Summary:

The Alice Academy sends six students (Mikan, Ruka, Natsume, Yuu, Koko and Hotaru) to Seigaku High for six months to pursue a Student Visit Program, where the appointed students can improve their social skills in the outside world, but must limit the use of their Alices and make it a secret. There, they meet Ryoma Echizen and the gang… will hell break lose? Prince of Tennis and Gakuen Alice Crossover! Ryoma x Ruka x Mikan x Natsume slight Sakuno x Ryoma

Chapter 1: The Student Visit Program

"Good morning!" 13 years old Sakura Mikan chirps lively as she enters her class, her auburn hair tied in two pigtails bouncing above her shoulders. She smiles brightly towards her classmates, shedding light even to the darkest corners of the four-walled room.

"Good morning, Mikan!" Yuu, Anna, and Nonoko greet back with a smile, looking up from their books to Mikan. They have been searching for new cake and cookie recipes to try out. "How are you?"

Hotaru, Mikan's best friend, puts aside a Technology-For-Experts-Something book and pulls out the infamous Baka Gun from below her chair. This was one of her earliest inventions, and since then, she has been experimenting the efficiency of the newer, updated versions by using the tangerine-named girl as the guinea pig. Of course, Mikan is too dense to notice anything suspicious.

"Hoootaaaruuuuu!" Mikan then exclaims as she starts running in slow motion towards her emotionless best friend. But, alas, before she could take another step forward, Hotaru pulls the Baka Gun trigger three times, sending Air Punches to the too-much enthusiastic One-Star Alice user.

Baka! Baka! Baka!

"Don't get too close to me, idiot," Hotaru coldly tells her best friend, putting away the Baka Gun from eyes' reach. She gives a faint sigh and goes back to her book, as if nothing out of the extraordinary happened. Then again, Mikan getting air punched was a common sight by now. "I don't want your stupidity to spread to me."

"Ooooh, Hotaru, you're so mean!" Mikan whines with teary eyes, using Yuu's offered hand to stand up. Then, as if having mood swings because of a girl's thing, Mikan smiles brightly and claps her hands once. "But I forgive you because you're my best friend in the whole wide world!"

"She changes her mood rather quickly…" Yuu comments with an awkward smile, sitting beside the quiet Hotaru. "It's a little freaky."

"It's a sign of idiocy," Hotaru replies with a bored tone, flipping a few pages of her newly purchased book. Mikan has always been like this even since way back in the countryside. She was so easy to manipulate, easy to trick, that a few people would take advantage of her kindness. It didn't help that she forgave easily, either. Freaky? Perhaps. Yuu definitely wasn't alone with that thought. "You better not spoil her, Tobita…"

At that moment, a certain Fire-caster and an Animal Lover enter the room through the back door. They are Natsume Hyuuga, a handsome young boy with piercing red eyes, popular among the girls yet rather aloof. Ruka Nogi, his blonde best friend, walks with him, a bunny in tow. They're known throughout the elementary school and even have fanclubs of their own. Of course, they think stuff like that are beyond ridiculous.

"Good morning, Ruka-pyon! Good morning, Natsume!" Mikan greets with her trademark smile that seems so childish, but yet so heart-warming at the same time. Ruka blushes at the sight of her smile. For a while now he has harbored a crush on this lively girl, a crush he kept to himself. Even though he's kinder than Natsume in many respects, he distances himself away from others as well, yet he found difficulty closing this girl from the boundaries of his heart. He doesn't let anyone else know about that, though.

"G-Good morning, Sakura-san," Ruka greets back, patting the bunny quietly sleeping in his arms. "You're lively as usual."

"Tch," Natsume grumbles, ignoring the usual morning greeting Mikan gave him. He walks to his chair and then opens the manga he just bought from Central Town, ignoring Mikan who just furrowed her eyebrows at him. Despite this facade, however, he's glad Mikan is still greeting him even though he constantly pushes her away every single day. It's a man's thing not to let go of their pride.

Mikan crosses her arms and pouts angrily. She turns to Ruka and asks, "Geez, why is Natsume so cold, Ruka-pyon? I greeted him nicely! There's no reason to act so mean!" Ruka smiles at her apologetically. He knew Natsume's reasons of course. Like him, he has an inkling that Natsume feels a certain way towards the bright-eyed girl in front of them, but of course, that was not his story to tell.

Suddenly, Jinno-sensei enters the classroom. At the sight of this strict teacher, the rest of the class drops what they were doing and sits down. The presumably cold-hearted teacher clears his throat and then announces, "Everyone, I have a special announcement to make. This school year, the Alice Academy has decided to enter a Student Visit Program together with a normal school named Seigaku High."

