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. Only... Watanabe, Nishimura and Arakaki.
And, I suck at grammar
I swear, I have a sudden urge to change Youichi and Aoi's ages... T_T
Italics are flashbacks (:
The whole class was silent after the trio left. All awkwardly looking at each other until Sumire finally broke the silence.
"Hey, I just figured... what's the guy's alice? Wait... what's Mikan's alice as well? I don't think she ever told us..." she asked, her voice slowly trailing off.
All heads turned to Hotaru. Hotaru raised and elegant brow at them, causing the class to let out a sigh as they all took out 35 rabbits and handed it to Hotaru. After counting the money, she spoke.
"I can tell you Watanabe's alice, but do not expect anything about Mikan. Watanabe's alice is 'Dream manipulation'. Allowing him to make us dream of what he wants us to dream about- kind of like Yuu's illusion alice, only, his alice is for... obviously dreams."
A few 'ohs' were heard throughout the class, some slowly turned back to whatever they were doing, while some stayed as they were. Ruka slowly turned to Hotaru and quietly asked, "um, Imai-san... why is it that you can't tell us about Mikan?"
Hotaru stared at him for a moment before turning back to her invention. Thinking she wouldn't answer, he turned back, only to look at Hotaru again when she spoke. "It's not that I 'can't' tell you- it's more of 'I won't tell you because I don't want to'" she replied. Ruka nodded, understanding, before standing up to walk out of the class.
After Ruka left, Hotaru stopped working on her invention and closed her eyes, letting out a sigh. She was worried about her best friend. Why was life so unfair for her? Hotaru then took out her Baka Gun and shot Koko.
"Don't read my mind, idiot" she told him while glaring at the lad.
"Y-y-y-yes, Imai-san" he stuttered. Hotaru gave him one last glare before turning her attention back to her invention.
Mikan was at her favourite Sakura Tree, looking up at the clear, blue sky and sighed. Why did life have to be such a bitch to her? She sat there, looking at the swaying leaves on the trees that looked so interesting to her under the clear, bright sky. All was interrupted when she heard someone approaching. She quickly leaned against the tree trunk of the Sakura Tree and pretended to be asleep.
'I feel Natsume's presence... Not sure if it is though...' she thought.
When the person was about six steps away from her, the person stopped mid pace and sighed. 'That sounded like Natsume' Mikan thought, now sure that it was Natsume. Natsume continued making his way to her and stood in front of her, looking down at her for a moment. He then sighed again and sat next to her, on her left and leaned against the tree himself. He turned to look at Mikan and moved her head so it could rest on his shoulder. He then took out his iPod from his pocket and turned it on and started listening to it.
After a few minutes, Mikan decided to 'wake up'. She stirred a little bit, and let her acting skills kick in.
Natsume suddenly felt Mikan stir next to him. He turned his head to look at her as he slowly sat up by herself and started looking around- cutely might he add. Mikan turned around to look at Natsume. When she saw him, she smiled. Natsume couldn't help but smile inwardly.
"Hey, why are you here?" she asked him. Natsume didn't even bother answering and just continued reading his manga and listening to his music. Mikan smiled and leaned against the trunk of the tree, looking up at the clear sky.
After a few minutes of silence, Mikan turned her head a little bit to look at Natsume. She then leaned over and took his earphones and removed them from his iPod, making Natsume from, and took out her own and plugged Natsume's earphones into her iPod.
"Oi, what are you doing, little girl?" Natsume asked, with his eyebrow raised. Mikan merely chose a song from her iPod and offered Natsume one of his earphones as she rested her head on Natsume's shoulder.
Natsume rolled his eyes and took the earphone out of her hand. "You getting comfy aye, Polka?" he said. Mikan looked at him with wide eyes.
"What the hell! You still remember? You pervert!" she exclaimed. "And I'm not wearing polka-dots today" she said, crossing her arms over her chest, trying her best to glare at Natsume.
Natsume smirked. "Yeah, I can see that. It's Strawberries today, huh?"
Mikan's face almost blew up with embarrassment, and unconsciously pulled her skirt down, trying to make it longer. "YOU DAMN PERVERT!" she cried. And with a final 'humph', she calmed down and slowly drifted off to dreamland, already forgetting what happened a moment ago. Natsume couldn't help but raise his eyebrow at her.
Letting out a sigh, he turned his attention to his manga for a while before heaving another sigh, looking at the beauty next to him and decided to take a rest as well. Only, his rest was interrupted earlier than he wanted it to. Taking a quick glance, he saw some people slowly coming out of classrooms and making their way where he and Mikan were.
He quickly picked Mikan up, bridal style and started walking, with the earphones in their ear.
