Hello again :)

Angel FINALLY decided to make an appearance! XD

Make sure to tell me what you think of her :p

(Go to my profile and go to the link labeled next to: ANGEL. Thats what she looks like, sort of...the hairs long in that though.)

Angels come in all shapes and sizes. And most of the time, they tend to show up in the most unexpected places...

Opposite side of the tracks-9

In Mikan's defense, she was initially not responsible for the problems that occurred in her daily life.

And though it may be a little late to explain, I'll do it anyway.

Mikan Sakura was born during an affair between Yuki and Izumi Yukihara. At the time, Izumi had been the heir to Yukihara Corp and his fiance happened to be Alani Koizumi(sound familiar?), also a heir, to the Domokou exporting business.

Now, don't jump to conclusions. Izumi had been fully prepared to take Alani' as his wife, despite his hate for arranged marriages, and he had never even dreamed of looking at another woman after he married.

So when he was planning to go out for the night, and ran into a very tired, very drunk Yuka, he didn't think twice about bringing her to his home. He hadn't been planning on doing anything to her. He hadn't even really payed attention to the fact that she was a pretty girl. His dedication to pleasing his parents and forming an alliance between his future empire and another powerful one, had made him think himself above that.

But he forgot that when someone's drunk, they tend to be a little crazy.

His first mistake actually.

When a wasted Yuka woke up, still drunk, to see a strange man with a suit hovering over her, she went berserk.

She did not know that the 'strange man' had just saved her from the risk of being alone at night and running into some real thugs. And that the only reason this strange man was hovering over her, was to put a cloth on her forehead.

Not alerting Yuka of this was his second mistake.

She screamed, thrashed, yelled, and all the while Izumi desperately tried to calm her down. He barely registered that she had been screaming 'Rapist' and 'Deflowerer' the whole time. which was another mistake on his part because his mother and several maids had rushed to his room and barged in.

And what they saw shocked them to no end.

The position the two young people were in was futile to explain. Izumi was nearly straddling Yuka, who was still thrashing around until the door opened, and his hand was over her mouth. The fact that Yuka was wearing a very revealing outfit, regards to her very stubborn partying friend who ditched her for a bishie, did not go unnoticed.

Worrying for their reputation, Mrs. Yukihara did the only thing she could do besides calling off the wedding.

She attempted to bribe Yuka to keep her mouth shut.

Unbeknownst to her, a then very rebellious Yuka didn't appreciate being bribed. So instead, Yuka caused a scandal that erupted all over Japan.

And gave birth to Mikan in the process.

(More will be explained later, this amount of info was kinda required before crazy stuff begins to happen. And no, Mikan doesn't know about her parents history.)

Alice Academy: Building A

Mikan clutched her stomach as she finished emptying the contents of her early breakfast into the closest trashcan she could find.

She ignored the snickers and disgusted looks of the student body as they passed her, all of them rushing to their classes.

'Is she serious?'

'My god, she had no dignity!'

'Just ignore her, we have to get to class. Her fault if she's late.'

It barely registered to Mikan that she also should be hurrying to class, seeing as the school bell had rang for the second time. In 5 minutes it would ring again, and if she was late a second time...

Mikan decided not want to think about that. Sighing, Mikan walked to the restroom after the last of her breakfast was gone.

After washing out her mouth in one of the sinks, Mikan glanced up and blanched at her appearance.

Her face was pale, her eyes were bloodshot, and her pigtails were a mess.

'Hotaru would be laughing her arse off if she saw me now. More reason for her to ride by motorcycle each day,' Mikan thought in amusement and splashed water on her face before walking out of the bathroom and walking to her locker, which wasn't very far.

Courtesy of HSP, the schools nickname for their principal, who had thought it would be more convenient if her locker was by the entrance.

Spinning the lock until she reached her combination, Mikan pulled open her locker and was about to grab her books when she saw it.

Mikan's jaw dropped and she froze in disbelief.

Building A Indoor Parking Lot

A blood curdling scream sounded through the entire building and parking lot, birds taking flight in panic.

