- - Nine Princes, One Princess - -
9 + 1 is 2

Once upon a time…

This story is dedicated to:

TheRandomChocolate, the one who has been supporting me with everything I did and made me laugh day in day out;
Chris, who has been supporting my two stories since the very beginning;
And to you, for reading my story.

Chapter One
How it al began

I always hear from my friends that they really would like to be a princess. You're rich, people obey you and help you with everything you do, you live in a huge palace and above all… There's the knight in shiny armor.

But I soon realized that I don't need to be a princess to become a girl who lives her life peacefully. I already have the best life on Earth. I've got friends, my grades are pretty good and I'm in love.

However, even princesses have something they really dislike about their life. That would probably be the fact they have no freedom.

Don't misunderstand! I didn't say that I don't have any freedom! I just say that I have something I don't like about my life too.

So, here it comes. The thing I really dislike about my life is…

"Sakura! I said you had to clean this room, not talk with friends!"

My teacher Math, Jinno. Jin-Jin - that's how we call him – seems to really dislike me and likes to pick on me with dirty jobs. You bet he likes to punish me when it's necessary.

I already am used to it.

Thanks to my imaginations, I can fulfill the jobs and punishments he's got for me with success. Why, you ask? Because I always imagine him as the stepmother of Cinderella. They've got just the same personality.

I 'didn't do my homework' today, so I'm now being punished. Of course, I DID do my homework. Though it was suddenly gone when he asked me the answer of question 16, which was extremely hard to answer without the answer sheets, which I lost…

"Yes, sensei."

"Hmph." Jinno left the room with a sharp look at her and the table she was just cleaning. As the door behind him finally closed with a loud 'BANG!', she sighed in relief. Anna, who stood next to her, also was relieved and loosened her grip on her books.

Anna is one of my best friends. You can call her a really cute and pretty girl, who's smart, and optimistic about everything. She understands others' feelings and helps them if it's necessary. A real Bishoujo is what you can call her. Long, curly, pink hair and blue eyes makes her pretty popular among the boys.

"Phew, Jin-Jin is really grumpy today." She sighed.

"Yup, and the more reason for him to punish me even more."

"Today, we were planning on shopping in Central Town, do you want to come?"

With 'we', Anna actually meant Nonoko, Hotaru and her.

Nonoko and Anna are BFF, Best Friends Forever, for the dummies. Nonoko was just like Anna a Bishoujo. Her long and navy blue hair and intelligence, which made her the 'favorite' of the teachers. Believe it or not, her IQ was higher than 200, though there were still some people in our academy who scored a little bit higher.

One of those people was Hotaru. Hotaru's my BFF, though she doesn't really look like she cares about me. But deep in my heart, I know, she really, really cares about me. Hotaru, mysterious yet elegant, cares about me. And that's what counts and what makes my life complete.

"Mikan…?" A hand waving in front of my eyes and yet I only could notice it when I heard my name.

"Sorry Anna. Yes?"

"Shopping?" Shopping, what was she talking about? Oh! The trip, she means!

"Oh, sorry, I can't. Homework." Of course, all three were super intelligent, their homework was done already. I, silly and dense Mikan, didn't finish my homework yet. Jin-Jin gave me extra homework.

"Oh, another time then…" She was quite disappointed. A silence followed. Not only was my homework the hindrance, my money and allowance was it too.

You see, I come from a poor family. Even though the school gives your allowance, based on you star rank, I still don't get enough to go shopping.

Noise came from outside, which broke the silence. Oh, it was that time. On that time, they would come from school and go their dorm. Correction, that thing what was supposed to be a dorm was as huge as a palace, so it's actually a palace.

"KYAAA!"

"NATSUME-KUN!!!"

"KOKO-KUN!"

"TSU-CHAN!"

Tsu-chan? Oh, they were talking about Tsubasa.

"RU-" I started to play with my fingers. "KA-KUN!" Slowly, I could feel my face turn warmer and warmer.

Anna, who stared at how stupid I acted, suddenly started to giggle.

"Ne, ne, Mikan-chan… Did you already put it in his locker?"

With 'it', she meant a love letter I wrote to him.

"I did."

Flashback

"Natsume, let's go" A locker closed with a soft bang.

"Hn."

And two figures disappeared from the corner, but from the other corner, another figure appeared again. Sneaky, it looked around. Then, fast and hasty, it shoved an envelop in the locker.

A 'Yes!' followed and the mysterious figure disappeared again.

End of Flashback

Now, Anna's giggle started to turn out in a laugh.

I groaned, trying to say she doesn't have to laugh so idiotically. Too bad for me, she didn't stop, but laughed even louder. Then she stopped, abruptly.

At that moment, Jinno came in again, looked around and said on a grumpy way: "You may go, Sakura."

I smiled to Anna; she smiled back. We ran outside. Freedom! And bump. Not much later, I could feel myself lying on the hard and cold ground, with Anna next to me.

"Oh, Anna, I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" I tried to stand up. "Anna?" But that wasn't Anna. That was…

PRINCE NO. 2!

Now, I can hear you all ask, who's prince no. 2?