Watanabe had made his way to his room moments after Mikan and Natsume walked out of the classroom, and was currently sitting on his bed, with his face rested on the palms of his hands. Moments ago, he was walking around is 3-star room, messing his hair trying to think straight- which didn't really work out well.
Heaving a sigh [A/N: wow... everyone keeps sighing all of a sudden... o.o] he got off his bed and walked over to his bedroom window, only to see Natsume carrying Mikan, bridal style, since she was asleep. Not being able to turn away, he continued to watch Mikan in Natsume's arms.
"I guess I've got good competition, then" he muttered to himself, with a sudden thought coming to him. His dream alice. 'Maybe... I'll let her remember the good times we had, all the perfect times, the times she loved and when she used to watch me...' he thought.
He made his way over to the couch and closed his eyes and activated his alice, slowly controlling Mikan's dreams.
"Hey, um... Mikan-chan... I've uh...well, you see..." Watanabe stuttered, while Mikan stared at him in confusion.
"Yes? Katsu-chan?" she asked him. Watanabe couldn't help but smile at how dense and cute she was. With a deep breath, he spoke.
"Will you please be my girlfriend?" he quickly asked, hoping that Mikan had been able to understand him- which she did... only, she wanted to tease him.
"Eh? What was that, Katsu-chan? Can you please speak slower?"
Watanabe blushed. 'Damn' he thought.
"Um, uh... ok... Mikan-chan... will you please... be my..." Watanabe be paused for a moment before continuing, "Uh, my girlfriend?" he asked, obviously nervous.
Mikan beamed and jumped onto Watanabe, giving him a big bear hug. After a long moment of laughing and hugging, Watanabe spoke,
"Mikan... I lo-"
Mikan suddenly woke up from the, what she calls, a nightmare. Only, when she woke up she was frightened by another sight before her- Natsume's face. Well, not really, it was actually how close his face was to hers.
Feeling Mikan move in his arms, he looked down to see her wide away. And he could have sworn that for a second she looked at him as if he were some hideous monster, which, he knew, will never be true- for he shall forever he gorgeous, even at the age of 70. He then snapped out of it and payed his attention to Mikan, who was frowning- obviously in a deep thought.
"What are you thinking about, Polka?" he asked. Mikan blushed for a millisecond before glaring at him for using the nickname he gave her.
"Whatever, Pervert. It was just... this dream I had about- that damn freaking bastard!" Mikan started yelling and kicking around like a maniac in Natsume's arms, trying to get him to put her back on the ground- only, he didn't budge and continued carrying her.
"Oi, Little girl, what are you doing? Do you want me to drop you and let you fall?" he asked. Mikan continued to curse under her breath for a while before finally calming down. When she finally calmed down, and he found it safe enough to comment, he did.
"That... was not you- I mean- that was you but... what the hell happened, Polka?" he asked her, curiously. Mikan grumbled under her breath about 'will kill', 'chop him up', and 'slowly burn him', causing Natsume to sweat drop.
"Oi, Little girl, I'm being nice at the moment, so make it worthwhile" he told her, slowly losing his patience. Mikan stopped and looked up at him and sensed Natsume patience slowly disappearing, she decided to tell him.
"Ok, so...actually, I'll tell you later, ok?" Natsume agreed and they both stayed silent. Not bothered to hold her head up, Mikan leaned her head back onto Natsume's chest. Seeing this, Natsume couldn't help but smirk.
"Getting comfy, aren't we, Polka dots?"
Mikan blushed and hid her face in Natsume's chest to hide it (her blush). While Natsume inwardly smirked, trying his best not to laugh.
They were in the hallway where their rooms were, when Daichi and Hana came out of their own rooms and approach Mikan and Natsume.
"Hey, Mikan" Hana greeted, along with Daichi, they then turned to Natsume and greeted him as well, who replied with a nod.
"Hey, Hana, Ken~" Mikan exclaimed. Though, she was confused when she read their worried faces. "Ne, what's wrong?" she asked, worried herself. Hana took the role in answering.
"Mikan... are you ok? Are you hurt?"
Mikan looked around, checking herself for any cuts and bruises. "No, why do you ask?"
"Why's Hyuuga carrying you, then?" Daichi asked, nonchalantly. Mikan blushed while Natsume took the role in answering (wow...). "Why ask? Got a problem?"
Daichi scoffed and dug his hands into his pockets before answering. "No. But, why don't I carry her?" he said, holding out his hands, ready to carry Mikan. Only, for Natsume to hold her away and reply, "No need." Daichi narrowed his eyes.
"You sure, Red eyes?" Daichi asked, trying to provoke Natsume.
"I'm quite capable, thanks, Green eyes" replied Natsume, narrowing his eyes. The two continued to glare at each other, that they didn't even notice Mikan slip out of Natsume's arms to walk over to Hana, who was calling her over to tell her something.
