Gakuen Alice 39

Natsume is coughing very hard.

Tsubasa: "Natsume...Hey, what's wrong, really? Natsume!?"

Natsume, still coughing blood.

Tsubasa: "Hey..."

Natsume: "Shut up...you'll wake Ruka up. This kind of thing will immediately pass. So shut up."

Tsubasa: "What are you saying? You're even coughing up blood."

Natsume: "It's nothing much."

Tsubasa-senpai remembers a time when he talked to Tono-senpai about Natsume. He says that he's been running in and out of the hospital lately, and it worries him. He had asked Tono's help to keep an eye on Natsume.

Tsubasa wonders if Natsume is like Kaname-senpai (his best friend that makes stuff toys come alive; a few chapters back) that whenever the Alice is used, the user's lifespan will decrease.

Tsubasa: "When did it start...when did it start to be like this? You, that blood..."

Natsume grabs Tsubasa-senpai: "You can't tell Ruka. If you dare to say it, I'll kill you. I won't let you tell them." He remember Ruka say: "If Natsume isn't smiling, if only Natsume has to suffer the pain alone, then I...I can't smile, either.

Natsume: "It's been almost a year. This whole year i've been completing undercover work for the school in this condition. I will never, not in my whole life, be happy. You asked when did it start, right? A year... Forget what you just saw, otherwise I could sneak up and attack you at any time. Don't compare me to your group of half-baked Alices."

Flashback:

Tsubasa-senpai was arguing with some teachers.

Kaname: "Tsubasa, stop it! It's enough!"

Tsubasa: "What enough, you're being used at will by a school like this! Using your Alice on that kind of thing...it's unforgivable! Especially when they know that using your Alice will shorten your lifespan!"

The scene changes to Narumi-sensei and Misaki-sensei.

Misaki: "You...where're you going?"

Narumi-sensei tried to use his Pheromone Alice.

Narumi: "Misaki-sensei...so you actually haven't fallen asleep yet."

Misaki: "So that's how it is. It was correct for me to keep guard here." He showed Narumi packets of 'Anti-pheromone Medicine'.

Narumi: "Oh, darn..."

Misaki: "I'm preventing you from running off by yourself to do something silly. Come, let's have a few drinks tonight."

Narumi: "Misaki-sensei is usually so cold towards me. I knew there was some problem. Having that kind of expression, and even thinking of an actual plan, seems like you've got a hold of some clues." He adjusted his earring (the control device).

Misaki: "I won't let you take that kind of attention-grabbing actions, from now o..."
Narumi-sensei reaches out his hand to Misaki-sensei, pulls him closer, then kissed him on the lips. Misaki-sensei is now unconcious.

Narumi: "When it comes to 'Anti-pheromone Medicines', no matter how much you take, it's all pointless if the restraining earring is taken off. So sorry, Misaki-sensei. I've done something hateful again. Even if I didn't obtain any clues at all, i'm more or less certain about the eventual outcome of everything that's happened... The debt I owe... The students so important to me... It's time I paid it back. I'm leaving..."

He left a note for Misaki-sensei, saying: "I'm counting on you, with what's coming up. -Narumi"The scene then changes to the three Z agents.

Shiki: "Ishimori-san, we're almost there, hang on."

They hear someone's voice, but can't see anything. "Welcome, welcome... We've been anticipating this for very long...that someone with an Alice like yours would join up."
Ishimori: "The core of this mountain is guarded by that Medusa...that stone-creating bastard, isn't it? How nice."

Azumi: "Even though that's the case, this is the fastest way we can obtain the antidote."
Voice: "Having such hate towards the school, you are like us when it comes to that, no alice who feels the same way we do would go against us."

Ishimori: "Never mind about me, but don't you guys feel pissed? That fellow's attitude... Anyway, we can only go there now, so..."

The scene pulls off to Mikan and the others. It was already morning and everybody just woke up.

Mikan: "Tsubasa-senpai...time to wake up. Did you sleep well?"

Tsubasa: "Ah, I did, I did. (He only slept for an hour.)"

Ruka (not drunk anymore, and doesn't remember that he was): "What's this...? Alcohol?" He sniffed his shirt. He definitely smelled alcohol. "How... How can it...?"

They comtinued their journey on.

Natsume: "We're out of time, let's go. Our time limit is tonight, we need to find those fellows as quickly as possible. "

Tsubasa: "Natsume...you look quite awful, are you okay?"

Natsume: "Hmph. You're the one who looks awful."

Tsubasa: "Why you liitle fellow...and to think I was worried about you."

Ruka was talking to some rabbits. "Come to think of it, those fellows can't possibly be like us, especially picking the dangerous paths. The teleport linking the entire path could very possibly the route's beggining and end, too."

Tsubasa-senpai suddenly grabs Natsume and carries him. (I don't know why.) "Here we go."

Natsume: "What are you doing!? You bas-"

Tsubasa: "If you don't want to be flung down by me, close your mouth and hang on!"

Natsume begins to use his Alice.

Tsubasa: "You're not allowed to light a flame! If you do, i'll expose everything about that matter! Don't waste your Alice for something as pointless as this! You...even I wouldn't do this kind of thing on a whim to some brat like you! Ow, ow, stop kicking!"

Mikan: "Wha..."

Ruka: "What's going on?"

Tsubasa: "Just listen to me for a bit! Haven't I kept your secret?"

Natsume: "Damn it!"

