No Turning Back
Chapter 1 - I'm going to America!
Summary:
Mikan has two very rare and strong alices, Nullification and Stealing alices. The Headmaster and Persona told her that she will study and train in Alice Academy America. They also said that if she didn't agree, her friends will be in danger from the AAO. What will happen to her and her friends?
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a/n: A bit OOC. And... I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE.
It was a normal day at Gakuen Alice, and as usual... our brunette is once again late for her class-
"UWAAAAH!! Oh no!! If I'm late JinJin will really kill me!!" she said to herself as she ran towards her classroom, and just like everyday, she'd bump onto someone-
BAM
"Ittai!" Mikan exclaimed as she stood up again, "N-Natsume!!" she said, she didn't even have to look at the person, she already knew who he was.
"Hn, watch it next time, Panda-print." he replied with his usual monotone voice with his smirk.
"Arrrr... Whatever! I don't have time for you right now!! JinJin is gonna kill me!" she yelled as she continued running.
The crimson-eyed boy smirked at her before continuing to walk towards his class too, "How could she be late? She's 5 minutes early before JinJin comes... Tch, whatever, I don't care."
SLAM
A panting Mikan arrived, "Eh.. JinJin isn't here yet?" she sighed a happy sigh, "Yay! I made it!!" she started skipping in the classroom and greeted everyone in the class, "Ohayo minna!"
"Ohayo, Sakura/Sakura-san/Mikan-chan/Mikan-san!" everyone except the stoic inventor slash her so-called bestfriend and some people who aren't there yet, namely Natsume and Ruka.
"HOTAARUUUUU!! O-ha-yo!" Mikan greeted her best friend in a sing-song voice and she TRIED to hug her.
BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA
There she goes flying across the room.
"I always tell you this everyday. Don't give me your Baka germs, idiot." replied Hotaru after she just shot Mikan and then she continued on fixing her new invention.
Mikan pouted, "Mou.."
And as usual the nice, caring Yuu helped her stand up, "Are you okay, Mikan-chan?" he asked sweetly.
She gave him a bright smile, "Yup! Thanks Iinchou!" He nodded in reply and smiled back as they walked to their desks.
"Ohayo Mikan-chan!" Anna and Nonoko greeted her with wide smiles on their faces.
"Ohayo, Anna-chan, Nonoko-chan!" Mikan smiled back at them.
And right after that Ruka came in, carrying his bunny, followed by Natsume who has his manga on his right hand. They walked to they're seats and Ruka smiled at Mikan with a hint of pink in his cheeks, "Ohayo, Sakura."
Mikan smiled at him too, causing him to blush more, "Ohayo Ruka-pyon and perverted Natsume!"
"Hn." was his usual reply again and the two sat down. Ruka patted his rabbit while Natsume read his manga.
"Okay everyone! Take your seats!" Jinno announced as he walked in the classroom with his frog on his shoulder, he noticed that Mikan wasn't late this time, "Good for you that you're not late, Sakura-san." he said as he looked at her.
She grinned at him, "Ehehe."
And then, Jinno took everyone's attendance and continued with today's lesson. After about 15 minutes or so, the Headmaster called someone.
"Sakura Mikan-chan of class 2-B, please come to the Headmaster's Office right after this announcement."
Everyone looked at Mikan, wondering what she has done to get called by the headmaster himself.
"I repeat, Sakura Mikan-chan of class 2-B, please come to the Headmaster's office."
And this announcement left a nervous and confused Mikan and really worried Hotaru, Natsume, and Ruka, and well, mostly her friends.
Jinno nodded at her. He knew what they would talk about.
Mikan stood up and excused herself from class. When she was outside the class she sighed, " I wonder what I did this time..." she thought as she headed to the Headmaster's Office.
knock knock
She knocked on the big door that has a sign that says "Headmaster's Office". After a second a voice told her to come in. She walked inside and saw a person in a blue and white suit with a big smile on his face, he looked like he was in his early 30's. Her eyes widened, "D-did I come to the wrong place?"
"You must be Sakura Mikan-chan!" he said as he motioned her to sit down on a chair in front of his desk.
She sat down and nodded, "H-Headmaster-san... umm... did I do something?"
