Okay, first of all this is is the first fanfic I ever considered publishing in so be easy on me. Don't hold back your constructive criticism though. I'll need it for sure. XD
Chapter 1 - Preparations
'Narumi-sensei, you liar!'
'Narumi-sensei... I'm... I'm sorry for letting you get hurt like this!!'
'Narumi-sensei... Can I call you Grandpa?'
'Otou-san? Otou-san...'
Memories like those haunted me. They were torturing me. I felt like a father who neglected a clueless child. The things I did... The things I did to protect Mikan was not enough, yet I had been sent out of the academy. I had been thrown out like I was some disturbance in the academy. I had been chased out of the place I was forced to go to. I was kicked out of the place where I grew up, where I met my friends, where I fell in love for the first time, where I met the daughter of the person I loved the most...
Memories haunt me.
It was another day at the academy. Students were walking to school, yet others were still in the dormitory, waiting for time to pass. But, in Class B at the Elementary Division...
"Mikan, how old did you say Narumi was going to be today?" Yuu asked as he carefully placed a large cake on the teacher's table..
"Uhh... Well... I think he's... 28! Yeah! He's 28, right?" Mikan tried to think while setting up decorations in the classroom. The students of Class B were very excited yet so busy they didn't know what the difference between the two was. The room was filled with happiness.
"I bet Narumi-sensei will be really surprised with this!"
"I can't wait to see how Narumi-sensei would react when he sees this!"
"When will he come here?"
"You have been doing quite disturbing things in this academy, Narumi." The mysterious figure behind the curtain said. Narumi was called to the principal early in the morning, and no one else but he knew why.
"All I want is for students to learn good things from this academy!"
"Allowing communication between the outsiders and the Alices in the academy will not be tolerated." He replied sharply. Narumi was stunned. No, he was prepared for this. But he never knew it would be so early.
"Narumi, you have been a student here before you became a teacher. You know what fate certain students in this academy have. You've made a big mistake to actually cover up for Natsume in certain situations."
"I never stopped him from doing any mission." Narumi's hands were trembling.
"But you do have meaningless and worthless intentions against the academy until now, don't you?"
"I.. I don't know what you're talking about!"
"You will resign from being a teacher of this academy. Leave tomorrow."
"...I will."
"Oh no! We forgot to ask Misaki-sensei for a camera!" Anna exclaimed.
"No need. I have one." Hotaru searched for he camera in her backpack while everyone was still busy. The teacher they were waiting for was late. 10 minutes late. And Narumi-sensei being late was a rare case.
"Oh no, I wonder what happened to Narumi-sensei..." Mikan's words changed everyone's mood. The excitement disappeared. Suddenly, they heard footsteps from the corridor.
"Hey! Maybe it's Narumi-sensei!"
"Quick! Everyone let's sit down so we would look behaved for him!" Yuu said as everyone complied.
The footsteps came closer, but that person was no other than Fukutani-sensei, the substitute teacher for Narumi.
"Good morning cla--, Hold on, what's with all the decorations?" He came into the room and laid his materials on the table, noticing a birthday cake with Narumi's name on it.
"You see, sensei, we were all expecting Narumi-sensei today since it's his birthday." Yuu stood up and answered the confused teacher.
"Ah, I see. But then, he was called to the Principal's Office just a while ago. I'm sure he'll be back soon."
"Would you please call him for us, sensei?" Mikan requested, "We knew that whatever he did, he was worried about us! We want to repay everything he's sacrificed for us by at least celebrating his birthday!"
"Ah, well..." Fukutani-sensei read the faces of the students in the classroom. Most of the faces had an expression of worry, but one certain student didn't show any care at all.
Natsume stared at the view outside the window, not participating in any preparation for Narumi's birthday. All he was seen doing was reading an RPG comic. But didn't it bother anyone that he read the same thing all the time?
He wasn't always reading that comic every time he held it in front of his face. No, he actually looked out for others. This time he was also thinking of what had happened of Narumi. 'That perverted teacher...'
Eep, I noticed that his name wasn't FUKUTAN but FUKUTANI!! XD (the ignored substitute teacher, I mean. XD)