Disclaimer : I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE. But Higuchi Tachibana does :D.

Enjoy this story. Probably yes, that, Mikan, Hotaru and maybe all of the characters in this fanfiction would be.. uh... OOC, stands for out of character, if I'm not wrong, that is.

Yay! My exams are over! Hip hip hurray x3! Imma so happy! And I can play all I want now! Yea, now. Cos when the results come out, I can't really say the same lol. But yea, I'm updating now, aren't I? :DDDD

^ that was the message from a long time ago ._. This document/chapter was last modified/touched/edited on December 08, 2011 ._. I'm now typing this on Saturday night, in order to make it in time for the anniversary ._. The chapter's actually in my phone ._. I sincerely apologize for not updating this story for a few months . But today's Valentine's day! As well as Twins of Evil's first year anniversary! Sho, let's celebrate! :P OTL. This shows that I'm a pretty neglectful author, since I couldn't even finish one story within a year. Same thing with my other stories ._. But... Sigh, oh well, never mind, let's get on with the chapter. I'm sorry if the things ... I mean, if the chapter content does not make you satisfied ._. I've de-proved on my imagination for every story T.T. Et, yea, enough of my "rants" . Please enjoy this chapter . Oh yea. I forgot one thing. I changed my pen name from Akatsuki Utaou to Mizuki Shin, by the way. Yea. Happy 1st year anniversary, Twins of Evil! -I'm happy to celebrate it, really. But one year have passed and I have not finish the story yet. ._. ...- T.T

RECAPPIE~

Then the four were finally tired.

"Uwaah! My hands are so tired from holding all this stuff! Ruka, can you help me with-" Mikan turned to face Ruka to tell him to help her, but it seems that Ruka was already loaded with heavy shopping bags. Mikan looked at Hotaru, whose hands were empty. Said person shrugged her shoulders. Mikan rolled her eyes. She patted Ruka's shoulder, shaking her head.

"I pity you." and turned back round. "Now the nerd doesn't behave like a nerd...?" Natsume thought.

"Let's have our lunch at the... Star Cafe!"

"...You mean... the Alice Cafe, baka." Youichi corrected.

"Well sorry, kid. I've just transferred here, please."

"Now she's more different than a nerd." Natsume observed.

"That doesn't mean you don't know how to read signboards, aho. And, I'm not a kid." Youichi scowled.

"Exactly like me." Natsume mused silently.

"Well, sorry then, kid. How about I actually did it that on purpose?" Youichi rolled his eyes, along with another.

"You're stupid." And I'm not a kid. I told you so many times, Mikan-nee! Youichi sent through telepathy to Mikan, who stuck her tongue out in reply.

"Just admit it." Hotaru added in, smirking.

"Mou, Hotaru! Not you too! Wah, Ao- Aruhi! Tasukete(Save me)!" Mikan pouted and puffed her cheeks childishly. Then her eyes widened for a fraction of second when she realised what she had said.

"Baka!" Hotaru snapped.

"I know, I know. Just slipped a little. Kill me later on. Now I'm hungry. I'm sure you don't want me to be a hungry ghost, do you? I will come and haunt you!"

"Well, I can't really say that, you know me. And you did not, just slipped a little... You'll get it from me later." Hotaru hissed lowly. Oops... Mikan sent to Youichi, Aoi and Ruka. Help me... She sent. No way. You deserved it, baka. , Sorry Mikan-nee, can't interfere... , Sorry Mikan, I don't want to be blackmailed by Hotaru... . Nooo~ She shrieked mentally, thinking of what Hotaru will do...

"Wait. Isn't that Sakura a bitch? Why isn't she being one now? She reminds me of... Wait. Hotaru? Did the nerd just called the bitch Hotaru? Isn't the name Hikaru? The only Hotaru I know is..." Natsume pondered for a while... Then his eyes widened in realisation.

"Masaka(No way)!"

Chapter 8 _

Normal POV _

Location_ : Still at Central Town_

"Masaka(No way)!"

"... Hotaru Imai?" Natsume burst out accidentally. Mikan narrowed her eyes at the sudden mention of her twin's name but did not turn around. She had had her Mind-Reading Alice up just now and had heard Natsume's thoughts, not to mention that he actually said Hotaru's name out loud.

"Not good... We have to be more cautious from now on..." Mikan looked at Hotaru, who too, narrowed her eyes.

"Hyuuga..."

"Hey, kids, right now, I don't care whether Hyuuga's your brother or not. He can't find out our identities. He's already suspecting Hotaru, that Hyuuga... Actually, he already said out who Hotaru is just now." Mikan sent in telepathy to Youichi and Aoi. They opened a telepathic conversation.

"We'll have to get our way round then." Hotaru decided.

"And I don't care what or how, it's a must." Hotaru stated, her tone leaving no room for suggestions.

"He can not find solution is to make him think that he is over-suspicious, so none of us must react to anything that is supposed to be reacted to by our original characters." Mikan added, and the other three nodded.

"First, I think we need Ruka-nii's help."

"Duh, kid. You stole my line. I was about to say that." Then Ruka was also added into the conversation.

"Y-Yes? Why am I in this conversation?"

"Darling Ruka..." Hotaru began with a sickly sweet tone that doesn't suit her, though she's still dressed as a slut.

"Y-Yes, H-Hotaru?" Ruka stuttered.

"We're gonna deal with your little friend there right now..."

"L-Little friend?" Ruka blushed and unconsciously looked down.

"Baka! I meant Hyuuga!" Hotaru snapped.

"Ohohoho, I didn't knew that Ruka, you were into that." Mikan teased.

"N-No!"

