Gakuen Alice 73

Soon it'll be Valentine in the academy but the boys in that school do not seem to be happy. As what Tsubasa had explained to Mikan, he said that because Valentine's Day is a scary event for popular boys in the academy. He was told by Misaki that he was talking as though he is popular. Mikan then answered: "but isn't Valentine's a good event when ladies would make their loved ones a piece of chocolate full of love?" Tsubasa; "This is the Alice Academy, it is impossible to just make simple chocolates.

So then, Mikan, Hotaru and Iinchou went over to the chocolate factory, rather shocked to see some students making a huge pot of chocolate with weird ingredients in it. They saw Narumi-sensei and he explained about how Valentine's is celebrated in the academy by making different kinds of chocolates with special ingredients added in for some effects. For example, some girls would add in some ingredients they made themselves with their alices and add into chocolates with the effect of showing affection to someone immediately. Or some girls would add in something they would like to see happening on the other party into their chocolates and give them to some guys that they like so that they could see the effects. Boys who receive those chocolates were not possible for them to know what is inside of their chocolates. Mikan and the other girls who were present, (Sumire and Nonoko) were interested and were looking forward to the chocolate making session. Mikan was excited over her attempt of making such mystery chocolates.

Over here, came Kokoroyomi-kun and Kitsuneme-kun cosplaying in My Melody (representing Ruka) and Hello Kitty (representing Natsume) respectively asking Mikan: "After you've made your chocolates, who would you give them to?" Mikan was thinking at the foreground, while Kokoroyomi and Kituneme were pointing at Ruka (looking at Mikan) and Natsume (reading a book). Thus, Mikan looked away and replied; "Ev...everyone..?" Both Kokoroyomi and Kitsuneme flashed a No (Kitsuneme) Thank You (Kokoroyomi) sign on their palms while both Ruka and Natsume stole a glance at Mikan whining after seeing that "No Thank You" words. And the girls began making their chocolates with the boys shut outside of the room. A sign of "DO NOT PEEP!" was hung at the door knob. Ruka was playing with his bunny while Natsume slept with a book over his face. Mikan saw the expensive ingredients that Hotaru would be using for her chocolate, she felt a little depress. Despite the "DO NOT PEEP!" sign, both Kokoroyomi and Kitsuneme peeped into the room and they thought what the girls were doing was scary.

Mikan had gotten her chocolates ready and was about to distrubute them to everyone in the classroom but she was surprised to see that there was no one left in the classroom. All the boys had escaped. Sumire went into her cat-dog mode to look for the boys that she wanted to give her chocolates to, while Hotaru went for the sky to search for her target. Mikan seemed to have misunderstood the real celebration of Valentine's Day. She thought that giving chocolates out during Valentine's is actually such a tough chore and so she had to work hard so that she could find someone to give his chocolate to.

So first, she thought she would first make a list of people that she would want to give her chocolates to. Then, the classroom door was opened. In came..... RUKA-pyon! He was hiding away from some of his fangirls and so he ended himself up at that classroom where Mikan was. He was not the usual Ruka-pyon though. He had rabbit's ears grown on his head. Just as he was about to explain about the growth of his rabbit's ears, he heard the girls voices looking for him. Thus, both Ruka and Mikan hid under a table together. (And they were about 2cm close to each other) In there, Ruka explained that some girls in the middle school department forced some chocolates into his mouth and as a result, rabbit ears were grown on his head. (Poor thing) He apologised to Mikan that he had gotten her involved in this 'escaping' thing. Mikan was not affected by this little trouble though. As the two of them were alone under the table, Mikan was reminded of the alice stone myth in the academy.

