"Is everyone in

"Is everyone in?"

"YESSS BOSSS!"

"God, you're like grade-schoolers. Rai, could you please stop chewing on your pen, it's driving me nuts!"

"Sorry boss."

"Man, this place stinks! And why the hell is it so freaking hot? HEY, GET AWAY FROM THERE!!"

"But boss…"

"That aircon is not meant to cool your butt, darn it!"

"Aww…"

"Geez… this is what I get for screwing up in that darn academy. Curse you, Narumi! I'd have your girly hair shaved if it's the last thing I do!! (insert burning eyes)"

"Um, excuse me, Mr. Ryou…"

"WHAT?"

"Here's the information about the machine we just stole."

"Good, very good. Uh, say what?"

"Sir, the machine you told us to steal from the underground."

"Ohhh, that, I remember! Well I was actually referring to their really cool vendo machine which gives off a nice cup of cappuccino for just 50 cents, but, hmm… this seems interesting. (reads for about 45 minutes, then…) But it would appear that my brilliant head is already filled with wonderful ideas that I could no longer process this data. Care to explain?"

"A recent study shows that this machine has the capacity of amplifying all types of allices to the point of maximum or even potent efficiency. It directly encases a mass volume of molecular structure within a certain level and manipulates the unique mutated particles to the point limitless power, duration, range or even possibilities. Base elements become flexible at this point so the source of organic energy from the biological structure of the human body would hence be in an unstable state."

"…"

"…"

"You know Rey, even though the company who created us is Japanese, we still speak English here."

"It means that once we plug in an alice bearer, we can control that person's alice."

"Big deal, lots of people has control over others."

"Yes, but no one has the capacity to increase the performance of others' alices."

"So? What does that mean?"

"(sigh) it means we can have cool stuff happening once we plug in a person with an alice."

"Oh? How cool?"

"Really cool, boss, really cool."

"Alright! I love cool stuff! Quick, get in there and show us what it can do!"

"The result, however varies from different bodily states. The one sitting on it could have minor things happening to them, such as a cold, or a fever, or even just a tickle, if they're lucky. But it could also go as far as complicated physical or mental disorder, or worst, death."

"And you're point is?"

"My point is, boss, I'd have to be stupid for you to convince me!"

"Then who would?"

"Probably someone dumb enough."

"Ok then. Rai, what's your alice?"

"Poisoning, from my fingers, see?"

"Yeah, yeah, I see, I see, now get that thing away from me! Alright, you see that nice, comfy looking chair over there?"

"Yup! Want me to clean that up for you?"

"No, my friend, I want you to find your throne over there and make your butt as happy as possible by sitting on it."

"Really? Why would you want me to do that? Ohhh… I get it! You're gonna pull a prank on me! Good one boss, but no I won't fall for that one!"

"Man, you got me there, Rai, so I guess I won't do anything funny anymore. Care to sit, anyway?"

"Ok! …….. Wow, this is nice. What the-! Boss, what are you doing ? Let me go! Argggh!"

"Stop being a sissy! It won't kill you!"

"Well boss, that's not too accurate. There's a .5 chance he would die, depending on the base elements, adamine and guanine, and as much as I find my twin annoying and a complete moron compared to me, he's still my brother."

"Relax, Rey! If he dies, he'll die with a noble cost, now quit squirming!"

"That may not be much of a motivation boss…"

"What are you doing? Let me go! Boss, this isn't part of the deal! AHHHH!! Someone help me! I'm being raped! I'm being raped!"

"Shut up! Kyo, get me some duck tape! Rey, get that thing started before I blow my ears out!"

"Alright. I'm sorry bro, don't worry, I know you won't die that easily."

"Nooooo!! I'm still young, and handsome, I don't want to be deprived of my right to choose my mode of intercourse!"

"Activating machine…"

Gakuen Alice doesn't belong to me

Chapter 8: Delectable

"So…"

Natsume called from the desk with the manga covering his face. Ruka, cleaning up the eraser used for the whole day, turned to him from by the window.

"…how did the date go?"

The blonde smiled, still beating the wall with the eraser till the dust escapes. He didn't know where to start. The details were so vivid in his mind that blushing and stuttering the first logical set of words failed miserably to express it.

"It was… good."

"Oh? With that silly blush and goofy smile, I doubt the least."

Ruka walked beside him, still smiling. The manga fell from Natsume's face and they looked at each other for a while. Natsume's face seemed agitated for some reason, but Ruka's was otherwise. He seemed to be blooming today with those unusually pink cheeks.

"Well," Ruka started, "it went really good! How about you? How was your date?"

Natsume winced. Regret and disappointment were mixing themselves inside of him. But all he could to express it was to slam his face on the table and grunt.

"Urgh… it was disastrous!"

"Really? How come?" Ruka felt for him, but with the state Natsume is, he couldn't help but be amused.

"That Mikan… her skull's so thick that a bible would be like tissue. I'm telling you, Ruka, I don't think she has the slightest clue on what I was trying to make her understand."

Out of nowhere, a rabbit came bouncing on to Ruka's lap.

