Summary: This story is set after Azumi Yuka was killed. In this story, the conditions that Mikan will be sent to training and will be under the Dangerous Ability were set in exchange for the safety her friends. In the 5 years that Mikan was gone, the Elementary School Principal was killed by the Anti-Alice Organization, Z. The dangerous ability class was dissolved but some still remain for the sake of the families of the students outside the academy.

Notes: I do not own Gakuen Alice. It is owned by Higuchi Tachibana.

Previously:

"Do you honestly believe that I would believe your excuses? Do you really not trust me? Even if we are together? We said that we won't lie to each other!" He exclaimed, raising his voice further.

I answered him with, "If you don't believe me, then don't! I have reasons to do this Ruka!"

"Really? Then it is better we don't see each other anymore." He finally said, then turned his back to me to leave.

I wanted to tell him the truth, but I couldn't. I just slumped back to my bed and cried. I mentally chanted that he would understand when the time comes. I fell asleep under the bed that didn't seem so warm anymore.

Chapter 11, What is Right:

The lights were glaring at me when I opened my eyes. Turning my head to the window, all I saw was darkness. "It's night time…?" I thought, then I heard the door opened and I snapped my head towards it.

"Hey, nii-san…" I called the man who entered.

He looked at me and said, "Awake already? Do you remember what happened?"

I saw him writing something on his chart while examining me when I answered, "Yeah. I had an attack earlier, and Hotaru was watching." I placed my arm on top of my eyes and bit my lip. "It sucks." I added.

"What happened before the attack?" He asked me.

"Nothing serious, we were just talking what happened during class earlier when my mind wandered, thinking that if I were living normally, I would be there with the class having fun." I answered.

"Well, I completely understand you." He answered me with his warm eyes understandingly looked at me. "But, we've told you many times not to think like that, or stress yourself for that matter." He added.

I turned my direction to the window and quietly answered him, "Sorry…"

After a while of silence between us, Subaru turned his back to leave after fixing my medicines and wished me goodnight, when I asked him, "Nii-san, when can I come back to class?"

"Maybe, in another three days without any complications." He answered. "I hope you can come back to your friends, Sakura-san." He added with a ghost of a smile as he closed the door.

Three days quickly passed by during my stay at the hospital. Hotaru still came to visit me even after what happened to me three days ago. I heard from Subaru-niisan that Hotaru cried hard and was inconsolable that day, but I tried my best to reassure her that I'm still fine.

It has been almost two weeks since I last came to class. I'm excited to see everyone again, I hope they are too. I arrived in my room early this morning. I wanted to surprise my friends when I come to the classroom later. Smelling myself, I thought that I needed a shower.

I took a long shower to cover my hospital smell with my strawberry flavored soap and shampoo. After that, I wore my uniform and fixed my hair. Still early, I sat down my desk to write about something.

I felt a familiar presence suddenly entered my room, "Ah, Rei. Good morning." I greeted him while still writing.

"Good morning. Good to see you are fine." He replied.

"So, what did you come here for?" I asked.

"The final mission." He answered.

I stopped writing, turned my chair around facing him, and said, "The final mission… When is it going to happen?"

"Tomorrow night and I will be going with you. This folder contains the important points from the flash drive you got from your last mission." He answered while giving me the mission folder.

I skimmed through it, my eyes darting around the important parts of the file. I turned serious and said, "I think it's going to be hard even for both of us. But even so, we will finish this once and for all."

He was going to answer me when he suddenly teleported out of my room. After a few seconds, someone knocked in my door and said, "Mikan, let's go to class."

I got my bag from my table, opened the door, and hugged the person in front of me, "Good morning Hotaru! Today's really special for you to accompany me to class!"

"Shut up idiot Mikan, you'll wake the whole school." She said back to me.

I laughed and held her arm while walking to class. I heard the familiar chatter of my classmates when we came close to our classroom. I opened the door, entered with Hotaru in tow, and greeted, "Good morning, everyone!"

Everybody in the classroom looked at us and shouted different things like,

"Mikan-chan!"

"You're already out of the hospital?"

"Sakura-san! Good morning!"

I replied to them all and said that I was fine already, and the doctors said that I'm not contagious anymore, since the excuse they said to the students is that I had measles so I couldn't come to class for two weeks. I looked at the back row of the class and was disappointed that Natsume is still not in class, but what I saw beside his seat disturbed me a little. I saw someone being flirty to Ruka-pyon.

I went to my seat to greet him when I overheard a girl say to him, "Hey Ruka-sama, is it true that you and that Ice Queen broke up? It's a good thing since both of you don't belong to each other."

My eyes widened and I was even more shocked to what he replied, "We already broke up."

My eyes darted directly to Hotaru who was ignoring everything that's happening in the back row. I was going to approach her when Natsume entered the room with Narumi-sensei. I sat down my seat and telepathically talked to Hotaru, "We need to talk."

