"Ability classes? What are those?" Mikan asked, interrupting Hotaru's conversation with Iinchou.

"They're class that the Junior and Elementary division take together," Iinchou said. "You should ask Narumi-sensei for your ability class."

Mikan then quickly glances at Shinsou, who was seemingly staring into space. "Hitoshi! Do you know your Alice class?"

Shinsou snapped back into reality and replied at Mikan with a nod.

"Guess I'm going to ask Narumi-sensei about mine then."

~~~

"Ehhh?! Hotaru, you're in Technical, Iinchou's in Latent, and Ruka-pyon is in Somatic? So which class am I in, Narumi-sensei?" Mikan asked.

"You're in Special."

"Special?" Mikan smiled, "Yay! My Alice is Special!"

"Have a nice day," Narumi strangely quickly made himself scarce.

Mikan returned to the classroom, a big grin on her face. "Guys, I'm in Special Ability!"

"Oh, that's nice, Mikan," Iinchou said.

Syoda laughed, "Special Ability? Their alices are useless, well, so is yours, so I guess you belong there."

"You're so mean!" Mikan frowned but then glanced at Shinsou, "Hitoshi, what class are you in?"

"Special," Shinsou answered.

Mikan grinned, "Yay! We'll be together!"

"You should all get going to your classes," Iinchou advised.

Mikan and Shinsou left the classroom. Mikan frowned, "Why is the Special class so unpopular? Couldn't we be in a better class? Like maybe Latent—"

Shinsou shrugged, "Nonetheless, I hope the people are nice. I don't really care what class I get in."

Suddenly, the two got shoved into a bush. Mikan and Shinsou fell roughly while Natsume covered Mikan's mouth. "Shut up," He whispered.

"What's going on?" Shinsou whisper-asked, very confused.

"That Guy's looking for me nearby."

"That Guy"? Why did he say it like that? Shinsou didn't understand the situation but stayed silent nonetheless.

Footsteps resonated around the three children, making them stiffen simultaneously and hold their breaths, trying to stay as silent as possible. The person walking, paused and looked around. His gaze lingered on the bush before muttering, "Where's the brat?" And lightly walking away.

The children let out a breath. Mikan immediately shot up, "That was so rude! How could you just do that?! We have places to be, y'k—"

Shinsou watched as Hyuuga just glanced at the sky, totally ignoring Mikan.

"Are you even listening to me?!" Mikan was outraged.

Natsume merely stared and replied, "No."

"Is that Hyuuga's girlfriend?" Shinsou heard a voice attempting to whisper.

"I think so." Another voice joined in.

Shinsou looked around and saw the owners of the voices quite a way from them. They kept on talking, however, "Hyuuga, why are you dating that no-star?"

"His girlfriend doesn't look very pretty."

Shinsou held back a laugh as he watched Mikan's face morph from anger to shock, and then from shock to disgust. But then he lightly frowned at the situation he's in, which he had no idea why he was in the situation. "That's not very nice of you."

The students merely glared at him, "Does it look like we care?"

Natsume seemed to have enough of whatever-the-heck was going on and started to walk away. He froze dead in his steps when he heard,

"It's hard to believe the murderer has a girlfriend though. Who says he won't just murder her?"

Murderer? I'm pretty sure Natsume isn't a villain. Sure he seems kind of rude but there's no way he'd do that. Shinsou hoped he was right. He stiffened when he saw a flame ignite on the other student's leg.

"What?! Get this off of me!" The student panicked. "Where's the guy?! Get the mask!"

Natsume started to walk away yet again but was stopped by something else. Shinsou was sure that Natsume wasn't the only one getting annoyed, because he was getting annoyed too. Can't they just leave us alone?

"We'll give him your girlfriend if you walk away now!"

Natsume turned to look at them, "I don't care." Finally, after so many failed attempts, he walked away.

"Hey, bird-brain, why does your hair look worse than the bushes around us?" A student asked Shinsou.

Shinsou looked at him for a moment, then replied, "Wait, you were talking to me?"

"Yeah, you. What's with ya, ya deaf?"

"No, I just don't speak dumb*ss. Can you translate that into Japanese for me?"

"You guys shouldn't be bullying your underclassmen," Another voice joined the conversation. The students from before suddenly froze.

Then Shinsou noticed how their shadows were darker than before, and their moves were restrained. He glanced behind them, seeing a guy with dark blue hair. Is this his qu-Alice?

"You guys should leave," The shadow disconnected and the students were allowed to leave. They scrambled away.

The person introduced themselves, "Hi, I'm Andō Tsubasa, but you can call me Tsubasa-senpai."

Mikan smiled, "Thank you for defending us, Tsubasa-senpai!"

"Yeah, thanks, Andō-san," Shinsou said.

"It's Tsubasa-senpai, Hitoshiiiiii!!!" Mikan exclaimed.

"Anyway, what class are you guys supposed to be in?" Andō asked.

"Special," The two replied.

"Oh, me too," Andō smiled, "I can lead you there."

Mikan asked, "Really? Thanks!"

"Yep, just follow me." Andō walked away with two kids following him.

They made it to the classroom and Tsubasa opened the door.

Whack! A can crashed into his forehead. "What was that for?!"

"You're late!" Another voice shouted. "Why are you late-" The girl paused as she glanced at Shinsou and Mikan. "Oh, are you guys the new students?"

"Yeah!" Mikan chirped. "I'm Sakura Mikan, and this is Shinsou Hitoshi!"

The girl smiled, "I'm Misaki Harada!"

In the corner of the room, Shinsou noticed someone else. Who're they? And what's their Alice?

"Now that you're both here, we can throw a party!"

"A party?!" Mikan asked, her eyes sparkling.

"Yeah! A party! Let's get started!" Misaki exclaimed.

~~~

The party had long ended, and Shinsou was staying behind, helping Misaki clean up the room. Mikan left to her dorm a while ago. Tsubasa was currently walking to the door, leaving.

Somehow the dude from earlier had slipped out while the party was going on. Shinsou was still deadly curious by what his Alice was.

"Bye, Misaki, Shinsou-kun," Tsubasa said before quietly shutting the sliding door.

Shinsou murmured a quiet, "Bye, Andō-senpai," Even though Tsubasa was already gone.

Misaki glanced at Shinsou, "Do you like it here so far?"

"It's okay," The purple-haired boy replied.

"Mikan's a really nice friend."

"Yeah, she is," Shinsou had no clue where this conversation was going. He picked up the last bits of trash left.

Misaki got her things, "I hope you'll protect her."

"Of course I will," He absent-mindedly replied, "She's my friend."

Misaki merely smiled and left.

~~~

Shinsou walked back to his room alone. The hallways were empty and felt eerily strange for a school campus. His mind was plagued by his thoughts, but something caught his eye.

It was that guy from earlier. Shinsou's eyes narrowed, Hyuuga seems to not like that guy for whatever reason. I wonder why.

Shinsou pretended not to pay attention to him. Although the longer he stares, the more unsettled he gets. He quickly walked over to his room.

But his ear catches one last thing;

"What an interesting Alice."

Shinsou doesn't like the aura of this school.

Author's Corner
Q: What do you think of Gakuen Alice?
N: I hope you enjoy this chapter! Thank you for reading. I'm late but happy 2020!