This announcement, although strangely, catches everyone's attention. Natsume lowers his manga while Hotaru puts down her book. Koko stops reading the mind of his fellow classmate and even Mikan shuts up.

Well, that seemed to work, Jinno thinks to himself rather proudly. He adjusts his glasses and then clears his throat once again, saying, "Hmm, as I was saying, I will choose six students of this class to go and attend class in Seigaku High for half a year as a first year in junior high. This, however, comes with three conditions: one, they will limit the use of their Alice; two, they must let their Alice a secret, and; three, throughout their six-month stay, they must act as normal as possible."

As Jinno finishes the second part of his announcement, whispers of excitement and doubt fill the classroom. Some are thrilled to be able to have the chance to live a normal life outside Alice Academy, while some doubt that this is a good idea, since their levels are way beyond of a human's. Besides, limiting their Alice is practically impossible, what about keeping it as a secret? Hah! That'll happen when heaven crashes into earth!

"Hmm… what do you think of this program, Natsume?" Ruka asks his best friend with a small smile. He thought the idea sounded good enough. A chance to see the outside world... wouldn't that be exciting indeed? Perhaps a bit of fresh air and new environment would do both of them some good. "Thinking of participating?"

Natsume rolls his eyes and continues to read his manga, "Tch. It's utterly stupid."

Then, suddenly, Natsume overhears Mikan exclaim excitedly, "Hey, Hotaru! Let's hope we get picked! Do you still remember the life we had outside? I miss that life so much! Seigaku High seems like a fun school, don't you think? We'll make new friends!"

Overhearing this, Natsume thinks to himself with a frown, maybe I should participate if polka-dots participating… who knows what idiotic things she'll do there… sheesh, she always needs a babysitter…

Jinno, noticing that the class is getting noisy with their whispers of excitement, clears his throat to continue his announcement, "If all would be quiet, I would like to announce the six students that have been picked, who will join the program whether they like it or not."

Then, as if a miracle happened, the zoo of Alice users turns quiet, obediently heeding his command. Some are fidgeting, some are twirling their fingers. One thing is for sure: each and every one of them is hopeful for this chance. Jinno smirks and pulls out a small paper from the pocket of his coat. He then reads, "My first pick would be Tobita Yuu, since he's the class representative. He will be the one responsible if anything happens or when something goes wrong during the flow of the program."

Yuu sighs to himself as his shoulders drop. Adjusting the glasses that frame his eyes, he mumbles, "I don't know if I should be happy or sad about that…"

Jinno ignores the comment and reads on, "My second pick would be Imai Hotaru, since she's a three-star student with an exemplary record. She's intelligent, and even though she's void of any kind of expression, she's someone that Alice Academy can show off."

Hotaru blinks and puts out her Baka Laser, an updated version of her Baka Gun that is yet to be tested on Mikan, and aims it at her teacher, flatly asking, "Would you like to be the first one to experience my Baka Laser, Jinno-sensei? It's free of charge; I guarantee that."

Jinno-sensei glares at her and replies, "I'll pass." Then, as if the incident didn't happen, Jinno reads on, "My third pick would be Yome Kokoro, because… hmm… well..." he scratches his head for a moment and then mumbles,"...because he seems harmless to mankind."

All eyes then turn to the mind-reading Alice user who has that freaking creepy smile plastered on his face every single day, even while saying he met a murderer, all with one question in their minds… "He is?"

"Fourth would be Nogi Ruka, because he's a three-star student and has a nice personality. It will balance the group," the cold-hearted teacher reads on. "Fifth would be Hyuuga Natsume, obviously because he's a Special Student, a boy genius, and has the potential to protect the group when something goes wrong."

Natsume rolls his eyes and continues to read his manga, appearing uninterested but showingno signs of protesting or arguing with the idea. Ruka just smiles on behalf of his quiet best friend.

Mikan looks down to her shoes, as if they are the most interesting in the world at the moment. I wonder if I'm going to be picked? Even Hotaru is participating… I don't want to be left alone! Oh, please, let the last one be me!

"As for the last one," Jinno starts once again, pulling out another piece of paper from his pocket. "This is a special pick by your adviser, Narumi, so, if you want to be picked but you weren't chosen, don't go and come crying to me." The class soon feels nervous, anxious to know who'll the last one will be. Surprisingly, even Jinno himself is looking nervous, because even he doesn't know who Narumi chose.

"The last one…"

The class drops their things and leans closer to hear…

"… whom Narumi-sensei chose is…"

The class leans closer and closer, restless to know…

"… Sakura…"

The class swallows hard as they lean a little bit closer, their breathing already being on stand by…

"… MIKAN?!"

"WHAAAAAAAAT?" everyone choruses in surprise and anger. All, of course, except the chosen ones.