"But well, I've got to admit. The way that Hotaru had phrased it had indeed, actually sounded quite wrong, haha. I think Hotaru should get a phrasing words/sentences lesson from yours truly." Mikan grinned.

"Shut the hell up, baka. You were the one who slipped and you still dare say so much?" Hotaru sent a glare to her.

"Erm..." Another glare was sent. Mikan raised both of her hands surrendering, then placeing her two index fingers to her lips, forming an 'x', and puffed her cheeks, looking like a sad lost puppy. Hotaru rolled her eyes. Aoi sighed while Youichi- "That look won't work with us, baka. And you know it."- That was his reaction. Mikan pouted then rolled her eyes, placing her fingers down. She crossd her arms and kept quiet as Hotaru explained the plan to all of them, including Ruka.

Then Natsume was there in silence, wondering what's up with the actions without words and why there were no out of place reactions when he blurted out Hotaru Imai's name by accident. People would normally react to their names, no matter what- Oh wait. Hell yeah wait. We are talking about Imai her... She's ABNORMAL! What kind of pureblood consumes, ugh, crabs? Not to mention, crab brains.

Yucks, Natsume was grossed out just by thinking of it, when he had been at a ball held by the Shouda clan and met Hotaru eating crab brains, while Ruka was getting a drink and missed the chance to see her. Wait. Why would such a prestigious clan like the Shoudas serve crab brains in the first place? ... ... Natsume was speechless. At his own thoughts.

"But the others also did not react to my sudden outburst, weird. Was I really wrong or something?"

"A penny for your thoughts, Natsume?" Ruka and the others finished the plan. Wow, that was fast, lol. Hotaru fumed silently at Natsume's thoughts. She had her Mind-Reading Alice up.

"Hyuuga..." she muttered under her breath, hardly audible.

"Er... My, Hotaru, ochitsuite kudasai (please relax/please calm down. Sorry if I got it wrong. I don't know much of Japanese.)." Mikan smiled gently.

"Hora, hora. Let's get going to the Alice Cafe, people!" Mikan stressed heavily on the word 'Alice' while looking at someone, who rolled his eyes at her. That was Youichi. Aoi giggled a little at the siblings' behaviour.

"Mou, Mikan-nee, let's not make a fool out of ourselves in the public, shall we?" Aoi smiled friendly, but behind the scenes were that harsh threatening tone. Well, everyone has a turn to be the threatening one, including Aoi... Ruka sweatdropped at Aoi's tone while Mikan, Hotaru, and Youichi just rolled their eyes at the sight.

"Typical Aoi behaviour." they thought simultaneously. Aoi continued her smile and pulled Mikan with her, with force, though it wasn't that obvious, to run ahead of the others. Hey... Wait...

"Aren't they kinda... Forgetting something here?" Ruka sweatdropped. He just couldn't find the exact word for it.

"Disguises." Natsume, who was just beside Ruka, muttered. Ruka raised a brow.

"Yes! That's the word for it- Wait... Natsume replied? That's weird..." Ruka thought.

"Did I just... Oh. I did. Just. Said. That. Out. Loud. No, no, no... Hotaru... I just slipped a little, don't kill me!" Ruka exclaimed mentally, as he felt Hotaru giving out evil vibes/aura suddenly, specifically aimed at him, though she was in front. Hotaru placed her left hand behind her back and aimed the middle finger at Ruka.

"Er..." Ruka was speechless. Then he smiled.

"How childish that was, typical Hotaru." Another hand/finger joined the other.

"Oops..." Ruka decided to shut his mouth and thoughts. Which was quite useless anyways, since Hotaru has a Mind-reading Alice, courtesy of Mikan. Then Aoi waved at them. She was at the entrance of the Alice cafe, together with Mikan.

"Oi! Minna (everyone)! Hayaku (faster)!" she shouted before just heading in. Youichi and Hotaru rolled their eyes and fastened their paces, while Natsume and Ruka strolled along slowly. Actually, he wanted to reach the cafe fast, poor Ruka, but he doesn't want Natsume to notice anything out of place.

A few moments later. In the cafe where everyone was confortably seated.

A waiter went up to their table to take their orders.

"What would you like to order, dear customers?" Mikan was chatting with a non-responsive Hotaru. The waiter had noticed that and smiled, but he still asked the question politely while handing a menu to each of them and waiting patiently while they looked through it and choose. Mikan had decided what she wanted, so she ordered first.

"Excuse me. I want a strawberry shortcake, an oreo cheesecake, a chocolate muffin, a mango pudding, one serving of green tea ice cream, and a home-brewed milk tea with extra pearl." Mikan finished her order. The waiter chuckled lightly. Mikan flipped the menu close before looking up.

"You're still the same as ever, Mimi." A look of shock/surpise and recognition passed on her face for a moment and then it was gone.

"A-Aki... Akira?"

Author's notes : HIIIIIIIIIIIIII~~~~ HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, everyone!~ Hope you guys enjoyed/enjoy your Valentine's day~ GMT +8 here, today I received sweets :P Well, from some of my girlfriends lol. And my chem teacher also gave the whole class sweets ._. Anyways, hope you guys have enjoyed this chapter! I really apologize for not updating for sho long T.T I'm offlining soon after uploading this lol. I have sch tmr ._. Bye bye~ I will try to update soon... Hopefully. Maybe by White Valentine's. Which is next month, 14th March. -should be, OTL- . Bye for now~

This time, it's still quite a short chapter, I apologize -too-. But this year is a more busy year for me, yea... And haha, I started typing this on Saturday and only finished it now, when it's only so short ._. That's because I only typed halfway on Sat, and continued it today ._. :P Sigh...