A/N: Yay! Chapter 4 already! Alrighty then, here goes… Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice...

Chapter 4 Hide!

(Normal PoV)

"Coming!" she say as she picks up her purse and rushes out of her room. "Sorry to keep you waiting… Shall we?" she walks to the door.

"Where are we going this time?" Natsume asks her with a confused look on his face.

"It's a surprise; you'll see when we get there…" she answers.

"As you must have noticed, I'm not really fond of surprises…" He says in an irritated tone.

"Stop complaining for a while, you're gonna have to go anyway so what difference does it make if you know or not?" Tsubasa says with the same tone Natsume used.

"I'm sorry I don't remember ever asking for your opinion, but I guess self-centered bastards like yourself feel like they have to be the center of attention all the time…" he answers glaring at the senior.

"What? You sure are a cocky brat treating your senpai like that… You seriously need to learn how to respect your elders, kid…" they both glare at each other and the atmosphere becomes tense.

"That's enough you guys, you should try to get along and…" Ruka starts saying but decides to shut up when both boys shoot him death glares and they shout at him in perfect unison "GIRLS SHOULDN'T BUTT INTO GUYS' DISCUSIONS RUKA!" The blonde boy sweat drops and quickly moves away from their sight.

(Mikan's PoV)

-Sigh- if I didn't know better I'd think they'd already planned to do that. Honestly, they really look like brothers, if you take Natsume's glasses off and comb his hair differently, or if you put glasses on Tsubasa-senpai and… wait, if we don't hurry up we won't make it there in time… I'd better stop these kids already…

"Well you don't mind if I butt in, now do you Kazume?" I say grinning at Natsume as if he was the only one wasting precious time. YES, I know his real name is Natsume, I get it already, how dumb do you think I am? But I can't let him think that I care enough to remember his real name… "We HAVE to go NOW, there's not a moment to lose…" I finally tell him.

"For the millionth time it's NA-TSU-ME! Geez you could at least TRY to remember…" he turns to look at me completely ignoring Tsubasa-senpai. "And I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what that important place we have to get to is…" such a bothersome kid, why can't he just spare us the drama and go with it?

"You don't seem to remember I have the upper hand here Polka-dots underpants boy…" Tsubasa-senpai starts laughing at the statement making Natsume blush. "Remember I told you that if you didn't cooperate we'd have to do it the hard way? Which is it gonna be this time?" I tell him as the other three approach him slowly.

Natsume looks at them nervously and turns to glare at me. If he didn't have those awful glasses on he'd probably have a scary face, but right now he just looks stupid. "Fine… But don't think this is gonna stay like this…" he's trying to threaten me? Ha! Please, you still have a very long way to go boy.

But instead of saying that I just walk to the door and say "Shall we then?" I don't want to waste anymore time, because when school's over and the students go out, what if they saw us hanging out with the Hyuuga kid? I mean, that would complete social murder-suicide for us!

When we're all in the car, I start the engine and head for the exit. I look at the clock, 10.33 a.m. Okay, school ends at half past four, we don't have much time, but I guess it'll have to do. I start speeding down the road not wanting to take too long on the drive. "Okay, you know we don't have all day, so we have to be quick and precise. Ruka-pyon you know what to do as soon as we arrive… You-chan you'll be helping him… Tsubasa-senpai will come with me and Megane-kun (A/N: Megane means glasses, it's like calling him four-eyes…) we'll meet at the exit at 1600 hours sharp, understood?" (A/N: In case you don't know military time, it's 4 p.m)

"Hai!" All of them, except Natsume answer. As we approach our destination, he finally notices where we were going as the mall comes into sight.

"Oh no… no, no, NO! A million times NO! I'm NOT going in there!" he says desperately pointing at the building.

"Come on, you've already come all the way here and now you say you don't wanna go in? Remember I can still force you so…"I try to reason with him, I don't want to make a scene when we enter and be noticed by everyone.

"I don't care what you do or what you say. I'm not going in there and that's FINAL!" he shouts that last word especially loud. -Sigh- and I thought this was gonna be an easy task, but this guy sure has some nerve… I thought he was just a dumb silent kid who would do as I say without questioning…

Well, at least it's more fun this way… I look at him from the corner of my eye and a barely noticeable smile forms in my lips. "Fine, be like that then…" I answer coldly erasing the smile from my face.

"Huh? Does that mean I don't have to go?" he asks pretty confused. How naïve…

"Eh? I never said that…" I say as I park the car near the entrance. "You're going in, no matter how much you complain about it…" I get out of the car followed by everyone except Natsume. -Sigh- I look at my watch, 11:01 a.m. No time to waste… I guess it's gonna have to be the hard way then.

With a snap of my fingers Tsubasa-senpai walks to Natsume's door and opens it quickly and pulls him out of the car.

(Natsume's PoV)

"LET GO OFF ME YOU BASTARDS!!!" I shout while I struggle to force Youichi and Andou to set me free. Ruka and Mikan walking at a faster pace not wanting to be seen with us. "If you don't put me down now I swear I'll-." Youichi slaps my face with his left hand and when he pulls it away I notice tape covering my mouth preventing me from shouting.

"You are too loud…" that was the first time I actually heard him talk, his face still unchanged. That stupid Andou starts laughing.

"Hahaha for you to force Youichi to speak, you sure are annoying…" he says, his words drowned in his laughter.

"Ahm- gohmphna phkhng ill iuph" Damn it that didn't come out as I expected. What I meant to say was I'm gonna fucking kill you...

"I'll leave the clothes shopping to you then Ruka-pyon. I'm sorry but You-chan will have to stay with me…" Mikan tells Ruka.