Stopping abruptly from opening Ruka's car door to enter her new school, Aoi's eyes narrowed and she gazed over at the school in curiousity. Natsume didn't even flinch from his spot beside one of the large white pillars where he leaned against.

But Ruka, who was only a foot away from his car, froze like every person within 20 feet did to listen.

Slowly turning to meet Aoi's gaze, Ruka raised an eyebrow.

"What was that...?'

Back to Building A...

Mikan once again was leaning over a trashcan, puking her guts out.

Only it wasn't because of a motorcycle ride. Ohhhh no, it was much worse than anything Alternate 3000 could stir up.

Okay, maybe that wasn't true. But thats how Mikan perceived it at the time.

Inside of her locker, her obviously wrecked locker, beside her books and lying on top of her notes...

Was a dead mouse.

Now, if it had been killed recently, then Mikan might have overlooked it as another prank the evil student body had picked out for her, in defense against their Oh, so perfect leader, Natsume Hyuuga.

But it was literally rotting, flies swarming, and its stomach was slit open. A little sticky note was attached to its leg.

'Hope you like our present,' was scrawled in pretty, cursive little letters and Mikan would have smiled at the delicate lining if it hadn't been so crude.

It looked even worse than it sounded by the way.

And Mikan, not really one to stomach gory things like that, was once again emptying out the contents of her stomach.

Unfortunately there was barely anything left, so Mikan resorted to gagging.

It was quite humiliating, now that she thought about it.

Luckily for her, the third bell had sounded, and everyone was already in their classes.

Well...almost everyone.

"Are you...okay...?" A soft, cautious voice sounded from behind a kneeling Mikan, and the brunette glanced at the owner of the voice, her expression grim and pained from her heaving. She felt exhausted and a little bit angered right then.

And who could blame her? Now she had to confiscate everything in her locker and get a new lock again.

The first time being when Natsume had invaded it, or rather his fan girls, and gave her his signature red card.

'Ah, the good ol' times...'

Suddenly remembering someone had asked her a question and was currently waiting for an answer, Mikan shook her head to clear her thoughts and focused her gaze on the girl, she realized the voice was feminine now, who had spoken.

Looking concerned and free of any dirty intentions, the girl met Mikan's stare with a wary smile.

Mikan knew instantly then that either this girl was stupid, not from around there, or was taking her chances since the hall was currently empty.

Mikan was right to assume these things because, honestly, the girl was gorgeous.

You might ask why this mattered.

Well, then allow me(The author :p) to explain.

In Alice academy, students targeted by the E4(Elite 4, I know very stupid), were either avoided or harassed.

Only very unpopular or unattractive students took the chance of actually associating with them. But even this was rare.

So, a seemingly gorgeous and wealthy girl speaking to Mikan other then to insult or beat down Mikan would usually be highly suspicious.

Mikan should know obviously, because Luna Koizumi made sure she knew. Every day between classes in fact...

But back to the matter at hand.

Mikan, after wiping off the germs that occupied her chin with her uniforms sleeve, slowly stood and faced a very exotic, very innocent looking young female student who obviously looked very shy and scared out of her wits.

Clearing her throat in a weak attempt to clear the awkward silence, Mikan stared silently at the dark haired girl, who stared back quietly.

She was definitely not japanese.

Though some students weren't from japan and attended Alice academy, it was still rare for Mikan to meet or even actually see one.

This girl was dark, as in literally dark.

Her skin was the shade of royal bronze, a dim glow radiating about her in a way Mikan would have envied if she were in another school.

Her hair was was a fashionably dark brown pixie cut on one side, and reddish brown, long, and curly on the other. Her eyes were jade green and she was tall, nearly a head taller then Mikan. Mikan decided then that even though the girl wore the Academy uniform, the girl was not from around Alice Plaza, the title for the upper east side of the town.

"Um..." Mikan began cautiously, and glanced down at her hands.

The girl looked up expectantly only to be disappointed when Mikan's voice drifted off into silence.

The girls eyes were so intimidating and practically glew! Mikan punched herself mentally for looking like an idiot just because of a girls eyes.

Hotaru's eyes were just as odd so why...

