Summary: Mikan Sakura. The light of the Academy. The hope of her friends. The one that changed them all. The one that is loved by everyone. Her friends never thought that she will transfer to another school without a goodbye. It has been 4 years already since she left. And finally, after 4 years, they will have a 'once-in-a-life-time' field trip to the Alice Academy America; the place where Mikan is. What will happen to their reunion? Tears? Blood? And who the heck is this Princess of Death or Death-hime they are talking about?

Author's Note: This is the re-post of the earlier one. Hope that this one's English would be more understandable. I also have a beta reader now. She's Moonlight Rapture. Be sure to check her stories !

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Gakuen Alice, okay? As if Tachibana-san would really do fanfics...

Warning: Incorrect spellings, missing word or letters and such. Noobish grammar since I'm not fluent at English. Lame attempt at humour (if I do attempt), God-like Owned Characters, OOC characters, though I will try my best to keep them In-character except for Mikan. Don't like, don't read.

The Princess of Death
By: BeArOcKpRiNxEsS
Beta Read by: Moonlight Rapture

" Sometimes, you will finally realize their worth when they are gone. "

Chapter 0 ~ Prologue

There was a certain raven-haired lad lying on the branch of a sakura tree in full bloom, its petals gently falling all around him. He closed his eyes as the cool, gentle breeze passed through his messy raven hair. He sighed sadly as he reminisced about a certain someone.

4 years had already passed since she left. Four damn years since the hope of the Academy had disappeared. 4 years since everybody's light had mysteriously disappeared. 4 years since Natsume Hyuuga's one and only love has left them all.

The gang, which is composed of Koko, Sumire, Nonoko, Yuu, Anna, Kitsuneme, Hotaru, Ruka, and Natsume, had changed after she left. They had changed so much simply because of a simple disappearance of a single girl. But truth be told, that one girl had made a huge difference in them. All of them. But now that she had left, they had changed once again. They didn't talk as much, unless absolutely necessary. Nobody dared to go near any of them because they all knew that they would either be ignored, hit by the baka gun or become burnt chicken.

But 4 years have already passed. They have all moved on. They were back to their original selves, more or less, though to those that looked carefully, you could tell that there was emptiness and longing in their eyes. There was always sadness and despair whenever they spoke.

She changed everyone else so much. As soon as the words 'Natsume's no star partner had disappeared' were heard, the asmosphere became tense and gloomy. But who could cause such a huge change in everyone? It was no other than the bubbly, clumsy idiot, known as Mikan Sakura. The one that changed her classmate's lives… No, not just the class. Saying just the class would be an understatement. She had changed the whole school's lives. But now she's gone.

~ღ *Flashback* ღ~

"Hey guys, did you see Mikan-Chan lately?" Koko asked. The gang was in a grassy field to have a mini picnic. The only thing missing was Mikan.

"Now that I think about it, I haven't seen her lately." Yuu replied as he opened his bento. "But Narumi-sensei said that she was just sick, right?"

They all nodded, excluding Natsume and Hotaru, who were just glancing around stoically.

"But I still don't believe it. Sakura-san should not be absent for that long. I mean, it's already been 2 weeks! Something must have happenned." Ruka said while petting his bunny with a death grip that would probably have suffocated it by now.

"I agree! This is Mikan-chan we are talking about. Even though she's sick, I'm pretty sure that she would have tried her best to reassure us that she is okay. Something's definitely wrong." Kitsuneme added.

"I think so too." Hotaru finally spoke. Everyone's attention was immediately focused on her.

"Really? What do you think happened, Hotaru?" They asked. It was really rare for Hotaru to join their conversation.

"It's kind of obvious that she's pretty sick to ditch school for two weeks. Why don't we go check up on her? She's either in the hospital, or in her dorm sleeping." Hotaru suggested. They all nodded.

They went to the infirmary. The nurse said that Mikan never came there, much to their surprise. They decided to check her dorm. On their way, they saw a very gloomy Narumi. He was dressed in black; in an outfit that would rival Persona's, almost more emo than his.

"Hey Narumi, tell us where is Mikan!" Hotaru said with a hint of annoyance in her voice as she got her Baka Gun Limited Edition Ultimate Special Version 2.0 out-of-nowhere.

"Yeah, Narumi-sensei, where is Mikan? The nurse said that she hasn't seen Mikan in the past month or so! So it means she didn't even went there!" Anna exclaimed.

"Is she at her dorm?" Nonoko asked. Her eyes were pleading for a 'yes'.

Narumi stared at them, his face void of any emotion. He opened his mouth to say something but someone beat him to it.

"WHAT! MIKAN IS GOING TO WHAT? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?" Koko shouted in an obnoxiously loud voice.

"Shut up Koko. You're making my ears bleed." Natsume said as he glared intensely at Koko. But despite his stoic appearance, he was curious as to whatKoko's sudden outburst was about.

"Koko, explain clearly." Hotaru said with authority in her voice. The Baka Gun Limited Edition Ultimate Special Version 2.0 was nowhere to be seen.

"Eto… eto… I... I can't say it!" Koko shouted as tears fell down from his face. He felt his knees weaken. He knelt down, finally giving in to the realization.

Narumi started his explanation. "Mikan-Chan left for Alice Academy America. We were about to inform you all but Mikan said not to so that you guys wouldn't try to stop her from leaving. She knew that if you had seen her before she left; she wouldn't have gone through with it...

…She's there to train her Alices. Her Alices surpasses pretty much all Alices known. Alice Academy America, or AAA, can handle her better then we can..."