He chuckled, "Haha, no, ofcourse not! And you can call me Yasuda-jiichan(Uncle Yasuda)!" he said with a huge smile.
Mikan smiled with relief, "Okay, Y-Yasuda-j-jiichan. So why did you call me?" she asked curiously.
"Uhmm... actually... I have something to tell you... there are two good news, and a bad news... which one first?" he said with a hint of hesitation in his voice.
"A-ano... One good news, the bad news, and then the other good news..." she said, a bit nervous for what the headmaster might say.
"Okay, first. I want to ask you about your alices. You know that you have two alices right?" he asked. Mikan nodded in reply, "Okay, well then. Because of this, that the news, both good and bad, will happen. The first good news is you'll be a Special-star student!" his smile widened.
Mikan's face lit up, "Wow! Really?? Awesome!!" she exclaimed. The headmaster nodded at her with his wide smile. "T-then.. what's the bad news...?" his smile disappeared and were replaced by a frown. Mikan, too, frowned at his action.
"A-and... right now you are only Two-star.. and so to become a Special-star... you'll have to transfer to Alice Academy America..." his frown still on his face.
She stood there, she seemed frozen, "I-I what...?! W-what do you mean?!"
"S-Sakura Mikan-chan... P-please calm down, I know this'll happen so that's why there's the other good news... So please listen, okay?" Mikan gave him a small nod, "Okay... The other good news is that you'll come back after a few years. Isn't that pretty good?"
"U-uhm... well... I-I don't want to l-leave my friends though... and I want to know why I even have to go there!" she said, "I'm completely okay here! I don't even care if I'm even a No-star! S-so, I don't have to go right?" Mikan begged while gripping her skirt rightly, she was almost close to tears.
The Headmaster's frown deepened, "I'm sorry Mikan-chan... but it's because-" he was cut off when someone suddenly appeared in the room.
"Eek!" the Headmaster exclaimed in surprise, "E-eh? P-Persona...?" he looked at the man wearing all black and a white mask.
"Yasuda-sama, did you tell the little brat yet?" he asked looking at Mikan who had a surprised, and a bit of scared face. When Mikan heard him call brat she puffed her face and glared at him.
The Headmaster tried to smile, "Not yet.. I was about to when you popped out of nowhere..." he said.
"Oh." was all Persona said before he turned to Mikan and give her a smirk.
"Well then, I think I'll tell her now," Mikan and Persona nodded at the Headmaster, "Mikan-chan... since you have two VERY rare and strong alices... we have to train you in order to protect yourself and your friends from the AAO or any other danger. And that you'll have to do missions." he said sternly, he now had a serious face, "You should know what I mean by that right, Mikan-chan?"
At first, Mikan didn't say or do anything. She only sat there, looking at the floor. After a few minutes she nodded, "F-fine... but, why do I have to go to America just to train?" she asked with a tear running down her face.
The Headmaster looked at her, his eyes filled with guilt and sorrow, he didn't actually didn't want to send this innocent, cute, lovely, and sweet girl away from her friends, "Because... if all your friends discover that you have to go to missions and that you have two alices.. they'll get into more danger."
"O-oh.." Mikan sniffed, "When d-do I have to leave?" she asked them, hoping not that she wouldn't leave so soon.
Instead of the Headmaster replying, Persona did, "You will leave in two days at 12:00 midnight. You're lucky you're not leaving today, thank Yasuda-sama. As Yasuda-sana said, you'll come back here when your traning is done and you will probably in High school then, you are also going to do missions there. You will also arrive there with all your things packed and you better not be late and don't even dare tell anyone, or else they will get a punishment." he said coldly to Mikan.
Mikan widened her eyes, "T-that's soon... and I can't even tell anyone.. b-but! There are Ruka, Hotaru, and Natsume who know about my other alice... m-maybe I can tell them!" she remembered what Persona told her, "I-I can't... s-something will happen to them..." she thought as another tear fell down her face.
"Sakura." Persona woke her up from her thoughts. She looked at him. "You can tell them that you are leaving, but you cannot tell them the reason why. You must also use your Nullification alice so no mind-reader will know about it. If there are any problems, see me or Yasuda-sama. Or find any teacher if we're both not here, all the teachers know about this."
