Disclaimer: look now (cough) I'm saying (cough cough) it; I don't (can't breathe) own Gakuen Alice or the play (choking) Much Ado About Nothing they (cough) belong to Ms. Higuchi Tachibana and the gr8 Shakespeare respectively (cough cough) now stop strangling me plzz
Chapter seven: The Plot
"You'll die at my hands. I'll avenge my friend. No matter what." Megumi growled at Natsume.
"That's perfect!!" Narumi-sensei exclaimed. "I knew I had chosen the perfect roles for you all" he said. "But you didn't even select us……" Kitsuneme said. "Tch!" Megumi said "Disgusting"
Earlier the day before, ……… " Class !! The faculty members have decided to organize a drama by the elementary students for the graduations ceremony of your seniors." Some people groaned while others were excited. Megumi got up and made her way to the door "Oh!! And those who don't participate in the play will help in decoration and cooking." Narumi said. This effectively caught everyone's attention.
" I never want to be the one serving the seniors" said Sumire. " He said cooking not serving Sumire" Koko corrected. "Whatever!! I don't want to be the one to do that any way" she said. Yeah! everyone thought I don't wanna die at Sumire's cooking. They all thought.
" OK now one by one each of you come and write your names under any of these lines on the blackboard" Narumi said. Everyone looked at the board it had many lines but only the bottom edge of the lines was visible. The upper part was covered by white draping.
Megumi who was nearest to the board took a chalk and wrote her name first. Slowly one by one they all got up and wrote their names. Koko used his Alice on Narumi-sensei and smiled to himself as he wrote his name underneath one of the lines. At last, only one place was left, Narumi-sensei glanced around. He noticed that Natsume's name was missing. "Ok!" he said " The left out part will be yours Natsume" he said. "Hn" Natsume replied.
Narumi removed the draping to reveal:
Play: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING- Shakespeare
Koko - Don Pedro, prince of Arragon.
Natsume - Claudio, lord of Florence.
Ruka – Benedick, Lord of Padau.
Mikan - Hero, daughter of Leonato
Megumi – Beatrice, niece of Leonato
Anna, Nonoko, Sumire – cooking
Inichou, Hotaru, Kitsuneme – decoration
"Yay!!" Anna and Nonoko shouted just as Sumire shouted "No!!" " How can she be one of the lead roles?? While I'm gonna rot in the kitchen" She shouted pointing at both Megumi and Mikan.
"Now!Now! The roles have been decided" " We'll have practice starting tomorrow" Narumi said "Oh! and incase you are wondering i'll be playing as Leonato, the governor of Messina."he said and left
That's how they were all holed up together since the morning, and it was already two in the afternoon. " You can have a break now ." Narumi called." Thank god!!" "Phew!" they all said at the same time as they collapsed. After a few minutes many got up and made their way to the cafeteria. Some of them brought their food outside and ate while some ate in the cafeteria itself. Koko, Anna, Nonoko, Inichou, Mochigae, Kitsuneme, Hotaru, Mikan and Ruka stood in line to take their food.
All of them we're talking animatedly about the upcoming play. " Ha-ha…" Kitsuneme laughed pointing at Koko. " You read Narumi-sensei's mind and took the role" " But too bad the prince is not the lead role in this play" he said. " Hahaha ….. Ya but I still am the prince" " Although Natsume got the lead role without even trying" he said with a goofy grin plastered on his face.
"Hey!" Natsume called. Everyone turned around. Ruka looked at him and saw that he was carrying two lunch servings. "Thanks Natsume" he said as he took one of the trays. "Being a Special Star Natsume-sama can cut the line" Sumire said with big dreamy eye staring at them. Natsume and Ruka made their way outside. By the time the others got their lunch and headed to where Natsume and Ruka were. Natsume and Ruka were half done with their lunches.
" Hey" They said to Ruka and Natsume as they sat down . Everyone started talking about loads of things
Anna: I think I'll try the new cake recipe, I prepared, for the upcoming party. I hope they'll like it.
Nonoko: Of course they will Anna. I was thinking about this new drink I prepared……..
Koko: Yes. So what If I cheated? I still am the prince in this play.
Mochigae: Ya!Ya! You're the prince who does nothing but just loll around as his friend goes…….
Sumire: Why? Why? Why am I in the cooking department?
Inichou: It's OK Sumire . I'm sure Anna and Nonoko will help you out
Sumire: No! I don't know how to even boil an egg….
"Hey!!" Sumire exclaimed pointing to a tree. They all turned around. "Wow!!" Koko exclaimed. " Sumire has finally discovered what a tree looks like" he said sarcastically. "No! You idiot" " Look on the tree" Sumire said as she whacked him on the head. On the tree was Megumi. She was sleeping peacefully on one of the branches with her right hand and right leg dangling of the branch.