"When will she come back?" Nonoko and Anna said in Unison. Their eyes were big as saucers, filled with sadness and hope.

Silence filled the area. You could hear nothing except for the sound of their breathing.

"Narumi-sensei?" Yuu asked worriedly. "Are you okay?"

Still, there was no Reply.

"Hey, answer us you damn gay bastard!" Natsume finally snapped. He hated waiting for answers.

"It was said that... It would be impossible for her to come back. There's only a 10% possibility that she will come back. I-I'm sorry, if you excuse me." Narumi said as he started to cry. He ran away crying a water fall of tears chibi-style, his tears flooding the halls.

The group watched Narumi's retreating figure with shock and a sad expression on their faces. Natsume still looked as stoic as ever, but inside, he wants to beat the crap out of Narumi for not telling him that Mikan was going to leave. Hotaru still has her emotionless facade, but her eyes showed a hint of sadness as a tear cascaded down her face. She quickly wiped it away. No one was able to see it except for our flame-caster.

"Why did you have to leave us, Mikan-Chan?" Nonoko and Anna said in unison. It sounded like they wanted to cry.

"Why didn't you give us any information about this?" Yuu added.

"Why do you have to go?" Koko said. His voice was shaky after crying.

"Shut up bakas, you sounded like Mikan died! She will come back, I definitely know it." Hotaru said.

"She will definitely come back to hug me." Hotaru added in her thoughts.

Natsume just left them in their sorrow and walked towards his sakura tree. Their sakura tree to be exact. He laid on a branch, closed his eyes and covered his face with volume 4 of 'Naruto'.

"Why do you have to leave us, Mikan? Why didn't you let me tell you how I really feel for you before you left? Be sure to come back, Polka-dots. I will surely miss you. Come back." Natsume thought as he cried silently, the tears threatened to overflow. Of course, because of his pride, he quickly wiped the tears away so that nobody will be able to see it, specially the blackmailing inventor.

~ღ *End of Flashback* ღ~

"Natsume! Natsume!" Ruka shouted at the lad who is sleeping at the Sakura Tree.

Natsume growled. "What is it this time Ruka?" He asked with an irritated tone.

"Didn't you hear the rumors? We might go to Alice Academy America for a field trip! Isn't that great? Will you come?" Ruka asked. Enjoyment and excitement was filled in his eyes.

Natsume sat up and rolled his eyes. "They're just rumors, Ruka." He jumped off of the tree branch. "Plus, why should I go to that AAA? It's just a waste of my time."

"But Natsume, Isn't that the Academy where Mikan is? Maybe we will have a chance to see her again!" Ruka said happily.

"Hn." Was all Natsume repied after Ruka's announcement, but Ruka knew that deep inside him, Natsume was also happy to be able to see Mikan again. He started to tell this rumor to the gang as they all went to the classroom with happy faces except for the ever-stoic duo of Natsume and Hotaru.

At the classroom…

~ღ Natsume's POV ღ~

Hn. Narumi is late today. Or maybe I was just early? Nah. Impossible. But I still wonder if what Ruka said is true. Are we really going to go to AAA for a field trip? That would be nice! I really miss MY Polka-Dots now.

I heard someone chuckle. I glared at Koko."Try to tell anyone, and I'll turn you into Koko Crunch in an instant." I said to him via thinking it. I saw him shiver as he tried to avoid meeting my eyes, obviously scared of being burnt. Good.

Narumi finally walked into the classroom. No, wait. Walked isn't correct. He waltzed into the classroom. Something's fishy. He was wearing frilly clothes and even waltzed… which he stopped doing after Mikan left.

"Ohayoo, My dear and lovely little lilies!" The gay sang. His annoying voice made me want to puke my guts out.

"Guess what? We are going to have an awesome once-in-a-life-time field trip!" When I heard that, my heart stopped. Not in the literal way that I will die, but in the wow-I-wasn't-expecting-that way. It was really true then!

"We are going to Alice Academy America! It is Gakuen Alice's sister school, but they are more advanced than we are! Alices there are really well known and famous." Gay said.

"I'll give you free time! So please start packing up your things because we will be leaving tonight at 10 PM sharp. Please don't be late. If you are tardy we will not hesitate to leave you behind. If you do manage to sneak onto the plane, we will immediately toss you out of the window." Narumi threatened. He waltzed out the room again. Somehow, his threat intimidated me. I couldn't be late. I won't miss the chance to see my Mikan again.

My Mikan.

~ღ End of POV ღ~

Everybody stood up to leave the classroom with a smile plastered on their faces. By the time all the students filed out, the only ones left were the gang. They all stood up at the same time, gave each other a look, and walked out of the room. They all had the same thing in mind.

They will finally see their friend again, their 'light'..

Finally, they will see Mikan Sakura again.

End of Chapter 0, Prologue

~ AUTHOR'S NOTE. MUST READ. ~

This is the re-post of the earlier one. Same plot. I just added some more details, changed some sentences, and of course.. It had been beta read by my oh-so nice-and-good beta reader, Moonlight Rapture. Seriously, I love all the changes she made. ^^.

Feel free to leave reviews, okay? They are so much appreciated! Flames are NOT entertained, except if it is constructional flames. If there are any wrong grammars, spellings, missing word or letter... please let me know, and try to be more nice. Being rude is a NO NO.

Thanks for reading.

Next Chapter: Chapter 1 ~ Welcome to Alice Academy America!

Preview for the Next Chapter:

"Hello! We are from Gakuen Alice! Are you the one guiding us?"

"Oh my god, maybe Death-Hime knew them."

"Sugoi! This Alice Academy America is a lot bigger than ours!"