Special Alice (Gakuen Alice / Alice Academy FF)

SA 103 - Numb?

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Meanwhile, at the time-space dimension where Nodacchi Sensei brought Mikan and friends. Misaki's mouth hung open after finding out that the Shiki man is her uncle. Hotaru suddenly broke the silence that is surrounding them.

" Mikan, that person is..." she managed to trail off. Mikan was thinking hard about it before giving a quick nod. " Yeah, he's that person--" she agreed without second thoughts.

" The man during Z infiltration... who uses many alice." Mikan spoke with amazement. They finally knew why he managed to use different alice back then.

" With his constitution-- being compatible with any alice..." Ruka gave a slight nod and looked at Mikan who was still under her thoughts. Seeing how the younger ones look as they think about Shiki and his body, Tsubasa looked at Misaki secretly since she's the only one who looked puzzled.

" Well, I know that it means his body has a high level of compatibility with alice stones. With Nodacchi's alice stone inside me, however, I know that no matter how compatible it is to your body, it's still forced into you-- there are still risks of doing it." Tsubasa explained his insight briefly after experiencing Yuka's insertion alice awhile back. They knew that Nodacchi's stone was compatible with him since the sparks toned down during the procedure.

" As long as Yuka-san possess her alice and that man, Shiki who possess such compatibility with those stones, they make an invincible pair." he later added. Misaki gave Tsubasa a look before looking at Natsume who kept glancing at her, looking at the expressions she makes.

" What an amazing uncle." Misaki muttered under her breath without feelings. " Alice stones were forced into your uncle and mother's body-- does it also apply to you?" Natsume whispered, loud enough for the two of them to hear as the others discuss how Shiki is related to the middle school principal and knowing that the guy has a barrier alice similar to the principal.

" I wonder... I might be also a fruit of their experiment..." Misaki shrugged her shoulders before looking back at Nodacchi and the others.

" Shiki-kun is a distant relative of the middle school principal who is said to come from a noble family, from what I remember Shiki-kun was their awaited family member who finally inherited the principal's barrier alice." Nodacchi Sensei explained and gave Misaki a look.

" In terms of Misaki's alice. Fortunately, you inherited the barrier alice as well," he stated.

" Anyhow-- since Shiki-kun fell under the pressure of the family to live up to their high expectation, he was appointed as the student council president at that time. The people around him as well as the middle school principal kept him on a leash, very careful with his every action." the teacher sighed a little knowing how Shiki felt that time, there was nothing for him to do aside from doing what they expect him to do, being a perfect student.

Mikan suddenly reacted with a frown on her face. " That's sad--" Ruka held Mikan's hand tightly while looking at her.

" After meeting with Yuka-san, he finally changed-- for the better." Nodacchi spoke softly at the end and recalled the memories of Shiki and Yuka. Shiki was enlightened after being with Yuka who showed him multiple paths that he can take rather than continuously following the path that his family paved for him.

" Is this Shiki guy your friend, Sensei?" Hotaru asked out, loud enough to snap Nodacchi back to reality. The teacher looked at Hotaru in silence. Tsubasa and the others are waiting for his answer.

" Ah... well-- I haven't spoken to him that much as a friend..." Nodacchi trailed off. Misaki gasped with wide eyes. " I thought you were close, Sensei!" she exclaimed aloud.

Tsubasa, Tonouchi, Natsume, Ruka, and Hotaru sweat-dropped and looked very unimpressed. " But I wanted to help him as a friend. He was weird, I felt that he's pretty sad deep inside." Nodacchi explained his side properly to avoid misunderstanding.

The teacher snapped his head toward Mikan, " I remember... there was also a rumor around the campus wherein Mikan's mother, Yuka-san and Shiki-kun were engaged since they've been constantly with each other and stuff. I am certain that the middle school principal offered the proposal but got turned down-- yet it spread." Nodacchi shared his statement that made Mikan gasp in surprise as her mouth hung agape.

" WHAT?!" the kids exclaimed, excluding Natsume. " Maybe... uncle-- Shiki may have taken a liking with Mikan-chan's mother?" Misaki said and looked at Nodacchi's expression whether it is a fact or not.