Our school is divided in two sections: The section for the 'rich' people, the elite section. And the second section: The section for the 'poor' people, the normal section. Anna, Hotaru, Nonoko and I are normal section-pupils.

The nine princes, nine boys whose parents are ultra, ultra rich, are the academy's honored pupils, since they are also the richest in the whole academy. Not were they called princes just because of their money, also because of their prince-like looks.

Each prince has at least two fan clubs with 100 members. And each prince had his own nickname, which was thought of by the fan-girls.

Also, they were divided in three groups: The hot princes, the charming princes and the cool princes.

The hot princes are pretty cold, get angry easily and act really spoiled. But everyone has to agree; they're all handsome and hot.

The charming princes are the opposite of the hot princes. They are just the gentle and calm princes, who don't act spoiled at all.

And the cool princes are not literary cool. They are just… eh… cool. All are very carefree and act like they don't even know they're rich.

Still, I didn't answer your question; who's Prince no. 2?

The nine princes are ranked, based on their look.

The least popular one among the girls is Mochiage, the one who always has a grumpy expression, like he didn't sleep well. So he's ranked 9, though his Alice is pretty cool.

Ranked 8, Kitsunume is one of the typical idiotically, yet funny boys who are, indeed, known as one of the cool princes.

No. 7. Tobita Yuu, smart and kind-hearted, which makes him a very lovable boy. Not for nothing, he was divided in the group of the charming princes.

But, no. 6 was pretty special. Why? Because he was a few years (3, to be precise) younger than the other princes, though he was more responsible than most of them. Hijiri Youichii was popular because of the cute expression (to be honest, he didn't wear any expressions) he wore day in day out on his face. However, he still belonged to the hotties.

"Mikan…"

No. 5 was like the twin brother of no. 8. Kokoroyome, Koko for short, was almost identical to Kitsunume. In the inside. But because of the outside, he gained a few more points than his best friend did. Still, with that one exception, they were identical, even with the groups they were divided in.

Sono Kaname, ranked number 4, got this rank because of his gentleness but also because of his good and cute looks. No wonder he was the second favorite 'Charming' Prince of most of the fan-girls. With his Alice, he transfers souls into his handmade stuffed animals! Isn't that cute?

Oops.

Now I say so, I didn't tell you about the so-called Alices yet, did I?

Our academy is called Gakuen Alice, also known as Alice Academy. It's a special academy for children with an Alice. An Alice is just some kind of… er… 'Magical Power'.

The Alice all vary; From the Farting Alice (which is pretty disgusting) to the Alice of Invention (Hotaru's Alice).

I have the Nullification Alice.

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Oh no, I'm getting out of the original topic.

Eh… What ranking was next?

Oh yeah, no.3.

No. 3 was a real heartthrob, though he, Andou Tsubasa, didn't really know that himself. You could call him a really sportive guy, who was good with many, many sports. Though it was a bit unsure, the fan-girls divided him in the group of 'cool' princes, since he's an easygoing person, which doesn't make him a 'hottie' at all.

And now, drum rolls, time for prince no.2. My one and only crush: Nogi Ruka. Ruka was a mixture of all the 'Charming' princes, which made him the one and only no.1 of all the 'Charming' princes and a second place of all nine princes. I met him on the first day when I accidentally tripped and…

"Mikan!"

I shot awake. Wait, this wasn't time for thinking about that. I had just bumped into my crush! Did he read it already? Does he think I'm stupid? Is he going to reject me?

I opened my eyes.

Oww… My head hurts. The ground is so…

Wait, the floor isn't hard at all. It doesn't really hurt. How-…

And then I realized it.

When I realized it, I wished I'd die. I wished I'd sink to the bottom of the deepest ocean on Earth.

I was lying on prince no. 1. The best of the best, the hottest of the hottest: Hyuuga Natsume. Arrogant, but super, super smart and damn rich. This bastard was the only reason I disliked the Nine Princes. Hyuuga Natsume was a pervert, who still peeked on girls' panties. And that while he's 15 already! 15! Isn't that a bit old?! C'mon, he isn't in kindergarten anymore.

However, I have to admit, he'd be a perfect boyfriend if he eliminated that bad point of his. His grades were just filled with A+s. He was a sports-prodigy. His wallet was just filled and filled with billion Rabbits (the money of the Academy). And above all, he had the looks.

And now, I was lying on him. I was lying on the perfect boyfriend for the most girls of the school. And oh hell, am I going to be killed soon.

Killed by Hotaru, because I acted idiotically again.

Killed by fan-girls, because I was lying on their Natsume-sama.

And killed by the holy Natsume-sama himself, because I dirtied him.

(A/N) Third fanfic and second Gakuen Alice fanfic. Hallelujah! So, how was it? Did you like it? Do you feel disappointed? Do you want me to update fast (not going to happen, anyway)? Or are you hungry and want me to give you come cookies or a piece of pie (I really like pie, by the way)?

Review and tell me your thoughts!

Edit: Woke up this morning and found 22 new messages filled with information about reviews, Author Alerts, Favorite alerts etc.. I feel honored.
Also, I forgot to mention no. 3's name, which was Tsubasa, like a few of you probably already knew (You see, I wrote it a bit hastily).

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