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Strange Life

Chapter 1: Welcome to Alice Academy

Mikan POV

I was sitting under a cherry blossom tree on bright autumn day thinking about my parents who were now dead. They had been killed by people from an organization called the Anti-Alice Organization (AAO).

-Flashback-

"Dad!" I screamed in my head. I was hidden among the trees in the forest when I heard a gunshot and my dad's scream. I couldn't scream out loud because the AAO wanted me and not my parents. I had two rare and powerful alices, the nullification and the S.E.C. alices. They were not trained and very useful yet but they would be helping in the AAO.

"LET ME GO!" My mom screamed. I watched helplessly as they grabbed her and shot her. Once the AAO people left, I jumped down from my hiding place and ran to my mom.

"Mikan," my mom said, "Go to Alice Academy." Then my mom was still. Her breathing stopped. I lay down there and just cried. If my mom wanted me to go to Alice Academy, I'll go.

-Flashback over-

I had spent so many months in the town and still hadn't found Alice Academy. Suddenly I saw a limousine pull up in front of me. A man with blonde hair got out. I got ready for fighting because AAO people come in limos.

"Are you Mikan Sakura?" the man asked me.

"Yes," I replied.

"Hi, I'm from Alice Academy and we see you have an alice. So we need you to come to Alice Academy," the man said.

"Sure, what do I need to bring?" I asked him.

"Nothing. You could bring something if you want to. Hop in the limo and we'll take you there," he told me. I got in the limousine.

"That's it? I didn't have to persuade you to come?" the blonde guy said.

"Hey, Narumi, she's different from everybody else, remember!" the driver said.

"Misaki, yes she is different but I've never had a student who has agreed to come just like that," the man called Narumi said.

"Yeah, whatever," said the driver. He looked really bored.

I was wondering what these people were talking about but soon I felt tired and I didn't know that I fell asleep. When we finally reached Alice Academy, it was late in the night. The blonde guy lifted me out of the limo but I woke up and glared at him so he put me down.

"Come with me to the main office. We have to make some arrangements there. Oh, did I tell you that I'm Narumi and I'll be your homeroom teacher?" the blonde guy asked.

"No," I replied. I was really sleepy and I wanted to get some shut-eye but this guy was getting on my nerves.

"Well, I am," he said. I followed him to a huge building which was now completely dark. The inside was bright and warm and I dropped down on some comfy chairs. I hadn't felt so warm since my parents died and that was many months ago. Then, Narumi-sensei called me.

"Sakura-san, you are a special star ranking but we don't have any rooms for you yet," he told me.

"Is everything done yet? I want to sleep. I don't care if I don't have a bed or a room," I said, glaring at him.

"Yes, everything is done for tonight, Sakura-san. You can go now. Wait, you still don't have a room so where will you sleep?" he said. I didn't bother to answer. As soon as he said I can go, I ran out of the main office. It didn't matter that I didn't have a room. I searched out the most comfortable tree and climbed it. After using one of my alices to create a barrier around me, I soon fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up to hearing Narumi-sensei calling my name. I jumped down from the tree and asked him, "What are you doing up so early?" I had gone to sleep at about 1a.m and he woke me up at 5.a.m. That was only four hours of sleep.

"Well, Sakura-san, we still have some stuff to clear up. You'll be in the middle school section which I will soon show you and you are in the dangerous ability class because of your alice. The S.E.C. a very rare alice. So you start classes from today and..." he said.

"Can I go to a washroom first because I haven't brushed my teeth yet?" I asked, cutting off his talking.

"Um, sure. You can use the common washrooms. They don't have a shower, though," he told me.

"I don't need one," I said. I followed him to the common washrooms and got out my toothbrush.

"Oh, and special star students don't have to wear the school uniform so you can wear anything you want," Narumi-sensei said before leaving me to wait outside. When I got out of the washroom, Narumi-sensei said, "We'll get something done about your room by the evening, although I don't see how. There are no more rooms available. They need to construct more."

I didn't say anything and just followed Narumi-sensei through the hallways of the academy. Clothes didn't matter to me because I only had one black shirt which had 'Mess with me and prepare to die' in red written on it and black sweatpants. We passed a number of teachers in the hallway and Narumi-sensei smiled at all of them. Then we stopped at a room on the fifth floor.

"Okay, Sakura-san, this is your classroom," Narumi-sensei said. I peeped inside the classroom. I was full of kids my age screaming, playing and some were even on iPods or MP3s. "Wait till I call you in," Narumi-sensei said and went inside the classroom. "Good morning, my little princes and princesses," I heard him say. "We've got a new student today."

I stepped in the classroom. It was filled with lots of kids. As I looked at them, well, more like glared at them, the whole class made a huge gasp.