She got all uneasy and she called out Ruka's name while Ruka called out Mikan's name. Both of them found themselves looking at each other face to face. Mikan felt so embarrassed that she shoved her packet of chocolates directly at Ruka's face. She apologised immediately though. Then she continued: "i.. i made those chocolates, nobody still wants them yet.. if it's ok with you, Ruka-pyon, would you be the first one to accept them?" Ruka then blushed and replied: " I thought you've been avoiding me since the last time.. and now, you've seen me in this state (referring to his ears), i thought today is the worst day ever... Thank you." Then, the girls that were looking for Ruka discovered something that belongs to him nearby. That led Ruka into escaping again. He said goodbye to Mikan hastily and Mikan told him to be careful in return. After Ruka left, Mikan was left alone in the classroom blushing. She thought Ruka-pyon is not good for the heart! Valentine's Day is more tiring than she thought! She thought that she should work hard and look for others so that she could pass them her chocolates. Before she left, she dropped one of the packets in the classroom unknowingly and gone. After some time, one of the tiles at the ceiling fell off. Out came, NATSUME! (And Ruka and Mikan thoguht they were alone) He picked up the packet of chocolate on the floor, opened it and ate one of them! As he ate the chocolate, he was thinking about what Mikan had said to Ruka earlier; "Ruka-pyon, would you be the first one to accept them?" Tsubasa, who was hiding in one of the bushes, called out to Mikan. When MIkan went over, she was surprised to see Tono-senpai and Megane-senpai. The 3 of them were hiding. After asking what happened, Tsubasa lifted his right hand that had turned into snake, Megane-senpai had a stalk of flower grown on his head while Tono-senpai had pig nose on his face. Upon seeing thre pig nose on Tono's face, Mikan and Tsubasa attempted to laugh but was told off severely by Tono. Too bad for Tono, his picture was taken by one of the members ambushed long ago in the one of the trees. After taking Tono's photo, that member ran away in front of Tono. On the other hand, Hotaru gave her chocolate away to none other than her dearest brother in the academy. But, both of them were staring at each other with Hotaru looking hopeful that her brother would accept her chocolates. His best friend, Syuuichi, was at the side telling Hotaru's brother to accept the chocolates in rather mushy words. He said: "Subaru, you would have to accept it. Afterall, your sister had survived from all that had happened in the past and is thanking you for all your help by making those chocolates with all her heart. If you do not finish all of them, it would look as though you're rejecting her heart..." One of their female friends at the side commented to Syuuichi: "You looked like you're enjoying, Syuuichi-kun."

Back to Tono-senpai and gang. Thanks to Tono, the rest of them were chasing after that little News Club member for the photo. In the midst of their run, Hotaru spotted Misaki-sensei and passed him her chocolates. While the rest of the boys, Natsume and Ruka were busy running away from crazy girls. Just then, Mikan spotted Natsume and shouted out to him, and at the same time, somebody threw something at Mikan's direction. Just as that thing was about to hit Mikan, Natsume caught it in time but because he had his mouth opened, one of the weird ingredients flew into his mouth. He had just eaten a medicine that will cause him to show great affection to someone. Everyone panicked. Tsubasa was in front of him, he lost control and hugged Tsubasa and pushed him down to the ground holding his right hand. Of course, that was a big scoop for the News Club. While members of the News Club took more photos of them, Mikan left the scene and she saw Narumi-sensei. Mikan was puzzled because Narumi does not look worried or something then she found out that Narumi has been hiding away from girls at first but he felt unwell later on so he hid in the hospital for a while. He came out because he felt that the school has calmed down a bit. Mikan cried to Narumi that she had made chocolates that would bring happiness but not many people had gotten them yet. Upon looking at thre basketful og chocolates, Narumi took one of them and ate it. He faked that the chocolates tasted awful at first then cracked in to smile saying that he was only kidding and that the chocolates did make him feel a little bit of happiness and that he body is feeling a lot better than before. He added that it would be too pitiful for Mikan if no one eats her chocolates since she made it with all her heart. Mikan held hands with Narumi as they walked. And Mikan spotted some scars on Narumi sensei's left hand. She asked about that injury, he just replied: "I wonder... maybe i hurt myself while doing some gardening earlier. I guess i should get some medicine from Misaki sensei."

However, Mikan felt that those injuries on Narumi's left hand were familar. But she was not sure where she had seen them on.

Same days after the valentine's event, Natsume, Tsubasa, Ruka and Tono were on headlines. Ruka and Tono were captured because of their Rabbit ears and pig nose respectively while Natsume and Tsubasa were rated for the BEST COUPLE. Naturally, Tsubasa was hit by Natsume on the head. Tsubasa complained: "Why am i hit???!!!"