Summary: AU. What if everything was reversed? What if Natsume was the new, hyper-active, naive boy, and Mikan was the anti-social, rude, arrogant girl? How different would everything be?

Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice.

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Reversed: Chapter Three

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"She has two Alices?" Natsume asked, surprised. Well, that was something special about the girl.

"Well, more like she has hundreds." Koko said unsure. Natsume's eyes widened. Was that even possible? Apparently, double-Alice users were very rare and special to come upon, so someone who can do more than two..? He might have been new to this whole thing, but that just sounded preposterous. "Not at all. Well, in her case." Koko said reading his mind.

"Can you not do that?" Natsume asked, uneasy. Just the whole thing with someone reading his every thought kind of freaked him out. Koko chucked, probably at his thoughts. Natsume glared at him. "Now what about her having hundreds?" He asked confused.

"Mikan's Alices are nullification and copy." Yuu explained. Natsume blinked.

"Nullification is the ability to cancel all other Alices out." Anna said.

Nonoko cut in and finished, "And copy means she can copy any other Alice's Alice-" The two girl's giggled, "-with any contact."

"And that's why no one really talks to her." Kitsu explained softly. "They are afraid of rumors that say not only can she copy your Alice, but she can also steal it and make you a normal human again."

Koko frowned. "But then there are those people who really want to go back to their old lives who try to get close to her on purpose and annoy her, but it never works. It just makes her mad, and that person ends up in the hospital for a couple of days." He only shrugged. "They bring it upon themselves at that point, if you ask me."

"I don't think she's as bad as everyone puts her out to be." Anna said softly.

"Yeah, I mean, she may only have two friends, but neither of them is afraid of her." Nonoko continued.

"Yeah, but everyone is scared of her and her one of her best friend, Nogi." Kitsu reminded.

Natsume thought for a minute. "I can see that. He gives off that vibe." He said recalling his only encounter with the blonde haired boy. "I don't see how those two are such close friends with Hotaru."

Yuu smiled, "Oh, yeah, you said something in class about Imai being your cousin, right?"

Natsume nodded. "Yeah, we used to be really close until she and her family moved away. I had no idea this is where she was moved too, though."

"How cute!" Anna squealed. "Long lost cousins, reunited."

"Good luck getting close to her, though." Koko muttered under his breath. Natsume raised a single eyebrow; he didn't have to ask it out loud since Koko could read his mind. "Getting close to Imai means getting close to Nogi and Sakura, and not many people can do that."

"Well, Sakura is my seat mate and my partner, right?" Natsume asked. They all nodded. "Then looks like I at least got to try." He smiled at the group.

After class was over for the day, Natsume was invited by his new friends to join him in going to Central Towne, apparently the only place they were allowed to go to. But he kindly turned them down, saying how he wanted to finish getting situated.

He was going to head straight to his dorm, but sidetracked, he ended up in the courtyard. It was a beautiful area. Not many students seemed to notice it, all walking passed it as they went to and from class and the dormitories. The courtyard was placed in between the middle and high schools, all the way from brick to brick. It was fenced out by bushes, all colored white and pink from the budding flowers, except for the front of the courtyard which was wide open. Directly in the center of the courtyard stood a tall, well, taller than most cherry blossom tree.

Natsume starred in awe. He hadn't realized he was walking closer until he was smack dab in front of the tree. Almost as if the tree had drawn him in. "What do you want, pervert?" Natsume snapped out of his gaze, looking up in the tree. There he spotted Mikan sitting on one of the middle branches.

Natsume frowned. "I am no a pervert." He wined softly.

"Tch." Mikan rolled her eyes. "What are you doing here at my spot?"

Natsume narrowed his eyes on the girl. "You're spot? It's the school's courtyard."

"Yeah, and it belongs to me." She shot back. He felt like she must have had this conversation with dozens of other students.

"I don't see your name on it!" Natsume shot back in his mocking voice. The brunette raised an eyebrow at him. Natsume flushed, embarrassed that he had actually done that. What were they, five? No. He was ten years old. "Well, look," He started, approaching the tree. He took a seat and leaned his back against the trunk of the tree. "This place belongs to all Alice students. I'm gonna use it to my fullest."

He expected her to retaliate, tell him to leave. But instead, she just said, "Whatever, pervert."

"I am not a pervert, Polka!" And he had said the nickname without even thinking.

He knew she was grinning, "Yeah, right." She said. "And if you're gonna be here, one rule: shut up." She threw him a nasty look. "Got it?"

Natsume smiled, chipper again. "Got it!"He said, receiving a glare from the girl above him. "I mean-" He quickly closed his mouth. The two fell into a silence, but it wasn't awkward or anything. It was rather a calm, relaxing one if anything.

When Natsume woke up, not even realizing he'd gone to sleep, he was alone. Mikan had left. Break was probably over by now. He didn't know how long he'd slept, but he figured by now he had missed dinner. So he stood up and went back to his dorm. For some reason, he was really tired. He found himself in his bed, and within a couple minutes, asleep again.

The next morning, Natsume woke up promptly at six-forty-three. He blinked, trying to focus on the clock. When he realized the time, he shot up. Class started in seventeen minutes. He had no idea where his first class was this morning. Why hadn't he set an alarm?

Luckily he was still in his uniform from yesterday, so he bushed his teeth and hurried out the door. Running, he was still a couple minutes late. His teacher, Jinno, scolded him, giving him detention. Natsume pouted as he took his seat, noticing Mikan sitting coolly in the back of the room next to his cousin and Nogi. His mind raced back to yesterday when they were in the courtyard together. Maybe she wasn't as bad as everyone put her out to be..

Natsume took his seat which happened to be beside Koko. "You actually got to sit in the courtyard?" Were his first words.

Natsume stuttered for a minute, confused. Then he remembered. "Stop reading my mind!" Koko just laughed. Natsume puffed his cheeks out. "Seriously, dude, it's creeping me out."

"You get used to it." Anna said leaning forward, a smile plastered on her lips. She was seated behind Natsume. Nonoko was behind Koko, and Kitsu was on the other side of Koko. Yuu sat behind Kitsu. Natsume smiled, liking the idea of being accepted into a group. It was only his first day of school. And he had though he'd be friendless all year long or something.

"How touching." Koko said, hiding a laugh.

"Koko!" Natsume pouted.

A ruler snapped on the board. "Mister Hyuuga!" Jinno shouted, snapping all five of the kids' attention to the front of the class. "You sure are starting out your first year here well. Would you like another detention?"

"No, sir!" Natsume shouted, saluting him. Jinno glared at him, but ignored the boy and went back to teaching.

Koko laughed, high fiving him. "I'm glad we met you, Natsume." And Natsume smiled. He was starting to think that this place wasn't going to be as bad as he had thought.