"Go on, Sakura-san, introduce yourself," Narumi-sensei said.

"Mikan Sakura. Age 13," I said in a straight voice.

"What about your alice?" Narumi asked.

"Do I have to tell them?" I asked him.

"Well, I guess you don't have to if you don't want to."

A raven-haired boy in the back row rudely asked, "What is your alice, new girl?" He didn't seem to take silence for an answer so I just said, "What does it have to do with you? Why do you want to know my alice so much?" He had the Fire Alice, which is pretty rare so I copied it instantly.

"How dare you talk to Natsume-san like that!" a boy near the raven-haired guy screamed. Behind me, Narumi shivered and stuttered, "Um... I t probably...isn't a good thing to talk to...Sakura-san like that."

Suddenly the guy called Natsume stood up and started lighting fire on his palms. Who does this guy think he is? Does he really think he can scare me with fire? I thought.

Natsume POV

Who is this girl and what power is she hiding? I asked myself. I realized that this Mikan was powerful and I couldn't stand ot knowing her alice. I got really angry so I started off lighting fire in my palms. Narumi seemed nervous and the rest of the class stared to see what was going to happen. Suddenly, I just couldn't hold it anymore so the huge fireball that I had created flew out of my hands and straight at Narumi and the new girl.

Mikan POV

I stood shocked for a second as Natsume threw a huge ball of fire at me. Fine. If he wants to do this he can, I thought. The fireball wasn't going to hurt me anyway. But Narumi was behind me. So I tested out my newly copied fire alice and easily stopped the fireball. The class let out a deep breath and the gasped again, realizing what I had done. I saw Natsume staring at me with his mouth open.

Natsume POV

I stared at Mikan, realizing that she had stopped my fire. Nobody had ever been able to put out my fire. I wondered whether she had the Fire Alice as well. So I asked, "Do you have the Fire Alice?"

"Not directly," she answered. I was confused. How can you have an alice directly or indirectly?

Normal POV

Mikan sighed and started, "Well, I have the S.E.C and Nullification Alices."

A blond-haired boy, whose name was Koko, asked, "What's the S.E.C?"

"S.E.C stands for Steal, Erase, Copy," Mikan explained. "Meaning, I can steal alices, I can erase alices and I can copy alices, which I already have done a lot of times."

A girl called Anna asked, "Are your alices dangerous?"

"Depends. For example - this can come true if you actually cross my path - if you annoy me too much, then I can just snap my finger and all your precious alices will be gone," she said.

The boy who had defended Natsume, whose name was Mochiage called out, " Your bluffing. You can't really steal our alices."

"Really? Would you like to try?" Mikan asked, giving him a steely glare.

Suddenly, Narumi interrupted and said, " Um, okay, since we have a new student, you have a free period." He was actually really scared of Mikan.

Mochiage boldly said, "Let's see if it's real."

Mikan told Narumi, "I'm going to steal this guy's alice, okay?"

"Mikan-chan, no, I mean Sakura-san, I'm sure that isn't necessary." Narumi said.

"Yes it is. Prove that you have such a strong alice, new girl," Mochiage said.

After a few seconds, Mikan said, "Try your alice now." Mochiage tried to use his alice but he couldn't.

"Oh no! I lost my alice!" he panicked, running around the classroom.

"It's true?" everyone in the class gasped. "She can steal alices?"

"Yes," Narumi said, "And it probably wouldn't be a good idea to mess with her." To Mikan, he said, "Sakura-san, you can sit in that empty seat beside Natsume-kun."

Natsume POV

I froze. The new girl was supposed to sit at my table? Is Narumi crazy? So far, I had been the most powerful student in the school. Having the Fire Alice, I was one of the most feared people in the entire campus. The other person was Persona, the teacher of the D.A class, who had the Death Alice. This new girl's Alice seemed ot surpass both of our Alices. I need to do some research on the S.E.C Alice. I knew that Nullification itself was very powerful and rare, but I needed to find out about S.E.C. This girl made me nervous, although I would never admit it to anyone, and now I had to sit next to her. Well, not right next to her, since my best friend, Ruka Nogi, was in the middle. I watched as Mikan, the new girl, wlked steadily and solemnly down the aisle as took her seat at the edge of the bench. I noticed she had greenish-grey eyes, which immediately turned to crimson-red when she saw me staring at her. She's hiding something, I thought. Her eyes had changed colour so quickly and her face had changed from quiet solemn to a hard glare. I quickly looked away; When my eyes changed colour, it meant that i was angry or getting ready to use my Alice. The other students wouldn't have known that that she was hiding some type of secret, but I did. From the way she had changed, I knew that shat she was hiding something. Something very important. And I was going to find out what.