ I've missed youuuuu~!" she cried out. She heard Daichi grunt at the name she called him. "You're still calling me 'Ken'? How annoying" he grunted. Mikan giggled as she got off him and stood back on flat ground.

"Well, you are born of fire. It all makes sense" Mikan replied, cheekily. Daichi grumbled under his breath, saying how Mikan will never grow up. Mikan then turned back to her brother with a big smile on her face.

"Hah, I'm fine with these new students, of course!" she brightly said. Persona replied a quick 'no shit, Sherlock' before continuing with business.

"Alright, show them to their rooms, the rooms are across yours- Room 5 is Hana's, room 6 is Daichi's. They will not have any star rank- that does not mean they are particularly a 'no star', they will merrily not have any rank, but, if any case they do need star ranks, they are to be 3-star. You may go now" instructed Persona, before turning, ready to leave. He was only 2 and a half steps away from them when Mikan's voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Wait! Hold on, Nii-chan. One quick question- How come the room numbers are completely different? I mean, I just realised... My room is number 19, Natsume's is 27, and suddenly, Hana and Ken's rooms are 5 and 6. Why the different ranges of numbers?" asked Mikan. Persona merrily shrugged and answered as he resumed walking away,

"I don't know, but the school fucked up with numbers, that's all I know. Bye" and with that, Persona was gone.

Mikan turned around to Hana and Daichi, beaming. "Well..." she started off.

"Welcome to Gakuen Alice!"

Natsume was lying on his bed, facing the ceiling. He had been thinking about what Mikan had told him earlier on. 'She must have a really tough childhood' he thought, as he rolled over to his left. His eyes landed on a cupboard where he had locked something away long ago. He stared at the cupboard for a moment before heaving a sigh and got out of bed to get the key to unlock it. He looked through a few drawers before finding the key.

Natsume looked at the key for a minute or two, wondering if he should open the cupboard or not. He suddenly thought of Mikan for some weird reason and decided to open it anyway.

He made his way over to the cupboard, held the key up and unlocked the door. He swung open the door and there, in front of him, what he had locked away for such a long time- his instruments. He had a guitar, a harp, a trumpet, violin, whatever almost everything. Letting out a small sigh, he walked over and picked it up and made his way to the couch in front of the television. He placed it on his lap, ready to play.

"Alright, let's see if I've still got it" he murmured to himself. After a few random strums, he started playing a random song out of nowhere. While playing, Mikan suddenly slipped into his mind. Natsume stopped playing and chuckled to himself. 'Aya... what the hell is going on?' he asked himself. He stayed silent, blankly looking at the television screen in front of him. After a while, he decided to go visit Mikan. He placed his guitar next to his study table and walked out of his room to head to Mikan's room, hoping she would be there.

When Natsume was about to turn to walk to Mikan's room, he saw her walking up the stairs. He was about to speak when he saw two people that he had never seen before, walking behind her, so he decided to stay mute until she reached him. Natsume watched her happily chat with the two people. When Mikan finally realised Natsume, she smiled at him, as she always did. She approached him, followed by her, most likely, friends.

"Hey, Natsume, meet my friends. This is Hana Akaraki," she said, gesturing to a girl on her left. She then gestured to the person on her right and spoke, "and this is Daichi Nishimura... but I call him Ken" she quickly added, earning a glare from Daichi.

Natsume greeted them with a nod. Not bothered to talk, though, Mikan didn't seem to allow that. "So, Natsume, where were you heading to?" she asked. Natsume replied that he just decided to go over and visit her, having to be bored. Mikan let out a small 'oh', and all was silent for a while. Mikan then came up with something.

"Hey! How about this, why not come over to my room for a bit? We could all get to know each other more" she said, cheerfully. Hana and Daichi didn't seem to have a problem with it, though Natsume randomly had some sort of irritation inside of him. He had wanted to have time alone with Mikan only. He was planning to tell Mikan about all the instruments he knew how to play, since he knew how she liked it when he opened up to her.

'Guess it would have to wait' he thought, as he agreed.

"Sure, why not?" he answered, without a care. Mikan let out a cheer and skipped to her room, with Hana following not too far behind. Natsume and Daichi remained in the same spot, standing in front of Natsume's room. Mikan called out to them, telling them to hurry up. Being smart, they decided to walk. On the way, both boys gave each other random glares, for some random reason that they could not know the reason why themselves.

"You like her?" asked Daichi, nonchalantly. Natsume shrugged in reply. Natsume asked Daichi the same question, who also replied the same way. Both stopped walking and glared at each other before looking away and quickly making their way to Mikan's room, as if it were a race.

Having to be a few steps away from Mikan's room, Daichi jogged to Mikan's room. Behind, Natsume saw Mikan hug Daichi, telling him to hurry up. She then called out to Natsume to hurry up. Natsume grunted, not being able to get a hug from Mikan.

'Damn, what the hell's wrong with me?' he asked himself, as he closed Mikan's door and joined the group, who were seated in front of the television.

So, how was it? I swear, all the names for my own characters are completely random... I got it off a baby naming website...then I look at the meaning of the names...

Anyway, I didn't really re-read this and fix up any mistakes, so tell me if I did any mistakes.

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