Sumire clenches her fist and starts to complain, numerous fangirls rallying behind her, "I can't believe this! A one-star with a useless Alice was chosen over a beautiful two-star like me! This can't be true! And she'll even be with Ruka-sama and Natsume-sama! NOOOOO!"

Mikan looks at her hands and grins widely. "YES!" she exclaims happily, punching her hand to the air and jumping with glee. She turns and then hugs Hotaru joyfully, glad that she'll be able to experience something new and at the same time, familiar, with her best friend. "Isn't this great, Hotaru? I've been chosen; I've been chosen!"

Hotaru continues reading her book without even bothering to look at her energetic friend. "Congratulations. Now would you please get off me? Les you want me to punch you with my Horse Shoe Glove."

Mikan ignores Hotaru's cold comments and continues to hug her best friend, obviously overwhelmed with happiness. She knows deep down Hotaru is as happy as her. To have a normal school life, with normal teachers, with normal activities and normal friends… it's something you have to grab while the opportunity is still there.

Of course, who wouldn't be happy?

Jinno, obviously disappointed with the last choice, crumbles the paper and forces a mocking smile, thinking, Damn you, Narumi… of all people, why this brat?! He takes a big breath and announces the last part, "ANYWAY, since the six are chosen already, I will tell you the objective of the program. It is to improve your social skills and to let you experience a slice of what life really is outside Alice Academy. Any questions?"

Hotaru raises her hand. Jinno nods at her. She stands up and asks, "Where will we sleep? Where will we get food? And what about some allowance money?"

Jinno nods at her and tells her to sit down. He replies, "For money, each and every one of you will be given 200 Rabbits a month, which you will exchange for the currency the outside world uses… which is Yen. So, basically, you'll be given 20,000 yen each."

"Now, there is another purpose for this program," Jinno continues on. "Since it is to let you experience a normal life, each of you will go home separately. If that does not register in all your petty brains, it means that every student will go home in another student's house, and you will not be treated as a guest, but as a part of the family,"

Jinno pauses and takes another deep breath. Geez, explaining to 13 year old kids is so tiring. "As I was saying, that means whatever the appointed family does, you will also do. This includes activities like cleaning household chores, going out for picnics, and, well, other normal stuff. The family will also provide you the food."

Mikan then stands up and asks with disbelief, "T-then you're saying, when we go home, we'll be separated?! I won't be beside Hotaru or Yuu or… or…"

"YES, SAKURA MIKAN. I SAID THAT EARLIER ALREADY, SO THE FACT YOU'RE REPEATING AND QUESTIONING IT NOW ONLY PROVES YOUR INCOMPETENCE. SO LIVE WITH IT," Jinno barks, electricity coming out of the stick he usually carries. Clearing his throat once more, he says, "I will announce to you the family you've been appointed to…"

"Imai Hotaru, you're appointed to Satoshi Horio. Tobita Yuu, to Ryuzaki Sakuno. Yome Kokoro, to Osakada Tomoka," Jinno reads on, secretly sighing for talking so long. "Nogi Ruka, to Kato Kachiro. Natsume Hyuuga, Mizuno Katsuo. Last, but not the least, Sakura Mikan, you're appointed to Echizen Ryoma. So, by tomorrow, pack the things that you need, clothes and all, as a bus will drive you to Seigaku High around 7:30 in the morning. During the six-month stay, you will NOT be allowed to come back to the Academy. You'll also wear the uniform Seigaku High uses to avoid confusion. Choose your clubs wisely. That is all." Then, with a tired sigh, Jinno leaves the classroom, leaving behind him a noisy class squealing and whispering and yelling in enthusiasm and disappointment.

Natsume lowers his manga and raises an eyebrow at the fact polka-dots was appointed to a boy's Home. What the hell – A BOY?! Being the cheerful and lively Sakura Mikan that she is, the possibility of having a competition is… high.

Ruka also frowns at this but keeps his thoughts to himself, patting the bunny for the 50th time that day. Like Natsume, he disapproves the idea of Mikan having to say in a boy's home. Having two people fight for her attention and affection is enough… another one would be too crowded and would reduce the chances of obtaining the heart of the girl he has laid his eyes on.

"Ryoma Echizen, huh?" the two best friends overhears once again Mikan Sakura say with wonder. "I wonder if he's nice."

Like hell I'll give up without a fight, Natsume and Ruka think to themselves, their resolve decided.

Dear Grandpa,

I've been chosen as one of the six students to participate in a Student Visit Program! Even though I'll be apart from Hotaru by dismissal, I think I'm going to have another adventure! I'll also be staying in the home of this "Echizen Ryoma" guy! Pray that he's nice, Grandpa!

Mikan

To Be Continued…

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