"Hmm… But I saw you with your arms around her waist during the fireworks. How did THAT end up?"

"Oh, that." Natsume looked up at Ruka, his head still resting desperately on the table. "she liked it. She snuggled closer to me and told me how nice it felt. She even tightened my hold on her."

"That sounds great! How come you didn't make your move?"

"I was going to, but then she whispered, 'Grandpa, I missed you!' That drove me out my wits!"

"Hahaha! That must've been a let down!" Ruka regretted at having to laugh at his bestfriend predicament, but Natsume's facial expression was too funny.

"Yeah, tell me about it. Arghhh…. But at least you enjoyed your date.

"Well, the only thing I had to keep in mind was giving her the night of her life. You still had your confession to take care of, remember?"

"That's logical and annoying… AGHGH!! I HATE THIS! I mean, how could you have a better date than me? Man, that's so not fair!"

"Good afternoon, gentlemen!!" the door suddenly opened allowing a jolly, bouncy and obviously radiant Yuu to join the two students on their date assessments.

"Isn't a lovely afternoon? And what a lovely breeze to end a perfectly lovely day! Why, hello there Ruka, how have you been?"

Yuu jumped in front of the tamer and began shaking both his hands with so much energy and friendly affection. Ruka just grinned at the irony of his joy and presence before Natsume.

"I've been good, Yuu. My, you're certainly in a great mood. I take it you had your good-times last night. Care to fill us in?"

The last set of words Ruka said while glancing mischievously at his best friend. There wasn't much to express the contempt that Natsume was filling at the moment.

The scent of nature flew by with the breeze. Hotaru found it annoying how it sends the leaves she just cleaned up to scatter all over the place, but the feel of it during this hot afternoon was gratifying

"Are you done with your side, Mikan?"

The girl has just finished her side and went over to where Hotaru was to see if she was finish too. It was their turn to clean the grounds, well, part of it at least. From where they were, they could see the sunset, its red beams scattering all over the academy, indicating the end of another day.

"Yup!"

"Good. Start helping so we'll be done early."

"Ok."

The two continued to gather all the dried leaves falling from the tree by the school. Somehow, it was nostalgic for Mikan, since she grew in the country, and spending moments of memories with her childhood friend made her long for the good old times they spent together.

But that's all in the past now, though treasured in her heart.

"So how did your date go, Hotaru?"

Hotaru took a moment to consider the question.

"Fine."

"Oh? You two had fun?"

Fun- and more. Seeing as her back was turned to Mikan, Hotaru found it was ok to smile, and reminisce the sweetest ways of last night-

…the way he looked at her the first time in a kimono and said, 'You look, um, great…' with his face blushing…

…the way he held her hand, swaying it back and forth while he talks about the things he loves during festivals and the things he liked the most in the academy…

…the way he gazes at her as she speaks about her life, her dreams, and the loving expression of his smile of silent approval to all that she said…

…the way they argued over weather to take the Fairy's Wheel or Roller Coaster, seeing as he was afraid of heights and she was afraid of wild rides…

…the way he surrendered, and just held her hand real tight during the whole ride, while remaining as close to her as possible, something she didn't mind at all…

…the way his cute face crunches as he struggles to shoot all the targets down just so he could give her that prize plushy…

…the way they nibbled on a stick of cotton candy, until they were at the last morsel and their lips finally met in a sweet, tender kiss…

…the way he placed his protective arms around her as they watch the fire works on a hill, savoring each other's warmth…

…the way he carried her like a bride to her room, thinking that she has fallen asleep…

…and the way he kissed her cheek as he tuck her to bed, whispered 'I love you', and finally let her sleep…

"Um, Hotaru, are you getting tired, coz your face is all red?"

"Huh?"

After her daydreaming, she finally got a hold of herself and sqeezed her cheeks for a while.

"The date was good… how about you and Natsume? He didn't rape you, by any chance?"

"Hey, don't be mean to him! Besides, he was more of a gentleman last night than what I've known him to be."

"Oh?"

The girls saw the ground was tidied up so they decided to return the brooms back in the school closet.

"Yup! He came rather early, actually. And he looked so cute in his blue kimono too! I just loved the way he got angry when I told him that! And he won me this nice plushy which he just couldn't get by winning the game, so he just bought me, but it was still sweet of him. He took me to the roller coaster, which was really fun, though he ended up getting sick and all. And then…"

"Then he bought you cotton candy, and then you two watched the fireworks." Interrupted Hotaru in a very candid manner.

"How did you know?" asked Mikan.

"those two, they have the same style. Anyway, did he say anything that surprised you?"

"Like what?"

Everything done, the two began their way to their dorms, holding hands and swaying it back and forth childishly- it's something they both enjoy.

"Any confession, or the like?" still Hotaru asked, hoping the shy boy could get his message through Mikan's thick skull.

"Hmm…" Mikan thought deeply, carefully recalling the details of last night. Nothing unusual, so far…

"Forget it…" Hotaru opened the door leading to the lobby when suddenly; a reflection of the fading sun beamed passed her eyes.