Tsubasa: "Ouch, ouch! What...you bit me!? And scratched me! Are you a cat? Stop kicking! Darn! I'm gonna throw you down!"

Ruka and Mikan were very confused but continued walking anyway.

Ruka: "Ah, the deer says this place smells of gunpowder."

Mikan: "Eh? Where?"

Ruka: "This warphole..." He points to a cave opening. "Usa-chan (deer) says the smell comes from around this crack."

Tsubasa: "Isn't this just a cave? Somewhat blind. It's huge for a natural cave."

Natsume kicked Tsubasa in the warphole.

Tsubasa: "Whoa!"

Mikan: "Natsume!"

Then Natsume kicks Mikan in, too.

Mikan: "Tsubasa-sen-... Whoa!"

Ruka: "Sakura!"

Natsume: "Let's go." Then pulls Ruka with him.

They went in the warphole and entered another dimension. Somehow, they're in water...

Natsume: "What's this? Hot springs?"

Everybody got out of the water.

Mikan looked around: ".....? Volcano!?"

Scene changes to Z agents... They were in some sort of laboratory.

Mihara (also reffered to as 'Medusa'): "Oh? Uninvited guests are here in force, it seems."

Azumi: "Mihara Kanbu..."

Mihara: "'Medusa' is fine, like you usually secretly refer to me anyway. Because of your rash individual actions this time, this mountain could very possibly be taken over by the school's lackeys. You gentlemen are repeatedly, repeatedly giving me trouble. Ah, bring Ishimoru-san to the treatment room. No matter what, i'm still the benefactor who's helped hide you before."
Mihara: "Azumi Yuka-kun...how's your 'Alice Collection' going?"

Back to the main characters.

Tsubasa: "Did those fellows escape to this kind of place?"

Mikan: "Is this volcano actually a live one?"

Tsubasa: "Dunno...doesn't quite feel like that, either. That's the exit of the volcano, right? Smoke's coming out of it." Tsubasa-senpai points to a spot where smoke is coming.

Ruka: "Whoa! You came along, too?" He was talking to the deer earlier.

Mikan: "They've nowhere to hide...but such a dangerous place, those people..."

Ruka: "Yeah... Where should we start looking from? The animals say their noses are no use in this smoke."

Mikan: "Ah! How did Ruka-pyon morph into rabbit form!? Quickchange!?" She sees Ruka as a rabbit.

Ruka: "Wait, Sakura..."

Mikan: "They're actually tigers in this kind of place!"

Ruka: "Sa-Sakura?"

Natsume: "What's up with this girl? Her brain must've rotted."

Mikan: "Tsubasa-senpai and Penguin-chan have become father and son!?" She sees Tsubasa-senpai as a penguin.

Mikan: "Natsume...cat ears!?" She also sees Natsume as a cat.

Natsume hit Mikan's head with a stick.

Tsubasa: "That lil' brat is still unmerciful..."

Natsume: "Are you lucid now? If you aren't, I can give you another whack."

Mikan: "Ah...yes, lucid already."

Tsubasa: "Hey...this smoke...most likely illusion incense or something similar. Don't breathe it in. This probably uses illusions to fool fellows wandering around here, a tactic to chase people away. That means, at that volcano exit, there's probably someone purposefully putting smoke into make it appear to be active... So this means that that volcano exit...that's Z's."

Scene pulls off to Z agents. Mikan and the others didn't know that they were being watched.
Mihara: "Well, well...it appears that you've immediately attracted some attention to this place. You were probably followed. How many intruders?"

Person: "3...no, about 4."

Mihara: "Oh...wearing the school's uniform. Those are...kids."

Camera showing: Natsume: "This is the only hole not smoking, right?

Tsubasa: "Careful." They were trying to climb out of the hole.

Mihara: "This is really... The school's really sent some pretty interesting messengers this time."
Azumi notices Mikan. She somehow feels something is familiar about Mikan.

Camera: Mikan: "Hold on tight."

Mihara: "Well then, we'll also give them a grand welcome to this place."

Back to Mikan and gang.

They finally got out of the volcano, but their bodies hurt everywhere from climbing.
Mikan: "Ouch...hurts like hell. Tsubasa-senpai... Is Penguin okay? Is he hurt?"

Natsume: "Hey, seems like our prediction is right."

They are facing a door.

Mikan: "Where's this? Why's there a room?"

Tsubasa: "The origin of Z..."

Natsume: "...Should be it."

Tsubasa: "That we've invaded this place, they should...probably already known. Right...anyway let's think about how to get through this door first."

Ruka: "Ah...so it's actually locked."

Natsume: "Hey, move away. We'll just wreck it directly." Natsume was willing to use his Alice.
Tsubasa: "Don't need to use your Alice for something so minor. We'll use my shadow manipulation to open the door."

Natsume: "It's not up to you to direct us, shadow bas-"
The floor started to shake.
Tsubasa: "What!? The floor is shaking..."

Mikan: "Eh? Is it really an active volcano?" The floor started to crack. The crack hits Mikan's foot and she was falling.

Ruka: "Sakura!"

Tsubasa: "Mikan!"

Someone was pulling her down inside the floor.

Mikan: "Ahh!" She looked behind her and saw that a skeleton was pulling her.

Natsume: "Mikan!" He tried to grab her hand, but the skeleton was pulling her so hard...she fell.

Mikan: "Nat-"

Darkness overcame. Mikan was gone. Sucked in the floor.

summary by: cooldog87