A/N: Okay so here is the update finally. We are very busy with our own lives guys, so it takes a while for the updates. But I assure you that we will never give up on this story.

-Ed.

Also has anyone checked out the epilogue images from volume 31. It's shocking really. The actual end of Gakuen Alice.

Chapter 16: Unleashed.

"Is it ready yet?" Zagi inquired in a demanding tone.

"Yes, sir," a man with thick glasses and a shaggy lab coat said. His hands trembled as he held out a gun to his boss. It wasn't like any other guns the people in AAO used. It was smaller, white coloured made of plastic. It didn't need bullets to work. It was far more advanced.

"Good." Zagi sinisterly smiled. "About time I use it on that girl. That brat has kept me waiting for too long." The man couldn't help but pity the girl for whom the weapon was designed. He apologised to her mentally.

"So, I just have to pull the trigger and it will work right?" Zagi questioned.

"Yes, when her alice is unlocked and you pull the trigger the 'Alicesorber' will trap all of her stealing alice in it. " Zagi smirked at the name the man had given to the gun.' Alicesorber'. It was apt. A device to absorb the alice.

"Excellent. I can drain her dry of all of her stealing alice. And then I will insert the stealing alice stone in me...Excellent just as I had planned," he drawled out.

"I...I...have done everything you told me to. Sir, please, I designed the gun for you. Please let my family go. Please, I beg of you!"

"That will be taken care of," Zagi said. He took out his cell phone and dialed up. "Scarlet. Do it."

"Thank you...thank you sir..." The man hugged his legs tightly expressing the gratitude. When he looked up to see his boss, he was greeted with a gun pointing at him. Not the 'Alicesorber'. But an actual gun. With bullet.

"Thank you so much for your services, . Good bye."

And the trigger was pulled.

Scarlet walked past the dead bodies of a lady and a little girl. She dialed up, "It's done, sir."

"Good. Now get the boy. It's show time."

"Yes, sir. Got it." And she headed towards the adjoining cell, where a certain raven haired teen was unconscious.

"We have the team ready, sir." Tsubasa reported to the middle school principal.

"Dispatch the team immediately." Shiki ordered, "I want both of them in Academy by nightfall."

"Yes, sir." Tsubasa said. He himself wanted to get Mikan back to safety as soon as possible. And that foolish love sick boy who set out to rescue her all by himself. What the hell was Natsume thinking running off like that? God, the boy had it bad.

"And Andou, I'm putting you the in charge of this mission. Don't fail me. " Tsubasa bowed down and left for the mission.

Mikan felt a protective arm around her waist. "Natsume." She called out the first person she could think of. She opened her eyes to look at him. She saw a shabby raven hair snuggled close to her. For a moment she thought he was Natsume, but the boy was shorter than her Natsume. She smiled at the similarites those two shared. Arrogant. Stubborn. Raven haired. And...life shortening alice. A grave look covered her eyes. Somehow whenever she looked at the boy, her chest tightened was a complete stranger, and she knew that. These had been the first times she'd ever layed eyes on the boy, but somehow he looked oddly familiar. She'd searched her mind, but she couldn't come up with anything. She smiled again at the fact how protective the boy felt towards her. Even though she was the enemy. She decided to ignore the fact he had his arms around her, because just for a split second, she felt like she was with Natsume again. She'd give anything to be home in the academy, wrapped in Natsume's arms. Until then, she'd wait. Natsume would come to save her. He always did.

She stroked his hair and straightened it up. Her hand bumped slightly against his forhead in the process. And it was burning hot.

Kenji woke up, when he felt a soft hand against his forehead. He stared right into her eyes. Hazel met hazel. He gave her a warm smile.

"Good morning," he greeted.

"Kenji-kun. You're burning with fever!" Mikan whispered, her eyebrows furrowed in worry.

"It's no big deal. It happens every now and then...after I use my alice a lot," he replied.

"Oh god, I'm sorry...it was because of me you had to use your alice...I am so sorry..."

"Don't worry about it, Mikan. It's not your fault." He sat up beside her. "The fever will subside in no time."

"But Kenji-kun-" She was interrupted, as Zagi walked in with a gun in his hand.

"Sir, please no. Wait listen." Kenji walked up to him, despite the fever.

"I've had enough of your 'listening', 'talking' and 'compromising'. You had your time to convince her. Now I do things my way."

"If you only just try to underst-" Kenji crouched on the floor as a piercing pain shoot up in his body. Zagi was using his alice on him. "I don't have time to deal with your teenage infatuations kid."

He curled up on the floor and his shrill cry filled the room. "Kenji-kun!" Mikan was shocked at the turnout of events. "Stop it!" Mikan ran towards Kenji and hugged him protectively.

"Step away from him." Zagi pointed out the gun at her. Mikan did as she was told. And Kenji stopped screaming. He lay there unconscious on the cold floor. Zagi had stopped using his alice on him. "If you don't want any more of your friends from suffering, I suggest you surrender."

"I already told you." Mikan said, " I've lost my stealing and nullification alice. I have no idea how to unlock it. Please just let me go. "

"Like mother. Like daughter. Guess I have no choice. Scarlet!" He ordered. Scarlet walked in. And she dragged a raven haired fire caster in. Natsume.

"Natsume!" Mikan was shocked to see him there. The last time she saw him was at the 'Welcome back party', he was nearly naked and with the woman dragging him along. He had come following her all the way here. Every worry, every ounce of self doubt she had about herself was gone. He came for her, he was the only one for her, and he still cared.

Scarlet hurled him on the floor and he ended up at Zagi's feet. Obviously unconscious, he didn't move or flinch from the impact.

"NATSUME!" Mikan screamed, tears uncontrollably flowing out of her eyes. "What did you do to him?" She cried out his name again and again. Zagi bent down and grabbed Natsume's hair. Natsume flinched in pain.

"Please, I beg you. Let him go!" Mikan pleaded as she tried to reach out to him. But Zagi didn't listen to her. He used his pain alice on the almost unconscious Natsume, causing him to literally crouch in pain.

Natsume's screams were reverberated with Mikan's as she watched helplessly in horror. Tears flowing down uncontrollably down her cheeks. "STOP IT! NATSUME!" Mikan repeated over and over. Ultimately when his body couldn't take it anymore. He just collapsed. Not a sound or motion. Dead silent.

Death.

Mikan's mind raced back to 4 years ago. A similar sight she saw. Natsume lying severely wounded and lifeless on the cold floor. It was a spin chilling deja vu all over again. No. He couldn't die. Not again. He promised her. He...Her mind ceased to function. Her subconsciousness took over her.

"Natsume!" Her body emitted a Tangerine glow. The colour of her alice stone. She didn't know what was happening, but her body was reacting on it's own. Zagi was right. Yuka did seal some of her stealing alice in her. And the shock of seeing an almost dead Natsume had manage to unlock the power reserved for last resort.

"It's happening. Bring me the Alicesorber."

Zagi pointed the Alicesorber at Mikan and activated the gun. The tangerine glow was attracted to it like a magnet attracts metal. And before she knew it, Mikan was losing consciousness.

A gunshot was heard, which distracted Zagi and brought Mikan to her senses. She spotted the gunner, her favorite sempai, Tsubasa. The rescue team entered the arena just in time.

A/N: Sorry for the wait guys. Updates will be faster now. This chapter was written by EdwardElric108 and was edited by Sonic-Keyblade007 and Neverlookback756