DISCLAIMER: I don’t own Gakuen Alice… too bad.

Fanfiction: Gakuen Alice: Crossing Paths

Summary: The Flaming Productions and Records, owned by the Hyuuga family, is the richest company ever in showbiz! Everybody wants to work there. Who could ask for more? The money, the fame, the position and of course, the boss-to-be, heir to the company, Natsume Hyuuga. But Natsume isn’t interested in being ‘the boss’. Instead, he wants something else. Then comes Mikan Sakura, a high school freshman hoping to shine one day. What happens when their paths cross?

CHAPTER 1: COFFEE WITHOUT CREAM

Natsume Hyuuga walked on the sidewalks of town. He had been sick of his tutor scolding him every time. He just had to do it. He just had to… punch.

“Who does he think he is?” thought Natsume. “I don’t care. I’m sick of studying anyway, even more that dad wanted me to have home schooling. This sucks”

He began walking towards the crowd. It was going to be a long day, he knew his father was going to scold him again. But he didn’t care. Because even he doesn’t.

-That afternoon-

The school bell just rang. Mikan Sakura hurried to get out of the classroom.

“Oh man! Darn Mr. Jinno! Now I’d be late for my part time job!” thought Mikan.

“See you Hotaru!” cried out Mikan as she waved good bye to her step sister.

Hotaru just looked back at her.

Mikan got her bike and started to pedal towards the cake shop which was about a 5 blocks away. She was such in a hurry that she almost crashed into someone.

“Hey! Watch where you’re going you-!”cried Natsume.

“Sorry! Excuse me! Gotta go!” replied Mikan not even looking at him.

Mikan pedaled away.

“How annoying”, said Natsume dusting of his clothes.

Mikan parked her bike at the back of the shop and rushed in.

“Amazing, you made it”, grinned Tsubasa, one of her co workers.

“Yeah”, she replied panting.

Mikan got her uniform and went into the ladies room and changed.

The uniform was very cute. It was a fluffy black-white and purple waitress dress with a big bow at the back, black knee high leggings, white boots, and rabbit ears/headband. Mikan put on some make-up and then she put a purple outline of a rabbit face on her right cheek, as all waitresses have. Mikan was the ‘purple rabbit’, but most people call her the ‘purple bunny’.

There were many customers in the cake shop every Friday. There were also lots of orders. Some kids were playing inside while their mothers were busy chatting. There were college students, high school students, business men and other people.

Mikan got her tray and put on a smile. She began taking the orders of the customers.

-Later-

Natsume walked into the shop and sat on the table near the window.

Mikan, not knowing who he is, walked over to him to take his order.

“Welcome to our cake shop! I’m the purple rabbit taking your order!”

Natsume winced, he thought “What a weird place”,

“I’ll have coffee”, he said not even bothering to look at her.

“Okay… would you like it with cream, or perhaps milk or sugar?” asked Mikan taking it down.

“Just coffee”

“Are you sure sir?”

“Yes I am!” Natsume said losing his patience.

“Okay then”

Mikan went away thinking “But that would be so bitter! Yuck! Well he seems bitter as well”

Mikan had Natsume’s coffee on her tray and walked towards him. Then… destiny struck.

-Later-

The manager of the shop, Mr. Misaki, was bowing to Natsume, whose pants was spilled with hot coffee, bitter coffee.

Mr. Misaki said with his head bent low “I’m really sorry sir. Mikan is just very clumsy. Please forgive me. I promise this will not happen again. Right Mikan? (He gave her a death glare)”

Mikan bowed as well “I’m sorry sir. I’ll make it up to you-”

“Again? Who says I’m going to come here again? And you, wench (Mikan was taken aback) let me tell you that these jeans cost much more than your daily salary”,

Natsume walked out of the shop.

But before he left, he glanced at Mikan “By the way, your polka-dotted panty is just so weird”,

Mikan’s mouth fell open.

“Mikan! What have you done! You’ve lost me a customer!”

-Flashback-

3 kids ran around Mikan who was holding the tray. Mikan lost balance and dropped the tray. The coffee splattered on Natsume’s jeans and the porcelain broke. Mikan fell on Natsume. The room got quiet

Mikan looked up and saw Natsume, who was furious.

“You again!”

“What? Do I know you sir?- Oh!”

Mikan got up and bowed “I’m terribly sorry!”

-End of flashback-

The next day, at the National Library…

Mikan walked up the stairs and looked back. There were lots of trailers and printed on it was “Flaming Productions”

“Must be another shooting”, she thought. And she entered the library.

The National Library was big, it had 5 floors and Mikan got lost in there during her first visit. And she might still have been without the help of Hotaru’s invention.

“Invention no. 101, The Mouse and Cheese locator and satellite Invented for those who are stupid enough to use a compass. The procedure is to leave the Cheese satellites in different places and use the Mouse locator to tract the cheese, thus bringing you back to the same place”

Mikan pressed the Up button outside the elevator. After a few seconds, it opened, Mikan entered and pressed the button to the5th floor. The song ‘Breakaway’ was playing in the elevator. Mikan closed her eyes and began to sing.

Meanwhile, in the 3rd floor…

“This is terrible”, thought Mr. Narumi, a producer of Flaming Productions. “Sumire Shouda is a good actress, but she’s a terrible singer! I have to find someone to dub her voice in the singing part of the movie. But who?”

He pressed the Up button outside the elevator.

“We need someone new, someone fresh, someone with an angelic voice…” He was deep in thought as he entered the elevator. The door closed, Mikan didn’t notice him and still kept singing.

“… but where can I find one? Huh?” he looked at his side and heard/saw Mikan singing.

“I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly.

I’ll do what it takes, till I touch the sky.

I’ll make a wish, take a chance, make a change,

And breakaway”

“You’re perfect!” exclaimed Narumi.

Mikan almost dropped her books in shock. “E-excuse me?”

“My dear tell me, have you ever thought of a singing career?”

“Me? Singing?”

“Yes! You’re exactly the girl I was looking for!”

“Well… my mom did tell me I have a beautiful voice… but not that beautiful to-“

“Be a star! I’m Narumi, a producer/director of Flaming Productions” He handed her a calling card.

“Flaming Productions!”

“That’s right! Today’s your lucky day deary! Now if you would please come with me Miss-what’s your name?”

“Mikan. Mikan Sakura”

“MIkan! We have a lot to talk about!” They exited the elevator.

Mikan thought “This is amazing! A producer from Flaming Productions just said I was the girl he was looking for! Yesterday, my day was like coffee without cream! But now it’s coffee with lots and lots of sugar!”

And its about to get a whole lot sweeter.