When Home Comes Calling

Author's Note: Konnichiwa, minna-san! I am back with the sequel to WDCK! And the title of the sequel is (as you can see) WHCC, When Home Comes Calling! I've only revealed this 'secret' to one of my faithful readers and reviewers of WDCK, and I thank that reviewer for keeping it under wraps. Anyways, let's get started.

Shadow: Well, finally.

Aritia: Don't be rude, Shadow! Just carry on, U.R.!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything concerning Gakuen Alice.

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Chapter 1 – Separated

"Are you sure about this, my daughter?" Yuka asked Mikan. Mikan slowly nodded, and Yuka continued, "Well, if this is the path you've chosen, then I will not have a say in this. However, Mikan, I really hope you'll be careful."

Mikan nodded again. "Hai, okaa-san. Wakarimashita."

"And you know… there's something else I have to ask of you." Mikan made a face that looked like 'Go on' and Yuka went on, "May I escape with you?"

Mikan's eyes widened in horror. "What?! But Mom, I thought you wanted to stay here and…"

"Hush, my daughter. I haven't finished what I'm saying yet. Anyway, I want to escape with you, but I may not be heading towards the same destination as you will be heading off to. I just want to… get away from this Academy as well. It won't be long till the higher-ups find me in this Academy. They're already slow enough, taking more than a year to find me in this Academy, but I can't take any chances. I'll be going off somewhere too, Mikan, and I hope we'll meet each other again."

"You mean we… We won't see each other again…?" Mikan asked, tears forming in her auburn eyes.

"We'll pray that we will see each other again somewhere, sometime." Yuka hugged her dear Mikan close, and gave her the biggest embrace Mikan ever got from her. "I'll miss you, Mikan."

Mikan hugged back and let the tears from her eyes drip onto the ground. "I'll miss you too, Mom…"

"And promise me… that no matter how horrid the Academy and the higher-ups can get, don't ever hate Alices. Is that clear?"

"Yes, Mom. I promise."

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Mikan tip-toed out of her room, and gently knocked onto Hotaru's door to see if she was ready. Hotaru ordered Mikan to stay outside the door for she hadn't received the Ghostly Bracelets from Hotaru yet. Hotaru even threw in some insults at Mikan, calling her an 'impatient idiotic baka' or even just plain 'baka', and added in some hits from her baka cannon just to get Mikan to shut up. After half an hour, Hotaru was finally ready with her Ghostly Bracelets and her luggage, while Mikan was ready with her backpack and some complaints.

"Mou! Hotaru-chan, what were you doing in there?! Natsume-kun and Ruka-pyon are about to leave soon!" Mikan complained.

"What else but count my precious money?" Hotaru replied casually.

"Is money more precious than Ruka?!"

"That's for me to know, and for you to find out. Now, let's hurry up," Hotaru stated emotionlessly, picking up speed in her walking. Mikan tried to catch up with her.

"Mou, Hotaru-chan! I don't even know what that means!!"

"Just shut up and keep running! And put on the Ghostly Bracelets while you're at it! Here!" Hotaru yelled, tossing the Ghostly Bracelets over to Mikan who caught them effortlessly. She put the bracelets on, and so did Hotaru. "Now, think about which power to use, and it should be activated. Come on, hurry! We're about to reach the limousine! And I don't see Hyuuga and Ruka-kun anywhere!"

"Okay, okay! Let's use both intangibility and invisibility! How about that?"

"Finally, you're using your brain," Hotaru muttered under her breath. Both girls activated both the powers within the two bracelets they were wearing, and soon they were completely invisible. They spotted a limousine, and used intangibility to enter the car boot. "Now, let's deactivate intangibility, or else we'll fall through the car boot."

"OK, Hotaru. I wonder where Natsume-kun and Ruka-pyon's hometown is. Do you know where it is, Hotaru-chan?"

"No, and I don't intend to find out so soon. We'll know once we get there."

"But, uh, Hotaru? How do we breathe in here?"

"… I didn't think about that."

"You WHAT?! We'll die in here! Oh no!"

"Damare, Mikan! We may be invisible, but we can be heard! And the more you talk, the less oxygen there'll be in here!" Hotaru scolded, and Mikan cowered to a corner of the boot. She whimpered out an OK and their conversation ended quickly. Just then, the limousine started to move. Hotaru and Mikan sighed in relief, glad that the limousine had finally started to move. The journey was unsteady; there were many bumps and the limousine went up and down, up and down, up and down. Mikan nearly threw up and Hotaru was trying the best she could to get away from the sick Mikan.