I then took my seat with Natsume next to me. Narumi-sensei started class but I couldn't concentrate on them. I felt my raven haired neighbor hold my hand underneath the tables, staring at me, and whispered to my ear, "Troubled?"

I glanced to him and whispered back, "It's nothing…"

I saw his eyebrows rise up a bit. I bit my lip and contemplated what to say and I said, "It's about Ruka and Hotaru… Did they really break up?"

"I haven't talked to him about it." He said. I chewed my lips a bit and just hummed in reply.

After class ended, Natsume held my hand and dragged me to our sakura tree. He turned around to me and quietly said, "L-Let's go out tomorrow." My widened at what he said, Natsume Hyuuga asking me out? And blushing as well! I tried to tease him a bit and replied, "What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly."

He suddenly glared at me and said, "I know you heard me the first time." I stuck my eyebrows up, grinning inside and waited for him. He sighed and ruffled his hair and repeated, "Let's go out tomorrow, you and me, on a date."

I beamed widely at him and said yes to him.

I looked for Hotaru after meeting with Natsume. I first went to her room and knocked. When I didn't hear anything inside, I went to the cafeteria, knowing that Hotaru always liked to eat, especially crab brains. I saw my friends and asked them about it. My mood deflated when they didn't know where she was. When I left the cafeteria, I walked around the corridor until I saw someone thinking about something walking in my direction. "Ruka-pyon!" I called out to him.

He raised his head and his eyes widened when he saw me walking towards him. "A-ah, Sakura-san…" He said to me.

"Mou! Call me Mikan, Ruka-pyon!" I said to him, and then pouted my lips.

I knew he felt awkward when he darted his eyes somewhere else. I sighed and said, "Come on, let's talk somewhere." Feeling defeated, he complied and we went somewhere else where we can talk seriously.

I walked towards the northern woods with him trailing behind me. I stopped near a clearing I knew inside the woods. I turned around and asked him, "What happened?"

"What happened with what?" He replied while staring at the ground beside him.

I sighed; I answered him straight to the point. "What's with that earlier in the classroom? You and Hotaru broke up?"

"Why don't you just ask your best friend about it? She'll tell you about it. You're not me. She just lies to me." He replied.

I was surprised with what he said. Lie?

"Lie? Hotaru doesn't lie." I repeated what's in my mind.

"Ever since he was called by his brother a week ago, she's like not herself anymore! She keeps secrets from me; she goes away to who knows where every time there's no class, and when I asked her about it every single time, she just says that it's nothing! He exclaimed. "I think she's cheating on me or something…" He added softly after his outburst.

My eyes widened at what he said to me. I can't believe I was the reason they broke up. Because of what I asked of Hotaru, I didn't realize the repercussions of it. I didn't realize my selfishness when I asked Hotaru to keep that large of a burden by herself. Tears welled up in my eyes as I try to control my emotions from bursting out.

When I didn't reply on what he said, he looked up to me and saw tears cascade down my face. His eyes widened. He went up to me and said, "Mikan! Why are you crying?"

I pushed up my arms in my face to wipe the tears in my face while repeating saying "I'm sorry" to him.

He tried to console me, not understanding why I'm bawling my eyes before him. Few minutes passed until I finally calmed down. I looked up to him and said, "Wait right here." I pushed him away to put some distance between us. I stared directly into his eyes and smiled sadly at him before teleporting away.

I teleported inside Hotaru's room, knowing deep inside that she was hiding in her laboratory. I saw her sitting in her chair doing her inventions. I went near her and hugged her tightly. I felt her stiffened a bit and then relaxed when she realized it was me. "I'm sorry…" I whispered to her, and then teleported both of us back to where I left Ruka-pyon.

I saw Ruka-pyon where I left him, still wide-eyed and mouth slacking. I heard Hotaru say something beside me, "Where are we? What are we doing here?"

I looked directly at her and motioned her to look in front of us. She was surprised when she saw Ruka-pyon in front of us. "W-what is he doing here?" she stammered out.

I put both of my hands in Hotaru's shoulders and stared directly at her eyes. "I'm sorry Hotaru. I didn't know how hard it is for you to keep this secret of mine. I-I'm going to make things right again." I said to her.

"You're going to tell him?! N-no!" She replied.

"What are you both talking about?" I heard Ruka said.

"I'm sorry Ruka. I didn't mean for any of this to happen." I said to him. "I'm going to tell you the truth." I added.

I told Ruka-pyon everything I told Hotaru back in the hospital, about my past, my present, and my imminent future. After I finished my tale, I saw tears streaming down Ruka-pyon's eyes. I knew that I fixed something that I broke after I saw two of my best friends sharing a hug together crying theirs hearts out together.

I'm really sorry for the late update! I promise to finish this story!