She nodded, "B-but... how will I find you? I-I mean... I don't know where to find you at all..." she said looking at him.
"Just go to the usual Sakura tree you go to with your friends and go up the tree and mumble my name, and I will appear. And make sure no one is around. Understood? Also, be sure to act normal when you get back." Mikan nodded, "Then you can go now." he said with a smirk.
"H-hai... Thank you for telling me. See you Yasuda-jiichan and Persona." she said to the Headmaster with a smile and when she said Persona's name, she glared at him. Then left the office after the Headmaster waved her goodbye.
Persona stared at the door, "Such a brat... but... I think she will be really useful to the Academy." he said emotionlessly.
"Yeah... and she's so cute... I regret making her do this..." the Headmaster frowned, "I wish I have a daughter like her... cute, innocent, sweet, and-" he was cut off by Persona just before he entered his dreamland.
"Yasuda-sama, I'll go now too." he said with a sweatdrop behind his head. The Headmaster nodded and waved him goodbye.
The Headmaster sighed, "I wonder what her friends' reaction will be..." he said while looking outside his window.
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Mikan walked in the hallway, her mind filled with things that might happen if she wouldn't go to America and things that might happen when she's away or something like that. She was right outside their classroom door, she put on her cheery smile, even if it was hard. Mikan entered the classroom. Everyone looked at her with worried and curious faces, she smiled at them, acting like nothing happened in the office.
"Please take your seat, Sakura." Jinno said, with a bit of more kindness in his voice. Mikan and the rest of the class noticed this and stared at him unbelievably.
Mikan shrugged his "kindness" off, knowing why he did it. She walked towards her seat and sat down beside Natsume and she listened to Jinno's lesson. Natsume nudged her elbow wanting to know what happened. Mikan told him that nothing happened, ofcourse the crimson-eyed boy didn't believe her and told her to tell him and the rest later. She looked at the window with guilt in her eyes, she really didn't want to lie to her friends.
Right after Jinno's class was over, Mikan's friends surrounded her asking her questions. She sweatdropped. "U-uhm... nothing really happened, he said that I now have two-stars!" she announced with a happy grinned. She pointed at the two-stars on her uniform.
They looked at her, "Why do you have two-stars now?" Hotaru asked her suspiciously. The others nodded.
She froze, "I-I don't know... Yasuda-jiichan gave me a star and now I have two!" she said happily, hoping they would believe her. They did, but they knew there are more things that happened.
"I'm guessing this Yasuda-jiichan of yours is the Headmaster." Hotaru stated. Mikan nodded with a smile. "We believe you. But we all know something else happened, you stayed there for quite a long time. Now tell us." Hotaru continued to question her bestfriend.
Mikan gulped, "W-well... I'm going to tell you one more thing... and please don't bother me about it for the last two days..." she said in a begging tone, "I-I-I'm... I-I'm..."
"Your...?" everyone mumbled. "And why only two days?"
"Hurry up and say it unless you don't want to get hit." threatened Hotaru pointing her Baka gun to Mikan who was sweating nervously.
"A-ah.. don't! I'll tell! I'll tell!" she said the other motioned her to continue to what she was saying, "Uh..I'm...I'm..." she felt Hotaru's Baka gun nudge her, "I'M GOING TO ALICE ACADEMY AMERICA!" she yelled to them then looked down quickly.
Everyone fell silent then--
"WHAT?!" they all yelled to her. Probably the whole school(not the whole academy) heard this.
Mikan gripped her skirt tightly, trying hard not to tell them the exact reason why and not to cry. "I-I'm going to study there..." she said quietly, but they heard.
"Why?" Anna asked her with tears on her eyes.
Mikan gulped, "I-I just am..." she said as she stood up and ran away.
"MIKAN!" they all called her. They were all worried about Mikan... she didn't want to tell them why.
"Koko! Did you read her mind?" Sumire shook him.
Koko nodded in reply, "But... I couldn't read it... She probably blocked it with her alice or something... But this means that she didn't want to tell us..."
They all frowned and noticed that three people were missing. "Goodluck Ruka, Natsume, Hotaru. Please make her tell you..." they thought as they sat down on their desks, some sat next to each other and talked about what just happened.
