Summary: Mikan Sakura is your normal average high school girl in the Alice Academy… Then one day some weird people were in the Academy and… well… just read it for yourself to find out…! The story is a lot better than the summary… NxM pairing…

A/N: Well guys… here it is… the new story you've all been waiting for! Haha! Well… as for my other story The Life of a Middle School girl, I've deleted it… But no worries, for RedMushroom will be remaking it…:)

In this fanfic, Natsume might be a bit OOC (Out of Character) because I thought so too, so I'm really sorry if he is.

Oh… and by the way… This fanfic is dedicated to russianpopprincess!!! I hope you read it:) And I'm sorry, I know I didn't do the right thing during the exam, but I promise never to do it ever again… You're right… I should've known better…

Okay… On with the story!

The Thing Called Love

Chapter 1: You are the ONE!!

Mikan's POV

I woke up this morning and found a note on my side table. It was written on a black piece of paper written with a red pen, it was kind of hard to read, but I managed to read it anyway.

End of Mikan's POV

It said:

Mikan,

Meet me at the Sakura Tree…

10 AM…

-Natsume

"Oh, it's from Natsume-kun." Mikan said to herself, "Okay then." She checked her watch for the time, '9:00 AM, I guess I still have time for a shower and a quick breakfast.'

Mikan took a shower for 20 minutes then got dressed. She went to the dining hall to get some breakfast and stayed there for a bit longer since it was still a bit early.

Mikan checked her watch again, "Oh, sorry guys. I need to get going."

"Sure thing Mikan-chan." Anna said.

"No problem." Nonoko smiled.

"Bye Mikan-chan." Anna and Nonoko said in unison.

Mikan walked to the Sakura Tree. It was another normal Saturday morning for our dear, naïve girl, Mikan Sakura. Then she saw some weird people that she had never seen before in the Alice Academy, they were headed towards the Headmasters' building.

At the Sakura Tree

A certain ruby-eyed boy was seated on the branch of the Sakura tree. Asleep with his right leg resting on the branch and his left leg supporting his arm where his head lay.

"NATSUME-KUN!!" He heard the annoying high pitched voice of the girl who happened to be his dearly beloved girl friend. They have been dating since their first year in middle school, and now they were in their first year of high school. Boy, how time flies so quickly.

He looked at the annoying girl before him and jumped down the branch of the tree, "Sit!"

"Huh?" She asked with a confused face.

"I said SIT." He repeated nonchalantly.

"What? So now I'm your dog? Nu-uh" She said angrily as she looked away from the ever so famous Natsume Hyuuga.

"Just do it, Polka-dots."

"Fine."

She sat on the grass and leaned on the trunk of their favorite Sakura tree. Her arms crossed on her chest, and still looking away from the boy.

But then something shocked her as she saw the raven-haired boy lying down on her lap with a manga covering his beautiful face.

"Ne, Natsume-kun?"

"Nani?" He asked not removing the manga on his face.

"Ano… Why are you lying down on my lap?" She asked not minding her blush since he can't see her anyway.

"I'm sleepy."

"Why? Didn't you get enough sleep last night."

"I just got back this morning."

"From what?" then she saw a bruise on Natsume's arm, "Souka… Natsume-kun… You just got back from another mission didn't you?"

Silence.

"You know you should stop. You might just end up hurting yourself even more." She scolded him.

"I can't. Look Mikan, I'm doing this to protect you from Persona. Remember the last time you told me not to go on my mission?" Natsume asked.

"Hai. You listened to me and didn't go." Mikan answered.

"Yeah. And do you know what happened?" He asked with concern.

Mikan looked down and answered with guilt, "Iie."

Flashback

"Natsume, why didn't you go on your mission last night?" Persona asked. They were in the Northern Forest, it was late at night and someone had called Natsume to go there to talk with him.

"I'm tired of all your stupid missions. I have my own business and you have yours. So why don't you just mind your own business from now on, would 'ya?" Natsume said angrily.

"Natsume, Natsume, Natsume. Do you realize what you've gotten yourself into?"

"What do you mean?" Natsume asked nervously. And really scared. Wait… what? The oh, so famous Kuro Neko?? Scared? At this moment? Yup. I know you guys can't believe it… but Persona was Natsume's greatest fear.

"The next time you skip or fail a mission, I just believe that I have to kill your beloved girl friend who keeps getting in your way." He smirked.

"WHAT?!? You wouldn't dare put a finger on Mikan!!"

"Oh really now Natsume?" Persona asked, "Just watch me." And with that, he walked away.

End of Flashback

Then Mikan started crying, "I had no idea… Gomen Natsume-kun."

"Hey don't cry," he said cupping her face on his hand, "I'm never going to fail or skip my missions ever again."

Mikan smiled, and when she was about to say something, they heard something over the PA system, "Students of the Alice Academy. All of you please proceed to the Academy Auditorium now."

"Come on Natsume-kun, let's go." Mikan said, "You can sleep later. I doubt the announcements are going to take long, it's a Saturday."

"Fine."

In the auditorium

They were all seated inside, but complaints were heard all over the place like, "What are we doing here?", "I was enjoying my Saturday morning until this stupid disturbance." And lots of others.

Then as everyone saw Narumi-sensei enter the room and walked up the stage, they all shut their mouths and went all quiet.

"Gomen nasai everyone… for disturbing you, but we have some very important announcements for all of you." He said through the Microphone, "There are some people in the academy from Hollywood to look for great talented students."

Oooh's and ahh's were heard all over the place. Everyone was getting excited about this event.