"Yeah, it's alright, I'll manage on my own…" he answers smiling at her. Clothes shopping, who the hell is gonna pay for that? I want to ask but tape is still covering my mouth. I look at the grey-haired boy who's still dragging me around the mall, I decide to stop struggling seeing how pointless it is… After a while of being quiet, Youichi looks at me from the corner of his eyes, not turning his head.

"Are you going to stop your annoying screams?" he asks monotonously. I answer with a nod, not being able to talk. He quickly removes the tape from my mouth making me wince.

"So who's gonna pay for all of this anyway?" I ask to no one in particular.

Mikan turns to look at me and smirks. Did she hear what I just said? I thought she wouldn't be able to considering the distance. She starts digging for something inside her purse and takes out a couple of credit cards. "Visa and MasterCard, who else?" she answers in a matter-of-factly tone. I drop my head and sigh loudly.

"Honestly, why do you guys do what she tells you? Normally leaders have higher IQs than their followers, not the other way around…" I say really low only for the two holding me to listen.

"I HEARD THAT KAZUME! And if you don't want everyone at school to know about your polka-dots you'd better shut it!" she yells at me.

You know how they say that when you can't use one of your senses the others become sharper? I think that since she can't use her brain all her five senses became sharper to make up for her lack of intelligence… Is any of this making any sense to you?

"Okay so this is where we go our separate ways. Remember 1600 hours sharp Ruka-pyon..." she says finally stopping in front of us.

"Hai!" he answers and walks away.

"Umm I've been wondering for a while but… Am I not supposed to try on the clothes BEFORE you buy them? I mean what if they don't fit me or I don't like them?" Anyone would have thought the same in my place right? I mean it IS weird…

"I trust Ruka-pyon's judgment completely, he didn't win the best-dressed award last year for nothing; you'll be trying them on when we get back to my house, we don't have time for that right now; and nobody really cares if you like the clothes or not, you have as much sense of fashion as a spoon, so you don't have a say in this…" she answers with a smirk on her face, or is she actually smiling?

"I don't get to decide what I am going to wear?! That doesn't make any sense!" Well, it doesn't!

"You know if you were gonna complain so much you shouldn't have come to me for help in the first place!" she says half laughing, trying to pretend to be annoyed.

"WHAT?!?!" I shout "I DID NOT GO TO YOU FOR HELP! IT WAS YOU WHO-." -Slap- I turn again to look at Youichi who again covers my mouth with tape "- CHEIM TU NI PHOR ELLPH!!" I lower my head. I doubt any of them got that last part…

"You are too loud…" he says again. What does he have like only two lines he can say?

"It's the same thing Kazume, you don't have to get caught up with semantics…" she says laughing and waving a hand in front of her face. She probably told them all of this was my idea… They must think I'm pretty pathetic. She said they gladly agreed to help, but I'm starting to wonder what she actually told them for them to agree...

We continue walking for a while, and suddenly Mikan stops dead in her tracks. She turns around quickly and pulls Andou away from me. Her face looks like she has seen a ghost. She points to the side and starts talking really fast.

"Quickly you two, go hide over there for a while. I'll go tell you when it's safe to come out..." she says and starts pushing us towards one of those stores that sell baby stuff. She grabs Andou's arm and walks away.

Youichi sits on a small chair, he isn't bothered at all by all of this, or at least his face doesn't show it… I remove the tape from my mouth again and look at him.

"What was that all about?!" I ask. He looks at me, he's face unchanged as always; his lips part as if he were about to say something… He's actually gonna speak directly to me, I turn to face him expecting an answer but then he just sighs, leans backwards on the chair and closes his eyes. I should have known it was useless to ask this guy…

Not being able to stand the wait anymore I start walking outside to look around for Mikan and Andou.

"You shouldn't do that…" Youichi says not moving from his position.

"I'm not gonna obey her orders like you are…" I answer and leave the store.

I scan the place quickly to see where they are. When I finally spot them she turns to stare at me with the infamous I'm-gonna-kill-you look in her eyes. That's when I notice the other three people standing there with her and Andou. I didn't really bother to stare enough to find out who they were.

And then it suddenly hits me, why she wanted us to hide, or more like wanted ME to hide…

Have you ever gotten that feeling that nobody wants you around and that you are an embarrassment to those who surround you? If you haven't I hope you never do… Although I have, many times, felt that dreadful knot in my stomach I always ignored it. But this time it was different for some reason.

I guess it's because no one ever actually asked me to hide before.

I guess it was the fact that she came right out and told me purposefully to hide so that she wouldn't be seen with me.

I guess after all I really am a freak who doesn't deserve to any have friends ever.

To hell with this stupid make-over crap! I'm not gonna stand here and be humiliated over and over again by Miss. Bitch, let her find another monkey to teach her math.

"Hey! Isn't that the Hyuuga freak?" one of them asks.

"Yeah, what is he doing here? I thought nerds never skipped class!" another voice answers.

Not wanting to stick around anymore I turn around and walk away.

I wonder if my face gave anything up, cause for a second there I thought to see Mikan's expression softening and looking at me with sorry eyes. That can't be right; it probably was just my imagination. Maybe I just wanted her to look at me like that for a while… To at least have the hope that someone cares about me a little bit… even if it is just a little.

When I finally exit the building I notice that grey clouds are covering the sky. I can't even go back home, I'm supposed to be at school, or a trip with Ruka or something… Anyway I don't even feel like returning right now…

I start walk over to a nearby park and lie down on the grass. 'Even if it was just a little bit, it would be nice to have someone that cared…' I think… 'Is that too much to ask for?'

A/N: I hope you liked this chappie, I know it didn't end really nice, and it probably wasn't much fun. I really appreciate all of your nice reviews!

To be continued…