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"Sakura.. please open the door!" Ruka begged as he knocked on her door a hundred of times.
"Mikan! Open the door! Or else I'll break it!" Hotaru added after knocking... more like banging on her door a thousand of times.
The two kept on calling her to open her door and tell them what really happened.
"Mikan, are you planning on skipping the rest of the class?!" Hotaru asked her, she was getting angry that her bestfriend wouldn't tell her a thing, and she used to tell her everything even she didn't need to. And now, when she needed to, she wouldn't. She wasn't even replying to them.
Ruka called her again and again... but she didn't answer. When the two worried people outside door quieted down, they could hear soft sobs from the person inside. They kept on listening and they heard another voice.
Hotaru put her new Hearing invention on the door, it was like a tube thing with a wire connected to a small speaker and they could hear Mikan and the other person inside. She didn't even introduce her new invention, meaning she was really really worried to do that.
"Polka... what do you mean by you're going to America?" a person asked Mikan.
"N-Natsume..." she stopped in between sobs, "I-I can't t-tell you w-wh-why.. I-I j-just am..." she said.
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Natsume told Hotaru and Ruka to try and talk to her through the door, and that he'll go up her room throught the window and talk to Mikan. He left the two people banging and knocking on her door, while he ran outside to climb up to her room.
He opened the window and heard someone crying. Natsume entered and walked towards her, he could also hear people knocking on the door and yelling, he stared at her for a while before talking to her. She was leaning against the door, she was hugging her knees and crying.
"Polka... what do you mean by you're going to America?" he asked.
"N-Natsume..." she stopped in between sobs and looked up at him then down again, "I-I can't t-tell you w-wh-why.. I-I j-just am..." she said.
Natsume kneeled down in front of her, "Po- Mikan..." he said, she looked up at him with teary eyes. She was a bit surprised that he called her by her name again. Mikan hugged him tightly. He patted her back gently and he pushed her away a bit and he held up her tear-stained face. He had a frown on his face, his crimson eyes full of emotion.
She started crying again, "N-Na-Natsume... I-I have to go... I'm-I'm sorry..." she said.
"We won't let you go unless you tell us why and we better like the reason too." Natsume told her while looking straight at her eyes.
She shool her head, "I c-can't!" she said again and again, "I'm s-s-sorry..." she continued sobbing.
"When are you leaving?" he asked.
His question made her cry more, "S-soon... I-i-in two days..."
Natsume's eyes widened, "W-what? That soon?" he asked as he shook her a bit.
From outside they heard someone gasp. But they ignored it, knowing it was Ruka and Hotaru and they were eavesdropping on them.
She nodded and looked down again, "Pe- I-I mean... Someone s-said t-that I was l-lucky enough to l-leave in two days... n-not today..." Mikan almost said Persona's name, which might give away her reason why. And knowing Natsume's hatred towards him, he would follow Persona everyday and ask him about it, and he might get punished for knowing that he had something to do with it.
He raised and eyebrow, "We still won't let you go unless we know why!" he said again.
Mikan shook her head again, "I-I'm sorry! I c-can't! Please go! Leave! Natsume! LEAVE RIGHT NOW!" she told him as she started pushing him away.
He hugged her to stop her from pushing him away, "No! Tell me first!" he insisted.
She struggled to get away from him, "N-NO! P-please leave!" she starting crying again, "P-please... leave... I-I'll go to school tomorrow... please... j-just leave..." she begged him.
Natsume looked at her, his eyes filled with anxiousness, "Fine... I'll let you go for today... You promise to go to school tomorrow, alright?" he asked as he stood up. Mikan nodded. He pulled her up and carried her bridal-style to her bed. She was blushing, but there were still tears on her face. He put her down her bed and kissed her on her forehead, which made the two of them blush and look away, "I-I'll go now... I might be back later t-to check on you. Ja'ne." he said as he jumped out the window.
Mikan looked down on the floor and lied down her bed, she decided to sleep instead of crying her eyes out for the whole day. Even if she didn't want to go to school because they will keep on asking her why, she has to, Mikan wanted to spend the last two days with her friends. Her face was still a bit pink from what happened a few minutes ago.
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