Knock it off Mikan!

"U-um, sorry. I just...I'm n-not feeling w-well and..." Mikan stuttered and blushed in embarrassment when the girl smiled knowingly.

"Ah ha, you're sick eh? I have vitamins if you need...them..." The girl rubbed her arm awkwardly when Mikan gave her an odd look.

Okay, this was getting weird.

Sighing in frustration, Mikan straightened her posture and put on an award winning smile. Well, it was the smile she used when she wanted the last Howalon in Hotaru's pantry jar...but it was the best she could do.

"I'm fine actually, thanks for offering though...Um, can I ask you a question?"

The girl smiled graciously and nodded, signaling that Mikan had her okay.

"Are you new here by any chance?"

Building B: Cafeteria

"Aoi, I love your hair! Its so curly and...uh...shiny!"

"...Thanks..."

The blue haired girl who had payed Aoi the compliment smiled brightly at the fact that Natsume's sister was speaking to her.

Aoi on the other hand, had to force her smile.

This was the 15th time someone had complimented her hair, and the 31st time someone had complimented her at all. She should know because she had counted. Not only that but Ruka had commented on it seconds after the girl had walked away.

It was infuriating.

Aoi didn't mind attention. She actually adored attention. But too much of a good thing was a bad thing and Aoi was at the point where she would do almost anything to find a quiet place where no stupid fangirls, or boys, could reach her.

Almost as reading her mind, Tsubasa, another friend of Natsume's who was part of his precious entourage, leaned towards her, and Aoi once again let her gaze linger on the star 'birth mark',as he claimed it was so, on his cheek.

"Follow me," He whispered softly in Aoi's ear, and she flinched at his cool breath.

Someone was eating way too many ice cream sundaes.

Aoi felt almost offended at the violation of her space, but realizing that this Tsubasa, who had proven to be very goofy and rather kind, was innocent in his attentions, Aoi obeyed. After all, what could be worse than being bombarded with her older brothers fans?

Not giving a second glance to Natsume, who seemed to be mulling over something as 3 older girls tried to catch his attention, Aoi let Tsubasa take her hand in his large one and lead her out of the cafeteria.

Aoi had never stepped inside Alice Arts Academy before that day, so she didn't know Tsubasa was taking her to his most treasured and private place in the school.

Of course, once Aoi reached it, it would become her favorite place as well. She just didn't realize it at the time.

Yayyyy, another long chapter! XD

Angel was kind of suspicious and shy in this chapter, but the next chapter will show her true, and drool worthy, personality.

Can't wait!

Q and A

Will they have alices in this story?

Sorry, but no...the first chapter might have made it seem like it, with Natsume setting the office on fire and all. But that was with a match...sorry if thats disappointing to you all! I had honestly considered it, but it wouldn't have fit.

Will Aoi and Mikan meet? Will they be friends?

Yup and maybe! :p

Who will realize their feelings first? Mikan or Natsume?

Look at the prologue! Its sort of obvious and right out there, lol. But just in case you need confirmation, Mikan probably will. :p

Sneak peak at the next chapter!

Dodge ball wars:

Mikan pushed Angel out of the way as the next dodge ball shot past, knocking a short girl with glasses down in her place.

"Thanks, but I could have dodged myself," Angel muttered grumpily but smiled softly afterwards to show Mikan she was grateful.

Dusting off her plaid gym shorts, Mikan leaned down and pulled Angel to her feet, both of them realizing at the same time that they were the last ones, besides Luna, standing on their side of the gym. Hotaru and Anna stood silently beside the rest of their fallen team mates.

Which meant...

"Mikan, look out-" Angel called, and tried to push Mikan out of the ball's path. Mikan tried to turn her head to see but was suddenly shoved out the way.

A sudden pang erupted through Mikan's skull and she fell to the ground, her pigtails flying and her breath caught in her throat.

'Ow...'

Slowly opening her eyes, Mikan glanced up cautiously, expecting her to be disqualified. But what she saw made her jaw drop.

Luna had pushed both Mikan and Angel to the side and caught the ball in her hands, a grim frown on her face.

'What!?'