"Hmph!!" " She's the most annoying Person I've ever met" Sumire said. "Hm……." Koko replied " What?" Sumire spat at him. " Have you noticed How many control devices she wears?" Koko pointed out. At this remark, even Hotaru, who was not interested till now, looked up at Megumi
Megumi had earrings with a small diamond as the stud with a sapphire hanging down from it. She even wore a bracelet studded with diamonds and sapphires. She had a ring which had a flower design with a diamond at the center with sapphire petals Around It. She also had a matching necklace with a pendant of same design as her earrings. She had a matching anklet around her right ankle as well.
"Whoa!!" Kitsuneme exclaimed. " Those are a lot of Control devices." he said. "But her Alice didn't seem that powerful, when she used it in class" Sumire said. "I don't think she'd use her alice to full potential just to burn Yome's hair" Hotaru said.
Just then a bell was heard signaling the end of their break. They saw Megumi jump down the tree and land softly on her feet. Everyone began to leave for the place where the rehearsals were being held. They were surprised To see Megumi walk in a direction opposite to theirs towards the Northern forest.
At the place of rehearsals, "Now for the role of Beatrice" Narumi called "Igarashi?"Igarashi?" he called. But she was nowhere to be found.
At the forest, "You seem quite keen at your role" Persona said. "You made me accept the role." Megumi spat. "Yes! Or else you would look quite odd" "You need to mingle in your class to complete your mission" he said. "Tch!" She replied.
"Anyway this is your mission for today" he said as he handed her a brown cover. She opened the cover and checked The papers. "You have a map there and your job is to destroy the room in the center" He said. "Are you sure you don't want any help in this mission?" he asked. "Hn..... Those guys only slow me down" she said.
"What's in this place any way that you want to burn it down so badly?" she asked. "some stuff we wish to Destroy" he said. "What stuff?" she asked. "That's none of your business" he said. She just shot him a glare before she proceeded to carry out her mission.
She reached the place where she had to carry out her assignment. She used levitation Alice to get over the fence. "Whoa!!" she exclaimed as she landed inside. She saw huge grounds with large oak trees at the center of which was a massive building, more like a palace. She reached the entrance of the palace by jumping from tree to tree. Hm…… There are loads Of guards here!! I wonder what they are guarding?? she wondered.
She used her alice to create a fire in the eastern wing of the grounds, she then used her doppelganger Alice and created a clone "Take care of the guards who try to put out the fire" she said and they both went off in opposite directions.
This created almost enough distraction for the guards. They were still some guards blocking her path. She crept behind them and took them down one by one. She opened the door and entered the building.
As soon as she Set foot in the building the lights went out. "Tch!" she said as she lit a fire in her palm. She saw that many guys were surrounding her she started taking them down one by one but there were more people coming I need to finish this soon she thought. Just then her clone appeared beside her. "You take care of things here while I go take care of the mission" she said to her clone and proceeded inside.
She reached the room only to find it made completely of some kind of metal. She really felt like laughing out loud. So they really thought the black cat was gonna come? She thought. She chuckled "I can burn through anything" she said as she created a bubble of flame around her and walked into the room, burning the metal wall. She took down the flame and looked around. She found nothing but a few paintings in the room. After searching a little she found a safe hidden behind a painting. The painting was of a beautiful angel. She felt the door and analyzed it to be of the same metal as the room but a little thicker. She used her alice and burnt down the safe door. She found a blue file inside it. What? They wanted to burn a bunch of papers? She thought.
She took the file and flipped through it and she was shocked at what she saw. She got out of the room and burnt down the whole room. She walked back to the entrance where her clone was fighting. She teleported beside her clone and merged with her. She saw that the fire created by her to distract the guards had spread and the whole place was on fire. She created a bubble of flame around her for protection and walked out of the building.
Once she was outside she turned around to see that the whole palace was ablaze. She went back to where Persona was waiting for her. She climbed up the tree Persona was on. Persona was livid, "Why did you burn the whole place down?" "Now we won't know if the stuff we wanted destroyed is destroyed or not" he shouted.
"Oh come on!! Isn't there a better chance of destroying if I burnt the whole place down?" she said. "No. they can easily create a barrier and walk through your flame to get what they want." "Why can't you do anything the way I tell…"he started. "Relax!" she half shouted. "I made sure I burned down the room and moreover I didn't create the fire on purpose. I had created it to distract the guards and it spread" she said
"You shouldn't have……." he began but suddenly there were sirens heard from all around them. They turn to see that the fire department had arrived. They started trying to put out the fire. "I'll let you of the hook only if am sure that the room is completely destroyed." he said as they watched from their hiding place. "But my fire can't be put out by water" Megumi pointed out. "Then use your alice and control the fire" Persona spat. Megumi started putting out the fire. After about half an hour or so, the fire subsided and they could see the building.
The building was in ruins but the centre of the building where the room previously stood was completely bare as if nothing ever existed there. "Tch!! I told you" Megumi said. "Lets go" Persona said. The reached the academy at about 03:00 AM.
"You can go now" Persona said. Megumi reached her special star bedroom. She got to her bed and took out a bundle of papers and place them under her mattress. She jumped onto her bed and lay staring at the ceiling thinking about a lot of things.