When Mikan came back after her talk with Hana, the two boys were still glaring at each other. Deciding to be nice for a while, she let them glare at each other for a while longer before heaving a sigh and turned to Hana, mutely telling her to drag Daichi away from Natsume. On the count of three, Mikan burst out, shouting.
"ALRIGHT ALREADY! We're going now!" she announced, grabbing Natsume's hand and dragged him away. She turned around and gave Hana and Daichi a final bye.
"Goodbye, Hana, goodbye, KEEEN!" she called out, happily, who replied with a wave. Next to her, Natsume grunted at how happy and energetic she talks to them- especially Daichi.
Mikan dragged Natsume to her room, slammed the door shut, dragged him over to the couch in front of the television, turned it on and handed him the remote. She then told him she was going to get a snack and made her way to the kitchen.
Flashback
"Ne, Mikan, meet Persona at the Northern Forest in about an hour and a half from now. We have a mission" Hana told her. Mikan raised her eyebrow.
"We?" she asked. Hana nodded. "Yes, 'we'. Me, you, Daichi and Hyuuga- all of us." Mikan let out a small 'oh' before nodding, showing that she understood.
"Alright then, we should go back to the boys before they burn up the place" Mikan joked. Hana quietly chuckled as they made their way back to Daichi and Natsume.
End of flashback
Mikan let out a sigh. "Another mission, eh? I hope it's nothing too big..." she then giggled at how Natsume and Daichi were earlier. "What does Natsume have against Ken, anyway? Hm..." She then pushed the thought aside and started searching through her cupboards in her kitchen to see what's there to eat.
When she came out of the kitchen, Natsume was flipping through channels, still trying to find something good to watch. Natsume turned around and sweat dropped when he saw the amount of food on Mikan's plate. 'Wow, can she really eat all that?' he wondered to himself as Mikan plopped herself on the couch next to Natsume and took the remote out of Natsume's hand and switched to a Korean drama that was currently on.
"There is no way that I am going to watch this" said Natsume, snatching the remote out of Mikan's hands. Mikan frowned and snatched the remote back and hid it. Rolling his eyes, not bothering anymore, he took a cake from Mikan's plate full of food, making Mikan glare at him and hold her plate away from him protectively.
"Get your own plate, Natsume!" she cried. Natsume merely took another cake and ate it before replying. "No, not bothered." Mikan glowered at the boy next to her, still trying to keep her plate away from Natsume. In the end, Mikan would take a huge bite out of every cake that Natsume took and let him the rest to eat- which was often of ¾ of the cake. After Mikan ate the final, complete, all-still-there cake that Natsume let her have, she leaned her head onto his shoulder and gave him the television remote.
"Hah, I don't want it. I just wanted to annoy you" he said. Mikan laughed.
"I know" she said, as she threw the remote aside. After a silent moment of watching television, Natsume remembered something.
"Oi, you're meant to tell me what your problem was back then" he said, bluntly. Mikan heaved a sigh and leaned off Natsume's shoulder.
"Fine. It wasn't much, but it annoys the hell out of me when I let something slip pass me. Watanabe has the Dream alice, letting him control what we dream about. He can make us dream about what he wants even. That's what he did to me when I was sleeping. He... uh, he made me dream –but I would rather say nightmare, but anyway- he made me dream about the time he confessed to me... it annoys the hell out of me!"
"Calm down, Polka, how could you have prevented him from working his alice on you? Don't worry" Natsume told her, trying to get her to not be so hard on herself. When Mikan let out a sigh, he knew there was something else that she was to tell him. "What is it, Polka?" he asked her, with his eyebrow raised. He dropped his eyebrow as Mikan stood up from the couch and stood in front of him.
"Natsume... I haven't yet told anyone about my alice, have I? The only person in the class that knows my alice is Hotaru, obviously, being my best friend and all..." she trailed off. Natsume stayed silent, waiting for her to continue. "My alice... is the... Nullification alice" she spoke, slowly, as if knowing it would take time for Natsume to process six words. After finally snapped out of daze.
"Really?" he asked. Mikan nodded in confirmation, cautiously watching Natsume. Then, as if to test her, Natsume threw a flame at her, who nullified it immediately.
"I see... so, nullification alice, huh? No wonder you were so pissed off" said Natsume. Mikan then sat back down on the couch and leaned on Natsume and watched TV. Both stayed silent until Mikan asked Natsume why he's so irritated by Ken. Natsume stayed silent, not sure why himself.
"I don't know. Hey, why do you call him 'Ken' anyway? Isn't his name 'Daichi'? Tell me. I'm fascinated by it" he spoke, sarcastically. Mikan couldn't help but laugh.
