Note to all readers: Thank you all for waiting patiently for me to get over my writer's block. Now I am happy to announce that I am back! As you can see; I am giving the story a few modifications. Thanks a bunch to everyone who has given me the wonderful reviews!

Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice is not mine in any shape or form. Also, Sayako's Alice (Matter) was one I got off of another story. (I hope you don't mind that I use it!)

.: Then Fate Set Us Apart :.

by Reicheru Rii

Chapter One: Meet Hijiri Youichi

Meet Hijiri Youichi; a ten-year-old kid with the Alice of manipulating spirits. You may know him as a kid who always stuck to Hyuuga Natsume when he was five. But alas; all good things must come to an end, yet in this case; all good things must lead to better things. Now our wonderful, cute, adorable, lovable, appealing, delightful kid has become an attractive, good-looking, gorgeous, matured ten-year-old, just as Natsume was when he was his age. (Who I may point out; is now fifteen.)

Let's get on with the story, shall we?

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Hijiri Youichi walked down that halls; but not without receiving glances from people in the distance. Mind you, that the glances were varied. Girls who looked at him dreamily with hearts in their eyes; boys who looked at him with envy; and some homo-sexuals (No offence to homo-sexuals. A good friend of mine is one and I see nothing wrong with it.) looking at him with eyes of fear.

Of course, he ignored all of them.

And of course; he walked through the hallway of the Middle School building and stood in front of the door that read C-3.

And barged in.

The door opened with a Bang! and closed with one.

Youichi looked around until he spotted you-know-who.

You guessed it.

Hyuuga Natsume.

The teacher who was scolding a kid for being late finally took notice of the little kid in trousers walking down the isle and cleared his throat.

"Kid, this is a Middle School building. I think you should go to you class. How about that, huh?"

Unfortunately; this was a substitute teacher.

Unfortunately; he didn't know about Youichi or his Alice.

And unfortunately; Youichi was in a bad mood today.

"Shut up," he said as ghosts started forming one by one.

Just as the male teacher was about to explode, his anger subsided.

"Um...sir,"piped up a voice from the audience.

That's right.

And that my friends, is Sakura Mikan.

Also known as "polka-dots". Or "idiot". Or to Youichi, an "ugly hag".

Call her whatever you want.

Mikan spoke again.

"Sir, Youichi is allowed to come in here anytime he wants. For...err...special reasons."

"What special reasons?" roared the teacher, obviously not in the mood to listen to a class of fifteen-year-olds.

Now let me tell you this.

Right now everyone was thinking about how Natsume and Youichi would give the teacher a "sutiable punishment".

And everyone felt pity.

Who wouldn't?

I mean, cross a grumpy Youichi and an overprotective Natsume and what do you get?

Total chaos.

Now, everything would have been total chaos if Sakura Mikan hadn't tripped over a rock. (Heaven's knows where it came from). And if she didn't fall on top of her least favorite person in an...err... "unconvient" positition. And if a bunch of teachers hadn't opened the door right then and there.

What do you get when that happens?

Not total chaos, mind you.

Mixed in with the "OH MY GOD!"'s and yelling, pushing, snapping of pictures, blackmail, ghosts wandering around in shock, fainting, and girls with clubs in their hands to kill a certain brunette, Hell breaks loose.

Know what it's called?

Middle School.

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A/N: Was the chapter alright? Personally, I like this chapter better than the first one. I also took Writing Class during the school year so I hope my writing improved. Thanks again for everyone's support!