"But don't get too excited," He added, "Because they will be choosing only one student among thousands of you. Only one will be chosen to star in their movie."

"What?!?" They all complained about what they heard through their ears.

"Yup. They will be most likely choosing someone who is really good at singing and acting, but what they'd prefer the most is someone who can sing." Narumi continued, "But nothing to worry about if you weren't chosen, for they know that you all have great talents. But once you guys will be chosen, no more turning back, for you are the one they chose and you will HAVE to do it. With no hesitations, they will be bringing you with them a week from now." He smiled at his students and gave them his usual "Adieu!" and left the auditorium at once.

Once Narumi-sensei left the auditorium, the students started making noise again, but this time no complaints, they were all talking about signing up for the audition, except for one certain Kuro Neko who happened to be (Obviously) not interested.

"Natsume-kun!! What do you think?! Should I sign up for the auditions?" Mikan grinned.

"No." He said nonchalantly, "Now let's go, I'm sleepy."

"But Natsume-kun!! I want to!" She insisted.

"No. What if you get the part? Then you'd be busy for everything else. You should focus more on your studies if you want to get into the honor role and see your grandpa again. And besides, if you get the part, then you'd be leaving everything behind, even your friends." He said with his bangs covering his eyes and he wasn't even facing her.

"Natsume-kun… Gomen… I didn't realize that." She said as tears were filling up her eyes.

"Hey, don't cry."

"I'm sorry, I just didn't realize that."

"Sigh. Look, I'm just telling you this so that you'd be aware of what you were doing. Just go to the auditions if you want to, I'm not stopping you from doing anything."

"No, I'm not going to audition anymore." She smiled, "Besides, I don't want to leave anyone behind, not even my grandpa, to be honest; I'd even miss Sumire-chan if I leave." She giggled.

"Whatever. Now let's go back to the Sakura Tree, I'm sleepy."

"Okay."

Sakura Tree

Natsume was fast asleep on Mikan's lap, 'You look so peaceful when you're asleep.' Mikan smiled.

It was too quiet for Mikan even though she could hear the laughs of the pre-school students from the play ground, the noise wasn't enough for her since she could barely hear it. So then she decided to sing a song, her favorite song, to be exact.

Nee yatto wakatta

Aisuru to iu koto

Betsu no sekai ikite-ite mo

Hitotsu no inochi

Anata no itami wa

Watashi no kanashimi yo

Kotoba ijou ni hibikiau

"Uchuu" mamorou ne

Inoru you ni anata wo aishite'ru

Me ni wa mienai

Sore wa ENAJI

(Feel like I'm in paradise)

Yorokobi wa

Nibai ni naru no

(I believe in dreams come true)

Ai wa mijika na

Kiseki da ne

Then Natsume's eyes slowly opened, "Nice voice." Then he gave her a small smile barely noticeable, but Mikan saw it and it made her smile… Big time.

Meanwhile in the Auditorium

The people from Hollywood were talking to Narumi-sensei, Jinno-sensei, Serina-sensei, Misaki-sensei and the headmasters in the auditorium, "We haven't seen good talent in any of these students who have auditioned. Are you sure that all of them are the only ones who wanted to audition? I expected more." They said disappointed, "But no worries, we can just go to other schools to look for our star. Arigatou… for your cooperation."

"No problem, please come back anytime once you feel like it. You are all very much welcome to his academy anytime." Narumi-sensei said.

"Sorry for all the trouble."

"No trouble at all." Said one of the headmasters.

Sakura Tree

Chiisa na hohoemi mo

Ooki na hagemashi yo

Fui ni kagayaki dasu subete

Sugu ni tsutaetai

The people were about to leave till they heard something from somewhere near the Sakura Tree, something like a girl singing, her voice was the most beautiful and most angelic voice they have heard among all the students in the Acedemy.

Inoru you ni anata wo aishite'ru

Hikari kirameku

Sore wa ENAJI

(Feel like I'm in paradise)

Hanarete mo

Tsunagatte-iru

(I believe in dreams come true)

Ai wa tashika na

Kibou da ne

Inoru you ni anata wo aishite'ru

Me ni wa mienai

Sore wa ENAJI

(Feel like I'm in paradise)

Yorokobi wa

Nibai ni naru no

(I believe in dreams come true)

Ai wa mijika na

Kiseki da ne

After Mikan finished singing to her dearly beloved Natsume-kun, she heard someone clap from behind her, "Huh?"

"Marvelous!! You're the one I've been looking for all this time!!"

"What?! What do you mean?"

Natsume had a really bad feeling about this, he sat up from Mikan's lap, he looked at those people angrily.

"Tell me young lady, what's your name?" He asked kindly.

"Mikan, Mikan Sakura." She said with a smile.

"Mikan… What a beautiful name," he said, "Beautiful face and singing voice as well." He smiled as he touched Mikan's face. And this made Mikan blush.

And of course, Natsume was now really, REALLY angry about this.

"Tsch! What do you want from her?!" He said angrily. And when I say angrily, I MEAN angrily.

"Mikan Sakura… You are the one! You have been chosen to be the star for our new movie!!" He said delightfully.

"WHAT?!?" Natsume shouted.

Okay… Uhmm… I know the first chapter was a bit suckish and stuff. But I apologize for that. I promise the next chapter to be A WHOLE LOT better!!

Oh… if you're wondering the title of the song… It's "Inoru you ni Aishiteru" from Fushigi Yuugi/Curious Play…

Please Review…! Flames are gladly accepted as well…:)