" I am not so sure about his feelings but the rumors about the proposal may have been a misunderstanding about him and his anticipation with Yuka-san's alice..." Nodacchi shrugged his shoulders. " But... Yuka-san kept denying it but she still took a big blow due to the rumor." he added.

A new scene appeared before them which immediately caught their attention. It was Yuka who was seen sitting by the stairs outside a school building. She looked very troubled until Kaoru saw Yuka while passing by.

" I see that the rumor about you being engaged spread around in a blink of an eye..." Kaoru stated as she gazed down at Yuka who groaned while holding her head.

" And just whose fault is it?! I refused and denied-- It spread like wildfire!!!" Yuka exclaimed as she felt frustrated. Kaoru sweat-dropped and held both hands up in defeat. " Yes, I admit that I am also at fault-- as well as Hii-sama." she sighed briefly before patting Yuka on the head, trying to comfort Yuka.

" But look on the bright side, aren't your connection with Hii-sama much closer than before? An ill-minded man won't be able to touch you easily..." Kaoru commented but Yuka gave a deep sigh knowing that she's indeed seeking protection.

Kaoru chuckled shortly while scratching her cheek awkwardly. "--But you see, I miscalculated Shiki becoming interested in you however after meeting you... he was finally able to see something within him. " Kaoru smiled at Yuka little.

" Maybe your alice do have some kind of miracle, being able to stir up someone's heart that is. Just look at what you've done to Shiki and that pheromone boy." Kaoru chuckled while Yuka looked at the girl with a confused look unable to comprehend what Kaoru meant.

Kaoru leaned closer toward Yuka who was still sitting down by the stairs. " Didn't you know, the kid likes you. It was pretty obvious--" she commented. " Geez- how numb are you?"

The scene changed as Yuka was outside Narumi's dormitory since she hasn't seen him the past few weeks. Yuka felt a bit worried as she stared at the building. " I wonder how he's been doing?" Yuka muttered and walked inside making her way to Narumi's room.

Yuka asked about Narumi from his classmates but he was mostly absent or they just have no idea where he is. She was going to check on Narumi since Kaoru said weird things that are surely unbelievable.

As Yuka arrived outside Narumi's room, she knocked at the door three times but there wasn't any answer inside the room. " He's not answering..." Yuka mumbled to herself and cleared her throat. " Hey I'm coming in, Naru--?" she announced and opened the door.

Narumi was sitting by the ledge of the open window while smoking, staring outside like he was deep in thought. " Naru?" Yuka called out. Narumi glanced at her with a straight cold expression." Oh, I was wondering who could it be, but it is just you--" Narumi said as if he was mocking Yuka. The girl's eyes fell upon a bunch of prescriptions(drugs?) near an ashtray.

" I've been hearing lots of things about you, Miss fiance of the student council president--" Narumi said in his fake tone but was cut off in mid sentence as Yuka gave him a big slap across his face.

Yuka's eyebrows furrowed together in anger after seeing that he's been doing such things lately. " What are you doing, Naru? These kinds of things aren't good-" while Yuka was speaking Narumi grabbed her arm making her stumble forward a bit.

Narumi forced a kiss on her while Yuka was surprised by Narumi's actions. Yuka found herself pinned on Narumi's bed while Narumi was still forcing kisses on her. Out of rage, she managed to loosen Narumi's grip and slapped his face once again. She kicked Narumi out of the bed which made him land on his bum.

" What-- why did you-- what are you doing, Naru?!" Yuka wiped her lips while looking at Narumi who looked like he's got a bunch of problems on him.

"Because I like you, Yuka-senpai." Narumi hung his head down. " I like you not as a little brother who follows you around and annoys you but as a man..."

Yuka was in disbelief and clenched her hands tight as Narumi explained. " I don't want anybody else to have you." Narumi confessed and looked at Yuka who still wasn't delighted about the boy's confession but is still in a state of shock. She doesn't even know whether she'll like it, get mad, or scared.

" You say that you like me- doing this so suddenly... have you ever considered my feelings, Naru?" Yuka said honestly as her body shook a bit. " I am frightened-- this isn't like the Naru I've known." she added.

Narumi felt like he was stabbed by Yuka's words, he silently got up from the floor and left the room without even glancing at Yuka. " Naru-" Yuka called out but he closed the door behind him and was gone.