The girl looked at the direction, and found out it came from a bush. It alarmed Hotaru a bit, knowing what kind of reflection it was. She's been working with a lot of materials and she of all people should know what kind of glass does that kind.

"I think someone's watching us…" she said in her cold, bored voice.

"You think?"

Mikan looked at the direction her best friend was looking. Both didn't gave much of a thought about it, so they decided to find it out, though deep inside Hotaru could already sense a storm coming. Together they walked towards the bush.

"Hmm…" out of precaution, Hotaru readied his idiot gun, just in case it's just some pedophile. But to her dismay…

"HELLO THERE!!" Mikan jumped at the bush, thinking there was someone there to surprise, but there was none… Hotaru was shocked to see the place was empty. She could've sworn there was at least something here, something to catch her attention all of a sudden. But there was none. Stranger even, she thought. If it was some broken t.v. or a piece of metal or a mirror she would've let this pass, but no.

"I'd better do something about this."

"Ah, Mikan, so glad I found you."

"Mr. Narumi, why? Do you need anything?"

"Is she getting kicked out? Will she be tortured? What did she do now, Mr. Narumi? You won't have her get mutilated, would you? If you're planning to, then I'd gladly…"

"Um, no Hotaru, none of those categories fit." Narumi said with a huge drop of sweat behind his head.

"Mikan, I need you to take this to Mr. Persona's residence. He needs this report but he can't get out of the house because of some work he has to finish."

"How odd, sending a student to do classified task, especially someone as stupid as Mikan." Hotaru eyed the blonde professor, causing him to sweat even more, cold.

"Hey!!"

"Well, it's something about maintenance so there's nothing concerning about you guys. Ehehehe!" Honestly, he was already thinking about using his alice; there's no fooling with this girl.

"Oh, I see." But that didn't convince Hotaru at all. She knew well to eye people who seems aloof with what they do.

"It's ok, Mr. Narumi! We'll give it to him. Come on, Hotaru!" Mikan gladly took the folder from the teacher's hand. She was about to dash off when Hotaru called her attention.

"You go on ahead. I wanna talk with Mr. Narumi about something."

"Oh? What about?" the teacher made eye contact with Hotaru. He saw seriousness behind purple glitters and understood it to be really important.

"Hm… it's getting dark. Please have it done as soon as possible, Mikan." Ordered Narumi to the perplexed brunette. Hotaru was pleased that he could catch on.

"Go on. See you in the dorm, stupid!"

"Okie!" Mikan gave them both a sweet smile and began skipping her way to the faculty areas.

Upon losing sight of her, Narumi began, "Now, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Mr. Narumi, I think we're in danger…"

There it was, just across the side walk, the house built with great simplicity, looking like any other normal house there is. But Mikan knows that deep inside rests a creepy man with a mysterious alice. She wonders what his alice could be, but she knows better than to wonder on the that aspect.

DING DONG

Few seconds, a few minutes passed, no answer. She tried the door, it was open. Mikan gulped, she knew better than to take the risk of entering a private place just to hand over some documents. But somehow, she thought there wouldn't really be anything there that could make her lose track of the situation.

She entered, breathing excitedly.

First she just took a peek, then, seeing as there doesn't seem to be anyone there, she began exploring the place.

The whole house from outside denied the dark theme that existed within. The curtains were black, the set in the living room was black, there was a skull decorating the table in the middle, some creepy looking accessories were dangling on the wall. On top of a cabinet, there was a picture which attracted her. The image in it seemed to be the only thing the keeps this place from being a hunted house.

Framed in a blue rose was a picture of a family; a man with jet black hair, a beautiful, smiling red eyed woman in his arms, and on the man's shoulders was a boy, about the age of Iouichi, waving his hands excitedly, his round, love-spoiled face showed nothing but joy and innocence. The family was obviously a happy one.

Mikan stared at the boy- he was cute, with blue hair separated on side, a somehow familiar wide smile, a smile which she knows existed somewhere in her heart.

She knows she has seen him before… and the man, what an eerie wave of thought creeping in her head. That made the curiosity even deeper.

She put the picture down and walked across a turn. Upon making the turn, however, Mikan barely was able to stiffen a scream, for before her stood a very tall figure of a creature with a black hood, bearing a giant scythe in its hand and a skull on the other. it was thin, shadowy and scary. Mikan stared at it in fright, unable to control the surges on her imagination. She fell on her butt by the wall, looking up at the still creature, waiting for the deathly strike of its demonic blade.

"Let me introduce, Ms. Sakura…" the sudden, deep voice of Persona intensified her fear. Looking by the dark hallway from which she passed was the white mask, the ring battered face, and the black blatant smile of dread.

"…my friend, Thanatos."

End of Chapter 8

Notes:

I'm soooooo sorry for such an age-late update.

chapters from this point on will have some weird turn of events so brace yourselves

ignore the preview part, that sucks. I never knew where I got the idea

I'm still waiting for comments and reviews which I really really need in order to improve this fic

I have so many things to apologize for- story line, writing style, late update, unreplied reviews, and more. Place bear with me!

lastly, I hope you like this chapter. Itll give you hints on the flow of the story.