"Hah, right, you don't know Hana and Daichi's alice either, don't you? Hm... What does 'Ken' mean, then?" she asked him. Natsume thought for a while. 'Born of fire...' he realised.
"Born of fire?" he questioned her. Mikan gave him a bright smile and nodded. "Yup! That's why I call him that. Alice of fire- but his flames are green"
"Tch, figures" said Natsume. Mikan raised an elegant brow and dropped it moments later and continued. "But, he also has the mind reading and x-ray vision alice"
"Multi alice. I'm guessing Arakaki is as well" assumed Natsume. Mikan nodded again and spoke. "Yeah, Hana has the Barrier, mind reading and teleporting alice." Natsume stared at the girl next to him for a moment.
"Are you sure you don't have an alice other than nullification? Cause you sure like to make friends that are multi alices" said Natsume. Mikan giggled, but then turned serious. "I... you'll... yes, I'm a multi alice as well, but it is not time for you to find out too much about me, I'm sorry" she spoke, softly.
"Hn" was all Natsume replied as he turned his head back to the TV while Mikan leaned her head back onto Natsume's shoulder.
"By the way, I'm going to have Narumi change your performances to two dances, first and last dance song and one song in between"
"Oh, ok, Natsume. Hey, Natsume?" she asked, leaning off Natsume's shoulder.
"Hn"
"Sing a song with me, on the day- like, perform with me- sing" she told him. Only to be replied with a straight forward, "Hello no" Mikan pouted.
"AW, COME ON! Please?"
"No"
"PLEASE!"
"No way, Polka"
"Don't be mean!"
"I said 'No way', Strawberries" Natsume said, firmly. Mikan pouted and tugged on her skirt, trying to make it longer, then grabbed the TV remote and crossed her arms over her chest and pouted.
'Damn, she's cute like tha- whoa...whoa... focus, don't fall for it...don't fall for it...don't- ah, screw it' he thought, and let out a final sigh, catching Mikan's attention.
"Please, Natsume?" she asked him, giving him puppy dog eyes. Natsume rolled his eyes. "Fine" he replied, making Mikan smile brightly at him. After moments of silent victory, she leaned back on his shoulder, giving him the TV remote and slowly drifted to sleep, this time, making sure her nullification alice was up, so she wouldn't have to face another nightmare.
Moments after, Mikan was fast asleep. Natsume turned his head to look at the girl leaning on him and softly muttered, "seriously, what am I going to do with you?" before he reached for the remote control that he had set aside a moment ago and turned off the TV, and decided to join Mikan for a nap, leaning his head on top of hers.
Meanwhile, Hotaru had been watching the whole time on the screen above her desk, where her camera was catching everything that was happening and often rolled her eyes at the scene before her. "Seriously, you dense idiots. Realise your feelings for each other already" she muttered as she turned around to face whoever entered her lab.
"Ah, it's you, Nogi. What do you want, Bunny boy?" she asked him, turning around again to focus on her invention.
"Nothing, I was just wondering if..." his voice trailed off as he saw the screen on top of inventor's desk. The screen showed Mikan and Natsume together, sleeping peacefully. 'Oh, she does have someone already...' Ruka thought. 'And I was building up the courage to ask her to be my partner to the Masked Ball today...' Hotaru's voice was what broke him out of his daze.
"Oi, Nogi, what do you want?" she asked, impatiently. Ruka hesitated for a moment before quickly telling her he was offering to help her with her inventions. Hotaru stared at him for a while before turning back to her invention and told him to get her, her tools. They worked in silence until Ruka spoke. "Hey, are you going to the Masked Ball?" he asked.
"Of course, idiot. It's my chance to capture certain moments that could happen. The school hired me to take photos for the day as well" she replied, nonchalantly, focusing on the thing in front of her.
"Oh, ok... do you have a partner?" he asked her. Hotaru replied that she didn't, still not getting where Ruka was going with the topic. Neither did Ruka know himself. But suddenly, he blurted out something that he didn't think he ever would.
"Imai, would you please be my partner for the Masked Ball?" he blurted out, unexpectedly. Hotaru, herself, was a little bit surprise. Though, she quickly composed herself and replied with a quick 'yes' and told Ruka to make her a cup of tea. Ruka happily obliged and quickly went to make Hotaru some tea with a goofy smile on his face.
"I guess I still have some luck on my side, after all" Ruka said to himself.
Hello again~
Please excuse any horrible grammar or spelling. My brain wasn't functioning properly when I was typing up this chapter. I had been working on my History assignment about the Plague *shudder* as interesting as it is, I hate the visual images it gives me. Nasty.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm trying to add more scenes of others every now and then instead of it always being Natsume and Mikan.
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