"Ugh, when are we getting off? I hope it's before this idiot here throws up on me," Hotaru complained, as she used the intangibility to move her intangible head through the car boot to check out where they were going. It seemed like they were getting nowhere, except for the fact that they were in a forest. Hotaru went back into the car boot, and disabled intangibility for a while. "Well, we're apparently in the middle of an unknown forest, miles away from the stinkin' Academy. And maybe we're getting closer and closer to Hyuuga and Ruka-kun's hometown. Anyway, Mikan, do you want to see them or something?"

"Huh? See them? We can do that?"

"Duh. Use intangibility and go through the car and you'd be able to see them seated in the limousine."

"Okay, I'll try," Mikan replied, using intangibility power. She phased through and looked around, but all she saw was an empty limousine, except for the driver at the front of course. Other than that, the limousine was damn empty. Mikan entered the car boot once more, disabling intangibility. "Hotaru, the limousine's empty."

"That can't be, baka, let me go see." After a while, Hotaru returned, and even though Mikan couldn't see it since both were invisible, Hotaru had a shocked look on her face. "M-Mikan… I think… we've got on the wrong limousine…"

"E-eh?!?!"

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Natsume and Ruka sighed as they sat down in the limousine. Mentally, they wished Mikan and Hotaru good luck in escaping with them to their hometown. Hoping that their respective girlfriends were already in the car boot, Natsume and Ruka couldn't help but sigh once more as Natsume put his hands behind his head to support it, and Ruka began petting his rabbit. The limousine started to move, and all of Natsume and Ruka's fangirls all came charging towards them, waving good-bye at their favourite boys, even though they were already taken.

Hours passed since they've left the Academy grounds, and Natsume and Ruka looked out of the windows. Random leaves of bushes brushed past by, and sometimes they tickled the two boys. It annoyed Natsume greatly, and it made Ruka feel weirdly uncomfortable. Thye wound up the windows, and told the driver to switch on the air-conditioner of the limousine. Boy, they were enjoying a suite life within just a limousine…

… until the limousine halted to a stop all of a sudden.

"Oi, what's going on here?" Natsume asked the driver.

"Well, uh, apparently, the limousine is low on petrol and it, uh, can't move any longer…" the driver explained.

"Oh, great. Just great," Natsume replied sarcastically.

"Hey, Natsume, I think I'd better tell the girls…" Ruka whispered in Natsume's ear. Natsume told him to go on ahead and check out where they were stranded in while he was at it. "We're stranded in the middle of nowhere, Natsume. It looks like a forest of some sort."

"Forest? Oh, that forest," Natsume replied. "I remember that was when I first saw you use your Alice, Ruka. It was the incident with that bear, remember?"

Ruka blushed in embarrassment to that. "D-don't remind me, Natsume… It's still embarrassing… Anyway, I'll go check on the girls… Whoa! Natsume! We got an emergency!"

"Hn? What?"

"The girls… They're not in the car boot!!"

"…" Natsume stared at Ruka and Ruka stared back at Natsume. Natsume then said, "Maybe they're still invisible. Try poking the car boot. If you feel something, then they're probably there. If not, then, it's a real emergency."

"I'll go check it out!" Ruka rushed back to the car boot, and opened it. He picked up a random stick lying on the ground, and began poking every single space in the car boot. However, he couldn't feel anything when he was poking around, so he dropped the stick and rushed back to Natsume's side. "I've tried, Natsume! I don't feel anything!"

"Oh great," Natsume began his sarcastic rant. "The limousine's out of fuel, we're stuck in the middle of nowhere, and our girlfriends are missing. Can things get any worse than they are already?" As if on cue, a tree trunk fell down in front of the limousine, and it prevented the limousine from getting over, even if the limousine had any fuel. "Okay. Maybe they could get worse than they are already…"

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A/N: And that's it for chapter 1. Oh man, I'm so damn sleepy… It's, um… Midnight?! Wow! I love midnight!

…Ahem. Ok, it's short, but that's all I can go so far. I hope no one minds.

Next chapter: Mikan and Hotaru have to work together to find their boyfriends, and Natsume and Ruka have to work together to get home and find their girlfriends. Will the two parties succeed in their day's goals? Find out in the next chapter 'Let's Get Reunited!'!

Shadow: Aritia's sound asleep, finally. I am not, for I am a denizen of the night. I only sleep in the day.

Me: Um… Shadow, what you're saying doesn't have anything to do with this fic.

Shadow: Do I look like I care?

Me: o.0 (gets scared) Okay, you win… (backs off)

Damare: Shut up　だまれ